Cameron Books

How refreshing. Julia Cameron gives an open invitation to everyone to write. Ms. Cameron breaks down the barriers and the negative mindsets for stymied, would-be writers. Simply write. Write your way. Write when you can. Write where you can.

I love listening to Ms. Cameron with her down-to-earth sensibilities toward writers and writing. There's no pretense as she shares stories and encouragement from her own writing life.

I especially enjoy the story she tells of the famous writer she invited to a dinner party who believes only those who truly suffer for the art can be real writers. He further humiliated Ms. Cameron at her dinner party while she still maintained that as exalted as he is now, even he began like every other writer.

This wonderful audio set by Cameron is very helpful and encouraging in gaining perspective and realizing that yes, we all have this inalienable right of self-expression - the right to write.

- Victoria Austin

"Abridged? What will they take out?" I wondered. Then the tapes arrived. The answer: the tools at the end of each chapter. Initially, I was disappointed.

However, this editing decision makes total sense. The essays really shine on their own merit, even more so when read by Julia. I've played them over and over again: in the car while commuting to my first graduate class in eleven years, at home to bookend my day-- anywhere I can.

For those who are looking for more specific books on the writer's craft-- they're out there. Cameron tells you at the very beginning of the book/audiotape that this book is something different.

It's inspired me to revisit the Artist's Way routines of Morning Pages and Artist Dates. They make more sense this time around, somehow; the descriptions seem more specific, pared down to the necessary. And they're already making a difference in my dual lives as writer and musician.

I can't recommend this book enough, nor the tapes. Julia: thank you, again. I'm back on track.

It's a dark, drunken trip with the frat guys. Lindsey portrays the epitome of what Vonnegut dubs a `granfaloon' at its sinister worst, and does it with disturbing authenticity. Although not without humor (the scene where the street loony mocks the curbside preacher is laugh-out-loud priceless), most of the novel is as surreal and edgy as "Hearts of Darkness," to which the author pays homage. "Riptide" is an excellent first effort.

What a great book! In RIPTIDE, Lindsey has delivered a masterful first novel full of mystery and suspense, twists and turns, with well-crafted, finely-honed prose. A wonderfully written book that should propel Lindsey to bestseller status. A must read for mystery and suspense novel fans!

The best bathroom reading since the 9/11 Commission Report. I have not been emotionally moved or infleunced this much since watching "Home Alone" thinking I could lay Rube-goldberg-esque traps to thwart burglars and pump my arm in the air with success. My life changed then, and it changes now that is has been "ruined" by Jack "Ska Band" Cameron. Pun intended. Get it? HA! This is the sort of high brow humour this book achieves on a marvelous level. Well done. A+. 10,000 points. Have a great summer.

I have been following the book on www.JackCameron.com and the preview chapters are great. I think this is the perfect book for those rasing teenagers and those who have servied there 20's. I suggest givint this book a look and then buy 2 cause your best fried wont give it back after you loan it to them.

Anne

Sailing Away from Winter


After reading the first page of Sailing Away From Winter I immediately realized that I had forgotten what a good writer Silver Donald Cameron is. Unlike many sailing adventure books, Cameron shies away from writing a glorified log book but rather makes the reader feel that he is in the cockpit of "Magnus" and experiences the joys of sailing in a fair wind on a sunny day to the unending frustration of a finicky and somewhat unreliable diesel engine that is maintained by a bilge dwelling scurvy crew of evil Norwegian trolls.

While slipping southwards from his homeport of D'Escousse, Silver Donald makes port in such historic Nova Scotia locales as Canso, Halifax, Lunenburg and Yarmouth and then onward to crossing the Bay of Fundy and entering our "beloved" neighbour, the United States of America. Here we learn that like most Canadians, not many Americans on the New England Coast are fans of President George W. Bush as evidenced by many bumper stickers "Needed: One florist to send two Bushes to Iraq"

One common thread in Cameron's many works is his love affair with Cape Breton. During the entire southward voyage Magnus pursues long time friend and fellow Cape Bretoner's Jim and Carol-Anne Organ, of Port Hawkesbury, aboard Seaduction. In the Abaco's the crews of the two Cape Breton vessels rendezvous and share many colourful yarns after cruising more than 3000 miles away from their beloved island. If there's one thing about Cape Bretoner's as the song goes "One thing I know wherever I go there's always friends from back home".

From a sailor's perspective I found that Sailing Away From Winter can be used as a reference book for those of us planning to navigate the Intracoastal Waterway while keeping company with the family pet, a travel guide of good marinas along the ICW, and maybe most importantly a guide for diesel engine repair. As any seasoned cruiser knows: The sailing is the easy part of the cruise, it's knowing how to fix things that really count. Well done Captain.

"Sailing Away From Winter: A Cruise From Nova Scotia to Florida and Beyond" is the true-life memoir of Canadian columnist Silver Donald Cameron, who dared to make his dreams of a sea voyage come true. With his wife and their beloved dog, he traveled more than three thousand nautical miles in 236 days, visiting towns dotting the coast from Nova Scotia to Florida, crossing the Gulf Stream, experiencing the Bahamas, and much more. A vividly detailed recounting of the joys and perils of navigating the ocean in an aged Norwegian-built ketch, the camaraderie shared with other cruisers, and much more. Highly recommended.

The conceit behind "Duncan Cameron's Shipwreck Detective" is that professional diver Duncan Cameron discovers a mysterious note in his Uncle Joe's sea trunk: "A small fortune in gold could be yours--if you are smart enough to find it. I'm leaving a list of shipwrecks and a riddle--the rest is up to you." Young readers get to join Duncan as he searches for clues to the location of the treasure around the world at some of the most famous shipwrecks in history, from the Antikythera wreck of a Roman Corbita that sank 70-80 BCE and the HMS "Edinburgh," torpedoes by her own crew to avoid capture during World War II (the shipwrecks are real, but the facts been adapted in some cases to accommodate the storyline). Inside the journal you find a compass, charts, flaps, your own personal dive log, an old fashioned map of the world, and much more. That is the reason this book comes with an elastic strap to keep it shut when you are not working through everything, otherwise the photographs, post-it notes, and other goodies could end up on the floor (do not worry; everything that is important is duplicated underneath the removable goodies so you cannot ruin the experience when somebody else loses things for you).

Basically you look over Duncan's shoulder while he and Helle investigate the shipwrecks and work out the clues to find the treasure. That search is the narrative thread for this engaging book illustrated by Cameron with text by Richard Platt, but that serves as a context for telling young readers all about what professional divers do when they check out shipwrecks. We get to learn about the symbols and abbreviations used on Admiralty charts, a swimming robot named "Nemo," star gazing, compass deviations, sailor's knots, and the tropical fish of the Coral Sea & Great Barrier Reef. The text is printed like it is handwritten and is accompanied by photographs, drawings, and various charts and diagrams. If you are familiar with publications from DK then you will not be surprised at how "Shipwreck Detective" has wall-to-wall illustrations on each two-page spread, although the balance is more towards the drawings by Cameron than the photographs of museum treasures we usually find in their books.

Those of you who want to skip ahead to the end of the book to find out the solution to the mystery and the location of the treasure will be bitterly, but appropriately, disappointed, because the answer is not there. Duncan succeeds and there is a giant clue when you get to the end, but to find out if you were right you have to go check out a special DK website for the book (I was actually reminded of the end of "The Da Vinci Code," which would be another clue that will be lost on most readers). The front cover is thick enough to include the a compass, but it also helps make the book something of a writing table when it is open, so this books is especially suited for long car trips. Cameron and Platt have come up with something that stacks up pretty well against computer games, especially in the education department. Plus Platt obviously tries to make this as much of a hands on experience as he can, short of having the readers get into a wet suit and start making dives out in the real world. So even once the mystery is solved (or you give up the hunt), you can still enjoy reading about the life of professional divers.

Your favorite uncle has died, and written a will describing a mystery treasure. Your job is to figure out where the treasure is located based on the clues in the book. This book is written journal-style, with lots of flaps, letters in envelopes, and other pieces to explore. There's a compass built into the front cover.

Read this book with a child. Learn about scuba and wreck diving, history and archaeology. Solve a mystery. This is wonderful, educational fun for a smart 8 year old, or a typical 10+ year old. Do it together, you'll both benefit.

My neices love the Jungle of Utt series. They each have one of their very own and love spending time reading and sharing with the others.
Great series.

My kids received the first two books in The Jungle of Utt Series as gifts and I can not say enough about them.

These are wonderful stories of friendship and adventure set in rhyme- well written and beautifully illustrated.

We will definitely be buying the future installments as they become available.

Using conflict theory as their starting point, Coltrane and Collins provide an excellent introduction to the sociological study of the family.

I am a Latino, Mexican American, male femenisth. I read this book for my Women Studies minor family course named The Family in Cal State Dominguez. I really recomend this book to all the people that really want to know the true history of the human family and how it has been changing and why it will always will change... at the same time you will start to see that gender roles were never started at the beggining of humanity...that gender roles were created in diffrent cultures at the hurticultural stage of society and were very strong at the agregarian stage... but right now in industrial societys gender roles are becoming more simmilar little by litlle to be able to survive... I can tell you more about this book...but you need to read it and I really recomended.

Soup!: Hot And Cold Recipes For All Seasons is a compendium of more than seventy delicious, nutritious, "kitchen cook friendly" soup recipes that draw from a wide range of ingredients. Co-authored by culinary experts Pippa Cuthbert and Lindsay Cameron Wilson, each recipe is characterized by easy-to-follow directions for soups that range from the velvety smooth to the thick and chunky, from the sweetly chilled to the hot and spicy. Enhanced with full- color photography and a line or two of personalized introduction, the soups range from Black Bean Soup with Salsa and Chips; to Celeriac, Pear and Rosemary Soup; to Romesco Soup; to Wild Rice and Porcini Soup. There is an informative sections at the front of the book on "The Basics of Soup", "Equipment", as well as "Handy Hints". Soup! also features a Glossary and an Index. A simply wonderful addition to any kitchen cookbook collection, Soup! is also available in a comb edition format (1561485012, $19.95).

Soup!: Hot And Cold Recipes For All Seasons is a compendium of more than seventy delicious, nutritious, "kitchen cook friendly" soup recipes that draw from a wide range of ingredients. Co-authored by culinary experts Pippa Cuthbert and Lindsay Cameron Wilson, each recipe is characterized by easy-to-follow directions for soups that range from the velvety smooth to the thick and chunky, from the sweetly chilled to the hot and spicy. Enhanced with full- color photography and a line or two of personalized introduction, the soups range from Black Bean Soup with Salsa and Chips; to Celeriac, Pear and Rosemary Soup; to Romesco Soup; to Wild Rice and Porcini Soup. There is an informative sections at the front of the book on "The Basics of Soup", "Equipment", as well as "Handy Hints". Soup! also features a Glossary and an Index. A simply wonderful addition to any kitchen cookbook collection, Soup! is also available in a comb edition format (1561485012, $19.95).

This cookbook is fantastic! Because it is theme based, it is easy to use and makes party planning a snap all year round. There are many delicious recipes that include gift ideas, too. The book is beautiful, fun to browse, and leaves you with some mouth-watering ideas. The recipes are easy to prepare, and reflect the style of the whole south, not just Georgia. This cookbook makes a great gift!

This cookbook is theme/menu based. It makes it so easy to entertain! I use it every time I have company. The recipes are usually easy to cook and always fabulous. It is also a beautiful cookbook which makes it a great gift.

Check this out! A highly recommended read on somewhat obscure Scottish history! A MUST HAVE!

This book is a must-have for anyone with a high interest in Scottish History! It is insightful and interesting. I highly recommend it!