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There are several biographies of the great Irish poet to choose from, and the one you'll prefer depends on how much biography you want. Subtitled "The Apprentice Mage, 1865-1914," this is the one for completists (though they'll have to wait for Volume Two to get through Yeats's death in 1939). The author, a noted Irish historian, renders Yeats's life almost day to day, giving a particularly lively sense of the helter-skelter nature of his early years and a nice depiction of his tumultuous engagement with the Abbey Theatre.
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In the first authorized biography of W. B. Yeats for over fifty years, Roy Foster sheds new light on one of the most complex and fascinating lives of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Working from a great archive of personal and contemporary material, he dramatically alters traditional perceptions to illuminate the poet's family history, relationships, politics and art. From a childhood inheritance of declasse Irish Protestantism with strong nationalist sympathies, and an exceptional and talented family background, the narrative charts Yeats's development into an original and outstanding poet. It ends in his fiftieth year with the controversies and disillusionment affecting his personal and public life at the time of the First World War. A bohemian life of uncertain finances, love-affairs, avant-garde friends and experiments with drugs and occultism prefaces his attempt to unite politics with high culture and his creation of an Irish national theatre. Constantly shifting between Dublin, Coole Park and London, with forays to America and Paris, ruthlessly constructing a public life as well as a creative reputation, Yeats's genius attracted admirers and enemies with equal passion. His story intersects with those of an engrossing cast of characters including Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, George Moore, `AE', Ezra Pound and above all Maud Gonne - an influence eternally re-created `like the phoenix', affecting almost everything he did. The search for supernatural wisdom forms a constant thread, traced through Yeats's occult notebooks and closely related to the insecurities of his personal life. The Apprentice Mage charts the growth of a poet's mind and of an astonishing personality, both of which were instrumental in the formation of a new and radicalized Irish nationalist identity.
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Informative biography of a complicated man.......2004-03-01
William Butler Yeats offers a life of contradictions. Born in Dublin to a middle-class Protestant family, Yeats went on to become one of the premier poets of the twentieth century. As a writer and member of the Irish literary community, he also helped to forge Irish national identity through his words and his deeds. In this biography, the first of two volumes, Roy Foster offers an account of Yeats' development into one of the leading figures of the Irish literary scene.
This is not an easy book. Foster recounts Yeats' life in what is sometimes excruciating detail, covering every movement and literary battle the poet undertakes. Moreover, as he does so he assumes the reader's familiarity with both the background of late nineteenth century Ireland and the members of the Irish literary community. People appear in his narrative with little introduction, creating a confusing jumble of names that limits the appreciation of their role in Yeats' life.
Such problems aside, this is a first-rate biography. Foster does a great job examining Yeats' life, in a text that while long is never dense. His coverage of Yeats' occult interests is particularly good, as is that of the poet's involvement in nationalist causes - both integral aspects of his poetry. Foster's argument that Yeats' involvement in the mystical was a reaction to the declining position of Protestants in Ireland, an effort to cope with the sense of dislocation by asserting psychic control, is a compelling one that helps to fit more of his poetry into its contemporary context. Foster helps this process; while he asserts that his biography is about what Yeats did rather than what the poet wrote he does offer a perceptive commentary on aspects of Yeats' work, which helps us better appreciate the connection between the man and his writings. Thanks to this, we have a book that is essential for understanding such a complicated literary figure and the role he played in his times.
The Lighthouse and the Anteater.......2003-05-02
For the first 100 pages or so, this book had me completely. Roy Foster writes with elegant brio and has a historian's eye for the wider events and contexts that shaped Yeats's early years. Where previous biographers like Ellman take a sort of lighthouse approach to their subject, treating the passions and conflicts of Yeats's day as fuel for the poetry that was destined to outshine them, Foster is more like an anteater, eagerly snuffling up the everyday bits of information that give the flavor of Yeats's multifaceted life as he actually lived it, before his later fame and incessant revisions smoothed it into a pattern.
After a while though, the book tends to bury Yeats in a mass of trivia that include everything from the menu at one of his literary dinners to the prices he charged for his lectures. This level of detail could be enlightening if Foster stopped for breath more often to tell us why these things are important. Too often though he keeps his head firmly down with the ants, cataloging the day-to-day intrigues of a very complicated life without linking them to any kind of larger interpretation of Yeats's personality or development. Instead, Foster spends his 500+ pages introducing new names at the rate of one or so per page, most of them disappearing by the end of the chapter never to be heard from again. We get the intrigues of various Irish nationalist factions, potted bios of minor figures on the Dublin and London art scenes, humorous sketches of Yeats's fellow-travellers in his sundry mystical societies. It was hard to see Yeats after a while with all these minor figures crowding the stage.
If Foster does have an interpretation of his own, as far as I can tell it's a revisionist one. Where Ellman or Jeffaries saw Yeats's life as a drama of painful self-creation, Foster sends to see an ambitious man on the make, an aggressive networker who wasn't beyond bending the truth if it helped his own advancement. Even his life-long passion for Maud Gonne, one of the key sources of his poetry, was, according to Foster, in part a self-conscious realization that a great poet needed a great passion to write about. In trying to bring Yeats back down to earth, I think Foster overcompensates by making him more canny and worldly than the sexual naivete, table rapping, faery talk and aesthetic posturing of these years suggest. Worst of all, Foster shows almost no interest in Yeats's poetry, the reason we're reading the biography in the first place. I put down the book admiring Foster's energy and mastery of such a huge anthill of facts, but I couldn't shake the feeling that a lot less would have told us a lot more.
Surprises!.......2001-07-04
This is loaded with surprise after surprise. Foster's insights into the poetry, through historical and social readings, are often revelatory. My only complaint is that many of the tales he tells tend to have the same emotional architecture due to a descirptive repetition: this makes it a little monotonous at times. But this is a quibble. This book is great. When is Vol. 2 going to be published?
The Definitive Yeats Biography.......1999-12-12
R.F. Foster's two-volume biography (second volume to come in 2000) is a model of articulate and knowledgable scholarship, arguably comparable to the great biographies of Joyce and Wilde written by Richard Ellman. Foster's work leaves nothing to be desired. It easily excels previous Yeats biographies written by Cootes, Jeffares, etc.
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Title: W.B. Yeats: A Life. Vol.1: The Apprentice Mage, 1865-1914.(Review)
Author: Stan Smith
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The Modern Language Review (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1999
Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association
Volume: 94
Issue: 2
Page: 529(3)
Article Type: Book Review
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The impossibility, incredibility, indisputably true story of how the Detroit Tigers jumped to the top of the American League almost overnight.
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A MAGICAL SEASON TO RELIVE!.......2007-09-03
Was there ever a season in baseball more unlikely than the Detroit Tigers run to the world series in 2006? Words cannot describe just how far this once great baseball franchise had fallen. They won more games during the 1980's than any other team in baseball. Then came a 15 year span in which they were the worst in baseball...by far! From 1992 to 2005, the Tigers finished above .500 only once. They finished in last place six times, and three times lost over 100 games, culminating in the 119 loss season of 2003, just one loss short of tying the all-time record.
Prior to the 2006 season the Tigers hired Jim Leyland, who had managed in their farm system for many years, as their new manager. Leyland brought a history of being a winner, having already won a World Series with the Florida Marlins. Fans in Detroit would have been happy with just getting over .500 but what they got was much more. They got a team that led the American League's Central division until the final day of the season. They got a team that made the playoffs as a wild card and defeated the heavily favored New York Yankees and went to their first World Series in 22 years after sweeping the Oakland A's in the ALCS. While the Tigers fell short of delivering a championship, they restored fan interest in baseball for the first time in 15 years.
The Tigers improbable story is related in Roar Restored, a great book from The Detroit Free Press and Triumph Books, the leader in sports books. You'll recount how this improbable team was built and finally molded together by Leyland. Their roster consisted of veterans cast off from other teams like Kenny Rogers, Maglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen, mixed with breakout rookies Justin Verlander, Joel Zumaya, and Curtis Granderson.
The season is expertly recapped by the outstanding staff of sports writers from the Detroit Free Press including Mitch Albom, Michael Rosenberg, Jon Paul Morosi, and John Lowe. Relive some of those great moments such as Craig Monroe's three-run homer against the Yankees in August in a must win game, and Pudge Rodriguez' walkoff homerun again the Indians, and of course, the big moment, Magilo Ordonez' walkoff homerun against the A's in the playoffs to send the Tigers to the World Series.
The book covers each game of the ALDS against the Bronx Bombers and each game of the ALCS against the A's. Leyland's managerial magic continued as he used little known Alexis Gomez as DH in game two and he responded by going 2-for-4 with a homerun and four RBI's. Finally the World Series versus the Cardinals is covered and while it was disappointing, baseball is finally back in Motown.
The book is filled with great color photography including the joyous celebrations of fans and players after defeating the Yankees and A's. A must have for any Tigers fan!
REVIEWED BY TIM JANSON
A "must have" for any Tiger fan.......2007-01-03
This book is a beautiful gift for any Tiger fan no matter what their age. It's a must if you know anyone who followed the 2006 Tiger season. It's filled with beautiful color pictures and highlights the major players during the season including sidenotes and secrets about the team. This book will put you back on the ride to the WS just like the team did in '06.
Wonderful chronicle of a wonderful season.......2006-12-30
I have both this and George Cantor's book about the Detroit Tigers and their wonderful 2006 season. This book is by far the better of the two. The articles are far more informative, as the book follows the chronology from the point that each player was obtained by the team through the conclusion of the season in the World Series. For the casual fan it is a good read about the team and the season, and for those addicted to statistics, it is much more informative. I do agree with the reviewer that mentioned the Cantor book's visually arresting photography, but it is less cohesive, less accurate and ends before the final acts of the season. While the two books complement each other well (nicely filling in the gaps of the other), if I was to purchase only one book, this would be the one to buy.
Action photos please!!.......2006-11-16
While this book put together by the Detroit Free Press has action photos, they are some of the most disappointing pictures i've ever seen in a book about a team's season. Where are the photos of Tiger players actually hitting a baseball? If you want to see photos of players celebrating and covered in champagne, talking to fans and media and blowing bubbles, then this is the book for you but if you want to see some actual fine baseball action shots from the diamond itself, be prepared to be frustrated. I much preferred the photograhy in the George Cantor paperback "Out of Nowhere" The Detroit Tigers' Magical 2006 Season. I know that this volume covers the Play-offs and World Series whereas the Cantor book doesn't, but it's photo collection is poor, the photos in the Cantor book are superb. If you are a Tiger fan you may enjoy this book very much, (the writing and articles are quite good at least)but my enjoyment was spoilt somewhat by hardly any pictures of Tiger players hitting baseballs or fielding grounders etc. Very disappointing, worth only 2 stars!
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One day, while great big lions lie basking in the sun, a little lion cub goes off to find some fun.
Roars the little lion cub.
"Who will play with me?
1 red monkey rushes up a tree.
Poor little lion cub! All he wants is someone to play with, but he is simply too noisy. As the little lion cub
Roars his way across the grassland, young picture-book readers can count the African animals,identify them by color...and
Roars along too.
This rollicking,
Roaring poem, about a rambunctious little lion cub, is a collaboration of the talented author and illustrator team Pamela Duncan Edwards and Henry Cole.
Children's Pick of the Lists 2000 (ABA)
Customer Reviews:
Best counting and color book.......2005-03-04
I just received this book yesterday and was blown away by how wonderful it is. I guess I was expecting just another counting book. This has all the elements I was looking for. There are large numbers in the text in the same color as the animal is counting. This is just perfect for introducing numbers, colors, and even feelings. The text rhymes so it is fun to read but the rhyme is not so singsong that you feel like you need to sing it. It can be read naturally. The counting doesn't seem forced and is really just part of the story. I love that at the end of the story on a two-page spread you see all of the animals the lion cub has been attempting to play with so you can spend time spying and then counting the 4 blue lizards, etc. I highly recommend this book. Belongs in every toddler's library.
Great fun!.......2002-11-29
With a 3.5 and a 5.5 year old, I've spent a lot of time with picture books in the last few years. My favorites are those with bright pictures, great rhymes and a happy story. This one tops the list!
A roaring good time!.......2000-08-14
My one-year-old son and I roar together when we read this noisy book! The book follows a lion cub in Africa as he goes on a walk to find someone to play with him. Of course, the other animals run away thinking he is roaring at them. Delicious alliteration adds to the fun as the cub runs into increasingly larger groups of animals. The illustrations using acrylics and colored pencils give the animals wonderful faces.
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- A delightful, whimsical tale of a lion who longs for a friend of his own kind.
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The Happy Lion Roars
Louise Fatio
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ASIN: 0375838872
Release Date: 2006-10-10 |
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"Louise Fatio's timeless tale about friendship still sparkles and Roger Duvoisin's elegant illustrations are as engaging as ever," gushed School Library Journal upon the release of our 50th anniversary edition of The Happy Lion. The Horn Book Magazine hoped several more would make it back into print. Alfred A. Knopf is now thrilled to re-issue another long-lost Fatio/Duvoisin classic. Originally published in 1957, The Happy Lion Roars offers the same "superb melding of text and illustrations" that made its predecessor so beloved (Horn Book), this time telling of how our hero's loneliness is cured when he spots a beautiful lioness at the local circus.
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A delightful, whimsical tale of a lion who longs for a friend of his own kind........2007-02-04
This is a new edition of a classic story originally published in 1957 and provides a delightful, whimsical tale of a lion who longs for a friend of his own kind. Roger Duvoisin's engaging drawings grace a fun focus on evolving friendships: now adults have a new contemporary version to share, and libraries can update worn copies with a fine new edition.
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Roar of the Tiger
James H. Howard
Manufacturer: Pocket
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ASIN: 0671793713 |
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eye of the tiger.......2004-03-02
The book is about a man named James who went into the navy after he graduated college to become a fighter pilot. Towards the middle of the book he becomes on of the best pilots during World War II. At the end of the book he leaves the navy and returns home. He is remembered till this day as the best fighter pilot in the navy.
The only reason why he was the best fighter pilot during that time was, because while he was rescuing them, he was also trying to defend them by the Germans. He went up against 30 German planes. Half of them were fighter planes and the other half were bomber planes. He shot down everyone of them by himself.
When he returned to the base with the two injured pilots, he got a medal from the president. The medal was for bravery. He got the medal because he was brave enough to face all 30 planes.
One month later he lead a group of planes to attack an enemy base. On his way towards the enemy base, he lost a couple of pilots.
After World War II ended, he retired from the navy and returned home in Florida. He was known for the bravest fighter pilot in the navy.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has been in a war or likes war books. The book really talks about what happened in one person's eyes. It talks about the horror and disaster of what happens to people in the war.
The autobiography of a two-theatre fighter ace.
.......1997-12-28
Ace AVG and Ninth Air Force pilot James H. Howard was born in Canton province, China, of American parents. Smitten by a recruiter's pitch for naval pilots while studying at Pomona College, he enlisted, and successfully became a naval pilot. Enjoying this life, but eager for combat and promotion, he was swept away again when a very different call for pilots arose. This time the recruitment was for Chennault's American Volunteer Group, later known as the Flying Tigers.
This relatively recent addition to the few AVG pilot autobiographies gives a candid, first-hand account of the group and its missions, methods and pilots. Howard describes his days with the AVG, from its problem-ridden start to its transformation into an effective fighting force. Fans will appreciate the description of famous AVG missions and pilots. Following the disbanding of that group, Howard then fought with the Ninth Air Force, stationed in Britain. This is a bonus for readers, who are given the view from both Southeast Asia and Europe. The European portion often becomes a tiresome, blow-by-blow story of aerial gunfighting, however.
Though this is an autobiography, Howard is not excessively self-centred, and the narrative is not simply a dry listing of his life's accomplishments. A fair amount of the book is impersonal, and relates the routines of military life, or historical information. The writing is intelligent and reasonably objective, and Howard apparently has had a longstanding interest in history. He has included quotes from military luminaries and fellow pilots in order to support his views, to recount aerial actians, or to relate wartime moods in various locales. This unique opportunity is the result of the book's recent publication, and it adds considerable flavour.
As a military autobiography, Roar of the Tiger is clearly written and informative. As it is about performing military duties in service of country, readers should not expect relationships or introspection as with other memoirs. Roar of the Tiger is primarily for those interested in fighter pilots of the period and the challenges they faced.
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- I Can Roar Like A Lion
- I Can Roar Like A Lion
- What a riot!
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I Can Roar Like a Lion
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Young children love to mimic their favorite animals. I Can Roar Like a Lion plays with a variety of animal sounds. A simple action word under each picture gives them a clue how to animate the picture shown -- with die-cut openings in the center of each picture -- and an unbreakable Mylar mirror to peek in at the back of each book -- this sturdy board book is made to be handled again and again by babies and toddlers.
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I Can Roar Like A Lion.......2003-12-16
My aunt gave me this book when I was born almost 12 years ago. With a hole in the middle and the illustrations of animals on every page of the book, it's like playing a 'peek-a-boo' game. It was my favorite book and my sister also enjoyed it. Now, I get to read this book to my baby brother who LOVES to hear me roar and squeak and make other animal noises.
I Can Roar Like A Lion.......2003-12-16
My aunt gave me this book when I was born almost 12 years ago. With the hole in the book and the animal illustrations around it, babies and toddlers can have a blast watching you turn into many different kinds of animals. It's much like playing a 'peek-a-boo' game. My sister loved the book as well and now my baby brother is enjoying it too!
What a riot!.......2003-11-26
This is an hilarious book. My 2 year old makes the different animal sounds as he looks at himself in the mirror - it took a few tries for him to catch on but now the book is worth it's price in gold! What a riot!
Book Description
Clovis loves roaring and making a lot of noise! After all, he's the fiercest most roaringest tiger in the whole jungle. He roars at the parrots picking their fruit, the wildebeests wallowing happily, and the elephants sunning themselves peacefully. But the other animals are sick of being roared out of their peace and so they devise a strategy to show Clovis that it takes more than being the best to get along with others.
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clovis the cutiepie!.......2006-11-24
My daughter was introduced to this book when she was just 12 months. She is now 19 months and simply adores it. She insists that I read it to her every night. She refers to it as "Covis" and loves the part when the animals creep up behind Clovis while he's having a drink. She stands up on the bed an creeps while shhhshing with her finger against her mouth just like the ape does. It's too funny! I guess what I like about this book is that it has got a great lesson in it and it imparts it so well to kids. Love it!
Great Book!.......2006-06-26
I bought this for my 2 year old last summer. I'm still reading this one. Cute, creative, interactive(can play along). My son always goes diving under the blankets or behind my wife when I read pretending he is scared. My second favorite right behind "Russell the Sheep".
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Great Book.......2004-12-03
I LOVE this book. Although I have been a student at LSU for four years now, I had never heard many of the facts in this book. Also, unless I'm mistaken, when the author came to speak at our Air Force Association meeting, he said that part of the proceeds from the book would go to the building of a new habitat for Mike the Tiger on campus. Luckily, for Mike, the university and Tiger Athletic Foundation have recently announced that they have raised the total amount and Mike has been moved off campus to start work on the new habitat. As such, I am not sure what the proceeds will go to now, but I would assume to they would go to pay for Mike's care while he is being house at the Zoo.
Not bad.......2004-05-06
I have nearly every book written on LSU and this had little new info on Mike The Tiger. However, it is a good coffee table book.
I recommend Chris Warner's (LSU grad) "A Tailgater's Guide To SEC Football." It's good.
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The Lion Who Couldn't Roar
John Powers
Manufacturer: Ambassador Books
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Theodore was a young lion with an embarrassing problem. No matter how hard he tried, he could not roar.
And then he met Hew, a lamb who could not find his way home.
The two set out on a marvelous adventure seeking to solve their problems. They meet many animals along the way. But it is not until they come face to face with a hungry wolf that Theodore discovers an amazing truth about himself.
Author John Powers presents a delightful parable about finding our gifts and using them. The Lion Who Couldn't Roar is a captivating tale which shows that inner strength can surface at the most exciting and dangerous moments, just when it is most needed.
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A Maze ing!!!!.......2006-03-20
Father John Powers came to our church St Ambrose in Deerfield Beach Florida and my mother got this book for my daughter who is 6 y/o and it is amazing. Father John Powers who is a Catholic Priest is an excellent story teller not just for children but for adults and is soooo powerful. I am thankful for Father John Powers adult tapes on Grace and Creativity wow just amazing to help me thru my own issues but the Maze of parenting to teach our children and in Father John's word A Maze ing
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