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Two families, one holiday villa – who’s sleeping with whom?
Chloe needs a holiday. She’s sick of making wedding dresses, her partner Philip has troubles at work, the whole family wants a break. Her wealthy friend Gerard has offered the loan of his luxury villa in Spain – perfect.
Hugh is not a happy man. His immaculate wife Amanda seems more interested in her new kitchen than in him, and he works so hard to pay for it, he barely has time for his children. Maybe he’ll have a chance to bond with them on holiday. His old friend Gerard has lent them a luxury villa in Spain – perfect.
Both families arrive at the villa and realize the awful truth – Gerard has double-booked. What no-one else realizes is that Chloe and Hugh have a history, and as tensions rise within the two families, old passions resurface. It seems that Gerard’s ‘accidental’ double booking may not be an accident after all.
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When a girl falls into a deep and impenetrable sleep, the borders between her provincial French village and the peculiar, beguiling realm of her dreams begin to disappear: A fat woman sprouts delicate wings and takes flight; a failed photographer stumbles into the role of pornographer; a beautiful young wife grows to resemble her husband's viol. And in their midst travels Madeleine, the dreamer, who is trying to make sense of her own metamorphosis as she leaves home, joins a gypsy circus, and falls into an unexpected triangle of desire and love.
An extraordinary debut, Madeleine Is Sleeping received jubilant critical acclaim and was honored with a National Book Award nomination. Part fairy tale, part coming-of-age story, this "dream of a book" (Michael Cunningham) is an adventure in the discovery of art, sexuality, community, and the self.
Customer Reviews:
Beauty in Language and Form.......2006-04-21
The novel offers a ripe setting infused with poetic language and seamless sequences of the surreal. Bynum succesfully creates a luscious scene for each part of Madeleine's dream. This novel captures the delicious wonderment of adolescence in all its curious mischeviousness and the strangeness that accompanies it.
Bynum fuses poetry and prose to create a beautiful piece. The running theme of music (the opera, le petomane's gift, the violin) the circus, unrequited love, and the gross but sensually delightful images of Mme. Colchon, the sexual mishappening with the town dullard, and the details of Madeleine's enchanted sleep are each uniquely arresting.
The form is much like Evan Connell's Mrs. Bridge-- the language mellifluous and never cumbersome. It is no surprise that this book was a national fiction finalist.
And as an endnote, I am currently a student of Bynum and have to unashamedly announce my enthusiasm for her love of writing, literature, and teaching. The experience has been challenging and wonderfully enriching.
interesting premise and form, but...........2006-02-26
From reading the description of this book (I resisted reading any reviews until after I was done reading it.) I expected a dream-like quality and a surrealistic fairy-tale quality. And these things attract me. It has those qualities, and I found the form interesting, but had a hard time getting through this book. I found it difficult to determine the dream from the reality (although maybe that was the point?), and some of the writing was full of beautiful images but I didn't know what the meaning behind the images was.
Interesting book, worth reading.......2005-11-08
This book is very pleasing to read because of the lyrical writing. Lyrical is the perfect word to describe this book's writing. Certain passages are worth reading over and over because of the wonderful images created by words. This book to me seems to be a deeper metaphor for transitions of any kind, not just the transition we go through when we leave behind childhood. Because of these things, and the dream like quality of the writing of the book in general,I would be more likely to call this book a prose poem rather than a novel.
I enjoyed the book quite a book and would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in something other than mainstream fiction.
How We Read..........2005-10-30
In "Indivisible," one of the vignettes that compose Bynum's mesmerizing new novel, one of the characters reminisces about a children's story of a tailor who stitched his shadow to himself. "And she knows that, as with all things sutured, the two leaves cannot be separated without destroying them both. She is certain of it. Yes she persists in pcking at the edges; she delights in seeing how the wound seeps, where the scab has been lifted away by a fingernail."
This vignette is emblematic of how Bynum's novel operates. The "real" and the "unreal" or "dream-like" are sutured together throughout the book. Can they be separated? Probably not, but we readers keep trying, we keep "picking at the edges," trying to sort out the separation. Bynum seems to be suggesting that reading is not so much a creative act as it is a destructive one. Trying to separate the real and the dream in this novel would, if we could do it, destroy the book.
But, of course, none of the novel is "real." It's all a verbal representation on a series of pages. Some of the words represent "real" things (e.g. Le Petomane, a unique musical performer who actually lived in France a century ago), but in the novel, those things aren't the actual things, merely verbal constructs of them. So as we read and try to figure out what is a dream and what is "real," we're being drawn into the story, seduced into believing that at least some of it is "real." Or at least that some parts are more "real" than the "dream" parts. And that act of believing is a creative act of reading.
So Bynum's great accomplishment is to involve us in simultaneous acts of creation and destruction as we read her novel. A careful reader can't help but do both, for we cannot do one without the other. This is an exhilarating novel to read as a result.
"What terrible things we do in our effort to be admired.".......2005-10-28
In this strange and often beautiful novel in which reality and fantasy overlap, Madeleine, a young girl, reclines romantically in what appears to be a permanent state of sleep, with her family and neighbors all tiptoeing around her. Her mind, however, is active, creating a bizarre dream world in which she lives out a series of adolescent fantasies, exploring who she is, what kind of adult will she become, what her role in life may be, what makes her unique, and how her sexual fantasies might be fulfilled.
Unique characters appear in her dreams--an immensely fat woman (Mathilde, Madame Cochon) who has two pairs of wings, a girl who has a stringed body which she can play like a viol, a man who creates the sounds of the nightingale and the cuckoo with his flatulence, a "half-wit" who exposes himself to children, an opera singer dethroned by a castrato, and a photographer in a mental institution, along with Madeleine's real-life family. The "action," real and imagined, ranges from a gypsy circus, where Madeleine studies tumbling, to the home of a widow, where the strangely gifted circus performers act out tableaux vivants, and eventually to a mental hospital, before returning to Madeleine's family and home in rural France.
As in our own dreams, strange connections occur among the characters. Madeleine, at one point, becomes the Madeleine from the children's stories about a Parisian convent school, her real-life brothers and sisters appear in the mental hospital dream sequence, and she engages in a love triangle, which becomes a literary joke when the author tries to figure out how to conclude the love story of three characters. Irony takes on new meaning in a book that is itself so out-of-the-ordinary, and the humor is both broad and dark as Madeleine's dreams constantly juxtapose unlikely elements.
The "action," while intriguing on a psychological, dream-like level, sometimes leaves the reader feeling starved for connections to reality, however, and the novel is often self-conscious. Though most readers will see some parallels between action within the dreams and the fantasies of typical adolescents, many will also find it difficult to identify with the cartoonish characters on a personal level or to care much about what happens to them. Art and creativity are strong themes in what passes for the plot, and the conclusion re-emphasizes this theme. Fascinating and often beautifully poetic, the novel ultimately feels like a literary exercise, containing some universal elements of reality, but distanced from the reader. Mary Whipple
Customer Reviews:
Good book, if it wasn't for the female lead.......2007-08-22
This is the 5th in Maggie Shayne's Texas Brand's series. All of the previous had likeable characters. But, this one had Casey Jones. Casey was lying, manipulative, hypocritical, stupid, sneaky, judgmental and at times plain cruel. I love my brothers and sisters and would do anything to help them. However, I would find a way to do it that would not destroy someone else's life.
Lying: Marcus asked Casey point blank if she was a reporter and she said she wasn't. At one point she actually considered writing an article: "Texas Reporter Succeeds! Where all others fail! Identity of The Guardian revealed!"
Manipulative: When Marcus found out she was a reporter he was understandably angry and told her he didn't work with reporters. She told him if he didn't she would have a composite sketch done of him, write an article and splash it all over.
Hypocritical: Marcus asked if Casey disliked secrets.
"Can't stand them, never could.
I think the truth is always better."
Then she told Marcus she might have "a small secret".
Again, she is keeping the big secret, SHE'S A REPORTER! And she feels very little remorse about it.
Stupid: Although she knows someone is after her and Marcus is trying to keep a low profile she goes out and stands on her driveway like a target and says she won't go inside until he reveals himself. Apparently she's hoping the killer will get them both, leaving her sister unprotected.
Judgmental: She thought Marcus should reveal himself as The Guardian and tried to push him into it. She ignored the fact that not only did he want to lead a quite life, but that with his anonymity gone he wouldn't be able to help people.
Cruel: She took Marcus to see the Brands without warning him that they might be his family just to see his reaction.
Sneaky: See any or all of the above.
I liked Marcus a lot. He deserved better.
Another great.......2005-04-21
Book 5, Texas Brand series. I read this book in 2 days. It grabs you from page 1 & holds you until the last page is read. It is the story of one of the Brands missing cousins, believed murdered 20 years ago.
It was great to see the Texas Brands again at the end & I can't wait to read Adam & Kirsten's story next in "The baddest bride in Texas" (Book 6).
Starts off good, dragged down by annoying heroine..........2004-04-18
Marcus has been raised to be a crime-fighting vigilante. Casey Jones is a nosey reporter. When Casey's beautiful sister Laura is the victim of a stalker, Casey becomes desperate and appeals to the "Guardian" (Marcus's crime fighting alter-ego) for help. Can Marcus apprehend the bad guy in time?
Okay, first off, I loved the character of Marcus. He was cute, funny, and responsible. But the heroine Casey Jones was just irritating. And lets not forget her limp dishrag sister Laura. These two made "Mysterious Texas Brand Man" a real drag. (Why oh Why did Laura refuse to confide in her sister? This was just silly! And what happened to them going to the police? Dumb, dumb, dumb!)
While I enjoyed the idea of a crime-fighting vigilante as a hero, the author didn't fully explore this idea. Instead this subplot is tossed aside in favor of a stalker/revenge filled hero, and a sappy plain vanilla happy ending.
Overall, merely an average read. I've definitely read worse....But expect more from the author. Oh...And why the original guardian didn't invest in a bullet proof vest, I still don't know!
Couldn't put it down.......1999-07-10
I brought this book on a recent trip to Dallas, and I found myself picking it up every free moment I had. Maggie Shayne has created a man who is admirable, vulnerable, and sexy in the form of Marcus and a woman who is intelligent, capable, and passionate in Casey, and they are a facinating couple to read about.
Page turner.......1998-12-09
I read a lot of romance novels and this is one to treasure heart and soul. A perfect book and a perfect author
Book Description
Gustavo Chen is recently widowed and trying to forget his past—he escapes into his teaching and aerospace research and obsessively surfs the La Jolla waves on his time off. An affair with a sexy young student and a mysterious job offer lead him into a world of industrial secrets, indigenous beliefs, and a microscopic extraterrestrial life-form that threatens worldwide disaster.
Journey from the mystical rainforests of the Yucatan to the sunny beaches of San Diego, and across the ocean to Japan in this thrilling science fiction adventure—the story of one man's attempt to stop mutated Martian viruses from coming to earth in the form of a killer plague. Spanning the centuries from 500 AD to the end of the Mayan calendar in 2012, Mayan Mars is an intricate tale of seduction, deception, revenge, and undying love.
Customer Reviews:
Every man's fantasy and worst fear.......2007-03-31
Sex, organized crime, academia politics, science fiction, ancient history, globalization -- this page-turning suspense novel has it all condensed in
<300 pages. At times, however, the author does a poor job of painting a picture. Some settings are described vividly but others are simply stated. Also, was a large chunk of pages missing from the book? There was no pinnacle. There was build-up leading up to it, but the denoument was rushed into. Still, it was satisfying. Overall this is a great read: it's both entertaining and instructive. If you don't enjoy it you'll at least learn a few things!
Mayan Mars - A Must Read.......2007-02-10
This novel is an intoxicating cocktail of suspense, mystery, and action. The rich descriptions of Brazil, Peru, and Japan transports the reader through both space and time. With an ambitious approach to examine science vs. nature and the wild vs. civilization, Meyers explores the complicated relationship between man and progress. A must read across all genres.
"Mayan Mars", a futuristic novel by Marc Meyers.......2006-08-15
During my recent visit to Brazil I had great pleasure to meet the author, Prof. Marc Meyers, in person. This motivated me even more to read "Mayan Mars" - I heard of the author and his book earlier. I must admit that I read his book with great interest - as soon as I immersed myself into it, my curiosity increased immensely and I wanted to discover what will happen next. The plot depicts a truly unusual concatenation of science, technology and human emotions; integrating the past, the presence and the future into a very captivating, intriguing and moving story. It is the kind of book that increasingly compels the reader to reflect on how the ways we have used to shape our past will take our civilization into the future. Are we all going to adjust our behavior to protect our descendants, or are we going to perish as most of the unfortunate people in "Mayan Mars" did? I shall now anxiously await the next sequel by Marc Meyers! There has to be one more!
Antique civilization.......2006-04-24
Amazing book. The most intersting topic was the capacity of the author to connect the history of an old civilization with a modern science situation. In this manner, we can feel the possibility of the history becomes true.
the Trip to Mayan.......2006-04-20
This book gives us a wonderful trip to Mayan, to its history and its culture. This story combined together the ancient legends, the real life, and the fabulous imagination of future. It also makes us to think about the fate of human being.
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History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
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Book Description
Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.
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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03
Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.
Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19
Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.
Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09
There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.
For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.
Very Interesting.......2007-03-07
It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.
History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10
Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.
I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.
Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.
Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.
I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.
This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.
Customer Reviews:
Worthy of Worship.......2007-06-08
The book will forever remind me of my recent trip. the book arrived as described and quickly.
My favorite source.......2005-11-20
If you are into pyramids, egypt and the like you MUST have this book..its my favorite!
Good pictures, Good information, and Good layout.......2002-12-29
Yes, this is definitely far better than the other book in this series, namely, the complete valley of the kings.
this book is quite extensive and tries to include a picture on each of the temples discussed, i.e. if the temple or its ruins are still there. It is also not full of black and white pictures - i understand the artistic value of these type of pictures but egypt is full of colour!
all the sites are accompanied by well written descriptions and a brief history. Again, i am always careful about what egyptology writes about ancient egypt since i still believe there is a lot of conjecture which tends to be presented as fact. for example: the symbolic nature of the temples seems to be covered well by the book but one should probably read such infor as logical hypothesis rather than reasonable fact - it is rare that authors say the infor comes from an ancient papyrus!
all in all, it is indeed a complete guide to the temples of ancient egypt and worth collecting!
Great Introduction to Religious Architecture in Egypt.......2002-08-12
Wilkinson really does his best to bring the complicated subject of religious architecture into a comprehensive view that can suit both academic and general interest needs. It provides many illustrations that are great for classroom explanations. In addition, Wilkinson takes the reader through time in the developments of architecture for 3,000 years. It is a definate read for anyone trying to grasp the principles of Egyptian faith in the ancient world.
The Complete Story of Temples.......2001-07-27
No other volume manages so comprehensive a detailing of the temples of ancient Egypt--their history, lore and design. There are color and black and white photos, maps and floor plans, but most importantly, the text documents the historical development and significance of each site it references.
The concise narrative covers the entire system of temple monuments, such as the Temples at Karnak, Luxor, Dendera, Kom Ombo, Edfu, Giza and Abu Simbel. But, this is no tourist guide to temple sites. The casual reader may find the detailed discussion of such subjects as building materials and construction methodologies a bit dry. This is a must-have for the student of Egyptology and the religion and art of the ancient world.
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