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Newly promoted NYPD lieutenant Marian Larch investigates the murder of an elderly gentleman who met his death on a crowded bus of passengers who saw nothing and begins to suspect that someone had hired a professional killer. Reprint. PW. ... Read more

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An exceptional mystery writer
The Marian Larch series deserves to be reprinted in its entirety someday soon. They are excellent mysteries and the lead character has realistic professional and personal relationships that are intricately interwoven together (just like real life...). For those of us who are Blakes 7 fans, Larch's mysterious lover is not only based upon Avon (played by Paul Darrow in the sci-fi series) but the entire book, dedicated to the B7 fandom, has a number of B7 "in jokes". Delightful reading!

Fare Play offers a more than fair return for your money
Barbara Paul was a professor at University of Pittsburg and her love ofwriting shows in this well plotted, absorbing mystery.Newly promotedLieutenant Marian Larch is confronted with a conundrum- why would anyonekill a harmless old man? Was it a mistake or is there a hiden motive? Sheconfronts male prejudice on the job, pressure as the affluent and not soinnocent threaten lawsuits as Marian presses closer to the truth. Paulskillfully mixes humor with suspense- Marian is invited to the "bestman" at her former partner's wedding. To further complicate her lifeMarian's former lover re-enters her life.All of the characters aregems- from the priest who mixes up the wedding, to her partner's futurebattle ax mother-in-law Paul develops complex and believable characters. If you like this one also read the highly suspenseful, gritty You Have theRight to Remain Silent- Marian has to investigate the murder of fourexecutives!, and read all of the Larch series.Barbara Paul is the bestmystery writer and most underrated mystery novelist in America.Rereadingit was as great a pleasure the second and third times as the first becauseI could appreciate skillful settings, character, plot development and thegraceful writing!An underrated gem! ... Read more

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Cooling off at another precinct when a big case leaves her hopping mad at the system, Larch comes to the aid of her Broadway actress friend when memorabilia begins disappearing, and is tempted by another firm's offer until a killer makes a move. Reprint. ... Read more

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What's an apostrophe thief?
"The Apostrophe Thief" is definitely the better of the two Barbara Paul books I've read. In fact, the title for this book is the reason I picked both of them up. I was fascinated by the title.

What is an Apostrophe Thief? Does he steal the apostrophe from "it's" to make it "its?" Well, it is the name of a Braodway play that has been burglarized for items that can be re-sold to collerctors. The book includes fascinating insight to compulsive collectors of memorabilia. This book was written pre-Ebay so all of the collecors have to connect by word of mouth or at auctions so there are lots of offbeat characters to meet.

I give this book an "A-".
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Available for Foundation, Intermediate and Higher tiers, these books are an invaluable aid for use throughout the course or as a revision and summary book in preparation for examinations. They contain pages of exam questions with worked solutions and hints and tips from a Chief Examiner for Edexcel. ... Read more

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This work is fully in-line with the new Framework for Teaching Mathematics. Spiral coverage of the curriculum enables students to revise and consolidate key concepts. Every chapter contains questions in the style of National Tests. Three Ma1 tasks in every students book have detailed marking guidance in the teacher file to support key assessment at the end of the key stage. The last resource contains a series of 'summary activities' for new or previously absent teachers or pupils covering all chapters. Invaluable additions such as Question Banks and ICT CD-ROMs provide even further support. ... Read more

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New York police officer Marian Larch must find the murderer of a thief who had been stealing personal items from backstage at a Broadway theater. By the author of You Have the Right to Remain Silent. ... Read more

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Two pupils' books are connected by a clear 'bridge' in every chapter to cater for mixed-ability and settled intakes to Year 7. The fractions and percentages chapter has been fully updated and revised for the new National Curriculum requirements in 7/1 and 7/2. A completely new 7 Extra Resource pupil book and teacher file, fully bridged to 7/1 and 7/2, providing additional and invaluable extension material for the more able pupils is also available. It is in line with the National Framework Extension. It is written by best-selling and experienced authors. Up-to-date calculator settings are also included. ... Read more

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Selecting the most important literature from Wisconsin's rich historical resources, this bibliography provides 3,400 entries on the history of Wisconsin. The book is interdisciplinary, covering titles in economics, political science, sociology, ethnic studies, religion, and social and cultural history, and includes citations from archival resources, monographs, journal articles, dissertations, conference proceedings, local and state historical publications, and reference works. With no comparable bibliography available for Wisconsin, this volume is the only comprehensive, up-to-date bibliography on Wisconsin's 150-year history. ... Read more

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Using Personality-Type assessment for the first time in child-rearing, the authors explain how to recognize which of sixteen unique personality types matches a child's behavior, and then how to more successfully parent children of each type.100,000 first printing. Tour. ... Read more

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this book really nails it!Spot-on advice tailored to a child's unique personality
Wow!Realizing that children's responses to situations can vary dramatically, I have been looking for guidance on MBTI typing in children and how best to parent/teach children of different types.This book really nails it.No more reading type descriptions based on adult behavior and trying to figure out the best fit for a child -- this book describes the sixteen MBTI types using children's behavior, comments, responses.

One description fit my daughter to a tee -- many of the type-specific behaviors I've seen first-hand, negotiating everything, the non-stop imagination, doesn't know a stranger.And the description of my type, INTP, is entirely consistent with how my parents described me as a child.

The book contains a brief description of each type, including how the type manifests itself in preschoolers, school age kids, and adolescents.There is a page recapping what works best with each type.The insight is useful -- some children thrive with structure; others are suffocated by structure.One-size-fits-all parenting fails to bring out the best in each child.

Given that the book covers all sixteen Myers Briggs types, only ten or so pages are devoted exclusively to each type.Those ten pages are very valuable, though!I highly recommend this book and the other books by Paul Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger, such as The Art of Speed Reading People: How to Size People Up and Speak Their Language.

Good organization and helpful information
Wish I had this earlier.It's very easy to follow and quick read - a must for any busy parents.I've a child very similar to my own personality but another one is quite opposite.This book helps me to appreciate their differences and I also learn a few tatics in dealing with each of them. It also help improve the relationship with my husband now that I understand the difference in our type.Highly recommend to any parents.

Typing method flawed
I can't say this to people enough; that MBTI method typing is flawed, because of the following reasons. First, the test you take on typelogic dot com determines your internal self. Myself for example-internally I am ESTJ but in reality I am INFJ (ESTJ is my dual-the person who is the best match for my personality type). Second, as you can see from my example of testing ESTJ my internal dual-seeking self is menefesting outwardly flawing the resaults of the test thereby putting you in a pool of people you wouldn't get along with. For correct resaults, type yourself using How to Find Yourself and Your Best Match Socionics by Rod Novichkov then take the MBTI test and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

this is a book that every parent should own, a baby shower gift
How I wish I had had this book when my 28 year old daughter was born.We no longer have a relationship even tho we love each other but we are 16 (the farthest) personalities apart. I am an extreme extovert ESTJ and she is and extreme introvert (infp)just about the worst combo for mom and child. because she held it all in. She didn't have a chance to speak nor did she like conflict so it wasn't until she found a safe rock to jump to when she got engaged at 25, and she jumped all the way off my rock and never intends to return.I can't blame her looking back, but it wasn't my fault either, my biological family was definitely not introverted and I didn't know they would hold it all in. I am so sorry for what pain I caused her and never knew it, I was a great great mom,and elem teacher,but never knew my own daughter probably highly disliked me.Not until way too late, if only I had known.My heart is broken as I now have a grand daughter I will never get to be a grandmother to, and you may not understand this, but I am very extoverted and it is almost impossible for her to be around me even when I tone down 90% because of the experiences she probaby endured ages 0-5.So I'm sharing with you so you don't suffer the horrid pain I have suffered but have come to accept over the last 3 years since she married.I want only for her to be happy and I think that means she gets to be free of me :)

The Fastest Way To Understand How To Be A More Effective Parent or Teacher
I work with students in an alternative K - 12 public school. We have found that it is always necessary to improve the understanding and communication between parent and child if academic and behavioral performance is to be improved.

This book is extremely valuable in helping an adult understand the child and the child to understand him/her self.

The book makes it easy for the adult to determine the adult's and children's styles that are interacting. It then goes on, for each style of child, to provide a brief overview, and then sections dealing with preschool, school-aged, and adolescent child. Within many of these age sections the authors have a sub-section that talks about "the joys and challenges of raising the child," and concludes each type with a page that recaps what works with that particular type of child.

I read the appropriate section to a mother and student and both agreed that it was a perfect description of how the child functioned and how the parent needed to deal with the child.

The advice given in the book on how my meetings with the student could be structured to maximize the achievement of goals I had set for the meeting produced results.

I strongly recommend this book to teachers and parents that wish to make a difficult objective easier to reach.

I also suggest you review the author's other books.

I use Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type to narrow down the types of jobs a student may be interested in before administering a career interest survey.

I use Just Your Type: Create the Relationship You've Always Wanted Using the Secrets of Personality Type to improve my understanding of how a person of my type can best interact with the type of person I am dealing with in a particular meeting or teaching / mentoring situation. ... Read more

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SEER, set in the Caribbean, traces the mystical adventures of Becka, shaman/healer, as she travels into the spirit-world on a mission to resolve the life and death issues faced by her neighbor's son. Becka endeavors to heal the spirit and thereby heal the body. During these dream-travels she encounters entities and intriguing characters that explode her understanding of "time" and reconfigure her sense of the "real." The plot builds in such a way as to reveal startling developments and revelations about connectedness and the essential unity of people through time. The element of suspense is strong because the shaman's journey is hazardous and the outcome uncertain. The prose is interspersed with poetry and song which serve to heighten its lyricism. Rich in fantasy, myth and magic-realism, the narrative captures the color and cadence of village life and the strong mystical and animistic roots of Caribbean folk culture. ~~~~~~~~~Barbara Paul-Emile, Professor of English and Maurice E. Goldman Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, holds a Ph.D. in English. Her work centers on 19th century English Literature, Myth and Caribbean literature. A member of the faculty at Bentley College, Waltham, MA, she was named Massachusetts Professor of the Year for 1995 by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). She has published numerous articles on scholarly topics, but has remained true to her first love, creative writing. She is presently completing Mosaic, a Collection of Caribbean Short Stories and a manuscript on the Mystical Path of the Warrior Woman. ... Read more

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A Mystical Journey to Enlightenment
"Always remember that the real world is inward, child and not outward.Whereas the outward eye will deceive you, the inner eye never will," says Moro, a woman who passes down her occult teachings to her daughter, Becka, the central character in Seer.Becka heeds her mother's advice and grows to become a Jamaican village shaman and herbal healer.When called to heal a neighbor's sick child, Becka unsuspectingly embarks on an otherworldly adventure across time and space which defies her understanding of reality and fantasy.

As she nurses the sick child, Becka enters dreamlike trances and communes with an all-knowing being on a spiritual plane.Through a series of interludes that involves philosophical arguments regarding the pursuit of happiness, concepts in reincarnation, and discussions on the interconnection of humankind and the spirit world.The author creates supporting characters ranging from slaves, slave owners, tribal priestess, etc. and attempts to tie their purpose and existence together.The book seems to encourage the reader to look inward to determine their understanding of freedom and dignity.

The story began solidly and initially I was genuinely interested in this Becka character and concerned about the survival of the child.However, after the first few dreamlike episodes, I lost interest in Becka's "enlightenment" because it seemed like the same points were made repeatedly.I also lost interest in the supporting characters.I understood the concepts the author conveyed regarding the unifying spirit of humankind throughout the ages and I loved the sprinkling of folk lore, history and life lessons that were threaded throughout the book. Yet, the poetic passages and kaleidoscopic descriptions of space/time travel did nothing for me as a reader and I found myself scanning over those sections, just to get back to the core components of the story.I think patient readers who enjoy mystical, lyrical stories (with a touch of poetry) and a heavy dose of Caribbean flavoring may enjoy this offering.

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Amazing Voyage
I would have more time for a number of things if I weren't floating around in space with Becka and the strange shapeshifters! I keep saying "I have to get back to what I was doing," but the book keeps ending up in my hands again.
It is both a mystery and an exciting adventure tour. It certainly has changed the way I dream.

Seer: A Review
I cannot say enough about this book. It was absolutely gripping. I picked it up and did not put it down until I finished it. This is a must read. The writing is so gripping, enchanting, mystical and beautiful. You won't regret picking this one up! ... Read more

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The bestselling author of Animal Dreams and Pigs in Heaven brings her acclaimed voice to the essay, in a handsomely designed book. High Tide in Tucson provides readers with a reflection of Kingsolver's sensibility and creativity, as she constantly examines the urgent business of being alive. 25 line drawings. ... Read more

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Wonderful literate enlightening essays
I've heard Barbara Kingsolver speak and think she's fantastic.These essays are just as good, so clear, touching, and thoughtful.Highly recommended.

"Inspiring and Encouraging, especially for artists of the written word"
Barbara Kingsolver is an American treasure. This collection of essays is both inspiring and encouraging, especially for artists of the written word. It is a glimpse into the soul of this profound writer.

High tide everywhere
The title story in this collection is that of a stowaway hermit crab that Kingsolver inadvertently carried from the Bahamas to her home in Tucson in a collection of shells she had collected for her young daughter. As she explains, "If you ask me, when something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make it the best home you can." "Buster's" behavior occasions wide ranging observations (the author's education was as a naturalist), including the desert tides, and becomes a metaphor for Kingsolver's own dislocation from a rural Kentucky childhood to the Sonoran desert. As an essayist, I am very taken with the author's easy flow from the general to the particular, from the wild world to that of culture, her take on what writing does and what reading means, and the self-deprecating humor with which she fords the flash floods in the arroyo of her life. Her social conscience is as profound as her love of family and friends, leading her to self-exile in the Canary Islands in painful rejection of the war boosterism during our adventures in Iraq, and to the end of that exile when the missing faces in her life could no longer be borne.

All time favourite
This is my favourite book of all time.I repeatedly go back to chapters to re-read and I have recommended this book to many people over the years.
Barbara Kingsolver's writing and way of looking at the world is thought-provoking and fresh.
My only complaint, as with all of Kingsolver's books, is that one eventually comes to the end!

Art to Move Mountains (or Hermit Crab Shells)
Kingsolver holds reign neck and neck with Annie Dillard as two of my favorite naturalist writers and essayists. Kingsolver holds her own as a novelist. In this collection of essays, rewritten and expanded versions, in many cases, from what has been previously published in various magazines, Kingsolver's skill and talent as an essayist shimmers with brilliance and sheer entertainment. Even when she is teaching us a lesson and hammering it home.

Topics have wide range, covering nature, art, values and ethics, human nature and its foibles, politics, and travels. Whether she is pondering the biological clocks of hermit crabs or espousing her views on violence and objectification of women on the silver screen, or taking the reader along on the harsh realities of a not so glamorous book tour, her language is lush and poetic, flowing and vibrant, clever and memorable. I have been quoting her words to anyone who will listen ever since reading the book, and thinking back to it as a kind of measuring stick for my personal observations of daily life.

So what moved you to begin such a boycott of violence in movies? a friend asked me over lunch yesterday. We had been talking about popular contemporary movies, and why I had made sometimes surprising - to others - choices. And it hit me. While my inclination had been moving in that direction for some time now, it was Kingsolver's essay, "Careful What You Let In the Door," that had pushed me into a conscious awareness of how my viewing choices affected every other part of my life, the daily and even seemingly miniscule choices I make. The results of such choices have been almost immediately apparent to me - as was now my choice to steer clear. The desensitization I had experienced toward atrocities in the news, to the daily disrespect I witness in various human interactions and my regretful tolerance of it, hardly registering as a bump in my path, was lifting. Newly aware, I have been surfacing as if from a deep and dumb sleep.

Kingsolver writes about her literary profession that writers may not write with politics in mind, yet "good art is political." As is hers. Words can and should move us, good art should change us, and a good writer is a person who wields a pen more powerful than any sword.

In this particular essay, Kingsolver explores the function of violence in art (or media in general), visual or literary. Too often, she notes (my lunch partner nodding in agreement), such violence is perpetrated against women. "It turns out," writes Kingsolver about an inadvertant movie choice, "I'd rented the convincing illusion of helpless, attractive women being jeopardized, tortured, or dead, for no good reason I could think of after it was over." Pondering this, she concludes that violence in movies or video games (or various other formats) too often appears merely for its sensationalist effect, while in literature a writer has the ability to expand upon a violent scene to fully show its consequences. Because violence always has consequences. It is the absence of those consequences in our daily media diet, too often our entertainment choices, separate from the realm of reality, that has led to a society that hardly blinks at its constant appearance upon the screens of our minds. All of which, she argues, with time turns us into hardened and numb creatures, willing to not only view violence, but to tolerate it, potentially even to participate in it.

So an essay moves us to change our viewing habits. Art creates positive change. But Kingsolver can just as easily write an essay that makes us laugh, as in her story of joining a literary rock band, allowing herself to look the fool for our sympathetic pleasure. Or her struggles as a parent. Although in "Somebody's Baby," her message again takes on a ponderous seriousness in considering how little we care for our youngest generations, even while we claim to be a family oriented society. Her call to us in this essay is to consider that it is not just the parent's job to care for the child, but it is the obligation and heart-calling to the community at large, to the entire nation, to care for and nurture our young. We are, she writes, raising Presidents-in-training, yet our attitude is "every family for itself."

What I love about Kingsolver's essays is that they are beautifully written, literary works of art. Yet each and every one carries a deeper meaning, a message, a call to arms, even those written with the relish of humor. It is art with consequence. ... Read more

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An argument for media reform, It's the Media, Stupidexplores the takeover of U.S. media by transnational conglomerates andshows how journalism, electoral politics, entertainment, and the artshave suffered. ... Read more

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The media elite is a waste of taxpayer resources
Ever wonder why the rightwing fascists and fake liberals in both parties get away with destroying America? It's the media, stupid ! Yes, some rightwing lunatics will cry "Liberal media" while others will cry "conservative/corporate media" but folks, the media is nothing more than a puppet for anti-America government that exists in Washington D.C. . The book does take a strong swipe at the ever corrupt and dishonest media but the reader might still feel powerless as there are no truly working solutions except to quit watching the TV set. Then again, not watching the telly might give the American people more time to get to work and take back their country. Read this book and fight back !

one the list for worst assigned reading for a class ever
Personally,this book may be on the extreme side.Some of these suggestions might be nice, but many of them are unpractical.The media gives people what they want essentially, in order to make a change in it, it does not need to become an issue in political debate.It needs to become an issue in the hearts of people.People need to be educated enough to find for themselves what is the truth.If the people seek the truth, the media that provides it will be the most successful.Its a simple business, supply and demand.

compelling analysis
This indepth analysis should put an end to the myth of liberal bias in the media. As the Left has been saying for years, the media is only as liberal as the conservative corporations that own them. We seem to be tumbling towards a world in which everything is owned by a relatively few number of conjoined companies whose activities are reported on by a handful of aqenda-driven media giants all bent on diseminating a particular view of predigested news aimed at the lowest common denominator. There has to be another way although, like a previous reviewer, I'm not sure all the solutions in this book will work. I would also like to point out that 90% of National Public Radio's funding comes from donations made by listeners and from corporate underwriting. Only 10% of the NPR budget comes from the federal and state governments and all of that is in the form of grants used for specific programs (science, history, music, literature, etc).

Socialism Is Not the Cure
I have just finished this book for an Electronics Media class I am taking at USF.

Although I agree with most of the complaints that the authors expound about the problems with global corporations and the current state of the media today, I do not see their Socialist fixes as any kind of real solution. In fact, in many instances, they are just power grabs by the Left to get you to pay for their programs (ie National Public Radio and Public Television, which are dominated by the Left).

I agree with the concept of microradio stations to help spread media access around, but not their demand for government subsidies to help the "less fortunate" pay for their stations. They are not that expensive to buy and maintain.

I believe a more Libertarian approach to open media access would be more productive than the authors brand of Socialist "fixes"... which in the end would probably just lead to abuses by the Left.

But it is a good read from the point-of-view of defining all that is wrong with the current state of the media today and why it is out of control.

Brief, but disconcerting, portrayal of the media
While all industries have undergone tremendous consolidations in the past decade, none of them have the impact on our culture and democracy as do the media giants. The delivery of targeted viewers and users to advertisers is the goal of the media giants, not the creation of an informed citizenry. In fact, the author demonstrates that considerable censorship is exercized to prevent views that question the corporate order as well as their own restricted information flows from reaching the public.

The author emphasizes that the corporate media system will have to be addressed before democracy stands a chance. But a real quandry exists. Usually an active citizenry requires good information to become energized - the kind that is needed from the very media in need of drastic reform. It is a most unpromising picture. ... Read more

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Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics. ... Read more

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A Great Collection of Classics
This is a great book if you are part of a younger generation that did not grow up professionally while these papers were first being written/discussed.A few selections seem out of place, or perhaps are not quite as foundational as others, but overall it is a collection well worth having.Read from beginning to end you will have a basic handle on a large number of central topics in semantics.

As a primer I recommend "Introduction to Montague Semantics" by Dowty, Wall, and Peters.Most papers within "... The Essential Readings" take for granted an understanding of PTQ theory that is historically hard to acquire just based off Montegue's original paper (which is included as Chapter 1 of "... The Essential Readings").

Is There A Time-Frame On Which This Is A Cheap Book?Yes
In *Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings*, Paul Portner and Barbara Partee have collected the fruits of 30 years of research by linguists and logicians into the formal structure of natural language.And as this work has previously been exceptionally difficult to acquire (including the late Richard Montague's seminal "Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English") even the rather high sticker price of this volume is justified in terms of the historical and contemporary relevance of that particular essay alone (much of the work contained within this volume was influenced *in the main* by Montague Grammar).

The book also contains original statements by Hans Kamp and Irene Heim on dynamic semantic theory, a trend of recent years which perhaps deserves to be revisited (the work done by Groenendijk and Stokhof in particular is much more fully articulated than one might be led to believe, and the virtues of "static semantics" perhaps somewhat other than Davidsonians might think), as well as classic essays by David Lewis, Robert Stalnaker and Emmon Bach.Is semantics possible?Yes, but this volume will not answer the question of in what respect it is necessary, and as such it is exemplary of one of Montagovianism's chief virtues.

nice collection
Here's what's in it:

1. The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English:
Richard Montague.
2. A unified analysis of the English bare plural: Greg Carlson.
3. Generalized quantifiers and natural language: Jon Barwise and Robin Cooper.
4. The Logical Analysis of Plurals and Mass Terms: Godehard Link.
5. Assertion: Robert C. Stalnaker.
6. Scorekeeping in a Language Game: David Lewis.
7. Adverbs of quantification: David Lewis.
8. A theory of truth and semantic representation: Hans Kamp.
9. File change semantics and the familiarity theory of definiteness:
Irene Heim.
10. On the projection problem for presuppositions: Irene Heim.
11. Toward a semantic analysis of verb aspect and the English 'imperfective'
progressive: David R. Dowty.
12. The notional category of modality: Angelika Kratzer.
13. The algebra of events: Emmon Bach.
14. Generalized conjunction and type ambiguity: Barbara Partee and Mats Rooth.
15. Noun phrase interpretation and type shifting principles: Barbara
H.Partee.
16. Syntax and semantics of questions: Lauri Karttunen.
17. Type-Shifting Rules and the Semantics of Interrogatives: Jeroen
Groenendijk and Martin Stokhof.
18. On the notion affective in the analysis of Negative-Polarity Items:
William A. Ladusaw.Index. ... Read more

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In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero -- a magician on an enchanted island -- punishes his enemies, brings happiness to his daughter, and comes to terms with human use of supernatural power. The Tempest embodies both seemingly timeless romance and the historically specific moment in which Europe begins to explore and conquer the New World. Its complexity of thought, its range of characters -- from the spirit Ariel and the monster Caliban to the beautiful Miranda and her prince Ferdinand -- its poetic beauty, and its exploration of difficult questions that still haunt us today make this play wonderfully compelling.

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Designed to make Shakespeare's great plays available to all readers, the New Folger Library edition of Shakespeare's plays provides accurate texts in modern spelling and punctuation, as well as scene-by-scene action summaries, full explanatory notes, many pictures clarifying Shakespeare's language, and notes recording all significant departures from the early printed versions. Each play is prefaced by a brief introduction, by a guide to reading Shakespeare's language, and by accounts of his life and theater. Each play is followed by an annotated list of further readings and by a "Modern Perspective" written by an expert on that particular play. ... Read more

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Uninteresting Mediocre Play
"The Tempest" is the least interesting Shakespeare play I have read. "Macbeth," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Othello" were much more thrilling.
"The Tempest" seems like it's lost somewhere between a tragdy and a comedy. I couldn't tell which characters I should empathize with, and teh only emotion it gave me was "meh." In the back of the book it's listed as a romance, which is surprising since the romance is a minor part of the story.
The only way "The Tempest" can work is if very good actors play the parts. By just reading it, the main character Prospero is very ambiguous, as to whether he is benevolent or malevolent. It probably takes a good actor to interpret him just right, to capture the audience's emotions. Unfortunately, the film I saw had horrible actors, all overacting to their limits, and that just made my opinion of this play even lower.
Sure, there is some social commentary in the play. But all in all, I was expecting more from Will. ... Read more

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Galli's primary aim is to explore Rosenzweig's statement that his notes to Halevi's poems exemplify a practical application of the philosophic system he set out in The Star of Redemption.Through an extended, multifaceted investigation of Rosenzweig's thought, Galli uncovers his philosophy of translation, out of which she determines and unravels his philosophic conclusion and his belief that there is only one language. In the final chapters, she concentrates on the notes to the poems, and in doing so attempts to philosophize according to Rosenzweig's own mandate: full speech is word and response. ... Read more

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"I'm going to pass around these chocolate treats," Lucy said, handing the box to Brian, nearest to her. Hetook it eagerly.

"They are genuine chocolate-covered worms from Mexico."

"Eeeeee-ew!" Brian shoved the box at Matt. Matt read the label on the box and quickly passed it to Emily.

"They're for real!" Mat said, making a face. "I thought she was kidding."

he box went around the room. When it came to Robert, he stared into it for a moment. It looked just like chocolate candy, except he knew it wasn't. There were real worms inside. ... Read more

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World Youth Day and its international gatherings mark Pope John Paul II's greatest achievement in his relationship with young Catholics around the world. Through these gatherings, the pope challenges young people to follow Jesus and to live a life of commitment, hope, and love for all.

With reflections by young people from around the world and an 8-page insert full of color photos, John Paul II, We Love You captures in words and pictures the magic and mystery of two decades of World Youth Days, from Rome to Buenos Aires, from Manila to Denver and beyond. ... Read more

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A simple mission lies at the heart of Rubens: to give the most complete picture of the great Flemish master as possible. No fewer than 163 paintings, sketches, and drawings by the artist, plus nine tapestries, are put to this worthy task. A faithful, objective understanding of Rubens arises, from his beginnings under the influence of his master Otto Venius and Italian art, right through to the end of his career, when he basked in a major Spanish commission. Rubens is at home in all genres, and all are represented here: from landscapes to portraits, from altarpieces to genre scenes, and historical paintings too, of course. Even the talents of the decorator are revealed in his painted sketches, drawings, and tapestries.

For this publication, the master's oeuvre is divided into five groupings: Rubens’ Beginnings, Rubens and Italy, The Middle-Class Patron, Official Commissions, and Secular Subject Matter. Through the inclusion of tapestries, particular attention is paid to the genesis of his art. Works such as Descent from the Cross, Laying in the Sepulchre, The Stoning of Saint Stephen, and three altarpieces created for the city of Lille's churches and convents are included. From this impressive homage to Rubens, the general reader, connoisseur, and historian will all hopefully come to know Rubens better, and also be stimulated by the juxtaposition of works never presented in this way before.

Published on the occasion of Rubens, an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Lille, France.Glory to the Homer of painting.--Eugène DelacroixEssays by Arnauld Brejon de Lavergnée, Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Hans Vlieghe, Hans Devisscher, Alexis Donetzkoff, Jacques Foucart, Barbara Gaehtgens, Natalia Gritsaï, Alexis Merle du Bourg and Jean Vittet.Hardcover, 8.25 x 11 in. / 320 pgs / 180 color and 110 b&w. ... Read more

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Rubens
I found this book to be dissapointing.The reproductions are small and far from a comprehensive catalogue (Though a comprehensive catalogue would be tough considering Rubens painted over 1700 paintings).The most dissapointing aspect was the size of the prints.The text is generic art-book text, and nothing special.I understand that this book was made to represent an exhibition, but I was expecting more for my money.I'm not saying that it's a bad book, just that it is perhaps overpriced especialy considering it was orignally sixty dollars.I recommend buying "Rubens: A Master in the Making"and "Peter Paul Rubens" by Gilles Neret, a book from the wonderful Taschen publishing company.For both of those books, which together come out to about the same price as this one, you will get more for your money.If you really want a great book on Rubens and you don't mind small reproductions I highly recomend buying "Rubens" by Kristen Belkin from the Phaidon Art & Ideas series (a great series), and it's only thirteen dollars online.Don't get me wrong, this isn't a markedly bad book, it just didn't meet my expectations. I wanted large, detailed, color reproductions, and there was very few in this book. I should give credit where credit is due and admit that there were some portraits that I had not seen before and was pleased to discover, and also that there were numerous reproductions of tapestries that Rubens designed that I had also not seen before...hence the three stars.

Not quite what I was looking for
This is a good exhibition catalogue for the Lille showing of Ruben's work, but is not a comprehensive catalogue raisonne of his work.Since a number of his masterpieces could not be shipped to Lille, they are not included in the book - with the exception of some small black and white reproductions. It would have been great to have large colour plates of works such as the Samson and Delilah in the National Gallery in London.

In spite of this limitation the book is definitely still worth having: the reproductions are excellent and the selection of works is representative. ... Read more

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This large, lavish journey through the art of the 19th-century French landscape offers a host of masterful works, among them Corot's Forest of Fontainbleau, Millet's End of the Hamlet of Gruchy, Renoir's Rocky Crags at L'Estaque, and Monet's Rue de la Bavolle, Honfleur. As is often the case, however, some of the most wonderful things to see are also the least expected: rare and unusual monotypes by Degas, three states of a softground etching by Pissarro, and numerous works by some of their lesser-known but equally important contemporaries. Unlike previous books on the topic, Impressions of Light presents a unique and stunningly complete group of work that introduces a new level of complexity into the discussion of French landscapes. Rather than considering the landscape as a steady, linear development and the product of a single medium, it takes into account the many crosscurrents and intersecting developments in French art, from the Barbizon school through the post-Impressionist period. In addition, it studies the landscape in a variety of media--painting, prints, and photography--exploring both the individual artists' perceptions and the ways in which they influenced each other. With over 80 paintings and 70 works on paper from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's collections, and published to accompany a major exhibition, Impressions of Light encompasses more than 100 years and 56 artists working in a dozen different media. It holds the broadest possible view, yet never loses sight of the extraordinary intricacy that makes the landscape so enduringly appealing. Artists Include:Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Huet, Odilon Redon, Jean-Francois Millet, Charles-Francois Daubigny, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, and Paul Gaugin among others.

Essays by Fronia E. Wissman, Karen E. Haas, Anne Havinga, Sue Welsh Reed and Barbara Stern Shapiro.
Introduction by George T.M. Shackelford.

Clothbound, 320 pages, 180 color and 25 b&w ... Read more

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Come Visit Beautiful French Landscapes
The book Impressions of Light by George Shackleford et al is a companion book to an art exhibit of works from Boston's Museum of Fine Art. The paintings are landscapes created by France's greatest nineteenth century painters and photographers. Most of the painters are Impressionists but others schools are represented as well. The book also contains sketches which were part of the exhibit. The sketches, as well as the written commentary which accompanies many of them, allows the reader to better understand the creative process of the painters. The factual information in the book is very extensive and helps the readers see more in the works than normally meets the eye. Perhaps what is most interesting about this book and the collection of paintings and photographs included it is the plethora of lesser known works by these great artists. Readers, especially those who have been fortunate to view the exhibit, will be transported to the settings of these great works and gain a deeper appreciation of these great artists and photographers.

A spectaculrly beautifully, illustrated art history
Impressions Of Light: The French Landscape From Corot To Monet is a lavishly, richly, spectaculrly beautifully, illustrated art history showcasing one hundred years of French art and 56 French artists. Included area wealth of rare and unusual monotypes by Degas, three states of a softground etching by Pissarro, and numerous illustrative works by lesser-known by equally significant contemporaries. Of particular interest is the attention paid to intersecting developments in French art from the Barbizon school through post-Impressionism. Enhanced with more than 80 paintings and 70 works on paper drawn from the MFA collections, showcasing the French landscape through painting, prints, and photography, Impressions Of Light deftly explores individual artists' perceptions as well as the manifold ways that influenced each other. Impressions Of Light will prove to be a welcome and much appreciated contribution to Art History collections in general, and 19th Century French landscape art and photography in particular. ... Read more