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While most astrology books focus on sun signs only, the most obvious things about us -- our personality and physical type -- are mostly determined by the zodiac sign on the eastern horizon at the precise moment of birth. This sign is referred to as our "rising sign". Whereas the sun sign represents the ego expression, the rising sign signifies physical type and personality, which are the tools we use to get what we want. This book guides readers toward an accurate assessment of their rising signs, and then shows how, in conjunction with one's sun sign, understanding the meaning of the rising sign will enable you to get what you want out of life.
It's an astrology book with a promise, and it has a unique focus.
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Spot on!.......2007-02-11
I was amazed at the accuracy of the integration of both my sun sign and rising sign reading provided in this book. At last, certain things now make sense to me! I just wished that he could have provided greater detail in the integration chapter. Kudos to the author.
Secrets of Your Rising Sign.......2005-07-25
The author is very knowledgable in his field of study. The book is extremely insightful and a good read. I strongly recommend The Secrets of Your Rising Sign: The Astrological Key to Getting What You Want.
Book Compliments other Astrology Books.......2005-01-26
This book is a good compliment to any Astrology library, but don't waste your time or money on this author's personalized "readings". He provided very little, if any, insight and then this author blamed the caller for the author's vague personalized consultation.
Excellent Reading - 2 Thunbs Up.......2004-07-10
Very easy to understand with amazing accuracy.Makes a very nice conversation piece, I've amazed my friends.
Excellent Book.......2004-05-10
I too, ordered this book after hearing William Lamb on the radio.And after seeing his website, I called him for a personal reading.I could not belive what i was hearing! He told me about everything that was going on in my life.What a help and inspiration it was.I have told all my friends and family about this man.He is GOD-LIKE!
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- Very Complete Background on Bester
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Deadly Relations: Bester Ascendant (Babylon 5)
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Babylon 5 is a rarity among SF TV series in having a thoroughly worked out future history, even if parts of that history are only hinted at on TV. Which is where this novel comes in. Based on an original outline by series creator J. Michael Straczynski and following Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps, it is the second novel of a trilogy detailing the history of the Psi Corps. Yet it is sufficiently self-contained to be accessible to readers unfamiliar with B5.
The book chronicles the life of the Psi Corps Alfred Bester from boyhood to the dramatic events that will first take him to the eponymous space station. As befits the show, Deadly Relations is complex and well characterized, aware of SF history, and filled with fascinating background detail. J. Gregory Keyes portrays Bester's paradoxical nature: a man haunted and lonely, able to read the thoughts of others, and capable of betraying those closest to him out of a sense of duty to the greater good. A sinister, ruthless figure becomes a sympathetic, almost tragic antihero as the book ranges from Earth to the Beta Colony and Mars.
The fictional Alfred Bester had a real-life namesake who authored several major SF novels. These include the still extraordinary 1953 thriller of murder and psychic detection, to which Deadly Relations pays due homage. If you enjoy B5, try The Demolished Man by the original Alfred Bester. It's a genuine SF classic. --Gary S. Dalkin, Amazon.co.uk
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The child of their greatest heroes--
he was destined to become their darkest enemy . . .
In the twenty-second century, the discovery of human telepaths led to terror and bloodshed, and to the creation of the Psi Corps--a government agency of elite telepaths who were used to control their own kind. Under the command of a power-mad politician, the Corps became a ruthless tool of oppression, and the telepath underground was formed.
Matthew and Fiona Dexter led the resistance to its greatest victories. But when they were martyred for the cause, their only child was claimed by the very forces they had died opposing.
Raised from infancy within the Psi Corps, Alfred Bester was a telepath of exceptional ability, determined to make his mark by transforming himself into a master of deceit. Schooled in hate but tormented by shards of conscience, he wrestled with the seductiveness of the sinister cause he served. But slowly stripped of humanity by the war between decency and betrayal, he surrendered his soul--and rose to become the most dreaded figure of his time . . .
Book Two in the gripping new epic trilogy that uncovers the secret history of the Psi Corps.
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Very Complete Background on Bester.......2007-09-26
If you wanna know why Bester is the way he is, this book will tell you. You might even feel sorry for him at times, and will see things from his -twisted- point of view. If you liked Babylon 5 and particularly the Psi Corps episodes, I guarantee you're going to like it!
Bestor backstory.......2005-08-01
Reading the background of a complex character is very interesting. Monsters do not see themselves as monsters because they had their own very good reasons for doing what they did. Knowing the reasons they did things make them more real, and less a monster. I would have given this book a 5 star rating on content and story but I took a point away because of some technical writing errors. Any fan of B5 would enjoy this book.
The history lesson continues........2004-02-23
This book, based on an outline from Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski (so you know it's official), covers the period in B5's history detailing the early life of Psi Cop Alfred Bester, from his first years being raised by Psi Corps right up to before his first visit to the Babylon 5 station.
There were revelations abound in this book, including details of Bester's first love, Lyta Alexander's internship with the Psi Cops, and just how Bester's hand became crippled. Let's just say, it's a big surprise.
The book also gives a greater look into the Bester character and after reading it you start to understand his motives for the things that he does both here and during the B5 series. Highly recommended.
Understanding Bester.......2004-01-03
After reading this book, now I have a better insight "why Bester is who he is". The book explained the motives of BEster, give me a better understanding of the great series of Babylon 5.
I used to hated Bester almost as much as Ivanova, but after reading this book, I feel pity for Bester, and I can understand his point of views
Not bad. Interesting storyline........2002-11-12
This book offers some background information on Bester.
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An integration of Yogic and Vedic principles begin this detailed examination of the 9 planets of Vedic Astrology as expressed through the 12 ascendants. The ascendant is the foundation of every chart, in this book each ascendant has at least 10 pages of explanation. It reveals the unique nature of each person, shown by the psychology of each planet. "Before we can effectively use Yogas, judge transits and use other advanced methods, our foundation must be strong and rooted in the firm soil of understanding. That understanding begins with the ascendant and planets as house lords. Once rooted in this fertile soil, advanced methods become clarified and the tree of Jyotish can grow. This allows our practice to be a shelter of truth and clarity to those who seek our guidance." - Excerpt from "The Ascendant"
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Great Beginner's Book!.......2007-08-04
I'm a new student of Jyotish and this book has really helped me understand the unique qualities, strengths/weaknesses and planetary relationships of the different ascendants. We bought Svoboda's 'Light on Life' first which is thorough but overwelming. Next we got Bloomfied's Intro to Vedic Astrology which is great for showing the dynamic nature of charts and for getting comfortable with where everything is in any specific chart; however, because each ascendant introduces different relationships between the planets/houses the results predicted by Bloomfield's simplified analysis do not always pan out. The Ascendant fills the gap between these two books perfectly. My only criticism of the book is that it lacks illustrations or sample charts(I don't think there's a chart in the entire book!) that could show the differences that make each ascendant unique.
this book is great!.......2005-10-27
This book does an excellent job explaining sometimes hard to understand vedic concepts. He talks about the elements, the gunas and the chakras and how they are tied to our birth chart - what it all means! Sadasiva definitely has a clear understanding of these primal transcendant energies and that really comes through in this book.
The second half of the book is all about the way the planets act through different signs and this really helped me get a clear idea of how a planet like Jupiter or Venus does not behave the same way for every sign.
It is a good book to pick up off the shelf and start learning right away and also serves as a good reference book for years to come. There are some advanced concepts that he presents for the more experienced, but mostly it is an easily accessible tool that everyone will be able to spiritually profit from immediately.
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The adventures of super-sexy space-stud Kelric Garlin continue, as he comes back from the dead in Ascendant Sun, the fifth--and so far raciest--installment in Catherine Asaro's popular Saga of the Skolian Empire series (which kicked off with 1995's Primary Inversion). But Kelric needs to keep his miraculous resurrection hush-hush: presumed dead after crash-landing on Coba 18 years ago in Last Hawk, love-prisoner Kelric endured and finally escaped the lusty attentions of the planet's swoony ruling matriarchy. Back at last, the bronze-god telepath finds that his world has been turned upside down: The galaxy-uniting psiberweb has collapsed, the Allied Worlds of Earth control the Skolian Empire, and his family, the Ruby Dynasty, are all either dead or held hostage, leaving him as the sole and long-lost Imperial Heir, a man nearly everyone in power would see imprisoned or assassinated--if they knew he was alive.
Harvard-trained physicist Asaro continues to astound by straddling the SF and romance genres so adroitly, alternating between chin-rubbing speculations on quantum theory and blushingly steamy sex scenes with all the skill of an accomplished ballet dancer (which, coincidentally, she also is). Surely junior-high kids will get their paws on this title tout de suite (and quickly skip to the "good" parts), but Asaro's award-winning prose, her knack for high-adventure story-telling, and her equal expertise in both science and romance make this a worthy read for any fan of either genre. --Paul Hughes
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Ascendant Sun is the direct sequel to The Last Hawk, in which Kelric, heir to the Skolian Empire, crash-landed his fighter on the Restricted planet of Coba. He was imprisoned by the powerful mistresses of the great estates--women who, over time, fell in love with him. After 18 years of living in their gilded cage, Kelric finally made his escape.In Ascendant Sun, Kelric returns to Skolian space, only to find the Empire in control of the Allied forces of Earth. With little more than the clothes on his back, Kelric is forced to take work on a merchant vessel. But when that vessel enters Euban space, Kelric finds his worst nightmare realized: he becomes a slave to the cruel Aristos--humans who use torture and sex as the ultimate aphrodesiac.
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Surprisingly erotic.......2007-09-09
Read this novel after you have read "The Last Hawk." I was surprised by the erotic scenes in this book, but I must say that they were well done. Catherine's Skolian Empire novels are all inter-related and it is pleasant to see allusions to other novels in each story. It's a parallel group of sequels rather than a series of sequels. The thread branches out and several of the novels occur at overlapping periods in her greater time line, so it's quite entertaining to read one novel and then read another and get a different viewpoint on the same events that I read about in the novel I read previously. It's even more fun when I read five or six of them within a week or so of each other.
This is a romance, not sci-fi.......2006-02-18
Perhaps I am getting old. When I was a kid I read science fiction from every era and could not get enough. I remember looking forwards to the unfolding careers of David Brin and Orson Scott Card along with whomever else might come along. The last thing that I would have predicted would be this swamping of the medium by romance writers.
Maybe I have just not been looking in the right places but authors like Asaro, McCarthy, and Bujold have been raking in the awards over the last decade. Whenever I pick one of these books up I am flabbergasted by how formulaicly romance oriented they are. It's not that I am highly anti female writer here either because one of the shining lights of sci-fi today in my opinion is the author Connie Willis who wrote 'Doomsday Book.'
At this point of time it would not be far fetched to say that the medium of Sci Fi looks pretty bleak. Fantasy is going strong, but even the once bright authors Nivin, Brin, and Card are hacks in comparison to their earlier selves. How could the medium move so far away from the brilliant templates of Phillip K Dick and Robert Heinlein?
So all of that aside, I will say that Ascendant Sun is not so dense that it is unable to get the reader to turn even a page. I found myself pushing along to see what would happen next. The subjection of males here is Freudian to the extreem. Asaro plays the neat trick of taking every concievable female stereo type and placing them ontop of an otherwise Herculian male figure. Is that what woman's lib is about? How sad.
Pass this book by. Try Willis. 'To Say nothing of the Dog' is one of the best sci-fi books written in the last 20 years. Try that one instead. It's a slow and unasuming book, but I assure you that if you were to give it a chance instead of 'Ascendant Sun' you won't regret it.
Kelric shines.............2005-10-25
Ascendant Sun: Book 5 Skolian Empire by Catherine Asaro
This novel picks up where The Last Hawk left off in the story of Kelric. I like Kelric, he is an interesting and complex character. He is large and sweet and very cute and sexy-my kind of man. Kelric has escaped from Coba leaving behind his wives and children. He returns to a Skolia in ruins. The Skolian Empire is fractured and Kelric decides not to announce his return. His sister, Soz-the last Imperator of Skolia-has just perished in her fight with the Eubian Emporer Jaibriol II taking him with her into death. Now Kelric is the new Imperator of Skolia, if he can only find his way to the Skolians to let them know. He gets stuck on Delos and decides to find out what he can about the state of affairs between Skolia, Eube and the Allieds before allowing the powers that be to know who he really is. He ends up working as a part of a crew in Eubian Territory and being captured and sold as a "provider". This novel introduces Tanquil Iquar as a character as well as the concept of Eubians who no longer wish to "transcend" through the pain of their providers. Ultimately Kelric escapes from his Eubian owner-who he likes more than he should and falls in love with one of his recuers. He is also dying, after his years on Coba his system was already denigrated and badly in need of repairs he could not afford in the new Skolia regime. I like Kelric and his stories seem to follow a theme with him as the prize being fought over by powerful women with lots of political power.
Not my favorite book in the series nor the best book, but well placed in the series.
I hate Kelric.......2005-02-22
I loved Catherine Asaro's two books Diplomatic Immunity and Radiant Seas. Coincidentally, both focussed on Soz, one of the many characters in Asaro's Skolian Empire series. All the other books I've read in her series, including this one, fall flat. I think it has something to do with Asaro's inability to effectively manipulate with gender stereotypes (though she loves to do this). Additionally, her over-use of soft-porn, "fabio-like" lovemaking scenes leaves me turned off.
I can't stand the Kelric character. There is something so unrealistic and wimpy about him. I think I would like him better if the cover art wasn't so damn cheesy. My god. I could bearly pick up the book, but thought I'd give it a try, hoping it was as good as Diplomatic Immunity and Radiant Seas. It wasn't.
Asaro at the top of her game.......2001-05-24
_Ascendant Sun_, another in Catherine Asaro's "Skolian Empire" series, features Kelric (who was freed from his captivity on the female-dominated Coba at the end of _The Last Hawk_) and now finds himself heir apparent to the Skolian Empire. The trouble is, everybody thinks he's dead, and his "jagernaut" biological enhancements are failing. But of course, he seeks to regain power, although turns out to be yet another of Asaro's reluctant heroes (they always do what they have to do but they're seldom happy about having to do it) as he tries to pick up the pieces left by the destruction of the radiance war (told in _The Radiant Seas_).
Asaro writes like an outfielder who makes catching fly balls seem easy. About three-fourths of the way through the novel, Kelric seems to have completed one part of his quest when, at the end of a chapter he apparently stares into the face of his enemy (how _did_ he get there??!!). A sentence later, at the beginning of the next chapter, he thinks otherwise, and then discovers the truth--which turns out to be the key to the whole novel. Asaro does all this in half a page. Half a page!
The whole novel is filled with the same kind of faultless, seemingly effortless technique--you'll find in it good science, good sex, good adventure, and sassy AI's, to say nothing of good old plot, character, and action.
Like all the books in the series _Sun_ has an electric charge to it. This is what science fiction should be and seldom is any more. Grab it.
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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
A science fiction struggle over some super powered hybrid children, involving some unpleasant aliens. People on earth want to keep the children under control and locked away. The alien master race they are part of want to use them in their political struggles. The kids just want to be kids. Chaos and battle ensues. The main focus is from the young girl's point of view.
A Worthy Sequel.......2006-04-02
Maybe I shouldn't say this is a sequel, because it is really a continuation of the same story that was in volume I. This is better written than the first book. The art also improved a lot, and I am not complaining about the first book at all, because it was also very good. But Colleen gets better. I like the elegant way she has of drawing people, clothes and hair, etc. Everything is very beautiful, which is interesting in a very Japanese kind of way because of contrast between beautiful people and settings and horrible things that are happening in the story. The characters are real depth. They have flaws, even when they are heros. They are scared and in no-win situations. Bast and D'mer compete for the love of Seren, who seems to use this romantic triangle as a way to keep his mind off his other problems. On the last book, someone said there was a very strong child molestation scene in this series. There was no scene like that in the last book and whatever happens in this one is implied and happens off panel on one page. It is very creepy, but you don't see anything. It really brings the horror to you without seeing. It is actually quite scary in parts of this book. This is like reading a novel with pictures and I get more out of it every time I read it. I especially like Kovar and D'mer. Jason gets a lot of time, and it is interesting to see because you can tell he is being jerked around by everyone he meets. We get told how the humans got picked in the first place, why Galahad and Dunstan are there. That is kind of a relief because I was worried there would be a try at making the magic in this book some kind of alien thing. I was afraid the aliens would turn out to be elves and I am so glad they are not. You will like this book if you like Marion Zimmer Bradley. It also will probably be good if you like Mercedes Lackey, but I think Colleen is a better writer. This is one of those comics that is much better when you read it all at once as a book. This is one of the best fantasy sf/graphic novels ever. It has more in common with manga from the scope of the story, but it has a lot more story and mature sense than manga like Clamp, which is mostly for kids. And the pictures are more grown-up. It is not cartoony, but it is pretty. There are also a couple of nice short stories in this, but I like the main story best.
Great work Coleen !!.......2001-12-21
As always, Coleen Doran has produced a fine story and good artwork.
The Ascendant is fabulous, as usual.......2001-04-08
A Distant Soil is nothing you would ever expect from something called a "comic". Colleen Doran has created something so wonderfully involved that you have to read every book at least 2-3 times and the art is just gorgeous, especially for black & white.
Volume 2 - The Ascendant, continues the story of Jason & Liana, two children of a human mother and an Ovanan father, who posess incredible psi-powers. They were unwillingly drawn into the middle of a power struggle that will effect the futures of two worlds. I'm not going to spoil the story but I will tell you there are plot twists that come up that you almost never see coming. Just when you think you have it all figured out - Wham! Colleen throws you a curve. I've read every issue of the comic and it just keeps getting better. I both look forward to and dread the conclusion of this story, I don't want to see it end but I want to know what happens.
This is what comics should be and if you like the in-depth story and detailed art, I highly recommend David Mack's Kabuki.
GORGEOUS AND ENGROSSING!.......2001-02-23
This is probably one of the most beautifully illustrated books I have ever seen in my life! This science fiction/fantasy tale is more than one might expect from a comic book--far more. I can't even begin to imagine the difficulty of creating a book with several illustrations per page and 240 pages to boot, and I can't recommend it enough. Reading it is a joy and looking at the pictures is a joy. When a little girl inherits the power of an Avatar, she attracts the notice of an otherworldy group of villains who are lusciously evil ( and fabulously dressed.) In order to keep her from inheriting the throne of their world, the bad guys employ some pretty drastic measures to eliminate her. But a secret Resistance group (full of its own problems and power struggles) has plans of their own. A world of cut throat politics, and romance, if you are a fan of the work of Marrion Zimmer Bradley, Mercedez Lackey, Tanith lee or Catherine Asaro (and I would kill to see Colleen Doran illustrate their books too!), you will absolutely LOVE A Distant Soil! This is volume II, but get volume I while you're at it. Can't wait for #III!
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Enter through this Doorway.......2001-09-04
Properly interpreting the Rising Sign or Ascendant is one of the most difficult areas for intermediate astrology students. I don't mean by sign and house, but rather the dynamic and interactive relationship of the Ascendant/Rising Sign with the 1st, 12th and 7th houses and also its practical function as a screener of the environment and an attracter of experience.
Schulman's book is quite thorough and profound to be so short. It is a reference book -- the Ascendant is described through the signs -- but it is unlike any other such book you will find presently in the astrological field.
I highly recommend this book and the others in the series as a permanent set to enhance your astrological reference library.
A Man of Few Words Illuminates The Ascendant For Us!.......2001-08-27
Martin Schulman does it again -- writes a wonderful book in few words that you find exposing reality to you in intense, yet unfolding doses over time. He notes that we often look to our charts to show us potentials, overlooking reality. "Thus, instead of seeing the individual as he or she truly is, we envision future possibilities which may or may not manifest. Every person's chart contains within it all of the possibilities that the person needs for a full life. But it is only when we are 'plugged in' to the way in which our inner being receives and gives illumination (from and to the outer environment) that the fullness of life becomes a realizable fact. I feel that the ascendant is the expression of each person's reality. ...The ascendant then becomes a doorway to understanding reality -- not through the potential it can reach, but rather, through the essence that it IS reaching. The ascendant as 'doorway' becomes the filter between all that exists inside the chart and all that exists in the outside world."(p4) Schulman goes beyond what most astrologers delineate as the purpose of exploring one's ascendant, beyond physical appearance and the way one presents him- or herself to the world, to the way one relates to one's own appearance and how we base our opinions of others on how we judge their appearance, leading us to "...tend to see life through a rather one-dimensional viewpoint, and many of their problems center around feelings of emptiness, lack, and struggles for self-worth."(p95) "Yet," he says, "...there is enough proof everywhere for us to realize how easily we can be deceived if we put too much importance on physical appearance. It is impossible for anyone to establish a real identity if he does not know the nature of reality."(p96) "The only reality there is comes from the universal oneness. If we understand that the chart is a symbol for all the possible energies and possibilities that the universe gives us, then we can understand the ascendant is that point through which the ever-flowing stream of divine consciousness pours through us to contact the external world. Only when we realize this can we begin to understand the implications of correct or incorrect identification through the ascendant."(p97) Martin Schulman's series of books, KARMIC ASTROLOGY, are excellent resources, deep yet concise, and this book continues his sharing exposition.
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Albion Ascendant: English History, 1660-1815 (Short Oxford History of the Modern World)
Wilfrid Prest
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Between the restoration of Charles II and the battle of Waterloo, England gradually emerged as the core nation of the most formidable superpower the world had yet seen. Wilfrid Prest investigates this remarkable transformation from domestic instability and external weakness to global, economic, and military predominance. Geographically, the main focus is on England and Wales, but Prest also analyses the broader British context, discussing the role played by Ireland and Scotland, as well as the interrelations between England, Europe, and the wider world. He examines the lives of ordinary people as well as the ruling elite, and explores the distinctive nature of women's experiences, allowing the voices of the past to speak directly to the modern reader. The result is a lively, up-to-date, and comprehensive overview of Britain's 'long eighteenth century'. It will remain a standard text on the subject for many years to come.
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