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Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis., The Young Churchman CoSubjects: Episcopal ChurchBibleCreedsClergy -- OfficeNationalism -- Religious aspectsNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous 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

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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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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1894 edition by the British Museum, London. ... 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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Poetry and prose by James Morrison. ... Read more

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Pleasantly suprised
I found most of the work in the book to be..fine.A few of the poems however, were exceptional.MAKING A PROFIT [p.49], DEATH ON VINE [p.13]and THE SHRINE [p.24] (which evoked an immediate and none to flattering response to the authors apparent ego), were well worth the cost of the book.A collection of poetry and prose is a grab bag of thoughts and emotions, and if you are very, very lucky, visual imagery which allows you to see through anothers eyes.There are some throw away poems and prose mixed in with the valuable. Hold onto the treasures you will find and as you do with the contents of most grab bags, just let the other go.But then again, I'm a "hick from the sticks,what do I know?"

A Great Read
The journey of a man who not only experiences life but observes, thinks, and writes about it.Each time I read both poems and prose I glean more insight, whether into the author's life or my own is unsure.Athought-provoking work that will have a prominent place in my library.Ilook forward to further publications by James Morrison.

Fine Poetry
I recently purchased this book, largely because the reviews seemed to unfairly to focus so much on the author's work as an actor when reviewing his poetry. I am glad I bought it. I found the poems to be verywell-crafted, sometimes disturbing, and filled with images so beautifulthat I envied his ability to compose them.

I have spent a good part of myadult life (I will soon be 49) in a love affair with poetry. I've learnedthat the words that compose a poem, including four-letter words people mayfind offensive, should weave together to form apowerful/moving/exquisite/upsetting, etc., experience for the reader. Infact, if the poet weaves well, the words should acquire a meaning deeperthan their individual, dictionary or common usage definitions. Mr. Morrisonweaves very well indeed. His poetry does what I expect of good poetry - itmakes me think about both the whole poem and the meaning of the words thatcompose that whole.

Poetry is also intensely personal. It will always besomewhat self-focused because the poet is trying to communicate his or herexperiences and understanding to the reader through the poem. It works whenthe poet can transform that personal, private understanding into anexperience that the reader can access and translate into or equate to anequally personal, private experience. Successful poetry, such as Mr.Morrison writes (including the prose poems in the book), challenges thereader to work both intellectually and emotionally for that access.

Ilike the hard bargain Mr. Morrison drives with his reader. If I wantedimmediate gratification, I would head for the greeting card section at thelocal drugstore. Instead, I choose to add this book to books of modernpoetry I read again and again. I hope Mr. Morrison writes and publishesmore poems. I look forward to reading them and to a further challenge tobring his understanding of what it means to be human into my own.

A Knock Out Read
Having been a long-time fan of Mr. Morrison in his work as an actor and playwrite, I was eager to read his poetry. I don't think I fully understood most of the poetry and so could not fully appreciate it. I tend to readpoetry as I read prose (EA Poe was my favorite).

However my friend thetherapist, who has a fine appreciation for poetry, loved all of it. Herfavorite poem was, CHROMATURITY.

My favorite was, THE NEWS, which spoketo me about issues close to my heart. My other favorite was, WHITE NOISE,which I found to be emotionally and sensually evocative.

The poem I hatedwas, MAKING A PROFIT. I felt disgusted and turned off after reading it thefirst time. I didn't like that *my* James Morrison (who is probably nothinglike the real James Morrison) could live a life that could produce such apoem. So actually, I guess, that was one of my favorites, too.

As forthe famed potty words, I am embarrassed to say, I had to re-read the bookseveral times before I could discern them. They didn't jump out atme.

The prose monologues were great. They took me away from myself, tofeel the world through the eyes of people who were alien to me.

Thoughtful ideas on a variety of subjects.
I am familiar with Mr. Morrison's work as an actor, director and playright.I enjoyed his first foray into the medium of poetry and prosevery much.Poetry is, probably more than any other type of work, intenselypersonal and subjective.Those reading it must remember that they arelooking through a window into the thoughts, and possibly the very soul, ofthe author.While I can't say I understood each and every poem in thiscollection, they all made me think.Those dealing with personalrelationships, with love, with being a parent evoked the most response asthey are universal concepts with which we can all identify.I look forwardto Mr. Morrison's next project with enthusiasm. ... Read more

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Appraises futures research as a tool for dealing with social, economic, political, and technological changes. Features new strategies in planning, forecasting, and environmental scanning.

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IF YOU LIKE STORIES ABOUT THE COAST GUARD, CUSTOMS, PIRATES, BOAT CHASES, RUM SMUGGLERS, CORRUPT POLITICIANS, CONSPIRACIES, VIOLENCE, AND DRUNKEN SAILORS, THEN YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK! THIS IS AN EPIC STORY THAT HAS BEEN BURIED BY TIME. IN AN AGE WHEN TRANSPORTING AND SELLING ALCOHOL WAS ILLEGAL, BRAVE MEN WENT TO SEA IN AN EFFORT TO STOP RUM SMUGGLERS AND PIRATES. AMAZINGLY, THESE TRUE STORIES OF SEA BATTLES AND CHASES ARE NOT FROM HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO--THEY ARE FROM THE 20TH CENTURY! ... Read more

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Historical AND Entertaining!
This is a fantastically entertaining book made complete by original research and the humor of the author!I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in military or maritime history, the 1920s or pirates.The book contains some fascinating pictures and it is obvious that the author has some expertise in the subject he has written about.I loved this book and I couldn't put it down! ... Read more