A fiend it is.
At 06:54 PM 2/22/2006, you wrote:
We really do need a more user-fiendly system for the wish list.
At 06:23 PM 22/02/2006, you wrote:
> > > --- Rik James <d28rik@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: "Rik James" <d28rik@xxxxxxx> > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] just submitted - A > Map > > of the World by Jane Hamilton > > Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:19:27 -0700 > > > > I just submitted - A Map of the World by Jane > > Hamilton > > It was scanned with OpenBook but I submitted it in > > Rich Text Format. > > It was on the Bookshare Bounty Wish List. > > Really a good book. > > I checked and it made it to the Step 1 Download > > page. > > > > I also have 2 more books all scanned and ready > for > > validation. > > Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat > > This is also on the Bookshare Bounty Wish List. > > > > I did upload this book, Breath, Eyes, Memory and > got > > the Thank You for > > submitting page. But it does not appear on the > Step > > 1 page, at least when I > > last checked. > > > > Should I resubmit it? I don't want to cause > > confusion with a duplicate. > > Perhaps someone can let me know either on or off > the > > list. > > > > The Woodsman's Daughter by Gwyn Hyman Rubio > > > > This book Woodsman's Daughter, for some reason I > > could not get it to upload. > > It is also in .RTF, and I'm sure all the forms are > > okay. But the error > > message just says some information is incorrect or > > incomplete. I will try > > again after awhile. > > > > Thanks. > > Rik > > > > Here is some text about A Map of the World... > > > > DESCRIPTION: A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton > > > > FROM THE BOOK JACKET. > > In the tradition of The Good Mother by Sue Miller > > and Before and After by > > Rosellen Brown, A Map of the World is the riveting > > story of how a single > > mistake can forever change the lives of everyone > > involved - in ways that are > > beyond imagination. > > > > One unremarkable June morning, Alice Goodwin is, > as > > usual, trying to keep in > > check both her temper and her tendency to blame > > herself for her family's > > shortcomings. Six years ago, when the Goodwins > took > > over the last dairy farm > > in the small Midwestern town of Prairie Center, > they > > envisioned their home > > as a self-made paradise. But these days, as Alice > is > > all too aware, her > > elder daughter Emma is prone to inexplicable fits > of > > rage, her husband > > Howard distrusts her maternal competence, and > > Prairie Center's tight-knit > > suburban community shows no signs of warming to > > "those hippies who think > > they can run a farm." A loner by nature, Alice is > > torn between a yearning > > for solitude coupled with a deep need to be at the > > center of a perfect > > family. > > > > On this particular day, Emma has started the > morning > > with a violent tantrum, > > her little sister Claire is eating pennies, and it > > is Alice's turn to watch > > her neighbor's two small girls as well as her own > > children. She > > absentmindedly steals a minute alone that turns > into > > ten: time enough for a > > devastating accident to occur. Her neighbor's > > daughter Lizzie drowns in the > > farm's pond, and Alice - whose volatility and > > unmasked directness keep her > > on the outskirts of acceptance - becomes the > perfect > > scapegoat. At the same > > time, a seemingly trivial incident from Alice's > past > > resurfaces and takes on > > gigantic proportions, leading the Goodwins far > from > > Lizzie's death into a > > maze of guilt and doubt culminating in a harrowing > > court trial and the > > family's shattering downfall. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email > to > > > > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > > Subject line. To get a list of available > commands, > > put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
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