In the South, barbecue is a great social equalizer. Blacks dine with Whites, overalls sit across from suits. When it comes to excellent barbecue, well then, as one life long barbecue diner said, "it don't make no difference, everybody chew'n down good barbecue is equal". Though dated, "Barbecue on My Mind" is still reliable, very useful and the best true guide we have in Georgia.

So far, of the five barbeque places I visited, using the books listings, one was excellent (The Pig, Waycross, may have the best ribs in Georgia), three were very good and one fair. In the competitive restaurant world 70% of restaurants go out of business in the first three years. However, I gather that most of these "Thirty Best Barbecue" places still exist today because, they not only are outstanding, but have proven themselves over time.

Trey Pope has a wonderful "down home" style of writing that you will enjoy. He calls 'em like he sees 'em. If the building is a "hole in the wall" (many of the best barbecue joints are) then he'll tell ya. He selected from hundreds of barbecue places and got down to these thirty by visiting them and ordering pork barbecue, Brunswick stew and pork ribs.

On the down side the map in this book is a joke... really bad. You have to know Georgia or have a good map to find the place outside of your area, like Zeb's Barbecue in Danielsville, where? But for excellent barbecue some of us die-hard enthusiasts will get the truck, load up the dog and put "the peddle to the metal" and make that drive. Recommended.

This book is great if you have JUST received a box turtle ,but really only gives general information on them. It has LOTS of great pictures..... Was very happy with the book and the wonderful pictures it contained. Great for a beginner box turtle keeper.

It's a graet book its was exhilariting book. I have read it 5 times. It has helped me with my school work very much. Iam doing better its my classes. This is great for all children. When you see this book in a store never pass it by. It couldn't get ant better.

I really enjoyed this book which I beleive is the first in a series. I had never read a (Pirate) novel and enjoyed the Barbados setting.

I have sleep deprivation because of this book... I simply could not bring myself to put it down!
Cooking is not just about, well, cooking and these two marvellous women have illustrated by including the legends surrounding the recipes in this not-just-any-old-recipe-book.
The Papacy with all its strange, special, sacred trappings has been written about for hundreds of years, but this book is not one of those heavy tomes deifying or condemning. It contains just the right amount of history, anecdote, fact and legend, and the inclusion of recipes, both ancient and modern, makes this book worthwhile reading!
Seeing recipes in Latin was great! I had fun trying to work out what the said before reading the translation.
BUT, the thing that impressed me the most about "Buon Appetito..." was the recipe for Martin IV'S eel in vernaccia dish-the one on which he ate himself to death! Putting THAT in made my day! Just imagine at a dinner party..."And, you'll be suprised to know, this delicacy caused the death of a Pope!"
Now, the fact that I am writing from South Africa, ad anum extremum mundi, has its drawbacks-it means that not every recipe in this book is practical. Ok, ok, it's not the book's fault... And the lack of illustration was a little disappointing, but, on the whole, this book is excellent and I certainly recommend it. I am by no means a chef and have found this book an absolute treasure.
Wear a bib whilst reading it.

Found this book quite insightful. Kept my interest throughout. I learned many facts about both the Pope and the Papacy that I never knew. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to explore the origins of Catholicism.

This book is excellent for beginning snake hobbyists. It covers corn snake care, breeding and housing. The book also included some excellent pictures of the different kinds of corn snakes. Along with providing helpful hints to keeping your snake healthy, the book provides information on the correct way to obtain your first snake! In my opinion, the best part about this book was the detailed way the authors take the reader step-by-step on constructing an incubator for snake hatching. Everything in the book is well organized to provide easy reference. At the end, a helpful glossary also allows easy reference. I would recommend this book to a snake hobbyist that is interested in keeping and breeding snakes to learn the correct ways to maintain a snake's health and overall happiness.

Crossing the Threshold of Hope is a beautiful statement of fearless hope that is edifying not only for Roman Catholics but for all Christians as well as the rest of mankind at the beginning of this new Millennium.

As a non-Roman Catholic, I was surprised to have this Pope speak to my walk as a Christian in this book. He goes even further in addressing each reader, regardless of creed, as fellow human beings.

This book is written in an engaging question and answer format. John Paul II shows himself to be a man of great intelligence with a great care for all of humanity.

Reading this book would be beneficial for everyone. I recommend it.

Author Dudley Pope has pieced together the factual events of the Mutiny of 1800 and put them into an easy to read story. Why is this particular mutiny significant? It is the only British mutiny to occur during wartime where the mutineers actually delivered the ship to the enemy.

Written in a narrative style, "The Devil Himself" clearly illustrates the naval conditions of the time. Seamen were often impressed into the naval service against their will, advancement was difficult but often given for political reasons as much as talent, flogging was common, and in the case of the Danae the quarters were small and the ceilings so low that you could not stand up at all.

A sleek ship, the Danae could overtake just about anything else on the water. What would cause the ship's crew to mutiny? Why would a mutinous crew actually deliver their ship to the enemy? Other mutinies had occurred but they resulted in better conditions for sailors, why was this one so different?

This is a fascinating read for anyone interested in historical events. Put together from the British and French Naval archives, where it is in a folder labeled Le Diable Lui-meme - The Devil Himself, it is a recommended read.

In Disowning Slavery, Joanne Pope Melish strongly refutes the myth of a free New England, untainted by slavery and racial disharmony. While slavery did not exist in either quantity or duration on a scale comparable to the South, Melish conclusively shows that it existed in the northern states well into the 19th century, and argues that it was an important component of New England's economic success. Like feminist historians who have argued that women's domestic labor was crucial if men were to be able to engage in economic activity outside the home, Melish shows that as domestic servants and agricultural laborers, slaves performed the drudgework that Yankee entrepreneurs would otherwise have been employed in. Because such urban entrepreneur slaveowners were a small (though influential) percentage of the population, slavery was allowed to gradually die out in New England, most often through judicial interpretation. Gradual emancipation meant that there were few great political battles over ending slavery in the North, allowing New Englanders to erase their memories of its very existence.

However, because slavery was allowed to die without the benefit of public debate and legislative control, freedmen's legal and social status was never clearly defined, nor was the means by which former slaves were to be integrated into free society. Whites were able to congratulate themselves on their moral superiority as free societies without having to concern themselves with the welfare of now-emancipated slaves. In turning their backs on the problems of freedmen trying to adjust to their new status, they prevented blacks from becoming full members of their communities. They saw proof of blacks' inability to provide for themselves as an insurmountable racial characteristic even as whites refused to provide economic or legal opportunities that would have allowed former slaves to improve their condition. Over time such self-reinforcing racial attitudes grew into a fully developed philosophy of racism, embellished by exaggerated depictions of black caricatures in the popular culture of the North.

Indeed, Melish cites a vast array of cultural documents (popular literature, newspaper editorials, plays, and pop art) to demonstrate New Englanders' racist attitudes. Her narrative also amply demonstrates how the process of gradual emancipation allowed the North to forget that slavery had ever been part of their society, leading to their smug moral superiority. However, neither her evidence nor her reasoning adequately explains why it was necessary for Northerners to adopt racist attitudes. It does not seem that the limited number of freed blacks in the North were a significant economic or social threat to whites; there seem to be no concrete reasons for the development of racist attitudes, especially considering how committed many northern whites were to ending slavery in the South for moral reasons. Melish seems satisfied to accept that people have a natural need to define themselves by creating an "other" as a point of (negative) comparison; her work would be greatly enhanced by exploring the reasons that this might be so.