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“Hard-hitting, difficult to read, and impossible to put down.” —Kirkus Reviews“Honest, readable, and brave.”—Library Journal“Offering an engrossing look at the barriers still facing women in science...Pollack draws attention to this important and vexing problem with a personal narrative, beautifully written and full of important insights on the changes needed to make those barriers crumble...Any young woman or man on the way to college to major in science will find great lessons in this book.”—Washington Post“Her memoir rings authentic, its lessons essential. A bitter pill to swallow but a vital addition to the important and frustratingly ongoing discussion about gender equity.”—Poornima Apte, Booklist“The Only Woman in the Room is absolutely brilliant—even a sleeping pill and head cold couldn’t stop me from reading it through the night.  Pollack’s story reveals so much—I want to give it to my children, my husband, my older sister (a biologist), and every physicist I know, perhaps with key passages underlined. And especially, young women in science: read this book!”—Meg Urry, President of the American Astronomical Society, and former chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University“With excruciating candor Eileen Pollack details how society's relentless message that girls lack the intrinsic aptitude for high-level math and physics leaves young women without the confidence to stay the course in the brutally competitive environment of high-powered science. This is a riveting, insider's-account of how unconscious biases make a mockery of meritocracy, why women's equality remains elusive, and why Larry Summers was so wrong.”—Nancy Hopkins, Amgen Inc. Professor of Biology (emerita), Massachusetts Institute of Technology“In Eileen Pollack’s vivid description of the issues facing women in science, I immediately saw the truth of what I have lived. Pollack is convincing in showing how the obstacles for women in the U.S. are erected by our culture. In the 1960’s my mother had to put up with exclusionary rules that kept her out of a career in science. You would think things might have gotten better for my generation, and for the current generation. But they have not. Eileen Pollack courageously and honestly examines her own life and shows us why.”—Carol Greider, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Daniel Nathans Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins University“My remarks on women and science generated much heat—if they helped stimulate Eileen Pollack’s introspections and reflections, they shed light as well. I certainly understand many aspects of the issue better for reading Pollack’s work. We all want great opportunities for all, and as she demonstrates, the world has a long way to go.”—Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University, and former Secretary of the TreasuryFrom the Hardcover edition.

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Eileen Pollack is the author of the novels Breaking and Entering (a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection) and Paradise, New York, as well as two collections of short fiction, an award-winning book of nonfiction, and two creative-nonfiction textbooks. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays and Best American Short Stories. She is a professor on the faculty of the Helen Zell MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan. She divides her time between Manhattan and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Paperback: 288 pages

Publisher: Beacon Press; Reprint edition (September 6, 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0807083445

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I care about the under-representation of women in STEM fields, and it pains me to give a book on this topic a low rating. Pollack expertly describes many of the subtle obstacles and pervasive barriers that deter women from STEM, but... These accounts were presented in the context of her own experiences, and I found many of her statements (and her own motivations) counterproductive to the stated mission of this book. Many things she said were outright insulting.The first sign that something was wrong appeared in the book's preface:"Even women who grow up to be feisty, successful feminists spend much of their adolescence obsessing about their appearance, romance, sex, and their popularity with female friends. ...girls may dumb them themselves down, hide or repress their interest in classes or activities their peers deem nerdy. They may develop crushes on their teachers and other older men, who don't see them as threatening and are all too happy to reciprocate their affection. A boy might pursue a subject because he respects the man who teaches it, but unless he is gay, he won't fall in love with that teacher, as so many young women do." (p. xx)My reaction: WHAT?!Her words reminded me of biochemist Tim Hunt's offensive statement that female scientists shouldn't work with male scientists because "You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry." Pollack's statement implies not only that sexual attraction will create problems for female students of science, but that such problems are common. That will only deter male scientists from mentoring female students!It only got worse as Pollack revealed again and again that romantic attraction motivated much of her scientific pursuits. While I appreciate her honesty, in this context honesty is damaging, especially because she portrayed her own motivates as commonplace instead of unique to her personality. Her story creates the impression that many women pursue science for male attention, and that romantic tension is a regular occurrence in interactions between male professors and female students. That is not only inaccurate (from my experience, anyway), it is incredibly counterproductive to the mission of getting more women in STEM fields.This was such a theme in Pollack's story that I started a document to record unsettling and/or offensive quotes from the book. I nearly stopped reading altogether when I reached page 35, when Pollack reveals she had a romance with her high school debate teacher. I was disgusted. Three pages later, she describes how she visited Yale after receiving an offer of admission, and she decided to go there because she was attracted to a male physics professor after watching him lecture.The last few chapters of the book depict solidarity among women who want to pursue STEM until they're discouraged or turned away, but this comes too late. Earlier in the book Pollack made it clear she disliked and felt competition with other women as a student. She had awe and respect only for men and wanted nothing to do with other women:"But the women's movement seemed to mean women ended up spending more time with other women, and something called 'consciousness-raising groups,' and the last thing I wanted was to spend more time with women. If women ran the world, society would be less competitive. But I loved competing. How else could I prove to the brilliant, powerful men who rules the world but I was as smart and strong as they were?" (p. 21)This passage was particularly offensive:When describing the only other female physics major: "And as much as I enjoyed the sight of her shining, smiling face, I can't say we were friends. If a person's self-worth derives from being the only woman in the field, how much affection can she feel toward another woman who might challenge that claim to fame? Erika's decision to pursue a bachelor's of arts degree rather than the more demanding bachelor of science struck me as cheating. It was as if we had signed up to be marines, and here we were at boot camp, each wearing the same uniform, but Erika got to stay in the barracks and buff her nails while the rest of us jogged fifty miles in the rain." (p. 47)Holy s***! Majoring in physics isn't easy, even if you're pursuing a B.A. instead of a B.S. The analogy she used--Erika buffing her nails, Pollack jogging fifty miles in the rain--was so insulting. Clearly Pollock thought very well of herself. Far from being a proponent of female representation in STEM, she wanted other women to abandon the field. She wanted to be the only woman in physics because it made her feel smart and special.At this point, I was disgusted by Pollack, and I often paused my reading to vent to my husband whenever I encountered another offensive passage. But I kept reading, and it became more and more obvious that Pollack's pursuit of physics was at least partly motivated by a desire to attain men."Could anything be more exciting than carrying a pristine notebook embossed with 'Lux et veritas' to a lecture hall where I would finally begins the life I had been waiting eighteen years to start? My status as one of only two women in the auditorium struck me as less frightening than erotic; it was like going to a movie with 118 dates. I was even more excited when the professor turned out to be the same dark, bearded young man whose class I had visited the spring before." (p. 53)"My new powers of understanding might have flowed from nothing more than Professor Zeller's voice murmuring seductively in my head: 'You can do it. Stick it out.'" (p. 58)"My attraction to my professors kept me working to please them long after I might otherwise have given up." (p. 128)Despite these criticisms, there were many things I did like about this book. Pollack describes the subtle ways women are discouraged from pursuing STEM, and the firsthand accounts of other women's struggles were great. I heartily agree with the message of this book, and more people need to know why we have too few female scientists. But at the same time, Pollack's own story could be counterproductive. Normally I appreciate honesty, but I wish she hadn't disclosed these things about herself. If readers assume her romantic motives are present in other women, it will exacerbate the problem.In addition to her apparent disdain for other women (she only respected men's opinions), Pollack also derogates scientific disciplines that aren't physics. This passage angered me:"As to why there are more female chemists then physicists, my hunch is most chemists aren't looking to explain the universe, only to produce a fabric that doesn't wrinkle or absorb odors, a vanilla pudding that tastes more vanilla-y, a bacterium that eats up oil." (p. 202)She just insulted the ENTIRE FIELD OF CHEMISTRY! That is so offensive! As if physics is the only real science, the only one that truly requires intelligence and passion.My last complaint about this book is how woefully it covers scientific research on gender disparity in STEM fields. (Ironic, isn't it?) There are hundreds of psychology experiments on this very issue. She briefly mentioned one study on stereotype threat (without describing the phenomenon of stereotype threat itself), but she completely ignored a vast literature whose inclusion would only bolster her arguments. For example, social psychologist Amanda Diekman has conducted terrific research on why some women avoid STEM and how to change this. (See: htt[...]) But you know what? I bet Pollack doesn't even consider psychology a science.Again, I'm totally on board with the mission of this book, but I wish it had a different flag-bearer.

I got this book after seeing Ms. Pollack's interview on book TV. I thought there would be more of a historical reference on why women are rarely seen, in science disciplines... but her personal story was interesting. I liked how she correlated her experiences, with how she now encourages others. I'd recommend it for a rainy afternoon.

I loved this book and read it in two sittings. I found it compelling, but flawed. My reaction is mixed because while I could relate to and appreciate her story, the book was not what I expected. The last third of the book goes the direction the sales blurbs suggest, an informal study of why women leave STEM. Instead, the book, for the first two-thirds, is more of an explorative memoir analyzing why the author herself did not survive STEM. Then she seeks to find a confirmation of her one dimensional conclusions through other women's experiences or opinions. This by no means invalidates her experiences, and she's not wrong, but hers is more of a consensus of opinions than a hard hitting study and analysis. There are a few things she forgets to mention, such as the reason she was one of the first two women to get a physics degree from Yale was because Yale had only just started to admit women. Other women studied the hard sciences at many national and regional universities for many years before she showed up at Yale. However, I am certain every one of them faced very similar experiences in their fights to finish. I know this is so because I was an Applied Mathematics and Engineering major in the early 70s, pre-dating her, and there was not one day I felt accepted or welcome or comfortable. Everything she says has a ring of truth. But for those of us who persevered and then continued out into the world to make our marks, the adverse environment of college was just the beginning. So, for me, her memoir, full of self analysis, feels like regret and seeking validation for her choice to leave it behind. But in the end, this book is very much needed, and one I will recommend and buy for friends and family to read. First of all, so little has changed in forty years. Second, no nation can afford to close the door to half of its most talented people and continue to progress. Women now make up half of all medical school students and more than half of all law school students, but in STEM fields the numbers hover in the low double digits. For example, less than fifteen percent of engineers are female, up from the one percent when I began, but nowhere near what it could be. Why is that? If we can be a doctor who delivers babies, or a surgeon who operates on brains, or a lawyer who takes on the big pharmaceuticals, we can be an engineer who works on engines or roads or power plants or missiles, or a scientist who discovers new galaxies or finds a new subatomic particle or cures a disease. Eileen Pollack may have cracked that door open a sliver wider by asking the right questions, but what we really need are better answers.

I am a pharmacologist who is just a few years older than the author. I couldn't put the book down. I identified with so many of her experiences and outcomes. She helped me put so many of my own life experiences in perspective. Now my daughter is beginning her career in science, and I left the book with her. I hope it will help her feel that she is not alone, when she is the only woman in the room. Yes, maybe attitudes have changed in academia, but maybe they are just more subtle.

Eileen Pollack has written a courageous and highly personal agonizing account of her undergraduate days as a physics major at Yale. Her experiences with indifferent to sexist professors bites. My own student days at UPenn, years earlier, were the same: discouragement and outright misogyny. Few of us escaped without scars. No wonder we went west. Pollock's memoir is a challenge to change: support young women.

I read this in one sitting. She does a great job of demonstrating how unconscious bias affected her life and how it is still operational. I laughed out loud in many places! I am older than she is, and am a retired physician, and although my experiences were not as awful as many of hers, I could empathize.

This presents the facts and how changes MAY happen. It reminds me of the book Smart Girls Marry Money by Daniela Drake, MD. The fact is the percentage of women in business and in science means we have to follow the money. Facts don't lie. Teach your daughters science from an early age.

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"A very charming book.... Affectionate [and] lively....[Cheever] does an admirable job of bringing these long-dead Transcendentalists and abolitionists back to vivid life." -- USA Today"With affection, Cheever captures heavyweight writers Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau as they move in and out of each other's lives. Rich with charming anecdotes, the portrait is an undeniable winner." -- Boston Magazine"Literary history with a pinch of irreverent salt." -- The Boston Globe

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Susan Cheever is the bestselling author of thirteen previous books, including five novels and the memoirs Note Found in a Bottle and Home Before Dark. Her work has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Boston Globe Winship Medal. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a member of the Corporation of Yaddo, and a member of the Author's Guild Council. She teaches in the Bennington College M.F.A. program. She lives in New York City with her family.

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Paperback: 240 pages

Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (September 18, 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780743264624

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This is the best, most human presentation of the Transcendentalist I have read & I am an avid fan of Margaret Fuller. This book really made all the personalities come alive with strengths and weaknesses. Highly recommend.

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AMERICAN BLOOMSBURY is a study of the "genius cluster" centered in Concord, Massachusetts, 1835 - 1888, beginning with the arrival of Ralph Waldo Emerson and ending with the death of the last of the neighborhood's classic writers in the neighborhood. With the inheritance from a short-lived first wife from a wealthy family, Emerson largely supported friends like Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, the Alcott family and Margaret Fuller as they launched their careers. They shared Transcendentalism and a passion for intellectual pursuit. As in most close-knit communities, they had their intrigues, jealousies and fall-outs. The hope and beauty of a New England spring day is reflected in their early ambitions and again in their salutes to one another at the end of their lives. The themes they drew on, the events they witnessed at home and abroad, and the impact of the Civil War articulate the greater American experience of the 19th century.Though I'm very familiar with the writers' works, I hadn't studied their lives closely and this was a good general introduction, often full of surprises. Cheever vividly evokes the personages and setting with a storyteller's skill. I did not realize how fully she developed them until I felt the pang of loss as their mortality set in. This is by no means exhaustive biography or history; in fact, Cheever moves through it rather breathlessly. Her style is intended for a very general audience, not an academic one.The book is not perfect. Although she moves from 1835 to the last death, of Louisa May Alcott who is only a child at the outset, Cheever chooses to order her information around themes or events in their lives, which do not necessarily flow chronologically. She kind of swirls around and around as she moves through the 19th century. In one chapter, even one paragraph, she may bounce back and forth between several years. The coming of the railroad is experienced more than once, though from slightly different perspectives. Poor Margaret Fuller drowns at least 3 times. Sometimes you are left asking, now when exactly is this happening? Her chapters are quite short, 3 - 5 pages, which makes for a rather breakneck pace through the facts. She provides a time line, plenty of research notes and citations and an extensive bibliography at the back of the book that help answer questions that may arise.

I had high hopes for American Bloomsbury after hearing Susan Cheever interviewed on NPR. Some of what she wrote was interesting and new to me, but overall the book was not satisfying. It was interesting to read biographical details, especially of Thoreau and Hawthorne, but I felt that she was just scratching the surface and not really delving into her subjects' lives or works. She also has the annoying habit of adding uninteresting tidbits about her visits to the authors' homes or towns which don't really add anything to the narrative. I don't know enough about these figures to know what I was missing, but that didn't stop me from feeling that there was more to know.

The failures of fact in this book- on purpose or not- turn this into more fiction than fact; even the works the author cites don't hold up many of the claims in that book that they are supposedly included to buttress. With so many journals and letters available from the time you'd e better off reading those instead of this book if you want a sense of the people written about in this book.

This book is a gossipy book about the human (common to most people) and sometimes flirtatious behavior of the transcendentalists. It misses their greatness as writers, thinkers and social activists who were far ahead of their time.I have read about 6 books on this group in the past few months and this was the weakest. It is not horrible and it has some interesting anecdotes but it lacks "gravitas" for a group that clearly deserves it.David Mulligan

Susan Cheever brings a fantastic idea for a book with an extremely inventive design to almost perfect fruition. Her fascination with the intertwined lives of Alcott, Emerson, Fuller, Hawthorne, and Thoreau is contagious. I appreciated that she lent her own voice and sensibility to the content-it brought to life these nineteenth century authors with ageless human dilemmas. Cheever is clear in her beginning note the structure of the book will repeat events, from different perspectives. It is this aspect I felt developed less well than I had hoped. For a relatively short book with very short chapters, I found some of the repeat visits to a topic more tedious than illuminating. The best part: I learned a lot from a very fast and enjoyable read. The worst part: Iwanted to know more. Of course, that is not altogether a bad thing.

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Charles Johnston (1867-1931), was steeped in the wisdom of eastern traditions, having translated the ten Principle (Mukhya) Upanishads of the Vedanta, the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and other works of Sankaracharya, the Tao Teh King of Lao Tze, along with a running translation/commentary on a series of Buddhist suttas. He also wrote at length on the religious traditions of both east and west, focusing largely on the Vedanta of India and the Christian texts of the New Testament. These writings have been collated posthumously under the title “Hidden Wisdom: Collected Writings of Charles Johnston,” a four volume set of over 2500 pages! In addition to this is a further 1600 pages in his five principle works (see below). His writings are not only impressive in quantity, but also in quality. He elucidates the worlds spiritual philosophies, from east to west, as one united whole, demonstrating the oneness of their core tenets and the high value of their essential teachings. Books by Charles Johnston: The Tao Teh King: Lao Tse’s Book of the Way and of Righteousness, 1st Edition (2014). ISBN: 978-1484869161. The Bhagavad Gita: Songs of the Master, 2nd (Expanded) Edition (2014). ISBN: 978-1490451404. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man, 3rd (Expanded) Edition (2014). ISBN: 978-1484926635. The Vedanta Philosophy of Sankaracharya, 1st Edition (2014). ISBN: 978-1495946691. The Mukhya Upanishads: Books of Hidden Wisdom, 1st Edition (2014). ISBN: 978-1495946530. Hidden Wisdom: Collected Writings of Charles Johnston (2014). Volume I ISBN: 978-1502711229 Volume II ISBN: 978-1502711380 Volume III ISBN: 978-1502711595 Volume IV ISBN: 978-1502711953 The System of the Vedanta, Dr. Paul Deussen, tr. Charles Johnston, 1st Edition (1912). Essays and Article Collections by Johnston: Karma: Works and Wisdom The Memory of Past Births The Theosophy of the Upanishads Wisdom Traditions of East and West The Noble Teachings of Lord Buddha Unveiling the Wisdom of the Bible Emanation & States of Consciousness The Beginning of Real Life On Initiation and the Mysteries The Logos Doctrine A Study of Ancient Speech and Writing

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Two gripes:First, it's important to be very careful when ordering, I searched for the Shearer translation The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sacred Teachings) and commentary and it came up as a hardcover, but with options for a Kindle edition or a soft cover. The soft cover was very inexpensive so I clicked on that option and ordered. What I did not realize was that the soft cover is not the same book. It's not the Shearer but the Charles Johnston. I only realized this once it arrived. I guess I should have been more careful, but this should not be touted on the page for the Shearer edition as a soft-cover alternative. It was cheap enough that I'll keep it for comparison, but it's not the book I wanted and it's a warning to be careful when navigating around Amazon books.Second, the Johnston edition itself is really quite irritating. Each individual sutra is followed by a paragraph of commentary so steeped in the Christian tradition with its doctrines of sin and perversity, salvation, and servility to divine lordship that the connection with Patanjali's own words becomes a total mystery. I probably won't be able to stomach getting through the whole thing.Cheap though!

With the possible exception of the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is one of the most translated Hindu scripture in existence. The Commentaries are innumerable and rival in number to the translations as well.This book joins the ranks in the many available English versions. The translator of this version — not apparently identified in the book — points out that this is an “interpretation” of this great work.This version contains a commentary on each sutra. It also is a drastic reinterpretation of the work, creating a new terminology in the process. The meaning is there, the essence of the various sutras are present, but instead of retaining the original Sanskrit word of the various concepts found therein, or an ordinary translation, the translator/interpreter has employed his/her own terminology. Thus, instead of advidya, ignorance, the translator/interpreter uses “unwisdom.” The gunas are “potencies of nature.” Samskaras become “mind-impressions,” and pratyayas become “mind images.” Dharana becomes, “attention,” dhyana becomes “meditation,” samadhi becomes “soul vision,” and samyana, the combined concentration of dharana, dhyana, and samadhi, becomes “perfectly concentrated meditation.”Using terminology in this manner is in many instances conveys more meaning because many of the original Sanskrit words cannot be adequately translated in a single word. The Sanskrit word, vritti is a good example. Some translations render this word as “fluctuations.” It usually takes a commentary to further explain to meaning of vrittis. This interpretation uses the phrase, “versatile psychic nature.”This is an entirely different approach to the Yoga Sutras. While other translations have translated the sutras with more descriptive wording, and others have simply retained the original Sanskrit, this presentation goes farther in creating a entirely new terminology wholesale.It is an acquired taste, and you will probably be reading this reinterpretation with another conventional translation at hand to “translate” the translator/interpreter’s meaning, but this version will increase your understanding of this work.

This is a classic, authoritative translation and commentary. It's free because it's in the public domain. I personally found it easier to understand than any other translation and commentary. I even prefer it over the version of my beloved hero Swami Vivekananda.The audible version published by Om Shanti Audio is taken from this version. I wholeheartedly recommend that recording. You might prefer to read this kindle version before you buy the audible book. Either way, this will clear up many of your questions about Patanjali and yogic philosophy.

This book was a requirement for my 200-hr YTT. It brought together many of my past spiritual and psychological readings and learnings. I think it may be harder for someone to grasp if they haven't done some sort of extensive meditation and yoga practice but the reading displays the truth of mind and collective consciousness. I recommend it as a essential reading to any spiritual-reading library.

Borrowed this book from the library and liked it so much I bought a copy. For each sutra, the author gives Vyasa's commentary and then in the discussion section compares many commentaries on the sutras and gives broader explanation. Author includes charts and graphs that are extremly helpful in understanding the sutras. Each sutra is given in Devanagari/ Sanskrit and each word is individually translated into English. Do understand, this book only covers the first pada of the Yoga Sutras, but it is worth every penny.

I don't like this particular translation/discussion of the Sutras. Somehow the translator managed to convolute short, direct sentences. They introduce foreign terms and seem to go on tangents. I've found myself just reading the direct translation and then googling several other sites which do a much better job of discussing the sentences further, without having to create their own phrasing or concepts. And since you can already find Patanjali's writing online, you're really buying the book for the discussion of the translation.

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“Edward Castronova has again charted new waters to the virtual worlds emerging as the next frontier. He has proven himself as the oracle of the virtual world revolution.” ―Christian Renaud, Networked Virtual Environments, Cisco“A book full of insights about our online present and a hopeful look at the future where politics and economics will be increasingly governed by the rules of video games.” ―John Beck, President of The AttentionCompany and co-author of The Kids are Alright“As virtual worlds rise in popularity, they are bound to have effects on the way we live our real world lives. Dr. Castronova has put together a persuasive case that the real world may begin to model its institutions on games simply because the general populace finds them more fun. It's an eye-opening tour through how virtual worlds are run, and why practical, enjoyable governance is very different from the systems employed today.” ―Raph Koster, virtual world designer

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Edward Castronova is the author of Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games, he has been featured in such media as 60 Minutes, NPR, and The New York Times. He is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Telecommunications at Indiana University. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

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The central theme of Exodus is the concept of "attention migration". That is: that more and more people choose to immerse themselves in synthetic worlds (Castronova's word instead of "virtual worlds") - MMOGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games), like Second Life and World of Warcraft. Today they have at least 16 million registered users, and the number is increasing quickly. Also, some of these synthetic worlds function like alternate societies with their own norms of conduct, citizenships, economies, codes and policies and so on. In a information society where attention is central, the increasing attention spent on synthetic worlds will (according to Castronova) create a "atmospeheric event"...Castronova writes well and he discusses this social phenomenon and it's probable future impact in an interesting way. Though at times I think the discussion becomes a little repetitive, and I can't totally agree that "real" societies will have to become more "fun" and gamelike to compete with the synthetic counterparts. But it is a fascinating thought.

For any who wish to understand the virtual world, this is a major insight. From a gamer perspective, despite the first hand experience, this book highlighted many details that I had not realized. The digital world/internet has its own culture, whether or not the participant actively realizes this.From this book, I also decided to purchase Castronova's other book: Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games. It was then did I realize part of what is in this book is the same as its predecessor. Overall, very insightful.

THIS BOOK, EXODUS TO THE VIRTUAL WORLD, IS A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO THOSE WHO WISH TO STUDY THE ASPECTS OF LIFE IN THE VIRTUAL, OR, SYTHETIC WORLD. THE FASCINATION THAT PEOPLE HAVE WITH GETTING AWAY FROM REALITY BECAUSE IT IS BORING AND NO LONGER "FUN" IS A RATHER DANGEROUS ROAD TO TAKE. MOST WORKING ADULTS HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME TO JUGGLE WORK, FAMILY LIFE, AND THE MANY CHORES COMMON TO MOST FAMILIES. IMMERSING YOURSELF FOR 10 OR 20 HOURS A WEEK IN THE SYNTHETIC WORLD BECAUSE IT IS "FUN" AND LETTING GO OF REAL LIFE AND ONE'S RESPONSIBILITIES IS A LIDICROUS ACT OF SELF-CENTERED SELFISHNESS. IN MY OPINION IT IS AN IRRESPONSIBLE COP-OUT. THE AUTHOR PAYS ALMOST NO ATTENTION TO THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF LIFE IN THE SYNTHETIC WORLD, BUT, I SUPPOSE THAT WAS NOT HIS INTENT IN WRITING THE BOOK. I WOULD CERTAINLY NOT ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO TAKE THIS DANGEROUS ROAD. ALSO, MAKING MONEY IN THE SYNTHETIC WORLD IS LAUGHABLE: WHY WOULD ANYONE PAY $2000 FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN REAL LIFE? WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE BLIND TO THIS CORRUPT IDEA? INDEED,I WAS BORN IN A DIFFERENT WORLD.

This is a thought provoking book with an excellent tour of what goes on in the game design world. But let your own thoughts occur without being led by those of the author. In that way the read will be productive.The title is an accurate prediction but not a good indication of the content. I think increasing numbers will get involved in virtual reality for the fun and psychological rewards it brings, but they will do it for escape to a kind of pure and controlled environment, something the physical world can never be.Having been a character in World of Warcraft, a game I played with dedication for 9 months, I opened this book with anticipation.But the central premise that the fun to be had in the virtual world will bring demands for the real world to be more fun is more than a bit wacky. I get the impression that the author wanted to make some kind of broad statement in defense of virtual reality and settled on the transfer of fun.The real world is full of entertainment and fun already. Neil Postman wrote a book called Amusing Ourselves to Death that questioned it. That was a far better thought out book than this one.Castronova wants us to believe that the politics that work to make an online game can be transferred to real life but there are differences that make this all but impossible. For one thing, the risks in real life are real. You don't get to die and come back to life, you don't get an infinite number of tries to achieve a goal. The real environment is not magically regenerative so that once you have taken something another copy appears to be taken by others. There is no infinite supply of anything here on Terra Firma.Throughout the book, I kept wondering if he had read Brave New World, a dire warning of a world where pleasure for the masses has been achieved while the whole thing is watched over and directed by hidden managers. Castronova implies that it would be a good thing for virtual world game designers to step into positions of authority. Aldous Huxley is turning in his grave.The book increases in silliness, reaching a peak in the fantasy in the epilogue of a Senator logging in to World of Warcraft.But Castronova's effort is not a waste of time. Read it for enlightenment about how and why game worlds work as they do...and they do work very well.

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Shopping at the mall with Sarah-Charlotte, shed go into all the shoe stores to play with the little teeny sneakers for newborns, and think of all the pretty clothes she'd buy one day for Denim and Lace.Now she knew those names were nauseating, and if she did name her daughters Denim and Lace, there'd probably be a divorce, and her husband would get custody on the grounds anybody who chose those names was unfit. She'd have to name them something sensible, like Emily and Margaret.Peter, Adair, Sarah-Charlotte, Jason, Katrina, and Janie went in a mob down the wide stairs, through the wide halls, and into the far-too-small cafeteria. The kids complained about the architecture of the school (all that space dedicated to passing periods and hardly any to lunch), but they loved being crammed in, filching each other's potato chips, telling secrets they wanted everybody to overhear, passing notes to be snatched up by the boy you hoped would snatch them, and sending the people on the outside of the crush to get you a second milk.Everybody but Janie Johnson got milk: cardboard cartons so small you needed at least three, but the lunch ladies would never let you. Janie was envious. Those luckies are swigging down nice thick white milk, she thought, and I'm stuck with cranberry juice."Okay," said Sarah-Charlotte. Sarah-Charlotte would not bother with you if you tried to abbreviate her name. Last year she had reached a standoff with a teacher who insisted on calling her Sarah. Sarah-Charlotte glared at him silently for months until he began calling her Miss Sherwood, which let them both win. "Okay, who's been kidnapped this time?" said Sarah-Charlotte wearily, as if jaded with the vast number of kidnappings in the world. Sarah-Charlotte patted her white-blond hair, which was as neat as if she had cut it out of a magazine and pasted it onto her head. Janie, whose mass of hair was never the same two minutes in a row, and whose face could be difficult to find beneath the red tangles, never figured out how Sarah-Charlotte kept her hair so neat. "I have approximately five hundred thousand fewer hairs than you do," Sarah-Charlotte explained once.Everybody turned the milk cartons over to see who had been kidnapped. The local dairy put pictures of stolen children on the back of the carton. Every few weeks there was a new child."I don't know how you're supposed to recognize somebody who was three years old when she got taken from a shopping center in New Jersey, and that was nearly a dozen years ago," said Adair. "It's ridiculous." Adair was as sleek and smooth as her name; even her dark hair matched: unruffled and gleaming like a seal out of water.Janie sipped juice from a cardboard packet and pretended it was milk. Across the cafeteria Reeve waved. Reeve lived next door. He was a senior. Reeve never did homework. It was his life ambition to get in the Guinness Book of World Records, and the only thing he had a stab at was the "Never Did His Homework Once but Still Got the Occasional B Plus" listing.Reeve had gotten the occasional B plus, but he had also gotten a lot of D's and F's. News came from the Academic Office that unless Reeve shaped up, he would not graduate with his class.His two older sisters and one older brother had gone to spectacular colleges--Cornell, Princeton, and Stanford. They were mortified by Reeve's failures and came home weekends to tell him so.Reeve had ceased to speak to his entire family. In fact, he stomped away and had supper at Janie's so often that Janie's mother had said last night, "I'm thinking of charging your parents a meal fee."Reeve did not laugh. In a strangled voice he said, "I'm sorry. I won't come again."Janie's father punched him, the way, if it had been Janie, he would have hugged. Jabbing Reeve in the gut, her father said, "Meals here, bed there, Reeve. Someday we'll collect our debt.""Yeah, when I'm a plumber," said Reeve gloomily, "you'll let me clean your drains.""Now, Reeve. Just start studying, pull those grades up, and--" Her father broke off. "Right," he said, punching Reeve again. "In this house we won't discuss it. Here. Have a brownie and some ice cream."It was such a trespass on Reeve, that everybody knew the details. Whatever Reeve kept secret, his mother told Janie's mother anyway. Reeve felt cramped by the intimacy of his life: he had always lived in this town, always gone to this school. I want to live in a city, he'd said last night, and be anonymous.Ruefully Janie thought her name would give her a pretty good start if she wanted to go anonymous.Sarah-Charlotte was hoping Reeve would ask Janie out. Sarah-Charlotte was not interested in getting her driver's license; she was interested in having a steady boyfriend, who had to be tall, handsome, muscular, smart, courteous, and rich. Reeve was all but one."And if Reeve doesn't ask you out," was Sarah-Charlotte's theory, "maybe his friends will."Janie did not think the boy next door ever came through in real life. Nor would any of Reeve's friends ask her out. Last year's seniors had dated lots of younger girls. This year's seniors seemed annoyed that they had to be in the same building. And Janie felt younger than her age: she had grown later, and grown less. While Adair and Sarah-Charlotte were busy becoming sophisticated and articulate, Janie remained small. Her mother said she was cute. Janie loathed that word. Cute was for toddlers and kittens. Boys didn't date cute little girls. They dated streamlined, impressive women like Sarah-Charlotte and Adair.Besides, how would she date?Her parents didn't even let her go to the shopping mall alone. They'd never let her date. Alone with a boy? Hah. Not likely.Janie waved back at Reeve and he turned to his friends, duty done. If he knew I'm really Jayyne Jonstone, she thought, would he do more than wave?She felt curiously heavy: like the difference between whole milk and skim. Through the cafeteria windows the sun gleamed, filling the school with golden shafts in which dust swirled.On her left--so close he was nearly in her lap--Pete drank his milk in one long swig and crushed the carton in his hand. The boys loved doing that.If they had a soda, they stamped the can under their feet and looked proudly at the flat aluminum."My mother says none of them are really kidnapped anyhow," said Pete. "She says it's all hype."It took Janie several seconds to realize he was talking about the face on the milk carton. "What do you mean?" she said. She ate her peanut butter sandwich. Almost anything with peanut butter was excellent--peanut butter and marshmallow fluff; peanut butter and bananas--but a person needed milk to wash it down."All it is." said Pete firmly, "is divorce, where one parent gets mad and takes his own kid, but he doesn't tell the other parent where they're going. It's never actually a stranger stealing a kid, like on television.""You mean they weren't really stolen?" said Sarah-Charlotte, vastly disappointed. She made several dramatic gestures. There was no room for dramatic gestures in the cafeteria, and people grabbed to save the whipped-cream towers on their Jell-O from getting splattered by Sarah-Charlotte's hands. "Nobody wants a ransom?" cried Sarah-Charlotte. "Nobody is being tortured?"If I drink one carton of milk, Janie thought, is my allergy so serious I'll die? How boring the obituary would be: Here lies Jane Johnson. I should leave a note: Put ."Jayyne" on my stone.Janie shook her head.Pete and Jason immediately complained that they had gotten red hair in their faces and would Janie please get a grip on her hair."What do you want me to do?" demanded Janie. "Wear a net around it?""Either that or build an addition to the cafeteria to house it," said Peter.Everybody giggled.Janie shook her hair more vigorously. The boys ducked and threw potato chips at Janie, while she reached for Sarah-Charlotte's milk and drank it up.Perfect meal. Peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk. Janie set the carton down and sighed with pleasure.The little girl on the back of the carton stared back at her.It wasn't much of a picture. After all, how good could a picture be when it was printed on a milk carton?"You ready for that algebra test?" Jason asked Adair."I was ready till I ate cafeteria food. Do you think he'll let me out of the test if I have food poisoning?"The girl on the carton was an ordinary little girl. Hair in tight pigtails, one against each thin cheek. A dress with a narrow white collar. The dress was white with tiny dark polka dots.Something evil and thick settled on Janie, blocking her throat, dimming her eyes. "Sarah-Charlotte," she said. She could hear herself shouting Sarah-Charlotte's name, yet her lips were not moving; she was making no sound at all.She reached toward Sarah-Charlotte s sleeve, but her hand didn't obey. It lay motionless on top of the carton. It looked like somebody else's hand; she could not imagine herself wearing that shade of nail polish, or that silly ring."You drank my milk," accused Sarah-Charlotte."It's me on there," Janie whispered. Her head hurt. Was the milk allergy already setting in? Or was she going insane? Could you go insane this fast? Surely it took years to lose your mind.She imagined people losing their minds the way you might lose a penny, or your car keys--accidentally dropping your mind in the cafeteria."On where?" said Peter."The girl on the back of the carton," whispered Janie. How flat her voice sounded. As if she had ironed it. "It's me."She remembered that dress . . . how the collar itched . . . remembered the fabric; it was summer fabric; the wind blew through it . . . remembered how those braids swung like red silk against her cheeks."I know you're sick of school," said Sarah-Charlotte, "but claiming to be kidnapped is going a little too far, Janie."Pete retrieved his flattened milk and tried to shape it back into a carton. He read between the folds. "You were stolen ten years ago from a shopping center in New Jersey, Janie. What are you doing here?""Yeah," said Adair, giggling. "Why aren't you off yelling for the police?""Oh, she's just trying to get out of reading her essay," said Jason."No, she's just trying to steal my milk," said Sarah-Charlotte.The bell rang. The others hurled their garbage toward the huge plastic-lined trash cans by the door, and missed. Ducking under the plump arms of the lunch ladies, they raced back to class instead of picking it up.Janie held Sarah-Charlotte's empty milk carton and stared at the photograph of the little girl.I was kidnapped.From the Hardcover edition.

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Series: The Face on the Milk Carton Series

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I was captivated from the beginning. As the story unwound, becoming more and more convoluted and complex, I was enthralled. Janie's voice is teen and real. Her emotions are roller coaster crazy and equally real and her story is deeply touching. This book is a winner.

Great book for middle school. I keep the whole series in my classroom library. Perfect ending (even without the sequel). Caroline Cooney s the best middle grade/YA author that no one is talking about. Still waiting for the movie.

It is hard to imagine to find out that your whole life had been built on a lie and how you would react to such a discovery. Vascillating between not wanting to upset your current life, but also needing to know the real truth.

I read this book when I was a kid and remembered it being really good. So I bought it and read it to my boys, who are 10 and 11. There are some mature bits in it that I skipped over, but for the most part, it's just a good read.

I really hate stories that leave you completely confused.I didn't understand what the problem was .Why didn't she go to an adult.Why was the ending left up in the air.

I downloaded this thinking I could have my 11 year old read it with me. I think it was over his head, but I enjoyed it. I’ve now read this and the second in the series. Quick and easy read.

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Firstly, the story of Oak Island is a full of many people such as explorers, investors etc. So it does not come as a shock there are many characters to follow. This is especially true since the author has included all the history since it’s discovery in late 1700s. However, I found it very bogged down with many details, some I found unnecessary. I was also disappointed that while he gave extensive details on theories, he completely glazed past the ivory whistle that had been found on the island. Previous to reading this book, I had never heard of the ivory whistle and I consider myself a big fan of the show. He mentions it once and gives no details of how it was found, who found it and where it is now. These details is what interests me about the entire conspiracy. I am less interested in every little detail of how big the shafts were created. The extensive history he gives on every theory (and there is many many theories) lost me. I became bored over this far fetched and wordy description. I love history but even as a history fanatic, the relation to the history he provided and Oak Island was far stretched. Overall, it was very hard to follow and I found unorganized in thought. Perhaps he could have organized each chapter by a time period of exploration. This would have made things more clear. He jumped around so much it was not enjoyable to read.

Randall Sullivan has gone above all expectations and delivered The Most in depth history of Oak Island written to date. He gives an honest inside look at the past and present treasure hunt on Oak Island and this is a MUST READ for any Oak Island enthusiast! The book is filled with facts and Randall took his Rolling Stone article and built a literary monument of a book. His style is so palatable that even pages and pages of accounts of past bore holes are intriguing again and each theory is weighed realisticly and with solid facts. I’ve followed Oak Island for a while now and I absolutely enjoyed every page of this book! This is the real story behind the hit tv show also, and the Truth about the people behind it and the people involved in the hunt. Sullivan is an excellent & experienced writer, highly recommend it.

The book was well researched and well written. It flows well without dragging. The book covers the 200+ year long history of the search of/for the Money Pit through the current TV show with the Laginas. This book fills in a lot of the details that are mentioned only briefly on the show. The book also does a good job of tying together pertinent information. Like why finding Shaft 6 could be an important break thru in relocating the Money Pit's location lost since the collapse in 1861.Sullivan does a great job in debunking some of the more dubious theories presented by both past treasure hunters and in the War Room guest theorist episodes. The historical research and explanation of the possible involvement of Francis Bacon is well done. Good read, highly recommended.

I was looking forward to this book.. I have seen some of the episodes of the series, The Curse of Oak Island, but not all of them. Mr. Sullivan did tons of research , I found the book a little lacking. I would have liked more information about the men, past and present who obsessed about the Money Pit, and more about the archaeological dig. It was a valiant effort on Mr. Sullivan's part. Just wished the book had a little more meat to it.

Having watched nearly every episode of The Curse of Oak Island I decided to buy this book after seeing the author on the show. The book is very well researched and mentions details that are not in the show. The only complaint I have is the chapter on Francis Bacon; it is way too long. I nearly lost interest part way through that chapter. I would liked to have read more about the current search and the people involved.

If you only read one book about Oak Island, this is it. Describes the history from the beginning, the people, the theories, the books, major articles, and the amazing finds recently made that literally influence the history of this continent.For all the "dry" aspect of the history the author does an excellent job of putting excitement and intrigue into the story. I was not disappointed and highly recommend this book even if you have been a faithful follower of the show as have I. Many insights into the show and events surrounding the making of it. GREAT book!!!!

A great read. Yes, it's full of details. The book is very well written and takes the reader through 200 plus years of information up to the present day TV show. For those of you who had negative comments about the book, I'm not quite sure you actually read it. Kudos to Mr. Sullivan, a job well done.

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