Last Place on Earth (National Geographic)

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Stunning pictures.......2007-05-12

Mike Fay has done it again with this collection of amazing photos. Each picture tells a unique and compelling story that make you feel the real struggles in Gabon.

Great Book.......2007-04-16

Bought this book for my mother-in-law as a birthday present. She has traveled to Africa many times so it was perfect for her. She was thrilled with the book. The book is spectacular. We would recommend highly.

The most Impressive Book in my Library.......2007-03-08

Having been a member of The National Geographic Society since 1952 and with a library accumulated in that time, I have not seen before Last Place on Earth such a fine book so magnificently produced.

Incredible Adventure and Book.......2007-03-08

As a photographer and a journalist who has a passion for intense travel and the natural world, I think this is one of the most amazing books published in the past 20 years. Passionate, heartbreaking, and beautiful the world and work of Nick Nichols and Mike Fay shown in this book was eye opening. Highly reccomend. Only comment that maybe negative is the size a bulk of the book.

Retrospective.......2007-01-27

This is a beautifully bound book covering a wide range of areas in and about the jungles of Africa. The images are possible only for someone who spent as much time there as these two did, and the breathtaking work shows this condition. The mega-transect journal is a very nice companion to the photographs, and really helps to convey a mood and philosophy of their work. There passion is obvious.

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This has a good story line!
An Adventure in Arizona
*Breaking News* ---Lobo falls in plot hole---
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the saga continues

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Roland Smith
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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This has a good story line!.......2007-05-25

I am very concerned about saving wild animals so this book was very enjoyable to read. Roland Smith does a good job with stories of putting the reader there sensing what is happening at the moment that is what makes the stories interesting. Jean Schweer

An Adventure in Arizona.......2006-10-12

The Last Lobo by Roland Smith is a cross between adventure (from the boy's perspective) and survival (from the lobo's). Here are the top three reasons why you should read this book. First, it has a good description of the terrain and people. In other words, it was easy for me to picture what I read in my head. Second, it has a fast pace and never lingers on one subject for very long. The author throws in twists when you are not expecting them. Third, the book ties together wolves, endangered species, Native American culture, Arizona and New Mexico. I can think of a lot of other reasons for you to read this book, but I would be 100 before I could list all of them, so I am not going to do that.

*Breaking News* ---Lobo falls in plot hole---.......2005-11-28

The Last Lobo is an interesting animal book about saving an endangered lobo, which is killing off cattle and livestock. The main character, Jacob, is taking a trip to visit his grandfather, who himself is on a visit to his Hopi homeland. On the plane, he meets a person named Buckley, who is interested in Indian carvings. He learns about the animal that is eating the livestock, and tries to find it.
The story is good and worth reading, but there are some plot holes. The disrupted narrative, however, is well hidden, and you won't mind at all. A good book for animal lovers, and for book reports (you can skim it and not miss much), but a character that only appears once was not properly introduced, and got me a little confused. You should read the prequels first, then this.

The Last Lobo Book Review.......2005-10-27

The Last Lobo is about a kid named Jacob Lansa. Jacob has come back from Brazil and his grandfather, Tawapu, but also called Taw.He was supposed to be at a retirement home, had left to Arizona where he had came from. Jacob flies out to Arizona to be with him. He meets a person named Buckley, who sits next to him on the plane. Buckley and Jacob find Taw at the canyon. Jacob sees a newspaper that says they are reintroducing the Mexican wolf, called lobos. The ranchers are getting their livestock killed and are planning on killing the wolf when they see it, even if they have to go to jail. Jacob finds Taw in the canyon. Jacob meets some of his cousins, Marie and Hannah. They also meet Marie's ex-husband Earl. Earl was in jail for manslaughter and they let him out early. Earl threatened Jacob if Jacob didn't stay away from Marie or Hannah. Jacob goes and meets with Uncle John, who was one of Taw's friends from when he lived on the reservation. Jacob tries to capture the wolf with help from Uncle John. The wolf is very smart and digs up some of the traps. Earl is also trying to shoot the wolf, but he wants to kill it. Jacob decides to try to hit the lobo with a tranquilizer dart from a stand near where Uncle John says he thinks the lobo's hideout is. Sure enough, the lobo comes and Jacob hits it with a tranquilizer dart but Earl is also there. Marie tackles him and breaks his leg. The group finds the lobo and also the lobo's den with 4 pups in it. They return the lobos to safety.

I loved this book. I have read both Thunder Cave and Jaguar before and this one was just as good. I thought it was strange how Buckley Johnson just happened to meet Jacob on the plane and ended up becoming good friends with everyone and was in the story up to the end. Buckley Johnson was also the name of a person in Sasquatch who was enigmatic in that story also. Some of my favorite parts are when Jacob meets Earl for the first time. It is exciting and it looks like there would be a fight, then it got broken up by the meeting starting. I didn't understand why Earl didn't shoot Jacob if he was going to shoot his horse because he had already killed someone before. I didn't like how they didn't bring all of the wolves to the government. It would have helped the wolf relocation efforts quite a bit. I liked how the wolf was so smart. It knew how to avoid traps, keep people off its tracks, and not to revisit a kill. Some of the characters I liked were Jacob, because he was the normal person and was very likable. I liked how he could stalk animals without them noticing him. Another character I liked was Taw because he was the one who came back to Arizona in the first place. He also helped his old friend John out by helping him be able to move his left side again. The only character I didn't like was Earl. There wasn't anything he did that was nice. He spent the entire time trying to hurt Jacob, Marie, or the lobo. This was an extremely good book and is one of my favorite books of all.

the saga continues.......2003-10-07

Roland Smith writes about Jake Lansa in a 3 book set - Thunder Cave, Jaguar, and The Last Lobo. I have not yet read the first, but it is next on my list. Smith weaves suspense, intrigue, and cultures in his novel. Thunder Cave takes place in Africa, Jaguar in the Amazon, and Lobo in the American southwest. Readers will be so involved, you won't know your learning about cultures too, Reading out of order isn't a problem, but I wish I had read them in order, Great none the less.

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A tale for the ages
A GREAT COMING OF AGE NOVEL
Entertaining at times, Unbelievable at others
Larry McMurtry's finest
Coming of age in a small Texas town

The LAST PICTURE SHOW : A Novel
Larry McMurtry
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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In The Last Picture Show Larry McMurtry introduced characters who would show up again in later novels, Texasville and Duane's Depressed. This first volume of the trilogy drops the reader into the one-stoplight town of Thalia, Texas, where Duane Moore, his buddy Sonny, and his girlfriend Jacy are all stumbling along the rocky road to adulthood. Duane wants nothing more than to marry Jacy; Sonny wants what Duane has; and Jacy wants to get the hell out of Thalia any way she can. This is not a novel of big ideas or defining moments; over the course of a year Duane and Jacy make up and break up, Sonny begins an affair with his high-school football coach's wife, and the only movie house in town closes its doors forever. Yet it is out of these small-town experiences--a nude swimming party in Wichita, a failed sexual encounter during a senior trip, a botched elopement, an enlistment--that McMurtry builds his tale and reveals his characters' hearts. No epiphanies here, just a lot of hard-won experience that leaves none of his protagonists particularly wiser, though they're all a little sadder by the end. --Alix Wilber

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The Last Picture Show is one of Larry McMurtry's most powerful, memorable novels -- the basis for the enormously popular movie of the same name. Set in a small, dusty, Texas town, The Last Picture Show introduced the characters of Jacy, Duane, and Sonny: teenagers stumbling toward adulthood, discovering the beguiling mysteries of sex and the even more baffling mysteries of love. Populated by a wonderful cast of eccentrics and animated by McMurtry's wry and raucous humor, The Last Picture Show is wild, heartbreaking, and poignant -- a coming-of-age novel that resonates with the magical passion of youth.

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A tale for the ages.......2007-08-05

Larry McMurtry turns out far too much material and that has hurt his legacy. But this book stands out at the top of his list, along with one or two others, all also important movies or, of course, TV mini-series. This book speaks to me particularly because I grew up in a similar town in Eastern Oregon, of all places. Anyone of a certain age who grew up in the West has to love this story, even beyond enjoying the great writing of an author who was then a young man.

A GREAT COMING OF AGE NOVEL.......2007-01-25

This is a great coming of age novel about Sonny, Duane, and Jacy growing up in the 1950's. Some parts are sad but it is a very moving and well written novel. I really enjoyed the story. I really liked this book a lot.

Entertaining at times, Unbelievable at others.......2006-03-27

I liked the pace, flow ,and language of this novel. My problems stemmed from character behavior, having grown up in Texas I could not relate to these boys. I can not imagine any scenario where a groupsof teenage boys would get together to go have sex witha calf. I'm not naive to think this has never happened, it muight even happen on a regular basis, but not as a group activity with half the high school there to watch. Like ise there is no great homophobic group than teenage boys and for the author to say they made a habit of grabbing for each other's privates came across as unbelievable. Once I can't beleive a books characters, I no longer care about the story.

Larry McMurtry's finest.......2005-11-24

this is an excellent book that produced an exceptional movie (though as usual, the book is better)
The book is the story of sonny and duane, two high school "rough necks" coming of age in thalia, a small town in texas in the early 1950's.

What is great about the novel is that it captures not only the restlessness of growing up in a small town , but the feeling of staying and living in a small town (there are just as many adult characters as there are teenage ones)
What i like about it is that it is not only a coming of age novel, but a novel of what happens when you come of age (living with your choices- and mistakes)
Another asset is the excellent female characters, which has always been Larry McMurtry's strong suit.
The best novels capture the look and spirit of a specific place so you feel like you've actually been there. After reading this, you'll feel like you spent time with real people in a town called thalia and you'll care about them.

Note- if you read this - read the two sequels "texasville"(not as good)and "duane's depressed"(just as good). The author ages the characters in ways you do not expect after reading this novel (sort of like real life).

Coming of age in a small Texas town.......2005-11-21

Larry McMurtry's third novel, set in Thalia, Texas, an oil town that's seen better times. The plot centers around two high school boys, Sonny and Duane, as they struggle toward maturity and self identity. Both boys are basically parentless and spend most of their time under the care of Sam the Lion, who owns the pool hall, cafe, and movie house, and Genevieve, a waitress at the cafe. Late in the book, when Sam learns that Sonny has gotten mixed up with the degredation of the half-wit Billy, he bars him from his establishments, which isolates Sonny and drives him toward an affair with the much older Ruth Popper.

Both Duane and Sonny are hooked on the same girl, Jacy Farrow, the spoiled rich daughter of an oil man. She uses both of them, even talking Sonny into running off with her to get married (the whole thing comes to nothing). Duane eventually leaves town by joining the army, but Sonny is stuck there; he attempts to escape in his car after Duane leaves, but turns around at the edge of town.

The tone of the book is sad, with Sonny seemingly defeated by circumstances by age 18. Although some of the characterization is stereotypical, McMurtry portrays Duane and Sonny accurately and honestly. He also captures the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dying small town on the wind-blown plains of Texas perfectly. Peter Bogdanovich would make an excellent movie from the book, which would make two great movies (HUD was the first) based on two of his first three novels - not bad for the young author.

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A Fascinating Story that I found through Five In a Row
Educational and enjoyable
Beneath the Ice.....
Amazing Time
Wonderful - a genuine adventure for young girls.

Very Last First Time
Jan Andrews
Manufacturer: Groundwood Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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Eva lives in an Inuit village in northern Canada. In the winter, people search along the bottom of the seabed beneath a thick shelf of ice for mussels to eat. Eva usually helps her mother, but for the first time, she’s going to go by herself. She soon gathers a pan full of mussels. But then, her candle goes out, and the tide threatens to return! When she is finally safe with her mother, Eva proclaims, “That was my very last first time walking alone on the bottom of the sea.” An ALA Notable Children’s Book, Very Last First Time comes from one of Canada's most distinguished storytellers and an award-winning illustrator.

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A Fascinating Story that I found through Five In a Row.......2005-11-10

My children (1st & 2nd grade) really love this book. The premise had them leaping off the bed in amazement - "She goes under the SEA??? The ice is over her HEAD???? She goes by HERSELF????"

Every detail was interesting to them - the tools used to hack under the ice, the mother letting her child go alone, the small Inuit homes, Eva living in a land where no trees grew - and they had so many questions - most of which were answered by the end of the story.

We used the book to talk about:

1. mussels and how they grow & live,
2. tides, what causes them and how much the water level can vary between high tide and low tide,
3. the climate in northern Canada
4. the Inuits,
5. emergencies - what happens initially to our bodies when we are afraid, and what we should try to do so that we can get out of our emergency safely, and
6. pointillism and the artist Seraut, and we made our own pointillism art masterpieces with Q-tips and paint.

I did search the Internet for actual photographs of what Eva might have seen, but I couldn't find a single one! I couldn't find other references to the Inuit walking under the ice either. I would have loved to have shown those to my children.

Educational and enjoyable.......2004-01-21

It has been said that a good children's book is a good read for people of any age. This book is another example of the truth of that statement. It teaches people who don't live in the northern tundra on the seashore about what their life is like, and it does so in a way that you enjoy the learning.

My five year old son loved it; we read it over again a number of times. But the reason I knew it was such a good book was that I didn't dread reading it after several times. In fact, I looked forward to it.

Beneath the Ice............2003-05-05

"Eva Padlyat lived in a village on Ungava Bay in northern Canada. She was Inuit, and ever since she could remember she had walked with her mother on the bottom of the sea. It was something the people of her village did in winter when they wanted mussels to eat. Today, something very special was going to happen. Today, for the very first time in her life, Eva would walk on the bottom of the sea alone..." So begins Jan Andrews' tale of a young girl's first trip alone through the thick winter ice. In painstaking and intriguing detail she describes Eva's adventure; cutting a hole in the ice at low tide, descending to the dark ocean floor below, lighting candles to illuminate the sea bed, collecting mussels, and exploring this beautiful hidden world..... Ms Andrews' engaging tale, filled with history, mystery, drama, and suspense captures the imagination, and is rich in imagery and magic. Illustrator, Ian Wallace's quiet, dreamy artwork, in soft, textured tones, pulls the reader beneath the ice and right into the story. Perfect for youngsters 5-9, Very Last First Time is a fascinating and evocative experience that shouldn't be missed, and works well as part of a unit introducing the Inuit culture and way of life, or as a stand-alone for story time.

Amazing Time.......2000-09-08

The possibility of gathering mussels under the ice at low tide was absolutely amazing to me. I had never heard of such a thing or imagined it. What a wonderful world we live in! Andrews writes of young Eva's solo walk on the bottom of the sea and she does an intriguing job of it.

The illustrator,Wallace,enriches and expands the written story through his detailed pictures of the village and native life on Ungava Bay.

I hope Andrews & Wallace collaborate again and soon!

Wonderful - a genuine adventure for young girls........1999-07-26

This is one of the best books for young girls that I have come across. A young Inuit girl is sent under the ice at low tide to collect muscles for the family.. this time by herself. She gets distracted, the candles burn out leaving her in darkness just as she starts to hear the water returning. What an adventure. I buy this book as a gift whenever I need a present for a beginner reader girl.

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Great suspense. A few questions.
Very sloppy writing
Keeps getting better!
Tess is the Best
Female Marlowe

The Last Place
Laura Lippman
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ASIN: 0380810247

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Baltimore PI Tess Monaghan knows what to do with a jerk who prowls the Internet looking for love in all the wrong places: pretend to be smitten, slip one of his own date-rape drugs into his drink, cover him with depilatory cream, and leave him in a public place so he'll be too ashamed to do it again. It's hard to follow an opening chapter like that, but Lippman manages it nicely, putting her smart-mouth series sleuth in court-ordered anger-management counseling. The sessions with her shrink spur a most uncharacteristic—-for Tess--reflection on five cold-case homicides she's investigating for a foundation lobbying for increased funding for domestic abuse programs. They don't seem to be connected, but with the help of the retired Toll Facilities cop who discovered the head of one of the victims in the middle of his bridge, Tess discovers a serial killer no one even knew existed--until he made Tess his next target. This is the seventh outing in a lively, original series that keeps getting better and better. --Jane Adams

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Five lives in the Baltimore area have been brutally destroyed over the past six years -- five unsolved homicides, seemingly unconnected except for the suspicion that each death was the result of domestic violence. In hot legal water -- and court-ordered therapy -- Tess Monaghan accepts an assignment with a local nonprofit organization, agreeing to review police documents on each case for inconsistencies and investigative blunders. But curiosity is leading the disgraced P.I. off the paper trail as she follows scant leads and intuitions into the most remote corners of Maryland -- where a psychopath can hide as easily in the fabric of a tiny fishing community as in the alleys and shadows of Charm City. Because a single common thread to five senseless murders is beginning to emerge with shocking clarity to tie the loose ends together into one bloody knot -- and the link is Tess Monaghan herself.

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Great suspense. A few questions........2007-07-25

I love Laura Lippman's writing style. My introduction to her work was What the Dead Know -- an incredible emotional ride of a mystery novel. The Last Place was the first Tess Monaghan novel I'd read (actually listened to as an audiobook read by Laurence Bouvard).

I thought Ms. Lippman did a great job presenting the personality and deranged thought process of the serial killer, juxtaposed against the inexorable logic of the private eyes determined to find him out. I thought the ending was justifiably exciting and violent, and quite satisfying. The author worked up to it in admirable fashion. I like Tess Monaghan as a protagonist. She's smart, practical, fun-loving, tough, sounds like a real person. Her boyfriend, Crow, however, comes across as a bit of a wimp and an airhead, and not quite up to her caliber. Their relationship seems almost entirely based on sex, which is hard to accept considering what a complex person Tess is.

The issues I had with the book, maybe because I enjoyed it as an audiobook rather than a read, are that I couldn't quite understand why the bad guy serial killer would want to get caught by revealing the list of his murders to Tess and why he would be stalking her in particular as she didn't fit the mold of one of his victims. It was necessary for the story to work but it didn't quite make sense from the point of view of "reality".

Minor issues. This book held my attention from the first page to the last.

Very sloppy writing.......2005-11-27

A short way into Chapter I, we have "...the world had such a large supply of girls, and an even larger supply of perverts." Really? More perverts than girls? A few pages later, Tess, our heroine, drugs one of these perverts with his own Rohypnol, strips him of his clothes, except for his "briefs and socks", and throws his clothes in a dumpster. But in the next sentence "she arranged his wallet, keys, and pager in a pile next to his head and draped his jacket over him." Without bothering to retrieve the jacket from the dumpster. There are more examples like these.

When a writer has so little control over the world she creates that absurdities and oxymorons populate it more densely than her characters, I stop reading pretty quickly. So in fairness I have to say that I only read the first ten percent of this book. Maybe it improves later.

Keeps getting better!.......2005-02-23

Laura knows her stuff. I'm not talking about reporting or the ins and outs of a being a working PI but writing novels. Not just novels but damn good novels. Here, Laura knows her stuff. Very, very well.

The Last Place is excellent. If you've never read her before, you are going to be surprised. Actually, if you've never read her before I would say go back to the beginning with Baltimore Blues because you need to read the progression of her character. Tess doesn't start off this tough as nails, sharp as a tack PI but as a reporter looking for work. Not only will you see the progression of the character but also the writer. Laura keeps getting better. With every book she takes what she learned from the last one and builds upon it. Her narration gets stronger, her descriptions more detailed, her plot tighter, and her books keep getting better. Laura knocks me side the head with each new novel and The Last Place is no exception.

Actually, it's better than that. I put this book down with a sense that I had just read something amazing and strong and the tip of an iceberg. I put this book down very pleased and for that I quite indebted to her. Thank you Ms. Lipman.

Tess is the Best.......2004-12-05

With out giving a a synopsis of the story, I'll say this is one of the best series going. I picked up EVERY SECRET THING, really liked it and started to read the series. The stories are excellent. THE LAST PLACE is a real page turner, the writing is above average and the story kept me interested to the point I finally gaveup trying to do anything and finished the book. Can't wait to read the rest of the series.

Female Marlowe.......2004-08-24

This the first book I've read by Ms. Lippman and I came away quite impressed. She does an excellent job of crafting the mystery ( a seemingly unrelated string of homicides). P.I. Tess Monahan is real person - ie. she has flaws and demons. The writing is excellent.

The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration)

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A Ripping Good Yarn
Read the notes at the end of the book!
The Last Place On Earth
Well researched, penetrating, a tad biased
The last book on earth...twisted facts, and damn lies

The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration)
Roland Huntford
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On December 14, 1911, the classical age of polar exploration ended when Norway's Roald Amundsen conquered the South Pole. His competitor for the prize, Britain's Robert Scott, arrived one month later--but died on the return with four of his men only 11 miles from their next cache of supplies. But it was Scott, ironically, who became the legend, Britain's heroic failure, "a monument to sheer ambition and bull-headed persistence. His achievement was to perpetuate the romantic myth of the explorer as martyr, and ... to glorify suffering and self-sacrifice as ends in themselves." The world promptly forgot about Amundsen.

Biographer Ronald Huntford's attempt to restore Amundsen to glory, first published in 1979 under the title Scott and Amundsen, has been thawed as part of the Modern Library Exploration series, captained by Jon Krakauer (of Into Thin Air fame). The Last Place on Earth is a complex and fascinating account of the race for this last great terrestrial goal, and it's pointedly geared toward demythologizing Scott. Though this was the age of the amateur explorer, Amundsen was a professional: he left little to chance, apprenticed with Eskimos, and obsessed over every detail. While Scott clung fast to the British rule of "No skis, no dogs," Amundsen understood that both were vital to survival, and they clearly won him the Pole.

Amundsen in Huntford's view is the "last great Viking" and Scott his bungling opposite: "stupid ... recklessly incompetent," and irresponsible in the extreme--failings that cost him and his teammates their lives. Yet for all of Scott's real or exaggerated faults, he understood far better than Amundsen the power of a well-crafted sentence. Scott's diaries were recovered and widely published, and if the world insisted on lionizing Scott, it was partly because he told a better story. Huntford's bias aside, it's clear that both Scott and Amundsen were valiant and deeply flawed. "Scott ... had set out to be an heroic example. Amundsen merely wanted to be first at the pole. Both had their prayers answered." --Svenja Soldovieri

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A Ripping Good Yarn.......2007-02-20

I saw a program on PBS about Amundsen and the Northwest Passage and decided I wanted to know more so I bought this book. Much has already been said and thus doesn't need repeating. If you hold to the hero status of Scott then you are apt to be severely disappointed. He does NOT fair well in the cold light of history. Amundsen comes across as someone who was at the peak of his game and was just better at this sort of thing.

One of the best books I've read in a LONG time. Well worth the time spent.

Read the notes at the end of the book!.......2007-02-18

There are simply too many errors in this book to state here. I can only suggest that the reader look at the notes at the end of the book. Huntford derives almost all of his negative comments from two or three people on Scott's expeditions. Why are so few of the comments collected from hundreds of men who loved and supported Scott. I'd hate to have my life judged before the world by the few people I've pissed off out of the many I've known. And just a note in passing---the Markham diary or jornal he keeps referring to? It's not a diary or journal; it is a collection of notes made by a very old Markham years after he encountered Scott on the street (prior to appointing Scott as leader on the first expedition).

Scott certainly made some serious judgement errors and prevaricated occassionally, but Huntford lies on almost every page of his book by omission and deception.

I have no complaints about his description of Amundsen; Amundsen was the better of the two explorers. In fact, Amundson was arguably the greatest of all polar explorers in the heroc age. Some of the best polar explorers appear almost amateurish by comparison.

The Last Place On Earth.......2007-01-12

For those who like to read history, this is very well researched.

Well researched, penetrating, a tad biased.......2006-12-07

I've finished reading both this and Fiennes "Race to the Pole". Huntford clearly spent an enormous amount of time digging through many expedition diaries and personal letter archives. He simply doesn't just quote them, but knits them together in a fine tapestry of interrelated decisions and events. This provides keen insights into the importance of planning, preparation, and attention to detail during operations.

Huntford carefully walks the reader through how Amundsen clearly understood the difficulties ahead of him, while Scott was content to draw hasty conclusions based on faulty testing, prejudice, and unwarranted opinions of the uninformed. Huntford also details the subtle and not-so-subtle difference in the leadership styles of both men, one who built a consensus, and the other who promulgated orders without allowing discussion or feedback.

My only complaints are 1) Huntford descended into the use of terms such as "weak, incompetent, and stupid" for Scott, which was unnecessary and detracted slightly from the rest of his scholarship, and 2) he avoided the use of much of the material that would have reflected positively on Scott, as found in Fiennes book, which is why I only gave this 4 stars.

The last book on earth...twisted facts, and damn lies .......2006-08-10

The central theme of this book, (i.e that Captain Scott was a blundering idiot) has been exposed as nonsense by a series of recent and well balanced books written by expolorers such as Ranulph Fiennes and Antarctic researchers such as Susan Solomon, rather than amateur critics. Read "The Worst journey in the World" if you want a proper account of the Terra Nova expedition. But if you really must buy "The Last Place on Earth" then also read Antarctic explorer Ranulph Fiennes "Captain Scott" which exposes it as a lie.

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Paradise Lost
We are in Heaven

The Last Paradise: North Korea
Nicholas Righetti
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In North Korea: An American Travels Through an Imprisoned Nation

ASIN: 1884167322

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Photographer Nicolas Righetti is one of the few Westerners invited to photograph Pyongyang's "New Order of Happiness." Righetti offers a riveting guided tour through this seductive yet chilling landscape; the paradoxes of an earthly paradise and the tragic outcome of an unattainable utopia present a dual message: "Welcome. Stay Away." Essay by Orville Schell.

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Very Dissapointing.......2004-10-05

I've never seen a photography book this weak. Typical vacation pictures are much better (I'm not exaggerating). Don't take my word for it, buy the book and see. I didn't listen to the review titled "Paradise Lost" (which was dead on) and I wasted $35.

Paradise Lost.......2004-02-19

I have already reviewed this on the UK amazon site, but I feel so strongly about this book that I feel compelled to let my American friends know my views as well...... I purchased this book with high expectations, being a keen observer of the "Hermit Kingdom" that is Kim-Jong-Il's North Korea. I saw an interview with the photographer on CNN Europe which persuaded me that this would be a refreshing look at fascinating country - however, I was to be sorely disapointed. The book consists of endless, garish interior photographs, juxtaposed with chunky catchphrases which seem to bear little relation to one another. There is little or no explanation of precisely WHAT each picture is about, and so the reader is unable to build any narrative around life in this secretive country - afterall, that was why I purchased the book. One thing I cannot stress strongly enough is just how poor-quality the actual photographs are; they are grainy and pixelated, badly lit almost to the point of being unrecognisable, and almost all of them simply show a hotel foyer, or an empty room - some are blatently photographed from a television. These are vacation pictures you would be ashamed to show family, because they show nothing of the actual country; after all, North Korea is not the only place in the world to have tacky interior designers. Sad though this may be to say, you probably get a better impression of what Pyongyang looks like by referring to official press phtos; in the meantime, however, if you REALLY want to see tasteless, out-of-date furniture, I suggest you visit your grandmother - at least someone will get pleasure out of the experience.

We are in Heaven.......2003-11-15

In the book, the bright, almost cartoonish photographs of neo-constructivist architecture and synchronized folk dancing are juxtaposed with slogans found in the street. "We are Happy," insists an airport sign greeting visitors; "We are in Heaven," reads another sign at a crossroads. The images were culled from video taken in Pyongyang, and the viewer is never quite at ease in the sphere of the book. Reality and fiction strike an uneasy balance as we attempt to sort out which image is truth and which one is something taken from the TV screen in Righetti's hotel room. The nature of video naturally calls up issues of surveillance, but in the case of North Korea it is especially relevant.

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Terry Pratchett's 22nd Discworld novel, The Last Continent, is a lighthearted tour of the fantasy land of Fourecks, a very Australian sort of place, with brief courses in theoretical physics and evolution thrown in for good measure. Pratchett returns to his first Discworld protagonist, the inept and cowardly wizard Rincewind, who habitually runs into trouble as fast as he flees. Rincewind's arrival in Fourecks has distorted the space-time continuum, and he has to sort it out before the whole place dries up and blows away. The situation is complicated because the actual problem is located 30,000 years in the past--just where the Faculty of the Unseen University currently are. Pretty frightening, given "the true wizard's instinct to amble aimlessly into dangerous places," and then "stop and argue ... about exactly what kind of danger it [is]."

If you're baffled by all this, no worries, mate. You needn't have read Pratchett before--not even the five previous Discworld novels starring Rincewind (The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric, and Interesting Times)--to enjoy this latest romp. Nor to have visited Australia. When you finish, however, you'll likely want to rush out and do both. --Nona Vero

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Something is amiss at Unseen Unversity, Ankh-Morpork's most prestigious (i.e., only) institution of higher learning. A professor is missing—but a search party is on the way! A bevy of senior wizards will follow the trail wherever it leads—even to the other side of Discworld, where the Last Continent, Fourecks, is under construction. Imagine a magical land where rain is but a myth and the ordinary is strange and the past and present run side by side. experience the terror as you encounter a Mad Dwarf, the Peach Butt, and the dreaded Meat Pie Floater.

Feel the passion as the denizens of the Last Continent learn what happens when rain falls and the rivers fill with water (it spoils regattas, for one thing). Thrill to the promise of next year's regatta, in remote, rustic Didjabringabeeralong. It'll be asolutely gujeroo (no worries).

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Discworld.......2006-08-27

I've decided he's too good and too prolific for me to write a brand new review every single time I read one of his books. Discworld currently has 34 titles and every one of them will probably knock your socks off. His mind bubbles and flashes like a boiling pot of electric eels, and I simply can't get enough of his writing.

A reviewer has compared him to Geoffrey Chaucer. He reminds me more of Douglas Adams, or perhaps S Morgenstern. Great company, isn't it? He's an extremely skillful and imaginative writer, damn funny, clever and observant to boot. He's also very easy to read. A master of characterization, and if there's anything else you like about reading that I didn't mention here, assume I simply forgot. He's awesome.

Another reviewer mentioned Jonathan Swift and PG Wodehouse. Why such hallowed company? Because Pratchett belongs there! Truly, I'm enjoying my quest to read every book in the series. You should do the same, and begin your quest at the library because he's got to be there. He's awesome!

Yet another reviewer said Jerome K Jerome meets Lord of the Rings. Yeah, that works too.

Why do we, as reviewers, compare authors to other authors? Because it's easier than thinking. In the case of Terry Pratchett, it's probably because we'd otherwise wind up quoting the guy. He's so unique that we just don't know how else to cope with his greatness. Even this paragraph sounds like foamy drool raving, doesn't it? That's how all readers react to Pratchett. Reviewers simply don't have the good sense to keep it to themselves.

I could call his writing fantasy, but I could likewise call what Douglas Adams wrote science fiction. In both cases, I wouldn't be wrong, but I'd be neglecting so much and just totally missing the point. A rare few authors transcend a genre to such a degree that you know they're shouting out, loud and proud, a big fat "Bite me!"

I love Terry Pratchett's writing, and I completely understand why some folks refer to him as their favorite author. Or favourite, I should say, since we're being British. He's one of those authors that makes you want to grab whoever's in hearing range and start reading passages aloud. I'm simply thrilled that there's such an extremely talented and prolific author who's been working for years without me being aware of him. Now I have much catching up to do, and I will love it.

Disappointed.......2006-08-27

I fail to see the point of reviewing Discoworld book, especially one that comes this late in the series. By now, you are a hardcore fan, or you just didn't like Pratchett's style.

For my part, I can say that I adored Discworld from the moment that I have read Color of Magic, though it is not my favorite book in the series. Then again, I never grew fond of Rincewind, much more to my liking were numerous side characters that were so jovial and so life-like that you just had to love them.
So that being said I'll just fly shortly over this book.

Last Continent is divided in two parts. The very poor one, staring Rincewind and Luggage finding themselves on a strange continent that resembles Australia, is variation on a theme already exploited in Witches Abroad in a way that surpasses this one immensely. Second part (as often is the case in Discworld, these two parts do not follow one another, rather they make "intercourse") stars Unseen University staff including Archchancellor, Dean, Librarian, Ponder Stibbon, some other that I cannot remember right now, and most importantly Mrs Whitlow, cleaning lady.

This second part keeps entire novel entertaining enough and on a very high satiric level combined with sharp intelligence, something that Pratchett's very good at. And all began when wizards tried to restore Librarian back to it's normal shape...You can possibly visualise what kind of trouble this caused.

But as I have said, if you don't know already who are the characters that I mentiond here, you should probably avoid this book and if you are interested in Discworld you should consider starting from the beginning of the series. For the rest of you out there, this is, though for moments hillarious, rather dull, long, and less than average Discworld book.

Abridged Edition.......2006-08-08

All Corgi Audio books are abridged editions, with Terry Pratchett being read by Tony Robinson.

Old pratchett vs new pratchett.......2006-07-26

Pratchett books are divided into two categories: the pratchetts of old, with a side-splitting joke every page, or the new pratchetts, which are humorous but more drily so, laying more emphasis on plot.

The fans too are split according to their preference in each category. I like to think I am somewhere in the middle: I enjoy good plots, but I did love laughing along in a book where the story didn't matter and being often jerked along as haphhazardly as real life. Somehow, normal plots take away that delightful, unreal yet all too real treatment of heroes, plot, narrative devices and endings. Am I confusing you? I mean that there is a tradeoff between writing a good satisfying plot and making it a wild, hilariously unpredictable ride. For eg., Captain Carrot and Sam Vimes belong firmly in the 'conventional good hero who does things most people cannot do category'. It is the dry humor in those books that makes them a Pratchett.

Now to the review. The Last continent is written in the same style as the 'old pratchetts'. It has a commendable lack of heroes or villains, a wonderful lack of predictability - you never know when a god or storm will smite the wizards and hurl them into mysterious places in different times. Nor do you really admire their constant bickering but can't help rooting for them anyway.

This books reveals the inner secrets of the Unseen University elite politics. For those who like wizards and Rincewind, this book is worth the familiar, joke/atrocious pun/ subtle insight packed value of Old Pratchett. I thoroughly recommend it for that. For discworld newbies, this is as good a start as any. If you prefer humor tempered with a conventional story, you'd be better off with the Watch books (Guards, Men at arms, feet of clay, jingo, fifth elephant, thud).

Smashing Sorcery.......2006-05-02

Some wizards could be so wild and eccentric that they result in sidesplitting phenomena especially when their creative architect is Terry Pratchett. Together with zany dialogues, the supposedly sages travel through time and bizarre worlds in search of their comrade. While they deal with their adventures, such as meeting an evolution god and whatnot, their missing colleague is having a rather intrepid exploit of his own, like running for his life most of the time. Talking animals and unconventional logic adorn the story from start to finish. The way Mr. Pratchett brings everything together in the end is amusing. As with Mr. Pratchett's other novels, this tale also follows the similar lengthy track of events. There are no numbered chapters per se but each part is gaily separated by a burning question. Although extensive, it is still an amazing ride of madcap fiction and the many mentions of food are invigorating.

The Big Chunk of Ice: The Last Known Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientist Club)

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The Mad Scientists Retire
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The Big Chunk of Ice: The Last Known Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club
The long awaited final adventure!
why doesn't Bertrand Brinley's son write some more adventures?

The Big Chunk of Ice: The Last Known Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientist Club)
Charles Geer , and Bertrand R. Brinley
Manufacturer: Purple House Press
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The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald
Henry Reed, Inc. (Puffin Books)

ASIN: 1930900295

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It wasn't the diamond as big as the Ritz but it was a pretty big chunk of ice and it got the precocious pranksters of The Mad Scientists' Club entwined in an international intrigue that only the intrepid investigators of Interpol could unravel. Take the seven young mad scientists of Mammoth Falls, stick them in an antiquated blimp bound for the Austrian Alps, along with two "hep" young college girls and a zany professor of mysterious Rumanian origins, and you have the makings of a high-flying fun fest that could only come from the author of The Mad Scientists Club and The Big Kerplop! If you're not already a fan of superbrain Henry Mulligan, dinky Dinky Poore, fat Freddy Muldoon, and the other unpredictable troublemakers that populate this series of mad, mad adventure stories, you will be, once you read the Big Chunk of Ice.

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The Mad Scientists Retire.......2006-08-09

If you enjoyed Bertrand R. Brinley's three previous books in this series: The Mad Scientists' Club, The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club, and The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club, then you'll certainly want to read "The Big Chunk Of Ice", lost and unpublished for over 30 years. The boys return in the second novel-length adventure of the Mad Scientists of Mammoth Falls, which is also their last known adventure.

Professor Igor Stratavarious, the world-famous geologist (and borderline nutcase) first introduced in The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club is having trouble recruiting people beyond his entire class (of two students, Angela Angelino and Angelina Angelo) for a month-long summer expedition to study the Pasterzen Glacier in the Austrian Alps so his friend Henry Mulligan talks him into inviting the entire Mad Scientists' Club. Mayor Scragg and the Mammoth Falls Town Council are so enthusiastic about getting our heroes out of town that they pass a resolution offering to pay the expenses of the expedition for an additional two weeks. After some initial difficulties in communicating with the two college girls, who speak "hep" rather than English, they find common ground while playing the game of Geography, a truly pun-ishing contest involving replacing English phrases with sound-alike geographic place names in a sentence: "Hawaii?" instead of "How are you?", etc. (Don't worry; they get MUCH worse!) However, upon arrival in the nearby village of Heiligenblut, the group hear's a legend about a diamond the size of an apple supposedly lost out on the glacier a century before and during their following weeks of research out on the glacier begin to suspect that somebody wants them to leave, dead or alive!

I almost knocked a star off my review of this, my least favorite in the series, but decided to keep it at 5 stars after the clever finish. The problem is certainly not the writing. Mr. Brinley shows improvement with every book, and TBCoI is no exception. His vividly sketched characters and detailed descriptions of places make this tiny spot in the Austrian Alps and its peculiar inhabitants come alive before our eyes. The problem is rather that by this point IMHO Mr. Brinley was starting to forget what made the Mad Scientists stand out in the first place.

First of all, Professor Stratavarious, a minor though important character at the end of The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club, utterly destroys the the atmosphere of scientific realism that has always been a key part of the appeal of these books. Based on a broad Sid Caesar parody of a paranoid smart-aleck of a scientist, Professor Stratavarious continuously spouts such utter if hilarious nonsense that having the boys play his straight men makes them look like fools, particularly when they accept without objection his repeated inversions of the scientific method involving discarding any evidence that doesn't fit your hypothesis!

Second and far worse IMHO, for most of the book the boys are little more than guest stars in their own story. The prime movers of the first three books are reduced to passive passengers for most of this ride, the people things keep happening to rather than the people who make things happen. Even their contribution to solving the central mystery is primarily a matter of dumb luck by their dumbest member; only at the very end do the Mad Scientists of Old swing back into action. Nevertheless, this final book is a must-read if not necessarily a must-have for fans of this series. It's a lot of fun watching our old friends develop a little more (and discover girls!) even if we wish they had more to do and a less obviously unscientific scientist for a tutor.

Stay away.......2006-06-28

As a child, I loved the first book of short stories. When, in my post college years, I found The New Adventures, I loved those too. The Big Kerplop was pretty good. This one, however, should have stayed unpublished. The Professor is irritating, and gives a horrible view of science. The girls are ok, if dated. The boys in the club really don't do much of anything. Where's the cool techie toys (ham radio and so on) that were in the short stories? Where's the adventure? The only sense of wonder in the entire thing is when the boys are finding the passageways in the castle.

So again, give this one a pass. There are reasons it wasn't published 30 years ago. It is the Mad Scientist's Club, so I won't give it only one star, but ...

The Big Chunk of Ice: The Last Known Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club.......2006-03-22

For anyone with young boys this is a must read.Adults will enjoy this book too! Great for all ages!

The long awaited final adventure!.......2005-12-29

After hearing rumors about this book for years, we finally get to read it. I was pleased with the story, and it does indeed show the characters in greater depth as they enjoy their European expedition and try to solve the mystery of the long lost diamond.
I could've done without Angela and Angelina's overdone "hip" slang, as it definitely gets annoying and makes the story seem dated. But that is a minor quibble, and Brinley has crafted a fine tale for all lovers of the Mad Scientists' Club. It's a shame this is the last one we'll see, and I almost didn't want it to end for that very reason.
Thanks to Purple House Press for bringing this one to life.

why doesn't Bertrand Brinley's son write some more adventures?.......2005-12-08

I started the mad scientist's books when I was in 2nd grade. I was greatly excited when I heard there was a "lost" book. I wonder why brinley's son or daughter couldn't write another book for the series.

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I haven't seen this book, but. . .
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the perfect encore
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Bilbo's Last Song: At the Grey Havens
J.R.R. Tolkien
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ASIN: 0395538106

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Tolkien’s poignant epilogue to The Lord of the Rings.

Bilbo’s Last Song is a poem written by Bilbo, hero adventurer of The Hobbit, before he leaves Middle Earth to take a ship to the Undying Lands beyond the sunset, at the end of The Lord of the Rings. The song is both a longing to set forth on his ultimate journey and a tender farewell to friends left behind.

Ship, my ship! I seek the west,
And fields and mountains ever blest.
Farewell to Middle-earth at last,
I see the Star above your mast!!

Stunningly illustrated by Pauline Baynes, a friend of Tolkien’s for many years, her magical, jewel-like paintings depict the journey that brings the ring bearers and the company of elves to The Grey Havens, and the ship that is waiting to take them on their final journey.

Publication will coincide with the release of the second Lord of the Rings movie, The Two Towers.

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Satisfying to any Hobbit Fan.......2005-08-03

This smile inducing poem-in-a-picture-book is a chance to return to Middle Earth for something new, shown to us by a loved and familiar character.

I haven't seen this book, but. . ........2004-12-03

I used to have the poem on a poster. In high school I wrote an essay comparing it with Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar"--discussing how they poems were alike and how different. I got an "A" on it, I remember. (Both poems use describe death as a journey over water. While Tennyson seems emotionally detached and passive, expressing only a wish or hope to see the pilot after crossing the bar, the narrator in JRRT's poem is looking forward to the journey.)

Very Disappointing.......2004-03-17

I wanted to purchase this book for my husband's birthday. I went looking for it at a local bookstore after discovering it here on amazon and reading the great reviews - we are both lovers of Tollkien's works. My first reaction was - 'gee, its tiny' - being only slightly bigger than a pocket size book. Then I looked more closely. A hardcover, yes, but nothing spectacular in quality. The pictures are sweet, light and airy, but I expected more. And as for the verse - I also expected there to be more. It is well written, but very brief. Four brief lines of verse on each right-hand page, while the page on the left was an illustration. I didn't stand there and count lines of text, but since there are maybe 24 pages in the book total, that would make it 12 pages of text or 48 short lines of verse in the whole book. It could have been printed on one or two pages and still been surrounded by lovely illustrations.
It's just not worth the money in my book - no pun intended.

the perfect encore.......2003-07-18

This book was one that I stumbled apon in [a local store] as I was browsing the Tolkien area as usual. Since it was a rather short read, I sat down at a table in the back of the store. By the time I reached the last page my heart ached, tears came to my eyes, a smile appeared on my face, and I knew I could never put it back on that shelf. I could truly sense the love Tolkien felt for his Hobbits, and all of their friends. It is the perfect encore to the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. I've enjoyed Bilbo's Last Song so many times since that day that I highly recommend this book to all true Tolkien fans. Ignore the price and buy this wonderful book!

Only for the diehard Tolkien and Baynes collectors.......2003-06-16

Okay, why only two stars?
It cannot be the author, nor the layout or illustrations. The poem itself is lovely, as are the bright illustrations by Tolkien's favourite illustrator - Pauline Baynes.
And that is exactly what one would find attractive in this book: the pictures. One can get the poem anywhere from the Internet and the book has no annotations or notes, apart from pointing each illustration to the according segments of Tolkien's books.
The illustrations would be the only reason, I can imagine, for a moderate Tolkien-enthusiast to buy this booklet. And there lies the problem: it's too expensive.
Sure it's a hardback, with paper most suitable for illustrations, and it is mighty hansom to leaf through. But it's a trifle too small for that price.
Worthy of publishing indeed, and perhaps it's even great to show your kids. But being a Tolkien-collector myself, buying and reading beyond an enthusiast's taste, I was disappointed by this.
I bought it via mail order, which is why I have it at all: would I have seen it in a bookstore, the ridiculous price would have made it stay put. See if you can get it second-hand.

This one gets three stars for the loveliness, minus one for the "all Tolkien-fans say moooh!" attitude.
Two.

Bram Janssen,
The Netherlands

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