The World That Is The Book: Paul Auster's Fiction by Aliki Varvogli (Lecturer in English and American Literature, University of Dundee) is a thorough study of the fictional works of Paul Auster, including "The New York Trilogy," "Timbuktu," and much more. A scholarly, college-level study of the long-lasting meaning behind Auster's classic works, The World That Is The Book recognizes and pays respect to the sources Auster used to challenge the traditional uses of the written word and the role of literary genre. The World That Is The Book is very highly recommended reading for those who seek to better appreciate Paul Auster's literary work.

This remarkable little book was written in 1976, before Jane's physical challenges fully manifested. It shows a life lived to the fullest, and raises questions about what creativity is, where inspiration comes from, and what we leave behind when our "earth lives" are finished. The "Cezanne" material, "dictated" to Jane, is must reading for visual artists and for anyone interested in painting. It's especially significant as Jane had absolutely no background in art, although she was married to a painter. Where did this material come from? Did Jane make it all up? How could she? What is creativity? Is she "channeling" the "real" Cezanne? What does that mean? Really, quite an extraordinary read.

In this book naturalist Paul Gruchow meditates on twelve sites among the many acquired over the past 25 years by the Minnesota Department of Natural resources "to provide sanctuary for rare plant and animal communities--in some cases the last representatives of their kind in Minnesota": the Prairie Coteau near Pipestone and the 3.6-billion-year-old rock near Granite Falls in southwestern Minnesota; Townshend Woods, Mound Prairie, and Kellogg-Weaver River Valley in southeastern Minnesota; Felton Prairie in the northwest; and Rush Lake Island, Ripley Esker, Black Lake Bog, Lost Lake Peatland, and Lutsen Woods in the forested northeastern part of the state. The essays are brief, perhaps 2,000 words, often accompanied by useful one-page field notes (Richel Burkey-Harris) and forty illustrative four-color photos from the Minnesota DNR magazine MINNESOTA CONSERVATION VOLUNTEER, where the essays first appeared. The book is a reduced coffee table size, short-side bound, printed on heavy coated stock, attractively designed (except for the irritatingly brittle semi-transparent dust jacket).(...)Gruchow has a prairie eye even when he's off of the prairie, and he focuses not just on sites, but on component parts of sites (in this respect his prose is much richer than the book's photographs) (...)In WORLDS WITHIN A WORLD, Gruchow's words have the upper hand: elegant, sometimes literary (Jim Wright's poem on a blue heron is quoted), always vivid and precise. This book won the 2000 Minnesota Book Award in the category of Nature and Minnesota, and the award was well deserved.

Every day we read about the another high profile case that when the trial is completed there are what seems to be an endless series of debates. Would you convict is a glimpse into 17 cases that make you think.

No one has ever said justice was perfect, but after you read this book you may wonder if there is any justice at all. A great attention to fine details laces this amazing work.

Watch and read and one person is given life over a bad check for $129. Your heart may skip a beat as you read about a mother neglected by her son or was she? Each story is stops you and makes you look at the law a little differently.

The author's has the unique ability to bring to life each case and you become the jury foreman. This book should be a must read for those interested in law or becoming and lawyer. Well done!

Grieving is hard work and has its own time. Wrap Myself in a Rainbow, written by therapist and performing artist Paul Alexander, is a creative journal for facing and coping with grief and loss. The seven brief chapters are followed by questions which put you in touch with your own journey. Using the colors of the rainbow as a guide it also shares basic meditation skills and affirmations easily utilized by the griever. The book is an excellent tool for individuals and support groups as it helps focus on relevant issues often faced by the griever. This workbook also has an accompaniment music and meditation tape which continues the work in a healing fashion.

Dr. Pearsall's easy explanation of why our lives are so stressful urges us to take a look within to find the answers to what can bring peace, harmony, love and contentment into everyone's lives. The ideas and suggestions are so simple you wonder why it has taken so long to discover.

Included is a short test to assess your personal stress level, to define what makes you angry and why. Then Dr. Pearsall offers simple suggestions that really work. Those who have read his previous book, "The Pleasure Prescription" will rediscover the easy,polynesian philosophy of acceptance that makes the islands the true paradises they are. By looking inward we gain a better understanding of the world around us, and why such modern phenomenon as "road rage" happen so often.

It's difficult to sum up the whole concept in a few short paragraphs, but the essential message is, "lighten up" to live longer.

Every reader knows of authors who were all the rage when they were alive and publishing, only to be forgotten or relegated to obscurity upon their death, if not before. They disappear for decades or generations, admired or consulted by those few who read in specialized fields; or they are the subject of intermittent articles in this or that journal. Thanks to the Internet they can be seen shimmering, a sort of astral projection, on web sites and list-serves with spotty attendances. In these venues situated on rural roads in the republic of letters they are argued with, championed, held up as the acme of what's misbegotten, or pegged as simply typical of a period. For fans, bitter consolation lies in their man or woman being reviled, as such shrill attention does indicate that the core of the oeuvre has not ceased to be dynamic, and perhaps threatening.

Occasionally authors have risen from the dust of library shelves, which is the closest we can now get to witnessing the Phoenix. These rescued figures become the product of cottage industries, but a well-timed nod from hollywood can escalate their reputations and swell their audience. Many of the latest literary finds are those whose work means something quite particular to current audiences - at times, but not in all cases, a retro chic - comprising enthusiasts, popular authors in a position to repay literary debts, scholars who have revisited past figures in search of their postmodern 'nowness,' and because of groundswells of curiosity from disparate parts. There is a lovely unpredictability in the resurgence of these artists which fosters hope in those whose favourite choice has not yet bounced back into the limelight. (In an attempt at a shove back onto the stage, see my Amazon review of Lewis' _Rude Assignment_.)

It is unlikely that Wyndham Lewis will ever again receive the attention, negative or positive, that his paintings and writings garnered during his lifetime, yet if any critical work of recent years could restore his dented reputation and, more fruitfully, bring his ideas back into view for a fresh examination, then it is this book by Paul Edwards.

In his combination of literary analysis and art criticism Edwards writes with economy, clarity, intelligence and sensitivity about Lewis' paintings, drawings, short fictions, novels and a mass of philosophically-minded and politically generated essays and speculative works. One realizes that Lewis, perhaps the most probing Modernist in the anglo-united statesian family, left no major concern of the 20th century ignored, even if only to swipe at it with pen and brush. It is to Edwards' credit that he maintains a focus on his subject's wide-ranging thoughts and positions, especially as they are transformed with the passing of time and as events, historical and personal, transform Lewis.

Certain aspects of this book call for special commendation: the examination of _Tarr_, Lewis' first novel; the analyses of _Time and Western Man_ , the central non-fiction work of Lewis' writings, and of _The Human Age_, his last fiction; and the constant engagement with the art works. Art criticism is often written in an abstract and coded way, and academic criticism is often larded with unnecessary polysyllabic constructions, but a key benefit of Edwards' style is that one can argue with his conclusions or suggested interpretations because he has made himself understood. There is no dancing with words, or playfulness in a deconstructionist sense, to obscure his points.

In the aftermath of this book it was instructive, in a disappointing way, to read a review by irish novelist John Banville of _The Crisis of Reason: European Thought, 1848-1914_, written by J.W. Burrow, which appeared in _The New York Review of Books_ (October 4, 2001, pp.38-40). On p.40 Banville responds to what Burrow says about Nietzsche:

"[...] There is a study to be made of the influence on modernism of Nietzsche's thinking, which is insufficiently acknowledged even by the most philosophically-minded of the modernists - it is hard to recall, for instance, a single mention of Nietzsche's name anywhere in Eliot's prose criticism."

Banville is mistaken when he says Nietzsche was not regarded sufficiently by "the most philosophically-minded" modernists, for as Edwards makes plain throughout his almost 600-page book (not a page too long), Lewis engaged Nietzsche in a constant debate (and dealt with many others as well). Pointing out this error on Banville's part is not meant to cast a slur against him; it merely shows how far Lewis has sunk below the critical horizon.

The book's layout is very good. In most cases, when art work is discussed the painting or drawing is at hand without needless flipping through the book. While as a rule footnotes are preferable, in this instance the use of endnotes is justified.

This book has given far greater pleasure than many others recently. For those unfamiliar with Lewis it is an excellent primer; for those just stepping into his sea of words it is an invaluable guide; and for those who are well acquainted with Lewis' concerns and motifs there is much to deliberate on, and hopefully respond to, in Edwards' original findings and his engagement with other critics.

Paul Edwards deserves more laurels than he is likely to get for writing about an artist who is underrated, over-scorned, difficult, and not very likely to experience a surge in popular appreciation. He also merits praise for writing in a direct manner, tackling the contentious aspects of Lewis' life and works head on, for his generally even-handed treatment of others who write on Lewis, and the zest underlying every sentence. His discerning enthusiasm will urge a reader to read Lewis' books again, or for a first time. Not many academics or critics achieve that notable goal.

If you're serious about Xt programming (writing professional-quality applications with custom widgets, etc.), you need this book. It is very detailed and very accurate. It was written by some of the original Xt developers and their insight is not available in writing anywhere else. Unfortunately, the 2nd edition costs twice as much as the first edition. If your budget is limited, see if you can find a used copy of the first edition. It won't discuss the newest features, but the older APIs are mostly still useful.

Book Description: The Year 2000 How To Guide for Medical Laboratories As the Year 2000 (Y2K) approaches, can you be sure that your laboratory will be ready? The Y2K date problem is old news in the Information Systems industry. Over the last four years the problem was made public through the media, literature and various symposia. The Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania estimates that as many as 15,000 medical devices could be affected. Often referred to as the millennium bug, software and medical devices containing embedded chips may not be able to distinguish between the centuries 1900 and 2000. Will your laboratory equipment and software recognize that "00" comes after "99"? And how will "00" be handled?

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