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Illustrated Incumbered Estates
Mary Cecelia Lyons
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ASIN: 0946538166 |
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The Manor and The Estate—combined in this one-volume edition—bold tales of Polish Jews in the latter half of the nineteenth century, a time of rapid industrial growth and radical social change that enabled the Jewish community to move from the ghetto to prominent positions within Polish society.
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Catalogue of Glamorgan Estate Maps
Hilary M. Thomas
Manufacturer: Glamorgan Record Office
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De hogadliga godsen i Sverige vid 1500-talets mitt: Geografisk uppbyggnad, rantestruktur, godsdrift och hushallning (Studier till Det medeltida Sverige)
Olle Ferm
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A stapled booklet, 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. 21 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions of paintings of the magnificent castle. Dust Jacket is a color photograph of the castle showing it's reflection in the clear lake that surrounds it. A history of the estate; the architecture of the building -- a fortified manor-house -- and discussion of Egeskov Park and gardens -- believed to have been completed about 1554. Description of the descent of the castle through noble families of many generations. Author Erik Lassen was The Keeper, The Danish Museum of Decorative Art.
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The English Manor C.1200 To C.1500
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ASIN: 0719052297 |
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This is the first study to offer a detailed explanation of the form, structure, and evolution of the manorial records upon which all historical studies of medieval England are based. Beginning with a discussion of the nature and variety of the manor, as well as its origins and developments, the book then proceeds to dissect each category of manorial documents—surveys, extents, rentals, inventories, accounts, and court rolls—which are considered in turn, and exemplified.
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A torrential story of unforgettably vivid men and women in a time of swirling chaos and dramatic change.
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A shy Louisiana librarian, Mary Warner fears she'll always be alone—so she answers a personals ad from a rancher in Montana. Never before has she done anything so reckless, casting the only life she knows aside to travel to a strange place and marry a man she's never met. But something about this man calls to her—and she knows this may be her very last chance at happiness.
Tragedy made Travis Thompson the guardian of three orphaned children—and determination leads him to do whatever it takes to keep the kids out of foster homes. When he decides to take a long shot on a personals ad, the results are surprising, and before he knows it, he has agreed to marry a mysterious Southern woman sight unseen.
It could be the mistake of a lifetime. But Mary Warner may be exactly what this broken family needs. And with a little faith, a little trust, and a lot of love, two lonely hearts might just discover the true meaning of miracles.
Customer Reviews:
Terrible for Ms. Macomber.......2007-08-15
The characters in this book were largely two-dimensional and quite aggravating. The plot itself is a well-used but solid one - lonely single woman seeks new life with mail-order husband who is caregiver to darling orphans. However, this rendition of it is not satisfying. Travis is annoyingly stubborn, and Mary is nearly as bad. And, the fact that neither of them even think about birth control in this day and age (and their age!) is far-fetched as well. The obstacles in their relationship could have been overcome with one good conversation, with either party acting rationally.
I like other Macomber works (Dakota Born for example) but this book is not one of them.
Morning Comes Softly.......2007-07-24
Now here is a book that could easily be made into a Hallmark channel movie! It was a very nice story with a very happy and satisfying ending. It was easy to get into, though not overly filled with excitement. There is a little "spice" here and there, but very tastefully done. This is an easygoing and relaxing novel to read with everything working out almost too good to be true... all kinds of warm fuzzies. You will giggle, maybe sniffle ever-so-slightly and get lots of warm fuzzies. It's a great nighttime read or a book for a lazy relaxing weekend.
Mary, Plain and Small.......2007-06-05
You can't help but be reminded of `Sarah, Plain and Tall' when reading Debbie Macomber's novel; the main premise is very similar. A woman answers a newspaper advertisement placed by a rancher in need of a wife. In `Morning Comes Softly', however, the setting is present day Montana. Or, to be more accurate, Montana circa 1993, the year of this novel's first issue.
Mary Warner is a 32-year-old librarian, small of stature, big of heart. Alone now after the death of her mother, her feelings of loneliness are exacerbated when she reads Travis Thompson's newspaper advertisement. Travis has had some heartache of his own. His brother and sister-in-law have been killed in a suspicious car crash. Their three children are now in Travis's care, but he's having problems coping with his new responsibilities.
The opening chapters are particularly striking as Mary's loneliness is described in poignant detail. She yearns to be a wife and mother, but her perceived lack of beauty and slight build have badly dented her self-confidence. Meanwhile, the surly Travis spurns the local townswomen's offers of help, preferring to manage the children in his own way. With the threat of having the children taken into care hanging over him, Travis realizes that desperate action must be taken.
The anticipation that the author builds up ahead of the lead characters' eventual meeting makes for captivating reading - as does the rest of this novel. The story is certainly derivative, but that should not deter anyone who enjoys good romantic fiction from reading this book. There's plenty to enjoy here. There are some nice touches of humor and some very touching scenes too. A sub-plot involving Travis's desperate search to find the person responsible for his brother's death gives the novel some added depth.
Warm and Enlightening .......2007-05-16
This was a last minute purchase for a airline trip which took way to long. I was depressed when I found myself finishing this book before my flight was over. I was captivated by the characters in this book and laughed so hard the people on the flight were wondering what I was doing in my seat. I would recommend this book for anyone who would love to smile and laugh along with feeling like they were there with Mary & Family. I can't wait to read it again.
avid reader.......2007-05-14
This is one of my favorite Debbie Macomber books. My copy is on loan to a friend right now, but when I get it back, I plan to read it again. She is one of my favorite authors because she keeps the story moving along and writes about every day life and relationships.
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MORNING COMES SOFTLY
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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ASIN: B000H2C0VS |
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Travel farther than you've ever dreamed
Man has mused about the nature of our universe since he first gazed up in wonder at the stars. Now some of the most fertile imaginations in speculative fiction offer bold and breathtaking visions of "what's out there" and "what's next" in the eleventh annual celebration of the very best short SF to appear over the past year.
Once again, acclaimed editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have compiled an extraordinary collection featuring stunning works from modern masters as well as dazzling gems from brilliant new talents -- tales that carry the reader to the far corners of the galaxy and beyond, into hitherto unexplored regions. Get ready to take glorious flight on a journey to the miraculous.
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Nice collection of SF........2007-03-08
You'll find very nice SF stories, although some might seem a little too short, they nevertheless reflect recent themes.
A very good science fiction book.......2006-11-12
I had a lot of fun reading this book. It has number of great stories that make you think about current political and social makings of the world and US. These stories raise number of questions and possibilities.
Overall, a very enjoyable book.
too many too short stories.......2006-07-22
It seems that Hartwell took one too many of the nano short stories
from the magazine 'nature' for this book. They are cute and clever,but a one page story from Ted Chiang? Come on, get real.
Most of the stories are good to very good, especially 'shelia',
'on the brane','oxygen rising'. It seems some of the stories are
begining to suffer from the rudy ruckner school of protoplasmic
farm tractors, something that stross and doctorow have been mucking around in for awhile. For some reason these 'organic fiction'novels have as much of a tendency to sicken one as to excite one. I enjoyed the majority of the book, I just wish
this tendency to publish really short stories would lighten up a
bit.
Good Year Great Stories.......2006-07-19
I have enjoyed "Year's best SF" since the anthology series had started to be edited by Hartwell and Cramer. This year is a very good year for Sci Fi. This year there is a wide variety of stories to both make you laugh and think or both at the same time. The stories run from 40+ page novellas to 2 page shorties. The one thing they all have in common is very good stories.
This year was boon for Hard Sci Fi. Once again Gregory Benford has written a gem. "On the Brane" explores an alternate universe where the inhabitants appeal for help as their universe is dying and they know it. He magically weaves both the hard sci fi and emotions together to write a very powerfull story. Joe Haldeman has written a "Angel of Light" which skillfully blends religion and sci fi toghether very well to bring out a trully wonderfull Christmas tale.
"Second Person Present Tense" looks at a drug that eliminates a person's mind and how family a tries to rebridge the gap with their daughter, who has regained her faculties, but is not the same person emotionally or mentally.
"Years Best Sci Fi 11" is one of the best years releases in years for this anthology series. There isn't a miss among the stories and some of them a true gems. Highly Recommended.
Another great year of SF stories.......2006-06-23
In my review of the 2004 Year's Best SF, I mentioned the dearth of hard SF stories in that year. Year's Best SF 11 rectifies that situation somewhat. I'm still not the biggest fan of hard SF, which is why this year's edition was a bit of a chore for me. It still had a lot of strong stories in it, but I had to struggle at times. Fans of harder SF who were disappointed in last year's edition will probably find this one much better. With stories by Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, as well as some good examples by Matthew Jarpe and Ken MacLeod, there is lots of SF action.
The only real problem with this edition, however, is the numerous examples of the short-short stories from "Nature" magazine. I find it admirable that "Nature" would be including short SF stories in their magazine, but I don't think any of them were so good that they needed to be included in a "best of" collection. A couple of them were decent (I loved Greg Bear's "Ram Shift Phase 2", where a robot reviews a book by a fellow robot in a typically pretentious review style). Being a "review," it definitely called for that short length, and it was perfect. Others, however, were not nearly as good, and I think they probably took space away from a couple (or at least one) other good stories.
Still, there were some wonderful stories in this year's edition. I'm a big rat fan, so the two rat stories ("When the Great Days Came" by Gardner Dozois and "Mason's Rats" by Neal Asher) were exceptionally fun. Dozois' story is told from the point of view of a rat making his way across the big city on the night when the great comet hits. It's a "night in the life" of the rat, and it's told wonderfully. The ending is perfect as well, with the realization that no matter what happens to him, his species will survive. "Mason's Rats" is the story of a futuristic farmer with a rat problem. Not only are they infesting his crops, but they're beginning to learn how to use weapons. It doesn't matter what sort of robotic help he might get; sometimes, the two-legged rats are worse than the four-legged variety.
While those two stories are the ones I had the most affinity with, I would say that the best story in the whole collection is "I, Robot," by Cory Doctorow. It's an homage to Asimov (even down to the name), where a society that is fully dependent on robots. A detective who isn't a fan of working with robots has some troubles of his own. His ex-wife defected to the other side immediately after they split up, leaving his daughter with him. But his daughter seems to be misbehaving as well, mixing herself up in things that are way over her head. The detective discovers that things are a lot worse than he thinks, especially when he discovers what his wife has been up to with his daughter. This is a fairly long story, over fifty pages in the book, and it's worth every page of it. The setting leaps off the page and Doctorow's prose perfectly fits the genre. Being my favourite story in this year's book, it's probably fitting that it also ends it. It definitely makes me want to go out and check his other work.
Other strong stories were "The Edge of Nowhere" by James Patrick Kelly (where a young woman librarian in a virtual world is asked for a unique book by three dogs that appear to be products of the virtual intelligence behind their world), "Oxygen Rising" by R. Garcia y Robertson (where a human mediator between "Greenies" and the humans they are trying to wipe off of a planet gets involved with a sinister plot to destroy the planet so it can't be used by anybody else), and "Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play" by Michael Swanwick (where a man and dog, investigators for the British government, go to Greece to track down some statues, only to find some experiments in pheromones and the recreation of Greek Gods).
I can't really point to any of the stories as "bad," though some of the "Nature" ones didn't really appeal to me. Even the hard SF stories were pretty good, just not my favourite. 2005 was a much better year than 2004, and Year's Best SF 11 definitely shows that. If you want to sample some great short stories, definitely pick this one up.
David Roy
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Year's Best SF 11
Manufacturer: EOS
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30 astounding visions from Science Fiction's best. Stories by David Langford, Rajaniemi Hannu, Gardner R. Dozois, Darryl Gregory, Justina Robson, Ken MacLeod, Tobias Bucknell, Neal Asher and many others!
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The Master of Lucid Dreams.......2006-08-22
Olga Kharitidis' writing keeps one informed on the reality of Lucid Dreams, and the effect they can have as keys in our lives. Her Journey, and those she helped with this knowledge, made me look at dreams in a totally new and productive way.
A deep introduction to other perspectives on healing trauma.......2006-05-24
Ancient cultures viewed pain and trauma as part of the tapestry of life, the obstacles we must face, and lessons in growth if we choose them to be. In the Western world, despite all the trapping of comfort and wealth, Westerners have the highest rates of clinical depression and mood disorders. Though the statistic is subject to debate, it is a clue that material possessions do not make life any easier when dealing with pain. This book provides a detailed explanation of how this pain can be healed from a different vantage point - that of the indigenous practices of ancient shamans. A way out of pain is not denial but harnessing the energy into something that in the ends, fosters positive growth.
Excellent description of the world that lies beyond life.......2006-01-31
This book is not correctly titled as it does not teach you how to be conscious in our dreams. It is about the help that a lucid dreaming master, who lives in Uzbekistan, gives to the author using this technique. This book is the most vivid book that I have come across that describes life after death and the possible consequences of our life to our life after death and therefore reinforces the importance of living our life in order to meet death as enlightened and aware that we can possibly be. His reference to the Book of Revelations being the "christian book of the dead" is intriguing and may offer an explanation for its inclusion in the New Testament. This book is written just as well as her first autobiography which is also a 'can't put it down' quality read.
First Time in Samarkand.......2005-09-21
For those interested in a personal experiencing of central Asian knowledge to an uninitiate, this is an excellent first book. The writer carries her story along in such a gripping fashion the book reads almost like a thriller. It may become necessary to dismantle an important, heavily relied-upon personal conviction that is inaccurate, but such dismantling can be confusing and one might need a guide. The writer of this book was lucky enough to find one, the reader is lucky enough to find her story of it.
What does this have to do with lucid dreams?.......2004-12-19
I was disappointed in "The Master of Lucid Dreams." While the story was entertaining and had some interesting psychological theories about dealing with trauma, the connection to lucid dreams was tenuous. The author and her teacher frequently discuss the important of conscious dreaming, but they provide no information on how to achieve it. Go ahead and get this book if you're interested in healing trauma, but don't bother if you want practical information on lucid dreams.
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Heal Trauma Today.......2006-09-03
When I read this book I knew the truth of how we are interfered with in our everyday lives. Not just people who are depressed, but people who are living everyday are affected by the spirits of trauma. This book is a part of Olga's story. It will awaken you to the possibilities of self healing and peace in areas you never imagined. I have trained to learn and heal these spirits in myself, clients and train students. You can too. She takes the Toltec work to the next level. Read about her experiences they can free you to know you can heal also.
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- La guerra del fin del mundo
- LA Plaza Del Diamante/the Diamond Plaza
- Le Mariage
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