Linnaeus: Nature and Nation

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Drawing on letters, poems, notebooks, and secret diaries, Lisbet Koerner tells the moving story of one of the most famous naturalists who ever lived, the Swedish-born botanist and systematizer, Carl Linnaeus. The first scholarly biography of this great Enlightenment scientist in almost one hundred years, Linnaeus also recounts for the first time Linnaeus' grand and bizarre economic projects: to "teach" tea, saffron, and rice to grow on the Arctic tundra and to domesticate buffaloes, guinea pigs, and elks as Swedish farm animals.

Linnaeus hoped to reproduce the economy of empire and colony within the borders of his family home by growing cash crops in Northern Europe. Koerner shows us the often surprising ways he embarked on this project. Her narrative goes against the grain of Linnaean scholarship old and new by analyzing not how modern Linnaeus was, but how he understood science in his time. At the same time, his attempts to organize a state economy according to principles of science prefigured an idea that has become one of the defining features of modernity. Meticulously researched, and based on archival data, Linnaeus will be of compelling interest to historians of the Enlightenment, historians of economics, and historians of science. But this engaging, often funny, and sometimes tragic portrait of a great man will be valued by general readers as well.

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Nature and Nonsense.......2002-01-08

It has become axiomatic that historians of science know little about either. This revisionist treatment of the foibles of 18th century Swedish life paints poor Linnaeus as a whacko. However, he really wasn't too far removed from the contemporary members of the Royal Society of London in credulity, self promotion and ignorance and was certainly typical of Swedish Professors of that and more recent times.
This is really a silly book first produced under the tuterage of Simon Schama and reissued from HUP. The author does not acknowledge the intellectual ferment of the time when the Enlightenment was being crushed under the heels of van Herder and by the Romantic curse (that we still enjoy as political correctness). The greatest contribution of the Linne's systematics was the "taxonomic key" that allows some order out of biology, not his fatuous attempts to make booze out of lichens or grow pineapples in Bothnia.
I suppose other historians of "science" will someday mock Aristotle for his ignorance of DNA and not knowing how many teeth women have, but really, this is a silly book.

Interesting Reading........2001-11-27

Linnaeus : Nature and Nation
by Lisbet Koerner
Reviewed by Thomas Leo Ogren, author of Allergy-Free Gardening, Ten Speed Press.
Honestly I have mixed feelings about this book. One, I love it and really did enjoy reading it. I learned quite a bit from it too.
But I do wish it had been written in a more reader-friendly manner. It is a good bit too scholarly for my tastes, a trifle too text-bookishly written.
One of the important things about Linnaeus himself is that he always tried to reach the common man, tried to make his work popular and easily understood. I feel this book could have emulated some of that flavor.
But I don't mean to be too critical by any means because I did like this book very much. There is a real wealth of research here, many things about Linnaeus here that I'd never read before. Karl Linnaeus was THE botanist--of his time, and of our own time as well. His system of binomial nomenclature, Genus species, was pretty much right on the money. He was the first to realize that plants' sexual characteristics were what largely either grouped them together or set them apart. His system is often criticized today, but to me it still makes great sense.
Linnaeus : Nature and Nation, is not for everyone, but serious gardeners will enjoy it, as will historians, especially those with an interest in botany, horticulture, science. Well worth reading.

The Big Issue.......2001-07-25

‘Gazing at a flower by the grass-roofed cottage where he was born [...] Linnaeus was quintessentially a local man.’ (187). But as Lisbet Koerner explains, he also linked the ‘universal with the local [...] nature with nation.’ In this fascinating account, Koerner demonstrates that the father of modern taxonomy was also a political economist. Unlike Adam Smith, his interest was no so much in international trade or colonial conquest, but the substitution of imports (a cameralist program).

Although Linnaeus had travelled in Holland, France, and Engalnd (1735-48) there were nineteen ‘first-generation’ students who undertook ‘voyages of discover’ between 1745 and 1792. Koerner asserts that their travels ‘were part of their larger strategy to create a miniature mercantile empire within a European state’ (114). Linnaeus sensed that ‘explorers fostered strategies of national improvement based on ecological diversification rather than on territoral expansion.’ (114).

Linnaeus, it is argued was essentially a civil servant who turned his students into an efffective and efficient support staff. Chapter 3 deals with the Lapland journey. In line with economic and political priorities the area was to be colonized as a kind of Scandinavian “West Indies”. As a committed Lutheran, its is fascinating to deconstruct the theology at work in Linnaeus’s thought. Nature was a prelapsarian Paradise, but it must be exploited within each country. Accordingly, Linnaesus was concerned by the luxury and excess of products that trade supplied from the cornucopia of the New World. As this book notes, ‘He even urged Scandinavians to return to the old “Gothic foods,” such as acorns, pork, and mead.’ (95) At the same time he was keen to cultivate at home (to acclimatize) what was normally cultivated abroad. We even find him thinking, theorizing, and cultivating ‘an art to Make Mussles bring forth pearls.’ (141) He professed an an axiety that the pearl plantaions ‘could not long remain secret before our neighbours in Norway, Russia, and Siberia, who own more stores of Pearl mussels, could thus intirely triumph over us in quantity.’ (143)

Yet as Linnaeus’s stock rose in Europe among the Romantics, at home it fell as he failed to deliver economic adavantage and superiority through import substitution. Ernst Moritz Arndt attacked Linnaeus’s cameralist projects in 1783, wondering how ‘On e was supposed to believe that Sweden suddenly had become Asia Minor and Sicily.’ (168) His enterprising schemes turned out to be ‘fantastic and chimerical’; it was left to his taxonomic system to enrich the world. Nonetheless, in light of recent global protests and persistent underdevelopment, the larger issues which the book eloquently discusses, seem to me as relevant now as then. ‘Linnaeus: Nature and Nation’ concludes by stating that it ‘memorializes a local attempt at a local modernity, a now-forgotten future of the past’ (193), but the other issue it raises is timely:

‘Or can native subjects, using only local means of production, build a complex and complete local economy, incorporating contemporary technologies, and functioning as a microcosm of the global economy.’ (192)

Thank God the world isn't run by professors.......2000-05-26

A fascinating account of what a strange place the 18th century was. The age of confusion more than the age of reason. Who would have thought that Linnaeus had so much in common with today's new age cranks.

Well done!.......2000-02-08

A biography filled with wonderful detail, even though centering on Linnaeus' economic program. At times the author appears to be making fun of Linnaeus' odder ideas rather than attempting serious historical analysis, but in all a good job and an interesting argument.

Linnaeus. Nature and Nation [A book review from: History of European Ideas]

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Linnaeus: Nature and Nation.(Book Review): An article from: Canadian Journal of History
Kathleen Wellman
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LINNAEUS: NATURE AND NATION
Lisbet Koerner
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BIRD DOG TRAINING explains how to train a bird dog to hunt at a pace that suits a man walking, and to point and hold birds with all the elegance and style of a field trial champion. It combines successful traditional methods with modern electronic techniques to show how the nation's top professional gun dog trainers develop reliable hunting dogs that are easy to control, exciting to watch, and stylish on point.

Topics covered include:
Electronic training aids
Selecting and starting pups
How to prevent gun shyness
Backyard bird dog practice
Using your dog afield for the first time
Teaching dogs to quarter ahead of the gun
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And much more

The author has traveled around the United States for more than thirty years studying how professional trainers develop the most dependable and enjoyable hunting dogs, and passing that information on to readers. In this invaluable volume, he provides everything the sportsman or -woman needs to know to train pointing dogs for hunting in the close-cover conditions found in most parts of the country today.

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ultimate guide to bird dog training.......2007-08-27

The basics of this book are exellent although sections of book such as callback pens are not applicable to new zealand

good ideas.......2007-02-06

This book is good. It provides some basic technics on methods of training. I personally prefered "how to help gun dogs train themselves". But, this was a good book with good training ideas.

The Ultimate Guide to Bird Dog Training.......2002-03-06

This book is GREAT! My husband got me interested in training bird dogs after going on a quail hunt recently. I reviewed the books on Amazon that were available on the subject and chose this one to get an idea of what bird dog training would entail. I was skeptical that I could actually do this. I am hooked. This book made so much since to me! I am ready to get started with a puppy today. It is a lot of work I know but this book is an excellent way to get started. I know it will be an excellent resource after I get my pup. I have talked with a few folks that actually raise and train pointing dogs and they say I'm on the right track. I highly recommend this book.

The Ultimate Guide to Bird Dog Training.......2002-02-28

I ordered this book in hopes of receiving an up to date training book. I was somewhat disappointed. The book looks like it is a new updated training book; and even states inside that it contains the authors older material with new updated training methods, but I found it to be only dated marerial. The pictures are from the 70's, and not good ones at that. I do feel like the methods would work for a person training a pointer; I was trying to obtain information in the training of a lab for upland game, and this book was lacking in that reguards. If you are looking for a newer material, you may want to check other sources. I am trying The Labrador Shooting Dog next.

Ultimate Bird Dog Book.......2002-02-27

An excellent oveview for starting a pointing dog puppy. Uses techniques from various trainers. Highly recommend.. It works too!

Lonely Planet Samoan Islands & Tonga (Lonely Planet Samoan Islands)
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Lonely Planet Samoan Islands & Tonga (Lonely Planet Samoan Islands)
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Samoa, an idyllic travel destination in its own right, also contains the strongest and proudest of Polynesian cultures. US Samoa is an opportunity to see the melding of two cultures and the unique result, plus a chance to visit the "home" of Polynesia, in the mystical Ta'u island group. Tap into Apia's buzzing cafe scene or Nuku'alofas kava ceremonies. Whatever your island scene, take this bestselling guide along!

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Lonely Planet's Samoan Islands & Tonga.......2007-01-10

We found this book to be very helpful and especially appreciated the Conversation/ Essentials in the rear of the book.
We only visited 'Upolu, and the guide gave us important insights about the Samoan culture and etiquette which served us well.
We stayed at Sinalei Reef Resort which we would highly recommend if you are traveling without children, and the restaurant at Coconut's Beach Club was excellent.
This guide is a must if you're going to Samoa and really want to enjoy it to it's fullest.

LP is always very useful.......2006-08-22

I have never liked how LP guides are arranged but have found them to consistantly have the best information [not perfect but better than other guides.] I wish they had not included Tonga as I am not going there and always travel as light at possible. The binding is not condusive to removing unwanted pages but I will remove the Tonga section anyway. I say, 'buy it!' but don't get bent out of shape should some info not prove to be correct.

Alone in a Crowd (Harper Monogram)
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A country singer finds anonymity and love after an accident.

Alone in a Crowd (Harper Monogram)
Georgia Bockoven
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A country singer finds anonymity and love after an accident........1999-01-15

Cole Webster was a legend in country music when he was in a motorcycle accident that altered his appearance drastically. While he waited to heal, he stepped into anonymity and returned to what life was like before he became famous. It was somewhat of a culture shock to go back to the basics, but when he met Holly, love beckoned after the inevitable obstacles. Holly had no idea that Cole was who he was, and much later when she discovered his true identity, another crisis had occurred that threatened to separate them. The ending to this story neatly wraps everything up with an unexpected twist that will leave readers breathless and delighted at the same time. A must-read for music lovers, romantics, and optimists.

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it's the real story
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Parents who created an empire but gave their kids nothing
Parents who created an empire but gave their kids nothing

Fourteen: Growing Up Alone in a Crowd
Stephen Zanichkowsky
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The haunting story of a boy who couldn't find any room to breathe until he left his thirteen siblings behind and withdrew to the world inside his head--only to emerge forty years later, still alone.

Born eighth in a family on its way to becoming almost twice that size, Stephen Zanichkowsky immediately learned that his life was to be no Cheaper by the Dozen romp. Instead, he and his siblings fended for themselves to avoid the wrath of their father and the heartbreaking emotional distance of their mother. Silence and terror ruled. A brother was taken away by the family one day, never to return. A sister was born with a mental deficiency that was never explained. As the years went by, each child left home as soon as he or she turned eighteen, creating unaccustomed "space" by skipping the others' weddings and graduations.

With artless narrative style, Zanichkowsky embarks on a journey back to the family's Lithuanian Catholic roots in Brooklyn and follows its members on a tortured climb to suburban comfort that, for him, culminates in his escape from home and the draft. Along the way, he seeks answers to lifelong questions: Why was his father so angry and uncontrollable? Why did his parents continue to have children when they didn't have enough love, patience, or money to spread around?

Forty years later after leaving home, Zanichkowsky reaches out to his siblings--most of them divorced or living alone--and discovers a group of people still learning how to form relationships with others. In the process, the boy that once retreated into his own world emerges, whole and self-possessed.

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I was born into a system with an established order, with people cemented into positions long before I got there. As I got older, the biggest kids gradually filled me in with things I needed to know, as if I were a new hand at the factory and needed to learn which drawers certain tools were kept in. They showed me where the shoe polish was kept; how to fry an egg (because on Sundays we could have our egg fried or scrambled if we didn't want clucked); where to put my laundry in the basement. I learned about Mom's miscarriages, because all the rest of us resemble a line of ducks and outsiders sometimes asked about the three-year gap between Rita and Jane. The bigger kids told me about our religion, our relatives, our nationality. When bath night was and how often to change my underwear. (No one, however, had an answer as to why all the girls had the same middle name: Marie.)

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Very well written.......2007-08-29

I come from a fairly small family--3 kids and one mother and one father, compared to the author's family. I love the genre memoir and this book is a fine example of a great memoir. The author address the whole family not only his siblings but his parents too. I was sorry when the book ended; I got to know the authors family--almost better than I know my own.

it's the real story.......2004-07-12

Without pity or too much drama, Stephen Zanichowsky write the story for every one of us who grew up in a large family. The book works as a form of his own therapy, but inspires me to face what happened to me, even just for my own benefit of trying to understand or make sense of what happens in a family in which the parents are overwhelmed by too many children, too little resources, and too many human failings. Reading Zanichowsky's story reminded me of my own experiences, many memories that have been buried. I wonder about Zanichowsky's siblings--how they felt about this book. It would take amazing courage to write this book, and a great deal of forgiveness from all of the siblings to publish the real story of their growing up.

Searingly honest and poignant.......2004-05-07

This is a marvelous book. He writes of abuse and degradation without feeling sorry for himself. He tries to understand without resorting to justification or pity. I'm sure it took him a lot of therapy to get to the point where he could create this book, but it was money very well spent.

If anyone wants to read more about the neighborhood he grew up in, I recommend "Spider Stumbled" by Frank Paul Venis.

Parents who created an empire but gave their kids nothing.......2004-02-25

This story may involve the uniqueness of growing up among fourteen sibs, but it sure isn't a "Cheaper by the Dozen" story. This is an adult's survivor story about his unrequited quest to be loved by his own parents.

Poor Stephen Zanichkowsky never had a chance. As the eighth child out of fourteen, he had a childhood of missing out on most of the things kids need. Money was mostly tight until family fortunes changed later on. As you would expect, the kids were sick of doing endless chores, of living in cramped living quarters, of eating canned goods, and of being surrounded by dirty diapers. Such complaints soon seem trivial, as you read Stephen describe a childhood devoid of any emotional nurturing. Stephen's only memories of communications with the folks involve them belittling and bullying him, if they communicated at all. The young, fragile, defenseless kids grew up in fear of their evil father. Father was mostly absent, when he wasn't brutally beating his kids with a stick for corporal punishment. Mother was equally evil, although Stephen describes her in terms of being overwhelmed. This is a much kinder description than Mother deserves, as you find out when you hear how one night, helped by the family priest, she drops off her most bullied and victimized child at a mental institution. She offers no explanation to the other thirteen sibs about his long term diappearance. The brood soon learns to do anything to avoid the brutality of their parents. They have no hesitation to deflect blame on another sibling. Since Stephen's horrible parents are religious zealots, it is also only a matter of time before Stephen is zapped of his faith in God.

Stephen vents, "therapy style", and at times it gets long winded, but you forgive him because you become surprised. As he vents, it is obvious that he knows very little about child abuse. Clearly his therapists have failed him. As is very typical of victims of child abuse, Stephen offers excuses. Basically he says: " Mother was worn out from all the kids. She was just overwhelmed. When she beat us, sometimes for no good reason, she meant well. We were bad..." It is astonishing that he is completely unaware that he has what many institutionalized orphans experience. He has attachment issues. He has no memories of warm physical contact with his Mom, something vital for emotional stability. No wonder he is groundless, and so alone, despite having so many sibs.

Parents who created an empire but gave their kids nothing.......2004-02-25

Poor Stephen Zanichkowsky never had a chance. As the eighth child out of fourteen, he had a childhood of missing out on most of the things kids need. Money was mostly tight until family fortunes changed later on. As you would expect, the kids were sick of doing endless chores, of living in cramped living quarters, of eating canned goods, and of being surrounded by dirty diapers. Such complaints soon seem trivial, as you read Stephen describe a childhood devoid of any emotional nurturing. Stephen's only memories of communications with the folks involve them belittling and bullying him, if they communicated at all. The young, fragile, defenseless kids grew up in fear of their evil Father. Father was mostly absent, when he wasn't brutally beating his kids with a stick for corporeal punishment. Mother was equally evil, although Stephen describes her in terms of being overwhelmed. This is a much kinder description than Mother deserves, as you find out when you hear how one night, helped by the family priest, she drops off her most bullied and victimized child at a mental institution. She offers no explanation to the other thirteen sibs about his overnight absence. The brood soon learned to do anything to avoid the brutality of their parents. They have no hesitation to deflect blame on another sibling. Since Stephen's horrible parents are religious zealots, it is also only a matter of time before Stephen is zapped of his faith in God.

Stephen vents, "therapy style", and at times it gets long winded, but you forgive him because you become surprised. As he vents, it is obvious that he knows very little about child abuse. Clearly his therapists have failed him. As is very typical of victims of child abuse, Stephen offers excuses. Basically he says: " Mother was worn out from all the kids. She was just overwhelmed. When she beat us, sometimes for no good reason, she meant well. We were bad..." It is astonishing that he is completely unaware that he has what many institutionalized orphans experience. He has attachment issues. He has no memories of warm physical contact with his Mom, something vital for emotional stability. No wonder he is groundless, and so alone, despite having so many sibs.

Again, you are surprised as he describes how some of his sibs deny his descriptions of what happened and how he repeatedly insists that it did happen. Of course it happened. Of course the sibs were in denial. You suspect even worse things happened to the daughters, one of whom had special needs. There is no doubt in your mind that all were abused and neglected emotionally. You want to send the author an E-mail, urging him to read more about abandonment, neglect, and abuse of children. You write a review at 2 am for Amazon.com, the moment you finish the book. You hope he'll see your review soon. You hope your words will give him the feeling of a tight hug. Stephen deserves that hug.

Alone in the Crowd: One Man's Struggle With Obessive Compulsive Disorder
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Joe H. Vaughan
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ALONE IN THE CROWD (Sweet Valley High)
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Typical 1980s teen romance...

Predictable but enjoyable 1980s romance

One of my favorites

a boring book

A star in disguise...

ALONE IN THE CROWD (Sweet Valley High)
Francine Pascal
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Typical 1980s teen romance..........2005-10-23

I loved this series back in the 80s, I grew up with this kind of fluff in school. To me school in the 80s was a million times better than current day.

Anyway, in this book shy, Lynne Henry anonymously enters a song writing contest at school. The lead guitarist in the highschool band falls in love with the song and will do anything to find the girl who wrote the it.

Long story short, Lynne breaks her silence, gets the "guy" and a make-over and everyone lives happily ever after.

``Katrina

Predictable but enjoyable 1980s romance.......2002-10-15

This is the classic 1980s ugly-ducking-gets-her-guy predictable romance where you know exactly what is going to happen all the way through,and you know that Lynne is going to get her..Guy!!(that was his name!)All the same,it is really enjoyable and very much held my attention and interest.

One of my favorites.......2000-12-13

I started reading SVH books at age 11; I am 25 now and will still pick up a book every now and again. I'm from the old school; I really think the series went to pot after the first fifty titles. Anyway, Alone in the Crowd was one of my favorites. Lynne and the Droids are such believable, dynamic characters. I'm only sorry more wasn't written about them.

a boring book.......1998-04-15

There's a song writing contest at SVH and there's this unpopular girl Lynne who enters but writes anoymous on her tape cause she's too shy . she ends up winning and liz discovers her secret and Guy from the droids falls in love with her and she does a makeover

A star in disguise..........1997-01-27

Lynn Henry doesn't fit in at Sweet Valley High--she is not rich, beautiful, popular or confident. However, lurking behind that shy,awkward exterior is a talented song-writer, dreaming of fame and love. When The Droids, a local band, have a song-writing contest, Lynn anonymously enters a song of passion and loneliness. This song captures the heart of her crush, Guy, and he falls in love with the voice in the song. Guy is desperately searching for the person behind the voice. Will Lynn have the courage to reveal her identity, or will someone steal her glory and her true love

Alone in a Crowd: Women in the Trades Tell Their Stories (Women in the Political Economy)

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Jean Reith Schroedel
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The problems of pipefitting and pregnancy, carpentry and child care, truck driving and femininity—these peculiar parings characterize the lives of an often unsung group of women. They are women who have entered the traditionally male-dominated world of the trades. They are women whom we meet in Alone in a Crowd, as twenty-five women who are blue-collar workers tell us in their own words what it is like to be a woman and a machinist or an electrician or a tugboat mate. Here are women who wear lipstick on the line and women who wear steel-toed boots in the yard, women who trade sexual wisecracks with their male coworkers and women who keep to themselves, women who want to get ahead and women who want out. In this book their actual voices speak to us about their nontraditional work and their nontraditional lives.

"When I'm in a fire camp," says fire fighter Diana Clarke, "I look around and try to find a woman who's forty years old or thirty-five or fifty, like all the men I see. I've never seen her I realize the role model has to be myself." These are women who, whether they like it or not, are ground breakers; they must contend with condescension and hostility on the job, and perhaps at home, just because they are women; they must cope with policies and facilities not designed for women; they must develop job skills without teachers, self-concepts without role models. For some, like sailor Theresa Selfe, the strain is too much: "There is no place out there for intelligent, sensitive people, much less women who give a damn about themselves." Others, like steel hauler Mary Rathke, love their work: "I always thought that once I approached forty, I'd look pretty ridiculous in a semi. But the closer I get to forty, the more I think I'll change that to fifty."

In these pages, the author has collected the first-hand accounts of women who have formed very personal techniques of dealing with the conflict between being a woman and being "one of the guys." For them, work in the trades is a way to avoid conventional office jobs or to make more money than in traditional work. To gillnetter Sylvia Lange, her trade is her lifestyle; to truck assembly line worker Nora Qualy, it is a necessary evil, a way to support her family.

Young, middle-aged, or retired; college-educated or high school dropout; rebellious or conservative; gay or straight; black, white, Japanese-American, Mexican-American, or Native-American—the women in Alone in a Crowd share openly with us their unique experiences.

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9 Titles Sweet Valley High Series (21-29) : 21. Runaway 22. Too Much in Love 23. Say Goodbye 24. Memories 25. Nowhere to Run 26. Hostage! 27. Lovestruck 28. Alone in the Crowd 29. Bitter Rivals
Francine Pascal , and Kate William
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Alone In A Crowd
Raymond Anderson
Manufacturer: Soul Asylum Poetry
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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With his roots in Jamaica, Raymond was raised in Toronto and now resides in Brampton, Ontario. A college graduate with a diploma in electronics, Raymond is a committed employee and a devoted father. Where there are rocks and waves, Raymond spends many hours writing every thought. Always with a pen and paper, Raymond began earnestly writing poetry in 2002. Now in 2007, Raymond's voice emerges with his darkest and brightest hours as he shares his story with the world. His poems are being published by Soul Asylum Poetry and Publishing under the title 'Alone in a Crowd'. "I've spent much time searching for a way to release the many emotions that I hold dear. Through poetry I have found ways to express matters of concern, capture the lost innocence, describe past experiences of pain and compassion. My pen speaks as the pad listens." Now Available "Alone In A Crowd"...

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Alone in a Crowd
Al Long
Manufacturer: Power Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Memoirs | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0978726898

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Lee was a fat, throwaway kid born into financial and emotional poverty as the child of an alcoholic father. His ability to mentally remove himself from his surroundings, even in a crowd of people, was a coping mechanism Lee used to escape his painful circumstances and to feign a mask of confidence and control. Young Lee seemed plagued with a constant cycle of disappointment and failure, yet in the midst of his challenges, Lee was blessed with significant people in his life who helped set him on a path to hope and joy. This unique true narrative is told through a series of meetings between Lee and an educator who saw something special in Lee at age 12 and ultimately accompanied Lee through his extraordinary journey into his adult life. Alone in a Crowd is a vital story for anyone who has a direct influence on the lives of children and desires to make an indelible, positive impact.

Alone in a Crowd: Book 1:The J-Nor Chronicles

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Among the Best in the Crowd
A new-age classic

Alone in a Crowd: Book 1:The J-Nor Chronicles
Michael D. Hurtt
Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1413745652

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Every young boy has dreams of adventure, and Jason Norris is no different. However, after witnessing his parents' mysterious abduction, not only does he find out how different he really is, he also finds himself alone in the world, and also in the middle of an adventure that is more bizarre than his dreams could ever be. With enemies closing in from all directions, he is swept up into something that he has no control over, with rapidly changing events dictating his every move. Due to what he has learned, and what others presume he knows, he is forced to undertake a desperate quest in an effort to save his parents, and maybe more importantly, to save the one person that he thought he knew better than anyone else...himself. This journey takes Jason clear across the country, and then just a little bit farther. Around every corner is danger. Behind every door, deception, and way out in front, the unknown.

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Among the Best in the Crowd.......2006-02-01

The number of characters, their presentation, and their movements was very well handled. The sub-plots are wonderful aids to establishing certain characters and their personalities. The writing keeps the reader informed of why certain decisions are made even as it continues to move the story along.

A few things are presented in a more cryptic form than necessary, such as Jason's mother not simply telling him which city to head towards. The fact that all of the aliens are human made me think of a movie production without a budget. The story did not however get bogged down in cliches, but held a good consistent level that maintained some realism.

I have to give the author credit for having a child lead that was believable. The use of psychic powers was also kept reasonable. Overall, a well executed story.

A new-age classic.......2005-03-07

If you read and enjoyed the Harry Potter books...you will certainly want to read Michael D. Hurtt's, "Alone in a crowd".
The print-on-demand industry has once again ushered the work of a superb story teller, coming from out of the ranks of practical science to the fore-front of bookstore Sci-fi shelves.
M. D. Hurtt has created the teen-age innocent, J-Nor, aka Jason Norris, the young at heart will quickly identify with in a fast moving venture, sure-fire to break the top ten readers list with a riveting read of family fare heroes, villains, and outer-space aliens.

ALONE IN A CROWD: PRINTS OF THE 1930-40S BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS: FROM THE COLLECTION OF REBA AND DAVE WILLIAMS.

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ALONE IN A CROWD: PRINTS OF THE 1930-40S BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS: FROM THE COLLECTION OF REBA AND DAVE WILLIAMS.
No author.
Manufacturer: American Federation of Arts
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N3XX3A

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