During a summer in college, I travelled around South America, and spent a good deal of time backpacking and exporing northwestern Bolivia, following overgrown Inca Trails and taking boats up into the deep jungle and mining country.

I had heard about Fawcett's adventures during my travels, and I was delighted to find out that the book surpassed my expectations when I finally got the chance to read it.

Fawcett worked for the British government (the Royal Geographic Society, I believe), and was sent to the Brazillian-Bolivian frontier in the early 20th century to server as an impartial third party in a border dispute.

The book, written by his son who went on to become a railroad expert in Peru, is a chronicle of that trip and his later adventures into the South American wilderness in search of a lost city he believed to exist.

Fawcett kept great journals, and his descriptions of the time are fascinating. Having travelled in this area, I can say that Fawcett's descriptions are dead on, and for anyone looking for a true frontier adventure in the early 21st century, not a whole lot has changed in the past 100 years.

'Brazillian Adventure' by Peter Fleming (the brother of James Bond author Ian Fleming) is the semi-comic story of a British journalist who went on a search for Fawcett several decades after the former disappeared in the early 1920's (the date might be slightly off).

It's great to see that this book has finally been put back in print. A true gem.

A true boys own adventure, the quintessential English explorer in his own words. This was written by his son Percy based on the journals and correspondence of his father. Deatils all his expeditions in South America, his views on the lost cities of Brazil, Peru & Boliva and much much more. It has it all!

A while back there was a program on TV called The Human Experience. It would weekly study and report on aspects of being human and living. One of the episodes was on alternative medicine and psychic healing. One of the subjects reported on was Dr. Fritz(Rubens Faria) of Brazil. To say I was stunned by what I saw would not describe what I observed. I watched as he did a bloodless surgery on a man to remove a bullet from close to his spine. There was no anesthesia given, no apparent pain, only a pair of sissors for tools. The patient was fully alert, sitting upright in a packed waiting room thru the whole operation. Amazingly, Dr, Fritz got the bullet and stitched up the man in about 1 minute total time. The patient got up,answered a few questions from the American film crew and left. There were several US doctors who had come with the TV crew to oberve Dr. Fritz and they appeared to be as stunned as I was.What they and I saw was inexplainable. Dr. Fritz continued to see more than 1000 patients that day(one thousand that's right).Several needed and received these bloodless/painless speed surgeries.It's easy to be skeptical of Dr. Fritz and it's easy to be captivated by his psychic medical powers. But it's not easy to explain or understand this phenomenon. To see such an operation done in a filthy Brazilian warehouse with a pair of sissors and no anesthesia, no pain,no blood and the patient appears cured, what can be said. But there is a grim side to Dr. Fritz...anyone who undertakes these powers( the most noted currently is Rubens Faria) knows he will die a violent death.Curious. You would think that there would be more information on Dr. Fritz but such is not the case. That defunct TV show, this book, and Faria's own book is about it. This book is not written with a strong academic search for truth. But enough first hand information is presented to make this book a worthwhile read.

An amazing account of the medical work of Dr. Fritz: a German surgeon from WWI who has incarnated in human form five times to demonstrate miraculous healing abilities in ordinary people, most recently a computer engineer named Rubens. Maki originally went to Brazil in the hopes of debunking Dr. Fritz but became completely convinced that the phenomena is real: over one million people have been treated by Fritz, including cancer patients had been previously deemed terminally ill. The book attests to the reality of the hidden realms of energy and spirit that constitute and interact with our physical bodies. The epidsodes documented in the book also confirm our ability to use life-energy creatively and constructively. The Dr. Fritz phenoenon defies reason and that is why it so important for us to come to terms with it.

I thought the book was wonderful. It dealt with suicide in a way that allowed children to read and understand it. It was also interesting to read for a person of my age, and I am a high school senior. I still love the book. I've had it since I was 8 years old. I love it and would recomend it to anyone.

While this is marketed as a book for children, it is a brilliant study in friendship, suicide and art - a book that easily enjoyed by adults as well. The premise is that an eleven year old boy finds his adult friend dead - he hears/has heard from his friends tales of political imprisonment, of a refound first love, and of art. Out of this he tries to sort out the "why" of his "Friend the Artist's" death.

This exploration is carried out with brillant images - images of the emotional content of colors, dream images of three people sharing a continuous costume, and the boy's litany of "why's". This exploration has no missteps - it is an excellent piece of writing.

TR's 1913-1914 expedition down the River of Doubt (subsequently renamed Rio Teodoro in his honor, and later Rio Roosevelt) is an astonishing piece of history - one often refered to in passing by other TR biographers, but not often fully explored, as it here. Author Ornig tells an exciting tale well, from the multitudious details of planning and executing a massive exploring expedition in the early 20th century, to vivid portraits of the characters involved. This book would be a wonderful companion for any adventure traveller (or even armchair adventurers).

Best of all, Ornig is no run-of-the-mill TR hagiographer (and there are plenty of them out there), nor is he interested in taking unfair potshots at the great man (plenty of those folks out there, too). Ornig simply relates events as they occured, and doesn't care a whit whether they cast TR in a favorable or unfavorable light: TR was a poor shot (due to his poor eyesight) and became grumpy and embarassed when he missed easy targets. TR was delighted with the impact on his waistline when the expedition was forced to subsist on reduced rations -- and argued against the restoration of full rations even though others were suffering. Do these facts detract from the TR legend, or add to it? I have never been a fan of Marble Men, and found that I loved TR even more after glimpsing some of his human flaws in MY LAST CHANCE TO BE A BOY. No student of TR should be without this volume.

Ornig provides the first detailed account of one of the most exciting adventure stories of the 20th century -- Theodore Roosevelt's exploration of the River of Doubt in Brazil's Amazon. The story is more incredible when you think that Roosevelt was a 55-year old former President at the time of the expedition. As we approach the 100th anniversary of Roosevelt's presidency, and as we consider our relationship with the earth, it is worth taking another look at this great outdoorsman. Ornig weaves together the political and diplomatic origins of the expedition and how Roosevelt, his son Kermit, and the rest of the expedition got much more than they bargained for. There's murder, there's drowning (and a question of whether Kermit Roosevelt was accountable), there's frustration, and there's a former President on the brink of death. After you read it, you'll want to read Roosevelt's account, "Through the Brazilian Wilderness." You'll enjoy that one too

A very concise and succinct summary of race relations, their origins, and history in a very objective manner with numerous references to other credible sources. It also points the way to controlling the expression of racism at all social levels.

By comparing and contrasting the two separate, though similar contries, Degler not only provides a world class history of the institution of slavery in both countries, but forces the reader to examine their own prejudices in the matter. Perhaps it is the best book written upon the subject, and is a valuable addition to historians, socialogists, and anyone interested in understanding the difficulties of overcoming discrimination.

In a country where the corruption is rewarded with the impunity, to find courageous citizens that face the power it is not easy. In this book, the author of the famous sentence " if this ends in pizza it will be the end of the country " (sentence that uttered during CPI of Collor-PC and it was famous in the whole country and until today it is used when it is wanted to say that some thing that she are investigating will end in anything), it counts, in way simple, direct and involving, all the maneuvers of the famous and unlucky " Operação Uruguai " - the false loan contract that Collor said to have done to justify the millionaire expenses peculiar of the whole family, in the gardens of the House of Dinda, where they lived. With that maneuver, wrought in the president's close friend office, Alcides from Santos Diniz, Collor played your last cartada, in the hope of finally to CPI that investigated the acts of corruption denounced by your brother, Pedro Collor of Mello. It is a touching and extraordinary report, a historical document, extraordinary for who wants to understand the back stages of the power under a simple citizen's optics - a secretary that witnessed step the step the staging of that farce that ended up denouncing to the nation, being a fact that was decisive in president Collor's impeachment. The book, edited in 1993 by the Publisher Eye Of water, has 103 pages and it was indicated for the Prize Land turtle of Literature (the largest prize of the Brazilian literature), in the Political category, being in third place. It is obligatory reading in the courses of Secretariat and Journalism, when it opened an interesting discussion on the limits of the professional ethics. The secretary's attitude was a divisor of waters in the profession and today the profession is discussed before and after Sandra's attitude, while professional and citizen. The book has a reading stimulating, attractive and touching. Extraordinary. Recommended it all those that believe that will still be able to live in a world of more honesty, dignity and social justice.

The underground history of the outline Collor-PC, that took to former-president Fernando Collor de Mello impeachment won an important document: the book THE Instant of the Farce - Operação Uruguai, that was written by Oliveira's secretary Sandra Fernandes, that became one of the principal witness of CPI after detonating Operação Uruguay's farce, an alibi set up at the office of your boss, the president's close friend, disassembling Collor's defense and your gang. In the middle of the year of 1991, Sandra was secretary of the company ASD Empreendimentos and Participations, of property of Alcides from Santos Diniz. Sandra ended up testifying the assembly of the plot you/he/she intended to save the president of the impeachment. Author of the sentence " If this ends in pizza, it will be the end of the country ", sentence that was famous in the whole country and that it fell in the public domain, to " end in pizza " means " to fall through, as it is what it usually ends up happening with the great thieves of the white collar, the mobsters and the corrupt politicians of Brazil, that end if benefitting with the impunity that reigns at the country. Sandra's book is an indignation hymn and of hope. In the opinion of one of the most famous Brazilian intellectuals, died in 2000, until then president of the Brazilian Association of Press, journalist Barbosa Lima Sobrinho wrote in the fourth book cover: " The exercise of the citizenship in Brazil, he/she has been having, along your history recent, few examples as what gave us Sandra Fernandes of Oliveira. Your deposition and your courage, in decisive moment, when so many witness if they silenced, they are a homage to the dignity of the Brazilian people". Sandra, that was called woman -courage ", was 42 years old and you/he/she went by your first pregnancy. They are 16 chapters and 104 pages of pure emotion and suspense: when he/she began to distrust of the assembly of the farce in that office; the risk of being picked in the act searching drawers in search of proofs incriminate ; the anguish between to denounce your bosses and to finish being connivent or to follow your conscience, denouncing everything; the discussions with your husband, that feared for your risk pregnancy; the decision of testifying; the repercussion of your deposition in the press; Collor's parliamentarians defenders' lowering glances during your deposition; the threats for telephone to your family before, during and after the deposition.It is a detailed history of a very delicate personal decision, the one of testifying to CPI that dropped the president. With your courage, Sandra helped to change the recent history of the country. With your attitude, it placed in discussion the limits of the professional ethics for the secretaries. It is a sincere and touching report, that it is worthwhile to be read. True citizenship class. O book (the sandra history) it is selected for the route of a film on the 10 years of the impeachment and it should be in the screens of the Brazilian movies in the year of 2002.

I was given this cookbook as a present by my Brazilian mother-in-law. It is truly a great cookbook, even though (I must be honest) I rarely cook from it. My husband (in spite of being half Brazilian-with Brazil having the world's longest continuous coastline) doesn't like fish. This book is fairly heavy on fish and seafood, as it should be.

Ofélia, a kind of Julia Child of Brazil wrote this masterpiece about brazilian cookery as the book of her life.
Recipes are fantastic and easy to do , pictures and lay out are simply wonderful.
You really will have a taste of Brazil with this book

This book was a great blend of fact and fiction. Out of Many Waters is the story of a young girl in the Portugese Inquisition. Isobel Ben Lazar and her sister Maria were taken from their home in Portugal to a monastery in Brazil. At the time of the story, Isobel is twelve and Maria is sixteen. When the sisters are chosen to accompany two friars on their journey to Recife, Maria comes up with an escape plan. The sisters are Jewish, and they want to escape to Amsterdam, where they believe their parents are. The sisters board different ships bound for Amsterdam, and this story follows Isobel throughout her journey. Isobel hides under a longboat for several days, until the sailors on the ship discover her. She joins a band of Jewish colonists who are escaping the Inquisition. Though Isobel is a fictional character, the Jewish families she travels with are actual people. This story was a terrific blend of fact and historical fiction, a story of finding your inner self and stepping out to show your true beliefs.

"Out of Many Waters" is one of those rare books that combines historical authenticity with a great story. The main character is well-developed and her adventures are exciting. A great read that just happens to be educational!

This book is a great help in deciphering Brazilian customs and subtle cues. I would also recommend "A History of Brazil" and "The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and the Popular Music of Brazil" as essential works that also give vital background.

Culture shock is sometimes taken for granted, however to be cosmopolitan, is to have experienced a culture shock and being able to fully utilize it to your own benefit. Brazil is one of these places in the world were the unwritten rules are as important as the air you breath, if you intend to successfuly journey through this country, it is imperative that you learn about the culture, the history and the economy. Yet the most precious commodity you can come accross, is a friend... Because doors will be open to you in ways you've not yet experienced before. This book is a friend.

Interesting and of great use to all those concerned both about poverty and the decline of urban life

Donaldo's surname is of Spanish origin and is spelled Macedo. Not Scottish - as in Mac Edo!!!!!