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Racing the Wind (Dolphin Diaries #6) 3 reviews
Ben M. Baglio
Topeka Bindery, 2003
The Best Book Yet
After a while, the stories of Jody's dolphin adventures on the blue sea, which all seem to be slightly similar to one another, can be become rather boring. That is why this book is so entertaining! Imagine Jody, cruising down the colorful-but-dangerous Amazon river with her family and friends, in search of rare dolphins that, for once, don't befriend Jody right away as though they've known her ...
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The Daughters of the Fisherman of Rio Chico: Las Chicas del Rio Chico10 reviews
Silent Creek
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
Is Chavez a penguin?
Having read the other book, "All the Ice of Africa" by Silent Creek I find a lot of analogies between President Chavez and the penguin who went to the United Nations and speak out. Really, an interesting read for us down here in Antarctica.
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The Danger of Dreams: German and American Imperialism in Latin America5 reviews
Nancy Mitchell
The University of North Carolina Press, 1999
Must Reading: A Lesson for Everyone
A superb read. If I were a dog, I would be salivating. I re-read this book recently, which allowed me to place it on my list of books worthy of review. To begin, Dr. Nancy Mitchell is an outstanding professor. Having sat in her classroom several years ago as a graduate student, I can now look back and add that she is one of the best teachers I've ever had. The Danger of Dreams is exceptional ...
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Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution10 reviews
Bart Jones
Steerforth, 2007
Power to the people, right on
Journalist Bart Jones's detail-laden HUGO! tells the story of Venezuela president Hugo Chavez, the complete story that America's corporate "news" media ignores. And reading the HUGO! passage regarding the Venezuelan people's demand for Chavez's release after moneyed interests overthrow his administration in 2002, you realize this book also tells the story of that South American country's ...
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Bruchko62 reviews
Bruce Olson
Charisma House, 1977
awesome book
Even though I haven't gotten a chance to read this book since it arrived a week ago, I'm giving it 5 stars because my husband got a hold of it first and read it before me and absolutely loved it, and now I've ordered the next book for him. My son now has the book, so I'm not sure when I'll actually get to read it myself, but I'm looking forward to reading about how Bruchko - Bruce Olson - ...
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Into The Heart: One Man's Pursuit of Love and Knowledge Among the Yanomami17 reviews
Kenneth Good, David Chanoff
Prentice Hall, 1997
Into the Heart and Into My Heart
Good's work is a participant observation study of a primitive group of Indians who live along the Orinoco river in the Amazon. These people live communally and have a different world view than most of us are familiar with. As a result, the Yanomama normative structure is based on their world and culture. As I tell my sociology students, certain patterns may be considered universal, but the ...
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Searching for El Dorado: A Journey into the South American Rainforest on the Tail of the World's Largest Gold ...5 reviews
Marc Herman
Nan A. Talese, 2003
A great read!
I was puzzled when my friend gave me a copy of this book; had I ever expressed an interest in gold or indeed in South America? The mystery was solved when my gaze rested on the author's name, an old university friend. Not knowing much about Marc's politics or his writing style, I was a afraid that the book would be some tirade against big business and globalization. Refreshingly, I discovered ...
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Cruising Guide to the Eastern Caribbean4 reviews
Donald M. Street
W W Norton & Co Ltd, 1981
Incredible-Indispensible!
Although I have been sailing for 40 years, this was the most useful and informative sailing guide I have ever read. It adverted me from several unknown and possibly costly collisions...and I'm not referring to other boats. His harbor guides and navigational charts were indispensible! BUY BUY BUY!!!!
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Into the Heart: One Man's Pursuit of Love and Knowledge Among the Yanomama4 reviews
Kenneth Good, David Chanoff
Touchstone Books, 1992
A TRUE ADVENTURE
EAGERLY DEVOURING EACH LEAF OF LITERATURE IN KENNETH GOOD'S INTO THE HEART, READERS ARE CATAPULTED INTO MYSTICAL, UNSEEN EXPANSES WITHIN THE VAST AMAZON RAIN FOREST. WE READERS VIRTUALLY BECOME AN ANTHROPOLOGIST'S TRAVEL COMPANIONS AS GOOD EXPLORES A LAND BLANKETED WITH A PEOPLE KNOWN AS THE YANOMAMI. CIVILIZATION IS RARE IN SUCH VIRGIN TERRAIN, NEIGHBORING THE PIRANHA-INFESTED ORINOCO RIVER. ...
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Traveler's Companion Venezuela (Traveler's Companion Series)3 reviews
Dominic Hamilton
Globe Pequot, 2001
Recommended
(Planeta.com Journal) - We've waited several years for the publication of this excellent guidebook. Dominic has been a frequent contributor to Planeta.com. Who better to pass along choice tips for travelers eyeing the South American country of Venezuela? Maps and a thorough index are a big plus. Lavish color photos by Anthony Cassidy compliment the text. This is your guide to Angel Falls, ...
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Bush Versus Chávez: Washingtons War on Venezuela2 reviews
Eva Golinger
Monthly Review Press, 2007
Courageous detective work
The author, a lawyer and a dual citizen of Venezuela and the United States, has literally risked her life to publish this book. She has received numerous death threats and plenty of insults. A sequel to her previous bestseller, "The Chávez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela", it examines secret US documents that reveal how hard the Bush administration is trying to overthrow the ...
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200 aves de Venezuela / 200 Venezuelan Birds1 review
Carlo Ferraro
V.A.N. Video Producciones C.A., 2000
Very informative and entertaining
A CD-ROM comprising spectacular 10-second video footage for each of 200 Venezuelan bird species.I've seen this product before in its first edition and it was very cool. Now it has been improved in various aspects and there is nothing like it regarding knowledge and field guide to venezuelan birds throught the videos and written comments.
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Una vasta morada de enmascarados: Poesia, cultura y modernizacion en Venezuela a finales del siglo XIX ...2 reviews
Paulette Silva Beauregard
Ediciones La Casa de Bello, 1993
UNA VASTA MORADA DE ENMASCARADOS
Although this book, the first by Venezuelan writer Paulette Silva is about literary criticism, it is written in a very pleasant style, not incompatible with rigour, and is not aimed exclusively to academic resarchers. The main purpose of "Una Vasta Morada..." is to critically review the process of renovation experienced by the Venezuelan poetry at the end of the nineteenth century. To achieve ...
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Venezuela y Chvez2 reviews
Fidel Castro
Ocean Sur, 2007
A Fascinating Selection Of Castro's Relationship With Venezuela
"Venezuela Y Chavez" is a rich, fascinating history of the relationship between Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela since the earliest days of the Cuban Revolution. Venezuela is of course grabbing headlines these days due to the controversial Bolivarian Revolution headed by Hugo Chavez and his friendship with Castro, yet the relationship between Cuba and Venezuela has been close for 50 years now. ...
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Croutons for Breakfast (Brio Girls)2 reviews
Lissa Halls Johnson, Kathy Wierenga
Focus, 2005
AWESOME
This is one of the best fictional books about Missions trips that I have ever read! The story follows the Brio gang (except for Solana) as they go to Venezuela for a two week mission trip with Brio magazine. The group gets separated, and the story follows Hannah and Jacie. The two work on a skit to perform on the street corners of Venezuela, and that is where Hannah begins to get mad at God ...
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Bruchko and the Motilone Miracle2 reviews
Bruce Olson, James L. Lund
Charisma House, 2006
Truth is stronger than fiction
After hearing Bruce Olson speak over a year ago and reading his first book, Bruchko, I have researched every magazine article and other source I could find on the life of this very special man. So when the sequel came out I was very excited to order my copy. It does an excellent job of filling in the later years, right up to the present.
The gripping story of Olson's unorthodox life in the ...
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Orchid Hunting in the Lost World (And Elsewhere in Venezuela)2 reviews
G. C. K. Dunsterville, E. Dunsterville
Amer Orchid Society, 1988
Orchid Hunting in the Lost World (And Elsewhere in Venezuela
Outstanding book! A bit on the technical side, but facinating reading about the jungles of Venezuela, the new species found etc. Brings back many wonderful memories of living in Venezuela.
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Carlos Rangel 1929-1988: notario del fracaso latinoamericano: Del buen salvaje al buen revolucionario cumple ...1 review
Colette Capriles
Thomson Gale, 2006
Vibrant and passionate essay!
The intense reality of the Latin American citizen was expresed acidically by Octavio Paz when stetd : "Latin America is the final result of a rape among the Spanish conquerer and the sumise Indian"
Carlos Rangel was a very intelligent and sharp thinker who really wrought with bloody letters the terrible and awful realñity of the Latin American way of thinking in most of cases.
The general ...
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The Big Z: The Carlos Zambrano Story1 review
Pedro E. Miranda Torres
Triumph Books, 2007
What a blessing!
I was encouraged to read this biography of Carlos Zambrano. He is a truly humble (if unpredictable!) baseball player who loves the Lord with all his heart. It's exciting to think of where the road will lead for The Big Z.
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Beisbol En Los Barrios1 review
Henry Horenstein
Topeka Bindery, 1999
El Beisbol en Venezuela
I think the books give a real good example of the life of a typical Venezuelan Boy how is in love with the game of baseball like all of the venezuelan kids. What I like the most is that is narrated from the boys point of view and the pictures are excellent they go really good with the text.
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