Eye of the Oracle (Oracles of Fire)

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One of the best BOOKS in the WORLD........2007-04-09

I just love this book and the DIOM series.When I went on a journey before the Oracles of fire came out,I took the whole DIOM series with me although I had alredy read it I read each book in the journey twice.I recomend this book for every teen who wants to know more about Gods love i'd tell you to read it.This book is really worth reading not only this one but DIOM also.Im anxous for the rest of the books to come out.

Absolutly beautiful!!!.......2007-01-25

As I closed the last page (my third time reading it through, by the way.) just the other day I let out a long hard sigh. Something about Eye of the Oracle really gets me thinking. The amazing power of God, and how he can take such small events, and what seems like such insignifacant people and things, and turn it all out for his good, is awe inspiring. And that is what Eye of the Oracle did to me. And there is one part in the book that I especially enjoyed, when God opens Sapphira Adi's (one of the main characters) heart and shows her his mercy and love. It was beautiful. Just absolutly beautiful!
The book starts with the Flood (Noah and the Ark), goes to the Tower of Babel, then to the era of King Arthur until finally it reaches modern day. So much happens in those pages, but it's most certainly not your normal, run-of-the-mill christian fantasy book, it's so unusual, and I think that's whay makes it so wonderful to me. I've never read a fantasy (or any other fiction for that matter!) book like it. It brought me along with it, and I understood the characters, and what they were feeling and what they were going through. I felt their pain, joy and sorrow. And I loved them all for it. And the depth of the writing, it's spectacular!
People kind of raise an eyebrow at me when I say that the characters in books are some of my favorite friends, but it's true. And especially with Eye of the Oracle. Please read it. You wont' regret it!!

Eye of the Oracle (Oracles of Fire).......2007-01-13

this book was really good (one of my favorites to be exact). i have read this book 5 times since i bought it that is how much i love it. i can't wait till the next books in the series comes out!!!!!!!! I LOVE BRAIN DAVIS BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

An enthralling saga of good against evil, and great deeds achieved by individuals of courageous and faithful spirit........2007-01-06

Volume one of the Oracles of Fire series, which in turn is a prequel to the Dragons in our Midst series, Eye of the Oracle is an epic fantasy novel about the tension between dragons and mankind, from the era just prior to Noah's ark through the time of King Arthur to the modern day. In Eye of the Oracle, dragons are targeted by the machinations of an ancient and ruthless evil force, and only the sacrifice of noble heroes prevented the dragons' complete extermination as a species. An enthralling saga of good against evil, and great deeds achieved by individuals of courageous and faithful spirit.

Spectacular!.......2006-12-31

This is one of the best books I have ever read. Eye of the Oracle begins before the Dragons in our Midst series starts. It is a much more complex story than DioM, and adds a whole new angle to the original series. These books are up there with Lotr, Narnia, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Stephen Lawhead books.(All of which I recomend by the way.) This was and awesome read and can stand by itself. but those who have read the previous books may glean more from it. Readers of the other series will get extra insight into Dragon's Rest, Bonnie, Shiloh, and (Duh) Oracles of Fire. Please do not miss out on this wonderful book!
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Kinda Spooky....
Disjointed
Hard to put down...
Exciting Romantic Suspense
A fun read

Eyes of Fire (Mira)
Heather Graham
Manufacturer: Mira
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ASIN: 0778321312

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Buried under the ocean, deep within the Bermuda Triangle, lies a treasure worth killing for.

Having already lost two men in her life to the lure of the bounty of the sea, Samantha Carlyle wants nothing to do with treasure hunts. She wants to be left in peace to run her dive resort on Seafire Island.

But unexplained events continue to happen. Adam O'Connor--Samantha's ex-lover--arrives unannounced on the tiny island. Samantha becomes the target of an attempted kidnapping. And she's beginning to realize that none of the resort's guests are who they claim to be.

Caught in an undertow of lies and murder, Samantha confronts the secrets that have for centuries, been drawing men to their watery graves. And she realizes that the little she knows about the lost treasure is more than enough to get her killed.

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Kinda Spooky...........2007-08-14

Samantha is a certified diver off the Florida Key's.

Teams up with Adam (they already had a history together) who is a certified diver for the gov't.

****I like books about the water.****

They discover ghosts, treasures and uncover a mystery to correct a historical error about two lovers.

This gave me chills a time or two. There are "hauntings" in this one and some realy C R E E P Y things.

This book is not one I recommend reading in the late evening then trying to sleep...FYI

It was well written and entertaining.

Disjointed.......2007-07-18

Too many characters and no continuity. She jumps from one set of characters to another without ever completing a thought. She is trying to create suspense, but half way through I found myself frustrated, wanting to read a "normal" conversation with some story line to it. Too many incomplete sentences. Too many subplots with no substance to help get a grip on the story.

Hard to put down..........2007-05-09

Was kept guessing to the end. Just when you thought you knew who the villain was, someone else came into the picture.
Finished it within a day.
One of my first books by Heather Graham, and it won't be the last.

Exciting Romantic Suspense.......2005-06-14

I've enjoyed many books by Heather Graham but this was undoubtedly one of her finest! Very exciting, very romantic, and I couldn't put it down. I didn't guess who the villain was.

A fun read.......2005-01-24

Sam has had to deal with a lot of loss in her life. Her mom left her and her father when she was a baby, then her father disappears, she sends the love of her life away after a misunderstanding, and then her good friend disappears. She is coping the best she can, taking over the family business as hostess on a private island, leading dives, and giving vacationers a few weeks in paradise. So, when the love of her life, Adam, shows up again just in time to rescue her from a kidnapping attempt, she wants answers!

I liked the book, it was a fun read. The romance was good (if a little volatile) and the book was definitely filled with mystery. The onlt problem I had was that there were just too many sub-plots going on at the same time. I had a hard time focusing on the main characters because I was so busy trying to figure out what everyone else had to do with the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in mystery/romance books and to anyone interested in diving.

Shakugan no Shana: The Girl With Fire in Her Eyes (Novel)

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Shakugan no Shana: The Girl With Fire in Her Eyes (Novel)
Yashichiro Takahashi
Manufacturer: VIZ Media LLC
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ASIN: 1421511932

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Invaders from the Crimson Realm have come to Earth looking for something called the Power of Existence. Whoever possesses this profound power will control the very quintessence of reality. To the rescue comes an enigmatic young girl with fire in her eyes. She may be cute and petite, but she's endowed with enough preternatural strength to save the entire universe. Plus, she's got a really big sword!.

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Concerning an "Alchemist with One Eye on Fire" Eshleman has written: "I continue to regard poetry as a form in which the realities of the spirit can be tested by critical intelligence, a form in which the blackness of the heart of man can be confronted, in which affirmation is only viable when it survives repeated immersion in negation--in short, a form that can be made responsible for all the poet knows about himself and the world...Unlike poets in China, Iran, and Nigeria, I can still say anything I want to say (for awhile at least). This is not only suspect freedom--it renders my situation absurd. I am like a maniac allowed to wander about screaming 'fire' in a theater of the deaf. Am I a traitor? Certainly not. I am not committed to the overthrow of anyone or anything. I remind myself of a late 19th century alchemist mixing and cooking my potions in a Prague apartment--an alchemist with one eye on fire from what he knows is going on outside his laboratory."

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poetic gold from base material.......2007-05-12

Eshleman uses language in a stunning, inventive way that links todays CBS news with the darkest depths of the psyche. Mind-blowing and unsettling: poetry at its contemporary best!

5 Titles By Robert Jordan Wheel of Time Series (1-5) : 1. The Eye of the World 2. The Great Hunt 3. The Dragon Reborn 4. The Shadow Rising 5. The Fires of Heaven

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5 Titles By Robert Jordan Wheel of Time Series (1-5) : 1. The Eye of the World 2. The Great Hunt 3. The Dragon Reborn 4. The Shadow Rising 5. The Fires of Heaven
Robert Jordan
Manufacturer: TOR
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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5 Titles By Robert Jordan Wheel of Time Series (1-5) : 1. The Eye of the World 2. The Great Hunt 3. The Dragon Reborn 4. The Shadow Rising 5. The Fires of Heaven. Five mmpb books.

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VERY GOOD BOOK
Man, Light, and Time
Elegant!

The Fire within the Eye
David Park
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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ASIN: 0691050511

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Light, like the air we breathe, is one of those invisible qualities that most of us only think about when the power goes off and there are no batteries in the flashlight. But ask yourself just what it is, and suddenly light becomes a puzzle indeed. Is light a thing? Is it, as Aristotle claimed, an accident? Physicist David Park covers all the bases in The Fire Within the Eye, his fascinating exploration of the history of light. All the heavy-hitters show up here--Aristotle, Galileo, Archimedes, and Max Planck--but there are also plenty of names the average reader might not recognize, such as the 10th-century Iraqi Abu Ali al-Hasan, who suggested that the objects we see are tiny reproductions of the real thing imprinted on the lenses of our eyes.

Park takes the reader from the earliest theories of Aristotle (light is an accident) to the most recent hypotheses (light is like both a wave and a particle), and he does it in prose that is highly readable. If by the end of The Fire Within the Eye you still don't understand exactly what light is, don't worry: David Park is less interested in defining it than in describing how our perceptions of it have changed over the millennia.

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In The Fire within the Eye, scientist and author David Park helps us reconceive the everyday phenomenon of light in profound ways, from spiritual meanings embedded in our culture to the challenging questions put forth by great scientists and philosophers. Park, who is both a gifted teacher and physicist, takes us on a tour through history spanning ancient Greek, Neoplatonic, and Arabic philosophy together with astrology, the metaphysics of Galileo and Kepler, and the role of mathematics and experimentation in modern physics. By creatively synthesizing a broad sweep of historical events and intellectual movements around the theme of light, the author offers readers of all backgrounds a unique perspective on Western civilization itself. Readers will find themselves immersed in lively discussions conducted by a physicist equally at home exploring the invention of perspective by Brunelleschi and Alberti, the writings of Goethe, or the mathematical models inspiring Maxwell's electromagnetic theory.

Plato made light the earthly counterpart of the Good; the early Christians believed the command "Let there be light" unleashed a power that shaped and energized the world. Park follows the connotations of spirituality and power attributed to light in religion, philosophy, art, and literature. At the same time he enables us truly to feel the excitement surrounding scientific discoveries and debates about the nature of light throughout history --Isaac Newton's scientific explanation of color and the raging battles between proponents of light as particles and light as a wave. Park traces the attempts to define light, beginning in the nineteenth century with the proposal that light is a wave motion in a field that unites electricity and magnetism. How this theory was reconciled with the particle theory of light is one of many paradoxes that Park guides us in understanding.

Park writes eloquently of the physical, aesthetic, and spiritual aspects of light, making this book an invaluable guide for all readers wishing to explore the fascinating relationship between science and culture.

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VERY GOOD BOOK.......2004-07-21

This book is very good, but I am more interested in the scientific than in the artistic aspects of the conception of light. It is a personal preference, and other person could have the reverse one.
I found some mistakes. For example, the author says that a blue light combined with a yellow one give a green light and that is not true. But the book is still good. I prefer "Catching the light" a lot, but I do not regret have read this interesting book.

Man, Light, and Time.......2000-10-26

The subtitle of Prof. Park's book is "A historical Essay on the Nature and Meaning of Light." That promise is faithfully kept in a thorough, erudite, and entertaining narrative. Park, a physicist, seems equally at home as historian, philosopher and classicist. Paying meticulous attention to the nuances of thought and language, he traces mankind's twenty-five century struggle to understand the phenomena of light and vision, beginning with Empedocles in Greek antiquity and ending in the quantum-mechanical era of Planck, Einstein and Bohr.

With scholarly patience, Park dissects and illuminates the struggles of early investigators to get a grip on the baffling mysteries of light and its interaction with the human eye. This often requires the author to pick bits of sense out of mounds of nonsense. He points out, for example, that even the wildly mistaken hypothesis of visual rays emanating from the eye led to some correct conclusions about geometric optics. Park also underscores the fact that taking the next step puts even the most accomplished scientists at risk. For example, Newton's particle interpretation of light incorrectly called for an increase of speed on passing from air to a denser material and (due to his influence and prestige) delayed acceptance of the wave interpretation pioneered by Huygens and conclusively demonstrated by Young. In an ironic twist, particles of light returned with a vengeance as thoroughly modern quantized photons.

Aside from some minor errors and omissions in figures, the only factual problems I encountered came on page 165, where convergence point P in Figure 6.5 is incorrectly called the focal point of the lens (this would be true only for incoming rays parallel with the optical axis), and the inverted real aerial image formed by the lens is misidentified as a virtual image.

Perhaps the most distinctive quality of "The Fire Within the Eye" is Park's astute and encyclopedic grasp of historical context. One senses that he is telling only a fraction of what he knows about the lives and times of the philosophers and scientists who populate the book.

Elegant!.......2000-06-28

A must read for everyone interested in Light. It explains everything - dual nature of light, polarization, diffraction, interference, colours, light as vibration of the fifth dimension, etc. Is useful both for the layman and the expert reader. The book's simplicity is its biggest advantage. From simplicity arises elegance.

The Eye on Fire (Imagenes en el ojo llameante

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The Eye on Fire (Imagenes en el ojo llameante
Ludwig Zeller; A.F. Moritz; Translator
Manufacturer: Ekstasis Editions
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Binding: Perfect Paperback

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ASIN: 1894800966
Release Date: 2007-02-06

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The Eye on Fire is the moving testament of a poet confronting the passing years and yet affirming the value of poetry, love and freedom. Chilean-Canadian poet Ludwig Zeller combines eroticism and spirituality in poems where reality shines with the light of mystery and imagination. The Eye on Fire is both lyrical and modern in the tradition of Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Eliot, and Holan. Translated from the Spanish by esteemed poet A.F. Moritz, this new collection from Zeller will find a place in the valued editions of contemporary world literature.With Spanish and English poems en face, The Eye on Fire offers readers the opportunity to engage in a poetry experience that transcends cultural and perceptual boundaries.

Fire in Their Eyes: Wildfires and the People Who Fight Them

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What a bunch of crap
Fire in Their Eyes
A riveting look at firefighting! A real page-turner!

Fire in Their Eyes: Wildfires and the People Who Fight Them

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ASIN: 0152010424

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What drives some people to stand in the path of a wall of flame? Who are these brave, foolhardy, visionary firefighters? This intimate look at the elite groups that fight wildfires explores the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of these courageous few as they battle wilderness blazes from Alaska to Maine. From the grueling training of a smokejumper class in Montana, through harrowing fights with some up-close-and-personal wildfires, to a group of inspired conservationists who use fire as a tool for preservation, Karen Magnuson Beil takes readers where only a few have ventured--into the heart of one of nature’s most destructive and unpredictable forces: fire.

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What a bunch of crap.......2007-05-30

If anyone is trying to do any kind of research or learn about this job, don't read this book. I know rookie's that know more about this job. Anyone that refers do a (...) con crew as being a hotshot crew obviously knows little about this profession. She almost completely left out what a real Hotshot crew was, didn't talk about what a good engine crew was and as usual for someone that is on the way outside looking in, glorified Smokejumpers. Which is fine, they are great firefighters and a traditional part of our lifestyle, but they are rarely the ones who put the fires out that the public ever sees.

Fire in Their Eyes.......2004-08-27

Karen Beil vividly describes the lives of firefighters in Fire in Their Eyes. Also she tells the reader about the dangers a fire fighter must endure when fighting a forest fire. Finally the book describes the different jobs of firefighters and their roles in extinguishing the fire. This is a great book for any one who is interested in becoming a firefighter and the vast amount of pictures make it easy to understand.

A riveting look at firefighting! A real page-turner!.......1999-08-18

Anyone who has ever wondered how forest fires are fought will find their answers here in this riveting look into the lives of "smokejumpers" and the fires they fight. The first-hand accounts give the reader an up-close look at fire and the devastation it causes. A great book on an unusual subject- I couldn't put it down!

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PROTOSTARS: What Makes a Cage Jamie Knows; I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool is Empty; In a Sky of Daemons; The Last Ghost; Afternoon with a Dead Bus; Eyes of Onyx; The World Where Wishes Worked; Cold the Fire of the Phoenix; Oasis

Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0345023935

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Eyes in the Fire
Deborah Grabien
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
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ASIN: 0312033362

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Cover Copy.......2005-03-20

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For Marian and Julian Dunne, their home at England's Dartmoor, Four Shields, has always been a haven of peace and tranquility. But unexpectedly their calm, ordered existence comes under threat. One sunny day, inside the house, Marian is overcome by dense, choking smoke. When she recovers consciousness, the smoke has disappeared and there is no trace of a fire that could have caused it.

A few days later, on the high ground behind the house, Julian awakens from sleep to find his hand badly burned, yet there is no sign of fire on the ground beside him.

Near Four Shields, on bleak Dartmoor itself, are the remains of a primitive settlement where centuries before ancient druids offered blood sacrifices to their gods. Marian carries the bloodlines of those druids, and as the fire and smoke return, she begins to sense another woman-a woman from those ancient times.

In this powerful debut novel, Deborah Grabien has written a gripping tale of mystery, suspense, and ancient evil. Fantastic as the story may be, the author evokes a reality that increasingly involves the reader right up to the book's terrifying final scene.

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It hit her with the force of a blow. Out of the dark, an arrow of knowledge, came the realization that she was being watched. There was something here with her, something that watched her, avid, greedy, wanting her....She was not alone.

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