books by Howard Norman

books by Howard Norman

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Howard Norman

Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian Peoples

Bison Books, 2008

With tales from the tribal peoples of Greenland, Canada, Siberia, Alaska, Japan, and the polar region, told and retold during months-long winter nights, Northern Tales gathers together a rich diversity of traditions and cultures, spanning the Way-Back Time through the coming of the first white explorers. By turns tragic and comic, fantastic and ...

Starting Chess (First Skills)

Harriet Castor, Rebecca Treays

Usborne Books, 2002

Short introduction to chess
"Starting Chess" is written at about a high school reading level and designed to give you a quick introduction to how the pieces move, elementary rules and a little bit of strategy to get you started. The order of presentation is not the best in my opinion. I ...

The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese: And Other Tales of the Far North

Howard Norman

Gulliver Books, 1997

Brains and Beauty
Aside from the wonderfully told stories, this book is an exceptional example of bookmaking, from the white on white end pages to the frieze-like illustrations by the Dillons that tell the story along the top of the page. A great choice for a gift book.

The Haunting of L.: A Novel

Howard Norman

Picador, 2003

EXCELLENT PAGE TURNER
We picked this book for our Book Club and it has proved to be one of our all time favorites. Harold Norman is an excellent writer and the story will keep you on the edge of your seat. I am now looking forward to reading his other 2 novels. Do not pass this one up.

Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Standard translation of landmark text
Norman Kemp Smith's translation seems to be one of the standard English translations of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Is it the best? I don't speak German, but it's certainly serviceable. This is a daunting work. It's also a necessary work, inasmuch as any ...

Critique of Pure Reason, Second Edition

Immanuel Kant

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Critique of Pure Reason
An excellent, brilliant study in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, one of the great thinkers in the Western World.

The Bird Artist: A Novel

Howard Norman

Picador, 1995

Delightful and Humorous
I loved this novel, for its humor and its tight and straightforward narration of the plot. The writing is sparing, with only the most necessary details. To write so tightly, the author must have edited it carefully and it shows. Not a sentence is wasted. You know ...

Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN

Abdul Kasim, Prasanna Adhikari, ...

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2007

Anthony
Delivering Carrier Ethernet is an excellent text on the subject. It is well structured, reviewing Ethernet fundamentals, and providing a templeted view of all the EoEverything technologies, without resorting to detailed protocol analysis. It has a good context of the ...

Autobiography of Abbie Hoffman 2 Ed

Abbie Hoffman

Da Capo Press, 2000

Im In Love!
After seeing 'Steal this movie', I had no choice but to learn more about this incredibly crazy man. This book is amazing...it made me laugh out loud, think, ponder the idea of getting out there and causing a ruckus in the name of freedom. His writing flows...like old ...

Forest Management: To Sustain Ecological, Economic, and Social Values

Lawrence S. Davis, K. Norman Johnson, ...

Waveland Pr Inc, 2005

Forest Management Textbook
I've used this as a textbook in a class on Forest Management. The book covers most topics in great detail, a little too verbose for undergraduate students, but it serves as a great reference after they graduate. If anything it is a little weak on valuation, but strong ...

A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Joseph Cornell

John Burghardt, Mary Caponegro, ...

D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2001

the blackbird whistling
I received this book from an old friend who I hadn't seen in nearly twenty years--she showed up unannounced, spent a few hours sitting in the sun, and then disappeared just as unexpectedly. I still don't know if she meant to leave the book behind, but I've decided that ...

Devotion

Howard Norman

Mariner Books, 2008

"I'll forgive and forget, but I'll remember."
Imagery is central to Devotion, the issue of communication couched in a broken romance. The novel begins with an altercation between David Kozol and his father-in-law, William. Suffering of late from the estrangement of his wife, Maggie, David has not quite ascertained ...

Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You

Norman Solomon, Reese Erlich, ...

Context Books, 2003

Call Them Correct
I initially read this informative, hard-hitting book shortly before America and its "coalition of the willing" invaded Iraq. I have since re-read it, a good exercise to test the validity of the warnings and conditional predictions raised by authors Norman Solomon and ...

Wishing Bone Cycle: Narrative Poems of the Swampy Cree Indians

Howard Norman

Ross-Erikson, 1982

Lovely, funny poetry
I never met a Swampy Cree but I would like to. The poems are spare, with multiple points of view and sharp humor. One example: Once there was a duck who lightened up the swamp I just happened to be there. "Ho! Lantern on the water!" some men called. But the ...

The Museum Guard: A Novel

Howard Norman

Picador, 1999

An odd, but brilliant, novel
There are certain things you can rely on in a book by Howard Norman: distinctly quirky protagonists, odd character names, a relatively remote Canadian location, and a dynamite opening sentence - "The painting I stole for Imogen Linny, 'Jewess on a Street in ...