This book is a comprehensive overview of nuclear engineering topics. It is that ONE book if you must rely on just one. It is similar to the Glasstone book but newer and with better text. The explanations in the Reactor Physics and Kinetics chapters are great and easy to understand. I wish I'd had this book as an undergraduate; that Reactor Analysis course would have been much more understandable!

I just finished reading Allen Howe's first collection of short fiction, "The Odd Boy and His Precious Piano." It's a charming book chronicling the thoughts and experiences of a bright, talented child from age 3 to 12, including some exciting and suspenseful situations. I enjoyed the stories for their humor, for giving voice to some of my own internal experiences, and for several haunting images that I am still processing.

Allen's poetry is careful, accessible, and beautiful. His poetry has regularly graced The Best American Poetry series as well as many literary magazines. If you only buy one poetry book this year, this should be it. If you like the work of Billy Collins, Philip Levine, or Jim Daniels, buy this book; Allen's poetry is significantly different (as it should be), but in the same realm as their work.

I'm very happy with my copy of Oklahoma Sport Fishing by John Gifford. I'm an avid bass angler and refer to Mr. Giffords book before each trip to the lake.
Mr. Gifford does a great job detailing how to fish for multiple species of fish throughout the seasons in Oklahoma lakes. Even though the book is written about Oklahoma lakes, the tactics could be helpful to anglers in other states with similar lakes and species.
Besides being very informative to fishermen, Mr. Gifford's story telling style is very entertaining! I read the book cover to cover and now use it time and again to prepare lake to lake, season to season. My fishing has improved noticeably since reading Oklahoma Sport Fishing!

This is one of my daughters favorite books, she easily learned her numbers by reading it at bedtime every night. This illustration is really captivating, and I love to just pick it up and look at it myself!

While not growing up on a farm myself, I do live in the approximate area in which Thomas B. Allen's story, On Granddaddy's Farm, takes place. Allen has certainly captured the essence of the locales he mentions in the story. His words paint pictures and evoke the smells that one encounters on a farm. The characters bring to life all that a country family experiences during not only this time in history, but also in some aspects of today's fastly disappearing farm family. Granddaddy's insistance of the work ethic, Granny's always being there to watch over and provide for the children, the rhythm of the train's always dependable schedule all elicit the "protectiveness and dependence" of a time we all have enjoyed or longed to enjoy in our own lifetimes.

This is an excellent book to be used as an advanced primer or survey of Christian theological
persepctives on ethics. From Barth to Raushenbusch to modern scholars, Protestant and Catholic, this book contains excellent essays and articles and even a prayer and Scripture exerpt or two. An excellent starting point for those interested in medical ethics--but VERY comprehensive; covers issues from patient-doctor relationships to health care distribution. I read it in an "Ethics and the Professions" course at Princeton Seminary.

This is a very good book to start out with if you are interested in the Oregon Trail. Tells a great story.

I have yet to read a William-Sonoma cookbook that did not have wonderful pictures and equally wonderful tasting dishes. This book lived up to my expectations. I would recommend this as a must for anyone who cooks frequently, especially vegetarians out there or people who are looking to decrease the amount of meat they eat. You'll never miss it with this recipe!