Feet of Clay

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In Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett continues the fantasy adventures on Discworld--where anything goes. Anything but murder, that is. Commander Vimes of the Watch must investigate a puzzling series of deaths, with help from various trolls and dwarfs. Pratchett's humor and excellent writing skills draw the reader effortlessly into his zany world. Feet of Clay is 19th in the series. --Blaise Selby

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It's murder in Discworld! -- which ordinarily is no big deal. But what bothers Watch Commander Sir Sam Vimes is that the unusual deaths of three elderly Ankh-Morporkians do not bear the clean, efficient marks of the Assassins' Guild. An apparent lack of any motive is also quite troubling. All Vimes has are some tracks of white clay and more of those bothersome "clue" things that only serve to muck up an investigation. The anger of a fearful populace is already being dangerously channeled toward the city's small community of golems -- the mindless, absurdly industrious creatures of baked clay who can occasionally be found toiling in the city's factories. And certain highly placed personages are using the unrest as an excuse to resurrect a monarchy -- which would be bad enough even if the "king" they were grooming wasn't as empty-headed as your typical animated pottery.

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Maybe the funniest book I've ever read!.......2007-09-01

I do not believe in grade inflation and I don't think I have ever rated a book as a 5 before. Even so, I would actually give this one a 7 if I could. If you haven't read any Terry Pratchett, those of us who have will drag you to your first book like converts who love their new religion. And, once you read a book, you too will be converted. But don't worry, we are not a demanding group; all you must do is read as much Pratchett as you like. It doesn't matter in what order you read them. It won't be our fault if you loose your job because you stay home reading all the time. I've read a lot of books by a lot of authors and there is no one close to Terry Pratchett for a good time. If you are not a fantasy fan, don't worry. I'm not either; my teenage son converted me. Once you accept the context that there are wizards and trolls and dwarfs and other creatures around, Discworld, the planet that Pratchett has created, is just like Earth, with the very same kinds of people, regardless of their race, or maybe I mean species. This particular book involves an uprising of the Golems, ancient pottery people which are treated like slaves, and a mystery for the head of the police, Sam Vimes, one of my favorite characters. While Agua and Captain Carrot try to straighten out the Golems, Sam is trying, with little success, to protect Vetinari, who is kind of a benevolent dictator. It's unbelievably funny, in that dry, understated, British way. You absolutely cannot go wrong with a Pratchett Discworld book, and this is a great one to start with.

Excretus Est Ex Altitudine.......2007-06-03

"Feet of Clay" is the nineteenth novel in Terry Pratchett's hugely popular Discworld series, was first published in 1996 and is the third to focus on Sam Vimes and Ankh-Morpork's City Guard.

Sam is the now the Commander of the City Guard, and - having married Lady Ramkin - a member of the nobility. It's fair to say he's not your typical hero : he doesn't like the Undead (particularly vampires), Assassins (they keep trying to kill him) and - in keeping with an old family tradition - Kings (not an ideal musketeer then). Sam has quit drinking - though it's still something of a struggle - and smokes the occasional cigar to ease the blow.

Although numbers among the ranks are rising, Sam tends to rely on those he knows best. His most capable officer is Captain Carrot - who was born human, although raised as a dwarf. Carrot is an incredibly innocent and very honest character and is widely believed to be Ankh-Morpork's rightful King. (Sam has - to date - refrained from beheading him). Carrot's girlfriend, Angua, is also a member of the City Guard though - being a werewolf - she isn't quite so popular. Sergeant Detritus, a troll who deals roughly with troll drug-dealers, seems a natural - not to mention likeable - cop, though Sergeant Colon and Corporal Nobbs (a confirmed slacker and probably human) are the most experienced officers. The one newcomer is Cheery Littlebottom, an ex-alchimist dwarf who becomes quite useful in the City Guard's newly established forensics department. (Cheery left the Guild of Alchemists after, accidentally, blowing up the Guild Council. Alchemy is an unusual profession for a dwarf, though Cheery - as it turns out - isn't your usual dwarf).

"Feet of Clay" gives Sam a good, old-fashioned mystery to solve - a mystery that includes a couple of rather unusual murders. One of the victims is Father Tubelcek, who Sam considers to be one of the neatest corpses he's ever seen : eyes closed, arms neatly folded across his chest...and a slip of paper with some strange writing on it in his mouth. The other victim was Mr Hopkinson, curator at the Dwarf Bread Museum. Dwarf bread is much more useful on the battlefield than on the breakfast table, and Hopkinson had unfortunately been beaten to death with a loaf. There is a little white clay and a suspicion of Golems hanging around, but the murders are puzzling...however, it's difficult to focus on a puzzle, when you've also got to investigate the poisoning of the Patrician. (He's surviving, but only barely). The difficulties aren't confined to professional matters - there's even bad news for both Sam and Nobby at a personal level. Following a visit to the Royal College of Heralds, Sam learns he is ineligible for a Coat of Arms. (An ancestor, Old Stoneface, killed Ankh-Morpork's last king). To make matters even worse, news of his rejection is delivered by a vampire called Dragon King of Arms. Nobby, on the other hand, is devastated to learn he is Earl of Ankh.

Another very funny book from Pratchett, with a storyline 'underneath' it all that your standard murder-mystery writer would love to tell. Excellent stuff, highly recommended !

Discworld.......2006-08-27

I've decided he's too good and too prolific for me to write a brand new review every single time I read one of his books. Discworld currently has 34 titles and every one of them will probably knock your socks off. His mind bubbles and flashes like a boiling pot of electric eels, and I simply can't get enough of his writing.

A reviewer has compared him to Geoffrey Chaucer. He reminds me more of Douglas Adams, or perhaps S Morgenstern. Great company, isn't it? He's an extremely skillful and imaginative writer, damn funny, clever and observant to boot. He's also very easy to read. A master of characterization, and if there's anything else you like about reading that I didn't mention here, assume I simply forgot. He's awesome.

Another reviewer mentioned Jonathan Swift and PG Wodehouse. Why such hallowed company? Because Pratchett belongs there! Truly, I'm enjoying my quest to read every book in the series. You should do the same, and begin your quest at the library because he's got to be there. He's awesome!

Yet another reviewer said Jerome K Jerome meets Lord of the Rings. Yeah, that works too.

Why do we, as reviewers, compare authors to other authors? Because it's easier than thinking. In the case of Terry Pratchett, it's probably because we'd otherwise wind up quoting the guy. He's so unique that we just don't know how else to cope with his greatness. Even this paragraph sounds like foamy drool raving, doesn't it? That's how all readers react to Pratchett. Reviewers simply don't have the good sense to keep it to themselves.

I could call his writing fantasy, but I could likewise call what Douglas Adams wrote science fiction. In both cases, I wouldn't be wrong, but I'd be neglecting so much and just totally missing the point. A rare few authors transcend a genre to such a degree that you know they're shouting out, loud and proud, a big fat "Bite me!"

I love Terry Pratchett's writing, and I completely understand why some folks refer to him as their favorite author. Or favourite, I should say, since we're being British. He's one of those authors that makes you want to grab whoever's in hearing range and start reading passages aloud. I'm simply thrilled that there's such an extremely talented and prolific author who's been working for years without me being aware of him. Now I have much catching up to do, and I will love it.

Abridged edition.......2006-05-07

All Corgi Audio books are abridged editions, with Terry Pratchett being by Tony Robinson.

The ceramic atheist.......2006-03-03

It is interesting to see how golems evolve from Pratchett's Discworld novel, "Feet of Clay" (1996), where they are speechless slaves of clay, to "Going Postal" (2004) where a well-educated but humorless golem serves as body guard and lecturer-in-morals to the new Post Master. This is where it all begins...

Commander Sir Samuel Vimes, of Ankh-Morpork's Night Watch pays a visit to the Dragon King of Arms at the urging of his new wife, who thinks Sam needs his own coat-of-arms now that he's been knighted. Unfortunately, one of Sam's ancestors was a regicide so his descendent is denied an armorial bearing by the College of Heralds. He does learn that one of his watchmen is actually the Earl of Ankh: the inimitable Corporal Nobbs, who is forced to carry around a piece of paper signed by Ankh-Morpork's Patrician certifying that he's really human.

Well, this is a bit of a come-down for Sir Sam, but he's got more important matters on his mind, including the murders of two harmless old men. One of them was beaten to death by a loaf of Dwarf bread. His body was discovered by Captain Carrot and Corporal Angua, the only werewolf in the Night Watch, when they visited the Dwarf Bread Museum on their day off.

The only link between the two corpses is a trace of white clay at both murder scenes.

Subplots zigzag every which-way through "Feet of Clay." Corporal 'Earl of Ankh' Nobbs is being courted by a group of well, nobs who haven't given up on the notion that Ankh-Morpork should be ruled by a king. Captain Carrot, hereditary king of Ankh-Morpork who wisely refused the crown in "Men at Arms," is busy tracking murderers and emancipating golems. Sargeant Colon is about to retire if he lives through a trip through the sewers with Wee Mad Arthur. Corporal Angua helps a new dwarf recruit come to terms with her yen to wear lipstick.

Death, who has at least a walk-on role in all the Discworld fantasies is still working on his sense of humor: "I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. I TURN UP ONLY ONCE."

If this sounds confusing, it isn't. It's brilliant. All of the story lines tie together according to character. I don't know how Pratchett digs through the sewers and stockyards of Ankh-Morpork, and rubs together a monarchist plot with a bit of animated clay to create such a gem.

I think he must use magic.

Forgiven and Free: Learn How Bible Heroes With Feet of Clay Are Models for Your Recovery

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Excellent book for those struggling with family dysfunction

Forgiven and Free: Learn How Bible Heroes With Feet of Clay Are Models for Your Recovery
Earl R. Henslin
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Excellent book for those struggling with family dysfunction.......1997-04-16

Formerly known as "The Way Out of the Wilderness". It may help you understand why you do some of the things you do to yourself, your family, your friends. Why do I get angry at my kids? Why am I afraid of intimacy? Why do I continue to get into relationships that only cause pain. Try this book -- it may help you understand.Please note that Henslin and Associates may be able to supply this book to you. Henslin & Associates can be contacted in Brea California.

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not as good as I expected
interesting but seems light on substance
An insightful book
A Close Look at the Spiritual Gurus
Study? Cheap journalism in a cloak of florid prose.

Feet Of Clay
Anthony Storr
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ASIN: 0684834952

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Every generation has its charismatic spiritual leaders, its gurus. Some are true saints while others conceal unspeakable depravity. Anthony Storr, Oxford professor of psychiatry, analyzes an interesting array of gurus and finds many commonalities among them--an isolated childhood, a need for certainty, a demand for obedience. He also elucidates aspects of this psychological profile in various intellectual, artistic, and political figures of history. This eye-opening book invokes a larger issue: in our search for guidance and truth, when and why do we cross the line from reasoned inquirer to unquestioning follower?

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An eye-opening investigation of charismatic "gurus" from Jesus to Freud to David Koresh, by the author of "Solitude: A Return to the Self". In "Feet of Clay", eminent psychologist Anthony Storr uncovers the personality traits that link these men and explores the incredible power they have wielded over their fanatical followers. 11 photos.

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not as good as I expected.......2005-09-09

I hoped for a better, more informative, more readable book than I got. I did get a little bit of the psychological traits that lead to the making of a guru and how to predict the "good from the bad", which was the goal of the book. Somehow I just felt unfullfilled, like a meal that wasn't that hot.

interesting but seems light on substance.......2005-04-19

I picked up this book on "a study of gurus" after reading about it in John Horgan's excellent book, Rational Mysticism. The book is composed of biographical sketches of a number of gurus--Gurdjieff, Rasjneesh, Rudolf Steiner, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Ignatius Loyola, and Jesus, with occasional remarks about others such as Jim Jones and David Koresh. Storr attempts to identify commonalities among gurus--egocentric, experiencing some kind of personal crisis or madness, re-integrating their personality after the crisis, creating worldviews independent of what was socially accepted, seeking the approval of followers, etc. He distinguishes within the category of gurus between those who act ethically (the saints) from those who are corrupt and abuse their followers (the sinners and the madmen).

The remaining chapters of the book examine some of the features identified in the biographical sections in more detail and concludes with a final chapter about those who follow gurus, and the benefits they receive from such a relationship.

The book was quite readable, but I found it remarkably light-weight--it seems entirely like armchair theorizing, without the benefit of any kind of detailed scientific research. I learned about the specific gurus described, but I didn't feel like I learned anything solid about what the conditions are that create them, their effects on the world, or how to wean people away from them.

An insightful book.......2003-09-18

I am a medical student and I have been reading some of Dr Storr's books. This one about Gurus. Obviously having all the great people and especially Jesus Christ criticized, in one book, wouldnt be easy. I think Dr Storr is trying to analyse each one of them from views on their personalities, psychodynamics and bahviours which is how exactly psychiatrists look at everyone in the world in order to be objective, and still in a humane way afterall. To me Dr Storr's writings are insightful and very humane, not only in this book of his.

Some readers may find it sad to have their own Guru being criticised. But one relieving point is that you can still appreciate and believe in any man's preachings even you find out that he is not perfect as a person. So yes, if you are not such an ultimate disciple of any of the gurus the author is describing, this book is recommanded.

A Close Look at the Spiritual Gurus.......2003-04-25

I do not agree with the other reviewer's comments; I think Starr does quite a thorough analysis of the 'gurus', whom he has chosen from a large scope of times and nations. I agree that it is not very scholarly; and furthermore it has a 'conversating' atmosphere to it. But I personally like it that way. It's clear and intelligible. Why make it seem profound, for the sake of looking more important?

The book has eleven chapters. Anthony Starr describes a couple of gurus, whom he identifies as people who declare themselves the experts of life. Gurddjieff, Rajneeh, Rudolf Steiner, and the two leading psychologists Jung and Freud are among these. It becomes interesting when there's seemingly different people.

Starr has a degree in psychiatry, and he's been a professor at Oxford, a distinguished psychiatrist in the English society, as well as honor members of the Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Psychiatrists. To deny his achievements and knowledge, would simply be not right.

His writing is flowing. The whole book is like a long story, but definitely not a long and boring story. His writing consists of his presentation of the gurus with references from other writers and his personal comments in between, which I find quite logical.

The book changed my view over prophets and beliefs. Now I know the reasons why we have major religions, and why some are the only figures in religion. I now recognise the other gurus.

It was also interesting to know about the secrets of Jung's psychological sickness at his late age, in addition to how Freud was driven to become the Freud we know of him.

This book is worth reading every single page. It's a good analysis, and a good story.

Study? Cheap journalism in a cloak of florid prose........2002-12-21

This book is a typical example of what one of its subjects (Gurdjieff) would have described as armchair philosophy, i.e. someone with no practical experience of what they're writing about dreams up an idea in the comfort of their own home, creates an extremely shallow thesis and finds "victims" to fit into it, be they they Jesus Christ, Gurdjieff or Jim Jones.
The chapter on Gurdjieff in particular is utterly awful, using the cheap journalistic trick of taking things so wildly out of context that Storr presents a case for Gurdjieff being almost the opposite of what he was. An in-depth study of the wide range of literature about Gurdjieff would not only counter Storr's rather feeble arguments, but utterly decimate them. Storr simply does not understand Gurdjieff. This is not an opinion based on reading, but on practical experience of Gurdjieff's methods as taught by some of Gurdjieff's former pupils, now extremely elderly and still displaying a perspicacity, intelligence and understanding which, in no small part, has been developed as a result of their contact with Gurdjieff when young.

The Giant With Feet of Clay : Raul Hilberg and his Standard Work on the Holocaust (Holocaust Handbooks Series, 3)

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I appreciate any Revisionist works but there are many errors in here!
Read the book first, think few days, speak after
Censorship is wrong-so says the left
An amazing book
Absurdly Unconvincing

The Giant With Feet of Clay : Raul Hilberg and his Standard Work on the Holocaust (Holocaust Handbooks Series, 3)
Jurgen Graf
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I appreciate any Revisionist works but there are many errors in here!.......2006-10-03

Plus the stupid phallics symobl that dopey
Germar Rudolf drew on the front cover is
annoying! Rudolf also is a poor artist.
Jurgen, a swiss gentleman has done pretty
good work here but this book is a typical
Thesis and Dissertations Press rush job.
There are so many typos and wrong dates
in here I would almost swear Rudolf, a pal-
igamist (two wives in two countries, he
currently resides in a german jail...)
sabatoged it on purpose. For example,
Graf/Rudolf claims that NBC t.v. put on
a movie in 1980 called 'holacau$t'. Act-
ually it was a MiniSeries, April 1978,
which was rebroadcast in Sept. 1979
called Holocaust, and it was garbage!
This book is good for 13-18 year olds
unaware of the 'holacau$t' lie, much
yet. But for adults, I recommend Rich
Salzer's New World Order expose, and
two books by Art Butz, including The
Hoax of the Twentieth Century.

Read the book first, think few days, speak after.......2005-09-23

I wish to every thinking person to read this book. Leave the emotion aside and dig into the facts we have and more available novadays. Think about what our fathers and grandfathers done and what they did wrong. Time came to be sober and find the true. Let's know all possible visions of the matter and make our own opinion.
Dear "Holocaust" defenders, read the book first, think about few days, speak after. The disscussion with cries "it can't be true because it can't be true" does not valueable. The tagmarking and insulting opponent is not the way to make an argument (Mr.(Ms.)"efoff").
In additional reading I recommend:
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956. Read closely about years 1918-1935. That's the real Holocaust. Tens of millions best Russians where killed by communists.

Censorship is wrong-so says the left.......2005-08-24

I was curious as to why jews go crazy over holocaust "deniers", I was always told that everyone has a right to voice their opinion. It seems that to the jews and left only certain people are allowed to voice theirs. I was curious to see what all the anger was about these books so I bought this one and the book "Dissecting the holocaust". Both read as a study of a crime but from the defense side. The argument that the German witnesses were tortured to get them to admit to gassings and murder struck a cord as my grandfather was with the army unit that interogated many German soldiers and I remember him telling stories about the way they beat "confessions" from them in Scwabishe Hall. How they told them to sign papers or be shot (they actually would do mock executions). So it comes together as a great hoax that only the devil could dream up. On the outside the holocaust story looks like a solid brick wall that can never be torn down, but when you see the wall up close and examine it it's paper thin and full of holes. It's too bad those that oppose this message resort to name calling and out right hatred. It made one person want to search further.

An amazing book.......2005-08-19

Raul Hilberg's reputation as the leading scholar of the Holocaust will not likley suffer as a result of this book because it is censored out of the mainstream distribution networks and libraries but it should be read by anyone with a serious interest in the subject. I sets forth disturbing arguments about Hilberg's failures to do acceptable research to back up his claims about the destruction of the European Jews by the Nazis. The subject is untouchable in our culture (see some of the comments in other reviews) but revisionists like Graf deserve to be heard on the merits of the arguments, not dismissed with quips and ad hominem slurs.

Absurdly Unconvincing.......2005-03-05

Historical skepticism is appropriate for all subjects, even for the Holocaust. That said, there is literally no question that the Nazis used Zyclon-B and carbon monoxide gas in the extermination of Jews. They also used bullets, bayonets, rubber clubs, and iron bars. The lack of written documentation is no argument against the gassing of Jews. The Nazis were notoriously careful either to avoid writing down orders or to burn documentation as enemy lines approached the camps. They also dynamited the gas chambers. Those facts notwithstanding, the stories of survivors, the confessions of perpetrators, the tons of hair, shoes, clothing, suitcases, bodies, and bones all bear witness to the awful tragedy that was the Holocaust--including the gassing.
If Graf is to be taken seriously, let him analyze the thousands of witness accounts compiled by the Shoah Foundation. Let him analyze every historian's work on the Holocaust. The weight of testimony cannot be contained in any single volume. This skeptic's work is far from conclusive.

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Excellent Book
Insight and application
God's Grace Seen in the Book of Judges

HEARTS OF IRON, FEET OF CLAY
Gary Inrig
Manufacturer: Discovery House Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 1572931655

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Popular author Gary Inrig brings you one of the most insightful and complete examinations of the book of Judges. This often-overlooked book of the Bible is full of cultural imagery and unexplained characters, but Inrig helps to bring it up-to-date and make it relevant for todays world. Youll find yourself identifying again and again with these biblical characters as this ancient text comes to life!

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Excellent Book.......2007-05-14

This is as good a commentary on the practical applications of the book of Judges as I have read. It takes the book of Judges from realm of Biblical history and presents it as a book that is totally relevant to today's Christian. Inrig has the ability to speak volumes with few words and he writes in a beautifully simple and eloquent style.

Insight and application.......2001-11-20

This book is full of great insights and practical application. This relevant commentary makes the book of Judges come alive! I found the explanation of Gideon's fleece most helpful.

God's Grace Seen in the Book of Judges.......1998-09-28

I learned all the stories of Judges as a child, but I realize now that I missed all the application and meaning God has for me. Inrig does an excellent job of bring the stories of the Judges to life, of showing how applicable they are to life in the 90's, and of revealing the truths God has for us today.

Dragons with Clay Feet?: Transition, Sustainable Land Use, and Rural Environment in China and Vietnam (Rural Economies in Transition)

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Dragons with Clay Feet?: Transition, Sustainable Land Use, and Rural Environment in China and Vietnam (Rural Economies in Transition)

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Dragons with Clay Feet? presents state-of-the-art research on the impact of ongoing and anticipated economic policy and institutional reforms on agricultural development and sustainable rural resource in two East-Asian transition (and developing) economies--China and Vietnam.

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Some Run With feet of Clay
Jeannette Clift
Manufacturer: Revell
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Moses: Moments of Glory...Feet of Clay: How to Appropriate God's Power Today

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Moses: Moments of Glory...Feet of Clay: How to Appropriate God's Power Today
Gene A. Getz
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another inspirational read
Inspiring and moving, to the point you want to walk with her

Feet of Clay On Foot Australia
Ffyona Campbell
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The Whole Story: A Walk Around the World

ASIN: 0752826034

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Ffyona Campbell was thirteen when she first dreamed of walking around the world. At sixteen she walked from John O'Groats to Land's End; at eighteen she walked 3,500 miles from New York to Los Angeles; at twenty-one she broke the men's world record by walking 3,200 miles from Sydney to Perth in ninety-five days. In April 1991 she began her monumental 10,555-mile trek from Cape Town to Tangiers, the penultimate leg in her round-the-world hike.

Related with frankness and intimacy, this is the story of a wilfully independent young woman's journey across Australia. Traversing some of the toughest country in the world, whe endures dehydration, tarmac-melting heat, and blisters that outnumber the flies. Her money runs out and her relationship with her back-up driver alternately sustains and devastates her. Not only a compelling adventure, "Feet of Clay" is the realisation of a dream...

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another inspirational read.......2001-01-08

I read this after i read On foot through Africa also by Ffyona Campbell, and although I found it an extremely interesting read, I think its effect upon me was somewhat downplayed by the fact that I had already read, what I consider to be a much more inspirational, thought provoking, account of her experiences. Feet of Clay is enjoyable throughout, but the whole experience seemed slightly less challenging than Ffyonas African experience. Although I would highly recommend this book, my advice would be to read it before On Foot through Africa, so that none of the importance and relevance is taken away from the experiences and emotions described throughout Ffyonas journey across Australia.

Inspiring and moving, to the point you want to walk with her.......1999-01-28

An amazing book, inspires you to get out there and fulfil your ambitions!. Whats stopping you? Proves if you want to do something you can!, the only thing stopping you is yourself. Too over come the pain and mental anguish Ffyona encountered makes her a spectacular example to us all. Ffyona - well done! Written in a diary format, it details not only Ffyona emotions and progress on her journey but the incredible Australian countryside and it enhabitants . Well worth a read!!

Feet of Clay: Meditations for the Perplexed

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Feet of Clay: Meditations for the Perplexed
Ken Kron
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During a period of two years, the author quarreled with many practices of the church and the way he and Christians behaved. He writes of the hopes, conflicts, and joys he had as he looked at his experiences and judged those with whom he came in contact with insight, humor, and empathy. Feet of Clay is a uniquely honest study of the human condition. Although he did not write to be controversial, but rather to examine his own struggles and conflicts of faith, the author?s conclusions will be prickly because he looks at the real, seldom-discussed issues of the day. But he has a sense of humor, too. What is the proper response when a German Shepherd pees on his khakis? How can the World?s Worst Restaurant be so good at being bad? How much time should he give to the garrulous, suicidal man who wants to take up his writing time?

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