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College students (more than 115,000 of them) reveal what life is really like at the nation's top schools. This must-have guide gives you college rankings like no other and covers all the essentials -- from academics to social life to financial aid, and everything in between. We also provide you with all the basics: admissions criteria, deadlines, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and more.
Best 361 Colleges uniquely ranks the nation's top schools in more than 60 categories, including:
·Professors Get High Marks
·Best Party School
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·Great Campus Food
·Most Politically Active
·Diverse Student Population
·Class Discussions Encouraged
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…and many more!
Featured on Good Morning America and in news stories across the country, Best 361 Colleges continually proves to be a favorite of both students and parents alike.
Customer Reviews:
Better Than Average.......2007-09-21
I have used this book more than the US News and World report. I give this book more value than the other one. I like the student reviews.
Great Reference Book.......2007-09-11
My daughter and I referred to this book hundreds of times when starting her college search - I believe information is current and accurate.
Have recommended to friends
Essential.......2007-07-17
This, along with Fiske's Guide to Colleges, are essential to the college search process. The hard data includes all the deadlines, a quality of life rating, demographic makeup, and lots of facts about admissions and financial aid. Very useful are the "comparable colleges" section which begins with the banner "Applicants Also Look At" and the "Survey Says" section.
Great way to start.......2007-07-13
This book is a great way to start the college search. My kids liked it since the basic facts for each college appear on two pages, quick and easy stats to review.
Huge disappointment compared to the 2005 edition !.......2007-07-11
I saw the 2005 edition of this guide at one of the colleges we visited and really liked it. So I bought it. However the new 2007 edition is so much tamer and more politically correct than the earlier one that it is much more boring and much less helpful than the 2005 version. The student comments have been totally watered down and the star ratings are gone.
Bottom line: you're much better off getting your hands on a used copy of the 2005 edition (which is called The best 357 Colleges).
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- Nonbelieving Literati
- Another winner by Gore Vidal
- A great read...A man's book!
- Brilliant Multi-Layered Storytelling
- Very moving fictionalized account
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Julian: A Novel
Gore Vidal
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The remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity,
Julian is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal’s finest historical novels.
Julian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the Roman Empire. A military genius on the level of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, a graceful and persuasive essayist, and a philosopher devoted to worshipping the gods of Hellenism, he became embroiled in a fierce intellectual war with Christianity that provoked his murder at the age of thirty-two, only four years into his brilliantly humane and compassionate reign. A marvelously imaginative and insightful novel of classical antiquity,
Julian captures the religious and political ferment of a desperate age and restores with blazing wit and vigor the legacy of an impassioned ruler.
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Nonbelieving Literati.......2007-10-05
As I was reading the book I became interested in the characters and endeavored to find more about them, and though I could find a great deal about Libanius, Priscus was more difficult. And now reading John's explanation for Priscus, the pieces click into place.
I enjoyed the exchange between Libanius and Priscus a great deal. Julian's words I found frustrating. There was so much he could have done, but in the end he only substituted one religion for another. I think Priscus expressed it best in his commentary:
"Julian speaks continually of his love of Hellenism. He honestly believed he loved Plato and reasonable discourse. Actually, what he craved was what so many desire in this falling time: assurance of personal immortality. He chose to reject the Christian way for reasons which I find obscure, while settling on an equal absurdity. Of course I am sympathetic to him. He dealt the Christians some good blows and that delighted me. But I cannot sympathize with his fear of extinction. Why is it so important to continue after death? We never question the demonstrable fact that before birth we did not exist, so why should we fear becoming once more what we were to begin with? I am in no hurry to depart. But I look on nothing as just that: no thing. How can one fear no thing?" p.90-91
Of course not existing before birth is more of a Western religious tradition, and his argument largely does not apply to Eastern religions, but I still find a lot of meaning in his words. I don't want to die, but I accept it. I accept that I won't go on as anything else after my physical death. One day I'll be forgotten as if I never existed and it doesn't bother me.
But Julian had his spots of brilliance where he expressed philosophy and religion in terms that I think many liberal Christians embrace today, as he argued with Christian priests:
"After all, as educated men, we should realize that myths always stand for other things. They are toys for children teething. The man knows that the toy horse is not a true horse but merely suggests the idea of a horse to a baby's mind. When we pray before the statue of Zeus, though the statue contains him as everything must, the statue is not the god himself but only a suggestion of him. Surely, as fellow priests, we can be frank with one another about these grown-up matters." p.338
Why is it difficult to accept ancient religious writings as myths written by men who were trying to explain the world around them and how humans fit into that world? Surely in 3000 years our own writings on science will look just as much like myths as our understanding grows. That doesn't mean that these men weren't wise or didn't hold that kernel of truth, but that they didn't have the knowledge we have now or the knowledge we'll have in the future, if our species continues.
We build on knowledge. That's our evolutionary advantage. When knowledge is lost it's a tragedy. When knowledge is rejected it's a sin. I know that's going to be taken out of context. I don't mean there aren't things we shouldn't do, that there aren't things that are wrong. What I mean is that's it's wrong to reject knowledge because it questions our preconceived ideas about the world.
We use metaphor today when teaching. Why is it any different in ancient texts? We make mistakes, follow incorrect leads, and sometimes completely misunderstand what we're studying. Was it so different with men in the past? I cling tightly to preconceived ideas sometimes. But I hope that I'll continue to learn and question and grow despite my prejudices.
And mostly I hope I'm never to stubborn to hold onto something that I want to believe, simply because I want to believe it as Julian did. As Priscus said:
"Incidentally, in his description of that seance with the Etruscans he omits my remark to him, "What is the point of listening to soothsayers, if you won't believe what they tell you" But Julian was very like the Christians who are able to make their holy book endorse anything they want it to." p.422
Another winner by Gore Vidal.......2007-07-20
I'd read this book many years ago and enjoyed it tremendously. I still believe it's one of the best autobiographical novels I've ever read, but found this time around that it was too heavily loaded with paragraph after paragraph of ancient philosophy. Other than that, a very enjoyable read.
Vidal describes a young Julian, whose father died at the hands of the Emperor Constantius, and follows him through the remainder of his life. The youth was fearful of his life for being a possible threat to Constantius from the time he was six years old until he grew to manhood. As a result, he hoped to make himself invisible by turning to the study of philosophy. Finally, with no other heir to the throne, Constantius appointed the student Julian to be Cesaer of Gaul, where his first task was to lead the army against German tribes moving in on the Roman Empire. He proves to be a natural leader and his success is phenomenal. When Constantius demands that Julian's army march off to Antioch to fight the Persians, leaving Julian behind, his soldiers demand that he take over the throne--and of course he does.
Julian is skeptical of the new religion Christianity that has pretty much overwhelmed the older gods of the Greeks and Romans. He seeks to reinstate the old gods and rebuild their temples destroyed by zealous Christians. As one of his friends tell him, he's three centuries too late.
A great read...A man's book!.......2007-06-04
This is my second helping of Gore Vidal. I read "Creation" some years ago. This is a great novel. Gore Vidal has a tremendous way with words. He maintains tension in dialogue and drama so easily. This work concerns the emperor, Julian, who was unlike the post-Constantine emperors in that he favored a return to old-time religion, not the religion of the Galileans, which had become "official" after Constantine. The story traces his life based on a shared manuscript between two philosophy teachers. The plot thickens throughout the novel with conspiracy and political shenanigans. I only offer four stars because it is unreal that the Church has NO redeeming value, and comes across way too evil. Obviously, the ending is a tad predictable.
Pick it up! A great choice for Men's Book study groups! What a way to get boys to read. It is quite a fantastic way to begin a study of the Roman Empire in its last days.
Brilliant Multi-Layered Storytelling.......2007-03-26
My first Gore Vidal novel, and absolutely NOT my last.
I rarely have time to read as much as I like, but over the last week and a half I have carved time out at all hours of the day to get back to this book. I am a fan of history and historical fiction, and this is the good stuff without doubt.
Other reviews will give you the book report summary of plot and device, but I am here to tell you that the layers of commentary in this book were breathtaking. Vidal's personality seeps up through every page so subtly that on many occassions I found myself doing, in essence, double-takes: turning back a page or two and thinking, "Hang on... did he just?" and inevitably, the commentary, the literary slight of hand, the double meaning, and the three and four layer references I suspected were all there. I can only guess how many I may have missed.
As you know by now, this book is about the death of a king. The life and times of a leader who was dedicated to rejuvinating a divided country. A man whose mission required the unification of a nation divided along religious and political lines. It is the story of a leader who was assasinated after holding power for just three short years.
Vidal ends his novel with this:
April 1959 - 6 January 1964, Rome
This is a reference, I am sure, to the period during which he wrote it. It is also a reference to the dating of Julian's journal entries. But I believe this date range, specifically its terminus, serves another, typically subtle, purpose. It is a reference to another historical leader; one who strove to reinvigorate a faded empire, one who inspired similar division in his country, and one who met a similar, tragic end. I believe that this book is a farewell of sorts to John F. Kennedy.
Read it. It's amazing.
Very moving fictionalized account.......2007-01-05
A very well written novel about the Emperor Julian (361-363 a.d.), the so-called "Apostate".The story unfolds as if we were reading Julian's private diary. Comments are then inserted by two other characters, Priscus and Libanius, who were part of Julian's entourage as celebrated pagan lovers of wisdom. In the book we read how Julian had to suffer at the hands of his cousin Constantius, who exterminated Julian's family and always feared that Julian would one day usurp his position. The book shows how Julian remained faithful to his cousin (who made him Caesar in the East) even when his troops acclaimed him "Augustus". He claimed he did not seek to take revenge on Constantius and was very reluctant to become emperor. One cannot help but come to like this character (especially after reading his works, which I did a couple of years ago); I can only pray that the Lord may have mercy on his soul and allow him to see that Jesus he so reviled ("dead Galilean"). Christian orthodoxy is taunted throughout the book, and Vidal shows no sympathy for it whatsoever: Christians are depicted as intolerant, quarrelsome and close-minded. He then tries to present a nice picture of Chrysostom to counter-balance the view of Christianity, but the damage has already been done (But then again, wasn't Vidal irreverent toward Buddha himself in his other book, Creation?).
Here is a quote from the book I really liked:
" I always have the sense that I must hurry to get things done, that there is hardly any time at all for a man to impress his quality and passion upon a world which will continue after him, as unconcerned as it was when it preceded him. Each day that I live I say to myself: the visible world is mine, use it, change it, but be quick, for the night comes all too fast and nothing is ever entirely finished, nothing." (p.311)
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This excellent, affordable collection presents 361 royalty-free full-color allover patterns, carefully selected for their eye-catching appeal and suitability for practical use. Numerous subjects and styles include geometrics, florals and foliates, animal and nature motifs, and other decorative repeat patterns from 15th- through 20th-century sources. Ideally suited for reproduction by a color copier.
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Splendid suggestions for designers.......2007-05-07
I'd suggest to buy this title for people who make handcraft objects in order to take many ideas about decoration.
A Plethora of Copyright-free Patterns.......2000-06-14
This book is a great additon to the library of all paper crafters and rubber stampers. It makes creating collages and artwork so much more convenient--just sit back and browse through 361 full color background patterns, and best of all they are all copyright-free! The author offers a delightful variety of colors and styles, inspirations from the 15th through the 20th century. It looks like some were taken from fabric, and even have a textural quality. With simply the use of a color copier or better yet a scanner, you will have no limit to your imagination and creativity.
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In the year, 354 A.D., Julian, a sheltered scholar and pacifist lives in peace-until a summons from Emperor Constantine the Great changes the young man's life forever. Dispatched to Gaul to help reclaim a beaten Roman territory from German barbarians, Julian displays a surprising and brutal genius for survival against impossible odds. Emerging as an unlikely hero and adored by a legion of zealots, his untapped ambition is ignited-to reign as the new emperor. It's a position of power that'll test the loyalty of his friends, stir the ire of enemies, and cast an ominous shadow over his mad, and most magnificently impossible conquest of all...From the author of the acclaimed The Ten Thousand comes a breathtaking recreation of the historic rise to power of a ruthless yet unlikely leader plunged into the chaos of war-and his shocking fall that would become one of the most fascinating mysteries of the ages. A novel of courage and conviction, of loyalty and betrayal, of personal victory and dark ambition, Gods and Legions is epic storytelling at its most riveting.
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Worm's eye view.......2007-05-13
The key to GODS AND LEGIONS is its narrator. Caesarion, physician to two emperors, begins as a bright scientist who likes to push the boundaries of reseach. Contradictorily, he is also a 4th century Christian, and in Caesarion Christianity is gradually winning. As a Christian's twisted view of Emperor Julian, GODS AND LEGIONS is a cultural study of the Roman Empire.
Caesarion begins as a friend of young student Julian, the only surviving male cousin of Emperor Constantius. Julian survives because his love of books seems to make him harmlessly unambitious. But Constantius needs a figurehead to represent Roman power in the West. Placed in Gaul, Julian flowers into a brilliant general and administrator. His sense of justice and his sympathy for Rome's subjects make him immensely popular. As so often happened in the Roman Empire, Julian is acclaimed Emperor by his people.
While Julian comes into his own, Caesarion's disenchantment grows. For most of the book there is a strict correlation between their attitudes: Julian's headed up, Caesarion's headed down. Like all good Christians of the time, to Caesarion religious tolerance would be a sin, and Caesarion will eventually be declared a saint. Trapped by his sense of duty in a grossly uncongenial position, he becomes grim and disapproving. From the moment Julian declares that he follows the Hellenistic gods, Caesarion believes him mad; it is very clear in the text that all of Caesarion's later accounts of Julian are colored by the Christian view of Julian as the Antichrist.
Was Julian murdered in Persia by someone among his own troops? We have no evidence of that, and Julian was stabbed in battle. He didn't stand behind with his generals, observing; he fought. Ford says that either army might have been using the type of spear that killed him. Julian did the same thing as Napoleon did -- led his troops beyond their supply lines. Napoleon's troops didn't kill him. Maybe the murder theory is just another case of the victors rewriting history.
Gore Vidal's JULIAN has a delicious, satirical approach that hurts the powerfully dramatic GODS AND LEGIONS by comparison, but agrees with Ford that the murder theory makes a better story. I'm going to have to track down the writings of Julian and Ammianus Marcellinus, and see for myself if I agree with either novel.
Book Review.......2007-05-13
I enjoyed the book overall, but got "bogged down" in some of the battle descriptions. Otherwise, it was an enjoyable read.
OK... I think I've got it...........2007-02-15
This book helped me understand what I am looking for in an historical fiction. (deep breath) Steven Saylor (Mysteries of Ancient Rome series) does not hold my interest.... Simon Scarrow (Under the Eagle) is modern writing writ small for the epic that is Rome. But Michael Curtis Ford... ahhh ... If you understand the humor in this line, you will love him. Ready ? Here goes... " I believe he was a Spartan" muttered Julian laconically'. Was that funny to you? If so, Michael Curtis Ford is your cup of tea. Writing circles within circles as the ancient narrarator struggles with his own style. The history is tight as the soon-to-be mad emperor Julian undoes, unstrings, and unravels what Constantine the Great sought to do. Julian reverts to paganism and heads, where else, for Persia and his own Waterloo.(sorry for my own very mixed metaphor) This after reluctantly becoming a Roman warrior, succeeding his uncle, (the Roman emperor), overthrowing the Gauls, and in general, having an adventure that makes the AD 300's come to life. I went in ignorant of this particular time period. I came out smarter and better for the experience. This is a meaty novel, not pure history, but not the pap Saylor and Scarrow churn out, either. This is on par with Colleen McCollough and the Grass Crown / Caesars Women series. Call me middle brow, but I'm havin' some fun here !!
WELL WRITTEN.......2006-10-30
A take on Emperor Julian, the last Roman emperor, who tried to eradicate Christianity as the main religion of the Roman Empire (then situated mostly in Constantinople, now Istanbul).
A lot of it seems to be Historically accurate though there are some areas that are considered to be questionable and the author does take liberties in certain areas where we really do not know, for sure, what happened.
Great battles and ideas, especially in the beginning against the Persian elephants and the Germanic tribes fooling the Romans along the river.
The take on Julian's reasons for having problems with Christianty were done well enough, but, for such a hot topic, they could have spent more time detailing it as we are mostly a Christian country and a superb reason is needed for people to understand why one might want to not make it the main religion.
Why Put Forth the Effort?.......2006-07-24
Gore Vidal's "Julian" is one of my favorite all-time books, so I thought I might enjoy another on the subject. All-in-all I was disappointed and only managed to make it about 3/4 of the way through with much effort. Though the author's writing style is quite readable, writing a story from the viewpoint of someone who diliked Julian and is supposed to be his friend just didn't cut it with me. The self-righteous Christian got old real fast. And the secondary characters like Oribasius and Maximus were so vividly done by Vidal as to make them a jarring, discordant note in this work. The only way it was in any way better than Vidal's work is the battle descriptions, which are well done.
To me it was like someone trying to re-write Gone With the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird or A Confederacy of Dunces. It can't be improved upon, so why put forth the effort?
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The Princeton Review asks college students (more than 110,000 of them) what their schools are really like, and reports the most revealing answers in this book. The "Best Party School" ranking list gets a lot of attention, but it is just one small part of this must-have guide that covers all the essentials--from professors to cafeteria food, and everything in between.
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The Best 361 Colleges rate the nation's top schools in more than 60 categories, including:
·Professors Get High Marks
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·Most Politically Active
·Diverse Student Population
·Great College Newspaper
…and many more!
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Best 361 Colleges, 2006 (College Admissions Guides).......2007-01-29
I am a High School Counselor. This book is a part of my professional library. Good review of colleges, when used with other review books. You can never count on just one book.
Not bad, but..........2006-08-31
Overall, this book is one of the better college guides out there - it's well-organized, clean, and very useful for students, parents, and teachers alike, and it's easy to read, and does elicit laughter and chuckles.
The fact that most of the information in this book was gathered from students really shows - if you can't make it to a college to visit, this book would help quite well in describing the overall atmosphere of the college, but it's a bit sparse on the academic details of the colleges.
There are, however, a couple of glaring errors/omissions - for some really odd reason, Stanford is listed as being a public university. Though this may seem like a minor problem, the fact remains that it's such a basic fact that the Princeton Review, with all its money and resources should not have overlooked.
Secondly, the University of California - Irvine has strangely been omitted from the book. However, the much less-renowned UC Riverside is actually still in the book - many of my fellow classmates were shocked not to see UC Irvine in the book - especially when considering the college's strengths in the sciences. It's also surprising since UCI was included in the previous editions of this book (The Best 357 Colleges).
Very Good Summaries.......2006-08-20
I enjoyed browsing this book. My daughter is in the 'what's out there' stage. This book gives a brief, but excellent, overview of the covered colleges. The overview includes key stats and some of the flavor of the schools. I definitely recommend this book as a starting point.
Compared to other books-- similar format to "3?? Most Interesting Colleges," but this is the more interesting book. (Maybe I just think so because I got this one first and the other didn't add anything.) "Choosing the Right College: The Whole Truth about America's Top Schools" is more complete, but not as browsable. It is definitely worth getting for a more complete picture. The "Students' Guide to Colleges: The Definitive Guide to America's Top 100 Schools Written by the Real Experts--the Students Who Attend Them" is not worthwhile. Its reviews really don't give any clearer picture than the snippets in the "Best 361", except to make it painfully clear to a parent-reader that drinking is popular everywhere.
Best brief review in 2 pages for these 361 college , A Must buy.......2006-05-03
If your a college bound student , and then your looking glass should start with this.
you need 3-4 books for a complete bible of college info inventory.
For the top tier 361 college the book gives in brief all most all the statistical data and other stuff. And its not boring its easy to read and not like your dying to end the search.
If you need the feel of the college students life and the same info but not so in detailed with statistics but full of real life day to day story of students then a MUST buy is "Students Guide to Colleges"
I suggest 3 book:
1.Princeton Review th best 361 colleges - the main starting book
2.Students guide to colleges - 5-6 pages (sometimes 8) of description the best description of student life in 100 top colleges in the country.
3.Colleges that change lives - by Loren Pope : this is another must buy it will give you more idea's and many interestsings facts to think about before applying to colleges.
Good Luck
Who edits this book?? .......2006-04-10
We used this book about four years ago and found it very helpful in providing the basic information about schools for our oldest son. So, when our youngest started pondering the college choice, we ordered this edition thinking it would again be helpful. Were we wrong!! This edition is very unreliable. I am sure that Stanford would be pleased to know that although the class of 2009 had 20,195 applicants with only 2,426 admissions, their selectivity rating is 89! And with a freshman class of 1,633 they have a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,858. This is an obvious error, but how many of the other schools, maybe not as well known, have been misrepresented by this guide? Princeton Review needs to send us a refund!
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How Good is Westlake? Republish More of His Classic Novels!.......2007-09-08
361 republished by Hard Case Crime (2005) originally was written back in 1962. This may not be Westlake's best ever novel from that era but it is the best fit for the Hard Case Crime various author collection. Hard Case Crime also have republished another classic crime novel by Westlake called Lemons Never Lie (Hard Case Crime) which was written under his pen name Richard Stark. Hard Case Crime should be commended for bringing the classics back for readers of today as most of Westlake's older stuff is very hard to find and expensive if you can get it. At least these two books are affordable and readily available. This is a great novel, non politically correctness, heavy smoking and drinking reinforce the times the story is set in and make it all the more believable as well as fun for the reader. We need more of these classics republished!
In 361 Ray Kelly in New York after serving in the Marines is reacquainting himself with his father and connecting on a level he never did before. Ray's glad to be back and pretty happy. As they leave the New York hotel one morning their vehicle is shot up by a passing car. Ray's father is dead and he wakes in hospital with a number of injuries including the loss of an eye. He swears vengeance on those who did this but to find out their identities he must first learn a bit more about his father. His father has kept quite a few secrets from him throughout his life and Kelly will find himself mixed up in the underworld. He will have his vengeance though!
Westlake is one of the greatest authors of all time, especially his standalone thriller books. A great modern day classic you absolutely have to read is his ultimate solution to unemployment - The Ax!
An eye for revenge.......2007-09-02
361, published originally back in 1962 and in 2005 by Hard Case Crime, is a classic hardboiled detective story. Things go bad for the protagonist - his father is killed, while he ends up with a gimp foot and a blind eye - and then, it gets worse.
Like in any hardboiled novel worth the label, 361 has plenty of action, both gunfights and fistfights. The hero empties a bottle of booze about every two pages. This is definitely not high literature, but 361 is a gripping book I'm sure many people will read in one sitting. It has great entertainment value, simply put.
Vintage Westlake in a top-drawer noir.......2007-07-15
A reprint of a 1962 issue from Random House, 361 is a noir with a hardboiled tone. Ray Kelly musters out of the Air Force and meets his dad in New York City. On the way home to Birmingham, a drive-by shooting leaves his dad shot dead and Ray in the hospital, both ankles crushed and one eye missing. What ensues is a sinuous route of blood payback, family revelations, self-doubt, and mob violence. Ray Kelly despite his relentless nature and mean streak is a likeable protagonist, worthy for any fan/reader to root for. Westlake's seamless plotline, deft dialogue, and smart pacing. 361 is another brisk-paced satisfying read from the folks at Hard Case Crime. Recommended.
Hard Case Crime dusts off another old classic.......2007-01-31
A solid revenge thriller heavy with observation on daily life and interesting, behind-the-scenes details on New York City organized crime circa 1960 or so. Westlake either has a heck of an imagination or he was really in that dangerous world in some capacity back in the day. His non-comic crime novels just ring so true. Another Hard Case Crime winner.
361 Hard Case Crime.......2006-03-16
Fun, fast moving crime expose. Interesting take on the power of revenge and love.
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When Scrooge pursues the treasures of Circe, sorceress Magica De Spell pulls him into Carl Barks' "Oddball Odyssey," a classic long adventure! Then Gyro Gearloose finds foul play at "Funworld," Scrooge's not-so-amusing amusement park. Donald and his nephews must keep a suitcase of Scrooge's secrets out of Beagle Boy clutches in John Lustig's "Filthy Rich!" Scrooge battles a phantom snowballer in "The Fowl is Fair," then relives a scary Klondike toboggan race in "The Blazing Trail's Tale!"
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Julian The Apostate (Debates and Documents in Ancient History)
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This new study of the last pagan Roman emperor provides remarkable insight into the man and his times. Issues of historical significance are identified and discussed in one volume. As the last pagan Roman Emperor, he provides a focus for studying the religious transformations that were taking place in the empire in the fourth century. Further, his secular policies and concerns concentrate attention on other transformations -- social and political -- within the period. Notably, Julian elicited sharply divided opinion from his contemporaries, which is largely polarised between pagan supporters and Christian opponents. Such division of opinion is also matched by the modern literature on him. Was he the prospective saviour of the Roman Empire, or was he out-of-touch and living in the past? Was he an evangelist for Mithraism, or an altogether more traditional pagan? Was he a shrewd military man, or a rash risk-taker whose luck spectacularly ran out on his Persian expedition? These questions and more are asked and discussed, allowing students to reach their own verdict on this exciting and controversial emperor.
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Haynes Toyota Corolla Owners Workshop Manual, No. 361: '75 Thru '79 (Haynes Manuals)
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Total Car Care is the most complete, step-by-step automotive repair manual you'll ever use. All repair procedures are supported by detailed specifications, exploded views, and photographs. From the simplest repair procedure to the most complex, trust Chilton's Total Car Care to give you everything you need to do the job. Save time and money by doing it yourself, with the confidence only a Chilton Repair Manual can provide.
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Hilary of Poitiers: Conflicts of Conscience and Law in the Fourth-Century Church (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)
Manufacturer: Liverpool University Press
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Two texts are presented in English translation here. The first is what remains of a historical work Hilary wrote against two distinguished contemporary bishops, Valens and Ursacius, whose intervention on behalf of the Emperor Constantius Hilary thought disastrous. They throw a flood of light upon scenes of disarray, violence and betrayal in the Church life of the fourth century.
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