Jenny Walton's Packing for a Woman's Journey

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One of my most favorite books.......2000-07-14

There is a magic to writing, when the author has a great affection for their subject. This is such a book, it is an absolute gem. Nancy Lindemeyer's stories of her growing up, and the people who populated her life are a delight to read. This is a book you will pull off your shelf and read over and over again.

A Gentle Tribute to the Best Things In Life.......1998-07-09

Nancy Lindemeyer has written a beautiful tribute to the people and memories that she has "packed" for her life's journey. Her sweet remembrances of her grandmother are especially touching. This book is about cherishing what is truly important in life and making connections with people. The author's memories provided her the base, the strength, to accomplish her dreams in life. Lots of people have these strengths to draw on -- Lindemeyer reminds us to actually do so.

Jenny Walton's Packing for a Woman's Journey (Packing for a woman's journey)

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Jenny Walton's Packing for a Woman's Journey (Packing for a woman's journey)

Manufacturer: Hearst Corporation
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ASIN: B000BJGDNI

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This masterly account of Leonardo da Vinci and his vision of the world is now widely recognized as the classic treatment of Leonardo's art, science, and thought, giving an unparalleled insight into the broadening and deepening of Leonardo's intellect and vision throughout his artistic career. Kemp, one of the world's leading authorities on Leonardo, takes us on a journey through the whole span of the great man's career, giving a fully integrated picture of his artistic, scientific, and technological achievements. Leonardo's early training in Florence provided a crucial foundation in the 'science of art', particularly perspective and anatomy. His period in the service of the Sforzas of Milan enlarged his outlook to embrace a wide range of natural sciences and mathematics, as he searched for scientific rules governing both man and the universe. It was these rules which provided the basis for his imaginative reconstruction of nature in great works such as the Last Supper, the Mona Lisa, and St John, which reveal his increasingly complex vision of man in the context of nature. And towards the end of his life, Leonardo became fascinated with the mathematics underlying the 'design of nature', behind which lay the ultimate force of the 'prime mover', as manifested with supreme power in his Deluge drawings. Covering all areas of Leonardo's achievement, generously illustrated, and now including a new introductory chapter setting Leonardo's work in its historical context, this fully updated new edition provides an unparalleled insight into the marvellous works of this central figure in western art.

The Most Marvellous Summer (Reader's Choice)

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The Most Marvellous Summer (Reader's Choice)
Betty Neels
Manufacturer: Harlequin
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ASIN: 0373512651

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"I'm Surprised No Man Has Snapped You Up."

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This beguiling tale has everything: runaway orphans, kings, knights, an evil witch, and a lovable, table-high Snerg named Gorbo who leads children from one fantastic adventure to another. Tolkien called this forgotten classic a "sourcebook" for The Hobbit — and it's a must for any Rings fan. 51 black-and-white illustrations.

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Before there were Hobbits.......2007-07-20

It is easy to see why this 1928 novel was a favorite with J. R. R. Tolkien's young children, and that the short-statured, big-hearted Snergs might well have been in the back of his mind when he created his Hobbits. But aside from that connection, this is a delightful children's book. The avuncular narrator keeps insisting there will be a sound moral to the story coming up eventually, but finally admits there isn't any, except perhaps to be wary of ogres who claim to have reformed. Along the way there is a journey through a magical landscape, the Flying Dutchman and his crew, a cunning witch who gets her come-uppance (as the not-so-reformed ogre gets his), old hostilities that are settled, a dunderhead Snerg who becomes a better and wiser peson, and a good deal of humor.

The Marvellous Land of Snergs.......2004-03-31

This is a delightful book I read as a child at my after-school babysitter's - and searched for over a 30 year period! I could never remember the title, nor author. But I recalled the jist of the tale and the cover illustration - a knight atop a horse, looking down and to his left at a child. Every town or city I lived in or visited, I would haunt the libraries and used book stores. And even though I had a rough description of a land for "superfluous" -as another reviewer said- children,and the adventures of two of them in another Land ..... no one knew of the book. They were always trying to get me to settle on "Water Babies" (?) or "Flying Dutchmen" - that last one was real close! I cruised through children's sections, card catalogs, dusty shelves and cartons - looking for some hint of a name to open my memories.
It wasn't until an unplanned pre-Xmas stop at Powell's City of Books in Portland (OR){a landmark behemoth of a bookstore - ya gotta see it to believe it!} one evening that I DID stumble across it ! And I HAD to buy it: published 1928, hardcover, stamped on the inside cover with "Withdrawn - Cedar Mill Community Library" - all 220pgs with George Morrow's great illustrations. I think I paid about $10. for it. There it was, here in my adopted Pacific NW just like the book that captivated my imagination and fancy so many years before-far away on the Northeast coast of New England. Of course I read it again! - and was just as delighted. And only then - in my "adult body" - did I see the similarities with Hobbits and the Like. As an 8 yr old I had never heard of Bilbo or Frodo. It would be another 9 years before I was lost in Middle Earth! And may I ever stay the child-at-heart, blissfully lost in those hobbit hills. Highly recommend this early literary treasure trove Tolkien and his kids loved. And the forerunner of all things Hobbit-ish.

How much other literature has been forgotten?.......2001-09-27

The only reason, and it is indeed a sad reason, that this long forgotten novel has come back into print is because it has a (slight) connection with Tolkien, one of this centuryýs most popular writers. I say sad because it aptly displays how a fine writer of children stories can write a really good tale but remain obscure. Had Tolkien not read him, although it would have quite possibly change the course of modern literature because he would not think of the hobbits as halfings (well, he might, but he said this was their source) and create them as a viable race in Middle-earth.

As for the book itself? It is a fun, light read appropriate for children about ten or so. There is some violence in the end which may be rather frightening to young children, but nowadays they see worst on the television, and the violence is not real explicity. E. A. Wyke-Smith incorporates the Arthurian myth of the land across the river, which Tolkien did not like. Shame-facedly, my aquaintance with the Arthurian cycle lies much closer to dimly knowing as opposed to being an expert thereon.

One thing that marks this book is Wyke-Smithýs assimilation of various childrenýs traditions into a cohesiave whole. The Flying Dutchman, that mythical ghost ship, is here, and witches and an ogre are present as well. One interesting little facet are the children that are kept there (in a sort of schooling organization) are taken because they are superfluous children. I think it is for the regulation of superfluous children. I do not have my book with me, so I cannot say for sure. The most memorable character for was Golithos, an ogre who lived off poorly grown cabbage and was a ýreformedý ogre. His struggle with his reformation proves quite humourous and, for me, is one of the best moments that childrenýs literature has to offer.

As for itýs relation to Tolkien, this publication will only be of interested to Tolkien scholars and fans, and probably only they will search this book out because of itýs influence on THE HOBBIT. Itýs principle influence were the Snergs themselves, who were quite like Hobbits in height and social customs, although they do have a king. Itýs a real shame that the only reason this book will be read is because of Tolkien, for it is a quite good childrenýs book in and of itself.

The question remains, however: how other many worthwhile pieces of literature have escaped the popular canon and sank into the dusty obscurities of time? Who knows how long this will survive. It may interest you to know that Homer wrote a third book which was a comedy and Aristotle wrote a book about comedy and both are now lost. Very tragic. Don't let it happen to this book, because it's a charmer.

A fantasy skeptic no longer !.......2000-06-30

I received "The Marvellous Land of Snergs" as a gift and reluctantly read it. I postponed getting to the 'meat' of the story by reading the introduction, secretly hoping to be bored and providing an excuse to put it down. I was captured within minutes and couldn't wait to begin the adventure. The chapters are short and decoratively written providing the reader a minds view of the landscape and many personalities the main characters, Joe and Sylvia, encounter on their travels. Joe and Sylvia provided a link with traditional fiction that boosted my enthusiasm for devouring this book. A book I will read to my children!

This Marvellous Terrible Place: Images of Newfoundland and Labrador

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Newfoundland and Labrador
A Wonderful view of Newfoundland

This Marvellous Terrible Place: Images of Newfoundland and Labrador
Yva Momatiuk , and John Eastcott
Manufacturer: Firefly Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1552092259

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The authors have not only captured the unique flavor of the people but have recorded hours of conversations as their subjects reminisced about life, work and the changes that have washed over the island since Confederation.

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Newfoundland and Labrador.......2007-01-04

The book is dated (1988), so I bet some things have changed over the past 18 years. I won't know until I visit Newfoundland this summer. Still a good read for anyone interested in the area.

A Wonderful view of Newfoundland.......2001-02-23

I found this book while staying at a B&B in Newfoundland, and it was such a wonderful read that I had to run out and buy a copy to take home with me. With wonderful insights into the people of Newfoundland the authors use powerful images and the words of the Newfoundlanders themselves to tell the stories of the place. Alternately powerful and fun, this book is a must for anyone wishing to understand the lives of the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and their place in history and Canada.

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Marvellous Melies
Paul Hammond
Manufacturer: Gordon Fraser Gallery
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0900406399

The Marvellous Land of Oz (Puffin Classics)

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Marvelous Sequel
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Charming and entertaining, thoroughly kid-friendly
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The Marvellous Land of Oz (Puffin Classics)
L. Frank Baum
Manufacturer: Puffin
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0140350411

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Second Oz book; Scarecrow and Tin Woodman are back with hero named Tip. 120 black-and-white, 16 full-color illustrations.

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A fun, imaginative adventure, until...........2007-10-13

I read this as a fourth grade girl and found it the best of all Baum's Oz books. I loved the character Tip and his relationship with all of his friends and even with his enemies: Mombi, the scary witch who raised him; the Wizard, a complex character of good and evil; Jack Pumpkinhead, son to the child. I loved all of the other delighful characters: the sawhorse, the Woggle-bug, the amazing flyin Gump, and so many others. I loved how real Tip seemed; a sometimes grumpy, mischevious boy who nevertheless had a good heart. Reading the story, I truly was caught up into a world of magic,wonderful characterization, and great adventure. But the ending brought it all crashing down: not only was Tip given little choice in being changed by Glinda, once changed his whole free-spirited, well-rounded personality was lost. Instead of being restored to his "true self," it seemed to me that all he had grown to be and all that he considered true of himself was sacrificed to the status quo (of course I didn't know that word in the 4th grade, but I knew Tip had suffered an injustice). I still love the joy and fun of the first part of the book, but I can't help but feel it ended in tragedy. Bad Glinda!

Marvelous Sequel.......2007-04-09

Tip has lived with Old Mombi the Sorceress for as long as he can remember, but now he has to run away. He tried to scare her with a pumpkin headed man, but Mombi was not only unshaken by the man, but she brought the pumpkin headed man to life. Not that that's a bad thing, Jack Pumpkinhead is a very likeable chap, even if he does worry a lot about his head spoiling. Tip's more worried about Mombi's potion that'll turn him to stone, because he tried to scare her, Mombi's going to turn him into a statue for her garden. Tip and Jack run away, along with the magic life giving powder of Mombi's, and head towards the Emerald City. The Scarecrow from the original "Wizard of Oz" adventure still rules, but with an army of girls armed with needles, he may not rule for much longer. Is there help for Tip, Jack and the Scarecrow?

It's a pretty fine sequel to the original book, I thought. It flows straight from the first book with the same wit, wordplay and style. There's a lot of new characters to meet (like Jack Pumpkinhead, The Gump, the Sawhorse and H.M Wogglebug) plus a couple of old favorites (like Tinman and the Scarecrow). Chapters are easy to read too. It's worth looking at for fans of Oz, I think. Surprising ending too, I thought. Four and a half stars.

I give it an A..........2006-12-30

I love the Wizard of Oz books.... I just can't seem to get enough of them.... it brings your mind to a whole different world.... its great for young adults, teens, and adults.... I give it an A...

Charming and entertaining, thoroughly kid-friendly.......2006-07-24

Young Tip (actually Tippetarius) has lived his whole life with the evil witch Mombi. But, when the witch announces that she will turn Tip into a statue, he decides that it is time for him to flee. Having stolen Mombi's Powder of Life, which will animate anything it is sprinkled on, Tip heads off to the Emerald City. But, when the city is conquered by an army of rebellious girls, Tip begins an adventure with Jack Pumpkinhead, an animated saw-horse, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman (who is now nickel-plated), and a highly magnified and thoroughly educated woggle-bug. The rightful queen of the Emerald City is missing, stolen away by the Wonderful Wizard, and it is up to Tip and his friends to find her.

Following the success of his 1900 book, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) received many letters from children demanding a sequel. Well, in 1904 he broke down and published this, the second of what turned out to be a long list of Oz books. What makes this book stand out from the rest is the simple fact that it is the only one that does not include Dorothy Gale, the lost girl from Kansas!

Overall, I found this to be a charming and entertaining little book. As you would expect from a sequel to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it has a cute little, nonsensical storyline that is a lot of fun and thoroughly kid-friendly. If you have a young reader, then I guarantee that they will love this great book. I give it my highest recommendations!

A Great Sequel.......2006-02-03

"The Marvellous Land of Oz" is the second in the Wonderful Oz series by American author L. Frank Baum.

Baum wrote this out of necessity - his other books written after "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was published in 1900 weren't selling wonderfully, and all he had heard, he alleges in his foreword, were demands to hear more about Oz. And so, when the well ran dry, he wrote and had published the long-awaited sequel.

Baum departs from his earlier themes in "Wizard" to some extent. "Wizard" has a strongly American flavour, in which a young Kansas girl goes to Oz and encounters all sorts of dangers, but bravely facing them until she returns home. This book does not include Dorothy Gale, but is intended, as is indicated by the sub-title of this story, to be "An Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman". No one from America or outside Oz appears in "Marvellous Land".

The protagonist, however, is a young boy called Tip, who runs away from his guardian, a wicked old witch called Mombi (didn't Dorothy destroy them all?) with his invention, Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse, both of whom are brought to life with a Powder of Life. It isn't long before he falls in with the Scarecrow (now King of the Emerald City in the absence of the Wizard) and the Tin Woodman (now Emperor of the Winkies after the Wicked Witch was melted).

So far, so good. That is, until several more characters get thrown into the equation. Baum's genius is shown here, in that he does not let several threads of a storyline get so interwoven that readers are confused. The Scarecrow is kicked out of the Emerald City by General Jinjur, a tomboy-ish young lady who is sick of the men telling her what to do. Helping out are many girls and women of Oz. Baum is taking the mickey out of the feminist movement, very prominient in America in the early 1900s when he was writing. (His mother-in-law was a suffragette.) Jinjur succeeds by threatening the Royal Army (all one of them) with knitting needles, after which she gets herself on the throne of Oz and enslaves all the men and steals the jewels and treasure of the Emerald City.

Another interesting theme is that of the Woggle-Bug. He is in stark contrast to the stupidity of Jack Pumpkinhead. Baum makes a point about the folly of the snobbish elitists, embodied in Mr. H.M. Woggle-Bug, T.E. His outrageous puns and his elongated words really make for an amusing character, and the chapters in teh middle of the book are full of witty comments and plays upon words.

But the story lacks the ... vibe of the first. Gone is the childish innocence of the writing style of the first. Of course, Baum's writing style is, at best, overly pompous and cluttered, but many jokes made would simply go over the head of many children. Such as when the Tin Man comments that "a good tart is more preferable to a decayed intellect", and when the Woggle-Bug is talking about how the Saw Horse can be described as an equipage. And the sexism! Possibly most outrageous of all is that in the end, Jinjur's revolution succeeds in a sense, as the Scarecrow never does regain his throne.

Last but not least, the illustrations. Baum and W.W. Denslow had parted ways after "Wizard", and so a young illustrator, John R. Niell had been hired to picture the Land of Oz. He captures the spirit beautifully, and his drawings are far warmer than those of Denslow's, especially those of the Tin Woodman. He brings Oz to life when Baum's stilted writing style prevents this.

Little did Baum know it, but by writing "The Marvellous Land of Oz" he had, in the eyes of his young readers, promised to write more. It wouldn't be until 1907, with the publication of "Ozma of Oz", in which Dorothy returned to Oz, that he would seriously embark on writing a whole series.

Gold: The Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter (Peter Owen Modern Classics)

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Gold: The Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter (Peter Owen Modern Classics)
Blaise Cendrars , and Nina Rootes
Manufacturer: Peter Owen Publishers
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Ultimate Cook Book: Marvellous Meat (Ultimate Cook Book)

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Ultimate Cook Book: Marvellous Meat (Ultimate Cook Book)
Richard Carroll
Manufacturer: Trident Reference Publishing
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ASIN: 1582791600

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To eat well in the company of family and friends is one of life's greatest pleasures. In the rush and dash of an every day work life, cooking for fun rather than out of necessity seems an unattainable dream. Within the pages of Marvellous Meat you will see easy to prepare beef, veal, pork and lamb meals beautifully presented, designed for the busy cook, no matter how little time we have, and regardless of our level of culinary skill. You will find cooking techniques to assist you to obtain the best results from your endeavours, a great selection of various meat recipes, and weights and measurement guides.

Aristotle: Minor Works: On Colours. On Things Heard. Physiognomics. On Plants. On Marvellous Things Heard. Mechanical Problems. On Indivisible Lines. The ... Gorgias (Loeb Classical Library No. 307)

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Aristotle: Minor Works: On Colours. On Things Heard. Physiognomics. On Plants. On Marvellous Things Heard. Mechanical Problems. On Indivisible Lines. The ... Gorgias (Loeb Classical Library No. 307)
Aristotle
Manufacturer: Loeb Classical Library
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ASIN: 0674993381

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Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367-347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia Minor and at this time married Pythias, one of Hermeias's relations. After some time at Mitylene, in 343-2 he was appointed by King Philip of Macedon to be tutor of his teen-aged son Alexander. After Philip's death in 336, Aristotle became head of his own school (of 'Peripatetics'), the Lyceum at Athens. Because of anti-Macedonian feeling there after Alexander's death in 323, he withdrew to Chalcis in Euboea, where he died in 322.

Nearly all the works Aristotle prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as follows: I Practical: Nicomachean Ethics; Great Ethics (Magna Moralia); Eudemian Ethics; Politics; Economics (on the good of the family); On Virtues and Vices. II Logical: Categories; Analytics (Prior and Posterior); Interpretation; Refutations used by Sophists; Topica. III Physical: Twenty-six works (some suspect) including astronomy, generation and destruction, the senses, memory, sleep, dreams, life, facts about animals, etc. IV Metaphysics: on being as being. V Art: Rhetoric and Poetics. VI Other works including the Constitution of Athens; more works also of doubtful authorship. VII Fragments of various works such as dialogues on philosophy and literature; and of treatises on rhetoric, politics and metaphysics.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Aristotle is in twenty-three volumes.

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Marvellous Adventure of Cabeza De Vaca
Haniel Long
Manufacturer: Souvenir Press Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0285647091

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Little gems.......2000-11-28

This book, or at least my copy of it, contains two tiny jewel-like stories from the earliest contacts between Europeans and the native people of the New World.

With a poet's sensibilities, Haniel Long brings to life the extraordinary - but true - story of the castaway Cabeza De Vaca. Washed ashore on the Florida coast he survives for years until finally linking up with conquistadors in Mexico. During this time, enduring terrible hardships, he gains unique insights and an appreciation of the lives of the people he has fallen among.

Perhaps even more extraordinary, however, is the tale of Malinche. A teenaged girl, delivered into slavery by her mother, Malinche was later offered to the Conquistador Cortes as a peace offering on the Gulf of Mexico Coast. She was, in the words of the Spanish padre/historian Bernal Diaz, who knew her well, a woman "of great being". She became Cortes's concubine/lover, the mother of his son, and - from history's perspective, her most important role - Cortes's translator. She knew both Cortes and Montezuma, the Aztec king. Long's working of her story is no doubt fanciful; little is known of the real Malinche and no records have been found of what she actually thought. But it's a lovely ambition, to make her breathe, this woman who was the very hinge of history, and who lives in Mexican folk stories to this day.

Anyone interested in further pursuing the life of Malinche would do well to seek out Anna Lanyon's elegaic new book "Malinche's Conquest". Lanyon became so fascinated by the story of Malinche when she was travelling in Mexico in the 1970s, that she studied Portugese and Spanish to literary translation level, and physically set off to track down every possible clue to the woman seen variously as the "traitor" of Mexico, and it's primordial "mother". The result is a (prize-winning) book of wonder and charm.

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