Unusual and Most Popular Baby Names
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  • Entries are OK; preface and rankings, truly frightening!
  • This book shared enthusiastic names that shared good ideas.
Unusual and Most Popular Baby Names
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4 out of 5 stars Entries are OK; preface and rankings, truly frightening!.......2000-01-08

If you're only in the market for a name dictionary (which any educated person should have on his shelf, not just the expectant), the "New American Dictionary of Baby Names" by Leslie Dunkling and Wm. Gosling gives a far beefier entry for each name-- meaning, history, translations, when in and out of fashion, etc.-- than this book does, and for the same price. (Sorry, but the Brits beat us hands down at this kind of thing.)

However, there are better reasons to get this. One is the above-average introductory essay, which goes into parents' reasoning, ethnic and geographic differences, and other issues. The other reason is the survey carried out by Dr. Evans of nearly eight hundred thousand 1990 newborns.

He ranks the top 500 names for each sex, which account for about 5 of 6 babies christened. (That's all, you say? Consider the percentage of children born to immigrants with very unusual names.)

This list speaks volumes, and should be studied by sociologists and historians, particularly those holding to a Gibbonesque or Spenglerian worldview. Grandma and grandpa's names, if here at all, will be near the bottom, and it's a shock to see how far even the "hot" names of the 1950's have sunk. Fashion is king, especially for girls, and the majority of names ultimately have the same meaning: "mommy's an airhead, and daddy humors her". Our ancestors would shudder at the sheer vapidity, and disloyalty, of their descendants.

Prof. Evans plays the diplomat in his introduction, titled "Naming Baby" (as if the new person will always be a baby!). He neither defends nor dismisses the thinking of modern parents, but merely sets forth their reasons. This alone can ruin a thinking person's day.

Dr. Evans has given us, whether by intention or not, the perfect tool to learn how NOT to name your child-- a most valuable service. Get this along with the Dunkling/Gosling book, and it's a well-invested...

5 out of 5 stars This book shared enthusiastic names that shared good ideas........1998-06-30

I thought this was a wonderful, fulfilling baby name book and shared great ideas for your babies names. I loved how this book was so full of creative ideas and extremely helpful in chosing names. These names were defenitly unuasual or different and are up to beat, popular names. I have no complants or suggestions for this book and just wanted to share how I feel for others. Overall, this book was full of good names and and was emencely wonderful. Thank You , JDG

Through Hell for Hitler: A Dramatic First-Hand Account of Fighting With the Wehrmacht
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Through Hell for Hitler: A Dramatic First-Hand Account of Fighting With the Wehrmacht
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The dramatic account based on the personal experiences of a conscript Wehrmacht soldier who, as a Panzer driver. fought in the Crimea, at the Siege of Leningrad and Kursk, the largest, most bloody and long-lasting land battle in modern history.

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The author describes his participation in the two main phases of Operation Barbarossa, namely the advance of the powerful German forces into the heart of Russia followed by their enforced 'Napoleonic' retreat after the battle of Stalingrad.

It portrays the gradual awakening in the mind of a young Hitler Youth 'educated' soldier of a Panzer Division to the truth of the criminal character of what he is involved in.

Having in mind that about 9 out of 10 German soldiers who died in WWII were killed in Russia, it throws some light on the largely unreported heroic sacrifices of Soviet soldiers and civilians often against seemingly hopeless odds, without which Europe might well have fallen to fascism.

It does not deal so much with grand strategies, tactics and military technicalities as with the human involvement of ordinary people from both sides having been caught up in that enormity of a tragedy, that epic struggle in Russia.

It throws light on the chasm which existed between officers and men in the sharply class-divided Wehrmacht with most of the top rank officers having been drawn from the old imperial aristocracy.

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1 out of 5 stars The author is a communist.......2007-09-07

I did some research on the author after reading this book and discovered the following:

He was a member of the British Communist Party until it was disbanded in 1991.

He is a life long socialist and continues to give interviews to far left and socialist periodicals.

He has given lectures and speeches to students and to groups like the "Stalin Society"-Who think Stalin was a great guy and a hero.

He has marched in numerous anti-capitalist, anti-American, and anti-war demonstrations.

I searched for any veterans that could verify his account or that he was even a soldier in the unit he claims to have served in.

According to his writings, the author was a petty criminal and coward. Having served in war, I cannot relate to this man. His chief attribute seems to be indifference, which to me seems worse than fanaticism. I must conclude the author then committed his alleged actions out of self interest rather than out of ideology, comradeship, or duty.

I don't believe a thing in this book and view it as a work of fiction. I surmise that the author was perhaps a rear echelon or support soldier in reality. I would give this book no stars if I could.

4 out of 5 stars A Curious War Memoir by an Anti-militarist.......2007-06-07

Henry Metelmann was interviewed in the 1970s for the BBC series "The World at War," and I was taken aback by his almost offhand reference in that interview to the Wehrmacht committing atrocities while in retreat on the Russian Front. It was known that atrocities were committed, but Metelmann's matter-of-fact statement was astonishing in that it was made at a time when very little was being said at all by rank-and-file German soldiers. I purchased this book to try to learn and to understand more about this soldier whose attitude is, perhaps, not typical.

It is important to understand that this book was written at the request of Metelmann's children approximately 40 years after the war. What might have been emphasized had Metelmann written this sooner may have been lost with the passage of time and introspection. Thus, the book is more of an internal, psychological monologue (compiled many decades after the event by an anti-militarist) than any sort of "historical" account. It should be read in that light though I agree that for the military historian the lack of detail is sometimes irritating.

Previous reviewers raise a number of valid criticisms about this book. The most glaring deficiency is the lack of any account of the period from the Spring of 1943 until 1945. Many reviewers are also put-off by Metelmann's perceived "coldness" towards dead or wounded fellow soldiers.

But not everyone can be a Eugene Sledge ("With the Old Breed"), a Charles MacDonald ("Company Commander") or a Guy Sager ("Forgotten Soldier"). There is more to military life than being part of a Band of Brothers. Just as there are all sorts of personalities in civilian life, there are all sorts in military life as well. It jars when a "war memoir," doesn't follow the expected "form," but perhaps therein is some value.

I do believe that Metelmann was a member of the 22nd Panzer Division. That he clearly has a selective memory about the war in Russia is undeniable, but perhaps there is much that Metelmann does not care to dwell on beyond giving his children a summary and a moral lesson.

For the limited purpose of seeing the war on the Eastern Front through the eyes of a common, though perhaps not typical, German soldier, this book is worth reading.

4 out of 5 stars A Soldier With a Conscience.......2007-01-21

Here's the memoir of a 19-year-old kid conscripted to fight in Hitler's
brutal war in Russia. While imbued with the Nazi ethic of German racial
superiority and Germany's world-conquering destiny, Henry Metelmann is
a doubter and, as related in this book, turns out far different than the ideal Nazi killing machine. Traveling to join German forces in Russia, he alerts you: "After all I was not yet twenty years old, I wanted to live, not die." And as the German armies storm into the Soviet heartland
(Metelmann was a tank driver and fought in the Crimean and Stalingrad
campaigns with the 22nd Panzer Division), the carnage he witnesses and
participates in serve to solidify his doubts as he questions why Germany is brutalizing the Russian people. The subsequent German reverses on the
battlefield make him and his comrades cynical about the validity of
German reasons for making war on Russia.

What sets this book apart is the author's questioning of the German soldier's mission to "fulfill their sacred duty to our Fuehrer and Fatherland" and his guilt over the part he in played in that crime. Metelmann is honest and recounts German atrocities he witnessed, such as German soldiers executing captured Russian soldiers who were
Soviet commissars (Hitler's infamous "Kommissar Befehl"); the SS rounding up intellectuals in a sports stadium - most likely for execution - when the Russian city, Rostov, fell to their forces; burning down peasant huts and thus forcing the elderly, women and children out into sub-zero conditions (Hitler's scorched-earth policy) while German forces were in retreat and other incidents of wanton destruction perpetrated among the civilian population as "revenge" for the humiliating defeat at Stalingrad.

Other items of interest included his relating the innate dislike of many of the common soldiers of the pretensions of the German officer class (along with this Metelmann relates an incident of one of his comrade's "fragging" one officer who kept needlessly risking their lives on foolhardy missions). Also to be appreciated are his vivid descriptions of the vast Russian countryside in both winter and summer and his attempts at getting close to Russian peasants he comes into
contact with.

After the war's end and two years as an American and British prisoner-of-war, Metelmann asks himself: "In me was a great feeling of guilt, but also anger, frustration and disappointment. How was I to come to terms with all that?"

In the end, he provides an epitaph of sorts that answers his question.

2 out of 5 stars Perhaps the most uneven book I've ever read from a German Soldier.......2006-07-18

This reviewer has read several WWII books from German Soldiers. I've read this book and can't figure out if it's real or not. I'm like some of the other reviewers and think it's sort of real. However, there is quite a bit of mis-information that you can't tell what's real and what is a lie.

Now, you'll see a picture of the author wearing a M36 Heer (Army) uniform. The German Army stopped giving them out after 1939 when they were replaced by the M40 uniform. How did he end up in Russia in 1942 in an M36? By then all the German Army had was the M40 uniform.

The Author says he drives a Panzer III. But we don't see any picures of that nor or much fighting with the tank. Instead he is assigned to a half track and spends his time pulling around a 50 mm anti-tank cannon (PAK).

The Author is abandoned in a Russian village with an Panzer III at about the time of the major fighting of Stalingrad. He ditches his uniform, lives with the Ukranians, and the tank is allowed to rust in a field. It sounds like he was told to drive a tank some place and it "just broke down". When he and the tank is found the authorities must have figured he was not worth it. By that time in the war everybody was need, even a screw off.

By the author's own words he is caught stealing from an army food supply truck. Also, when coupled with several other incidents, it becomes clear the author may have been a "barracks thief", a person of low character in any army.

I do not like this book. The author seems like a petty criminal who just happens to be in events larger than himself. It's kind of like reading the exploits of a pick-pocket on the Titanic who was lucky enough to live.

I speculate this soldier was in jail for some years over some crime. He then is set free and has to be watched closely by his superiors and fellow soldiers. That explains his dislike of officers and inability to remember anybody he served with. You can't cross reference his story with other characters.

If you're going to read any books on the individual soldier then read either "A Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer or "The Good Soldier" by Alfred Novotny. "Forgotten" goes into great detail on everything; "Good" is one of the best because it's a short and an easy-to-read book. This review likes easy.

This book is two stars. And it didn't earn them.

3 out of 5 stars A Different Perspective.......2005-09-23

As with other reviewers, I will agree that this is certainly not equivalent to the Forgotten Soldier, which is a book heads and shoulders above nearly all other German memoirs of combat on the Russian Front.

But we should take into account that the Forgotten Soldier deals largely with the GrossDeutschland Division, which was possibly the best regular army unit on either front. Henry Mettelmann served in the truly sad sack 22nd Panzer Division, which after its first tentative combat in the Crimea was pulled back by Manstein for more training. Even after its training it performed in a fairly lackluster manner and ultimately suffered casulaties equal to its inept performance. Therefore, the reader should not be too surprised at the author's lack of interest in the vehicles he drove (which I admit is maddening for any history buff). Metelmann's focus is much more on his own personal feelings of the struggle and his own effort to atone for having served the Third Reich.

I found the book very interesting and certainly in every war there are the Metelmanns. These are men who find themselves in a war to which they are pretty much indifferent. I found it shocking that after essentially abandoning a truckload of wounded comrades, he decides to take a break and roll around naked in the warm summer grass. How different from the Forgotten Soldier, where Guy Sager spends a lonely drive as his friend slowly dies from a hideous facial wound.

But hey, this is Metelmann's story and it is a fascinating one. Sure, it's more fun to follow the exploits of someone dedicated to their cause, no matter how right or wrong, but Metelmann is just not that guy. Yeah, he drank the Nazi punch and quickly spit it right back out. Some reviewers felt he was celebrating a sort of Marxist agenda. I think really, he is looking back and feeling huge regret for his part in the invasion of Russia.

In the end, I felt like Metelmann needed a way to sort out his experiences in a way that would help him atone for if nothing else...the admonishment of a Soviet woman cradling her dying 12 year old daughter. I am certain that for any of us that would be a tremendously burdensome memory. Of course they are those readers who might (as his comrades did) admonish him for not returning with the apples.

For those who seek an exaltation of war, this ain't the book. For those of us who share Metelmann's cynical view of nationalism and false patriotism that results in needless human suffering...this is the book for you.

And in the current political climate, it might just be timely.

War and Ethnicity: Global Connections and Local Violence (Studies on the Nature of War)
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    War and Ethnicity: Global Connections and Local Violence (Studies on the Nature of War)

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    The great majority of today's wars take place within rather than between states and are often explained and justified by participants as the result of deep and ineradicable differences between 'them' and 'us'. The contributors to this book, whose disciplinary backgrounds include history, political science, international relations and anthropology, explore the growing importance of such 'ethnic' differences in a world that is also becoming more unified, politically, economically and culturally. They discuss the causes of internal war, the techniques used by nationalist politicians and intellectuals to turn ethnicity into a powerful political resource, the response of the UN and of non-governmental agencies to such 'complex' political emergencies as those in former Yugoslavia and Somalia and the constitutional strategies that can be used to acknowledge and accommodate ethnic diversity. Taken together, the papers demonstrate that the relationship between ethnicity and war is not a simple matter of cause and effect. Ethnic differences are not given in nature, ethnicity does not arise suddenly andspontaneously but only in specific historical circumstances and it is unlikely to become a lethal force in human affairs except through the deliberate calculation of political elites.DAVID TURTON is Director of the Refugee Studies Programme, University of Oxford. CONTRIBUTORS: TOM GALLAGHER, STEFAN TROEBST, THOMAS ZITELMANN, KLAUS JüRGEN GANTZEL, JAKOB RöSEL, HARRY GOULBOURNE, IOAN LEWIS, MARK DUFFIELD.

    History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
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    Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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    3 out of 5 stars Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

    Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

    5 out of 5 stars Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

    Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

    5 out of 5 stars Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

    There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

    For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

    5 out of 5 stars Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

    It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

    4 out of 5 stars History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

    Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

    I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

    Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

    Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
    Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

    I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

    This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.
    Miracle Visitors (Sf Collector's)
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • Mysticism of the 1970's
    • A true mind-bender
    Miracle Visitors (Sf Collector's)
    Ian Watson
    Manufacturer: Gollancz
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    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0575075031

    Book Description

    "One of the most intellectually exciting of all Ian Watson's books."--The Times

    "An science fiction writer of powerful intellect-the natural successor to H. G. Wells."--The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

    "A marvelous and moving piece of speculation on the nature of UFOs. A supremely skillful narrative...A tremendous sense of conviction."--Spectator

    An unusually brilliant and mind-stretching metaphysical quest from one of the most exciting talents in science fiction.
    John Deacon uses hypnosis to help his patients reach altered states of consciousness. One of his subjects, Michael Peacocke, is unusually susceptible and in their first session together, Michael recalls a "close encounter"--in both senses of the term--with an alien. Deacon, skeptical of the story, dismisses it as an adolescent sexual fantasy. But then strange things begin to happen and Deacon is forced to reconsider. Could UFOs be symbols projected from the collective unconscious? Are they messages from the biomatrix? Does the mind have the ability to project objects and people that are physically real...yet somehow illusory?
    A wonderfully fascinating, mind-bending voyage.

    Ian Watson is author of Martian Inca, The Embedding, and The Jonah Kit.

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars Mysticism of the 1970's.......2006-02-17

    Some spoilers ahead . . .
    Watson's novel starts out in a rather grounded reality with a scientist (Deacon) doing research into altered states of consciousness. He suggests the possibility of of unique method of getting at the truth of a subject's U.F.O. experience. The next thing we know, the patient is off on a flying saucer to the dark side of the moon. The reader has to decide whether this is part of the on-going research or whether it is actually happening. The scientist too is taken on mysterious trips of his own to visit a Sufi master, then finally falls into the mad world of his patient. At least, this is the way I read it. (My reading may actually help you understand what is going on here!) There is a lot of unexplained mysticism in this book about a Biomatrix, The Green Man, tulpas, demons, well, you name it. It is as though everyone took L.S.D. and went tripping, which would have been alright if Watson had gotten a grip on his story. In the end we are left with a handful of mystics spouting a brand of New Age wisdom, while science is left in the dust on the dark side of the moon. I'm selling my copy of the Miracle Visitors cheap. It's too bad because it could have been a good novel had the author kept tighter reins on his craft.

    5 out of 5 stars A true mind-bender.......2004-04-16

    This, along Watson's first novel THE EMBEDDING, was listed on the top 100 SF books of all time by Interzone editor David Pringle. Here, Watson represents obsession with UFOs as a legitimate religious impulse leading to a "UFO state" of consciousness. Overt allusions to William Blake and Carl Jung help put this work in context as an attempt to mythologize (through science-fictional motifs) the eternal quest for unity of awareness. The aliens in this book, however, do not, as they do so often in conventional SF, represent the most expanded potential of higher knowledge. This responsibility is placed on the human mind and imagination.
    Miracle Visitors
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      Miracle Visitors
      Ian Watson
      Manufacturer: Ace Books
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        Miracle Visitors
        Ian Watson
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        MIRACLE VISITORS.
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          MIRACLE VISITORS.

          Manufacturer: Victor Gollancz
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          The Ober-Ammergau passion play: (Reprinted by permission, from the "Times"). With some introductory remarks on the origin and development of miracle plays, ... hints for the use of intending visitors
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            The Ober-Ammergau passion play: (Reprinted by permission, from the "Times"). With some introductory remarks on the origin and development of miracle plays, ... hints for the use of intending visitors
            Malcolm MacColl
            Manufacturer: Rivingtons
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              Ian Watson
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                  Ian Watson
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                  MIRACLE VISITORS.
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                    MIRACLE VISITORS.

                    Manufacturer: Readers Union
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                    Binding: Hardcover
                    ASIN: B000HG5NGS

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                    8. A New Life - Pregnancy, Birth, And Your Childs First-Year - A Comprehensive Guide 2nd Revised Ed.
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