Customer Reviews:
Gripping and satisfying.......2005-07-25
Other reviewers have explained the plot pretty well, so I'll skip the details and just say that Suz's plotting is as detailed, consistent and believable as always.
Derailed from his mission by amnesia, Mitch's worst fears are that he is a criminal and might hurt Becca. (Yes, you would think that he might get a clue about his own character from observing what he is most afraid of!) Becca is strong and honest, a great match for Mitch, yet in all their combined toughness they are both very sensitive and vulnerable characters.
With all the physical and emotional pain that Mitch suffers, the book could be rather dark, but his determination and motivation keep pushing toward the light. And we are treated to some wonderful Keystone Cops moments from SEALs Lucky, Bobby and Wes, as they try to find Mitch and figure out what has gone wrong.
I've read all 11 of Suzanne Brockmann's Team 10 books at least three times each, and this remains one of my three all-time favorites.
It's Like "Bourne Identity" Only Better!!.......2003-11-11
"Identity:Unknown" is one of the best books in the Tall Dark and Dangerous series. It has remarkable characters and tons of action. Good job, Suzanne Brockmann. Now, I can't wait to read Lucky's story.
Mitch - vow!.......2000-06-12
This is an amnesia story where the reader knows all the time who the hero is (good). In this book Mitch has to fight with his own demons and nightmares and trust a woman at same time. It has lines to other TDD- books. Lucky is one of the main side characters, because Mrs. Brockmann was clearly writing his story (get Lucky) in her mind allready. I liked the swimming parts and horseriding. It shows that SEALs learn to adapt under the situation if has to. As a person this Mission Man was my kind of a hero. The cover was excellent and the guy inside had his rough moments but he made it clear and chose the woman he loved. This book was like an old western where a lonely rider finally finds his goal and stays behind. As of these Star Wars lines (yes, Obi-Wan) when the other guys were wondering if Mitch has gone to the Dark side of the Force... I loved it.
The Unknown SEAL.......2000-05-10
US Navy Seal Mitchell Shaw can't remember anything, but a couple of clues lead him to work in a ranch for Becca Keyes.
As Mitch works to unravel the mystery of his identity, he begins to fall in love with Becca, and the feeling is mutual.
Not the very best SEAL book, but I liked it a lot.
SEALs are soooo sexy!.......2000-03-20
I loved this book, as well as every other book in the series. I think navy SEALs, as romance characters, are so sexy. I especially loved the return of all the previous characters. The only problem I had was that there wasn't enough of Joe and Victoria Catalonotto, but other than that, it's a must read.
Book Description
On her deathbed, Beaufils's mother leaves him with a quest and a clue: find your father, a knight of King Arthur's court. So Beaufils leaves the isolated forest of his youth and quickly discovers that he has much to learn about the world beyond his experience. Beaufils's innocence never fails to make his companions grin, but his fresh outlook on the world's peculiarities turns out to be more of a gift than a curse as they encounter unexpected friends and foes. With his constant stream of wise fools and foolish wise men, holy hermits and others of rather less holiness, plotting magicians and conniving Ladies, Gerald Morris infuses these medieval stories with a riotous humor all his own.
Customer Reviews:
A pleasureable read!.......2007-09-08
I have read all the Squire's Tale Books. I enjoyed number 8 very much, just as I enjoyed all the others. Stories of knights and King Arthur in particular have always been enjoyable to me. One of the professional reviews referred to the beginning age for this book as 5th grade and another said age 9. I disagree, though not drastically. My daughter is in the 4th grade. I would not want her to read it until she is in middle school, which is now the 6th grade in our district. The main character is looking for his father who does not know he was born out of wedlock. There is at least one reference to young knights "tomcatting around". The earlier books could perhaps be for a slightly younger age, but the stories are a little more mature in the later books for at least a middle school age. Of course, the Arthurian legends contain many references to faithfulness and unfaithfulness in marriage. Other than this simple caution, I think the books are a wonderful read. I would have read everyone of them straight through if I did not have two wonderful kids to distract me. Gerald Morris does a great job with his characters, the way he uses the original legends in the stories, and the hilarious situational and verbal humor. I am delighted to have discovered all the books by Morris while browsing and waiting on my kids at the library.
A Book to Get Lost In.......2006-12-28
The Quest of the Fair Unknown is a very good book. Starting with Beaufils (pronounced Bo-feece) burying his mother and taking off to Camelot, the story is filled with transformations, magic, and adventure. It is really funny and is a great read.
The speech is realistic, the details descriptive yet not boring, and the characters very interesting. While Galahad and the hermits are just hilarious, others are more quiet, fun, active or, (in Beaufils' case)innocent.
I gave this book four stars simply because in my opinion The Squire's Tale is better. But really, this book is a must read, as of all Gerald Morris' books. The Quest of the Fair Unknown has a surprising but happy ending, and I enjoyed it very much.
P.S (The lady on the front cover is NOT killing the donkey!)
Fine story of adventure and exploration........2006-12-10
THE QUEST OF THE FAIR UNKNOWN provides a fine fantasy telling of a boy's quest to find his father, a knight of King Arthur's court. Beaufils leaves his isolated forest home in search of a man he knows only as 'Father' and finds himself on a mission to seek the Holy Grail in this fine story of adventure and exploration.
A Clever Addition to the Series.......2006-10-08
I am a fan of Gerald Morris' work, and this is a delightful addition to his Squire's Tales Series. The story follows an innocent who goes in search of his father after the death of his mother. Supporting characters include new characters Galahad, Ellyn, Bors and Lionel, and old favorites Gawain and Terrance. There are no fools in this book, a change for the series, and I think it is an improvement. Everyone seems to have a motivation; each of them is trying to do right in his own way (some failing miserably), which is appropriate for the subject matter. Yes, admidst the light banter, there are suprisingly deep themes. Gerald Morris explores the nature of right and wrong and the purpose of existence, and I think he pulls it off nicely. This book can be enjoyed by children for its wit and adventure and by adults for [the same reasons plus] the questions it raises.
This book is a bit different from the rest of the series in it seems to set itself up for a sequal. It is much shorter than previous novels, and I suspect that this book may be half of the original story idea. Lancelot, for instance, is mentioned at the beginning of the book, but he never appears later on, even though the events of the book could be really close to home for him. A new bad guy character is introduced, and some characters are warned about him, but afterwards he disappears from the narrative. You should not take this to mean that the book has plot holes. It is more a sense that future events in the series are being foreshadowed here, and I look forward to reading that book as well.
Now, as a bonus, I will talk about my favorite aspect of the series as a whole--the cover art. This book is as ridiculous as ever (part of the charm), a hodgepodge of victorian clip art with visible scan lines. The artist has depicted a scene found nowhere in the book, complete with at least one unidentifiable character and a mysterious green glow immenating from the door on the right (a grossly misinterpreted "fair unknown" perhaps?) All this is hillarious, of course, but sadly, it does not top the previous book, The Lioness and her Knight, which must be seen to be appreciated.
Product Description
In two masterful lectures contained within the pages of this modest text, Dr. Wilson challenges the all too pervasive assumption and false perception that the "New World Order" is somehow ordained -- that if Afrikan people are to progress, they have no other alternative but to remain colonized by White-Western interests. This of course is patently false. Dr. Wilson debunks this myth with an insightful analysis of the Legacy of Marcus Garvey and the proven validity of Afrikan-Centered Consciousness as necessary psychological and material tools in the struggle for true liberation.
Customer Reviews:
The True Black (Afrikan) Nationalist..........2006-01-16
Dr. Wilson's delineation of the TRUE Black nationalist is, alone, worth the price of the book. He frames his argument by first capturing the essence of the life and work of the great Afrikan redeemer, Hon. Marcus Garvey. Subsequently, he provides the global Afrikan community a "checklist" with which to judge the TRUE Afrikan nationalist. One is thus armed with the tools to differentiate between Black leaders and "leading" Blacks.
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- Arendt neither a 'feminist' nor a 'zionist'
- Arendt is overrated
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The Jew as Pariah: Jewish Identity and Politics in the Modern Age
Hannah Arendt
Manufacturer: Grove Press : distributed by Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
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General | World | History | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0394170423 |
Customer Reviews:
Arendt neither a 'feminist' nor a 'zionist'.......2004-04-13
Those looking to Hannah Arendt for a Zionist or Feminist philosophy will be disappointed. She is one of the great philosophic minds of the twentieth century, and to assign labels to her and use the lens concordant to such labels in reading her is to miss much of what she has to say. She is certainly not trying to provide clever arguments to win debates with. Her relevance to the world today is up to the reader to determine, but I would encourage you to make the attempt.
Arendt is overrated.......1998-10-26
This is a collection of essays from Arendt, a feminist and Zionist from the middle of the century. I am sure most political theorists love this kind of book, but for normal people the text is far too "scholarly". I could find nothing of a feminist nature in this book and little convicing of a Zionist nature. There are far more convincing books on both sets of thought than this.
Book Description
This bestselling author of The Heart Aroused and internationally renowned Fortune 500 consultant explores work as an opportunity for discovering, shaping, and nurturing our deepest selves.
When our work is right for us and it gives back to the world, when we develop, as the poet William Blake said, "a firm persuasion," we feel we can move mountains. Maybe we've felt this way only for a moment, maybe some feel this way all the time, or maybe some have never felt this way. But a sense of fulfillment is possible for all of us, and David Whyte can show us how to restore it to our lives. Whyte applies the stages of a holy pilgrimage to the process of seeking identity through the unknown sea of work. These are:
• Longing for refuge
• Finding the strength to begin the journey
• Desiring growth
• Overcoming obstacles
• Avoiding distractions
• Connecting-meeting and traveling with others with a common purpose
• Helping others-a desire to bring hope and help to those left behind
We may think of family, relationships, friends, religion, or spiritual practice as the domains in which the soul is refined, in which our identities are nurtured and shaped. But we overlook the area in which we spend the majority of our time: work. As Whyte indicates, what holds us back at work is what will hold us back the longest in our life's development. Crossing the Unknown Sea illustrates how to embrace the opportunity that work provides for us to begin to inhabit fully our individuality and maximize our creativity.
Customer Reviews:
best read in an unhurried evening ot two..........2007-08-23
A life changing and life enhancing book. Speaks to the deeper considerations for what our right livelihood is, how it affects others, and how to discover it. I just bought it as a gift to a thoughtful young man considering what to do with his work life - now that he just finished his first job.
A beautifully written guide to soul searching.......2007-01-04
I always enjoy reading Whyte's work. Few writers have equaled his command of the English language and his story-telling ability. The book evokes a great deal of empathy as many modern day workers struggle to find personal meanings to work/employment. Whyte provides a personal insight into how one may purposefully stay true to oneself. The reading is relatively lighter than most of his poetic works and is very enjoyable and thought provoking. If one doesn't like the content, he/she will at least enjoy the author's mastery in writing, especially his transitions from one point to another. Whyte is one of the few authors that can weave together difficult concepts with artistic cohesiveness and elegance. Highly recommend it.
Deep Reflections on 9/11.......2006-09-11
David's work has inspired me in very practical ways and it is truly a read for those who yearn for purpose in their lives. My constant discovery of my "firm persuasion" helps me both at work and at home and dealing with the insanity of 9/11. It is easily one of the top 50 books in my business library and I quote from it regularly when I teach managers and leaders!
Crossing the Unknown Sea Rave Review.......2006-06-27
This is the perfect book as I move around the country looking for where I belong.
Wonder FULL stories, empowering insights, inviting intelligence, reassuring and
inspiring!
A helluva guy.......2006-06-21
But so enigmatic -- some readers think he's irish, some think he's welsh, some think he lives in New Zealand. Actually he's from Yorkshire, England, and lives near Seattle, but what the hell -- he's still a helluva guy.
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- A mystery...
- A Message From the Match Girl
- This is a story about a boy named Walter,who's parents died
- This book is about a boy whose mother died.
- Itýs about a boy named Walter and his parents are dead.
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A Message from the Match Girl (Investigators of the Unknown, Bk 3)
Janet Taylor Lisle
Manufacturer: Orchard Books (NY)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
General | Ages 9-12 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0531094871 |
Customer Reviews:
A mystery..........2007-04-18
This book is a part of a series, but I didn't know that when I bought it.
However the book only makes brief mentions of events from the past, so you never feel left out or estranged from the story.
I loved the ambigious ending.
Its written a for a young age group but that did not affect my enjoyment of it at all.
A Message From the Match Girl.......2003-03-13
Nine year old Walter Kew has no recollection of his mother who died when he was a baby. However he is almost positive that she is sending him secret messages softly through her ghost voice. As time moves on slowly she speaks more clearly and leads him to the Little Match Girl statue in the park. There he finds little trinkets by the statues feet, which makes him believe that the Little Match Girl has secrets about who his mother and he really are. However, with his extraordinary imagination and some help from the cat, Juliette, he makes an amazing discovery.
A well written book by a great author, A Message From a the Match Girl was awarded the Best Book Of the Year by the School Library Journal. This book is really good for people grades 5-7. Itýs suspenseful and a fast moving book. I like how it keeps me wondering what's going to happen next. Whoever reads it, will love it if they like juicy mysteries. I would rate this book as a 8 out of 10 because of how fast it moves.
This is a story about a boy named Walter,who's parents died.......2002-04-06
A Message From The Match Girl is about a boy named Walter Kew,who thinks he can understand his mom in heaven. He was found in a dish at his grandma's house. Georgina and Poco, Walters best friends, think his mom is the waitress at the park's restaurant and that she's not dead. When the waitress leaves he can't understand his mom any more. One by one Walter finds his baby teasures at the foot of the Little Match Girl's statue.
Someone recommended this book to me. I would definitely recommend this book to you. It is an exellent book and its full of mysteries. I like how it keeps me wondering what's going to happen next.
This book is about a boy whose mother died........1998-10-26
A Message from the Match Girl was about a nine year old boy whose mother died when he was a baby. As the boy gets older he starts to hear his mother speaking to him but he can't hear her too well. Then his grandma gives him a picture of him when he was a baby. The picture was taken in the park beside a statue of The Little Match Girl.So the little boy decides to go there. Then he starts finding clues and the story gets very weird.
Itýs about a boy named Walter and his parents are dead........1998-10-26
A Book Review The title of this book is A Message From The Little Match Girl. Janet Taylor Lisle is the author of this book. I liked this book a lot. It has a lot of allusions in it such as The Little Match Girl, the Ugly Duckling, the Snow Queen and the Steadfast Tin Solidier. This book is the best I've read so far. It's about a boy named Walter and his mother and father are dead. They supposedly died in a accident. Walter thinks he still hears his mother. Georgina and Poco are his best friends, and at first they don't believe him. When they start finding clues it gets weird like stories with weird or scary endings.
Book Description
Stigma is an illuminating excursion into the situation of persons who are unable to conform to standards that society calls normal. Disqualified from full social acceptance, they are stigmatized individuals. Physically deformed people, ex-mental patients, drug addicts, prostitutes, or those ostracized for other reasons must constantly strive to adjust to their precarious social identities. Their image of themselves must daily confront and be affronted by the image which others reflect back to them.
Drawing extensively on autobiographies and case studies, sociologist Erving Goffman analyzes the stigmatized person's feelings about himself and his relationship to "normals" He explores the variety of strategies stigmatized individuals employ to deal with the rejection of others, and the complex sorts of information about themselves they project. In Stigma the interplay of alternatives the stigmatized individual must face every day is brilliantly examined by one of America's leading social analysts.
Customer Reviews:
Stigma and identity.......2007-09-21
If you are looking for this book, you probably already know that it is THE seminal text on stigma and social identity. If you are just curious, read on and discover what it means to be stigmatized.
Erving Goffman: Stigma.......2007-05-07
I was assigned a few chapters out of this for my graduate seminar in social psychology. It is an incredibly powerful book that completely changed my outlook on life and society. I realized by reading this that I - who thought I was a pretty accepting, liberal guy - still harbored some serious prejudices against groups like homosexuals and the physically handicapped. The reason this book is so powerful is that it weaves theory in with a tremendous amount of statements from members of stigmatized groups (like, again, homosexuals or the physically handicapped). To read the words of these people, talking about the incredibly heavy oppression that has characterized their lives, all for no reason other than an mostly arbitrary societal decision as to what things are acceptable and what things aren't....well, it changes you. I recommend this book to (1) social scientists, (2) those who want to be better persons, and most of all (3) social scientists who want to be better persons.
A Sociological Classic.......2006-05-21
A sociological classic. The author shows stigma through the normal lens of everyday living and extends to the extreme. Most sociologist just summaries their theory either at the end and beginning of the book and then stuff their chapters with useless information hoping the reader will connect the information. Goffman, however, does it. He continues his theorizing from the first page until the end, being very comprehensive about it.
Goffman is a rarity. Few sociologists' works can be viewed in the scientific light that Goffman has produced.
This classic is worth owning.
A Classic that is more relevant than ever.......2004-04-22
Although this is a slim book it is more rich in detail and insight than many texts twice its size. Goffman is both a genius and a brilliant writer. His theory is clearly elucidated throughout the text by real life anecdotes. The book opens with a letter to a "lonelyhearts" column from a girl "born without a nose" which concludes "Ought I commit suicide?" This sets the tone for a book that pulls no punches and comprehensively addresses the alienation of those different from what is perceived to be "normal". I hope that this text is being promoted at secondary school level, and it is certainly essential reading for anyone whose work involves dealing with people.
Breaking Down Barriers Between the Normal and Stigmatized.......2003-11-11
These the second Erving Goffman book that I've read this year (the other being "Asylums", please see my review on Amazon.com if interested).
I work as a criminal defense attorney and I read "Asylums" in an effort to gain perspective on the attitudes of institutionalized persons (i.e. convicts). I was suprised by how brilliant "Asylums" was, so I picked up "Stigma". I was similarily impressed with Stigma.
Where "Asylums" dealt with the relationship of individuals and institutions, "Stigma" deals more with inter personal relationships. The role of instituions in forming identity is noted in footnotes throughout, but the primary focus is in discussing the relationship between identity and stigma.
Goffman, of course, defines the dickens out of his concepts. If you gain nothing else from this book, you will have a thorough understanding of what it means to have a "stigma". The heart of the book consists of Goffman defining a five phase process which individuals with stigma go through. First you learn what it is to be "normal". Then you learn you're not "normal". Then you learn to control disclosure of information about your stigma, then you learn to "pass" as someone without a stigma and then you learn how to "voluntarily disclose" your stigma.
I don't have a degree in sociology, so I'm not sure about the theoretical backgrounding of this approach, but it made sense to me.
The best part of this book was the end, where Goffman argues (persuaively, I thought) that even "Normal" people have to deal with some sort of stigma at some time in their life. In that way, by studying people with stigma we study the interactions of "normals" with each other. So really there's no difference, just a continuum of stigma, ranging from those who are always suffering frm stigma, to those who rarely ever have to deal with it.
I thought that was an interesting insight. I recommend this book highly, and I look forward to reading his classic: "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life."
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- Innocent in Death
- Irish Dreams: Irish Rebel\Sullivan's Woman
- Just Imagine
- Katherine
- Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
- Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum Novels)
- Lucky T
- Maeve Binchy: Three Complete Books: The Lilac Bus; Firefly Summer; Silver Wedding
- Maiden Voyage
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