Day of the Dead Books

Just so you know, my sister wrote this article. And I don't know why anyone is selling it. Does she get a cut of the profits? I mean, since she wrote the damn thing, she should get something from it. Am I right? Yes. I am. So my sister will be expecting some of the profit now. Thank you.

Alex D. Martinez

Last year I bought a different 'make' of Dias de los Muertos calendar and was greatly disappointed. This one is magnificent! The art and photography are top notch, and the Muertos figures are charming!

BEAUTIFUL pictures!!! A photographer who captures the very HEART and SOUL of the people, and with a sensitivity to their culture and beliefs that merits the utmost applause!!! If you can't go to Michoacan on November 1st, this has got to be the next best thing to being there!!

Once you pick up this book, you had better be prepared to stay there reading until the end. Lots of plot twists to keep you involved - and some extraodinary characters, especially the main baddie, Vaughan Darke. I look forward to the next novel.

Garciagodoy book opened my eyes to the depth of history and spirituality that is integral to the Day of the Dead. Her book is an unusual combination of scholarship and personal reflection. As an American whose family and culture pushes death aside as taboo, I was enthralled by how Mexicans remember and love their dead with humor and reverance. A reminder that under our skin we are all skeletons and that our dead deserve our continued love and remembrance. As described by Garciagodoy the celebration of Day of the Dead is an opportunity to bring death and the dead into the lives of the living in a manner rarely seen in the United States. One caveat: her book is not a coffee table book to be skimmed in an evening. It is an in-depth exploration of a fascinating subject. For those who are really interested, it is a must read.

"'The only marvel I have had all my life has been that the Lord ever chose me for anything, especially as an apostle and as President.' This statement by President Wilford Woodruff typifies his modest and humble demeanor, the fruit of a life lived close to the Spirit.

This book contains a selection by G. Homer Durham of expressions from the addresses of this great man and prophet. For background, its preliminary pages give a chronological listing of the highlights in his life, plus an informative foreword by Elder John A. Widtsoe. In the selections too are interesting glimpses of the man himself by way of his life experiences told in the first person- his conversion to the gospel; his baptizing of six hundred people in one community in England; his experiences with Church leaders from the early 1830s on; his first meeting and other experiences with Joseph Smith; and so on.

Here is a firm testimony to the Prophet Joseph Smith's calling, from one who knew him intimately. Elder Woodruff speaks too on a wide range of gospel subjects- agency, salvation, revelation, priesthood, temple work, constitutional liberty, the Second Coming. The prayer he offered in dedicating the Salt Lake Temple is also included. All this and much more is found in this collection of choice extracts from the addresses of the fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

This is a great book for use in the bilingual classroom since it provides the same information in both Spanish and English.

This is a wonderful book.
But it is not about the Mexican holiday.

This book can be read as an extended literature review, a sociological account of radical social movements, or a valorization of non-hegemonic politics. It is a refreshing break from poststructuralist authors who are unable to communicate in language that can be understood without a PhD. This book can be read by activists and academics alike. One of Day's aims is to highlight the problematic orientation towards hegemony within social and political thought and social movements. His critique is nuanced, leaving room for considerations of and orientations towards hegemony, while opening up a whole new field of possibilities. It is not so much that Gramsci is dead, but that he is forced off center stage by a different form of politics. Day's argument isn't simply a critique of hegemonically-oriented forms, but rather a celebration of what he calls 'the newest social movements' which operate outside the logic of hegemony. Day's appropriation of post-structuralism, anarchism, postanarchism, postmarxism and other theories are both insightful and clear.

This is from the book- jacket." The judgment of the dead- the idea that a life after death and the nature of that life will be determined by the individual's moral conduct while on earth-is one of the most remarkable and significant beliefs of mankind.
The belief first emerged in ancient Egypt about 2400 B.C. where it found its most elaborate expression.. ( This work) is the first comprehensive study in English of this important and fascinating subject."
Brandon studies this idea as it was held in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Mesopatamia, in what he calls 'The Hebrew Religion' Graeco- Roman Culture, Christianity, Islam, Iran, China and Japan.
This is how Brandon concludes the chapter which was of most interest to me on the ' Hebrew religion' "Whereas the Egyptian anticipation of a judgment after death stemmed from that complaints might be made hereafter against one's conduct in this life, for the Hebrew post- mortem judgment meant God's ultimate assertion of his sovereignty over his creatures. And so the Talmudic conception really continues in a post- mortem and a personal context, the belief enshrined in the fourth commandment" I Yahweh your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me, but showing steadfast love to those who love me and keep my commandments."