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Too Many Crooks by Donald E. Westlake, plus stories by Edward D. Hoch, R. L. Stevens, William Bankier, John M. O'Toole, Harold K. Hagen, Jon L. Breen, Peter Turnbull, Phyllis Diller, A. M. Homes, Donald Olson, Lorraine Collins and Charlotte Armstrong. 50th Anniversary Cover features photo of Donald E. Westlake and Abby Adams Westlake. 6 page section has numerous b&w photos of authors and magazine staff from EQMM 50th anniversary party. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Thomson Gale on June 13, 2004. The length of the article is 782 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: Homero visto por Brad Pitt y Hollywood: este bodrio infame tiene un valor.(Troya)(Reseña de película)
Author: Tomás Pérez Turrent
Publication: Siempre! (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 13, 2004
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Volume: 50Issue: 2661Page: 70(1)

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This digital document is an article from National Catholic Reporter, published by Thomson Gale on August 3, 2007. The length of the article is 1202 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: Delicious and disastrous: animated 'Ratatouille' is a tasty delight; Michael Moore's 'Sicko' reports on our health care system.(MOVIES)(Movie review)
Author: Joseph Cunneen
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This digital document is an article from Proceso, published by Thomson Gale on December 23, 2007. The length of the article is 687 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: "Venus".(Reseña de película)
Author: Javier Betancourt
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The story is set against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third.The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of Indian people, culture, and its varied religions. It is generally regarded to be Kipling's best serious long novel. MGM adapted the book into a feature film in 1950; the movie starred Errol Flynn. A televised version of the film was also released in 1984 and starred Peter O'Toole. This edition includes an active table of contents.
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simple conversion of public domain text
Review for Douglas Editions edition of Kim: B00280MXI2:

No italics. Straight quotes. Dashes are hyphens. Neither indent nor line spacing between paragraphs. Attempts at formatting.
Usual typos, e.g. Busts for buts. Pincers for pencase.

There are better editions available. If you're looking for a Kindle edition of Kim, don't just search for "Kim". That only finds a few of the many editions. Search for "Kim Kipling" (without the quotes) to find the 30 or so editions available. And also look for my review "Kindle Edition Choice is critical" for a review of all the available editions as of May 2010. ... Read more

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(Thebooks I publish are always proof read and corrected before publishing on Kindle! David Snode)

This is the original story of Lawrence of Arabia, written by the man who travelled with him, became his friend, learned his story, then told it worldwide, making Lawrence famous. Following are excerpts from the forward. Many illustrations are included in the book.

During the time that Mr. Chase and I were in Arabia, I found it impossible to extract much information from Lawrence himself regarding his own achievements. He insisted on giving the entire credit to Emir Feisal and other Arab leaders, and to his fellow adventurers, Colonel Wilson, of the Sudan, Newcombe, Joyce, Dawnay, Bassett, Vickery, Cornwallis, Hogarth, Stirling, etc., all of whom did magnificent work in Arabia. So to them I went for much of my material, and I am indebted to various members of this group of brilliant men whom General Clayton used in his Near Eastern Secret Corps. Eager to tell me of the achievements of their quiet scholarly companion, they refused to say much about themselves, although their own deeds rivaled those of the heroes of " The Arabian Nights."

Unhappily, no matter how much unselfish work a man does for his country, and no matter how modest he is, there are always people hovering about on the side lines ready to tear his record to pieces. For instance, there are those who say that Lawrence has received
altogether too much " publicity " through me. They piously declare that this is not in accordance with military ethics. There may be something in this, though I doubt it. But if there is, the blame should all be mine.

There is no question but what the praise I have given him has embarrassed him exceedingly. Indeed, had he realised when I was in Arabia that I one day would be going up and down the world shouting his praises, I have not the slightest doubt but what he would have planted one of his nitro-glycerine " tulips " under me instead of under a Turkish train !

Another " bazaar rumour " that has been going the rounds is to the effect that Colonel Lawrence has renounced Christianity and turned Mohammedan. This also is the offspring of some feverish imagination ! From what I saw of Lawrence I rather believe that he is a better Christian than the most of us. In his introduction to a new edition of Doughty 's classic, " Arabia Deserta," he says of that great Arabian traveller : "He was book-
learned, but simple in the arts of living, trustful of every man, very silent. He was the first Englishman they had met. He predisposed them to give a chance to other men of his race, because they found him honourable and good. So he broke a road for his religion. They say that he seemed proud only of being Christian, and yet never crossed their faith." The tribute he pays to Doughty might be applied equally appropriately to himself.
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Amazing prediction of the morass in Iraq
Lawrence has been severely criticized for his obvious character faults and bizarre behavior both during and after the war.The critics have used these assessments to minimize the value of his activities, which in my opinion only tends to obscure what Lawrence personally experienced and what Lowell Thomas described - namely that the people of the desert were first of all faithful to the clan, next to the tribe, and then only incidently to any larger arab grouping.Despite a common enemy, there was little common purpose. Lawrence's greatest challenges were securing cooperation between the various tribal groups.Much of this thinking still pervades the Middle East. The Iraq situation is just a modern version of Arabia during WW1.Of equal interest and importance are the descriptions of Lawrence's activities in the Middle East prior to the war. He successfully conducted archaeologic explorations (digs) using local resident labor.And he demonstated how he involved them emotionally in achieving group success in that effot.Timeless and priceless example.A book for the ages.Should be required reading in Washington DC.

first hand account
Lowell Thomas was an American reporter who traveled with Lawrence during the war.Besides Lawrence's Revolt in the Desert and Seven Pillars of Wisdom this is the only 1st person account of Lawrence.It is by far the best read of the three.Anyone with any interest in Lawrence or WWI should read this book.

Forget pro- and anti- reviews, read this for yourself

Most reviewers, even the detractors, reckon this book as extremely well-written.Well, it isn't.It's written like a 1930s American newsreel - flash, upbeat, parochial, excited.Nevertheless, in parts it's great, and overall it's well worth reading for the information it provides and the insight it gives into the character of T. E. Lawrence.

There can be no question that Lawrence was a great figure in Middle Eastern history, together with his flaws, his depth, his many mistakes and his fantastic successes.The vast majority of the time it's easy enough to tell when Lowell Thomas is writing for effect and when he is simply relating facts.He does not try to hide his excitement for the campaigns or his fondness for Lawrence.

It's well worth reading this book for yourself and making up your own mind.As an eye-witness account of an important part of Middle Eastern history, it can scarcely be beaten.Virtually everything that happened in the Middle East during the time of Lawrence has had a direct bearing on the events of today.

Debunking the debunkers
Thomas' book is worth reading because it's a nice antidote to the Lawrence revisionism that reached it's hysterical peak in the late eighties with David Fromkin.A Peace to End All Peace, which has been quoted on this website as some kind of definitve debunking of Lawrence, is now sixteen years old, an eternity in the world of Lawrence ebb and flow.I know of five biographies of Lawrence published since then including Jeremy Wilson's definitive work.The pendulum has been swinging back the other way for over a decade and the mainstream thought now among military historians is that inspite of one or two exaggerations, Lawrence's masterpiece, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, is an accurate account of one of the most remarkable military adventures of modern times.Lowell Thomas, who was an eye witness to some of Lawrence's exploits, also captures the essence of why Lawrence was important.If you had to read only one, of course you should read Seven Pillars.In the March 1, 2004 London Times there are actually two different articles addressing the vital relevance of Seven Pillars of Wisdom for those fighting Arab guerrillas in Irag today.It seems the sales of this great work has exploded.In the Oxford Companion to Military History published in 2002, Lawrence is given credit for virtually inventing effective modern guerrilla warfare (see the entry "guerrilla warfare").According to this distinguished reference book, every formidable guerrilla fighter from Mao, to Che, to the Israeli guerrillas of the forties, to the Arabs, to the Viet Namese etc., have used Lawrence's writings and experiences as a model for their efforts.Lawrence is back and very relevant, so Thomas' account should be read as an enthusiatic if flawed version of an extremely important development in military and middle eastern history.A word about Fromkin and some of the other out dated debunkers.Lawrence stepped on a lot of Arab, Zionist and British Establisment toes. It's as important to examine the motives of a revisionist as it is to scrutinize the intergrity of an enthusiast.

The Making of a Legend By a Shameless Showman
David Lean included a journalist, Jackson Bentley, in his epic film "Lawrence of Arabia," an obvious take-off on the great journalist and author Lowell Thomas.In fact, Thomas was with Lawrence in Arabia and used the experience to make a name for himself and to create a legend.Sadly, it is also true, that T.E. Lawrence did not want to be a legend.As a biography of Lawrence or an introduction to the Middle East this volume has suffered a bit over the years..."it's all right," but there are better books on each subject.Still, this is something special, at least for this writer.This was the first book on the Middle East that I read and when combined with Lean's film which I saw about the same time in early 1963 I was hooked.I have studied, taught about and written about the Middle East ever since.Lowell Thomas and David Lean were inspirations for this modest scholar.I had the privilege to spend part of an early evening with Lowell Thomas in 1973, in of all places a press box awaiting a football game at the University of Utah. It was an unexpected and rare treat.Thomas seemed quite moved that he had encouraged the work of a graduate student.He was was quite a man.His greatest talent was to tell stories, and that he did, with some dramatic embellishments.This work on Lawrence is not unfactual, indeed it provides a good deal of fact.It is also quite sympathetic to Islam and the Arabs, as it should be. Lawrence seems larger than life.But in truth there are men like that.Both Lawrence and Thomas were such men and that can be seen in this wonderful book.It reads well, and it educates, even if some of it is the stuff of legend. ... Read more

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Kindle edition of Conrad's classic book with active table of contents.

The central occurrence of Lord Jim appears to be based on true events. On 17 July 1880, S.S. Jeddah sailed from Singapore. The passengers were Muslims traveling to Mecca for the hajj.

Jeddah sailed under the British flag and was crewed largely by British officers. After terrible weather conditions, the ship began taking in water. The pilgrims were left to their fate, and apparently certain death.

To much astonishment, the pilgrims had survived. They had been abandoned and an official inquiry followed into the scandal. It is strongly suspected that this dishonourable tale inspired Conrad, who had landed in Singapore in 1883, and he wove the main themes of Lord Jim around it, using the name S.S. Patna for his fictional pilgrim ship.

The book has twice been adapted for film:
1925, directed by Victor Fleming.
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