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The inimitable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her husband Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher seem to get a reprieve from their sleuthing duties when they are invited to the wedding of their friend, Lucy Fotheringay.Lucy's grandfather is hosting the ceremony at his beautiful estate and so it promises to be a typical affair with hordes of gossipy aunts and other colorful but not necessarily pleasant relatives. Daisy meets all these characters and observes the ensuing familial fraternization with a certain kind of amusing nonchalance. That is, until Lucy's great aunt is found strangled to death in her bed. Lucy, in the meantime, has arranged to meet her betrothed in the conservatory, but when she arrives she finds him trying to revive her uncle, who has died-or has he been murdered? And just like that a normally celebratory occasion turns suspicious. Now Daisy must sift through a throng of relatives-aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents- once wedding guests and now murder suspects. And she must find the killer quickly before another family member becomes a corpse.
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Lovely easy reading mystery!.......2006-11-03
The Daisy Dalrymple series is one of my favorites. Great for a quick escape and entertaining read.
complex entertaining mystery .......2004-10-27
The Honorable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is at the manor house of the Earl of Haverhill to provide support to her best friend Lucy, who is marrying Lord Gerald Bincombe in a few days. Daisy's husband Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher is to meet her just before the wedding, but when someone murders Lady Eve, Haverhill uses his clout to have Alec assigned to investigate instead of the local constabulary.
Daisy informs her spouse that the victim collected gossip on aristocrats over the years, which means that just about everyone attending the wedding had a motive. Before Alex gets very far, Lord Farthingay, the heir dies most likely by poison. The next day Lucy's fiancée is found bleeding from a blow to the head and the doctor is not sure whether he will recover from the trauma. Alec and Daisy are under pressure to solve the case before the killer strikes again.
A MOURNING WEDDING is a complex entertaining mystery that followers of the series will enjoy as Daisy is the pregnant amateur sleuth mingling with the aristocracy in a way her spouse cannot in order to aid the official investigation. The married couple is a fine sleuthing team working together to solve the case while adding ardor to their unique relationship that fans of Carola Dunn will appreciate.
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charmimg & lightheated: an all around enjoyable read.......2004-10-05
A wedding in the country, a country manor full of gossipy aristocratic relatives with scandalous secrets to hide, and murder -- it could only be the latest installment in the charming and light hearted Daisy Dalrymple mystery series. In "Mourning Wedding," Daisy's good friend, Lucy Fotheringay, is about to be married to her patient and loving longtime beau, Gerald. The wedding is to take place at Lucy's grandfather's palatial manor in the country, and Daisy has agreed to come down ahead of the guests in order to give her friend some much needed moral support. What she finds is Lucy in two minds about whether or not she actually wants to marry Gerald, and a house full of eccentric relatives -- some nice and some rather poisonous. And while Daisy is rather troubled about Lucy's frame of mind, her worries about her friend soon fly out the window when Lucy's grandaunt Eva, a collector of family gossip, is found strangled in bed. Soon, Daisy is trying to figure which one of Lucy's relatives is guilty of murder even as she battles morning sickness. Was grandaunt Eva murdered because of her penchant for collecting scandal? Or is there some mad murderer bent on decimating the Fotheringay family? Fortunately for Daisy, her husband, Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard has been assigned to the case, and together they're bound to discover who the murderer is before (s)he can strike again...
If you're in the mood for a nice, well written, lighthearted murder mystery set in the roaring twenties, "A Mourning Wedding" will definitely please. While not a very "deep" mystery novel that is full of cunning twists and turns, "A Mourning Wedding" was such a pleasant and enjoyable read, and Daisy (the detecting heroine) was such a nice and engaging character, that one soon finds oneself deeply immersed in the goings-on in the book. Charming, engaging and thoroughly enjoyable, "A Mourning Wedding" proved to be an all around pleasing read.
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Ski like a champion! Now you can break through to the next level of ski performance with The Skier's Edge. Ski technique expert Ron LeMaster will help you master the mechanics required for great skiing—explaining how it's done, showing how it looks, and describing how it feels.
You'll gain greater insight into how the skis interact with the snow and learn how best to manipulate your skis, boots, and poles on the steepest slopes, in monster mogul fields, and through the deepest powder. Technique tips and kinesthetic cues help translate the sensation of each movement. LeMaster enhances his instruction with one-of-a-kind, sequential photographs showing several of the best skiers in the world, including World Cup racers and top-ranked instructors. These unique photomontages clearly illustrate correct techniques with multiple images, guiding you step by step through challenging sections on the slopes.
Get the most out of your skiing potential. Get The Skier's Edge.
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The Skier's Edge.......2006-07-30
This is a great book for the seasoned skier wanting to understand more on how the body-skis-works together on snow when applying different movements, pressure and so on. Good insights comparing racing techniques to recreational skiing. As a ski instructor I can use this book as a reference guide.
great technical book.......2006-03-09
As everybody who wrote review here, I think this is a great book for who go skiing in a little bit "theoretical" way. Some of your tips that helped you as a quick learner in the first week may hold you back from becoming a professional-looking skier. The author of this book is trying to convince you by providing solid physical principle.
Also, the illustrations are carefully selected to demonstrate the arguments. Many of them are taken from real competition and show the movement in a sequence.
Even you have figured out most of the principles taught in this book, I believe there are still some paragraphs flashing here and there will push you downhill little faster.
It's hard to argue with the laws of physics.......2006-03-01
This is a cool book for skiing that takes an approach similar to the way the Dave Pelz books do with golf. It explains the science and mechanics of the sport. It's hard to argue with the laws of physics, and I especially like the diagrams showing the exact forces at work (gravity, centrifugal force, friction, etc.) that can make your edges hold (or slip). I wouldn't say the material is too hard for the average person to grasp, but it's not a book you can just skim through either. There will be some thinking involved. There are other good ski instruction books out there that can tell you HOW you should make things happen, but this one also helps you understand WHY. If you like having that knowledge, then this book is for you.
best ski book ever.......2006-02-21
This is the best book on skiing I have ever read. End of story.
Possibly the best ski book ever written.......2004-01-29
This is an amazing amazing book. Unlike other ski books, this book not only tells you "how", but "why". All those times when your ski instructor told you to keep your shins on the tongues of your boots or edge the skis during turns; well, this book will explain what all that madness is about. Of course, the reasoning can be all explained by physics, but the author is very talented in providing just the right amount of science with the sport and as a result produces a book that is comprehensible not only to Einstein.
This is a book that can be of value to anyone that is serious about skiing. I believe the beginner can benefit from this book because it offers him a solid foundation to build on. The expert will find many ways to fine tune his skiing through this book. For people who only go skiing once a year or go just to hang out with friends or to look cool, this book will put them to sleep, guaranteed.
Although this book is quite technical, it is not comprehensive in the "how to" area. For a more definitive guide in this area, I recommend "The All-Mountain Skier" to supplement this book. Together, you will have possibly everything you need to know about skiing like a pro minus how to install bindings on skis (Can't have everything). "The All-Mountain Skier" will also have a comprehensive guide on equipment and maintenance of it.
I can't possibly imagine a ski book getting more technical and specific as this one. Plus, this book have pictures of only pro skiers so you can emulate with security. Lastly, this book is very, very well written which is important since you have to read it!
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- Love skiing and traveling?
- Great read for anyone who loves mountains.
- A book for any skier to enjoy
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Alpine Circus: A Skier's Exotic Adventures at the Snowy Edge of the World
Michael Finkel
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Boldly going where few others have gone before, Michael Finkel has spent a dozen winters journeying across six continents in order to write about the wonders and eccentricities of the world's snowy regions. In this collection of his finest work-part seat-of-the-pants adventure, part cultural exploration, and peppered throughout with humor and insight-Finkel takes the reader from the underside of an avalanche to the summit of Kilimanjaro. He partners with a gang of Kazak herdsmen in the remote peaks of China; he launches down the slopes of Iran as he learns about the Ayatollahs' Byzantine skiing rules; he goes through the torturous Marine Corps mountain warfare training; and he takes on New York City on cross-country skis.
With rare skill and insight, Finkel vividly recreates the thrill of flying off an Olympic ski jump in Lake Placid, the excitement of gliding through virgin snows on a remote Alaskan peak, and the exhilaration of taking off into the unexplored mountains of interior Greenland. In turn, ALPINE CIRCUS becomes the adventurous ride of a lifetime, a tour through a unique world with a unique guide that is sure to thrill both armchair travelers and Arctic explorers.
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Love skiing and traveling?.......2001-02-01
If you have a passion for skiing and traveling, this is the book for you! It's an easy read - several short stories about the author's ski adventures in the U.S. and abroad. A very enjoyable book that's hard to put down...you just want to keep reading on to his next adventure.
Great read for anyone who loves mountains........2000-08-24
Most ski writers are middle-aged-plus travel hacks more interested in the hotel than the hill. Not Finkel. Almost uniquely among widely-published ski journalists, he's more interested in descents than dinner, and it's fun to travel vicariously through his work.
Alpine Circus is essentially a compendium of columns originally published in SKIING magazine. All are interesting. Most are funny. One -- the piece on Sarajevo -- is intensely moving.
Four stars out of five. While very enjoyable, the book doesn't fully display Finkel's remarkable talent as a writer. Hopefully, future collections will. You'll see a lot more of his work... he's still a mere sprat.
A book for any skier to enjoy.......2000-03-14
A great collection of unforgettable skiing stories that takes you around the globe to some of the most remote areas of the world. After reading every authors stop, you feel as if you've been there also. Easy to read, funny, and worth reading again and again...
recommended.......2000-02-22
Three thumbs up. Now I don't have to launch myself off a 40 meter ski jump or attempt a 60-degree couloir . . . Mr. Finkel has done it for me. But skiing is just the thread that weaves this collection of diverse stories together as the book touches on Iranian politics, ski development in China (or lack thereof), the war in Sarajevo, pre-Salt Lake City Olympic bribery, and countless others. Having said that, there's also enough enjoyable virgin pistes and well-carved turns (on skis, telemarks, and snowboards) to satisfy the most selfish powder pig.
A wonderful surprise of a book.......1999-12-29
If you ski or snowboard, you must buy this book! If you don't ski, but enjoy great travel stories told with wit and humor, you should still buy this book. Finkel is one of the best and funniest travel writers around.
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SKIER'S EDGE
RON LEMASTER
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The residents of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, are famous for their Pennsylvania Dutch cooking. With Pepper Cabbage, Chicken Pot Pie, Creamed Celery, Apple Dumplines, Whoopie Pies, Funnel Cakes, and Shoofly Pie, this new cookbook overflows with their old-time, traditional recipes. Stoltzfus is author of the enormously popular Favorite Recipes from Quilters. Cooks from every corner of Lancaster County and the various sections of Lancaster City submitted their favorite family recipes to be included in this timeless collection. From their kitchens comes this compilation, filled with recipes which are easy to prepare and pleasant to the palate. A collection of essays also profiles particular Lancaster County villages and several sections of Lancaster City. A wonderful treasure for people everywhere.
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Very good for its category.......2007-09-28
I haven't cooked from this book yet but looked at it carefully and will comment that it seems very good to excellent for its category or type of cooking offered: old fashioned, daily cooking, with lots of casseroles (vegetable and meat and spaghetti) with items likely to be on hand from any grocery store. This is not a health food cookbook although one could substitute healthier ingredients for some used. The chapter on potatoes looks excellent with several good recipes for scalloped potatoes. If you are reforming your diet you should eat more raw foods than cooked for better health, alhtough some cooked vegetables are better for you than fresh or should be eaten in conjunction with fresh. And a lot of baked dishes with tons of butter, white flour, pasta as in this book is not recommended but, as I say, you can modify recipes and many are easy, good, daily recipes to use. Beyond the daily ease, what's especially nice about this book is it easy-to-read format. Recipes are in black print, nicely spaced, and stand out so you can follow them well. Really a great cookbook overall.
This is a must for people who want good everyday food!.......1998-07-16
Louis Stotzfus was also involved in putting together a A Quilter's Cookbook which is equally as good as this one. I bought the Quilter's cookbook first and was so impressed that when I found out about the Lancaster County Cookbook I had to have it in my library at once. This purchase is for a friend. The recipes in both books use what most people have in their kitchen on a weekly basis and the family loves them. Each have their own favorite. The Chocolate Bash is to die for!! This book is like having a 1000 grandma's bring their best recipe to your pot luck! Roxane Hepker, Milton, WA
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Lanc. Co. Amish Cookbook
Manufacturer: Mrs. Sallie Lapp and Mrs. Sylvia Miller
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This cookbook contains favorite Amish recipes that were collected and received by Sallie Lapp and Sylvia Miller from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The contents include: breads, pancakes and cereal, soups and sandwiches, salads and dressings, meat and vegetable casseroles, cakes and icings, pies, cookies, desserts, canning and preserving, jams and jellies, Amish treats, cheese and cheese balls, beverages, miscellaneous, helpful hings, table of measurements, and index.
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Introduction: This book contains over 1,000 favorite tried recipes. We wish to give a special Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their recipes with us. We put this book together for your enjoyment, with great pleasure that we pass these on to you. Recipes are the reward of hardwork done with love. Keep that i mind as you follow these recipes and I'm sure the delights you jake will turn out to be treats...
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Mount Joy Mennonite Church, founded in 1799, is a congregation of approximately 350 members in scenic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This beautiful new cookbook "Goodness & Joy Cooking" is a collection of our members' most loved recipes. You will enjoy over 600 of our best recipes including old-fashioned favorites and many new adventures in ten categories. We look forward to sharing our family traditions from the "heart of good cooking" in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The book measures approximately 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 1". It is constructed with a hidden spiral binding and laminated cover.
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The book gives the reader specific information that they can put into immediate practice and it draws the connections between canine nutrition, health, and life stages.
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please avoid this book.......2007-06-10
for your dog's own good, please avoid this book. it is unfortunate that just anybody can and does write books these days. there is flat out misinformation in this book. here is just one example: the author recommends feeding grapes to dogs. grapes are listed on the poison list for dogs. there are others too numerous to list.
if you want to know the FACTS about canine nutritional needs, i recommend:
1) 'home prepared dog and cat diets' by donald strombeck, DVM
2) 'canine nutrition' by lowell ackerman, DVM
3) 'small animal clinical nutrition' by hand, thatcher, remillard, roudebush (this is a veterinary text book, you can find it used for a good price at amazon)
these books have good chapters on nutrition:
1) 'dr pitcairn's complete guide to natural health for dogs & cats' by richard pitcairn, DVM
2)) 'natural health bible for dogs & cats' by shawn messonnier, DVM
3) 'dog health & nutrition for dummies' by christine zink, DVM
A Dietary Gem.......2003-10-03
This book is a superb guide to everything you need to know about canine nutrition, from how the digestive system works to what should go into it. Written so that the average reader can easily understand the complex information it contains, this book gives all the facts about nutritional needs and the consequences of a poor diet. Everyone wanting to give their dog a healthier diet can benefit from reading this book and following its advice.
Instructions and recipes for creating a home-prepared diet.......2002-05-10
Feeding Your Dog For Life: The Real Facts About Proper Nutrition by canine care expert Diane Morgan is a thoughtful, "reader friendly" guide to the benefits of proper canine nutrition, a controversial field among dog owners. Offering instructions and recipes for creating a home-prepared diet that is nutritionally balanced and customized for a dog's age, breed, activity level, and health, Feeding Your Dog For Life is a superb guide for devoted dog lovers seeking the best nutrition possible for their particular animal companion at ever stage of growth and development.
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- Nice little book on horse brasses
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Discovering Horse Brasses (Shire Discovering Books)
John Vince
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Nice little book on horse brasses.......1999-04-02
This is a great little book on horse brasses. It illustrates many examples of old brasses. The history on brasses is a little weak. But is does tell you some history on the draft horse and their brass decorations. Overall this is a great book for the horse brass collector.
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good starter book.......2007-06-17
This book does give you a lot of basic information. However, "Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms" would probably be a better choice if you intend on trying to grow mushrooms.
Just What I Was Looking For !.......2007-05-19
Im very new to cultivating mushrooms at home. I tried many different approaches and information found on the web about the subject, but had many dissapointments. After I read this book I am now aware of the many bad turns you can take that will drive you mad. Now I am very happy, everything is going onroad, thanks to Paul Stamets and his knowledge. This book is a MUST buy for anyone interested in growing mushrooms in small or big scale.
"The Bible".......2007-03-12
Wow... I Am Very Impressed By The Content Of This Book... Very Comprehensive... Everything You Need To Know About Mushroom Cultivation Is There; Home Or Commercial... It's No Wonder Why They Call It "The Bible."
Mushroom Cultivator.......2007-01-12
I was very pleased with the prompt service and timely delivery. I received the book ahead of time to present as a gift. Thank you
A Classic for Mushroom Cultivation.......2006-07-31
If you were to buy only one book on mushroom cultivation, this would be the best choice. It can certainly stand-alone in that it provides all the info the reader needs to cultivate mushrooms. Although psilocybian mushrooms are included these are by no means the exclusive or main focus of this book. For the most part, the book is concerned with legal edible mushrooms that can be grown in the home or yard. Absolute beginners can certainly start with this book and no other book will be necessary to provide all that the reader needs to know from beginning to end of the mushroom growing process.
It must be mentioned that this book does not cover the popular "PF tek" (the "Psilocybe Fanaticus technique" also known as the "jar tek"), the simple technique utilizing canning jars full of substrate and inoculating them with syringes of spores suspended in water. Readers interested in this technique (which, after all seems the easiest and most practical) would find all they need to know on this technique at the Shroomery.org web site and others like it. This book was originally published in 1983, years before the "PF tek" was innovated.
Among the technique that this book does cover are the use of agar petri dish culture, culture slants, casing, grain spawn, composting, log-plugging and more. There is also a wealth of info on mushroom contaminants - how to spot them and how to deal with them. Therefore we can say that while this book does not cover the most simple of techniques, it certainly covers all other techniques suitable for absolute beginners and for those looking to expand their hobby beyond the beginners' methods.
The authors are obviously sincerely interested in mushrooms in general and in the cultivation of edible mushrooms. The info on these edible mushrooms is not included as an excuse to also include info on the cultivation of psylocybian mushrooms, nor are psilocybian mushrooms cryptically referred to. Rather, psilocybian mushrooms are merely presented as one of many types of mushrooms that can be grown with simple techniques at home. This is by no means a drug manufacturing guidebook disguised as a book on edible mushroom cultivation nor is it one that distances itself from the cultivation of psilocybian mushrooms.
If the reader is interested in the cultivation of mushrooms at home, this book gets a high recommendation. These two authors have also written Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms which is similar in scope but probably a better second choice rather than first choice for this topic. Paul Stamets has also authored Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide, MycoMedicinals: an Informational Treatise of Mushrooms, Psilocybe Mushrooms and Their Allies and also runs the company Fungi Perfecti which offers kits for growing mushrooms at home, a variety of mushroom related books, technical supplies and which also offers educational seminars.
If you want to grow mushrooms at home and the "PF - Tek" is good enough for you, this book would be unnecessary for you. If you have got the hang of the "PF - Tek" but you are interested in trying other techniques and approaches this book is highly recommended for you.
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A sweeping photographic tour of the coastline of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, featuring 100 color images.
When Britain's National Trust was founded over a hundred years ago, the first property to be donated was a section of coastline overlooking Cardigan Bay in Wales. One of the Trust's founders famously wondered whether it would be their last. Certainly, it would have been beyond her wildest dreams to know that today the National Trust protects over 700 miles of the nation's coastline. This collection of photographs celebrates the diversity of the British coastline and encourages its preservation for future generations.
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It is my favorite book!!.......2001-10-28
The photographs are so gorgious and real that they make you feel like you are right there. From the cliffs to the sandy beaches and from the light houses to the huge watery rocks make this book extremely unforgettable.
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Bengal: Sites and Sights
Pratapaditya Pal
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Bengal provides an overview of the material culture of undivided (pre-1947) Bengal through a selection of nine sites, three of which are now in Bangladesh and six in West Bengal. Archeological sites reviewed include Chandraketugarh, Mahasthang arh, and Mangalkot . Other places that are consid ered sights such as Bishnupur, Mainamati, and Mu
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- Hurts, wounds, hopes and triumphs of growing up Black
- A book of relevance to everyone who has experienced racism
- "ýout of the mouths of babes"
- These stories are literally our own. New voices, old truths.
- An intimate view of Black youth's struggle with racism
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Children of the Dream: Our Own Stories of Growing Up Black in America (Children of Conflict)
Laurel Holliday
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"I let somebody call me 'nigger.' It wasn't just any old body, either; it was my friend. That really hurt."
-- Amitiyah Elayne Hyman
Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamed of a day when black children were judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. His eloquent charge became the single greatest inspiration for the achievement of racial justice in America. In her powerful fourth book in the Children of Conflict series, Laurel Holliday explores how far we have come as she presents thirty-eight African-Americans who share their experiences as Children of the Dream.
"I was brought up with white Barbie dolls of impossible proportions and long silky blonde hair -- neither of which I possessed. As a child I believed what I was taught, and I wasn't taught to love myself for who I am -- an African-American."
-- Charisse Nesbit
The unforgettable people we hear from are young and old, rich and poor, from inner cities, suburbia, and rural America. In chronicles that are highly personal, funny, tragic, and triumphant, the contributors tell us what it is like coming of age stigmatized by the color of their skin, yet proud of their heritage and culture.
Their voices, their courage, their resilience -- and their understanding -- offer hope for us all.
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Hurts, wounds, hopes and triumphs of growing up Black.......1999-06-12
Children Of The Dream A review by Gunter David Ft. Washington, PA
In the age of the status quo between black and white in American, when the races have social contact mainly at work, rarely at home, Children Of The Dream: Our Own Stories Of Growing Up Black In America makes a vital contribution. For how are we to know about each other, except by reading of inner thoughts and feelings, since most of us don't openly talk to each other?
This book is filled with memoirs of Afro-Americans struggling to come to terms with the color of their skin in a white world. But unlike other books having covered the same terrain, this volume describes the experiences of children, as told by adults looking back. The hurts, the wounds, but also the hopes and triumphs are recounted in the first person. They make for deeply personal stories, both revealing and informative.
Among the most moving is the very first in the book, "The Question" - a recollection by Arline Lorraine Piper of how her grandmother fed hungry white men during the Depression, when her own family had little to spare. "Sticks And Stones And Words And Bones" by Amitiyah Elayne Hyman, tells of relationships with white neighbors. There is sadness and a sense of loss in "My First Friend (My Blond-Haired, Blue-Eyed Linda)" by Marion Coleman Brown, on the theme of how children are taught to hate. And then there is "White Friends" by Bernestine Singley, a bitter indictment of both black and white social values.
The book is the latest in editor Laurel Holliday's "The Children Of The Conflict" series. Her introductions of each story beautifully set the scene. The pictures of the authors as children provide an illuminating touch.
A book of relevance to everyone who has experienced racism.......1999-05-19
As a reader from outside America, this book was a revelation about a society which has so much to offer the world and yet often sells its own citizens short. Anyone, black or white who has ever experienced racism anywhere in the world will recognise themselves in these stories. It would be invidious to name specific writers from the collection, there is not a bad story in it which is to the credit of all the contributors but also to the work of Laurel Holliday who has brought yet another fine collection of stories by ordinary people to the reading public. What makes this collection exceptional is that it deals not only with racism by whites oppressing blacks, but the equally significant evil of blacks who seek to denigrate their brothers and sisters for 'not being black enough'. This is something which is recognisable to all who live in areas of racial or sectarian conflict. I wish that this book could be made compulsory reading for every school child, along with previous Laurel Holliday collections dealing with Palestine/Israel, Ireland and the victims of WW2 and the Holocaust. Read this book, it really will change the way you think!
"ýout of the mouths of babes".......1999-04-02
Each essay spoke right to me. Some whispered and others shouted, but I knew exactly where the sound was coming from. Mind you, those hurts and slights may have happened quite awhile ago, but the memories seemed to have shaped (and are shaping) some extraordinary individuals. Will be giving this book to many people and genuinely hoarding my first edition copy.
These stories are literally our own. New voices, old truths........1999-03-29
Arline Lorraine Piper, author of the award-winning story, "The Question," in CHILDREN OF THE DREAM, captures the essence of the anthology in her extremely modest description of herself. "If I am at all extraordinary," she says, "it is in my willingness to expose my truth to myself, so that my truth can also be accessible to you. But this effort on my part to be ruthlessly honest with myself will only have full significance for you if it empowers you to the same honesty with yourself...." Welcome to the victors' tales, stories not merely of survival and overcoming, but of ultimately prevailing. With enormous range, across class, color, gender, age, lifestyles and experience, the stories in ruthless, honest remembering. For a nation suffering from collective amnesia where race is concerned, CHILDREN OF THE DREAM is a powerful cure. Sometimes funny, sometimes painful, sometimes subtle, sometimes in-your-face, each vignette is its own reminder of exactly how things on the race front got to be the way they are. This is a dialogue on race, voiced by people on the street, telling it the way it always has been and, regrettably, still is. CHILDREN OF THE DREAM is one more piece of evidence contradicting the popular, simplistic notion that there is one authentic Black experience. For instance, even though it happens to be my own story, not all African Americans grew up in single parent homes in the ghetto struggling to make ends meet. Dawn Bennett-Alexander's "(R)Evolution of Black and White" humorously, yet compellingly, makes just this point and Staajabu's "255 Sycamore Street" and Robert E. Penn's "War" go on to reinforce it. CHILDREN OF THE DREAM is a book for the entire family. Any young adult, for instance, can relate to the two 19-year old Bennett-Alexander sisters who share their experiences from markedly different perspectives in "The Black Experience" and "Betrayal in Black and White." When their baby sister, 9-year old Tess Alexandra, weighs in with her clear-eyed essay, "'Mixed' Emotions," even the youngest school-age child can hear and understand her voice. And as if that weren't enough, I dare you to remain unmoved after reading Antoine P. Reddick's brave but heartbreaking "All the Black Children" and then flip to Toure's "Blackmanwalkin," a young man's joyful tribute to his father. Finally, for those who think virulent racism is a thing of times past, apartheid lives well and prospers next door, on the bus, in school. Laurel Holliday has done something quite extraordinary. Once again, in this her last in the "Children of Conflict" series, she has stepped back and made it possible for readers to hear, without filters, the enormously varied voices of ordinary people speaking as the experts they are on growing up, in this instance, Black in America. CHILDREN OF THE DREAM offers readers the gift of entering the 21st century less ignorant, less divided, less mean-spirited, less smug, more generous, more hopeful, more sensitive, more empowered to face the clear and still present truth about racism's destruction. Make no mistake though. As one of the contributors to the anthology, I assure you that we do not point fingers, seek sympathy, or even threaten retribution. Rather, we have laid open pieces of our lives so you can see how we are all shaped, for good and bad, by the same forces. As with all gifts, you may take these or leave them. But for the wise ones, who desire a new, empowered, awakened way of racial being, the choice will be perfectly obvious
An intimate view of Black youth's struggle with racism.......1999-02-09
This is a must read for all people. Each story is a personal glimpse, on an intimate level with the struggle to survive in a racist society. Some stories made me laugh out loud and some brought tears to my eyes. I am one of the authors. I had no idea how many others had felt my pain. Wish I could purchase a book for everybody I know.
Books:
- A Murderous Yarn (Needlecraft Mysteries)
- A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
- A Quarter for a Kiss (The Million Dollar Mysteries, Book 4)
- A Rare Benedictine
- Airtight Case: A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel
- And Justice There Is None
- Beneath A Blood Red Moon (Zebra Romantic Suspense)
- Chasing Cezanne: A Novel
- Chatter of the Maidens (Hawkenlye Mysteries)
- Chrysanthemum Palace a Novel
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