47696dfa-ab7b-44b3-9d0f-b98620905760TrueNewShip22LongAmazonLargeBooksreviewrank637646377B0007F86RChttp://www.amazon.com/Hunza-health-secrets-long-happiness/dp/B0007F86RC%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0007F86RC2739859Renée TaylorUnknown BindingAward BooksEnglishEnglishAward Books221Book1966Award BooksAward Books399USD$3.990100005.051B0007F86RC5452004-02-11

Living A Long Healthy Life

I read this book over 30 years ago and it spurred me on practice a natural hygiene lifestyle. (eating predominately fresh uncooked fruits and vegetables, free of all animal products including dairy products) I had spent the next 30 years in the pursuit of nutritional science research and completed the nutritional science program taught at The Life Science Institute formerly in Austin TX. After 30 years of research and practicing a similar dietary lifestyle as described in Renee Taylor's book I can say that I owe my sound health, free of illness and disease for over 30 years to this book! This book is an excellent introduction into the miraculous world of illness free living that can be enjoyed to well over 100 years without medical doctors.B0007F86RC4772001-11-11

Excellent book with only minor flaws

Great book about the Hunza. The book is basically 2 parts. The first part deals with the authors travel to the Hunza valley and the Hunza way of life. It's like a journal and very enjoyably written. <p>The second part appeals a little less to me [that's why "only" 4 stars]. It tries to explain why the Hunza are so very healthy and the author does an excellent job of listing all the factors, but especially in the big "Diet" section some explanations don't sound allright to me. [but I am a raw foodist and disagree with the author saying that americans should take artificial supplements] Besides that it is an excellent book. The book also features a section with Hunza recipes, though some of the recipes use sugar, which is stated in the journal section that the Hunza don't use sugar. Hmm, as I said, the diet section is a little weird. =]B0007F86RC510102000-06-24

Lessons for a long life, I hope!

Since I first became aware of the Hunza, I have been fascinated by their simplicity and long life. As a teenager, I began my search for every available piece of information about people who live long and healthy lives. I was, and still am, willing and prepared to incorporate healthful living into my own lifestyle. That is why I have kept my copy of this work at my bedside for many years. It reminds me, daily, of the vigor and health I intend to maintain throughout my long life. This volume carefully and succinctly instructs the reader to follow the approach to life as the Hunza live it, as best one can in western society. Be happy, enjoy the happiness of others, eat well but not too much, exercise vigorously, preferably on hills, avoid envy, keep busy, love your friends, don't worry, play. And my addition, read more books!B0007F86RC5442000-02-06

the primitive wins against the modern man with ease!.

the reports on the hunza tribe in the north of kashmir (north-pakistan)are from 1964, and they still teach us(the modern cultered people) how to eat,drink,behave,in order to live a better life in the sense of the health matters.the book is more facinating then a science fiction book,and the most important thing is:this book is a reality, wich we can make it real for us (the modern people)today at the year of 2000.learn the secretes from a true living legend tribe that in his living area in that specific way of life, to pass the age of 100 in (good health), is not just a wishfull thinking, and not the prevelage of only one person.B0007F86RC5992000-01-17

Excellent, Author is 95 years old and teaching yoga in LA

Why do the Hunza people live to be well over 100 years old? They hire out as high mountain trekkers in their 90's. They also father children in their 90's. The Hunza valley is said to be the most beautiful spot on earth. From great yoga exercises to the actual food these people eat. This is the western lady who "discovered" these amazing people.0486451542B001E96KM80962829870160286018115706717534628General282861Nutrition10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books16787General16772Asia27Travel1000Subjects283155Books0965473856http://www.amazon.com/Concerns-Madness-Nancy-Mercado/dp/0965473856%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D09654738565024131http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K903FJ36L._SL75_.jpg7548http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K903FJ36L._SL160_.jpg160102http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K903FJ36L.jpg475302Nancy MercadoPaperback811.69780965473859250965473856Long Shot ProductionsEnglishEnglishEnglish8501000USD$10.00Long Shot Productions196Book2000-06-01Long Shot ProductionsLong Shot Productions305501716USD$17.162110USD$21.104200005.05109654738565002002-05-31

Wonderful Words

I recommend this book to anyone who loves poetry. Mercado's use of imagery and music in her work is new and inspirational. She is one of the more exciting new Nuyorican voices on the scene. Honest, clear and down-to-earth, there's no pretention here. Buy this book, you won't be sorry.09654738565002002-04-28

Nuyorican Poet of the People

In clear, passionate and moving poems Nancy Mercado brings us the full flavor of life. She speaks on a personal and universal level for people who are on the outside; people of all colors.<p>These are celebritory poems that affirm the ability of the human spirit to servive. As Piri Thomas has said of her work, "Nancy Mercado has learned that words can be bullets or butterflies, that one must say what one means and mean what one says."<p>Maria M. Gillan<br>Executive Director of Poetry Center<p>Passiac Community College09654738565012001-06-02

It concerns the madness

It concerns the madness was real. I lost myself behind the author's passion for poetry, and her fond memories of Puerto Rico. The rhythmic flow of expressions reached down into my soul and took me "home"....09654738565012001-04-02

It Concerns The Madness

I enjoyed reading It Concerns The Madness.It really brings you back to your roots. It made me remember a lot of things about my grandmother and grandfather. I feel Mrs.Mercado writes from her heart and life experiences. I recomend this book of poetry to everyone. I know everyone could relate to it one way or an other. To Mrs. Mercado keep up the good work.09654738564012001-04-01

Madness at its best

This book was well written and interesting. The author has an understanding of the madness faced today. Latinas have come a long way and this author shows that we will continue to grow and prosper as women.Poetry, Puerto Rican Studies, Nuyorican Poets Cafe9894General9882Classics9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10125General10127Classics17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10213General10207Criticism & Theory10204History & Criticism17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1883011159http://www.amazon.com/John-Steinbeck-Writings-1936-1941-Harvest/dp/1883011159%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1883011159256523http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4130SYW43NL._SL75_.jpg7545http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4130SYW43NL._SL160_.jpg16095http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4130SYW43NL.jpg475282John SteinbeckHardcoverRobert DeMottElaine A. Steinbeck813.5297818830111541311883011159Library of AmericaEnglishEnglishEnglish8203500USD$35.00Library of America11067Book1996-09-01Library of AmericaLibrary of America1705201750USD$17.501295USD$12.954400USD$44.0027251011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewx7HLdUklmnRsAs5b%2FAwmsVm86P1GhWMoa1mj9KfTp9FBagRedTEgTas%2FtsmAJrQuP7CttT%2BrwnJ6x6MAUnsFSw%3D%3D2310USD$23.10Usually ships in 24 hours5.05118830111595002007-12-31

Steinbeck is Amazing...All of it

This volume is just as good as all the other Steinbeck volumes within the Library of America series -which is to say that this collection of stories and novels is second to none. Steinbeck was a force and the guy will change your life. Read this and people will actually smell you becoming smarter.188301115955241998-07-30

it was great

grapes of wrath is a great book. it is about a family that goes through ups and downs every chapter. and a man who wats to get his family back on track, cause his father lost his farm land in Oklahoma. So they head to California to find new jobs but there new jobs arn't the same as having there own land, cause when they had there own land they had no boss but when they head to Cali. they are not happy cause they are bossed around.1883011159516261998-03-22

Steinbeck's Art

It is surely a shame that Mr. Steinbeck forever will be confined to the archipelago of socio-economico-political literature. Too often a smug reviewer writes of Steinbeck's "moving" portrayal of the Joad family and their struggle against a growing America. "Oh, how I can 'identify' with the Preacher!" HUMBUG. Mr. Steinbeck wrote words, not ideas. His art is exquisite and melodious and stock-full of imagery. His structure, even in the volumunious Grapes, is compact and economical. His style, even in the scientific Log, is artistic and exact. And his ideas, even in the idea-ed Harvest, are irrelevant. Buy this book. But don't buy it because the blurb on the back says something about the Joads being an American archetype of the twentieth century; instead, buy it because it is literature - American literature - at its finest. Every sentence. Every word.18830111595571998-03-21

A classic that is worth re-reading

I, like many, first read this _The Grapes of Wrath_ in high school. Then, it piqued a great curiosity about recent (this century) American history that my teachers could never satisfy. A recent re-reading, however, has shown me the great depth that I missed the first time. Read it slowly, savor the dogged, determined hopelessness that was life for many of our immediate ancestors. From the sad beginning to the desperate ending, it will teach you, and reach you.1883011159515151998-03-20

The Grapes of Wrath

Political statements are always dangerous: one either completely convinces a reader of one's argument or forever alienates them. And, unfortunately, the end result is rarely dependent upon the quality or force of argument made by the author, but rather entirely dependent upon the notions with which the reader entered the "discussion". <p> Knowing this, it seems that one has to be of a particular mindset in order to enjoy the novels collected in "The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1938-1941". The novels of this compilation attack many of the ideals upon which this country was founded -- and they do so by looking closely at those who have never really benefited from those ideals. This attack is carried out most effectively in the most prominent of the packaged novels: Steinbeck's classic "The Grapes of Wrath." <p> At an abstract level, this particular novel is an impassioned plea for change ... one that left many readers at the time of its publication both angry and frightened, and resulted in the book being placed on many academic "Banned" lists, and caused Steinbeck himself to be branded by some as anti-American. <p> That said, it is my opinion that "The Grapes of Wrath" is one of the best novels ever written, because it tells the story of those most affected by the Great Depression - those who never had much in the first place. In particular, it focuses on the Joad family as they are forced to relocate to California, to try to find enough work to put food on the table. Along with thousands of other displaced sharecroppers they are lured by colorful handbills advertising great jobs for all. California becomes Mecca to the families, many of whom have literally been forced out of their homes. Desperate, the families sell all of their belongings, buy cheap cars, and begin the arduous journey. Many do not make it, and those who do find to their dismay that all is not as promised. <p> This is an extremely powerful novel. The reader comes to know the members of the Joad family and their friends as people, not just as characters in a story. We are able to identify with them as they suffer hardship after hardship. Written in an accessible style, and spellbinding throughout, this novel is certainly a deserving classic, and it dominates this excellent new collection of Steinbeck's fiction.This second volume in the authoritative edition of John Steinbeck (with "Novels and Stories, 1932-1937") features the Pulitzer-Prize winning masterpiece "The Grapes of Wrath" in a newly corrected text based on the author's manuscript, typescript, and galleys. "The Harvest Gypsies is Steinbeck's investigative report on migrant farm workers which laid the groundwork for the novel. "The Long Valley" displays his brilliance with short stories, including such classics as "The Chrysanthemums," "Flight," and "The Red Pony." "The Log from the Sea of Cortez," about a marine biological expedition, combines science, philosophy, and adventure.188301101919310820731598530046094045026719310828989916Steinbeck, John9882Classics9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10127Classics10125General17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10129Contemporary17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10132Literary17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10137Anthologies10134Genre Fiction17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10213General10207Criticism & Theory10204History & Criticism17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books284636General70638Steinbeck, John70040( S )70021Authors, A-Z17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books285674Hardcover70638Steinbeck, John70040( S )70021Authors, A-Z17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksRD1DGLYPDBJRASMART NOVELS that make you Think...3EAZ5FQ6G2A4TLibrary of America books on my Wish List10ZAGX570LONMBooks I Want25SX0NHK0I86NSalinas California History25DF0OE4P4G93Pastures of Steinbeck3VCC8AG75PK6ASome Favorites from Library of America26M42V066JFEKTo Do: Read these before kicking the bucket0061212989http://www.amazon.com/Long-Short-Madcap-History-Skirt/dp/0061212989%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0061212989754039http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41q1WzZwd0L._SL75_.jpg7549http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41q1WzZwd0L._SL160_.jpg160104http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41q1WzZwd0L.jpg500326Ali BasyeLeela CormanPaperback7469780061212987600061212989Harper PaperbacksEnglishEnglishEnglish6401495USD$14.95Harper Paperbacks1176Book2007-02-01Harper Paperbacks2007-01-30Harper Paperbacks4541087USD$0.8783USD$0.8331220011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewqmb3DbTLnvDL6Aix5sfF307Cu01jnMgMwWaceH4m61k7zGzSD93JTHe6wVE54cxwDOpHUbGgIv7SretdpKRw4g%3D%3D1196USD$11.96Usually ships in 24 hours5.05100612129895112007-03-09

great!

This is the best book I've read about fashion in a long time. AliBayse is a fantastic writer!00612129894332007-02-13

book snooper finds a gem

Alright, I would not have given this book a thought, but one night I saw it sitting on our table, obviously something my wife had found interesting. Being myself a strange fact freak, and self-proclaimed encyclopedia of odd knowledge, I thought I would thumb through this for a new tidbit, I could toss at my most times annoyed friends. <br /> <br />About an hour later,I found myself finsihing what I found to be an incredibly well researched history of what I now realize an important part of American pop culture and fashion. <br /> <br />The two things I found most facinating were the garment studies applied to old films such as Tarzan/Jane series, and the pop culture influenced skirts that were also game boards, pinning the wearer to the ground while friends played backgammon and checkers around her (or his, as in the case of Ed Wood) folded knees. <br /> <br />Since every example could not be illustrated, the editor has done a fantastic job of selecting the ones that you look for after reading the kitchy text. <br /> <br />In short. A quick read that will not let down purveyors of fashion, art , and culture. Never to forget a great bit of memory feed for the know-it-all00612129895222007-02-13

book couture

Not only is it the perfect size to fit in my jeans-skirt back pocket, this book packs so much interesting (and funny) information into it's colorful pages I want to take it any place I might need a quick escape (like the bus, or ummm work). Until I'm finished reading it, of course, and then it's got its place on my coffee table. I love the illustrations and witty repartee, and the book just looks smart, too. I can finally play it off like I'm that well-dressed, flirty, and sophisticated girl with her finger on the pulse of fashion. Amen for books that do the work for you. I recommend it!!00612129895112007-02-12

a BIG little book

I was bowled over by this clever book. Well researched, written in an engaging style, sophisticated AND funny, with so many tidbits of information, that it was exciting to turn the page to see what new surprising fact would appear. Didn't know there was so much to know about the skirt! I recommend this book to all women ( men will get a kick out of it too ), and wonder what Ali Basye's next book is about? Please hurry, Ms. Basye! I loved this BIG little book! 00612129895332007-02-06

Fun and Witty !

Fun and witty perfectly describes this book! It's a great little page turner that tells you everything you'd ever want to know about the history of every woman's favorite clothing item, the skirt, with great illustrations to boot. I would definitely recommend this book -- it's the cat's meow! (see section on flapper slang) Read and enjoy !1584795271B000SNUTCI0761143238B000YT9D7I08109928414556Popular Culture11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books292642General1862Fashion1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books712982011General AAS465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713011011General AAS468214Social Sciences465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books0786711655http://www.amazon.com/Long-Fall-Novel-Crime/dp/0786711655%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D07867116551995976http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y0TM3YH0L._SL75_.jpg7551http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y0TM3YH0L._SL160_.jpg160108http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y0TM3YH0L.jpg475320Lynn KostoffHardcover813.549780786711659910786711655Carroll & GrafEnglishEnglishEnglish9222400USD$24.00Carroll & Graf1208Book2003-05Carroll & GrafCarroll & Graf108630320USD$3.208USD$0.0862100005.05107867116554002007-12-27

compelling neo-noir

If Elmore Leonard's name was on this book, not only would everyone recognize it as a Leonard book, but call it one of his best. Jimmy is a classic Leonard protagonist -- a criminal who is really just a f**k-up, but who is in trouble with some really serious bad guys. His crimes themselves are hilarious -- cactus smuggler, Beanie Baby thief. Kostoff is a tad more elegant as a writer than Leonard, but lacks Leonard's hardboiledness. I was rooting for a different ending, but the one provided is elegant, if a bit sad.07867116555002007-06-05

Fantastic

don't know why more people haven't heard of this one, but if you like crime fiction, especially noirish stuff with a literary bent, get thee to a bookstore, and I mean now. If I give you a one-liner on the story, it'll sound trite, so I won't. Instead, let me say that Kostoff is that rarest breed of stylist who can, in a minimum of space, evoke a whole world. He's earned comparisons to Elmore Leonard, and while they are in some ways apt, his work is all his own, and he brings a lyricism that Leonard generally eschews ("Jimmy remembering all the make-out sessions with Jean, both of them seventeen, the universe running under their skin, and every necessary truth found in tongues and fingers and the sweet ache of breath..."). <br /> <br />A dark book with a heart but no promises of happiness, THE LONG FALL is, simply, terrific. Highly recommended.07867116555002006-10-10

Edgar, please

The Long Fall was my Edgar winner choice on so many levels it was scary. Kostoff does some wonderful things with this story; brother vs. brother, brother and sister-in-law ... coveting both dry cleaning profits and the spouse ... it's a wonderful adventure for the reader from the start (a staged wild west shootout) to the novel's resolution (can't tell you that here). Just great writing and a wonderful story. This novel rocks.07867116555112003-06-05

Off beat and compelling

Kostoff's novel grabs you from page one. His stunning use of language is a treat. More than this, he tells a compelling tale of losers, loss, and lost causes. Jimmy Coates is the archetypal schlemiel who just can't quite understand what's gone wrong in his life. Why else would he take a job as a doomed bad guy (killed six times daily) with the ludicrous Big and Bigger Jones Old Wild West Park? The comparison of other reviewers to Elmore Leonard is appropriate: this is a page turner with a payoff. Unfortunately, and despite the book's humor, for most of the characters the payoff is a downer. But the reader of Kostoff's second novel is richly rewarded indeed.07867116555112003-05-13

A Great Read

This is a sensational novel. It's hilarious and harrowing by turns and superbly written from top to bottom. Kostoff's style is reminiscent of Elmore Leonard at his best, and The Long Fall is dark and devilish and all but impossible to put down.<div>At once authentic and flip, by turns wildly funny and deadly serious, as riveting as it is inventive, The Long Fall twists sibling rivalry inside out and sets the conventional crime novel on its head. In sunbaked Phoenix, Arizona, this never-predictable tale tosses into its antic mix a dead father, his two sons—one a small-time ex-con with a consistent genius for sabotaging his own best interests, the other a straight, uptight solid citizen with a moneymaking chain of dry-cleaning stores and a restive ex-stewardess of a wife named Evelyn—and a sicko cop with a twisted worldview. Recently released from prison—twenty-four months for possession of a truckload of black-market saguaro cacti—and in deep debt to an unforgiving crank dealer, Jimmy Coates returns home only to discover that his brother has cut him out of his inheritance. A not-unjustifiable desire to settle old scores and new sends Jimmy on a robbery spree that wipes out four of his brother's dry-cleaning establishments. But when he finds himself tumbling for a mutinously sexy Evelyn, the impulse to vengeance reverses itself. Unwittingly, however, Jimmy has already set in motion a series of dangerous consequences—adultery, blackmail, love, betrayal—that culminate in a blueprint for murder. And it could be Jimmy himself who is taking the long fall.</div>01560303220316018805B001G8WBC010466General10457Mystery18Mystery & Thrillers1000Subjects283155Books10468Hard-Boiled10457Mystery18Mystery & Thrillers1000Subjects283155Books605116General18Mystery & Thrillers1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books141070601Xhttp://www.amazon.com/Long-Hairs-Woman-M-Robbins/dp/141070601X%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D141070601X5075576http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D41K7V6GL._SL75_.jpg7547http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D41K7V6GL._SL160_.jpg160100http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D41K7V6GL.jpg475297M. L. RobbinsPaperback978141070601081141070601XAuthorhouseEnglishEnglishEnglish8061895USD$18.95Authorhouse1328Book2003-05AuthorhouseAuthorhouse815081244USD$12.44751USD$7.51530011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewy%2F%2FT2SMrhGTqMa4dzLssi%2F5G3YpFIjc30MeGXT7TWWZPeYjXBjbsDKUDRSHfjhAXHCTapMuGZvdiJ4fnKDUCHA%3D%3D1464USD$14.64Usually ships in 24 hours5.051141070601X5012003-07-23

Long Hair's Woman by M. L. Robbins

Long Hair's Woman is an absorbing novel. The writer, M. L. Robbins, cast her hook and reeled me in. The novel is sad and intense. It is beautifully written. The characters are real and come to life. I feel I know and love Maotsi, the young Cheyenne girl. She was strong, independent, naive and innocent when she met George Armstrong Custer. I had no opinion about Custer before reading the novel. We need to challenge our previous knowledge of our Indian Battles. I love books, and I hope we will all get a wake up call from this one concerning our historical knowledge of American Indians. M. L. Robbins did her homework. I need to do mine. Great book, wonderful novel.141070601X5332003-07-10

Long Hair Woman

This was an excellent book - written from the perspective of the Indian, the characters came alive for me right away. I found that although it is written for teenagers - it is also interesting and good reading for adult readers. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the history of the Indian nation - a new perspective since most books are not written to show the Indian peoples in a sympathetic light - very believable - obvious good research into Indian mores - recommend it for anyone141070601X5222003-07-09

Through the eyes of a Cheyenne woman

In Long Hair's Woman by M L Robbins we are treated to the finely researched and fascinating story of the last free days of the Plains Indians and particularly of Maotsi, the young Cheyenne maiden who enchanted Custer. Though he 'took' her as his woman and then abandoned her, she faithfully considered herself his wife and was proud to be the mother of his son. <p> The tale is replete with rich details of the lives of the Cheyenne and other Plains tribes and brings to life the terrible betrayal by the Great White Father in Washington who had promised to protect the Indians and their lands. It also gives us a clearer picture of what is was like to be a soldier under the misguided, egotistical Custer. Finally, Custer and his men make one raid too many and a rare recounting of Custer's end helps us rethink the oft-repeated fable about his 'last stand'.<p> I heartily recommend this book and hope a copy finds its way into the hands of Kevin Costner. Author Robbins' book would make a terrific movie to equal Dances With Wolves in presenting the honest story of the Plains Indians search for disappearing buffalo herds, being hounded by US troops, and finally losing their lands and way of life. The movie would also help show the character of Custer as a failed hero in contrast to that of a dedicated, able young Indian woman who lived by a strong code of honor.<p> This book provides a very different view of how the west was really 'won'-and lost.141070601X5442003-06-23

A very pleasant surprise.

I fear for "Long Hair's Woman", a first novel by M.L. Robbins. I fear that it will not acquire the readership it deserves. There are many good reasons to read this book, but nowadays most books get read for a familiar array of bad reasons. Popular books, in large measure, titillate our senses, or pat us on the back with lavish congratulations -- confirmation that our preexisting prejudices, the nonsense and half-truths we believe for little reason, are wisely and justly held. So what are we to do with a book on a salacious-sounding topic that eschews the libidinous for the cerebral, that prefers impelling the reader to cogitation over salivation? What are we to do with a book of soaring prose that refuses to let you accept the settled holy writ of what you think you know, but instead inspires you to stare out a window and dwell on a new thought? My hope, in opposition to my fears, is that many people will answer these questions simply -- Read it! You will be surprised, as I was, and you will do your heart and mind a favor. <p>Custer captures Maotsi, a beautiful Cheyenne maiden -- a new 'comfort' bride to be, on the very day that his troops slaughter her family, friends and tribesmen. She bears him a son, and he abandons them both. Much sociological, psycho-babble could be written about this personal and societal rape. Ms. Robbins adroitly avoids all of it by allowing us to see only what Maotsi saw, and to think only through the narration of what Maotsi thought. Those thoughts will probably not satisfy anyone's preconceived notions because the narrator does not come conveniently equipped with a hundred years of subsequent history or thinking. She does not see or think through your filters separating good and evil, right and wrong. This is precisely why Maotsi rings so true. She comes as herself alone, not as the person you think she ought to be. This is why Maotsi's vantage point wondrously forces you to think so many new things, and challenges you to unlearn a few things you think you know. <p>The surprise treat, for me, was to find meticulous, scholarly research subsumed within regal language. Usually we are fortunate to get one or the other. Here we are twice-blessed. Robbins gives us historically valid images deftly painted with a rich texture of words. She creates a living canvass of the world that shaped our narrator's thoughts. <p>"The village lay astride the river, and its cone-shaped tipis lifted their lodge poles skyward like leafless tree limbs in winter. ....Nearby hills crawled with an undulating mass of ponies nibbling grass still left from summer, and the river, now bereft of snow melt, flowed gently downward..... only a stream this time of year, it wound in bends and crooks between the cottonwoods and willows but it was enough for the People, enough for the ponies to drink."<p> Oh, I fear for this book, with more to say about the wonders of nibbling ponies astride undulating hills than about the undulating wonders of Maotsi's anatomy astride a nibbling Custer. Such latter exposition, wisely omitted, would have given us all the wrong reasons to read this book, even as it would have guaranteed a broader audience. Instead, M.L. Robbins has chosen to give us a book that tickles the intellect, that entertains by enlivening the imagination and challenging the mind. M.L. Robbins clearly does not want anyone who reads her first novel to come away unmoved and unchanged. She did not want anyone who undertakes her journey to end up where they started out, and they most assuredly will not. This is the very best of reasons to read any book.141070601X5552003-06-11

Fascinating Retelling of a Little-Known Story

Most Indians bear little love for George Armstrong Custer. LONG HAIR'S WOMAN is the fascinating true story of one Native woman who did. Maotsi, a young Cheyenne girl, is taken captive after a murderous raid by Custer's troops. She becomes the general's translator, and eventually the sharer of his bed and mother of his son. Abandoned by the man she considers her husband, Maotsi will not see Custer again until his path converges with her avenging kinsmen's at Little Big Horn. Filled with danger, heartbreak and meticulous research, this is an excellent novel.Cheyenne woman captured by George Armstrong Custer at Washita acts as his interpreter before being sent back to her people. She and his son are at the Little Bighorn River camp attacked by him.45Bargain Books2452Arts & Photography13819741Audiobooks2458Biography2459Business & Investing537584Calendars2460Children2475Computers & Internet2476Cooking, Food & Wine67702Film2484Health, Mind & Body2487History2492Home & Garden2498Literature & Fiction2505Nonfiction2512Parenting & Families2514Religion & Spirituality2516Sports16303581Teens2524Travel251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books16266351All Deals13706741Blowout Books44258011Specialty Stores283155Books16266461Literature & Fiction13706741Blowout Books44258011Specialty Stores283155Books10177Historical10134Genre Fiction17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books394172011Bargain Books394171011Promotion (special_merchandising_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books037325959Xhttp://www.amazon.com/Long-Hot-Christmas-Harlequin-Temptation/dp/037325959X%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D037325959X2253791http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZWQHBD7TL._SL75_.jpg7548http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZWQHBD7TL._SL160_.jpg160102http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZWQHBD7TL.jpg475303Barbara DalyPaperback813.69780373259595100037325959XHarlequinEnglishEnglishEnglish680399USD$3.99Harlequin1224Book2001-12-01HarlequinHarlequin1543075USD$0.751USD$0.01106500005.051037325959X5122002-04-11

A WINNER!

No wonder this book was nonimated for a Rita award for Best Temptation. Only Barbara Daly could find sex and humor in plumbing pipe. Entertaining at every page-turn, with a lemons-into-lemonade ending. Now onward to the 'sister' stories in her double Duets!037325959X415152001-12-25

Highly recommended

Their arrangement was simple. Marketer Hope Sumner wants to become the next vice-president in her company. Lawyer Sam Sharkey wants to become his firm's next partner. In a world where appearances are everything, they each need "arm candy" to present the appropriate look at seasonal events. So they make an agreement; they will attend this season's parties together, looking appropriately sappy and making lover-like comments without the emotional vulnerabilities that accompany usual relationships. Then Sam suggests that they become lovers as well, since sexual fulfillment is sorely lacking between the tightly booked schedules of their Palm Pilots.<p>Meanwhile, Hope's ready to make changes in her life. She hires an interior decorator to make her apartment more livable. While Mavbelle Ewing brings feng shui to her apartment, she also surreptitiously erases the sharp lines from Hope's life. Suddenly a carefully controlled schedule and work aren't enough to fill Hope's existence. Sam likewise finds himself drawn to the very emotions he professes to avoid. With his law firm representing Hope's company in an upcoming lawsuit, however, trouble approaches on the horizon. Soon they will find themselves facing not only a personal crisis, but also a professional one that will leave them questioning their morals, their values, and their priorities. <p>Author Barbara Daly pens a delightful holiday romance in A LONG HOT CHRISTMAS. The charm lies especially in the details from the feng shui decorator who never seems to send a bill, to Hope's creatively constructed Christmas star. The deeper issues of their professional lives never overtake the narrative, but beautifully highlight the brittle and superficial appearances that conceal their strong personalities. The ending is especially wonderful in the way that Hope and Sam cheer victims of a Christmas tragedy. A lovely read that shouldn't be confined just to Christmas, A LONG HOT CHRISTMAS comes highly recommended.037325959X5342001-12-20

Hot and cold

I am a male, first time romance reader and found this to be light and entertaining, a lot of funny interludes and the characters each believable for something I really didn't plan to take seriuosly. I want to see what happens to Faith and Charity in the future. A good read.037325959X5222001-12-14

Cozy Holiday Reading

I loved Barbara's latest work, and not only because I was a character in the book, appearing with my enthusiastic consent.<br>This book was her most thoroughly "fleshed out" (excuse the pun!) work and I loved the entire story line. A great premise-rent a date! <br>I look forward to reading the future books with the other virtues - Faith and Charity, although I hope to read more about Hope.<br>Sincerely, Charlene Carroll037325959X5022001-12-12

A fun holiday read

A Long Hot Christmas was a delight to read. The characters are so appealing I wanted to jump right into the book and spend my Christmas with Hope and Sam and the gang. Maybelle is an absolute hoot and I also liked that trashy Charlene. Run yourself a nice hot bubble bath, light some candles, maybe set out a truffle or two...and settle yourself in with this fun, lighhearted book.13361General23Romance1000Subjects283155Books13418Harlequin Temptation13391Series23Romance1000Subjects283155Books524200General13354Contemporary23Romance1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1NA0PL3F696EChristmas Themed Romance Novels (Seven)1588433412http://www.amazon.com/Long-Island-Alive-Guides/dp/1588433412%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1588433412Francine SilvermanFran SilvermanUnbound9781588433411Import1588433412Hunter PublishingEnglishHunter Publishing1Book2003-04Hunter PublishingHunter Publishing1110000005.05115884334125222004-01-27

Pack Your Bags and Go to Long Island!

Reading a guide book is usually something one does before going to the destinations it describes. Francine Silverman's Long Island Alive! is not only an informative book for prospective Long Island visitors, but it is also an entertaining read for armchair travellers. Silverman writes in a narrative form that makes the reader feel a native Long Islander is showing her around the largest island ajacent to the Continental U.S.<br> <br>The book is divided into seven geographic headings: Nassau County's North and South Shores, Suffolk County's North and South Shores, Fire Island, and Suffolk County's North and South Forks. Farm markets are listed at the back of the book.<br> <br>From helpful, child-friendly tips to detailed historical descriptions of various landmarks, the author offers the reader useful and timely information. Each geographic section is divided into helpful subcategories for transportation, lodging, shopping, recreation and restaurants. Above and beyond the traditional guide book, Long Island Alive! has Web site suggestions for the curious reader to learn even more than its numerous pages entail. Silverman includes enough historical background to whet the reader's appetite, all the while making him or her want to learn more by visiting the places described.<br> <br>Long Island's size is not its only impressive facet: the sheer number of fascinating historical places that Silverman depicts makes the reader want to pack her bags yesterday to experience Long Island first hand. Being a masterful writer, Silverman uses clear language to detail the most intriguing tidbits about the island. She inserts trivia in an appropriate manner between more somber entries such as the Holocaust Memorial of Nassau County. "The giraffe is the symbol of Great Neck - for obvious reasons" follows philanthropic opportunities at the Friends of the Arts which sponsors various music festivals and a children's workshop throughout the year. She captures the history of Long Island while simultaneously emphasizing its contemporary offerings. From Walt Whitman's birthplace to the local bar scene, this guide has it all.<br> <br>My father recently told me that I am the 12th generation descendant of Robert Jackson, one of the founding proprieters of the Hempstead settlement on Long Island. If I ever make a trip to Long Island to visit my forefathers' birthplace, Long Island Alive! is the first thing I will pack.<br> <br>Christine Louise Hohlbaum<br>American author of Diary of a Mother: Parenting Stories and Other Stuff<br>http://www.diaryofamother.com15884334125112003-09-20

Midwest Book Review - THE definitive guide for travelers

If Long Island Alive is not the definitve guide book for Long Island travel, I don't know what is. This was my first experience reviewing a travel guide, and it was a delightful surprise. Anything the traveler could possibly want or need to know can be found between these covers.<br> <br>Of particular interest to me was the Long Island history. Beginning with the ice age - which created the unique topography - to the Native Algonquian Indians, progressing through early Dutch and English settlers, the island's history is fascinating. Ms. Silverman also describes the geology and geography and provides detailed maps. It is a diverse land of pine barrens and beaches, state parks and golf courses, hiking trails and woodlands. I was thinking "Wow!" before I'd finished reading the introduction.<br> <br>The book is arranged rather handily into distinct areas of Long Island - Nassau County, Suffolk County, and Fire Island. The author then breaks down each area into points of interest and backs up her information with first hand impressions, phone numbers, websites, helpful tips and intriguing tidbits.<br> <br>Sources of transportation available by car, rail, bus, plane, plus directions are provided. Available lodging and restaurants in each area and price ranges are clearly listed. Whether you are interested in museums, the arts, farmer markets, romantic getaways, cruises, outdoor activities, family fun, or world class night life, that information is listed. There's something of interest for everyone and choices to suit every pocket book. This guide also contains practical information, such as banks, hospitals, veterinary clinics, houses of worship, and which destinations are handicapped accessible. If you're wondering if children or pets are welcome, you'll find that information too. <br> <br>Long Island Alive is complete with any information the traveler could possibly want to know. And it's entertaining reading to boot. Highest recommendation.15884334125112003-06-05

Long Island is Alive and Well!

Francine Silverman, where were you when I needed you?<br><p><br>When I was a teenager growing up in Montreal in the 1950s I would look forward to my summers visiting my sister in Long Island, New York.<br><p><br>It is too bad I did not have at the time a copy of Francine Silverman's comprehensive travel guide, Long Island Alive. All I ever knew about Long Island were its beaches.<br>Anyone reading this wonderful guidebook will have to agree that Long Island is not only about beaches- it has a distinct character and soul. <br><p><br>Silverman is a veteran feature writer for newspapers and magazines.<br>These days Silverman's passion is travel writing. Her first guidebook, Catskills Alive, was very well received, and I am sure Long Island Alive, will be equally successful.<br><p><br>Long Island Alive concentrates on different geographical areas of Long Island: Nassau County' North Shore and South Shores, Suffolk County's North and South Shores,<br>Fire Island, and Suffolk County's North and South Fork.<p>Dividing these areas into subsections, Silverman describes their history, geology, geography, wildlife, and environment and also provides us with useful maps. <br><p><br>In addition, the author provides information highlighting the heartbeat of the area with all its activities, attractions, lodging; restaurants, events, festivals and other goodies that make Long Island come alive. There is even an entire section devoted to farm markets.<br><p><br>Scattered throughout the book are sidebars of tidbits of fascinating information.<br>Did you know that when Dutch explorer Adrian Block sailed around the island in 1614 he named in Lange Eylandt and the name stuck? <br>Sea turtles and whales occasionally wash up on beaches along the South Shore.<br>Coyotes, bobcats and black bears that are common to New York State are no longer to be found on Long Island.<br><p><br>Each section also includes a listing of some vital resources: medical facilities, shopping malls and streets, houses of worship, health and beauty clubs, banks, museums, historical societies and tours, bars and clubs, motels, parks, tennis facilities, newspapers, liquor stores, wineries and even animal adoption centers.<br><p><br>As for those of us who are interested in where to dine and stay, considerable space is devoted to the best places to lodge and eat. Where applicable websites are even listed.<br><p><br>Silverman succeeds in evoking Long Island's charm and color, and should prove to be an invaluable asset for travelers to this very interesting area.<p>This review first appeared on the reviewer's own site<br>bookpleasures.com15884334125332003-04-27

Excellent!

We residents of Long Island will be tickled pink with the author's thorough research of Long Island's length and breadth, 100 miles long and 20 miles across at its widest point. It will also provide a sweeping view for the visitor to the island. Before it was named in 1614 by Dutch explorer Adrian Block, our island was home to Indians for thousands of years and Indian names from Amagansett "plenty of good water" to Wyandanch, the chief who befriended the white settlers, are still many across the island. <p>Silverman's exhaustive investigation of every aspect of Long Island gives the reader a complete picture of every area, covered and explained. From geographical details of its two counties, with Nassau and Suffolk's north and south shores, and latter's north and south forks, all readers' questions are answered, from its largest ethnic group (Italian Americans, 27 percent( to its highest point (Jayne's Hill in Melville at 400 feet above sea level). We are flat! <p>The author's 10 reasons to visit Long Island (and we should be proud) are 1) 23 state parks and more than 50 county parks; 2) superb restaurants; 3) scenic waterways, 4) gilded-age mansions open to the public; 5) world-class concert halls and arenas; 6) hundreds of miles of white sandy beaches; 7) more than 100 museums; 8) 7,000 structures built prior to the 20th century; 9) unique architecture and 10) animal refuges and preserves. Sounds like something for everyone. <p>From recreations of all sorts from biking and hiking, horseback riding and fishing to golf, tennis, boating and beaches (the 2,400-acre Jones Beach State Park and famous beach draws six to seven million visitors from around the world each summer). In this, the nation's fourth wealthiest area, residents support 1,196 shopping centers in addition to chain stores, boutiques and shops, found in virtually every town. Long Island is described as a microcosm of New York City, offering something for everyone, from restaurants and late night bars with live music, to celebrated concert halls featuring top names in entertainment, lounges, piano bars, comedy clubs and nightclubs. The book lists festivals, events, medical facilities, houses of worship, etc. in addition to accommodations and restaurants across the county, with price scales for each. <p>Under Nassau County's North Shore, the reader is afforded an interesting listing and description of specific "Mansions to Museums" - from the Falaise Castle to the Tee Ridder Miniature Museum. Detailed information is given as well for the county's South Shore, before venturing to the less-densely populated Suffolk County. <p>This lesser-known area of Long Island, its many historic sites from Stony Brook's Grist Mill to its wildlife preserves, its Film and TV Foundation and its many family-fun facilities, music, theatre and art offerings, spas, cruises, all sports, shopping, museums, accommodations, restaurants and more, are presented in detail by the author. From its South Shore's William Floyd 1724 famed Bayard Cutting Arboretum to its picturesque North Fork with its 25 wineries welcoming the public for visits and tasting and farm stands featuring fresh picked crops from the area's vast farmlands are many and popular with natives and tourists alike. <p>Its celebrated 32-mile Fire Island with its pencil-thin barrier beach, no more than a half mile wide from ocean to bay, with its 17 communities' 200 families year round are joined by thousands of visitors every summer. No road or cars here and it's reached by ferry. <p>"Let's not forget the island's famed Hamptons, which the author describes as "like nowhere else on the planet," with celebrities underfoot on the streets, markets, restaurants and shops. Like Long Island's Gold Coast, excess wealth abounds, with real estate up to "$ million a pop." All this plus award-winning beaches, museums, windmills, historic sites, water and land sports and lots of shopping, from surfboard to sand paintings and a wide choice of high-tone fashion; a shopper's paradise even for merely the "window-type." Restaurants, theatre, dancing and live entertainment are available after dark. The road to the Hamptons is a traffic nightmare during summer weekends, with tourists vying for the view of "life among the super rich on America's Riviera." <p>Easy-to-read maps accompany each area text, excellent advice for additional sources and a helpful index afford readers easy access to Long Island Alive!'s ample array of Long Island information, border-to-border, coast-to-coast...15884334125002003-04-02

A marvelous guide

Pros<br> � In depth information about Long Island <br> � Geographic arrangement of chapters is very helpful <br> � Excellent descriptions of attractions <br> <br>Cons � Maps are very small <br> <br>The Bottom Line - If you are traveling around Long Island, keep this book in the car. Long Island Alive! packs a lot of information into a portable package. With a cover price of $, you'll get your money's worth.<br> <br>Description <br>� A travel guide for visitors to Long Island and a resource guide for those who live here. <br>� You'll find information about places to stay, restaurants, museums, and historical landmarks. <br>� This book also lists houses of worship, parks, movie theaters, animal hospitals and shelters, etc. <p>Long Island Alive! author Francine Silverman has put together a wonderful resource both for visitors to Long Island and those who live here. You'll find information about museums, dining, houses of worship, animal shelters, shopping, and entertainment. Long Island Alive!, published by Hunter Publishing, Inc., is arranged geographically using the Long Island Expressway as the dividing line between Nassau and Suffolk Counties' North and South Shores. Looking for a museum on the North Shore of Nassau County or somewhere to get a light bite on the South Shore of Suffolk? You'll find it in this book. Do you need to find a farm market? It's in here too. Keep this chubby paperback in your car. You never know when it will come in handy. Dawn Rosenberg McKay -04864247900935039996B000IOF2BU1000Subjects1Arts & Photography2Biographies & Memoirs3Business & Investing4Children's Books4366Comics & Graphic Novels5Computers & Internet6Cooking, Food & Wine86Entertainment301889Gay & Lesbian10Health, Mind & Body9History48Home & Garden10777Law17Literature & Fiction13996Medicine18Mystery & Thrillers53Nonfiction290060Outdoors & Nature20Parenting & Families173507Professional & Technical21Reference22Religion & Spirituality23Romance75Science25Science Fiction & Fantasy26Sports28Teens27Travel283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0816133875http://www.amazon.com/Long-Masquerade-Madeleine-Brent/dp/0816133875%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08161338752273916Madeleine BrentHardcover97808161338710816133875G.K. Hall & CoEnglishG.K. Hall & Co495Book1981-01-01G.K. Hall & CoG.K. Hall & Co2999USD$29.990500005.05108161338754002008-04-14

New identity

When Emma is seventeen, her aunt and uncle arrange a marriage to the very rich Oliver Foy. Unfortunately, he turns out to be an abusive monster. When a hurricane comes to Ocho Rios, Emma escapes, thinking her husband has been killed. She begins a new life as a coolie girl, travelling with her friend, Daniel. When he is killed while trying to help an American, she doesn't know what will happen to her. <br /> <br />Excellent novel- one of my favorites!08161338755132005-04-06

I can't decide which is my favorite

Every one of his books that I've read so far has been my favorite. They're all that good. His characters are so human. He makes it easy to become completely engulfed in the story. I never want to put the books down and I'm always longing for more.08161338755992005-03-10

This book has it all -- adventure, romance, mystery!

One trait of all M. Brent books is that they are told in first person by the main heroine, who is always honorable, moral and generous (a heroine you can truly admire and respect and long to be), and who always discovers, through the course of the book, her true origins, which is almost always accompanied by a dark mystery in her parents' past. This book is no exception, and of all nine M. Brent books, this is my absolute favorite! <br />The heroine is raised by relatives in Jamaica, who arrange her marriage with an abusive man (no, they don't know he's unnatural, and there are no graphic details of the abuse). In one night of terror, her husband is killed and she escapes with a close friend (sort of an adopted father) on his boat. They live (platonically) on the boat sailing from port to port trading goods and living happily until they are shipwrecked and she saves the life of a sick man they had been taking to an island (sorry, for more exciting details you have to read the book, and it is verrrry exciting, and this is only a third of the way through :o). Her adopted father dies in the shipwreck, but the sick man gets well and takes her back to England, where she lives happily until a dark secret from the past rears its ugly head and sends her back to Jamaica in search of (to find out read the book!). <br />I read the book in Czech so I can say nothing about the writing style in English, but I admired the heroine, I loved the hero, and the story kept me glued till the last pages with its intricate twists, multiple plot lines and gripping narrative...0816133875511161999-06-18

This book is a MUST READ and I wish there were more!

I read this book when it was first published and it is as good now as it was then! I recommend it to anyone who likes action and adventure mixed with romance and mystery. The characters are strong and will make the story come alive for you.0816133875513141998-11-07

This book was excellent, and I would recommend it to anyone.

I love all the Madeleine Brent books, but this is one of my favorites. It has it all - suspense, action, romance and mystery. The heroine is strong and adventurous, and the hero is tall, dark and mysterious. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, especially fans of gothic romance, and I am very disappointed that the Madeliene Brent books are no longer in print.038500323404492138970385190476B000FX69AWB000GO2TVI10016British1001718th Century1001919th Century1002120th Century10023Classics10088Contemporary16004551General10090Historical16004661Humor16004651Letters & Correspondence10093Middle10094Old10096Poetry10104Renaissance68240Shakespeare10305Short Stories10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books300950Large Print300956Biographies & Memoirs301804Children's Books300953Health, Mind & Body300954History300951Literature & Fiction300958Mystery & Thrillers347537011Nonfiction347538011Philosophy347536011Poetry & Short Stories300955Reference300952Religion & Spirituality300957Romance300959Science Fiction & Fantasy347567011Alternative Reading Formats504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0606339183http://www.amazon.com/Long-Night-Dance-Betsy-James/dp/0606339183%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D06063391836412879TurtlebackBetsy James9780606339186750606339183Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaEnglishEnglishEnglish7001455USD$14.55Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media1199Book2005-11Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaYoung AdultTurtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media404500000005.05106063391835112005-11-13

An original

An original and haunting tale set in a uniquely imagined world with mythic and folkloric overtones. Readers will empathize with the heroine's awaking as a young woman, her search for self understanding, and the difficult choices and decisions she must make. I couldn't help but see the movie of LONG NIGHT DANCE in my mind's eye--a visual and mood driven feast! Though I'm no longer a children's librarian, I still love pushing good books into people's hands, and this one went to my fourteen year old niece.06063391835232005-11-10

a woman's battle

As a children's librarian, I have to say this is one of the best books I've ever read. It is elegant, and as compelling to a middle aged woman as to a teen. I have a curiosity upon discovering it's part of a series, but unlike other books where I'm eager for more, my self is still after reading this. it is complete on it's own, like kat discovers.06063391835332005-09-29

LOVE IT!!!!!

I found this story to be compelling and a definite page-turner. Betsy James is a visual writer and her beautifully written story unfolded for me like a movie playing out in my minds eye. Through her descriptive words I felt a kinship to Kat as though I were right there with her through out the book. I felt the cold on the beach as Kat is moved through the dark to the seashore. I sensed the darkness within her compassionless home. I saw myself dancing the Snake Dance along with the others around the fire at the Long Night Dance. <br /> <br />As a forty-year-old woman I still related to 15-year-old Kat's experience of longing to know who she is. Isn't that the goal we all share? And the depth of Kat's emotions reminded me of the intensity of my own first love. And I cheered Kat on in finding the inner strength that she needed to do the right thing. <br /> <br />This is a book for women of all ages much like The Red Tent, and Mists of Avalon. I can't wait to read the next book in the trilogy.06063391835332003-10-14

Completely pulls you in

As I read the first page of this amazing book I was immediately pulled into Kat's world. This whole book has a distinct flavor. It is lonely, and haunting yet manages not to be depressing. One of my favorite parts is the Rigi's song. After I had read this book the first time(my eyes were glued to the pages and I finished it in one night) I just couldn't set it down . That same night I memorized the whole of the Rigi's song( it was about 2:00 am.) I just love the part when she stands above the sea and shouts the song into the wind. Betsy James does an amazing job of picking EXACTLY the right words to describe a scene or feeling. <br> Wonderful book!!! <br>If you enjoyed reading Long Night Dance you might like Quest For A Maid (though it's a bit slow paced) and A Stranger Came Ashore (a slightly more traditional ,though just as haunting, tale of the Rigi or Selkie.06063391835892000-04-01

Haunting and emotional

This is one of those books that you read and then spend the rest of your life trying to find again. Kat is a character that resonated with me when I was her age, and now that I am older, she still enthralls me. Her journey to find herself, unlike many other coming of age books, is so delicately nuanced that you never feel as if you are being taught about life, just experiencing it. This story, which continues in Dark Heart, is as windswept and brooding as the land it takes place in, but admist all the hardship Kat struggles to assert herself and her womanhood. Anyone who has ever fought to be allowed to be true to herself (or himself) will find a companion in Kat.Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a scandalous, disastrous marriage between a Hill woman and an Upslope man, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize a person's value does not come from his background nor appearance.068985070006898506970778324338038573030604398952943017Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic3013Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror2966Literature4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books16254411General2966Literature4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books3049General3045Family Life3020People & Places4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books16233471General1084192Issues4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books17468Fantasy17466Science Fiction & Fantasy28Teens1000Subjects283155Books17470Science Fiction17466Science Fiction & Fantasy28Teens1000Subjects283155Books17519General17496Social Issues28Teens1000Subjects283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books