The vivid colors of many of Blaeu's maps are accurately reproduced, and the detail of the images is good enough to read the place-names of the beautiful maps. John Goss' captions detail the history behind each map, as well as the occasional note about the production of the map. A must for any avid map collector.

Timeless story of the triumph of hard work and perseverance over commercialism. The book is a tribute to Canadian character by an American historian. Illustrated in copperplate style by the authour's husband, the noted sculptor and printmaker Zeke Ziner. Inspired by a voyage from Montreal's Expo '67 to Halifax aboard Bluenose II The book has been a sort of record breaker itself as it has remained in print for over 26 years

I absolutely adore this book! It is so thorough and will give you the most generic yet magnificent facts on whatever you need to know about the Grand Tour. You can definately use this if you're a history buff! It's easy to understand and fascinating...

it's a very good book that tells everything about bruce lee.

The Buick Grand National, T-type, and GNX - Facts and Figures Book, Volume II simply takes off where Vol I stopped. This volume covers additional material and information not covered in Volume I. Volume II includes Service Technical Bulletins, Dash Cluster information, Wheels, Steering and Trim, Dealer Order Guides, and even Window Sticker Information. Adding Volume II to Volume I will give you around 600 pages of Buick GN, Ttype, and GNX Information!

The author carefully weaves his own experiences as a Grand Canyon river guide with the history of the Canyon. This book will keep you enthralled right up to the last page.

I would heartily recommend this narrative to all who enjoy adventure books. This classic should be on the bookshelves of everyone who enjoyes whitewater rafting.

You will, I believe, be fascinated by the side-by-side comparisons of photographs taken in 1923 and 1991, and the remarkable degree of change or lack of change in many of them over the span of 68 years. If you have run the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, or hiked it extensively, you will undoubtedly recognize many of the river and rock features that are depicted in this relatively slim volume (167 pages). A favorite of mine is plate 17, Nankoweap Ruins, taken high above the river. This must be one of the most photographed scenes in the Grand Canyon below the rim, and I know that many river runners have their own shot of this same down-river vista in their personal photo albums. There are 45 sets of photographs in the book, and each set comes with a description of the shot, any significant changes that may have occurred, and other information useful for appreciating the photographs.

The authors achieved a nice balance between text and photos, and provided informative historical summaries of both Grand Canyon river running and the 1923 Birdseye Expedition that produced the original photos. Of possible interest to reader/photographers are overhead maps of locations of all of the shots. With the maps yet more "rephotography" can take place in coming years.

If you love the Grand Canyon, especially at river level, I think you'll love this book.

This exhibit took place in New York, Paris and Amsterdam and focuses on Dr. Paul Gachet, Van Gogh's doctor in Auvers-sur-Oise during the last two months of his life.

Always a controversial figure (partly due to his arguable incompetence, partly due to the questionable authenticity of some of the works in his possession), this book is a wonderful exploration of the man and his collection. The authors, both frequent and well respected contributors to Van Gogh scholarship, explore Gachet and his collection (now owned by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris) to an incredible level of detail. The amount of research behind this book is staggering and it makes for an extremely compelling and satisfying reading experience.

Ann Livesay has thrilled readers with three prior International thriller mysteries: The Isis Command, Death In The Amazon, and The Madman Of Mount Everest. Ann Livesay is a summa cum laude graduate in geology of the University of Illinois, as well as being a Phi Beta Kappa. However, when she applied to Glacier National Park in Montana for a summer job, she was turned down because of her gender. She was hired in Arizona, however, and has many years of experience at the Grand Canyon National Park there.

Barry Ross is Livesay's point-of-view character in The Chala Project. His wealthy aunt wants to help "clean up the world" with her millions, and Barry acts as her agent, taking on environmental cases. In this episode Barry and his protege, Joe Muck, are assigned to protect the controversial Hounto Chala, a West African office of the United Nations Environment Programme, who fulfills a lifelong dream of coming to Arizona to raft through Grand Canyon National Park. Chala has many enemies because he is an animal rights activist. Protecting him in a three raft entourage is almost impossible:

"'You'll never make it!' said Chief Ranger Lee Federico, bluntly, as we stood beside the placid Colorado River on an overcast morning. A bulky man, scarred, wrinkled, sunburnt, dark glasses hiding his eyes, Federico wasted no words. 'Don't get your hopes up, Barry. Everybody in all three rafts will be a sitting duck.'"
The Grand Canyon is one of America's treasures, and setting up an assassination attempt of an animal rights activist is about as chilling an experience as a reader could hope for. Danger lurks behind every crevice as the overworked and underpaid park rangers attempt to foil an enemy that can't be seen.

Lindsey is an expert at setting up exodic landscapes and providing chills and spills along the way. The Chala Project is a series of real-time cliff-hangars (with the cliffs described in tortuous detail). Joe Muck and Barry Ross are both sexy, intriguing personalities who apply their craft in a precise, sure to please manner. Lindsey doesn't disappoint with her fourth installment of Barry Ross, and this reviewer will anxiously wait for her next episode.

It was the birth of a new Grand Prix car, the March 701, to be driven by defending World Champ Jackie Stewart and arch rival, former Ferrari driver, Chris Amon. This is just a small flavor for what was a watershed book for the "tell all" tomes to come. Ted Simon spent an entire year with the Grand Prix circus and the result is a book which has yet to be equaled today. If your interest lies in the older days of Grand Prix racing, this book is for you. At times, it almost reads like a work of fiction. Then again, the characters of the early seventies racing are no longer seen in our super sanitized 90's. You will read this over and over again.