Encounter (Voyager Books)

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When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he discovered were the Taino Indians. Told from a young Taino boy’s point of view, this is a story of how the boy tried to warn his people against welcoming the strangers, who seemed more interested in golden ornaments than friendship. Years later the boy, now an old man, looks back at the destruction of his people and their culture by the colonizers.

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Useful and effective for certain goals.......2006-12-24

This children's book offers several very clear lessons:

1. When you see people with a different skin color, especially people that dress and speak differently, it's OK to mock and ridicule them, because they're not quite human and probably won't understand anyway. It's like making fun of a dog. If you see someone with lighter skin than your own, check to see if they have a tail.

2. It's not enough to make fun of those that are different, however. It is extremely important to drive the sub-humans away by whatever means necessary. Treating them as true humans will only lead you to become less than "truly human" yourself.

3. You should judge people by their skin color, not by their actions. Focus purely on their skin color, language and how they dress, plus any dreams you may have had about them.

Let me be clear - I agree that what was done to native Americans was wrong. If this book taught about that, I would gladly buy it for my children. But this book does NOT argue that the white-skinned sub-humans should have been judged by their actions, or that all people have basic, fundamental rights that should be respected.

The boy in the story is condemning the Spanish based purely on the fact that their skin, clothing and language are different, and argues that they should be driven away for that reason alone (well, plus the boy had a bad dream!). As an old man, he says that his own people are no longer 'true humans', not because of slavery but because they have begun to speak and dress like the sub-humans. People should be judged by their appearance, and those that are different should be exiled to prevent contamination.

The book is beautifully illustrated and written in a way that will be attractive to children. If you're trying to teach your children to be more racist, this book will be a useful and effective tool.

Ignorance Does Not Make Columbus Evil.......2006-12-08

What I like about this book is that it gives the story of Columbus from another perspective, that of the natives. What I don't like is that the pictures portray Columbus as being evil, when I think he might have just been ignorant. He did not deliberately harm the natives. In fact, this comes from Columbus' own diary- "I want the natives to develop a friendly attitude toward us because I know that they are a people who can be made free and converted to our Holy Faith more by love than by force." He also made sure that his men took nothing from the natives without trading something in return. Columbus believed these people were being taken as slaves from others in nearby islands and thought he was helping them by converting them to Christianity and taking them back to Europe. This was ignorance on his part, not bad intentions. If this book is used with school-aged children, I would say to introduce it no earlier than grade three or four.

Point of View.......2006-11-10

This simply wriiten picture book give the Columbus visit from a different viewpoint.

encounter.......2006-05-25

this book is about when christopher colmbus came to america and first met the natives. It shows that they white explorers wernt really that great, and were not kind to the natives. I think that this book is ok, beacuse it shows the cruelty of the englsih exploers.

Not for childern........2006-05-16

This book was very descriptive. It had a theme, and stuck to it. It is historically correct, but I don't think it's appropriate for younger kids. This book talks about dieases, and losing one's home and family. It's good for those kids in Kindergarden, but even then, that's pushing it. Overall, it's an okay book.

1492 : Discovery, Invasion, Encounter : Sources and Interpretations (Sources in Modern History Series) (Sources in Modern History Series)

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1492 : Discovery, Invasion, Encounter : Sources and Interpretations (Sources in Modern History Series) (Sources in Modern History Series)
Marvin Lunenfeld
Manufacturer: D.C. Heath
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ASIN: 066921115X

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Both European and Native American viewpoints appear throughout this volume. An introductory essay, "The World in 1492," places the subject in a global context; "Discovery" deals with the background to Columbus's epic first voyage and narrates the journey itself; "Invasion" examines the immediate consequences of Columbus's voyage for the invaders and the invaded; and "Encounter" considers the idea of Old and New Worlds and the reaction of each hemisphere's peoples to each other.

Empire and Others: British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples, 1600-1850 (Critical Histories)

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Empire and Others: British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples, 1600-1850 (Critical Histories)

Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press
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National Geographic Guide to Family Adventure Vacations: Wildlife Encounters, Cultural Explorations, and Learning Escapes in the U.S. and Canada

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Just What We Were Looking For
Don't judge this book by its cover!
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A Great Guide for truly novel vacations!!!

National Geographic Guide to Family Adventure Vacations: Wildlife Encounters, Cultural Explorations, and Learning Escapes in the U.S. and Canada
Candyce H. Stapen
Manufacturer: National Geographic
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ASIN: 079227590X
Release Date: 2000-05-01

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You and your children of any age can learn to play toe-tapping fiddle tunes, join in a Hawaiian luau, go dogsledding in the North Woods, sleep in a hogan on a Navajo reservation, take a polar-bear safari, or cross the prairie in a wagon train. These are just a few of the more than 300 exciting learning vacations this guide presents.

* Author Candyce H. Stapen, who reports for Expedia, AOL's Family Travel Network, and FamilyFun, Vacations, and Child magazines, is an award-winning writer and expert on family travel.
* Tips with each entry give parents the sort of insider information that makes family vacations a success.
* Regional maps pinpoint every site in the guide.

USE THIS BOOK TO...

* Find an anchor, or main focus, for a multi-day vacation with your family.
* Add the fun of a day outing to a family vacation, a resort or condominium stay, a visit with relatives, or a business trip with the kids.
* Act as a guide to great but little-known day trips, inexpensive outings, and overnights offered by museums, aquariums, and zoos in your city and neighboring towns.

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Just What We Were Looking For.......2002-11-07

This book gives you just enough information to help you to plan a great family vacation. They give you places and numbers to call to get more information on some great trips accross the country. For a busy parent who wnats to get more bang out of their short vaction this is a must have. We love the book.

Don't judge this book by its cover!.......2002-04-29

As the mother of two active and intellectually curious boys, I was so disappointed with this National Geographic book that I am sorely tempted to return it to the publisher. My aim: to find some suggestions for hikes in the White Mountains and family resorts in New Hampshire for this summer and an exciting, wilderness approach to seeing the West for next summer. The cover: a healthy, athletic father and son, in a kayak on a pristine lake. The subtitle: wildlife encounters, cultural explorations and learning escapes in the US and Canada. The inside: Connecticut's only entry is an Indian museum at the Mohegan Sun gambling casino; four of Massachusett's five entries are museums in downtown Boston and the fifth a small recreation of the Plymouth Colony; New York's six entries include three museums in New York City, two adult continuing education programs in upstate NY and a weekend workshop on Indian culture in the Catskills. I could go on ,but it would only bore you. In short, every entry I read (and I quote only those states I am familiar with) could have been found in literally any run- of -the- mill (free) guidebook found in any hotel loby, restaurant or Chamber of Commerce office. (SeaWorld and Busch Gardens in Florida?? Give me a break!). I implore you to save your money and pass on this book!

Fun with the family.......2000-10-04

Stapen's book on family adventure travel is one of the best of its kind. Our family was looking for new types of vacations (other than the usual places like DisneyWorld, the beach, etc) that would cater to children of different ages. We are looking forward to trying out several of the recommendations, such as a night at the zoo, space camp, dogsledding, llama trekking and exploring native american culture. The writeups are well done and the book is very enjoyable. A must for families. I am over 50 but could not put that in Box 5 for some reason .

copied and pasted from somewhere.......2000-09-04

This book is a real dissapointment. There is no 'adventure' here. It's just a list of museums from around the country. Now these are nice museums, but perusing the AAA Tourbooks will give you the same information for free. This books is a waste of money.

A Great Guide for truly novel vacations!!!.......2000-08-27

This guide was a wonderful breath of fresh air. As parents of a 14 yr old we were really tired of the same old vacations and really had no idea that exploring North America could be so interesting. Our family used this book as a guide on a recent trip to Montana and South Dakota. It was a terific trip--from the Blackfeet tours to Little Big Horn to Lakota Pony Rides, we truly had a unique experience. Ms. Stapen's guide helped us navigate and explore the most interesting sites these states had to offer. The guide was very informative, especially pointing out those places that are "kid friendly". The book was even helpful in pointing out certain tours not especially suited for kids.---ie. the tour at Little Bighorn. While this did not stop us from going on tour, it did prepare us for the " are we finished yet" complaints of our 14 yr. old. I highly recommend this guide for anyone considering vacationing anywhere in the U.S. From the Pacific Northwest to the East Coast and throughout Canada, this book will help you if you are truly looking for a different type of vacation. I urge anyone to consult this guide---- it will open up a whole new world!

The Museum at the End of the World: Encounters in the Russian Far East

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The Museum at the End of the World: Encounters in the Russian Far East
Alexia Bloch , and Laurel Kendall
Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press
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ASIN: 0812218787

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A little over a century ago the American Museum of Natural History launched its ambitious Jesup North Pacific Expedition to learn more about the peoples inhabiting the remote easternmost extension of Siberia and the northwest coast of North America. In The Museum at the End of the World: Encounters in the Russian Far East, anthropologists Alexia Bloch and Laurel Kendall tell the story of their journey through this same part of the world in 1998, retracing the old expedition as they link the expedition legacy of artifacts, photographs, and archival material from the museum in New York to the present-day descendants of its subjects.

Contrasting the time of the Jesup expedition with their own travel, the authors reveal a physical and cultural landscape that was profoundly shaken over the past century, first by Soviet control and then by that empire's unraveling. The Museum at the End of the World is not the story of a heroic adventure but rather a series of conversations about Siberian culture with museum workers, native scholars, performers and artisans, and a great variety of ordinary people. They reveal a strong concern about past legacies, cultural preservation, and their uncertain future as they struggle to reinvent themselves.

The authors' combination of travelers' curiosity and professional inquiry provide a compelling portrait of life in the Russian Far East and a meditation on the fate of culture and tradition in the face of hard economic times and sudden autonomy after decades of state control.

Culture Contact in the Pacific: Essays on Contact, Encounter and Response

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Culture Contact in the Pacific: Essays on Contact, Encounter and Response
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ASIN: 0521422841

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The authors have brought together a collection of works from specialists in Pacific History from across Australia and throughout the Pacific. The individual contributions were specifically written to meet the needs of senior history courses in Australia. Max Quanchi and Ron Adams are well-known educationists who have specialised in the pacific. They have extensively travelled and studied in the Pacific and have spent many years teaching history to secondary and fertiary students. The result is an authoritative text for all senior History and Australian Studies students who need to understand the Pacific region.

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Lonely Minds in the Universe
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Based on our current scientific understanding of the Universe, the possibility of extraterrestrial life is discussed, summarizing cosmic, chemical and biological evolution. What we now know of the Universe suggests that life is common and extraterrestrial intelligent life is a possibility.

The problem of searching for extraterrestrial intelligent beings is often reduced to radiotelescope technology or the possibility of decoding a possible message. In many cases the idea of ETIs is loaded with anthropomorphism. The author discusses problems such as: what is intelligence? What is consciousness? Should we expect ETIs to be conscious beings and other philosophical issues. The future perspectives for humankind opened by long range spaceflight are also examined and the possibilities of true contact with other intelligent beings are considered.

At the heart of this book is an examination of the viability of future astronautics which would enable closer human contact with ETI than through radio messages taking thousands of years to reach their destination. The possibility of faster-than-light space travel is considered.

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Six million dollar man #5: The rescue of Athena

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Six million dollar man #5: The rescue of Athena
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Making Contact: A Serious Handbook For Locating And Communicating With Extraterrestrials
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"When THEY land be ready, don't panic, and take notes." Making Contact is your alien landing handbook, complete with case studies, cautionary tales, diagrams, and guidelines for interplanetary contact. Tongue in cheek? Nope. This book is for real, aimed at preventing disaster when we first encounter extraterrestrials. Editor Bill Fawcett explains in the introduction: "There will be no more important event in our lifetime, perhaps in the history of the human being, than the first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization." From how to talk to ETs to alien first aid, experts in astronomy, UFOs, and biology tell you how to have a positive close encounter. Read this book and be prepared.

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THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO MEETING THE UNIVERSE'S UNEXPECTED VISITORS
Now you can prepare yourself for alien contact with this first and only guide for UFO watchers that shows you where to go, what to look for, and how to initiate contact with extraterrestrials.

Bringing together the most up-to-date information available, editor Bill Fawcett gives us a fascinating and practical handbook chock-full of opinions and advice from leading scientist, UFO researchers, and extraterrestrial life exerts. An invaluable reference on how to conduct a positive--and mutually rewarding--encounter with our neighbors from beyond the stars, MAKING CONTACT examines all possible levels of contact and details the potential hazards involved in a human-to-E.T. meeting.

HERE IS YOUR HANDY, ACCESSIBLE GUIDE THAT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON: what to carry with you at all times in readiness for alien contact E. T, first aid alien body types and spacecraft profiles intriguing case studies solar and terrestrial maps --everything you'll need when you come face-to-face with the unexpected.

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Fascinating and Informative.......2000-10-23

For any UFO enthusiast, this is the best 5 bucks you will ever spend. I bought this book because of a gift certificate, and accidentally discovered perhaps the best kept secret on Amazon. It is full of intriguing history and speculation from extremely intelligent scientists and researchers.

The title is misleading. This book is a composite of essays about UFO contact. Some are deliberately written for the purpose of aiding a contactee. The rest are speculative essays on everything from possible extraterrestrial anatomy to potential historical impact. All of them are well supported, logical, and fascinating.

I honestly don't give five stars often, but this book deserves it. If nothing else, five dollars for a hardcover book is a great deal!

ive seen better.......1998-11-26

ive seen a much more accurate book in my public library. this book did detail some things i was wondering about and the writiing was clear and concice so 3 stars.

Jonathan Vos Post's and David Brin's chapters superb!.......1998-03-04

There are chapters, essays, and appendices by a number of talented writers. Perhaps the most fascinating contributions are by Jonathan Vos Post and David Brin, former classmates at Caltech, who are now both well-known scientists and authors. Is it just a coincidence that Brin wrote "The Postman?" These two scientist/science fiction authors draw on a range of literature in SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), linguistics, anthropology, and the many works of fiction on the subject. A handsome acid-free paper book that just might change history if the person who first meets an extraterrestrial has read the contents and taken them seriously.

First Encounters: Spanish Explorations in the Caribbean and the United States, 1492-1570 (Columbia Quincentenary Series, 500)

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First Encounters: Spanish Explorations in the Caribbean and the United States, 1492-1570 (Columbia Quincentenary Series, 500)
Jerald T. Milanich
Manufacturer: University Press of Florida
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