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This digital document is an article from Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2007. The length of the article is 1019 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Recent collections of the slenderhead darter, Percina phoxocephala (Nelson), from the Kansas River Basin.
Author: Geffery R. Luttrell
Publication: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (Magazine/Journal)
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Good book about a fascinating man.
Aaron Burr, in an essay on style he wrote at age 15, says, "...when a long and steady attention is required, we are tired and disgusted with every thing which increases our labor...A laboured style is a labour even to the hearer.A simple style, like simple food, preserves the appetite.But a profusion of ornament, like a profusion of sweets, palls the appetite and becomes disgusting."

Burr follows his own advice in all of his writing.His letters are always pithy, well written and amusing. This book, written by Burr's contemporary, Matthew Livingston Davis, includes biographical sketches of Aaron Burr, our 3rd vice president, and copies of much of his correspondance, up to the age of 44.The rest of Burr's writings are included in Volume II. Many of his letters are written to his wife and daughter and reveal a man who loved his family dearly, but also demanded much of them.

Burr's letters are interesting, and the book would be better if M.L. Davis had restrained himself and not injected his own opinions about Burr's conduct--particualary his relationships with women.I recommend this book to anyone who'd like to know more about American history. ... Read more

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Within the makeshift corridors of a dark labyrinth, lost beneath an old man's secluded mansion, five reluctant strangers will find one another, drawn together by a mysterious, luminescent force.Searching for lost companions, hidden exits, or redemption for wasted years, each of these strangers will face the toughest challenge of their lives. For, within the confines of the dark labyrinth, the strangers are being hunted by an ancient legend, a shadowy horror unknown to the world of man.Their journeys will take them through haunted graveyards, possessed swamps, and dreamscape realms filled with hopes and horrors; yet, along the way, through all their encounters, the sands of the hourglass are ever-shifting, counting down to a nightmarish reality.Now, racing against time and the shadows around them, these strangers must confront the darkest of demons, an aged man obsessed with immortality, and the ultimate horror he has awakened: the legend of the shadow serpentine. ... Read more

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These are just some of the problems for Father Brown to solve. In his inimitable way, this gentle, eccentric little cleric-detective sets about unravelling the threads of a colourful skein of mysteries. In the course of the investigations Father Brown travels all over the world. ... Read more

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Brilliant and moody
Easily the darkest of Chesterton's Father Brown collections, "The Secret of Father Brown" is nonetheless as much of a masterwork of perception into the human condition as his others. The conceit of the book is that it is an exhibition (to an American guest of Flambeau's) of Father Brown's sleuthing style. The collection begins and ends around a woodstove at Flambeau's Spanish castle as Father Brown wearily unburdens himself to the inquisitive guest. Along the way we are treated to the typical impossible crimes and a parade of rogues and saints -- a corpse in shining armor, a thieving mystic, insouciant British aristocrats and a Canadian journalist. We are asked to solve death by duel and pistol shot, and thefts of jewels large and small.

"Secret" betrays Chesterton's pessimism about mankind. In this collection, Father Brown is more inward and is vastly more bothered by human sin and folly than in other books. And Chesterton's annoyance at the greatest theft of precious stone in the world - the dispossession of Catholic churches and abbeys during the Reformation - is particularly bitter. But this is an observation, not a criticism.

The stories in this collection are worth reading (or hearing!) over and over - to see how the plot unfolds, to hear Chesterton's gorgeous and well-informed prose, or to hear the narrator (in this case, the marvelous Geoffrey Matthews) bring life to Chesterton's characters.

One of the best in the series
THE SECRET OF FATHER BROWN is unique among the Father Brown books because of its unusual integrated structure, which is somewhat reminiscent of the CANTERBURY TALES. The eight stories are framed by a prologue and an epilogue in which Father Brown is seen visiting Flambeau's house in France along with an American traveler, Mr. Chace. Chace wants Father Brown to explain his "method" of detection, the supposed "secret" which has made him famous. Brown attempts to demonstrate that unlike the modern science of criminology, he treats criminals not as remote monsters but as something familiar. Rather than than "inspecting" the criminal from afar, he tries to get "inside" the criminal, to understand what motivates him. This he does by discovering those qualities which he shares in common with the criminal and his own human potential for evil. Father Brown explains that his "method" is really like a religious exercise. The eight tales which follow are actually memories which pass through Father Brown's mind as he sits conversing with Flambeau and Chace, and which demonstrate Father Brown's unique "method". Father Brown fans may find THE SECRET OF FATHER BROWN to be their favorite in the series, for its artful, ingenious structure and its intelligent discussion of the great priest-detective's technique.

Great stories; maybe implausible, but who cares?
If you're interested in an unabridged audio edition, I recommend that narrated by Geoffrey Matthews over the David Case version. Matthews, to my way of thinking, has a better voice, produces more distinct characters, and brings the text more vividly to life. (Naturally, his recording seems to be harder to find just now.) David Case is OK - he sounds exactly like the narrator for Aird's 'Cause and Effects' - but I was spoilt by hearing Matthews' reading first.

"The Secret of Father Brown" - In this prologue, Father Brown has come to visit Flambeau, who has long since retired to a castle in Spain. Another visitor asks Father Brown for the secret of how he solves all his cases - and gets a startling answer. The epilogue at the end of the book is supposedly the end of the same evening (all the stories in between having been produced as examples). Don't worry, the narrative style is the same as usual; the prologue and epilogue are just here to tie all the stories together.

The key to coping with Chesterton's stories is to remember the dictum of Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter: "When you've got how, you've got who." If you go haring off after motive in a Chesterton story, all I can wish you is luck; you'll need it. They're good stories, with lovely use of language and settings, but weird things happen for weirder reasons, sometimes. Just sit back and enjoy, and don't worry about whether anybody could *really* hope to get away with some of these crimes. Some stories have multiple crimes, where one crime is committed because of another. If you feel sympathy for some of these 'second' criminals, you might also like to try Chesterton's _The Club of Queer Trades_, even though Father Brown doesn't appear there.

"The Mirror of the Magistrate" - Agatha Christie's Poirot once asked Hastings to mention 'chocolate box' to him if he ever needed to be humbled with a reminder of failure. This case is the closest that Father Brown came to that - he refers to this case in later stories whenever his terse comments divert the authorities in the wrong direction in an investigation. I take comfort that *somebody* felt guilty about all those red herrings... :)

"The Man with Two Beards" - This case is sometimes referred to as the Moonshine murder. Michael Moonshine is a legendary burglar, who "stunned people - and bound and gagged them," but who made it a point of honour never to kill anyone. Now he's apparently in the neighbourhood - but someone died during this robbery. What really happened? (Incidentally, for Moonshine-style burglary, let me recommend Looking Glass Studios' game _Thief_.)

"The Song of the Flying Fish" - Locked-room theft (that is, a locked-room mystery which is a theft rather than the traditional murder). The rich man's favourite toy, an antique glass bowl of solid gold fish, gave him his favourite joke when meeting new people: "Have you seen my gold fish?" Now somebody, upon seeing them, has caused them to disappear.

"The Actor and the Alibi" - Locked-room murder. How was the theater manager murdered in his locked office, especially when most of the company was on stage for an undress rehearsal? The only member of the company who wasn't in view of witnesses - a hot-tempered Italian actress dissatisfied with her part - had locked herself in her dressing-room, hence Father Brown being called in to reason with his parishioner. (On being asked whether to break the door down, the priest advises against it, contrasting her with a certain broody metaphysical type; the other half of the comparison can be found in Chesterton's "A Tall Story" in _The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond_.)

"The Vanishing of Vaudrey" - Locked-room disappearance, more or less. The local squire disappeared in the middle of the morning in the tiny village near his home. Father Brown begins by accompanying Vaudrey's secretary in the search, and hears his troubles while picking up background information on the setting and characters.

"The Worst Crime in the World" - Father Brown accompanied his friend Granby to Sir John Musgrave's castle, but not to assist in finding out if Sir John's son was a good credit risk. Young Musgrave needs money because he wants to get married to Father Brown's niece - who isn't quite sure about him. Unfortunately, while setting Granby's mind at rest, Sir John made a cryptic pronouncement about his son's character...

"The Red Moon of Meru" - Again, a theft rather than a murder, and leaves an impression much like that of 'The Song of the Flying Fish' (see above). This time, a mystic has apparently made a ruby vanish - the best thing that ever happened to his reputation, in terms of psychic phenomena.

"The Chief Mourner of Marne" - The Marquis of Marne dropped all his old friends and left England many years ago, upon the sudden death of his best friend and idol, his cousin Maurice Mair. Even upon his return, he has shut himself up and appears to be obsessed with religion - his old friends often bewail the 'vampires' he's taken up with. Enough so that one of them now complains to Father Brown, who isn't about to hear his religion slandered...

"The Secret of Flambeau" - Returning to the scene of the prologue, the American visitor questions the wisdom of Father Brown's charity with criminals, to be countered by a rather startling defense from Flambeau. (See the first few stories in _The Innocence of Father Brown_ if you're not already familiar with Flambeau's history.) ... Read more

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Subtitle: Testimony as Reported by Hugh Maxwell, Esq., District Attorney, and Certified for the Use of the Supreme Court, by Ogden Edwards, Esq., the Judge Before Whom the Cause Was Tried at the Circuit, in August, 1827General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1827Original Publisher: Coke Law-PressSubjects: Trials (Conspiracy)Law / GeneralLaw / Criminal Law / GeneralLaw / Legal HistorySocial Science / CriminologyTrue Crime / GeneralNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Chapters: Cerys Matthews, Spencer Davis, Mr Duke, Mark Roberts, Toy Mic Trevor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cerys Matthews (pronounced ; born Cerys Elizabeth Matthews, 11 April 1969, Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh singer and songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer of the Welsh rock band Catatonia, and for her 1999 Christmas duet with Tom Jones . Matthews was born in Cardiff and brought up in Swansea and Pembrokeshire, and is a fluent Welsh speaker and multi-instrumentalist. She has cited her childhood heroes as being Pippi Longstocking and The Wombles due to their love of recycling. She learned to play the guitar at the age of 9 - teaching herself blues and Irish folk songs. After a stint in Spain as a nanny, where she learned to speak Spanish and Catalan, Matthews worked for Pembrokeshire County Council. She later moved back to Cardiff and became involved with the local music scene, meeting Mark Roberts. She currently resides in London with her two children Glenys Pearl, and John-Jones. On 23 November 2009 she gave birth to a second son, Red, who was 8 weeks premature. Catatonia was formed in 1992, reputedly after Roberts heard Cerys Matthews busking in a street in Cardiff city centre (this later turned out to be a story fabricated by the band, as Matthews had known Roberts for some time, although they did often go busking). She subsequently sang lead vocals on, and co-wrote the music and lyrics for, the band's hits, including "You've Got a Lot to Answer For", "Mulder and Scully", "Dead From the Waist Down", and "Road Rage", and played guitar on the earlier material before second guitarist Owen Powell joined the band. She also performed a single with the band Space named "The Ballad of Tom Jones", which tells the story of two lovers ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1148007 ... Read more

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Chapters: Robert Wise, Terry Hoeppner, Marjorie Main, Roger D. Branigin, Joseph F. Beam, Elmer Davis, Gareth Matthews, Joe Benigno, Joe Mcconnell, Jesse Overstreet, Fuzzy Vandivier. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 September 14, 2005) was an American sound effects editor, film editor, film producer and director. He won Academy Awards as Best Director for The Sound of Music (1965) and West Side Story (1961) as well as nominations as Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane (1941) and Best Picture for The Sand Pebbles (1966). Among his other films are Born to Kill; The Hindenburg; Star Trek: The Motion Picture; The Day the Earth Stood Still; Run Silent, Run Deep; The Andromeda Strain; The Set-Up; The Haunting; and The Body Snatcher. Wise's working period spanned the 1930s to the 1990s. Often contrasted with contemporary "auteur" directors such as Stanley Kubrick who tended to bring a distinctive directorial "look" to a particular genre, Wise is famously viewed to have allowed his (sometimes studio assigned) story dictate style. Later critics such as Martin Scorsese would go on to expand that characterization, insisting that despite Wise's notorious workaday concentration on stylistic perfection within the confines of genre and budget, his choice of subject matter and approach still functioned to identify Wise as an artist and not merely an artisan. Through whatever means, Wise's approach would bring him critical success as a director in many different traditional film genres: from horror to noir to Western to war films to science fiction, to musical and drama, with many repeat hits within each genre. Wise's tendency towards professionalism led to a degree of preparedness which, though nominally motivated by studio bud...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=67757 ... Read more

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Chapters: Marco Aponte, Christopher Bishop, Martin Cole, Julia King, Stanley Stewart Davis, Robert Matthews, Jolyon Howorth, Saghir Akhtar. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Marco Aponte Moreno (b. October 26, 1966) is a Venezuelan/French actor and linguist born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Marco Aponte's acting career started in the late 90's in the off-off Broadway theater scene of New York City. He studied drama at the HB Studio and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Manhattan . Throughout his acting career he has worked with several theatre companies in New York including Park Theater (2000), Gallery Players (2000), Pulse Ensemble Theater (2001), TEBA (2003, 2004), Hudson Exploited Theatre (2004), and Ollantay (2004) among others . In 2001 he founded the theater company Actors of the World with Lance Lattig. Together they worked on several shows and translations of plays. In 2002 they adapted and translated the play L'Hiver Sous La Table by Roland Topor, which was produced in 2002 at the New York International Fringe Festival under the name Winter Under the Table. They co-wrote the play Manhatitlán, which in 2003 also opened at the New York International Fringe Festival. The play is based on Simone Schartz-Bart's play Ton Beau Capitaine. In 2009 they translated and produced Johnny Gavlovski's play 'La Última Sesión'. The play was presented at the Camden Fringe Festival in London under the name The Final Session . In 2005 he was nominated (in the 'Best Actor in an Ensemble' category) by the New York Latin ACE Awards for his performance of Garcin in the play Huis Clos (A Puerta Cerrada) by Jean-Paul Sartre. The ACE was awarded to the Argentine actor Emilyano Santa Cruz for his work in the play Un Quijote en Nueva York . He lives i...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15427925 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Presidential Studies Quarterly, published by Center for the Study of the Presidency on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1373 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Understanding Lincoln.(The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War)(Lincoln & Davis: Imagining America, 1809-1865)(Judging Lincoln)(Book Review)
Author: Matthew Pinsker
Publication: Presidential Studies Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Presidency
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Title: "The tide's pendulum truth": a reading of the poetry of theological crisis from Matthew Arnold to R. S. Thomas.(Critical essay)
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Title: Matthews teaches arbitration to Mongolians.(Joseph M. Matthews)
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