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Thouroughly Satisfying and Surprisingly Spicy Victorian Romance
Not really a erotica... boring hist romance
OK story, nothing creative or special
Okay for a historical romance... hot & spicy!
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Beyond Innocence
Emma Holly
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ASIN: 0515130990
Release Date: 2001-07-03

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Emma Holly turns up the heat in this sinfully sensuous story of a family plagued by scandal-and a shy young woman who discovers a passion beyond her wildest dreams.

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Thouroughly Satisfying and Surprisingly Spicy Victorian Romance.......2007-06-17

Emma Holly is famous for writing erotica, so it was a bit suprising that this turned out to be a very traditional historical romance. There's just a pinch of extra spice here and there! Edward is a typical romance hero --strong, responsible, stuffy, someone who will deny himself to keep the people around him happy. Florence is the "usual suspect" as a heroine, innocent, brave, and well-mannered, but terribly passsionate underneath.

The steamiest thing about this book, however, are the tensions under the surface. Edward is looking for a bride for his younger brother Freddie -- but the other characters whisper that Freddie is more interested in finding the right man than the right woman! It's terribly erotic, especially when Edward's serious, businesslike estate manager seems to spend more and more time in Freddie's company! Not that much is shown, but the tension is red-hot. And the eyewitness to much of this is Florence herself, who is so innocent she can't imagine why two grown men would seem so flushed and heated after a quiet chat in the bedroom!

Florence is so lovable, she is a very well-behaved young lady in every sense. But in some ways her dragonish old guardian, Aunt Hypatia, is much more interesting! Someday a romance author will write a novel where the heroine is as outrageous and outspoken as the old aunt in the background. I just loved the knowing way Hypatia talks about Freddie and his footman, even though most of it sails right over Florence's head! I wish we could have seen more of Hypatia's past, especially her lovers!

All things considered, though, this was a thoroughly satisfying and spicy romance by an erotica giant. I just wish it could have been even spicier!

Not really a erotica... boring hist romance.......2007-02-16

I picked this up after reading this authors CATHING MIDNIGHT, which is a impressive romantica-fantasy novel. I was very much impressed with this authors imagination and her heart thumping love scenes ( like wow ). With this book however, I knew it would be a historical romance but I'd expected the same talent and imagination she's shown in her other book. Sorry to say, I was sorely mistaken.

In BEYOND INNOCENCE, she tells a story about a young girl left poor after the death of her father. She goes off to London to find a hubby and ends up meeting the hero Edward and his brother Freddie, who is a homosexual ( very endearing character) . Florence, the heroine, ends up being engaged to the gay brother not knowing he perfers men to females and he's being forced into this arrangement by his brother Edward and his aunt to kill some rumor going around town about Freddie and some footman.

Edward, however falls in lust at first sight with Florence but he needs her for his brother, since she seems to be the ONLY person in the world who doesnt know his brother is actually gay *rolls eyes*... what comes after this is just plain boring *sigh*. Edward fights his feeling, supposedly love, for Florence.. and thats the whole plot.

If this was meant to be a typical romance novel then I would say its missing the " fallin in love" stage... all you see is the hero falling in lust. This book also tended to be very wordy, and flat... EVEN though it wouldnt be considered all that long in length for a hist romance book. There was no awwww factor in this novel, except for the obsessive relationship btw the brothers ( kinda odd ).

Ok, and the erotic scenes.... WHAT erotic scenes? When the H/H finally does end up having sex... its 200+ pages into the story ( book is only 300 pages long ). Her attempt at some bondage scenes came across as just bazaar, and not sexy or kinky at all. This book just didnt do a thing for me. I did NOT consider it a great hist romance ( grab a Judith Mcnaught book for that or even Johanna Lindsey ), it wasnt funny ( Susan E. Phillips for funny romance! ). You want a fun, sexy, hist novel with great chars that touchs ALL your emotions, then grab one of Lisa Klyepas books, LADY SOPHIA'S LOVER comes to mind.

All in all, if this author was trying to go strictly hist romance with this novel then I think she failed here. Perhaps her next attempt would be better. Borrow this book if you're a fan, dont waste your money.

OK story, nothing creative or special.......2007-02-06

Nothing delighted me, surprised me or made me chuckle. Edward was drawn to her from the moment he first saw her. Then, the tension for the rest of the book was Edward not following his heart. He could have found another woman for Freddie. Freddie didn't care. It was an ok romance novel that was easy to put down when I needed to go to sleep or to do something else.

Okay for a historical romance... hot & spicy!.......2006-09-12

Florence Fairleigh is a vicar's daughter in need of a good marriage. When her father dies, she and her maid more to London to search for a husband with her modest dowry. She hooks up with daddy's lawyer who also happens to be Edward Burbrooke's attorney. Edward is in need of a wife for his errant brother whose homosexual dalliances are causing a stir in London society. His aunt takes Florence under her wing, and soon she is squired around town as the belle of society with Freddie Burbrooke as her intended.

To keep her from finding out about his sordid past, they travel to the family estate to let the two get to know each other better. The problem is that Edward is extremely attracted to her, and no amount of visits to his mistress can cure him of his need for her. Florence too is finding that she prefers the company of Edward since he makes her all tingly. But can she give herself to Freddie when Edward has captured her heart? What will Florence do when she finds out the real reason for her betrothal?

I had a really hard time following this - I am not a fan of historical bodice-ripping romances. The clunky Victorian dialog interspersed with terms no Victorian woman (or man for that matter) would utter was laughable. But no one writes spicy erotic scenes like Emma Holly. To think how creative she was without stealing the woman's virtue... So I have done my one historical for the decade. Back to Holly's contemporary heroines who would kick Edward in the nuts for pulling such a fast one.

COMO HACER BIEN EL AMOR.......2006-07-26

Esta fue la primera novela romántico-histórica escrita por una mujer contemporánea que leí. De entrada me pareció fascinante; acostumbrada a clásicos como "Pride and prejudice" fue como quitarme una venda de los ojos para descubrir todo un nuevo mundo de novela romántica-histórica, pero por desgracia no todas son como Emma Holly, no todas tienen escenas de sexo explícito tan sensuales y mucho menos como las de la Holly en este libro. Escenas eróticas en donde los orgamos de la protagonista no salen de una chistera y que hacen que las páginas del libro ardan literalmente entre tus manos.

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Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between American And the World

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A special recommendation
Required reading for every American citizen

Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between American And the World
Kishore Mahbubani
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ASIN: 158648379X

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An "elegant and courageous" analysis of why more than half of the world's population is becoming increasingly alienated from America (Washington Post Book World)

In Beyond the Age of Innocence Kishore Mahbubani, a leading Asian diplomat, reveals to us the America that Asia and the rest of the world see. We are a country that has given hope to billions by creating a society where destiny is not determined at birth. But we have become indifferent to the consequences of our decisions on others. Global financial institutions have been used to advance American interests, not global interests. America has been imprudent in its policy toward two large masses of mankind: the Chinese and Muslim populations.

To allow any lasting gap between America and the world, Mahbubani argues, would be a colossal strategic mistake for America and a huge loss to the world. But there is still time for the U.S. to change course, and in this thought-provoking and visionary book Mahbubani shows us how.

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A special recommendation.......2006-07-23

Any concerned about America's changing relations with world nations should take a look at BEYOND THE AGE OF INNOCENCE: A WORLDLY VIEW OF AMERICA. Mahbubani expresses anguish over the deepening distrust and resentment of this country: he's a leading Asian diplomat who gets to observe this first-hand. He chides this nation on its indifference to its decisions on others - and advocates recognizing and alleviating the growing gap between America and the rest of the world - and shows how. It's his ability to point out alternative directions and how to reach them which makes BEYOND THE AGE OF INNOCENCE a special recommendation.

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Required reading for every American citizen.......2006-06-29

I read this book while traveling in Southeast Asia - and found Mahbubani's observations well articulated and compelling. Like Mahbubani, it breaks my heart that America's credibility and reputation is in free fall. He asserts that many world citizens still embrace American ideals - but are deeply troubled by our actions. We are violating the very rules / guidelines that we originally crafted to ensure a safe and equitable world order. Mahbubani maintains that America must partner with moderate Muslim countries so that the whole world can unite against extremism.

I returned home and have given copies of his book to at least 20 of my friends and colleagues. I think this book should be required reading for every American citizen.

Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years

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A Stellar Life Told in Letters

Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years
Jane Goodall
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The second volume of Jane Goodall's remarkable self-portrait in letters, Beyond Innocence details some of the eminent scientist's greatest triumphs and her deepest tragedies. It covers the years following the publication of her groundbreaking book In the Shadow of Man, which, along with her articles in National Geographic, made her famous. Goodall's candid letters recount major events in her life and research, including her astonishing discoveries about chimpanzee behavior, the birth and raising of her son, the breakup of her marriage to Hugo van Lawick, the kidnapping by guerrillas of a group of her students, her marriage to Derek Bryceson and his death, and her growing concern about the future of her beloved chimpanzees at Gombe and elsewhere in the world. Beyond Innocence tells how many of the dreams of Goodall's youth were shattered, but also how she changed from a rather private observer to a public crusader.

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A Stellar Life Told in Letters.......2004-12-27

Jane Goodall is one of my personal heroines. Any time I might think that one person cannot make a difference and that I should just continue to sit and do nothing, I can read about Goodall and her singular and single-minded vision of changing the world.

This volume of Goodall's autobiography consists of hundreds of her personal letters, adroitly gathered together and explained by the editor so that there is a cohesive whole. We follow her through years of expanding her work with chimpanzees at her original research facilities in Gombe (where, as a very young woman, she worked ALONE), to her expanding environmental empire, to her ceaseless lobbying, traveling, letter-writing, speech-making, and appeals to leaders throughout the world to help in her efforts to save her beloved chimps (our closest primate cousins), baboons, other wildlife, and especially the rain forests upon which these animals depend for life.

Her letters show the private Jane, full of the joy of motherhood (she raised her only son, Hugo Jr., or "Grublin," in the wild in a childhood that had to be spectacular beyond belief, but was like any other mother worried about teething, late talking, naughtiness and refusal to do his math!), battling bouts of malaria while writing endless (it seems) books, proposals, thank-yous, acknowledgements, and so forth.

We see her through the pain of divorce, a happy remarriage, and the horror of seeing her new husband die of inoperable cancer. We see her renewed efforts to save her beloved chimpanzees, and her first horrified visit to a lab, where she was reduced to kneeling in tears at the plight of captive apes treated like things rather than the sensitive creatures they are.

The book ends in the late 90s, with Jane's latest conservation efforts still going strong. I was so intent and so wound up in her story that I immediately went to the Jane Goodall Institute Website to see what I could do in some small way to further her cause. But you don't have to be a conservationist to admire this strong, brilliant, single-minded and fabulous woman. This is a book for everyone, and I recommend it highly and unequivocally.

Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between America and the World

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The twisted mirror image of America
America, there is a world out there!
America
If you are not with us, you are against us
A Super Power to Beat All Without Intimidation.

Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between America and the World
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Release Date: 2005-03-01

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More than half of the world's population lives in Asia and the Middle East-and is becoming more and more alienated from America. Now a uniquely qualified Asian writer explains-provocatively-why.

After publishing articles in leading American journals over two decades, Kishore Mahbubani was described as"an Asian Toynbee, preoccupied with the rise and fall of civilizations" by The Economist. Trained in philosophy in North America and Asia, and well-experienced in realpolitik as a diplomat on the world stage, Mahbubani has unusual insight into America's ever more troubled relationship with the rest of the world.

In Beyond the Age of Innocence Mahbubani reveals to us the America that Asia and the rest of the world see. We are a country that has given hope to billions by creating a society where destiny is not determined at birth. After the Second World War, we created a global order which allowed many nations to flourish. But when the Cold War ended, America made a terrible mistake. We started behaving like a normal country, ignoring the plight of others, indifferent to the consequences of our decisions on others. America was imprudent in its policy towards two large masses of mankind: the Chinese and Muslim populations. Guantanamo damaged our moral authority, but Abu Ghraib, paradoxically, may have demonstrated the accountability of American institutions. Still, disillusionment with America has spread to all corners.

To allow any lasting gap between America and the world, Mahbubani argues, would be a colossal strategic mistake for America and a huge loss to the world. But there is still time for the US to change course; and in this thought-provoking, visionary book, Mahbubani shows us how.

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The twisted mirror image of America.......2006-04-21

Kishore Mahbubani is an avowed admirer of America and what it stands for. When the European empires crumbled in the aftermath of the Second World War, it looked as if America was going to deliver mankind from servitude and oppression and faciliate every nation's right to self determination...and for the longest time, America was that beacon of light to which all free men gravitated. So how is it that within a short span of less than 50 years, the world's most powerful and admired nation has become the world's most misunderstood and disliked nation by a surprisingly large number of otherwise friendly nations ? In this excellent treatise, Mahbubani laments that America has forgotten the adage that with power comes responsibility, that as the world's only superpower, it cannot afford to behave like any ordinary nation and act only in its own narrow interests. The tragedy is that America's low level of self awareness and appreciation of the extent of its power and influence over the lives of the rest of mankind has led it to behave insensitively - even parochially - towards the rest of the world thereby inadvertently sullying its own image. If America has sinned against the world, it has done so unknowingly but that's no excuse when the stakes for the future of mankind are as high as they are. Mahbubani argues that the tragedy being played out is not irreversible and urges America to take stock and reconsider its stance on inter-civilization and strategic policy issues to become yet again the great nation the world once admired.

"Beyond The Age of Innocence" is an astoundingly intelligent, well argued and relevant treatise on a subject that must be on the minds of most citizens of the world. Read it.

America, there is a world out there!.......2005-12-27

Mr. Mahbubani's book is a valuable resource on foreign policy. He hopes the book will help "make American society aware that daily, billion of pairs of eyes are watching, studying and judging America." - xix. Mahbubani came from a poor Hindu family in Singapore and luckily got a scholarship to university. His perspective is very interesting because of his view from having been poor AND privileged. He also looks to America as a shining example in the world, but has some problems with some of our policies of the past thirty or so years.

I first saw him on "Foreign Exchange" with Fareed Zakaria and it should be noted that his style of writing is very similar to that of Zakaria and Thomas L. Friedman, both of who he quotes a great deal. The book is very strong in the beginning when he talks about how America has helped and harmed the world as well as America's relation with Islam and China. Mahbubani's chapter on China where he suggests that having China become the major dealer with Islamic countries is VERY interesting:
"Even though China has a sizeable Muslim population of its own, this Muslim minority has not dictated the terms of China's engagement with the Islamic world. As a consequence, without any historical baggage (unlike, say, Islam with Christianity and the Crusades), there is no natural antipathy between Islam and China. Instead, there has long been admiration of the great Chinese civilization within the Islamic world. If China successfully modernizes, its success may have a powerful ripple effect throughout the Islamic world. Many Islamic thinkers are reluctant to use the West as a model for Islam to emulate . . . But these same thinkers would have no hesitation to use China as a positive example." - pp.125-126

Toward the end, Mahbubani starts to sound like a NY Times columnist like Kristof, Dowd or Krugman attacking (and repeating) how America has harmed the world with farm subsidies, Iraq, Kyoto and the IMF. He has lost some of his great faith in America and you can see this.

One of his biggest wishes (and I am in full agreement with him) is that regular Americans need to know more about international affairs. According to Mahbubani, Americans (and even many government officials) rarely know how their actions in international affairs have ripple effects on others around the world, in many ways they never would know or realize. Many Americans have no idea how a good deal of the world holds them in contempt for things America didn't necessarily think was bad at the time, but may have turned out differently later on. This is his main point of the book: America has to implement its policy while examining ALL of the possible effects on others, because it could come back to haunt you. Sure, one policy might not be favorable to another group or groups, but you must be cautious and wise.

Two movie quotes would sum up this review: Spock (from Star trek II) said, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one." And from Spiderman (and Mahbubani uses this): "With great power comes great responsibility."

Overall, a recommended book on what America can do to re-shape it image in the world while also dealing with the rise of China.

America.......2005-12-24

Mr. Mahbukani should know that "America" is a continent and not a country. He should have titled his book "Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between the United States and the World.

If you are not with us, you are against us.......2005-10-14

Kishore Mahbubani's book provides, in uncluttered prose and through a balanced lens, a wake-up call both for current/future architects of U.S. foreign policy and for the ordinary bewildered U.S. citizen. This book details the flaws in current U.S. direction and manages to do so in a fair and balanced manner, which never smacks of the shallow and often uninformed anti-Americanism that is so trendy at the moment.

Mr. Mahbubani clearly loves America and so his stark criticism of its behaviour is the honest and earnest admonishing that one sometimes hears from a true and trusted friend.

George Bush's offensive words: "If you are not with us, you are against us." came to mind as I read this book. At a governmental level, many countries must give the appearance of being with America; it is economic suicide to do otherwise. At a societal level, however, America has few allies.

This is worthy reading.

A Super Power to Beat All Without Intimidation........2005-08-26

America has done more than any other country to change the world, according to Singapore's Ambassador to the United Nations. This is the story of America and the world from the Asian viewpoint. He served in theSingapore Foreign Services for thirty-three years from 1971-2004. He lavishes praise on the support of his mother, saying that she has tremendous strength and resolve, courage and fortitude. Now if Jeff would say the same about me.

He calls these difficult times we live in. He says that America has alienated hundreds of millions of European colonists, which is the reason the Muslims hate us and want to cause mass destruction. If they hate us so much, why are so many living in the United States now?

"In your face" is an American term for when a person's personal space and sense of dignity are violated. He gives personal experiences and examples comparing what has happened to him to how "people" feel about the American government: "it is park on their toes." Read the book to see where that comes in!

He discloses that there are rising levels of anti-U.S. (6 billion people) around the globe, particularly the Asian and how they feel about the American power (not good, too bad!).
So he spent some time in New York at the United Nations, and yet he looks down on the reputation of the United States, writing that our beneficiaries react with anger or bitterness (as I did the privation of one Arthur Friend into my life uninvited).

American power has both beneficial and harmful dimensions, and affects every human being on the planet. Who would have thought we were so popular to keep them coming back for more? They hate and despise what we do and write but keep on keeping on. Why don't they decide to hate Russia or Spain. He is the author of CAN ASIANS THINK? I think not.

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A Fascinating Life
More great letters from Jane Goodall
AN INSIDE VIEW OF AN FASCINATING WOMAN!
Moving Painfully Beyond the Gombe Preserve

Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters The Later Years
Jane Goodall
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This second volume of Jane Goodall's autobiography in letters covers the years of her greatest triumphs and her deepest tragedies. During this time she made many of her most important discoveries about chimpanzee behavior including the dark discovery that like us, they wage war and commit murder. She gave birth to a son, Grub, but her marriage to his father, Hugo van Lawick, came to an end. When some Stanford University students working with her were kidnapped by guerrillas, she was thrust into an international controversy. She fell in love with and married Derek Bryceson. After surviving a plane crash with him, she realized that her life had been entrusted to her for a reason. A visit to an American laboratory where chimps were injected with HIV made that reason clear, and she began to dedicate herself not just to understanding chimpanzees but to saving them. Derek's death in 1980 was a terrible blow, but afterward she threw herself even more relentlessly into the battle to save our closest relatives and to repair the health of the planet. AFRICA IN MY BLOOD told of a young woman finding her life's work in the place of her dreams. BEYOND INNOCENCE tells of the events that shattered many of those dreams and changed her from a rather private observer to a public crusader.

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A Fascinating Life.......2001-08-01

I didn't believe that a second volume of Jane Goodall's letters could be as good as the first (Africa in My Blood), but this one is even better. The first volume contains the better-known parts of her life: the young woman going out to Africa, her apprenticeship with Leakey and at Gombe, her courageous research and amazing discoveries about chimpanzee intelligence, tool use, and warfare. Less familiar but no less compelling is the story of her life-beyond-science, her new and powerful role as a citizen-activist for the preservation of endangered species and their fragile environments. In her efforts to educate the world about the plight of this species that shares so much genetic material with humans, Goodall has never flagged in her perseverance. Her efforts have taken her from the village schoolroom to the halls of congresses and government palaces all over the world, and her correspondence reflects the intensity of her political activity, her untiring attempts to make people see their planet anew and to assume responsibility for their environments, whether in Africa or in LA. At the same time that the second volume shows the world of her correspondence opening up to include a much wider audience, though, she still writes her chatty, witty, delightful letters to family and friends.

Jane Goodall is a much more complex person than either her books or the popular conceptions of her, generated by the media, would suggest. These letters show a woman who endured considerable suffering and stress, who maintained her faith and optimism in the face of crushing realities, and who has inspired multitudes to change their views of Africa, of science, of women, and of chimpanzees, but in these letters you feel that she's at kitchen table in your house scribbling away, or that you've received a wonderful letter in your real, not virtual, mailbox. Read this book! You'll be surprised by what you find.

More great letters from Jane Goodall.......2001-07-30

Many people may take up Beyond Innocence because they loved Africa in My Blood, because they think highly of Jane Goodall as a woman, scientist, and activist who commands an enormous presence in the world of animal and environmental studies. I came to the book, though, because of the writing, both the lucid, witty, warm letters themselves, with their brilliant details and insights, and also the superb editing and contextual work by Dale Peterson, who gives us the complete person, with her strengths and weaknesses, the myths and the truth. This is a literary achievement of the highest order, a poignant reminder of what we've lost in the era of electronic communication. Jane Goodall wrote constantly, and she wrote beautifully, and her letters reveal worlds and worlds--the worlds of her subjects, her subjectivity, and her readers. You will get a completely different Goodall here from the one you see in her books and in the biographies. This is an indispensable book, one that deserves to stand among the monuments of correspondence as a literary form.

AN INSIDE VIEW OF AN FASCINATING WOMAN!.......2001-07-10

Who has not heard of Jane Goodall and her life-long devotion, research and protection of chimpanzees? During the years Goodall has spent in Tanzania, she has lived a life many in today's society would have an extremely difficult time comprehending, let alone actually living.

In this book, the reader learns through Goodall's letters about the inner persona of Jane Goodall, her personal blessings and tragedies. While this book is not written with the distinct powerful exuberance of "Africa in My Blood," I do prefer this one simply because to me it revealed more about the woman who lurks beneath the surface. She reveals her deep sense of purpose and her relentless devotion to the chimps shines through. She is, indeed, a woman with a mission. She is also a woman who, like the chimps she has studied for so many years, has come to understand the meaning of love, loss, hope, fear, happiness, heartbreak and enormous setbacks. Goodall's letter writing is superb, with eloquent English undertones which add to the book's quality and style. She has a knack for expressing herself in a poignant and impressive manner. One other book by the same author, also deserving of a five-star rating and highly recommended is "Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey."

Moving Painfully Beyond the Gombe Preserve.......2001-06-04

This book continues the autobiography of Dr. Jane Goodall through her letters that began with Africa in My Blood. Dr. Goodall has been a prolific letter writer throughout her life, and this volume contains many interesting and revealing examples of her personal views. The book's strength is in taking you behind the scenes into events that are more briefly alluded to in her formal writing. The editor, Dale Peterson, has done an outstanding job of putting the letters in context and summarizing their material in useful ways. The editing is stronger than in Africa in My Blood. Despite the quality of the volume, I still prefer Africa in My Blood as a more moving and powerful expression of Dr. Goodall's life. In these letters, you will generally find her more reserved and distracted than in Africa in My Blood. I do recommend that you read this volume. You will add usefully to your knowledge of Dr. Goodall.

To get some sense of how many letters Dr. Goodall has written, this book contains selections from over 2000 which contain a total of between one and two million words! During one two day stretch in early February (7-8) 1973, Dr. Goodall wrote 63 letters!

The flavor of the book is pretty well captured by this quote about how the book "traces a falcon's rising gyre that turns beyond innocence through experience into wisdom, on to focused dedication."

The book is organized around themes, so that you can more clearly see the connections.

A delightful surprise came in the beginning with a description of how Dr. Goodall and her first husband discovered Egyptian vulures using rocks to break open ostrich eggs, one of the few examples of tool-using animals ever discovered. Dr. Goodall is also known for having uncovered the chimpanzee use of tools, as well. There is a nice photograph to show this in process. You will enjoy the many family photographs in the book, as well.

During this period of time, Dr. Goodall becomes a mother and raises her son, informally known as Grub for his eating habits. She also accompanies her first husband on many expeditions to the Serengeti. The book also details the evolution of Gombe into a permanent research site, including the awful setbacks when researchers died and when a major kidnapping occurred. The many research findings of those years from Gombe are included including the effect of the polio epidemic, and the discovery of cannibalism and war among the chimpanzees.

The book provides more glimpses of how she feel in love with and married her second husband, and her reactions to his untimely death due to cancer.

Dr. Goodall has become an animal rights advocate, and the beginnings of that awareness are developed here. She saw her first bio-medical laboratory with chimpanzees in it during 1987, and was appalled by what she saw. Since then, she has worked to change the way these labs are run to honor the high intelligence and social nature of the chimpanzees. Much remains to be done.

I encourage you to also read her other works. Having gotten to know the person, you should know her work as well. Chronologically, In the Shadow of Man is first. Learning with her is probably better than jumping ahead and reading the latest research first. Her way of describing the research makes you see the chimpanzees as individuals. To start at the end would be like reading a novel backwards.

Dr. Goodall's amazing life should be a source of strength to all. Where could your curiosity and passion take you that no one else has gone before? Do you have the courage to act on that curiosity and passion? Are you prepared for the inevitable pain? Be sure to take yourself seriously in this assessment. Dr. Goodall seems quite surprised by all that she accomplished. Your potential probably exceeds what you think you can do, as well.

Look in new places and in new ways!

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