New Novel Reveals Forced Prostitution and Baby Sales
Each year, thousands of Vietnamese girls are sold into slave labor, only to become 'Srey Kouc,' prostitutes. They have no choice. The money received from such transactions will keep their families alive for one more season. The Baby Merchants by Leonie Campbell tells their story.

Drawn from the author's experience of living among the Vietnamese, The Baby Merchants provides a poignant insight into the social structure of Vietnam. Though a compelling novel, the book also explores the very real and devastating trials faced by the people of Vietnam, particularly women and children.

Campbell brings these disturbing facts into vivid focus, guiding her readers into the Vietnamese plight and offering hope through the caring concern of a select group of individuals. This realistic novel may shock some readers with its accounts of injustice and the ineptness of the political system to improve the conditions of Vietnam's people.

'This novel opens your eyes to a world of corruption that we are unaware of in Western society. The adoption racket, selling babies to foreigners, is heartbreaking. A learning experience beautifully portrayed by the author,' proclaims Monica Holt.
Terri Hayes ...

This book has a sad but powerful story to tell. The author obviously knows her subject well and the problems within Vietnam.I traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam in 1999 and can understand the influence of the people, the countryside and the culture.
I recommend this book to other readers.

The Baby Merchants by Leonie Campbell
American Book Classics-2001
1930586337-e-book
Fiction-Vietnamese

Reviewed by Jen Oliver, MyShelf.com

This is a touching story about the adoption and orphanages of Vietnamese children. This book contains the hardship of American women who try to help Vietnamese orphanages and villages and try to help stop the selling of children on the Black Market. It shows the importance that Vietnam has on male children and the country's political issues, i.e. the importance of money. It shows how poorly the children are kept in the orphanages and what adoptive parents have to go through in order to adopt children.
Ms. Campbell does a tremendous job in balancing the issues of Vietnam. She creates emotion for the reader through the experiences of the American women in the orphanages. The book is well written and is appreciated by the reader. The reader will not be confused by the politics of Vietnam. The plotline is well put together and moves throughout the story. The character development is good.
If you enjoy reading about Vietnam or international adoptions, pick up a copy of this book. It shows what could possibly happen over in Vietnam and what could happen on the Black Market with Vietnamese children.

I have purchased several hundred dollars worth of books over the years for required reading in classes I have taken. I would have to say that this book is the "most for the money". It will be an excellent resource for me in the future. I plan to keep it as a reference in school-related matters. I only wish that I had had access to this material when I was first starting out as a teacher. The chapters are very well organized, and the visual aids (graphs, charts, pictures) were well selected and beneficial - the benchmark timelines helped to summarize several important events. The "Voices" sections in each chapter, featuring different viewpoints from real people on topics related to the chapter gave the somewhat lenthy, arduous chapters life and vitality. The inside cover of the book included educational issues included in the book. I found myself several times scanning through the list, thinking of my position on the matter. If there would be any fault of the book, I would have to say that the chapters could have been a little shorter. It seemed like a great deal of information to absorb. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in all aspects of education.

This textbook is a clear, straightforward, and practical look at the principals of teaching today. I would highly recommend this text for any undergraduate working toward a degree in education or any professor looking for a new text for their Introduction to Education course. This is an excellent starting point for those who wish to learn more about the history of teaching as well as more current issues such as parental involvement or diversity in education. The authors have presented this information in a reader-friendly style with many helpful Web site addresses and personal narratives from experienced teachers in the field. Attractive charts and graphs presented throughout each chapter are also quite helpful in relating difficult concepts. Overall, this is a high quality undergraduate textbook for anyone wishing to enter the field of teaching.

Foundations of Education - The Challenge of Professional Practice by Robert F. McNergney and Joanne M. Herbert is, in my opinion, a very well written text book to be used in an "Introduction to Education" class. The book is very easy to read, with each chapter following the same user friendly outline. The book makes excellent use of data presented in various chart and graph form. The "Voices" section in each chapter gives the reader personal glimpses of people in the teaching profession - presenting both present day and historical view points. The "Benchmark" pages at the end of each of the chapters help summarize the information from the chapter in chronological order, and even the chapter summaries help guide your study while reading the text. The "Online Activity" following each chapter serves as an excellent additional resource for the reader. The topics covered in the book are relevant to today's teaching profession, and give the reader an up-to-date view of what being a teacher involves. The book is definitely written for a person who does not have a prior educational background, who may be considering entering the field of teaching.

That title perhaps sounds like "hot" and "cold" running
Seneca -- but it is rather a personal guide to how I believe
one should approach Seneca and his advice in these "Moral
Letters."
My own interest in wanting to know more about him and to
read about him came from two sources -- one of them was
the several mentions of him by Herman Melville in his
works -- and the other was the suggestion in the Oxford
World's Classics edition of Petronius' SATYRICON that
Trimalchio and those of his sort as depicted by Petronius
might be based on the types of individuals pointed out
by Seneca in his letters (p. xxix).
In the first chapter of MOBY-DICK, Ishmael (the narrator)
talks about how he goes to sea -- and how he is able to
bear it. He says: "No, when I go to sea, I go as a simple
sailor, right before the mast, plumb down into the fore-
castle, aloft there to the royal mast-head. True, they
rather order me about some, and make me jump from spar to
spar, like a grasshopper in a May meadow. And, at first
this sort of thing is unpleasant enough. It touches one's
sense of honor.... The transition is a keen one, I assure
you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong
decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin
and bear it. But even this wears off in time."
According to the Introduction in this edition by Penguin
Classics (translated and with an Introduction by Robin
Campbell), there were 124 letters written to Lucilius
Junior, "a native of Pompeii, a hard-working higher civil
servant (procurator in Sicily at the time) who appears to
have dabbled in literature and philosophy." (p. 12)
There appear to be 42 of the letters included in this
edition. The negative, here, is that the letters are
numbered with Roman numerals, and there is no subtitle or
parenthetical information before the letters to tell what
the subject matter is. One has to "know" the letters by
tradition and familiarity in order to know which number to
go to in order to find Seneca's views and advice on certain
topics.
The translator (Robin Campbell) gives his justification
for the selection of the particular letters in his
"Introduction." He says, "It may be asked what criteria
have been applied in deciding which letters should be
included or omitted. The first has been their interest --
as they set out a philosophy and contribute to a picture
of a man and of his time. The second has been the avoidance
of undue repetition of particular themes or topics of a
moralist who tends towards repetitiveness." (p.28)
The exasperation with Seneca comes with his dual
nature -- he is both "social man," and "thinking (principled)
man." And occasionally he recognizes that those two things
may be in conflict, and may be cause for making choices --
but he also tries to be "practical" in his view of man's
being also a social being, and thus having to have contact
and social interaction with others of his species. Sometimes
his advice on this latter course seems temporizing, tedious,
and questionable. Here is the Seneca who is the temporizer,
the go-along-to-get-along dissembler. He quite rightly tells
his reader not to merely ape the outward disdain of
conventional dress and manners simply to get attention, trying
to convince others of his "better" nature. Perhaps he should
have stopped here, and told his reader that reform of the
self was what he should aim at -- but there seemed to be
the tutor or teacher in Seneca, so he seemed prone to think
he had a mission to reform others as well. "The very name
of philosophy, however modest the manner in which it is
pursued, is unpopular enough as it is: imagine what the
reaction would be if we started dissociating ourselves
from the conventions of society. Inwardly everything
should be different, but our outward face should conform
with the crowd [unh-hunh; strangely this does not synch
with what he says later about how one's individual
attitudes and values can be warped and worsened by
mere association of time with the crowd and its
amusements!]. * * * Let our aim be a way of life not
diametrically opposed to, but better than that of the
mob. Otherwise we shall repel and alienate the very
people whose reform we desire; we shall make them,
moreover, reluctant to imitate us in anything for fear
they may have to imitate us in everything. The first
thing philosophy promises us is the feeling of fellow-
ship, of belonging to mankind and being members of a
community; being different will mean the abandoning of
that manifesto." [Letter V, p. 37.] It is no wonder
that Melville moved away from Seneca after MOBY-DICK,
especially after the crowd (the reading public and the
critics) had rejected him. There was too much of
the alienated, wounded, grieving loner in Melville,
anyway, to feel totally comfortable with someone like
Seneca and his moral/worldly dichotomy.
The letters that appealed the most to me were the
ones concerning "reading" and "the effect of crowds."
Here is some of Seneca's advice on reading: "You should
be extending your stay among writers whose genius is
unquestionable, deriving constant nourishment from them
if you wish to gain anything from your reading that will
find a lasting place in your mind. To be everywhere is
to be nowhere. People who spend their whole life travelling
abroad end up having plenty of places where they can find
hospitality but no real friendships. The same must needs
be the case with people who never set about acquiring
an intimate acquaintanceship with any one great writer,
but skip from one to another, paying flying visits to
them all." [Letter II, p. 33]
And here is his observation about the effect of
"going along with the crowd." "Associating with people in
large numbers is actually harmful: there is not one of
them that will not make some vice or other attractive
to us, or leave us carrying the imprint of it or bedaubed
all unawares with it. * * * But nothing is as ruinous
to the character as sitting away one's time at a show --
for it is then, through the medium of entertainment, that
vices creep into one with more than usual ease. What do
you take me to mean? That I go home more selfish, more
self-seeking, and more self-indulgent? Yes, and what is
more, a person crueller and less humane through having
been in contanct with human beings. * * * When a mind is
impressionalbe and has none too firm a hold on what is
right, it must be rescued from the crowd: it is so easy
for it to go over to the majority. * * * such is the
measure of the inability of any of us, even as we perfect
our personality's adjustment, to withstand the onset of
vices when they come with such a mighty following."
[Letter VII, pp. 41-42.]
Read for yourself -- decide for youself how large or
small a "decoction of Seneca" is salutary for the soul --
or not.

Freethinkers, Deists, Humanists and others who have thrown off the yoke of theism & dogma will find much food for thought here. Especially new freethinkers who are still being warned by well intentioned "true believers" that an ethical, moral life is only possible with a personal deity. Lookng back to the classical pagan world of stoicism, we find Seneca, a philosopher that continues to illuminate the world with insights into conducting ones life according to reason and the affirmation to all that life has to offer without resorting to false piety and religious apologetics. These are views from the real world.
Of interest to anyone examining the classical world of ancient Rome will discover, the intellectuals of the time possessed both a religion and a philosophy to guide their lives. Religion was merely the outward exoteric public display of sentiment (much like our calendar holidays today) and then there was your philosophy, the inner esoteric moral compass that guided deep seated morality and ethical choices. Which can result in a well lived life of fullfillment & happiness. Qualities all too often absent from modern life. Especially for those still trying to juggle and make sense of repressive monotheisms. Read Seneca & celebrate life's rich offerings.

This book is the fundamental vademecum for every day life. No person that I know has left this book suffer the dust and the quiet tranquillity that any other philosophy book enjoy in a library. This letters contain all the wisdom and the poise to enable any inquisitive soul to aquire selfcontrol, to endure with dignity the burdens of misfortune, to take success and fame with humbleness and cynicism, to prepare with serenity to die. Finally, to consider the end of life with the detachment of someone who has used well a precious object, without contracting the disease of jealousy.
This is a very easily readable book, and it was written by Seneca in the last four years of his life (62-65 A.D.). In my opinion is the masterpiece of his moral philosophy.
Seneca's literary style was criticized by his contemporaries for its fragmentary and non-classic hues, and it is truly very modern. Caligula defined it as "sand without lime". St. Augustine in his City of God, in a reference to his contradictions, criticized the fact that this man who almost achieved real freedom through philosophy, pursued what he criticized, did what he loathed and inculpated what he adored. AND WHAT DOES MODERN MAN DO? Maybe we must admit that Seneca lived a life full of contradictions, triumphs and failures but he never truly believed in the roles that he had to play and he was always ready to detach himself from material things, devoid of illusions but also of bitterness.
That is why his work has survived the ages and has been celebrated for his modernity. I would say that his teachings are atemporal, and this is the best tribute to him. Maybe this is why
his letters were the bedside book of Montaigne. And mine.

Are you able to look inside yourself and accept who you see?

Miguel, a Hispanic brotha with sexy eyes has questions about himself
that he's afraid to answer. He has been in Florida over six years,
sharing a house with his childhood friend Hector. At first glance
you see best friends looking out for each other, but a more
penetrating look makes you wonder if they are more than that?

Chyna, a young college woman from Kingston, Jamaica has mananaged
to stay focused on her studies and her goals. Her burden is a
personal secret which has plagued her for years, and has her
still questioning who she is. Chyna meets Miguel at a party and
the vibes are so strong, she feels much like a deer who is startled
by the beams of headlights. Their meeting surprises them both, and
it changes their lives.

Denise Campbell's freshman novel SPANISH EYES, exposes personal
demons, hidden sexual desires and broken relationships, as the two
main characters flow in and out of each others lives. They
tentatively reach for the elusive brass ring, but the weight of
lies and deceit is weighing them down. The secondary characters
bring their own issues, yet they play significant roles as Chyna
and Miguel struggle to adapt to different cultures and different
sexual standards. Minor deterrents for me were how the writer
transitioned from one scene to another, and the saturation of
descriptive adjectives. Still, SPANISH EYES is a wonderful

beginning and Ms. Campbell writes with a vibrant voice. Her venture
into the literary world should produce much success....

...
I bought the first print of SE about a year ago and I loved it, so when I find out that Miss Campbell was coming out with a reprint of the book and more of the story I just had to have it. I tell you this if you are a novice reader like myself or even a bookworm the hot and sexy story and the real life drama in this book is for you. This book is a must have, a perfect gift.

If only I read this book when I was a bite a younger. It is a must read for anyone who think they are old enough to have sex. I couldn't put the book down. This book took a life of it's own, it has the same twist and turns of everyday life. If your into waht's real this is the book about you. Well done Ms Campbell.Can't wait for your next one.

This book was one of the most popular on the shelf for independent reading this year, with both male and female middle school students. Perhaps it was because it is based on an actual event. Perhaps the straight forward language used by the author appealed. Whatever the reason, as a teacher, I make note of any book that motivates students to read, and this one did.

I found the book to be very interesting, because she was my Great,Great,Great,Great Grandmother on my Dad's side. I was told the story of Mary Campbell being captured by the Indians in
Ohio by my Dad,Grandmother,and Aunt. I never knew why she was captured until I read the book and found out she was to replace the Indian Chief's granddaughter the had died.

I highly recommend Beaded Moccasins. I planned to read this to my 7-year-old. It's a bit long (and no pictures) for that age, but in another couple of years, I know she'll read it (and love it) herself. A good story for a girl to digest, it imparts a lot of history and humanity too. It would make a great mother-daughter read, as there's a significant layer here that deals with mother-daughter and other woman-to-woman relationships.

The author has compiled an impressive amount of technical data on the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Virtually every important detail concerning major caliber rounds fired and their effects is laid out. Each chapter covers a chronological part of the battle, usually 45-75 minutes each. The final summary provides a very detailed list of the damage to each ship, casualties and ammunition fired in the battle. However this book is limited in several areas. It is not particularly readable because the author seems to have an aversion to the English language in favor of excessive use of jargon and sentence fragments. Organizationally, the book needs a detailed chronology which might reduce some of the redundancy. A big part of the book focuses on the damage to each ship and a huge weakness is the reliance on poor-quality, hard-to-read crude sketches. After all the effort he made to collect the information, the author makes little effort to present it well. Standardized, well-drawn battle damage charts would have made this an outstanding work. The battle maps are generally adequate but the omission for one covering the critical night action was a serious deficiency. Finally, I reached the end and had two critical questions remaining unanswered by the author: first, where German warships really that superior or was it just lucky visibility conditions that aided their gunnery? Second, which fleet was hurt more seriously and how might this have affected a renewed battle if the British Grand Fleet had not lost contact on the night of 31 May 1916? Overall, this is a great technical work but it cannot be read without other, more thorough operational accounts handy.

This is a reference book more so than one you read through to gain an understanding of Jutland. Other reviewers have remarked that it is "dry", and the meaning of this word in this context merits explanation.

Campbell's work is about shells impacting ships or water, and their explosive damage in each case where a ship was hit. It is almost entirely devoid of discussion (or even mention!) of who was where, making which decisions based on what information. It is all "what" and little "why".

In other words, very much a reference work on a very narrow (but novel) forensic aspect of this pivotal naval battle. Indeed, you could read this book and come away with the impression that Jutland was about ghost ships steaming about with no one at the helm.

Every recent book on Jutland cites this as a source, and its accuracy and professionalism in cataloging the "'oo killed 'oo" aspects of the battle, but this book is not unchallenged in all that it contains. Andrew Gordon singles Campbell out tellingly on a point of whether the 5th Battle Squadron was taking fire during its belated turn to the North. Given that the handling of this squadron was amongst the most debated elements of the battle, and Campbell's intent was to track every single shellhole, it seems clear from several seemingly indisputable primary accounts cited in Gordon's book that the ships were receiving heavy fire this entire time -- in fact, at least half of the German ships firing were concentrating on them.

This book is a valuable addition to a scholar's library, but is in every case best when combined with other books, given its finely focused topic area. I would offer that Gordon's "The Rules of the Game" is a good companion to this volume in that it focuses on what distinguished Jutland as a battle worthy of study: the men crewing these vessels, the information available to them and what actions they took when so equipped, and the lamentable posturing and blame-laying that took place in the aftermath.

Like many, I have always been fascinated with battleship vs. battleship encounters. Jutland was the last of such "real" capital fleet on fleet battles. Mr. Campbell gives a very matter-of-fact recollection of the incident, including post battle damage. All sides claimed victory in Jutland, but Mr. Campbell allows the reader to form his/her own opinions. A well written book.

The author proclaims this book to be a manual for reconstructionists everywhere. I bought the book, being very excited by the prospect, only to discover it to be a simplified, watered-down version of any book on ancient Greek religion. I think it's great that a practicing reconstructionist has written a book, but the contents don't tell the reader how one can fit this practice into a modern person's daily life. It's basically a summary of myths, heroes, and Gods. It's nothing new to the well-read recon.

This book should be top of the list for any Hellenic Pagan, and also for those who wish to know more about the religion. It is exactly what it claims to be, a beginners guide on Hellenic Paganism covering various concepts as ritual, theology, spirituality and other aspects of Hellenism. The FAQ at the book of the text is an excellent resource for the less well-informed about the religion, and factually the book is spot on and is well referenced. Any pagan knows that all too often information contained in these sort of texts are spurious and deliberately misinterpreted, however this book is very admirable in its adherence to historical correctness and its avoidance of new age & feel good concepts that characterise nearly all other Pagan resources. If you have heard the call of the Olympians at any stage of your life, I highly recommend you read this work.

I was thrilled when a friend had suggested i pick up this book. having wandered my way in an effort to combine Wicca with the Ancient Greek Gods, and being thoroughly disgusted with what i read, i was pleased to find a book which does it's best to tell the reader how the Ancient Greeks worshiped their Gods.

There is a lot to this book. If you are looking for some basic mythology, it's in there. if you want basic values, it's in there. basic ritual, it's in there. holidays, it's in there. diversity of philosophy and religious practice, it's in there. links and other info, it's in there. obviously there are other books, such as Burkert's Greek Religion, which are much more in depth, but that isn't the point of this book. The point of this book is that it is an understandable introduction to Reconstructionist Hellenism. Once one has gone through this book and understands what is contained in it, perhaps s/he will be interested in pursuing Recon Hellenism further.

in response to one review....there is no book which can tell you how to incorporate religion into your daily life. that's your job. these authors can only point you in the right direction....

Heinrich Zimmer: Very knowledgable indologist. The book: Presenting hinduism, buddhism and tantrism in a colloquial way. Main weight is on hinduism which is presented according to the kama, artha, dharma, moksha pattern. The tendency is to eulogize hinduism, which is not typical for an indologist. The author has a good writing style and shows a lot of his knowledge in this book. He could not finish the book during his lifetime, so the part about tantrism had to be completed according to his notes by others. If someone does not like vedanta, the book may seem to be onesided to him. For me, this was just the right side.

After reading both JN Mohanty's Classical Indian Philosophy and Zimmer's Philosophies of India, I definitely favor the later. He exposes the philosophy of India mainly through religion and history, which makes this massive book much more readable than one would expect... that he takes the questionable liberty of associating sankya/yoga, jainism, and buddhism as having a common pre-aryan origin, but it is not made without support, and ultimately has little effect on the quality of the work. Ample quotations from a range of origional documents are provided (vedas, upanisads, bhagavad-gita, buddhist and jain sutras, etc.) Definitely recommended.

The book, of course, is a classic.

Heinrich Zimmer intended this book, and fortunately Joseph Campbell proved the midwife for what would otherwise have been an intellectual stillborn child, due to the former's untimely passing.

My copy was a first edition hardcover: a lovely book to hold and touch.

To my thinking, this book is THE first, (and perhaps final), reference for those interested in the depths and subtleties of the Hindu tradition. I have never found a more accessible and enjoyable read on the broad topic of Indian Spirituality.

The history of Hindu religious development, and the import of its symbols, are nicely embellished throughout with the relevant Sanskrit terminology, which adds a considerable pleasure in the course of the read, especially when Zimmer describes the rich philosophical texture of these terms. One is immediately reminded of the difficult translational passage on leaving the psychologically rich Greek language for our practical, utilitarian English. Zimmer nicely bridges this gap.

Further, the reader is never at a loss to follow the scholarly exposition of ideas.

The presentation nicely dovetails with Campbell's own work in comparative religion and mythology, and for anyone that appreciates his clarity and articulate manner of presentation, or has unhappily fallen back from unsuccessful attempts to appreciate the broad outlines and import of the philosophies of India, this book is simply a gem.

My only proviso is that the book does become mildly tedious toward the middle, as historical minutiae begin to proliferate. Nevertheless, if this topic interests you, be sure to consult Philosophies of India first; it is most certainly an excellent primer.

I have a friend who has been on this diet for 3 weeks and it's not doing a thing for her. She's read to me from the book and I can't believe the hoops these guys have people jumping thru. I think they're a couple of quacks.

As an ank spon sufferer, low starch diets are a tremendous help

Before the great work of Dr. Alan Ebringer at Kings College, London, this fellow--Dr. Giraud Campbell--found the cure using sound scientific methodology. The answers are now clear, and especially for Ankylosing Spondylitis. Breads and starches must be eliminated for the types of bacterial growth they promote within the digestive system. His diet almost totally eliminates starches although he did not know exactly why it worked--in the late '60s.

I have recommended this book to many, and was saddened that it is out of print now, for the information is still urgently needed by sufferers with the honest desire to become EX-sufferers.

Indeed, this book ("Lonely Planet West Africa") did a good job in outlining many of the popular tourist attractions that are located in this Sub-Saharan region of Africa. I also appreciated its details on several tourists' trails, accomodations, means of transportation, and so on. However, I was very disappointed to note that (just like the "Lonely Planet Africa on a Shoestring") this book is full of discouraging comments. Some of the phrases Lonely Planet used in this book are quite offensive.
For sure, most foreigners who travel to (West) African countries are not expecting to see a paradise, but that does not mean that there is no better way of presenting real and imaginary negative thoughts. This book is smeared by terms and phrases, which I consider derogatory to both (West) Africa and (West) Africans. As a result of this, I will never recommend it to anyone until there is a change of heart by Lonely Planet in subsequent editions.

I once said I would never buy a Lonely Planet guide again, so disappointed I was with their Iceland and Greenland book which was poorly researched, inaccurate and full of rabid anti-American rhetoric.

For my trip to Ghana, it was, however, a choice of only three books available: a semiprofessional Bradt's Ghana (not a guidebook really, more an amateurish newsletter), supremely boring Rough Guide or Lonely Planet. I bought them all in the name of research.

I would say Lonely Planet is best of them all, although certain chapters preaching about evil ways of Western capitalism still reek of Lonely Planet's self-appointed role of bettering the world. Quite annoying, really, and in many cases hypocritical, coming from a lean-and-mean profit-making publishing house.

Most facts about travel, eating, accommodation, etc are accurate and well-researched, although as usual information to someone with a bit bigger budget is very fragmented.

They could give more information about useful websites for both ticket booking and accommodation.

Overall, if you are only buying one book for West Africa, this is the one. If you can get two - buy the Rough Guide as well: it may be boring and cultural information reads as if it was written by your local tax office, but you will get many additional addresses and phone numbers.

I really enjoyed this book. I feel it is the best written LP I've ever read (and I've read and traveled with many LP titles). I used the Sénégal section and found the hotel listings current and the maps very accurate. I really liked the special boxes with additional information on dangers, scams, and personal safety. I personally witnessed many things that I had read about in this book, making me ready for would be scam artists. One guy approached me and said "Remember me from the hotel lobby?" I had to keep myself from laughing. I replied back "I think so, which hotel?" and he didn't know what to say. With LP West Africa you will be well prepared to travel in one of the hardest places to travel in the world.

NOTE: The book is 4 years old and the region is even more unsafe now then it was 4 years ago. Be careful when traveling there.