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After taking her mother's name, Four Souls, for strength, the strange, compelling Fleur Pillager walks from her Ojibwe reservation to the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. She seeks restitution from and revenge on the lumber baron who has stripped her reservation. But revenge is never simple, and her intentions are complicated by her dangerous compassion for the man who wronged her.
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A strange and compelling unkillable woman decides to leave home, and the story begins. Fleur Pillager takes her mother's name, Four Souls, for strength and walks from her Ojibwe reservation to the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. She is seeking restitution from and revenge on the lumber baron who has stripped her reservation. But revenge is never simple, and she quickly finds her intentions complicated by her own dangerous compassion for the man who wronged her. Four Souls reminds us of the deep spirituality and the ordinary humanity of this world, and is as beautiful and lyrical as anything Louise Erdrich has written.
A strange and compelling unkillable woman decides to leave home, and the story begins. Fleur Pillager takes her mother's name, Four Souls, for strength and walks from her Ojibwe reservation to the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. She is seeking restitution from and revenge on the lumber baron who has stripped her reservation. But revenge is never simple, and she quickly finds her intentions complicated by her own dangerous compassion for the man who wronged her.
The two narrators of Four Souls are from utterly different worlds. Nanapush, a ""smart man and a fool,"" is both Fleur's savior and her conscience. He tells Fleur's story and tells his own. He would like a calm and discriminating love with his sweetheart, Margaret. He is old and would like to face death with his love beside him. Instead the two find themselves battling out their last years. When the childhood nemesis of Nanapush appears and casts his eye toward Margaret, Nanapush acts out an absurd revenge of his own and nearly ends up destroying everything. The other narrator, Polly Elizabeth Gheen, is a pretentious and vulnerable upper-crust fringe element, a hanger-on in a wealthy Minneapolis family, a woman aware of her precarious hold on those around her. To her own great surprise the entrance of Fleur Pillager into her household and her life effects a transformation she could never have predicted.
In the world of interconnected novels by Louise Erdrich, Four Souls is most closely linked to Tracks. All these works continue and elaborate the intricate story of life on a reservation peopled by saints and false saints, heroes and sinners, clever fools and tenacious women. Four Souls reminds us of the deep spirituality and the ordinary humanity of this world, and is as beautiful and lyrical as anything Louise Erdrich has written.
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The changing world of American Indians and a good story.......2005-03-27
Through the years I've read several books by Louise Erdrich. She's a good writer although sometimes I find her narrative to be a bit confusing. This is the case in her 2004 "Four Souls" in which she uses a character she's used in books before, an American Indian woman named Fleur Pillager.
The book had a good beginning. It's set in the Midwest in the 1920s. Fleur is out for revenge against the wealthy white man who had stolen the Indian's land. Her plans are to make him suffer, but she soon discovers that he is very ill. She becomes a laundress in his household and manages to cure him with the intent of making him suffer later. Things don't work out exactly as she planned though and, as the story unfolds, she becomes hard to understand.
There are several narrators. One is Polly Gheen, the gently-raised spinster sister-in-law of the wealthy man. I loved her voice and the way she tells her story. Another narrator is Nanapush, an aging Indian man who is still on the reservation. I suspect he had appeared in other books about Fleur and one of the problems of "Four Souls" is that the back-story isn't clear. But Nanapush sure is clear. He's both comical and wise and managed to make me laugh out loud. He and his wife Margaret are always fighting but he loves her tremendously with a passion not usually aspired to elderly people. He commits some very foolhardy acts to show that love and this is where the book seems to turn into a farce. Margaret is a narrator too and it's nice to get her point of view as the story unfolds.
The book is short, a mere 201 pages and an easy read. I enjoyed being thrust into the contrasting worlds of the both the rich people and the American Indians. Some of the central characters needed more development though, especially Fleur. After the first chapter, she appears in the story but always through someone else's eyes. And, after I finished the book, I was left to wonder about some of the details. I suspect this is because this novel is actually a sequel. Therefore I always felt I was missing something.
In spite of its faults though, I did enjoy Four Souls. But I would suggest you read some of her earlier books in order to enjoy it more.
Yet another stellar novel from Louise Erdrich.......2004-08-31
I've read most of the author's works and while I would not say this is my favorite, I have to say that she has matured so much as an author over the years that this is a must read book. I particularly like how she shares imagery and concepts in this book without feeling the need to explain them to the non-Anishinaabe audience, and potentially interrupting the poetry of the work itself. - It was amazing how she brought back to mind things I knew and had forgotten, simply through the force of her writing. The greatest impact for me was the effect the book had even 4 days later - the themes of this book are both universal and incredible. Thank you for such an outstanding book!
A Star Made From Love.......2004-07-25
From Fleur's amazing journey into and out of the whiteman's world, to the creation of a dress solely from nature's materials contrasted with the building of a house with materials obtained through greed, destruction and death, to the quest to find a name for a son's spirit: this book is radiant.
It is a relatively short book, but it is full of the range of human emotions including the humor of love.
Nanapush, the tribal leader yet also foolish husband,carefully painstakingly carves a star out of an old bean can in an attempt to hide from his wife, Margaret, a trail of errors. He tells her the star fell from the skies, through the roof and floor.
"From outside, the sun, striking sudden from behind a cloud, then threw a fierce shaft of light in our direction. It slanted through the window and picked out the star in Margaret's hands. Marveling at it, she bent to examine it with a close eye. I smiled to see her, but the smile dropped off my face when with a huge gasp she squinted even closer and then slowly, slowly, with a dangerously changed expression held her miraculous find out to me.
"Put on your spectacles, old liar",she said in a sofly changed voice.
Immediately, I hooked them around my ears and in the burst of radiance I saw the raised letters I had missed in the tin, now the center of the star, which had marked the bottom of the can. Red Jacket Beans.............................
I saw something building in her, something gathering, a storm , and my heart sank down into my feet. But when it came, it was not the bitter scorching, not the fire I feared. It was not the horror of sarcasm. Not the scrape of reproach. Margaret did something she had never done before in response to one of my idiot transgressions. Margaret laughed."
A Fascinating and Enigmatic Tale .......2004-07-25
There is no revenge like success, as the saying goes, and Fleur Pillager is out for both. She adopts her mother's name, Four Souls, and sets foot on a mission to seek restitution from the robber baron who has stripped bare the Minnesota forests her Ojibwe ancestors called home.
As the scheme to avenge her family unfolds, Fleur proves to be no ordinary woman. She is so complex, in fact, that it takes several narrators to tell her story, a device that makes FOUR SOULS a fascinating and enigmatic tale of the myths, sorrows and passions of a vanishing civilization.
There is old Nanapush, tribal elder, who observes as Fleur launches her private incursion against the ailing World War I veteran, John James Mauser, lumber baron and social scion of Minneapolis society. Polly Elizabeth, Mr. Mauser's sister-in-law, who runs the household, hires Fleur as a housemaid and laundress. She seems efficient and is seemingly everywhere and nowhere, all at once. Little does Polly Elizabeth know how Fleur will change the lives of all within the walls of the Mauser mansion.
Fleur discovers that her nemesis is far too ill to thoroughly appreciate his demise at her hand, so she sets out to cure him of odd maladies from World War I wounds. Her tender mercies lead instead to marriage to Mauser, and as Polly Elizabeth says, "Nothing in the look of her and the ignorant silence told me she could possibly end up connected to me." Nor could Polly Elizabeth or John James Mauser ever imagine where that connection would lead.
FOUR SOULS evolves slowly and as magically as the mists on a summer morning pond. Louise Erdrich, who wrote the bestseller TRACKS, which is a precursor to FOUR SOULS, seems to know the minds, voices and ways of the Ojibwe Indians. The shift in narrative voice is sometimes confusing as the transitions are not always obvious, but clarity is restored as you fall into the cadence of the various characters. All are well defined and drawn, and FOUR SOULS haunts you with its aura of irony and fulfillment --- fulfillment that doesn't always come in the manner in which it is sought.
--- Reviewed by Roz Shea
The spirit and history .......2004-07-20
There are very few novels written about Indians with actual Indian authors. I believe Louise Erdrich to be the best. She not only tells a story that is witty, powerful, and compelling, but she draws the reader into the mind and culture of Indians, especially of the Chippewa of whom she writes. Fred Manfred and Oliver LaFarge, to mention two, have written great novels about Indians; and certainly Tony Hillerman has given us insight into the religion and life styles of the Southwestern Indians, especially the Navajos, but these writers are still outsiders. Erdrich is lyrical and brilliant and tells her story as an insider without bias or sentimentality. This book and others of hers should be required reading by every student of American History. Facts about treaties and population may be interesting in their own way, but they don't say anything about the soul of a people.
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Miss Harriet Whitlow's father wishes to see her married to a wealthy nobleman-but her heart belongs to George Clasby, a notorious rake who wishes to reform. Now, Miss Whitlow must find the courage to throw caution and convention to the wind to fulfill her desire.
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MISS WHITLOW'S TURN IS A CHARM OF A READ!.......2005-11-16
Harriet Whitlow is prim, proper and totally smitten with George Clasby. Unfortunately, the handsome Mr. Clasby is quite the rake about town, and not at all the sort of man Harriet's parents have in mind for their only daughter. That, rather, would be one Lord Grafton, a suitor who's had his eye on Harriet for quite some time. Harriet, all too aware of Lord Grafton's intentions, decides to take matters into her own hands when it comes to having the man she wants.
I found Harriet to be a modern day heroine straight from the regency period, lacy pantalettes and all. Without spoiling the story, let me just say that Harriet has a mind and heart all her own, and George Clasby proves just the right match. MISS WHITLOW'S TURN is a delightful romp through the "ton". Meeting up with other favorite characters such as Artemis and Lord Cherrington was equally enjoyable. And rest assured, Miss Mindel does not disappoint. The story clips along, with sparkling dialogue and deliciously wicked plot twists. A wonderful tale and a charm of a read, MISS WHITLOW'S TURN is one of my favorite reads, by one of my favorite authors!
A delightful traditional regency!.......2005-06-25
Harriet Whitlow is a nice and prim lady who is starting her third season. She has had several suitors, but she is hopelessly in love with George Clasby, a notorious rake with a tarnished reputation. George is regretting the choices he has made in his life and wants what his friends have, he wants to find love and get married, but first he needs to have access to proper ladies. At a Christmas celebration they share a wonderful kiss under the kissing bough and after that Harriet decides that she has to do something, that i'ts now or never, since her father has a new and very eligible suitor interested in her: Lord Garfton.
George had always thought of Harriet as pretty and nice, but too proper for his tastes, and also as untouchable as the moon. However, he thinks that if he is seen among her suitors and acepted by her father, other parents will think him eligible too. He spoke to her father to ask for his permission to visit and asured him that he hasn't any intention on really courting her and won't stand in the way of Lord Grafton. When Harriet knows about his reasons to befriend her she is disapointed, but soon she decides to use this opportunity to try to gain his love. Now, she only has to discourage Grafton and show him that she is not right for him.
This is a delightful read! It's my first book by this author and I love it! It is the third one in a series about related characters, but stands along perfectly. Both hero and heroine have flaws, but are very likeable. George has a tarnished reputation for being in affairs with married ladies, but he is tired of that life and it's looking for something more. And personally I love a hero with red hair. Harriet has had a tendre for him for two years and thinks that the love of a woman can help him reform and she has decided to act on her feelings. If only her father wasn't so sure of what is best for her. There are many secondary characters who add to the story and I definitively have to look for the related books, since I want to read more about them.
The book has a lot of humorous moments, specially when Harriet is trying to scare away Lord Grafton, and some touching ones too. I liked to see the friendship and love between them growing. I was cheering for her and wanting her to get the man she wanted. And Lord Grafton is so full of himself that is going to be great see him get what he doesn't want in the next one in the series. I'm already eagerly awaiting for it.
Vague Character Development.......2005-03-24
This was not a bad read as it kept my attention. George Clasby, the rake who wishes to reform via help from the well thought of Miss Harriet Whitlow, was some sort of gigolo, I think. That is my issue with this story. Was he a gigolo? Seems that way but the author does not really clarify that point. Also, where is his family? He has his own estate but with him being a Mr. and allowed to Almack's there must be some noble blood in him but from where? He must have a sibling who is a Lord of something. Why the vagueness? I did not read the first two stories based with these characters, so maybe it is in them but all stories should be stand alone. Also, why in the world would Harriet's father give permission for a rake to have a pretend association with his daughter? I mean, George was using Harriet any way you slice it. Why would he help George??
Very fun!.......2005-02-11
Miss Whitlow's Turn by Jenna Mindel
February 10, 2005
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This was a fun regency romp written by Jenna Mindel. MISS WHITLOW'S TURN is the story of George Clasby, as he desperately seeks a way to clean up his reputation. He is known to have flings with married women, and now that he sees many of his friends marrying and settling down, he realizes he wants the same thing too. Unfortunately, his reputation is well known, and no single woman that is of a decent background wants to be associated with him.
George comes upon a brilliant plan to call on Miss Harriet Whitlow, who is now out on her third season and has been known to turn down suitors left and right. He has no desire to settle down with her, but they have already been acquainted and he thinks this is an easy way to ease his way back into respectable society. Since Harriet is highly respected in society, anyone associated with her would surely be accepted into society as well.
Harriet, on the other hand, has had her eye on George ever since they had met during her first season. When George turns his attentions on her, she is overjoyed and cannot believe her luck. Unfortunately, her father hates George and will not have his daughter wed to someone of the likes of him. Instead, he has chosen for his daughter Lord Grafton, a man that Harriet finds boring and annoying and she needs to find a way to get rid of him before she is stuck with him for life! Can she find a way to stop Grafton from proposing to her and at the same time win over George's heart?
Very fun reading! Any one who loves romances and has yet to try out a regency romance needs to read this one. This reviewer really enjoys the humor that often comes with these regencies, and MISS WHITLOW'S TURN was no exception. Very humorous and well written, with characters that felt very real and not just stereotypical people from this era. MISS WHITLOW'S TURN is highly recommended to lovers of regencies, and those who have yet to read one.
A nice, 4 star read.......2005-01-31
Harriet Whitlow has a secret. Ever since her come out, she's been in love with her friend, George Clasby. But Mr. Clasby is a rake, completely unacceptable for a respectable girl like Harriet. Her father would not approve, even if Clasby DID think of her as more than a friend.
George Clasby knows his reputation is less than spotless, but he wants to reform. To do so, he recruits the help of his friend, Harriet Whitlow. If the ton sees him in the company of Harriet, perhaps some of her respectability will rub off on him? Over time, Harriet piques his interest in other ways. But Clasby doesn't stand a chance, as Harriet's father seems determined to marry his daughter off to a pompous earl named Lord Grafton.
Harriet is determined to win Clasby's heart, and to shake off the attentions of Lord Grafton... even if that means resorting to drastic measures.
I was looking forward to "Miss Whitlow's Turn", as it has characters from two of Mindel's previous novels, "Miranda's Mistake" and "Kiss of a Highwayman." I was looking forward to Clasby and Harriet's story, and it does not disappoint. It's a very enjoyable book, thanks to Jenna Mindel's breezy dialogue and strong storytelling. Some readers might think the book's pacing is slow, but I didn't.
However, there were a few incidents that didn't really settle well with me. Harriet, a supposed "paragon of virtue", puts herself in scandalous situations SEVERAL times throughout the book, and Mindel didn't even acknowlege all of them. I might be nitpicking, but I don't think it was acceptable behavior for a girl in the Regency period to slip off to a bachelor's town house. Harriet is a compelling character, but I think the reader was supposed to believe she was virtuous, but we're shown something entirely different.
All in all, I would definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a light, entertaining book. If you enjoy this, and you haven't read them, you should certainly read Mindel's other books. My personal favorite was "Kiss of the Highwayman."
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exciting reprint of an early 1980s cautionary tale .......2007-10-08
American molecular biologist Dr. John O'Neill, accompanied by his wife Mary and their five years old twins Mairead and Kevin, is in Dublin completing his project "An Overview of Irish Genetic Research" as required by the Pastermorn Foundation grant. However, they are only a few days in country when the terrorist bomb killed Mary and the kids as he watched them die and consequently killed his soul too.
John vowed vengeance on humanity for murdering his loved ones as he blames all mankind for their avarice. In his New England lab, he creates THE WHITE PLAGUE that kills women only; for without females there is no human race. Instead of coming together governments go it alone seeking a cure; scientific teams see future history books as each wants to be the Fleming of this age so none share their information with others. Firebombing the infected zones becomes the elixir of the moment. John returns to Ireland to take a first hand euphoric tour using his biochemist credentials as his visa. Others join his pilgrimage through hell including the terrorist who killed his family.
THE WHITE PLAGUE is an exciting reprint of an early 1980s cautionary tale that seems still relevant with the talks of weapons of mass destruction and the politicizing by the government of scientific research and data. The story line is at its best prior to John coming to Ireland as competition to be the superhero and superpower leads to further failures at a time when international cooperation and teaming are critical. Although the book turns overly philosophical when John and company begin his final victory tour, science fiction thriller readers will appreciate Frank Herbert's warning in 1982 that government officials will use science for their dogmatic pampering of their supporters; just ask the Surgeon Generals.
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Thought-provoking but not a page turner.......2005-12-01
The premise of the book (a virus that kills only women and targeted at specific countries) is interesting and the book itself is full of thought-provoking comments about revenge, social interaction, xenophobia, the power of science, and the role of religion.
There was also a lot of focus on the plight and anger of the Irish at the British and, before them, the Romans. I certainly would have gotten more from this aspect if I knew more about Irish history or had Irish in my ancestry.
_Dune_ and the books that followed it were much more engrossing. Herbert, in this rare foray into "contemporary" literature, is thorough as always in his analysis of the workings of society and relationships among people.
There's no doubt that it's a well-written book, but it was definitely a book where I was ok missing a day of reading it. Definitely not light "summer" reading but at the end of the day it's worth the read.
Very Readable.......2005-04-19
I read the first 5 reviews before writing this. I read this book quite some time ago and thought it was great. I waded through the original "Dune" and thought that this book was much more readable. I read all the criticism written about this book and I will tell you this. I leant this book to 5 different people and each of them read it straight through and could hardly put it down (myself included). Now I ask you, does that sound like an over rated book or a good book. I thought the book was very literary with one of the main characters being a catholic priest. The story is set in Ireland and has a strong Irish flavor. I have read a number of books by this author, I thought this story was one of his best!
Too many ideas, not enough control.......2004-06-28
Herbert's novel shows an impressive grasp of Irish lore, and he integrates, rather clumsily, historical archetypes (Mad Sweeney, Diarmuid and Devorgilla, the Fianna, rebels and crazed visionaries galore) into his story. (By the way, he never explains what the "Finn Sadal" stands for in their name, but Fenian and "sadall"--Irish for animal or "squat person" seems apt!) He also over-estimates the power of the Church, and attributes to it a confused mixture of irrelevance and dominance. The whole papal subplot seems to veer off wildly and seems forgotten. The trek across Ireland slows the plot, and what all the quotes from fictional and real people have to do with the chapters gains no clarification. A recommended updating of the genetic code-meets-Irish terrorism angle is Henry Porter's novel "Remembrance Day," about two decades later on the political and scientific front, if before the breaking of the genome.
Reading Herbert reminds me that so much of SF depends more on the excitement of ideas at the expense of satisfying characterisation. Too much of the story's wasted on superfluous people, names, descriptions, backgrounds which matter little. Prominently featured scientists trying to find the cure, for example, get attention early on but then are relegated to barely a mention; horrendously stereotypical "stage Oirish" dialogue by cardboard IRA men undercuts genuinely ambitious attempts by Herbert to analyse terrorist thinking. You get little sense of what "ordinary" folks suffered in the world of "Panic Fires" and mass barricades, or how goods (and weapons) would have been traded and daily life would have stumbled on. Many of the characters are too far removed in labs, the White House, the Papacy, and isolation to convey what the plague world would have felt like, and this detachment weakens the novel's force.
Like Michel Houellebecq's "The Elementary Particles," a massive scientific restructuring of global society gains barely a nod until the end of the book, when far too much is crammed into a few pages. I felt like a sequel could have done more justice to the fascinating drama of a planet with 10,000 men to a woman.
Timely.......2004-05-30
Frank Herbert is one of my favorite authors, and this book is a major reason why. The plot is briskly-paced, well written, and touches many of the most troubling issues of our time.
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The dramatic increase since the 1980s in the global prevalence of tuberculosis, a disease destined as recently as thirty years ago for complete eradication, is a story of medical failure. A pandemic whose geography defies simple categorization—it ranges from schools in the UK to prisons in Russia, from refugee camps in central Africa to affluent suburbs in North America—the 'new' tuberculosis is derived from a combination of different developments such as collapsing health-care services, shifting patterns of poverty and inequality, the spread of HIV, and the emergence of virulent drug-resistant strains.
This collection provides an international survey of current thought on the spread and control of tuberculosis, covering historical, social, political, and medical aspects. While the contributors may differ in their opinions over specific treatments or research methodology, all are agreed on the overriding thesis of the book—that the resurgence of disease is one of the most telling indictments of the failure of global political and economic institutions to improve the lives of ordinary people.
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Timeless book about the social causes and consequences of illness........2007-08-26
I could barely put this book down. One fascinating theme is the link between perceptions of the symptoms of TB and social class. When TB was primarily a white, upper-class disease, the symptoms were viewed with esteem. For example, pale, thin, frail people were thought to be particularly bright, creative, and appealing. But that is scratching the surface -- there is so much that is compelling and interesting about this book.
A social study of science.......2002-09-25
DuBos et al examine the social aspects of the TB epidemic, along with some of the biological factors. They show how TB was romaticized, how it was portrayed as a demon coming to rob the healthy of life, and how it sparked scientific invention - in particular the stethescope. The introduction is wonderful as it lays out the basic parts of the book. Words of advice: this book is best read as a whole from beginning to end, as the authors build on the arguments they make in past chapters.
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Why does tuberculosis, a disease which is both curable and preventable, continue to produce over 50,000 new cases a year in South Africa, primarily among blacks? In answering this question Randall Packard traces the history of one of the most devastating diseases in twentieth-century Africa, against the background of the changing political and economic forces that have shaped South African society from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. These forces have generated a growing backlog of disease among black workers and their families and at the same time have prevented the development of effective public health measures for controlling it. Packard's rich and nuanced analysis is a significant contribution to the growing body of literature on South Africa's social history as well as to the history of medicine and the political economy of health.
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In the shadow of the white plague: A memoir
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Looking at the bubonic plague in colonial Senegal between 1914 and 1945, the author examines how colonizer and colonized changed their perceptions of the epidemic over time. Africans tenaciously resisted coercive and punitive plague control measures, and achieved a remarkable success in preventing the imposition of urban residential segregation. Whereas French bio-medical officials were initially convinced they would triumph over the plague pathogen, and contemptuously rejected the applied knowledge of African healers, many Africans regarded plague as biological warfare utilized by their conquerors. Attitudes changed as the plague became endemic from 1918 to 1945, imposing an especially severe burden on women. Coercive plague control measures such as compulsory vaccination, travel restrictions, and undignified burial, generated strong resistance, yet colonial officials gradually won the consent of a westernized minority of the African elite who came to equate Western bio-medicine with The call to segregate urban residents resonated throughout the plague years. The success of Africans in employing the law and, occasionally, the streets, to resist forced relocation and residential segregation was a remarkable achievement. Changing disease ecology played a complex role in the spread of bubonic plague, aided by such colonial capitalist initiatives as railways, ports, cash crop market farming, and labor migration. The powerful new pesticide DDT, administered by U.S. Army medics in 1944, probably ended the plague cycle, although in postcolonial Senegal, the structural issues lying behind the disease are not being addressed.
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A perfect devotional gift for Muslims and a great window into Islamic spiritual life for people of all faiths.
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Beautiful.......2004-11-14
I love this book!!! I find it a very inspiring way to start each day. I keep it by my bed and read each daily passage before I get out of bed. A great way to keep the joy and love of God with you.
Enlightening.......2004-02-13
Anyone leaning towards attaining a peace of mind for a few minutes everyday. In wanting to know right from wrong written in a beautiful and poetic style; anyone enclosed in the domain of modern superficiality wanting to tear through the murky membrane into a world that ignores materialistic credentials, THAN (it took me a while to get there, I know) this is the book to have. It is a pretty compilation of readings from the Muslim Holy book: the Quran. Followed by a quote from the teachings and observations of theologians and sufi saints of the Middle Ages. A must have!
The Bounty of Allah.......2001-07-28
Dear fellow readers, whether you're Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist or anything else, I highly recommend that you read "The Bounty of Allah, Daily Reflections from the Quran and Islamic Tradition". This is a lovely little book, well worth the time it takes to read 'a lesson a day'. As I was, you too will me amazed at the beautiful and helpful verses and sayings contained in this little book. If this is Islam (and it obviously is...straight from the original sources!), I LOVE it! I think you'll like it too!
Daily inspiration.......2000-11-21
The "Bounty of Allah" by Aneela Arshed is very nicely compiled book. Ms. Arshed collects very inspirational verses from the Quran along with relevant sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) or other wise people. A great daily reference
The First of Its Kind.......1999-12-12
This book, which offers 365 pages of daily readings, is the first such compilation of its kind in that it has drawn upon the Islamic texts as its source. Each page has two quotations, one from the Koran, and the second from the Hadith (sayings of Prophet Muhammad) or a Sufi saint. Quotations from the Sufi saints reflect the spiritual impact of the preceding Koranic verse. This book is for all readers, Muslims and non-muslims. Its appeal lies in its relevance. The daily reflections are food for thought, inspirational, and with a calming effect touch your heart. The Quranic verses are the guiding light; and the corresponding Sufi sayings have been artfully selected, with a preponderence of quotations from Rumi. This collection is one of Rumi's finest, translated by the author herself. A must read!
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