Far Away and Long Ago: A Childhood in Argentina (Celtic Interest)

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A Naturalist's Childhood on the Pampas

Recreates the history, culture and geography of Argentina in a way few travel books accomplish

A masterful memoir of growing up

Far Away and Long Ago: A Childhood in Argentina (Celtic Interest)
W. H. Hudson
Manufacturer: Elan Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0907871259

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Warmth.......2006-11-04

I became aware of this book through an article Hemingway wrote about books he would like to read twice. Well I can say that this book is best read in the winter, for it will melt the snow in puddles around your shoe, and warm your heart and soul at the same time. So make haste and buy it now, while the cold winds still blow.

A Naturalist's Childhood on the Pampas.......2006-08-16

As we continue to pave over the beauties of our world and turn them into concrete wastelands, it is good to think back what life was like 150 years ago before we began the process of destruction in earnest.

W. H. Hudson, the naturalist, is revered in Argentina, where they refer to him as Guillermo Enrique Hudson and name streets and towns after him. In simple and stately prose, he writes about his boyhood as one of several sons in an English family that ran an estancia on the Pampas. Despite several failed attempts to school him, he managed to pick up one of the best educations available: by using his eyes and ears to study nature. His skill in language, which is considerable, came from reading his father's books on his own.

Whether writing about ombu trees, plovers, snakes, lightning storms, rheas (Argentinian ostriches), or his neighboring ranchers, Hudson brought a whole world to life with this book.

Hudson published FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO in 1917 while he was living in England -- around the same time that a Frenchman named Marcel Proust was following where that elusive taste of madeleines led him in REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, and around the same time that World War I was destroying a whole way of life. As he writes in the book:

"It is difficult, impossible I am told, for any one to recall his boyhood exactly as it was. It could not have been what it seems to the adult mind, since we cannot escape from what we are, however great our detachment may be; and in going back we must take our present selves with us: the mind has taken a different colour, and this is thrown back upon our past. The poet has reversed the order of things when he tells us that we come trailing clouds of glory, which melt away and are lost as we proceed on our journey. The truth is that unless we belong to the order of those who crystallize or lose their souls on their passage, the clouds gather about us as we proceed, and as cloud-compellers we travel on to the very end."

FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO is perhaps one of the greatest autobiographies ever written. Although I finished reading it several days ago, I am still feeling its afterglow and get this itch to re-read passages from it. This is, indeed, a book that will withstand several readings.

Recreates the history, culture and geography of Argentina in a way few travel books accomplish.......2006-06-26

The Argentine pampas was a land of freedom and excitement: one literary figurehead W.H. Hudson describes in his memoir FAR AWAY & LONG AGO: A CHILDHOOD IN ARGENTINA. Descriptions of natural history and wildlife abound - and also of politics and interpersonal relationships of the times. You'd think FAR AWAY & LONG AGO would give insights into Hudson's childhood and life - and it does - but more importantly it recreates the history, culture and geography of Argentina in a way few travel books accomplish.

Diane C. Donovan
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A masterful memoir of growing up.......2005-06-26

I could never make it through Hudson's fantasy __Green Mansions__, but __Far Away and Long Ago__ is another book altogether. Written when Hudson was approaching eighty, more than forty years after he had left Argentina for good, it's filled with the kind of longing you might expect. And even though he's a witness to the mid-nineteenth civil wars in Argentina or, more incredibly still, listens to travelers reciting poems by the eighteenth-century Spaniard Menéndez Valdés, Hudson seems modern; he makes other times, other places, far away and long ago, as he calls them, seem incredibly near.

Hudson's excellent short story "El Ombú" is also well worth seeking out. And, finally, while it's true Hudson left Argentina for England, the US also has some claim to him; it was from New England, after all, that, shortly before his birth, his American family left for Argentina. Just thought I'd make that clear, since people are always calling him "Anglo-Argentine".

The Leap of the Deer: Memories of a Celtic Childhood

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The Leap of the Deer: Memories of a Celtic Childhood
Herbert O'Driscoll
Manufacturer: Cowley Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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A Celtic Childhood

Manufacturer: Flamingo
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ASIN: 0732270308

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Adventure, humour, sadness... Life
A Celtic Childhod
Delightfully powerful, poignant, and witty
Delightfully powerful, poignant, and witty
Celtic lore

Celtic Childhood
Bill Watkins
Manufacturer: Ruminator Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Scotland Is Not for the Squeamish

ASIN: 1886913439

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The first book in a trilogy, A Celtic Childhood offers a collection of colorful characters and humorous memories spanning Watkins's boyhood years. Whether saving his elementary school Christmas pageant from utter disaster when a fire breaks out on stage, or dressing up as a gangster and causing havoc at a gala wedding affair, the roisterous young Liam never allowed for a dull moment. Here we see the origins of Watkins's literary and theatrical talents as he takes us to his family gatherings in Limerick and Wales, where Celtic poetry, history, and song were as lush as the rolling countryside.

"Bill Watkins should receive credit for re-associating the words â€~humorous,' â€~thoughtful,' and â€~educational' with the term â€~Irish memoir.' Watkins succeeds at creating a lively, readable account of the first 17 years of his life, because he possesses the skill of an Irish bard: He can mix poetry, song, story and history together to make a pleasing tale."-Missoula Independent

"A Celtic Childhood will appeal to all people who enjoy music and myths and a wee bit of mischief."-San Antonio Express News

"Brilliant and entertaining."-Jim Brooks, Irish Gazette

"Laugh-out-loud funny, with an eccentric cast of characters. . . . Watkins's embellished childhood tales make for pure reading pleasure."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Adventure, humour, sadness... Life.......2003-04-24

Reading Bill's work has given me a new outlook on my own Celtic heritage, and I'm finally 'hearing' the songs and stories my grandparents couldn't share with me. In 'A Celtic Childhood', Bill proves himself a true Bard in the modern world, serving his own happiness, tears, songs, stories & wit with the world. And we come back begging for seconds... And thirds.

A Celtic Childhod.......2001-08-29

Drop dead funny, but also bittersweet. I loved this book and recommended it to all my friends

Delightfully powerful, poignant, and witty.......2001-02-22

I was caught up in this first book by Bill immediately because of his warmth, humor, and the amazing way that his unsurpassed storytelling skills vividly draw you into the events of his childhood as though you were right there. A Celtic Childhood reveals the humor and heart and goodnatured view on life that Bill exudes today, in spite of any troubles and hard times. His perspective on life is very refreshing, and not at all bogged down by any self-pity or guilt as others have unfortunately exhibited in memoirs.

It's very difficult to put this book down. There are adventures around every corner which all turn out inevitably funny no matter how disastrous. These are told at an exciting and rapid pace similar to a child's energy and intake of experience. In particular, I love the language and the rhythm -- the ways that Bill questions in his early years the meanings behind common phrases, sayings, and words. His view of the adult lives around him are hysterical and apt!

His inclusion of a glossary and tune lyrics, as well as injection of many insights and facts of Celtic history, lore, and culture all serve to make this memoir an incredibly rich and vital read, that will leave an indelible imprint upon the heart and mind of all who read it.

Rarely have I read a book with such heart, and phenomenal wit and way with words. Bill's a grand storyteller, and a wonderful, generous and multi-talented human being. Looking very forward to reading "Scotland is Not for the Squeamish", and the 3rd book in this trilogy when it comes out next year!

Delightfully powerful, poignant, and witty.......2001-02-22

Celtic lore.......2000-05-09

Bill Watkins book is a breath of fresh air with a unique style of prose, seldom, if at all, found these days. Poetic, humorous and delightfully witty, the oral tradition of Watkins Celtic roots opens a door to a rich heritage that even a non Celt can appreciate. All ages will love this many-layered tale of wild adventure, mothers especially.

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Inspired Prose
An Excellent Guide to Understanding Yeats' Early Poetry

The Celtic Twilight
W. B. Yeats
Manufacturer: Colin Smythe Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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Ireland is home to some of the world's most enchanting myths and tales. But many of these stories would have been lost if they hadn't been recorded and written down. Poet and Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats was one of these fortunate witnesses. In "The Celtic Twilight," originally published in 1893, he collected some of the most delightful myths and folktales of his native land.

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She met the spirit a third time in the bogeen. She asked what kept it from its rest. The spirit said that its children must be taken from the workhouse, for none of its relations were ever there before, and that three masses were to be said for the repose of its soul. "If my husband does not believe you," she said, "show him that," and touched Mrs. Kelly's wrist with three fingers. The places where they touched swelled up and blackened. She then vanished. For a time Montgomery would not believe that his wife had appeared: "she would not show herself to Mrs. Kelly," he said--"she with respectable people to appear to."

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Inspired Prose.......2006-01-28

I had heard of William Butler Yeats, and I must say he is quite an excellent poet. The dreams I had of the old worlds came to life in this.

An Excellent Guide to Understanding Yeats' Early Poetry.......2001-01-28

When Robert Frost (A not very likable fellow, when you read his biographies, despite his excellent poetry.) visited Yeats in Ireland, he made a comment to the effect that, "It's no wonder he believes in faeries." He was responding to the beautiful, mystical Irish landscape Yeats grew up in. This book, even though you're (probably) not in Ireland when you read it, will have you responding much as Frost did. The peasantry have so much of their pagan ancestry in their blood that, despite their ostensible Catholicism, their deep belief in "the little people" comes out as strong as ever when questioned about it. Reading these anecdotes, some of them grafted directly onto Yeats' early poetry, gives them a power they would not have had you not read this book and realized how "here and now" faeryland was to the common people at the time. The Celtic belief that death (into Faeryland)is far more desirable than birth is made beautifully apparent in this book. Hence, by the way, the celebratory Irish wake. Hence also this lovely poem

Heardst thou not sweet words among That Heaven-resounding minstrelsy? Heardst thou not that those who die Awake in a world of ecstacy? That love, when limbs are interwoven, And sleep when the night of life is cloven, And thought, to the world's dim boudaries clinging, And music, when one beloved is singing, Is death?

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Quality, not quantity.......2000-12-25

For those interested in an academic study of Irish folklore and specifically, Finn MacCool, this is one of the best books I've read on the subject. Nagy is thourough, rigorous, AND a good writer, a rare-enough combination in the world of academic literature. The subject itself, and Nagy's insights into the character of Finn and his fiana, are also extremely interesting and enlightening. A must-read for the serious student of Irish folklore. (By Jeremy Fitz, age 24; BA in Folklore from Earlham College in Richmond, IN, and Aberdeen University in Scotland)

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A CELTIC CHILDHOOD.
Bill. Watkins
Manufacturer: Souvenir
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORZHO8

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The story of KING SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA tells how Queen Makeda set out to learn whether King Solomon truly possessed the wisdom of the ages. She devises a series of clever riddles that will putsolomon to the test. But as the king answers her riddles, Makeda realizes that she has discovered more than wisdom; she has found a whole new way of looking at the world...and at God.

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Great for kids and adults.......2001-12-13

I picked up this book at the library as reading material for my 17-month-old son. He (and I) loved the illustrations. I appreciated it being a real Bible story, and a history lesson--marvelously illustrated in 48 pages; but this books goes where most authors and illustrators don't. You won't see this version of the story in movie theatres. I did additional research to verify the accuracy of its' contents and I discoverd everything to be valid. This book should be read by all African-American children (and adults). They won't read about their kings and queens in textbooks as others are portrayed--which is a dis-service to their culture. I purchased three copies for myself and will be purchasing more as gifts.

Excellently written, beautifully illustrated........1999-01-21

This beautifully illustrated book provides children and their parents with a wonderful story that also has a powerful message. It teaches all of us that we can learn from each other and, more importantly, that every culture can learn from another. The book should be used in schools.

Solomon: A Man of Wisdom (An Awesome Adventure Bible Stories Series)

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Solomon: A Man of Wisdom (An Awesome Adventure Bible Stories Series)

Manufacturer: Master Books
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ASIN: 0890513325

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The Awesome Adventure Bible Story Series comprises a library of biblical stories from the Old and New Testaments highlighting people and events and placing a special emphasis on the life of Christ. A short narrative of the action, along with the biblical text and an application section encourage children to focus not only on “who” and “what,” but “why” and “how” the lessons learned by men and women of the Bible can be applied to our lives today.

Even more, every page comes alive with magnificent color illustrations, reprints of classical religious art, actual color photographs of the places and people of the Holy Land today, and marginal notes describing the locations, names, and customs in detail. This wonderful series makes an excellent assortment of bedtime stories and would be most fitting for family devotions.

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Jungle Adventure - Powerful Women

H. Rider Haggard: She, King Solomon's Mine & Allan Quartermain (Gramercy Adventure Library)
H. Rider Haggard
Manufacturer: Gramercy
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517150565
Release Date: 1996-09-18

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Jungle Adventure - Powerful Women.......2004-11-16

All three novels follow exploits of explorer Allan Quartermain. All three novels, although most centrally She, include the powerful idea of the Woman a primal force seen through the eyes of a man not a feminist. Also all three are currently analyzed for racism, since they are written by a British person and set in Africa. But regardless of analysis all are action packed well written stories that are easy to read.

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She - The title refers to She Who Must be Obeyed. In this novel Allan Quartermain is charged with looking after a deceased friend's nephew, Leo. They travel to Africa in search of a discovery that was also left to Leo - an advanced and hidden civilization in the heart of Africa.

King Solomon's Mines - The sequel to She also stars Leo and Allan on another quest for a hidden and advanced civilization. This time the civilization is not ruled over by a powerful queen, but features warrior women.

Allan Quartermain - Three explorers journey into the heart of Africa in search of the usual. This time they find a civilization ruled over by twin queens. Things get complicated when one of the explorers falls for a queen.

Basically these are good fun adventure stories. I recommend reading She first, since it has been analyzed by Sigmund Freud, and generally is treated as serious. Like all of the stories She was written as entertainment. If you like that one it is worth it to read the other two novels. Even though the plots all deal with tough women rulers/warriors in the heart of Afica, they are different in the details and not at all repetitive.

Solomon: Israel's Ironic Icon Of Human Achievement (Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament)

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Solomon: Israel's Ironic Icon Of Human Achievement (Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament)
Walter Brueggemann
Manufacturer: University of South Carolina Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1570035784

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In this study of Solomon and his place in the larger consciousness of Israel, Walter Brueggemann considers what Old Testament narratives regarding David's heir reveal about the aspirations and ideals of the ancient Israelite people. On the supposition that figures of legend and lore disclose much about the societies celebrating them, Brueggemann examines assertions about Solomon, a man praised for his wealth, wisdom, and power and depicted as an example of enormous human achievement. Looking beneath the surface of these claims, however, Brueggemann notes that an irony permeates the tradition and invites critique of accepted beliefs. Through close attention to nuances of the biblical text, he exposes the competing interpretive voices that claim to offer a reliable rendering of Solomon.

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So begins Elie Wiesel's harmonious retelling of twenty mysterious and wonderfully compelling stories about King Solomon--rarely heard tales that span the revered ruler's life, from the time he took the throne at age twelve, to the building of the Temple in Jerusalem, to the disintegration of the kingdom upon his death. Rich, rewarding, gracefully told, this keepsake book is illustrated by Mark Podwal, whose fluid and symbolic paintings grace every spread.

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Book Review: King Solomon and His Magic Ring, by Elie Wiesel.......2000-10-18

Elie Wiesel's new children's book, King Solomon and His Magic Ring, is an unpleasantly surprising work. Wiesel, author of over forty works of fiction and non-fiction, stuns readers with an uninspiring, bland retelling of a famous legend. He attempts to catch our children's attention with a thin spidery plot that is difficult to grasp.

As a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Wiesel could have done much better for himself. Instead, he has written one more book that we are able to add to the growing pile of poorly written children's books lacking in stimuli. Surely, "Not only was Solomon the wisest of all rulers, he was also the mightiest." (12). Well, not only is that line cliché, it's also not something that would excite a young mind.

Speaking of exciting, the paintings featured in this piece are of very high quality and talent. However, they are not suitable for children. The art is too dark and depicts demons, giants, lions, and other things that might frighten younger readers. In addition to boring or perhaps scaring today's youth, Wiesel has also managed to impress upon them a couple of incorrect teachings, including one about women. "Solomon's worst mistake? His marriage to the daughter of the Pharaoh." (36) The daughter of the Pharaoh gives a poor example of women. The book describes her as an enthralling dancer who later tricks Solomon whilst he is under her spell. Not all women are evil temptresses out to control men through manipulative ways; the author should make that clear.

Now, what about this magic ring? "From the moment he slipped the ring on his finger, Solomon's authority extended over everything from spirits and animals to the wind." (14) That sounds a bit like mind control. Add that to the way Wiesel portrays King Solomon; a reader might think Wiesel was advocating ruling with an iron fist. Children's books are meant to be entertaining, yes, but not to cause the youngster to reach for incorrect ideals.

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Tales of wisdom enjoyable by young and old alike.......1998-02-15

I read this book as a child and enjoyed it then, but even moreso as a parent reading it my kids. While this book invokes a sense of nostalgia, its timeless quality provides an opportunity to teach (and learn) ethics and morality in a non-preachy way. These warm and sometimes dramatic stories teach that wisdom is worth acquiring, that wisdom can be and should be used for good, but that wisdom also involves the wisdom to use our abilities in a modest manner. I have chosen to read it to my children over the span of a few months so that we can savor and discuss the stories. Stories of King Solomon is a delight.

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When Solomon Was King
Sheila MacGill-Callahan
Manufacturer: Dial
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0803715897

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This Version on Chiver Audio Books is Best.... & UNABRIDGED
Too Weird for Words!
Disappointing
Excellent. Weird, compelling, brilliantly told
excellent mystery

King Solomon's Carpet
Barbara Vine
Manufacturer: Shaye Areheart Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517587955
Release Date: 1992-04-14

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This Version on Chiver Audio Books is Best.... & UNABRIDGED.......2006-02-19

I was glad to find this wonderful unabridged edition here at Amazon. Our local bookstore (a big chain) carries a 3 hour Penguin version that is a shadow of what this very special, just right, made in England tape set is. Maybe if you're short on time the Penguin edition would be okay, but since it cuts out about half the story you really ought to get this one if you can.

Too Weird for Words!.......2004-12-13

If anyone said they were going to write a novel about the British Underground railway or tube, evryone would think - who would want to read it? Well, Ruth Rendall (or Barbara Vine in this case) has done just that with this book, and she's done her usual awesome job! This book is totally weird and wonderful, in true Barbara Vine fashion. The tension builds throughout the book, until about halfway through, I was waiting for something dreadful to happen. And indeed it did. As a word of warning - if this is your first Barbara Vine book, you must read through until the end because stuff keeps happening right until then. The thing I really like about Barbara Vine books are her characters. They are all so weird and wonderful, and catastrophic stuff seems to happen to each of them when they finally meet up with each other.

Disappointing.......2003-11-15

Although I felt driven by the plot to read through to the end, I was disappointed with the overall mood and characters. Each character was well developed but none were likable except the villain, who I found myself rooting for.

Excellent. Weird, compelling, brilliantly told.......2002-08-31

This story is told quite brilliantly. All the characters are wonderfully drawn, and all are INCREDIBLY interesting. From Jed, the loner who lives on the top floor of the house and keeps his hawk in the garden. To Jarvis, the owner of the house who is obsessed by underground systems and is writing a book chronicling them. To Alice, the young mother who has run away from her humdrum life, leaving her daughter and husband behind. And then there is Tom, the busker who once aimed to study at a musical college, but is now content to play for the armies of people who walk through London's cavernous Tube. Then there is young Jasper, who, along with his friends, finds his thrills amid the bustle of the dangerous underground. And then, Axle. The enigmatic, strange man whom little is known about, and whose secret will cast shadows over all their lives.

The story is told brilliantly, as i say. All the charaters living in the old schoolhouses each have a different part in the story, and rarely do their own seperate stories interact, until the end. It is like watching several little planets revolving around the sun (in this story the sun is the london underground system). Their orbits do not cross, but still they revolve around the main body of the story, until they are finally drawn together.

Rendell skips between each persons's story (each persons story varies greatly) wonderfully, while the reader hardly notices the transition.

The climax is not completely unexpected, but i often find that that is the beauty of Vine/Rendell. You can sometimes see or tell what is going to happen, and you know that absolutely nothing any of the characters can do to prevent the inevitable awfullness.

At first i thought the ending was shocking, and powerful but anticlimatic. Then i realised it is shocking and powerful BECAUSE it is anticlimatic. (Rather like when we meet Hannibal Lecter...we are shocked by him because we were expecting a monster.)

excellent mystery.......2000-10-21

King Solomon's Carpet is a rich tapestry of unforgettable characters and events that haunt you long after the book is put down. For a long time I put off reading it because I didn't know what King Solomon's Carpet referred to, which turned out to be the London Underground. If you like this book you'll probably also enjoy A Dark Adapted Eye and The Brimstone Wedding.

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Lysbeth: A Tale Of The Dutch
H. Rider Haggard
Manufacturer: Christian Liberty Press
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Pearl Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem

ASIN: 1930367961

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Teenage and adult readers will be inspired by this historical novel about a Dutch woman who is caught up in the terrors of the Spanish Inquisition during the 1500s. This lively and heart-rending story by H. Rider Haggard will remind each reader of the value of religious liberty.

Whitney Solves a Dilemma With Solomon and Learns the Importance of Honesty (Emerald Bible Collection)

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Whitney Solves a Dilemma With Solomon and Learns the Importance of Honesty (Emerald Bible Collection)
Therese Johnson Borchard
Manufacturer: Paulist Press
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ASIN: 0809166682

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Whitney would do anything to get to soccer practice, even copy a friend's homework so she won't have to waste time on boring Math herself. But what was supposed to be a one-time solution becomes a habit. Copying homework leads to copying a quiz--and getting caught. The teacher's demand for a confession on who was cheating from whom puts the girls' friendship on the line. Whitney turns to Nana's Emerald Bible for help and gets sent back in time to King Solomon's court. The uncanny wisdom of the king and the "wisdom" of the strange foreign girl are tested when two women come to court, both claiming to be mother of the same child. Whitney offers a solution to the king, who in turn tells Whitney what she must do in her own situation to at last make things right with both her friend and her teacher.

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