The Inmost Light

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Dyson was shocked at the result of his own audacity. The man shrank and shrivelled in terror, the sweat poured down a face of ashy white, and he held up his hands before him.

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Dyson was shocked at the result of his own audacity. The man shrank and shrivelled in terror, the sweat poured down a face of ashy white, and he held up his hands before him.

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Super Reader.......2007-08-30

Dyson looks into the strange case of a doctor and his experiments into the afterlife and sources. The effects that he leaves behind him horrify Dyson when he reads what has happened.

THE NOVEL OF THE BLACK SEAL: The White People; The Inmost Light; The Red Hand

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THE NOVEL OF THE BLACK SEAL: The White People; The Inmost Light; The Red Hand
Arthur Machen
Manufacturer: Corgi Books
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ASIN: B000G9YZEM

The great god Pan ; and, The inmost light

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The great god Pan ; and, The inmost light
Arthur Machen
Manufacturer: J. Lane
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The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light
Arthur Machen
Manufacturer: Grant Richards, LTD
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WO2VHE

THE STRANGE WORLD OF ARTHUR MACHEN: THE THREE IMPOSTERS / THE WHITE PEOPLE / THE GREAT GOD PAN / THE INMOST LIGHT / THE RED HANDS / THE SHINING PYRAMID (The Classics of Mystery, Volume 6)

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THE STRANGE WORLD OF ARTHUR MACHEN: THE THREE IMPOSTERS / THE WHITE PEOPLE / THE GREAT GOD PAN / THE INMOST LIGHT / THE RED HANDS / THE SHINING PYRAMID (The Classics of Mystery, Volume 6)
Arthur Machen
Manufacturer: Juniper Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RWJYLW

TALES OF HORROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL Book (1) (i) One: The Great God Pan; The White People; The Inmost Light; The Shining Pyramid; The Great Return

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TALES OF HORROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL Book (1) (i) One: The Great God Pan; The White People; The Inmost Light; The Shining Pyramid; The Great Return
Arthur (introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern) (foreword by Robert Hillyer) (cover by Robert LoGrippo) Machen
Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books
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Writing in luminous prose, Liza Dalby, acclaimed author of Geisha and The Tale of Murasaki, brings us this elegant and unique year's journal-- a brilliant mosaic that is at once a candid memoir, a gardener's diary, and an enlightening excursion through cultures east and west. Structured according to the seasonal units of an ancient Chinese almanac, East Wind Melts the Ice is made up of 72 short chapters that can be read straight through or dipped into at random. In the essays, Dalby transports us from her Berkeley garden to the streets of Kyoto, to Imperial China, to the sea cliffs of Northern California, and to points beyond. Throughout these journeys, Dalby weaves her memories of living in Japan and becoming the first and only non-Japanese geisha, her observations on the recurring phenomena of the natural world, and meditations on the cultural aesthetics of Japan, China, and California. She illuminates everyday life as well, in stories of keeping a pet butterfly, roasting rice cakes with her children, watching whales, and pampering worms to make compost. In the manner of the Japanese personal poetic essay, this vibrant work comprises 72 windows on a life lived between cultures, and the result is a wonderfully engaging read.

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compared to Randall White's "Prehistoric Art"
Wonderful, factual, unbiased.....
Journey Through the Ice Age

Journey Through the Ice Age
Paul G. Bahn , and Jean Vertut
Manufacturer: University of California Press
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ASIN: 0520229002

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Some of the oldest art in the world is the subject of this riveting and beautiful book. Paul Bahn and Jean Vertut explore carved objects and wall art discoveries from the Ice Age, covering the period from 300,000 B.P. to 10,000 B.P., and their collaboration marks a signal event for archaeologists and lay readers alike.
Utilizing the most modern analytical techniques in archaeology, Bahn presents new accounts of Russian caves only recently opened to foreign specialists; the latest discoveries from China and Brazil; European cave finds at Cosquer, Chauvet, and Covaciella; and the recently discovered sites in Australia. He also studies sites in Africa, India, and the Far East. Included are the only photographic images of many caves that are now closed to protect their fragile environments. A separate chapter in the book examines art fakes and forgeries and relates how such deceptions have been exposed.
The beliefs and preoccupations of Paleolithic peoples resonate throughout this book: the importance of the hunt and the magic and shamanism surrounding it, the recording of the seasons, the rituals of sex and fertility, the cosmology and associated myths. Yet enigmas and mysteries emerge as well, particularly as new analytical techniques raise new questions and cast doubt on our earlier suppositions.
A comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of all that has been discovered about Ice Age art, Bahn and Vertut's book offers a visually rich link with the past.

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compared to Randall White's "Prehistoric Art".......2006-07-23

I wasn't sure whether this book or "Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey of Humankind" by Randall White would be better, so I bought them both.

It turns out that they are both excellent books. Both are loaded with color photographs of artifacts famous and less well-known. Both have scholarly, informative text, considering anthropological and historical contexts, the techniques and materials used by the artists, the history of the study of prehistoric art, and plenty of cautious speculation about the functions the art had to its artists' communities.

They are organized quite differently: Bahn's moves from topic to topic: chapter 7 is on portable art, chapter 8 on rock shelters and cave art, chapter 9 on outdoors art, and so on. But White's book has a regional arrangement: chapter 4 is on Western Europe, chapter 5 is on Central and Eastern Europe and Sibera, chapter 6 is on Africa, the Near East and Anatolia, and so on.

Obviously you can see that White's book has more of a global focus than Bahn's. In fact, Bahn's third chapter deals with prehistoric art outside of Europe; in every other chapter he focuses on European art, especially the caves.

Although Bahn's book devotes a chapter to "Portable Art" such as jewelry and miniature statues (including the famous "Venus figurines"), White's book has a far superior coverage. On the other hand, Bahn has better coverage of interesting issues such as how to reproduce prehistoric art for public enjoyment, dating issues, and forgeries.

If you are primarily interested in European cave art and will be content with a glance at the rest of the world, then Bahn's book is better for you. Personally, although Bahn deals with some interesting issues that White neglects, ultimately I prefer White's global perspective; further, I appreciate his introductory comments about modern Western art and cultural assumptions, and consideration of what might be universal in human art.

Incidently, when it comes to books about art, for some reason I prefer hardcover to paperback; and at this time White's book in hardcover is available at great discount on Amazon, making it almost as inexpensive as Bahn's.

So, my preference is clear. However, I want to emphasize that despite my partiality to White's book, they are certainly both excellent, and I do not think one of them is clearly, inherently better than the other. It just depends on what you are looking for.

Wonderful, factual, unbiased............2002-08-05

After a brief overview of the "oldest art in the world" and a discussion of the caveats associated with the term `art' as applied to extinct cultures Bahn describes the problem of taphonomy where knowledge of another older culture is shaped by the survival of artifacts. He also discusses the problem of controlled and limited access to ancient sites, as well as the use of modern photography to capture and transmit information about these sites to a larger audience.

Next, Bahn discusses different kinds of ice age art, which he categorizes as: 1) parietal art which takes the form of wall paintings and sculptures, floor tiles, and other large relatively immovable blocks of stone on which "signs" have been worked. Wall art can be incised, sculpted (additive or subtractive), or painted. 2) portable art which takes the form of figurines, musical instruments, tools, weapons, pottery, and other items that could be easily carried. Surviving portable items are generally made of ivory, bone, or ceramic clay or some other relatively durable inorganic substance.

Bahn then describes how analysts attempt to date ice age material. At one time, scientists believed ice age art could not be dated because it was either inorganic or the methods available for dating organic material were clumsy and destructive. Recent improvements in dating techniques have changed that. For example, charcoal (an organic substance) was frequently used by ice age artists to create the black outlines seen in many wall paintings. For years, scientists thought the black paint was manganese dioxide, an inorganic substance. Since only a pinprick of paint is now required for radio carbon analysis, scientists have been able to test the black paint, discover it was carbon based, and date it.

The book is filled with wonderful technical material as well as plenty of stylistic and other material of interest to art historians. I most appreciated the section that reviewed the various theories about "Why" ice age art was created. Was it art for art's sake? Was it the work of hunters practicing sympathetic magic? Was it a fertility ritual? Bahn pretty much dismisses these theories with practical observations about their shortcomings. What he does not dismiss is the creation of the ice age art for mythical purposes associated with healing rituals. Parietal ice age art is located inside dark passages near water. Often this water derives from warm springs. Sometimes the water flows from dark passages into the daylight. Often, mysterious markings that correspond to the seasons and the moon can be found at the entryways to cave chambers. Does this circumstantial evidence point to ritual undertakings that involved a Mother Goddess?

Journey Through the Ice Age.......2000-12-28

As an artist whose work is inspired by the cave paintings of Lascaux, I am always on the lookout for new books about the prehistoric cave art of Europe. This book is a delightful addition to my collection. I should caution that I approach books like this strictly from a layman's and artist's point of view, as I have a limited background in archeology.

Before I read this book, I'd always considered the cave art of Lascaux as the "birthplace of human art" (which was how it was presented in most of my art history courses at school.) Now I realize that the artists of that period are actually almost exactly halfway, timewise, between the earliest evidence of prehistoric art, and the art of today. Each new discovery of prehistoric cave art seems to push back the "birthdate" of human art a few tens of thousands of years.

Rather than focusing on a single cave site, this book is a more comprehensive treatment of Ice age art, discussing caves across Europe, with references to caves in Russia and China. It presents a more complete treatment of all aspects of these caves, discussing anthropological characteristics of the people who created the art, similarities and differences in the artwork, theories about their signicance(mostly debunked here), forgeries, history of the caves' discovery, etc. The photographs are excellent, and many are of paintings and objects I've never seen before. The writing, though comprehensive, is also entertaining and engaging, a good read. I enjoyed this book immensely.

This book is unique to me for several reasons. First, the wonderful photographs not only feature the more widely known paintings inside the caves (referred to in the book as "parietal art" or wall art), but also the artifacts found in conjunction with the paintings--"portable art". I found more photographs of such objects than in any other book I've read. Many are of artifacts I've never read about before.

Also, almost every possible theory ever presented to explain these paintings and artifacts is examined--and most of them debunked. Somehow, this is reassuring to me as an artist--although it would be exciting to understand more about the purpose of the art, it is also satisfying to realize that there is still no encompassing theory about why these amazing paintings and artifacts were created. Their mystery is still profound, intact and untouched. The various theories and conjecture throughout the years about these caves, argues the author, clearly reveals more about US, as modern people, than it does about the cultures that created the cave art. We overlay our desires, prejudices and blind spots onto the art, and for the last 150 years, observers have tended to "find" what they are looking for in the paintings.

There is a whole chapter devoted to fakes and forgeries of Ice Age art, a subject I find fascinating. My favorite phrase in this chapter is a caption of a photograph (p. 81)"...the dot and plantlike sign near the dreadful hand stencil appeared after the first photographs were taken."

In summary, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in archeology, cave paintings, art history, and art.

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A very excellent text about the Ice Age and its animals
Prehistoric America: A Journey through the Ice Age and Beyond
Miles Barton , Ian Gray , Adam White , Nigel Bean , and Stephen Dunleavy
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Ice Age Mammals of North America

Twilight of the Mammoths:: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America (Organisms and Environments)

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After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America

Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids

ASIN: 0300098197

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When human beings first arrived in North America at the end of the last Ice Age, they encountered a teeming variety of animals, from ground sloths and mastodons to zebras and camels. This spectacularly illustrated book takes us on a captivating journey back to that time, showing us the entire continent and its incredible wildlife as it looked 13,000 years ago.

The book travels the ancient continent region by region, from the icy Arctic vastness to the steamy tropical swamps of Florida. We are introduced to bizarre beasts, now extinct (including glyptodonts, scimitar-toothed cats, and mammoths); animals that have long since disappeared from their North American habitats (lions, cheetahs); and species still seen today (grizzlies, condors, alligators). A wealth of fossil evidence informs the stunning computer-generated panoramas that fill the pages of this extraordinary book. The bones of the ancient beasts again have flesh and fur, unfamiliar animals again roam the landscapes, and the world of prehistoric North America comes startlingly to life.

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A very excellent text about the Ice Age and its animals.......2004-01-05

This book joins "Ice Age Mammals of North America" as one of the exceptionally fine recent texts about the vanished large animals living on the North American continent during the Ice Age. Many of these marvelous creatures vanished less than 10,000 years ago, a heartbeat in geological time. You will be particularly struck by the superb, in-full-color computer graphics and photography in the book. The two arts are combined to give astonishing looks at what these animals looked like in their native habitats. If the book contained little more, it would be worth it on this basis alone. But there is much more to recommend the book

After a good introduction, this book examines life during the recent glaciation, and into today, by region. Six regions are encompassed. The first is never-glaciated Beringia, consisting of Alaska and the Bering Sea land bridge. Then, in turn, come the northwestern United States coast, the Great Plains, the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin, Florida, and the Eastern forest. The differences, and similairties, between the Ice Age climates and fauna are carefully explored for each area. Certain key animals in each region are analyzed by in-chapter profiles.

These descriptions are completely up-to-date, and are accompanied by the excellent graphics previously discussed. Animals reviewed in this manner include two varieties of mammoth, the mastodon, the saber-toothed and scimitar cats, the giant. armadillo-like glyptodont, the giant short-faced bear, which was bigger than a Kodiak bear, and several varieties of ground sloth. You will also learn that quite a few animals survived the extinctions, including the moose, musk ox, grizzly bear, bison, elk, as well as many animals that lived on in Eurasia, but not here, such as the horse, the saiga antelope, cheetah, lion, camel, zebra, and the wisent, or European bison.

In the closing chepter, the authors examine the possible reasons for the sudden extinctions of so many large, dominant animals within the span of a few thousand years. These include overkill by man, climatic change, and several other reason. The discussion is timely, thorough and apt.

This book will provide many days of enjoyable, provocative reading. Given ongoing changes in weather, loss of wildlife habitat, and the like, are we continuing, and even accelerating these extinctions? This book offers excellent food for thought on such matters, but I will leave the ultimate decision to the reader, upon reflection.

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This reprint of an important French narrative is sure to generate a considerable amount of interest, as Napoleon's epic 1812 Russian Campaign continues to fascinate and enthrall.

Out-of-print for 150 years, Labaume's text presents a superb evocation of the Grande Arme'e in 1812. We follow this French officer of engineers as he marches with Eugene de Beauharnais' IV Corps deeper and deeper into Russia, and experience the strange fascination this mysterious land held for Napoleon's soldiers. Battles follow, Labaume relating his experiences at the bloody Moskwa, or Borodino, in particular detail, before the army reaches Moscow.

Soon, events take a more unfortunate turn for the French, and Labaume begins his part in the disastrous Retreat from Moscow, recounting the appalling miseries endured by the soldiers, including the crossing of the Beresina. Somehow, Labaume survives to tell the tale - making his way back over the River Niemen to safety. Key FeaturesA vivid and fascinating personal account of one of the great campaigns in military history.

The author kept daily notes during the Retreat from Moscow by mixing gunpowder with snow to produce ink.

This reprint makes a very scarce work available again to a whole new readership, representing a major contribution to the library of Napoleonic literature.

"Arrived at the opposite bank, like ghosts returned from the infernal regions, we fearfully looked behind us, and beheld with horror the savage countries where we had suffered so much. No person would then easily believe that we had once regarded these climates with envy..." (Labaume commenting upon his safe return from Russia

Beyond the Paddle: A Canoeist's Guide to Expedition Skills : Poling, Lining, Portaging and Maneuvering Through the Ice

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A completion of the canoeists education

Beyond the Paddle: A Canoeist's Guide to Expedition Skills : Poling, Lining, Portaging and Maneuvering Through the Ice
Garrett Conover
Manufacturer: Tilbury House Publishers
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ASIN: 0884480666

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This is the first book to provide clear, precise, and detailed explanations of techniques for all wilderness canoeists, written by a North Woods master: "There is no doubt that upstream travel, portaging, and lining up or down difficult rapids is work. Yet it can be a rewarding and pleasurable experience when done well."

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A completion of the canoeists education.......1998-12-13

This is a one of a kind book by one of the living treasures of the American outdoors. Poling, lining travelling in icy water and much more are covered here. Mr. Conover lives in the outddors all year long so he absolutely knows what he's talking about. Buy this now before it goes out of print.

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This book inspired me to read !!!MUST READ!!!
mixed feelings
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Passable reading if you haven't borrowed any other books
Great Read

Through The Ice
Piers Anthony , and Robert Kornwise
Manufacturer: Baen
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Quest for the Fallen Star

ASIN: 0671721135

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This book inspired me to read !!!MUST READ!!!.......2006-05-03

If you are into action, romance, and mysterious happenings, you should get this heart pumping , adrenalin rushing action book. Peirs Anthony is one the most gifted writers in recent history along with J.K Rowling. At a New Years party a young boy around 17 is is not having very much fun becuase he didn't know that they would be smoking and drinking beer. His friend was having fun so he didn't say anything but he really wanted to leave. So he got up to leave and accidentally spilt a beer and this girl turned arounded and cussed him out then her boyfriend came over and started fighting with him (he was a black belt but didn't really want to get into trouble), knocked him down and tried to get away. As he was walking out the door he felt a pain in the back of his head. I can't tell anymore; what do you think he will do: stay and fight or run away? Well you will have to read the book to find outwhat happens in one of Peirs Anthony's greatest books ever. !!!YOU WONT BELIEVE IT!!!

mixed feelings.......2005-09-04

Through the Ice has a nice little plot, offers humor and some imaginative adventures typical of Anthony's writing, and has some good character interaction.

The tone, however, was a big problem. I would expect Kornwise, being in his middle teens, to have the kind of "gee whiz" style that dominates the book. But Piers, in refashioning the text after Kornwise's death, somehow neglected to cut down on the vast numbers of exclamation points that litter virtually every page. They're jarring and not the mark of a mature writer.

That said, the author's note at the end of the book details just how much effort Piers took to maintain Kornwise's voice while still producing a marketable novel, and he deserves vast respect for doing so. I just wish he'd gone a bit further in his changes.

extremly Great.......2005-02-26

This book is awsome and for any one reading it you`ll enjoy it lots i hope. Its very fantastic and magical

Passable reading if you haven't borrowed any other books.......2004-11-25

The storyline was predictable except the climax which was a bit silly. I didnt pay too much attention to the duality in the writing and didnt know who was writing which part but the plot was certainly jerking around.

While it was obvious that Seth was the hero - there was absolutely no time spent on the other characters. The magic reed was the only useful item and it seems like Rame alone could have carried the day :). The confrontation with the sorceror was a joke - It had to be!!!

This book is ok for a teen or for readers who like real light reading even in fantasy.

(disclaimer - I am not a particular fan of piers who, I think is a bit too obsessed with sex especially with teen characters)

Great Read.......2004-08-20

Piers Anthony is perhaps one of the most imaginative, spellbinding, and ultimately ingenius writers in the genre today. This book was indeed unique in that it was "co-written" with a dead Robert Kornwise. In essence, Anthony edited and elaborated upon Kornwise's original draft, which he had wrote in highschool before being killed by a drunk driver. Piers says he believes this is the book Robert would have written, if he were to have matured in his writing a bit and edited it himself.

We start with a teenager by the name of Seth familiar with training in the martial arts. Seth winds up getting jumped after a party, and wanders out onto a frozen lake...where he falls Through the Ice. From here the story really gets going, taking you on a journey of wonderful landscapes and lovable characters. Fantasy at it's best. I'm tempted to say this is one of Piers better works-strange-because it's not really all his own material. But that aside, all Piers Anthony fans will be sure to want to pick this one up for their next read. Then again, this book is for fans of the fantasy genre period. A solid piece.

Through Water, Ice & Fire: Schooner Nancy of the War of 1812

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Through Water, Ice & Fire: Schooner Nancy of the War of 1812
Barry Gough
Manufacturer: Dundurn Press
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ASIN: 1550025694

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The schooner Nancy, legendary vessel of Great Lakes and Canadian history, lived a thousand lives in a noted career that began in Detroit and ended in a fiery explosion in Nottawasaga River in the last year of the War of 1812.

This dramatic, soundly researched narrative depicts the reality of the men who sailed her while fighting a gritty war. Carrying the war to the enemy in hazardous ways, they fought against a powerful American foe, using stealth and daring to maintain the besieged Canadian position in the last armed struggle for the heartland of North America. The loss of the Nancy inspired generations to regard her as a symbol of devotion to king and country.

MAN'S EMERGING MIND, Man's Progress Through Time -- Trees, Ice, Flood, Atoms and the Universe

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MAN'S EMERGING MIND, Man's Progress Through Time -- Trees, Ice, Flood, Atoms and the Universe

Manufacturer: Dodd Mead & Company
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ASIN: B000G3FYBQ

Beyond the Paddle (A Canoeists' Guide to Expedition Skills: Poling, Lining, Portaging and Maneuvering through Ice)

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Beyond the Paddle (A Canoeists' Guide to Expedition Skills: Poling, Lining, Portaging and Maneuvering through Ice)

Manufacturer: Old Bridge Press
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East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir Through the Seasons

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East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir Through the Seasons
Liza Dalby
Manufacturer: CALIFORNIA
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0701181044

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