Animal Architects: How Animals Weave, Tunnel, and Build Their Remarkable Homes

Book Description

Wild, spectacular Yellowstone thrills visitors with gushing geysers and free-roaming wildlife. Grand Teton entices with jagged peaks and glacial lakes. Packed with information for everyone from families with small children to hardcore outdoor adventurers, this guide takes you there.

Thermal Wonders: From world-famous Old Faithful to gem-colored hot springs, Yellowstone's wild thermal features.
Wildlife: Bison, elk, bears, moose, wolves, bald eagles - this guide tells you where to spot them.
Outdoor Fun: The best spots for hiking, camping, rock-climbing, skiing, fishing, boating, and more.
Insider Tips: Hundreds of places to stay, eat, and play, as well as how to find a wealth of hidden treasures.
Beyond the Parks: From the Wild West bluster of Cody to the exhilarating ski slopes of Jackson Hole.

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Most helpful guidebook.......2007-09-11

Before my Yellowstone trip, I had purchased many books and maps and visited websites-you know the drill. This book helped with many insider tips-when talking with other visitors, they had consistently asked me how I knew these things, and I told them-the Lonely Planet guide. Even two park rangers wanted to know how I knew these lesser known tips-and they were impressed with the information. My favorites: how to get the best view of the Grand Prismatic pool (I'm not going to give that one away) and how to avoid bears on trails-which I'll let out of the bag-sing show tunes! Yes that sounds ridiculous-but when I saw a bear about 150 ft ahead of me on a trail and started singing Ethel Merman, well, bears are smart enough not to stick around for the encore!

Not The Lonely Planet I've Come to Expect!.......2007-06-15

Maybe it's because the author admits that he ventured off to complete this project only a couple days after getting married, leaving his bride behind. Perhaps a publishing deadline loomed large. I'm not sure what Lonely Planet's excuse is, but this book is the most thrown together, unhelpful guide I've ever seen in their repertoire! I've appreciated their "secret" tips and organized guides for many of my world adventures, and this one is just way below par. Abyssmal on any scale.

I did tons better researching on the internet on my own, which might be the best approach to these parks anyway, so that you're sure to get up to date information. This guide doesn't even mention the great guest ranch outside the park at which I snagged six nights a few months before my visit, how to make sure that you get tickets for special ranger-led, half-day back-country adventure hikes with 15 person limits, or that there are boat and kayak rentals/tours in Yellowstone from concessionaires.

The book literally gives you a headache, trying to figure out how to make sense of the vast amount of listings presented. A menage of maps and thrown-together tidbits are pretty meaningless without the necessary organization to figure out an orderly travel plan. It would have been a lot better if the book took you around each of Yellowstone's loops and through Grand Teton in a more logical format.

I alos found much of the information to be grossly outdated and inaccurate, and so many basic outdoor activities weren't explored in depth, and no real useful information or how-tos were given. I was thoroughly disappointed with my selection. With the vast amount of knowledge that I've accumulated through my own research, I could certainly re-write this guide myself!

You'll be lost without it!.......2006-10-15

If it's your first time in Yellow Stone or the Grand Tetons this'll be your bible .. the hikes listed in both places are well presented and with the maps included will help you plan you time in this wonderful part of the world .. The information on where you are likely to spot animals is really useful - Elk, Bison, Moose and Bear ... all accurate! The highlights and intineraries suggested helped with planning the trip .. but in addition to the traditional 'must sees' the book also suggests some wonderful off the beaten track experiences as well. Has info on where to stay and eat ..I stayed outside the park and would recommend either Teton Village or Jackson Hole as a good base with lots of top class accomodation. For European travellers Jackson Hole was the only place that I could get a mobile phone signal!

A Guide To the Tetons and Yellowstone.......2005-10-26

For one contemplating a trip to Yellowstone and the Tetons this book will be a fine handbook and guide.It is very detailed in regards to information about the parks and offers the reader a fine source of information for things to do on your visit.

As a backup source.......2005-10-06

For general planning of our trip, this book provided some useful information but the book does not give enough detail for a day to day planner.

Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks (Lonely Planet Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Park)

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Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks (Lonely Planet Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Park)
Bradley Mayhew
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1741045606

Book Description

Signs for feelings, directions, activities, foods, bedtime, discipline, comfort-giving.

Customer Reviews:

Pediatric RN.......2002-09-26

I originally purchased this book to compound on the basic sign language I had already taught my one year old daughter. Although she is able to hear, sign language reduced the amount of frustration in trying to communicate verbally, since sign language was easier to learn. I found that by the time we were able to work on larger phrases, she was speaking (or at least able to communicate her wants and needs) and the book was unnecessary. I do, however, find the book useful at the Children's hospital I work at. It contains easy to understand phrases that we use everyday with small children. The book now has a permanent home on our floor for all of the nurses to use.

Pediatric RN.......2002-09-26

I purchased this book to compound on the basic sign language I was using with my daughter. Although able to hear, I found that sign language gave her a means of communication at a much earlier age which decreased frustration for the both of us. By the time I was using the information from this book, she was speaking (or at least able to communicate with me) and the book became much more useful at the Pediatric hospital I work at. The book is now part of our library, for reference, when working with the deaf children on our floor. The book is easy to understand and covers many of the words and phrases we convey everyday to small children.

not useful for me.......2002-03-18

I found the diagrams in this book difficult to follow, and it didn't contain some words I wanted to learn, while it did contain some I would be unlikely ever to need. Also, the signs are NOT ASL but Signed English. However, I have seen other books in this series at the bookstore, and I might buy the ones on food or school. This book, however, I didn't keep.

Mom with deaf daughter..........2000-11-22

We also have three older children learning ASL and this book is very easy for them as well as adults (we have found that sometimes it's harder for adults to learn a new language!) to follow. It contains the alphabet as well as catagorized topics that sitters (or non-signers) can easily turn to and sign to other hearing impaired individuals. This little book has been a very helpful tool in our home and has made our transition into the deaf language a little smoother.

wow.......2000-05-05

If you work with deaf children then this is the book for you. It is so good I bought two. It teaches you things that you could oly learn in child assessment for the hearing impared.

Caring for Young Children: Signing for Day Care Providers & Sitters

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Caring for Young Children: Signing for Day Care Providers & Sitters

Manufacturer: Garlic Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1930820186

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Caring for Young Children: Signing for Day Care Providers & Sitters
S. Harold Collins
Manufacturer: Garlic Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000P0SXFE

Book Description

Margo Veillon, one of Egypt's best loved artists, here presents a sampling of her work from throughout her career, as represented in a legacy bequeathed to the American University in Cairo. The collection includes work from across the decades of her career as well as across a variety of media. Although Margo has lived part of her life in Europe, it is clearly Egypt that has held her imagination in all these long years of artistic innovation. One strand of her work is characterized by an ability to capture and depict the energy of a specific moment in time, be it a toss of wheat in the air to separate the chaff, the stoic bride in a wedding procession, or a horse dancing in a tent at a mulid. The stones, sands, and constantly changing light of the desert have been the inspiration for many years for another major line of artistic expression. And a third strand has been her exploration of all that can be seen, not seen, and sensed in one place, in her remarkable series of Global Perspectives. These threads and others no less individual and innovative make up the extraordinarily rich tapestry of Margo Veillon's artistic career, as brought together in the AUC Permanent Collection.

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Margo Veillon: Witness of a Century
Bruno Ronfard , and Margo Veillon
Manufacturer: American University in Cairo Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Margo Veillon, one of Egypt’s best known and best loved artists, was born in Cairo in 1907 and died in the same city in 2003. For most of her 96 years she painted and drew Egypt, from north to south, from countryside to city, as well as Paris, London, and other parts of the world. As a witness to a century of enormous change in Egypt as much as elsewhere, she produced a huge, rich, and varied body of work that includes work from across the decades of her career as well as across a variety of media.

Although Margo lived part of her life in Europe, it was clearly Egypt that held her imagination through all those long years of artistic innovation. One strand of her work is characterized by an ability to capture and depict the energy of a specific moment in time, be it a toss of wheat in the air to separate the chaff, the stoic bride in a wedding procession, or a horse dancing in a tent at a mulid. The stones, sands, and constantly changing light of the desert were the inspiration for many years for another major line of artistic expression. And a third strand was her exploration of all that can be seen, not seen, and sensed in one place, in her remarkable series of Global Perspectives. These threads and others no less individual and innovative make up the extraordinarily rich tapestry of Margo Veillon’s artistic career over nearly one hundred years.

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Margo Veillon: Egyptian Festivals
Margo Veillon
Manufacturer: American University in Cairo Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9774246942

Book Description

Margo Veillon, one of Egypt's best known and best loved artists, returns to enchant us again with a collection of paintings and drawings depicting the festivals of Egypt. The cycle of Egyptian life is marked by festivals and celebrations: those for births, weddings, saints' mulids, national holidays, and closing the circle, funerals. Margo Veillon draws us in to the joy, exuberance, and occasional sorrow that mark the seasons of Egyptian festivals. This remarkable collection of images fills the viewer with the music and dance that punctuate these events and allows us to participate vicariously through the pages in a swirl of colors, smells, sounds, and exultation.

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Egyptian Harvests
Margo Veillon
Manufacturer: American University in Cairo Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Margo Veillon, one of Egypt's best known and best loved artists, has long been fascinated by the Egyptian countryside and the world of the fellahin--the color and bustle of their villages, their hard labor in the fields. Here in this exceptional book is her collected vision of that world: decades' worth of paintings, sketches, and photographs that capture all the color, vitality, toil, and dignity of life on the land under Egypt's blazing but beneficent sun. She records the women's chores, the floodwaters, the irrigation of the fields, their ploughing, the reaping of wheat and sugar cane, the picking of tomatoes and bananas. Her strong, rapid lines translate the calm, slow movements of the laborers with brio but also with serenity

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The Dog Gospels is an uplifting collection of verses, proverbs, and other excerpts drawn from worldwide religious texts matched with compelling dog photos. The result is a touching, inspirational and often humorous instruction book on how to achieve a better and more fulfilling life by following a dog's lead. Guru Labba Ram Das (a distinguished and sagacious Labrador retriever) guides the reader through this touching, insightful, and entertaining book.

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Furniture Care and Conservation: Revised Third Edition
Robert F. NcGiffin
Manufacturer: AASLH Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000W2IHR4

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Outstanding Book

Very useable

The Complete Guide to Growing Cacti & Succulents
Miles Anderson
Manufacturer: Lorenz Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
Ornamental Plants | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
Cacti & Succulents | Plants | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
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Designing with Succulents

ASIN: 0754812634

Book Description

The purpose of this book is to help you enjoy and care for your plants, whether you are growing them for their flowers or just to delight in their bizarre forms.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Book.......2007-06-10

This is a beautiful book with great pictures and illustrations. Much eduacational information regarding plant anatomy, cultivation, natural habitat, and display. Great selection of species with pictures and detailed specific information.

Very useable.......2007-05-23

I have found this book useful. It's got good, practical tips and has been helpful to me.

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A wonderful overview of DTP and typography.......2001-01-21

This book is compiled from postings and writings on the Desktop Publishing Forum on Compuserve back in the late 1980s. While it's out of date and out of print now, the solid information in it on typography, composition, and design make it worth trying to find a used copy from one of ...out-of-print sources. Don Arnoldy, Brad Walrod, and Thom Hartmann did a brilliant job with this book!

Book Description

Baudrillard's remarkably prescient meditation on terrorism throws light on post-9/11 delusional fears and political simulations.

Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground

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Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground
Sherri Greene Ottis
Manufacturer: University Press of Kentucky
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Military | History | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0813121868

Book Description

In the early years of World War II, it was an amazing feat for an Allied airman shot down over occupied Europe to make it back to England. By 1943, however, pilots and crew members, supplied with “escape kits,” knew they had a 50 percent chance of evading capture and returning home. An estimated 12,000 French civilians helped make this possible.

More than 5,000 airmen, many of them American, successfully traveled along escape lines organized much like those of the U.S. Underground Railroad, using secret codes and stopping in safe houses. If caught, they risked internment in a POW camp. But the French, Belgian, and Dutch civilians who aided them risked torture and even death.

Sherri Ottis writes candidly about the pilots and crewmen who walked out of occupied Europe, as well as the British intelligence agency in charge of Escape and Evasion. But her main focus is on the helpers, those patriots who have been all but ignored in English-language books and journals.

To research their stories, Ottis hiked the Pyrenees and interviewed many of the survivors. She tells of the extreme difficulty they had in avoiding Nazi infiltration by double agents; of their creativity in hiding evaders in their homes, sometimes in the midst of unexpected searches; of their generosity in sharing their meager food supplies during wartime; and of their unflagging spirit and courage in the face of a war fought on a very personal level.

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Terrible story, no plot, poorly researched

Pathetic nonsense

Interesting and Provocative Story

Good intro to stenography and its uses.

On The Internet They Won't Know You Are a Dog

Hacking a Terror Network: The Silent Threat of Covert Channels
Russ Rogers
Manufacturer: Syngress
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Culture | Business & Culture | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1928994989
Release Date: 2004-12-01

Book Description

Written by a certified Arabic linguist from the Defense Language Institute with extensive background in decoding encrypted communications, this cyber-thriller uses a fictional narrative to provide a fascinating and realistic "insider's look" into technically sophisticated covert terrorist communications over the Internet. The accompanying CD-ROM allows readers to "hack along" with the story line, by viewing the same Web sites described in the book containing encrypted, covert communications.

Hacking a Terror NETWORK addresses the technical possibilities of Covert Channels in combination with a very real concern: Terrorism. The fictional story follows the planning of a terrorist plot against the United States where the terrorists use various means of Covert Channels to communicate and hide their trail. Loyal US agents must locate and decode these terrorist plots before innocent American citizens are harmed. The technology covered in the book is both real and thought provoking. Readers can realize the threat posed by these technologies by using the information included in the CD-ROM. The fictional websites, transfer logs, and other technical information are given exactly as they would be found in the real world, leaving the reader to test their own ability to decode the terrorist plot.

Cyber-Thriller focusing on increasing threat of terrorism throughout the world.
Provides a fascinating look at covert forms of communications used by terrorists over the Internet.
Accompanying CD-ROM allows users to "hack along" with the fictional narrative within the book to decrypyt.

Customer Reviews:

Terrible story, no plot, poorly researched.......2007-09-24

How to write a book and make money: Find the hot topic of the day - today's is terrorism, put in your own pet theory or idea about the topic - the author's is how terrorists can use steganography to communicate and finally write a lot of fluff to combine the two. The author has written a poor story, thrown in liberal screenshots and lengthy explanation of how they work.

The author knows enough about steganography but know little about the terrorists and their culture. Of course, today any fool can sell a book about "terrorism" and most do.

Pathetic nonsense.......2006-09-19

I am quite familiar with steganography. This book is just a nonsense.
Maybe, the fictional story could be worth of it, but how pathetic. She plans it all in detail. Then suddenly, she turns herself in to authorities, but does not get an idea to keep in contact with co-conspirators to help stop them.

Interesting and Provocative Story.......2006-02-17

"Hacking a Terror Network" tells a convincing tale of Cyber Terrorism. This fictional story uses communication technology readily available today to spin a fascinating tale a potential scenarios for any criminal element and easy enough for the novice computer user. By combining emotional motivation and computer savvy, terrorist threats press US counterterrorism teams to keep ahead of electronic means of causing death and destruction.
The only thing missing are sidebars describing instructional exercises for the reader to try out these easily used technologies.
The reader might enjoy supplementing this book with another Syngress book, Zero-Day Exploit, to continue reading cyber terrorism scenarios.
The author talks about applications to use and you don't even have to google them on the internet. They're included on the accompanying CD. Additionally, Syngress gives you 4 free e-booklets online.

Good intro to stenography and its uses........2005-12-06

I found this book to be interesting both as a fiction and technical material. The plot develops around a very hot topic of these days - the war on terrorism. Unlike your "conventional" terrorists, the characters in this book use Internet and computer technology to secretly plan and launch an attack against the US.

The tools discussed in this book were new to me, although I've heard of something similar in the past. I found it difficult at times to adjust to this interesting combination of suspense fiction and the technical explanations of how certain tools work. However, overall information obtained is quite useful and encouraged me to further research the topic of "covert channels" and stenography. Besides a few grammar errors and typos that were missed by the editors, this is a good introduction to stenography, especially for computer enthusiasts and professionals. If you are looking for a page turner fiction novel you may want to look somewhere else.

On The Internet They Won't Know You Are a Dog.......2005-07-17

There are some important topics in cyber-security that are very important, but may not require an entire book to cover in detail. When it comes to online communication using "covert channels" and "stegenography", Syngress does what is excels at: they cover the topic in the context of a fictionalized narrative to give it a "real world" context. While not as excellent as some of their other efforts in this genre, Syngress still does a good, but not perfect, job with Hacking a Terror Network: The Silent Threat of Covert Channels (364 pages , SYNGRESS, 2005, ISBN 1-928994-98-9).

The context of this book is a revenge-motivated terrorist attack, borne out of the first Gulf War, against targets on the United States. Some might question how realistic the scenario is or is not, but the book weaves a story which may ring all too true today. The threat of terrorism is real, and it could/would be too easy for people with evil purposes to use covert channels to plan and coordinate an attack.

Without giving away a surprising plot twist, it is hard to envision how the scenario lain out in this book could be realistic, but then again no one on the streets envisioned 9-11 or the recent bombings in London either. What Rogers does in this book is effectively explain the different types of covert channels that can be used, tools that are readily available to use the channels, and tools that are available to detect their use. He also demonstrates that how, without a stroke of luck, it may be virtually impossible to detect the use of these channels.

The book is not written as tautly as it could be and at times you might want to say "Just get to the point!". And there are some items in the book, such as the presence of an Internet Cafe in Iraq in 1991, that require as they say in Hollywood, the "willful suspension of disbelief". Put these things aside and you will learn some new things and technologies you may not have known about before.

The bottom line is that without luck, nobody on the Internet will know you are a dog.

The Scorecard

Par on an Average Par 4

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Clouded by Struggle
Procis Alexston
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Poetry | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 141203521X
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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Clouded By Struggle is about struggle, love and life. A lot of diversity with 110 poems in all. Enter the mind of an unknown legend, share my world.

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Unfair
Finally someone who understands!
Finally, validation for our feelings!
Some really great advice
A troubling paradox

Second Wives: The Silent Struggle
Christine Thomas
Manufacturer: Christine Thomas
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Marriage | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books

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Divorce | Family Relationships | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0964035456

Book Description

Peppered with quotations from second wives from coast to coast, this conversational and often funny book looks at the plight of the second wife in today's world.

From stereotypes of trophies, bimbos and homewreckers to often grueling day-to-day struggles of modern stepmothers, SECOND WIVES is an honest and thorough book about an important issue that affects millions of women. Lively writing and personal reflections touch on important circumstances, such as the blended family, the biased court system, the plight of the divorced father, the financial ramifications of child support orders and the deep feelings that millions of women share but never discuss.

Politically incorrect and fearlessly honest, the book examines phenomena affecting today's second wives, including the ex-wife from hell, the deadbeat mom, and even the challenges facing second wives in their golden years.

Above all, it is a call to arms. With more than 50 Internet resources and plenty of! information about advocacy groups across the country, SECOND WIVES implores readers to reach out and help change the sorry state of domestic relations.

Customer Reviews:

Unfair.......1999-10-19

I'm sorry, but I think this book is very unfair. I just married a man who is divorced with 3 children. His ex-wife does cause a lot of the same problems talked about in this book. But this book seems to focus totally on the ex-wife being a total ***. I thought it would focus more on the feelings you go through being a second wife and how to deal with stepchildren. I was very disappointed. It made it sound like everything is the ex-wife's fault. I don't believe that to be true. A marriage takes two people to work at it. It's never just one or the other. The failure of my husband's first marriage was a combination of the both of them. Now of course his ex doesn't believe that to be true, and she takes every opportunity to remind him of that. But she cannot be to blame for all of the problems. Life is what you make it. This book paid entirely too much attention to the ex-wife. It was very disappointing.

Finally someone who understands!.......1999-09-26

When I got this book I read the entire thing in one sitting. I was so comforted by it. Not many people understand the complexeties of stepmothering-it can be a thankless job. It is also a role that is very difficult to do anything right in. It is hard not to take things personally as a stepmom-this book really helped me. When is the next one? I would love to help write it!

Finally, validation for our feelings!.......1999-08-25

I have been a stepmother for 3 years, and still struggling with the emotional baggage it entails. This book provided the validation of my feelings as I travel this rocky road. I was surprised how angry it made me when reading about the injustice in the legal system, although I know about this first-hand. More importantly, it gives insight from other second wives and the struggles they go through. It made me realize there are actually some wives that have it worse than me!!! Lastly, this book gives valuable resource information--websites, etc.--so that you can seek out additional shoulders to cry on! Bravo, Christine Thomas!

Some really great advice.......1999-08-07

I really enjoyed this book a lot. I couldn't put it down until I finished it...in about 4 hours! I found the information about the First wife not getting the "REAL" divorce to totally (and finally) help me pinpoint what was the psycho-ex-wife-from-HEll's problem! Great information for us Step mothers. HOWEVER, it did not cover enough information for those of us that have custody of our step kids. It assumed a little too much that 95% of all mother's have custody of our kids (okay, that's actually right, since I do have custody of my son from my first marraige). But I didn't like how there was just so little information about father's having custody. Overall, I really enjoyed the information that I did get out of this book and it really related well to my situation.

A troubling paradox.......1999-05-25

I think the topic that the author addresses is an important one & one which is often overlooked in the general concern over those involved in a divorce. Second wives & stepmothers often have a very difficult time of it, directly or indirectly dealing with the fears and insecurities of an ex-wife, the complications of shared custody or the complexity of lost custody, children who are having to adjust to something they didn't create or want, often, and so on. What disturbs me, though, and the paradox here, is the author's seeming inability to recognize that many 2nd wives are also ex-wives...how can they be such victims, on the one hand (as 2nd wives) and such witches, on the other (as ex-wives)? How can all ex-wives be so bad? Is it even remotely possible that the man the 2nd wife is married to used to have a good marriage with the ex, too? Or that the reason the ex is such a terror is because of the years of broken agreements, disappointments, failed attempts at closeness, and so on, that the 2nd wife may just not have gotten to yet? While I'm certain that the author comforts and reassures many a 2nd wife that she is not alone in her frustration and difficult situation---and she often is in a VERY difficult situation---what she also does, I think, is widen the gap instead of narrowing it. If both wives, past and present, were able to focus more on seeing each other as real women dealing with really complex situations and less as enemies or stereotypes, the frustration and anger would lessen. That's what this book fails to consider, and for me, it's a flaw that can't be overlooked because it turns the book into a hostile attack on ex-wives instead of a thoughtful examination of an often-painful situation.

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I am so touched - The true story for immigrant
The best book I ever read
Excellent Book
A Silent Struggle Indeed!

Silent Struggle
Kosi Tette
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

African-American & Black | Ethnic & National | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 1553955722
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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Insightful Views: Learn if the promise of boundless opportunity in America exists for Africans. Entertainment: Disastrous dating adventures and other humorous anedotes make reading easy. Global Perspectives: Learn about the veiled price of success abroad, and how foreigners draw perceptions from relationships and experiences.

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I am so touched - The true story for immigrant.......2005-11-29

Upon reading this book, I was instantly moved. Although I am not an African American like Mr. Tette, I am a Chinese American immigrant.

Mr. Tette's words flew off the page as I was reading his wonderful book. We may have had different specific experiences, but our journey was ultimately the same. This clearly is one book I will never forget.

The best book I ever read.......2005-07-17

Kosi Tette does an excellent job in portraying the thoughts, thought-processes and the aspirations of the African Immigrant with the undying quest to succeed in America. Anyone in this category cannot help but overwhelmingly agree that Kosi Tette has read their mind. His ability to link events of the past to challenges of the present and to dreams of the future surely make Kosi an outstanding luminary who gives high credence to the image of Africans here in the US. Kosi is surely stepping into the ranks of Anthony Kwame Appiah of Princeton & Harvard fame.

'Silent Struggle' is so well narrated and studded with analytical and philosophical thoughts that I just couldn't put the book down when I picked it up. And when I was done I was still looking for more to devour!

I will like to see a sequel - especially how Kwasi adjusts to the strife the US has had to go through with the economic recession and the terror attacks and what it means to the African Immigrant caught in the middle of all of this which can be hard to comprehend. Once again the trail-blazing skills of Kosi are going to be very well needed for a lot of us for navigating this land of seemingly endless opportunity, if approached the right way.

Excellent job. It easily makes 5-Stars!

Excellent Book.......2005-07-15

I enjoyed reading every bit of "Silent Struggle".
Mr. Tette's book does not only tell the world about the hurdles that Africans living abroad face, but, it also depicts the emotional conflicts that all foreigners face when they make a life outside of their home country. Job well done!

A Silent Struggle Indeed! .......2005-06-28

Never has the story of the African immigrant been told with such brilliant humor. This book is not only a must read for those who want insights into the experiences that mould and dictate the percepttions of the African Immigrant in the West. It also alerts all immigrants to the pitfalls that may accompany certain decisions. It gives praise to the host country where it is due and subtely alerts all to the the perils of certain dogged cultural positions and myths held by the soujourner. I highly recommend this book for your next 3 hour plane trip, light hearted, witty but very true afterall the writer lived it persoanlly or through close friends in the same perdicament.

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A Silent Struggle
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