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From the author of the international bestseller The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide is a novel of adventure and romance set in the exotic Sundarbans -- treacherous islands in the Bay of Bengal where isolated inhabitants live in fear of drowning tides and man-eating tigers. A headstrong young American arrives in this lush landscape to study a rare species of river dolphin. She enlists the aid of a local fisherman and a translator, and soon their fates on the waterways will be determined by the forces of nature and human folly.
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Cetologist.......2007-09-18
I have to admit I love books about India and tigers. "jungle child" by norah burke especially. first the good things about The Hungry Tide: 1.It was written as a series of flashbacks all equally interesting: american girl, snobby Indian fellow and his sad-sap uncle. 2. it takes place in an unknown-to-me-part of the world: an archipeligo off the eastern coast of india/bangladesh. 3. It concerns ecology and the preservation of animals whose existance is fatally threatened by humans. It kind of makes the case for the humans vis-a-vis endangered species. Like why shouldnt people move into crappy low-life places where tigers roam free and then why shouldnt the people kill the tigers who have nothing left to eat so they eat the settlers? So that's the good part. Now for the drawbacks: 1. the author is not really an especially good writer. I still dont understand how islands can be totally submerged when the tides come in and still have huge tigers running around when the tide goes out. Do the tigers sit on the tops of the trees half their lives or what? 2. The characters were not especially inteligible. None of them ellicited any emotions. They were just cardboard characters. Like: hey look here is a american girl with short hair who is a cetologist. she also eats power bars and rejects local food for months and months. thats a lot of power bars in her back pack. 3. The relations between the sexes were bitter and mean in every single case. Does that mean something special or is the author just a grouch?
Lasting impression.......2007-09-09
This is the third book by Amitav Ghosh which I have read now, after "In an Antique Land" and "Glass Palace". Each time I was not only gripped by the plot and the vivid descriptions, but I felt truly enriched by the many references to burning issues of our world. Among those three books I consider "The Hungry Tide" as the most finely worked-out novel. It provides a much-needed meditation on the relationship between man and nature, and between East and West.
I was carried away by The Hungry Tide.......2007-09-08
I listened to this book driving to work and thoroughly enjoyed the story, the writing and the wonderful narrator. I was transported into a world so different from anything I had every experienced or read about. The rhythm of the prose somehow carried me along. Every person was interesting, every locale fascinating. The pace of the book is slow and even but never dull; things start happening and keep happening, unrolling like river that is such an important part of this story.
Immerse yourself in the Hungry Tide. You'll be transported!
The Tigers in India.......2007-07-14
"The Tigers in India" is a short essay by William James in which he contrasted knowing that there were tigers in India by hearing about them from knowing that there were tigers in India by actually seeing and coming into contact with them. Amitav Ghosh's fine novel "The Hungry Tide" made me feel I knew the man-eating tigers of India in this second, more intimate way. Ghosh's novel is at its best when it describes the wild, untamable and fierce qualities of nature which do not bend to human will. The novel is full of vivid descriptions of tigers and their human prey, crocodiles, snakes, large forests of mangroves, storms, and fatal typhoons.
"The Hungry Tide" is set in a remote part of northeast India known as the Sundarbans which consists of thousands of small islands formed by the interflux of two rivers as they flow into the Bay of Bengal. Life is precarious with shifting islands, tigers and other predators, poor soil, and minimal contact with the outside world. Ghosh describes the people of the Sundarbans, their history, and their struggles with the natural world. He made me yearn to visit this unfamiliar place.
The novel develops slowly. There are three major and a host of secondary characters. It is a great deal to follow and absorb. The first primary character is Piya, a young American scholar of Indian descent. She is a student of marine mammals and has come to the Sudabar to study the river dolphin. We learn a great deal about dolphins in this book, but the descriptions don't have the vividness of the scenes with the tigers or crocodiles. The second main character, Kanai, is urbane, 42 years old, a successful translator, and a womanizer. He is in the Sundarbans at the request of his aunt Nilina who wants him to read a journal left by her late husband, Nirmal. Nilina is a pragmatist and activist who has built her life by helping others and creating a hospital on a small island. Her husband, a would-be poet, radical, and dreamer lived in her shadow. His journal tells the story of a group of Bangaladeshi immigrants who were forced out of a Forest Reserve in the Sundarbans by the Indian government in order to preserve the tigers.
The third main character is an uneducated fisherman named Fokir. Fokir comes to Piya's rescue at several points in the novel and he helps her find dolphins. Fokir doesn't speak English and he and Piya cannot verbally communicate. Fokir's wife Moyna has struggled to get an education and to become a nurse. There are tensions between her and her illiterate husband.
The portions of the book that deal with nature and the Sundarbans interthread with the stories and relationships of the characters. In particular, Ghosh explores the tension between love and sexuality on on hand and education and career on the other hand, especially as this tension applies to women. This theme is developed in three characters: Piya has seemingly abandoned the possibility of a committed relationship in order to pursue her research on the river dolphin. She must identify and struggle with her developing feelings for both Fokir and Kanai. Nilima became an organizer and a force in the Sundarbans by building the hospital and organizing the community while her schoolteacher husband remained on the sidelines -- creating unhappiness between them. Fokir and Moyna struggle to raise their son and keep their marriage in the face of the differences between them in education and ambition. Ghosh subtly develops this theme throughout the book. He shows how changing gender roles and expectations affect both life in the developed world of the United States and urban India and in rural, isolated areas such as the Sundarbans.
There are many other themes, including the modern conservation movement, explored with understanding and balance in Ghosh's novel. At times, indeed, there was something of an overload. I thought the book was awkwardly constructed as it moves back and forth from chapter to chapter between Piya's story and Kanai's story until they gradually interconnect. The narrative is frequently delayed by long stories which, while interesting in themselves, interfere with the flow of the action. At times I grew impatient and wanted the story to proceed.
In summary, what most impressed me in this book were first the dramatic pictures of raw and violent nature in the Sundarbans and second the nuanced discussion of issues that people face involving the priorities of love and work, as these issues continue to unfold and evolve in all parts of the world.
Robin Friedman
The Hungry Tide: An Audio Book.......2007-07-02
This is a wonderful book; I listened to the audio version during my commute, and the reader was quite talented. The novel is written in such a way that you feel like you are on the river counting dolphins, and in the jungle watching the tiger watch you.
I've got to read more of this author.
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Small-town Idaho, where everyone knows your business, is no place for a baby dyke to go looking for love. Especially when murder and homophobia are stalking the streets. For Wilhelmina "Bil" Hardy, trapped in the coils of her eccentric family and off-the-wall friends, neither the course of true love nor amateur sleuthing runs smooth. Mistaken identity, misunderstandings, and mysteries galore take Bil to places she's never dreamed of visiting.
Idaho Code is a funny book about love, family, and the freedom you can find in a state that values individuality more than common sense.
Joan Opyr's hobbies are politics, politics, and politics, though, for the sake of variation, she has been known occasionally to dance the polka.
Customer Reviews:
Golden Crown Literary Society Award Winner!.......2007-08-09
Rollicking good read! Highly entertaining characters.
More than a mystery - more than a romance. Unique story telling with a huge cast of odd-ball characters. I was so delighted by the characters populating the story that I didn't care how the mystery was resolved.
Unlike any story you will read this year. At over 300 pages this was a substantial read.
Short and To the Point.......2007-02-22
Not sure what to expect, but intrigued by reviews of the book, I picked up `Idaho Code' with high expectations. I think my expectations were too high because, although I enjoyed the book, I was not wowed by it as others seem to have been. Opyr's text is well-written and easy to follow; and the characters are interesting. However, the story is lacking something I can't quite identify. It didn't grab me and hold my attention from cover to cover. There is a lot of humor peppered throughout the story, much of which is intelligent humor and not slapstick. The humor was probably the best part of the book. This is much shorter than my typical book review, but I'm not sure there is much more to say.
fabulous first novel.......2006-10-30
Joan Opyr has concocted a delicious mystery read that, while incorporating all the necessary ingredients (a dead body, mistaken identities, family skeletons and accidental detectives), also throws in some outrageously zesty herbs and spices --- a lesbian wilderness retreat cum shooting range cum softball battleground, psilocybin mushrooms (or are they shiitakes?), Radical Faeries, Lesbian Avengers, heterosexist preachers and outlandish outings. Jam-packed with witty, laugh-aloud dialogue, this story is sure to start a groundswell for more Idaho-seasoned fare from the eminently talented Ms. Opyr and her fledgling detective, Bil Hardy. (Recommend with a side of spuds and home-made hard cider.) Cheers!
It will make you laugh..........2006-10-29
Having looked through many of the lesbian books offered and reading a few of them, I find myself tired of the same old mystery, heartbreak and seriousness. Where are the amusing but well written stories? Idaho Code is just the ticket for that.
While there is a mystery that takes a back seat to Bil's life. Oh yeah, she's the main character. See, she's a young buck who returned to live at home and go to college. Her bigger reason is to hopefully get a shot at dating the young woman she's been in love with since she was a teenager, Sylvia. But Bil never sucked up the courage to come out to ask her out. Um... no, her family doesn't know she's gay.
Along with that is her brother Sam who's in jail, and not for the first time. Known for dealing drugs and hanging out with his good for nothing girlfriend it never surprises the family when he is in jail. This time, however, for murder.
Mix this all up with her strong willed mother, three strong willed older sisters, a silent but loving dad, a saucy gay best friend who of course has better fashion sense than her, his lesbian mother who runs the local lesbian wilderness commune, an ex-girlfriend who doesn't want to let go... whew! Wait, there's more! But I'll let you find that out when you read it.
Brilliant story, I'm looking forward to getting the sequel.
Idaho Code - where family therapy comes with a shovel and an alibi........2006-09-17
"Everyone knows that Idaho is full of crackpots. The big secret is that not all of them belong to right-wing militias. Some are lesbian separatists, some are ex-hippies, and some are members of Wilhelmina "Bil" Hardy's immediate family."
I loved this story. Joan Opyr has created a believeable story about small town life in the middle of nowhere. So believeable that someone I know confessed to driving around Idaho looking for Cowslip.
For me, coming from an outsiders POV (I'm from NZ), I enjoyed the look into small town Idaho - I'd say USA but I have a feeling that Idaho is very unique!
This book is not a run-of-the-mill lesbian novel. It's not all sex and kinky toys (thanks Joan) but it does introduce us to some colourful GLBT characters.
Idaho Code was an entertaining read. I couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting. I will be reading this again and I look forward to the sequel.
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"My brother, Sam, died as he'd lived-with criminal charges pending."
Sam Hardy is gone but not forgotten. That's because he causes nearly as much trouble dead as he did when he was alive. A note found in his dresser taps his sister, Bil, to deliver the eulogy at his funeral, but she'd really rather not. For one thing, she's torn between genuine grief and guilty relief. Sam was not an easy brother to love. And, she knows that her overbearing mother, Emma, had been looking forward to using the pulpit herself to deliver a stinging indictment of the criminal justice system, the war on drugs, and Sam's juvenile delinquent loser friends who always seemed to leave him holding the bag.
Will Bil's relationship with girlfriend Sylvie survive the family fallout? Whose life will Emma run now that Sam is gone? And how did the dead body of Sam's favorite drug dealer wind up in an old shack on the Hardy family farm?
From Hell to Breakfast, the sequel to the boldly irreverent
Idaho Code, proves that when it comes to death, anger doesn't always give way to acceptance, but it sometimes shares a bed with humor.
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quality DC fare, constrained by format.......2004-09-21
"Flash: Blood Will Run" collects issues 170-176 of the regular series, plus a story from the third "Flash Secret Files" special. The title feature, "Blood Will Run," takes up the first four chapters, and deals with a Flash-worshiping cult. An interlude story follows, setting up the two-part "Birth Right," in which Flash learns he may have an illegitimate son. The final "Secret Files" story introduces police profiler Hunter Zolomon, a character who will radically alter the Flash's life over the next two years of the series.
All of the stories feature above-average story and art, but do not transition well into trade paperback format, as there is little to link the initial four chapters with the final four. This is one of the problems with the popularity of trade paperback reprints these days: author Geoff Johns was writing these stories to be read as a monthly serial rather than as a graphic novel. Major subplots are set up in this volume that don't take off until the next ("Flash: Rogues"). The reader does get the "Blood Will Run" and "Birth Right" stories in their entirety, but events take place throughout that remain unresolved beyond the end of the volume. If you are a fan more of self-contained graphic novels than of monthly comics, you might find this fact a bit off-putting.
That having been said, there was enough good stuff in this volume to make me want to buy the next one (and also to ask why Geoff Johns' first "Flash" stories from 164-169 haven't been collected yet). The relationship between Flash (a.k.a. Wally West) and his wife Linda has long been one of the most believable in comics (definitely outdoing Lois Lane and Clark Kent!) and Johns continues to keep the reader interested in Flash's domestic situations: I laughed out loud when super-hyper Wally met Linda's dull-as-dishwater dad! Johns also builds on the hero's environment by giving him a closer relationship with his city's police department. Speaking of Flash's home base, artist Scott Kolins was the perfect choice to capture the industrial feel of Keystone City, seemingly a fictionalized Detroit. The interlude chapter and epilogue let us know that the setting for Flash's adventures has potential to double as a character in itself, much like Batman's Gotham.
In summation, these are four-star stories in a three-star package, since the long subplots make for choppy reading in between volumes. I quit reading "Flash" when preeminent scribe Mark Waid left a few years ago, but now regret having missed out on what Johns is writing. Fortunately these paperbacks are allowing me to catch up!
Very good comics, but maybe a bit dark for the Flash?.......2004-06-28
Geoff Johns is one of the best in comics, and he does an admirable job here of creating a taut, exciting story. The only problem I have as a longtime Flash fan from the days of Wally West's (the current Flash) predecessor, Barry Allen, is that perhaps the content is a bit too dark for a hero who has always been fundamentally about optimism and the "bright shiny" stuff in life, about the ability of scientific knowledge to defeat any foe. This newer, bloodier direction really moves away from that to a huge degree. Is society now too jaded and corrupted to read about a noble, scientific hero?
Pretty good.......2004-02-21
This graphic novel is a reprint, in a book form, of the FLASH #170-176 (2001). In this story, Wally West, the Flash, is shocked to find that some strange cult is tracking all of the people that he has ever rescued, and is killing them! When Magenta (aka Frankie Kane), one of Wally's old flames, turns up, it is only the first in a line of Wally's old indiscretions turning up to haunt him. There's a cult out there that loves the Flash...and wants him dead!
In reality this book contains two stories - or perhaps one and a half. The second story grows out of the first, pitting Magenta and several other Flash baddies against him. When Wally's old girl friend Julie Jackam is murdered by Cicada's cult, questions begin to arise as to who the father of her baby is, especially now that he is beginning to manifest superhuman powers. This is not a good day for Wally.
This is a pretty good graphic novel. Flash's battle with Cicada's cult is fascinating, and how he pulls off his victory is great! When the story continues with Magenta and her cohorts (who were not in the first part of the book), it becomes much less clear, and the story doesn't really seem to have an ending at all. But, that said, I did enjoy this book, and recommend it to all Flash fans.
Johns knows how to keep you reading.......2003-06-02
I've been a flash fan for years, and Geoff Johns has turned his world upside down (in a good way). Once you start reading this book, you'll never want to put it down.
FLASH IS A FAST READ!.......2002-06-21
Ever since I was a little comic book geek I'd always had a fascination with the character of The Flash. He had cool powers and a unique costume. His assortment of great villains was probably second only to Batman. And the majority of his comics ended with some of the best cliff-hangers ever. Alas, in the past 20 years The Flash title has had numerous high and low points (or slow and fast if you'd prefer). Well, I'm happy to inform you that with THE FLASH: BLOOD WILL RUN, we're heading towards another HIGH point!
Writer Geoff Johns has brought an incredible level of energy to his story-telling. These stories move along at rapid-fire pacing and don't give the reader a moment to catch their breath. Whether the Flash is battling the new villain Cicada and his evil followers, or dealing with his illegit-son, or in just trying to handle the myriad of characters from past and present who continually enter and re-enter his life. My personal favorite being mucho-weird ex-girlfriend Francis Kane (the super powered Magenta). Wally West is the rare hero who had such a promiscuous past that it's always fun to see some of the EX's return to wreck havoc in his life.
It's clear with this first collection of John's work on Flash that he is a long-time fan of the character. He delivers plenty of action, humor, and the essential chapter ending cliff-hangers that will keep you guessing...HOW DOES THE FLASH GET OUT OF THIS ONE?
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Teaching TodayUs Health balances a strong foundation of health methods theory with a wealth of activities to give readers the tools they need to become successful health educators. In addition to an enhanced design and photo program, the
Seventh Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect current health issues such as violence and questions about terrorism. New features like Teaching in Action boxes and suggested grade levels for each activity help readers create a curriculum for their own K-8 classroom.
KEY TOPICS The bookUs comprehensive coverage includes topics such as mental health, personal health, family life, and substance abuse. A dynamic new website includes chapter quizzes and weblinks for additional review. For college instructors, students, or anyone interested in health and wellness.
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great for lesson plans.......2007-03-17
This book has very little text and does not include a wide spectrum of information but has a LOT of lesson plans and activities for teaching on the topics.
teaching today's helath.......2000-03-25
This textbook I found to be very helpful in my study as an elementary classroom teacher. I would not reccommend this book for use by parents, but it is a great text book.
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Elegance meets culinary tradition at Spiaggia, Chicago's premier Italian restaurant, where Chef Tony Mantuano and restauranteur Larry Levy have been astounding celebrities, foodies, and renowned chefs and winemakers for more than two decades. For the first time they share the secrets behind their award-winning Italian cuisine. From antipasti to primi courses such as Crescenza Cheese-filled Ravioletto with Parmesan Truffle Butter, to secondi main courses such as Grilled Veal Chop with Crispy Sweetbreads and Swiss Chard Timbale, these recipes explore Italian traditions and build on them in a way that's completely contemporary. This gorgeous reference makes the perfect gift for anyone passionate about the indulgences of Italian cooking.
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Another Pretty Italian Restaurant Cookbook. Too Expensive.......2005-01-14
`The Spiaggia Cookbook' by Tony and Cathy Mantuano is a Chicago Italian restaurant cookbook that aspires to be more than a souvenir of one's visit to the restaurant. The challenge to the reviewer is against what standard do we measure this book. The two which come to mind are Chicago's `Tru' by Rick Tramonto and `the Babbo Cookbook' by premier New York Italian chef / restaurateur Mario Batali.
For starters, the Spiaggia book begins with Foreword by Chicago real estate and restaurant developer, Larry Levy who touts the Mantuanos for filling Levy's prime real estate at the head of Chicago's Golden Mile in a big new building with a classy restaurant which brings to life the Italian cuisine on the shores of Lake Michigan. This is only fitting, as `spiaggia' means `shore' in Italian. Mr. Levy celebrates the number of culinary celebrities that have dined at Spiaggia and found it good. Tony Mantuano follows with an introduction that recounts the year he and his wife spent in Italy staging at several restorantes and trattoria in preparation for the opening of Spaggia. The Intro also sings the usual hymns to fresh ingredients and authentic Italian dishes. I confess this kind of literary glad-handing never really impresses me except that it sets the stage for what the author is attempting to do with their book.
Let me get the comparison to `Tru' out of the way quickly by saying that I would never recommend the `Tru' cookbook to anyone looking for a collection of handy recipes, as it is high end French technique with a huge dollop of Charlie Trotter / Thomas Keller innovation thrown in. In fact, I rate Tramonto's communicating his techniques superior to fellow Chicago chef Trotter. The Mantuanos, on the other hand do stay true to classic Italian techniques, if not necessarily Italian dishes. Therefore, for a lower price, `Tru' gives more high faluttin' technique for the buck, if that is what you want.
`The Spiaggia Cookbook' and Batali's `The Babbo Cookbook' are exactly the same list price; however, Mario gives us 300 pages of recipes from the beginning of the antipasto chapter to the end of the Dolci chapter. The Mantuanos give us 150 pages for the same price. With regard to how `Italian' the recipes may be, I find it very odd to find recipes in `The Spiaggia Cookbook' calling for Japanese Kobe beef, Russian sevruga caviar, and French foie gras. In contrast, Mario strictly follows his philosophy of giving us recipes exactly as done in his restaurant, with true Italian ingredients, and, ingredients which are practically local to New York such as fiddlehead ferns from New England and New Orleans shrimp.
`The Spiaggia Cookbook' makes much fuss over their Italian wines and local wines based on Italian grapes, yet the book gives us nothing on matching wines to the dishes. Mario also gives us no wine pairings, but then he doesn't run on about it in his book. Both books are organized according to the traditional courses in the Italian meal. These are antipasti, Primi (pasta, risotto, and soup), Secondi (main courses), Formaggi (cheese), and Dolci (desserts). I give Spiaggia extra points for giving us the titles of all their recipes in the Table of Contents at the front of the book. Regarding the layout of the recipe writing, I much prefer the Babbo style with numbered steps. It is simply much easier to follow by remembering you have finished step 4 and need to go on to step 5 rather than balancing a ruler on the page to mark your place in the text. I also found the conceit of two circles to punctuate some important sentences as a waste of printing costs. They distract more than they highlight.
As far as the actual technique in the two books, I personally prefer Mario's recipes as I simply thing they are more genuinely Italian. As neither I nor Ruth Reichl can seem to get a reservation at Babbo, I like the idea that I can reproduce their recipes, but as an amateur student of Italian cuisine, I like it more that I can get real Italian and Italian style cooking in Babbo while I do not trust that the Mantuanos are giving us the genuine article. Spiaggia and Babbo have very few recipes in common, but both give us the recipe for potato gnocchi. Spiaggia roasts their potatoes and mixes potatoes, egg, and flour in a bowl. Babbo boils the potatoes with skins on and mixes potato, flour, and egg using the classic `well' or `fountain' method. As most Italians historically did not have ovens, I tend to believe the Babbo method is closer to the traditional method. This consideration may mean little to people who have eaten at Spiaggia and were impressed by the experience. But, for those of us who buy cookbooks and have no plans to be in Chicago in the near future, I think that for the price, this book does not measure up to the five star standard in Italian restaurant cookbooks.
This is a good book, but there are better high-end Italian restaurant cookbooks to be had. I agree with other reviewers who praise the look of the book, but it is simply not 'best in show'.
Beautiful Book / New Ideas for Italian Cooking.......2005-01-11
This book has absolutely gorgeous photography and has simply delicious recipes. Great source guide for hard to find product.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BOOK!!!.......2004-12-29
I was given this book as a gift for the holidays. I was immediately impressed with the photos, which made my mouth water. Chef Mantuano recipes make me want to eat at Spiaggia more often. This book will make a terrific gift or a perfect way to treat yourself if you enjoy food.
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Ronna Lee Aikins This book will identify, by chapter, purse styles over a 100-year span, from 1880 to 1980. Any female who loves or is fascinated with handbags must own this book. More than 320 photos showcase creative, stylish, flamboyant, prestigious, and conventional purses. You will learn that the handbag creates a mystery about the owner. Discussed are purses of all types: beaded, evening, Lucite, pearl, straw, reptile, tapestry, and bags from the 1940s to the 1960s. There is also a chapter on German silver, compacts, and accessories. This book is truly a delight for purse lovers of all ages.
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illustrated, informative introductory guide to collectible purses.......2005-12-03
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Castles of Britain and Ireland: The Ultimate Reference Book with Over 1,350 Gazetteer Entries
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Good mix of art and info.......2003-01-07
Plantagenet Somerset Fry, who also gave us "Kings & Queens of England and Scotland," is a deft hand a giving fascinating tidbits of information and lots of great graphics to keep the pages turning. While there is much more gray in "Castles," it is a comfortable mix of scholarly information and pedestrian description that allows a pseudo-historian like myself to experience the world of castles throughout the centuries.
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ASIN: 0786212373 |
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BiographyLarge Print EditionIt was about five years ago that Clyde Latham, a retired high school football coach in Spur, Texas, lost his wife of fifty years. Gussie Lancaster was a widow, and a lifetime earlier, she had been Clydes friend. How these two octogenarians came together and fell madly and deeply in love is a story in itself. But the story that Aaron Latham tells is much more than that. Lathams inspirational and unforgettable story is about how love endures, changes us, and offers us hope in a world of uncertainty.
Customer Reviews:
I just met Gussie . what a TREASURE!.......2007-07-28
I read 'The Ballad of Gussie & Clyde' long ago .. but a weekend ago I was at her stepson's daughter's wedding and I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and speak with her .. what a TREASURE she is .. The book is a true story .. of Aaron Latham's Dad and the wonderful, Gussie, he met & married after losing his wife .. I just adored her .. she does NOT look 94 .. NO way .. She is a beautiful lady .. both inside & out .. You MUST read this wonderful, TRUE, love story .. you just must ..
Saying it was not written well? .. WRONG . it was written as it happened .. I adored it as did the people I gave it to .. I think I shall read it again . now that I have met her!
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What a pleasure!.......2000-08-28
A sweet,hope-filled story that was a pleasure to read. The story moves along nicely, no bog downs, and was a quick read.
Nice, but does not deliver.......1999-12-27
This was a nice, quick read, but i was left unsatisfied. The writing style is very simplistic, and although whimsical at times, i found it too basic. Sometimes the book reads like a composition assignment written by a high-school kid. If you are looking for an account on elderly love, pick up _Spence + Lila_, by Bobbie Ann Mason. In that excellent novella, an elderly couple faces together the medical problems of Lila. That book made me believe that true love is possible!
A wonderful TRUE love story........1998-12-13
Fast reading as it is such a wonderful sharing of a love story...and it is TRUE...The characters are so well defined..you feel you know them personally within a few pages of the book. I have never met Aaron or his daughter, father, stepmother but I did grow up with his wife and do know his mother in law...and it is a most incredible house on the ocean...but I feel that I now know Aaron and the rest of his family as well and I adore them all.
One of the most heart-warming stories I have ever read!.......1998-08-07
I just loved this book! It was so encouraging to read a story written by a man who cares so deeply about his father. Not to say that men don't usually care about their elderly parents, but in today's world, so often we see "old folks" cast aside and forgotten by their children. Also, anyone who has lost a parent could relate to this story because it is very hard to have to watch one parent "go on alone." Clyde and Gussie are both such believable characters and they make this "pretty old world" look pretty darn good at eighty years old! This is truly a beautiful love story! Thanks Mr. Latham!
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