One of my favorite books by this author, the character development is exceptionally strong and the plot is very well done. A very likeable protagonist that you root for throughout. This should come with a money-back guarantee!

Excellent book discussing the size, coloring, range and habitat of all species found in WA, Oregon, Idaho, and B.C. Yes its from 1975 but the information is still pretty accurate for anyone trying to identify an animal and makes a useful reference for research. A must own for any field zoologist in the northwest.

Mr. Washington has managed to summarize the rich, diverse history of a small yet fascinating section of the northern half of Manhattan which has consistently been ignored by virtually all writers on urban culture. His prose is terse and informative, and his photographs are truly stunning to anyone familiar with this neighborhood. This concise book is a precious piece of primary historical research which provides evidence on every page of the thought and effort that went into its creation. Whether you live in this neighborhood (as I have for twenty years) or are simply interested in the social and economic evolution of urban areas, this volume will provide you with a living, breathing history of an incredibly diverse slice of a continually evolving city. I urge you to read this fascinating tale of a truly unique part of our city and country.

MapEasy Guides are wonderful whether you are traveling to Washington, D.C. or living there. From the best known attractions to delightfully obscure places this map guide gives all users the best there is to offer of the area. Even as a many-year resident of the area MapEasy has guided me, my family and friends to new and interesting places!

This book is amazing. It provides detailed impressions on the march on Washington and shows you what happened through detailed text and great graphics. This is an absolutely stunning book and to say it is a must buy is an undertatement.

This book is fantastic. Barber tells great stories. The book focuses on five different marches from the last century, and each of them is fascinating and surprising. What she shows is how these dramatic events helped make marching an American political tradition. Her analysis of how everyone became obsessed with numbers is truly revealing. At a time like the present, everyone should read this book to understand both the power--and the limits of marching--as a political strategy.

This book is one of those undiscovered treasures that really should have been more popular than it was. A lot of us know that Washington D.C.'s mayor was arrested for crack cocaine, but we really never got the inside story just from reading the papers. Agronsky dug deeper, and presents his findings in such a way that it makes for fascinating reading.

Marion Barry's behavior is presented in a non-judgmental manner, I thought. Indeed, Barry's actions spoke for themselves. We all saw the surveillance tape of Barry smoking the crack pipe, but Agronsky gives us the full story of what went on behind the scenes. Yes, it was disturbing to see the mayor of this country's capital city smoking crack cocaine; however, as Agronsky reveals, Barry at first resisted smoking the crack, because he wanted to lay off the pipe. It was only after a lot of prodding that Barry finally took a few hits.

...Was he set up? Judge for yourself.

To me, it was interesting how nobody was blameless in the whole Barry crack scandal. To be sure, Barry himself was a scumbag. (He went up to the hotel room to cheat on his wife, which itself is bad enough.) But the feds who busted him did not strike me as being much higher in character than Barry.

My only gripe with the book is that it was not long enough. Agronsky relates the story of the sting operation in rich detail, but by the end of the book, he fast-forwards through time, squeezing months into each chapter.

Agronsky is a superb investigative reporter, and I wish he would write more books!

This book is a treasure to read. While sometimes overbearingly academic, Jabour has a crisp analytical style that makes us understand immediately the social relationship between the Wirts and its applicability to our own intimate relationships. Personal/analytical history of this kind helps us comprehend the "real people" of the past, their environment, and how they operated within it & rebelled against it. Many parallels to today. Jabour helps convey the fact often hidden from all of us ethno-centric & generation-centric readers that people live ordinary lives in all times & places, even if their environment seems incomprehensible to us, in the suburban US, in the last decade of the 20th century. Having read this book, I plan to move on to the 3 other volumes in the series, namely: Angel Kwolek-Folland, "Engendering Business: Men & Women in the Corporate Office, 1870-1930;" Creighton & Norling, "Iron Men, Wooden Women: Gender & Seafaring in the Atlantic World 1700-1920;" Stephen Frank, "Life with Father: Parenthood & Masculinity in the 19th Century American North."

This book is a jewel. Being a 16th-17th century reenactor, I would not have thought that Martha Washington's cookbook would have become such a favorite of mine. The annotations by Karen Hess make it invaluable to anyone interested in historical cookery from the Elizabethan age onwards, and it is a darned good read, informative and fun even if you aren't. This is the book I will give someone who thinks they might possibly be vaguely interested in historical cookery and would like to learn more. It is very well-researched and there is something to learn on every page. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

"Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington" tells the story of the historic day when one of the most famous speeches in American history was delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Author Frances E. Ruffin sets the stage for King's "I Have A Dream" speech by providing the background on why civil rights leaders called for the March on Washington. The illustrations of Stephen Marchesi are combined with photographs of white only laundromats, colored entrances, and separate (and clearly unequal) drinking fountains. By the time the story gets to King's speech, students will have a good understanding of the rhetorical facing the speaker. The "I Have A Dream" speech is nicely summarized and the book concludes by talking about how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 changed a lot of the wrongs depicted in the opening section. This book is designed for students in the first through third grades (Level 2) and makes an excellent introduction to the civil rights movement and would be very useful for students to read during Black History Month to help them understand why King's birthday is a national holiday. I especially liked Marchesi's picture of President Kennedy watching King's speech on television; it might be useful to ask students to look at that picture and imagine what the President might be thinking as he listens to what King had to say.