No comments about Maverick's Progress: An Autobiography.

2 comments about Jody: A Woman's Journey.

1. Excellent! I am of the "sixties generation." So much of the searching to make the world a better place, the conflict with my parents, being a part of the anti-establishment mind set, the demonstrating, all of it, is here, brought out with great writing skills, that evoked vivid memories of that time in my own personal history. It was interesting to read of this amazing time from the outside in, from another's point of view of the 60's, that is not necessarily my own.

   For anyone who wants a bird's eye view of what it was like to be young in the 60's, this book gives a vivid taste. For anyone just wanting a darn good yarn, this is it, too! Well-written and involving. I was sucked in right away and am now eagerly awaiting the promised sequel.




2. For all the parents who ever asked themselves "Where did we go wrong?", for every son or daughter whose passionate need to make a difference has led them down many dark and difficult roads, here is a journey worth sharing. A powerful story, powerfully told about totally believable people, the tension builds unbearably until, with the final page the reader is left breathless with dread and hope, and anxiously looking forward to the promised sequel.

No comments about Contemporary Authors.

2 comments about Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home (Bur Oak Book).

1. This is a most accurate account of daily living in a small Iowa town. The subtlety of the author's descriptions can only be fully appreciated by one who has grown up in that environment. Bauer makes no apologies for the foibles of the townspeople, but neither does he seem to satirize them. His insight into the people of Prairie City adds a natural warmth without lathering up with any undue sentimentality.
   
   I would recommend this to anyone who has an interest in small towns in the Midwest - and what makes them tick.



2. Enjoyed his slice-of-life descriptions of people he spent time with. At first I was puzzle at the choices of characters, all men (incuding his father)and mainly those who did manual labor. Where was the rest of the town? Then I realized that he examining the people that he (and me) had least understood growing up.

5 comments about Big Snake: The Hunt for the World's Longest Python.

1. Twigger is a great writer at publishing adventure novels in which he starts the quest but never seems to complete it. His books are about growing up and finding himself, but he rarely finds his subject (BIG SNAKE). A self-help book for the over educated who are looking at making their mark by desperately trying to find their niche in life ie: being a writer.



2. I liked this book - more of a travelogue than a snake book, but entertaining and inspiring. Went and saw some reticulated pythons afterwards, and thought about the world's longest snake... If you liked this book, try the Snakebite Survivor's Club also - hilarious and scary.



3. Well, as treatises on growing into manhood go, it's about average. What gets me is the title: why call it a hunt for a python? All the author hunted was other people to find a snake, and his own elusive maturity. I also cannot imagine going into such an endeavour so unprepared. It would have been more interesting, at least from a herp point of view, if a reticulated python hunted Twigger.

   Buy this book only if you have a man in your family that refuses to grow up, and you want to show him into what he could deteriorate.




4. This Is not a story about the hunt for the longest python but the hunt for someone else to find the longest python. The Author spends very little time looking for the snake . When one is found at the end of the book he is off getting married. It never even tells us if some zoo bought the big snake the other guys found. I wanted to hear about catching the snake NOT about a rave on the roof of a bank. if you want to read it wait for the paperback or for the library copy. As a highschool Biology teacher who loves to go herping this was a total bust for me. feel free to e-mail me if you have Questions. Sheldon

   reptiles4us@earthlink.net




5. Travel books just don't get any better than this. I've bought it for all my friends!

   Robert

No comments about Emily Bronte.

No comments about Twenty-Six Lead Soldiers.

No comments about No, I Won't Shut Up: Thirty Years of Telling It Like It Is.

No comments about Commerce Des Lumieres: John Oswald and the British in Paris, 1790-1793.

No comments about Writing on the Move: Albert Londres and Investigative Journalism (European Connections, V. 8).