The Works Of A. Workman: Volume 2

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YA-aholic rated it it was ok Shelves: Nov 30, Theresa Jones rated it liked it. Then I saw they were short stories… ok. But no, they are VERY short not even novellas novelettes. You will hear me say this time and again. I think I would love this story. Though there are a few things that bother me because they are super cheesy, like her name, and Christophers last name. BUT — other than that, I love it! I love the brothers, and Professor pops. I like the story, and the world building. The vampire queen tale, and her magic.

I like Cindy and her new found power. I even like Christopher. And I love RaShelles writing style! Will I finish the series…? Its supposed to have many more volumes I think I saw that there would be 12 somewhere, but im not positive Rating for the first 4 volumes: Nov 24, Melissa E. I swear, these installments are more like extended chapters, not even short stories seriously, what the hell is a "novelette"?

Is that even a word? Each one furthers the story a bit, but doesn't have a clear resolution of anything. I can see why the author decided to package it all together as a single ebook - there isn't much temptation to continue the story otherwise. The awkward writing remains, complete with comma and apostrophe abuse.

This is a very painful read if you are a stickler for I swear, these installments are more like extended chapters, not even short stories seriously, what the hell is a "novelette"? This is a very painful read if you are a stickler for proper grammar and spelling. She even hits one of my pet peeves Back to the point, this installment was better than the first. The awkward introduction is out of the way and Workman thankfully doesn't waste time recapping.

I like her version of vampire society as a sort of "hive", even if it was explained in stilted infodump style via Professor Pops. We also have the obligatory section of people telling Snow how beautiful she is, while she blushes and shuffles and says it ain't so. Mysterious New Guy is part of a new plot twist that surprises no one.

But I still kept reading, and this felt much more like a coherant story than that first mess.

There is a lot of potential in this "novelette" Feb 04, Tricia McAllister Houseman rated it liked it. Snow wakes up after being bitten by a Hunter. Turned into a Revenant, she must learn how to defend herself, and learn about other types of creatures to ensure she survives. Gabe, one of her 7 best friends, spills how he really feels about her. And Professor Pops explains that all the boys have some type of feelings for her, shocking Snow. Going back to school as a Revenant proved to be harder than she imaged. Pulled out of school by the Professor, Snow learns about the other creatures and the pos Snow wakes up after being bitten by a Hunter.

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Pulled out of school by the Professor, Snow learns about the other creatures and the possibly of what could be after her. She learns that her blood cravings are more towards males, excluding females because of her bond with the 7 brothers. It is pretty much up to the 7 brothers to protect her from anything that might come after her. Will Snow White become the next Queen of the Vampires? There is a lot to tell, but in this novelette, telling too much will simply spoil the read.

May 24, Miranda rated it really liked it Shelves: This second installment of Blood and Snow was again written beautifully. I really enjoyed Kenmei and Pops history lessons about the Queen and revenants, among a few other things they talked about. Also Pops museum of all things supernatural was so cool, cant wait till they get into the books about each creature to see how Mrs.

Workman plans on creating her own version of them.

Is the theme that all "Snow White's be d This second installment of Blood and Snow was again written beautifully. Is the theme that all "Snow White's be destined to be seeked and choosen to become the Queens new body? It was sad to hear also that most hunters end up falling in love with those they've choosen bitten Thanks goodness I have the others or I would've been in a bit of a funk after the ending in this one.

Jan 14, Miss rated it liked it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Snow learns more about what she is in the second installment. Professor Pops helps Snow understand how the human world and the supernatural world work together. He even intends on training her as much as possible if she were ever to need to defend herself. Snow's blood lust grows more than any vampire Professor Pops has known. It grows with each passing day and Snow can't even make it through school without feeling a desire for blood.

Snow doesn't feel like herself and even worse, she and Gabe p Snow learns more about what she is in the second installment. Snow doesn't feel like herself and even worse, she and Gabe push each other away even more in this story. Gabe for being scared of Snow and she for thinking she's a sleaze for wanting to drink another males blood. This was a good sequel and it left me wanting to more.

I just wish there was more to the story like I thought there was going to be. Doesn't leave much for me to say in this review which is rare for me. Dec 14, Phaedra Seabolt rated it it was amazing. Another very fast read. I read this novelette in less than four hours, but some of that is because I seriously just want to know how this entire series is going to play out. This story focuses on Snow White learning more about what it means to be a revenant. She discovers her bloodlust in conjunction blossoming feelings for Gabe and her Hunter.

In a very short amount of time, she learns that there are more than just vampires in the world. While she is destined to become a vampire, there are othe Another very fast read. While she is destined to become a vampire, there are others out there that may want to kill her before her transition is complete. In the meantime, she has to try to be a normal teenager by going to school and not feeding on anyone. This book has a rather surprising ending in my opinion. I thought it was very well written and have already started reading the third book in the series.

Read more reviews at Identity Discovery Blog. A lot more things happened in this second book. I feel like Snow needed to ask more questions. I'm sure that if you learn that your turning into a vampire, you'll be freaking out and you'll specially not go to school the next day. You don't know what the hell is going on with you, so going to school where there's a lot of teenagers filled with blood wouldn't be a great idea.

I think Snow also moves from guy to guy pretty quick. She does things and then she realized what she did. She says it's no A lot more things happened in this second book. She says it's not something she would normally do, maybe it's her changing, or yeah that she's under the Hunters spell. But she still falls for it at the end. I think she's going to do things she's going to regret. She's learning about her self and other creatures. So far the books seemed to be okay. I like all the characters, so that's good.

I'll check out the next book: Dec 30, Bel Blackthorn rated it liked it Shelves: Esa creencia de "no soy como las otras chicas Nov 18, Valentina added it. Debo admitir que jamas pense que un libro tan corto pudiera llenarme tanto. Es increible como en unas pocas paginas la autora te pone a sufrir inimaginablemente. Solo quiero decir que debore este libro aun mas rapido que el anterior y al paso que voy, seguro termine esta saga mas rapido de lo que me gustaria. He intentado ir mas lento pero la historia me consume tan rapidamente que ya no me puedo controlar.

Ahora bien, estoy aun mas intrigada sobre como se va a desarrollar la relacion de Snow co Debo admitir que jamas pense que un libro tan corto pudiera llenarme tanto. Ahora bien, estoy aun mas intrigada sobre como se va a desarrollar la relacion de Snow con Gabe y con Chace y debo decirlo, soy amante de Gabe mas que de Chace asi que VIVA TEAM GABE Animense a leerlo, de verdad que es de los mejores retellings que he leido en la vida y merecen conocerlo y ojala amarlo tanto como lo hago yo Oct 21, Denice rated it liked it Shelves: And it's still kinda bloody May 08, Marley rated it liked it.

Probably Round up to 3. I read Volumes They are short books and really are best read together, I think. But then again, it seems like aside from the men who know her "secret" no one else seems to think she's special or attractive. Once my annoying with that was over, I gotta say I enjoyed the plot. Some of the dialogue seemed not very natural and sometimes she seems like she Probably Round up to 3.

Some of the dialogue seemed not very natural and sometimes she seems like she was 17 instead of 15 which does make a difference. But still, I kept reading and was very surprised I was kept interested. Sep 02, Teiamarie rated it really liked it. It was so easy to get caught up in this story!

Snow White is getting used to the idea of being a revenant. We also find out that all the brothers have feelings for her and despite being awkward and clumsy Snow is quite a bit more physically beautiful than she leads us to believe. We also get a little more action from her Hunter but I'm still pulling for Gabe! RaShelle Workman definitely has a talent for drawing the reader in and holding their interest! She makes story weaving look so effortless It was so easy to get caught up in this story!

She makes story weaving look so effortless! I am loving this series more and more as I delve further into it and have already moved on to the next novella in the story! Feb 22, Marsha rated it liked it. In this installment, Snow struggles with her bloodlust as well as to her growing attraction to Gabe and the new student, Christopher. Addtionslly it seems the other six brothers are struggling with their growing attraction to Snow as well. This installment follows more closely along the Grimm's Brothers myth of Snow White.

We have the magic mirror and Prince Charming. This install "Revenant in Training" begins right as the first book ends with Snow trying to adjust. This installment ended as abruptly as the first boo; but, I did not enjoy it as much as the first book. Once again this read wad entirely too short. Sep 04, Mimi Barbour rated it it was amazing. Fairy tales and vampires - humor and action - what a story? To visit this incredible world that the author has developed is an experience in itself. Snow is a wonderful heroine who pulls you into her web of fascination and she makes you care about what is going to happen.

Will love develop with the guy she dreams about? Will the Vampire Queen win the battle against this young girl? It's a fascinating read written by a wonderful author.

I'm so thankful it's a series and we'll get to see more of " Fairy tales and vampires - humor and action - what a story? I'm so thankful it's a series and we'll get to see more of "Revenant in Training". I will say I enjoyed these books and would have rated them probably a 4 but I feel several of them should be combined into one book. These are really short yet they are not really novelettes as there's no "end" to any of them. It's like one story broken up into small segments which end rather abruptly.

I do love the originality and idea of the story very much. Jun 30, McKenzie Richardson rated it it was ok Shelves: Pretty standard sexy-teen-vampire-romance story. Not much really happened in this installment. The main character is pretty much moved from scene to scene, wondering why every male character loves her and finds her so beautiful in a greatly Bella-esque way. The writing is very simplistic, making for an easy, but not very engaging, read. Like the first, this book is very short, more of a short story broken up into chapters. I have the next two ebooks and got them for free, so I will most likely re Pretty standard sexy-teen-vampire-romance story.

I have the next two ebooks and got them for free, so I will most likely read them, but am not all that motivated to find out where the series goes. Dec 17, Traci rated it liked it Shelves: I liked the first one all right even with the grammatical mistakes and have already started the third, but this installment seemed to make Snow White into a Mary Sue more than anything.

All the guys want her. Her BFF Cinderella is jealous of her. The soil and this, economically speaking, includes water in the virgin state in which it supplies [1] man with necessaries or the means of subsistence ready to hand, exists independently of him, and is the universal subject of human labour. All those things which labour merely separates from immediate connexion with their environment, are subjects of labour spontaneously provided by Nature.

Such are fish which we catch and take from their element, water, timber which we fell in the virgin forest, and ores which we extract from their veins. If, on the other hand, the subject of labour has, so to say, been filtered through previous labour, we call it raw material; such is ore already extracted and ready for washing.

All raw material is the subject of labour, but not every subject of labour is raw material: An instrument of labour is a thing, or a complex of things, which the labourer interposes between himself and the subject of his labour, and which serves as the conductor of his activity. Thus Nature becomes one of the organs of his activity, one that he annexes to his own bodily organs, adding stature to himself in spite of the Bible.

As the earth is his original larder, so too it is his original tool house. The earth itself is an instrument of labour, but when used as such in agriculture implies a whole series of other instruments and a comparatively high development of labour. Thus in the oldest caves we find stone implements and weapons.

In the earliest period of human history domesticated animals, i. Relics of bygone instruments of labour possess the same importance for the investigation of extinct economic forms of society, as do fossil bones for the determination of extinct species of animals. It is not the articles made, but how they are made, and by what instruments, that enables us to distinguish different economic epochs.

The latter first begins to play an important part in the chemical industries. In a wider sense we may include among the instruments of labour, in addition to those things that are used for directly transferring labour to its subject, and which therefore, in one way or another, serve as conductors of activity, all such objects as are necessary for carrying on the labour-process. These do not enter directly into the process, but without them it is either impossible for it to take place at all, or possible only to a partial extent. Once more we find the earth to be a universal instrument of this sort, for it furnishes a locus standi to the labourer and a field of employment for his activity.

Among instruments that are the result of previous labour and also belong to this class, we find workshops, canals, roads, and so forth. Labour has incorporated itself with its subject: That which in the labourer appeared as movement, now appears in the product as a fixed quality without motion. The blacksmith forges and the product is a forging. If we examine the whole process from the point of view of its result, the product, it is plain that both the instruments and the subject of labour, are means of production, [6] and that the labour itself is productive labour.

Though a use-value, in the form of a product, issues from the labour-process, yet other use-values, products of previous labour, enter into it as means of production. The same use-value is both the product of a previous process, and a means of production in a later process. Products are therefore not only results, but also essential conditions of labour.

With the exception of the extractive industries, in which the material for labour is provided immediately by Nature, such as mining, hunting, fishing, and agriculture so far as the latter is confined to breaking up virgin soil , all branches of industry manipulate raw material, objects already filtered through labour, already products of labour.

Such is seed in agriculture. But in the great majority of cases, instruments of labour show even to the most superficial observer, traces of the labour of past ages. Raw material may either form the principal substance of a product, or it may enter into its formation only as an accessory. An accessory may be consumed by the instruments of labour, as coal under a boiler, oil by a wheel, hay by draft-horses, or it may be mixed with the raw material in order to produce some modification thereof, as chlorine into unbleached linen, coal with iron, dye-stuff with wool, or again, it may help to carry on the work itself, as in the case of the materials used for heating and lighting workshops.

The distinction between principal substance and accessory vanishes in the true chemical industries, because there none of the raw material re-appears, in its original composition, in the substance of the product. Every object possesses various properties, and is thus capable of being applied to different uses. One and the same product may therefore serve as raw material in very different processes. Corn, for example, is a raw material for millers, starch-manufacturers, distillers, and cattlebreeders.

It also enters as raw material into its own production in the shape of seed; coal, too, is at the same time the product of, and a means of production in, coal-mining. Again, a particular product may be used in one and the same process, both as an instrument of labour and as raw material. Take, for instance, the fattening of cattle, where the animal is the raw material, and at the same time an instrument for the production of manure.

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A product, though ready for immediate consumption, may yet serve as raw material for a further product, as grapes when they become the raw material for wine. On the other hand, labour may give us its product in such a form, that we can use it only as raw material, as is the case with cotton, thread, and yarn. Such a raw material, though itself a product, may have to go through a whole series of different processes: Hence we see, that whether a use-value is to be regarded as raw material, as instrument of labour, or as product, this is determined entirely by its function in the labour-process, by the position it there occupies: Whenever therefore a product enters as a means of production into a new labour-process, it thereby loses its character of product, and becomes a mere factor in the process.

A spinner treats spindles only as implements for spinning, and flax only as the material that he spins. Of course it is impossible to spin without material and spindles; and therefore the existence of these things as products, at the commencement of the spinning operation, must be presumed: On the contrary, it is generally by their imperfections as products, that the means of production in any process assert themselves in their character of products.

A blunt knife or weak thread forcibly remind us of Mr. In the finished product the labour by means of which it has acquired its useful qualities is not palpable, has apparently vanished. A machine which does not serve the purposes of labour, is useless. In addition, it falls a prey to the destructive influence of natural forces. Iron rusts and wood rots. Yarn with which we neither weave nor knit, is cotton wasted.

Living labour must seize upon these things and rouse them from their death-sleep, change them from mere possible use-values into real and effective ones. If then, on the one hand, finished products are not only results, but also necessary conditions, of the labour-process, on the other hand, their assumption into that process, their contact with living labour, is the sole means by which they can be made to retain their character of use-values, and be utilised. Labour uses up its material factors, its subject and its instruments, consumes them, and is therefore a process of consumption.

Such productive consumption is distinguished from individual consumption by this, that the latter uses up products, as means of subsistence for the living individual; the former, as means whereby alone, labour, the labour-power of the living individual, is enabled to act. The product, therefore, of individual consumption, is the consumer himself; the result of productive consumption, is a product distinct from the consumer. In so far then, as its instruments and subjects are themselves products, labour consumes products in order to create products, or in other words, consumes one set of products by turning them into means of production for another set.

But, just as in the beginning, the only participators in the labour-process were man and the earth, which latter exists independently of man, so even now we still employ in the process many means of production, provided directly by Nature, that do not represent any combination of natural substances with human labour. The labour-process, resolved as above into its simple elementary factors, is human action with a view to the production of use-values, appropriation of natural substances to human requirements; it is the necessary condition for effecting exchange of matter between man and Nature; it is the everlasting Nature-imposed condition of human existence, and therefore is independent of every social phase of that existence, or rather, is common to every such phase.

It was, therefore, not necessary to represent our labourer in connexion with other labourers; man and his labour on one side, Nature and its materials on the other, sufficed. Let us now return to our would-be capitalist. We left him just after he had purchased, in the open market, all the necessary factors of the labour process; its objective factors, the means of production, as well as its subjective factor, labour-power. With the keen eye of an expert, he has selected the means of production and the kind of labour-power best adapted to his particular trade, be it spinning, bootmaking, or any other kind.

He then proceeds to consume the commodity, the labour-power that he has just bought, by causing the labourer, the impersonation of that labour-power, to consume the means of production by his labour. The general character of the labour-process is evidently not changed by the fact, that the labourer works for the capitalist instead of for himself; moreover, the particular methods and operations employed in bootmaking or spinning are not immediately changed by the intervention of the capitalist.

He must begin by taking the labour-power as he finds it in the market, and consequently be satisfied with labour of such a kind as would be found in the period immediately preceding the rise of capitalists. Changes in the methods of production by the subordination of labour to capital, can take place only at a later period, and therefore will have to be treated of in a later chapter.

The labour-process, turned into the process by which the capitalist consumes labour-power, exhibits two characteristic phenomena. First, the labourer works under the control of the capitalist to whom his labour belongs; the capitalist taking good care that the work is done in a proper manner, and that the means of production are used with intelligence, so that there is no unnecessary waste of raw material, and no wear and tear of the implements beyond what is necessarily caused by the work. Secondly, the product is the property of the capitalist and not that of the labourer, its immediate producer.

To the purchaser of a commodity belongs its use, and the seller of labour-power, by giving his labour, does no more, in reality, than part with the use-value that he has sold. From the instant he steps into the workshop, the use-value of his labour-power, and therefore also its use, which is labour, belongs to the capitalist. By the purchase of labour-power, the capitalist incorporates labour, as a living ferment, with the lifeless constituents of the product. From his point of view, the labour-process is nothing more than the consumption of the commodity purchased, i.

The labour-process is a process between things that the capitalist has purchased, things that have become his property. The product of this process belongs, therefore, to him, just as much as does the wine which is the product of a process of fermentation completed in his cellar. The product appropriated by the capitalist is a use-value, as yarn, for example, or boots. Use-values are only produced by capitalists, because, and in so far as, they are the material substratum, the depositories of exchange-value. Our capitalist has two objects in view: His aim is to produce not only a use-value, but a commodity also; not only use-value, but value; not only value, but at the same time surplus-value.

It must be borne in mind, that we are now dealing with the production of commodities, and that, up to this point, we have only considered one aspect of the process. Just as commodities are, at the same time, use-values and values, so the process of producing them must be a labour-process, and at the same time, a process of creating value. We know that the value of each commodity is determined by the quantity of labour expended on and materialised in it, by the working-time necessary, under given social conditions, for its production.

This rule also holds good in the case of the product that accrued to our capitalist, as the result of the labour-process carried on for him. Assuming this product to be 10 lbs. For spinning the yarn, raw material is required; suppose in this case 10 lbs.

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We have no need at present to investigate the value of this cotton, for our capitalist has, we will assume, bought it at its full value, say of ten shillings. In this price the labour required for the production of the cotton is already expressed in terms of the average labour of society. We will further assume that the wear and tear of the spindle, which, for our present purpose, may represent all other instruments of labour employed, amounts to the value of 2s.

We must not let ourselves be misled by the circumstance that the cotton has taken a new shape while the substance of the spindle has to a certain extent been used up. By the general law of value, if the value of 40 lbs. In the case we are considering the same working-time is materialised in the 10 lbs.

Therefore, whether value appears in cotton, in a spindle, or in yarn, makes no difference in the amount of that value. The spindle and cotton, instead of resting quietly side by side, join together in the process, their forms are altered, and they are turned into yarn; but their value is no more affected by this fact than it would be if they had been simply exchanged for their equivalent in yarn. The labour required for the production of the cotton, the raw material of the yarn, is part of the labour necessary to produce the yarn, and is therefore contained in the yarn.

The same applies to the labour embodied in the spindle, without whose wear and tear the cotton could not be spun. Hence, in determining the value of the yarn, or the labour-time required for its production, all the special processes carried on at various times and in different places, which were necessary, first to produce the cotton and the wasted portion of the spindle, and then with the cotton and spindle to spin the yarn, may together be looked on as different and successive phases of one and the same process.

The whole of the labour in the yarn is past labour; and it is a matter of no importance that the operations necessary for the production of its constituent elements were carried on at times which, referred to the present, are more remote than the final operation of spinning. Therefore the labour contained in the raw material and the instruments of labour can be treated just as if it were labour expended in an earlier stage of the spinning process, before the labour of actual spinning commenced. The values of the means of production, i. Two conditions must nevertheless be fulfilled.

First, the cotton and spindle must concur in the production of a use-value; they must in the present case become yarn. Value is independent of the particular use-value by which it is borne, but it must be embodied in a use-value of some kind. Secondly, the time occupied in the labour of production must not exceed the time really necessary under the given social conditions of the case. Therefore, if no more than 1 lb.

Though the capitalist have a hobby, and use a gold instead of a steel spindle, yet the only labour that counts for anything in the value of the yarn is that which would be required to produce a steel spindle, because no more is necessary under the given social conditions. We now know what portion of the value of the yarn is owing to the cotton and the spindle. The next point for our consideration is, what portion of the value of the yarn is added to the cotton by the labour of the spinner. We have now to consider this labour under a very different aspect from that which it had during the labour-process; there, we viewed it solely as that particular kind of human activity which changes cotton into yarn; there, the more the labour was suited to the work, the better the yarn, other circumstances remaining the same.

The labour of the spinner was then viewed as specifically different from other kinds of productive labour, different on the one hand in its special aim, viz. For the operation of spinning, cotton and spindles are a necessity, but for making rifled cannon they would be of no use whatever. Here, on the contrary, where we consider the labour of the spinner only so far as it is value-creating, i. It is solely by reason of this identity, that cotton planting, spindle making and spinning, are capable of forming the component parts differing only quantitatively from each other, of one whole, namely, the value of the yarn.

Here, we have nothing more to do with the quality, the nature and the specific character of the labour, but merely with its quantity. And this simply requires to be calculated. We proceed upon the assumption that spinning is simple, unskilled labour, the average labour of a given state of society.

Hereafter we shall see that the contrary assumption would make no difference. While the labourer is at work, his labour constantly undergoes a transformation: We say labour, i. In the process we are now considering it is of extreme importance, that no more time be consumed in the work of transforming the cotton into yarn than is necessary under the given social conditions. If under normal, i. Not only the labour, but also the raw material and the product now appear in quite a new light, very different from that in which we viewed them in the labour-process pure and simple.

The raw material serves now merely as an absorbent of a definite quantity of labour. By this absorption it is in fact changed into yarn, because it is spun, because labour-power in the form of spinning is added to it; but the product, the yarn, is now nothing more than a measure of the labour absorbed by the cotton. Definite quantities of product, these quantities being determined by experience, now represent nothing but definite quantities of labour, definite masses of crystallised labour-time. We are here no more concerned about the facts, that the labour is the specific work of spinning, that its subject is cotton and its product yarn, than we are about the fact that the subject itself is already a product and therefore raw material.

If the spinner, instead of spinning, were working in a coal mine, the subject of his labour, the coal, would be supplied by Nature; nevertheless, a definite quantity of extracted coal, a hundredweight for example, would represent a definite quantity of absorbed labour. The same quantity of labour is also embodied in a piece of gold of the value of three shillings.

Consequently by the mere labour of spinning, a value of three shillings is added to the cotton. Let us now consider the total value of the product, the 10 lbs. Hence, fifteen shillings is an adequate price for the 10 lbs. Our capitalist stares in astonishment. The value of the product is exactly equal to the value of the capital advanced. The value so advanced has not expanded, no surplus-value has been created, and consequently money has not been converted into capital. The price of the yarn is fifteen shillings, and fifteen shillings were spent in the open market upon the constituent elements of the product, or, what amounts to the same thing, upon the factors of the labour-process; ten shillings were paid for the cotton, two shillings for the substance of the spindle worn away, and three shillings for the labour-power.

The swollen value of the yarn is of no avail, for it is merely the sum of the values formerly existing in the cotton, the spindle, and the labour-power:

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