Redwood empire wildflower jewels

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Redwood empire wildflower jewels
Dorothy King Young
Manufacturer: Naturegraph
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Redwood Empire Wildflower Jewels

Manufacturer: Naturegraph
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ASIN: B000GT1TLE

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LUXE City Guides: Singapore (Luxe City Guides)

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LUXE SINGAPORE

LUXE City Guides: Singapore (Luxe City Guides)
LUXE Asia Limited
Manufacturer: LUXE Asia Limited
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- Want the very best of Singapore in one glam little pocket/purse-sized companion? - Want to find the best homeware, decor and design that Singapore has to offer?

- Want super-chic bespoke suits and shirts delivered to your door in two days? - Want to customise or design your own furniture and accessories?

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LUXE SINGAPORE .......2005-08-19

In a city of malls, malls, malls and its national sport is shopping...I was sooo happy to cut the crap and get straight to the good stuff.
I sooo loved my Singapore luxe guide.

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When Shall They Rest? The Cherokees' Long Struggle with America
Peter Collier
Manufacturer: Dell Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0440993415

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WHEN SHALL THEY REST? : THE CHEROKEES' LONG STRUGGLE WITH AMERICA
Peter Collier
Manufacturer: Henry Holth & Co (J)
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OA50JM

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When Shall They Rest? The Cherokees' Long Struggle With America
Peter Collier
Manufacturer: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OA3YGI

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Yve-Alain Bois, the Harvard art historian, had an idea. He believed that through drawing, Ellsworth Kelly evolved "four different strategies for making art: chance, the transfer, the modular grid, and the monochrome panel, all of which served the overriding goal of developing an alternative to traditional composing that would be both radically inventive and stubbornly impersonal." So begins this thoughtfully conceived and beautifully produced catalog for an exhibition organized by the Harvard University Art Museums and the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, that covers only an early, seven-year period in the life of this prolific abstract painter.

Bois's essay is filled with remarkable insights into Kelly's drawings and working methods during his sojourn in post-World War II France. Bois has an artist's mind: he refers to "the painter's attention to visual noise, to the 'insignificant' leftovers in the visual realm." And he explains what a rare, almost impossible luxury this "estrangement" from the world would have been for ordinary French citizens during reconstruction.

Brilliant and nourishing though Bois's essay is, however, it is appropriately upstaged by the impeccably reproduced drawings, collages, and paintings on paper, which leave the reader breathless. These studies are like fireworks: they explode in dozens of directions, putting the viewer in mind of artists as disparate as Barnett Newman, Howard Hodgkin, Henri Matisse, David Hockney, Richard Diebenkorn, Mark Rothko, and Brice Marden. The book opens with the typical young artist's drawing of his work table, then quickly shifts to the most extraordinary seaweed drawing, with a second one in gouache, giving pause to any reader who thought Kelly's much later leaf drawings fell from nowhere. There are, of course, the colored grids (Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance), the cut-up grids such as the sketch for Cite, a study for Yellow on Yellow, and nearly 200 other color plates, all reproduced with the kind of accuracy that allows you to imagine you've held them in your hands.

This is a book that even before it's opened looks as if it might be essential, especially for artists. Hundreds of pages later, that first impression is amply confirmed. --Peggy Moorman

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During his expatriate years in France (1948-54), Ellsworth Kelly developed the visual strategies that would make him one of the most important artists of our era. This is most evident in his French drawings, here presented thoroughly for the first time, together with a searching commentary by noted scholar Yve-Alain Bois. In drawing, Kelly evolved four strategies for making art: transfer, chance, modular grid, and monochrome panel. His goal was to develop an alternative to traditional composition at once radically inventive and stubbornly personal. This bi-lingual German/English catalog presents an intimate view of the process of artistic conception.

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Brilliant and important, breathtakingly original.......1999-08-10

It's so rare to find a scholar whose writing illuminates works of art rather than clouds with obfuscation. Bois brings so much to the table intellectually, and then with wonderful clarity and elegant prose he teaches us to see Kelly's work in a splendid, exciting way.

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One of my favorite books!

Time Began in a Garden
Emilie Barnes , and Anne Christian Buchanan
Manufacturer: Harvest House Pub
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1565073681

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One of my favorite books!.......2001-01-04

I have several of Emilie Barnes' books, but this is one of my favorites. The illustrations are magnificent, the thoughts and ideas are lovely, and I was so entranced by the book, I didn't put it down until I had looked over every page. Her ideas for gift giving were special and easy to do, which makes this a great book for anyone who loves gardening.

Time Began in a Garden (A Quilt of the month, February, Bleeding Heart)

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Time Began in a Garden (A Quilt of the month, February, Bleeding Heart)

Manufacturer: Indygo Junction
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Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000BD2YHS

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Supplies list and instructions.

Time Began in a Garden (Quilt of the Month, April, tulip)

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Time Began in a Garden (Quilt of the Month, April, tulip)

Manufacturer: Indygo Junction
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Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000BD17YY

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materials and instruction for tulip quilt

Time Began in a Garden (Quilt of the Month, March, Daffodil)

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Time Began in a Garden (Quilt of the Month, March, Daffodil)

Manufacturer: Indygo Junction
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Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000BD17XU

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materials and instructions for daffodil quilt

Time Began in a Garden (Quilt of the Month, May, Rose)

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Time Began in a Garden (Quilt of the Month, May, Rose)

Manufacturer: Indygo Junction
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Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000BCZ6I8

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materials and instructions for a rose themed quilt

Time Began in a Garden (Quilt of the Month-July, Geranium)

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Time Began in a Garden (Quilt of the Month-July, Geranium)

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ASIN: B000BHKIP4

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A homesteader's journey: it began with losing a job, and continues ... one step at a time.: An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal

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A homesteader's journey: it began with losing a job, and continues ... one step at a time.: An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Barbara Michal
Manufacturer: Countryside Publications Ltd.
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00093QZK2
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Countryside & Small Stock Journal, published by Countryside Publications Ltd. on November 1, 1995. The length of the article is 2043 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.

From the supplier: A homesteader recalls how they started their homestead in southeastern Ohio. Her husband was offered a good severance package when he was 'retired' and they used the money to buy their land. They are still building their home and had to give up home schooling because of the family tensions it created.

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Title: A homesteader's journey: it began with losing a job, and continues ... one step at a time.
Author: Barbara Michal
Publication: Countryside & Small Stock Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 1995
Publisher: Countryside Publications Ltd.
Volume: v79 Issue: n6 Page: p95(3)

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Time Began in a Garden (August- Sunflower)

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Time Began in a Garden (August- Sunflower)

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ASIN: B000BHH6XQ

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Geboren in London, aufgewachsen und ausgebildet in Paris an der Ecole des Beaux-Arts, befreundet mit den zeitgenÃ¶ssischen KÃ¼nstlern der Pariser Avantgarde, grÃ¼ndete Villanueva 1929 sein ArchitekturbÃ¼ro in Caracas. Dort entwarf und realisierte er groÃŸe Bauten, u.a. die UniversitÃ¤tsstadt in Caracas mit rund 100 GebÃ¤uden, unter denen die GroÃŸe Aula mit ihrer geschwungenen weiÃŸen Decke und den unter ihr hÃ¤ngenden farbigen geformten Platten von Calder besonders beachtenswert ist, ferner das Olympiastadion und Wohnsiedlungen. Er verband die RadikalitÃ¤t moderner Architektur mit sehr persÃ¶nlicher kraftvoller Dynamik in den Formen und Farben. Er arbeitete viel mit Sichtbeton und legte groÃŸen Wert darauf, die konstruktiven Elemente in expressiven Formen sichtbar werden zu lassen.

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Great Villanueva Book.......2000-04-27

This book is a must have for latin american architects and architecture students. Includes great pictures to most of the relevant works of Carlos Raul Villanueva in Caracas and Maracay. The comment on every work is insightful. An excellent buy if you want to learn about modern architecture. It got only four stars because it was not hard cover.

Carlos Raul Villanueva y la arquitectura de Venezuela

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Carlos Raul Villanueva y la arquitectura de Venezuela
Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
Manufacturer: Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Carlos Raul Villanueva
Moholy-Nagy
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000V9LQV2

La Construccion de la mirada: XX anos del Museo de Arte Moderno Jesus Soto, 1973-1993

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La Construccion de la mirada: XX anos del Museo de Arte Moderno Jesus Soto, 1973-1993

Manufacturer: Caracas :
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They glimmer. They shimmer. They bask in the glow of gently rotating color wheels. They last forever. Aluminum Christmas trees are the most spectacular souvenirs of our most recent Christmas Past-the Christmases of the super-modern 1960s. In more than 60 lush color photographs, Season's Gleamings reveals the fantastic diversity of aluminum trees-from green-foil tabletop models to majestic pink seven-footers-making it the perfect gift for lovers of Christmases both real and artificial.

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Cute book.......2006-01-15

I only wish they put more pictures of the trees. I remember much more different colors than what is in the book.
I had a turquoise aluminum tree, with lime green bulbs, purple bulbs, silver bulbs, and turquoise. It was so pretty. I would have liked to see more color, and more trees.

A Book That Sparkles and Shines.......2004-11-23

If you are a child of the early 60s like me, or just someone who appreciates great photography, then you will love this sweetly nostalgic look at aluminum Christmas trees. Season's Gleamings is full of beautiful color photos showing the amazing variety of trees available at the time: small silver tabletop models, giant gold seven-footers, trees festooned with period ornaments, and others shimmering in the glow of rotating color wheels. I loved flipping through the pages of this book and being reminded of the Christmases of my childhood. I highly recommend it as a gift for family and friends, or as a holiday coffee table book for your own home. Wonderful!

Deeper Than the Tinsel.......2004-11-17

Season's Gleamings begs you to look deeper than the tinsel, into the heart of small town America laid waste by the broken promises of wartime prosperity. It would be a shame if this book were relegated merely to the kitsch Christmas section of bookstores all over America. This is an ode to small town America and the secrets and memories that it holds as seen through the eyes of the documentary photographers J. Shimon and J. Lindemann, chroniclers of the ashes of the American dream. Not a nostalgic tribute to the Sears or Montgomery-Ward Christmas catalog but an adult tale that begs the reader to participate. For example, "Foot Massage Christmas", (page 23), shows a pair of spiked heels and a 1950s style vibrator upstaging a "seven foot, one-hundred branch, Star Brand Company Sparkler Pom-Pom Aluminum Christmas tree with a dozen shiny bright ornaments"-ho-ho-ho! "Insomnia" (page 59) depicts the seamy underside of a Normal Rockwell Christmas. Finally, "Nursing Home Christmas" on the cover of the book, reminds the reader of the hopes that the aluminum industry gave to small town Manitowoc, Wisconsin and the nothing they yielded. Perhaps this book, with its scathing insights crafted by two of Manitowoc's own children, is one of the best vestiges of the proud wartime industry of Manitowoc and of small towns all over America. These artists have accomplished something both mystical and haunting by documenting a past that dies a little bit every day.

Ooo SG I love you dressed that way.......2004-11-13

Possibly the first book on the subject, this seasonal consumer-oriented photo art book resurrects and celebrates the ready-made art of the aluminum Christmas tree. Mass-produced to satisfy consumer tastes beginning about 1959, these tinselly beauties became passé in the mid-60's, but were later rescued from thrift store and garage sale by retro hipsters like Shimon & Lindemann. Better known for hand-crafted photographic studies using antiquarian techniques, Shimon & Lindemann teamed up with innovative Melcher Media for this exacting re-evaluation. The result is a compact project whose ostentatious packaging might have degraded the unremitting Pictorialist control the artists bring to their main body of work. Fortunately, Shimon and Lindemann respond to the motif of manufactured beauty with a supple ordering of Duchampian wit, pop art ironies and straight-up pictorial portraiture. Among my faves: In "Christmas Alone" religious and secular ironies are layered by dual focal points of aluminum treetop angel and a humble repast of instant coffee and popcorn; authentic period objects re-enforce the theme of the legacy of aluminum. "Viewing 1961 in 1959" in 2004, as the title clumsily suggests, leans heavily on anachronistic concept yet achieves an attractive combo of color and composition with various objects, including a working 1958 Philco Predicata Penthouse television. "P.P.'s family tree.." is planar, analytical. Twenty-five blue Shiny Brite ornaments and, seemingly, behind them, a scraggly Craft House Fairyland Pink Tree weightlessly occupy an off-white emptiness of space. Seasons Gleamings contextualizes the aluminum Christmas tree craze with two serviceable essays, one a sort of memoir by the artists and a second, by Brooklyn-based writer, Tom Vanderbilt. Seasons Gleaming would make an excellent gift or coffee table trapping for the Christmas season. Those who are unfamiliar with or uninterested in art and aluminum Christmas trees may not fully appreciate it, but rich packaging, like endpapers containing technical drawings from original patents, and a cover with the title spelled out in enormous silver reflective ink font will catch the eye of even your boorish and ancient Yuletide guests.

Season's Gleamings: The Art of the Aluminum Christmas Tree

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Season's Gleamings: The Art of the Aluminum Christmas Tree
J. and J. Linemann Shimon
Manufacturer: Melcher Media
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUJ0OO

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The son of a German mother and an Irish father, Hugo Hamilton grew up in Dublin in the 1950s wearing "lederhosen and Aran sweaters, smelling of rough wool and new leather, Irish on top and German below." His family spoke both German and Irish, but English was strictly forbidden--even uttering a few words of the cursed language was enough to earn an often brutal punishment from their father, a staunch Irish nationalist. His father maintained that "your home is your language" and insisted that they be a model Irish family and an example for others to follow. Hamilton and his siblings were not even permitted to play with children who did not speak Irish exclusively--a particular problem in a country where English is the primary language. Ironically, he was taunted mercilessly for his German heritage and children jeered him with cries of "Eichmann" and "Heil Hitler." He was even put on "trial" once by a gang of kids who sentenced him death by snowball firing squad. This confusing quest to discover his identity and to gain an understanding of his family history is at the heart of The Speckled People, a profoundly touching and beautifully written memoir.

His parents' secrecy concerning their own pasts only exacerbated his frustration, forcing Hamilton to cling to fragments of information gleaned secretly from hidden photographs and buried family relics. Written from the perspective of a child, Hamilton captures his feelings of confusion, guilt, and fear convincingly and with much humor and insight. Full of poetic passages, sharp observations, and the kind of subtle epiphanies that are best expressed by a child, the book is a joy to read. "When you're small you know nothing and when you grow up there are things you don't want to know," he writes. This memoir is Hamilton's attempt to reconcile the two. --Shawn Carkonen

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The childhood world of Hugo Hamilton is a confused place: His father, a brutal Irish nationalist, demands his children speak Gaelic at home whilst his mother, a softly spoken German emigrant who escaped Nazi Germany at the beginning of the war, encourages them to speak German. All Hugo wants to do is speak English. English is, after all, what the other children in Dublin speak. English is what they use when they hunt down Hugo (or 'Eichmann' as they dub him) in the streets of Dublin, and English is what they use when they bring him to trial and execute him at a mock seaside court. Out of this fear and confusion Hugo tries to build a balanced view of the world, to turn the twisted logic of what he is told into truth. It is a journey that ends in liberation but not before this little boy has uncovered the dark and long-buried secrets that lie at the bottom of his parents' wardrobe. In one of the finest books to have emerged from Ireland since Patrick McCabe's THE BUTCHER BOY and Seamus Deane's READING IN THE DARK, acclaimed novelist Hugo Hamilton has finally written his own story.

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Can't put it down.......2006-11-18

Memoirs are almost always interesting but this one is like nothing else I had ever read. Truly touching and endlessly interesting, this book has something for everyone. If you have ever felt like an "outsider" you will appreciate Hugo's plight. Can't stop ready it. It was a joy until the very last page.

wow!.......2005-04-28

okay... this book is absolutely gorgeous - It is sweet,deep,and dark...an original story. it reads like a beautiful poem -i am so happy to read a new book by an author who writes so well... thank you, Hugo!

Every curse falls back on its author.".......2005-01-07

This is a magnificent story of the author's growing up in Ireland.It takes place mainly after WW2 and until the mid-seventies.The son of an fanitically nationalistic Irish father who doesn't want to give up the past, and a German mother who is haunted by her past of growing up in Nazi Germany.
The author shows us the tremendous pressures of trying to get along when you are different from others in your community and country.This problem exists everywhere and we learn that it also occurs even in Ireland.This family lived with it as a central issue at all times and no matter how hard they tried,they could never get away from it.I don't think I have ever read a book that so clearly defined the issues and struggles that had to be faced.
Not only has the author described the struggles his family faced he also gives us a great deal of insight into the culture,thinking,perceptions,anguish,and the effect that the past has on the personality and feelings encountered when one is different.
Ireland is a very fascinating country and like no other.One never ceases to be amazed by what one learns by reading about its history and its people;and this book is no exception.
Several lines that really struck me were:

"Some things are not good to know in Ireland."

"We serve neither King nor Kaiser."

"My father says the Irish can't live on imagination forever."

"He doesn't want the song about immigration to go on forever."

"Ireland unfree shall never be at peace."

"Maybe there was no failure in Ireland,only bad luck,and
maybe there was no bad luck in Germany,only failure."

"Nelson's head was on the ground and the dust of the empire
was all around."

"When you're small you know nothing and when you grow up there
are things you don't want to know."

And finally,one that sums up the story:

"I'm walking on the wall and nobody can stop me."

The author's skill in the use of language is a whole order of magnitude higher than so much we see today;but still in a class with several of his Irish compatriots.What wonderful stuff this small country produces.

Between languages.......2004-10-01

I found The Speckled People after encountering a fascinating article by Hugo Hamilton on the "Loneliness of Being German". Similar to the article, the book immediately struck a chord with me. Those living within and without their own language will find a special connection to this book. Language as the identification of "home" and "country" and "language wars" are explored here in a rather exceptional way - through the voice and outlook of a growing child. Like a patchwork quilt the vignette chapters of the book come together for the reader to form an exquisitely drawn portrait. Hamilton's family is pictured against the backdrop of their Irish reality of poverty and want in the fifties and sixties. Complexities are accentuated by his dual identity as a child of an Irish nationalist father and a German mother who left Germany after the war.

While The Speckled People is an intimately personal chronicle of his youth, Hamilton's story has significance far beyond the autobiography genre. There are advantages and challenges in using the language of a child. On the one hand, experiences can be conveyed in a direct and innocent way. Johannes (Hugo) has not yet learned to query all he observes: "When you're small you know nothing". He is a sensitive and perceptive child who intuits that there are more untold dramas in the family. "You can inherit a secret without even knowing what it is." On the other hand, it may be difficult to maintain the language as the boy's capacity to analyze and reflect becomes more pronounced with age. Hamilton succeeds admirably in keeping his style consistent even where he integrates numerous events from the wider world as they become relevant to the young boy. As you settle into his style, the narrative becomes deeply absorbing.

The experiences of life under Nazi rule as part of an anti-Nazi family, continue to haunt his mother. Her painful memories are conveyed to the son in small doses, like selected scenes from a black and white movie in which she had a part. Nonetheless, she is homesick for her native country and all things German. Books, souvenirs and toys arrive regularly resulting in outbursts of happy laughter. Johannes records his mother's mood swings expressed through either laughter or primarily mental withdrawal and silence.

His father feels more Irish than anybody around them. He insists on preserving Irish culture and on "freeing" the Irish people from British influences. His children become "his weapon" against the enemy. He forbids the family to speak English. The children tend to "live" in German as their mother has difficulties speaking Irish. The Irish language has to be protected even if it means losing business. This can mean that cheques are not accepted from people who cannot spell Ó hUrmoltaigh - Hamilton in Irish. The language is your home, "your country is your language", he insists - it identifies who you are. The pressure on the children to speak German and Irish at home sets them apart from people in Dublin at the time. There, English was the preferred language. The children suffer from this enforced isolation. The neighbourhood bullies, responding to their otherness and German identity call them "Nazi", "Hitler" or "Eichmann". They attack them whenever the opportunity arises. While Johannes repeats to himself and to his mother "I am not a Nazi", he does not defend himself against the assaults. One of the rules of the house is to adopt a form of pacifist resistance, the "silent negative " and not to become part of the "fist people". As Johannes grows up, he understandably rebels increasingly against these strictures. In the end, he discovers his own way out of all the identify confusion, his anger and pain.

The Speckled People is a memoir like no other. Any comparison with other Irish memoirs would seem inappropriate to me. While Hamilton chronicles his childhood and growing up, themes and issues beyond the personal play a fundamental role. In particular his exploration of the complexities of "language" as "home" and "country" gives this book added richness and depth. [Friederike Knabe, Ottawa Canada]

Almost an Angela's Ashes.......2003-12-08

The cover picture and the packaging are obviously attempting to ride on the coat tails of the phenomonal success of "Angela's Ashes." Which is okay in this case, because there are many similarities, and also because this book is almost as good. Almost. It's very close. Which is to say: it's still better than just about any other memoir you could get your hands on. This is a most charming, most intuitive, most page-turning read. I loved it. You probably will too.

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