After completing the book, I have examined the contents closely, discovering that Thomas Dunk has captured the essence of the working class male. It is refreshing to read and study the social-class interactions and bonding that so stratify the working class male. It is the research for my Sociology 361 Class, and thereby intended that we examine closely the relationships and class structures. I consider the book an easy and enjoyable read, enlightning and educational, even for the novice to ethnographical studies.

"Jackass Brandy" is a book that will be of particular delight to Northern Californians or students of California's more recent history.

Bruno Buti, through witness and participant interviews, coupled with his own recollections from childhood, paints a very interesting and often humorous account of the effect Prohibition had in California's San Francisco Bay Area.

The story is based on the true experiences of Michael Buti and details his efforts in attempting to run a moonshining operation in the San Francisco East Bay community of Castro Valley. The cat and mouse games of the Federal Revenue Agents is interesting and often amusing. Less amusing is the level of corruption found in the various levels of law enforcement bureaucracy.

"Jackass" was the nickname of the particular form of liquor distilled throughout the area as opposed to the more familiar terms "white lightning" or "moonshine" popularized in similar operations in the American South.

"Jackass Brandy" is entertaining and colorul, while filling in important bits of San Francisco Bay Area history. It's a good read!

A great guide for boating Lake Huron. Its easy to read and findinformation on ports, marinas and charts. We keep a copy on ourboat...

Believe! God does love Packer fans. Take a leap of faith and let God unite with you; while reading this spiritual, outstanding, motivational book by Steve Rose. Steve Rose is the author of "Leap of Faith" and the sequel is "Leap of Faith 2". It is a spiritual gateway between heaven and Green Bay. The book is filled with several Packer players new and old; including Reggie White, Robert Brooks, Mark Chmura, Ken Ruegettgers, head coach Mike Holmgren, and many more. Read and jump with Robert Brooks into your faith.

Thisis an expensive outlay, but well worth it! Fifty eight illustrations from Padmasambhav's life, in those natural colour traditional paintings,bring the text to life. Many of the illustrations have see-through overlays explaining the various parts of the picture. Padmasambhava is a refreshing and often neglected figure in Tibetan Buddhism, a religion which in recent centuries has been dominated by a rather dry monastic flavour, and by rigorous but rather uninspiring philosophical and logical debates. This work stimulates and extends the imagination in ways which I haven't encountered in much of the other literature on Tibetan Buddhism. This two volume is truly a piece of art, produced with much love and devotion by the Nyingma sect's Dharma Publishing. Thoroughly recommended!

Expanded revision of the 1984 Guide. I live in New Jersey & this wonderful book is one of the best teachers for my home waters.

"Life in Chesapeake Bay" is organized to take the reader from an overview of bay ecology, across the sand beaches, around the piers & pilings, into the intertidal zone, through shallow waters, marshes & then out toward deeper waters. Illustrations are clear line drawings. The scholarship never leaves the reader gasping for air. There's a highly informative glossary & species list.

"Life in Chesapeake Bay" makes a strong pro-environmental statement by showing us the diversity, poetry & interconnectedness of life (including humans) at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the fragility of this great inter-weaving of water, tide, sand & mud. It teaches us the awesome beauty of small things that exist right in front of out eyes.

Bob Rixon

Zoltan Bay was an internationally recognized physicist and the head of the research team of the Tungsram company (the Hungarian GE). The book is about a difficult era from the early 40's to the late 40's, when Hungary suffered first from the Nazi and later the Russian (Communist) occupation. Zoltan Bay and his fellows manage to make Tungsram survive the Nazi occupation. However, after the end of the WWII the new, even bigger manace to the company are the barbarous Russian soldiers "liberating" Hungary, and later the Hungarian communist party. The humanity gets defeeted and Tungsram is nationalized. Bay is forced to escape from Hungary but he never gives up hope, from where the title is originated. The book is an excellent portrayal of the true face of communism.

This is something that is as common in my diaper bag as diapers themselves. Being a new parent I am faced with a new and wonderful world. Nobody has been more helpful mapping my new world than other parents who have already been down all these roads. The lilaguide has taken comments on best baby stores, baby-friendly restaurants, activites, haircuts and much more from parents all over the Bay Area and put it in an easy to read guide. Take advantage of this community of parents! As they say on the cover it is truly written "by parents, for parents".

As publisher and editor of the now out-of-print LITTLE MAGOTHY by Bruce L. Wilson, I wish to direct all who land her that you can enjoy at least one of Wilson's MAGOTHY stories entitled "Theodore" in the anthology GREAT WRITERS GREAT STORIES: Writers from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Find this book right here at Amazon.com, it has GREAT STORIES by 24 additional writers who all live within two hours drive of the LITTLE MAGOTHY. The book includes another "fish" story by Tim Poland of Radford, Virginia.

Living On The Earth is a wonderful book, whether you are just reading it for fun, or using it as a guide for daily life. The reader feels a strong connection to the author, who we get a good picture of through her handwritten antecdotes. I picked up my mother's copy a few years ago, and I have been looking for my own copy ever since- I am thrilled that someone finally reprinted this book!