Dr. Upham gives an insightful perspective into her life with learning disabilities. She proves there are no limits for those with disabilites. She is as wonderful an author as she is professor!!

In The New Science Teacher: Cultivating Good Practice, veteran biology teacher and researcher Deborah Trumbull raises important issues addressing the ways that teaching science in the classroom can and should be a reflective practice. Trumball addresses the necessity of teachers continuing to evolve and rethink their teaching methods. The New Science Teacher is essential, important, highly recommended reading for student teachers and those new to the science curriculum, as well as having a wealth of critically important information and insight for even experienced science instructors, administrators, and school policy makers on improving student learning and teacher education.

This charming 1998 edition of Mary Trumbull Prime's travel diary from a voyage up the Nile during the winter season of 1855/1856, NILE JOURNEYS, edited by Charles Derowitsch, makes an interesting and curious addition to an earlier account of the same trip, published by Mr. Prime way back in 1857, within a year or two of the voyage. William Cowper Prime, 1825-1905, was an early Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1857, Harper and Brothers of New York published two volumes comprising Mr. Prime's account of their travels to Egypt and the Holy Land: BOAT LIFE IN EGYPT AND NUBIA and TENT LIFE IN THE HOLY LAND. Insofar as this reader can determine, Mr. Derowitsch was completely unaware of the important link between Mrs. Prime's travel diary and her husband's earlier publication. Beyond doubt, the woman's point of view is valuable for its own sake, but the editor might have avoided a number of misreadings of Mrs. Prime's handwriting if he had done his homework and used her husband's version of the voyage as a constant reference.

A masterpiece of history! Exciting and informative! 5 Stars!

This is Trumbull's third and final installment in a series of books dealing with the topic of blood covenanting ("The Blood Covenant" and "The Threshold Covenant" being the former). The use of salt, as this book elaborates upon, is just an extension of that rite in which salt is seen as the nexus of a covenant instead of blood. For as a body without blood will soon die, so will a body without salt. Hence, salt and blood are both counted as sacred and necessary for life.

Historical record, personal observations, and applied scholarship once again are entwined in this work. And so it is with great confidence that I recommend this book as a means of bringing into full circle the understanding surrounding the truths of the blood covenant.

Just, simply, a great book. More than just pictures, lots of INFO!!!! high reccomendation

August brings extensive expertise concerning the history of water and hydroelectric power development in the Southwestern United States. The story of water politics in the American southwest is instructive for the governments of both the United States and Canada.

Management of North America's water resource is poised to become the defining issue in Canadian-American relations in the twenty first century. Certainly, that issue will dominate trade negotiations and will precipitate fallout for the movement of other major commodities of Canadian goods into American markets.

In Arizona, water rights was topical as a political concern before the turn of the century to 1900. Central to the issue was Carl Hayden who was elected in 1911 and served in the U.S. Congress for the next 57 years; as a Democratic member of the House of Representatives until 1927 and then as a Senator from 1927 to 1969.

August reveals in this engagingly-written biography that Hayden knew from 1914 that his political future would be tied to water resource development; a thought documented as a young politician in letters to his parents. Hayden's personal papers disclose his legendary kindness in all relationships and perhaps part of the secret to his long political career.

In constructing the history, August draws out the competing interests of upper basin states with those downstream of the Colorado River, bringing in the early interest expressed by Los Angeles for electricity and water. What was involved was large scale manipulation of water in an extremely arid environment.

The protracted negotiations resulted in CAP -- the Central Arizona Project -- which put Colorado River water to thirsty agricultural areas and provided for the unimpeded development of Phoenix and Tucson by protecting them from water shortages. The bill was signed into law September 30, 1968 by President Johnson. The cost of implementation, US$1.3 billion, was the most expensive single Congressional authorization in history. Hayden considered the accomplishment the most significant contribution of his career.

The book is extensively researched and animated through interviews with Barry Goldwater and others prominent in the issue. The author has also drawn fom Johnson's presidential papers, court cases, and six decades of the Congressional Record. Some flavor of the thrust and parry of political debate has been drawn from accounts in dozens of newspapers and journals. That all of these sources have been assembled in one volume is a valuable gift to future scholars.

Evoking transportation images to bracket Hayden's working life, August reminds us that "He began his public career riding a horse and buggy to his office and ended it voting for funds that ultimately enabled him to watch people walk on the moon." No doubt, those astronauts were looking for water!

Contention over management of North American water resources has bracketed both the beginning and end of this century and will carry on well into the next. The World Bank warns us that the wars of the next century will be about water. August's prediction: "In the future, the use of water will underlie every public policy decision made in the American West."

This is probably the best title out of the 8 books written and illustrated by Jim and Lori. My 16-month-old has been "reading" "Whose Hat is That" since he was about 6 or 7 months. His personal copy is now tattered beyond repair. The colorful pictures combined with the short question and answer format makes a great tool for teaching little ones how to identify the "fire-fighter", "the construction worker", "the astronaut", etc. I LOVE the fact that the astronaut is a "she".

I'm a freshman at Wayzata High, and a student of that teacher who posted his review in May 19, 1999. He's a crazy one, he is. But to the book, I thought it was a good read. Though I was forced to do a study guide for it...bah... But that wasn't enough to sour my taste of the book. I enjoyed it very much so. That ca-razy grey albatross had me wondering if he really was the essance of all evil. And it was quite a tale, too. To think that it was all true, and was told by some guy who interviewed Dixon. It was so well written in 1st person, I would have thought it was written by the man himself. Definately a good read for those who like a good story. BUY NOW! I COMMAND YOU! OooooOOOooo!

These three men held on to a hopeless cause and came out victorious. They were without food and water for much of the 34 days they were afloat. The answer to how they did it is probably at the heart of man's will to survive and stay alive. This book is easy to read and the kind of story that motivates one to do the best he can and never give up. It also makes one appreciate what he has a little more. We see that everything can be lost very quickly, as in the case of the downed plane in this book, and that we have to have the mental willpower to survive. Read this book and give it to everyone you know.

My ten year-old son and I looked forward to story time every night for three weeks until we finished this book.

The tale takes you from beginning to end, one day at a time. It traces the emotional and physical waves along with endless waves of challenges. Protection from the sun, wind, and storms, struggling for every drop of water and scrap of food, and overcoming the hopelessness of being adrift, day after day after day after day - it is sobering, but tremendously entertaining.

It was astonishing that these men were given little choice of survival gear. They had to make use of the few things they could grab from their sinking plane and the contents of their pockets. To read of the grief over their loss of a safety pin vividly punctuated the dire nature of their situation. Their ingenuity proved who is the "mother of invention" without a doubt.

The book was not stiff or sloppy, like many historical accounts of adventure (Kon Tiki comes to mind). It was also a good discussion starter for topics like teamwork, values, and God.

Fighting the earth to save your frail, floating, flesh is a timeless story line. There are no human villians, moral complexity, or social considerations outside of their bobbing 8-foot raft. It's a classic.

Check it out, or buy a copy for yourself, your kids, and generations to come.

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