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“Black Country” is a sentimental look at the country part of Texas during the thirties and forties. The story is a journey taken by a grandfather and granddaughter as he tells her of things “she has never heard of before.”“Black Country”a wonderful collection of stories handed down from generation to generation. Some will make you laugh others may make you cry. Read “Black Country” to learn about “things you have never heard of before.”Having a white granddaughter has been a revelation for a black grandfather.The Granddaughters’ interest in her Papa’s past may answer questions you may only been able to think about The relationship between the granddaughter and her Papa makes for an interesting and unforgettable story.

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Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the ablest and most versatile writers of the day. Lang was one of the founders of the study of "Psychical Research," and his other writings on anthropology include The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897), Magic and Religion (1901) and The Secret of the Totem (1905). He was a Homeric scholar of conservative views. Other works include Homer and the Epic (1893); a prose translation of The Homeric Hymns (1899), with literary and mythological essays in which he draws parallels between Greek myths and other mythologies; and Homer and his Age (1906). He also wrote Ballades in Blue China (1880) and Rhymes à la Mode (1884).

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Building on the vision of Kurt Vonnegut, the suspense of Michael Crichton, and the rich characters of Stephen King, Paco Ahlgren's first novel Discipline paints a chilling picture of a world that defies human perception. Douglas Cole is being hunted --and protected--but he doesn't know it. His life has been shattered by inexplicable tragedy, his waking hours haunted by ominous visions, but the more he pursues the questions plaguing him, the more elusive the answers become. Pushed to the brink of insanity, Douglas begins a desperate psychological battle with an enemy he cannot see, the outcome of which will determine the past, present, and future of human existence. Fusing blunt, gritty realism and philosophical passion with electrifying suspense, Discipline dissects our assumptions about reality. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (69)

Unoriginal and uninspired
The story fails in several levels:

1) The characters are not generally sympathetic or interesting.There is really no reason why anyone'd want to care about the main character.
2) The plot is not interesting enough to make suspension of disbelief worthwhile (and it needed that really badly).
3) The concepts presented are not new, and they don't really "gel" for me.Perhaps I need to be doing drugs while reading this to appreciate it, but I prefer to be able to function in society
4) The description of economies, acts of evil, and how one should respond to them are completely non-sensical.If this was deliberately cheesy (see old G.I. Joe or Captain Planet Cartoons), it might have been better.Since this is meant to be a "serious" story, see #2

All in all, it was a big enough of a waste of my time to make me angry enough to write this review.

Didn't work for me...
Not much to say but felt strongly enough to give it a below average rating. Reasonable (although not novel) concept and story, just not told all that well, in my humble opinion. Enjoyed the early part of the book but the protagonist did not seem to grow and mature. I guess you could say I just didn't like him. The writing seemed more technical than emotional and I wasn't that compelled by the author's union of quantum physics and Eastern religions. I found the middle part of the novel to drag a bit, seeming to go over the same material again and again, but I pressed on through to the end and found, unfortunately, no surprises.

DISCIPLINE by Paco Ahlgren
Not since THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand have I been so deeply invaded by a book to my core. Teetering the line between spiritual and the most eerie of Quantum sciences, the reader is catapulted into a world where anything is possible. Once you let go and surrender the guess work of what might happen next, you are free to experience a dimension of infinite outcomes and how our fragile human psyche might respond. This is not a book for those who follow the flock; this is a world where the most intimate convictions and comforts are tested. I find myself questioning ordinary events, a hidden meaning in the most seemingly mundane glimmers of intuition. Highly recommended to those who are comfortable with the uncomfortable.

perception...
I really enjoyed the fact that this book challenges the reader's sense of space, time, and self.In the end it does a good job of bringing together a lot of philosophies and ideas that at first glance might not seem to be interrelated (quantum physics, music, chess, Eastern philosophy, financial markets).The economic and dollar related themes of the book are eerily similar to what's happening in the world today, which was enough to keep me hooked.I'm definitely hoping for a sequel and more insight into what a post-fiat currency world might look like.

Amazing!
I push this book on just about every adult library patron that passes by. It's leagues above and beyond anything I've ever read - I've read it three times and discover new bits each time.

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Contents include: How They Struck a Contemporary, The Quality of George Meredith, Life in the Fallacious Model, Life the Disciple, Life the Plagiarist, The Indispensable East, The Influence of the Impressionists on Climate, An Exposure to Naturalism, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, Wainewright at Hobart Town, Cardinal Newman and the Autobiographers, Robert Browning, The Two Supreme and Highest Arts, The Secrets of Immortality, The Critic and his Material, Dante the Living Guide, The Limitations of Genius, Wanted A New Background, Without Frontiers, The Poetry of Archaeology, The Art of Archaeology, Herod Suppliant, The Tetrarch's Remorse, The Tetrarch's Treasure, Salome anticipates Dr. Strauss, The Young King, A Coronation, The King of Spain, A Bull Fight, The Throne Room, A Protected Country, The Blackmailing of the Emperor, Covent Garden, A Letter from Miss Jane Percy to her Aunt, The Triumph of American 'Humor', The Garden of Death, An Eton Kit-cat, Mrs. Erlynne Exercises the Prerogative of a Grandmother, Motherhood more than Marriage, The Damnable Ideal, From a Rejected Prize-essay, The Possibilities of the Useful, The Artist, The Doer of Good, The Disciple, The Master, The House of Judgment, The Teacher of Wisdom, Wilde gives directions about 'De Profundis', Carey Street, Sorrow wears no mask, Vita Nuova, The Grand Romantic, Clapham Junction, The Broken Resolution, Domesticity at Berneval and A visit to the Pope.

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