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In his Novels of the Change, New York Times bestselling author S.M. Stirling presents “a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF.”* Continuing their quest that began in The Golden Princess, two future rulers of a world without technology risk their lives seeking a fabled blade… Reiko, Empress of Japan, has allied herself with Princess Órlaith, heir to the High Kingdom of Montival, to find the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, a legendary treasure of an ancient dynasty that confers valor and victory to its bearer. Órlaith understands all too well the power it signifies. Her own inherited blade, the Sword of the Lady, was both a burden and a danger to her father, Rudi Mackenzie, as it failed to save the king from being assassinated.  But the fabled sword lies deep with the Valley of Death, and the search will be far from easy. And war is building, in Montival and far beyond.As Órlaith and Reiko encounter danger and wonder, Órlaith’s mother, Queen Matildha, believes her daughter’s alliance and quest has endangered the entire realm. There are factions both within and without Montival whose loyalty died with the king, and whispers of treachery and war grow ever louder.And the Malevolence that underlies the enemy will bend all its forces to destroy them.*Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The Desert and the Blade (Change Series), by S. M. Stirling

• Amazon Sales Rank: #170329 in Books
• Published on: 2015-09-01
• Released on: 2015-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 1.91" w x 6.35" l, 1.90 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 624 pages

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Starlings World of the Change keeps going! By Charles A. Helm Well, it's a very satisfying addition to this series, showing the remnants of the southern Los Angeles areaAnd heading into the Mojave to meet and ally with yet more eccentric survivors...abut of Hippie influenced survivors populate Topanga, Lancers have developed north west of the Valley...and Neo Israel nomadic group of tribes have grown out of very fun Fan Fiction idea!Actually, unlike some authors, Stirling seems to revel in using other authors and fans concepts in his "Changed Universe"...and as it expands beyond the Pacific Northwest, we find out exactly how large a world reduced to Sail powered frigates again can be!The two heirs to the thrones of a resurgent Nippon and the "Golden Princess" of Montival find themselves involved more and more with the Spiritual Fabric of our world as the basic forces of this Universe seem to be fighting a proxy war of Powers, and still forced into mundane battle after battle. As a story it's more than fine, but it's the complex societies and the variation of complex technical skills that are allowed in a world where our physical laws have discarded and new rules in place!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Classic quest framed by a new narrative! By Sean Gallagher I loved this novel of The Change. This is a fine return to form for Mr Stirling after a couple I felt had not been as engaging as previous ventures. Reiko is a great new Heroine, and Orlaith continues to be a wonderful character. A great supporting cast assists these two heroic women on their quest. They meet new cultures which is where I think Steve really excels. The action is exciting and the scenery finely described.As always I look forward to seeing where Mr Stirling goes next.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful. We're not elves, sir, we are Numenoreans! By R. M. Waldrop I have read every book in the Emberverse saga to date, going all the way back to the original Dies the Fire. This is one of the absolute best of the series. The action is considerably removed from the usual NW USA (Portland, Willamette Valley, etc), and "invades" southern California. Stirling is great at creating successor cultures. However improbable any of them might seem, by the time he gets the story going, the need to suspend belief is small, they seem so real. The characters come alive, even ones with a very small role, and his careful attention to the details of his craft can be seen in all of the characters, great and small. There were times when the story inspired both laughter and tears as I read, and as always, his descriptions of the banquets and attention to detail of the food was to the point that I could practically smell and taste.Stirling is also a master at telling the story of each scene. By the time we left Eryn Muir, I felt like I could almost see it with my "mind's eye." Same with the details for the interesting camp of camel riding Jews whose civilization was based in the most inhospitable deserts of southern California.The story of the "Participatory Democracy of Topanga" continues in this episode of the saga, and the scene where the Princess Orlaith and Empress Reiko and their assorted Rangers, McClintocks, MacKenzies, and Association Knights and Nobles, meet the Topango folks, is very nicely told and was one of the places that inspired a considerable amount of laughter. "We're not elves, sir, we are Numenoreans!"The contrast between the politics of the Emberverse, and those of the present United States, came to mind at certain parts of the story. Leaders who care about all of their subjects, not only those who are rich and powerful, and who know WHY it is important that all have a chance to prosper, are almost extinct at this time and place on the planet, and the rulers of Montival are a studied contrast to the clowns of the present political system. If I could insist that all of the candidates for president read one book, it would likely be this one, lol. I wouldn't care to provoke a dieoff, but I would gladly exchange electricity, internal combustion, and gunpowder for Princess Orlaith, her Mother the Queen, Chancellor Ignatius, and others of the governing authority of Montival.So now the stage is set for the epic battle against the descendents of Kim Jong Il who rule Korea with the assistance of the dark powers that were behind the Church universal and Triumphant of the previous episodes of the saga.PS. I was very glad to also learn the CORRECT pronunciation of Princess Orlaith's name. But I won't spoil it for readers of this review, you'll have to read the book yourself, and at the end of it, you will be as glad that you read it as can be.

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Amazon Bestseller in New Adult & College Fantasy It's tough being a thirteen-year old schoolboy, especially when you're an accident-prone coward and the big brother who stuck up for you is dead. Oh, and you've been thrust into a magical realm you're expected to save single-handedly. Sebastian Duffy has an awful lot of skills to learn in a hurry if he is to defeat Phobitor by stealing the spear of Lugh from the peace-loving Tuath. Sebastian woke with terror in his heart. His dream was a prophecy and he read it in a second. They intended to kill him, imminently. He's been given some help of course-a mercurial sorceress, an orphaned druidess, a taciturn warrior, a snuff-sniffing leprechaun and a lovelorn poet- an outfit known as the Hibernauts, but can he really overcome a psychopathic warmongering god when half the realm is bent on his destruction? There was a searing flash and Sebastian found himself sailing through the air. As he span upward, multiple colors appeared, resolving into broad bands. He watched the rainbow arc up into the air, up, up, up, higher and higher, disappearing into the thick black clouds. If he is to have the remotest chance he will have to outsmart hordes of aiia, cluricaun, brigands, woodwose, undead warriors, speckled bats, spies, hunkypunks, traitors, skeletons, gobbleratches and battle-swine first. And are those Tuath really so peaceable? If only he could find his courage. The Traitor's Trap is the second installment in the Sebastian and the Hibernauts series, the fast-paced, endlessly twisting adventure saga set in Hibercadia, a Celtic dreamworld brimful of quizzing glasses and magic shillelaghs, mechanical fireworks and night rainbows, fantastical creatures and outrageous skullduggery, tragedy and joy.

The Traitor's Trap, by Brendan Murphy

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5214121 in Books
• Published on: 2015-11-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x .59" w x 5.51" l, .72 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 282 pages

The Traitor's Trap, by Brendan Murphy

Review An imaginative epic...an intricate and fully realised fantasy world with a big cast of likeable characters that are charming, well drawn and endearing, with wonderfully apt names. The depth and breadth of the author'shigh-voltage imagination and the richness of the world created is very impressive. Sam Mills, Author of Blackout, The Boys Who Saved the World, and The Quiddity of Will Self I cannot say just how much I haveenjoyed this book ... a very accomplished writer with a wonderfully rich imagination and an incredibly inventive mind. Readers will come to love the manywonderful creations in this novel, it is jam-packed with the mostwonderful and inventive characters; new,exciting and beautifully realised. CherryMosteshar, Author of Unveiled: One Woman's Nightmare in Iran Just like the previous book, The Traitor's Trap comes with a very rich plot full of imagination. Brendan Murphy created a world that every kid -- and even adult -- would love to get lost into. I love the characters -- they were beautifully created and they had the most interesting names as well! I don't think you would want to put down this book once you have started reading it.The Book Lovers' Lounge

From the Author As a child, I immersed myself in a magical land of stories. As I grew older and reality crumbled the edifices of my fantastical world, I longed to recreate the rare and noble alchemy compressed between the covers of a children's book. My adult heart had added requirements: these would be books for adults and children, layered with themes and symbols, high and low.With a nod to the rip-roaring adventures I had loved as a boy, I set about writing the Sebastian and the Hibernauts series. Sebastian is a boy on the cusp of adolescence, lonely and confused, dazzled by life's cruelties. Thrust into a Celtic mythological landscape, his journey into adulthood begins. The stories are brimful of ghosts and gobbleratches, hunkypunks and barguest, leprechauns and cluricaun, mechanical fireworks and magic shillelaghs, quizzing glasses and night rainbows. There's a dastardly whodunit to keep you on your toes, several secret romances nestled amongst the pages, and skullduggery, treachery and twists and turns galore. Welcome to Hibercadia. Let the wonderment begin!

From the Back Cover It's tough being a thirteen-year old schoolboy, especially when you're an accident-prone coward and the big brother who stuck up for you is dead. Oh, and you've been thrust into a magical realm you're expected to save single-handedly. Sebastian Duffy has an awful lot of skills to learn in a hurry if he is to defeat Phobitor by stealing the spear of Lugh from the peace-loving Tuath. He's been given some help of course-a mercurial sorceress, an orphaned druidess, a taciturn warrior, a snuff-sniffing leprechaun and a lovelorn poet- an outfit known as the Hibernauts, but can he really overcome a psychopathic warmongering god when half the realm is bent on his destruction? If he is to have the remotest chance he will have to outsmart hordes of aiia, cluricaun, brigands, woodwose, undead warriors, speckled bats, spies, hunkypunks, traitors, skeletons, gobbleratches and battle-swine first. And are those Tuath really so peaceable? If only he could find his courage. The Traitor's Trap is the second installment in the Sebastian and the Hibernauts series, the fast-paced, endlessly twisting adventure saga set in Hibercadia, a Celtic dreamworld brimful of quizzing glasses and magic shillelaghs, mechanical fireworks and night rainbows, fantastical creatures and outrageous skullduggery, tragedy and joy.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The twisted plot will tie you in knots By Sher A Hart The world (realm) introduced in Beyond the Gloaming, book 1 of Sebastian and the Hibernauts, remains impressive in its creativity. In The Traitor’s Trap, action, danger, and mystery abound, all essential to books for middle-graders. Yet in spite of starring a thirteen-year-old boy, book 2 seems more directed at adults and older teens. The machinations of the gods should satisfy any adult’s thirst for solving puzzles. Whatever you thought you knew (about certain characters, creatures, and events) will change. In fact, the plot is so convoluted it may confuse tweens and younger teens. Not to say they shouldn’t read it, just that parents should read first (or read along) and be ready to discuss and explain. That includes language. Hard to admit for an editor who reads Stephen R. Donaldson, but some of the words were unfamiliar.As book 2 in a series, The Traitor’s Trap is best read soon after book 1. Otherwise, read the character directory in back to refresh your memory about the large cast of characters. I didn’t realize it was there and felt lost in the first part of the book. Good thing the plot kept me interested until the most important characters reestablished their roles if not their physical appearances. Those remain lost in my memory except for Conall’s ginger hair and Druddy’s breed (deerhound) because I relearned those far into the book. I wish there’d been more clues to appearance, roles, and relationships sprinkled in the beginning.The Traitor’s Trap takes Sebastian on a difficult quest to obtain a terrible weapon, yet his hardest task is learning the truth about who wants the best for the realm and its people. In some crises, his discoveries and choices concerning motives of others become his downfall. In others, his own choices lead to everyone’s downfall – or salvation. Even with all the complications of tales for adults, The Traitor’s Trap is still a coming of age story. Bottom line: when internal conflict and the consequences of a character’s choices dwarf the battles raging outside, I’ve found a writer worthy of my time.Content warning for violence. Parents should read book 1 and decide whether their children can handle it or the creatures at least as scary as ring wraiths. All I can say is that at age nine, I would have hidden under my bed, terrified, like I did reading The Fellowship of the Ring, and I would have fought if someone tried to take either book away. Editing was better than in most indie books, yet not to trade standards. I was provided a free copy in exchange for an honest review: 4 of 5 stars.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Traitor's Trap By Amazon Customer I received an ebook copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.The first and probably the most important thing to say is that this is a second book, one that you cannot read without reading the first one. You simply wouldn't understand too many things. Reading the first book even I felt lost sometimes.The plot was just as adventurous as the first book was, it almost felt like Sebastian couldn't catch a breathe when it would have been good to let things slow down just a tad bit sometimes.The world was still the best thing about this book, I am blown away by the world the author has created, it's full of creativity and new things everywhere. But I still feel like it could have been stratched out and given more material to spread out the information so it wouldn't be too many things all at once.Another thing that I noticed while reading this book (and it kind of bothered me during the first one too), that the main character, Sebastian is supposed to be 13 years old and if I'd have to put the book into a category, I'd say it's a middle grade book, but the writing is much more superior and I'm pretty sure middle graders couldn't understand a good chunk of the book because of that. It felt off for me.After reading two books from this series, I'm not exactly sure if I will continue with it or not, so I guess I'll see whether or not I'll feel like it when the next book comes out.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not a stand alone novel By Carol While I found this fantasy adventure novel to be very well written and engaging, I was lost for most of the book because I had not read the previous novel in the series. It is definitely not a stand alone novel. Nevertheless, I was extremely impressed with the intricacies and the depth of detail within this book. The author has a great imagination and a magnificent way of portraying it. The characters are intriguing and the character development is excellent.The main character of this book is 13 years old. But in my humble opinion, this book would be way over the heads of most middle school aged children. The language is advanced, the plot has lots of twists and turns, and the writing is well above a middle school reading level. Older teens and adults who enjoy fantasy and adventure would likely love this book. Just remember, read book one first.For my full review visit MoreThanAReview dot com where I rate books based on language, violence, sexual content and drug/alcohol use.

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Bobbie Titan is not just another Barbie clone at the Kain's Advanced Research Institute (KARI). Even though she physically looks just like the other girls who received a special cancer treatment that turned them all into blond hair, blue-eyed look-alikes, on the inside, she's different. All of the other teenagers at KARI have super powers. The girls can disappear or change their appearance. The boys are fast or strong. Bobbie is frustratingly normal until she discovers that she can predict the future. After she uses her ability to save a KARI administrator, Bobbie can no longer hide in the crowd. Being KARI's new champion is short-lived. Bobbie suddenly finds herself separated from the other students and on the run from some powerful people who are afraid she will use her new abilities for evil. Bobbie must figure out how to rescue her classmates and learn the mystery behind all the teenagers' powers while staying one step ahead of those willing to go to extremes to control her.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #2350696 in eBooks
• Published on: 2015-11-13
• Released on: 2015-11-13
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Bobbie Titan in the Mark of Kain, by Lynn Evans

About the Author Lynn Evans is the pen name for Traci Lynn and Steven Evans Barker-Ball. When they aren't working on novels, Traci is an award winning teacher, advisor, and crisis counselor and Steve is a systems analyst. Steve and Traci are working on their fourth decade of marriage, are the proud parents of two exceptional daughters, and are grandparents to two of the brightest and best looking grandsons in the world. After Traci has finished watching the San Diego Padres and Steve has found his way back home from hiking in the hills, they can sometimes be found on Facebook (the only two-faced Lynn Evans), updating their webpage, or posting on their blog.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great book- you should purchase it! By Sherry Lockie Bobbie Titan and the Mark of Kain is a great book. Since its proceeds are going to help fund a high school program, I wasn't sure if this book would be any good or not so I was pleasantly surprised how fun it is! It is a fast-paced book with great characters. The concept is very original and creative and I found myself not wanting the book to end. I hope that there will be a sequel!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A fun school? Scandalous! By Dr. Brian FitzGerald I enjoyed the fast paced plot, solid character development and the awkward situations. Mark of Kain is an intriguing first step with a capable group of teens that are resourceful, creative and capable. Anyone looking for a light, easy read that is engaging would do well reading this book.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great read for both adults and teens! Solid 4 stars. By ColorMeCurvy From the first page you're thrown into the unique world of Bobbie Titan, you are in for an adventure! Full of realistic, believable, likeable characters. The plot is one that never gets boring. A page turner. I found myself not wanting to put it down and even more excited to resume. The only slight critique I had was this. The book is told from the view point of 14/15 year old Bobbie Titan. For a book that is from the vantage point of a teenage girl it lacked some of the emotions that go with being a teenage girl. Bobbie is level headed, intelligent, and excellent problem solver, but I felt a bit cold. Teens have dynamic, and often dramatic moods of which it seems Bobbie muted. in spite of that it's a great read all the same. I did however love that the sexuality of the teens wasn't sugar coated like many books today. It was refreshing to see an author's portrayal of teenages and their mindsets be so right on the money. I plan on recommending this book to friends and family alike. I do hope this book goes on to raise the much needed funds for the student service center at PHS! Your office was essential to so many students when I attended there, as I'm sure it is now. Good luck! I look forward to more from Lynn Evans! :)

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• Published on: 2015-09-01
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SAP HANA is an in-memory database created by SAP. SAP HANA breaks traditional database barriers to simplify IT landscapes, eliminating data preparation, pre-aggregation, and tuning. SAP HANA and in-memory computing allow you to instantly access huge volumes of structured and unstructured data, including text data, from different sources.

Starting with data modeling, this fast-paced guide shows you how to add a system to SAP HANA Studio, create a schema, packages, and delivery unit. Moving on, you'll get an understanding of real-time replication via SLT and learn how to use SAP HANA Studio to perform this. We'll also have a quick look at SAP Business Object DATA service and SAP Direct Extractor for Data Load. After that, you will learn to create HANA artifacts―Analytical Privileges and Calculation View. At the end of the book, we will explore the SMART DATA access option and AFL library, and finally deliver pre-packaged functionality that can be used to build information models faster and easier.

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Real Time Analytics with SAP Hana, by Vinay Singh

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1311798 in Books
• Published on: 2015-11-02
• Released on: 2015-10-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x .51" w x 7.50" l, .87 pounds
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Vinay Singh has MBA and BE (CS) degrees and is a SAP HANA/BI architect at Freudenberg Sealing Technology, Germany, working in the SAP Analytics area. He has nearly 10 years of SAP experience in the field of SAP product development and consulting. Before joining Freudenberg, he worked with companies such as SAP Labs, Adobe, and T-systems, which gave him a good mix of product development and consulting experience. He has been an author and coauthor on numerous articles in various journals and has officially reviewed a couple of books on SAP Analytics topics. He is also a visiting faculty at Hochschule Furtwangen University, BW, where he teaches SAP HANA under the SAP UCC program.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Real Time Analytics with SAP HANA By Taha M. Mahmoud Real Time analytic-es is one of the most attractive BI topics nowadays. This was impossible or very expensive at near past; but we can use advanced technologies like SAP HANA to achieve this dream.I was a student for the Author "Vinay Singh" by attending one of the Official SAP training. I have to say that Vinay is a very knowledgeable person who have a great skills to teach and being one whom working in SAP Labs and one of the early first people whom get the chance to see how SAP HANA started and evolved. So, I was very interested to read this book.The author did a really very good job here as he started with some introductory chapters to setup the basics which required to understand the remaining chapters. Topics like difference between traditional database and in-memory database, joins, union, procedures and scripts in SAP HANA are discussed in the first chapter. The author moves to explain SAP HANA Studio and and different modeling techniques like (attribute views, analytical views and calculation views). After that; the author start talking about data loading and how we can use replication techniques like SAP HANA SLT to instant data replication into SAP HANA.I really liked the self-study questions which added by end of each chapter; this is an amazing way to help understanding topics and do more re-search. Finally; I would like to thank the Author for his effort and looking for more great SAP HANA Books

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. What you expect from the book By Dhruv SAP is a vast ocean with new frontiers opening up. This make it very difficult to find the relevant material or reading options. I searched and went through details before buying this book for our company. This books contains lot of examples which make it easy to follow. I skipped the chapters which were not relevant for me and I was still able to follow the content of the relevant sections.This book helped in gaining more insight on HANA studio and various data models. Kudos to author and 5 stars from me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Real Step by Step Book By Joselyn Quintero As SAP consultant, I receive many emails asking: What is HANA and why is so important? The answer is: If you know the value of Google as a person, you'll know the value of HANA as corporate executive. For this reason I feel honored of being the technical reviewer of this book, because it definitely spreads innovation.Vinay has a great talent on teaching and explaining, so you don't need to be a super technical person to get all the concepts and steps shared on this book. This is a golden book for people, programmers and consultants looking for knowledge and simplicity into SAP HANA's analytics. Every chapter is so well described that you don't need to read it twice, but for sure you will keep it next to you as your practical guide.

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This book contains interesting information for those who are interested in Ethical hacking. This book is written from a hackers point of view, pentesting our most popular wireless communication in our home This book was created to help and teach beginners about WiFi-Hacking, this book contains some of my tutorials that I have written online, but also new material. This book covers most of the stuff beginners need to know before they succeed in this area. The examples in the book is equipped with images and the coverage from hardware, to encryption protocol presentation and further in to cracking/hacking and of cause introduction of my real life experience.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #3808517 in Books
• Published on: 2015-11-11
• Released on: 2015-11-11
• Original language: English
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Recommended ONLY if New to Wireless Hacking By ZaraByte It's an okay book has a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes but their are pictures in the book that cover some stuff however most of this stuff is publicly known online so I guess if you want a reference book on WiFi Hacking or are new to Wireless Hacking and dunno where to start this is a good book for a newbie to learn the basics.You can also give freecst.com a shot great place for people new to computer security and want to learn the basics and start out.It's okay book but he should've spent more time and less time trying to make money off a book without of spelling mistakes in I mean page has a few grammar mistakes and spelling mistakes however I decided to put a side all that and it's a book I've decided to recommend on my website for people who are new to wireless hacking and wanna know the basic stuff even though a lot of this stuff is public online it's still kinda good to be able to look over some thing that maybe you forgot the website that had it on it.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Very detailed and easy to read. By Jonas I am very pleased with this book, the author goes into great detail which makes it really easy to follow and execute. There's also enough pictures which is a great plus and helps me understand it even better.The quality of the book (cover/paper) itself is also pretty good, it's a durable book. At the current price this book is definitely worth it and a great addition on my book shelf.

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Start your composting journey right now with a super simple method for creating a compost pile that will get you started immediately. Yes, compost can be smelly but in an organic way and that has to be good. Here’s a look at the contents: How to make a compost pile Composting Methods – A brief description of different methods- This is where you can be thinking about what might work for you Composting Paper – Can you or can’t you and which papers are okay? Composting Grass – The right way to compost grass to avoid mold. Composting Food – Lots of information here including how to avoid smells, fruit fly and what food stuff is okay to compost Choosing a Kitchen Composter – If you are choosing a commercial product, here’s what you need to know What is Anaerobic Composting? Yes, what is it? What is Bokashi Composting? It’s a form of Anaerobic Composting. Composting with Worms – A detailed guide including calculating the number of worms needed, where to locate a worm farm, how to look after the worms and more. How to use a Compost Aerator and do I really need one? How to use a Compost Tumbler and How to easily build a Tumbling Composter.. How to build a Compost Bin – Several different alternatives using wood and wire mesh To finish – Some everyday Composting Tips And while you are digesting the contents of the book, you start off your composting journey with the super simple method for creating a pile that will get you started immediately. This book has the information you are looking for to create quality compost, whether you have a large garden, a small garden, live in an apartment or want to experiment with different methods.

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This book will teach you the basics of SQL and database operations. Since SQL is a language used to manage databases, you have to familiarize yourself with its basics and nuances. Don’t worry if you have never used SQL before: this book will turn you from a beginner to an efficient SQL-user.

This book will cover important topics about SQL. For instance, a chapter focuses on the operators that you can use. Another chapter, however, concentrates on giving you accurate results from your database queries. Overall, you’ll be an effective SQL user after reading this book.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #127064 in Books
• Published on: 2015-11-27
• Original language: English
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An amateur effort at best. I get the sense that the author started ... By A. Pierce This book is...well, disappointing to be honest. Grammatical errors and typos abound for one thing. For another thing, the sample syntax uses elements from previous topics in ways that were never covered or explained. This is especially true in later chapters. There are no exercises and no projects that tie multiple concepts together. In short, it's poorly written and incomplete. An amateur effort at best.I get the sense that the author started out with a nice vision, put together an ambitious outline, and then got overwhelmed and burned out writing the first draft. So he just submitted the first draft to the publisher. And the publisher didn't even run it by a copy editor. Heck, it may even be self-published. Anyway, if you couldn't already tell, my advice is don't waste your money with this one.( For what it's worth, I also bought a copy of Head First SQL at the same time. The contrast is night and day, boys and girls. Head First is much more money, but I don't feel stupid for buying that one.)

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This 78-page coloring book for adults (and curious children) showcases 30 images of charming vintage holiday postcards. You’ll find each full-color original is next to its matching grayscale sketch. This way, you can recreate what the artist has done, or reinterpret the artwork using your imagination. It's easy when the full-size color image is right there to guide you. The hard part, shading and highlights, is already done for you. It’s like having the artist there to guide you. Creating beautiful artwork is surprisingly simple when you pay attention to the details. You may feel as if you’re getting private at-home art lessons. As a bonus, the author suggests you to copy your artwork onto card stock paper so you end up with an authentic remake of a charming vintage postcard.There are 12 Valentines, 4 Easter, 4 Thanksgiving, and 10 Christmas postcards for you to color. Bonus section includes samples as well as a page from soon-to-be-released Vintage Vibes, Volume 3, Mrs. Beeton's Household Management Guide. (Mrs. Beeton was the British Martha Stewart of the Victorian era.) Even if you've never taken an art class, you can enjoy these "art-doable" coloring pages.

Vintage Holiday Postcards Coloring Book: For Adults and Curious Children (Vintage Vibes Coloring Books) (Volume 2), by Jodie Randisi

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2313810 in Books
• Published on: 2015-11-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.00" h x .19" w x 8.50" l, .59 pounds
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About the Author Author, speaker, and former schoolteacher Jodie Randisi is a coloring enthusiast and publisher of coloring books. She is founder of COWCATCHER Publications. As an author coach and publisher, she helps people and businesses preserve their legacies. As a life coach for kids, Jodie helps students and their families reach their full potential.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five Stars By Amazon Customer I have ordered from this author before and she does quality work. Worth the price

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 An enchanting adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for younger readers, with the original preface and advertisements "I wrote to Macmillan to suggest a new idea: a 'Nursery Edition' of Alice with pictures printed in." Lewis Carroll's diary, 15th February, 1881 The Nursery Alice, originally published by Macmillan & Co. in 1890, was the very first color edition of Alice. It was intended, wrote Carroll, "to be read by Children aged from Nought to Five. To be read? Nay, not so! Say rather to be thumbed, to be cooed over, to be dogs'-eared, to be rumpled, to be kissed . . ." With this new, younger readership in mind, Carroll rewrote Alice, simplifying and abridging the original text, while Tenniel redrew, enlarged, and colored 20 of his iconic illustrations. The resulting book is a delightfully engaging experience, readers prompted to interact not only with the story but also with the images and even the physical book itself, in a way that is thoroughly modern. Gloriously reproduced for the anniversary year, the present edition retains every word of the original and restores the exquisite delicacy of Tenniel's artwork—lost in reproductions across the decades—along with the delightful cover artwork by Emily Gertrude Thomson, a placeholder ribbon, and gold page edges. This gem of a book is the perfect introduction to Alice, a delight for readers of every age.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #467557 in Books
• Published on: 2015-09-01
• Original language: English
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About the Author Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Born in 1832, Dodgson was a mathematics tutor at Christ Church College, Oxford, where he met Alice Liddell, daughter of the dean, and inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The book and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, have delighted children the world over for 150 years. Sir John Tenniel was already a renowned cartoonist when he was invited to produce illustrations for Alice. His exquisite engravings are among the most iconic and best loved images in the world.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful Introduction to Alice By S. Tisdale First, the review that states this book is misprinted is incorrect. This version of The Nursery Alice - by English Rose Publishing - does not have the misprinted quotation marks. The Mediamorphosis version of this book, however, DOES have the misprinted quotation marks and should be avoided.That said, this (the English Rose Publishing) version of The Nursery Alice is fantastic. The Nursery Alice condenses some of the major elements of Alice in Wonderland into small two to three page "Chapters" with beautifully colored illustrations by John Tenniel.While this version of Alice doesn't contain any of Lewis Carroll's wonderful poems it's a good introduction to Alice for children 0-5.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. All authors should write children's versions of their own stories! By Morgan Escott Love this! Got it when I was pregnant with my first kiddo, and started reading it to him when he was a baby. Can't get much better than a children's version of Alice – one of my favorite childhood stories! It was written some time ago, so some of the language doesn't roll easily off the tongue, but I really wouldn't have it any other way.

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Utilize the powerful ingredients of Raspberry Pi to bring to life your amazing robots that can act, draw, and have fun with laser tags

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• Add sensors to your robot so that it can sense the world around it
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The Raspberry Pi is a series of credit card-sized single-board computers developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic computer science in schools. The Raspberry Pi is known as a tiny computer built on a single circuit board. It runs a Linux operating system, and has connection ports for various peripherals so that it can be hooked up to sensors, motors, cameras, and more. Raspberry Pi has been hugely popular among hardware hobbyists for various projects, including robotics.

This book gives you an insight into implementing several creative projects using the peripherals provided by Raspberry Pi. To start, we'll walk through the basic robotics concepts that the world of Raspberry Pi offers us, implementing wireless communication to control your robot from a distance. Next, we demonstrate how to build a sensible and a visionary robot, maximizing the use of sensors and step controllers. After that, we focus on building a wheeled robot that can draw and play hockey. To finish with a bang, we'll build an autonomous hexcopter, that is, a flying robot controlled by Raspberry Pi.

By the end of this book, you will be a maestro in applying an array of different technologies to create almost any imaginable robot.

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Raspberry Pi Robotic Blueprints, by Richard Grimmett

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3934835 in Books
• Published on: 2015-11-02
• Released on: 2015-10-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x .45" w x 7.50" l, .77 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 250 pages

Raspberry Pi Robotic Blueprints, by Richard Grimmett

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Richard Grimmett

Richard Grimmett continues to have more fun than he should be allowed working on robotics projects while teaching computer science and electrical engineering at Brigham Young University-Idaho. He has a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in leadership studies. This is the latest book, in a long series of books detailing how to use Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and BeagleBone Black for robotics projects, written by him.

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Solid Book with step by step instructions. By Botmaker This is a great book, especially for those who learn by doing. Each chapter digs in and shows you a specific example with a complete step by step process that any level of maker should be able to understand. The included pictures and screen shots go a long way towards a reader understanding what is being accomplished by the author in each example. I recommend this book to both new builders and those with experience, as they each can gain from reading and performing the exercises.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Interesting & Practical "By Example" Way to Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi By Andrew Connell I'll admit when I picked this up, it wasn't what I thought it would be. Each chapter is a separate hands-on project like taking apart and controlling a R/C car with a RaspberryPi. A lot of the pictures did a decent job of showing where the connections were and how things were hooked up but some schematic drawings would have helped with hookups. All in all, a good book if you are looking for a "I learn best with experience, so let me dive into a few projects."

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Perfect for your first steps into roboting By Werner we at developer-blog.net love this book. The chapters are all unique in content and give many great suggestions on how to implement your own Raspberry Pi controlled robot. All tutorials are straight forward, but good explained. In general, they are for advanced users with basic knowledge, but also beginners can learn a lot. All used sensors are cheap to get from here (Amazon) or other online platforms like ebay.My favorite chapter was how path planning is implemented with some basic Python scripts.

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Free Spirit Knits: 20 Knitted Garments and Accessories Inspired

Free Spirit Knits: 20 Knitted Garments and Accessories Inspired by the Southwest, by Anne Podlesak

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Knit your wildest dreams using windswept color and texture!

In Free Spirit Knits author Anne Podlesak shares a gorgeous collection of 20 knitted garments and accessories that combine the richly-colored beauty of the high desert with a sense of play and adventure.

The pieces, for both men and women, have beautiful silhouettes and rich color palettes. From a gorgeous knitted cardigan-style coat (Grand Canyon Coat) to monochromatic knitted socks (Petroglyph Socks) to the lace knitting techniques showcased in the Aspens sweater, you'll love creating each stunning project. Wild-at-heart knitters of every skill level will find something to make and love.

Whether your nearest canyon is made of rock or skyscrapers, treat yourself to the collection that will see you knitting off into the sunset.

Free Spirit Knits: 20 Knitted Garments and Accessories Inspired by the Southwest, by Anne Podlesak

• Amazon Sales Rank: #250743 in Books
• Brand: Interweave
• Published on: 2015-11-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.88" h x .38" w x 8.25" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Free Spirit Knits: 20 Knitted Garments and Accessories Inspired by the Southwest, by Anne Podlesak

Review "One particular thing I personally like in Anne's book is the use of an introduction at the beginning of each design. To me this provides the reader with a very vivid description of the southwest and enables them to understand how Anne drew her inspiration to create that particular garment." --Peacefully Knitting & More "Anne is an amazing photographer, writer, knitwear designer, indie yarn dyer and all-around fiberista. Her technical background in historical fashion design and her love for fiber and color shines through in all of her work... Anne's attention to detail and sophisticated color sensibilities shine through in this carefully curated collection of hand knits." --Slate Falls Press "Anne visually captures the feeling of being a free spirit. The landscapes and the jewelry and the relaxed posture all add up to the essence of the story of free spirits in every place and every time." --Talitha Kuomi Design "There is enough variety here to satisfy most knitters, with simple stockinette, cables, lace and colorwork designs. Projects for men are included." --My Central Jersey's "In Stitches" column

About the Author

Anne Podlesak is an indie dyer who also knits, spins, and designs in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Her designs have been featured in Spin-Off magazine, Interweave special publications such as Jane Austen Knits, The Unofficial Harry Potter Knits, as well as her own independently released designs. Find her online at woolywonkafiber.com and on her Ravelry page: ravelry.com/designers/anne-podlesak

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. An inspiration, filled with patterns I want to knit! By Toby Taylor Free Spirit Knits is a beautiful collection of southwest, high desert inspired knits. The designs are colorful, textural, and presented against a stunning outdoor landscape. Included are a number of cardigans, several pullovers suitable for men or unisex, shawls in several sizes, and some smaller projects like a hat, two cowls, a pair of socks, and scarf.While many of the designs incorporate multiple colors, various techniques are used from simply knitting stripes, to slip stitch, to stranded colorwork. The first two techniques are suitable for any level knitter. The stranded designs which require you to carry 2 colors for each row can be a little bit intimidating, but the cowls would be great projects for someone who is new to this technique since they are knit in the round and don't require a precise fit.I have knit a number of Anne's designs in the past and have already knit 3 patterns from this book. Her patterns are clearly written and easy to follow.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Nice patterns, some not very free-spirit-ish By Haley Mathiot This was a really cute, fun book. Really nice designs, lots of orange and blue and brown and gold, solid bases with strips of simple fair isle patterns worked into the edges or the middle, or simple lace worked down the back of an otherwise solid sleeve. I love the southwest, and the patterns were reminiscent of the places they were named after. I really liked all the patterns, except one really awful random sweater that I don’t think anyone with any friends would wear in public. Some of them really represented the landmark or location they were named after, but others just looked free-spirit-ish because of the other clothing the models were wearing.Most of the patterns are worked size 5-7 needles, with some smaller stuff thrown in there too. Each pattern has several photographs and charts. The sweaters have drawings of the composition. It is mostly sweaters, a few wraps and shawls, a hat, a pair of socks, a scarf, and a cowl. Recommended for intermediate knitters who have their hearts set on Nevada and Wyoming’s autumn nights.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. free spirit knits By karen monroe this book is fabulous - not only eye candy with the expert photography but also a delight to your imagination.there are too many designs that tempt me to knit - i.e. the aspen sweater, tres flores shawl, santa fe wrap, Chaco canyon shawl, monument valley sweater and the pottery shard jacket.what makes the book absolutely perfect is that I am well acquainted with this designer's skill in writing her patterns - they are flawless.

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The Complete Cosmicomics, by Italo Calvino

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“We were peering into this darkness, criss-crossed with voices, when the change took place: the only real, great change I’ve ever happened to witness, and compared to it the rest is nothing.” — from The Complete Cosmicomics Italo Calvino’s beloved cosmicomics cross planets and traverse galaxies, speed up time or slow it down to the particles of an instant. Through the eyes of an ageless guide named Qfwfq, Calvino explores natural phenomena and tells the story of the origins of the universe. Poignant, fantastical, and wise, these thirty-four dazzling stories — collected here in one definitive anthology — relate complex scientific and mathematical concepts to our everyday world. They are an indelible (and unfailingly delightful) literary achievement. “Nimble and often hilarious . . . Trying to describe such a diverse and entertaining mix, I have to admit, just as Calvino does so often, that my words fail here, too. There’s no way I — or anyone, really — can muster enough of them to quite capture the magic of these stories . . . Read this book, please.” — Colin Dwyer, NPR

The Complete Cosmicomics, by Italo Calvino

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34831 in Books
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Published on: 2015-09-08
• Released on: 2015-09-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.10" w x 5.31" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

The Complete Cosmicomics, by Italo Calvino

Review 'If you have never read Cosmicomics, you have before you ... the most joyful reading experiences of your life' - Salman Rushdie 'Entirely unlike anything that anyone else has written ... In Cosmicomics Calvino makes it possible for the reader to inhabit a meson, a mollusc, a dinosaur; makes him for the first time see light ending a dark universe ... During the last [part of the twentieth] century Italo Calvino ... advanced far beyond his American and English contemporaries. As they continue to look for the place where the spiders make their nests, Calvino has not only found that special place but learned how himself to make fantastic webs of prose to which all things adhere' - Gore Vidal, New York Review of Books

From the Inside Flap “It’s a joy to have all the cosmicomics within one cover . . . Their topics are exhilaratingly immense, the uttermost reaches of space and time, into which warmth and humor enter through all kinds of gaps, quirks, and tricks. Calvino's light, dry, clear prose dances over the light years . . . A landmark in fiction, the work of a master.” — Ursula K. Le Guin, GuardianIn Italo Calvino’s cosmicomics, primordial beings cavort on the nearby surface of the moon, play marbles with atoms, and bear ecstatic witness to Earth’s first dawn. These dazzling stories cross planets and traverse galaxies, speed up time or slow it down to the particles of an instant. Through the eyes of an ageless guide named Qfwfq, Calvino explores natural phenomena and tells the story of the origins of the universe. Poignant, fantastical, and wise, these beloved tales relate complex scientific and mathematical concepts to our everyday world.Written between the 1960s and the 1980s, the cosmicomics were pivotal in the development of Calvino’s experimental style. The Complete Cosmicomics brings together in one volume all thirty-four of these deft, enchanting stories for the first time in English— including seven never before published in this country. This definitive collection reconfirms the cosmicomics as an enduring literary achievement.

From the Back Cover “We were peering into this darkness, criss-crossed with voices, when the change took place: the only real, great change I’ve ever happened to witness, and compared to it the rest is nothing.” — from The Complete Cosmicomics Italo Calvino’s beloved cosmicomics cross planets and traverse galaxies, speed up time or slow it down to the particles of an instant. Through the eyes of an ageless guide named Qfwfq, Calvino explores natural phenomena and tells the story of the origins of the universe. Poignant, fantastical, and wise, these thirty-four dazzling stories — collected here in one definitive anthology — relate complex scientific and mathematical concepts to our everyday world. They are an indelible (and unfailingly delightful) literary achievement. “Nimble and often hilarious . . . Trying to describe such a diverse and entertaining mix, I have to admit, just as Calvino does so often, that my words fail here, too. There’s no way I — or anyone, really — can muster enough of them to quite capture the magic of these stories . . . Read this book, please.” — Colin Dwyer, NPRItalo Calvino (1923–1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century’s greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in San Remo, Italy, and later lived in Turin, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Among his many works are the novels If on a winter’s night a traveler and The Baron in the Trees, as well as numerous collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. His work has been translated into dozens of languages.  

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful. At last By Crowley Fan At the time of this writing you still have to order this from amazon.co.uk and pay the shipping fees, as American copyrights have not been ironed out. If that's too expensive, most of the contents are available elsewhere, in the HBJ and Vintage volumes called Cosmicomics, T Zero, and Numbers in the Dark. Some of the newly translated stories were published in Spring '09 in Harpers and (I think) The New York Times. These new stories are one main selling point of the collection; the other is the ability to access them all finally together.The "cosmicomic" stories are some of the best, most fun, most wildly fantastical and least describable works by the great Italo Calvino, and this is the much belated first English collection of them. They were his running start toward Invisible Cities, one of the finest books of the century--and he wrote several more after to cool down. Like those city fables, the various cosmicomics tend to retell a single story of a lost opportunity, usually lost love. The heart of Calvino's genius was always to keep this situation paradoxically upbeat, perhaps by implying that the very immensities we always find ourselves losing bespeak a world overflowing with worlds. There will be others, different from but not always unlike the ones we miss. Including this one last batch by Calvino.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. American reprint of UK edition that was long overdue By Mohe The complete version of Calvino's Cosmocomics in English translation no longer has to be imported from UK and this is a better bound copy of the UK edition of 2010, right down to the pagination.The translation is fluid and literary, there are a few places where things get a little confused but these are vanishingly rare, and they are hard to spot because of the unreliable narrator.As to the work itself, it is a lesser Calvino work overall, though several of the stories are absolutely first class, others are quite draggy, or even, rarely, completely incoherent. The main problem is that Calvino is writing something that is a sort of flippant riff on the work of Borges but at ten times the length. Some stories, which run around 10+ pages, are perfect, but others just sort of agonizingly beat the concept to death, most however are in between. As to the stories themselves they are cheeky and irreverent while often coming very close to profundity. As an earth scientist they are an interesting view into the scientific ideas still current in the late 60s and though many are outdated, and some even never reputable at all, they are amusingly handled. Occasionally the ridiculousness of the idea's implication is made far more apparent than the scientific literature ever was, so to me this was an added bonus.For the most part these stories are very much of their time, the 60s and 70s, which can rob the, peculiarly of some of heir immediacy. On the whole I enjoyed them, but it was not infrequent that I wanted to abandon a particular story. In short this is a nice collection, if you have already read Calvino and liked him you will enjoy these, but they are not a particularily good introduction to him.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful, witty, human stories By Aaron C. Brown Like some other reviewers, I have stumbled upon some of the stories in this collection over many years, and found them delightful and original. I consider them to be science fiction short stories rather than postwar experimental literature, fitting squarely in the playful, absurdist tradition of authors like Robert Sheckley and Paul di Filippo, or even Philip K. Dick on one of his sunnier days.Each story begins with a scientific fact or hypothesis, usually a recent one at the time the story was written. The author uses it as a springboard for poetic comic imaginings. Although the characters are not human, in fact in many cases their nature is not even described, the comedy is strictly humanist. These are tales of curiosity, wonder, romance and foibles. There is a deep respect for the science even when it is twisted in fantastic ways. The author strives to find some human-scale meaning to the ideas. Like a cartoon in which a character runs over a cliff but only begins to fall when he realizes there is no ground below him, the stories show us a subjective reality we can recognize, while maintaining the logic of physics in the end.After reading the complete collection through, I am forced to admit that I prefer them one at a time, coming unexpectedly. They are wonderfully stimulating diversions, but they don't build to anything larger. There is significant overlap among the stories, similar portions retold, the same themes revisited with only minor differences. By all means get this book, but I recommend reading one story a week rather than reading them one after the other. By the way, if you enjoy reading aloud, these are excellent choices except for the unpronounceable names. I have found some children really love them, although most do not.I did dislike the introduction. Its author, who also translated some of the stories and I think edited the collection, dismisses the idea that these stories qualify as science fiction because that genre, "usually dealt with a dystopian future, with human protagonists pitted against other forces and creatures,. . .[while] cosmicomic tales were set mostly in the remote past, at the dawn of the universe, with a protagonist, Qfwfq, who was clearly not always human." I suspect the statement is considering only 1950s drive-in science fiction movies, and even among those films you can find utopian, dystopian and anytopian stories in the future, the past, the present or often without reference to human time lines. There are human on human, human on non-human and pure non-human stories. It's not even accurate about cosmicomic stories. Some are at the dawn of the universe but most are more recent (although almost all either in the past or unrelated to human time lines). Qfwfg is seldom biologically human but usually psychologically human. In fact, one way to think about a number of the stories is they imagine the closest possible approximation to humanity that could have observed directly the events that we know about only indirectly through science.I recommend these stories highly, but I personally gained little from having them in a complete edition with introduction.

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