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Already recognized as a master of adventure writing for his classic Death in the Long Grass, former big-game hunter Capstick now turns from his own exploits to those of some of the greatest hunters of the past. With his characteristic color and flair he recalls the extraordinary careers of men like Colonel J.H. Patterson and Colonel Jim Corbett, who stalked legendary man-eaters through the silent darkness on opposite sides of the world; men like Karamojo Bell, acknowledged as the greatest elephant hunter of all time; men like the valiant Sasha Siemel, who tracked killer jaguars though the Matto Grosso armed only with a spear. With an authenticity gained by having shared the experiences he writes of, Peter Capstick eloquently recreates the acrid taste of terror in the mouth of a man whose gun has jammed as a lion begins his charge, the exhilaration of tracking and finding a long-sought prey, the bravery and even nobility of performing under circumstances of primitive and savage stress, with death all around in the silent places of the wilderness.
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Suspenseful, but poorly-placed humor.......2007-01-13
My review hits the middle of the gamut of earlier reviews. Not a hunter, with no desire to be one, I still thoroughly enjoyed the suspense and details of the stories recounted here. I also love the variety, from lions to German cruisers to man-eating leopards. (I must admit to being less favorably inclined to the story of Bell's elephant killing, as those huge animals were less of a threat to humans than the tigers, leopards, and lions described elsewhere.) Overall, these stories have significant WOW impact throughout and I found myself wondering how I would have fared in similar circumstances. My guess? Rather poorly!
However, I must agree with the negative comment about the oddly-placed humorous comments. Even as I smiled at some of them, I was struck by the incongruity of the words.
Still, I've recommended the book to many friends and don't hesitate to recommend it here, as well.
Not all about hunting.......2006-04-26
The titles of Peter Capstick's books appear very unimaginative and it seems that they are trying to cash in on the popularity of "Death in the long grass". This is not so. I have read three books by this author all of which have titles beginning with "death in....". Each book has something new to say and you do not get tired of reading about the almost countless adventures that Capstick recounts.
To write about "Death in silent places": it is a collection of short biographies of some of the greatest hunter-adventurers of the last century. Their adventures are described in a very racy style. No doubt Capstick was able to write so well because he could identify with them. Some stories have a racist tinge to them however. May be this is not surprising as the book is set in colonial times.
The author seems to be a great fan of W.D.M. "karamojo" Bell but this fellow appeared to me to be a great poacher and murderer of elephants. He may have had a very adventurous life but he was a criminal nevertheless.The other people described in this book also have something wrong with them (except Jim Corbett). I guess we all have our faults
In summation I can say that this book is definitely a very good read and does not have a boring passage in it.
Mandatory Reading.......2006-02-13
This book was my first encounter with Peter Hathaway Capstick, but it won't be my last. It contains a series of short stories about dangerous game hunting (and World War I scouting) in Africa, India, South America, and Ceylon. The stories Capstick tells are primarily about the exploits of other famous hunters, although he interjects annecdotes about personal experiences and also tells the tale of his own hunting of a cape buffalo with a spear.
One of the most amazing aspects of this book is that Capstick brings to life the reality that, in the not-so-distant past, people in various parts of the world lived in actual, realistic fear of being killed by large, predatory, animinals, including lions, jaguars, and leopards. That might come as a surprise to some, as might the awesome power and cunning possessed by those animals.
This book is a must read for anyone who is even remotely interested in exotic places, big-game hunting, adventure, and the history of the British Empire a hundred years ago. I will be recommending it to my father, brother, and father-in-law, as all of them will enjoy it.
sucking down the safari.......2006-02-03
God bless Amazon and Ebay... I found Death in the Silent Places and was so fired up I was ready to grab the next plane to Africa. Spectacularly undervalued book. Look at these Amazon ratings based on estimated sales. Astounding. I'd stick Hathaways books on every bookshelf in America if I owned my own publishing house. Brilliantly written, with elan and flair and grit and a wonderfully subtle, understated humor. Masterful storytelling and highly recommended.
A Fresh and Fair look at Real "Survival" stories.......2005-05-03
Peter Capstick's "Death in the Silent Places" presents a (thankfully) fresh look at six stories of yesteryear outdoor struggles that rival any modern day Apollo 13 or Kon Tiki adventures. As with all such events, Man is definitely the underdog but whether he survives or perishes, the record displays incredible skill, incredible courage, incredible determination against long odds. The men Capstick writes of here are the Lance Armstrongs and real-life Luke Skywalkers of another generation in places and times where "chutzpah" was a MINNIMUM requirement. Thankfully, Capstick retells these adventures without the stinted politics of the original accounts and thus presents an accurate experience of the raw nerve-jangling moments of the events for the reader instead of just some stodgy portrait from the Past. With Peter Capstick being a talented writer as well as the erudite historian of this genre he is, you'll not find anything more authorative or entertaining on these real-life thrillers than "Death in the Silent Places".
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Death in Silent Places
Peter Hathaway Capstick
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Part of a good series.......2000-09-25
I'm surprised to find that this book is out of print. If you can track down the books of this series, I definitely recommend buying them. Each book is written by a different author, but there is good consistency among them. I'm normally a science fiction fan, and this series provides a great combination of science fiction, aliens, time travel, historical themes, and even throws in a bit of Dante's Inferno. Definitely worth the time to read.
Excellent Series! A must read for true sci-fi fans!.......1999-10-16
An excellent addition to the Dungeon series. This group of characters is unforgettable! The battles within the characters and the battles that they face as a team are awesome. Don't miss this series!
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The Hidden City: Nearing the zenith of their quest, Clive and Neville Folliot and their comrades from time and space are scattered through a ruined city. Beneath the decaying streets waits the greatest danger of all: the Ren and the Chaffri, inscrutable masters of the Dungeon! The Final Battle: Fleeing from the mysterious creators of the Dungeon, Clive breaks through to the ninth level. Stranded in a freezing polar wilderness, he struggles to find his missing comrades and to triumph at last against the murderous masters of the Dungeon!
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Totally agree with last review.......2003-08-27
Of the 6 books
1 and 2 are wonderful
3 is ok
4 is very good
5 is ok again
6 is awful, clearly was written without reading books 2-5, destroys the continuity, is confusing, and just bad.
A weak end to a good series.......2003-08-05
This is just a short warning for those interrested in this series. The series as a whole is excellent! For most of the series, I didn't want to put the book down... BUT. The end (second half of this book) was AWEFUL. Opening "book 6" was like starting a new story. It was as if the writer never read the previous ones! I had ignored the reviews that said to skip the second half of this and read on, hoping it would all turn out to be a dream, a test or something else... but sadly nothing happened to redeem the story. So, the short version - Read the first half of this book, skip the second.
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- With a title like "GodEngine", the obvious joke is...
- Daleks and Ice Warriors make up for Godawful start!
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GodEngine (Doctor Who: The New Adventures) (Doctor Who)
Craig Hinton
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With a title like "GodEngine", the obvious joke is..........2003-12-24
I feel cheated by the fact that I have only just got around to reading GODENGINE. Now all my "GodAwful" jokes are going to be seven years out of date.
GODENGINE has an abysmal beginning. It gradually improved through the middle and the end, albeit not by much. This was something of a relief though; if the book hadn't improved at all, then I'm not sure I'd be sitting here in possession of enough faculties to write this humble review.
Where to begin, where to begin? Well, let's start by mentioning the staggering overload of continuity references. If you can believe it, this book is a follow up to at least three stories (TRANSIT, DALEK INVASION OF EARTH, and SEEDS OF DEATH) and contains pointless mentions of dozens of others. Set on Mars, every Doctor Who villain who ever even thought of vacationing on the red planet is given at least a name-check, and the Ice Warriors themselves feature prominently. Two people are even blood relatives of characters from previous tales. What is the point of this kind of thing? Continuity references can add an interesting layer to an individual story, or give it a flavor unique to that series. But these constant and random mentions of much better stories make this book look like a quiche designed by someone who's never even heard of food before.
GODENGINE wants to be a TV story so badly it hurts. Character motivations are betrayed by facial expressions. A double agent's identity is revealed because he/she accidentally drops the act while thinking he/she is alone. Important plot points are passed on to the audience by having people making speeches at each other about things that they should already know. There's even an "our story so far" recap at the beginning of the book's Part II. (Why? Why do I need to be reminded of stuff that only just happened a little while ago? Granted, I was falling asleep during most of it, but it's not like we were dealing with difficult to grasp concepts here.)
The development of the Ice Warriors' back-story that takes place while those monsters are off-screen is relatively effective. We see their architecture, their culture, and a little bit about what makes them tick. But when they're actually on the page, they descend into the worst clichés imaginable. They're like the very worst of the TNG-era Klingons, endlessly spouting on about honor and duty. ("You have no honor!" "No, you have no honor!" "No, you have no honor!" "By belittling my honor you have shown yourself to be totally without honor! You have dishonored your family's honor!" "Argh, poo-fart!")
When it became clear that this wasn't going to be a story too broad or too deep for the small screen, I attempted to enjoy the book purely on a pulpy action-adventure level. But even the shallowest dime novel has to have something good to latch onto: a fast-moving plot, or some interesting characters, or a witty style. None are to be seen here. This plot is awkwardly paced with long, long gaps of filler. Too much of it relies on the most unbelievable of coincidences. Characters are stupid one minute, and geniuses the next. One of the funniest contrivances is that apparently the ID card of the Adjudicators goes virtually unchanged for over eight centuries. Eight centuries of the same design! In my four and something years as an undergrad, my school changed ID card formats three times, but the Adjudicators of the thirtieth century will still be using logos designed in the twenty-second. I've got to admire that consistency, but you have to imagine that their PR budget is around zero.
The characters are, unfortunately, molecule-thin. So thin, in fact, that I believe that Wile E. Coyote himself personally ran over each and every one of them with a steamroller before their inclusion in this book. I could ramble on for a few hundred more words about how silly these people were, but I'll limit myself to just saying one additional thing. To any prospective Doctor Who author: please, don't ever, ever, ever include an Ice Warrior love triangle. Oh, the pain, the pain, the pain.
Ultimately, I was glad to see the end of GODENGINE. One of the most derivative novels that the New Adventures produced, I'm not sure I can point to a single original idea on any of the book's pages. I have no doubts that if I were to go back with a magnifying glass, I'd be able to conjure up at least one inventive turn of phrase or line of dialog. But I think you'd have to pay me to reexamine my copy of GODENGINE.
(To be fair, I should point out that in my travels through the Google Groups archives, I discovered that apparently this book was written in quite a bit of a hurry. I'm guessing that if the author and the editor had more time available to them, this book would have turned out very different. It's a pity that the extra months weren't there, because this book really could have used them.)
Daleks and Ice Warriors make up for Godawful start!.......1998-09-22
This book is set on Mars during the Dalek occupation of Earth during the 2150's. The story deals with the Doctor and company joining up with a diverse group of humans and religious Ice Warriors on a trip to the North Pole of Mars where strange energies are being brought into play. Along the way, we are treated to two mysteries, who is up to no good at the North Pole of Mars, and wich member of the Doctor's group is a murderer. Also, we are treated to new insights into the Ice Warrior culture, as well as a reinstatement of the Daleks as the badest of the bad as far as Doctor Who monsters go. Unfortunately, no book is without problems, and Godengine has a few. First of all, except for a truley exciting prolog, the begining of the book drags along at a snails pace, also, the Doctor's explination of how he destroys the Godengine and repairs the destroyed TARDIS leaves alot to be desired. These elements drag down what could have been a five star book to only three.
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Slow Food is sweeping the nation, at a snail's pace. This international organization was started in Italy by people who perceive McDonald's as the symbol of a society that is overshooting its own limits. The greatest loss of all is the pleasure of eating foods that are made without the restrictions of time. Many of the cheeses portrayed in this delightful book—stracciata, giuncata, formaggio di fossa, formaggetta della valle Argentina—are not household names and they probably never will be. They're a few of the 201 traditional Italian farmhouse cheeses lovingly described in this new book from Slow Food International as a "contribution to the conservation of a vast heritage of local products, born of Italy's extraordinarily varied landscapes, natural environments, dairy breeds, and cheesemaking techniques."
Customer Reviews:
Fun to read.......2007-09-05
This is a fun book to read if you are interested in Italian cheeses. Each cheese has a photo and a nice description. The only improvement I would suggest would be to provide similar consistent information on each cheese such as flavor, texture, etc. While this information is often supplied, it is buried in the text making comparison among the different cheeses difficult. But it's a great little book, very comprehensive and interesting as a cultural review of the country's cheese.
Yum!.......2007-05-13
This is an incredible and thorough resource on Italian cheeses. It doesn't have every Italian cheese known to man, but it comes close. The book is organized by region, and each page is devoted to one cheese. Fun to read if you love exploring new foods and a great resource if you're traveling to Italy.
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Since its first edition in 1998, Italian Wines has played a major role in Italy's wine market; both professionals and wine enthusiasts have learned to trust its evaluations. The 2005 edition has been completely rewritten. The volume reviews about 1900 wine producers and 12,000 wines, using the well-known and respected system of rating
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Excellent.......2006-02-26
The best Italian wines reviews you can ever find with vintage details, producer info and wine characteristics.
It's the number 1 source.......2005-08-31
Ofcourse this book has some drawbacks, but I don't know a better resource for Italian wines. If you follow the track of wines rated with 3 glasses you won't be disappointed, if you like the type of wine ofcourse. And with some training you will learn to use the index which is to be honest a bit complicated and needs improvement.
La Commedia di Vino.......2005-06-04
Let's say you walk into a wine store somewhere and want to buy an Italian wine. A salesperson engages you and begins describing the Italian wines in the store. How do you know if he actually knows anything about Italian wine? Ask him/her if they have a copy of the latest Gambero Rosso Guide to Italian Wines and observe what happens. If he looks puzzled or just shrugs as though you were speaking an incomprehensible Italian dialect, you can ignore anything else he has to say on the subject.
Because to be in the trade, to be representing Italian wines, and to be ignorant of the Gambero Rosso is sacrilege, plain and simple. I'm not saying the Gambero is the absolute authority on the latest and best Italian wines produced each year (certainly not the latest, but more on that in a moment); however, it's a barometer you can always use to measure the commitment a store, a salesperson or wine steward has to Italy. It doesn't matter if they spit on it or revere it, they just need to have an opinion-hey, we're talking Italy, everybody's got an opinion, am I right or am I wrong?
I've reviewed the Gambero on Amazon for five consecutive years so I know from whence I speak. I've been using it as a yardstick ever since and it never fails. What is it? It's a paperback book that comes out annually and provides reviews of the best new wines in Italy. In the late fall they publish it in Italian. About six months later an English version finally gets over here. Other than coverage of the new wines, about the only other thing that changes each year is the color of the cover. Which means I'm starting to run out of new ways to talk about it, so this year I think I'll try something completely different.
Top 10 Reasons To Buy The 2005 Gambero Rosso.
10. You can cover it in foil and use it to press panini. The book is about the size and weight of a brick, which makes it a little unwieldy unless you actually need a brick. The '05 edition sports 912 pages compared to 864 last year and it has gained a tenth of a pound. Too many cannoli, or too many good wines?
9. It reviews wines that are so far off the beaten path you can't even find them. Nowhere else will you encounter this kind of breadth in parts of Italy that most wine salesmen have never heard of (see my review of The Renaissance Guide to Food and Wine for one expert who doesn't know the difference between Montalcino and Montepulciano., for example).
8. Domo arigato, Mr. Pigato. No, pigato isn't an unappealing flavor of gelato. It's a white grape from the vertiginous slopes of Liguria that makes a delightful wine for all kinds of Mediterranean seafood. Try finding coverage of all the worthy Pigatos released last year somewhere else and let me know when you give up.
7. Snail mail. The Gambero Rosso is published by a company called Slow Food Editore and their mascot is a snail. Say what you will about how useful this book is in helping to choose Italian wines, a snail could probably swim the Atlantic faster than it takes them to publish it each year. As a result, they always miss the latest vintages of some of the most popular high-end wines, like Barolo and Brunello di Montalcino. So if you're a fan of Robert Parker or the Wine Spectator, you'll get much more timely coverage there than the Gambero provides, even if I think the Gambero reviews are more reliable.
6. You say bicchiere, I say "What????" The official scoring system of the Gambero is to award 1-3 glasses to the best wines made each year, with 3 glasses being the ultimate honor. In Italian, the word bicchiere (sounds like bee-key-airy) means glasses (for drinking, not for seeing, although if you use this book a lot I predict you'll be enjoying so many good Italian wines you'll soon have trouble seeing straight.)
5. Is this a wine book or the DaVinci Code? The Gambero Rosso assumes you have an instinctive and encyclopedic knowledge of where all the wineries in Italy are located and you can use this arcane wisdom to find what you're looking for. So let's pick one at random and go find it in the book. How about Castello di Ama Chianti Classico? Maybe we should look in the Table of Contents for Chianti? Whoops, sorry, the TOC only covers the regions. Let's assume we know either Castello di Ama or Chianti is in Tuscany. After a few minutes of idly flipping through 100 pages in the Tuscany section, we discover that the producers aren't listed alphabetically, the towns are. What town is Castello di Ama in? Gee, I don't know. Let's go to the index, maybe that will help. Hmm, there's an index of wines, let's check that out. Oh, no! There are at least 300 chiantis listed in tiny dense-packed type, where's the one I want? Not to worry, there's also a producer index. I'll look under Castello. Hmm, there are 10 other Castello's -Hey Abbott!!! -but no Castello di Ama. In desperation I turn to the "A's" and eccola: it's listed as Ama, Castello di! At this point I'm ready to drink something French instead.
4. It's my party and I'll spit if I want to. Everything that makes it into the Gambero seems to be good. If you carry the book into a store, you'll make rewarding choices. I use the number of glasses as a scale to determine roughly what I want to pay. It doesn't always work, but it's not a bad calibration method.
3. He doesn't know his Asinone from his Elvio (Cogno). You won't need a salesman any more unless he's on the same page as you are.
2. Politics? Who me? The Gambero appears to be influenced by big marketing budgets and big prices when making its annual three glass selections. They also seem to have been smitten with the International Style, at least until last year when they suddenly declared it to be a national scandal and by inference, labeled Robert Parker the greatest threat to Italian wines since phylloxera. Can you say hypocrite, ragazzi?
And the number one reason to buy the Gambero Rosso:
1. Less is more. Find wines listed in the book that are rated with either one or no glasses. Pay less than $15 for them. Enjoy them with your favorite foods and be glad that most of the rest of the world hasn't caught on yet.
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If you want a good bed for the night and a warm welcome for you and your four-footed friend, look no further.
In every state and in 2,169 cities and towns, Fodor's shows you hundreds of places to stay overnight with your pet. In this comprehensive guide, you'll find 5,219 motels, hotels, B&Bs, lodges, and resorts, in all price ranges. Accompanying each recommendation is a brief description of the property and a complete listing of its facilities and amenities. Want a hotel with an indoor swimming pool? A hot tub and tennis court? It's all here.
Plus, let Today show pet specialist Andrea Arden advise you on getting your pet ready to travel. She'll give you great tips on traveling by car and by air, pet first aid, petiquette, fun places for pet lovers, and useful web sites and other resources.
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Outdated - Don't Buy.......2007-01-10
I bought this book to travel the US, and almost every time I tried to use it I found that the phone numbers were not valid. I gave up and just stayed at national major chain motels - virtually all take pets and the quality was better than those listed in this book. Save your money.
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- Shows faults in fire equip - Come Ye arsonists
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Big City Fire Truck 1900-1950 (Big City Fire Truck, 1900-1950)
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ASIN: 0873413407 |
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Shows faults in fire equip - Come Ye arsonists.......2003-06-02
I love fire. I love learning about how to make fires and how some may try to put those fires out. This book provides a glimpse intothe mind of a fire - killer. I create fire because it is a thing of endless beauty and wonder.
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- Creative,easy to follow directions,descriptive
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Pocketful Of Whimsy
Kathleen Rindal Brooks
Manufacturer: Chitra Publications
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A collection of delightful patchwork gifts to make for friends and family. Includes 17 patterns for an eyeglass case, tea cozy, note pad, book cover, backpack, and more!
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Creative,easy to follow directions,descriptive.......1999-11-19
This is a creative book and has easy to follow directions. There are lots of good gifts to give to friends or family. The graphics and pictures are great!
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This book begins in 1901, when Booker T. Washington at the age of forty-five was approaching the zenith of his fame and influence, and ends with his death in 1915. It is a biographical study in the sense that its focus is on the complex, enigmatic figure of Washington, the most powerful black minority-group boss of his time.
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Very Interesting and Engaging .......2005-06-14
Kudos to Mr. Louis Harlan!
In his interesting work, "The Making of a Black Leader", Mr. Harlan does a wonderful job of capturing the true meaning of Booker T. Washington in all of his dimensions in American history. Prior to reading Mr. Harlan's work, I had many preconceived notions of Booker T., the most infamous being that he was a "traitor" or an "Uncle Tom" of the black race. After reading Mr. Harlan's book, I not only continue to think that Booker T. Washington was one of the premier black conservatives of his time but, one who continues to influence black conservative political thought in contemporary American politics. In all, Mr. Harlan does a great job of presenting a balanced and fair observation of Booker's continuing legacy in the African American community and the larger American family. Using empirical data and substantive research, Mr. Harlan clearly presents many compelling arguments, in which all are supported with great evidence and interesting testimonials from speeches and interviews from years past. I urge all (especially African Americans) to read this wonderful masterpiece of African American literature.
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