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Actually it is just one story of a man writing about his father, but includes tales of adventure of both lives. The book is a long letter, written to a researcher years after the times related in the prose. Not a bad story, all in all. Especially enjoyable if something of Patagonia is known - its history, ledgends, myths.

My name is Gerhard, I live in Germany: this book is just great! Maybe you should extend your rate up to 10 stars. If so, please note, that my ranking is TEN stars for this remarkable novel. I hope that sooner or later this book will be available also in German, to a broader the audiance . Again :what a book. Regards GHE

TIERRA DEL FUEGO has received two major awards: The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award for the best work of fiction by a woman and The Best Book of the Year Award at the Buenos Aires Book Fair.

"This brilliant and beautifully wrought work deserves to become a classic." --The Texas Observer

"TIERRA DEL FUEGO has won two major Latin American awards, and justifiably so: Iparraguirre has crafted an entrancing novel from the skeleton of facts we know about this ghastly episode in English colonial history." --The Bloomsbury Review

"This tale is brilliantly told..." --National Hispanic News

"Iparraguirre has constructed a well-documented novel, with strong humanistic feeling, where personal traits and the twists and turns of the plot are skillfully woven through the genre of a novel blended with a historical chronicle. It is a fresh look at those barbarous ancestors who were destroyed by civilization."
--World Press Review

This fascinating novel is based upon the true (and famous) story of a native of Tierra del Fuego known to the English as "Jemmy Button." He was a Yamana Native American who, along with two other natives, was taken by Captain Robert Fitzroy from the Yamanas' home at the tip of South America and transported aboard the Beagle to England, where the Yamanas were educated and instructed in the ways of British culture and language. They eventually became celebrities, meeting and impressing the royal family.

Button was later returned to Tierra del Fuego by FitzRoy (this time on the voyage of the Beagle that included a young naturalist named Charles Darwin). The Yamanas were left in Tierra del Fuego with materials to construct an English house, as well as utensils and other items of European domestic life; and with the expectation that these properly instructed savages would serve as a vanguard for the expansion of British civilization in their remote land.

Instead, the house-building materials quickly fell to ruin, and the "civilized" Yamanas eventually became involved in an armed conflict with English missionaries. The resulting trial of Button in the Falkland Islands serves as the focus of this story, which is told through the eyes of a fictional Argentine, John William Guevara - a man who carries the name of his criolla mother, rather than his English father.

The distinguished Argentine writer Sylvia Iparraguirre has done far more than weave an interesting historical novel - she has constructed a moving story of the ambiguities of a son's love for his father, of a second-generation immigrant's doomed attraction to the plains of Patagonia, and of the inevitable and irreconcilable conflict between cultures, not merely between those of the Yamana and the British, but also between those cultures and the Argentine.

I highly recommend this book. I read it in the original Spanish. If you want to read the English translation, you should be very careful to order that version. Those who are interested in the topic may also wish to read Chapter 10 of Darwin's "Voyage of the Beagle," and Bruce Chatwin's "In Patagonia," as well as "Savage: the Life and Times of Jemmy Button," by Nick Hazelwood.

I bought this book for my daughter's sixth birthday this past March. I just happened to come across it on an Amazon search. I was so happy to find it, as I was looking for a gardening picture book.

The illustrations are wonderful and the rhyming text naturally spills out of your mouth as read aloud to your child.

There are so many learning opportunities here. We read this book over and over in the springtime, just as we were preparing our garden beds and planting seeds. Our daughters always ask to read "Tim and Sally"!!

I love this book- It is delightfully illustrated and delightfully written. Both educational and entertaining it uses an enchanting poetic approach to explain a fun experience in glowing detail. I particularly enjoy superbly written young children's books that are not just fluff. This one makes learning a joyous experience. it may also whet a child's interest for many "planting" activities.

Reading "Tim and Sally's Vegetable Garden" with your kids is a wonderful way to cultivate and encourage an interest in gardening. It is a warm story about family and love that has the added bonus of teaching kids the basic tenets of vegetable gardening. My family loves reading this bok and the illustrations are magnificent. Great children's book - I highly recommend it!

Brown & Kirkman have synthesized a wonderful, comprehensive guide to Georgia trees. Many species distributions overlap with other states, however, so this guide is useful for most of the Southeast. In addition to species descriptions, they include valuable habitat and economic information. Perhaps the most unique feature is the "Recognition difficulties with other taxa" section that is included with every species description. Now even beginning botanists can distinguish Post Oak from Sand Post Oak with ease.

This book by Brown & Kirkman is the best resource I have seen for those interested in tree identification anywhere in the Southeast. It includes excellent descriptions of over 200 native trees, as well as hundreds of color photographs. There are also charts for identifying every family, genus, and species in the summer and winter. Also included is a list of many non-native species which could be confused with our native trees. Because most other books about dendrology in the Southeast are so outdated, this is definitely the best resource available for any botanist, forester, or anyone else who would like a greater appreciation of our most fascinating natural resource.

for the novice or experienced gardener. Good pictures help to identify trees native to the Southeast U.S. Excellent descriptions of trees with useful information for cultivation.

I'm glad to see this book finally available in paperback.

It was with great pleasure that I worked with Charlie on finalizg "Two Cents Worth". Time spent proofing the book brought back many of my own "all but forgotten" memories of being born and raised in LaGrange, GA. I never considered my family poor, but in reading the book I realize just how far in life we have all moved on. Two Cents Worth is an extremely unique collection of those "good ole times" that will force your mind to travel back in time seeking some of your on! A wonderful collection to add to the coffee table and for conversation during family gatherings, parties, etc!

Reading this collection of newspaper articles is like having a conversation with Charlie. Each article is unigue and there is a lot of southern style humor and good old country commentary about a wide range of subjects in each article. The best ones deal with his boyhood in a small town down in Georgia. There are good ones about his dog Four and the adventures at Day Lake also. This book is worth reading.

Charlie's wit is as sharp as his common-sense wisdom. The book contains several gems of country-style cream gravy and corn pone.

Highly recommended for light and easy reading. Great gifts.

I am writing a paper on Paranoid Schizophrenia and found this to be an excellent story. I didn't know a lot about Schizophrenia before I read this book and it helped me to understand the diagnoses and the various hardships that Schizophrenics have to face, both mentally and socially. Much better than any textbook on mental disorders, this story is not only entertaining but educational as well. Highly recommended!

From the beginning I might as well say that I also was once diagnosed as a schizophrenic, even for a few days as a paranoid schizophrenic, and so the subject of this particular book strikes close to my heart, although I must add that I never had the experience of hearing voices. This book is an absolutely realistic recreation of the mind of a person who experiences schizophrenia. I have never come across a book that has done this so effectively. Through Robby's voice the author, Elizabeth Kytle, presents some of the prime features of life with schizophrenia; for example, 1. the extreme sense of social anxiety; 2 the social immaturity; 3. the confusion over sexual identity and fear of sexual contact; 4.the deep and profound, though constantly thwarted, need to belong; 5. the awareness that what you are doing and thinking is somehow extremely inappropriate combined with the need to spend intense energy disguising that inappropriateness; and finally, 6. the establishment of a barricade to protect yourself from other people, which eventually becomes a prison. One of the most effective techniques Elizabeth Kytle uses in this book is to have Robby narrate a portion of his life, and then have another friend, relative, teacher, colleague or employer then narrate a parallel section covering the same period of time, yet reflecting a different perspective on the same events. Research has shown that shizophrenia is caused by a complicated interaction between genetic and environmental influences--40% is probably genetic while the environment contributes the remaining 60%. This book does an excellent job of showing the interaction between these two elements to the point where Robby ended up in a psychiatric hospital with a full fledged case of schizophrenia. Overall, at the end of this book, I was wholly impressed with Robby's courage and ingenuity in facing an extremely destructive mental illness. We are also called to examine our own attitudes towards what those who have serious mental illness can and cannot do. It was clear that Robby, despite the severity of his illness, was a far more capable employee than others who weren't mentally ill. If only employers had been willing to work with his diability, he could have ended his life with some self-respect and dignity. In conclusion, I've read many books on mental illness, particularly in the area of memoir, and this is pretty well the best I've read thus far.

This is a thought provoking true story about Mental Illness.. Robby was handsome, charming, bright, friendly and hard working, yet angry,desolate, alone in a crowd. No one could save this wonderful man. Mental Illness is an illness of the brain, just as heart trouble is an illness of the heart. We need to accept it more.

Set in a "world where time moves in more than one direction and no landscape holds steady for long," these essays are steeped in both American literary naturalism and environmental conservationism. John Lane offers geodes of clarity and beauty that are spiritual, philosophical, and autobiographical.

The book is divided into four themed sections: "Edges", "Field", "Home Territory", and "Family Wilderness". The essays are at times humorous and adventurous, but these essays also explore the human relationship to physical landscape, and many explore the landscape of the writer's consciousness. Lane becomes more than a recorder of landscape; he becomes a part of the landscape and, at times, the voice of the landscape itself.

In the closing essay, "Confluence: Pacolet River," Lane joins the resilience of our landscapes with the resilience of the human spirit. The essay has a spirit of hope and a sense of unknown possibilities. As Lane takes refuge in his home landscape, he finds space to reflect: "my history is adrift on it as surely as today I have drifted on the surface of this living stream."

John Lane witnesses the contradictions of our modern landscape and chooses to stir up conversations of national significance through these essays, while refraining from offering oversimplified solutions. Rather than advocating any type of political agenda, Lane sincerely models behaviors of inquiry, advocacy, and awareness in relation to our personal and physical landscapes.

John Lanes details into his daily life and his experiences are very well written in this novel. His collection of essays are interesting and enjoyable to read. The book was a pleasure to read, and I can not wait to pick up another copy hopefully very soon.

A loving and passionate collection of essays that leave the reader with intimate knowledge of a man who lives his life with intentionality and purose. Read slowly and thoughtfully, Waste Deep in Black Water reveals the many rewards of living with deep respect for community, landscape, ecosystems, people, and all living things. With generosity of spirit, John Lane leads readers to see that how he goes about his work, travels, and everyday activities is what enriches and brings meaning to life.

If you are a Georgian and or southerner, or simply interested in African American/American history told truthfully, this book is for you. It a serious read, though not scholarly or academic though. It is a hard read. I have been reading this book for 2.5 months and I am just on page 369, and have read other books during this time. I have two hundred more pages to go. However, it is absolutely a worthwhile read. I feel compelled to read to the end. The entire book touched my spirit. However certain passages really resonated with me. Here are excerpts that gave me a headache and made my eyeball throb and head ache:

"After her clothes burned off, and while she was yet alive, a man slit open her abdomen and her unborn child fell from her womb, gave two cries, and was stomped to death by one of the mob."

The murder of Hampton Smith, described "a particularly bestial operator of a peonage plantation" and "a white farmer with a reputation of cruelty towards tenants," led to a 5 day reign of terror in Brooks and Lowndes counties in 1918. Hayes Turner was one of the several blacks who were lynched for complicity in the murder. His wife, Mary Turner, eight months pregnant, said that her husband was innocent and that she was going to swear out warrants against the lynches. She was hung upside down by her ankles, soaked with gasoline, and set afire. According to one account of the gruesome deed, "After her clothes burned off, and while she was yet alive, a man slit open her abdomen and her unborn child fell from her womb, gave two cries, and was stomped to death by one of the mob."

"In May 1922, Charles Atkins, aged fifteen, was roasted alive over a slow fire. After Shrieking in agony for fifteen minutes he "confessed" to killing a white. He was then shot; the undertaker said he had two hundred bullet holes in his body."

"During the war, repression was often practiced under the guise of "patriotism." The Columbus Ledger editorialized in late 1917 that legislation was needed to force blacks into the army or into the field and stop them from going north or becoming "troublemakers."

"In Georgia smaller towns, local officials passed "work or fight" ordinances that also applied to women and enforced them with extreme prejudices. In Macon, a black woman who kept busy with her home and children and who husband made enough to support his family was fined twenty five dollars for refusing to take a job as a domestic. A Wrightsville ordinance said that all blacks had to work at least fifty hours a week or be jailed. "

"Georgia led the lynching parade by a large margin in 1919. At least 10 black soldiers were lynched that year, half of them in Georgia. Many of the demobilized black veterans continued to wear their uniforms, sometimes because they had no other clothes and sometimes because they were proud of their service. Many whites reacted savagely to this practice. In May 1919, a black Georgia veteran who had gone into a drugstore for a soda was hit with a baseball bat for being in uniform. In Sylvester, Daniel Mack, still in uniform, was dragged from the local jail by a mob and beaten to death. His crime -- for which he received a thirty day sentence--had been to announce that since he had fought in France, he would no longer accept mistreatment from white people.

I rate this book before I finish because it is 5 star material starting from page one. It is not necessary to wait until I read the last page to offer a review. If I should change my mind, I will let y'all know. American history, African American history is an excruciatingly violent and brutal one. I am glad that there are some historians who are willing and brave enough to speak truth to power, and not write garbage and myths as history or his story. Interestingly enough, I don't recall reading about this in school. The Miseducation of the Negro, Carter G. Woodson had it partly right. How about the miseducation of the entire American public?

However, if you want to start off with something a little simpler to read. I would suggest Negrophobia: 1906 Atlanta Riot by Mark Bauerlein(kissinashe.blogspot.com).

This book should be required reading for all African Americans living in Georgia and anyone else interested in the Black Experience in Georgia. Schools should also use it to teach Georgia Black History.

This is a very informative and interesting book that dispells a lot of incorrect information that I learned as a child in newly segregated Southwest Georgia. I remember watching shows like "Roots" and wondering why Georgia slaves here never tried to escape or revolt and after reading only 40% of this book, this misconception has been cleared. this book should be included in all the Georgia history programs.

Buchanan combines all of the elements that one could hope to find in a young artist: passion, precision, extravagant imagination and brillaint virtuosity. The volume runs the gamut from the accessible (and devastating) "The Guinea Pig and the Green Balloon" to the denser (but no less rewarding) "Secret Arsonist" poems. This book will open your heart, your mind, and your ears; repeated readings will only reward you with new insight into her unique sensibility--and the tragedy of human life--of this I ham certain.

Ms. Buchanan's debut is a delirious admixture of surprises. The quality of her thought and impressive control of her lines and imagery make her a young poet far and above many others in her generation. Read this book and you'll encounter worlds you've never known before.

Buchanan has given voice to creatures all over the planet - creatures whose silence, it turns out, was not for lack of intriguing intelligent and emotional thought... Her poems are frightening, heart-breaking, and snuggly cute all at once... ("The Ducks and The Bicylce", "The Guinea Pig and the Green Balloon", "The Only Yak in Batesville, Virginia"). I have never loved poetry the way I love Oni Buchanan's masterpieces.

This book is the BOMB! I was introduced to this book 1997 and I have purchase at least 10 copies. Why 10 copies, you ask, because everytime I show my book to someone they take it. So, I have learned my lesson to direct ladies and gentlemens to purchase their own copy. I have the hardback and paperback but the paperback is missing so vital information. Buy hardback with all the information you need. I think every women should be given this book at the age of 18 to help them on the road to becoming a "Real Woman".

I feel this book should be every women's self-esteem Bible. I read it over and over just for some refreshening.

I read the hard cover about 3 years ago, so after reading it I gave it to my wife. Boy what a change it has made in my life and my wife's life. We have learned to communicate instaed of shout at one another. I've tried to be more passionate and loving with my wife since I've red this book. It has opened my eyes to how valuable communication is in a loving relationship. Until I read this bnook I always just let things in my relationship work themselves out. I now know that many of my problems could have been avoided if I had only communictaed in an open, honest and loving way. Thanks to Ella Patterson and her will to write a book like this, I am now a happier man, husband and father. I recommend this book to all couples. It's not just a book for women it's for men too. I don't know Ella personally, but If she ever reads this review I just want to say Thanks to her for helping to save my marriage. I am a better man because of her.

I ordered my copy of With Malice Toward Some: Very Short Stories for Very Busy People one day when I was looking through the Savage Press website. The cover design struck my fancy, as well as the tag line which said, "These stories will make you smirk and snicker . . ." I realized that while I may have smirked recently, I hadn't snickered in awhile, so I ordered. Well, all I can say is that Georgia Post delivered on her promise. I chuckled. I snickered. I smirked. I then passed the book to my colleague who chuckled, snickered, and smirked as well. There are 47 quirky sort stories of less than two pages each and most times my response to the story was AHA! or HA! This is a book that should be read and passed on to someone else. Better yet, buy one to keep and one to loan out. Maybe even a few as gifts for special friends.

Claiming to be "a 76-year old woman with a 40-year old woman struggling to come out," this author's obviously sharp and lively wit, as well as her imagination, is remarkable at any age.

Georgia Post has created a unique book of short (average length of each is a page and a half) stories, each with a surprising ending.

At the beginning of "With Malice Toward Some", Ms. Post impishly lets it be known that one of the stories is actually true, leaving the reader to wonder which it could be, in addition to the detective-like mentality one can also feel while reading each intriguing story, imagining where the plot will lead.

Cleverly done, Ms. Post! I would love to read more.

"With Malice Toward Some" by Georgia Z Post is a most unusual book of short stories. There are 47 short stories in this book all of which are amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed each story. The author has amazing writing skill for humorous stories and she presents them well.

I came across this book at a book signing at the Tarpon Springs, Florida Library. The signing was put on by the writing group which meets at the Library one day a week.

I was able to meet the author and purchase her book. She has an amazing personality and it shows in her stories. This book is one that should be left on a coffee table in your home to pick up at random and enjoy. I feel it should also be placed in the waiting rooms of doctors offices.

"With Malice Toward Some" by Georgia Z Post is a great book and I highly recommend it.