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Oscar and Lucinda: movie tie-in edition
Peter Carey Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0679777504 Release Date: 1997-11-11 |
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Oscar Hopkins is a high-strung preacher's kid with hydrophobia and noisy knees. Lucinda Leplastrier is a frizzy-haired heiress who impulsively buys a glass factory with the inheritance forced on her by a well-intentioned adviser. In the early parts of this lushly written book, author Peter Carey renders the seminal turning points in his protagonists' childhoods as exquisite 19th-century set pieces. Young Oscar, denied the heavenly fruit of a Christmas pudding by his cruelly stern father, forever renounces his father's religion in favor of the Anglican Church. "Dear God," Oscar prays, "if it be Thy will that Thy people eat pudding, smite him!" Lucinda's childhood trauma involves a beautiful doll bought by her struggling mother with savings from the jam jar; in a misguided attempt to tame the doll's unruly curls, young Lucinda mutilates her treasure beyond repair. Neither of these coming-of-age stories quite explains how the grownup Oscar and Lucinda each develop a guilty passion for gambling. Oscar plays the horses while at school, and Lucinda, now an orphaned heiress, finds comfort in a game of cards with an odd collection of acquaintances. When the two finally meet, on board a ship bound for New South Wales, they are bound by their affinity for risk, their loneliness, and their awkwardly blossoming (but unexpressed) mutual affection. Their final high-stakes folly--transporting a crystal palace of a church across (literally) godforsaken terrain--strains plausibility, and events turn ghastly as Oscar plays out his bid for Lucinda's heart. Yet even the unconvincing plot turns are made up for by Carey's rich prose and the tale's unpredictable outcome. Although love proves to be the ultimate gamble for Oscar and Lucinda, the story never strays too far from the terrible possibility that even the most thunderstruck lovers can remain isolated in parallel lives.Book Description
The Booker Prize-winning novel--now a major motion picture from Fox Searchlight Pictures.Customer Reviews:
Gambling and Love.......2007-04-13
the aftermath.......2007-03-07
one of the finest books I've read .......2006-08-06
Oscar and Lucinda.......2006-08-04
The Lingering Effects of Oscar and Lucinda.......2006-05-27
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Oscar and Lucinda
Manufacturer: University of Queensland Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0702221724 |
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Oscar & Lucinda
Peter CAREY Manufacturer: Faber & Faber ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000I1TAD4 |
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OSCAR AND LUCINDA.
Peter. Carey Manufacturer: UQP ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0702227609 |
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Oscar and Lucinda
Carey Peter Manufacturer: Faber ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0571180957 |
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Oscar and Lucinda (Screenplay)
Laura Jones Manufacturer: Faber & Faber ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0571194702 |
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Oscar & Lucinda
Peter Carey Manufacturer: Vintage Books / Random House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000K00F3C |
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Oscar & Lucinda
Peter Carey Manufacturer: Harper & Row, Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HW010U |
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Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey Manufacturer: Faber & Faber Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000RTWUBG |
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Oscar and Lucinda
Carey Peter Manufacturer: University of Queensland Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0702229784 |
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That Half-Barbaric Twang: THE BANJO IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE (Music in American Life)
Karen Linn Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 025206433X |
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Not for Banjo Lovers!.......2007-04-02
what about the music?.......2006-05-13
Book one on the Banjo, Great book on American Culture.......2004-04-06
Linn deals with the social image of the banjo from its African and African American origins, to minstrelry's role in popularizing this instrument as well as the conflicts between the racism of minstrelry and the explosion of an instrument suited to popularize African American music. She continues by charting the now-forgetten age of the classic banjo from post civil war period until the first decade of this century, when manufacturers and teachers tried to elavate the five string instrument from its working class and African American roots, to becoming a polite and priviledged possession for the rich. She then charts the evolyution of the instrument and its image into the jazz age with the various 4 string banjos. Finally she deals with the images in the culture created by the persistence of the instrument in appalachia and its revival in the folk scene of the 1950s through today.
This is a gross summary of a subtle, well written book, that provides pictures about how stereotypes and misinformation based on the racial and class conflicts of society both cloud our knowledge of the real culture and constitutes part of it.
This is a fascinating book about American history and culture and race under capitalism, even if the reader is not interested in the banjo. If one is interested in the banjo in any way, you Need this book!
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The Code of Hammurabi King of Babylon
Robert Francis Harper Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1410201023 |
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This book on the legal Code of Hammurabi was published only three years after the monument on which it was engraved was discovered.This is a complete English translation of the code with a running parallel transliteration of the original ideograms. All corrections and erasures are included. This edition also includes facsimiles of all of the original cuneiform tablets, a thorough glossary and index of subjects, lists of proper names and tables of weights and currencies.
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The Code of the Harpers (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying, Forgotten Realms)
Ed Greenwood Manufacturer: TSR Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1560766441 |
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Awesome.......2000-07-13
One of the best Forgotten Realms sourcebooks.......2000-06-09
More Harpers than you can shake a stick at!!!.......1998-05-06
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Capturing Enigma -Softbound Edition: How HMS Petard Seized the German Naval Codes
Stephen Harper Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0750930500 |
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The focus should have remained on the value of Ultra to the British.......2007-04-11
Capturing Enigma.......2000-10-03
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The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about 2250 B.C. Second edition
Robert Francis Harper Manufacturer: University of Chicago/Luzac ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000N4ON1A |
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The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon: About 2250 B.C. : Autographed Text, Transliteration, Translation, Glossary Index of Subjects, Lists of Proper Names, Signs, Numerals, Corrections and
Manufacturer: Lawbook Exchange Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1584770031 |
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Harper, Robert Francis. The Code of Hammurabi King of Babylon. About 2250 B.C. Autographed Text Transliteration... Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1904. xxviii, 194, ciii pp. Plates, folding map of the region. Reprinted 2000 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-23953. ISBN 1-58477-003-1. Cloth $75. Complete English translation of the code with a running parallel transliteration of the original ideograms. All corrections and erasures are included. This edition also includes facsimiles of all of the original cuniaform tablets, a thorough glossary and index of subjects, lists of proper names and tables of weights and currencies.Customer Reviews:
The Ancient Laws of Babylon.......2000-11-02
The book is amazing in many ways, not the least of which being the fact that the actual codes themselves were found, engraved on a large block of black diorite, in 1901 CE and yet were fully transliterated by a diverse group of scholars and in print as early as 1904 CE. This feat of having rendered a complete transliteration of the codes-- along with several extremely difficult passages that appeared in the epilogue-- is a truly impressive scholastic effort, the incredible work of several eminent Assyriologists of the early 20th Century CE.
A great deal of information concerning the social structure of Babylon may be gleaned by reading through these codes, revealed both directly and also by inference. We are able to see quite well what their system of social prioritization was like, and by being so acquainted with their mores, proscriptions and so forth, a very clear picture of the Babylonians as a collective group emerges.
This book would be most valuable to those who are interested in the history of ancient Semitic people, but also to those who are interested in the history of torts and criminal codes in general. As it is, the Codes of Hammurabi can be seen to have influenced subsequent legal codiciles, allegedly to include even the Ten Commandments as transferred by Moses. As these latter codes were to become a cornerstone of the subsequent ethical apperception of Europe-- thus having a further impact on the rest of the world, even unto this very day-- one might say that by reading the Codes of Hammurabi we are able to see how the laws of most Western people evolved over the past four millenia.
While this book does not present us with a very difficult read, it might not be entirely interesting to the casual perusal of the average person. Even so, it is possible that virtually anyone who picked up this book and read some of it would learn a great deal about a famous society that became extinct around 1100 BCE, that is, the society of the ancient city-state known as Babylon. Perhaps by so knowing, we may also be facing an examination of ourselves.
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Can Sec. 267(f) defer a debtor's currency loss? : An article from: The Tax Adviser
Michael Harper Manufacturer: American Institute of CPA's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000ALV5ZI Release Date: 2005-07-25 |
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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 954 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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The code for success. (Aerospace Controls Corp., manufacturer of optical and magnetic encoders) (Arkansas Business of the Year: Category I) (Company Profile): An article from: Arkansas Business
Kim Harper Manufacturer: Journal Publishing, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008YW1WI Release Date: 2005-06-01 |
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This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on January 13, 1992. The length of the article is 370 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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Rollover of gain on sale of principal residence.: An article from: The Tax Adviser
John Harper Manufacturer: American Institute of CPA's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00093T1QM Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on December 1, 1995. The length of the article is 551 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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The Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi Manufacturer: Gordon Press Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 0849043948 |
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Code Of Hammurabi King of Babyion About 2250 B.C.
Robert F. Harper Manufacturer: University of Chicago ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KWJ82E |
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Managers Bookshelf: A Mosaic of Contemporary Views (7th Edition)
Jon Pierce , and John Newstrom Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0131490346 |
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This collection of objective summaries of a broad sampling of business best-sellers introduces readers to the thoughts, philosophies, views, and experiences of a number of authors whose works have captivated the attention of today's management community. It considers the works of noted authors on such topics as management paradigms, high-performing organizations, organizational vision and goals, motivation, empowerment and participation, teams and teamwork, leadership, managing diversity, organizational change and renewal, organizational learning and knowledge-driven management, global dimensions, and managing personal effectiveness. For managers of all types.Customer Reviews:
A great time-saver and brain-feeder.......2003-02-18
The Manager's Bookshelf - a mosaic of contemporary views.......2000-05-17
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The Manager's Bookshelf: A Mosaic of Contemporary Views (Custom edition for University of Phoenix)
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Longman ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0673675785 |
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Includes selected readings from The Manager's Bookshelf--2nd and 3rd Editions
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The Manager's Bookshelf: A Mosaic Of Contemporary Views Sixth Edition
Jon L. Pierce Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000J4LB2I |
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Managers Bookshelf: A Mosaic of Contemporary Views
Jon L. Pierce Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OUG9FQ |
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The Managers Bookshelf: A Mosaic of Contemporary Views
Jon L.; Newstrom, John W. Pierce Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OIT676 |
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