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"Figures of Play" is relatively short but well
documented (160 pages of text, 80 of notes, bibliography,
and index). All the Greek is translated, making the book
accessible to students of drama or comparative literature
as well as to classicists....this book covers a lot of
ground, from tragedy to comedy, performance to
intertextuality, and will be of interest to scholars in
many areas." Anne Mahoney, Ph.D., Tufts University

This is the most important and up-to-date book on film processing, and recommendable to students, researchers and practical engineers who are interested in polymeric films. It will not be possible to find this kind of book elsewhere, which covers a wide range of science and technology of film processing.

This book IS still available if Amazon.com would contact the publisher, and B. Winter is NOT the designer as indicated on this site. Great reference book especially for the homebased business builder ... it's stuff you only learn "in the trenches." (January 2003)

Young idealists beware. That oblivious balding guy-the one with the sad little ponytail and thecell phone stuck to his ear who just cut you off inhis $50,000 SUV-used to be a hippie. He used to stay up all night tripping, talking about free love and overthrowing the military/industrial complex. The closest he gets to free love now is the 60 hours a week he spends at his job, with his face planted firmly between the arse cheeks of The Man. Any of us could be next, if we're not careful.

So it went for Harry Lascome in Finding Woodstock. He's a mild, unnoticed man who, at his wife Beth's prodding, moves his family to the suburbs over the protests of their two unhappy kids. His life begins to slip off the tracks when Beth runs off to San Francisco with another suburban housewife to explore some free love of their own. In rapid succession, Harry loses his job and is preparing to move with his kids back to the city (sans wife), when he learns that he stands to inherit $8 million, provided he lives in a rickety Catskills farmhouse and takes care of a deceased client's cat for one year.

Once there Harry finds that his only neighbors are the remnants of a '60s commune, reduced to two people, Moon Crater and his daughter Moon Light. Odd though they seem at first, over time Harry finds that it's his old life that has taken on an otherworldliness in his mind; it's the suburbs that seem surreal from the vantage point of the quiet winter woods.

Built on a foundation of black humor a la Kurt Vonnegut and generously underpinned with jabs at the slow strangulation of life in the suburbs, Tillman's book amuses without giving up any of its pointed barbs. Finding Woodstock is an excellent read for those of us who wonder how anyone who lives in a $300,000 house in a lily-white, economically gated community can justify calling themselves a liberal. And it's a call to action - or a requiem - for any aging boomers out there who might still have a nagging ghost of a recollection of all they gave up when they started moving on up. -Kurt J. Brighton

I enjoyed very much this book for it is profound. I enjoyed reading his personal story in finding his own calling. I invite everyone to take the time to search for their calling.

Eva Jeannine Meloche
Soul Purpose, Career & Retirement Coach
www.womenlivingsoulfully.com

Think "Russian Revolution" and what date comes to mind? 1991? 1917? 1905?

Try: December 14, 1825!

Ninety two years before the Revolution of 1917 in which the Bolsheviks seized power, a miscarried Revolution occured which aimed for the first time ever, to change the Tsarist autocratic regime in Russia and institute a more liberal, democratic system. It failed, yet its repercussions continued to be felt for decades to come.

The First Russian Revolution-1825, by Dr. Anatole G. Mazour, published originally in 1937 and making extensive use of primary Russian sources stands the test of time as the definitive work on this little known yet profound event in the political life of Imperial Russia.

What came to be known as the Decembrist Revolt is traced back to its roots in the 18th century Russia where the development of an intelligensia is sparked by internal reforms and the Enlightenment thinking infiltrating from Western Europe. The economic problems caused by serfdom, where an astonishing 90% of the population of Russia lived as virtual slaves to the nobility; the influence of Russia's decisive participation in the Napoleonic Wars; Russian participation in European affairs; and increasing contact with the West stimulated the growth of these ideas.

The general brutality and cruelty of the Tsarist ministers and officals and their reaction to blossoming liberal ideas led to the development of secret societies of various philosophies and objectives culminating with a challenge the Tsarist government on December 14, 1825. It was the first day of the reign of Tsar Nicholas I.

The book is very well organized in an easy to read 290 pages which covers the social, political and economic conditions in the north and south of Russia, its relations with neighboring states, the revolt itself, and the trial and resulting punishment of the revolutionaries. It contains some surprising revelations, such as the extensive use of French as a language of Russian royalty and the nobility, and personal insights into Nicholas I and his unusual rise to the throne. Dr. Manzour ends with an analysis of the lasting effects of the revolt on Nicholas I personally and the Tsarist autocratic system, and the development of the Russian state.

Included in the appendix are excerpts of the testimony and letters of some of the principal revolutionists to the Tsar's investigative commission; their letters to Nicholas himself, and letters between Nicholas and his elder brother Grand Duke Constantine. Also included are numerous portraits of various participants. Unfortunately in the edition I have (1961), the letters between Nicholas and Constantine, as well as some additional documents are in their original French! Hopefully a future edition will translate these into English so they will be understandable, and with a footnote to indicate the original document was written in French.

This book is required reading for all those who want to understand the origins of Russia's long struggle to become a free, open, democratic society with a market economy ruled by laws and not by men. This endeavor continues, with more success, to this day...177 years later.

Originally published by the American Philosophical Society in 1933, this new Krieger Publishing Company edition of William K. Gregory's Fish Skulls is a seminal, scholarly, detailed work devoted to ichthyology, or the scientific study of the evolution of fish. The thorough and extensive text, heightened by the black-and-white diagrams of numerous sample fish skulls, analyze the composition and contrasts in fish bone structure in minute detail. A college-level reference that has justly survived the test of time due to its meticulous accuracy, Fish Skulls is an essential, core volume for any professional or academic Marine Evolution Studies or Ichthyology Studies reference collection.

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Gregory Hansen's study of Richard Seaman is a fascinating book that takes us into the world of a little-known artist. The book's analysis of Seaman's place within Florida history and culture is very intelligent and insightful. What makes the book so enjoyable to read, however, is that Hansen allows his subject to speak. Seaman's tall-tales are entertaining for any reader. Hansen displays a real affection for his subject that is unusual and refreshing for a study from a university press.

Florizella has got to be one of the most likeable fairy story heriones around. She is smart, sweet, and not at all intimidated by her lack of beauty. Florizella's adventures begin when she finds a pack of wolf cubs in the forest, and decides to bring them home to the castle as pets. Despite the fact she is a princess, she is like most youngsters in that her parents deeply disapprove of having wild animals in the house. Florizella, being clever, finds a way to disguise the wolves... and that is where the story gets interesting. For those about 7-11 in age, as a parent, I could hardly reccommend more appealing fare!