If you've never been to the sites listed in Adventure Kayaking, Jenner gives the info a kayaker wants to know to make an informed selection: Clear accurate directions to the put-in sites . Comments on winds, tides. Suggested paddle routes. Maps. Notes on the presence or absence of power-boats and picnickers. Where to camp. What a joy to read a guide book, go to a place and experience no major surprises!

Jeneid's writes beautifully of natural features and wildlife encountered. Clearly he has a love for birding. If you are a kayaker and a birder, then I highly recommend this book before you plan your next outing.

I checked this book out at the local library and thought it was so valuable that I bought my own copy. My only complaint is that I wish the book could of been bigger so more trips could be included. I had already done some of the trips in the book and I found the book to give not only a fair representation of the area, but I learned a few new things.

The reader hears the authentic voice of a tribe of Indians of the US far west. Lee knows his people's language and uses Native words liberally. He exlains attitudes and concepts that were at such odds with white thinking that it made the Indians vulnerable to domination. He does not apologize for his people's culture. Adults whose knowledge of Indian life may have ended with elementary school social studies will find this book astonishing

Non-Indians reading "Walking Where We Lived" may have to re-think everything they once believed about California's indigenous population. On the eve of the state's sesquicentennial celebration, Gaylen D. Lee offers a view of the Gold Rush and subsequent settlement of California by Americans and immigrants that is clearly, from his perspective, nothing to celebrate. But Lee's book is hardly a whining narrative of the atrocities suffered by the native people of California. Instead, it is a celebration of his family and families like them who have managed to survive and perpetuate their culture, religion, and values despite the onslaught of intruders. Following the pattern of the seasons, Lee describes the lives of his ancestors, historical events which affected them, their loss of freedom, and the endurance of a way of life in the face of generations of adversity. "Walking Where We Lived" is rich with detail. Lee's description of the daily activities of his family and forbears is based upon knowledge passed to him and actual experience. As a child he accompanied his family to gather acorns, berries, and plant materials. He watched the women make baskets which he says are still used in his home. He learned to hunt and fish in the old way. Although he understood English, he spoke only the Nim language prior to beginning kindergarten in the mid-1950s. The generally peaceful life lived by the Nim and their fellows all over California was shattered as Americans moved to claim every inch of the new state following secession of the territory by Mexico and the world-famed gold rush. Stories of the Mariposa Indian Wars in the spring of 1851, and other skirmishes are generally told from the point of view of Central California settlers eager to rid their new land of pesky savages. "Walking Where We Lived" offers a view from the other side. It is not surprising for a man in Gaylen Lee's situation to be angry, and anger surfaces occasionally in his book. The region surrounding his life-long home place was once traversed freely by his ancestors. Now the land is fenced off and paved over. Rivers are dammed. Animals which once lived with and helped sustain the people are seldom seen. What is surprising, in the face of generally accepted lore about the Indians of California, is that Lee's family-and others-have maintained their culture and sense of community despite near annihilation.

Sin duda alguna, uno de los libros mas importantes en el quehacer poetico de Octavio Paz, premio Nobel 1990, es El Mono Gramatico, 1974. Texto reflexivo que invita al lector a la filosofia oriental y occidental planteando dos escenarios vividos con pasion por el autor mexicano. Desde dos caminos tan distantes como la India y su camino de Galta, "lo mejor sera escoger el camino de Galta...", confundido con Cambridge, escenario donde es posible encontrar al lector oculto, aquel que somos todos, leyendo "apaciblemente The Cambridge's Evening News" para, despues de un laberinto de agudisima inteligencia, lanzar al lector a los brazos de la propia lengua como eje vital de cualquier proceso poetico.

Asi, con dificultad y asombro, Paz conmueve con su fina diseccion al idioma espanol. Pero el dialogo se abre con el lector atento que busca el contacto con la palabra como icono de esperanza.

Libro escrito en 1970 mientras Paz discurria su vida y su poetica por los confines de la India y otros escenarios no menos asombrosos, este ejemplar escritor mexicano deja entrever un conocimiento total de la mitologia india, apropiandola a su mundo poetico, formando un dinamismo que prueba al mas habil lector de poesia.

Sin lugar a dudas, Paz no solo impuso un rigor estetico en cuanto al mundo poetico con este libro, sino que logro difundir sus sensaciones a traves de otra de sus pasiones: el ensayo.

AL final de El Mono Gramatico, la sensacion de haber conquistado un espacio donde el mejor arte poetico nos va delineando la valiosa policemica, indispensable en un poema tan bello como este.

This is a wonderful combination of some simple chemistry experiments that allow students (such as myself) to gain insight into the experimental world of inorganic chemistry. The laboratory experiments are real, interesting, and also allow the student to think about what is happening, and to apply their knowledge to taking the experiments to a further level. This is an excellent book, and probably the best source available for inorganic experiments for undergrads.

A witty, easy-to-read tribute to the little mysteries that make the Mono Basin unique. Above all Carle maintains an imaginative approach to his material. Carle has ingenuously turned this book of facts and expertise into delightful tales of the Mono Basin, to be shared by everyone

One of the top five color monographs in the last five years. In some respects, this is better that being there, if you can't be there year-round. Being both a photographer and a past resident of the Mono Basin, I relate not so much to the grand and spectactular images of tufa and sky, but to the perceptive and sublime studies of the sedate and the subtle; to the solitude found in the silence of winter and early spring. They speak to Mono's true sense of place, and as such make this a universal look at wilderness as we may never see it again. Stimson represents the rare landscape photographer who transcends the standard narrative of picture postcard color, offering the viewer a palette of texture, pattern, light and shadow more often associated with the best in black and white photography of the land.

Powers of Fate is the love story between Mario and Antonella. But it is so much more than just a love story...it's a slice of history...a story of destiny...two lives from two different worlds, eventually coming together. It provides a personal view of World War II from both a soldier's and a victim's point of view. Powers of Fate is a wonderful story of courage, survival, personal growth and the strong bonds of love and devotion of family. Reading this book is an invitation sit by the fire and look through a close friend's family album or read their diary. It's about the power of love and about all the women who left their homelands, families, and everything their lives were made of, for the sake of it.
Cecilia A. Schneider, Santa Barbara, CA

Es una historia creativa y graciosa con dibujos que aun recuerdo de la primera vez que me lo leyeron a mi. Es uno de los libros que debe formar parte de la cultura literaria de cada nino, cualquiera que sea su patria.

I guess I may be a little biased because I was one of the primary sources for the book, but with some very minor issues, it is the most accurate re-telling of a story that should have been turned into a film. If you want to read a GREAT legal story that is also a true story, this is an excellent read. Oh yeah, it also has the obligatory beautiful photographs of Mono lake. Seems that lake doesn't know how to take a bad photograph! :-)

This is a great book to read aloud. It shows a picture of an animal with a nonsenical question (eg "do monkeys tweet?" "do lambs go bzzz"?). Then overleaf you see the animal that DOES make that noise. My two year old son loves making the noises that go with the animals and calling "No!" at the top of his lungs in response to each question.

Melanie Walsh has written three similar books but this is the best one for younger readers because the animals are shown in full on both the question and answer pages. Thus it's a great book for building vocabularies and explaining what noises different animals actually make.

It's also a great book to read aloud to a group of kids because the pictures and words are large and clear.

I'd unhesitatingly recommend it for children 18 months and up.

Melanie Walsh's artwork is simple but yummy to look at--and there's some subtle humor going on in the drawings as well (a horse with a bone in his mouth--"Do horses bark?"). Each question posed elicits a chuckle and if you make the correct animal sounds when you turn the page, it can inspire more laughter. My 1-year-old son fell in love with this book immediately--usually it takes several readings before he warms up to a title. Walsh has done an excellent job for an early baby book, and I'm planning to look for the others she has done--I think her ability to capture a 1-year-old's attention immediately makes her work a worthwhile purchase.

A highly recommended book.

My baby is now 10 1/2 months old and this is one of his most favorite books! The illustrations captivated him months ago, especially the owl eyes! He loves when I make the animal noises and make the bee (my finger) buzz around his head, on his nose and in his ear. We've read some of Melanie Walsh's other books together and he thoroughly enjoyed them as well, but this one is great because, being a board book, he can page through it himself. I've given this as a gift to other new parents and will soon have to get another copy to replace my son's, as it is getting rather worn. I know we will continue to enjoy it as his language skills develop! It's eye candy and lots of fun!