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This succinct overview of the development of Western music can help students of all levels understand the evolution of musical styles. Although the text is only half the size of most music histories, it is enhanced by the many cross-references to the best anthologies and recordings for further information and examples.
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- If you're a fan, you'll have read this. If not, you lose.
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Precursor (Foreigner 4)
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C.J. Cherryh creates thought-provoking stories of cultures in collision featuring well-drawn characters and plenty of intrigue. Precursor directly follows Inheritor in the Foreigner series (which includes Foreigner and Invader). The series introduces the atevi, aliens with a culture based on loyalty, legal assassination, and inborn mathematical gifts.
Two hundred years ago humans crash-landed on the atevi homeworld. The two races are nearly incompatible; peace is maintained by limiting contact to a single human diplomat, the paidhi. His name is Bren Cameron.
In the first trilogy, the starship Phoenix (the same ship that brought the human colonists) returned, fleeing alien attack in another sector. The Phoenix asked both atevi and human communities to help reopen the orbital station and rearm the ship. Bren coordinated an atevi shuttle-building program and trained the Phoenix representative, Jase Graham, in living on a planet and dealing with aliens. Now he faces family crises while ensuring that the atevi remain equal partners in the space effort. He must deal with the very different culture of the Phoenix crew and the alien space station environment while maintaining cooperation with the colonists and representing atevi interests.
Precursor ends abruptly. Are the aliens coming? Will the Phoenix crew, colonists, and atevi be able to protect their system together? Will Bren be able to retain any of his humanity? If you enjoy stories that make you think about how space travel and contact with aliens would really play out, treat yourself to this meaty SF series. --Nona Vero
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One of science fiction's most highly respected writers, C.J. Cherryh impressed critics and fans alike with the Foreigner trilogy--the epic story of a lost human colony struggling to survive on the world of the alien atevi.
Now, in Precursor, both human and atevi return to space to rebuild and rearm the ancient human space station and starship, and make a dsperate bid to defend their planet against alien attack.
"A large new Cherryh novel is always welcome." --Chicago Sun-Times
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"Cherryh's gift for conjuring believable alien cultures is in full force here." --Publishers Weekly
"A seriously probing, thoughtful, intelligent piece of work." --Kirkus Reviews
"Close-grained and carefully constructed...a book that will stick in the mind."
--Locus
"An incisive study-in-contrast of what it means to be human..."--Library Journal
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Precursor.......2006-01-19
Bren and his comrades end up onboard a dilapidated space station in the middle of civil strife among spacers.
While I love this series, I didn't love this volume as much as some of the others. I had to struggle to maintain interest in the business-economics element of the plot, while understanding its relevance and admiring the author's deep worldbuilding. As well, the plot -- specifically the twists and turns of the spacers' coups and countercoups and the on-again, off-again crises among Bren's family -- is extremely complex, verging on impossible for me to follow at times, sometimes difficult to believe, and with dramatic moments often passed by quickly or taking place offstage.
Having complained, I still feel this is one of the most intelligent, best realized science fiction series in print, featuring believable, appealing characters and a deft triple combination of complex worldbuilding, high-stakes action and welcome touches of subtle yet effective humor. I am very much looking forward to finding out what happens with the hostile aliens in future volumes.
precursor.......2001-12-20
Precursor continues to expand the alienation of the paidhi-Bren Cameron- from the humans isolated on the island of Mospheira with its corrupt political system.
He is clearly seen as an advocate for the Atevi - under the guidance of Tabini-aijii as the sole instrumentality for control
of the space station and the starships which will provide the only defence against the :reported: aliens which destroyed the -as yet- undefined space station the Pilots Guild bult around another star.
Brens relationships with dowager Ilisidi continue to fascinate me
The discovery in Precursor that (...) was a complete surprise as there had been NO indication (...).
C.J.Cherryh continues to present some of the best crafted aliens in SF. The Chanur Saga,Downbelow Station,Cyteen,Finity's End,
The Foreigner series;in all of these it is the Human who is the alien and I just love Mekkt-Hakkikt Pyanfur Chanur.
If you're a fan, you'll have read this. If not, you lose........2001-08-21
Another book in one of C.J.Cherryh's great SF series. Start at the beginning and enjoy the adventures of one lone human acting as a liason between humans and a very alien-thinking race. Great study in diverse cultures and philosophies attempting to co-exist with each other.
The Crown Jewel of this collection to date........2001-05-03
The way in which Precursor was written, almost made me feel that the original trilogy was just a long set-up for what would begin to take place with this book. Bren Cameron once again is sent into unfamiliar territory to defuse a situation that comes about once again from a clash of culture. And while others talk about his struggle with his humanity, I think C.J. Cherryh, continues to bring to mind that Bren is nothing but human, despite his shift to being as close to Atevi as a human could be.
In this book, Bren goes up to the station above the planet to negotiate the trade deal with the ship captains for repairing both the station, and the Phoenix, while also attempting to prepare for an alien invasion from somewhere else that was chasing the Phoenix. Through this story, you learn the intricate relationships among the human's on the ship within their 'culture' and how it's contrary to both the Mospherians and the Atevi. All while continuing to build on what Bren and the Atevi have been learning about each other from the original trilogy.
Within the story there is conflict, conspiracy, and interspicing of danger throughout. This book was without a doubt, in my opinion, the crown jewel of the series. And the ending definitely left me wanting more.
Aliens alive!.......2001-03-28
No one succeeds in presenting the feel of an alien culture as well as C. J. Cherryh. Her aliens are alien, but they are also people. The first book by this author that I ever read was Hunter of Worlds, and that book blew me away at the time. She defined their universe so well, and I always wanted more of that universe. This series of books harkens back to the same feeling that I got from that book.
In these days of endless fantasy epics that go on book after book, it is a pleasure to know that there is some good science fiction still being written. Each book in the series could stand on its own, but it is better to read them in sequence. I bought all three of the first series, and could not put them down. I thought the end of Inheritor was a little weak, as if she could not think how to end it, but this straightens out that problem by continuing the story. And the continuation makes sense.
My only disapointment is that the next book is not yet out. I am looking forward to it.
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Insightful.......2006-05-01
It is not uncommon for therapists to have clients who do not seem to change in therapy. This book is insightful and useful for experienced and novice clinicians alike.
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Amyloid Precursor Protein: A Practical Approach
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Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is an extensively studied transmembrane protein, and its derivative, amyloid b-protein, has been implicated as the primary cause of Alzheimer's disease. Thousands of reports have been published on APP, and interest continues to grow in the research community. In the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, APP is a unique model protein that illustrates the wide array of basic and sophisticated techniques available for characterization. Amyloid Precursor Protein: A Practical Approach presents a variety of biological techniques utilized in genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, and biochemistry to elucidate the structure and function of this transmembrane protein. Each technique is presented with detailed, step-by-step protocols to achieve reproducible results and provide a framework for studying other membrane proteins. These protocols also form the core of the authors' approaches to elucidating the function of APP. This timely book contrasts basic and advanced methods to explain how the development of biological techniques affects the way molecular targets are examined. Practical in scope, it provides useful lists of protocols and routinely used antibodies for easy reference and paints a complete picture of the current understanding of APP as well as direction for future research.
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JAK AND DAXTER: THE PRECURSOR LEGACY--PRIMA'S OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE features all the strategy needed to help Jak and Daxter complete their quest. With complete walkthroughs, puzzle solutions, and powercell locations revealed, this is a must-have guide for 3D platform gamers everywhere.
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Helpful........2003-02-27
This game sort of came to a stand still for my daughter as she couldn't figure out certain things and how to get past certain areas. Very frustrating for her. But this book has opened up the game for her and allowed her to be able to go further in the game. If strategy books are used as my daughter uses them (to help break through the part she is unable to figure out) then these books are very helpful.
Confusing. Not worth the money........2002-06-26
I bought this guide because I thought it'll help with the game. However, I received a very short magazine-like book which had very short description of what to do. It does mention what to do, but left out a lot of description. It went from one thing to the other without filling in the gap in between the two different subjects. Overall, this guide left me searching all over the place and I've had to figure out most of the things by myself with the little clues the guide had to offer. Sure there are a few nice pictures to look and it slightly helpful but very very short description, but I wouldn't suggest purchasing this guide if you aren't very experienced with this game (like me). Its probably better to look for a walkthrough on the internet, even though it may be a little less convenient .
Low Quality - could be better........2002-01-20
Very disappointed in this guide because it uses low quailty paper instead of the high quaility glossy paper that produces clean, sharp photos of the game screens. Photos are low quality and many are useless because its hard to tell what is what. Also, there are no maps like in the ones in the Spyro series of guides. However, there some good tips in the text section of the guide. Great game but poor manual.
coolest game ever.......2002-01-17
I think this game is so cool, but so short! I got the game on christmas and I beated it in 3 days!!!! but the stragety guide helped me alot because I couldn't find 1 specific power cell...
Where are the maps?.......2002-01-07
I recently purchased Prima's Official strategy guide for Jak and Daxter. I am extremely disappointed. For some reason unfathomable to me, the person putting together this book decided to leave out maps. Most people who use strategy guides just use the maps so if they get lost they can have some help getting unlost. They want to figure out the game for themselves. Instead of having helpful hints for when you get lost this book just includes step by step instructions. I might as well be reading a book on step by step instructions for setting a VCR, it would be just as much fun. It's not worth the price for a book that doesn't help anyone have fun.
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Although Nelson dominates the naval history of the late eighteenth century, in many respects his achievements marked the culmination of a developing tactical tradition in the Royal Navy. The contribution of his predecessors has been neglected, however, largely because so few admirals have received proper modern study. Precursors of Nelson adjusts the record by providing a series of in-depth biographical essays of the most important figures of the period, each written by a well-known specialist in the field. Contributors include Peter le Fevre on Torrington, John B. Hattendorf on Rook and Shovell, Timothy Bean and Ann Coats on Leake, Chris Ware on Byng, David Aldridge on Norris, Daniel Baugh on Wager, Richard Harding on Vernon, Nicolas Rodger on Anson, Ruddock Mackay on Hawke, Kenneth Breen on Rodney, Roger Knight on Howe, Michael Duffy on Hood, Roger Morris on Barham, Pat Crimmin on St. Vincent, Andrew Lambert on Cornwallis, and Brian Lavery on Keith.
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In the development of the American West, no two decades were so full of romance and change as the years from the California gold rush of 1849 to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869. In two decades, the West was conquered and the secession movement rose and fell. From slow ox-team and prairie schooner to the dashing Pony Express, the overland mail service mirrored these monumental strides.
Originally published in 1926, The Overland Mail was the first scholarly work to examine the impact of the postal service on the expansion of the West as the service evolved from a private endeavor to a government-contracted business. LeRoy R. Hafen details how the mail service tied West to East, influenced politics and economics, promoted use of the overland trails, aided in settlement, and helped usher in the railroads.
This classic work is here available in paperback for the first time. In a new foreword, David Dary assesses Hafen's contributions as a writer and historian.
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Well-researched history of part of the development of the West.......2006-04-18
When first published in 1926, Hafen's revised dissertation was a pioneering work of western history; now reprinted, it is still the leading scholarly treatment of the overland mail. Hafen argues that the transportation of mail between the East and California encouraged settlement along mail routes and led the way for the transcontinental railroad. Beginning with the ocean mail and ending with the completion of the railroad, Hafen describes the various mail routes in chronological and geographical order. He notes their locations, successes and failures, means of transportation, effects on the opening of the West, and interaction with expanding railroad and telegraph lines. Several conflicts are part of that story: mail carriers fought nature and the Indians; postmasters debated whether mail routes should be self-supporting or be subsidized to encourage settlement; politicians embroiled in the sectional controversy argued whether the mail should take a central or a southern route.
Hafen's research is extensive. He uses some newspaper accounts and secondary sources, but much of his story is told from congressional documents in order to emphasize the influence of Congress in opening the West with the mail routes. Sources such as the records of the mail contractors or personal recollections--if still extant--would allow a perspective closer to the West than that from Washington. Hafen's prose is sound and generally enjoyable, but it can become tedious when he too often quotes sources at length. (The occasional quotation from Mark Twain's "Roughing It" helps enliven the work.) The extensive research and sound writing make "The Overland Mail" still worthwhile for anyone studying the development of the West.
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Synge and Irish Nationalism: The Precursor to Revolution
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One of the most important playwrights of the Irish Renaissance, John Millington Synge is receiving renewed attention as his works are reread in light of the political and cultural contexts of his time. This book argues that his plays are far more deeply rooted, thematically and aesthetically, in the ancient native literature than was previously believed. It demonstrates that Synge borrowed themes and ideology from the ancient culture, serving as a nationalist agenda far more radical and modern than the agendas of the most common nationalists in his day. Synge rejects these nationalists, whom he believed were embracing foreign influences that were drowning Ireland in conservatively capitalistic initiatives and values. The book's most important section examines The Playboy of the Western World. It discusses the play's characters as representative and recognizable types and reconsiders the play's thematic depiction of violence. Synge's representation of both commenced the process of separating and identifying the nationalist camps in Dublin from 1907 on. The volume argues that Synge's play drafted what became the Easter Rising. This argument is furthered through Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows and the influence that his works ultimately bore on the plays and ideologies of Thomas MacDonagh, Padaraic Pearse, and James Connolly. The book also explores the acting style originally used to perform Synge's plays, thus gathering further evidence for its argument.
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Ionospheric Precursors of Earthquakes
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The book aims to explain the variations of near-Earth plasma observed over seismically active areas several days/hours before strong seismic shocks. It demonstrates how seismo-ionospheric coupling is part of the global electric circuit and shows that the anomalous electric field appearing in active seismic areas is the main carrier of information from the earth into the ionosphere. The discussion of physical mechanisms is based on experimental data. The results can be regarded as the basis for future applications such as short-term earthquake prediction. It proceeds to describe existing complex systems of space-born and ground-based monitoring for electromagnetic and ionospheric precursors of earthquakes, as well as those still under construction. It is an excellent text for courses and contains a wealth of information for those scientists working in the field of natural disaster reduction.
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Graphite and Precursors (World of Carbon)
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Humans first used carbon as chars from firewood in ritual paintings and primitive metallurgical processes. Natural forms of carbon have been known since antiquity, yet the knowledge of the carbon element in chemistry and its technical applications on a larger scale are a relatively recent development. The industrial revolution in Europe two centuries ago led the way to the numerous applications of these graphitic forms that are still used today. Graphite and Precursors features short tutorial articles on different topics related to the science and technology of carbons intended for engineers, students of Materials Science and scientists who are seeking a fundamental understanding without "reinventing the wheel." This first volume of the World of Carbon book series focuses on graphite and its precursors, including its origin and various implications. The basic properties of hexagonal graphite are developed, and several theoretical and experimental approaches explain why this crystalline solid is fascinating insolid state physics. Also featured are the numerous applications connected to thermal, mechanical and chemical graphites, as well as their various industrial uses in polycrystalline form. Finally, carbon precursors are introduced.
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No buckyballs?! .......2004-10-03
Dusty old carbon. How interesting could this be? Well, right under our noses, there is a surprising amount of structure in carbon's graphite form. This book goes into some detail about the different possible forms of carbon, and the band structure.
Various chapters study mechanical and surface properties. Plus, you can learn about the amorphous and non-crystalline properties.
What is not covered here are Buckyballs. C60. Discovered in soot several years ago. Some of you are possibly interested in that, more than graphite. You might have to turn to later books in this series.
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