A Night to Remember: The Haggadah of Contemporary Voices

A Night to Remember: The Haggadah of Contemporary Voices
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help make your seder "A Night to Remember"

A wise- and whimsical - haggadah

A Night to Remember: The Haggadah of Contemporary Voices
Mishael Zion & Noam Zion
Manufacturer: Zion Holiday Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0966474066
Release Date: 2007-02-16

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A full traditional haggadah with a contemporary and Israeli accent. Commentaries from scholars and rabbis, mostly late 20th century, but also from novelists, poets, political leaders, and others. This book is for the family that wants to enhance their seder by bringing in ideas that will make the evening rich, thought-provoking, and fun for all. Many items for younger and older children are sprinkled throughout the book.

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help make your seder "A Night to Remember".......2007-05-13

I try, each year, to find some new insight, comment, or voice to make our Seder not just a repetition of the traditional text. This year, this was my new source and it's a real winner. It has the entire traditional text plus explanations of things I didn't know - and I've read a lot - plus information on customs from other communities, and, of course as advertised, comments about every subject touched on in the Haggadah from many sources ranging from Mark Twain to Rabbi Joseph Solevechik to fascinating modern voices you might not know but will appreciate. Filled with lighthearted illustrations that fit perfectly. You COULD use that at the seder, but I recommend spending the time to read it first and selecting some of its content for your seder. Should be a good source for several years.

A wise- and whimsical - haggadah.......2007-04-05

For anyone seeking a modern voice speaking towards the classical text, this haggadah is a gem. "A Night to Remember" was based on the all-Hebrew "Ha'lailah Ha'zeh," the authors' efforts to provide a work for contemporary Israelis. The best elements of that volume have been transferred into "A Night To Remember," including the creative illustrations from Michael Kichka, whose pictures provide both a sense of whimsy and substance. Illustrations vary from the humorous (the ox in "Chad Gad Ya" is a man in a Chicago Bulls shirt and cap) to of political caricatures, e.g. Ben-Gurion. The humor and warmth in the illustrations adds to the inviting nature of the book, which is further strengthened by a methodical layout and inviting directions.

This Haggadah provides contemporary commentaries and readings from a stunning array of sources; Rabbis Telushkin and Potok are nestled alongside authors Milan Kundera and Phillip Roth. Primo Levi's words follow Golda Meir's. Even those well versed in the sources of the Haggadah will find items of interest, with thoughts from kibbutzniks and refusniks. There is the occasional comment from the "touchy-feely" department, but some people need that in a seder, and they are provided for here.

The entire Hebrew text of the classical Ashkenazi Haggadah is provided, although not every word is translated into English. The commentaries and instructions do deviate from "black hat" Orthodoxy from time to time, but not in any way that even remotely effects the essential content of the seder. Only those rigidly ultra-Orthodox in their thinking should avoid this book. The illustration "The four daughters," with its Talmud carrying wise daughter, is enough to give such folks a fit of apoplexy- and that's just one picture.

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A Book To Remember
The undisputed champ after 52 years
A Minute-by-Minute Account of the Sinking of the Titanic
A great book to read
The 'definitive' version?

A Night to Remember
Walter Lord
Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0805077642
Release Date: 2004-12-23

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James Cameron's 1997 Titanic movie is a smash hit, but Walter Lord's 1955 classic remains in some ways unsurpassed. Lord interviewed scores of Titanic passengers, fashioning a gripping you-are-there account of the ship's sinking that you can read in half the time it takes to see the film. The book boasts many perfect movie moments not found in Cameron's film. When the ship hits the berg, passengers see "tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that give off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights." Survivors saw dawn reflected off other icebergs in a rainbow of shades, depending on their angle toward the sun: pink, mauve, white, deep blue--a landscape so eerie, a little boy tells his mom, "Oh, Muddie, look at the beautiful North Pole with no Santa Claus on it."

A Titanic funnel falls, almost hitting a lifeboat--and consequently washing it 30 yards away from the wreck, saving all lives aboard. One man calmly rides the vertical boat down as it sinks, steps into the sea, and doesn't even get his head wet while waiting to be successfully rescued. On one side of the boat, almost no males are permitted in the lifeboats; on the other, even a male Pekingese dog gets a seat. Lord includes a crucial, tragically ironic drama Cameron couldn't fit into the film: the failure of the nearby ship Californian to save all those aboard the sinking vessel because distress lights were misread as random flickering and the telegraph was an early wind-up model that no one wound.

Lord's account is also smarter about the horrifying class structure of the disaster, which Cameron reduces to hollow Hollywood formula. No children died in the First and Second Class decks; 53 out of 76 children in steerage died. According to the press, which regarded the lower-class passengers as a small loss to society, "The night was a magnificent confirmation of women and children first, yet somehow the loss rate was higher for Third Class children than First Class men." As the ship sank, writes Lord, "the poop deck, normally Third Class space ... was suddenly becoming attractive to all kinds of people." Lord's logic is as cold as the Atlantic, and his bitter wit is quite dry.

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The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition with a new introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick First published in 1955, A Night to Remember remains a completely riveting account of the Titanic's fatal collision and the behavior of the passengers and crew, both noble and ignominious. Some sacrificed their lives, while others fought like animals for their own survival. Wives beseeched husbands to join them in lifeboats; gentlemen went taut-lipped to their deaths in full evening dress; and hundreds of steerage passengers, trapped below decks, sought help in vain. Available for the first time in trade paperback and with a new introduction for the 50th anniversary edition by Nathaniel Phil-brick, author of In the Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory, Walter Lord's classic minute-by-minute re-creation is as vivid now as it was upon first publication fifty years ago. From the initial distress flares to the struggles of those left adrift for hours in freezing waters, this semicentennial edition brings that moonlit night in 1912 to life for a new generation of readers.

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A Book To Remember.......2007-10-09

Walter Lord did his homework on the Titanic's fateful night in this unforgettable and memorable book. He did not need to create fiction or suggest anything to the contrary. In fact, he writes about it from the survivor's perspectives. Despite the horrors, what shocked me was the situation in the lifeboats in the aftermath of shell-shocked people who have watched their loved ones, mostly their husbands, go down with the ship. I don't know why California didn't seek to assist them or inquire about the distress signals. We'll never know what makes people ignore others in time of great distress. When the Carpathia arrived to pick up the survivors, they are shocked by the news that Titanic is gone and they are the only ones to tell a shocking story of so many people's last moments on earth. Forget James Cameron's movie, this book is real and faithful to those fifteen hundred men, women, and children who perished as it is to the survivors who never recovered fully. Because of the Titanic disaster, every ship since was required by international shipping law to have enough lifeboats for everybody on ship and supplies during the worst of disasters. The last pages of the book are the names of those who died and survived. Where they embarked for their final destination to New York City but most of them would never make it there. I remember survivor Eva Hart who lost her father in the disaster that it was all about arrogance. The ship had to be fast, unsinkable, and yet the disaster was unthinkable. She said her mother, Miriam Hart, lashed back with a comment that has stuck with me for years that when saying the ship is unsinkable is like tempting fate to occur. Mrs. Hart, Eva's Mother, spent her nights awak and days asleep as if a premonition of this ship never making New York City. This story was not included in this book but Walter Lord does his best and it's remarkable that he prefers facts to rumors or gossip. It has taken me years to read this book maybe because of all those who perished still resonate with the Titanic's ultimate fate. The Titanic was the ultimate ship and none has ever come close in the ship's genius, magnificience, style, and sophistication. The third class passengers never enjoyed it. The second and first class passengers must have felt like they were in heaven with first class service catered to their needs and fancies. Rest in Peace, Titanic, and all those who have sailed with you on that fateful trip. You will always be in my heart as the ship of dreams and destiny.

The undisputed champ after 52 years.......2007-08-01

Two things set A Night to Remember apart from every other book and film on the subject of the Titanic:

First, with the exception of the ship breaking up as it sank (and the official record, with its conflicting testimony, shows it could have been written either way in 1955) and the use of the first SOS (which Lord corrected in later editions), there is not a single fact in the book that has ever been proven wrong. And, oh, how supporters of Capt. Lord of the Californian have tried.

Second, this is not a book about the sinking of the Titanic so much as it is a book about the PEOPLE involved in the event of the sinking. Take just the first sentence of the first chapter: "High in the crow's-nest of the new White Star Liner Titanic, Lookout Frederick Fleet peered into the dazzling night." Remember back to your English grammar classes and you will note that the subject of this sentence is a person, not a ship. So it is throughout the rest of the book. As readers, are we not more compelled by people rather than objects? Of course we are.

And as Walter Lord reminds us from the first that this is a story about people, so does he employ the expertise of a reporter and the flair of a novelist. The reporter . . . Who? Frederick Fleet. What? He peered. When? Night. Where? The Titanic's crow's-nest. Why? He was a Lookout. But by dressing up these facts with a few choice words and phrases ("High up", "new", "dazzling"), Lord draws us in dramatically.

Over the years, science and technology have given us greater insight into the building, operation, and physical break-up of the Titanic. But no one has ever come close to Walter Lord in recreating and relating the events of the night of April 14 - 15, 1912.

A Minute-by-Minute Account of the Sinking of the Titanic.......2007-01-26

At 11:40 p.m. on the night of April 14, 1912, the White Star liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg in the north Atlantic. Less than three hours later, the ship known to the world as "unsinkable" was on her way to the bottom of the sea.

The unexpectedness of the event, along with the shocking number of lives lost (more than 1500 by most estimates) and the many stories of carelessness and incompetence contributing to the disaster, cemented the Titanic into the collective consciousness of Western culture. Countless articles, exhibits, books, and movies (the most famous, released in 1997, grossed over $1.8 billion in worldwide revenue) have documented and fictionalized various aspects of the tragedy. Even nearly a hundred years later, it would be difficult to find someone who had never heard of the Titanic.

In 1955, while many of the survivors of the Titanic's first and only voyage were still alive--and before the journalistic novel became fashionable as a genre--Walter Lord researched and wrote a minute-by-minute account of what happened during the ship's final night. Called A Night to Remember, Lord's account provides an interesting blend of minute details and broad sweeping overviews in its description of what happened onboard the ship.

The book is easy to read and goes very quickly. Lord gives his prose a very journalistic feel, with short sentences and easy language. Entertaining is hardly the right word to use for a description of an event that claimed so many lives, but compelling describes the account pretty well. Lord puts readers right on the deck of the doomed ship, and then right into the lifeboats and, later, into the courtrooms and newspaper editors' offices during the aftermath of the sinking.

Chapters are entitled with snippets of the dialog that occurs within each. Examples include "There's Talk of an Iceberg, Ma'am," "God Himself Could Not Sink This Ship," "There Is Your Beautiful Nightdress Gone," and, perhaps most poignant, "Go Away--We Have Just Seen Our Husbands Drown."

The book's primary weakness is that in trying to include glimpses of so many people's experiences, Lord was mostly unable to go into much depth with any of the individual characters. Unlike later books in this genre--such as Blackhawk Down or The Perfect Storm, both of which describe in detail the experiences of a relatively small number of people during catastrophic events--A Night to Remember has to catalogue the experiences of over 2,000 individuals. Lord manages to include a lot of names, but without any background or detail, they quickly become meaningless.

Though the scope of the book (probably necessarily) minimizes the amount of emotion connected with the tragedy, there are a few emotive moments when the reader realizes along with a child or a wife that a beloved husband or father will not be coming on a lifeboat. Depictions of the wireless operator sleeping onboard the nearby Californian, panicky passengers in lifeboats violently refusing to assist drowning swimmers, and determined high-society men donning formal evening dress to "go down like gentlemen" evoke flashes of emotion as well.

Overall, the book is worth reading for its historically accurate picture of what actually happened on that cold April night. Though it's no literary masterpiece, it is informative and interesting, particularly for anyone who has seen James Cameron's movie or read Clive Cussler's book and would like to know the real story. The book contains nothing objectionable (except for the event itself), and is suitable for any reader. I recommend it without reservation.

A great book to read.......2007-01-10

This is a great book. The descriptions and detail of the ship are brought to life through the writing of Walter Lord. Let you imagination go as you read this book before watching any of the movies if at all possible.

The 'definitive' version?.......2006-10-02

I've wanted this book for ages, and have both the book and the criterion collection DVD on my wishlist. The DVD is virtually impossible to get, unless I want to part with some serious money, so for now, it's a wish to have.

I thought the book might be quite appropriate to read when I took a boat to Belgium - instead it gave me nightmares. But I was ever so slightly disappointed with the book. I've been what has been called "obsessed" with the Titanic for many years now, and have got every book that I've been able to get my hands on, but this is in no way the definitive version. It has been since 1955, and it's said that Walter Lord interviewed the survivors, to get a first hand account, but there's nothing new that hasn't been written in other books before and better. There's also a definitive passenger list at the back - there's been many quibbles over the Titanic passenger list for many years now, and there's always different versions in each book. There was even a J Dawson found in the Titanic cemetery (a place I would love to visit) after the film came out, which no one knew about, or remembered on the boat.

I hope the movie will be better, however I will still keep this book. It may not be as good as I would have hoped, but it's still about the Titanic after all.

If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow

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a book to keep with you a lifetime
Great for adults or kids
A World of Imagination.
beautiful
The pictures are quite "freaky"

If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow
Cooper Edens
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"If tomorrow morning the sky

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...such are the unconventional solutions offered to life’s problems in If You’re Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow. The original edition, published in 1979, won numerous awards, including honors from the Museum of Modern Art and the American Bookseller’s Association, and sold over a million copies. Edens’s magical words and pictures illustrate the universal emotions of fear, doubt, joy, and loss, and reveal the unexpected silver linings to be found in any cloud. This whimsical little book proves that it’s possible to face obstacles with a positive attitude; all you need is the willingness to throw aside logic and open yourself up to the power of playful imagination.

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a book to keep with you a lifetime.......2005-08-06

I received this book when I was quite young and it became an instant favorite with me. I think, at the time, my father gave it to me because I was actually afraid of the dark. Not only was it a reassuring friend in that respect, but the prevailing message of hope and ease in the book helped me immensely in my attempts to cope with the dark confusion that was childhood. Today, as an adult, I still keep it by my bedside. There is something in the surreal and beautiful illustrations, simple and absurd message that can still bring a certain level of peace to my disquieted self in these dark days that are adulthood. I would recommend this book to any person, great or small, who may need a touch of reassurance and hope.

Great for adults or kids.......2005-02-21

This is a beautiful book. I first came across it in a store called Serendipity in Rockport MA about 25 years ago. I still have my copy but bought a copy this year for my cousin who is 16 and getting ready to go off to college. The artwork and the messages are so enduring. The thoughts in here stayed with me through many ups and downs of life and growing up and living in general. Such wonderful messages that just whisper in your ear when you need them most.....if it's the last dance, dance backwards. This is one of my all-time favorite books, right up there with The Little Prince.

A World of Imagination........2005-01-21

This book is written for children with the purpose of making them feel better in times of stress by using their imaginations and looking at the world in a different way. The illustrations are very colorful and bring to life each one of the creatve verses contained within. The book is meant to inspire and encourage children and each one of the small proverbs carries meaning that people of all ages could possibly learn from. Nevertheless, despite the fact that it's intended for children, some sensitive children might be afraid of some of the illustrations inside. But, overall this is a wonderful and charming book that can inspire and encourage most who read it.

beautiful.......2004-11-06

This was one of my absolute favorite books as a child, and I still love it. It inspires such creativity.

The pictures are quite "freaky".......2003-01-03

I got this book because the reviews were so good.
I should have known by the cover that the artwork would be more artistic than child-oriented. I never read it to my child because he scares very easily and I feared the pictures would give him bad dreams. The whole thing was just kind of "spooky".

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SENSATIONAL READ
Almost There
Shockingly Memorable
Hot!!
Oh what a night!

A Night to Remember
Eve Vaughn
Manufacturer: Samhain Publishing
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One night of passion leads two lovers on a passionate journey neither expected. On the night that should have been her two year wedding anniversary Charlie Brown finds herself in a bar to drown her sorrows over her deceased spouse. One thing leads to another and she seeks comfort in the arms of a stranger. Jake wanted Charlie the minute he saw her, but knows he must take things slow with this sexy damsel-in-distress. When his offer of help turns into one steamy night of passion, he knows he can never let her go. Too bad she¿s disappeared from his bed and out of his life the following morning.. Three years pass, but Charlie is never far from Jake¿s mind, so it comes as a shock to him to discover that his new employee is none other than his dream woman. Charlie is equally shocked to find herself employed by Jake¿s company because now she has a secret. This title has been previously published. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language.

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SENSATIONAL READ.......2007-10-06

ORINGALLY I PURCHASE THIS BOOK IN EBOOK FORMAT. IF YOUR INTO READING EROTICA, PANORMAL AND A GREAT ROMANCE STORY THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. THE HEROINE, CHARLIE BROWN IS STRUGGLING WITH THE LOST OF HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE HAS A ONE NIGHT STAND WITH JAKE FOX. UNPREAPARED FOR THE FEELING JAKE EVOKES, CHARLIE RUNS AWAY; NEVER IMAGINGING THEY WOULD MEET YEARS LATER.

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT LETTING GO OF THE PAST AND NOT LETTING PAIN AND FEAR HOLD YOU BACK, AS WELL AS FINDING LOVE IN UNEXPECTED PLACES.

Almost There.......2007-10-06

A night to remember would have been more memorable had so much vulgarity not have been used. I almost returned the book but it seemed like a good love story once I got past the raunch... It takes away from the love of the story. Here is a man willing to scarifice his heart for the main woman in his life. If she was really his soulmate he could have done it without the vulgarity. If she was a lady she wouldn't have always talked raunchy. It didn't jibe with how she carried herself but look we're all entitled to spew a bad word or to in the heat of a moment. Once I got past the vulgarity (sewer talk) it was a good read and a great lesson.

Shockingly Memorable.......2007-10-03

"A Night to Remember", is not exactly what I would have selected for myself. This book was a gift from a friend and it's not what I usually read. She calls herself trying to broaden my horizons...lol. This is the first novel I've read by Ms. Eve Vaughn, and I thought she did an amazing job with the character development, I found them to be quite memorable. I thoroughly enjoyed the lead characters Charlie and Jake the attraction and desire between them was very intense. The secondary characters were also unforgettable and added extra spice to this tale. The storyline was well thought out and had an enjoyable flow.~~~~~~~The only thing I didn't like about this story was the explicit sex and the graphic language. It was TOO MUCH! I thought it took away from what could have been a very sweet, romantic and captivating tale. The love scenes came across as extremely pornographic, instead of heated and sensual. And the language was just "over-the-top", I mean dirty talk can be sexy at times, but this was just way too vulgar for me and it took some the enjoyment out of the story.~~~~~~~Having said all that, I still believe Ms. Vaughn to be a talented author, and very capable of writing a intensely, passionate tale. And despite what I felt were flaws, that being the explicit sex and graphic language, this novel was still a page-turner and at times moved me to tears.

Hot!!.......2007-08-31

I couldn't put the book down. I read it in two days which is really fast for me.

Oh what a night!.......2007-07-23

Jake Fox & Charlie (Charlotte) Brown have a sweet and wild night of sex that turns out to be love a first sight. This was an extremely enjoyable read that I would recommend to all romance readers. I have it as an e-book that I pop open from time to time because it is just that good.

A Night at the Movies Or, You Must Remember This

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Great selection of short stories with cinematic themes...
Coover's book was a very confusing piece of literature.
Coovers book is a masterpiece that reflects today's society.
Film and Television in black and white
Coover's book is a great postmodernist reading.

A Night at the Movies Or, You Must Remember This
Robert Coover
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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From Hollywood B-movies to Hollywood classics, A Night at the Movies invents what might have happened in these Saturday afternoon matinees. Mad scientists, vampires, cowboys, dance-men, Chaplin, and Bogart, all flit across Robert Coover's riotously funny screen, doing things and uttering lines that are as shocking to them as they are funny to the reader. As Coover's Program announces, you will get Coming Attractions, The Weekly Serial, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, and more, but turned upside-down and inside-out.

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Great selection of short stories with cinematic themes..........2002-05-15

You must remember this features the love of Rick and Ilse as you've never imagined it before. Other stories offer a colorful
though often sadistic portrayal of the place where reality
meets the celluloid imaginings that too often seem to dominate
our lives. Wonderful, clear, easy to read prose. Bitingly honest.

Coover's book was a very confusing piece of literature........1999-11-02

A Night at the Movies, is an illussive postmodern novel waith a dangerous twist of cinema genres. Coover's text interest me because all of the stories in novel seem to deal with identity. This is why I found the book confusing. Coover's illusive words and characters makr the novel hard to follow. Although coover's novel wasconfusing , it was not all bad. One of Coover's overall strengths was that he is able to create the cinematic feeling by being very desciptive. An example of his discriptive skill shows up in "Chalie in the House of Rue". Charlie discovers a police officer sitting in a tub of water. Coover describes,"His uniform is black ripply beneath the surface, the brass botton appearing to float free"(107). This descriptiion helps you visualize the officer, asif you are in the movies watching. This book is a okay read, but is very confusing. I suggest if you are not a vivid reader not to read this book. Unless your teacher assigns it. which in this case you better read it.

Coovers book is a masterpiece that reflects today's society........1999-11-02

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES by Robert Coover is a bunch of short stories within a story, these stories are based on movie sterotypes. This story is based on sex and violence which increase within the story. This story shows the purpose of the increase in sex and violence within society from the 40's to the present. Coover strength in most cases is how he uses various movie sterotypes to display the ending that is not your typical ending. A western movie would overall include the "good guy" winning, however its not in this case. Overall A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES by Robert Coover is a good read that display the way in which modern society has changed its openness and view on sex and violence and how people typically think a certain movie will end. This book is designed for a more mature audiance.

Film and Television in black and white.......1999-11-02

A Night at the Movies by Robert Coover takes a look at film of the twentieth century in a way that makes you feel like you're in the front row enjoying every scene. Coover's breakdown of the different film genres is great. He gives us all a little taste of everything in the first chapter and then gets more focused on particular genres in later chapters. One of the overall strengths in the book is the transition from one genre to the next. In the beginning of the book where Coover is moving rapidly through different genres he still manages to tie in an interesting story. An over all weakness of the text is the very short sections between the others. These stories are very short and kind of slow. After reading them I wondered why they are even in the book. Coovers text provides a smooth transition from one film genre to the next. He does a good job of accomplishing what he set out to do. Which is explore the different types of films of our time. Coover's A Night at the Movies is worth while reading for anyone who is interested in film and wants to examine a wide range of film genres.

Coover's book is a great postmodernist reading........1999-11-02

"A Night at the Movies" by Robert Coover is a book partitioned into chapters each representing different film genre with sex and violence being the most dominant. One of the overall strength in Coover's text is that it is as close to reality as it is to fiction. That is considering the ideas and not necessarily the stories. For example, he explicitly describes sexual encounters which represents the unconscious thought of human beings. Coover makes a lot of references to multiple specific movie titles which a number of readers may not have seen or even heard of; however, his main intention is the general genres. The structure of the plot of this text is hetrogeneous with no clear cut shifting points. He takes the reader flying, sailing, riding, walking.. in a short moment. This can leave the reader confused and feeling a sense of ambiguity. However, Coover does a good job in recapturing the reader's attention. Especially when he reminds the reader between now and then that he/she doesn't belong in the story. He/she is only watching or reading the events. The reader is an outsider looking in. Coover plays with the elements of fiction very well to make this book a great piece of postmodernism.

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - ILLUSTRATED EDITION

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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - ILLUSTRATED EDITION

Manufacturer: Holt, Rinehart & Winston
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H13OKK

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Strange
Spellbinding and Lyrical
Definately a Five Star Book
Not good
The Best of Kathleen Eagle!

The Night Remembers
Kathleen Eagle
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In a spellbinding novel of depth and sensitivity, award-winning author Kathleen Eagle masterfully weaves the richness of Native American folklore into a contemporary story of hope, courage, and the power of love to lift the human spirit.

Angela Prescott has pulled up stakes and moved halfway across the country, seeking refuge from a man who has made her life a nightmare. Starting over in an unfamiliar city, she's wary and keeps to herself, until she meets twelve-year-old Tommy T.

Street-smart Tommy T knows how to keep secrets. He's told no one of the mysterious recluse living in an underground hideaway, whose face he's never seen. A gifted comic book artist with no place to live, Tommy T needs someone to believe in, and in this phantom stranger he finds the comic book superhero of his dreams.

Jesse Brown Wolf's past has driven him underground in many ways. By day, he is a handsome repairman who fixes the plumbing in Angela's rooms. By night he lives in the shadows, acting with reckless bravery to make the streets safer for kids. . .and whispering into Angela's sleeping ear promises of comfort, security, and heart's ease.

Customer Reviews:

Strange.......2004-04-28

My first book by K. Eagle, I found it captivating. Would that we could all change for the better as easy as these characters. I too was surprised that crafty Matt just faded away in the face of a new and improved Angela. As hard as he tried to control her it didn't seem logical that he would let things drop so easily. Was thrilled to see the turn around in Jesse in light of his horrible past. I'll read another if I run across one at the library.

Spellbinding and Lyrical.......2003-08-07

This Kathleen Eagle romance captivated me from page one and didn't let me go until the last page. Angela is on the run from a bad relationship, starting a new life in the city. A charming street urchin, Tommy T, becomes her protector and guide. After Angela is beaten by thugs, a mysterious man with extraordinary eyes shelters her and watches over her. Who is this night visitor, whom she calls Jewel Eyes? By day she befriends Jesse Brown Wolf, a handsome Lakota carpenter with secrets of his own. And then there's Dark Dog, a superhero who single-handedly disarms streetkids and rescues Tommy T from danger. Could they all be the same man? "The Night Remembers" is a complex web of intrigue, drug deals, and satisfying, passionate romance.

Definately a Five Star Book.......2002-07-04

This was the first book I ever read by Kathleen Eagle and I was instantly transformed into a fan. Ms. Eagle is a gifted writer whose books never fail to deliver for me. She is now on my short list of writers whose books I will buy in hardcover when they first come out.

Not good.......2002-05-21

i din't like this book i din't hate it either but i think that it needed some definate improvements, it felt like it was meant to be a mystery book and romance as an afterthought, this was my first book with kathleen Eagle never again.

The Best of Kathleen Eagle!.......2002-05-01

I love all Kathleen Eagle books, but this one is my favorite! It has a love story like so many of us fantasize - the one who comes to you in the dark... dream of him and there he is! I will read this book time and time again.

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A Night To Remember

Manufacturer: Henry Holt
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HJPBOE

Titanic Memories: The Making of A Night to Remember

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Titanic Memories: The Making of A Night to Remember
William MacQuitty
Manufacturer: NMM
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0948065362

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Illustrated with a wealth of archival material, including the previously unpublished film programme, this is a unique, personal account of the skills, talents and documentary evidence that made A Night to Remember, the definitve film of the sinking of the Titanic.

Remember the Night (Men in Blue) (Silhouette Intimate Moments No. 1008) (Intimate Moments, 1008)

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Make room on your keeper shelf!!!
All I can say is -- WOW!
Remember the Night
Leaves you waiting for the next one...
Stellar debut!

Remember the Night (Men in Blue) (Silhouette Intimate Moments No. 1008) (Intimate Moments, 1008)
Linda Castillo , and Carlos Castillo
Manufacturer: silhouette
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 037327078X

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Michelle Pelletier had no alibi, a fuzzy memory and an utterly gorgeous detective on her doorstep accusing her of murder. Philip Betancourt wasn't buying her plea of innocence. After all, she'd confessed only half the truth....

The lady had a body to haunt a man--and a shadowy past to boot. But Philip knew a frame job when he saw one. His instincts insisted he protect her...by keeping the sexy suspect very close. Philip wouldn't let anyone harm this vulnerable beauty who would make someone a perfect wife....

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Make room on your keeper shelf!!!.......2000-09-04

REMEMBER THE NIGHT by Linda Castillo simply knocked my socks off. It's hard to image this is the author's debut novel -- the story reads like the highly polished, complex work of a New York Times Best Selling veteran! Set in the Big Easy, this highly evocative story of murder, betrayal, and doubt is a true testament to the power of love. The characters feel like people we know, and we quickly find ourselves immersed in their lives, rooting for that all-important happy ending. I have no doubt we'll be seeing a lot more of Ms. Castillo!!!

All I can say is -- WOW!.......2000-05-31

Linda Castillo's book, REMEMBER THE NIGHT, is awesome! I couldn't put it down, and I can't think of a better recommendation for a book. Set in steamy, sensual New Orleans, the story offers everything I look for in a keeper: sizzling sexual tension, lush,visual description and breath-stopping suspense. Ms. Castillo even manages to throw in a few twists and surprises, making the story anything but predictable. Homicide detective Phillip Betancourt doesn't believe murder suspect Michelle Pelletier when she claims to have no memory of the events leading up to the murder of her boss, a prominent New Orleans attorney. It seems too convenient, considering the murder took place in her apartment, with her gun, with her apparently present at the scene. A struggling law student from the "wrong side of the tracks", and with a police record, Michelle knows she can never prove her innocence, especially to a tough cop like Betancourt; especially when he begins to probe into her shady past. Phillip knows he can't trust the beautiful, beguiling suspect, knows his attraction to Michelle is forcing him way over the professional line. But fate and passion seem bent on compelling them into each other's arms. Add a devious--and surprising--villian, heated sexual tension, tender love scenes, and spine-tingling suspense, and you have a keeper in REMEMBER THE NIGHT. I can't wait for Ms. Castillo's next book.

Remember the Night.......2000-05-17

"Remember the Night" is a wonderful debut novel from a fine new writer sure to have a long career if she keeps turning out books this good. A prominent New Orleans attorney has been found murdered in Michelle Pelletier's apartment. She was there when it happened, but can't remember exactly what did happen. That makes her the prime suspect to the police, including Detective Phillip Betancourt. But as Betancourt finds himself drawn to the fiery Michelle and increasingly convinced of her innocence, the evidence against her builds. Someone wants to make her look guilty, even if it means getting rid of her for good.

I don't usually read Intimate Moments and I'm pretty tired of amnesia stories, but I decided to get this one when I saw that it won the Golden Heart. I'm glad I did. "Remember the Night" is the kind of polished work that makes it hard to believe this is Ms. Castillo's first book. Simmering with sultry energy and a consistently high level of suspense, it's a fine example of the genre. Both of the leads were well-defined, and Michelle was especially complex: alternately angry, weepy and tough as nails. I highly enjoyed several encounters where she fought back against anyone who was pressuring her or being just plain cruel.

"Tense" is the word I think best describes the book. It's one of those novels where the characters' angry confrontations keep you turning the pages, the dialogue flies and suddenly you realize you've zipped through the chapter and you need to stop gripping the book so tightly! Castillo keeps raising the stakes all the way to the end, putting her characters against insurmountable odds and letting them triumph through the strength of their personalities. It's true that the mystery won't surprised seasoned readers, and there's very little here that we haven't seen in one form or another. What makes it special is the author's sharp writing, strong characters and ability to create loads of sexual and emotional tension, all of which combine to make the story feel fresh and engaging.

There are two things that keep me from giving it five stars. While I admired Michelle's self-reliance early on, toward the end I started to get irritated. Her early distrust for Betancourt made sense, but after he put his job on the line and bent over backward to help her, wasn't it about time she started trusting him? At one point, she's confident in their love. There is a time lapse, and as the next paragraph starts, she's sure he never loved her and it was all an act, or some nonsense like that, for a ridiculous reason. I just wanted to shake her. Also, the end left me a little unsatisfied. Some of the people in the book were just awful toward her, and I wanted to see their reactions once she was cleared of the crime. She also learned some things that changed her relationships with the people around her and her own future, yet we never get to know how those people responded to the revelations, or even how Michelle's life would change. In the last chapter, we find out about Betancourt's plans for the future, but nothing about Michelle's. I read it three times to see if I missed anything, but the information wasn't there. I read the book in one sitting, partly because I wanted to see those reactions and find out those answers, and was disappointed not to find them. It probably says something about how much I liked it that I cared enough to want to know.

But those are just nitpicky things. "Remember the Night" is still an excellent book I highly recommend to romantic suspense fans.

Leaves you waiting for the next one..........2000-05-16

Linda Castillo really turns up the heat in the big easy! This is a really sexy, fast-paced book that you won't want to stop reading. Forget work. Forget the kids. You gotta get this book!

Stellar debut!.......2000-04-28

Prepare to stay up late reading this one! REMEMBER THE NIGHT beautifully combines a fast paced intrigue with a heart tugging romance. A great read from start to finish!

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