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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:Taxation. Bulletin on the effect of segregation in Virginia. Issued by the state tax board. Richmond, Virginia, September 14. 1916. 214688 p. 23cm.University of Virginia. Alumni bulletin of the Universitv of Virginia. 3rd series, v. 9, no. 1, January, 1916. Charlottesville, Va., University of Virginia press, 1J16. 21469160. viii p., Inel. front, (map.) 23cm.Alumni bullletin of the University of Virginia. 3rd series, v. 9,no. 2, April, 1916. . . . Charlottesville, Va., The University of Virginia press, 1916. 21470T1631-304 D. front., illus., ports. 23cm.University of Virginia record. New series, v. 3, no. 3, October,1916. The Virginia high school literary and athletic league. . . . Charlottesville, Va. 2147123 p. front., pi. 23cm. Published by the University ninetimes a year: October 1, January 1, January 15, February 1, February 15, March 1, March 15, April 1, July 1.Virginia normal and industrial institute. Virginia normal and industrial institute gazette. Issued quarterly, v. 28, no. 1, May 15, 1916. Catalogue number, 1915-1916. 21472122 p. fold, front., plates. 22%cm.The Virginia normal and industrial institute gazette, Petersburg, Virginia. October, 1916. [v. 28, no. 2] 2147323 p. 22cm.Virginia polytechnic institute. Virginia agricultural experiment station. Technical bulletin 10, March, 1916. Some effects of temperature upon the growth and activity of bacteria in milk, by Howard S. Reed and R. R- Reynolds. Blacksburg, Montgomery county, Virginia. 2147426 p. 23cm.Virginia agricultural experiment station. Bulletin 210, March,1916. A stone-fruit spray made from hydrated-Hme and sulphur, by G. C. Starcher. 2147514 p. 23cm.William and Mary college. Bulletin of the college of William and Mary. v. 10, no... ... Read more

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Two centuries after the Lewis and Clark Expedition comes this collection of early North American maps that preceded and influenced the exploration. Lewis and Clark: The Maps of Exploration 1507-1814 features 32 maps, including the 1810 map drawn by William Clark. ... Read more

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Schools need this
This wonderful book reminds us all that there was life before GPS, and people really just had to stumble around before they got their geography right. There just wasn't the tech. Most important, that affected history, and critical political thinking of the times. Can you imagine Thomas Jeffersons guess about what was really the Louisianna Purchase? Just how big was America?

Nice maps, but could use more details....
This is a great collection of selected maps from history -- my favorite is the one of a skinny North America, with the Pacific Ocean right on the other side of the Appalachains.The title is somewhat misleading, since the book is mostly a compilation of the maps that were published well before the Lewis and Clark expedition.The descriptions of each map are brief, and the author often references other maps that aren't included in the book; I find myself really wanting to see one depiction of the world or another that's described but not presented.Overall this is a pretty cool book, though, especially if you've never seen some of these old maps. ... Read more

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A Wonderful Introduction
In this short biography, Virginia Brackett has provided readers with a fascinating glimpse of one of the last century's great writers.Aimed at ages 9-12, the book will obviously provide nothing new for the Woolf scholar.However, Brackett does not shy away from the darker moments of Woolf's life.Hers is an honest and engaging overview, written with intelligence and insight, and is recommended not only for children, but for anyone looking for an introduction to the life of Virginia Woolf. ... Read more

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Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in Army of No VA
I found the book an easy read. It was informative to find out the day to day life of an average soldier in the Confederacy during the last part of the Civil War. In many ways though I wish the author would have been more specific with details, but I had to remember of the time (1882) in which he wrote. He was really a product of the time, the flowery language shows and I accept this. Still some of the descriptions seemed intentionally vague, as if he was scared at offending some one, or worse yet stirring up old emotions. I would however, recommend it to a person studying the day to day life of a soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia.

Nice account of soldier's life...
Nicely paced, reader-friendly account of the "minutiae" involved in the life of a Confederate soldier - more specifically, as a member of the Army of Northern Virginia. Along with Billings' Northern perspective as seen in Hardtack and Coffee, these two books tell just about all the "ins and outs" of the tedium and horror of war.

Great History You Won't Get Anywhere Else!
A quick, really great read on the everyday life of the Confederate soldier in the War for Southern Independence. The Whats, Whens, Hows, and Whys of the survival of the common man in the Army of Northern Virginia told in a very readable manner. Anyone interested in "the War" shouldn't go without reading this one! Too bad there isn't a hardback!

"Good"
Worth the time and the money (affordable price) to read about some of the everyday life of a regular Confederate soldier.It's a fairly quick read, and quite interesting. ... Read more

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Set against the vivid backdrop of the sea, six characters grapple with the death of a beloved friend, Percival. The characters are subtly revealed through the accumulation of their reflections on themselves and each other. Regarded by many as Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece, The Waves was partially written in order to exorcise her private ghosts, as the character of Percival represents her brother who died in 1906. ... Read more

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A Ripple of Satisfaction
"How queer to have so many selves," said Virginia Woolf.And we each do.This "playpoem" is an intense and meticulous examination of self and being.It is driven by psychology rather than plot or even character.Six characters (Bernard, Louis, Neville, Rhoda, Jinny, and Susan) out of the main seven provide the interior dialogue which constitutes the novel.The seventh, Percival, is central to the novel, but only discovered and revealed through the thoughts of the other six.The point of view shifts almost seemlessly from one character to another, the only indication being "said Bernard", "said Jinny", etc.

The book is dense.Woolf blends the characters until it is not always clear whether they are a single individual with different aspects or whether they constitute a single social organism.I, and I think most, readers will take some time (pages) to become accustomed to the style.

Things are confused at first.But then, I think that is part of the effect Woolf was trying to generate.The world is a confusing place to young children and so perhaps a novel should be when the thoughts of young children who are not confident of their fit in the world are the medium.I found that the book became more comprehensible and the meaning clearer the further into the book I went.By the end, with the seven primary characters aged or dead, I felt I knew each intimately.

This book rewards careful reading, patience, and faith in the author.The gems abound:

"Beneath my eyes opens -- a book; I see to the bottom; the heart -- I see to the depths.I know what loves are trembling into fire; how jealousy shoots its green flashes hither and thither; how intricately love crosses love; love makes knots; love brutally tears them apart.I have been knotted; I have been torn apart."

"I have a little dagger of contempt and severity hidden up my sleeve."

Woolf writes a sentence as well as anyone and THE WAVES is full of well-crafted sentences.What you will not find is an intricate or traditional plot.The psychology of the characters takes center stage.Know that is what the book is about and you will not be disappointed.THE WAVES is not my favorite of her books.TO THE LIGHTHOUSE is more accessible and, I think, more enjoyable.THE WAVES, however, has a depth seductive.

Woolf's response to Plato
Before reading "The Waves": 1) develop your own understanding of Virginia Woolf by reading two or three biographies of her; 2) read "To the Lighthouse" and "Mrs Dalloway" --- note the poetry and the biographical relevance; and 3) then read Plato's "The Symposium," or at least read Cliff's notes to get the gist of his symposium, or even a Wikipedia synopsis of "The Symposium."

Virginia Woolf was haunted by the Greek classical writers throughout her life. You first see those references in "Mrs Dalloway" (through Septimus). "The Waves" was Virginia Woolf's response to "Symposium." Whereas Plato limited his symposium to meaning of love, Woolf expanded the discussion to the meaning of life.

A glorious book
If I were allowed to recommend only one book to other readers for the rest of my life, it would be The Waves.This exquisite novel showcases Woolf at the height of her genius (it's often considered her masterpiece); in it, she's taken the English language in all its messy, adjective-laden glory and used it to its full potential, producing a uniquely structured book of grace, beauty, and powerful compassion.When I first picked up The Waves, I had no idea what I was in for - believing that To the Lighthouse was Woolf's best book, I was prepared to enjoy myself but didn't expect anything spectacular.The Waves proceeded to make my jaw drop in shock at its beauty, and by the time I finished, my life felt altered.Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse may be Woolf's most famous novels, but The Waves is her greatest achievement.

The Waves has a reputation as a difficult and sometimes frustrating book, but don't let that turn you away!Its sentences are some of the most grammatically comprehensible in all Woolf's fiction, and she sticks to traditional paragraphs.If you drop kick your preconceived notions of what narratives and characters should do out the window before starting The Waves, it's not that bad.Trust Woolf's decisions, even if they seem odd - she knows what she's doing.

less expensive editions
The one star rating refers not to Woolf's novel--which receives a five-star rating--but to this particular edition.There are less expensive editions of this novel.The "annotations" of this edition are not new--and the editor makes no secret that the annotations are available elsewhere.The "introduction" is interesting, but it also offers nothing particularly new for Woolf scholars and nothing particularly enlightening for non-academic readers that they could not easily find on any number of online sources.

A toughie.
Considered by many who should know (e.g., E. M. Forester)to be Woolf's most brilliant work of genius, The Waves is a challenging book to read for many reasons, not the least of which is the style she has adopted. More like an extended Greek chorus than anything else, the six characters, whose "voices" sound identical to one another, speak their life stories in short, alternating monologues.Although the writing is very poetic, it is also very dense and very distancing. We never really warm up to any of the characters or get involved in their stories.

I had to read this book for a class and, though I'm glad I made it through to the end, it was difficult going and I know I never would have finished it (or even gotten through ten pages of it) if I hadn't had the carrot of a grade hanging over it. We had to read the whole thing in a week which is really not a good way to tackle this book. Best read in small segments, leisurely, absorbing each moment Woolf choses to highlight. Definitely not a plane or beach book!

If you haven't read Woolf before, this is not the book to start with.Mrs. Dalloway is, in my opinion, the best and most accessible of Woolf's experimental fictions and a good starting place for access into this great 20th century author's works. Then, if your brave, move onto "To the Lighthouse" and then, shudder, "The Waves." ... Read more

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I had not read any Virginia Woolf before and I thought she would be difficult. This book was a very pleasant surprise. I found her very readable and the introductions to each section were very helpful. Overall this was a great introduction to her work - a snippet of each kind of writing to get an idea of each of the styles in which she wrote.

Excellent Overview of a Brilliant Author
This compact anthology presents a fine selection of fiction and nonfiction by one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. The selections of essays and memoirs are especially good, and while it can't do full justice to Woolf's longer works, this volume does include several excerpts from her best novels. If you have never read Virginia Woolf before, start with her brilliant book-length essay "A Room of One's Own" (represented here by too brief a portion) along with this anthology. And, for those who have already discovered her work, this collection makes a nice sampler and refresher - a book to pull off the shelf whenever you want to dip into that extraordinary mind (and prose) again. ... Read more

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Ouch!
Opening in 1962, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? blindsided audiences of the so-called "Camelot" era: everyone who saw it was shocked by its profanity, sexual content, unrelenting verbal viciousness, and its sharp and unswerving portrait of hidden disillusionment.People who dislike the play--and there are many--tend to describe it as three hours of unattractive people screaming at each other, and it is therefore tempting to think of the play as a critic's darling that lacks popular appeal.Nothing could be less true.The original production ran well over six hundred performances; had two major Broadway revivals to date; has been performed by virtually every professional, academic, and community theatre in the English-speaking world; and was translated into an extremely popular and award-winning film.If anything, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? is even more popular today than it was when it opened fifty years ago.

The basic story is extremely well known.George is an associate college professor; his wife is the college president's daughter.They have attended a faculty party and now return home very tired and more than a little drunk.George looks forward to bed and sleep--but Martha informs him she has invited a new professor and his wife to join them for drinks.George is not enthusiastic but he agrees, although he warns Martha not to discuss their son.When Nick and Honey, also tired and more than a little drunk, they find themselves an unwilling audience to George and Martha's vicious verbal sparring.They are quickly sucked into the battle, and when Martha tells her guests about her son, George determines to put an end to their verbal games once and for all.But can Martha, their guests, even George survive the unflinching light of reality?The play is extremely, extremely funny in its dialogue, and Albee displays wit that is equal to the likes of Noel Coward and Oscar Wilde; even so, laughter is the rug that is constantly pulled out from under foot to send the characters reeling on their collision courses, and the play itself is dark and painful.

Over the years many people have complained about the play's ending, which like such recent films as THE SIXTH SENSE and MULLHOLLAND DRIVE suddenly forces the audiences to question everything they have been told over the course of the entire evening.How much of it was real?The story about the boxing match, was that true?The story about the boy who killed his parents, was that true?The play does not simply end on a note of uncertainty, it ends with a deeply disquieting sense of wonder.Who would put themselves through such a display in an effort to maintain their fantasies and illusions?Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf--afraid to look at their lives in the unflinching light of hard reality?Aren't we all, to at least some degree?

Whenever I review a playscript I like to note that plays are intended to be seen, not read, and readers who have little knowledge of dramatic conventions may find it very difficult to grasp how a play works on the stage.I do not, however, find that to be the case with WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, which reads as well on the page as it plays on the stage.It remains a controversial show, and it is very much a love-it-or-hate-it play.But no one interested in American or world drama can afford to miss reading it or seeing it.Strongly recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer
In Memory of friend Jerry Williams

Wrong Edition
I received the wrong edition of the book I ordered.I needed to buy the book again from a different store for class.You're lucky it was cheap or I would've been really pissed off.

A Big Ugly Fight Was Better On-Screen.
I loved the movie Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and I've always wanted to read the play by Edward Albee. Thinking that it would be as good as the film, I was wrong. Literally, why I loved the movie is the sublime performances by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. They took the words of the play two notches above and breathed life into the rambling of the lines. The fight between then on-screen was legendary and memorable. Notice that I used the phrase "rambling of the lines"...that is what happened in the written play. It's not very interesting anymore, and it was getting useless after many pages. There is no question about the fact that the dialogues in the play are lively and high-spirited. But the momentum was dwindling down after a while after much of hysterical screaming, mindless games, and pointless arguments. There was a point that I needed to ask myself: what is truth, and what is fiction? Another question was: Does it really matter? Once that is in negative, then forget the other two questions. That is what happened to my interest. I am not all that convinced that Nick and Honey would have allowed themselves to sit there and be subject to mental and verbal abuse. They could have left the house and not worry about the future ramifications. As I understand that the issue is a childless marriage, ever heard of...adoption? And as I understand the two hate each other's guts, ever heard of...divorce? No...Edward Albee just wanted to have a play filled with a couple of animals going at each other's throats. Nonetheless, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? wasn't that terrible; I just wished there was some kind of a direction...some kind of a revelation that would send a message. I never felt the play resolved anything for the importance, so it was just an ugly, liquor-ridden fight between a husband and a wife, and I am just surprised that Nick and Honey became spectators of it. All in all, I am just glad that Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was written because if not for that, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton would have missed a chance to leave behind their legacy.

Not the acting edition
This edition is not the one used by theaters. I don't know why but it is condensed.

Smooth transation
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Here is all the information and ammunition you need to defendand gain financial support for critical library services to youngpeople. Writers from all types of libraries across the country offerarticles on successful resource sharing; how youth services cansurvive and thrive in the 21st Century; the relationship betweenschool libraries, the community, and its families; current trends inlibrary support of family literacy; publicizing the importance oflibrary services to children and youth; and much more. ... Read more

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Justification for Library Services for Children and Youth
This book consists of 12 well-written accounts by various authors about successful library services and programs for children and youth. The authors of each of the articles provide facts and examples of thedifferences that libraries have made for the people in the areas theyserve.Read this book for two reasons: for the examples of positivecontributions to cite whenever libraries and their services are beinglabeled as ineffective, and to be reminded why librarians do what we do forchildren and youth to make a difference. ... Read more

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Despite her father's objections, a young Amish girl secretly looks forward to attending public school where she makes a best friend and gains a new perspective on her family's way of life. ... Read more

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Amish Delight
My daughter and I loved this book.It is such a powerful book about obedience and the consequences.It is a definite must read.

Wonderful
This is a short book depicting a part of the life of an Amish girl. It is very well written and timeless as I read it when I was a little girl and it is still a good story.

Is Being Pretty Sinful?
Should Esther obey her Pennsylvania Dutch teachings and not pretty herself by trying on a schoolmate's beautiful dress?Her people believe in dressing plainly; to do differently would be wrong and sinful.This is an interesting, informative, and moving story about a ten-year-old girl who belongs to a religious minority group, the Amish.

[The teacher might want to also read for her/his own additional knowledge:A History of the Amish by Steven M. Nolt.]

A Non-Workbook, Non-Textbook Approach to Teaching Language Arts: Grades 4 Through 8 and Up

Plain Girl, Unique Book

Plain Girl is a very expressive story about an Amish girl who wishes, at times, that she was not. She looks up to her brother, Dan, who is around eighteen years old. He is her only sibling. His desicion was to become like themodern teenager. Their father was not happy about this. Dan was not allowed toreturn to their house. Then esther had to go to school for the first time.This school was not an Amish school. she gets exposed for the first time to the modern world. She makes a best friend even though her father didn't even want Esther to look at the strange children. Esther is torn. Which to choose? And during this whole mess, she gets the news that her brother wants to return to the Amish ways. She tries to help him with the plan he concocted. It will be hard. How will she get through? It is very well-written.I would recommend it if you can take sad things. I liked it because it explained Amish ways. It also explained the problems and highlights. Virginia Sorenson captures feelings extremly well.

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This book was really exiciting.
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen. ... Read more

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Left in wonder
I would not recommend this book Zeely for many reasons. One reason is because the ending left you in wonder. What ever happened to the Mom and Dad? Also what happen to the Aunt? Another reason was because some parts I didnt get. The whole begining I didnt really follow to well. The last reason is because the story didnt really make sense. If I were you I wouldnt read this book.

acceptance of yourself and others
Virginia Hamilton has won a Newbery Medal and the Hans Christian Anderson Award for her books and it is very apparent in the story of Zeely. The suspense and descriptive language within the book is wonderful and I couldn't put it down. I thought for sure that Zeely was really the princess from the magazine and was a little let down when in the end I learned the real story. Even though I didn't learn a lot about African American culture from this book it was a wonderful read and it teaches kids about accepting yourself and others for who they are.

To look at yourself and make a wish...
As a young African-American teenager going through major surgery, this book was a such a gift that helped me to take my mind out of a semi-private room in a children's hospital, and to exercise my fantasy of being Geeder. Virginia Hamiliton's writing is simple, but powerful; the emotions very realistic and can be taken to heart. Most important, it speaks of differences among the "same"; the acceptance of the diversity.

A childhood favorite
I'm in my late 30's now, but this book still remains one of my favorites from childhood. As a preadolescent I read this book countless times, and found it only became more engaging with each reading. I valued its realness. I often wished I could enter the worlds my books revealed, but this was the most concrete of those worlds with which I wished to engage.

This is not an easy book. Hamilton challenges her readers. Still, for children who like to read, this book is terrific.

An exploration of identity, wishes, and family connection
When I first read this book, I was puzzled and a bit put off by the heroine. But I find, like Mike Johnson, that the more you read it, the more you find. Like Geeder I am mesmerized by Zeely, her beauty, serenity, and her mystery. I am also inspired by the book's emphasis on reality--not realism--that it's good to dream, but you shouldn't lose hold of reality--those pigs. I'm also inspired by the idea that we need to know the truth about our families and our history before we're ready to make up stories. The book is a reminder that we can all be queens if we do our work with dignity and grace. ... Read more