I never really used baking soda, until I've read how every day things could be harmful, from soap to household cleaners. This book is so informative, who knew that you could use baking soda as deoderant or that it could be a fabric softner, and a drain cleaner?

I've tried many of the suggestions on this book and they work, they really work! Baking soda is not only for baking but for cleaning so many things. Baking soda works great as a fabric softener, I've tried it and my clothes came out very soft and much cleaner!

Very informative, this book is small about 100 something pages, but filled with so many tips, its worth the money. Using baking soda as a cleaner is frugal and much more better for your health and the environment.

Many household cleaners now contain chemicals that are toxic to the body; and baking soda is very environmental friendly, frugal, and fun to use, and it really works as a cleaner.

This book gives fabulous tips on cleaning with baking soda! I must reference this book weekly. It is exciting to use these tips - they're cost efficient and inexpensive. Highly recommended!

I absolutely loved this book! I am searching for ways to live frugally while also saving time and this book offers many, many useful tips on ways to use Baking Soda for products I usually spent a fortune on. My favorite is the recipe for automatic dishwasher soap. I went from spending approximately .08 a load when detergent was on sale cheap to less than a penny a load. This is the kind of information I need. If you are wanting to cut costs in running your house, the savings from cleaning solutions alone will pay for the book several times over!

I have really studied this book over the past 6 months and I believe that anyone who purchases it will find the information great for identification and for general knowledge. This book also has had me branch out into different areas of bottle openers and into Corkscrews ! , Great Job to the Authors, John Stanley and Donald Bull.

As I collect bottle openers in general, this book was an exciting way to find out what the openers I had were worth,and to see what other varieties of my openers there is available, it is very well set out and has clear and all coloured pictures, I would have liked to see more on cast iron bottle openers, but that is just me I suppose.

Bob Fulton is a boy inventor. His latest invention is something he calls the Soda Pop Stretcher, which is able to turn 1 bottle of soda into about 50 (that is, with the help of some miscellaneous ingredients, plenty of water and 50 pounds of sugar!). He's the most popular kid in his neighborhood until the Stretcher unexpectedly explodes, coating the inside of the garage with sticky, foul-smelling goo!!

Bob's father, a delightfully ridiculous character who is the town's ferryboat captain (he wears an eye patch over his perfectly good eye, stomps around on his healthy left leg like he's got a peg leg and is fond of whale blubber steaks and hardtack), decides that enough is enough. Bob should clean up the mess, give up inventing and join him on the ferryboat for the rest of the summer.

However, this book is subtitled "An International Spy Story", and it doesn't take long for Bob to discover something interesting about the gummy goo from his blown-apart pop stretcher: it totally eliminates friction! This means that any machine parts it's applied to (his sister's bicycle, for example-it was in the garage when the pop stretcher went kablooie) now will run practically by itself because the slowing effects of friction have been eliminated. Once this substance-called Ingredient Zeta-reaches the local scientific research community, it's only a matter of time before sneaky, international spies are hot to get their hands on some of the good stuff!

I was first turned on to this book back in the late 70's in fifth grade when a girl I had a crush on presented it to the class as a book report. Out of loyalty to her (or perhaps so we'd have something mutual to talk about), I read it and was immediately hooked. I have reread it about 8 or 10 times more since then, enjoying it more and more each time.

Bob's adventure starts off innocently enough (if you can call an explosion in the garage "innocent"!!), but soon he's embroiled in groundbreaking research in physics with a professor who speaks about 30 different languages...at the same time! Soon spies are lurking about the house trying to steal the secret formula, the science research lab is constructing a HUGE model of the stretcher, the world goes through a sudden sugar crisis, and automobile manufactures are in a panic because cars will no longer wear out!! (this was a wonderfully funny touch that, as a child, I had totally missed).

"Bob Fulton..." is, of course, out of print. This is a terrible shame because it's as funny and gripping NOW, in 2001, as it was back in the 70's at the time of its publication. Somehow it got unfairly passed by while other great works from that time period went on to be printed over and over again. It's an easy read, a great choice for intermediate readers, and with an explosion within the first 15-odd pages, it's sure to hook even reluctant readers in!! Highly recommended; track this one down!!

I just have one question. My brother found an old DR. Pepper bottle, it has Dr Pepper written out in long hand and underneath it it says "good for lifE" On the other side it has a clock that shows arrows pointing at 10, 2 and 4. We were wondering when it was made and if it is worth anything? Thanks Randall Thomas

Saleratus is the world's first & only compendium of baking soda lore & uses. with equal parts americana, pop science & kitchen chemistry, it explains its enviornmental, historical, and foods roles.

Sermons and Soda Water consists of 3 novellas which involve the same person -- James Mallory. Mallory is thought to be the alter ego of O'Hara. The first story "The Girl on the Baggage Truck" is a story of the younger Mallory barely avoiding being pulled down by involvement with an aspiring actress. The second, my favorite, "Imagine Kissing Pete" is the story of a bad marriage which goes good. I'm surprised no one ever made a movie of this one. The final one is a story of Mallory's senior years. He meets up with an old friend he has gradually moved away from, mainly due to the friend's marriage to a woman no one likes. Mallory is surprised to discover that his friend genuinely loved his wife. These stories remain popular because, like Appointment in Samarra, they highlight O'Hara's ability with dialogue and the description.

There are certain characteristics that come with living in a small town. Everybody knows everbody. Gossip spreads like wildfire. But a characteristic not often expressd is one of feeling like you're trapped--like you can't ever get out. In the poems contained in the book SODA JERK, by Cynthia Rylant, a young boy expresses his feelings of being trapped in his small Virginia town. This book focuses mainly on the unseen reality of small town life. I used a cutting of this book in high school speech team and went to the state competition with it. This book is very insightful and helped me to realize more of what is there than just meets the eye.

I enjoyed reading this book, not too complicated it just gets down to business without a lot of technical detail. It seemed to cover just about all of the details a first time brewer would need to brew up some very interesting drinks. One reviewer says it doesn't tell you where to get supplies, true but the book does give some idea and addresses can change with time anyway. Most of the ingredients and implements needed you'll find that you already have or can easily obtain at any time. My only complaint concerns the carbonation process, the author says when it is right refrigerate the drink, he is vague about what that point in the process is. I think I found it with careful reading.

Haven't had a chance to try the recipes in the book yet, but there's much more here. Little tidbits of interesting soda pop info I've never seen in other books, like: Whats the difference between root beer and sarsaparilla? Or: Does cream soda really have cream in it? Fascinating stuff for anyone interested in how everyday things like soda pop evolved to become the things we take for granted today.

Cresswell helps the reader brew up healthy and flavorful beverages from such ingredients as cherry juice, ginger root, and grated apples. Root beer, sasaparilla, they're all here. Really fun to read, humorous at times, and lots of great drawings. Recommended for families looking for fun projects, for homebrewers who want to add to their repertoire, and those who like soft drinks but would like healthier alternatives.

I applaud the author for attempting to catalog the arcane world of old soda pop advertising, a difficult task when you're overshadowed by the 500-lb gorilla of Coca-Cola advertising. However, this book does not do enough to fill in the gaps of soda pop history. There is no attempt made to identify the years or bottlers of the soda pop brands illustrated. The collectibles pictured are organized by type of object rather than type of soda pop or region. A simple index of known soda pop manufacturers, their locations and years in business would have added so much more to this book. And why not a timeline to give the types of collectibles a little context in the history of bottling? Just a few extra pages would have added a lot of value to a thick book which is taking up more of my shelf space than its worth!

SODA POP COLLECTIBLES THIRD EDTION IS THE BEST YET!! NICELY EXPANDED IN MOST CATEGORIES, ALLAN TRIES TO COVER AS MANY BRANDS AND OBJECTS AS POSSIBLE IN ONE BOOK. A GREATLY EXPANDED COLOR PLATE SECTION THAT IS COLORFUL AND VERY CRISP AND CLEAR!! TEXT AND CONTENT ARE WELL COVERED. DEFINITELY NOT A DISAPOINTMENT. THIS IS A MUST HAVE REFERENCE GUIDE IN THE SODA ADVERTISING FIELD. IT GREATLY EXPANDS YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD.

SODA POP COLLECTIBLES 3RD EDITION IS BEST YET!! TEXT AND CONTENT ARE EXCELLANT, COLOR AND QUALITY FOF PICTURES TERRIFIC. GREATLY EXPANDED VERSION, ESPECIALLY COLOR PLATES. VALUES ALL UPDATED. A MUST FOR THE SODA ADVERTISING COLLECTOR!!ALLAN HAS GIVEN US A REFERENCE GUIDE THAT COVERS A WIDE VARIETY OF BRANDS, THAT GREATLY INCREASES ARE ABILITY TO RESEARCH SODA ADVERTISING.

I saw this new book and got it mainly for the cool drink recipes that are in it. We tried several of them at home, but they did not quite taste like the drinks that we get at our local juice store. Maybe it's the ingrediants? Otherwise, the book was interesting.

I love this book! Almost all of the recipes I WILL use! I have tried a few and they came out so well. You won't regret buying this book if you love restraunt drinks. The variety of drinks is so great... shakes, refreshing drinks, cocktails, and making your own liquers. yummy!!

I bought this book based on the fact that I LOVE all of the Top Secret Recipe books published and this one has to be in the top 3. Everything I've tried, my family and I have loved. One of my personal favorites is the [blended coffee drink]. However, the other drinks are just as good.

If you are a Top Secret Recipe fan, this is a must have or even if you are just looking for a new recipe book for beverages, try this one. I know you won't regret it. :)