This is such a useful book it compells a statement. If you visit the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area or North Carolina, or if you live there, this book is an extraordinary guide, written with a sensitivity to place, attractions, events, history, excitement of being there, which makes it a stimulating guide. I have passed places often, but only after I read about them in this book did I see them and experience them. She's done a first-rate job of writing about and explaining an area many people think they already know, but will now realize there is more to learn. Thanks.

"Walking Raleigh/Durham" by Rebecca C Mann is a "must buy as a Christmas present" for friends or family currently living in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill region. As a former Durham resident, I would have loved to have possessed the history, culture, geography and walking oppotunities supplied by Mann's little book. The maps are clear and well drawn and include specific distances and safety considerations. The local architecture and lore are fun and enlightening, and it all fits into a coat pocket with ease. While I intend to send copies to Durham and Chapel Hill friends who walk for exercise, I'm also sending my 65+ year old parents a copy. With descriptions of museums, parks, and historic sites one passes on different walks, it will give my parents something to do after they've watched poor Carolina lose yet another football game. If you need to give a UNC-CH, NC STate, Duke, or Peace College bound student a high school graduation present they'll really appreciate, this book would be it. Better yet, buy it for their parents, who are much more likely to use it during campus visits to their offspring than are the students themselves, since the latter spend most of their time searching for on campus parking spaces. On my next visit to the Triangle, I'm taking "Walking Raleigh/Durham" along.

Great tool for teachers and parents trying to help kids develop their ability to visualize and imagine (critical skills for reading comprehension!). The simple yet fun illustrations compliment the text of this childrens book. A must read.

What do you see when you shut your eyes? If your family is imaginative, the answer will be different every time. If they are not so creative, this book will encourage their minds to stretch. Sarah Durham's charmingly simple illustrations are the perfect vehicle for this journey to the realm of pure immagination. Her use of clean line and color never gets in the way of forming your own inner visions. Her child-like portrayals of characters and settings are a perfect match for Cynthia Zarin's simple text. This book is bound to be a bedtime favorite for years to come.

Art And Its Discontents: The Early Life Of Adrian Stokes by Richard Read (Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Western Australia) is a definitive study of the provocative art criticism, poetry, and other writings of Adrian Stokes' (1902-72). Stokes was one of the first (if not the first) critical writers in Britain to connect psychoanalytic theory to art, -- a talent that might itself relate to his entry into psychoanalysis in 1929 in order to cope with his own dilemmas of sexual identity and self-consciousness. Art And Its Discontents is a masterful written, exceedingly thoughtful, and highly commended study of a singularly articulate individual.

The Blues in Gray is a very readable account of the Republican Blues service in coastal Georgia with exciting battles taking place on the Ogeechee River at Fort McAllister south of Savannah, Georgia. William Daniel Dixon was 23 when he began his private journal which he kept throughout his Confederate Service. He was a native of Savannah and lived his entire life there. The editor, Roger Durham, has done an excellent job making Dixon's voice heard. I am Dixon's great granddaugher and am delighted that this primary material is available to readers and scholars.

There is everything here about the history of the I Ching. Richard Rutt has used among others the studies by Kunst on the oldest meaning of the book (that was lost to the later Confucian commentators of the Ten Wings) to attempt a translation that comes as close as possible to the original meaning. . This brings Bronze Age China back to life, a civilization that even performed human sacrifices (quite shocking!) A must for all serious I Ching lovers.

I convene a Scottish Clan Tent at various Highland Games, and this is always prominantly displayed on my table.
It gives a quick, but thorough history on the Scottish Border Reivers for those of use who don't have time to read the Steel Bonnets. The illustrations alone are worth the price of the book.

The spiritual journey of George Carey, from rector to Archbishop of Canterbury. If our church survives its stodgy services and radical priests, then George Carey will deserve much of the credit. He is a spiritual giant among those who would turn this ancient tradition into an anything-goes modernism.

This book should be of interest to those persons who are interested in knowing more about the "History of Rhythm and Blues", and those who have an interest in contemporary music "development". The author, who is also the inventor and producer of "The Record Clock" (a clock attached to a 12" LP), had influence with the creation of the Grammy Awards, "Gospel" category, as history should reveal that he communicated with the Grammy Awards Committee and Hollywood, CA producers, describing his hometown as the "Hometown of McPhatter" and "Shirley Caesar" (latter, a Grammy Award winner). His "Record Clock" is presently displayed in the N.Y. corporate office of Motown Corporation. Pictorial representations of this "Record Clock" (Retail: $99) have been included in this book since its first publication.

Presently(l998), the author is developing the "Rap-ture" category of musi! c and is involving Clyde's musical contribution in this category. "Cyde McPhatter: Durham, NC- Michael Jackson's U.S.A. Roots" Retail Price- $l9.95 + Surcharge.

This text is an excellent reference, even for non-radiologists. There are multiple pictures, high quality radiographs and details about etiology and the scientific basis of diseases illustrated by radiographic findings. Really a must have for any radiology resident.

As someone interested in that region of our country, I found this book compelling . . . and it gave me a new understanding of the Mormons' struggle to find their homeland. I would recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in Mormons or in that area of that country. The story is page-turning, not a dry history at all.