Sierra Stories: True Tales of Tahoe

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A sequel that's as good as the first one. Fun , informative.......1999-11-19

After reading the first volume, it was hard tobelieve that there were so many more great people stories about the historical Sierra mountains: miners, badmen (and women), and people of great achievements. A well-written, fun set of stories all true.

The cradle song,: Comedy in two acts with an interlude in verse, (French's standard library edition)

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The cradle song,: Comedy in two acts with an interlude in verse, (French's standard library edition)
Gregorio Martinez Sierra
Manufacturer: S. French, ltd.; [etc., etc.]
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Anna Maria Falconbridge: Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone during the Years 1791-1792-1793 (Liverpool Historical Studies , Vol 17)

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Interesting Account of Africa in the 18th century by a woman

Anna Maria Falconbridge: Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone during the Years 1791-1792-1793 (Liverpool Historical Studies , Vol 17)
Christopher Fyfe
Manufacturer: Liverpool University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Anna Maria Falconbridge’s Narrative of Two Voyages, consisting of fourteen letters to a friend about her experiences, is the first published Englishwoman’s narrative of a visit to West Africa. Alexander Falconbridge’s Account of the Slave Trade describes the horrific conditions he had witnessed in West Africa. Published in 1788 by the London Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, it was the first piece of published abolitionist propaganda.

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Interesting Account of Africa in the 18th century by a woman.......2003-12-11

Falconbridge details her travels to Sierra Leone and the establishment of the pioneering Freetown settlement founded by the Sierra Leone Company. The initial section of the narrative is dedicated to a description of her surroundings and the native culture as well as the circumstances of her first voyage. The narrative takes a different turn on her second voyage however, when she accuses the Sierra Leone Company of mishandling the colony and attempts to gain recompense for her hardships. This narrative is interesting in the context of British abolition and as an account of a European woman's experiences in Africa. Some of the material is a little dry, especially Alexander Falconbridge's testimonial which has been rehashed many times. Also, Anna Maria's response to African society is not surprising and yet the hardships that she overcomes in her travels are remarkable. The editorial commentary in this book is excellent and helpful in understanding this epistolary narrative in its context.

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Be Captured!

Bravo Two Sierra
Stephen Gagin
Manufacturer: Bookman Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1594535604

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Only a madman attacks a U.S. Naval vessel in the middle of a raging hurricane. Santana J. Roja is just that madman. Set in the lush rain forest of Honduras and the storm revenged Caribbean Sea, Bravo TWO Sierra follows the lives of Roja and his band of cutthroat, Satan worshiping pirates, and the crew of the USS MASSASOIT (ATF-167) an old fleet tug whose counting down the hours before she's sent to the razor blade pile.

The opening chapter is a flash back which sets the premise of the novel: absolute revenge destroys all. With the selling of Carmella Roja into a life of prostitution and drug abuse by her village priest, Santana Roja grows up a child of the alleys and whorehouses of Puerto Cortez. Shunned by the powerful Catholic church for his illegitimacy, Santana swears faith to the arcane teachings of Satanism. Soon he is in control of the port city's vibrant black market. Now he is in a position to exact revenge on the men responsible for his mother's death, and the man whom he blames for his station in life.

Tension is sustained through the individual sailing and port calls of the American salvage crew and Roja's gang of black marketeers. Atmosphere is derived from the ocean and the weather they encounter. The final confrontation between father and son is as explosive as the hurricane that slams a Haitian gunrunner's ship aground in the Straits of Florida.

Bravo TWO Sierra captures all the flavor of serving on a small command mixed with such a realistic scenario, that you'd think was yesterday's headline news.

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Be Captured!.......2005-06-17

Rebeccasreads recommends BRAVO TWO SIERRA as a riveting tale of modernday piracy. & even though a bit "noir" for my taste, I couldn't put it down.

This is Stephen R. Gagin's debut novel, in which he lays out a rollicking tale of adventure of deals & double-crosses, plumbing the depths of human depravity, & climbing to the summit of honor & dignity.

With his CODE ALPHA this author has gotten better.

The cradle song: Comedy in two acts with an interlude in Verse

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The cradle song: Comedy in two acts with an interlude in Verse
Gregorio Martinez Sierra , and Maria Martinez Sierra
Manufacturer: Samuel French
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8W1AU

The cradle song;: A comedy in two acts with an interlude in verse,

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The cradle song;: A comedy in two acts with an interlude in verse,
Gregorio Martnez Sierra
Manufacturer: French
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B0006DMSO2

Flowers of Coast and Sierra With Thirty-Two Plates In Color

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Flowers of Coast and Sierra With Thirty-Two Plates In Color

Manufacturer: H. W. Wilson Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000CIBQOO

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Coastal Flowers from Southern California to British Columbia with illustrations.

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Flowers of coast and sierra, with thirty-two plates in color
Edith S. Clements
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00005VXQJ

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Flowers of Coast and Sierra: With Thirty-two Plates in Color
Edith S. Clements
Manufacturer: Hafner Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0028429400

Geology of North America;: With two reports on the prairies of Arkansas and Texas, the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the Sierra Nevada of California, ... made for the United States government

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Geology of North America;: With two reports on the prairies of Arkansas and Texas, the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the Sierra Nevada of California, ... made for the United States government
Jules Marcou
Manufacturer: Wiley and Halsted; [etc., etc.]
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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The 2007 Report on Wood Handles for Axes, Picks, Hammers, and Other Striking Tools: World Market Segmentation by City
Philip M. Parker
Manufacturer: ICON Group International, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Econometrics | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0497738414
Release Date: 2006-11-13

Book Description

This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another. In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world\'s major cities for "wood handles for axes, picks, hammers, and other striking tools" for the year 2007. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. For many items, latent demand is clearly observable in sales, as in the case for food or housing items. Consider, however, the category "satellite launch vehicles". Clearly, there are no launch pads in most cities of the world. However, the core benefit of the vehicles (e.g. telecommunications, etc.) is "consumed" by residents or industries within the world\'s cities. Without certain cities, in other words, the market for satellite launch vehicles would be lower for the world in general. One needs to allocate, therefore, a portion of the worldwide economic demand for launch vehicles to both regions and cities. This report takes the broader definition and considers, therefore, a city as a part of the global market.

The 2007-2012 World Outlook for Wood Handles for Axes, Picks, Hammers, and Other Striking Tools

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The 2007-2012 World Outlook for Wood Handles for Axes, Picks, Hammers, and Other Striking Tools
Philip M. Parker
Manufacturer: ICON Group International, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Econometrics | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0497281473
Release Date: 2006-05-18

Book Description

This study covers the world outlook for wood handles for axes, picks, hammers, and other striking tools across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.

"Dragonlance" Dwarven Nations Trilogy: The Covenant of the Forge, Hammer and Axe, The Swordsheath Scroll (Set of 3 Fantasy Novels)

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"Dragonlance" Dwarven Nations Trilogy: The Covenant of the Forge, Hammer and Axe, The Swordsheath Scroll (Set of 3 Fantasy Novels)
Dan Parkinson
Manufacturer: TSR
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000TJQF7E

Hammer and Axe (DragonLAnce Dwarven Nations Trilogy Vol. 2)

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Hammer and Axe (DragonLAnce Dwarven Nations Trilogy Vol. 2)
Dan Parkinson
Manufacturer: TSR
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ORIGINAL PRINTED PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 21,509 FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN TRENCHING TOOLS, AXES, PICKAXES, HAMMERS AND THE LIKE. (1909)..(THE INVENTORS LIVED AT PARK ROAD, PENDLETON, SALFORD, AND SPRING GARDENS, MANCHESTER).

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ORIGINAL PRINTED PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 21,509 FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN TRENCHING TOOLS, AXES, PICKAXES, HAMMERS AND THE LIKE. (1909)..(THE INVENTORS LIVED AT PARK ROAD, PENDLETON, SALFORD, AND SPRING GARDENS, MANCHESTER).

Manufacturer: HMSO
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HJRUNE

The 2006-2011 World Outlook for Wood Handles for Axes, Picks, Hammers, and Other Striking Tools

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The 2006-2011 World Outlook for Wood Handles for Axes, Picks, Hammers, and Other Striking Tools

Manufacturer: Icon Group International, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 0497061872
Release Date: 2005-04-14

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WHAT IS LATENT DEMAND AND THE P.I.E.?

The concept of latent demand is rather subtle. The term latent typically refers to something that is dormant, not observable, or not yet realized. Demand is the notion of an economic quantity that a target population or market requires under different assumptions of price, quality, and distribution, among other factors. Latent demand, therefore, is commonly defined by economists as the industry earnings of a market when that market becomes accessible and attractive to serve by competing firms. It is a measure, therefore, of potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) or total revenues (not profit) if a market is served in an efficient manner. It is typically expressed as the total revenues potentially extracted by firms. The “market” is defined at a given level in the value chain. There can be latent demand at the retail level, at the wholesale level, the manufacturing level, and the raw materials level (the P.I.E. of higher levels of the value chain being always smaller than the P.I.E. of levels at lower levels of the same value chain, assuming all levels maintain minimum profitability).

The latent demand for wood handles for axes, picks, hammers, and other striking tools is not actual or historic sales. Nor is latent demand future sales. In fact, latent demand can be lower either lower or higher than actual sales if a market is inefficient (i.e., not representative of relatively competitive levels). Inefficiencies arise from a number of factors, including the lack of international openness, cultural barriers to consumption, regulations, and cartel-like behavior on the part of firms. In general, however, latent demand is typically larger than actual sales in a country market.

For reasons discussed later, this report does not consider the notion of “unit quantities”, only total latent revenues (i.e., a calculation of price times quantity is never made, though one is implied). The units u

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The 2006-2011 World Outlook for Wood Handles for Axes, Picks, Hammers, and Other Striking Tools

Manufacturer: Icon Group International - POD
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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Hammer dressed stone hatchets in the Lake Eyre Basin. (Research Reports).: An article from: Archaeology in Oceania

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Hammer dressed stone hatchets in the Lake Eyre Basin. (Research Reports).: An article from: Archaeology in Oceania
Kevin Tibbett
Manufacturer: Oceania Publication
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Archaeology in Oceania, published by Oceania Publication on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2140 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hammer dressed stone hatchets in the Lake Eyre Basin. (Research Reports).
Author: Kevin Tibbett
Publication: Archaeology in Oceania (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Oceania Publication
Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Page: 37(4)

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Hammer and Axe: Dwarven Nations Trilogy, Vol 2 (Dragonlance)

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Another Great Dwarven Tale
Wonderful Continuance in a fantastic series!
Dwarfy Goodness!
A very good story!
Excellent

Hammer and Axe: Dwarven Nations Trilogy, Vol 2 (Dragonlance)
Dan Parkinson
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1560766271

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Another Great Dwarven Tale.......2007-06-12

Dan Parkinson does a great job in this second book of the Dwarven Nations Trilogy. I think the Dwarves are one of the most interesting and entertaining races on Krynn, and Dan Parkinson does an excellent job bringing out the best in this novel. If you're at all interested in learning more about how the Dwarven nation was formed and evolved, read all three of these books!

Wonderful Continuance in a fantastic series!.......2002-10-08

The Dwarven Nations Trilogy has been the best I've ever read.
Every time you read it, it just gets better and better.

This spirited second mainly deals with the coming together of the dwarven clans of Kal-Thax...and the beginings of what will soon be "Thorbardin". If you havent figured it out, this series takes place before the Catacylsm.

This is by far the best "History" series I've ever read. It keeps you coming back for more and more. Though sadly it is out of print, and you have to pay like 20.00 for every book, the price is well worth it.*

*Check Ebay, I've seen quiet a few sets of them on there for a really good price...

-Jon

Dwarfy Goodness!.......2000-08-13

Despite being the first Dragonlance book I ever read, and that this is the second part of a series, I loved it. I did however find it confusing the way the story flitted between locations but the characters were strong and scenery fantastic. The huge solar-powered (sort-of) caverns the fighters lived in. The battles are perfect length and keep you interested 'till the end. Good stuff.

A very good story!.......1999-10-13

This book is one of the best non-Weis and Hickman DL books. There was plenty of action (it was a bit slow in some parts) and magic for a good fantasy. I liked that it had a sence of imporance in it. This is the future of the Dwarven race. This is a must buy for any DL fan.

Excellent.......1998-05-06

This was without a doubt one of the best DL books I've read in a long time. While the first book was good, it was very slow, having to detail how all of the dwarven clans came together, getting very long in spots, but, in the end, still creating a good epic feel. On the other hand, this book was a fast-paced adventure with lots of magic which is just what I was looking for. If you've read the first book and aren't sure whether or not you should read this one, I'd highly recommend it!

Cornish Crosses Christian and Pagan with Some Observations on the Tau Cross, Thor's Hammer, and the Cult of the Axe

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Cornish Crosses Christian and Pagan with Some Observations on the Tau Cross, Thor's Hammer, and the Cult of the Axe
T.F.G. And Henry Dexter
Manufacturer: Longmans, Green & Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VAB2ME

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A memoir, not a biography

Somewhat misleading title

A life lived with Frank Herbert

An inticate and personal view on the life of Frank Herbert

Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert
Brian Herbert
Manufacturer: Tor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0765306476

Book Description

veryone knows Frank Herbert's Dune. One of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, Dune has become a worldwide phenomenon, winning awards and selling millions of copies. Brian Herbert, Frank's eldest son, tells the provocative story of his father's extraordinary life in this honest and loving chronicle. He has also brought to light all the events in Frank's life that found their way into speculative fiction's greatest epic. From his early years in Tacoma, Washington, and his education in the Navy and at the University of Washington, Seattle, through the difficult years of trying his hand as a TV cameraman, radio commentator, reporter, and editor of several West Coast newspapers, Frank Herbert worked long and hard before finding success. Brian Herbert writes about his father's life with a truthful intensity that brings every facet of the man's brilliant, and sometimes troubled, genius to full light. Insightful and provocative, containing family photos never published anywhere, this absorbing biography offers Brian Herbert's unique personal perspective on one of the most enigmatic and creative talents of our time.

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Excelent.......2007-03-09

It was really great to have this book. As a Frank Herbert fan, knowing him better really enhances the enjoyment of reading his books.

A memoir, not a biography.......2007-02-23

This is not a biography but a memoir of a very important science fiction writer. It is highly personalized, even informative as could be for a memoir. You do find out a lot of things about Frank Herbert that's not available as of yet. The family info, the struggles to be a successful writer, the whole father-son relationship, and at the very least introductory stuff on the origins of the creation of the Dune series. I was particularly pleased by the little bits of philosophy on life and writing included here. All delivered in an easy to read - albeit occasionally repetitive - manner. As such, this book turned out to be a lot of fun to read. I felt like my curiosities about Herbert were satisfied, knowing full well that a more comprehensive and critical biography will be around soon enough. This memoir written by his son is quite sufficient to breeze through during the interim. So for Frank Herbert fans, I recommend this.

Somewhat misleading title.......2005-06-15

While this book does contain a lot of information about Frank Herbert it contains almost an equal amount about his wife Beverly and his son (the author of the book) Brian. I found all the information to be interesting but those looking for an in depth look at Frank Herbert will likely be disappointed.

It is clear that Brian Herbert is not even close to his father in writing talent - either that or whoever edited this book did a poor job. The writing gets extremely repetitive. I didn't keep track of all the repetitions but I think it is accurate to say that some points are repeated well over a dozen times throughout the book - often without even changing the wording.

The repetitiveness of the writing is my biggest gripe with the book. My other gripe is Brian's attention to details that really won't matter to most readers. For example he often goes into detail about exactly what was served for dinner and exactly what wine, down to the year, accompanied it. Is anyone really going to care about this?

A life lived with Frank Herbert.......2004-12-26

The author Frank Herbert (1920-1985) is best known for his wildly popular novel Dune, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards in 1965 and arguably the best science fiction novel ever written. In his biography Dreamer of Dune, Frank Herbert's son Brian tells us the story behind the desert planet of his father's imagination, breathing life into the brilliant but imperfect character of the bearish man who so dominated his own life. In straightforward, no-frills prose, Brian Herbert tells the story of his father's life chronologically and in great detail, from Frank's dangerously independent childhood in the Pacific northwest--at the age of nine he sailed on his own in a row boat from his home town of Burley, Washington to the San Juan islands and back, a distance of more than two hundred miles--to his sudden death at the age of 65 from a pulmonary embolism. Along the way Herbert's life was dominated by two focuses, his writing--he was a prolific author who wrote with a feverish intensity and demanded that his time at the typewriter remain inviolate--and his wife: Beverly Herbert, Brian's mother, was Frank's partner in life and in the business of writing for nearly forty years, theirs the sort of marriage that grew in intensity over time and which seems to have been a stronger bond than either shared with their children. Beverly predeceased her husband by slightly more than two years. (Frank's devotion to Beverly is perhaps called into question by the fact that he was married again so soon after her death, to a woman thirty-six years his junior. He pronounced himself "in love" with this young woman less than three months after his wife's death.)

The picture Brian paints of his father is not wholly flattering. Frank Herbert was a larger-than-life personality, the benevolent and booming host of dinner parties, a witty raconteur. He was a doting husband and a loyal friend. A man filled with curiosity and energy, Herbert was always planning new projects--literary, ecological, architectural. Prior to his death he was planning on becoming the oldest man to climb Mt. Everest. But his personality had a less attractive side, the ego and arrogance that came with his genius. Brian Herbert writes of his father: "He dominated every conversation, even when a room was full of people, and sometimes I found his ego hard to bear. But that was his way, and he was, after all, the most interesting person any of us knew." Herbert demanded that others bend to his writing schedule to an unreasonable degree; he required a surprising degree of assistance, of gophering, from Brian in his adulthood, and he became wroth when his directions were not followed to the letter. Most importantly, although he made up for it to an extent in later years, Frank was a lousy father, impatient with his children (and, years hence, with his grandchildren), whose noise threatened to interrupt his work. He was a strict disciplinarian who hooked his sons up to a lie detector he'd procured and sweated the truth of their peccadilloes out of them. Brian and his brother Bruce--we hear very little about the latter in the book--were both estranged from their father at various points in their lives, though Brian became very close to Frank in his adulthood.

Weighing in at more than 500 pages, Dreamer of Dune is a long slog of a book which would have benefited from energetic editing. Part of the problem is that material is sometimes repeated. We are told three times, for example, that the Herberts may be descended from Henry VIII. The worse problem is that the book is overflowing with insignificant details, as if the author were attempting to include in the biography the text of every journal entry he ever made and every last bit of family lore he could lay his hands on. These tidbits are strewn about the book in passages that could readily have been cut from their surroundings. Thus, for example, we are told early in the book about Frank Herbert's dental hygiene:

"From an early age Frank Herbert was fastidious about his teeth, spending as much as fifteen minutes at a time brushing them. In his entire lifetime he never had one cavity, and his teeth were so perfect that dentists marveled upon seeing them."

And later on we hear about the character of a yawn Frank Herbert yawned at about ten o'clock on a Saturday in July of 1980:

"Just before ten o'clock Dad bid us good night at his usual time, so that he could rise early the next morning and write. He kissed Mom and whispered something in her ear, which caused her to smile. As he shuffled off to bed he yawned, simultaneously making a drawn-out, mid-range tone that was punctuated with a high pitched 'yow' at the end. He entered the master bedroom and closed the door behind him."

It is remarkable that that "yow" business made it into Brian Herbert's journal, let alone into his published biography of his father.

On a second discussion of the Herbert teeth, we hear also of Frank's difficulty sleeping one night in August of 1981:

"I recall seeing him in our bathroom in boxer shorts one morning, flossing his teeth. He had always taken care of his teeth. They were perfect, without a cavity. He said he didn't sleep well the night before, and that when he drifted off he snored more than usual, and it kept waking him up. His back was bothering him a little, too, though he propped a big pillow under the head of the mattress as he normally did. We offered him some aspirin for the pain, but he said he was all right."

Banal as these details are, they do serve to paint for persevering readers a very intimate and surprisingly moving picture of a life lived in Frank Herbert's circle. After this 500-odd-page entrée into his father's family life, one cannot be left unmoved by Brian Herbert's loving account of his parents' relationship, of the tragedy of his mother's lingering illness and death, of Frank Herbert's singular devotion to his wife. Readers interested in getting to know the man behind the masterpiece, boxer shorts, floss, and all, will enjoy Brian Herbert's biography.

Reviewed by Debra Hamel, author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece

An inticate and personal view on the life of Frank Herbert.......2004-11-02

Not but two minutes ago, I read the last page of this book. I had only recieved it a few short days ago, and throughout those few days, I could hardly put this book down. As a fan of the senior Herbert, I began collecting the Dune series in hardback, and wanted this book to add to my collection, little had I known that it would be so influencial to me. As I read this book, I laughed, felt the onset of tears, I anguished over the last days of Beverly Herbert, and felt immense sorrow when Frank passed away so suddenly along with Brian, Jan and the rest of Herbert's loving family. Reading this book showed me the quiet bond that can grow between father and son, and made me think of my own relationship with my father, and how one day, I too will have to face the pain of losing a parent. Dreamer of Dune isn't just a powerful book that I'd heartily reccomend to any fan of Dune, it's a window into the life of the man behind the stories, an incredible glimpse into the events that shaped his amazing imagination. I can't reccomend this book enough.

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Twelve Doors to the Soul: Astrology of the Inner Self
Jane A. Evans
Manufacturer: Quest Books (IL)
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0835606376

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Twelve Doors To The Soul - Astrology Of The Inner Self
Jane A. Evans
Manufacturer: Theosophical Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000Q71KAQ

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