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Boy in the Bush
Published in Paperback by Viking Press (September, 1981)
Authors: D.H. Laurence and D. H. Lawrence
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Minor Work
The Boy in the Bush is a minor work being a collaboration between Lawrence & Mollie Skinner. It is still a interesting read containing "Laurentian" ideas more fully worked out in his other novels.


Brain Twister
Published in Paperback by Carroll & Graf (August, 1992)
Authors: Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer
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A gem -- funny & entertaining
Like the first book in this trilogy, The Impossibles, Braintwisters is an engaging adventure and mystery that made me laugh at least once a page. It continues to follow the adventures of the rather un-dashing FBI Agent Malone as he investigates psychic criminals. This time it's not telepaths he's after, though.... Somebody should really reprint these books!


Broadmann's Localisation in the Cerebral Cortex
Published in Hardcover by World Scientific Pub Co (June, 1999)
Author: Laurence Garey
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Finally, you can read it!
I suspect that the number of us who have cited Brodmann's 1909 work far exceeds the number who have actually ever laid eyes on the original paper in German, let alone have read it!

Now this situation can be remedied by having this excellent English translation of the 1909 original. It is well edited and good attention is paid to reproduction of the original figures.


Buddhism Explained
Published in Paperback by University of Washington Press (June, 1999)
Author: Laurence-Khantipalo Mills
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What is Buddhism ?
Buddhism in a simple form is followed in Thailand. This is what is described in this book, a seventh edition of it that is. Regarding Buddhism, simplicity is more often than not rather a quality than a shortcoming.

And because Buddhism is contained in all Buddhism this Theravada tradition book opens one to all traditions.


Busy Night
Published in Hardcover by Bloomsbury USA (May, 2002)
Authors: Ross Collins and Laurence Anholt
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Delightfully written and charmingly illustrated
Delightfully written and charmingly illustrated by Ross Collins, Busy Night is a whimsical children's picturebook about a young boy whose attempts to sleep are disturbed by ghosts, the tooth fairy, the Sandman, Santa Claus, and just about every other scary or fantastic creature imaginable. Eventually he has to order them all away to enjoy his sleep, in this colorful story which is perfect for bedtime reading.


Camille Y Los Girasoles
Published in Paperback by Santillana Pub Co (July, 1998)
Authors: Lafenoce Anholt and Laurence Anholt
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Using literature to teach art
This book is an excellent introductory tool to Van Gogh when reading with primary age children, especially in a bilingual, spanish speaking classroom. The story follows Van Gogh during his stay in France and the friendship with the son of a mailcarrier. This friendship led to the most prolific period of Van Gogh's career. The illustrations lead the reader along in discovering how Van Gogh was inspired to paint some of his most famous works. The story is a wonderful story that will inspire children to create their art!


The Case of California
Published in Paperback by University of Minnesota Press (June, 2001)
Authors: Laurence A. Rickels and Christopher Isherwood
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You need to read this book...whoever you are!
Before I give you the back cover of this book, I have to tell you that this book is not necessarily an "easy read" despite its alliterated and enticing chapter titles. Having been a student of Laurence Rickels', I feel obligated to tell you that if you haven't read this book or any of his others (Aberrations of Mourning:Writing on German Crypts, Der unbetrauerbare Tod) you are absolutely missing out on some of the most interesting contemporary literary theory you can find!

"In 'cultural clips' that fast-forward and rewind through a variety of images, disciplines,and time zones, Laurence Rickels explores 'California' as both an empirical place and a symbolic configuration. Focusing on the changing image of the West Coast to study politics, sexuality, and the effects of mass media in modern culture, The Case of California is Rickels' dizzying psychohistory of postmodernity.

In California, Rickels locates 'the intersection between technology and the unconscious' and thus reconstructs the political front of pshoanalysis which arose to combat National Socialism. California and Germany, he contends, are two coasts of an era that 'lets roll' in the Enlightenment and continues to this day. Kafka is the 'ultimate Kalifornian'. The fall of the Berlin wall and the San Francisco Earthquake appear 'symptomatically in sync'. And the invention of the California teenager - the archetypical adolescent - begins with 'a certain central European refusal of death'.

As he addresses an array of popcultural phenomena, Rickels situates the Frankfurt School of Adorno Benjamin, Horkheimer, and Marcuse within the Freudian system - and within the critical boundaries of deconstruction. Along the way he explores music and sound, mourning and the charge of sexual abuse, group and adolescent psychology, female sexuality, the convergence of religious and hysterical conversion, and the shifting status of writing and literature brought about through the rise of 'reproductive' media such as photography, film, and television."

"The Case of California is one of the most powerful attempts we have so far to establish connections between contemporary culture and certain German texts that are inseparable from modernity." - Samuel Weber, University of California, Los Angeles


Christmas Birthday Story
Published in Paperback by McClelland & Stewart (January, 1980)
Author: Laurence
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Beautifully described Christmas Story
Margaret Laurence is simply charming. She describes the story of the birth Of Jesus exquistely. A cheerful rendition of the orginial birth of Jesus with the plight his mother and father must endure to find a secure and safe place for this historical birth of Jesus. Delightful illustrations accompany this book. Hats off to you Margaret Laurence. We have read this heart warming story to our children for the past 20 years. You will enjoy this, perhaps even as a new family tradition. We will now read this treasure to our new grandchildren.


Churchill in His Own Voice and the Voices of His Contemporaries Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower Chamberlain George VI and Others
Published in Audio Cassette by Caedmon Audio Cassette (June, 1960)
Authors: Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud
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Listening is an inspiration!
Both inspirational and humbling to listen to the voice and intellect of such a great man. Such command of the English language and speaking skills unmatched! After listening to him speak you will see how pathetic in intellect and moral character our politicians of today are. I've finished his biography as well and coupled with these speeches he emerges as one of the greatest men of our or any time. I cannot recommend enough these tapes or his biography, it filled me with a renewed sense of purpose and conviction in life. If there was a phrase to sum him up it might be "never give up" on life or one's possibilities to achieve. Buy these tapes!


The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Published in Hardcover by University Press of Virginia (September, 1993)
Authors: Paul Laurence Dunbar and Joanne M. Braxton
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A Poet for All Times
One of America's most prolific poets, Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote at a time when there were few African-Americans being published and praised by many of the literary elite. This volume contains the poets's most respected works. Dunbar wrote in a variety of styles, but is most remembered for the use of "slave dialect" to express the humor, the pathos, and hardships of the condition of the black man in America. Highlights include "When Malindy Sings," an entertaining opus to a "sistah" with "nat'chel" singing "o'gans," "An Ante-Bellum sermon," which features a subtle commentary on slavery, and "The Colored Soldiers," a haunting piece that delves into the inequalities of servitude in the United States armed forces. The words, though a century old are just as timeless today as they were when they were originally written. For me To cite just three in this work of so many excellent verses is a gross understatement. All the "treasures" here should be read and re-read to fully appreciate the gifted mind of this literary master.

The nation and the world should be grateful to these important social commentaries of verse by one Paul Laurence Dunbar. I know that I, as an American, am enternally appreciative.


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