Blind Chance: David Faucheux's Audio Web Log
Thursday, January 27, 2005
The Kingdom of Hawaii--through young eyes
Kaiulani: The People's Princess, RC 57440, by Ellen Emerson White.Princess Kaiulani begins her diary in 1889 in Oahu as she learns her
royal duties in preparation for leading the Hawaiian people. At thirteen she is sent to England to study. Meanwhile rebel Americans conspire to make the islands their own. For grades 5‑8. 2001.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar: A book review
Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar, RC 57299, by Peter Macinnis and read by Bill Wallace Sample quote: "If we need sweetness in our food, perhaps, we should seek other ways of finding it; because right now our joint human sweet tooth looks set to cause a nasty absyss in the environment."
Also see Raising Cane, freelance writer Patricia Gannon's sugar story in the Dec. 22, 2004 issue of the Times: Acadiana's Weekly Newspaper, in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Yep, they do sugar in Louisiana. All is not sweetness about the Central American Free Trade Agreement--which would knock down sugar tariffs, aiding consumers but costing local jobs.
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For those interested in reading a fictionalized account of the 5th or 6th century circumnavigation of Africa, see the following:
Fleet surgeon to Pharaoh, RC 12129
Fleet surgeon to Pharaoh, RC 12129
Historical novel about the first sea voyage that takes place in the sixth century B.C. when a Phoenician fleet sails from Egypt around Africa. The central character is a Jewish physician and priest, who goes to Egypt to learn more about the art of medicine after the death of his wife.
