This book,the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series,tells the story of Anne Shirley coming to Redmond College. During the four years,Anne learns a lot of things about life,and her adventures are both funny and heartwarming. People who have read Anne's previous adventures in Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea will enjoy another wonderful Anne of Green Gables story,set in the beautiful,lush green Prince Edward Island,Cananda. This book is also better understood if you have read Anne's other adventures in the previous books. After they have read this book,they might want to go on and read Anne's life after college in Anne of Windy Poplars. You might want to read all the way up to the eighth book which tells about Anne's daughter,all grown up!

an excellent book in the usual style of this author. a Bennett's island book. Joanna and Nils have to deal with Jamie getting older and becoming involved with a married woman on the mainland. Very happy to be visiting the island again through this book. very enjoyable.

This is a great book, with quality research and writing and some pretty amazing photos.

After three bloody years of civil war culminating in 1914, the revolutionary armies seized Mexico City and the corrupt Mexican government collapsed. Mexican aristocrats, justifiably fearful of peasant retaliation after decades of brutal oppression and exploitation, fled the country. Hoping to star a new life in California, Rodrigo and Antonia Vallerdas, and their small son Niki, are forced to flee from their burning, sinking ship. Part of a small group of castaways from every social class, they land on a desert island and a complex war of master against servant, wife against husband, love against trust, breaks out anew. Antonia's Island is a superbly crafted novel of deep emotional complexity and implied social commentary that is as entertaining and engaging as it is thought-provoking and memorable.

My copy of Aran Song is dog eared with phrases underlined for their beauty. John Canter is a genius of the memorable phrase in this account of a writer headed back to the Aran Islands to discover the soul of Synge to inspire the writer to pick up the pen again. "Now he was a man who sat alone on a dune of sand on an island of stone in Galway Bay and waited for the spirit of John Synge. -To wait for Synge. What does it mean, Noel asked . . . I am an hourglass filled with the sands of my own mortality, he mused. -I am running out. As are the sands of Aran. As are the sands of man." Mr. Canter lives in Pittsburgh and frequently travels to the Arans. This is a book of poetically beautiful prose. One is transported to Kilronan and walks with Synge through the character, Noel. I count it a treasure.

The fascinating story of the Aran islands is well analized by Padraig (Not Patrick)O'Siochain. P.A. O'Siochain was a member of the Inner Bar of Ireland, he was dedicated to the restoration of the Gaelic language, and was closely associated with the aran islands through his company, Galway Bay Products, Ltd. He successfully established handcraft cottage industries on the islands for the purpose of securing economic stability for the Gaelic speaking people there.
A lover of history and of Ireland he takes care to bring life to the old myths, and at the same time look toward the future of the Aran islands.
A must have.

Glassow's overview is both an excellent introduction to the archaeology of California's Northern Channel Islands and an excellent reference guide for those interested in delving deeper into the past of the Chumash and their predecessors. While this title is now slightly dated, the general outlines of Channel Island prehistory have not changed. Glassow's own research background in this area and his use of reliable data in his discussions make this title a useful and accessible resource- not to mention a quick and enjoyable read.

Archeology requires essential components to successfully attain its goals: well-trained specialists, careful research procedures (including modern scientific techniques), expert analysis of archeological artifacts, and skillful re-creation of the life of earlier societies.

"The Archaeology of Useppa Island" amply succeeds in achieving these goals. Edited by Dr. William Marquardt of the Florida Museum of Natural History, the book effectively presents evidence about the Calusa natives who lived on this island on the western periphery of Florida centuries ago. The primary period of occupancy is estimated between 800 AD-1500 AD.

Dr. Marquardt's reputation as a recognized Calusa scholar, and his diligent leadership in planning and conducting archeological field studies at Calusa sites, makes him the appropriate person to compile and publish this work. It will be useful to professionals in the field as well as appealing to the general public interested in Florida history or archeological studies.

Dr. Marquardt and his associates discovered numerous artifacts during their excavations in the 1980s and 1990s on Useppa Island, located off the west coast of Florida: pottery and jewelry, "worked" shells intended for various purposes, and human remains. In addition, other artifacts from the post-Calusa period (mostly Cuban in origin) give clues to those who later lived on Useppa. All categories of items are described in detail, supplemented by helpful photos, sketches, and maps. Several chapters classify and date soil layers and other natural materials on the island. Each scholarly contributor to this volume has added to our knowledge of the Calusa living in this substantial settlement.

Later chapters cover the history of Useppa in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially for the latter period when the island became well known as a fishing and vacation resort in the years prior to World War II. The author also describes its role to train Cuban exiles prior to their failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. Useppa today is a private association of lovely homes located in a charming and picturesque setting. The book concludes with the recollections of the person who developed Useppa in its present form.

Having personally grown up in this area in the 1940s and 1950s, living on an island adjacent to Useppa, I can attest to the careful descriptions and informative history contained in this very interesting and carefully written book. Highly recommended.

Books of photographs can all too often depict nothing more than a surface prettiness. This is not the case with Arctic Discoveries: Images from Voyages of Four Decades in the North. As well as being beautiful, the images and layout give not only the appearance of the landscape but also the very feel of it, in an emotional sense. Taken from John Bockstoce's many trips the photographs cover the Arctic from the Diomede Islands, between the Chukchi and Bering Seas in the western Arctic, to Spitsbergen, the Faeroe Islands, the Shetland Islands in the eastern Arctic, with Greenland, Iceland, Labrador, and the Canadian Arctic in between. Really, how much more romantic can you get? There is enough description with the photographs to give a clear idea of the locations, and the text enhances and does not overwhelm the eloquence and elegance of the images themselves.

In her lovely cycle of poems written from the point of view of the deserted Araidne, Molly Bendall offers much of what we've come to expect from her; the characteristic elegance, the amazing control of language, and the cutting undercurrent of wry humor.
In this book she takes more stylistic risks, deepening her use of the fragment, and moving ever more quickly from tone to tone. It's amazing that so much can "happen" (at least emotionally) to this character in such a static state (deserted on an Island). I highly recommend this book; it will captivate and move you.