My name appears as the last entry on the page of women inmates infected with HIV (aka Francine Rodriquez). The ACE program helped me to be where I am today. I was an ACE staff member during the years of 1996-2000. That program, along with: the inmate women, inmate ACE staff member, civilan supervisors and prison administration helped me become the woman I am today. Today I work in Amethyst Women's Project which is a crisis intervention/referral service. In this agency I work as a HIV educator/outreach worker, facilitator of Women's HIV Support Group and I work in the feild of substance abusers. My life is complete today. It was behind those walls where I was able to grow and to face many of my life issues that kept me from moving on and giving myself a better life. When I was paroled in 2000 I left behind many women whose lives have touched mine as I have touched theirs. A few of my friends have sentences that range from` 15, 20, 25 yrs. to life. Those women are not only doing time they are also living and fighting the HIV virus that resides within them. I made it out alive--not many will. The voices of those women deserve to be heard for there are many. I am just one....

What a wonderful idea and help for all women. Now will anyone here them? It sounds like a good idea but will anyone in this world here anything from the women in prison? Do we still stoop so low that we do not honor a women in prison and the help about aids is invaluable. How can we get this out into the public? Will the health of our country be changed if we hear their voices? I want people to hear there voices and make them credible. We need the knowledge and the pain and suffering which these women have to put up with and poor health care could break your heart. Many times women do things against others not for the same reasons men do, but for lack of money and a place to live. Many times they must have food for there children and diapers for there little ones, that is the heart of being a women. Sometimes things happen and they are sent to prison. Many times they already have aids but remember it was given to them by men! How can we as a group help them and hear there voices? Think of that! They are alive even in the worst conditions so I think whatever knowledge they have it should be brought out to the schools, to the radio, to the tv etc. We need to know.

This is a really fine & useful cookbook. As the full title says, it features recipes from Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory. Calories are a good thing in the frozen North, so this is definitely not a diet cookbook. That said, there are plenty of recipes which do not put consumers at risk of instant heart attack.

There are a number of real gems in here, including a lot of special breakfast dishes among the recipes, as one might expect from a book representing a lot of B&Bs. Many of them can be put together the night before and just cooked in the morning (Heavenly French Custard, Freezer French Toast, a wide variety of Strata recipes) and most of them would be really great for a Sunday brunch.

My current nomination for the best recipe in the book is Halibut Surprise, p. 134. I've made this for a number of potlucks since I found it. The first time EVERY adult at the meal asked for the recipe. Since then it's just been the ones who haven't already gotten it from me. This is an incredibly easy recipe to make, you can use halibut, salmon, shrimp, or crab (fresh king crab is awesome), and people will think you are an amazing cook. You can put it together before guests arrive; it doesn't need to be hovered over while cooking -- all in all, great for entertaining. Probably worth buying the book just for that!

A lot of the recipes feature local specialities, but only of the sort which can be obtained in local supermarkets in the Lower 48 (I'm not saying it'll be just as good as using fresh halibut or Copper River reds, folks, but it will still be good). Unlike most Alaska cookbooks, this one has no recipes for moose or caribou. About the only ingredient that might be hard to find is fiddlehead ferns, but they can be mail ordered in cans if you can't get fresh.

i had just bouht this book from amzaon.com and i though it was amazing. the detail the intrest. it seemed like the author was really into whoopu for he explaied her very well. if you are thinking of getting this book i wil reasure you it is awesome! o now have a new respect for whoopi for i know now what she has gone threw.

HAVING OUR SAY by Sarah L. Delany and Elizabeth Delany with AmyHill Hearth is a great book that describes an american black familythat lived in the l9 and 20 centuries.It is about the problems they found, their fights, their life.Finally this book shows us the history at racism between black and white people in those centuries.Also this book brings to us an important history of american culture. This book talks about two sisters, sadie and Bessie who lived in Raleigh, North Corolina,on the campus of St. Augustine's college with their parents. I liked to read this book and I recommend it to everybody who wants to know about American Black History. END

Having Our Say is a remarkable book written by Sadie and Bessie Delany that details their lives over a hundred year period.

Bessie and Sadie grew up in a large family on the campus of Saint Augustine's school in Raleigh, North Carolina during the 90s. They led sheltered lives; Sadie was quiet and well mannered whereas Bessie was very quick to anger and opinionated. They were also very intelligent women who were taught early on to aim high. In a time when most people did not go to school beyond high school, Bessie and Sadie received college degrees. Bessie became the second black woman to practice dentistry in New York.
Sadie became the first black home economics teacher in a New York high school. The Delany sisters spoke their minds, and what they give the reader is a story of pure American history.

This autobiography is filled with stories about racism and how it affected their lives. Sadie and Bessie lived together for over a hundred years. Although the sisters are deceased, their story and words of wisdom live on in the hearts and minds of readers.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in American History. This book is the best history book I've read and the pictures in the book make the story come alive.

Reviewed by Dorothy Cooperwood

The lives of Sadie and Bessie Delany, the main characters of the book, show American history over 100 years. Personaly, the book was fascinating, with stories made new from the two sister's memories, all in a book. The stories range from simple life, to great hardship. The rascism shown by Bessie may be offensive to some, but who can blame her after her seeing the horrors of Jim Crow laws for so long, and she was even considered 'sheltered!'

Looking over reviews, it is plain to see that either people like the book emensly, or believe it is emensly boring. This is probably what it will be like for the reader of this review. Be warned of this. The simple stories can touch the soul of some, and do nothing for another. If the simple, fun things of life please you, the things that have daily humor, then this book will be a joy for you to read. If you desire action, hanging suspense, and the reader who just wants to peek at the end, then this book will be as boring as ever. Choose wisely to read this book or not, you could be sorry either way.

Overall, the book gives a clear, first-person perspective of 100 years of American History, which is probably why it's so interesting. The first-person perspective gives a view of daily American History that is near impossible, if not impossible, to find, another reason the book is wonderful in both a good read sense, and a literature sense.

Although it is suggested for children ages 4-8, I often use this book for projects about countries around the world. The stories are descriptive with wonderful illustrations. Whoopi Goldberg is not the illustrator, but wrote the introduction for the book. The illustrations were done by many different people.

I took this out from the library and it was great! I liked the illustrations too. They were nice and colorful. I like hearing stories from around the world.

Kotlowitz captures the essence of life in government housing. This book is a painfully wonderful read. Glorious and uplifting at times, wrenching and frustrating at others. This book should be required text for anyone claiming to be a represenative of the "people". I wish George Bush would read and understand how policy truly affects people. After reading this book, anyone who claims that poverty is not a form of violence should seek professional help.

For those readers who have commented that this book is boring, I have one question....is the existence of this type of devasting poverty boring and insignificant to your partiticular life? This is not a ficitional story of the hardships and struggles of the River's family; rather, it is a harsh reality that exists in our country, one of which we turn our backs and close our eyes to daily. This book is touching only if you understand and acknowledge the facts that perpetuate poverty and welfare-denpendency in the United States. I believe that the readers who comment on LaJoe's laziness are truly portraying their ignorance and stupidity in their comments. In my opinion, this book paints a vivid picture, too vivid for some, of the America that most people do not want to see. My advice for others- read this book because you will be shocked a horrified at our "land of the free." Are those in poverty truly free or are they drowning in a world that smothered them to begin with?

"There are No Children Here" is a book, in my opinion, that is good for the soul. While reading it you realize that things in your life could be a lot worse then they really are.... well at least I did. I realized that I should be more greatful and thankful for the little things I have in my life that I take for granted. I got so wrapped up in the whole story that i forgot that this was about real life while reading "There are No Children Here." I totally forgot that all of this actually happened. Reading this book was like watching a movie. Growing up in the city myself, I didn't realize that such poverty and violence could exist. I was never exposed to gangs or even gang bangs, the poverty, and the violence probably because i had a mother like LaJoe, a loving mother who did everything she could to keep her kids children. Yes, I did experience the feeling of being scared of bullies but not for my life. I didn't go through anything compared to what Lafeyette and Pharoah had to. These children, little adults, saw nothing but violence and and poverty to the point where all they wanted to do is die to escape it all. An example in the book is: "We're gonna die one way or the other by killing or plain out," James said to Lafeyette. "I just wanna die plain out." Lafeyette nodded, "me too." If you ask me.. I'd say go out and get yourself a copy of this book because you won't regret it. It will open your eyes up to what the "other America" is like.

Dorinda Hafner of Ghana has authored cookbooks and is featured in a television series about African and African-inspired cuisine. "A Taste of Africa: With over 100 Traditional African Recipes Adapted for the Modern Cook" is a very good introduction to African food for anyone who knows kitchen basics. The recipes are mostly easy and quick, and are made with readily available ingredients. Each recipe has a short introductory text. Recipes are arranged by country; this book contains recipes from each of ten African countries: Ghana; Ivory Coast; Mali; Morocco; Egypt; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; and Nigeria. African-based recipes from five other countries and one city are also included: Brazil; Trinidad and Tabago; Martinique and Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Cuba; and New Orleans. Thoughout the book are boxes containing short features on African history, legends, foodstuffs. A short glossary and bibliography are included. Very well illustrated with photographs of the prepared dishes.

Dorinda Hafner, the engaging host from the PBS cooking shows, has written a companion book. Arranged by country, it has African diaspora recipes from the continent, the Caribbean and the Americas. The recipes are simple and you don't have to be a gourmet chef to cook them. It's a great introduction to the variety and richness of African cooking.

I was in Africa recently and then I saw this book and I had to buy it! I made sudza, the staple in Zimbabwe, and it tasted like it did in Zimbabwe. There are some other really good recipies in the book too but i think sudza, made right is the best. I would definatly recomend buying the book and giving it a try!

"Koi and the Kola nuts" is the perfect book for young readers. It is culturally great. It is from Liberia. It gives a great moral, and that is that if you give to people, it will come back to you several times over. Great book, and I fully recommend it!

I read this book for my book report. I enjoy learning about famous people and their lives. This book told about Whoopi's life as a child and her struggle before becoming a star.

Whoopi Goldberg in her usual standup and movie routines is absolutely wonderful, so I was expecting big things from this audiobook. Perhaps my expectations were set a bit high.

Instead of the string of jokes I'd been expecting, a full 2/3rds of the book was devoted to Whoopi expounding on her political viewpoints. Despite the fact I usually agreed with her political views, her soapbox-ranting style left me wanting a more eloquent spokesperson for her position. Much of the time, she simply comes off as a less thoughtful Dennis Miller.

All of this would be bearable if she had some tiny shred of humility, but about the fourth time she assured me that she is, in fact, "a funny person," I was ready to toss the tape out the window.

I bought this because Whoopi is great , her ideas are great her jokes EVERY THING. I dont usally shop from the internet but hey! I thought this was worth it and it was. This tape got me laughin' it got me to think about stuff. Yeah there is language but who doesnt use the "F" word every now and then?This is a collectable and a definatly a MUST HAVE. So WHY ARE u still reading this? GO AND BUY IT!

Much like George Carlin, in "Audiobook," Goldberg manages to obsess -- sometimes to the point of shrieking -- over such issues as picky eating, men's grooming habits, favorite popes, Christmas, drivers from a certain Eastern state and politically correct language. If you don't like authors or comedians who can't let something drop, don't purchase either "Book" or "Audiobook." However, if you love a good, sustained rant -- that isn't directed towards you -- that seems to end in catharsis, do yourself a favor and get it. I'd definitely lean towards "Audiobook," because Goldberg gets her point across as perfectly as if she was onstage.

Yes, Whoopi does use "language," as she warns people at the beginning of the tape. If you didn't get the implication, it means that she uses profanity from time to time, saying the "s" word, the "f" word and a few others, too. She doesn't hold back, but says what she wants and expresses exasperation however she wants. If you want polite commentary on some of the same issues, there's always etiquette books. (Hey, Miss Manners is always amusing.)

Goldberg addresses her relationship with Ted Danson (mainly the minstrel decible), her premature status of grandmother, Clinton's extra-carricular activities as well as those of a few other recent presidents, discloses how she got her name and some stories from her childhood. "Audiobook" is basically a series of essays about why she sees the world the way she does.

I don't always agree with her opinions. Some of her essays are more serious than funny. However, I did find this glimpse into her mind fascinating and engaging. It feels a little like hanging out in the back booth of a diner while an outspoken friend holds court, which is probably one of the best statements I can make about what is essentially an autobiography.

Whoopi G. was never an easy artist to experience. If you're not prepared to be uncomfortable or take issue with what she has to say, don't bother. She claimed to want this project to spark conversation between people and, like it or hate it, chances are you'll be talking about it for a while.