If you're looking to carve some of the wee people, then here is your book. One leprechaun is carved step by step, then painted. Patterns for 24 more are provided so you can make a whole leprechaun colony, if the mood strikes you. Lots of photos, and plenty of information about carving tools required and suggested paint colors.

This audio collection of short stories - by three American Masters, Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and John Updike - is perfect for that next long drive, morning commute, or anytime you need something really good to listen to. I highly recommend.

This is a wonderful introduction to Tuck. I collect the cards, but believe this book is great for both beginners and advanced collectors. Does anyone know when the next book by this author is coming out?

Lynne Carver has struck gold with "Animal Lover"! It's a fast-moving, dramatic and emotional read. The characters, and undoubtedly the author, are dedicated animal lovers, who don't mind sticking their necks out to defend our animal companions. I couldn't put it down and am looking forward to Carver's next book.

My wife and I were given a copy of this pretty little book as a gift several years ago. We like it as much for the beautiful paintings and drawings (done by the author) as for the large amount of information it contains. The paintings are typically full page, colors well reproduced, and size large enough to show accurate details of the flower parts. These are really works of art.

This book doesn't cover all wildflowers, but does a great job helping us to identify and enjoy spring/early summer wildflowers in the northeast.

Judging by the Amazon ranking of sales of the book, it isn't particularly well known. That's understandable, given that it was published by a university press (Ohio University) 24 years ago. But in my opinion, it's one of those little gems to keep and pass on to your children. The price is very reasonable for a good quality hardcover book with this kind of content.

In a foreword to the book, the Director of the Denver Botanic Gardens refers to its "soundly scientific base". Sounds good to me. I'm not a botanist (I'm a retired engineer), but I do like the amount of information giveen on each plant. I especially like being given the origin of every one of those funny-sounding quasi-Latin names, along with pronunciation aids.

Because the written information is always on page facing the (usually) full page illustration of each flower, I don't have to thumb through the book looking for the picture. I do find myself having to refer often to the glossary of botanical terms at the back of the book, but that's relatively easy to do, and a fair price to pay for the extra information in the descriptions.

I'll admit it is difficult to write a review of a book that has not even been published yet, but hey, it IS Raymond Carver, so you and I both know that here again is the opportunity to feel the magic of his genius. He can affect and move your interior landscapes as only a few other authors who have that gift can do. Read everything he wrote. It'll be good for you.

This book shows the breadth and scope of meanings that are carved into wooden chains by Indiana craftsmen. Folklorist Simon Bronner begins his study with a simple question: Why would anyone spend hours and hours carving out wooden chains? The answers that he finds show that simple questions often have complex answers. Bronner provides a glimpse into the souls of the carvers as he reveals the significant aspects of the aesthetic and emotional dimensions of life history that are crafted into the art of the carvers.

This first in a 12-part series of general guides on Policy Governance is a great introduction to author John Carver's new approach to nonprofit board development. Basically, this approach clearly separates the roles of board and staff as they go about their separate but related jobs of organizational governance and management. Policy Governance clarifies these roles through policy development and permits the board---governing as a body---to control the management and direction of the organization in a global policy approach. This guide is a good start in grasping the concepts of the approach.

Finally, Carver made simple!. John and Miriam Mayhew Carver, make the Policy Governance model understandable for the Chairperson in this short booklet. After using Carver's Boards That Make a Difference," for years, I have not found many volunteer board members who want to read his 240 page text. However, "Chairpersons Role As Servant Leader to the Board" is short enough (at 20+ pages) and simple enough for most board chairs to read on the way to meeting. If you use the Policy Governance based on Carver's model, I would highly recommend this (and the other 11 booklets in the series).

I am a clay artist and I used this book to teach me how to carve caricatures in clay. I loved the outcome and learned a great deal from Pete Leclair. I had borrowed the book from the library and liked it well enough to order my own copy.