Truly the "must have" guide to the areas around Hood River, OR. Known in the region to have the best mountain biking in the area, Hood River is becoming more than the windsurfing capitol of the States. The Single Track Anthology lists rides of different abilities, coded in the familiar symbols of ski areas. (green circles, beginners; blue squares, intermediates; and black diamonds, advanced). The ride descriptions are concise and accurate, and I especially like the elevation profiles provided with each ride. Directions to trailheads are easy to follow, and the maps of the trails are fine with the use of real topog maps available through the forest service. An added benefit to the book is a large number of sponsers and advertisers, some offering coupons or discounts at local businesses in Hood River. If you are heading toward Hood River, or anywhere near "The Gorge", pick up this book for it will undoubtedly aid you in your quest for the best that the area has to offer.

The 2CV is chronicled and detailed from its design brief to the last model to roll off the assembly line in 1990. The title of this book implies that the history of the 2CV is an ongoing saga and of course it is, in fact we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 2CV next year. The conception and birth of the 2CV was not an easy delivery. The gestation period was delayed by the advent of World War II, and the Citroen designers used this period to perfect a design that was being rushed for the 1939 Paris Auto Salon. Citroen 2CV documents the design considerations that were part of the 2CVs development and led to the birth of a 2CV, in 1948, that was quite a bit different from the 2CV that would have appeared at the 1939 Salon. The further evolution of the 2CV is detailed with model changes and special versions explained. The 2CVs family relations; the Sahara, The Mehari, and the Vans are presented along with the AMI-6 & AMI-8 and the Dyane. The Parentage of the 2CV is explored with an excellent chapter on Pierre-Jules Boulanger, André Lefebvre, Flamino Bertoni, and Walter Becchia. If you do not now recognize this names, you most certainly will from now on. The 2CV in the UK is well presented with great photos of the 2CV pick-up that was used by the Royal Marines and the most unlikely 2CV of all, the Bijou, a British attempt at an up-market 2CV. We next get a quick look at the 2CVs adventures, 2 CV advertising and to put the 2CV in context, its contemporary competitors Fiat, Simca, Renault and VW. The book concludes with a look at the last days of the 2CV production line. Citroen 2CV will be enjoyed by all. Review from Citroen Quarterly Vol 15#4, Oct 1997

A good book about soft paddling. The maps and explanations
of the locations were well done. Made me want to try many
of the suggestions.

Although this solution guide has a few mistakes, it helped me tremendously in Genetics. I got an A only because I had the answer and explanation to EVERY question in the textbook. It gave me a clear understanding of the basic concepts and it had plenty of diagrams. Barely anyone in my class had the solutions manual, so I felt like I had an advantage over everybody...and I found out I was right when I got my report card! :-)

After having been tortured by actors discussing his approach to acting, I finally decided I wanted to learn about the man. Wow!

This book is extremely interesting to read as it is a series of letters and essays from Stanislavski to his contemporaries. It was unbelievably humorous to listen to his discussion of Chekhov and imagine trying to conduct rehearsals with him sitting there watching.

This book is broken into 5 major sections with different themes of Stanislavski's life explored in each one. Thespians will find his words inspiring, historians will find his words enlightening, and a normal person will find themselves better informed of the world of theater and what goes into preparing.

I highly recommend this book.

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as if anyone with open eyes needed any further evidence of hillary's loathsome character, here it is. her two faced self serving nature, her self-perceived superiority, her vindictiveness, her hypocrisy, even anti-semitism........the list goes on and on. hopefully she never realizes her dreams of elected power.

Statistical Ecology was easy to interpret. Examples made this book excellent.

The book comes with a disk containing BASIC programs. This is of little help for individuals having win 95/98. The BASIC interpreter, mentioned in the primer, was terminated when Windows 95 replaced MSDOS as the OS for PCs.

So if you have win95/98 you are BASICally hosed.

I would suggest the authors correct the compatibility problem, or just not offer BASIC programs.

The book Stolen Kisses was exceptionally good. I enjoyed the way the author Elizabeth made description of the character she kept you reading the book and that's why I chose to write a review on this book. The book Stolen Kisses is not just some love story and a teen falls in love there really is a major point to the book a bout life and how lies are more than what they seem. I believe rather than you understanding the plot Elizabeth wanted you to understand the moral. Although her moral ended up very happily ever after the character Laura was stressed so much throughout nearly the entire book that you really understood where she was coming from on how she was wrong and learned her lesson but now needed to fix what she had started. Elizabeth really made me happy about this book and I enjoyed the book very greatly.

I often like to adopt a syntopic reading approach to books in the same genre...partly because it is great fun and partly, I can get more leverage, in terms of learning points, out of the books in the ultimate reading process. I also get to understand and appreciate how two or more independent authors tackle a common issue with, sometimes, different and diverse viewpoints. For an understanding of the syntopic reading process, get hold of Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book.)

In this particularly instance, I read Jean Reynolds' book syntopically with Peter Sotiriou's Integrating College Study Skills.

On the whole, I found that they can complement each other pretty well, although there are similarities in content as well as contrasts in approach. Both authors demand the reader to take a pro-active approach in the reading process.

Jean Reynolds' book is more comprehensive in the coverage of the overall 'study strategies' process. It is also more broad-based, as the author very skilfully uses many success stories of athletes, performers, professional men and women, and leaders in diverse fields to illustrate her points.

I particularly enjoy the author's creative treatment of critical thinking with the aid of the pencil. She recognises the pencil as an inexpensive thinking tool. A very interesting concept...practical, too.

Peter Sotiriou's book is more specific to the reasoning process embodied in reading, listening & writing. The many exercises in this respect are deliberately constructed in a cumulative, step-by-step fashion. This makes the book very helpful for the college student reader to follow. The author takes great pain to explain and illustrate the process of summarising and paraphrasing upon reading, which are two vital information gathering skills for college students.

In terms of introducing reading techniques, both authors did their job pretty well. Both provided ample exercises.

To sum up, both books can serve as useful strategy guides for college students. Both are designed to to help you enjoy and benefit from your college experiences.