captivity

The Quiet
$9.95
This movie was stupid from the beginning, until the end. The characters' motivation, as well as the plot, didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle
$26.99
I recommend to everybody the reading of this interesting book. It is an impacting testimony of these three men. It shows the worst and also the best of the humankind. It help us to value life, freedom, family, friends and all we have. I wish that every person have the opportunity to read this book and also reflect about the situation of poverty of our neighbors in all the American continent that we forget, children that are forced to be in the guerillas by the Farc, and also forced by their economic situation. (It would be nice sponsor children in our own conrinent, not only Africa!!!) This book is a profound lesson for everyone.

Captivity
$22.95
Dana Armstrong is the director of a chimpanzee sanctuary in South Carolina. The animals she and her under-funded staff tend to are primarily discards from experiments and research. The novel opens with a horrible discovery that someone has let the chimpanzees loose, some of them deemed dangerous by the locals. It appears that there are many residents and groups that want to see the sanctuary shut down and this event is a grave threat. As the story progresses we learn a great deal about Dana and her upbringing which seems to make sense of all the passion.

Dana's parents brought her up with a brother and a chimpanzee for a surrogate sibling in a curious unconventional family experiment. With such an unusual family dynamic, you learn to understand what drives Dana's passion. However, Dana grew in one direction while her brother, Zack went in another. Their upbringing is an interesting corollary for their adult concerns and passions.

One of the main forces driving the story is the threat of the local university closing the facility. This would not only mean a loss of a job, but the loss of the chimpanzees that Dana has grown to love over the years. In fact, sometimes it seems Dana's real family is this group of intelligent animals more than her own brother's relationship.

The author weaves a good story full of disaster, hope, tragedy, forgiveness and love. Her descriptions of emotional actions and reactions are spot-on. Each chapter presents a new twist with a new challenge and Dana finds herself growing at each turn. Whether its her relationship with her boyfriend, her brother or her staff friends, she evolves, sometimes with surprising results. "Captivity" is all about relationships, whether they be human or primate. As this novel illustrates, not all turn out the way we expect.

Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
$13.99
This book is quite fascinating. If you read it with an open mind, you'll probably discover something about yourself.