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The Cathedral Within uses the metaphor of architecture to look at the way individuals allocate their resources to improve public life. Just as the enduring magnificence of a cathedral is not erected overnight, so, too, the transformation of a society takes many, many years to complete. And just as the construction of a cathedral is less a reflection of its builders' interest in masonry than a testament to the soaring reach of the human spirit, philanthropy is not so much a response to need as to a basic human requirement to give something meaningful back to society.
Bill Shore is the founder of Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit devoted to raising funds for antihunger and antipoverty organizations worldwide, and his book showcases the stories of some of the social entrepreneurs he has come across in the course of his work. Among his chosen visionaries are Alan Khazei, the cofounder of City Year, the community-service program upon which Bill Clinton drew for his own model of a national service, and Geoffrey Canada, the president and CEO of the Rheedlen Centers, designed to provide a safe haven for inner-city children. These leaders and many others, Shore argues, represent a kind of symbiosis between the need to improve oneself personally and the drive to transform the community. The Cathedral Within also contains an excellent resource directory of community organizations where readers can begin their own process of giving back. --Patrizia DiLucchio
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In this wise and inspiring book, social entrepreneur Bill Shore shows us how to make the most of life and do something that counts. Like the cathedral builders of an earlier time, the visionaries described in this memoir share a single desire: to create something that endures. The extraordinary people Shore has met on his travels represent a new movement of citizens who are tapping into the vast resources of the private sector to improve public life. Among them are:
-- Gary Mulhair, who has created unprecedented jobs and wealth at the largest self-supporting human-service organization of its kind, Pioneer Human Services of Seattle.
-- Nancy Carstedt of the Chicago Childrenís Choir, which provides thousands of children their first introduction to music.
-- Geoffrey Canada, who has made a safe haven for more than four thousand inner-city children in New York City, from Hell's Kitchen to Harlem.
These leaders, and many others described in these pages, have built important new cathedrals within their communities, and by doing so they have transformed lives, including their own.
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In this wise and inspiring book, social entrepreneur Bill Shore shows us how to make the most of life and do something that counts. Like the cathedral builders of an earlier time, the visionaries described in this memoir share a single desire: to create something that endures. The extraordinary people Shore has met on his travels represent a new movement of citizens who are tapping into the vast resources of the private sector to improve public life. Among them are:
—Gary Mulhair, who has created unprecedented jobs and wealth at the largest self-supporting human-service organization of its kind, Pioneer Human Services of Seattle.
—Nancy Carstedt of the Chicago Children's Choir, which provides thousands of children their first introduction to music.
—Geoffrey Canada, who has made a safe haven for more than four thousand inner-city children in New York City, from Hell's Kitchen to Harlem.
These leaders, and many others described in these pages, have built important new cathedrals within their communities, and by doing so they have transformed lives, including their own.
"Simply revolutionary."
LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Bill Shore is a true American visionary.... This book can change both human lives and organizational lives for the better."
COLIN L. POWELL
"The Cathedral Within is a clarion call in this time of compassion fatigue, a compelling and convincing plea for us to reconsider the way we approach problems of hunger and poverty."
RICHARD RUSSO, AUTHOR OF STRAIGHT MAN AND EMPIRE FALLS
"[A] quietly powerful, upbeat book."
LIBRARY JOURNAL
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The Cathedral Within.......2006-02-22
At first I thought the book was too preachy, but forged on and found it lively and rewarding, especially the examples of entreprenurial approaches to building nonprofit organizations and foundations.
spectacularly vacuous.......2004-03-06
The actual content of the book can be summarized thusly: (1) spend more time with kids if you want to affect their development, (2) don't starve young children because otherwise they won't develop properly physically and mentally, (3) run your not-for-profit enterprise just like a for-profit corporation and with just as much of a zeal for profits, except that you can put the profits into your own pocket as salary instead of paying it out to a bunch of shareholders and to the Federales as income tax.
Padding these ideas out to 300 pages requires that the author tell you how famous his friends are, each and every one of them, and how much do-gooding his few non-famous friends have done. There are also long stories about the escapades of his 13-year-old son.
Never does the author address the issues raised in the subtitle, e.g., how does a person balance his or her life between charity and selfishness? Shore's definition of "giving something back" is working at a multi-million dollar tax-exempt organization and paying yourself $400,000 per year. Nice work if you can get it but what about the rest of us?
For a thoughtful look at the issue of personal charity read the novelist Nick Hornby's "How to be Good".
Right on the mark.......2002-05-06
This is a book that touches the heart of both important social issues and the reader. Written in a wonderfully open style the author writes from a perspective of sharing rather than preaching. Bill Shore's approach of tying his view of how the issues of today's society can be most effectively addressed to his personal experiences, rather than theory and conjecture, brings substantial credibility to his writings.
The issues addressed are those of scaling the resources of non-profit, public service, organizations to meet the growing needs of our society in the face of shrinking government resources. The notion of making non-profit organizations self-sufficient is well outlined and easily understood. "The Cathedral Within" is a book that left me feeling encouraged to know that there is not only room for improvemnt in our social structure but that it is being aggressively and effectively pursued.
Not just for non-profits.......2001-05-17
Bill Shore's enlightening book, "Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back" is not just about non-profits. It provides insight into every part of human life. He spikes the book with advice about marriage, child care, and friendships. The book, in my opinion, has less to do with non-profits and more to do with living a great life. It is certainly a must read by anyone who cares about humanity.
Building A Soul For Business.......2000-05-18
Perhaps the most important points that this book makes are 1) If you can't build the structure, add a few bricks! and 2) Community Wealth and Social Capital are re-inventing business from the soul out!
In this well-written book, Shore (Founder of Share Our Strength) uses the model of a cathedral to demonstrate that large dreams are community efforts that reach beyond personal lifetimes to accomplish, and that appear impossible until the collective brainpower of the community engages to find a solution. This metaphor addresses the "perfectionism" that sometimes stops people from making efforts towards social change. In the inspirational stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, readers feel the passion that rebounds of the pages. Echoing the human voice for meaning in an increasingly digital and isolated world, this book suggests practical ways for American wealth to be redefined, redistributed, and built upon foundations that include social interests. It is a blueprint for building ethics into today's business values and ventures that will create a social structure of community wealth.
I read it in one sitting, underlined heavily, and have placed 39 page markers within its covers. The inspiration found between its pages has helped me redesign my own business plan towards the greater good. In short, read it.
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Atlantic Coast beaches offer a variety of souvenirs and curiosities to those beachgoers that care to look. Shells have long been treasured finds, and their descriptions are well documented in a variety of books and guides. But what about the other things found on the beach? These are the things that drift in the ocean and are carried in with the winds: sea-beans, spirula, mermaid's purses, and other tropical treasures. This book references them in a convenient form for the beachcomber, while keeping the oceanographer and botanist in mind. Interesting descriptions of each sea-bean species, or other drift treasure, and 175 color photographs make this book a valuable collector's guide. Perry and Dennis provide the results of a 30-year study on sea-bean flotation tests. No other book combines personal experience, use of color photography identifications, and the scientific field of botany into a complete, friendly user's guide for identifying sea-beans and other drift from the sea.
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Sea Bean Bible.......2007-07-27
I love this book. It is a fantastic resource, complete with color photos. An absolutely essential book to have if you live by the sea. You will be able to identify the cool beans you find along the shore with this book. I have learned a tremendous amount about drift seeds from reading this book. Highly recommended. Enjoy & Happy Beaning! :)
Excellent Guide Book.......2007-05-12
Excellent guide book with photos and text. Helped me identify the beans that I have collected on the beaches of Key Biscayne.
Each shell is provided with a lengthy introduction.......2004-01-14
Co-produced by Edward L. Perry and John V. Dennis, Sea-Beans From The Tropics is an impressive collector's guide to the tropical drift commonly found on the shores of the Atlantic ocean. Full-color photographs illustrate each entry ranging from bald cypress, to white inkberry. Each shell is provided with a lengthy introduction covering such topics as the nature of ocean currents and how to grow and polish sea beans rounds out this informative, fascinating, detailed, "user friendly" guide.
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Everybody feels as if they should be evangelizing someone, somewhere. In fact, most of us probably feel guilty because we're not meeting our evangelism quota for this lifetime. But sharing our faith with nonbelievers can often feel like making a sales call during dinnertime: uninvited, unacceptable, and highly unlikely to get any results. Author John Shore proposes a radical solution: Maybe it's time to take the focus off evangelism. As he builds his case with sound theology, humorous insights, and "me too" moments, John suggests that we move beyond the Great Commission and start living the Great Commandment, because the only thing better than telling someone about God's love is to let them actually experience it.
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BIG Disappointment.......2007-08-23
Mr. Shore is probably a great guy, but Theologian he's not.
His misuse of the Scriptures makes me wonder if the publisher, Navpress, even read the book.
A Buddhist highly recommended the book to me. ...that should have been my first warning sign.
No disrespect, but don't waste your time and money unless you're going to put it in the "cults" section of your library.
Please don't buy this!!! .......2007-07-21
While I am sure John Shore has a desire to help fellow Christians, this book does nothing of the sort. Instead, it is telling Christians not to obey one of Jesus' commands. Jesus' command in Matt. 28:16-20 is to make disciples. The way we are to do this is go into the world (that means witnessing), baptize them when they make a public declaration of faith, and teach them the truth in Scripture. John mistakenly thinks that this command conflicts with the greatest commands to love God and love your neighbor. The two are not contrary to each other. Rahter, they are in harmony. If we truly love our neighbor, we will warn them of the Day of Judgment to come where people will stand before God and have to give an account of their life. If they are found in their sins, they will spend eternity in hell. Warning people of this horrible fate and telling them about of the Gospel is loving them. Likewise, if we love God we will witness since this is a command (just look at the Greek in Matt. 28:18). Jesus said in John 14:15, "If you love me, you will obey my commandments". So if we love God and want to fulfill the greatest commandment, which is to love God will all our very being, we will obey all his commands. This includes the tough ones like evangelizing. We don't get to pick and choose. Please don't let this book tickle your ears. Please don't use this book as a way out of sharing your faith. Pray to God to give you courage and be bold and speak to the lost about their eternal fate.
God bless,
Pastor Peter O'Neill
Heretical! Shore flat out tells you to disobey Christ's command to witness!.......2007-07-21
Mr. Shore says that the Greatest Commandment (Love God and love people) is incompatible with the Great "Commission" (tell people about Christ)? How idiotic. These are two things God has commanded us to do... love others and tell others about Christ. In fact, the most loving thing we can possibly do for others is tell them about Christ.
In summary his book's real message isn't about loving God and loving people... it's about self-love. His message is, "Love yourself enough to avoid potentially uncomfortable situations that may occur during witnessing."
Poor Mr. Shore, I wonder how he could possibly actually be a Christian with this theology. It makes me heartsick that the Navigators published this garbage.
In third world countries thousands of babies are born with neonatal conjunctivitis, a serious infection of the eye that causes blindness. In 1995 an eye drop was created by UCLA that can kill the infectious bacteria and prevent sight loss. Imagine you are walking into a hut where a mother is clutching her infant. The child's eyes are red and puffy with crusted swollen lids. In your hand you have a bottle of this miraculous drug -- one drop in each eye, and this child will not go blind. However, before you can put the drops in those eyes, you're going to have to talk to the mother about the fact that something is wrong with her baby. You're going to have to say, in essence, "you're not OK."
But, imagine that you are so frightened that this may cause her to feel uncomfortable that you elect not to talk to her at all. You decide that if you're just friendly to her for a couple of months, perhaps she will ask you about the drops.
How horrific! Only the most UN-loving, self-centered, cringing, coward would elect to not speak because they were afraid of causing a little temporary discomfort!
If you really care about that woman and her poor, suffering child, you will run up to her, tell her something is wrong with her baby, and then tell her what you hold in your hand. And the same is true for evangelism. Sin is the disease, and Christ's precious blood is the miraculous cure. Sure, the person you talk to might feel initially uncomfortable... but if you really care about where they're going to spend eternity... if you really don't want to see them go to Hell... you will love that person enough to wade through that discomfort so that they get the cure.
If this book has any popularity, it can only be with those who do not believe Hell exists, and with those who are looking for an excuse not to share their faith. It is complete heresy... and utterly nonsensical.
Shore teaches the exact opposite of scripture.......2007-07-21
I noticed something John Shore's theology. His theology is not grounded in the Bible, but rather, in a postmodern, emergent church (cult)world where people are more concerned about hurting other's feelings rather than speaking the truth in love. Where it is more important for a person to enter hell than to hurt their feelings. Gee, I guess Jesus really botched it up with the rich, young ruler and the Pharisees.
The teaching in this book is a total cop-out from seeking and saving the lost. Shore tries desperately to stand behind the greatest commandment of "Love the Lord your God and love your neighbor as yourself" which is the whole sum of the Law, yet he has totally missed the point. Warning others with a totally loving and a reasoning heart, that Hell is real and that those who have not been saved by the grace of God will be punished there, but that there some awesome good news (Gospel)is not a contradiction to God's command to love. In fact it is not loving at all when John Shore attests that he would rather not talk to a stranger about these eternal matters but rather avoid them for fear of rejection or making them mad or hurting their feelings. People's eternal souls are at stake here! We, as Christians, are those, whom have been saved from death ourselves and are now in the lifeboat (that is Christ) on our way back to the "Titanic" wading through the frozen corpses and yelling "Is anyone there?" And acting out of pure love to save those who are perishing, pulling them in from the fire.
John Shore say's that the greatest commandment to "love thy neighbor" is greater than the "great commission." Shore says that a commandment is greater than a commission and that the two are incompatible. What kind of scholarly research is this? Anyone, with the Holy Spirit indwelling,who correctly interprets the Bible knows this is a horrible way to interpret, or rather pathetic if I may be blunt. Matt. 28 and Mark 16:15 do not use the word "Commission." Jesus said "Go..." and then he tells us how to go. This is a command, not a suggestion. I believe Shore is relying on the "headers" that people have put into the Bible to help readers define sections of the Bible and he's clearly not reading the context of the passage. It seems as if he is looking at the header words "The Great Commission" in his Bible and thinking that it is scripture. In essence John Shore is telling Christians that Jesus is really contradicting himself and that one part of Jesus command is lesser than the other. This is complete and utter heresy that is being taught here, and I am very disturbed that so many people have flocked to this book. It's like the prayer of Jabez again, another heretical teaching. Everything that Jesus says weaves together in a common thread, it can and never does contradict with itself. The Word of God is God breathed, it is totally unified. Every essence of it is pure and undefiled and definitely NOT in contradiction to each other.
If you don't want to evangelize as Shore has stated that you shouldn't, then this book is for you, but keep in mind that you have violated God's command to love - which is something that Shore has emphatically stated that you shouldn't, so you're in a conundrum - because you would rather see people enter hell, than warn, reason, and share the Gospel to a stranger in love for fear that they may be upset at you. Shore totally missed what Jesus said "Unless you repent, then you will perish" And the implication there is, "in hell." We must reach the lost, in the fullness of love and compassion and obedience to Christ's command to "Go preach the Gospel..." with the unsaved so they may not perish. Why is John saying we shouldn't do this?
This book gets 4-5 stars, why? Because people want to get their ears tickled and Shore's book provides people with an easy out, after all who really wants to evangelize? (sarcasm).
Penned with gentle charm, Christian humor, love, and understanding.......2007-07-09
Humorist and Christian writer John Shore presents I'm OK - You're Not: The Message We're Sending Nonbelievers and Why We Should Stop, a frank discussion of a crucial flaw in modern evangelical movements - that they have come to resemble sales calls made during dinnertime, and as such are just as unlikely to achieve results. Emphasizing the concept that letter others experience God's love is far more potent than simply telling them about it, I'm OK - You're Not emphasizes the importance of listening to the Great Commandment above all. The Great Commandment referred to is as spoken by Jesus Christ and recorded in the Bible: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these." Penned with gentle charm, Christian humor, love, and understanding, I'm OK - You're Not deserves to be required reading for any Christian considering embarking upon an evangelical mission or career.
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Identifying shorebirds can be a challenge--and having a field guide specifically devoted to the species gives any birder an edge. Yet until now, no guide has illustrated or described the complete range of North and Central American shorebirds.
Dennis Paulson's book more than corrects that deficiency. This beautifully illustrated volume represents the first complete guide to North and Central American shorebirds ever published.
Unlike other guide books, which have traditionally relied on paintings to represent shorebirds, this one contains an extensive series of striking photographs--most never published before. More than 530 photos illustrate all shorebird species in their varied plumage, and are accompanied by text that points out the variation within common species.
The book also includes identification tips and ways for distinguishing shorebirds from all similar species, at rest and in flight. Brief descriptions of voice, behavior, habitat, and range are given for each species.
- First complete guide to North American and Central American shorebirds
- More than 530 striking photos
- Identification tips
- Descriptions of voice, behavior, habitat, and range
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Fantastic Shorebird Guide.......2006-11-10
The best field guide for shorebirds that I have seen. Great photos, well organized. I refer to it often!
Shorebirds of North America by Dennis Paulson.......2006-03-17
Shorebirds of North America is a keeper! Absolutely stunning pictures showing virtually every bird in flight as well as on the ground in a multitude of plumages. The interesting, informative, well written descriptions make this a better arm-chair book, than field book.
That said, however, it's certainly small enough to be carried afield; it's smaller than Sibley's Guide and ruggedly constructed. The bird pictures are exceptional and elaborate showing many molt stages and picularities. As a visual person, I find this not simply helpful for me, but absolutely necessary for shorebirds. The descriptions Paulson uses for identification are practical, comparative, clear and easy to understand. There is much discussion of plumages, voice and distinctive characteristics both in flight and on the ground.
I loved the table of estimated populations of these birds. It answered my question about the Snowy Plover in Washington state and why eveyone seemed so concerned. Paulson estimates their population at 15, 700.
He has a well illustrated section on anatomy that provides a guide for terms used in the book such as mantle line, upper and lower scapular line, primary projection and more. There's sound information on individual variation from feather wear and fade, unusual plumages, hybridization, and molts.
The only disappointment for me was the quick list of species on the inside cover. It's done numerically and I would have liked the listing alphabetical for speedy look-up. I think it's faster to go to the table of contents where the species are broken down by type - plovers, sandpipers, curlews, etc.
As I said of another book recently reviewed, this one should have a higher rating than shown, like 43/4 stars, but that choice is not available.
I bought it as a companion book to Stokes Beginner's Guide to Shorebirds and I am not disappointed with the pair, they compliment (and supplement) each other. In short, this book with the information it contains is 'worth the money'.
Great Reference for Birders.......2006-01-31
The book covers 94 species of shorebirds for North America including familiar species and rarities.
The wide selection of photos show birds in flight as well as average plumage differences between breeding adults, non-breeding adults and juveniles. For each species, you get information on size, plumage, identification, behavior, voice, habitat and range.
This is a great addition to any birders' library or useful for anyone living near the shore.
No Herons, ducks or anything other than Sandpiper-like birds..........2005-12-09
I was thinking this book would cover everything that you would typically find near salt water and marshes, like Herons, Ducks, Widgeons, Loons, Geese, Gulls, etc. It only covers a very narrow range of sandpiper, plover and stints.
However, if that is what you want, this appears to be a very nice book with a heavy-duty cover.
Wonderful guide.......2005-08-01
This is a beautiful book on shorebird identification. I've found this guide to be an essential addition to my bookshelf, primarily due to the quality and variety of photographs. For many of the included species, the wide selection of photographs show birds in flight as well as average plumage differences between breeding adults, non-breeding adults, and juveniles, allowing for the careful study of differences within species as well as between species. I also found the identification tips to be very valuable, as the discussion includes useful comparisons between similar species for birds both on the ground and in flight. The discussions of habitat and behavior are not extensive but provide sufficient detail, and the voice descriptions are very helpful.
The lack of range maps is well-balanced by a short discussion on range for each species, and may even be a blessing. A single glance at range maps can be misleading, as there can be wide variations in the timing of when individual shorebirds of some species may depart from or arrive on their wintering grounds. For example, the range maps in both the Sibley's guides and the National Audubon Society field guides show that Ruddy Turnstones should only be found in the Carolinas during the "winter" season - I've watched Ruddy Turnstones in full breeding plumage foraging on South Carolina beaches in early August, presumably early migrants who have already completed their nesting season and haven't yet begun molting into their non-breeding plumage. Another perfect example is the normal range of Northern Lapwing, an occasional Eurasian visitor to North America, whose rare visits have included Maine, New York, Maryland, and Florida.
This photographic guide to shorebirds is a lovely reference to accompany basic field guides, provides an excellent overview of what you might see in the field, and is a valuable resource for those who are passionate about shorebirds.
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The yeasts have been important experimental organisms for more than 50 years. This volume contains over 100 selected papers, in sections with introductions that describe the process of discovery and the context and significance of the research. The selections include early classics as well as recent advances in areas such as signal transduction, membrane trafficking, protein turnover, and genomics. This book is designed as a guide for a literature-based course.
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- shores of silver lake
- By The Shores of Silver Lake (Little House)
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America's Original Pioneer Girl
Meet Laura Ingalls, the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books.
Pa Ingalls heads west to the unsettled wilderness of the Dakota Territory. When Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and baby Grace join him, they become the first settlers in the town of DeSmet. And Pa begins work on the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the shores of Silver Lake. By the Shores of Silver Lake is the fifth book in the Laura Years series.
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shores of silver lake.......2007-07-19
Timeless book series. Every generation should have the original series, especially with Garth William's illustrations.
By The Shores of Silver Lake (Little House).......2007-07-13
I bought this book as a replacement for one that was missing from my collection.
God's Providence.......2007-05-31
This is the fifth of nine books in the "Little House" historical fiction series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The book starts with the news, in the first chapter, that Laura's older sister Mary has gone blind. The information is related matter-of-factly, "Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word." (p. 2)
Laura has to become Mary's eyes and see for her, describing in detail what she is seeing so that Mary, too, can "see." The perceptive reader understands how central this experience, this role, was in shaping the future author of this series of books which are enduring across generations of readers, young and old.
Much later in the book, in the chapter, "On the Pilgrim Way," a much beloved, Reverend Alden is visiting, passing through with a very young (boy preacher) Reverend Stuart, and has just said to Ma, "I am sorry indeed, Sister Ingalls, to see the affliction that has come to Mary."
The reply comes, "Yes, Brother Alden," Ma answered sadly, "Sometimes it is hard to be resigned to God's will. We all had the scarlet fever in our place on Plum Creek, and for a while it was hard to get along. But I'm thankful that all the children were spared to us. Mary is a great comfort to me, Brother Alden. She has never once repined."
Brother Alden extends encouragement and comfort, "Mary is a rare soul, and a lesson to all of us...We must remember that whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth, and a brave spirit will turn all our afflictions to good. I don't know whether you and Brother Ingalls know that there are colleges for the blind. There is one in Iowa."
The account continues, "Ma took tight hold of the edge of the dishpan. Her face startled Laura. Her gentle voice sounded choked and hungry. She asked, 'How much does it cost?'"
In this book, perhaps more than the other books in the series, the author develops the subtleties of what the Ingalls family is all about, the close interrelationships of its members, their self-sacrificing devotion to one another. With the news that there are colleges for the blind, Laura determines to work hard so that the family can afford to send Mary to one, a theme that carries throughout other books in the series.
The author does a nice job of developing the central characters, especially Mary, whose blindness does not in any manner stop her from being a valuable, contributing member of the family. For example, it is Mary who warms and entertains baby Grace on her lap in the rocking chair by the fire, a repeated sweet scene.
Mary is mentally sharp and keeps the free-spirited, free-wheeling Laura on her toes, particularly when it comes to being truthful and describing accurately what she (Laura) is seeing. When Laura tells her the road in front of them has disappeared, Mary objects, saying that is impossible. Laura struggles to explain. In the chapter, "The Shanty on the Claim," Laura describes the shanty, which is papered with black tar paper fastened with yellow lath strips as "tiger-striped." Mary corrects her and points out that tigers are yellow with black stripes.
Laura gets her first glimpse of her future husband Almanzo Wilder, who along with his older brother Royal, passes the Ingalls family, the Wilder boys standing in a wagon, driving a beautiful, matched set of horses. Laura's attention is consumed completely by the beautiful horses, and she seems to scarcely notice the young men.
We cover this series, as well as the prequel series (The Martha Years, The Charlotte Years, The Caroline Years) and the sequel series (The Rose Years) in our home school curriculum with my grandchildren, who are currently 11, 8 and 6. My grandson enjoys the books at least as much as my granddaughters.
By The Shores Of Silver Lake.......2006-12-15
This book is by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The story is about Laura, her older sister Mary, her two little sisters Carrie and Grace, and Ma and Pa, who are their mom and dad. They move from one place to the next. The setting is 19th century trail and shows a lot of trees, wagons, and people too.
One of the main events is when Mary, Carrie, Grace and Ma get Scarlet Fever and Mary went blind. Another is when Jack was their dog and he died of old age.
The author is telling about her life when she was a little girl. She is Laura. I think my favorite part of the book is when Laura and Lena were riding horses in Lena's backyard. The book starts when Mary goes blind. Some of it is sad, some of it is happy, and some of it is just right. I think everyone could like this book if they really wanted to.
- Emma,9
Another Great Little House Book.......2006-01-16
I didn't get into this book as quickly as the others, but it is still a great part of Laura Ingall's life!
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Release Date: 1996-11-01 |
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This second volume in David Brin's new Uplift trilogy is an epic tale that artfully combines dozens of unique characters and their individual stories. The planet Jijo, which has been settled by six separate races despite a decree that it remain barren for a million years, is about to change. The exploration ship Streaker, on the run since discovering the secrets of a two-billion-year-old derelict fleet, has arrived with virtually the entire universe in pursuit. Overnight the peaceful, technologically backwards Jijoan society erupts into civil war, creating a chaotic tapestry of grief, sorrow, joy, love and, ultimately, hope.
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Nebula and Hugo award-winning author David Brin continues his bestselling Uplift series in this second novel of a bold new trilogy. Imaginative, inventive, and filled with Brin's trademark mix of adventure, passion, and wit, Infinity's Shore carries us further than ever before into the heart of the most beloved and extraordinary science fiction sagas ever written.
For the fugitive settlers of Jijo, it is truly the beginning of the end. As starships fill the skies, the threat of genocide hangs over the planet that once peacefully sheltered six bands of sapient beings. Now the human settlers of Jijo and their alien neighbors must make heroic--and terrifying--choices. A scientist must rally believers for a cause he never shared. And four youngsters find that what started as a simple adventure--imitating exploits in Earthling books by Verne and Twain--leads them to the dark abyss of mystery. Meanwhile, the Streaker, with her fugitive dolphin crew, arrives at last on Jijo in a desperate search for refuge. Yet what the crew finds instead is a secret hidden since the galaxies first spawned intelligence--a secret that could mean salvation for the planet and its inhabitants...or their ultimate annihilation.
From the Paperback edition.
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Brin Does It With Ease.......2007-07-27
This is the 2nd reading of this series for me, the first being nearly 20 yrs. ago. I returned to the UPLIFT SAGA's, now in my 50's, only to read them in succession this time, all in a span of less than a month. My summer reading list was finished by mid July. The first time I read Brin, I felt I needed a degree in astrophysics. Not much has change that opinion since, however Brin does it with ease. He makes it easy for you to enter his universe & partake of the stories. To the point of wishing they went on for even more books. I'd be perfectly happy with this universe. His science faction approach gives me hope for the future of mankind. He is the ONE author I'd truly love to meet in person, although don't have a clue what I'd say to him. I certainly would be at a loss for intelligent conversation. I could listen to him for hours on end. He unlocked thoughts I have had all my life, yet never have been able to express. He coalesces my mind through his reading, to form educated opinions, question what needs questioning & creates a sense of satisfaction. Infinity's Shore tied together many aspects of the story I had previously left disconnected before reading it. I was so anxious to continue reading I immediately purchased HEAVEN's REACH. I haven't been left with such joy reading his books since I was a child. The satisfaction I gained when finished serves to his credit & deserving of all the awards he's received. The world of Jijo is now a place I would love to visit & live. His mix of species serves as a model for us today. His characters come to life in a way no other author has made me feel ever. His mystery writing is unique, yet ads to the overall story. He combines many theories, styles & characters in a way you simply cannot put down. I found myself lost for hours on planet Jijo, & his universe in general. Would that mankind lived in such a universe. Perhaps we do? We can hope. Brin is not an easy author to read at times. The first time I read them I felt heady & confused. I thought I needed a degree in astrophysics. Now I feel that's part of their charm. The challenge I get reading him now, serves only to his credit, as I feel way smarter now that I have finished them. I also feel more complete, knowing things about the universe I hadn't known prior. For the FIRST time in my life I'd want to live parts of my own life over again........this time being an astrophysicist myself. No other author has ever made me feel this way. Although I'd probably be like RETY, the hick gurl from the outback with no knowlege of anything. Her quest to leave Jijo hit very close to home. Now more than ever I wish to leave planet earth & travel the stars. I would love more, continued stories in this universe of his.
John Warner,Clinical Research Nurse
Silver Spring, MD
I know, you can't get enough of the Uplift series and..........2007-01-31
...I couldn't either, but the second series creates more questions than it answers. Infinity's Shore offers as much filler as it does substance but despite that it is still some of the better science fiction you will read. Brin's imagination is worth the price of admission by itself. I get the feeling that the second Uplift series is more about setting up a third series, that I very much look forward to.
He's Back in Form.......2007-01-15
After a dismal 4th book, Brin's back. With such a complex managerie of characters, species, and places, it helps to have not only a map, but a listing of characters, a listing of species, and a glossery. Believe me, you'll need all of them. I was constantly referring back as I read.
Infinity's Shore is a gripping ride of thrills. Brin is constantly throwing in the unexpected, with sly references to previous SciFi, both overt and covert. Characters are well developed and not flat, and the plot moves forward dramatically from where he left off. More importantly, they're clear, as we are repeatedly told which species is which. Brin even fills in a lot of the developments from Book 4 so that you can finally understand what happened. Of particular interest are multiple points of view, which lead to multiple cliff hangers, but show alien and human perspectives as well as non-overlapping technologically advanced and primitive perspectives. And finally! The dolphins are back, whom I have always found to have the most interesting pschological development. This book brings back more of the genius of this series- looking at the peculiar culture that might be raised if certain Terran species gained intelligence, and how they might interact with humans and others.
Doesn't stand by itself; a long, thrilling ride to nowhere.......2005-06-12
Evaluating this book presents some special challenges, since without the first and third volumes of Brin's Second Uplift Trilogy, this book doesn't begin to stand by itself. While the preceding volume, "Brightness Reef", closed a specific chapter of the planetary conflict without actually resolving anything, "Shore" ends on a cliffhanger that essentially obligates the reader to continue on to "Heaven's Reach". And while the three books together form a single story, there's no question that "Reef" is the most complete by itself, and boasts the delightful introduction to the idyllic planet of Jijo and its fascinating diversity of sapient alien races. "Shore", on the other hand, doesn't present us with anything like a conclusion to the multifaceted conflict that is described at such extreme length and in so much pointless detail. What we do get is a fascinating series of adventures, as we follow the fates of a dozen-odd major characters introduced in "Reef" as well as in the first trilogy's "Startide Rising".
In this volume the fallow world of Jijo is invaded for a second time, this time not by the clever and manipulative Rothen ("Brightness Reef") but by the fierce and brutal Jophur. In something of an excess of melodrama, the Jophur openly threaten to commit genocide against the wheeled g'kek and forcibly re-make their own cousins, the ruminative Traeki. Fairly early in this volume, Brin drops his biggest bomb - the tie in between Jijo and the starship Streaker which was featured in "Startide Rising", and whose fate had never been resolved. And assuming any resolution is better than none at all, Brin delivers - not in this book, but in the concluding volume "Heaven's Reach".
Unfortunately, "Reach" is rather a disappointment, which really undercuts the power of the work presently under discussion. Again and again, this reviewer found himself asking in wonderment, `How is Brin going to tie all this together? How are all these entertaining characters and exciting plotlines going to merge into a single thread that resolves the questions that were left hanging by "Startide" and haven't been addressed since?' But the fact of the matter is that "Reach" finds Brin desperately over-reaching, and is ultimately unable to provide a satisfying conclusion to the story of which this book is the thrilling middle. If "Reach" had been better, this book would surely rate 5 stars for its action and adventure. But as it is, it's almost a book without an ending. There's no point in reading this one and not going forward with the final volume, but if you find yourself disappointed by the conclusion, don't say you weren't warned. Your best bet - petition Brin to re-write "Heaven's Reach" in such a way that better synthesizes the multitudinous characters and storylines that he spent so much time developing before he realized he didn't have any use for them and had to bring in whole new tons of gobbledy-gook just to keep them busy. As it stands, this book goes nowhere and takes too long to get there.
Continuing Jijo's Story...A Strong Follow-Up.......2005-02-17
The illegal, backwater colony of Jijo has been thrown into turmoil. Six sooner races inhabit this Galactically-proclaimed fallow world...knowing their colony would oneday attract the attention of Galactic society. Now they have...and it is nothing like they thought it would be. Instead of official representatives from the Galactic Migration Institute coming to mete out long overdue justice, Jijo has attracted those who would stop at nothing to hunt down the dolphin-crewed Streaker, still on the run after narrowly escaping the bickering clans fighting over her above the ocean world Kithrup (read Startide Rising). Streaker has come to Jijo to lick her wounds...and determine the next course of action in an attempt to get the cargo they are carrying back to the Terragens Council, or at least someone neutral, someone who won't use what Streaker discovered in the Shallow Cluster to take control of a Galactic Civilization now in turmoil. In the midst of all this, the technologically inferior inhabitants of Jijo must not only deal with the worst Galactic civlization has to offer, but must also deal with the growing fissions within their own peaceful culture.
Infinity's Shore was a bit of a surprise for me. Coming off Brightness Reef, which at times tended to drag on a bit and get mired in minutiae not particularily related to the story, this book was an easy page turner. But more importantly than that, it began to establish links between characters and plotlines the previous book stubbornly refused to do. The inhabitants of Jijo introduced to us in Brightness Reef -- Alvin and his friends as well as Sara, Dwer, Lark, Rety -- began heading in a coherent, if not always unified, direction. While the characters native to Jijo finally took steps toward their "destiny" (a.k.a what Brin has in mind for them), the characters aboard the Streaker begin to connect to the environs around them, if a bit circuitously at first (i.e. automated scouts sent to "sniff" out the Jijoan culture).
What it all boils down to is a plain old good book. Character and plotline development is much better than its immediate predecessor, "stuff" happens that makes you want to see what happens next, and like any good trilogy, there is just enough left frustratingly out of reach for the final book. The one gripe is that there really is no conclusion to Infinity's Shore, probably quite irksome when it first came out and the next book, Heaven's Reach was a couple years away, but now it was only slightly annoying, seeing as how Heaven's Reach was sitting on top of my pile of to-read books waiting to be picked up as soon as this installment was completed. This story is a fine addition to the Uplift universe and I now anticipate completing the final installment with due haste.
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Lynne Shore Garcia.......2007-07-05
The new edition (the fifth) is better than the previously published. This book is usefull in a parasitology lab. The key points for laboratory diagnostic are usefull for driving lab tech and students. Infectious diseases provoked by rare parasite are not forgotten. the ratio weight of paper with a lot of draws and pictures /price is very good.
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For the four women included in this classic volume of biography, the wilder shores of love lay east of their native Europe—in Arabia, for Victorian Isabel Arundell, who married the defiantly unorthodox social outlaw and adventurer Burton of Arabia; in a harem, for Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, a convent girl abducted by Corsair pirates and presented to the ruler of the Ottoman Empire; in Bedouin tents and the bed of Sheik Abdul Madjuel El Mezrab for the raffish divorcee Jane Digby; and in the Sahara, for the Russian-born Isabelle Eberhardt, who entered the world of desert Arabs dressed as a man. “Love, wanderlust, faraway places—all that Romance implies—make up this delicious book.... Ideal reading.”—Washington Post Book World “A splendid quartet of biographies ... it is as engrossing a literary trip through the exotic East as I have taken.”—San Jose Mercury News “'A fabulous quartet' featuring four nineteenth-century women 'who out-dared the heroines of romance novels ... and swayed the course of empires.'”—New York Times Book Review
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Four remarkable women. No: five, Lesley Blanch, most of all.......2007-09-10
"Did I have adventures with foreign men?'' Lesley Blanch told an interviewer on her 100th birthday. "Many times --- I like them.''
Even at that advanced age, she was still writing. Always to music, most often reggae. At night, she'd greet visitors --- she was fond of hashish dealers --- to her exotic house on the French-Italian border in clothes that matched her environment: a caftan and turban, her neck fighting a load of ethnic jewelry.
To the very end of her life --- Lesley Blanch died in the spring of 1907, at 102 --- she was wildly entertaining. But her big personality is just icing. As "The Wilder Shores of Love" attests, she was a very good writer with a gift for telling remarkable stories, many of them probably true. And she was the ideal writer to profile four 19th century women who defied convention and went off to make fresh starts in North Africa and the Middle East. Or, as she called them, "four northern shadows flitting across a southern landscape."
Her focus was as exotic as her prose: "love as a means of individual expression, of liberation and fulfillment within that radiant periphery." Her women weren't head-in-the-stars about love; they were "realists of romance." And the book works brilliantly because, though the lives of Blanch's women were only superficially similar, their priorities were the same --- breathing the oxygen that was only available on the wilder shores of love.
Isabel Burton: Blanch chose her because she was "the supreme example of a woman who lived and had her being entirely through love." From the minute she saw them, she craved the East and the famous Victorian traveler, Richard Burton. (He spoke 28 languages. Blanch writes, one of them pornography.) Once she got him, their lives became a Greek drama: She colonized him and destroyed him, and, in the process, destroyed herself. But to what astonishing heights destruction took them --- Isabel worked tirelessly on Richard's behalf and, more or less singlehandedly, turned him into a celebrity. "I have undertaken a very peculiar man," she wrote in the early days of the marriage. He could have said the same: She traveled with 59 trunks, stayed for days in harems, and, meeting her wayward husband by chance in Venice, said hello and shook his hand.
Jane Digby: "She smashed all the taboos of her time," Blanch writes. "Hers was a life lived entirely against the rules, reasons and warnings, and it was triumphantly happy." You may disagree --- Digby experienced the ultimate tragedy when her beloved six-year-old son slid down a balcony, miscalculated and fell to his death at her feet. But the rest? One fabulous love affair after another, culminating in the marriage to Sheik Abdul Medjuel El Mezrab. Jane was always a great horsewoman; now she mastered dromedaries, and often raced at the head of a Bedouin tribe. She prepared her husband's food, stood as he ate, washed his feet. And the outcome? She never became old. "Admiration and love," Blanch notes, "are the best beauty treatments."
Aimée Dubucq de Rivery: Romantic? How's this: captured by pirates, flunk into a harem and enslaved. Her first sight in her new life in Turkey was "a great pyramid of heads, some so newly severed that they reeked and steamed with blood." She became "the French Sultana," the mother of Sultan Mahmoud II (who helped create modern Turkey) and a force for freedom and justice --- quite the tale.
Isabelle Eberhardt: She dressed as a man. She turned Arab. A Russian, she converted to Islam and died --- actually: drowned --- in the desert. "She adored her insignificant husband, but her sensual adventures were without number," Blanch writes, matter-of-factly. "Her behavior was outrageous; she drank, she smoked hashish, but déclassée, she remained racée." No one who met her ever forgot her. You won't either.
Subjects and author been rarely been better matched. For despite her sympathies with travel and romantic adventure, Lesley Blanch was a serious writer. Though well-born, she was also born poor; she worked hard from a young age, first as a book illustrator, then as Features Editor of British Vogue. Over her career, she wrote 18 books, all in longhand. The combination of a good education, intense research, remarkable subjects and a vivid style is irresistible --- "Wilder Shores" has never been out of print since its publication in 1954.
The Wilde Shores of love.......2007-07-26
I have only read the first story but it is great. Looking forward to the other two..
What happened to the illustrations?.......2007-05-16
I wouldn't have known about this book if I hadn't read Lesley Blanch's recent obit in the NY Times (May 11, 2007). It sounded too good to pass up, and it's a great read. Her writing style, for a biography, is over the top even for 50 years ago, but it's obvious she was enjoying herself in the telling, and it's a very readable book. HOWEVER, as soon as you read Ms Blanch's intro, you find a reference to an illustration, but when you check the book for pictures, there are none. Turns out the hardcover first ed. had pictures, and some subsequent paperback editions printed in England kept the illustrations, but the newer paperback editions dumped them. Well, shame on Scribners for not including them! It does take something away from the narrative not to be able to see whatever the author was able to locate on the women, whether photos or portraits. But still an entertaining read.
Seeking the adventure you never had?Make this book it's map!.......2003-03-20
God what a beautiful collection of real life stories and ones about women that way up most braggart adventures of men!(and I say that as a guy folks!). I was in a state of awe & envy throughout, fell dangerously in love with 3 out of 4 of the characters and am left disappointed only by my own world in result. This book is highly detailed and revealing of ins and outs of secret minds, hearts, places, women, individuals, religion, history and in many ways is scarily telling about truths of all. Its a gorgeous voyage and I give this book away too often but its one of those you know? Men or women I dare you to call yourself the same by its end!
Golden Legends.......2003-03-16
In 1954 Lesley Blanch, a hard-headed romantic, brought out her affectionate studies of four determined women who followed their dreams Eastward without regard for consequences. Even the demure Aimee, abducted and sold as a slave, doggedly created a life for herself within a Turkish seraglio. Recent muddled books on these women often verge on either the pornographic or the bathetic; Blanch's account was light-hearted; her humor, sympathy, and realism tempered her admiration. This was a best-seller in 1954, and is still immensely readable -- even if Blanch spoke more languages than some annoyed reviewers, and was not suitably PC for 2003. Her autobiography is excellent too.
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Take a close look at a wave-battered coast and you will discover a rich, fascinating, and remarkably brutal environment. Here, animals and plants exposed to wind, sun, and rain at low tide must cope with crashing waves as the seas rise to submerge them each day at high tide. How do living things survive in this harsh zone? With 87 stunning color photographs and an engaging text written for those with little or no knowledge of marine biology or physics, this book tells the story of one stretch along the Pacific coast of North America--introducing the mussels, limpets, crabs, grasses, starfish, kelp, and other animals and plants that live there, and explaining how they function and flourish in an environment of waves, sand, and rocks.
In pictures and words, Wave-Swept Shore explains complex phenomena, such as wave action, using simple, intuitive analogies. It explores how the forms of animals and plants affect their survival in this harsh environment, considers their distribution on the shore, and looks at their seasonal variations, focusing on what can be easily observed by visitors to the coast. Revealing the rich variety of habitats woven into what may at first look like a fairly uniform environment, the book, an effective and beautiful tool for learning about the edge of oceans everywhere, opens our eyes to the wonders of rocky shores and introduces a whole new way of looking at the natural world.
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An honor and pleasure to read..........2006-05-25
This book eminates respect for the natural ecosystems of our shorelines. Visually it left me in awe. I frequently walk the Oregon coastlines and the detailed images are causing me to take a closer look... I am equally eager to explore the text at deeper levels. We are purchasing a copy for evening reading at our beach house and anticipate that it will become a fabulous gift for all those on our list who share our passion for the sea...highly recommended *****
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