[bksvol-discuss] Re: Firestorm by Nevada Barr
- From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith59@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:17:53 -0400
Yes, the one in the collection marked excellent is the one that needs
replacing as it isn't really very excellent. <smile> The person who
asked me to scan it said that there were a lot of scanning errors such
as confusing rn for m etc.
Perhaps it is my faulty memory that placed it on the wish list, too.
Donna
On 9/1/08, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Uh oh. I don't see Firestorm by Nevada Barr on the Wish list and there is
> one in the collection marked Excellent. That could be the one that needed to
> be redone--unfortunately there's no way of knowing, as far as I know,
> whether a book now in the collection is one that has replaced another one or
> is the original. This was submitted by Jim Pardee and I do remember that
> some book--maybe this one and maybe something else--he said was submitted a
> long time ago before he got better at scanning ; I can't remember if he said
> he was going to rescan it or if he said to go ahead and do it. Maybe someone
> should check it out and see if it's the one that does need to be replaced.
>
> IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF SOMEHOW THE DATE THAT A BOOK IS ADDED TO THE
> COLLECTION COULD BE POSTED along with the title of the book, perhaps next to
> the publication date with some symbol, or a word like "added" and the
> date--or the plus symbol and the date. Then we wouldn't be confused.
>
> Cindy
>
> ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
> AVAILABLE AT
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
>
> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
>
> Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
>
>
> --- On Mon, 9/1/08, Donna Smith <donnafsmith59@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Donna Smith <donnafsmith59@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Just submitted two more books
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 6:40 PM
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I just submitted two more books.
>>
>> Firestorm by Nevada Barr is a BSO and was requested by
>> someone who
>> validated my submission of Winter Study a while back. I
>> can't
>> remember who, but here is this one which has been on the
>> wish list for
>> some time now.
>>
>> Before and After by E.Gaylon McCollough, M.D. This is an
>> interesting
>> book and one that was recommended to me by my mother.
>> It's a little
>> conservative for my taste, but still, I agree with quite a
>> lot of
>> what's in it.
>>
>> Longer synopses follow.
>>
>> Firestorm by Nevada Barr
>>
>> In Firestorm, the fourth book in the Anna Pigeon series,
>> Anna returns
>> to face the ultimate assault on her career and her life.
>> As part of the army battling the Jackknife fire in northern
>> California's Lassen Volcanic National Park, Anna, in
>> her capacity as
>> spike camp medic and security officer, tends the injuries
>> and the
>> frayed nerves of the firefighters. When the National
>> Weather Service
>> predicts a cold front followed by snow, promising to all
>> but
>> extinguish the fire, the camp is demobilized, but a
>> last-minute rescue
>> of a firefighter with a broken leg detains Anna and the San
>> Juan crew.
>> Driven on by the erratic thunderstorm of the front, wind
>> shears in the
>> steep canyon, creating the deadly weather conditions for a
>> firestorm.
>> As the ravine explodes in flames propelled by racing winds,
>> the crew
>> tries desperately to outrun the blaze, ultimately seeking
>> refuge in
>> their individual silver fire shelters wryly referred to as
>> shake 'n'
>> bakes.
>> When the fire finally passes, Anna emerges from her shelter
>> to check
>> on the fate of her companions. The sound of each exhausted
>> voice, the
>> sight of each bruised and blackened figure, is cause for
>> celebration—until one member of the crew is found inside
>> his shelter
>> with a knife in his back. With darkness comes the snow,
>> making
>> immediate rescue impossible, and Anna must tend to the
>> physical and
>> emotional wounds of the crew while seeking the identity of
>> the
>> murderer in their midst.
>>
>> Before and After by E. Gaylon McCollough, M.D.
>>
>> Before and After is the culmination of years of preparation
>> and
>> study—in various "schools" and arenas. It gave
>> me reason to pause—to
>> question why do we think what we think, do what we do?
>> As I looked at choices being made by, for and about people
>> living in a
>> twenty-first century society, I saw justification for
>> concern. And
>> believing that a problem, once identified, is on its way to
>> being
>> resolved, / set out to do what I could to draw attention to
>> predicaments facing us—one and all—and without fear of
>> what I'd open
>> up— for remedy's sake.
>> I wrestled with the decision of how vividly to describe
>> things as I
>> see them. Subsequently I concluded that it was a reasonable
>> thing to
>> do. . .and the timing was appropriate.
>> Before and After brings you face to face with opposing
>> sides of the
>> points at issue. The book is intended to be provocative. It
>> weaves in
>> and out of different timeframes, arenas and agendas. A
>> straight-talk
>> format brings questions to the forefront.
>> You will see that we are in the midst of a civil war. In
>> this new war
>> standards are the enemy, achievers are the targets, and
>> ideals are
>> taboo.
>> Opinionated readers at all bands of the social spectrum may
>> be
>> stirred. Problem-makers may cry "foul," but
>> truth-seekers should find
>> answers to new and old riddles.
>> You will be encouraged to look inward and question how you
>> fit into
>> the scheme of things.
>> We'll review methods of decision-making which might
>> help you "bring
>> success from inhospitable surroundings," then explore
>> ways to make
>> good things happen—to look better, feel better, be
>> better.
>> Before and After re-examines values based upon Natural and
>> man-made
>> law. As evidenced by the success stories of men and women
>> you will
>> meet, we are all very much a product of the choices we have
>> made.
>> If you follow the exercises in self-analysis set forth in
>> Before and
>> After you may discover how to identify and arouse a
>> sleeping giant
>> lying dormant within yourself. You could become more than
>> you ever
>> imagined—physically, mentally, vocationally, socially and
>> spiritually.
>> Before and After will challenge you to ask why as well as
>> who, what,
>> when and where—to look more closely at what is happening
>> to, and
>> around, you. You might also become more resolute in your
>> convictions
>> and recognize what a far-reaching effect the power of one
>> can have
>> upon initiating the kind of change that upgrades.
>>
>>
>> Enjoy! And as always, no validator should suffer trying to
>> figure out
>> anything in a book I've scanned! Just let me know
>> what's wrong and
>> I'll happily rescan or get sighted help as needed.
>>
>> Donna
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