All the Trouble You Need : A Novel

Book Description

Jervey Tervalon delivered "a marvelous read" (USA Today) in Dead Above Ground, his national bestselling novel of a troubled Southern family. Now his literary landscape shifts to the West Coast, in this compelling portrayal of a young black university professor living life on his own terms -- a life entangled in the complex relationships with the women who desire him. All Jordan Davis wants is a smooth ride, speeding his Triumph along the 101, living the beautiful life among the beautiful people of Santa Barbara. But trouble seems to find him at every turn in the road. There's Trisha, the seductive twenty-two-year-old virgin from the glamorous foothills...Mary, the angry white girl whose defiance is a definite turn-on...and Daphne, an exotic, forbidden student, and keeper of shadowy secrets. They all want to define him, limit him, turn him into what they want him to be. But for Jordan, the ultimate question is what does he want out of life -- and can a man truly create a destiny that isn't defined by his race or his past?

Customer Reviews:

"Now this is not the promised land.".......2006-01-19

I had a bit of difficulty in writing a review on this book.First of all,I don't read much fiction,but when I do,I read it to learn something about the people,times and area where the story takes place.A story that is just a story ,doesn't get me too excited.However,I have been to Santa Barbara,and thoroughly enjoyed T.C.Boyle's "Riven Rock".It was particularly interesting to me because I visited with the people who now make what used to be the theatre on the estate,their home.It is a terrific book and tells the very interesting story of the McCormick family.I do read some southern fiction,mainly for the use of language and depiction of 'life' as well as the characters.So,this book caught my attention.
I guess if you're one who likes pure fiction,TV Sitcoms,soap operas,Harlequin-type romances with bit of mystery thrown in,
etc., and there's certainly nothing wrong with that,you should enjoy it.
Like I said,that's not my cup of tea;but I did enjoy the authors writing style and wonderful phrases and descriptions.
A couple that come to mind are;
"So blond he looked bleached of color,dressed like a shaman,leading a workshop of loser New Agers,burning incense,chanting endlessly and purifying themselves by night swims in the frigid ocean water.."
Then describing patients in a mental hospital;
"the dozen or so glassy-eyed zombies watching television with rapt attention."
"If she were as pretty as she had heard,men had a way of ignoring a little coffee in the cream."
and
"a single black bean on bed of white rice."
To me ,I feel the author has the skills to write a great historical novel or a true story,and has more in him than a book like this.Let's hope he does.

Loved the change.......2005-06-10

This is the story of a black college teacher, living in a pretty much all white city, Santa Barbara who is just trying to make it, he is also dating one of his students, who is a big mystery to him. What i liked most about reading this book was, Trisha. It is so rare to read a mainstream black novel with a main character that is determined to stay a virgin until marriage. Trisha dated Jordan, off and on- the main character in this book. Everyone should give this book a chance.

All The Novel You Need.......2004-09-20

Jervey Tervalon's All The Trouble You Need follows 28-year-old Jordan Davis as he pieces together his love life, doctorial thesis, and racial identity in Santa Barbara, California. The beauty of Tervalon's novel is that he weaves the serious themes of race, sex, and social class, without being too serious:

"He was surprised that Benito brought up love of Santa Barbara, but maybe being the only decent black hairstylist in town he was doing so well he had to shout it out. Jordan didn't feel comfortable with that; it was like admitting you wanted to be surrounded by white people for the rest of your life outnumbered three hundred to one. How could any self-respecting black man be comfortable in that situation? Jordan was, and he wanted to stay in this picture-postcard world, even if it made him feel guilty. Life was a permanent vacation; a swim in the ocean, a hike in the hills, coffee in the morning at the Café Roma, teach a composition class in the afternoon. He imagined himself living like that for the rest of his life; all he needed was a condo near the beach, and he was willing to give up a kidney, maybe even throw in a lung to get it. Property was the impossible dream of folks starting out in Santa Barbara."

But what really resonates throughout All The Trouble You Need is the author's dialog. Tervalon knows how people speak. Like a great mystery novel, the plot unfolds through what the characters say:

"'Did it work with that Jamaican girl? Didn't she borrow your credit card to get a plane ticket to visit her man in New York?'
'Yeah, I almost forgot about that.'
'And didn't she hit you in the head with a trash can in the lunchroom of the college?'
'Yeah, but that was a plastic trash can, not one of those metal ones.'
'Yeah, and what about her posing nude for an art studio after you asked her not to, then she got down with the instructor?'
'Okay, what's your point?'
'Least you were smart enough to get away from her. Me, I still hang around like a sad dog trying to get Miko to come back to me, but she likes messing with my mind. She even tells me how surfer boy likes to have sex with her.'
'She told you that?'"

All The Trouble You Need is fun to read. The sentences are swift and the sharp dialog carries the plot twists to satisfying conclusions. Although not as serious as Tervalon's previous novels, All the Trouble You Need may be all the novel you need.

Asking for trouble.......2003-05-06

In ALL THE TROUBLE YOU NEED, we meet Jordan, a leisurely professor in Santa Barbara who seldom knows what it is he wants or needs from life, and in particular, from women. He's sown his share of wild oats, but it isn't until he meets Trisha and Daphne that his world is truly shaken by his indecision. After all, the women he "played around with" were never taken seriously, but these two ladies, Trisha, the virgin and "the marrying type" and Daphne, the mysterious vixen and one of his students, are a force to be reckoned with in their own rights. The women seem to stand on different ends of the spectrum of womanhood, and Jordan is caught in the middle.

Tervalon once again strays from the norm with this book. The plot is strong, and the characters are even stronger. And while the concept is not all that outlandish, he pulls it off, adding a psychological twist to the story of a man caught between two women, two worlds, and with a monumental decision to make.

Reviewed by CandaceK
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Not bad!.......2002-08-09

I don't usually read 'relationship' books. I generally find them to be cliche'-ridden and draining. I almost put the book down but decided to stick it out because I was curious to meet Daphne, the girl with the 'shadowy secrets.' The minute Daphne entered the scene I was hooked. I'm talking cooking-with-one-hand-and-reading-with-the-other kind of hooked. It was the battle of...the playa versus the gentleman. It was thrilling being inside the mind of a man and I often found myself saying loudly to my husband, "So THAT'S how it happens!"
Kudos to Tervalon for a job well done.

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Ed Greenwood kindly agreed to take the life quiz we like to give to all our authors: the Amazon.com Significant Seven.

Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life?
A: I can't possibly pick just one. The Lord of the Rings is one of them, but there have been so many. I have 80,000 of them at home right now.

Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?
A: The book: any Discworld omnibus (Terry Pratchett), because I'm greedy. I think I'll ask him if I can pick my own selection, the next time his publishers are slapping several titles together. If it really must be just a single book: A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay.

The CD: Cheating time again. Your Hundred Best Tunes (London label, two four-CD sets, but a dearly loved and now-vanished store, the Madrigal, once sold them taped together, in a brick of glorious music). Force me to pick just one? I can't. Tubular Bells? Selling England by the Pound? Eldorado? No, I just can't.

The DVD: Jackson's complete Lord of the Rings set. If I really can only pick a single disc: The Man Who Would Be King (Connery, Caine, and Plummer). Beats The Princess Bride by a nose, some days but not others.

Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told?
A: Not telling a friend that the love of her life had just been killed, because I didn't think she should learn that from me, in that place, at that time. It hurt to do it, and I still think it was the right thing to do, but it still hurts.

Q: Describe the perfect writing environment.
A: A Secret Place: a quiet spot where I can go off by myself to think. For me, a forest glade. That just happens to have electricity running up a handy stump, right beside a smooth stump angled to sit upon. Not just for my computer, but for kettles so I can brew endless mugs of green tea and hot chocolate.

Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
A: Here lies Ed, who tried to make people happy. Please sit down and have an easy moment. I now have plenty to share.

Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with?
A: Any of my grandfathers ("Any?" long story), because I was too young to be able to pick their brains in a candid, man-to-man fashion ere they died. Not just because I'd love to know the truth, or at least their side, of various family tales, events, and disputes. Not just because I desperately want to know more of their characters, and spend more time with them. It's also because they were gushing, articulate fonts of knowledge about times now gone, the daily customs and attitudes and aspirations of "then." The saying: "There were MEN in those days" comes to mind. And no, I'm not belittling the women of the family. They did talk to me, at eloquent length, before passing away. They knew the importance of sharing and passing lore on.

Q: If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
A: The power to read people's minds, at very close range and only when I tried to. Not to read bank account numbers or anything of the sort, but to know their true feelings, so as not to offend and so I can best make them happy. Spreading happiness has to be the most heroic thing ordinary folk can daily do.

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The third book in Ed Greenwood's first Forgotten Realms trilogy.

Author Ed Greenwood concludes the story of Shandril of Highmoon in this second volume of the Shandril's Saga trilogy. This mass market edition of the trade paperback features new cover art by John Sullivan.

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The best book of the Shandril's Saga trilogy........2007-07-03

This book wraps up the trilogy and almost ends on a high note, then doesn't. I was kind of surprised Greenwood decided to end the trilogy this way, but Oh, well, it's his book! I just wished things had turned out better.

I don't want to spoil anything about the book, but it's my favorite of the trilogy. And I'm sad to say, it's because of all the secondary characters that I really liked this book. Especially Storm Silverhand, the ranger/harper. I like female heroines, and Storm is by far the most interesting character in this book. I wish it had been more about her instead, but she was in it enough to make it worthwhile. And Mirt the moneylender is another good character. He and Storm made this book so much better.

By the time the end of this book rolled around, Storm was my favorite character though, far overshadowing Shandril. Storm just kicks butt, takes names, and does it all while still maintaining her feminine sexuality; as perfect a balance in a character as I've seen, and now I'm on the lookout for any books featuring her in any major capacity. I just hope they're as good as the part she played in this book. It seems rare to see such a powerful character that is also an object of desire. Most authors don't get it right for some reason, but Ed Greenwood did.

Plenty of spell battles, fighting, and some of the funniest dialogue between fantasy characters I've come across - and very entertaining and magical as well.

Overall this series is great. I can't say I like the ending to the 3rd book, but it's definitely worth rereading the entire series - especially book 3, Hand of Fire.

The low point of Shandril's Saga if not the FR- Setting.......2006-02-28

When I started reading fantasy novels many years ago, "Spellfire" was one of the first books that fell into my hands. I really liked it though whether that was due to not having read much else to reference it to, I can't say...
I really liked the Shandril character, too and most (female)chars I play in RPGs are named after her.
Since then I read almost every Forgotten Realms novel there is and I eagerly awaited "Crown of Fire" and though it was a major letdown I also decided to give Hand of Fire a chance.
Now I wish I didn't do that.
First off some might consider Greenwoods writing style a bit difficult to read. Some sentences go on and on for four to five lines or more and when you get to the end you have to start over to remember how it started. Having read Tolkiens Silmarillion I don't particularly mind this, but I think it should be mentioned...
What really sucks about Hand of Fire ist the story - or lack thereof. First the premise of the story is Shandril trying to get to Silverymoon - on a trade caravan! Having wizards like Elminster and Vangerdahast on her side, nobody can tell me it wouldn't have been easier to simply whisk her there with a spell, but then this book wouldn't have been possible... Pity...
OK, most of the rest of the book is evil wizards and priest making plans to attack the caravan for many chapters only to get fried by spellfire or run through by a blade as soon as they make their move (In one case even twice because of some contingency magic!)
There is one assassin who is shadowing Shandril all through the novel and who seems extremely competent, but as soon as he makes his move he is fried in an instant.
Many will see the end coming, will even know it before starting to read this book, but the last chapter was one of the worst things I ever read. The worst being the Epilogue.
All this said, I think this will be the last book by Greenwood that I have read. I really like his characters, like Elminster and the knights, but his books are nothing but spellbattles from beginning to end, people dieing in many imaginative ways and little to none character interaction or development.
Like M. McBride I will look forward to the next books of Mr. Salvatore or Mrs. Cunningham...

Throw this story into the fire.......2005-12-21

I like forgotten realms books in general so its funny that the one author I typically don't like is Ed Greenwood. The dialogue of the characters is generally silly. The fight scenes are so obscure they are barely understandble.

I read the first two books and generally didn't like them. For some reason, I decided to finish out the trilogy. Needless to say I couldn't finish the book. I was too bored, so I went to the next RA Salvatore book.

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Like everyone else in the tiny, struggling human colony on the isolated ice planet Brimstone, Manda is a clone--yet she is unique, and outcast, because she's a singleton. All the colonists are twins or triplets--and so is Manda, but her twin brother died at birth. Alien to her own kind, Manda prefers to work alone, exploring the sea bottoms with remote equipment. When she discovers evidence of intelligent alien life in the sea, she isn't surprised that her finding creates discord in the colony, which is on the verge of terraforming Brimstone. But she doesn't expect her surveillance of the aliens to be mysteriously cut off, she doesn't expect to fall in love, and she never dreams that the supposedly long-gone starship that placed the colonists on Brimstone might be monitoring all communications, and its crew carrying out their own malign, decades-old designs on both the colonists and natives. --Cynthia Ward

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An exciting, heroic, and scientifically realistic tale of the first human colonization of another star systemOver a hundred years after a small band of humans stole an antimatter-fueled starship and headed away at near-lightspeed, a colony of those renegades descendants are struggling to survive on Brimstone, a barely-habitable world of ice and bitter cold four dozen light years from Earth.They hope to slowly terraform Brimstone, making it, if not Earthlike, at least bearable. In the short runwell, life is hard, and everyone lives in everyone elses laps. Not easy for anyone. Particularly hard if, like Manda, you just arent cut out to get along with others in conditions of constant crowding and zero privacy.Most people wouldnt be eager to get away from the main colony and work on a scientific project in the howling frozen wastes. For Manda, its a deliverance. But news of the intelligent life she discovers in Brimstones deeps will change everythingif she can bring the news back to her fellows alive. For, it turns out, there are political plots and counterplots still active in the colony, dangerous twists tracing back to Earth itself.

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Excellent, thoughtful sf thriller.......2005-04-22

Clones, colonization, love, death, alien intelligences, artificial intelligence, a twisted take on how well encasing human beings and forcing them to interact with the world solely through computers and telepresence, à la McCaffrey's Brains, would really turn out-this book has it all.

Oh, and it's fun, too.

Manda CarliPablo is part of a human colony attempting to terraform a moon of a gas giant in a system with no more immediately habitable planets. The colonists are all clones derived from the people who controlled the ship that dropped them on this world, people referred to as the crèche-born, who were then going to leave the system for the next one on the list. Manda is currently the youngest of the CarliPablo group-and the only singleton in the colony. Everyone else has vatmates, giving them twins, triplets, or even quadruplets. Manda's twin, though, died in the vat before they were decanted. This makes her a little strange and somewhat at odds even with the rest of her own clone. With the rest of the colony, it's even worse.

Howver, Manda has managed to find, for the moment, satisfying work that doesn't require her to do what she does badly-cooperate with others. She's exploring the oceans of their semi-frozen world by telepresence-operated waldoes, looking for heat vents that might be favorable spots for the native life, mostly microbes, that they know at least did exist there in the past. This doesn't conflict with her own clone's favored project of mining the methane ice, and it's potentially beneficial to the colony, so she's left alone to do it.

And then, more or less simultaneously, she causes a major social embarrassment for her clone, a accidental meeting with a man from another clone, Jim LuisMichael, leads to some cooperation and a lead on a likely vent, she loses contact with the waldo in the best position to explore it, and a cave-in causes death, devastation, and loss of resources for the colony. Oh, and the colony's oldest and most sophisticated AI tells her that the crèche-born are still around.

There are a lot of secrets in this colony, and secrets within secrets, and even the AI has a conflict of interest. It's intricate and well-done, and keeps getting better all the way through.

Recommended.

A very good story.......2003-06-28

Very high class space opera. :-)
A few things stretched my boundaries of believability, like the idea that a hugely expensive interstellar ship would be put in the hands of some clearly psychopathic creche children. That part was like Anne McCaffrey's "The Ship that Sang" gone horribly wrong. But it was pretty clear from the beginning that these creche children were crazy as loons. I just couldn't see that happening.

There were a few science things here and there, but it was mostly an excellent story, with an interesting alien.

A few tweaky things, like a colony filled with cloned chemists who couldn't get any base stock for food production out of an oil refinery. The refinery wasn't explained either, nor the source of the oil on this nearly lifeless icebound planet.

There was an odd bit about the colonists needing to hold back on terraforming, raising the planet's temperature. If the alien is 5 kilometers down, living on undersea lavaflows and vents that raise water temp to 200 degrees C, how is it going to be harmed by raising the surface temperature?

Mysteries above and below.......2003-05-17

In a small colony of clones trying to eck out a living on a freezing moon in a distant star system, Mandy, a loner in a very clique-based society, pilots undersea waldoes to explore the world. The syntellect Ur-Carli leads her one day to a frozen room with the corpse of the colony's first leader, Carli, along with a telescope, console, and more, informing her that the ship carrying the crèche-born is still in orbit, not gone as everyone thought, and spying on them. Life went on otherwise... until a massive cave-in smashes important systems, disrupts the colony, and kills her sister.

Strange discrepancies start to pop up, like one of Manda's waldos losing contact but still responding to signals, and when she takes proof of the crèche-born's presence to her elder siblings, they summarily erase it, explaining that their presence has been known but covered up in hopes they would leave. Next she's packing and off to check on that unresponsive waldo, and at the drill site she gets a minute of contact ý and a glimpse of native life! ý before all is black again. She and Jim, a sonar specialist she rapidly becomes close to, suspect outside interference.

Now she wants to take a trip down for herself, in an old underwater vessel. From a pariah she becomes a hero, inspiring hope in the wake of tragedy. Under the ice Manda and Jim find that the crèche-born's control is much greater and more dangerous than they ever believed. Manda has to get back to warn the others, but even if that is possible, will it be in time?

It does take a while to get moving; the first hundred pages are mostly angsty exposition and overexploration of the culture. In many ways it reselmbles a society based entirely on a high-school social culture, full of cliques, grudges, "coup" (owed favors, particularly political) that forms a barter system and family power, and petty jealousies. Manda is very excluded, and perhaps Mixon spends too much time showing us just how much. But the emotional troubles are real, painful to read, and after the cave-in and death she and her family seem more real. Though often at odds, they are all painted sympathetically, not an easy task. Family loyalty is a recurring theme; it may not be the strongest bond, but it is the most permanent. I didn't get quite enough sense of how old everyone was, though, not until near the end.

Once the story does pick up, it takes off and never lets up. Throughout the explorations and ruminations is a strong undercurrent of confusion, distress, and haste, never settling into idleness. The feelings for Jim aren't as throughly explored, just because everyone's distracted by too much going on in the meantime. All of the people seem credible, each with their own faults and distictions and hearts. Even the schizophrentic crèche-born. Many things just plain don't make sense for a while, but all is slowly revealed, settling down to a satisfying conclusion. I highly recommend.

This is a sequel to Proxies, but I'd have never known. I didn't need to read it to understand the story. This could possibly be mined for a sequel, years down the line (dealing with renewed contact from Earth, and the alien?), but anything sooner would be a stretch. I for one look forward to any effort in this direction.

Gripping suspense/science with characters&world that rocks.......2003-04-12

Burning the Ice starts slowly, but hang in there for this is one of those rare novels like Dune that is deep, true to it's heart, and worth savoring. The characters, world environment, political situation, and plot are delivered with excellent pacing, depth and richness of detail, and total integrity.

Brimstone is an early find in extra-solar system space exploration settled by a group of clones fleeing from an early and controversial expedition from earth. It is a cold, harsh moon of a jovian-like planet habitable only for the desperate.

Manda is a singleton clone ostracized in this society where everyone else thrives in pairs/triplets/etc. Her creative drive, ascerbic nature, and absolute unwillingness to quit drive a novel rich in detail and perfect in pace. The first contact is brilliantly conceived, the human interaction and dialogue rich and consistent, and you will find yourself wondering if this just might be a glimpse into the future.

This may be the best hard SF novel of the year.

Wonderful mix of personal growth, world-building, science.......2002-11-27

The clone colony desperately hung to life on an ice world. Denied the full technological advantages of its spaceship-borne cousins, the colony strives to teraform its planet--but one of the colonists, Manda, has discovered hints of intelligent life on the planet. Teraforming could save the colony, but at the cost of xenocide. Manda has her own problems--as a rare single clone, and barely fits the social norms of her colony. Still, she battles to make herself a place, to discover the secrets of her planet, and to protect both of her planet's life forms from the creche-born post-humans whose ship still circles their sun.

Author Laura J. Mixon delivers an emotionally rich story. Manda's attempts to fit into her society, her growth as she discovers her own humanity and those of her clones and her friend Jim, and her physical struggles form a counterpoint to the fascinating story of a colony cut off from Earth's technological innovations and forced to confront the possibility of failure and the loss of all human life on the planet. Mixon's style is strong, yet approachable. BURNING THE ICE is a substantial book, but it pulls the reader in and delivers multiple payoffs.

With a teriffic mix of world-building and detailed characters, BooksForABuck. com names Mixon's BURNING THE ICE as one of the best SF novels of the year.

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The ages of ice and creation;: A lifelong study of the work of natural laws, which are God's laws, in creating the world and transforming it from a burning ... teeming with plant and animal life,
George Prentiss
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A Wonderful Story

Burning Ice
David Riley
Manufacturer: Writers Club Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595171095

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The year is 1893, and the city is Chicago, and it's the start of the Columbian World Exposition. The eyes of the nation and the world are upon the Windy City.

Octavia and Patrick Collins, fresh off the ship from Ireland, came there too, to live their dreams and their hopes. Just married, their love is strong and pure, but will undergo the tests and trials that are ahead as the story unfolds.

Customer Reviews:

A Wonderful Story.......2001-07-20

A very tender love story, haven't seen a book written in such an old world style in a long, long time. Was most disapointed that it ended so soon, it kept me going the whole time I was reading it. Hope other books like this will be forthcoming from the author. I, for one, love this type immensely.

Burning Ice: The Ghettos of Transnistria (East European Monographs)

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Burning Ice: The Ghettos of Transnistria (East European Monographs)
Avigdor Shachan
Manufacturer: East European Monographs
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Binding: Hardcover

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Burning ice; the moral and emotional effects of reading

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Burning ice; the moral and emotional effects of reading
Mary Corde Lorang
Manufacturer: Scribner
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Effects of drop freezing on microphysics of an ascending cloud parcel under biomass burning conditions [An article from: Atmospheric Environment]

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Effects of drop freezing on microphysics of an ascending cloud parcel under biomass burning conditions [An article from: Atmospheric Environment]
K. Diehl , M. Simmel , and S. Wurzler
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This digital document is a journal article from Atmospheric Environment, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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There is some evidence that the initiation of warm rain is suppressed in clouds over regions with vegetation fires. Thus, the ice phase becomes important as another possibility to initiate precipitation. Numerical simulations were performed to investigate heterogeneous drop freezing for a biomass-burning situation. An air parcel model with a sectional two-dimensional description of the cloud microphysics was employed with parameterizations for immersion and contact freezing which consider the different ice nucleating efficiencies of various ice nuclei. Three scenarios were simulated resulting to mixed-phase or completely glaciated clouds. According to the high insoluble fraction of the biomass-burning particles drop freezing via immersion and contact modes was very efficient. The preferential freezing of large drops followed by riming (i.e. the deposition of liquid drops on ice particles) and the evaporation of the liquid drops (Bergeron-Findeisen process) caused a further decrease of the liquid drops' effective radius in higher altitudes. In turn ice particle sizes increased so that they could serve as germs for graupel or hailstone formation. The effects of ice initiation on the vertical cloud dynamics were fairly significant leading to a development of the cloud to much higher altitudes than in a warm cloud without ice formation.

Possible effect of boreal wildfire soot on Arctic sea ice and Alaska glaciers [An article from: Atmospheric Environment]

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Possible effect of boreal wildfire soot on Arctic sea ice and Alaska glaciers [An article from: Atmospheric Environment]
Y. Kim , H. Hatsushika , R.R. Muskett , and K. Yamazaki
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000RR4IE0

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This digital document is a journal article from Atmospheric Environment, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The role of black carbon (BC) soot in the Arctic as an agent of climate warming through forcing/feedback of sea ice/glacier albedo is an uncertainty in need of addressing. In-situ measurements of BC-aerosols and gas byproducts from the FROSTFIRE experiment burn, 8-11 July 1999, are used with a coupled high-resolution wind field/empirical fall-out model to assess transport/dispersion and estimate deposition. Results suggest that BC-aerosols (soot) are quickly transported from central Alaska to the Arctic Ocean region of multi-year sea ice and to southern Alaska glaciers, where up to 20% can be deposited. The estimate of BC soot concentration from Alaska boreal wildfires favorably compares to in-situ sea ice observations made in 1998 and snow albedo observation on Gulkana Glacier in 2001. We hypothesize that northern boreal wildfires are a possible contributor in the reduction of first/multi-year sea ice/glacier extent by enhancing summer melting from albedo reduction. Should the occurrence and severity of northern boreal wildfires continue as in summer 2004, during which more than 670km^2 burned and was the worst wildfire year on record, there will be implications for Northern hemisphere climate warming.

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Burning the Ice
Laura J. Mixon
Manufacturer: Tor Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTPXVI

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An Endless Trace: The Passionate Pursuit of Wisdom in the West
Christopher Bamford
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Christ And Sophia: Anthroposophic Meditations on the Old Testament, New Testament, And Apocalypse

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ASIN: 1930337078

Book Description

Two powerful motives weave beneath the surface of our spiritual history: the desire to know and the desire to love. The secret history of the West is the story of saints, mystics, alchemists, poets, and philosophers trying to unite these two streams and celebrate - in the world and in their own persons - the sacred marriage of Logos and Sophia, Word and Wisdom.

This book, an impressionsitic history of the Western spiritual tradition, follows - from anceint Greece to modern times - the traces of those who sought to know the world and themselves, while realizing that they must overcome themselves to love the world and one another.

Included are chapters on Pythagoras, Sophia, Celtic Christianity, the Troubadours, the Grail, the Rose Cross, Renaissance spirituality, Romanticism, nineteenth-century occultism, and twentieth-century esotericism. Inspirational interludes place the whole within an atmosphere of Christian mysticism.

Tracking this endless trace of our evolving relationship with one another, God, and Nature, we begin to understand how human consciousness has changed and evolved and perceive the present purpose of humankind.

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Good stuff.......2007-06-22

This collection of Bamfords essays connects historical movements that are not normally associated with each other in regular history readings, such as the Orphic tradition in ancient Greece and Romanticism. Though it is said that Romaniticism has its influeces from the Greeks and other ancient sources, the idea is never put out, as Bamford does so clearly, that the two are of the same tradition. He shows the two are not merely related by influence, but by a shared purpose and direction towards a relation with Sophia, or wisdom of the divine sort. Bamford shows this common thread running through many areas of our past, which are usually kept separated, as something continually transforming with time so that it is always approached with freshness. Ultimately, Bamford's essays trace Christianity, before and after Christ, as it is lived and sought in ways that may not be openly declared so.

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