All About Saguaros
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  • A thorough yet readable overview of saguaro cacti
  • Our cactus friends!
All About Saguaros
Carle Hodge
Manufacturer: Arizona Highways
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0916179311

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A thorough yet readable overview of saguaro cacti.......2003-07-25

This book, published by Arizona Highways, presents a broad yet detailed overview of saguaro cacti. Everything about the cacti, ranging from scientific data to traditional and modern cultural information, has been placed in this book. The text is easy to read yet it answers most questions about cacti, and the pictures are of the high quality expected from Arizona Highways. This book is so good that its photos and information has been incorporated into reference booklets at Saguaro National Park. A good book for both Arizona residents and visitors to own.

5 out of 5 stars Our cactus friends!.......2000-04-14

The first time I visited the Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona, I had dozens of questions about saguaros. I wanted to know why their arms grow down toward the ground sometimes and why some of them have a brown woody bark and why some of them have ripples and what happens to you if you get caught shooting at a saguaro. This book answered all of my questions and then some!

I found out that the arms sometimes start to grow downwards if there is a cold spell right as the arms start to grow. Only very old saguaros get the woody bark and they become more like a regular tree as they age. The ripples are caused by droughts and rainy years during growth cycles and you'll be fined very heavily if you shoot at a saguaro because they are protected under state law.

It's a thin, paperback book and it's written in a manner that it would be interesting to children as well as to adults but it's definitely aimed at an older reader. Tons of beautiful desert scenes!

Traveling Solo, 5th: Advice and Ideas for More than 250 Great Vacations (Traveling Solo)
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    Traveling Solo, 5th: Advice and Ideas for More than 250 Great Vacations (Traveling Solo)
    Eleanor Berman
    Manufacturer: Globe Pequot
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0762736976

    Book Description

    The ultimate guide to traveling alone, Traveling Solo offers advice and ideas for more than 250 trips for solo travelers, including suggested vacations as varied as the ages, budgets, tastes, and interests of millions of singles.

    Elizabethan Village
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      Elizabethan Village
      Anthony Fletcher
      Manufacturer: Longman
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Unknown Binding
      ASIN: B0000CNESN
      Elizabethan Village (Then & There)
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        Elizabethan Village (Then & There)
        Anthony Fletcher
        Manufacturer: Longman Pub Group
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        The Elizabethan Village: Illustrated from Contemporary Sources (Then and There Series)
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          The Elizabethan Village: Illustrated from Contemporary Sources (Then and There Series)
          Anthony Fletcher
          Manufacturer: Longman Publishing Group
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback

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          Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz
          Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
          • Where You Want To Go For One-Stop Presentation Skills
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          • Knockout's a knockout with my clients
          Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz
          Diane DiResta
          Manufacturer: CHANDLER HOUSE PRESS
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback

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          ASIN: 1886284253

          Book Description

          Life is a presentation. The ability to present one's ideas quickly and efficiently is a significant resource in today's business world.

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Where You Want To Go For One-Stop Presentation Skills.......2006-06-26

          I've known Diane DiResta's work for many years. She is the "Queen of Presentations". Her book provides a no-nonsense approach to the art of clear, precise and meaningful communications to audiences large and small. I've taught Presentation Skills courses myself for over 25 years in the corporate world and I refer to her works in almost a "biblical" sense. She knows what she's saying. She's been there, she's done that! Great primer.

          5 out of 5 stars A practical and useful book.......2006-03-20

          Another reviewer said it is not often that a book lives up to its title: especially with words like 'power' and 'pizzaz' as part of the promise. This book certainly did for me. It is not full of jargon. It is not full of pictures and distraction. What it does have it clear ideas, simply given that you can immediately put into practise.
          The book covers basics like dealing with nerves as well as advanced issues like presenting with an interpreter. This makes it a great choice for all levels of presenter.
          A great addition to anyone's library for a small dollar purchase.

          2 out of 5 stars General Advices About Public Speech.......2006-01-27

          The book is about how you should prepare to public speech. It talks about how to setup a stage, how to work with a michrophone, how to walk in a stage and the known advices as 'know your audience' and 'rehearse'.

          I think this might be good reading if you lack any clue about the process but for people that need to improve their presentation skills it's not worth. Also there's almost nothing on tips for preparing slides (the most common media, I think).

          The author keeps giving infinite acronyms where she wants to work on topics (almost all topic groups gets its own) and it's really annoying.

          5 out of 5 stars Great Clarity Brought to Fundamentals.......2005-06-08

          I have read hundreds and hundreds of books on how to give presentations. Diresta adds to the genre through sheer force of simple clarity. She cuts through the clutter and helps people focus on the fundamentals they need to go from a poor to good speaker and from a good to great presenter. This book should be in the library of any serious student of speaking.

          5 out of 5 stars Knockout's a knockout with my clients.......2005-04-16

          Having been in the communication skill business the past 15 years myself, I am glad to have such a good and user-friendly reference as this book to recommend to my clients - from all backgrounds and industries. It covers every area, and then some.
          I have a shelf full of other presentation skill books, but Knockout Presentations is still the one I reference and pass along. Should be on every business person's desk, in libraries, and in college book stores. Good bang for the buck.
          Janet FitzGerald, M.S. CCC-SP, Director, FitzCom, Inc.

          Visual Systems: Harnessing the Power of a Visual Workplace
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            Visual Systems: Harnessing the Power of a Visual Workplace
            Gwendolyn, D. Galsworth
            Manufacturer: Amacom
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback

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            ASIN: 0814474594

            Book Description

            How to improve quality and productivity through non-verbal signs, signals, controls, and constraints. When an industrial workplace (such as a machining area, assembly line, or loading dock) is dirty, cluttered or poorly marked, it's not just bad to the eyes -- it's bad for the business. This book is a comprehensive guide to ""visual systems"" -- a highly successful approach that uses visual indicators, signs, controls, and guarantees to direct and support activities on the shop floor. The goal is a self-explaining, self-regulating workplace where critical information is shared rapidly, accurately -- and without speaking or reading a word. Packed with case examples, photos, tables, and checklists, the book shows how visual systems can reduce costs by: * radically improving both quality and safety * triggering new levels of employee participation * cutting wasted motion and needless use of space and materials * creating a company-wide visual improvement ""language"""
            Automating Business Process Re-Engineering: Using the Power of Visual Simulation Strategies to Improve Performance and Profit (2nd Edition)
            Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
            • A new culture in the management of changes
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            Automating Business Process Re-Engineering: Using the Power of Visual Simulation Strategies to Improve Performance and Profit (2nd Edition)
            Gregory A. Hansen
            Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
            ProductGroup: Book
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            ASIN: 0135769841

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars A new culture in the management of changes.......2000-04-04

            In this book is developed the way to manage changes in engineering processes, demonstrating the power of sumulation really. Hansen has obtained the wanted theory-practice binomial, which is not common in business literature. I think that a phrase that summarizes properly his work in this book is: "if an engineer doesn't measure, can't control anything", although surely Hansen would say "business man". instead of "engineer".

            1 out of 5 stars Non Value-Added...........1998-08-24

            The mere premise that BPR has failed to deliver or alienated various groups all for the lack of an animated flowchart shareware....

            Come on, I'm supposed to take this to my CIO ???
            Crystal Reports Power User Workshop Version 8.0
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            Crystal Reports Power User Workshop Version 8.0
            Fastplanet Technologies
            Manufacturer: FastPlanet Technologies
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            Binding: Spiral-bound

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            ASIN: 1930026161

            Book Description

            This 2-day workshop is designed for experienced Crystal Report users. The intent of the course is to increase the design skills and expand into the expert features and powerful functionality of Crystal Reports. This workshop delves into the most complex techniques used for creating reports and solving reporting problems, as well as hands-on practice with formula solutions. Pre-requisites: Thorough understanding of relational database theories and reporting concepts are required. Successful Completion of either the Quick Start for Novice Users Workshop or the Pre-qualification exercise is strongly recommended.

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Tremendous Self-Training Workbooks.......2003-03-06

            This review is to show my sincere gratitude to FASTPLANET for making the Workshop books available (Quick Start and Power User). The books provide excellent information in a concise manner. They provide excellent formats that are easy to follow. They provide excellent exercises. They make a complicated and powerful software easy.

            I was able to go though most of the two books in a weekend and have been very productive in modifying Crystal reports. We have saved a significant amount of money by not relying on the service of outside consultants to modify most of the reports that we can do on our own.

            Again, my sincere gratitude to everybody at FASTPLANET for making the books available.

            A very happy user

            5 out of 5 stars Powerful Stuff.......2002-03-07

            This advanced book is constructed to allow non technical students to appreciate complex functions and programming concepts. This is the only Crystal Reports book that I have found that allows my students to gain a solid understanding of complex topics in an efficient manner. Again Fast Planet has produced a courseware package that ensure that students can being using the concepts in just two days. If your looking for courseware or trying to learn Crystal on your own, stop looking , buy this book and its Quick Start version now.

            5 out of 5 stars The best available training library........2002-01-26

            Excellent for instructor led training. Just as the description says, the book has many hands on exercises, and covers all necessary topics to take a student from the beginner level to a more advanced stage. I always get excellent evaluations from my students when I teach this class.

            1 out of 5 stars I'm returning this book.......2002-01-15

            I was very unhappy with the lack of detailed information in this book. I purchased this book thinking that there would be more information than a basic concept of some of the more advanced topics in Crystal but was dissapointed to find out that this book doesn't go into enough detail on the subjects I was interested in such as Web integration. I'm returning this book as a very dissapointed reader.
            PR Newswire : ATEN Technology Unveils New 2- and 4-Port KVM Switches With (DVI) Digital Visual Interface Connectivity; KVM Switches Include USB Supportto Power DVI Devices.
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              PR Newswire : ATEN Technology Unveils New 2- and 4-Port KVM Switches With (DVI) Digital Visual Interface Connectivity; KVM Switches Include USB Supportto Power DVI Devices.

              Manufacturer: PR Newswire Association LLC
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              Release Date: 2005-03-11

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              Visual Power: Business (Visual Power)
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                Visual Power: Business (Visual Power)
                Mieke Gerritzen , Henk Oosterling , Geert Lovink , and Max Bruinsma
                Manufacturer: Gingko Press
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                ATI's RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition brings unprecedented power and visual quality to Mac users.: An article from: EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
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                  ATI's RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition brings unprecedented power and visual quality to Mac users.: An article from: EDP Weekly's IT Monitor

                  Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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                  Binding: Digital

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                  Release Date: 2006-03-28

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                  Title: ATI's RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition brings unprecedented power and visual quality to Mac users.
                  Publication: EDP Weekly's IT Monitor (Magazine/Journal)
                  Date: July 21, 2003
                  Publisher: Thomson Gale
                  Volume: 44 Issue: 28 Page: 1

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                  ATI's RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition brings unprecedented power and visual quality to Mac users.: An article from: Software Industry Report
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                    ATI's RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition brings unprecedented power and visual quality to Mac users.: An article from: Software Industry Report

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                    Release Date: 2005-06-01

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                    Title: ATI's RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition brings unprecedented power and visual quality to Mac users.
                    Publication: Software Industry Report (Newsletter)
                    Date: July 21, 2003
                    Publisher: Millin Publishing, Inc.
                    Volume: 35 Issue: 14 Page: 8

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                    The dangers of visual culture: the power to control and manipulate images is democratizing, but it may also undermine trust.: An article from: The Futurist
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                      The dangers of visual culture: the power to control and manipulate images is democratizing, but it may also undermine trust.: An article from: The Futurist
                      Christine Rosen
                      Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Digital

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                      Release Date: 2007-03-09

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                      Title: The dangers of visual culture: the power to control and manipulate images is democratizing, but it may also undermine trust.
                      Author: Christine Rosen
                      Publication: The Futurist (Magazine/Journal)
                      Date: March 1, 2007
                      Publisher: Thomson Gale
                      Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Page: 29(2)

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                      Picture power: authors of "Going Visual" show how to harness the impact of images.(Going Visual: Using Images to Enhance Productivity, Decision Making, and Profits): An article from: Photo Marketing
                      Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
                      • WOW!
                      Picture power: authors of "Going Visual" show how to harness the impact of images.(Going Visual: Using Images to Enhance Productivity, Decision Making, and Profits): An article from: Photo Marketing
                      Sheila Pursglove
                      Manufacturer: Photo Marketing Association International
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Digital

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                      ASIN: B00096Z36G
                      Release Date: 2005-07-13

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                      This digital document is an article from Photo Marketing, published by Photo Marketing Association International on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 596 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

                      Citation Details
                      Title: Picture power: authors of "Going Visual" show how to harness the impact of images.(Going Visual: Using Images to Enhance Productivity, Decision Making, and Profits)
                      Author: Sheila Pursglove
                      Publication: Photo Marketing (Magazine/Journal)
                      Date: February 1, 2005
                      Publisher: Photo Marketing Association International
                      Volume: 80 Issue: 2 Page: 37(1)

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                      Customer Reviews:

                      1 out of 5 stars WOW!.......2005-05-03

                      Yeah, wow. $6 for a one page review that I'm sure shook the world. Don't waste your time.

                      Tarantulas: A Complete Introduction
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                        Al David
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                        Leonard's Annual Price Index of Art Auction 1987 1988
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                          Susan Theran
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                          LEONARD'S ANNUAL PRICE INDEX OF ART AUCTIONS:  1987-1988 Auction Season, Volume 8
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                            Inc.. Auction Index
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                            Leonard's Annual Price Index of Art Auction 1987 1988
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                              Leonard's Annual Price Index of Art Auctions, 1986-1987 Auction Season, 1988 Edition
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                                Leonard's Annual Price Index of Art Auctions, 1986-1987 Auction Season, 1988 Edition
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                                Japanese Gardens for Today: A Practical Handbook
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                                  David H. Engel
                                  Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
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                                  Creating Space Without Adding on
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                                    Jack P. Jones
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                                    Ealing & Northfields (Britain in Old Photograph)
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                                      Richard Essen
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                                      Undocumented in L.A.: An Immigrant's Story (Latin American Silhouettes)
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                                      Fleeing a generally bleak existence in Nicaragua, Yamileth shepherds her sister's children and her son Miguel over a treacherous route to California. She reaches Los Angeles in 1989 as the local economy sours and outcry against illegal immigrants like themselves swells. A Sandinista supporter who fought for a new life in Nicaragua, she is nonplussed by everyday violence in the U.S. Worries about the children, difficulty finding work, and the threat of deportation darken her dreams of a safe haven. Dianne Walta Hart, her unofficial American sponsor, weaves together Yamileth's words with commentary pointing up inevitable culture clashes. This is a rough-edged, authentic look at the marginal lives led by many illegal immigrants who live among us.

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                                      Yamileth's own words. From start to finish, Undocumented in L.A.: An Immigrant's Story is testimonial literature at its best. This eye-opening work will show the reader the opposition and difficulties undocumented immigrants face in a nation that at first beckons them with freedom, then rejects them with unwelcoming borders and restrictive laws. Undocumented in L.A.: An Immigrant's Story is an excellent resource for courses in immigration, political science, and social and cultural studies.

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                                      1 out of 5 stars Unprofessional; Inaccessible.......2002-11-11

                                      I was required to read this book for a course I'm currently taking in college. I have seldom seen such a sloppy, unprofessional, inaccessible work such as I did upon reading this particular work.

                                      The content of the narrative itself is unremarkable; Hart recounts the tale of Yamileth and her family members, virtually all of whom are undocumented (a euphemism for 'illegal') immigrants in the United States.

                                      I saw no compelling reasons whatsoever for the existence of this book. One of the hallmarks of documentary nonfiction is ostensibly objectivity, a professional detachment from the subject. There is none of that here. Hart is herself involved intimately with Yamileth's life, and liberally narrates her own actions throughout the course of the text. Hart's continued non-intervention (and in fact, implicit encouragement) of the numerous acts of illegal immigration throughout the text is unsettling, if not outright disturbing.

                                      Hart maintains a unnecessarily loyal relationship with the oral history she performs; the salient narrative is presented entirely in extremely unnecessary quotation marks, apparently in an effort to bring about a sense of intimacy. This effort, unfortunately, fails miserably. I found the text immensely inaccessible, and the slavish devotion to verbatim dictation extremely off-putting. I saw no reason whatsoever for Hart's act of essentially presenting an annotated transcription of her interview. My only hypothesis would be laziness, but again, Hart's gratuitous editorial commentary appears to contradict that particular possibility.

                                      Given the paucity of compelling subject matter (Yamileth's story is neither unique nor extraordinary), Hart deserves some measure of acknowledgement for not only writing this book, but also for getting it published.

                                      Had Hart chosen a more objective, narrative format (The Autobiography of Malcolm X, another text I read in the same course, is a superb example), her message would have been vastly more credible, as well as entertaining to read. Hart's narrative seems forced; Hart's numerous editorial comments lend an air of artificiality, and give a sense of desperation, or 'padding the text,' if you will.

                                      Hart lacks the academic credentials for conducting oral history projects, and this fact is readily evident throughout the text. The narrative is in fact extremely boring, as a great deal of text is wasted on the trivial details of Yamileth's daily life. Yamileth herself comes across as a strange character; many of the actions she takes throughout the text would very kindly be described as 'misguided' if not outright stupid. The greatest example of this is her decision to leave Oregon (where she had a satisfying job, and her son was truly happy), and return to live with her manipulative sister in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, she is jobless and unhappy, and her son even more so. Perhaps even more confusing is her ultimate decision to return to Nicaragua, which in some senses proves to be even worse than Los Angeles. Yamileth comes across as consistently indecisive, as well as impractical. Her dithering would be acceptable were she only by herself, but her continued decisions to deny her son happiness and stability in life reek of irresponsibility, as well as juvenility.

                                      In short, Yamileth doesn't know what she wants with life, and in her continued half-fulfilled plans she manages to drag her children down with her. Similarly, Hart doesn't know what she wants to do with this book. I in fact fail to see why anybody would read this out of their own volition. To anyone else taking the same class as I am now (I wish to remain anonymous, but suffice to say I attend a prestigious school in Northern California) - don't worry...it gets better from here on.

                                      5 out of 5 stars Yamileth: A Sojourner.......1999-12-21

                                      I highly recommend this book. It is a joy to read the story of a Nicaraguan lady who makes a journey with members of her family. The destination is the U.S.; the length of stay is short term. As Yamileth will tell you, plans don't always come out the way they were intended. The heroine of the book is a woman, mother, and activist, who has strong family values supported by age old ideals, and who has the courage to live them. The best feature of "Undocumented in L.A." is that it is apolitical. The ideals to which Yamileth is commited and her ways of expressing them are delightful. Through her clear reasoning I was able to have a clearer understanding of the immigrant experience without all the media hype or the outragious editorialization. In the retelling of Yamileth's saga, we are also given an insider's view of foreign relations, inter-racial conflicts, and the divisions of labor in a household where all the occupants are "Undocumented in L. A." "For me the future is thinking about tomorrow and preparing yourself for it. The only heritage a parent can leave is the intellectual preparation of a child... An education allows them to fight for survival, wherever they go. No one can take away that inheritance."--one of Yamileth's values.

                                      5 out of 5 stars Better understanding of plight of illegal immigrants in U.S........1997-10-19

                                      With government looking for ways to limit rights of immigrants in California, Dianne Walta Hart's newest book is very timely. Ms. Hart has culled her interviews with a Nicaraguan woman to tell the immigrant's side of the situation.

                                      Ms. Hart's first book, Thanks to God and the Revolution: The Oral History of a Nicaraguan Family (1990) introduced 4 members of the Lopez family, who described their difficult life in Nicaragua during the revolution. Each family member presented his view of their attempts to survive in a society where employment is difficult to find and the life style is meager. The closeness of the Nicaraguans within their families and neighborhoods is a contrast to the American individualism.

                                      Ten years later, Yamileth and her son Miguel are living as undocumented immigrants in L.A. Through the interviews, their difficulty of survival in a new land is apparent. Again, the close family ties and cultural values weigh heavily on the decisions to be made in their lives.

                                      In T. Coraghessan Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain, the reader meets Mexical illegal immigrants who go to great lengths to find work and take care of themselves in a foreign land. One might discount these characters as fictional and idealized, but the true story Ms. Hart presents shows the actual extreme efforts made by hard working illegal aliens who wish to survive and to find a better life. The stories present people who will not eat a meal if they have not contributed or earned it; people who are honorable and will not always choose the easiest way. Decisions which seem plain to an American do not always fit with the cultural responsibility felt by a person from another country. This book helps one better understand the plight of illegal immigrants in the United States.
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                                        4 out of 5 stars An Interesting and Enlightening Experience.......2003-01-31

                                        Ms. Hart's book is an interesting and enlightening account of the daily struggles of a Nicaraguan family. Their personal struggles and the horrible political situation strengthened their devotion to each other and their country.

                                        A strong faith in God and family committment helped each member survive and thrive inspite of adversity.

                                        The reader gains understanding of the political and social conditions in Nicaragua. Each family member shares their feelings and struggle.
                                        Nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl has an abortion amid controversy.(Law and Policy): An article from: Reproductive Health Matters
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                                          Title: Nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl has an abortion amid controversy.(Law and Policy)
                                          Publication: Reproductive Health Matters (Refereed)
                                          Date: May 1, 2003
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                                            Heathe Luz McNaughton , Marta Maria Blandon , and Ligia Altamirano
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                                            Title: Should therapeutic abortion be legal in Nicaragua: the response of Nicaraguan obstetrician--gynaecologists.
                                            Author: Heathe Luz McNaughton
                                            Publication: Reproductive Health Matters (Refereed)
                                            Date: May 1, 2002
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