this is the work of an obvious GENIUS. i never heard the man play but he sure can open up the concepts like no other. MINDBLOWING WORK OF ART is what i call it. it has helped me a lot though i think i'll take a few years to fully assimilate the book. non of that bullshit play jazz guitar in 3 weeks nonsense you see in other books. this is THE MOMMA!

This is only one of two double bass drum books that I have ever even heard of. It is great for the drummer who wants to learn how to use double bass and develop basic techique and chops. The only downside to this book is that it only provides an elementary teaching of double bass drumming. Another book to check out which I haven't yet is the Encyclopedia to Double Bass or something like that. Anyway, the Complete Double Bass Drum Cookbook is a must-buy for aspiring drummers who wish to learn to play double bass.

This book masterfully introduces techniques and auxiliary devices (tonometer, rhythmometer etc) which greatly facilitate the reading of music notation. It is useful both for the teacher and the student of music theory, as well as to music students who simply wish to learn a superior, easy way to learn to become fluent in reading and writing music notation.

"Lauri Anderson's latest collection of poignant stories is a wonderfully rewarding read. These stories are not only dedicated to the Copper Country, but truly celebrate the Finnish character that has played such an important part in creating a Copper Country heritage. Here are our heroes, survivors against all the odds, in this remote land, true to themselves acting with an unconscious humility. These often bittersweet stories are set in historic contexts that make them utterly convincing. There are many literary allusions, and even characters such as Vainamoinen and Hemingway play a part. The clean rhythm of the language mimics the Finnish language and underlines the basic humanity and individuality of these Copper Country Finns."

This book is the definative book on white water tripping the Missinaibli River. It provides deatails of the river, history and camp sites. This is an excellent resource for anyone planning a trip on this river

Monterey Bay within Us

by Nick Pierotti

It is said that we all come originally from the Sea, and that one day, like the racing waters of the streams, we will all return. For we all live downstream. That is why we must pay careful attention to the Sea, for our well-being depends ultimately upon the health of this ancient water. Perhaps we feel this way because, not only is our blood chemically similar to seawater, but our bloodstreams surge with the same ancient rhythms. That is why it is so important for us to stay in touch with this ever-present miracle that we dwell beside, and stay educated in its subtleties.

Nowhere is our great interconnection with all life better represented than in the web of the Sea, and nowhere is this great web better displayed and described than in the halls of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

The aquarium is, first of all, a fun trip, but the things seen and the lessons learned run much deeper. You get to put your hands in the salty water, and touch the creatures that dwell in the watery realms. You are allowed to know many creatures that we are used to seeing from above, or from on the shore; and get to know them from underneath, and from next to them, separated from the sea's blue surge by a mere wall of glass. Into dark undersea caverns you dive and tunnel, communing with giant octopi, locking eyes with cuttlefish who stare you down with their ancient eyes and prehistoric wisdom. You watch live sand dollars in their sandy beds, and sea anemones waving their fluorescent feelers. Pelagic barnacles, attached to far-floating buoys, filter off tiny creatures that you cannot even see, through delicate combs. Sea turtles drift, and jellyfish spin and bob like strings of lights dancing before your astonished eyes. The black depths of the deep Monterey Canyon are revealed to you, full of astonishing creatures that gleam and glow with their own light.

And in the outer bay, endless schools of tuna and mackerel and sardines and sharks perform their primeval round dance, ceaselessly circling, hypnotizing you with their bright and glittering armor.

It is appropriate, that on the very spot where ol' "Doc" Ricketts, who was memorialized by Steinbeck in "The Log from the Sea of Cortez," once collected tidepool creatures and studied them in a small, makeship lab, that there should be erected a great memorial to the Sea, and to its miraculous and multifarious creatures. And that on a street made famous during the early years of this century for its Sardine Canneries, again described by Steinbeck, as "a stink, and a noise," that we should be graced with the sight of living, swimming sardines, and reminded that the sea is all about life, and not death.

How fabulous it is that there is a place, where families can voyage to together, and learn all about the great dynamic body of water that we all make our homes beside. And that we have a resource that explains and illuminates this great mystery, the mystery that we feel when we listen to the great murmuring waters, and to the tumble and crash of surf, and feel the icy torrent of brine that surges over our bare toes at the beach. For we are all of one earth, but our hearts beat to the sea surge of the great Pacific Ocean.

This is a superb book with black and white photographs of postcards from the Monterey area and vicinity. It shows postcards from Santa Cruz, Wastonville, Salinas, Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, Etc. A fun book to peruse.

perhaps unsafe for heavy traffic negotiations, this Patrick McManus creation will sure keep you awake. Coming from a burned-out sort, this is the highest of praise. Women, you'll suddenly start to understand men. Everything you've always suspected about them is true. McManus lets the whole thing right out of the bag.

The story is about two kids who accidentally fall back in time and mix it up with some pirates and find buried treasure, but who cares? The real fun is the comic-book style pictures/words and the puzzles--jumbled words, picture clues, double-entendre poems--that the reader must solve every couple of pages in order to proceed. One of the best features, that I rarely see in other mystery/puzzle books, is that for each puzzle they offer a Hint as well as the Solution. So if you're stumped by a puzzle and torn between wanting to solve it youself and looking at the Solution, you can turn to the Hints page first. Entertaining and absolutely non-frightening (the ominous-sounding "Master" of the ship turns out to be a warm, non-nonsense Grandma). Great for 8-12 year-olds and their puzzle-minded parents.

The protagonist is Meg. The conflict in the story is that Meg, her mom, and her brother, Danny, move to Kittiwake Bay and the place where Meg works there are people`s things missing. So it`s up to her and her friend, Marc, to find the stolen things and who stole them. The thing I liked best about this story is the setting because it is the best setting for this story.