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Pocketful of Pearls (Elect Trilogy #2)
Shelley Bates Manufacturer: FaithWords ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0446694916 |
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Award-winning author Shelley Bates delivers a powerful story about one woman's struggle to escape an abusive cult and make a new life for herself. Young Diana Traynell is trapped in a life that is not her own. Raised in a cult run by a sociopathic leader, she is forced to surrender mentally and physically to his every demand. And though she dreams of escape, this is the only world she's ever known.... until Dr. Matthew Nicholas arrives at the family farm. Instantly drawn to Diana, he is torn between wanting to help and the fear of getting too involved. But when a young baby is unexpectedly dropped into their lives, they must learn to open up to one another and trust-if they ever hope to taste freedom.Customer Reviews:
A beautiful "gem" of a book!.......2006-08-19
A believable, uplifting story of a Christian cult that you don't want to miss!.......2006-06-27
This story is priceless...and the title is SO perfect and symbolic.......2005-09-26
A Priceless Pearl of a Novel.......2005-09-21
Pocketful of Pearls.......2005-08-24
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Descent into the Depths of the Earth (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Module D1-2)
Gary Gygax Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast, UK ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0935696601 |
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Descent into the Depths of the Earth (Greyhawk Novels: Greyhawk Classics)
Paul Kidd Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0786916354 Release Date: 2000-06-01 |
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Da Bomb.......2006-06-05
If you've ever gamed..........2004-10-16
Really funny.......2003-11-25
Excellent fantasy/adventure story!.......2002-10-11
DOA for the first ~100 pages, then gets better.......2002-01-21
The good: very imaginative use of spells and monsters familiar to players of Dungeons and Dragons; doesn't try to explain everything that happened in the previous book; dialogue and situations are sometimes funny.
The bad: spends ~100 pages creating a...'plot of intrigue' that you'll try to forget as soon as they hit the dungeons; cutsy romance budding between the ranger and the fairie becomes annoying and diminishes the the character of the ranger; slapstick resolutions to major encounters feel like cop-outs; repetitive punchlines age rapidly.
In White Plume Mountain I liked the ranger because he was a haunted, lone killing machine of blind justice. The author softens the character in this book and the next one (Queen of the Demonweb Pits) and we end up following the exploits of a comic book superhero.
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Descent into the Depths of the Earth : Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Module D1-2
Gary Gygax Manufacturer: Random House (Merchandising) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0394521862 |
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Mixed bag.......1999-12-23
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Descent Into the Depths of the Earth: Dungeon Module D1 (First of 3 Modules) (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
Manufacturer: TSR Games ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0935696059 |
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Descent into the Depths of the Earth: Module D-1
Gary Gygax Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0394511808 |
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Intense dungeon crawl in the netherworlds of Greyhawk.......2000-04-30
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Dungeon Module D1-2 Descent into the Depths of the Earth Advanced dungeons and Dragons - an Adventure for Characters Levels 9 - 14
Manufacturer: TSR ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000H9O6YA |
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Wolfwalker
Tara K. Harper Manufacturer: Del Rey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0345482336 Release Date: 1995-01-03 |
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Dion was a healer and a wolfwalker, and the unique telepathic bond that she shared with the wolf Gray Hishn sometimes seemed to amplify her sensitivity to her patients. But she never guessed how strong that bond could be, or what kind of power it could wield, until she found herself lost in the wilderness, with angry slavers at her heels and war on the horizon. Suddenly she and her fellow travelers were fighting for their lives in the snowy winter wastes, where the wolves were their only guides, the greatest secret of the ancients their only salvation...and Dion their only hope to survive.Customer Reviews:
Tara is the Greatest.......2005-05-24
A hard, grippping novel!.......2003-12-03
This book will leave you breathless!.......2002-04-04
My only minor gripe is that in this novel more than any other of the Wolfwalker series, her pacing of the action is relentless. The world that Tara Harper has created is such a harsh and violent environment that both Dion and the reader never are given the chance to take 'a breather' and unwind. In many fantasy stories, I feel drawn to the world itself - yet on the Wolfwalker world, I think its the last past I'd ever want to live!
Overall, add this to your list of must read fantasy series...
Begining the adventure.......2000-10-27
In this first book, we are introduced to Dion, a very unusual woman. One day I hope the author writes a prequel, that details some of what the girl's growing up years must have been like. Suffice it to say, she is warrior trained, a healer by choice dedicated to saving lives, and a wolfwalker. Wolfwalkers are introduced to the reader in this series. They are humans who are drawn to wolves, and capable of working/communicating the wolves.
In this story, Dion begins a tale that will last 5 books and three generations of children. Dion begins the road to becoming a legend. It's interesting how a few twists in circumstances can completely change the road you walk. She faces a few very important decisions: the large sense of responsibility she has for those around her, because she has knowledge and skill that others don't have, and how far that responsibility should extend; the decision to save lives, following her healer-rank oaths; the responsibility to take lives while protecting herself, her loved ones, and those that are defenceless. It is the conflict between these three that sucks in the reader and refuses to let go.
I highly suggest this book to anyone who likes action, adventure, tough decisions, great fighting scenes, and personal relationships. This book was quite an eye opener, and a great introduction to the amazing worlds out there waiting for us to visit. (Or maybe not waiting.. maybe dreading..)
A Wonderful Adventure!.......2000-05-23
I recommend this story to anyone who loves fantasy, science fiction, wolves, or all of the above -- and while you're at it, pick up the other books in the series, too! You won't regret it.
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Storm Runner (Tales of the Wolves, Book 3)
Tara K. Harper Manufacturer: Books on Tape ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette ASIN: 0736683305 |
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Dion, the healer and Wolfwalker, is back home with her friends, and they are preparing for war against Longear. There's trouble with the wolves in the enemy counties. Many of them are fleeing in droves. The rest appear to have broken their generations-long pact with the humans, and are hunting down refugees for the enemy. Dion can no longer communicate with their packsong, and must find out why they have fled and turned. But that means her venturing into dangerous enemy territory without the help of Gray Hishn. The only possible hope is her learning and mastering an ancient ceremony: The Calling of the Wolves. As with Tara Harper's other Tales of the Wolves books, there is a whirlwind of combat and survival from page one.
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Wolfwalker 1. Die Herrin der Wölfe.
Tara K. Harper , and Cornelia Köhler Manufacturer: Goldmann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3442247721 |
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Wolfwalker 2. Die Fürstin der Nacht.
Tara K. Harper Manufacturer: Goldmann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3442247705 |
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Wolfwalker 3. Die Hüterin der Zeit.
Tara K. Harper Manufacturer: Goldmann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3442247691 |
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Wolfwalker 4. Das Erbe der Wölfe.
Tara K. Harper Manufacturer: Goldmann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3442247713 |
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Wolfwalker 5. Der Fluch der Wölfe.
Tara K. Harper Manufacturer: Goldmann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3442248817 |
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Grayheart: Tales of the Wolves, Book 6 (Unabridged)
Tara K. Harper Manufacturer: audible.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Download Similar Items:
ASIN: B000776J2Y |
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THE TIES THAT BINDCustomer Reviews:
It truely is gray in places.......2007-08-31
I just Loved it.......2000-01-30
It's BOOK #5! If you read it out of order, too bad!.......1999-12-11
It was very difficult to bring this later world into alignment with the one we got used to in the first books. It spends a lot of time talking about bio-this and bio-that and how everything on the planet is basically "grown" and not built. Kind'a hokey.
It also has a publication date that is before the fourth book's (Wolf's Bane) publication date. This is too bad. Because, by reading this book before Wolf's Bane, it damaged what would, otherwise, have been a very good story in that 4th book.
This book is ok, but it *was* hard to put myself into this new "future" when I'd become so used to Dion and Aranur's world.
Wonderfully Descriptive.......1999-09-11
Tara Harper is wonderful!.......1998-08-30
In the woods Rezsia met an odd, older wolfwalker, Coale, who could teach her to join in the packsong and run with the wolves. Then they join with a party of scouts who were assigned to escort Rezsia to her destination safely and to instruct her in forest survival skills.
If she hoped to survive, Rezsia could trust no one. She would have to sift through the memories of the wolves, and trust her life to skills she had never tested.
***Anne McCaffrey is quoted as saying, "Tara K. Harper's Wolfwalker novels are particular favorites of mine." I understand why.***
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Shadow Leader: Tales of the Wolves, Book 2 (Unabridged)
Tara K. Harper Manufacturer: audible.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Download ASIN: B0006LBX9U |
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Silver Moons, Black Steel: Tales of the Wolves, Book 5 (Unabridged)
Tara K Harper Manufacturer: audible.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Download ASIN: B000F6INVC |
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Map is not Territory: Studies in the History of Religions
Jonathan Z. Smith Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0226763579 |
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A classic!.......2001-06-12
A classic in the history of religions.......2000-06-21
Cargo Cult Cosmos.......2000-02-16
The author of this book, Jonathan Z. Smith, has plainly taken Korzybski's words for his title, dropping only the definite article "the" from before the words "map" and "territory." Yet he makes no mention of Korzybski in the book's index and waits until the last line of the last essay (page 309) to insert the following line:
"For the dictum of Alfred Korzybski is inescapable: 'Map is not territory'--but maps are all we possess."
This faint and belated acknowledgement represents both a misappropriation and a misinterpretation of Korzybski's words. Korzybski would say that we not only have maps but that we also have compasses, sextants, chronometers, global-positioning satellites, and any number of other means by which we assure ourselves of their accuracy. Smith, for his part, uses the word "map" in vague and ill-defined ways. When he refers to a "cosmos," we must assume that he refers to an astrologer's hallucination rather than the careful catalogue of an astronomer.
Korzybski first enunciated his system of general semantics in 1933 with the publication of his major work, "Science and Sanity." Since then, numerous distinguished authors such as S.I. Hayakawa, Wendell Johnson, Irving J. Lee, and Anatol Rapoport--to name just a few--have developed and expanded Korzybski's principles of general semantics. They have all written clearly, forcefully, and at great length of how delusional words and maps lead people to wrap themselves in verbal cocoons from which, in Wendell Johnson's words, "they seldom hatch." Had Smith carefully studied this literature and then applied general semantics to his own efforts, he might have cleared up much of his own confused thinking. Instead, he has associated his rather nebulous conceptions of human symbol-making with a methodology, discipline, and philosophy that he does not clearly understand.
This book has nothing whatsoever to do with general semantics, Alfred Korzybski's life work, and the author's disingenuous attempt to associate himself with that work needs repudiating in the strongest terms.
Ironically, the author speaks of Melanesian "cargo cults" while apparently unaware of Richard Feynman's 1974 commencement address at Caltech, published in his autobiography, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" in which the late physicist spoke of "Cargo Cult Science." In professor Feynman's words:
"In the South Seas there is a cargo cult of people. During the war they saw airplanes with lots of good materials, and they want the same thing to happen now. So they've arranged to make things like runways, to put fires along the sides of the runways, to make a wooden hut for a man to sit in, with two wooden pieces on his head to simulate earphones and bars of bamboo sticking out like antennas--he's the controller--and they wait for the planes to land. They're doing it all right. The form is perfect. It looks exactly the way it looked before. But it doesn't work. No airplanes land. So I call these things cargo cult science, because they follow all the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but they're missing something essential, because the planes don't land."
Given Jonathan Smith's preference for such sweeping generalizations as, "The historian's task is to complicate not to clarify" and "The historian's manner of speech is often halting and provisional" and "The historian provides us with hints that remain too fragile" (all on page 290), I have to wonder what historians he has in mind, since he doesn't say. The book may contain useful footnotes of interest to scholars of this sort of thing, but--in my humble opinion--Richard Feynman's cargo cult synopsis serves well for the last word here:
"The planes don't land."
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Map Is Not Territory: Studies in the History of Religions (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity ; V. 23)
Jonathan Z. Smith Manufacturer: Brill Academic Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9004054928 |
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Map Is Not Territory: Studies in the History of Religions
Jonathan Z. Smith Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OPXMKG |
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