Elirc: sailor on the seas of fate is one of the best books of the elric series
it gives you a real sense of the true power of his patron lords of chaos

a beatifuly written book

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This book presents a good variety of word and logic problems. I'd recommend this book for anyone interested in a variety of math problems.

This was a wonderful read. I was impressed with the mixing of church history and fictional romance. My mother has read this entire series and she enjoyed every book. I would even recommend these books for teens interested in epics or history and who enjoy reading juvenille romance novels.

I love all the Wakefield books, they are fantastic! My favorite is the first. But I have to critisise it a little. The rest have new characters and you start to miss the other charaters. The main ones in one book are dying of old age in the next. It seems that the family traits of the red hair and blue eyes are disapearing too. Still, good books.

I placed this book four stars because it is a used item.
There may be,if I am correct,some scuffing on the book.

This book was a huge improvement on The Ramparts of Heaven, its predecessor. Paul and Miriam's relationship was very sweet, and their tragic parting was heartbreaking. The twists and turns of the plot keep you on the edge of you seat. A great book.

The book looks more like a proof of a concept (writing a novel without a single E) than anything else. Georges Perec was also fond of creating rebuses and crossword puzzles, and this book looks like one of those. It gives no more emotional pleasure than solving crossword in the morning newspaper, although one can be proud if the crossword was difficult. Well, this one probably was, but there is nothing more than a coldy executed technique of a brilliant author. One crucial ingredient - heart - appears to be missing, not just a certain vowel. The book can be admired, but liked? Probably, not...

"A void" is Gilbert Adairs translation of Georges Perec's "La Disparation". The classic story tells the story of the disappearance of Anton Vowl and the sense of loss that comes because of this. And this book is without a single E. The letter, that is. The story is originally french, and was written without the letter E. This translation is remarkable in that Adair has managed to retell the story with the same limitations imposed by Perec.

Half the fun of reading Perec's "A Void" is when you're about halfway through a sentence, or even a paragraph, and you know you've figured out what Perec is trying to say, and you can't imagine how in hell he's ever going to say it without using the letter "E". The other half of the fun is simply because this is an amazing book, with a plot and style that both echo the central conceit of the novel in an awe-inspiring fashion. I've not read the French original version, so I cannot comment of the fidelity of translation, but I thought that Adair's translation was immensely readable and enjoyable.

I was hoping for something a little more detailed and technical. It is a good overview of the various technologies out there but not reference material. It is prticularly weak on the following topics, RS232, T1, V.35.

This book was very understandable. Gilbert Held presents his information very well. I did find several typos, but that's a minor quibble.

I review many technical books in the fields of telephony and data communications every year, and I found this book to be a great Intro text. It covers data communications concepts from the beginning, providing readers with a solid base of knowledge.

I use this book in some of the data communications classes I teach, and can easily recommend it.

The best account of the duo's rise to fame, infamy and institutionalisation that you can buy, this is a warm-hearted biography of their life and work up until the mid-90s. The revelation that George was once married and led a relatively normal family life does nothing to dispel the suspicion that the pair remove their suits over the weekend and retire to the countryside anonymously. Certainly, the appear to have spent most of the 1970s being drunken party animals. It's amusing to listen to lots of critics initially finding them amusing, then alarming, then deeply moving, then warm and lovable, according to critical fashion. As with their art, the book has a melancholic air to it, as the author sadly passed away shortly before completion (the book stops rather abruptly and is finished with some travelogue essays on their exhibitions abroad). The closing observation by the pair that Farson did not realise how much they liked him is deeply sad. It's big and thick and well-written, and there is a nice selection of photographs. Best of all, you can order it from Amazon.co.uk for considerably less money than it costs to buy it here!

Since Chesterton and Shaw so vehemently disagreed with each other on many topics, one would expect this quick text to be filled with antagonism. Instead, it is a delightful explanation of Shaw's background, biography and beliefs, told in a gentle, light-hearted manner. Chesterton shows a great respect for his adversary, while making clear his own views through quite a few of the one-sentence quotables for which he is well known.

Good way to approache to one of the most important and famous works of Gilbert and George. Losing their individuality, two people become an artist and transform their own life into an art work. For The Singing Sculpture, Gilbert & George become metalic living sculptures and repete a sequence of robotical movements and gestures again and again, while a song plays.

This book includes 20 color photographies of the presentation of The Singing Sculpture in Sonnabend Gallery, NY, in 1991 and B&W photos, documents, and reviews of early presentations (1969-1973). Excellent material if you have special interest in the works of Gilbert & George. A book about an art work only, but a very important, relevant, original, and controversial art work.

After returning from the past, Dixie and Danny find out that their sick brother is still really sick and then they needed more money for the special treatment. They again turn for help to their uncles and are asked to go back into the past again. At first they are really mad at that request, until their uncles admit that Danny and Dixie's father had gone into the past and that that was why he had disappeared. The twins quickly agree to go, anxious to find their father. They travel back into the time of the French and Indian War and meets George Washington.

The story was interesting and fun, but the ending was really, really lame. You'd think the author had written another book continuing the "Time Navigators", but he didn't, so it was really sort of frustrating.