A western plot with *really* different characters and plot. Lots of action and outlaws. A book worth reading.

I recently read Salvaged Memories by Jerry Provost (one of my family's good friends.) It's about the raising of the Minnehaha and how he and others found it and wanted to raise it. It's was a great book if your into scuba diving or things that involve raising boats or diving. I give it 5 enthusiastic stars.

We received "Sand to Sea" as a gift when our children were toddlers. From the earliest age they loved the photos. As they got older they asked us to read the text as well. The book begins on the shore, moves to the tide-pools, out to the coral reefs and beyond into the ocean, introducing animals from each habitat. The text is basic but well-written and we enjoyed learning the Hawaiian names of many creatures, including the 12-syllable name for one fish! There are extraordinary color photos on each page. My boys especially loved the photos showing children snorkeling among reef-fish and exploring the marine world. "Sand to Sea" is an excellent introduction to Pacific marine life and we highly recommend it for children, ages 2-10.

People have wondered what the fishing boat of Jesus looked like there have been many interesting drawings of what the apostle's boat looked like. The Kinneret boat (the official name for this ancient vessel) was in use around the time of Jesus and might well have represent a typical craft used by Jewish fishermen in the time of New Testament.This book has complete plans for the Galilee boat as well as a photograph ofa model of this vessel depicting what the fishing boat looked liked when afloat and in action on Galilee.

i never would have gotten an 'A' on my Sea Star report in Advanced Biology if it weren't for this book. Easy acces to what you need, the info you need, and great pictures!

The Sargasso Sea lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and is the source of countless maritime legends and lore. It is also a place of tranquility, marine life, and tangled seaweed that blankets the surface of the sea and entraps unwary ships. In A Sea Within A Sea: Secrets Of The Sargasso, Ruth Heller vividly explores the secrets of the Sargasso through well crafted rhymes and museum quality artwork. Young readers are treated to eels, flying fish, and other forms of fascinating aquatic life, folklore monsters and the oceanographic science of this natural wonder. Very highly recommended for school and community library collections.

In Searching The Noonday Trail, it's the first day at a new school for Johnnie Jacobson. It's going to be challenging, but will it be as adventuresome as the summer was? He's not too sure, but a secret football play and a field trip to where Chief Noonday and the Ottawa tribe used to live put Johnnie and his Gun Lake Friends on the trail of another great and exciting adventure! The fourth in Cedar Tree Publications' outstanding "Gun Lake Adventure" series, Searching Noonday Trail is another great novel by Johnnie Tuitel and Sharon Lamson for young readers which is wonderfully written and totally entertaining from first page to last. The three other enthusiastically recommended titles in their outstanding and original series are The Barn At Gun Lake (1998); Mystery Explosion! (1999); and Discovery On Blackbird Island (2000).

I received this book as a birthday gift and thoroughly enjoyed it. Although it is being marketed as a children's book, the contents are anything but childish. Simple, clear, and precise, yes, but definitely not "See the red crab. See the red crab walk."

The contents are well-organized and packed with facts, an obvious nod to the author's degree in Science Writing.

Before reading this book, I thought of the octopus as a deep sea creature; I didn't know it could be found near the low-tide line off of both coasts. I had heard of a whelk, but I didn't know it was a large meat-eating sea snail. I'll avoid a terrible pun about a similar creature that produces a little bubbly music and just say there's a lot of interesting material in this book for adults as well as children. Think of this book more as a "quick guide" rather than a "children's guide."

I have to admit that, at first, I didn't fully appreciate the mini-map showing where each critter could be found. I mean the book is about "seashore life," and where else would it be found but on the coastline? However, like a good mystery, the book drew me into the seashore world, and I started examining each map more closely. Yes, the creatures live along the coast, but how far up and down the coast, and on which coast, and...well, you get my point. I was intrigued.

The illustrations and photographs are the icing on the cake. The next time my wife and I visit the California Coast, we plan on bringing this book along and going on a fun scavenger hunt!

It was a great book and its based in a place near where I live.I think it was good because when he figures out who the murderer is, he's eye to eye with him.

The Shipler family dominated photography in Utah for about 100 years. James Shipler left his Pittsburgh camera shop in 1889 to relocate in Salt Lake City and pioneered in photographer there. With his death in 1937, his son Harry succeeded him, with grandson Bill and great-grandson Hollis eventually taking their turn in the family business. About 100,000 Shipler glass-plate and film negatives survive in the archives of the Utah State Historical Society. Seeing Salt Lake City: The Legacy Of The Shipler Photographers comprises 175 of the best of these photographic legacy, reproduced as full-page images and historically showcasing Utah's capital city. From 1903 and a view of the Fremont School on Third West with a surrey parked outside awaiting its owner, to a 1940 photo of a row of Ford coupes outside the Crystal Palace Market on South Temple Street, each image is noted for its depth, clarity, and perspective, as well as the architecture evident with the growth and maturation of an American metropolis of the west. Seeing Salt Lake City is an impressive testament to one family's photographic artistry, and a welcome contribution to American photographic history.