The Lost Word (Alice 19th Vol. 7)

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A great end to a great story.......2004-12-08

Actually, the ending was good, but it was a little cliche... but, as per usual, yuu watase kept us all in suspense and delivered an ending that you probably didn't see coming. And I also enjoyed the extra story. Usually, I find myself hating them and cursing the manga-ka for wasting precious pages on such stupid stories... but I loved Watase's closing extra, and I really loved the Alice 19th series in general.

The Power Of Words!!.......2004-12-01

Brava to Yuu Watase for another amazing series!!! \(^o^)/

This series is awesome. I loved it so much. I'm so happy that it wasn't as long as other series.

What did happen to Nyozeka?

The reason I loved this series so much was because the characters were fighting using words. That's something very rare that you don't see in mangas nowadays.

A Satisfactory Cry.......2004-11-13

It's the last volume of the heart wrenching Alice 19th! The awaited and grief stricken volume won't disappoint you! All will concluded as Alice and Kyou fight for not only their beloved Mayura, but also for the sake of the world against Darva's wrath. (You shouldn't fear- "the fate of the world" line is not used in this volume, so no cliché dramatics) What's mostly in this volume is the Alice-Kyou-Mayura relationships, also with lots of Nyozeka background. Frei and Chris don't have that big of a role now, but Mei Lin and Billy peek out then and there. There's the special "Bunny Heart" featuring Nyozeka and a girl named Rakuen (Mei Lin's ancestor, I believe). So get out a few tissues and get ready for a satisfactory cry!

Poplollies & Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words Along with Tenderfeet and Ladyfingers: A Compendium of Body Language

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Poplollies & Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words Along with Tenderfeet and Ladyfingers: A Compendium of Body Language
Susan Kelz Sperling
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ASIN: 1568525214

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Together in one volume Susan Kelz Sperling's delightful excursions into the English language: Poplollies & Bellibones and Tenderfeet & Ladyfingers. The first explores its most remote corners to rediscover long-lost verbal gems, such as liripoop, poopnoddy and squeck. The second looks at the most familiar of all territories, our own bodies, delving into the surprising derivations and histories of phrases like to give someone the cold shoulder or the walls have ears. In short, here is a treasure trove for word lovers a perfect diversion for a winter's night or a summer's afternoon, an eyewitching volume bursting with fellowfeeling.

The Gospel of Thomas: Discovering the Lost Words of Jesus

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Excellent Resource of Early Christianity
Gospel of Thomas
Takes This For What It Is ý Fiction
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Very interesting

The Gospel of Thomas: Discovering the Lost Words of Jesus
John Dart , and Ray Riegert
Manufacturer: Ulysses Press, Seastone
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ASIN: 1569752311

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Dramatically discovered in Egypt in 1945 after being lost for 1,600 years, the Gospel of Thomas forces a reassessment of both Jesus and his message. This accessible translation of the text allows readers to see a Jesus unadulterated by 2,000 years of myth and interpretation - a strikingly different figure from the one in the New Testament.

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Excellent Resource of Early Christianity.......2007-09-25

This book is Superb! It offers a refreshing and realistic view of Christianity that often escapes the "Know as you are told" Christianity! This book is very informative and instructive on how this early gospel that predates the four gospels in the Bible has to say and its importance in the research of the early Jesus Movement that predates anything in Christianity as of today!

Gospel of Thomas.......2001-09-11

A book for research, and also for curiosity, The Gospel of Thomas, Unearthing the Lost Words of Jesus, tells the reader, not only the sacred text, but the history of the Gnostic people. But what is fantastic about the actual text is the uncertainty of it, which makes you ponder about it, and wonder what Jesus the Messiah, the prophet, or the madman was trying to say. Although lacking some detailed discussion on the gospel's sayings, it is a very well researched book that gives us points to look at dealing with spirituality and history itself.

Takes This For What It Is ý Fiction.......2001-01-13

The error of The Gospel of Thomas starts as early as the back cover. "Here were 100 lost sayings of Jesus that would rewrite early Christian history and introduce a new image of Jesus - unadulterated by 2000 years of myth and interpretation." The overwhelming majority of credible historians, both secular and nonsecular, date the writing of the New Testament documents to within one generation of the events they record. None place them later than the turn of the second century. Among these documents' greatest assets as historical records lies in the fact that they are eye-witness accounts, or are written by close associates of eye-witnesses. Myth and legend cannot arise until the second or third generation after events transpire because legend cannot grow while the eye-witnesses still live or while historical memory of the events is still fresh. It takes generations for truth to evolve into fiction.

The Gospel of Thomas is one of those fictions. This book was written in the second century, and in these pages, the evidence of myth and legend abound. In fact, the differences between the "lost sayings of Jesus" and the recorded historical sayings of Jesus are so vast that they have reached the realm of fantasy.

No reputable historian would agree with editors of this book that this gospel is "attributed to the Doubting Thomas of the New Testament." Nor do "most biblical scholars believe that Thomas represents one of the many independent schools of Christianity that developed early in the history of the religion." Fringe historians who do not follow the academics' standards for evaluation, yes. Reputable historians following the academics' standards for the evaluation of historical evidence, no. The editors apparently rely entirely on the members of the Jesus Seminar for their information when not even mainstream secular historians consider this group's research to be credible. The Jesus Seminar's skill is in spinning a story for the media, not evaluating historical evidence with an objective eye for the facts.

Those who would argue that the Gospel of Thomas is the accurate recording of the words of Christ have a dilemma. The overwhelming amount of historical and archeological evidence points to the New and Old Testaments as reliable documents of history. We may disagree about what they mean, but the documents themselves are accurate records of the events. Even more challenging for those who promote this "gospel" as authentic: All of the fundamental elements of the gospel taught by the New Testament Jesus are confirmed by first and second century secular, as well as religious, sources. For skeptics, the most important to consider is the secular - often hostile - record. When the teachings of the New Testament Jesus are authenticated by hostile sources in a secular culture that sought to destroy the Christian faith, there is no stronger proof of authenticity. So do we throw out the 66 books of the Bible and believe the Gospel of Thomas? Or do we recognize this gospel for what it is - fiction? Those who accept the Gospel of Thomas as reliable history do so based on preference, not the facts. Not only is the Gospel of Thomas a work of fiction, it is downright silly. The level of writing and philosophy is childish, at best.

For readers looking for the Jesus of history, and for proof that the New Testament is reliable as recorded - with proof coming from both secular as well as nonsecular sources - I recommend The Historical Jesus, written by respected historian Gary Habermas, who evaluates the life, death, and resurrection of Christ as recorded in the New Testament documents according to the most rigorous standards of academic scholarship. Or, better yet, read the New Testament itself.

Unlike all of the religions of the world, traditional Christianity is a historical faith. If you want to read about the Jesus of history, I urge you to read the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, not the fantasy of a man who called himself Thomas.

G of T.......2001-01-09

This is a welcome addition to anyone's library who is trying to reconstruct the historical Jesus. Written around 120 c.e.( though , in its original form, it was probably written before Mark), its a semi gnostic work. It presents sayings of Jesus that are in some instances recognizable to orthodox christians and some that are not. In one instance the same saying occurs four times, each one more gnostic than before. but on the whole, the translation is excellent and the intro is superb.

Very interesting.......2000-12-09

I thought that this book was very interesting because unlike the other gospels, this book shows Jesus more as a sort of philosopher/teacher. I thought that the text was great and I also enjoyed the history of the discovery of the text at the end of the book. It gave me a new perspective on Jesus Christ as not only the Son of our Lord but as a wise teacher as well. I really enjoyed it.

D.W.'s Lost Blankie (Arthur Adventure Series)

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The Mysterious of D.W.'s Precious Blankie
D.W. is really upset
d.w.'s lost blankie!!
Oh, No... A Lost Blankie!
Humorous and sympathetic, a great pick

D.W.'s Lost Blankie (Arthur Adventure Series)
Marc Brown
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
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ASIN: 0316115959

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"D.W. comes home from daycare to find her precious blankie missing!Will blankie ever be found?Humorous illustrations and snappy dialogue capture this universal slice of life story that all blanket-carrying kids and their parents will recognize."

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The Mysterious of D.W.'s Precious Blankie.......2006-11-11

... is why it's never seen in any of the other books. That being said, this is another delightful D.W. story.

D.W. badly wants her favorite Blankie, but can't find it. It's gone off-the-map and D.W.'s not going to be able to get to sleep without it. Arthur kindly agrees to help her out by taking her to some places where she might have left it. It's not at any of them, though. Later on, however, D.W. makes a surprising discovery about what happened. Will it change her feelings for Blankie?

I really like the illustrations in this book. I enjoy the pink stripes on D.W.'s outfit in the books (that aren't on the TV show) and this book takes it a step further on the cover by adding a blue speckle pattern to her pink jumpsuit. The story is warm and cute and perfect for any D.W. or Arthur fan.

D.W. is really upset.......2006-10-26

I read "D.W.'s Lost Blankie". In this story D.W. lost her blanket. This story reminds me of when my little sister lost her bunny named Bunny and I gave mine to her. D.W. got upset and everyone helped D.W. look for Blankie. She goes to look at different places in town. D.W. couldn't sleep because Blankie is lost. Her mom opened the door and said "I have a surprise." You should read the book because everybody gets tired of hearing her cry.

d.w.'s lost blankie!!.......2005-09-08

very good book...my daughter just turned two and she loves all the arthur & d.w. books! very easy to read and she sits through all of them. got in hardcover but would recommend board book format if it's offered for younger readers!! still loved it.=!

Oh, No... A Lost Blankie!.......2005-07-13

This is not the sort of book that I typically pick out to read to my children (I'm not into 'franchises') but it is the sort of book that my 5 year-old daughter picks up all the time, and guess what? I like this story. (:-)

I like that Arthur is so understanding of D.W.'s loss and sense of urgency. I like that he is helpful without an adult telling him to be. He walks DW to the library and the car wash to see if the errant blankie might be there.

I also like that Arthur helps DW to use *logic* to try to deduce where she might have left the blankie.

Five Stars. These feelings of consideration and warmth are ones that I try to instill in my own children.

Humorous and sympathetic, a great pick.......2004-07-15

Marc Brown's children's series on PBS is priceless; Arthur and his friends were introduced to us that way. It was only recently that I became aware of the books, which actually came first! Well, if you're a fan of the cartoon, you'll love the books even more.

DW's Lost Blankie is a classic kind of story that all kids can relate to - who can't remember the sudden anxiety of losing their own blankie, or some favorite toy when they were very young? This is a short story with a light touch of humor which shows how they can deal with it, offers sympathy and reassurance and helps kids know how they can keep calm and work through tracking down that all important security object. My mom heard me reading it to my kids and laughed out loud at one point, it was so true to life.

Author Marc Brown apparently illustrates his own books. His watercolors are warm, nicely done and perfectly suited to the subject matter. We really like his style in general, so my kids (aged 2 and 5) and I will be selecting more of his stories for our bedtime reading. Highly recommended for all children from early toddlerhood through the primary school years.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

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Many errors but a touching book

Touching Book

A Tribute of Sorts.

Great book, powerfully moving, but prepare yourself

Their Last Words: A Tribute to Soldiers Who Lost Their Lives in Iraq
George G. Sheldon
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
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ASIN: 0425203859

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Over 1,000 American soldiers have died in Iraq since combat began in 2003. Their Last Words is a remarkable homage to the lives and deaths of some of the Americans who died in the war on terror. Family and friends share fond, revealing remembrances and photographs of the men and women who answered their nation's call - and made the ultimate sacrifice. But most memorable are the haunting last letters home in which the soldiers themselves tell not only of the hardships and loneliness of war, but of their pride and determination in serving their country, and of their undying devotion to those who'd given their lives its greatest joy and meaning - the loved ones they'd never see again.

George Sheldon, author of the Washington Post bestseller When the Smoke Cleared at Gettysburg, has created a remarkable testament preserving the final words of a generation of Americans who exemplify honor, duty, and love of country - and who have given their lives so that others might live in freedom.

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Many errors but a touching book.......2005-10-19

This book mirrors the one that HBO did on Last Letters Home. I have issues with him bringing Jessica Lynch up during the chapter about the 507th Soldier who was found dead a few days after the attack. He mentions her twice on the page and I feel that took away from the deceased Soldier's story. Also, the author should have had someone with military rank knowledge edit his book. The rank is Private First Class not Private, First Class which he writes all the time. Also there are several inconsistencies in dates which could drive a reader nuts. The last letter home was written 10 years before the Soldier died??? Or was written 6 days after the soldier died??? His editor needs to be fired!

Touching Book.......2005-06-09

This book is very touching. I honestly had to hold back my tears. This book is a quick read but worth it.

A Tribute of Sorts........2005-04-23

THEIR LAST WORDS is a collection of stories, letters, and emails constructed together as a tribute to some of the soldiers who have lost their lives fighting in Iraq. The lives of 14 different soldiers are told in this book. The soldiers profiled all lived a variety of lives: some were men, some were women, some were white, some black, some were young, some were about ready to retire, some were in support of the war in Iraq, some were opposed to it. However, each and everyone of them shared a love for their country and fought and served bravely because despite their differences, they knew that what they were fighting for was something bigger than themselves. Each section of the book includes at least one personal email or letter written by each soldier. Some of these were their last pieces of correspondence before being killed. I got choked up a couple times while reading this book and I feel it really captures the essence of what each of these individuals sacrificed to protect. Reading this helped make the war in Iraq more personal for me.

Great book, powerfully moving, but prepare yourself.......2005-03-19

As the wife of a Marine who is "over there", I have become obsessed with reading books about the Marine Corps, the Iraq conflict, and books like this one, windows into the lives of soldiers and Marines who have lost their lives. Every single letter in this book made me cry, and not just because they hit close to home, but because of what these men and women gave up to do their duty, and protect the men and women fighting alongside them. My heart broke for every grieving family, and this book and others like it are neccessary, especially for those who do not have a loved one serving, if only for such people to understand the true cost of this and any war.

Jesus Hablaba Arameo/ Jesus Spoke Aramaic: En Busca De La Palabra Perdida / in Search of the Lost Word

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Jesus Hablaba Arameo/ Jesus Spoke Aramaic: En Busca De La Palabra Perdida / in Search of the Lost Word
Eric Edelmann
Manufacturer: Obelisco
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Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary

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Stuck in a web of words
The possibilities were endless yet......
The History of the OED from Its Proofs

Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary
Lynda Mugglestone
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ASIN: 0300106998

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) holds a cherished position in English literary culture. The story behind the creation of what is indisputably the greatest dictionary in the language has become a popular fascination. This book looks at the history of the great first edition of 1928, and at the men (and occasionally women) who distilled words and usages from centuries of English writing and “through an act of intellectual alchemy captured the spirit of a civilization.”
The task of the dictionary was to bear full and impartial witness to the language it recorded. But behind the immaculate typography of the finished text, the proofs tell a very different story. This vast archive, unexamined until now, reveals the arguments and controversies over meanings, definitions, and pronunciation, and which words and senses were acceptable—and which were not.
Lost for Words examines the hidden history by which the great dictionary came into being, tracing—through letters and archives—the personal battles involved in charting a constantly changing language. Then as now, lexicographers reveal themselves vulnerable to the prejudices of their own linguistic preferences and to the influence of contemporary social history.

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Stuck in a web of words.......2006-07-07

Mugglestone, according to the jacket, had written in 2002 another book on lexicography and the OED; the vocabulary and style of "Lost for Words" leans much more towards academia than a popularized account. That one was printed naturally by Oxford UP; I could not help but be puzzled that this newer book was published by Yale. I wondered how much of this book was an extension of her earlier text. She gives nothing away in the preface about her previous forays into the preparation of the OED, despite the works she has written that are cited in her bibliography.

She leaps immediately into the evidence of the proof pages and the marginalia they contain about the evolution of the OED. The story of the assembly of the OED has been told a couple of times in the last two decades; Mugglestone adds to these more generalized accounts her archival research into the deletions, editorial battles, concessions to prudery or appeasement, and the sheer bulk of what was left out of the OED. One expects that no word would have not been included, but this book shows how the editors had to cull what was a ratio of 17:1 to 8:1, that is, eight times the entry space and treatment given in Webster's to words. Many words and explanations and citations never made the final cut.

The making of the OED2, and the on-line versions, also account for much of potential interest, but the author wraps her tale up too quickly. I sense her weariness after so much meticulously condensed presentation of the intricate micro-managed debates and proofreading and correspondence that she for two hundred closely argued pages has conveyed. Debates around Darwin, sexuality, religion, and morality entered into its creation--just as wrangles over what's included in textbooks rankle so many sensitive souls in our era. The sheer enormity of the product that the compilers accumulated shows the nature of Victorian industry. The chief editor JAH Murray estimated that he would have to come up with definitions for 80,000 words that he never before had learned or read. This task, doomed never to be completed, makes one marvel at the exertion of the hundreds of volunteer readers who sent in slips and the overworked scholars who with rudimentary filing managed to create a monument to our language.

Intriguing to note that the 1989 OED2 gave only the same definition for "internet" as did the 1901 original entry: "the marvellous maze of internetted motions"--from astronomy. Such details rewarded me, but while I admire Mugglestone's effort, the heaps of material pored over without respite seemed to sink the pace of the book, as perhaps the subject matter made its interpretation equally but fussily detailed.

The book, therefore, is best consulted rather than read straight through. Mugglestone carefully presents every assertion, but this attention to every jot and tittle--while we want it in lexicography--tends to scan less easily in prose paragraph rather than dictionary entry form.

This book I suspect may have been commissioned to follow the success of Winchester's best seller. Those who have read Simon Winchester's more sensationalized recent entertainment "The Dictionary and the Madman" (absent in the works cited) or Murray's granddaughter KM Elisabeth Murray's valuable 1977 biography of him, "Caught in the Web of Words," may find Mugglestone's study rewarding due to the intriguing nature of the subject more than the energy of its transmission on the page. Despite my PhD in medieval English, I found Mugglestone's book unexpectedly daunting, if less so than Anglo-Saxon! Fascinating in parts, but this book cannot be read as easily as not only Winchester (which is to be expected) but KME Murray as well. "Lost for Words," perhaps inevitably, gets tangled in its own web of words. As editor of the Oxford History of the English Language, perhaps Mugglestone became too out of touch with the "common reader" who has sufficient advanced education but lacks erudition in lexicography. While she tries her best to bridge the gap between specialization and accessibility, it's a challenge to progress at a sustained trot through this relatively brief but densely rendered topic as presented here.

The possibilities were endless yet.............2005-12-29

I was excited at finding such a book. As a reader, dictionary buff and word-lover, I thought it would be next to impossible to mess up the tale of the creation of the OED - Oxford English Dictionary. Unfortunately I was wrong.

The writing was - how to say this nicely - turgid, repetitive, boring, and poorly organized. I expected something...vastly different in both tone and content. It had the texture of molasses and moved at the speed of a snail. Following a roughly chronological pathway, we learn in excruciating detail that the goals and results of the committee created for such an enormous undertaking were not in sync. We learn (repeatedly) of words that were omitted, lost, edited out; we read that the culture of the time went a long way in the determination of the content and the examples.

Even with such an inferior presentation, one finds joy in the telling of the undertaking. Just the idea of presenting not only a definition but ALL definitions with examples, quotes, keys for pronunciation and, most importantly, an evolutionary history of the word, is mind-boggling. For some reason, the author came alive when the topic turned scientific as she portrayed the First Fathers as both pioneers and heroes, standing up for their country, their language and their belief in the future progress of mankind.

The ending seems hurried, forced, as we run through the final letters, the updates, the computer age. Perhaps the saddest conclusion concerning this book is that this could have been an exciting, edge-of-the-seat thriller. Instead, the author seemed almost determined to bore the reader to tears.

The History of the OED from Its Proofs.......2005-10-02

It is always a joy to use the _Oxford English Dictionary_. I haven't looked into my microphotographed version of the first edition in years, since I got access to the _OED_ online, which is a splendidly faster and better way to use the wealth of its words. By folklore (and by original intent) the _OED_ was supposed to include every English word. Indeed, looking at the vast accumulation the _OED_ presents, with its lovely objective history of each word and illustrative quotations, it is easy to imagine that they are all there, and that they were accumulated by lexicographical boffins who just kept putting in everything they found, ordered and alphabetized it, and issued it in print. The near-perfection of the _OED_ does not give much room in itself for researching just how it was made. Lynda Mugglestone has been able to give a unique history of this unique enterprise in _Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary_ (Yale University Press) because of what she says was a chance discovery; however, it is easy to understand that since she has edited _The Oxford History of the English Language_ and written _Lexicography and the OED_, it is clear that chance favored her prepared mind. She "chanced" upon proof sheets from the first fascicle of the first edition of the _OED_, dating from 1883, a section recording proofs of the words from "abandon" to "Anglo-Saxon". The proofs did not have the cool, immaculate presentation of a final form; they "were instead marked by a mass of scrawled annotations and suggested deletions." And these handwritten additions were often acerbic. "Useless" was the remark by the word "anencephaloid", and "Rubbish! Mere tradesman's make-up" adorns "anerithmoscope". Clearly, the cool columns of the finished _OED_ were hiding contention, and a tale of all-too-human endeavor. Mugglestone has brilliantly used the evidence of the proofs to examine just how the monumental work came to be.

Much of this book is about the determination of what to leave out of the dictionary. Mugglestone writes, "Version by version the final text was built up, a process of dispute and negotiation, accretion and dissent." The idealistic goal of including every English word proved to be impossible for many reasons. The _OED_ could not, because of the Victorian times in which it was born, include all the naughty words, for instance. But there were much bigger problems that demonstrate the reaches of lexicographical philosophy. If a famous author (Shakespeare is great for this) invents a nonce word, one used for just one instance, does that get included? What if the author is not so famous? What about words that are recently borrowed from other languages but have not made themselves at home? What about scientific words? There were so many of them, and some were so obscure; it particularly pained the chief editor, James Murray, to leave them out, as his youthful drive to self-education led him through botany, entomology, and geology. What about words that just seem too obscure? Alongside the listing for "opossum", one critical reader of the proofs wrote, "This is the sort of word which one should save on." Murray disregarded the advice that time, but had to accept many more deletions than he wanted: "No one knows as well as I do, how it grieves one to have to do this," he complained. There is a great deal of pithy humor in the letters between the editors as they try to get the definitions right. When Murray was first presented with a proposed definition "greasy pole: a pole rubbed with grease to make it harder to climb or cling to," he suggested that it be amended with "Used as a frequent object of diversion at sport etc." because, he explained, "If something of this kind is not added it looks as if people were so keen on climbing poles that they had to be kept at a distance by the use of grease."

Murray would have been amazed at the dictionary in its current on-line incarnation. The process of deciding what words to include still goes on, of course, but without delegates to complain that each new entry takes more space and more time until the dictionary is complete. While the web-based version still has its pressures and costs, Mugglestone has produced an entertaining picture of how the first version was produced under constraints of column inches that simply do not affect the current version (just throw in a couple more memory chips). I was thrown to the _OED_ repeatedly by this account of the struggle to get the great book out, and the dutiful men who made it happen by fifty years of close attention to detail; I did so each time with increased admiration for this ultimate in English language tools.

Colorado: Lost Places and Forgotten Words

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One of Fielder's Best
AMAZING! FIELDER BRINGS YOU THE MAGIC OF COLORADO!

Colorado: Lost Places and Forgotten Words
John Fielder
Manufacturer: Westcliffe Publishers
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One of Fielder's Best.......2006-03-09

Once again, John Fielder has captured the beauty of Colorado with perfection... never a disappointment!

AMAZING! FIELDER BRINGS YOU THE MAGIC OF COLORADO!.......2000-10-04

An absolute beautiful book with many great and exciting photos! John Fielder takes you to the Colorado wilderness with an amazing photogenic touch. If you love the wilderness and have always dreamed about visiting Colorado, then this is the book that will inspire you more to go there. And John Fielder proves to you that there is no place in the world like the state of Colorado. I also recommend that you buy ALONG COLORADO'S CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL, ALONG THE COLORADO TRAIL, and TO WALK IN WILDERNESS photography books. And all of them are from the world famous John Fielder!

The Lost Sayings of Jesus: Teachings from Ancient Christian, Jewish, Gnostic And Islamic Sources--Annotated & Explained (SkyLight Illuminations)

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A nice collection of Jesus' sayings
Highly recommended reading for all students of the Abrahamic religions
No More Middle Man!

The Lost Sayings of Jesus: Teachings from Ancient Christian, Jewish, Gnostic And Islamic Sources--Annotated & Explained (SkyLight Illuminations)

Manufacturer: Skylight Paths Publishing
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ASIN: 1594731721

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The gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are not the only record we have of the words spoken by Jesus. Designed to challenge, enlighten and inspire, they are also quoted in a wide variety of other ancient sources--including the Qur'an, writings by early Christian church fathers, and fragments of lost gospels only recently discovered. Some of these sayings are familiar; many are surprising; all expand our conventional understanding of the scope and essence of Jesus's original teachings.

More than a "Christian" compilation, this collection of more than three hundred sayings reveals a Jesus whose words encapsulate spiritual truths that resonate across religious boundaries. From the encouraging "I am hope for the hopeless," to the wise and practical "Love those who hate you and you will not have an enemy," to the candid "Give no opportunity to the evil one," these pointed sayings not only reveal how Jesus was understood and portrayed across a wide variety of cultures long ago--they will also penetrate to your heart, challenge your assumptions, and energize your own spiritual quest.

Now you can experience the wisdom and power of Jesus's sayings even if you have no previous knowledge of these little-known texts.

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A nice collection of Jesus' sayings.......2007-08-01

This book contains sayings attributed to Jesus from various sources. I quickly counted (about) 119 sayings from Christian sources, 26 from Jewish sources, 88 from Gnostic, 95 from Islamic and 27 from other sources ~ 355 altogether. On every other page the author has added his own comments, but I didn't care much about the commentary myself. Dialogue of the Savior, Apocryphon of James, Book of Thomas the Contender and Gospel of Mary are excluded from the Gnostic sources... All in all - certainly not definitive, but a nice collection of sayings.

Highly recommended reading for all students of the Abrahamic religions .......2006-06-03

The Lost Sayings Of Jesus: Teachings From Ancient Christian, Jewish, Gnostic, And Islamic Sources--annotated And Explained is expertly translated and annotated by Andrew Phillip Smith is a compendium of the timeless wisdom of Jesus of Nazareth drawn from sources that include not only the New Testament, but writings from many of the non-canonical ancient writers of the Apocrypha, early church fathers, the Qur'an, the Talmud, and other fragments of the Gnostic gospels recently discovered, restored and translated. The Lost Sayings Of Jesus offers readers an impressively organized body of annotated quotes and excerpts arranged in of five basic sections with the "sayings" on the right page and the commentaries on the left page: Christian Sayings, Jewish Sayings, Gnostic Sayings, Islamic Sayings, and two additional sections "Further Traditions, Fictions, And Forgeries", and "Suggestions for Further Reading". A core addition to personal, seminary, academic, and community library reference collections, The Lost Sayings Of Jesus is very highly recommended reading for all students of the Abrahamic religions offering as complete and engaging collection as is currently possible on the many teachings ascribed to Jesus of Nazareth, whom some called a prophet and others the Christ.

No More Middle Man!.......2006-04-23

Well researched and footnoted compilation of all the sayings of Jesus.Why not read the words that are attributed directly from Jesus and not from others interpretations?Readers are not only given the saying but an excellent description and source of the saying as well.No stone is left unturned and leaves the reader with God given inspiration and wisdom directly from Jesus himself.Highly recommended to those who want to reflect on the Word of God.

When Words Have Lost Their Meaning: Alzheimer's Patients Communicate through Art

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Great Book...Complete guide to Art Therapy and Alzheimer's
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Great guide for those with Alzheimer's family members

When Words Have Lost Their Meaning: Alzheimer's Patients Communicate through Art
Ruth Abraham
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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Therapist Abraham shows how art can provide people with Alzheimer's disease a way to express their thoughts and emotions, when they can no longer communicate well verbally and words have lost their meaning. Abraham believes it is our moral obligation to provide elders with this tool, lest they be prematurely deemed beyond interaction. The confidence and self-esteem of elders--and that of the people who love them --can be bolstered by art therapy. And this is the first work demonstrating that art is not just busy work for those with Alzheimer's, but a profound and symbolic method allowing them to communicate. This work includes more than 70 drawings and paintings by people with Alzheimer's, and case histories of the men and women who created the artworks. Art activities, with a significant therapeutic relationship, can especially increase quality of life for people with Alzheimer's, particularly during the seven-year relatively stable period of the illness. Psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists and health care workers will also find this work especially valuable and insightful.

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Great Book...Complete guide to Art Therapy and Alzheimer's.......2007-04-10

While writing my senior thesis on art therapy and Alzheimer's I was only able to find one book that embodied the subject as a whole. This book includes all the information that one could need on the subject and was written to inform and engage the reader in a way that is compelling and thoughtful. The stories of different Alzheimer's sufferers journeys in art therapy and the accompanying images gives a real life look on the positive affects of art therapy and gives the reader a compassionate view on the subject. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is studying Alzheimer's or knows someone with the disease and would like to learn more about how they can help that person by improving their quality of life through art therapy. Overall the book is written very well in an easy to read way that keeps the reader engaged, while at the same time being very informative and thorough.

Extremely useful text.......2006-08-29

This was a very useful text for me when my mother was suffering from Alzheimer's. It reads like a novel, in such clear language, and helped me understand a lot of my mother's bizarre behavior. The author's story of her struggle as a caregiver was so touching; it gave a humane side to this difficult illness.

Great guide for those with Alzheimer's family members.......2005-01-02

Inspiring and companionate description of Alzheimer's patients ability to communicate and experience intimacy long after all seems lost.
Helpful at the professional level while expressing the personal experience of those with family members in need of special attention.

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