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A socially adept newcomer fluidly inserts himself into an unnamed Russian town, conquering first the drinkers, then the dignitaries. All find him amiable, estimable, agreeable. But what exactly is Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov up to?--something that will soon throw the town "into utter perplexity."
After more than a week of entertainment and "passing the time, as they say, very pleasantly," he gets down to business--heading off to call on some landowners. More pleasantries ensue before Chichikov reveals his bizarre plan. He'd like to buy the souls of peasants who have died since the last census. The first landowner looks carefully to see if he's mad, but spots no outward signs. In fact, the scheme is innovative but by no means bonkers. Even though Chichikov will be taxed on the supposed serfs, he will be able to count them as his property and gain the reputation of a gentleman owner. His first victim is happy to give up his souls for free--less tax burden for him. The second, however, knows Chichikov must be up to something, and the third has his servants rough him up. Nonetheless, he prospers.
Dead Souls is a feverish anatomy of Russian society (the book was first published in 1842) and human wiles. Its author tosses off thousands of sublime epigrams--including, "However stupid a fool's words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man," and is equally adept at yearning satire: "Where is he," Gogol interrupts the action, "who, in the native tongue of our Russian soul, could speak to us this all-powerful word: forward? who, knowing all the forces and qualities, and all the depths of our nature, could, by one magic gesture, point the Russian man towards a lofty life?" Flannery O'Connor, another writer of dark genius, declared Gogol "necessary along with the light." Though he was hardly the first to envision property as theft, his blend of comic, fantastic moralism is sui generis.--Kerry Fried
Book Description
'Rus! Russ!...Everything within you is open, desolate, and flat; your squat towns barely protrude above the level of your wide plains, marking them like little dots, like specks; here is nothing to entice and fascinate the onlooker's gaze. Yet whence this unfathomable, uncanny force that draws me to you?' Although Dead Souls (1842) was largely composed by Gogol during self-imposed exile in Italy in the late 1830s, his last work remains to this day the most essentially Russian of all the great novels in Russian literature. As we follow its hero Chichikov, a dismissed civil servant turned unscrupulous confidence man, about the Russian countryside in pursuit of his shady enterprise, there unfolds before us a gallery of characters worthy in comic range of Chaucer, Rabelais, Fielding and Sterne. With its rich and ebullient language, ironic twists and startling juxtapositions, Dead Souls stands as one of the most dazzling and poetic masterpieces of the nineteenth century. This brilliant new translation by Christopher English is complemented by a superb introductory essay by the pre-eminent Gogol scholar, Robert Maguire.
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A Charming Russian Masterpiece .......2007-08-22
I bought a copy of the Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide. In that guide the editors selected 45 works of fiction as masterpieces from 375 well known writers of fiction - all written since since Cervantes. In that guide they describe why those 45 books are "masterpieces." Dead Souls is one of the 45 masterpieces, so I bought and read the book along with many others of those 45.
Dead Souls is not a novel but was called "an epic poem" by Gogol, similar to Tolstoy's characterization of War and Peace as not a novel but an "epic in prose." Hence, Dead Souls was not written as a balanced novel and as many critics have pointed out the actual plot is not terribly important. It was written as the first part of a three part trilogy on Russian life, and it was published as "The Adventures of Chichikov." The charm is found not in the overall plot, but it is found in the detailed descriptions of what happens day to day throughout the story.
From what we know, Pushkin suggested the story to Gogol based on the concept that serfs were considered to be the property of the landowner and there might be value in owning the title to dead serfs or "dead souls." Also, the characterization of being a "dead soul" has a second interpretation: it is to imply a moral and spiritual inferiority. So, the theme extends beyond the commercial transactions of buying up "dead souls" from various farm owners.
As a general reader, I was captured by the humour and charm of the daily life of the protagonist, Chichikov, as he travels by horse drawn carriage going from town to town in rural Russia, staying in small hotels or with farmers or rural gentry. In his travels he mixes with the locals in each town and he tries to ingratiate himself with the local officials as part of the process of building trust to find and buy dead souls; that is, he meets land owners and buys the title to those serfs who have recently died. Gogol treats us to a broad picture of daily life in rural Russia including many small details. It is so detailed that we can almost taste the food, smell the smells, and perhaps some will want to buy a horse?
In this work Gogol sets the literary tone for many Russian writers who follow in the 19th century including Dosoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. Dostoevsky, was in fact hailed as the new Gogol in the 1840s when he emerged from obscurity and became famous. There are many shorter works by these three authors where one could almost substitute Gogol for the author and one would be hard pressed to make the differentiation, and I reference Dostoevsky's "Poor Folk" as an example of a very "Gogol like" work.
This is a wondeful book that will disappoint few. Since reading this I have read many other Russian works and still think this is one of the better and more charming books of the era. If you like this but want something a bit different, I recommend Chekhov's one and only novel, The Shooting Party.
Russian satire at its best........2007-07-09
Gogol is rightly esteemed as the greatest satirist in classical Russian literature, and is certainly a personal favorite among the 19th century authors. "Dead Souls" is, in my humble opinion, his hands-down masterpiece. It doesn't offer the same sitcom-ish humor of "The Government Inspector," which was cutting-edge stuff in its time. Instead, it is riddled from beginning to end with more subtle, but still delightfully amusing vignettes as the enterprising Chichikov goes about his rather unconventional business of building his "estate" by buying up low-priced (i.e. dead) serfs.
I won't elaborate on the storyline, since that has already been done more than adequately in other reviews. It is enough to say that Gogol's brand of humor is both witty and insightful, and caused quite a stir among the intelligentsia of his day. Many, such as Belinski, viewed it as an attack on the corruption and ineptitude of the "establishment," i.e. the westernizing tsarist regime. There is certainly an element of that. Others saw it differently, including Gogol himself, if his later writings are rightly interpreted. "Dead Souls" is much more of a commentary on the loss of the Russian soul. It is about the corruption of traditions and cultural distinctives that defined what it meant to be Russian.
Decide for yourself which direction Gogol was coming from. It certainly helps to have some familiarity with the history and culture of the time, but Gogol's commentary is near enough to the surface that those things are not essential to appreciate his work. Either way, don't take it too seriously. Just get a good laugh out of it. I did.
Dead Souls: Translation is Everything.......2007-05-15
Perhaps no other novel requires a more exacting translation than Nikolai Gogol's "Dead Souls." This translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky isn't bad, but it gives the book the Pevear/Volokhonsky treatment ... read their translations of The Brothers Karamazov, Anna Karenina and Dead Souls back to back and you'd think they were written by the same novelist (well, if you're from Mars and had never heard of the books beforehand, that is.)
But as Vladimir Nabokov pointed out in his lectures of "Dead Souls", the greatest of all translations was by Bernard Gilbert Guerney. This version of Dead Souls was recently revised by Susanne Fusso for Yale University Press and I recommend it highly.
So why does translation matter? Because as Nabokov points out in Lectures on Russian Literature, "Dead Souls" is more poem than novel. The plot to "Dead Souls" is almost entirely beside the point ... it all pretty much goes in a circle (by the way, The Wire - The Complete Third Season" was modeled on this style.) Where this novel shines is in its haunting and evocative language. Nabokov points out several mind-blowing techniques that Gogol employs ... one is to take an object, create a metaphor about that object to explain it's importance, introduce another object in that metaphor, then compare the second object to a person ... this being a new character, introduced via a highly elegant segue.
The Pevear/Volokhonsky version picks up most of this, but there are some dreadful "Dead Souls" adaptations out there (especially thisDead Souls version that truncates the action and misses the poetry altogether. Especially awful is this Dead Souls audiobook that Amazon.com correctly calls abridged, but both Audible.com and iTunes label unabridged.
"Dead Souls" is a deceptively dense book. I recommend reading it along with Nabokov's lectures to get the full effect. Also, don't be deceived into reading the so-called sequel ... Gogol wished these disjointed new tales to be burned at his death and most critics agree, for good reason.
Devastatingly funny: The satire that launched modern novel in Russia.......2007-05-09
Nikolai Gogol's Dead Soul launches the 'great Russian novel form' with a satire, so apt and so funny, that the novel remains as one of the most popular Russian text ever. Gogol's own personal life may have been a dire disaster, but as a novelist he stands next to only Tolstoy and Dostovesky, as short story writer only Chekov comes close to his fame, and mind you, he preceded them and their writing. He was, alongside Pushkin, one of the major early forces in Russian literary scene. Since all other major novelists from Russia have delved into tragedies and melodramas, going down to philosophical and religious questions, Dead Souls comes as a relief fun read, rather one of the funniest reads.
In Dead Souls, he provides a cast of unforgettable and hilarious characters in episodes that leave you reeling with laughter. The hero or the anti-hero Chichikov or Tchichikov drives from town to town, buying "dead souls" i.e. dead peasants, assuring landowners that this will benefit them as they would pay less tax on their workforce. The tax was based on census numbers, and since many peasants died between two census years, landowners ended up paying taxes on people who didn't exist. Chichikov's brilliant idea was to collect a long list of (dead) peasants he had bought, and use that for getting a estate for himself. The novel tells us a story after story of his meeting his landowners and getting his purchase by a mix of tact, sweet talk, and so on, each purchase is full of absurd and funny details.
Beyond the obvious laughters, the novel provides a very detailed description of Russia in early nineteenth century. The sketches of nature bring alive similes and metaphors that Gogol (who was a failed poet) uses remarkably well. While the observations related to people, customs, bureaucracy and Russia are full of brilliant wit, they in fact recreate a lively and throbbing world to us. The world as it was. The bureaucracy has not changed much since then. Nor have the quacks and hacks and cheats who make fortunes by buying and selling dubious things. Hence Dead Souls has this undying and translatable humor that will keep this book in publication forever.
I would rank Dead Souls alongside Three Men in a Boat, Catch 22, A House for Mr Biswas and The Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy as the novels that made me laugh the most. It has shades of Tolstoy in details it provides about rural life and rich landowners, shades of both Tolstoy and Dostovesky in pointing to certain moral issues (but that is at most an undertone) and maybe he was the one who influenced the style of his more famous successors. If you haven't read Gogol, you definitely need to pick him next.
So So.......2007-03-07
Another author that I was expecting more of after all the fuss over him. Some parts of this book were mildly funny/interesting, but overall it just droned on and on. Had to force myself to finish it.
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Otto of Schlepsig is risking his neck as an acrobat in a third-rate circus in the middle of nowhere when news arrives that the land of Shqiperi has invited Prince Halim Eddin to become its new king. Otto doesn’t know the prince from Adam, but he does happen to look just like him–a coincidence that inspires Otto with a mad plan to assume Halim’s identity and rule in his stead. True, Shqiperi is an uncivilized backwater, but even in uncivilized backwaters kings live better than acrobats. Plus, kingship in Shqiperi comes with a harem. Rank, as they say, has its privileges.
With his friend Max, a sword-swallowing giant whose chronic cough makes every performance a potential tonsillectomy, Otto embarks on a rollicking journey filled with feats of derring-do, wondrous magic, and beautiful maidens–well, beautiful women. And that’s before he enters a royal world that is truly fantastical.
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A fine, light comic-opera adventure.......2007-06-11
This is a fine, light comic-opera adventure set in a mirror-image fantasy world Balkans. Our hero, the circus acrobat Otto of Schlepsig, discovers he is a perfect double of the newly appointed King of Shquiperi and he is, of course, unable to resist making his own grab for the throne. Many adventures follow.
This is a very different kind of alternate history from Turtledove's other work, with an emphasis on light banter and slapstick humor. If you are familiar with 1900 Europe, you can have fun in identifying which countries are being parodied when. It typically isn't hard - for example the Ottomans surface as the decaying but still belligerent Hassocki.
Dialog isn't always Turtledove's strong suit and some of the initial bantering here is a little wooden, but things settle down as we move beyond the introduction into the real adventures. And finally, after all the comedic dust settles, there is a surprisingly thoughtful ending.
Good fun!
Turtledove tries something fun and it works.......2007-05-06
He's a trapeze artist for one of the worst circuses in the world, but when he sees in the newspaper that a small kingdom is looking for a king--and that their candidate looks exactly like him--Otto of Schlepsig decides to become Prince Halim Eddin and to play the role of his life. Along with sword swallower-turned aide-de-camp, Otto heads to the new nation of Shqiperi, bamboozles the general who holds actual sway, entertains the harem (with the help of a well-paid wizard and the oversized sword swallower, Max, and actually gets himself crowned.
Once officially crowned king, Otto does his best to act like a king--and not just in the bedroom. Because Shqiperi's boundaries were drawn by the major powers without much reference to the wishes of the locals or their neighbors, war threatens--and Otto goes ahead and declares war on an insulting neighbor. For a while, in fact, it looks as if he's going to war with everyone in the region.
Author Harry Turtledove takes a break from serious alternate history in a truly funny romp that may remind readers of the fantasy fiction of another era (e.g., The Mad King by Burroughs or Hope's Prisoner of Zenda. Like these books, Turtledove sets his story in a version of the Balkans during the period of the Balkan wars (1912-1913), wars which formed a major part of the lead-up to World War I. In Turtledove's world, though, magic works, dragons and wizards are forces to be recognized, and jokes about trolls hiding under bridges just might turn out to be no-so-funny or funnier than the teller had imagined.
Readers looking to take a break from fantasy that sees itself in all-to-serious terms might just find EVERY INCH A KING to be every inch a treat.
great fantasy on a smaller scale based on an alleged true event.......2007-03-30
One night after a stellar performance given by Dooger and Clark's Traveling Emporium, circus performance Otto of Schlepsig reads in the paper that the temporary ruler of Shqiperi wants the Hassockian Empire to send Prince Hallim Eddin to be their new king. Accompanying the article is a picture of the prince who could be Otto's identical twin. Not one to miss such an opportunity, Otto and his friend Jim the sword swallower head for Shqiperi.
On the trek they have to first fight off a sea serpent and a vampire which they ultimately do. When they arrive, Otto, masquerading as the prince, orders Essad Pasha to introduce him to the army. He also wants the treasury and his harem moved to his palace after he is crowned king. He shows Essad Pasha in various ways that he will not be a puppet ruler and earns respect for that. Otto shares everything with Jim but his friend worries that they will be found out and if they don't come up with a plan of escape if circumstances warrant, they will be killed.
EVERY INCH A KING is a delightful, straight forward fairy tale that will definitely enchant the audience. The main character is an anti-hero scammer and con artist, who doesn't have a mean bone in his body and would be a good ruler given the chance. Readers will adore him and hope he doesn't get himself killed. Fans of Harry Turtledove's epic alternate histories should know he is a great fantasist of smaller scale alleged events as well.
Harriet Klausner
Truth is Stranger (and funnier) than Fiction.......2006-06-21
One of the funniest books I've read for a long time.
As with his "Derlavi" and "Dettina" series, Turtledove has taken real events, moved them to a world with magic instead of technology, and changed the names and compass points. But where the "Derlavi" series which began with "Darkness Descending" was a very dark account of World War Two, and the "Dettina" series which began with "Sentry Peak" was an account of the American Civil war with a mixture of military history and whimsy, this story about a circus clown who managed to get himself crowned King of Albania is farce from beginning to end.
Because the outrageous events described in this book have been discreetly omitted from serious history books about the founding of the nation of Albania, I had not previously heard of them. However, it was not all that hard to recognise the background of the book as a pretty accurate account of the situation in the Balkans just before World War One, and it didn't take long to look them up. To my astonishment, I discovered that apart from the references to magic, dragons, etc the plot of the book appears to be essentially accurate.
When Albania broke away from the Ottoman Empire in 1913, they offered the throne to Halim Etti, a nephew of the Ottoman sultan. His photograph was published abroad, and a German clown called Otto Witte noticed that he closely resembled Etti. Witte arranged to have a telegram sent from Istanbul to the head of the Albanian army announcing the arrival of the prince. Then he set off for Albania with a sword-swallower called Max Schlepsig - some sources say Hoffman - playing the role of his aide-de-camp. The pair of imposters arrived in "borrowed" theatre costume uniforms and were saluted by the port authorities. They proceeded to Tirane, where Witte was crowned on 13 August and enjoyed the next five days by setting up a harem and declaring war on Montenegro.
I won't say any more about what really happened to avoid spoiling the book, but this is an absolute gem.
As with Turtledove's Dettina series, one of the most entertaining exercises for the reader is working out what the names mean - mostly country names in this case. Some are very easy and some quite hard. I won't give them all away, but two middle-difficulty examples to give an idea is that Macedonia is referred to as "Fyrom" and America as "Vespucciland."
Explanation: When Macedonia broke away from Yugoslavia they had to call themselves the "Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia" or FYROM to avoid upsetting the Greeks. And of course the eponymous explorer whose gave his name to the New World continents was Amerigo Vespucci ...
If you enjoy humorous fantasy stories like those of Piers Anthony, or if you have enjoyed any of Turtledove's other more whimsical pieces, you will love this book.
The most difficult art:.......2006-03-25
Being consistently funny is about the most difficult of literary feats. Turtledove manages it here without (visibly) breaking a sweat. The lowest response-meter anywhere in this one was a broad grin!
Best of all, it's based closely on real history; most of this stuff (the magic aside) actually happened.
I heartily recommend this book.
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EVERY INCH A KING
COSTA
Manufacturer: MACMILLAN
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Binding: Hardcover
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Absolutely wonderful!!.......2007-07-22
This book is a great way to enhance my learning of Latin. Because the stories are already familiar, it is easier to understand but still interesting.
Latin Fairy Stories.......2007-01-04
Light and well known subject matter - I should think youngsters starting in Latin would like it, with help.
Excellent reader!.......2006-08-17
What do you do when you've completed a text of basic Latin grammar, but aren't ready yet for Cicero? For me, FAIRY TALES IN LATIN is a great solution:
1. I know the stories so well, they almost tell themselves.
2. I found myself breezing through grammar that gave me grief when I was learning it. I read right through the subjunctive, conditionals, and more without even realizing it!
3. The writers put to good use the repetition common to fairy tales by using different voices and vocabulary.
4. While you'll probably never again see a few of the new vocabulary (did the ancient Romans eat porridge?), there's *plenty* that you will.
Word order is more English than Latin. But at this stage of the game, I think that's a good thing. The experts may hold a different opinion.
All I know is that this book has solidified my ability to read selections that include many areas of grammar, and has expanded my vocabulary.
There are no macrons in either the stories themselves or the glossary. Don't panic! It becomes easy fast. Hey, we'll have to face de-macroned Latin sometime :-)
I just love that, with only a little effort, I can read through these stories. In Latin! Get this book.
A great intermediate transition book.......2006-07-10
I found this book to be an enjoyable, easy read. Only a few times have a had to look in the back dictionary. The stories are familiar to most people, and this helps, I believe in the Latin understanding. The style of writing is simple and also facilitates learning.
One should probably have studied at least a year of Latin before reading this book, although I imagine that even beginner students would be able to get something out of the book. The book uses subjunctive clauses often and so it would be good to be familiar with them.
It is a great way to make the transition from reading "stilted Latin" to "living Latin". A great preparation for reading classic texts.
Fabulae Mirabiles.......2006-03-28
I am studying out of Wheelock's Latin and have completed the first eight chapters. I find that I can understand almost every word within these fairly tales because the stories are already known to me, and I can anticipate the meaning of words that I do not know.
My son is a quarter of the way through First Year Latin by Smith and Thompson. Fabulae Mirabiles is a little more difficult for him, so he relies on the humorous pictures in some instances.
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A quick read, all the better to re-read!.......2007-09-17
Great characterizations and an inventive premise make this an absolute favorite of mine. It's character-driven sci-fi, and watching Annie and Leo work through the puzzles Mirabile gives them and their team is a joy.
Mirabile.......2007-04-04
Fair condition, book was a bit crooked, great story. Scifi mixed with biology and humor.
Mirabile!.......2002-08-26
What can I say about Janet Kagan? She's written three books, and all three of them could have been justly called Mirabile (Wonderful in Latin). The other two, Hellspark and Uhura's Song are also favorites, but Mirabile is a delight, and just pure fun. Kangaroo rexes! Odders! Tulip bats! Oh the wonderful and surprising things that can happen to the wildlife when someone's been mucking around in their genepool. Annie Jason Masmajean is our heroine, I guess you would call her profession field genetics. It's her job to provide the colonists of Mirabile with the critters and plants they need to survive, and ensure that the strange beasties that keep cropping up (The scientists back on earth got cute with genetic redundancy), don't harm the colonists or the vital species that they need. It's a very light-hearted read, but not lacking one iota of depth. Between this book and her other two Janet Kagan has me itching for more. Anything she produces, I will buy, and there are very few authors I can say that about.
Janet Kagan is a wonderful author!.......2001-12-21
********** (10 STARS!)
I have bought at least a dozen of EACH of her books. I keep lending my copy, wanting my friends to enjoy Kagan's great stories. And I NEVER get the book back!
So I keep buying more.
Because when you find a GREAT read, you want to share it.
I gave half-a-dozen of her books as gifts for Christmas 2001, too - to great readers as disparate in age and interests as a 20-year old in the Army stationed in Uzbekistan to an 80-year old great-grandmother enjoying the sun in Florida.
And the good news today -- Janet Kagan is WRITING again!
Ahhhhhhhhhh!
She took part in a novel-writing contest this year, with a projected output of a 200-page book. (...)
I'm betting that Kagan's "contest" novel will turn in to a published work.
Hoping.
She's been spending a lot of time editing, etc. But she's WRITING again! Life is good.
If you haven't read any Janet Kagan, I think you are in for a very enjoyable read.
Janet Kagan is a wonderful author!.......2001-12-21
********** (10 STARS!)
I have bought at least a dozen of EACH of her books. I keep lending my copy, wanting my friends to enjoy Kagan's great stories. And I NEVER get the book back!
So I keep buying more.
Because when you find a GREAT read, you want to share it.
I gave half-a-dozen of her books as gifts for Christmas 2001, too - to great readers as disparate in age and interests as a 20-year old in the Army stationed in Uzbekistan to an 80-year old great-grandmother enjoying the sun in Florida.
(...)
If you haven't read any Janet Kagan, I think you are in for a very enjoyable read.
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Analytical and Experimental Fracture Mechanics
Manufacturer: Springer
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International Directory of Company Histories Volume 2. (International Directory of Company Histories)
Manufacturer: St. James Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Board book
Company Profiles
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ASIN: 1558620125 |
Book Description
When students, job candidates, business executives, historians and investors need accurate and detailed information on the development of any of the world's 4,550 largest and most influential companies, direct them to International Directory of Company Histories. This multi-volume work is the first major reference to bring together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location.
Each three- to five-page entry is meticulously detailed with facts gathered from popular magazines, academic periodicals, books, annual reports and the archives of the companies themselves. Entries provide information on founders, expansions and losses, labor/management actions, NAIC codes, key dates, ticker symbol, principal subsidiaries, principal divisions, principal operating units, principle competators and other significant milestones -- all peppered with statistics, dates and names of key players.
Vols. 1-6 are organized alphabetically by major industries; Vol. 7 and subsequent volumes are arranged alphabetically by company name within each volume. Each volume includes a cumulative index to companies and personal names. Vol. 7 and subsequent volumes include a cumulative index to industries.
The histories were compiled from publicly accessible sources, as well as from material supplied by the companies themselves. Entries on companies that have had major changes since they were last profiled may be selected for updating.
Starting with Volume 37 a geographical index to companies sorted by country of head office. The index includes Country name, alphabetical list of companies from that country, and volume number where the company profile can be found.
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The Jasper's Cookbook
Jasper J., Jr. Mirabile
Manufacturer: Leathers Publishing
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ASIN: 1585971944 |
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This cookbook celebrates 50 years of recipes from Kansas City's legendary restaurant, Jasper's. A truly outstanding selection of Italian recipes, accompanied by family pictures and helpful and often humorous notes.
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Authentic Italian.......2004-07-17
This cookbook is well written and is very authentic. The recipes are easy to follow and the antidotes are worth their weight in gold. Be sure to read the history of Jasper's in the begiining of the book. I have eaten many great dinners at Jasper's, I have known the Mirabile family for over fifty years and I am so glad Jasper Mirabile Jr. is keeping the legacy of his father alive in his cookbook and restaurant!
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Mirabile Dictu
Howard Kleyn
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Hard Questions Heart Answers
Bernice A. King
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Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, gave her first speech at seventeen, and everyone present immediately recognized that she had inherited her father's remarkable gift for oratory. In the sixteen years since that first public appearance, Bernice King--an ordained minister as well as an attorney--has become one of the country's most admired speakers and has touched the hearts of thousands. Now, in Hard Questions, Heart Answers, she has collected the best of her inspiring sermons and speeches; in words ringing with wisdom and compassion, she addresses the pressing problems facing America in the 1990s.
Like her father before her, Reverend King believes that a good sermon or speech can fundamentally alter the way listeners understand their world and their place in it. With this goal in mind, the first part of Hard Questions, Heart Answers intends to "disturb the comfortable"--to stir people from their complacency and remind them that each human life is a precious gift. Tackling such controversial subjects as our disaffected youth, gun control, and the death penalty, Reverend King argues forcefully that, however "comfortable" America may seem, it has yet to confront its spiritual decay, its deep-rooted racism, and its thirst for violence.
Reverend King believes that ignoring our country's problems not only makes them worse but also produces a troubled population in desperate need of solace and spiritual nourishment. In the second part of the collection, "Comforting the Disturbed," she speaks eloquently to this hunger, calling on the church to
rediscover its helping and healing mission, and urges African American men to become positive role models for future generations. Most especially, she
encourages each of us to put aside our differences and find constructive "heart" answers to the toughest of today's "hard" questions.
Using experiences and lessons from her own life, Reverend King vigorously challenges us to look beyond our own concerns and help others strive for a better life. Evoking the dream of social justice and racial equality that her father envisioned so many years ago, Hard Questions, Heart Answers offers the insight, empowerment, and hope that can make that dream a reality.
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Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, is an ordained minister, an attorney, and one of this country's most admired speakers. As this remarkable collection of her sermons and speeches makes clear, she shares with her father a rare gift for oratory and the wisdom and compassion to inspire others. The collection begins with words designed to "disturb the comfortable." Tackling such controversial subjects as our disaffected youth, gun control, and the death penalty, King paints a compelling picture of the spiritual decay and deep-seated racism that infects our society. In the second part of the book, a selection of sermons focusing on "comforting the disturbed, " King's belief in the power of faith to restore our communities, morally and spiritually, rings forth. The church, she asserts, must return to its helping and healing mission, and each of us, looking into our hearts, must put aside our differences and remember that each human life is precious.
Books:
- Dream of the Blue Room: A Novel
- Eyesight Alone: Clement Greenberg's Modernism And The Bureaucratization Of The Senses
- For Rouenna: A Novel
- Fred & Edie: A Novel
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- I Never Did Tell You Did I? (Unsent Letters)
- If Only: How to Turn Regret Into Opportunity
- If You Are Afraid of Heights
- Jammin' on the Avenue : Going to New Orleans
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