Anderson Books

To look at and experience the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, who would know that such a tranquil place has such a violent history? This is an account of the slave rebellion of 1733-1734, a true story told in fiction form through the eyes of Dr. Cornelius Bodger. Denmark had claimed the island in the early part of the 18th century and dedicated it to the cultivation of crops, most notably sugar. But in 1733, a new breed of slave was brought to work the fields: not a breed born into slavery in Africa, but abducted African royalty instead, a proud race that refused to submit to a life of bondage and toil.Thus is it was that a rebellion was fomented by these enslaved African royals and their followers with the intention that the island be converted into their form of government and run under such auspices. For six bloody months, rebels squared off against planters, and a good deal of the island's population perished.Oddly enough, the rebellion didn't end on a bombastic note; it was quietly and in stages put down, and with the deaths of the rebel leaders, the island slowly returned to normalcy.After having read this book, should you visit St. John, you'll probably find it hard to believe that this pretty little island was once hell in paradise.

This book should be made of glass rather than paper. I read through this book and saw the lives, the greed, the desperation, and the joy of people long since dead. "Night of the Silent Drums" brings the history of the bloody 1733 St. Jan, Dansk Vestindia slave revolt to the present. The Virgin Islands' drought that year was the only thing dry about this book. And it succeeds without couching our preconceived notions of slavery or slaves, plantations or masters, by telling the truth as well as the facts. This work is gratefully and substantially more than ink on paper. When you pick up this one you will become more of a witness than a reader

This book is filled with wonderful Illustrations that tell a fun story. Great for kids.

The few children's books to be found on the subject of the northern lights are typically non-fiction, science-oriented treatments. Nightlight is about the inescapable feeling of awe and grandeur the aurora borealis evokes in us when we see it, especially for the first time. Two little bears awake to "discover" the northern lights while fireflies add sparkle to a magical night.

There are no talking animals here--just real, yet whimsical woodland creatures. Of course they see and enjoy the northern lights just as you and I do. The watercolors complement the story perfectly and make it all seem both real and special.

Besides being a lovely little story about the northern lights, this book has brief explanations of the natural phenomena of aurora borealis and fireflies at the end, plus, inside the jacket is a poster!

Melanie Anderson's "On the Run" is a definite must read!! It has everything a romance novel should; an intriguing story line, sexy love scenes, and characters who have amazing chemistry plus a witty dialogue. If you are a "stock car" racing fan and a reader of romance, then you definitely want to read this book!!

Melanie Anderson has busted onto the romance scene with a bang!! A fantastically written book by this first-time author and I anxiously await her next book!

A wonderful first book! Melanie Anderson tells a great story. The characters are likeable, and even the few you may not like, are "fun not to like." Kind of like tuning into "Dynasty" to watch the goings on of Alexis Carrington.

"On The Run" draws you in so that you just cannot put the book down (or in the case of this e-book, the computer! LOL)

With racing as the backdrop of this steamy romance, the ride never slows down.

A great book!

Move over Dan Brown and John Grissom, there is a new Sherrif in town!! I just finished reading The Order of the Beloved and loved this book. The author's writing style is new and fresh, creating the story on a chronological time line as though the narrator is just fact reporting. The main characters are created in such a way that the reader believes they are real people and you love them despite their weaknesses and faults. The author's creation of the Order and their personalities make you believe in the possibility of immortality. And the delicate weaving of organized religion into the story makes one wonder even after they have read the last page whether or not these ideas are all fiction or part factual. I look forward to reading more work by this new author and say "Keep Up the Great Work", as you have a reader here who can't wait for your next book.

I first heard about this book from a professor at school. He kept raving about how 'riveting' it was. He said it was a MUST read. So...I purchased "The Order of the Beloved" and 'riveting' is an under statement. This book is truly an "I couldn't put it down" novel. Made me really, really think, in a good way. Are the immortals really out there? Unbelievable work. This book won the editor's and publisher's choice awards, and I can see why. WOW!

"New Left Review" editor Perry Anderson is as erudite and engaging as ever in this short review of the varied conceptualizations of the postmodern. His chapter on the work of Fredric Jameson is bursting with intellectual energy. Anderson displays an almost boyish enthusiasm for Jameson's intellectual achievements that is quite infectious. If you have any interest in Jameson, Postmodernism, or the state of contemporary marxism, this book cannot possibly disappoint. Like the late Edward Said, Anderson possesses great literary gifts that make reading his books and articles a genuine pleasure.

This is a wonderfully concise and illuminative examination of the genesis and development of the contemporary debate concerning the postmodern, beginning with its earliest precursors, through its first contemporary uses in the seventies, through the major figures debating its meaning and significance, including Lyotard and Habermas, but especially Fredric Jameson. I have not read much in quite a while about the debates over the postmodern since reading some fifteen or so years ago works of Jencks, Habermas, Lyotard, and others on the concept. I did not read Jameson at that. Anderson has convinced me that I left out the crucial thinker on the topic.

One thing that is infuriating if you read the major figures in the eighties debates over the postmodern (excluding Jameson) is that there is not quite agreement over what is being debated, what caused its development, and what its significance is. Both the force and sharp limitations of both Lyotard and Habermas's works are readily apparent. Jameson's work, on the contrary, is of a whole different magnitude. While Lyotard's book focuses primarily on the philosophy of science and Habermas's on trends in modern thought, Jameson uses the concept of the postmodern to illumine virtually every aspect of the contemporary world. Whereas for other thinkers the postmodern has been a movement within art or thought, for Jameson it is simply the stage the world has reached as conditioned by late capitalism. As Anderson writes near the end of the book: "Jameson construes the postmodern as that stage in capitalist development when culture becomes in effect coextensive with the economy" (p. 131). It is this economic dimension and the way it ties into globalism that is lacking in the accounts of the postmodern by the other theorists.

Anderson makes a powerful case for Jameson as not merely as the foremost figure within late 20th-century Western Marxism, but as one of the great theoreticians of his age. Certainly he has made me want to read and study Jameson to a degree that did not previously.

I am the Director of a Freedom in Christ minsitry in California. I used this book in conjunction with the video series entitled "Finding Hope Again" in an eight week seminar. Each week the attendees read one chapter, viewed the corresponding video and discussed what they were learning. This book was a very effective way of reinforcing the videos. People attended the seminars because they were suffereing from depression. Most attendees admitted to learning something helpful that they did not previously know about depression. Some attendees followed up with counseling and visits to medical doctors for assessments concerning the possible need for medication. Some have requested to be led through the steps to freedom as a result. In my opinion "Overcoming Depression" is a book of great value on its own merits, but when used in conjunction with the corresponding videos it is extremely helpful to people suffering from depression or for those who are trying to help others who are suffering.

I have been dealing with anxiety and depression for almost 4 years. As a Christian, this book reconnected me with God and I was set free from many lies of Satan that I have been believing about myself and God for years. It is a must read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses is directed at Latin students at the advanced undergraduate and early graduate level, but it also has a lot to offer to scholars and other people who are able to read and enjoy Ovid's original Latin. Written by one of the most distinguished experts in the field, the Latin text of the book follows that of Anderson's own Teubner edition (6.ed. 1993). The commentary reflects Anderson's deep familiarity with Ovid's poetry and his high critical acumen. For a more detailed and highly positive review, see, e.g., Stephen Wheeler in American Journal of Philology 120 (1999) 170-73.

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I just wanted to let the interested (particularly the beginning or intermediate student of Latin) know that, while this is a fantastic edition of Books 1-5 and probably by far the most in-depth commentary available for them, it is not marked (i.e., no macra). Additionally, the Latin text of the Metamorphoses and the line-by-line commentary are entirely separate, so the frequent flipping back and forth can begin to feel cumbersome at times. These things said, I do recommend Anderson's commentary to anyone who desires a brilliant, scholarly light to be shed upon Ovid's Metamorphoses; just be aware that this commentary cannot, as Pharr's Aeneid can, be used in lieu of serious attention to the language and a liberal amount of elbow grease.

What is so astonishing about this book is that this company was such a revolutionary force in feeding America and keeping America healthy and prosperous through two of its most challenging times in modern history, the Great Depression and World War II. The book is an adventure in the history of this great company which still thrives today. Ms Anderson in photos and text unveils the company that was and still is, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, a caring company.

Reading this book gives a warm and tingly feeling that a supermarket operator can provide the best possible fresh food at value pricing, helping the farmer get top dollar during depressed economic times, eliminating the middleman, and bring low prices to the far corners of the U.S.

From its birth in 1859 to today, A&P, while still operating ;in 9 states and the District of Columbia,from Louisiana to Connecticut, has its roots firmly embedded in innovation and quality. So many of us have enjoyed Eight O'clock coffee with our A&P Spanish Bar cake. So many of us have eaten fine A&P products as a child or had our Mother serve us Sunnyfield cereals, fresh Sunnybrook butter on Jane Parker toasted bread, spread with Ann Page fine jellies and presereves.

With over 4,000 supermarkets spanning America, it forever changed the landscape of America in a positive way. The Colonial stores of the 1960's have been recycled into some of the best looking post offices and service businesses today.
This book recounts that and many more episodes from a fine company that lives on today with fresh thinking.

This pictorial history of A&P gives a bird's eye view of how a little family company became one of the top retailers in America. I found this book to be both enjoyable to read and to view. The pictures used are visually appealling and the accompanying text explains what you are seeing succintly. Avis has done an excellent job in relaying the history of this company through both pictures and text. I strongly recommend this book not only to employees of this company, but to anyone who has ever shopped in a grocery store.

I heard this book was excellent! I can't wait for it to arrive. I've been told that it is well worth the wait!

Paco El Taco will delight young readers, as they travel with Paco, the little taco, while learning Spanish phrases and words. Fun and catchy, with adorable illustrations, your children will want to follow Paco as he searches for the perfect burrito, and almost ends up as a meal himself! My kids ask for Paco over and over, and learn valuable lessons in Spanish while having a ton of fun! This one is a keeper!

This is such a great read, interesting and well written. Hard to put down and NOT a journal type account. If you are interested or thinking of adventure touring you have to read this excellent Canadian journey.

PARTNERS IN GRIME
252 pages
Escaping the Rat Race
Cycling Across Canada
by Neil Anderson
$18.95 US/ $28.95 Canada
www.cyclelogicpress.com

If Bob Hope had ever done a "Road" movie about bicycling, Partners in Grime would have been it. Sharon and Neil Anderson are the adventurous duo who toss 21st Century amenities to tour across Canada. Like layers of skin, The Andersons shed belongings, their home, jobs and cars--but thank goodness, not their bicycles. And in doing so they come to the heart and soul of whom they are.

And just who are they? Two young married kids who go questing for an exciting and different lifestyle. But they discover (rather quickly) that riding a bike exposed to the elements is not as glamorous as they envisioned. Searching for safe places to sleep, decent food, fending off traffic and animals are all part of the outdoor experience.

Like many cyclists, the Andersons revel in the kindness of strangers who are inspired by modern day explorers. People put them up in farm houses, their own homes, in back yards, but there are plenty of times when sleeping on the ground is evident and described. For example, Sharon wakes up one morning and asks the eternal question of every cross-country cyclist, "Is it possible to wake up more tired than when I went to bed?" Yes.

Neil Anderson's writing is fresh and honest. He doesn't paint a pretty picture, though the book is sprinkled with gorgeous photography. It is one of the first books on cross-country touring that doesn't distort reality. Two of his quotes are right on--"The next bike I get is going to have air-conditioning." And politically astute: "Canadians have a small Canada flag on their backpack. Americans have a large Canadian flag on their backpack."

This is a truthful book about what it takes to cycle long distance. It doesn't promise a hot shower every day, a warm bed and forget about fine dining. But what you will gain is something money cannot buy, which is the exhilarating bicycle ride of a lifetime. The Andersons are no doubt deeply bonded through their cross-Canada trip, and others that followed. By the end of the book they have landed in France!

Travel with the Andersons through every village, climb the hills and coast the descents... feel every bump in the road. Their adventure will knock you off your seat and back on the saddle. To ride the open road takes determination, stamina--and it helps to be Partners in Grime.

Gianna Bellofatto Reid, writer, "Life is a Bike."