e91a6278-1c50-4fef-93f8-e4694551ad64TrueNewShip34GreeneAmazonLargeBooksreviewrank177851779096222961Xhttp://www.amazon.com/Images-Gamble-House-Masterwork-Greene/dp/096222961X%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D096222961X2939277Jeanette A. ThomasPaperback728.809229780962229619096222961XGamble HouseEnglishEnglishEnglish2495USD$24.95Gamble HouseBook1989-05Gamble HouseGamble House895USD$8.950500005.011096222961X5002007-05-28

A wonderful book

This book is an excellent companion before, during, and after your visit to the Gamble House. The photographs are spectacular and allow the reader to see the unique design elements and patterns found throughout the house.The contagious energy and optimism of the new century spurred architects Charles and Henry Greene and their clients, David and Mary Gamble, to break with tradition in 1907 to create a home that was original and uniquely American. The Gamble House is a harmonious composition of related details that become the focus of this unusual book. After an introduction to the Greenes, the Gambles, and the house, the reader examines at close range the artistry and craftsmanship that makes this house one of the treasures of the century. Over 100 color photographs convey the dramatic interior of this Arts and Crafts masterpiece.0811818780158685116018928362970941936961B001F7APKC1000Subjects1Arts & Photography2Biographies & Memoirs3Business & Investing4Children's Books4366Comics & Graphic Novels5Computers & Internet6Cooking, Food & Wine86Entertainment301889Gay & Lesbian10Health, Mind & Body9History48Home & Garden10777Law17Literature & Fiction13996Medicine18Mystery & Thrillers53Nonfiction290060Outdoors & Nature20Parenting & Families173507Professional & Technical21Reference22Religion & Spirituality23Romance75Science25Science Fiction & Fantasy26Sports28Teens27Travel283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1420881353http://www.amazon.com/Immigrants-Dream-J-Greene-Lawrence/dp/1420881353%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D14208813534975208http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F9JAAPJTL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F9JAAPJTL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F9JAAPJTL.jpg500333J. Greene LawrenceHardcover30497814208813561001420881353AuthorHouseEnglishEnglishEnglish9102499USD$24.99AuthorHouse1208Book2005-11-07AuthorHouseAuthorHouse1006102499USD$24.991445USD$14.45220011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewpmghp%2BpAc4JyZfdufgvPB%2FzUY9D2%2Fa493f%2B6c6u0HX4RO7axPs07MnIQQvFDN4n4q7pUUAXZv2ibOS0JHD5xtyEtP%2BmSphhj2499USD$24.99Usually ships in 24 hours5.01114208813535002005-12-15

Great Book!

This book is so patriotic. I did not even know that the founding fathers granted naturalized citizens access to the Presidency. This book is a history course in itself and I agree with amending the constitution. They shot down every argument that I have ever heard against letting naturalized citizens run for President. <br /> <br />I guess the important thing that everyone needs to remember is that we are all Americans. I would definitely recommend this book."My grandmother is 99-years-old. She’d have made one helluva President, regardless of the fact that she was born in Yugoslavia. Same with Arnold, and in his case, this book explains why. Now isn’t the time to limit the pool of presidential aspirants, it is the time to expand it!" <P>Michael A. Smerconish, Esq. Radio Host on 1210AM WPHT The Big Talker in Philadelphia and Author of Flying Blind <P> Is it logical that a naturalized U.S. citizen can become Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, or even National Security Advisor, but cannot be elected our President? More than 50,000 U.S. immigrants are currently serving in our military—is it morally right that they defend with their lives a constitution that bars them from becoming our Commander-In-Chief? <P>How would it feel to be told as a young immigrant that you are ineligible to become a U.S. President because you are not American enough? <P>How is it possible that the United States, a nation of immigrants, is one step behind Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and India concerning the issue of naturalized citizens assuming the highest office in the land? At the adoption of our constitution, did you know that every foreign-born citizen living on U.S. soil was automatically granted access to the U.S. Presidency? An Immigrant’s Dream was written to promote and irrefutably defend the swift ratification of the Equal Opportunity To Govern Amendment, also known as the Hatch Amendment, which would grant naturalized American citizens with a minimum of 20 years of U.S. citizenship the right to run for President of the United States—effectively amending the natural born clause in Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution. <P>This book explores the Founding Father’s rationale for inserting the natural-born clause into the U.S. Constitution in 1787; why the Framers prohibited naturalized citizens from becoming President after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution; and why this "grandfather clause" granted naturalized citizens access to the Presidency at the signing of the document. Our investigation into the origins of the natural-born clause draws the inescapable conclusion that the Founding Fathers would agree with the Hatch Amendment in modern America. <P>Rigorously examining the safety concerns surrounding the Hatch Amendment in a post-9/11 world, this book allays national security xenophobia and spotlights the naked truth of native-born treason in America. <P>Proving that naturalized citizens are no less American than Native-born citizens, An Immigrant’s Dream unearths the stories of some of America’s most influential immigrants. Their patriotic legacies expose an inherent ambiguity in the definition of the word "American" and confirm that patriotism is a choice—not a birthright.10864Emigration & Immigration173492Administrative Law10777Law1000Subjects283155Books11251Emigration & Immigration11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11289General11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0006BMCKYhttp://www.amazon.com/Improper-Bostonian-Emily-Greene-Laureate/dp/B0006BMCKY%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0006BMCKY2252853Mercedes M RandallHardcoverTwayne PublishersEnglishTwayne Publishers475Book1964Twayne PublishersTwayne Publishers2000USD$20.002000USD$20.000220005.011B0006BMCKY5222007-11-03

From the Dustjacket

"In 1946 Emily Greene Balch was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor which only one other American woman -- Jane Addams -- has ever received. For Miss Balch it crowned thirty years of pioneering for peace. In May, 1915, in the midst of World War I, a handful or American and European women, including Jane Addams and Emily Balch...made an unprecidented journey through Europe to urge a concrete plan for attaining an early peace." "Though Emily Balch was reared among proper Bostonians...it was her choice, in advocating political and social ideas far in advance of her time, to mingle with many improper Bostonians, prisoners, prostitutes, paupers, labor leaders...." "...written by a younger friend and colleague, to whom Emily Balch, before her death, turned over all her private papers, letters, diaries, journals, and unpublished manuscripts."227491International Law173518Law173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1416053867http://www.amazon.com/Infectious-Diseases-Dog-Cat-VETERINARY/dp/1416053867%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D14160538671342941Craig E. GreeneHardcover63697814160538662001416053867SaundersEnglishEnglishEnglish111019300USD$193.00Saunders11387Book2007-06-14SaundersSaunders74588040173USD$401.731000005.01114160538675002008-01-26

Review from a Pathology teacher.

Infectious diseases of the dog and cat is a very welcome text for clinicians and pathologists. This 1387-page volume includes 100 chapters that cover diseases induced by all the known etiological agents either restricted to some countries or worldwide spread. Chapters 1 and 2 describe laboratory work concerning diagnosis and clinical epidemiology, and chemotherapeutical procedures, respectively. Each following chapter is organized over a basic outline including the etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical and pathologic findings, diagnosis, therapy and prevention. When applicable, public health considerations are added. From chapter 85 onwards clinical problems concerning systemic diseases and particular clinical situations are presented. This book provides an overview of what is currently known about infectious diseases of small animals as well as a comprehensive detailed information about these diseases. The editor and contributors have done an outstanding work.It must be considered one of the pillars of a high standard medical library. <b><u>Veterinary Consult</u></b><br>The Veterinary Consult version of this title provides electronic access to the complete content of this book. Veterinary Consult allows you to electronically search your entire book, make notes, add highlights, and study more efficiently. Purchasing additional Veterinary Consult titles makes your learning experience even more powerful. All of the Veterinary Consult books will work together on your electronic "bookshelf", so that you can search across your entire library of veterinary books. Veterinary Consult: It's the best way to learn!<br><br><b><u>Book Description</u></b><br>Featuring full-color illustrations and hundreds of tables with diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines, this authoritative resource explores the diagnosis and treatment of canine and feline infectious diseases caused by viruses, rickettsiae, chlamydiae, mycoplasmas, bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, and unknown agents. Discussion of each disease includes diagnostic testing, indications and methods for sample collection, in-office diagnostic procedures, and more. It also features a complete antimicrobial drug formulary, drug dosage tables, prescribing information, immunization recommendations, and a list of product manufacturers.<br><br>Book plus fully searchable electronic access to text.14160360080721628257141602615007216949770813820561689826011Small Animal689675011Veterinary Medicine468228Medicine & Health Sciences465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713006011General AAS689675011Veterinary Medicine468228Medicine & Health Sciences465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712996011General AAS468228Medicine & Health Sciences465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712982011General AAS465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books14448Small Animal Medicine14439Veterinary Medicine13996Medicine1000Subjects283155Books14445General14439Veterinary Medicine13996Medicine1000Subjects283155Books14183General13996Medicine1000Subjects283155Books227740Small Animal Medicine227719Veterinary Medicine173514Medical173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books227720General227719Veterinary Medicine173514Medical173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0815514751http://www.amazon.com/International-Resources-Guide-Hazardous-Chemicals/dp/0815514751%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08155147513253222http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UY5khtJNL._SL75_.jpg7561http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UY5khtJNL._SL160_.jpg160130http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UY5khtJNL.jpg500405GreeneHardcover363.1797808155147561040815514751Noyes PublicationsEnglishEnglishEnglish108424900USD$249.00Noyes Publications11000Book2002-11Noyes PublicationsNoyes Publications2699069500USD$95.007500USD$75.00840011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewXPMhaQEJRtPadtyqgd258XoLGvYE4DnZtJg5HO94hsGSx%2FGahExaDuYqaQsxUzE17Zz3Owqa3t9HbwgOEsVCAQ%3D%3D24900USD$249.00Usually ships in 24 hours5.01108155147515002003-05-23

From E-Streams - May 2003

This book is the companion to Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, 4th edition. Hazardous chemicals listed in Sittig are the basis of this book. "This book is intended for chemists, toxicologists, laboratory technicians, manufacturers, safety professionals and government personnel involved in environmental and industrial safety and health matters." <p> The resource is divided into eight sections. Section 1 is the largest section and takes up half the book. You will find an alphabetical list of hazardous chemicals and their manufacturers names. It also lists the country of the manufacturer if not made in the U.S.<p> Section 2 (International Directory of Manufacturers of Hazardous Chemicals) is an alphabetical list by country of chemical names and their manufacturer. Each entry includes address, phone, fax, email, and website. It may also include parent company, subsidiaries/affiliates and stock listing.<p> Sections 3 (International Chemical Industry Organizations), Section 4 (Professional Environmental Health and Industrial Hygiene Organizations) and Section 5 (International Environmental Protection Agencies) are all organized alphabetically by country and list organization or agency name, address, phone, fax, email, and website. Some entries include a brief description of the organization. Only federal agencies are listed for the United Statesin Section 5.<p> Section 6 (State Environmental, Health and Occupational Safety Agencies) is organized by state or U.S. territory and includes agency name, address, phone, fax, email, and website.<p> Section 7 lists Hotlines, Databases, and Useful Web Sites. The hotlines appear to be U.S.and Canadian only. Hotline or database name, responsible organization, hotline number, email, website and organization descriptions are listed. Useful websites include those from .com, .edu, .org, and .gov websites. Many of the listed hotlines from federal agencies. Many database listings include contact phone numbers, which is a great feature.<p> Section 8 (Poison Control Centers) is organized by state and lists organization name, address, emergency phone number or hotline, and the area served. The book also includes an index.<p> This is an excellent resource. It is very easy to use and includes quality sources. It will serve as a nice jumping point for further research. This reviewer gives International Resources Guide to Hazardous Chemicals: Manufacturers, Agencies, Organizations, and Sources of Information an enthusiastic recommendation to all libraries concerned with environmental and chemical safety issues.This book is a direct companion to <b><i>Sittig’s Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens (0-8155-1459-X)</b></i> in that the hazardous chemicals listed in Sittig are the source for <b>Sittig's International Resources Guide to Hazardous Chemicals</b>. <p> With more than 7,500 entries highlighting chemical producers worldwide, this international directory is a reference for chemists, toxicologists, lab technicians, manufacturers, environmental control officers, industrial safety engineers, and emergency first responders. <p> Also included are international chemical industry organizations, federal and state agencies, hotlines, databases and useful web sites for anyone seeking hazardous chemical information.13654General227539Chemical173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books13745General13735Environmental227541Civil173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books13764Safety & Health227550Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books16052401Safety13570Chemistry75Science1000Subjects283155Books14644Safety & Health14631Technology75Science1000Subjects283155Books13857General75Science1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1880851032http://www.amazon.com/Jaeger-Family-Jennifer-Raymond-Seidel/dp/1880851032%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D18808510321817138http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/217EQP7DSAL._SL75_.jpg7555http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/217EQP7DSAL._SL160_.jpg12390http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/217EQP7DSAL.jpg12390Jennifer Raymond SeidelHardcover9781880851036401880851032Greene Bark PrEnglishEnglishEnglish810795USD$7.95Greene Bark Pr11Book1992-07Greene Bark PrAges 4-8Greene Bark Pr65600167USD$1.670100005.01118808510325002000-07-14

A delightful, heartwarming, highly recommended story.

Ably written and nicely illustrated by Jennifer Seidel, Jaeger Finds A Family is the delightful and heartwarming story of Jaeger, a Labrador retriever living in a dog pound who is adopted by a loving family. Young readers ages 5 to 8 will not only be thoroughly entertained, they will encounter the clear message that no matter how many parents or siblings live with them, they are still a vital and welcome part of their family. Highly recommended.In his animal shelter kennel, a forlorn puppy, who wanted to be loved by a large family, awaits the young, single woman who adopted him.18827283190807529761170062General2785Ages 4-84Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books2854Fiction2853Pets2787Animals4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713072011General AAS4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books673422011Ages 4-8673420011Age Range (age_range)388186011Refinements283155Books1930108028http://www.amazon.com/Jeeves-I-Need-Help-Tricks/dp/1930108028%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D19301080283636895http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TKNRABM9L._SL75_.jpg7575http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TKNRABM9L._SL160_.jpg160160http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TKNRABM9L.jpg474475Callie GregoryLynda GreenePaperbackMarcos Sorensen004.6789781930108028311930108028Ask JeevesEnglishEnglishEnglish698695USD$6.95Ask Jeeves1104Book2000-09-30Ask JeevesAges 9-12Ask Jeeves22698300USD$3.001USD$0.0131400005.011193010802856102000-09-06

WOW, this one saved my sanity!

So much information packed in such a wonderfully entertaining and informative book. This is a gem, I found this to be quite helpful in helping me learn to use the internet for reasearch and loved the section on creating a Bibliography, a great search engine delivers a great product.Jeeves, I Need Help! helps kids do what they want to do online faster, easier, and more effectively - whether it's hooking up with other kids or researching a topic for a school report. Written in the same entertaining but authoritative tone as Callie Gregory's Jeeves, I'm Bored, this is a how-to book that addresses the needs of kids with clear, practical tips and strategies. When kids use the Internet at home, they don't have the benefit of a reference librarian who can preselect the best resources. Jeeves, I Need Help! teaches them to play that role themselves, explaining which sites are likely to be reliable and appropriate, how rewording a question may get a better answer, or how to narrow or broaden a search as needed. Also included is information on e-mail, URLs, plug-ins, site navigation, filtering software, and safety concerns.170063General2786Ages 9-124Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books2914Internet2909Computers4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713072011General AAS4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books4117Web for Kids69766Internet69765Home Computing5Computers & Internet1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books673423011Ages 9-12673420011Age Range (age_range)388186011Refinements283155Books0060222093http://www.amazon.com/Jenny-Summer-Carol-Greene/dp/0060222093%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D00602220936820613Carol GreeneLibrary BindingEllen Eagle9780060222093500060222093HarpercollinsEnglishEnglishEnglish7251289USD$12.89Harpercollins176Book1988-04HarpercollinsAges 9-12Harpercollins5057556USD$0.560800005.01100602220935001999-04-08

A great book!

I really like this book. Robin is bored. Melissa Berger becomes her friend. They sleep over. But when Robin finds Melissa reading her diary, she gets mad at her. Then Jenny moves next door. They become best friends. They even tie a rope between their houses. A basket is on the rope, so they can send messages back and forth. But then, Jenny's parents get a divorce. Her dad is in love with another girl. Her mom wants to move to Texas. Neither one of them want Jenny. Jenny gets to live with her grandparents in Chicago. Melissa is Robin's friend again. But Robin will never forget her Jenny summer.When a new family with a girl her age moves in next door, Robin discovers the pleasure of having a best friend and the pain of losing her.170063General2786Ages 9-124Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713074011General AAS2786Ages 9-124Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books16254411General2966Literature4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713108011General AAS2966Literature4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713072011General AAS4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0937206822http://www.amazon.com/Greene-Mexico-Modernist-Magazine-Artist/dp/0937206822%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0937206822Gussie FauntleroyHardcoverNew Mexico Magazine97809372068290937206822New Mexico MagazineEnglishNew Mexico Magazine194Book2004-01New Mexico MagazineNew Mexico Magazine0000005.01109372068225222004-11-08

A full-color gallery of vibrant oil paintings

Written by a neighbor of Joel Greene who has written professionally about art and artists since 1986, Joel Greene: New Mexico Modernist is a full-color gallery of vibrant oil paintings by Joel Greene, which reduce scenes down to their simplest shapes with a striking flair reminicent of the efforts of Pablo Picasso, yet which offer their own individualist spin on landscapes and still lifes. Comments and essays on the artist's life and creative process fill out the captivating images in this treasury of modern art especially recommended for personal browsing and collections. A truly adventurous compendium offering a gateway into a parallel world of profound images that bring out the dormant truth underneath complex layers of everyday detail. <br />Joel Greene, who was raised in Northern New Mexico, has been called one of the most elegant of abstractionists. His work includes landscapes, still lifes, and figures. <p>Greene says he paints intuitively, but of all aspects of art he is most interested in drawing and organization—the architecture of a painting.<p>In addition, though nature inspires him, his paintings come from memory and imagination, and many are idealized. Different types of paintings offer different kinds of artistic freedom. Still lifes offer the most freedom (“because it is easier to accept strange things in a still life”) and figures, the least (“unless you are Picasso”). His landscapes are the softest, least angular of his work, and the work in which he can most glory in the way shapes, tones, lines, and color define space, form, movement. <p>Greene’s series of oil on panel paintings of Cundiyo rock formations and New Mexico landscapes are variations on a theme, in a muted palette of sandy browns, light and deep greens, and cool blues. He says he has “always been struck by the geological forces that shape our land: volcanoes, uplift erosion.” He suggests this visually in a way that brings to mind a toned-down regionalism of Thomas Hart Benton combined with the shorthand abstraction of Milton Avery.<p>Joel Greene’s work is in the collections of such museums as the University of New Mexico Museum of Art, the Harwood Foundation, the Roswell Museum and Art Center, and the New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, among others.<p><i>New Mexico Magazine Artist Series</i>1066General1064History & Criticism1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books713290011General AAS9History1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1883402476http://www.amazon.com/John-Dickson-Carr-Explained-Miracles/dp/1883402476%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1883402476765131http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ZTA8QXWL._SL75_.jpg7549http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ZTA8QXWL._SL160_.jpg160105http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ZTA8QXWL.jpg475313Douglas G. GreeneHardcover813.5297818834024711501883402476Otto Penzler BooksEnglishEnglishEnglish9503500USD$35.00Otto Penzler Books537Book1995-03Otto Penzler BooksOtto Penzler Books1906507500USD$75.004652USD$46.5210000USD$100.001410005.01118834024765112008-07-19

Excellent Biography of John Dickson Carr (Carter Dickson)

John Dickson Carr excelled at creating "impossible" crimes and then explaining how they occurred. To enjoy Carr's mysteries, you must like puzzles that have intricate solutions, and not mind that a few aspects may be difficult to follow. While Carr's solutions are clever, these mysteries were written in the 1930s to 1950s, so there may be an occasional clue that doesn't hold up in today's CSI era. Though some will disagree, Carr's most entertaining mysteries are those that feature Sir Henry Merrivale (written under the name Carter Dickson). <br /> <br />JOHN DICKSON CARR: THE MAN WHO EXPLAINED MIRACLES is the definitive biography of Carr. Fans of Sir Henry Merrivale and Dr. Gideon Fell will enjoy the excellent analyses of Carr's works, including weaknesses as well as strengths. And these analyses can help you decide which of Carr's works to buy and which to avoid. (Of course, you may disagree with a few of Greene's evaluations. He loved "The Three Coffins" and "The Burning Court;" I disliked the former and hated the latter.) On the infrequent occasions when Greene has to reveal a surprise ending in order to make his point, he warns you with four asterisks and the next sentence in boldface, so you can skip that paragraph if you haven't read the book. <br /> <br />It is interesting to observe how some of what Carr wrote paralleled events in his life. Greene's biography has been criticized for treading lightly on some aspects (e.g., Carr's alcoholism). But many personal details are included, so this is at worst a minor flaw. Greene's scholarship about Carr's works is outstanding, and includes one fact I was pleased to learn: Although the bittersweet ending to "He Who Whispers" predicts the imminent death of a (single) character I really liked, Carr gave her a reprieve by mentioning her as happily married in a mystery he wrote 20 years later. Highly recommended.Going behind the scenes of the theatrical, ingenious productions of the master of "impossible crime" and "locked room" mysteries, a look at the world and adventures of John Dickson Carr shows how the man and his work were one.080956259607867017492398Religious2396Leaders & Notable People2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2375General2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books713038011General AAS2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books10305British10300Short Stories17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books1002120th Century10016British10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books16004551General10016British10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books1600471120th Century9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books713411011General AAS9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10129Contemporary17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books605116General18Mystery & Thrillers1000Subjects283155Books12034Mystery12026Genre Fiction12015Writing21Reference1000Subjects283155Books12498Mystery12489Fiction22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books713609011General AAS22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR6VUI0FZZ97VTLIVES,LETTERS&MEMOIRS OF GREAT MYSTERY WRITERS