Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 18: The Last Kurokuwa

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The Shogun himself has given Retsudo a stern warning: do something about Itto Ogami, the Lone Wolf, or the Yagyu clan will fall out of favor. Now Retsudo must turn to the Fire Watchers, a select band of warriors, for help - as well as the last surviving members of the legendary Kurokuwa ninja clan! As death stalks him, Ogami is confronted by desperate, impoverished peasants who want him to share his fortune with the suffering. With Ogami's cub, Daigoro, caught in the middle, what will he decide? Find out what everyone can't stop talking about.

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Ogami Itto and Daigoro continue on the path to Edo.......2002-12-16

It seemed that with the death of his children and the Kurokuwa that Retsudo Yagyu had run out of pieces to put into play against Ogami Itto, but that proves not to be the case in "Twilight of the Kurokuwa," Volume 18 of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga epic by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. For the first time in the series the Shogun makes an appearance (although we never see his face), and we can only speculate as to what impact this will have on the blood feud;

(88) "Firewatchers of the Black Gate" finds Retsudo Yagyu leading the Shogun's annual pilgrimage to the family mausoleum. As part of this ritual we learn about the Shogun's bodyguards, the Firewatchers (the Kemuridome-Shu), who are also the warriors assigned to ensure all fires are out along the route; each carries a section of ladder that can be joined together with others. The Shogun, concerned that Ogami Itto's actions are eroding the Shogunate, tells Retsudo to solve this problem within a month or forfeit his own life. Retsudo then orders the Firewatchers to kill Ogami Itto, and in this story we see their first attempt.

(89) "The Immortal Firewatchers" continues the quest of the Firewatchers to kill Ogami Itto, who is trying to get to Edo by water. However, as such things often do, this fight comes down to a duel between Ogami Itto's Suio-Ryu and Habrui Genbu, Kuromon Kemuridome-Shu.

(90) "Paper Money" brings together several themes we have seen in earlier stories. Again, rather than helping to slay Ogami Itto, there is someone who want's Lone Wolf's help. However, this time, it is not his sword that is desired, but rather the money he has collected on the Assassin's Road.

(91) "Lifeline" finds Daigoro once again separated by his father because he had been distracted. Now Daigoro struggles to catch up with his papa, following the two tracks of the baby cart that Lone Wolf pushes across the sandy beaches. This is another one of the classic stories in this series where the dialogue is at a minimum and it is Goseki Kojima's drawings that carry the story.

(92) "Twilight of the Kurokawa" reveals that not all of the Kurokawa ninja have been slain by Ogami Itto. Retsudo Yagyu visits the retirement home of the Kurokawa, where there are five old men who had served their code for fifty years and now live out their final years in Kurokuwa village. Retsduo relates what Ogami Itto has done (represented by Kojima's artwork) and "asks" for these old men to use their famous sword wheel, which has never been defeated, to kill Lone Wolf and Cub.

After the bloody two-parter that begins this collection, the final trio of stories suggests a quiet before the storm, or at least a significant lull in the action. The ebb and flow of this grand saga is part of its strength, for this is not a bloodbath from start to finish. In fact, the fights are the least compelling part of the narrative for me. Instead, I focus on the character development, the historical detail, and, of course, the relationship between father and son. I am now two-thirds of the way through the Lone Wolf & Cub story and continue to look forward to reading the next episode each night before retiring. As soon as I finish I will probably start it over again, to better appreciate how Koike and Kojima put their masterpiece together.

You have read this far....why stop........2002-05-09

If you are reading this review then you have most likely read the past 17 or so books in this series and are hopelessly lost in the tale. Will the wolf win? If so, will he live? You know these answers from the very begining so don't bother asking now. At this point I think we must ask...if the wolf and cub correct in continuing? Don't say YES without thinking. The wolf is no longer killing the guilty or those he is paid to. Now he is fighting people with hearts as good as his, and samari that follow the code of the sword as closely as him. How much is one mans revenge worth? Read on my friends we shall know the answer soon.

And you thought it couldn't get sadder........2002-04-16

The Shogun himself enters into the story, imploring Retsudo to remove the wolf plaguing the landscape. The Yagyu are already mocked at court for their failure, and the Shogun makes it clear that the Yagyu honor is at stake. He lends Retsudo his elite group of firewatchers- unparralleled fighters under the direct service of the Shogun.

In the second half of this volume, a desperate and half-blinded Retsudo calls upon the true last of the Kurokawa - a retired group of ninja, now aged and crippled, but still deadly. They have fulfilled their years of servitude to the Yagyu, but Retsudo insists that they perform one last mission: Kill Ogami Itto!

As this series progresses, and spirals further into the depths of sacrifice for duty, the whole concept of Ogami vs Retsudo fades, as does good vs evil. They both seem to be men trapped by their roles, trapped by their obligations, destined to agony by their senses of responsibility- Itto to his road of hell, and Retsudo to his blood line.

If you are interested in a critique of Budo, and a sharp critical gaze into the intricacies of Japanese origins of honor and duty, you must read these books.

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last Cry: native American Prophecies Tales of the End Times

Powerful and filled with insight into our own beginnings.

Last Cry: Native American Prophecies & Tales of the End Times
Dr. Robert Ghost Wolf
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ASIN: 1412007232

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Last cry ... remains a time tested revelation about Prophecy and the coming of the Awakening...

Dr. Ghost Wolf has the unique ability of bridging many realities. Here he brings to light not only an indepth look at the teachings of the indigenous masters, but he also gives us profound insights into his own remarkable gifts of prophecy as a Shaman for the Metis People and leaves us looking ahead into the 21st Century with new eyes... Welcome to the Awakening.

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A dissenting view.......2007-10-07

I'll be the "designated" dissenting view here amongst all of these positive reviewers. This was not my cup of tea. That assuredly has alot to do with my estimation of this book. Above and beyond the rather off-the-wall mysticism and somewhat pseudo-native American spirituality, the editing is horrible. Misspelt words everywhere! I don't care how bad a book is in terms of its content, at least the author and publisher can check the spelling for god's sake! To me, that kind of error says alot about the author and the lack of professionalism in general. I just thought his viewpoint was hokey.

I'm glad I stumbled on this one.......2006-07-27

What a fascinating, wonderful book. It is thought provoking and stimulating reading. As a Christian theologian, i found it extremely wonderful and helpful reading.

Mary Sheeran, author of "Who Have the Power: a legend of the west"

President/Leweys Eco-Blends Inc.......2004-02-23

The most soul searching satsifying book. For a great mentor and teacher for those who will listen. Time ......this is to help prepare for the Great Comings............. I respect and thank him for the great insight

last Cry: native American Prophecies Tales of the End Times.......2000-04-20

I found this book to be incredibly insightful and informitive based completely in a shamanic light. Even those that do not follow this path can gather a lot of meaning from this book in regards to this: We are all from the same place...this earth. All fear and hate based on skin color, orientation, gender, species, etc...is completely futile. If people as a whole would understand themselves, being honest with themselves...I doubt that we as a whole would have any more hate and fear.

Powerful and filled with insight into our own beginnings........1999-01-06

This book resonated with the essence of my very being. It brings remembrance of our beginnings on this planet and in this dimension if one can accept it. It seems as though Robert Ghostwolf has hurried to get the information out and therefore, at times I did not have a full comprehension of the symbols such as the colored serpents. I have only a bit of native American blood and know only a little about the ancient religious beliefs of the people. Call me a crazy if you wish,but the book (for the most part) rang true to the depths of my being, and why not? Is it more outrageous than the stories in the Holy Bible from which I also draw great comfort and truth?

Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

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Stegnar recalls his teen years and recounts written early history of SW Saskatchewan
Almost shockingly good
Vividly told account of the Canadian frontier
wistful retrospective
Growing up on the northern plains.

Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
Wallace Stegner
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
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ASIN: 0141185015
Release Date: 2000-12-05

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Wallace Stegner weaves together fiction and nonfiction, history and impressions, childhood remembrance and adult reflections in this unusual portrait of his boyhood. Set in Cypress Hills in southern Saskatchewan, where Stegner's family homesteaded from 1914 to 1920, Wolf Willow brings to life both the pioneer community and the magnificent landscape that surrounds it. This Twentieth-Century Classics edition includes a new introductory essay by Page Stegner.

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Stegnar recalls his teen years and recounts written early history of SW Saskatchewan.......2007-05-05

Stegner once again reveals his writing prowess, This time in a self-indulgent adventure to haunts of his youth.

I have some qualms about this work, however. In particular, I was not so keen on those parts where Stegner relied heavily on book-based history that never directly touched his own life. To be frank, his writing in these parts surprisingly got a bit stodgy.

His thought on sense of place and belonging, however, are remarkable, hitting me right between the eyes. Indeed, he had me wistfully recalling my own childhood in what seemed a remote area of the world with the archaeological junk heap and all. In measuring his boyhood to my own, I noted how little times had changed in that interval of 60-70 years and how much has changed for kids in the last 40. It had me wondering how my own sons lives would be different were it not for the MAFIA (mother's against fun in America).

Almost shockingly good.......2005-07-31

This book has no right to be so absorbing. Though the topic of this forgotten book by Wallace Stegner reeks of self-indulgence-- A writer returns to where he grew up, reminisces about his youth and the history of the frontier town his transient childhood most identified as home and concludes with a 100-page fictionalized account of a the terrible winter of 1906-- he manages to tie his past inexorably to ours, linking his nostalgia for his youth with our own, and exploring the promise and inevitable waste of the American Dream lived out on our frontiers.

Stegner, like Proust, experiences an "ancient, unbearable recognition" spurred by a return to the sites, sounds, and most importantly, smells of his childhood. He dreams of this period and is "haunted, on awakening, by a sense of meanings just withheld, and by a profound nostalgic melancholy." Everyone has some awareness of a deep meaning lurking in our past that has not, or cannot, be fully interpreted.

Perhaps the best part of the book is section three, the novella length exposition on the hope and danger of the high plains that does a superb job of creating looming dread as the winter drops hard on the land. Near the end of section three, Stegner expounds on what it is to be an American pursuing the Dream:

"How does one know what wilderness has meant to Americans unless he has shared the guilt of wastefully and ignorantly tampering with it in the name of progress? One who has lived the dream, the temporary fulfillment, and the disappointment has had the full course.... The vein of melancholy in the North American mind may be owing to many causes, but it is surely not weakened by the perception that the fulfillment of the American Dream means inevitably the death of the noble savagery and freedom of the wild. Any who has lived on a frontier knows the inescapable ambivalence of the old-fashioned American conscience, for he has first renewed himself in Eden and then set about converting it into the lamentable modern world."

Vividly told account of the Canadian frontier.......2003-05-05

This wonderful collection of essays and fiction about the last Western frontier is both romance and anti-romance. Writing in the 1950s, Stegner captures the breath-taking beauty of the unbroken plains of southwest Saskatchewan and the excitement of its settlment at the turn of the century. Part memoir, the book recounts the years of his boyhood in a small town along the Whitemud River in 1914-1919, the summers spent on the family's homestead 50 miles away along the Canadian-U.S border. His book is also an account of the loss of that Eden and the failed promise of agricultural development in this semi-arid region with thin top soil.

Stegner is a gifted, intelligent writer, able to turn the people and events of history into compelling reading. The opening section of the book describes the experience of being on the plains and specifically in the area where Stegner was a boy. And it lays out the geography of that land -- a distant range of hills, the river, the coulees, the town -- which the book will return to again and again.

The following section evokes the period of frontier Canada's early exploration, the emergence of the metis culture, the destruction of the buffalo herds, the introduction of rangeland cattle, and then wave upon wave of settlement pushing the last of the plains Indians westward and northward. A chapter is devoted to the surveying of the boundary along the Canada-U.S. border; another chapter describes the founding of the Mounted Police and its purely Canadian style of bringing law and order to the wild west.

The middle section of the book is a novella and a short story about the winter of 1906-1907. In the longer piece, eight men rounding up cattle are caught on the open plains in an early blizzard. Stegner builds the drama and the peril of their situation artfully and convincingly. The final section of the book returns to Stegner's memories of the town and the homestead, ending with his family's departure for Montana.

Stegner lived at a time and in a place where a person born in the 20th century could still experience something of the sweep of history that transformed the American plains. I've read many books about the West, and because of his depth of thought, his gifts as a writer, and his unflinching eye, Stegner's work ranks for me among the best. I heartily recommend this book.

wistful retrospective.......2002-10-01

Part history and part dreamy reminiscence, this book is an account of a boy growing up in Southwest Saskatchewan in the early part of the 20th Century. The central portion of the book is pure history, and the long chapters on cowboys are particularly challenging because they require an intimate knowledge of cowboy terminology. Stegner does not mince words about the difficulties of life on the plains--extremes of heat and cold, wind, hostile topography, lack of cultural amenities--the result of which is that most who grew up there moved elsewhere. But he also shows a passionate attachment for the country of his childhood. The narrative often seems rambling because, like James Michener, the author tries to incorporate so much besides history--including the biology and geology of the nearby Cypress Hills, the biologically diverse area nearby--and even his poetic musings have elements of fact, as when he describes the wind, or the gophers, or his swimming hole, or his school, or his family's homestead, or the problems involved in the town's incorporation.

Growing up on the northern plains........2002-05-22

Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Wallace Stegner grew up on the prairie frontiers of North Dakota, Saskatchewan, and Montana, and in the mountains of Utah. As is indicated by the subtitle, this volume combines history, a memoir, and historical fiction. Readers who have spent significant time on the snow swept northern steppes may find a small part of themselves, and of this land, in Wolf Willow. ...
"On those miraculously beautiful and murderously cold nights glittering with the green and blue darts from a sky like polished dark metal, when the moon had gone down, leaving the hollow heavens to the stars and the overflowing cold light of the Aurora, he thought he had moments of the clearest vision ... In every direction ... the snow spread; here and there the implacable plain glinted back a spark - the beam of a cold star reflected in a crystal of ice." (The scene evokes in me a powerful memory, as I recall often standing alone on just such "murderously cold" snow blanketed prairies and gazing into those "miraculously beautiful" night skies.)

The Last Battle (Werewolf: Time of Judgement)

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Wow
Excellent novel

The Last Battle (Werewolf: Time of Judgement)
White Wolf Publishing Inc
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Wow.......2005-09-14

It's amazing.

Really the only TOJ book worth buying. The men and women that created WtA put their heart and soul into this game, and it shows in this final book...

Just simply amazing...

Excellent novel.......2004-08-23

I must say that I had enjoyed the novel. It did an excellent job of portarying King Albrecht as a hero worthy of renown. All the intrigues were excellently crafted. It did an excellent job of culminating all the Werewolf lose ends. My only foible with the book is that the aftermath is a bit vague.

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Last Carpathian Wolf
Heinz G Konsalik
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This is a lovely book.
Breat book
ENRICH YOUR LIFE AND READ THIS BOOK -- OR LOSE OUT
I love this book

The Last Wolf of Ireland
Elona Malterre
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Look What Came From Ireland (Look What Came From...)

ASIN: 0395543819

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In Ireland in the 1780s, a young boy and girl who find a wolf's den in the forest vow to protect the animals from the superstitious townspeople and the greed of the hunters.

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My Review.......2005-02-12

Devin is just a very little boy who has trouble defending himself and is picked on by a bully named Paul Chandler. He meets him at the beggining and Paul makes some rude comments towards him. Devin gets angry and they start to fight. A very large a strong man steps in stops the fight and cleans Devin up and gives him a job.devin and his friend Katey go walking through the woods find wolf pups and he grows attached to them and hides them because if they are dicovered someone would tell and they would be killed.There are three of them. They get discovered and are killed by a hunter who is trying to kill every wolf in Ireland. But one escapes through a little whole and Devin takes care of him until he is forced to set him free when he gets to old to take care of.That is not all of the story if you want to find out the end read it for yourself, it's a really great book!!!

This is a lovely book........2002-07-22

The best stories are the ones that not only make you feel things you may not want to, but those that make you think after reading them. I not only bawled for days on end after reading this, but I also thought about it a lot.

Every time I read it I receive something new out of it- another sign of a great story. While it is somewhat of an indie classic, you should definately seek it out and read it!

Breat book.......2000-06-17

The wolf had some good moments and some sad moments. This book is a tear bringer.

ENRICH YOUR LIFE AND READ THIS BOOK -- OR LOSE OUT.......2000-04-25

WHAT A GREAT TALE!

I PERSONALLY KNOW A MAN THAT HADN'T READ IN 4 YEARS AND NOW IS GOING TO NOT ONLY FINISH THE BOOK, BUT WILL START READING AGAIN... DON'T MISS OUT, MEET THE LAST WOLF OF IRELAND!

I love this book.......1998-07-01

I love this book, it is my favriote of all time. It is the only book that made me cry more then Where The Red Fern Grows. It is a amazing book and all I can say is I love it, and I can't belive it made me cry! I'm sooo happy I'm finnaly going to own it. How offtin do you find your favriote book out of your school libary!?! Well, now I'm glad I found it--in my school libary. THIS BOOK RULES!!!!!!!!!!

Lytton Strachey and the Search for Modern Sexual Identity: The Last Eminent Victorian (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)

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fun read !
Wow! A great read!

Lytton Strachey and the Search for Modern Sexual Identity: The Last Eminent Victorian (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)
George H. Snyder , and Benjamin Wolf
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fun read !.......2003-08-05

This book pulls you in from the beginning. It's not a dry history but a witty and sharp look at the Bloomsbury Group and issues about sex and gender in England. She can be critical of Strachey's misogyny and class elitism while at the same time she makes her readers feel strongly about the plight of the gay man during a repressive era. The book is loaded with fascinating stories about his relationships with Virginia Woolf, Dora Carrington, and John Maynard Keynes. Sodomy, war, complicated love affairs--what more could a reader ask for?!

Wow! A great read!.......2002-11-21

I had never really known much about Lytton Strachey before reading Taddeo's book. I ordered this on a whim and loved it---I've just ordered Strachey's Eminent Victorians after reading this.

Taddeo writes really well---the book moves quickly and I was fascinated by Taddeo's analysis and discussion of Strachey's sexuality. What I liked most about this book (and I can't say this enough!) was its readability. This is a book for scholars and non-specialists.

If you've read any of the books by the Bloomsbury group or if you love the Victorians, buy this book (actually you should buy it and read it no matter what!).

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You can't put this one down

One heck of a bloody history...

Very good!

Beware the Harpe brothers!

born wolf...DIE WOLF: The Last Rampage of the Terrible Harpes
E. Don Harp
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ASIN: 1424126681

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born wolfÂ…DIE WOLF: The Last Rampage of the Terrible Harpes recounts the violent history of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, two brothers who have been called AmericaÂ's first serial killers. In 1798 and 1799, the wilderness of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Southern Illinois ran red with the lifeblood of the HarpesÂ' countless victims. Â“The Harpes are coming,Â” were the most dreaded four words in the wilderness. They caused brave men to go armed with all their weapons, and to bar their doors and hide their women and children. The Harpes lived a violent and murderous life, so violent that they were asked to leave Cave In Rock by the pirates that looted the Ohio River flatboat trade. The Harpes were born wolf, lived wolf, and DIED WOLF, two men whose last rampage left a bloody footprint through the history of America!

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You can't put this one down.......2006-12-27

In E. Don Harpe's born wolf die wolf, there is an intensity that I have seldom found in the printed page. The Harpes were two of the most bloodthirsty killers in history, and every page of this book drips with the blood of their victims. There is no wonder that the four most dreaded words of the Kentucky and Tennessee settlements in 1799 were "The Harpes are coming!" Just the though is enough to give me a chill, and I can only imagine what it must have been like for the pioneers back then. This is not a book for the faint of heart, but it may be the book for you if you love great historical fiction, and action storytelling that is seldom found in a first novel. born wolf die wolf is great reading, and Harpe will be a new voice that many will will come to recognize in the next few years.

One heck of a bloody history..........2006-07-15

A poignant dedication sets the scene for re-visiting history in a Wiley and Micajah Harpe close-up. The novel unveils a different perspective on two of the most feral killers in American history. Victims come to know the savagery of unholy Harpe fire when the blood thirst of the Wolf is awakened. Tory or colony: it doesn't matter any more. There is one heritage to protect. The stirrings of unrest grow to one giant rampage as Harpes begin fighting their own battles, and theirs is a razor-sharp rage.

E. Don Harpe does an impressive Southern drawl, and authentic dialogue paces the story. Outside active dialogue, narrative and non active exposition eclipse suspense. The book could have done with a tighter edit, perhaps from the publisher. A proficient touch to iron out, hone and clarify would have raised the novel from the bones of a good story to something exceptional. That said, the gist of the novel is not lost. Wilderness friendships, betrayals. The world of 18th Century described herein is a savage world where people take law into their own hands. Innocents suffer. Survivors carry, in turn, ferocious revenge. Blood for blood, bone for bone, and the ball rolls on. Tension and savagery pick a new tempo towards the end, the lawman on trail in the face of Joseph Ballenger. Aftermath chapters and a `coming soon' sampler whet appetite for the next instalment: "Resurrection: Book Two of the Harpe Saga."
Eugen M. Bacon, Author

Very good!.......2006-04-13

Very entertaining read. It really transports you to the frontier days with its use of dialect and detail.
I'd recommend it to anyone looking for something a little different than your standard historical fiction fare.

Beware the Harpe brothers!.......2006-04-11

Born Wolf, Die Wolf: The Last Rampage of the Terrible Harpe's, by E. Don Harpe takes it's readers into the world of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, renegade brothers avenging their parents death. The heritage of the Harpe family instills in the brothers a brewing violence and the inner call of 'the wolf.' Set amidst the Old West and Native American tribes, Harpe spins a fluid tale filled with a quick paced plot and intriguing characters. The reader feels transported back to a time where Wyatt Erp and Billy the Kid reigned supreme, where the Native Americans roamed with a reverence and symbiotic bond with the land. Harpe allows an inside look into the lives of the Harpe brothers, their rampage through the wilderness and at the women who are drawn inexplicable to them. Born Wolf, Die wolf... is a gripping historical tale which keeps the reader engaged to the last page!

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In Mother's Hands
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The Last Mile: Broadband and the Next Internet Revolution

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Can you believe it?
Not what I expected
How many times can you state the obvious?
I want my money back

The Last Mile: Broadband and the Next Internet Revolution
Jason Wolf , and Natalie Zee
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"The word is broadband and companies hope the sky is the limit."The New York Times, March 23, 1999 How big is broadband? Its implementation will affect all 201 million current Internet users. The Last Mile provides the business community with the first look at this next Internet revolution. Discussing the business impact, strengths, and weaknesses of broadband in non-technical terms, managers and executives will learn how to become major players in the new digital future. From definition to implementation, The Last Mile clearly shows readers how broadband can impact their businesses for success. Here, professionals will learn: how this latest Internet buzzword actually works; the technology behind broadband; how it is likely to affect various other industries; its overall limitations and how to deal with them; and how to identify new opportunities in the market due to the evolution of broadband.

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'How big is broadband? Its implementation will affect all 201 million current Internet users. The Last Mile provides the business community with the first look at this next Internet revolution. Discussing the business impact, strengths, and weaknesses of broadband in non-technical terms, managers and executives will learn how to become major players in the new digital future. From definition to implementation, The Last Mile clearly shows readers how broadband can impact their businesses for success. Here, professionals will learn: how this latest Internet buzzword actually works; the technology behind broadband; how it is likely to affect various other industries; its overall limitations and how to deal with them; and how to identify new opportunities in the market due to the evolution of broadband.

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A Good Read!.......2002-07-08

Five years from now, your refrigerator should be talking to you. Your television set won't just offer you the usual slew of cable channels, but thousands of streaming Internet channels that will fill every conceivable market niche, need or want. Transmission paths will include DSL modems, cable modems, possible fiber optic links to the home and even transmission through power lines. Executives should start thinking now about how broadband will change the way their businesses work, the authors explain. So, if you're trying to figure out how your business can benefit from the inevitable expansion of fat pipes, we from getAbstract recommend this book to you. Read it quickly, before the fridge asks for something to drink.

Can you believe it?.......2001-04-11

Can you believe that the publisher expects us to pay the same price for an electronic version of the book that we can only read on one computer as for the hard back version that we can read, pass along to friends, and then donate to a library? This is absurd, and the only possible response is for readers to boycott this title and McGraw-Hill Publishing, the publisher, until it dawns on the publisher that economies should be passed on to the readers, just as economies were passed along when paperback books were introduced. Doing so is just good business since lower prices will spark a lagging publishing industry and electronic publishing will allow publishers to see their back list with virtually zero marginal cost. Wake up and smell the coffee.

Not what I expected.......2001-02-18

I was really disappointed by this book. It did a poor job of going into detail (I wasn't looking for too much detail) of broadband technologies in use today. It also barely even touched wireless broaband to the home or to enterprises. Furthermore, the information was dated even though the hardcopy version I bought had a copyright date of 2001. Clearly, the book must've been written in late 1999 or early 2000. In this rapidly changing industry, that's too long ago. I also have to agree with another reader that I can't tell who this book was intended for? What was the target audience?

How many times can you state the obvious?.......2001-01-06

What did this book tell me:

1. The internet is popular

2. People accessing web pages sometimes have to wait for files to download

3. Technology will improve things

4. Technology might even continue to advance in the future

Thanks for sharing. This book is like a person who talks a great deal but never actually says anything original or useful.

I want my money back.......2000-11-02

The Last Mile was written by two former Shockwave employees, now with March First's interactive division. Let me start by stating that I consider March First one of the few interactive agencies that truly "get it." However, after reading The Last Mile, its obvious that someone at March First should start reviewing books before they go to press with their name attached. For starters, the writing in this book is extremely poor. For example, this excerpt regarding the complications involved with DSL installations; "The next day a real service guy showed up, wearing an open shirt with the gold chains and a serious leather tool belt that the customer said looked like the one he had bought because he just loved his job so much (huh?). The customer thought to himself "this is the man." He looked as if he was ready to start a fight with anyone that talked bad about DSL. This guy came in like Mr. Spock in the original Star Trek movie and rewired the warp drive engine. He rewired the setup and told the customer that he was ready to make the jump to light speed." The passage rambles on (including run on sentences, and grammatical errors) and concludes with; "He thought of some technical reason as to why this might be normal and forgot about it, until he asked his wife if she ever tried using both her DSL and Powerbook modem. "Yup, all the time," she said. For the love of God, he thought"

PLEASE - who is the target audience of this book? CEO's interested in understanding broadband capabilities and positioning their business for the broadband revolution don't want to read writing in the style of "Spot goes to the Park".

The Last Mile also (conveniently) features a case study on Shockwave.com - although I find the site entertaining, how this fits into helping CEOs to understand business applications based on broadband is beyond me. (It's also nice to see that the book gets kudos from the creative officer of Shockwave.com)

The book continuously repeats itself (obviously written by two different writers with no editor) and jumps around; confusing the reader as to what is the message of each chapter.

The Last Mile is mainly geared towards justifying the need for interactive designers (coincidentally the writers' are interactive designers) and using interactive elements such as video and flash animation because the bandwidth will be available.

When developing strategies around positioning businesses online, interactive elements should be only used if they make sense to the target audience and are necessary to help solve business problems; not simply because the technology is available. This is never mentioned in the book.

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A spellbinding tale of bravery and loyalty.

Robbie McLeod is on the run from the English Redcoats in the Scottish highlands. On his furtive travels he finds a wolf cub, near a sign proclaiming the killing of the last wolf in Scotland. Identifying at once with the abandoned orphan, Robbie adopts the cub and a unique loyalty grows between them. Eventually Robbie flees his homeland and seeks his fortune in the New World. Has the time come for wolf to find a newer, freer home too?

This is a gem of a story sweeping the reader from the present day to the eighteenth-century and across the Atlantic.

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