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The fifth book in the series finds Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace joining Prince caspian on a ship called The Dawn Treader, which is setting sail to little known Narnian territories where Caspians uncles have been exiled. Each island explores a different sin by which an uncle fell, and a different magical encounter for the voyagers to face and resolve.
The developement of the mighty mouse Reepicheep is an especially welcome treat for children, and the scene in which Eustace becomes a dragon and embodies his own foul heart, so gaining a sort of enlightenment and a definite change of character, is a particularly skillful use of symbolism.
The reaching of Aslan's kingdom is also a symbol of enlightenment, with the Kingdom of Aslan invoking the Kingdom of Heaven in the reader's mind. The islands can be seen as steps in the path to heaven, and the character developement along the way can be seen as an outline to the steps towards righteousness and spirituality. As a fantasy or as a religious writing, this is a hugely important book!

J. Lyon Layden
The Other Side of Yore

A full cast of voices from many popular british actors, notably Paul Scofield as the narrator, this is a must own for any Chronicles of Narnia fan.

This a adaption of THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER is particularly one of the best of the Radio Theatre series first of all because I like the story, and secondly because the voice of Reepicheep is really well acted. The sound effects are first rate, and the closeness to the book is astounding.

I live just a few miles from Oxford, Ohio and Miami University, where Dr. Green does his work when he's not away from civilization, and have sailed or swam many times at Acton Lake, which he uses in an early chapter to introduce the science of limnology, or the study of lakes.

This is a complex and ambitious book, and the result is thoroughly engrossing. It is an introduction to lake science, an adventure tale, and an account of how a scientist plans and executes his work, but these are just at the surface. It is also a personal exploration of the author's own memories and motives. Ultimately, it is a book about what moves mankind to keep learning and exploring, presented using the author as his own example.

Wondering about the powerful emotional draw that Antarctica exerts on him, the author is reminded of his boyhood, when Great Lakes winter storms would transform his town's landscape with a featureless cover of snow, allowing him to explore what became, in his imagination, an unexplored land. He describes the beauty that can be found, if one will allow himself, in the terrifying nothingness of the universe, whether it be seen in the vast coldness of space or the inhuman bleakness of an ice-covered continent. Some of his colleagues found Antactica intolerable, probably for the same reasons. He writes...

"The ice seemed a reminder of the universe at large, of the universe as accident, as matter blown and strewn and expanding, 'heartless' as Melville had described it, all moon-filled and dry, hung with poisoned worlds, incinerating stars, vacuums of frozen light. Loneliness, the warm sun as memory, as myth, the blankness of white landscape, in which we see no trace of ourselves, no artifact of our genius and cunning...". Reading this, I was taken back to my own boyhood to find my love of exploration awakened as I stood studying the cold and vastly distant stars from by back yard, and felt the fearful thrill of being sucked upward into the eternal void...

As a classicist and poet, I am shy - if not wary - of "hard science". I stumbled upon this book by accident, browsing the non-fiction shelves in the public library. It is unique! I have ordered it - and I'm not even quite finished with it - I am reluctant to finish this first reading, although it is five-star enjoyment. Water Ice and Stone is a "braided river" (read it and you'll see why the phrase is in quotation marks) of a) Green's personal passion for his field and his subject that took him to the Antarctic lakes again and again; b) scientific explanations of that field that are accessible and fascinating without being either patronizing or unscholarly; c)the personal reminiscences and experiences that led to his choice of profession and to the Anarctic; d) the daily observations, colleagues and acts of living while he was there; and e) the beauty and wonder and astonishment and inspiration that this world we live in has to offer any of us who will take the time to look, to understand, to see. The book is science and it is poetry; it is wonder and it is analysis; it is a marvel. My highest acolade for books in fields that I did NOT take up is: it makes me almost wish I had become a.... Water, Ice and Stone left me an almost-geochemist.

It's kind of funny about how I never really identified with the hippies and the counter-culture when all this was going on. I was more inclined to believe the "establishment" version. Now, after all these years, I see that the counter-culture was more often right, or at least on the right track, than not. They tried to warn us- now look at the world....

The author starts out with a brief nod to the bohemians and beats before moving onto flower power, acid tests, and the Summer of Love. He points out that it is really the same sort of people involved. All through history you had your outsiders that chose to go furthur: philosophers, poets, artists, yogins, hermits, hippies, gypsies, magicians, shamans. It was just that in the sixties the Spirit infused itself into a large part of a generation and didn't have to confine itself to a bohemian underground. It even dared to expose the truth about the surrounding society- and suggest that things could be different. It looked for a time that things might really change for the better- and then corporate power struck back with a sledgehammer....

For an admitted pot smoker the author has written a well-organised and detailed account stretching well into the Reagan-counterrevolution. I see nothing too paranoid here. Indeed, just about all these claims have been verified to my satisfaction over the years. But, as the author points out, no one really cares anymore. The corporations are more powerful, greedy, and destructive than ever- and those Lost Angels that sense the truth are once again driven underground and to the fringes....

I borrowed a copy of this book from a friend of mine about a year ago and ended up reading this book from front to back in one sitting. It details many of the shady tactits used by the US gov't in the 60's to disinform and whitewash the American counter-culture(i.e. hippies, and beatniks) of it's dirty dealing here and abroad. Needless to say, after staying up all night and finishing this book I was slightly paranoid for a short while and forever interested in the undert-belly of this nation of ours. the book was very thought-provoking and deserves a place in any fledgling conspiracy theorist's bookshelf as a jumping on point.

"By all the standards that matter in the modern world - economic development and job creation, literacy and educational and scientific achievement, political freedom and respect for human rights - what was once a civilization has indeed fallen low." Thus, near the end of this 160 page meditation on "What Went Wrong," Bernard Lewis sums up the present status of the Middle East.

Earlier in the book he notes "according to a World Bank estimate, the total exports of the Arab world other than fossil fuels amount to less than Finland, a country of five million inhabitants. Nor is much coming into the region by way of capital investment. On the contrary, wealthy Middle Easterners prefer to invest their capital abroad, in the developed world." (Note the importance of the comment, "other than fossil fuels".)

This brief book, which is a re-written conflation of several lectures and articles by Lewis, is an uncompromising assessment of the modern Middle East. (Although published in 2002, it was written prior to the events of Sept. 11, 2001.) Professor Lewis examines a number of theories which purport to explain why, after centuries of superiority, the Islamic Middle East finds itself "poor, weak, and ignorant."

He notes the claims by Muslims that they are victims. "The question `Who did this to us?' has led only to neurotic fantasies and conspiracy theories." And in the end, Lewis concludes "...it is precisely the lack of freedom - freedom of the mind from constraint and indoctrination, to question and inquire and speak; freedom of the economy from corrupt and pervasivement mismanagement; freedom of women from male oppression; freedom of citizens from tyranny - that underlies so many of the troubles of the Muslim world."

This short book is well worth reading.

Lewis is the dean of Middle- Eastern historians. In this work he attempts to understand why most of the nations of the Middle East failed to meet the challenge of Modernity. One major source of this was the traditional relation to Women. Another major source was the closure of Mind which would not admit that the West had developed in ways which the world of Islam could learn from. A sense of defeat and inferiority did not lead to honest introspection and reform, but rather to Denial. The increasing sense of failure enabled the retaining of power by bureaucratic and governmental elites which worked not for the benefit of people or nation as a whole, but rather for their own narrow clan and group interests.

I found this book helpful in relieving night sweat with the use of herbs and supplements. I also learned the importance of excercise for bone support. I appreciate so much that this is a drugless approach to menopause. Much thanks yvonne

This is rather unusual for a man to do...but I have read this book twice!! I travel across the globe in reference to preventive medicine and read constantly. Dr. Lewis has absolutely written the most understandable book available "worldwide" for women's health. This is a must read for "men" or "women" if you want to learn more about a natural, drug-free approach to women's health problems and also contains RECIPES that the whole family can enjoy. Very clear yet comprehensive. This book is worth much more in value that the price of the book itself. Order one for a friend!

Kerry Daigle

I have not read this book, but I caution other shoppers that I believe this is the study guide to the main text and not a paperback edition of the original. I'm not sure about this, but the price matches those on other web sites for the paperback edition of the study guide (which bears the same name). Be careful.

I believe the other reviewer got confused about Amazon's listings.

Also, when buying from Marketplace 3rd party sellers here on Amazon, BUYER BEWARE. I am an Amazon Marketplace seller, and I see all the time other sellers listing older out-of-date textbook editions on the new edition listing page, Instructor books on the Student textbook listing page, workbooks on the textbook listings--probably in order to get their product on the better selling/higher priced Amazon page. PLEASE always read seller's description and also the feedback comments. If it isn't clearly stated what you are buying and the exact condition, ask the seller.

Another thing, these same reviews (including mine) will show up on all Amazon's listings for the different textbook and study guide editions of this book. Amazon needs to fix where reviews show up, so it won't confuse customers or mislead them.

By the way, I had the 5th edition textbook and Amazon's listing description for the book is correct.

Wonderful book. It really shows the importance of God in our lives. He can do anything, like this book shows. I really recommend it.

Merry Hanson's friend, Lissa, shows up at Merry's house one night bruised and banged up. Lissa says she can't go home or her father will beat her again. Can Merry help her? This book shows the importance of our tears to God. I really recommend Whispers Down the Lane!

You might remember the days before TV and IPODs. The days when stories in the living room before going to bed were supreme entertainment. For me, Lewis's "Wings of Dawn" brings back those wonderful times of homespun narratives. I can hear my grandfather's voice in these pages holding us spellbound with a story we remembered and retold years later, tales of breathing characters, amazing circumstances and metaphysical implications. Bravo, Mr. Lewis! And thanks for an evening of such powerful nostalgia.

Where has this author been hiding? This book kept me going back for more, and at the end, I wanted more. I am a book reader and this is one of the finest!! Does any one know this author and does he have other books out there or to be published in the future?

I actually got this book from a garage sale and I started reading it, thinking it was one of those books that would put me to sleep at night..I was so wrong! This book is so detailed and interesting that I was addicted to it..It actually gave me a feeling as if I were part of the story!

Okay, I was forced to do a book report for school, and I just happened to pick this book off the shelf. I would just like to say, I couldn't put it down! I could just feel myself in those witch gatherings. It was very graphic and descriptive. When I finally gave my report, I grossed the entire class out, and it was extremely edited! I left 3/4 of what happened out. I tell ya, this book is not for the squeamish. It's excellent.

"The thrill of watching a building go up is compounded a hundredfold when that building also happens to be a world landmark. Through historical photographs, Works in Progress invites us behind the construction fences of over eighty well-known structures--from the Statue of Liberty and the Golden Gate Bridge, to the space shuttle Endeavour. The urban skyscrapers, public monuments, bridges, theaters and stadiums pictured in the book are organized chronologically, so as to describe the evolution of both building styles and of photography over the past 150 years. The author describes each site in a short essay, providing facts about the work's creation drawn from news accounts, architects' records, and other archival sources. The images reproduced in the book were taken both by eminent practitioners--the likes of Mathew Brady, Lewis Hines and Walker Evans--and by lesser-known ones.

"By Alvin Rosenbaum. 208 pages, size: 10 x 12". 112 dutone photographs. Casebound book, with dust jacket. ISBN: 0-87654-069-8.""--© Pomegranate

OK. So I haven't read the whole book. That's not the point when it's a coffee table book. This book is like a big box of Godiva chocolates--It's actually better to have a just a small taste every now and then, instead of trying to take in everything in one sitting. This is a book you want to slowly savor, after all, it covers a lot of great history and showcases some of the great structures modern man has created. And also like those chocolates, any house guest that stumbles upon your book will also be delighted to flip through the pages...Unless they're some sort of whacko that doesn't like Godiva, in which case you should invite them to leave immediately, since it should be obvious that they're nothing but trouble.