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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Illustrated throughout, this guide contains information on California's history, culture, accommodation, local cuisine, times to visit, language tips and health and safety advice. ... Read more

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Good book
Library Journal's review of this guide: "Combining encyclopedic coverage of destinations with loads of practical information and atlas-type maps, the series illuminates the wonders of nature but emphasizes the peculiarity of a place's people and their folklore." ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This book has been written to support students who are taking Art and Design at AS or A2 level. In particular, it provides advice on ways of looking at art, working on your personal study and taking the exam. The highly illustrated text show examples of works by established artists and well as students own work and it draws examples from across the endorsements. ... Read more

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One of a series which reconstructs periods in history by interpreting the archaeological evidence from a selection of different finds and excavations, this book looks at Ancient Greece. It examines the citadel of Mycenae, Athens and the sanctuaries of Olympia and Delos. ... Read more

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It's not fiction
Although the beings doing the "experiments" aren't extraterrestrials (they're probably your neighbors), what Mr. Shirley has written in "The View From Hell" is absolutely true.The next time there's a "tragedy" in your vicinity, look very closely at the crowd watching the festivities--some or all of them probably used the telepathic link that most humans seem to possess to create the circumstances that led to the fire, shooting, drowning, etc., either out of boredom or to see themselves on the evening news.Thank you, Mr. Shirley, your graphic descriptions of these monsters' crimes were awesome!

Thoroughly Disappointing
I suppose this book could be construed as some sort of commentary on human depravity but to me, the whole thing read like a bad Twilight Zone script.Thoroughly disappointing considering the wonderful stories in Heatseeker.Extradimensional being f**ks with some humans for kicks.The end.There.I just saved you the trouble of reading the book.

A Witty, Dark Comedy About An Earthly Hell
John Shirley has never been funnier, or more profound, in his dark comedy "A View From Hell", which could be seen as a rock and roll version of Dante's "Inferno" with bits of cyberpunk prose added for some memorable passages. This is a terse tale about how those who commit evil deeds find time in an earthly Hell devised by two ethereal beings. Needless to say, it provides Shirley a unique podium for commenting on humanity's frailities. Shirley's latest is a limited edition book deserving of a wide readership.

The View From Hell
In this signed, numbered, limited (to 1,000) edition from Subterranean Press, John Shirley continues to entertainingly blend the genres of horror, fantasy, and metaphysical science fiction. Acknowledged by William Gibson as one of the progenitors of "cyberpunk", Shirley continues to expand the literary horizon as a leading writer of transgressive fiction. "The View From Hell" is a parable of hell-on-earth which balances Shirley's dark cynicism with humanistic sensibilities, appreciating humanity's complex range of emotions, motivations, and actions. The plot follows the lives and afterlives of several broadly-drawn characters who are involved in a series of darkly humorous violent experiences induced by the psychic influences of non-corporeal entities visiting Earth. These characters are subsequently confined together in a purgatory, from which their increasingly grotesque "deaths" at one another's hands offer but only a brief escape before they are re-constituted to live and die again and again. "The View From Hell" provides a provocative platform from which Shirley can pose philosophical questions regarding the nature and meaning of human existence. ... Read more

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Publisher: Republican Press AssociationPublication date: 1885Subjects: LawLaw / GeneralLaw / JurisprudenceLaw / Legal HistoryNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more