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Engebi: Three Years, Six Months, One Day
Truman W. Ellis
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Recent scientific news supports a plant-based diet is the ideal diet for those with type-2 diabetes.The authors present a program of basic lifestyle changes that can vastly improve or, in some cases, completely restore the health of those who suffer from Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is not the result of a lack of insulin, but the product of diet and lifestyle choices that cause the body to become resistant to insulin. Readers will learn to take control of their blood sugar levels, find out which carbohydrates and dietary fats are actually good for you, and find out how to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. Includes a daily self-care checklist for physical and emotional wellness, and 50 recipes using simple, whole foods that are conducive to defeating diabetes.
Customer Reviews:
High carb theory.......2007-01-11
Most of the book reasonably covers the disease and associated problems. The problem is that the authors advocate the mostly carbohydrate diet which may not work well if you have Type II diabetes with obesity and insulin resistance. If you have Type II diabetes and you are obese, you most likely have "thrifty genes" so large amounts of carbohydrates do not make any sense to me to either control blood glucose or loose weight. If you have the apple shape you may want to consider other dietary options.
Empowerment at Its Best.......2003-04-22
This book gives comprehensive dietary and nutrition information to empower readers. Because diet and lifestyle factors are the primary causes of Type 2 diabetes, most Type 2's can control their diabetes completely. This is good news because the health problems that can occur as a result of untreated diabetes include blindness, early heart disease, and amputation of body parts. With over half of those with Type 2 not knowing they have it, following the suggestions in the book makes sense whether you have diabetes or not.
The authors explain ways to catch diabetes and pre-diabetes (the precursor to diabetes). They explain insulin resistance and point out that although being overweight puts one at high risk for diabetes, one can be thin and have insulin problems due to "metabolic obesity," which is explained further in the book.
Blood-sugar levels and factors affecting them are clearly explained. The myth that simple sugars are bad and complex carbohydrates are not is dispelled. "This is not only a gross oversimplification; it is inaccurate. Simple carbohydrates are found in highly refined, nutrient-depleted foods like table sugar, but they are also found in highly nutritious whole foods like fruits and vegetables. Complex carbohydrates are found in heavily processed foods like white bread and pastries, but are also present in nutrient-dense foods such as wheat berries and beans."
Knowing glycemic indexes is important, but understanding how other foods affect blood-sugar control (like fats) is also important. Factors such as the following are considered: the number of grams of carbohydrate present; the type of sugar (glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose); the amount and type of fiber present; the kind of the starch (amylose versus amylopectin); the form of the food (cooked, raw, dry, liquefied, paste, ground, or otherwise processed); and the presence of other components in the food or in foods eaten with the carbohydrate-rich food.
The authors offer a two-step process for dietary reform. "Step 1 - Take out the trash" and "Step 2 - Pile on the protectors." Trans fatty acids are an example of an item on the trash list. In a recent Nurses Health Study, replacing 2 % of calories from trans fatty acids with polyunsaturated fat reduced the risk for type 2 diabetes by 40%.
The authors pinpoint many health-promoting foods. For example, many whole plant foods contain phytochemicals and antioxidants, and blueberries are "one of the most protective foods on the planet." Their ability to quench free radicals from the body was found to be the highest, often 5 times higher than most other vegetables and fruits. Other protectors in food such as fiber, plant protein, and certain fats are given thorough treatments as well.
Another section of the book includes "Healthy Weight for Life." "Obesity . . .elevates your risk of most of the chronic degenerative diseases plaguing the Western world. The strength of this link cannot be ignored." The problems with high-protein diets are addressed, but you might be surprised to know that the problems with very-low-fat, high-fiber diets are addressed, as well. For example, the authors state that the very low fat diets often allow for too many refined carbohydrates, and this can be a problem. Another problem with too little fat in your diet will reduce the absorption of certain nutrients, and important foods like nuts and seeds, which are good sources of trace minerals and Vitamin E, may be overlooked. Seven steps to achieving a life-long healthy weight are given.
Two popular tools for diabetics - exchange lists and carbohydrate counters - are explained and reviewed. Both systems have their problems. For example, neither "adequately distinguishes among different forms of carbohydrate. Both systems favor animal over plant protein sources. . . . Neither system fully recognizes the huge variations in health effects of different types of fat." Practical information is given about understanding the glycemic index of foods, and sample menus (a week of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) and suggested servings that ensure nutritional adequacy without excessive calories are included. This is especially helpful to diabetics who may be transitioning to the type of diet recommended in this book.
Many people still think of diabetes simply as a sugar problem. Though this is an important issue, there are many other issues, including fat, fiber and micronutrients of which one should be aware. "Making Sense of Sweets" gives information on both nutritive (those with calories) and nonnutritive (no significant calories) sweeteners. There are clear tables for each category including any cautions one should know.
Additional sections of the book include the following:
"Defensive Dining" includes advice for how to handle eating out.
"Survival of the Fittest" addresses the need for exercise and other fitness needs. "It appears we can live longer simply by living well. What is more, it is not only the length of our lives that improves with fitness, but the quality of living." All facets of fitness are addressed including aerobics, weight training, flexibility, even emotional fitness and sleeping, and more.
"Self Care: A Daily Maintenance Routine" deals with how we need to take care of ourselves on a daily basis and includes a checklist for our daily assessments of ourselves.
"When Diet and Exercise Are Not Enough" deals with the different medications available to help control diabetes. In addition to prescription medications, the authors investigate vitamins, minerals, herbals, and botanicals.
Finally, "Kitchen Wizardry . . . Tricks of the Trade," helps people to understand what to buy when grocery shopping. It includes an extensive shopping list, suggestions for where to shop, information on reading food labels, and food storage guidelines. The book finishes with a delightful recipe selection to jump-start you on the road to good health and diabetes management.
Overall, the book is well documented with selected references appearing at the ends of each chapter. Defeating Diabetes is a practical, easy-to-read, well-thought-out guide to healthy living and diabetes management. The basics of the health issues that are used to defeat diabetes are sound advice for maintaining good health whether you have diabetes or not.
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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on September 15, 2002. The length of the article is 426 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.
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Title: Copays for diabetes services called self-defeating. (Primary Care Visits Unaffected).
Author: Miriam E. Tucker
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Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 15, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32
Issue: 18
Page: 36(1)
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For almost fifty years, people have looked to one cooking contest for the most delicious, the most exciting and the most uniquely American recipes this country's home cooks have to offer. The Pillsbury Bake-Off(r) Contest presents the very best of what people are cooking today for their family and friends-for everyday dinners, special occasion desserts and mouthwatering breads. Now, for the very first time, more than 350 of the most sought after prize-winning recipes from this famed cooking contest are gathered in one book, complete with gorgeous color photographs and stories about the people and the inspiration that led to their award-winning recipes.
But the Bake-Off(r) Contest is about more than just baking. . . certainly dessert time has never been the same since the introduction of Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs, Chocolate Silk Pecan Pie and the Tunnel of Fudge Cake, which became a household name in 1966. The Bake-Off(r) is also about wonderful savory dishes, such as Cowboy Steak 'n Veggie Soup, Grilled Chicken and Mango Corn Salad, Italian Zucchini Crescent Pie and the now-famous California Casserole, which captured the Grand Prize in 1956 and won its creator, Margaret Hatheway, a cook's tour abroad, where she introduced this most American of dishes to chefs all across Europe.
Best of the Bake-Off(r) Cookbook is a sweet and savory record of how American cooking has evolved over the years, illustrating how home cooks have captured their ethnic heritages in dishes adapted from their grandparents' countries to modern kitchens and busier times. The stories are as inspiring as the recipes themselves, from 1955 winner Rosemary Sport's prize-a new pink range-which provided her family with the motivation to become proud new homeowners to 1996's Grand Prize-winner, Kurt Wait, a single parent, who with the help of his son developed his $1 million-winning recipe Macadamia Fudge Torte.
Hundreds of the very best recipes are accompanied by enticing color photographs and organized by category: Soups, Sandwiches and Snacks; Main Dishes; Side Dishes and Salads; Breads; Sweet Rolls and Coffee Cakes; Cookies and Bars; Cakes and Tortes; Pies and Tarts; and Other Desserts. Each chapter is filled with personal profiles highlighting the people who created the recipes plus the wonderful and oftentimes humorous behind-the-scenes stories from the Bake-Off(r) Contest events: One contestant accidentally sat on her cake entry; another was notified that she was a lucky contestant via a citizens-band message broadcast by her town's postmistress.
The recipes are sensational, the stories are uplifting.
Best of the Bake-Off(r) Cookbook invites you into the kitchens and lives of the many people who over the years have made the Pillsbury Bake-Off(r) Contest the most loved, most respected showplace for this country's home cooks.
Customer Reviews:
A Winning Cookbook (almost) of Winning Recipes.......2004-10-06
The best part of this cook book is that the recipes were not created by culinary professionals or famous chefs. The cooks were ordinary people creating put-together recipes requiring no special talents, abilities, or ingredients. On the other hand, some of the recipes make one cringe just by reading them; since they are all contest winners, perhaps they taste better than they seem to appear in print. On the whole, however, it is a collection of (mostly) very good and easy to do recipes for the home baker. This book is a glossy affair full of color photos; it is a shame that the person responsible for the format did not also think of arranging the recipes within each chapter, or supplying a list of recipes for each chapter.
The Pillsbury Flour company has been sponsoring a famous baking and cooking competition for many decades, and this book is a compilation of some of the very best of the winners. Some baking classics came from this contest: French Silk Pie, Tunnel of Fudge, Thumbprint Cookies, Upside Down Cake. The ingenuity and thoughfullness of the amateur cooks often out-shine their professional counterparts, of course they tend to do things like use instant mashed potato flakes (do they still make them? I have not seen them since I was a teenager) and canned vegetables. Many recipes include the ingenious use of store-bought components, like canned biscuit dough, cake mixes, and instant puddings; the flavors were often quite good. I tried some of the more odd recipes, but did not have any problems with any of the recipes, although I was not always happy with the flavor or texture. Most of the recipes were very easy to do, and none required special or sophisticated skills, which is the most valuable part of this cookbook. One interesting factor is that despite the fact that each recipe was by a different person, all recipes seem to have been standardized on one, consistent flour measurement (spoon and sweep).
The first three chapters (appetizers, main dishes, side dishes) were the least inspiring; I do not think I did more than a couple of recipes out of these parts. The chapter on breads was rather ordinary, but the one for sweet rolls and coffee cakes was quite good. The cookies were OK. The cakes were extraordinary, the pies were OK. The last chapter was a hotch-potch of recipes that did not fit anywhere else.
In summary, this is a valuable cook book to have on your book shelf for those occassions when you have many hungry people at your table and you just need to throw together something decent, or you just do not have the time or inclination to do anything else.
Innovative Recipes; Delicious Results!.......2003-12-27
Over the years I have often turned to Pillsbury Bake-Off recipes for innovative appetizers, meals and desserts. I was happily surprised to discover that this cookbook, of over 350 award-winning recipes from the Bake-Off contests, had been published. I bought it recently and have not been disappointed.
It is true that many of the recipes call for prepackaged or convenience foods. However, the time saved in preparation and the wonderful tasting results prove that, sometimes, the ends justify the means.
Some of my favorites include: Corn and Pumpkin Soup with Jalapeno Pesto, White Chile with Salsa Verde, Creamy Spinach and Tortellini; Grilled Chicken and Mango Corn Salad, Crafty Crescent Lasagna, Salsa Couscous Chicken, California Casserole, Chewy Peanut Brownie Bars, Lemon Meringue Dessert Squares...and I could go on and on.
The photographs are beautiful and illustrate the finished product, as well as provide some attractive serving ideas. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow. "Best Of The Bake-Off" also provides a hands-on history of the evolution of American cooking over the last 50+ years, with short spotlight stories about many of the Bake-Off winners. This fun and easy-to-use cookbook is, in and of itself, a real prize-winner!!
JANA
Bake with the Best!.......2003-07-02
Paging through this cookbook is always a bit of an adventure and promises to yield a delicious dish for just about every occasion. Whether you are looking for a dessert (some of the best recipes in this book are for desserts) or for a main dish, there is something for everyone in this book.
Some of my family's favorites include Creamy Broccoli and Rice Soup, Savory Crescent Chicken Squares, and Ramen Vegetable Beef Stir-Fry. Our favorite goodies include Caramel-Filled Chocolate Cookies, Pecan Pie Surprise Bars, Raspberry Filled White Chocolate Bars, Caramel Apple Cake, Peanut Butter Crunch Cake, and Cookie Cheesecake Squares.
I have used this cookbook on many occasions and although I love the recipes, I wish that the book was in a binder instead of a hardcover book. Also, I tend to like cookbooks with more pictures, but I felt that the stories that were included about many of the winners was an excellent addition to this book. Overall, I highly enjoy trying many of these recipes and I feel it is an excellent addition to any cookbook collection. Enjoy!
A fun book with a few gems.......2003-06-02
I like this book. Whether you will too depends on what kind of cook you are.
From my point of view (though many think differently) the weakness of this book is the large proportion of recipes based on processed foods. Of the 366 recipes in the book, 57 of them call for Pillsbury crescent rolls or refrigerated biscuits - especially unappealing because of the hydrogenated oils. Almost every soup recipe is made with canned goods and most of the entrees call for packaged foods. Of 46 cake recipes, 26 are based on packaged mixes. The desserts also tend to be quite sweet.
However, there are a number of good, from scratch recipes included in this collection. The Whole Wheat Raisin Loaf, Ring-a-Ling sweet rolls and the Nutty Graham Picnic Cake are excellent. The Tiramisu-Toffee Torte was also a winner when made with a from-scratch white cake rather than a mix. There are quite a few more interesting recipes I have yet to try.
In sum, if you embrace packaged foods in all their convenient glory, you'll love this book. Even if you don't use convenience products, there's still a lot to like here. Go ahead and give it a try, but don't buy it as your only baking book. However, if you are really a purist, buy another book.
Useful and diverse recipes!.......2001-08-28
This is one of those cookbooks that you can leisurely browse through and discover and rescover many great recipes. There is a nice variety here. All have clear, easy to follow instructions. The brownies on the cover turned out beautifully. That is a complicated recipe, but it is broken into simple steps. Any level chef would enjoy concocting these creative recipes! I also had fun learning about the history of this famous bake-off. This cookbook is a nice addition to any kitchen!
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Cat Tales: The Life and Times of Cats of This Century
Grace McHattie
Manufacturer: Longmeadow Pr
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The Cat.......1998-09-30
This book is great for all ages because if you are getting a pet cat you will learn how to take care of it. Also this book is funny with a great author.The cat book is so good I didn't even get the chance to read it.But my nose hair said it was good.So youngsters read this book and let your desires go far.
Book Description
For the first time in one book--timeless papercrafting techniques for card, gifts and more!
-More than 25 projects using popular techniques, such as quilling, paper weaving, paper casting, paper piercing, tea bag folding, and more -Designs that are artistic and sophisticated as well as quick and easy will appeal to beginners and experienced papercrafters alike -Templates and step-by-step instructions so that readers can easily master the new techniques
Helpful tips, color photos, and variation techniques make this a complete and appealing package for any crafter.
Customer Reviews:
Great general card crafting book.......2006-03-27
This is a very good book for beginners probably advanced card makers alike. It covers all the basics on the tools. The projects are beautiful. It covers embellishments like eyelets, stamping, dry embossing, paper piercing, stenciling, weaving, quilling and paper casting. The book doesn't provide templates for all the projects. They have one for the braded spine but not the braided medallion. They use metal templates for the piercing but they could have easily provided a paper template. It is chalked full of wonderful ideas and how to instructions. You'll find yourself wanting to buy a lot of different supplies some are not available locally here but the book provides a resource list in the back.
Book Description
Outstanding Perennials is the book for those who want the latest developments and trends in Perennials, from new varieties to design ideas.
Outstanding Perennials is available in six regional editions.
Authors are among the most highly respected gardening experts in their individual regions and share their advice on the Perennials that perform best in their area.
Gardeners will be attracted to Outstanding Perennials for the same level of trust associated with Jackson & Perkins Roses.
Outstanding Perennials gives gardeners advice on how to select, plant, grow, and provide care for Perennials.
An added bonus, Outstanding Perennials offers valuable design ideas, based on great Perennial and Rose combinations.
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Now in trade paperback, the ground-breaking and carefully documented book that shows how couples come apart.
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Straight forward book to help understand an unwanted break-up.......2007-05-13
This book is an excellent resource to help put the mechanics of a break-up in perscpective. It is like group therapy. You understand better the problems with trying to convince an unwilling lover to stay in the relationship. The book helps you have an open dialogue with the person who does not really want to talk to you anymore. The book provides in essense the other's persons part of the dialogue. It does not sugar coat what is happening, but allows you to appreciate where you truly are in the timeline of the relationship.
The review by 'Sabreur' is right........2007-03-14
Damn. We've done that.
Damn. We've done all of it.
From the first negotiations ("Please - hear me.") to the trying ("Can things change?") to the eventual but inevitable end. ("No. They can't.")
I wish I'd found this book earlier.
I don't have any illusions it would have changed the outcome in my situation. But I would have understood more. And agonized less.
As much as we would have liked to assign our relationship difficulty to outside factors, what was broken was between US. I see now that it had been breaking for a long, long time.
The book helped me come to terms. And in coming to terms, I came to peace.
I wish you the same.
Best book for understanding "How did this happen?".......2007-02-04
Yes, this book is depressing, but only because it offers a clear look into the mind of the partner who has already made the decision to leave the relationship. I found it extremely helpful in coming to understand the "invisible" thought process going on in my soon-to-be ex-husband's mind. I was reeling with confusion and disbelief when my husband of 21 years left me. He said he had come to a decision to "move on". He never gave me the benefit of knowing his reasons or opening a discussion of his concerns in the last few years of our marriage. He claimed to have tried to tell me, but I didn't comprehend the extent of his dissatisfaction. As anyone can attest, most long term marriages have their ups and downs. Especially when you are involved with raising children, you may believe some loss of intimacy is just a temporary phase of the child rearing years. Reading this book made me realize why he wouldn't consider marital counseling to help restore our marriage. I realized that he was past that point, and was already in the final stages of the uncoupling process. For me, what appeared to be a "sudden" decision on his part to leave was in fact being planned for quite awhile without my knowledge.
As other reviewers have pointed out, this book will not help you or give you hope in saving a relationship. But for understanding the mind of person who doesn't care anymore about making the relationship work, it is invaluable. The truth of the matter is, while it takes two to make a marriage, it only takes one to end it. This book explains that concept and why you can't do anything about it. Understanding this helps with accepting the inescapable truth: your relationship is over.
Paperback medicine.......2006-12-24
When I divorced my first husband, I lost everything. Self-esteem, possessions, family, concentration--and then I sat down and read this book, in a couple of hours, and found that finally I could concentrate on something again. I read it with tears pouring down my face and started to accept the very harsh, destructive, debilitating, demoralizing, soul-destroying truth. No one is going to tell you it's easy, but at least you can use this book to get the closest thing to an answer that you can get to the bigger question of, "Why?" Then you can move on to the anger stage. Try a DVD copy of "Audition." Kiri kiri kiri kiri!
The Essential Book for Anyone Already Married or Getting Married.......2006-07-01
This book was published about three years after i was divorced and I didn't get around to reading it until many years later. When I did, I read it in a single night. It explained everything that had occurred in my divorce. Since then, I have occasionally summarized the book to other people and have yet to meet anyone who does not know one or more married couples who carried out the pattern described in the book and ended up getting a divorce. It turns out that there is a pattern which appears over and over again in marriages where no one is dyfunctional or abusive, but one person (the initiator), nevertheless, is vaguely dissatisfied and doesn't know why, but decides not to tell the partner and instead begins to carry out the pattern. Bascially, the initiator is bored and secretly blames the partner. As the author notes, once the pattern starts it is normally impossible to stop it because whenever the problems raised by the initiator are solved by the partner, the initiator simply invents new ones. At the end the partner has no real understanding of what has happened and is quite devastated, often for years. This book is essential reading for any couples getting married because if both are aware of the pattern, it will not be possible for it to occur. It would also be helpful to those who are married, preferably before the pattern has started, for the same reason. The pattern fits well with what the existentialist Sartre called bad faith or self-deception, since as the author uncovered, many initiators in the study were not even aware what they were doing. It would be a great gift for anyone getting married. Not reading this book is like walking along the side of a cliff blindfolded.
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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE
Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of great black men and women during the fabulous Harlem Renaissance:
louis "satchmo" armstrong
eubie blake
thomas andrew dorsey
w. e. b. du bois
duke ellington
james reese europe
jessie redmon fauset
marcus garvey
w. c. handy
fletcher henderson
langston hughes
zora neale hurston
hall johnson
henry johnson
oscar micheaux
philip payton jr.
gertrude "ma" rainey
paul robeson
augusta savage
noble sissle
bessie smith
james van der zee
dorothy west
carter g. woodson
"The books in the Black Stars series are the types of books that would have really captivated me as a kid."
-Earl G. Graves, Black Enterprise magazine
"Inspiring stories that demonstrate what can happen when ingenuity and tenacity are paired with courage and hard work."
-Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books
"Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history."
-Booklist
"The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies."
-Horn Book
Customer Reviews:
Low level Reading- High level Star.......2007-01-20
I actually used this book as a source for a college paper. It is one of few resources out there if you are interested in Augusta Savage. I thought it was fun, but of course would recommend it for late Elemantary School to Junior High in normal situations.
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Syncopated Rhythms showcases an outstanding collection assembled by jazz impresario George Wein and his wife Joyce that represents an excellent survey of the accomplishments of African American artists of the last century. Included are both figurative and abstract works, many with the theme of music and musicians.
The book illustrates paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and a painted story quilt. The works were done in the late 1920s through the 1990s and the collection is particularly strong in works of the 1940s to the 1970s. Thirty-five artists are represented, among them Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Miles Davis, Jacob Lawrence, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, and Augusta Savage.
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This little-known classic of the Harlem Renaissance--by the mysterious, Utah-born bisexual Wallace Thurman, who died in obscurity in 1934--is both timeless and timely. It centers on the larger-than-life denizens of a Harlem mansion called "Niggeratti Manor": Stephen Jorgensen, the recently arrived Canadian; Paul, the ambivalent, uptown social critic; Pelham, the struggling poet; and Eustace Savoy, an entertainer disdainful of his Afro-American musical heritage. In this volatile gumbo of complex characters--which also pokes fun at a few famous writers, including Zora Neale Hurston, Alain Locke, and Langston Hughes--Thurman weaves a hilarious story that critiques the paternalistic Negro author/white patron relationship, uncovers the social-class antagonisms in the Afro-American community, and foreshadows the sexual and social themes of James Baldwin and E. Lynn Harris. Thurman's elegant and elastic prose adds more illumination to this bright period in African American literature. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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This roman clef centers on Niggeratti Manor, fashioned after the Harlem rooming house in which Wallace Thurman once lived with other black artists and writers. Thurman's second novel is one of the most potent satires of the Harlem Renaissance and a retort to the idealized vision of Harlem's artistic community between World War I and the Depression.
Customer Reviews:
A Good View of the Harlem Renaissance.......2006-11-10
Wallace Thurman wrote INFANTS OF THE SPRING in 1932, just two years before his untimely death from tuberculosis at the age of 32. The tragedy for all of us is that if he had lived longer, he probably would have written a very fine novel if this one and THE BLACKER THE BERRY are indications of what he would have produced. What this novel lacks in depth of character development, it makes up for in the number and different types of characters: Raymond, Paul, Bull, Steve, Sam, Euphoria, Eustace, Pelham, Janet, Amy, Lucille et al. In fact there are so many characters in this small novel that at times it is difficult, at least in the beginning, to keep them separated. Mr. Wallace suffers from what English instructors used to call "fine writing," in that he on occasion uses a five dollar word when a simpler one would have worked as well or better. The words "persiflage" and "tocsin" are good examples. Sometimes he writes beautiful descriptive language, for instance, his account of Raymond's visiting his friend Pelham in the Tombs, the local prison.
What this writer does very well is hold up a mirror to that exciting period of America's literary history, "The Harlem Renaissance." He asks a lot of questions-- but offers few answers-- about slavery, race, what is a fit subject for both the black writer and singer, the color bias in the black community, interracial dating, the difficulty of interracial friendships-- questions that still plague us eighty years later.
Harlem Life.......2006-09-06
I'm not an English major and I possess no talent for critically analyzing literature. However, I am a black man with a desire to know more about his heritage, and I gained insights from this book that I could never garner from a history class. From the conversations between the characters, to the pictures painted of Harlem in the 1920's, the author gives an intimate look into the thoughts, fashions, music, literature and themes of the day.
Obviously based on facts, with names changed to protect the innocent, there is a truth to this novel that more than compensates for any writing flaws. This novel, more than Blacker the Berry, gives insight into the minds of the creative, genius, and often times tortured minds of those leading the renaisance.
I would reccomend this novel to anyone wishing to learn more about the details of life in Harlem during the 20's.
Knowledge of Harlem Renaissance not required!.......2003-12-03
I put off reading this for years because of its leadenly Shakespearian title, and was surprised and pleased to find when I did finally pick it up that it was a pacey, barbed and entertaining read. It's not 'hilarious' (as billed in the promotional blurb above) but it is sharp. In its astute but cynical take on its characters & their situation it made me think of Chester Himes, (& Thurman has a similar 'banged off' style to Himes), & in its subject-matter - black & white bohemia, & the politics of race & sexuality - it's very much a precursor to James Baldwin's 'Another Country'. The debates around the role of the artist, particularly the black artist, in this book seem to me as resonant today as they were when it was written: does a black artist have a duty to represent the race, to engage politically with racial issues in an overt or didactic way, or is his or her duty to art as a force - or truth - in itself? Thurman provides no answers, but he shows how such tensions - combined with self-delusion, brittleness, lack of application and other human failings - lead people who are struggling to be creative to collapse in on themselves, with disastrous results. Thurman's style is jaunty and, although highly engaging, deters the reader from empathising greatly with the characters; yet I found the end of the book, which is on one level camp, strangely moving and upsetting.
don't.......2002-03-04
Don't read, don't skim it, don't waste you time! I read the book because anything I open I must finish however, this one really was a pin to complete.
I will admit, the author has a lot to say and a lot to tell you, but the way it was done. The prose, no timing, no clear thoughts and no coherence. It was all too OVER THE TOP...
He will go on to tell you a back ground of a person and then throw in the present timeline. He use the word Negro and the Ni- - ger in the same paragraph with no though why a person would use both.
I do not think a lot of work was into detailing this book. There are so many characters and none are really describe, unless they are the unused Characters, such as Pig Lady.
Out of 170 pages, the last 50 or so had some sense in them. Particularly, the notion that Negro should not be around low class white. As though we must only be around the best whites to be seen well. Where as the low class white can hang around whoever they want and not be seen ill.
The other notion is, all negros on the same page of though. People often say that we can't ever agree as a people. Well, 29 million people with one thought is not really easy. So, let me use this point as for voting. We can't get ever negro to vote for the same man, but just to get every negro to vote would be great. And in this book, this is brought up in some light. People being of the communist light, or in the rebellion stage. Well, you don't have to pick a party, but at least make sure you have the same cause. To this degree, the book had some thoughts
Too many characters.......2000-01-13
I liked the idea of the book, but Thurman almost spoiled this one by creating too many characters for the reader to keep up with? There were several characters in the book that had nothign to do with the plot, as a matter of fact, I think it is safe to say that only four characters were needed in the entire book. Infants of the Springs was a slow read, and pales in comparison to Thurman's other novel, The Blacker the Berry.
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This book focuses on the work of African American artists during the Depression and the war years (1929-1945), when government-sponsored programs such as the WPA led to a general resurgence in artistic production throughout the United States.
The catalogue features the work of Robert Blackburn, Raymond Steth, Horace Woodroff, and Dox Trash, among others, with a smaller selection of paintings and watercolors by such notable artists as Horace Pippin, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Bill Traylor. Included are essays on the work in its cultural context and on printmaking techniques. Most of the works in this volume are recent acquisitions of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and have not been previously published.
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Estella Conwill Majozo has lead a life of creativity and of leadership in the arts. A respected poet, teacher, and performance artist, Majozo writes eloquently about the deep roots in family and community that have sustained her as well as the conflicts and challenges that have confronted her, as they have many creative and self-aware African-American women over the last half-century.
This memoir traces the paths Majozo has taken from the "Little Africa" section of segregated Louisville through a difficult marriage and a Ph. D. at the University of Iowa, to New York where Majozo has become a member of the hardy cultural community of Harlem. It is a testament to the importance of a life lived in pursuit of cultural heritage, spiritual growth, and personal inegrity.
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where's oprah when you need her.......2000-11-09
This book is a real treat to read. I am impressed not only by the writing of this author. She actually has a real movie story in the works. I have read other works by Estella -- This is well written as usual, tasteful, entertaining and family oriented. Thank You so much
Stella handles integrity, growth and heritage conflicts.......1999-04-27
Come Out The Wilderness: Memoir of a Black Woman Artist.
This is a book worth reading, however, the first 100 pages are a little slow. The Artist (Stella) is the only girl among five brothers, and is one of the only African American students in her Catholic school. Her attempts to deal with and overcome Sexism and Racism in her home, school and marriages makes for good reading. In her first marriage she is forced to choose between the man she fell in love with and marriage and the person he became. He had problems handling his work related stress caused by racism. His other problems include her holding out sexually until he agreed to marry her, the early birth of their first child and dropping out of college.
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Children in the Holocaust and World War II: their secret diaris.......2007-01-16
As a teacher I found this book to be an excellent way to personalize the experiences of the many child victims of the Holocaust for my students. They could see that these children had families, hopes, and dreams just like any other child although some were shattered by the Holocaust. My students could read about someone their own age and identify with them. I was disappointed with the inclusion of the Joan Wyndham diary for my own school setting. I teach eighth graders in a Catholic school and some of the discussion of her sexuality is inapproriate for my students. That is the only blemish on this wonderful book from my particular situation. It requires that I take extra caution when I use the book.
from madison Ohio.......2001-11-15
The book Children in the Holocaust and world war two and their secret diaries was one of the sadest books I've ever read, and I'm not just saying that because I'm doing this for a school project. I couldn't beleive Hitler actually did these things to Jews and any kind of person.
Before I read this book I knew nothing about the Holocaust I didnt even know what the Holocaust was, and i thought it was gonna be a boreing project. I almost cried because of the facts these children wrote. I couldn't and still cant beleive these children kept diaries, risking there lives to tell what Hitler was doing. I rate this book with five stars because it was sad, exciting and some of the diary entries were really discriptive and I enjoyed it. Thanks for your time.
Each page is precious because each page is a life........2001-08-04
This is a chilling, moving, important book in which 23 youth and youngsters try to understand the hatred and violence that engulfs their previously peaceful lives. The average age of the writers is around 13-14 years. For many of these children, these excerpts represent their final plea to the surviving world, fully understanding that they will not be a part of that world. Writing became their last and sometimes ONLY form of resistance. I found the very last entry of the unknown brother and sister in the Lodz ghetto to be especially moving. Without access to any other paper, the boy scrawled his diary entries into the margins of an old French novel. After the war was over, a next door neighbor returned to the wreckage of the house, and found the book with the boy's notes in it. If any one of us actually knew any one of those who wrote these diaries... if any one of them were a member of our own families, we would naturally value even one of their retrieved pages far above all of the other books we own, would we not? Well, as I read this book I realized many times that just because I did not know one of these children personally does not really diminish the inherent importance of any one of their pages... these children were all known and loved by their own families and friends. They should have been loved by those who were then acting as their mortal enemies, but sadly, they were not.
Some of these entries depict deprivations and describe atrocities that are near impossible for most of us today to imagine. Some would avoid the book on account of this, and that is understandable. We can go to horror novels to be deliberately horrified in a fictional sense, but it seems morbid to turn to non-fiction for the same results. But we must remember that we do not read non-fiction for the same reasons that we read fiction. We read non-fiction, not to dwell on or glory in horror, but to LEARN something about ourselves and others. There is an old saying "To dwell on history is to lose an eye; to ignore it is to lose both of them." Laurel Holliday has here edited a book which should not be ignored.
The children behind the scenes.......2000-01-12
This book will touch you. It will make you sad, it will make you reflect on the past. But most of all, it will inform you about the perils and daily life of children (mostly Jewish Children) during World War II. The author did an excellent job of compiling, translating, and editing the diary entries she found and chose to print. I would recommend it to most of my friends.
Powerful, powerful words........1999-11-16
These diaries and journals are incredible. To read the words of these children is life changing. Their honest and powerful words present a very different picture of daily life during WWII than anything I have ever read. Some of the children were in ghettos, some in camps, some in hiding--their words are pure and honest. After reading their stories, you will not think about the Holocaust in the same way you did before.
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