Here is the story behind the Ballad of Moreta mentioned in the excellent Dragonsinger series.It is a gripping story of an influenza pandemic sweeping through a medieval society. In that, it is an excellent and worthy addition to the Dragonriders of Pern series.It is set prior to the time of Lessa and the familiar characters of previous books. Those books speak of a time of restoration, of rediscovery and of renaissance as changes sweep through Pern's society. In this book, that excitement is lost. If this book had never been published, the Pern cycle would not be damaged. In some ways, this story undermines the appeal of the Ballad of Moreta as the plot here disagrees with the story told by the ballad. However, this is small damage and this is a pleasant story of an earlier Pern that stands well on its own.

Moreta is supposed to be some sort of mythological figure in Pern history, of some sort. She is the rider of a queen dragon, and while at a festival she discovers the outbreak of a disease, along with some others.Some of her fellows take the ostrich approach to the situation, and her queen is pregnant, so to try and get the cure to areas ahead of the disease wave she has to borrow someone else's lizard.

If you are an advanced disco-digger and you feel like Boris Midney, Alec R., Salsoul and Cerrone are not enough to get ya hot ... you def should go for this one. Except for "TOUCH ME TAKE ME" (Cerrone-Style) all tracks are instrumental disco symphonies with a cinematic touch (quite comparable to Biddu Orchestras "Summer of '42"). And the best thing is: no sax, but sexy string & horn arrangements... i can only hope that they'll bring the other LP... the real disco fan knows more beyond salsoul... keep hustling

Beautiful poetry from a wonderful person whose life comes through radiantly in her poetry. I can not read her poems without thinking of her connection to her husband Donald Hall - their poems cross back and forth , even after her death. She uses her/their life but stays far from the "confessional" mode. This book, like the title poem, brings me great peace.

This is reading of an Essay written by Fuentes which tells the story of Fuentes' parents from about the time that he was conceived. It is not a fiction novel.

I travel a lot but I like to drink loose leaf tea. This invention is very slick and I now own (& travel with three of these bottls. I carry my favorite teas with me and make the tea before I go to work. Everybody always marvels about my abitility to have exotic tea. I have had some of the thermos type of tea bottles, but find that the tea usually leaks out of the brewing compartment.This bottle has plenty of room to put your tea in. Some of the special blends I like to make strong and will fill the compartment up almost half was. When the tea brews, the tea will expand and fill up the whole compartment. I do not have a promblem with the tea leaking, either. Excellent product. Will probably buy again if any of my bottles wear out.