Livro das arvores: Arvores e arvoretas do Sul

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This new Bradt guide to Argentina reflects the resurgence and investment in quality tourism that is taking place in this country of passion and vast wilderness. A full range of must-do travel experiences are featured such as trekking on horseback through the Andes and wildlife excursions around the Valdés peninsula, famed for its penguin colonies and whale-watching. This guide also focuses on the small-scale initiatives for visitors that are mushrooming in Argentina; a couple of the possibilities include taking part in an archaeological dig or wildlife conservation project.

Features include:
>Comprehensive details on Buenos Aires and other cosmopolitan cities
>Where to see wildlife in national parks and lesser-known regions
>Accommodations from ranch stays in the Pampa to downtown Buenos Aires, plus camping and backpacking options
>Everything one needs to know about the tango

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Correct and up to date.......2007-02-10

I went to Argentina in Nov 2006 and this book was very accurate and up to date. Well written and easy to use. My only complaint is that the maps could be better, but once I got to a city, the hotel usually had a better map I could use for free.

Chile & Argentina, 5th: The Bradt Trekking Guide

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Chile & Argentina, 5th: The Bradt Trekking Guide
Tim Burford
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ASIN: 184162036X

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Covers all the options for backpackers and hikers, from whale-watching off the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina to hikes around the Chilean Lake District with its backdrop of waterfalls, thermal pools, volcanoes and glaciers.

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Go do it!.......2006-12-15

The only way to review this book is to go and use it. Field test it. That's why I ordered, of course, so I was predisposed to favor it. Well, it has made my longing to trek in the southern Andes more urgent than ever. I'll review the utility of the book when I get back!

Backpacking in Chile & Argentina (Bradt)

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Backpacking in Chile & Argentina (Bradt)
Andrew Dixon , and Hilary Bradt
Manufacturer: Bradt Travel Guides
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1898323046

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Guide Lite.......2001-08-14

Having spent over 18 months hiking throughout the Chilean park system I looked forward to reading Tim Burford's guide to backpacking and hiking in Chile and Argentina, I was disappointed. I can only comment on parts of the guide that deal with areas of Chile I am familiar with. The far north of Chile is dealt with in 5 1/2 pages and after getting through the usual list of animals to be seen the 5 parks, 7 reserves and 2 national monuments are briefly described as attractive and amazing but very little is said about actual hiking and trekking access or trails. I can assure you there are dozens of well known trails throughout the parks, reserves and national monuments mentioned in the far north section. The three featured hikes in Santiago area are dealt with in a more detailed manner but this area as well as the three featured hikes described in the Araucania section, the five or so in the Chilean Lakes section, the three in the Carettera Austral section and the hikes in the Patagonia section seem to be be more of the same served up in other well known guides - not much new. I would characterize Tim Burford's guide as Chile and Argentina Lite. The maps are sufficient for only the most casual observation. If one is considering some serious hiking and trekking in southern Chile then I would reccomend Clem Lindenmayer's trekking in the Patagonian Andes. The maps are more informative, the information is focused on dealing with trekking and hiking issues and the flora and fauna are presented as an integral part of the life in in the wide open spaces.

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In a mere one thousand days, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy created an entrancing public persona that has remained intact for nearly forty years. Even now, a decade after her death, she remains a figure of enduring-and endearing-interest. Yet, while innumerable books have focused on the legends and gossip surrounding this charismatic figure, Barbara Perry's is the first to focus largely on Kennedy's White House years, portraying a First Lady far more complex and enigmatic than previously perceived.

Noting how Jackie's celebrity and devotion to privacy have for years precluded a more serious treatment, Perry's engaging and well-crafted story illuminates Kennedy's immeasurable impact on the institution of the First Lady. Perry vividly illustrates the complexities of Jacqueline Bouvier's marriage to John F. Kennedy, and shows how she transformed herself from a reluctant political wife to an effective, confident presidential partner. Perry is especially illuminating in tracing the First Lady's mastery of political symbolism and imagery, along with her use of television and state entertainment to disseminate her work to a global audience.

By offering the White House as a stage for the arts, Jackie also bolstered the president's Cold War efforts to portray the United States as the epitome of a free society. From redecorating the White House to championing Lafayette Square's preservation to lending her name to fund-raising for the National Cultural Center, she had a profound impact on the nation's psyche and cultural life. Meanwhile, her fashionable clothes and glamorous hairdos stood in stark contrast to the dowdiness of her predecessors and the drab appearances of Communist leaders' spouses.

Never before or since has a First Lady (and her husband) sparkled with so much hope and vigor on the stage of American public life. Perry's deft narrative captures all of that and more, even as it also insightfully depicts Jackie's struggles to preserve her own identity amid the pressures of an institution she changed forever.

Grounded on the author's painstaking research into previously overlooked or unavailable archives, at the Kennedy Library and elsewhere, as well as interviews with Jacqueline Kennedy's close associates, Perry's work expands and enriches our understanding of a remarkable American woman.

This book is part of the Modern First Ladies series.

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A fascinating account of a fascinating woman.......2006-06-19

Unlike more gosspiy biographies, political scientist Barbara Perry approaches the life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy as a scholar. She writes about the early influences in her life, her role as first lady and the passions and causes that she undertook in her official life. Perry touches on such issues as JFK's infidelity and deftlly handles the criticism leveled at Mrs. Kennedy for, among other things, her spending on her wardrobe and her "francophile" attachments. So while the book doesn't get bogged down in the tawdry details of their personal lives, neither does it ignore them. It's a well-written, well-documented account of a White House that was so different than any other in modern times -- much due, in part, to the youth and flair of Jacqueline Kennedy. For those who want an objective account, this is an excellent read.

Jacqueline Kennedy Through a Different Prism.......2005-05-17

As one of the most charismatic and intriguing women in modern American history, Jacqueline Kennedy has been the subject of numerous books, articles, and even made-for-television movies. Those attempts, however, focused almost exclusively on Mrs. Kennedy's aura of celebrity---until now. Enter Dr. Barbara Perry, the Carter Glass Professor of Government at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. In "Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier," Perry does an outstanding job of telling a familiar story from a scholar's perspective. She provides a highly readable, yet serious examination of Jacqueline Kennedy in the White House.

In researching the glamorous and sometimes enigmatic First Lady, Dr. Perry states that her mission "was to write the first scholarly treatment of her [Kennedy's] work as first lady and filter out the extremes of previous books that range from hagiographic tributes to mean-spirited or sensationalized accounts." That mission was a particularly daunting one in that Jacqueline Kennedy's personal papers and oral history, located in the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, remain closed. Not to be dissuaded, Dr. Perry apparently did exhaustive research into virtually every available primary source. The result is a fascinating, insightful look at a first lady who emerges as a surprisingly assertive, independent, and even bold actor on the White House stage. Jackie, of course, is best known as the driving force in the restoration of the White House, but she was equally influential in the creation of the White House Historical Society, the preservation of Lafayette Square, and support of the arts. Her personl correspondence on these projects is quite revealing, suggesting that she had a clear vision of how the White House, the presidency, and the first family should be presented to the public---and how she attempted to preserve and present her own identity. Professor Perry is especially effective in exploring this area, having previously authored a compelling analysis of the symbolism and imagery of the U.S. Supreme Court and how the court presents itself to the public (see "The Priestly Tribe: The Supreme Court's Image in the American Mind").

Barbara Perry's work is a much-appreciated scholarly addition to the body of literature on Jacqueline Kennedy. Until the Kennedy papers are opened to the public (in about 40 years), it will stand unchallenged as the definitive account for viewing and understanding an American icon inside the White House.

Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady of the New Frontier.(Book Review) : An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly

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Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady of the New Frontier.(Book Review) : An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly
Mary Anne Borrelli
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This digital document is an article from Presidential Studies Quarterly, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 683 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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"This is a story of two battles, a battle to keep out 'the world' and a battle to join it."

She inhabits a place of chaos, cacophony, and dancing light--where physical contact is painful and sights and sounds have no meaning. Although labeled, at times, deaf, retarded, or disturbed, Donna Williams is autistic--afflicted by a baffling condition of heightened sensory perception that imprisons the sufferer in a private, almost hallucinatory universe of patterns and colors. Nobody Nowhere is Donna's story in her own words--a haunting, courageous memoir of the titanic struggles she has endured in her quest to merge "my world" with "the world."

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Autistic Girl Reviewing an Autistic Book.......2007-06-09

If I could describe this book in one word it would be "safe." Donna's world winsomely twinkles, it's no wonder she--and all autistics--find the "real" world terrifying. She describes in childlike trust and a type of naive bluntness her inability to connect with others. Her bluntness is not synonymous with bravado, and that becomes quite clear as she tells of her harrowing childhood. This book is autistic, and beautifully so.

The terror and climax of the book fades in and out, just as she does. In one clip of prose she is talking about her often saddening childhood and in another, fantasms and wisps, or the feel of fingers tapping out a rythym. Five stars and a standing ovation for her dreamy bravery and fighting forthrightness. Anyone who works with an autistic, is an autistic or loves an autistic or even knows an autistic should read this book.

Please enter a title for your review.......2007-01-23

The most revelatory things about her state of mind are her claimed psychic abilities (seeing the future in dreams), an amplified sense of personal space (feeling claustrophic when people came near her or touched her), and a lack of understanding of the purpose of commas and periods in writing (just putting them in at random intervals).
She covers not wanting to be seen as a freak, but acknowledges no motive for human interaction beyond that. She mustn't have been acting dissociative ALL the time, but the book only covers dissociative feelings and as such seems to show an incomplete picture. It's more of an "outsider staring into space" story than an "outsider looking in" story. I was hoping for the latter so maybe I just wasn't attuned to the point of the book.

Absolutely Amazing.......2006-12-28

Written by an autistic, "Nobody Nowhere" is like stepping through the usually-closed-doors of an autistic mind. I am a special needs teacher, and currently work with autistic students. I read this book in one of my first few days, and the insight gained has allowed me to be successful in "getting through" to them.

Not only does she tell her story, but Donna Williams gives examples and explanations for her "autistic behavior": things like hand-flapping, noises, 'stimming', lights, and what each of these behaviors meant or did for her.

I recommend this book to anyone who has an autistic child, friend, student, family member, etc., or just anyone who is interested in finding out more about Autism. Unlike other books out there which speak of Autism in more of a scientific manner, this book is straight-forward, yet conversational in voice. Her following book, "Somebody, Somewhere" is captivating as well.

Eye Opening !.......2006-11-03

This work is truly remarkable. A MUST for anyone who has or knows someone with Autism.....

One tough story more than an insight into autism.......2006-03-05

Well, if you want to get more of an idea of autism, where better than from the autobiography of an autistic woman?

This was partly why I started reading this book, having contact with some kids with autism, and also being aware that it's not an `either/or' dichotomy: all of us are somewhere on a long continuum. However along the way there was so much wild trauma going on with Williams' abusive family and multiple personalities it became very difficult to distinguish what in her life was a result of her autism and what was a refection of circumstances or other complicating psychological conditions. I will be curious to see if there are any Amazon reviews written by autistics and how they reacted. I wouldn't be surprised if, while they are glad to see awareness raised, many would be dismayed to think Donna came to represent a popular image of what autistic people are like (cf. the deaf community dealing with Peter Goldsworthy's Wish).

As a foil, I was quite impressed by Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time', both as an insight into the world of a lead character who is autistic and as a decent fictional story in it's own right. Nobody Nowhere is trying to do something entirely different, although it also has a narrator who's not entirely self-aware. I also note that at least one autistic guy gave enthusiastic praise that one of us `neuro-normals' had got it so right. Still, Haddon's lead character, while having a family with its own difficulties, has nothing on Donna's nightmare.

I suppose the really tricky part for me in this review is that after a while I really got to a point of disliking Donna. A dangerous thing to say: "A-ha - he doesn't like an autistic girl - he must be a bigot." Well, I hope not, and on further reflection I suspect not. Indeed, it's more bigoted to say, "That person is autistic, I must, therefore, like them." Like that nasty self-deceptive patronising racism that says something like, "I just love Mexicans - they're so cute. I love their funny hats and have a couple of CDs of that wonderful guitar music." Donna, like a lot of us, has her problems, many of which are not her own fault. However, we do get shaped by our circumstances, and not always in positive ways - not always in ways that make us good company. So much of Donna's self analysis I found pretty dubious: hey, I don't always understand why I act the way I do - I'm pretty sure that neither does Donna. Sure it's interesting, indeed, primary, to hear her perspective (and you really sympathise with her trying to make sense, to find some explanation for her personal history) - but I found myself often unconvinced.

Particularly hard going were the ubiquitous contradictory actions along the lines of, "I really liked this guy, he was so considerate and I wanted desperately to be with him - so I abused him and forced him to leave." Moreover there is a real contempt for, well, most other people. They can make all sorts of efforts to reach out to Donna, to allow for her, while she treats them horribly, but somehow they are always seen to be at fault:

"I found that people were usually blinded by their own insecurities or egotism or selfishness. People seemed so ignorant in their self-assured black and white conception of `normality'. Every so often, however, someone would wonder whether others had something to learn from me in trying to understand my differentness. Some people could sense the courage it took to teach myself so many things like the music I wrote with such depth and passion."

But if you're looking for blindness stemming from insecurities, egotism or selfishness, strewth, Donna is there for you. Even in this excerpt she unabashedly talks of the depth and passion of her music, elsewhere she's clearly convinced of her intellectual superiority to just about anyone: say, for example, any university lecturer who doesn't recognise her genius.

So, sorry, somewhere around the above quote, about three-quarters of the way through the book I thought to myself: I don't think I'm learning anything much about autism here, and I really don't like hanging around with this confused, arrogant and often unpleasant woman. I bailed.

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Your concept of normality and reality will never be the same after you read this book.
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The book is excellent because it relates to my disability!

Nobody Nowhere
Donna Williams
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ASIN: 0944993818

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   Labeled deaf, retarded, disturbed and insane, Donna Williams lived in a world of her own.  Alternating between rigid hostility and extroversion, she waged what she termed her "war against the world."  She existed in a dreamlike state, parroting the voices of those around her in the hope that they would leave her alone.  Few people understood her, least of all Donna helself.

   It was not until the age of twenty-five that Donna discovered the word- autism- that would at last give her the opportunity to understand herself and begin to build a bridge to join the world as most know it.

   Nobody Nowhere, Donna Williams' extraordinary autobiography, is her heroic attempt to come to terms with autism.  This eloquent memoir reveals a fierce intelligence, great creativity and much humour.  It will shatter many myths and misconceptions.

   The poetic sensibility and extraordinary insights of Nobody Nowhere make it inspiring reading for everyone.

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Your concept of normality and reality will never be the same after you read this book........2005-10-26

At the age of four Donna's main carers are gone when her grandfather dies and her grandmother is sent away. Now, with her surreal and eccentric father basically banned from contact with her, she becomes the possession of a disability-phobic, obsessive, disturbed and alcoholic mother who is determined to play out her own lost childhood and make her seemingly deaf, somewhat 'psychotic' and disturbed idiot daughter a pretty and perfect dancing doll.

But inside of Donna there are other people she has collected along her road to survival; Willie who is like a civil rights activist on steroids and the smiling facade of Carol.

Carol plays the mother's doll to protect the soul of the real Donna. Intertwined with Willie's violent and defensive outbursts and paranoic protection and Donna's often bizarre and quite Autistic responses and behaviours, Carol, behaving like people on TV sit-coms, goes to school,even goes through the motions of 'friends', and develops a broad range of mimicked speech, stored phrases and charicatures, saving Donna from a life in an institution and often from the very real threat of death.

As the teenage years approach Carol and Willie fight it out for control of the body with the real Donna on the sidelines as the lot of them drift into homelessness, poverty and domestic prostitution passed from stranger to stranger.

After an attempted suicide she falls into the care of a psychiatrist and goes on to get a university education. But knowlege is not wisdom and without independence skills, Donna follows a stranger across the ocean where, on arrival, he abandons her to an itinerant bag-lady existance throughout Europe. This second journey begins with a man who will change her life and sense of self forever as she meets and falls in love with a real life 'mirror'with the same challenges as her own and, later faced with the loss of this first deep love, goes on a desperate and dangerous quest to find out 'what kind of mad' she is in the hope there is hope she can change it and as a result finds out she is Autistic; a realisation that ends up changing the entire field of Developmental Disabilities forever.

An international bestseller, in over 17 languages throughout the world, Nobody Nowhere is a moving, gripping, surreal, myth-shattering, sometimes hilarious but ultimately uplifting book and one that will stay with you as one of the most moving and exceptional works you will ever read.

Life, normality and reality will not be the same after you read this book.

amazing.......2000-08-03

This is my favorite book. I read it in less than a day wich is rare for me. Some other books I love are Catcher and the Rye, and The Sound and the Furry. Donna Williams is amazing. This book is amazing.

amazing.......2000-08-03

The book is excellent because it relates to my disability!.......1998-06-11

I think Donna Williams is one of the world's greatest authors. Although she suffers from pervasive developmental disorder, (autism related), she has shown great courage and will be of great benefit in the future for other people with disabilities.

I suffer, myself, from Asperger's Syndrome (I am 23 years old) and I have benefited from Donna's three autobiographies written.

I am trying hard to find information and correspondence with other autistic people like myself; but the process has not been a walover. I recommend reading of the books, from "Nobody Nowhere"(first) to "Like Color to the Blind" (third) because all three books run in sequence.

I have rated Nobody Nowhere a perfect 10!

Adrian Pooley

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Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic.
Williams Donna
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Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

If you like the depths... here is the dipping pool.

A different kind of autobiography

Not Just Anything: A Collection of Thoughts on Paper
Donna Williams
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Not Just Anything is a mosaic of logic, passion and philosophical musings by Donna Williams, sometimes jolting, sometimes moving, often illuminating. In it Donna takes you on a poetic adventure into places past, present and beyond. Often intertwined with the world of autistic experience, her writings divulge with immediacy, a person in the grip of overload and shutdowns, of extreme sensory and emotional highs and passions, of alienation from self, from body and fear of the intensity of emotion, of the struggle to know self, to communicate, to comprehend. At other times, her writing somehow transcends the often assumed limitations of autism, and she dissects so many of the concepts we take for granted, bringing us face to face with our own social constructions of 'reality' and so called 'normality' in a way only Donna can.

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Extra! Extra! Read All About It!.......2007-04-02

This delightful book covers the full gamut of emotions. A myriad of topics ranging from flatulence to world events are covered in this book. This is Donna Williams, uncensored and ready to disclose her brilliant insights and gems of wisdom and humor. Gems like this should put to rest the misperception that people with autism are incapable of seeing beyond the literal and are incapable of using metaphoric language. If you want to climb the mountain into the world beyond the neurotypical, then join us in reading this treasure.

If you like the depths... here is the dipping pool........2005-09-30

From surreal to hilarious, the collection in Not Just Anything is as diverse and disclosing as all of Donna Williams' autobiographical collection put together. From farting to terrorism, from merging with objects to mania, from explorations of psychopathy to celebrations of eccentrics, Donna Williams holds back from nothing here. For anyone who likes to dip into another world, here is the dipping pool.

A different kind of autobiography.......2005-09-16

These poems affected me, touched me, sometimes made me chuckle. They are full of the creativity and inspiration for life that is Donna Williams. In other words, they are another installment in the Donna Williams autobiography series though told episodically, and more sensingly. The book is a journey of feeling, quite an experience.

Nobody Nowhere - The Extraordinary Autobiography Of An Autistic

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Nobody Nowhere - The Extraordinary Autobiography Of An Autistic
Donna Williams
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Nobody Nowhere - The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic
Donna Williams
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Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic
Donna Williams
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Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic.

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