This book provides a fairly objective view of the many domestic details of life under German occupation. Fuykschot was a young teen in Utrecht, Holland when her life was dramatically changed during WW2. She describes the struggle to keep warm, clothed, and nourished as basic supplies became increasingly scare. The focus is a personal and familial one as she recalls the events that impacted on her parents and younger sister, and to some extent neighbours and school chums. Hardship abounds but triumph is definite in the satisfying ending of liberation by Canadian troops in 1944.

This book was really good and it has sketches and information and all the sources for the sketches and it has a lot of good really wicked information. The pictures are the best part though!

This book provides an excellent description of the contributions of the Canadian Forces in Somalia. I was particularly interested in the Airborne Regiment detail as my nephew, w/o Don Labossiere, participated in this deployment.
The book educates the reader as to the mission, environment and challenges faced by the Force personnel. It also documents some of their accomplishments and some recognition received by these superb soldiers. I feel there could have been more detail provided about specific duties such as deep patrols,encounters with opposing forces, etc., however.

If you are looking for well-written short plays suitable for scene work, audition pieces, or cabaret-style theatre evenings, this book is an invaluable resource. It encompasses many theatrical styles and cast requirements, and features many playwrights whose work might not be familiar, but delivers the goods. I have produced four of these plays, and received terrific audience and critical response. When I am looking for short scripts, this is where I look first.

The story of Vancouver's voyage to the Pacific North West is one of much hardship, persistance and determination. John Naish tells the story of the voyage by cross referencing the journals and diaries of four of the key players in this expedition. Taken individualy the journals are a great read themselves but when used to collaborate or just to fill in blanks it results in a very pleasant read. It takes the reader into the world of 1791-1795 in such a way that we can forget, briefly, what we have today and imagine the world during the times of the French Revolution and the emergence of America as a nation.

Manguel is best-known for his previous book of essays A HISTORY OF READING. Now, some people like that book and some people don't, and I suspect the lines of polarization will fall the same way on this book. Like A HISTORY, it's a collection of essays, but there is no unified theme to the pieces (other than the fact that Carroll's ALICE stories are used as epigrams for each section). Almost all literature-oriented, of course. I'm not generous with mediocre work, but this is not mediocre; merely rendered with a light touch. If you enjoy entertaining but thoughtful essays, you'll like this. However, if entertainment doesn't belong in the essay for you, you may be looking at the wrong book.

A poignantly touching book that sums up the years of survival and indignation in Quebec whilst surrounded by the suffocation of english dominance

I heard Janette Turner Hospital interviewed on public radio, and researched her at Amazon. I'm glad I did.

If you have the least amount of wanderlust in you, with just a touch of yearning for the experiences of living in South India, get this book. You can do all the aforementioned without leaving home.

Ms Turner-Hospital has written a descriptive account of life for an expatriate in India. Her story is a good one, with sufficent drama to keep you interested, all the way to the last climactic events. And she paints a very good picture as she tells the story. I felt I could draw every building and every scene.

The book is hard to find. I bought mine from Amazon, second hand, in pristine condition.

Now, please excuse me. I think my vindaloo is about to burn.

I was thoroughly inspired by reading this book. It seemed to me to be a little slow developing at the beginning, due to a fairly complex family history. Even this should be interesting to people who like history from the perspective of people who lived it. It is well organized, and provides a good description of the environment that nurtured this God-inspired writer. Janette Oke's life experiences are so easy to identify with, and her dependence on God so well portrayed that it is an inspiration to me. It is also fascinating to learn how one of my favorite writers arrived at her mission in life.

This was a throroughly enjoyable read.

It was an entertaining and descriptive history of my newly adopted home. The author describes in vivid detail what the area was like 100 years ago and one doesn't need look too hard to find the footprints left by Jimmy Simpson and his friends.

A good read that has inspired me to read more of the original frontiersmen, the area and those who documented it (eg. artist Carl Rungius).