This book is a wonderful sampler of Wisconsin writers. It reveals past and present voices on a topic that is close to their hearts. I would have rated it five stars if only a few more pictures or art of the land they love would have been included. I commend their devotion to the word, as well as the land. They offer some of the proceeds from the sale of this book to the organization, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin. With over-population concerns around the world, urban sprawl also threatens this cherished soil and lifestyles in the Midwest. This book reminds us how the land gets into our blood, our hearts, our minds--and we need to find the best ways to make use of it.

This is a good basic book on tying fishing knots. There wasn't a whole lot of detail but the pictures were good and each knot is described with a basic explanation. The book size is compact and fits in my tackle box well.

This book constitutes a good starting place for the would be ceramist or ceramic analyst. Basic data on how to go about making pottery with chapters on the production sequence, materials used and their preparation, forming, and firing. Lots of terminology and illustrations.

this book felt like an analysis of my life. any child who was thrown into a level of the education system that could be considered above there 'class' will surely be able to relate to this story (try being a working class kid in an elitist private school!). a nice balance of captivation and realism.

I'm very interested in plant Propagation and this book was very good in explaining in lay man's term's.I was also interested to see the many way that a simple seed gerination can be achived.

This book is very good at explaining the psychology of the sale-- what goes through the prospect's mind before and during your presentation, and how to open the prospect's mind up to what you're saying.

The book was easy to read, and was a practical guide that I used in teaching licensed teachers working to obtain a Bilingual/ESL State Endorsement. The teachers appreciated the way the book allowed them to choose topics of interest to their particular classroom.The vignettes about students and teachers were useful as examples so teachers could apply the methods and strategies to their own teaching situations. The review of language acquisition was helpful for teachers to understand the process in a practical way. Most of the teachers do not have linguistic degrees nor did they feel they needed extensive information to work in their classes but they did use the material about first and second language acquisition theories as they applied to real life teaching situations. As our district works with Native American students, the material on the role was culture was helfpul as most of the students are English speakers but have a cultural influence. The section of using multiple measures for assessment was useful but could contain more information.

Unlike most books, these "memories" are not all about the stars that most of us know so well. Individual short stories about role players, short-timers and other lesser knowns makes this book truly enjoyable. It is evident that it is written by true Cardinal fans, because they take great joy in every small achievement made by both the team and the men who played for them. If you're the type of person who can't devote long periods of time to spending with a book, you'll love this one because of it's short-story format.

This is especially interesting for the light on his early life and the society of late eighteenth century Manchester. Robert Owen is probably best known as an utopian socialist with worthy but fuzzy ideas. He has always stood out from other early socialists because, as GDH Cole (I think) said he was able to beat the capitalists at their own game when he put his mind to it by running successful businesses. This book shows how one of seven children of a Welsh saddler could rise in the world of the early steam engines and factories. I was fascinated by his life in his twenties in Manchester, where he was friendly with Dalton (the originator of the atom) and lent money to Fulton (the inventor of the steamship) and discussed religion with Coleridge. The later life is already well known. The narrative livens up again describing travelling west in the United States. I should have liked more explanation of how he acquired his technical skills after what sounds like an apprenticeship only in retail trade. Some of the financial transactions remain obscure. The author pursues a Robinson Crusoe metaphor at puzzling length. I thought he used too many lengthy quotations from dully written sources (including Owen's own flat and boring autobiography). I should like to have known more of what finally became of New Lanark, Ormiston and New Harmony (where Donnachie apparently met Owen family descendants) and about the birth control ideas and accusations of sexual immorality. Nice illustrations. On the whole this is more a scholarly biography than one that can be read through for entertainment.

This is not a book for the average pottery collector. It contains no "values" or "prices" and has only enough illustrations to explain the author's points. It is, moreover, not written in a popular style and occasionally lapses into academic jargon. For anyone interested in the "why" or "how" of Rookwood and American art pottery in general, its role in American industrial and cultural history, and its relationship to the increasing freedom of American women, this book is without peer. It includes an excellent bibliography that goes well beyond the usual suspects.