I am a Kindergarten teacher and this is a great book to read to them. It has excellent pictures. The words can be difficult for Kindergarteners to understand, however, with a little preparation, they will grasp the concept of the book. This book shows the daily lives of a Pilgrim girl. Samuel Eaton's Day compliments this book.

We originally bought this book at Plimoth Village. My children love it. Having photos of people in actual period dress makes it so much easier to understand that they were real people and they lived differently from us. I share our copy of the book with my children's teachers every fall and they all love it and beg for our copy. Tonight, I'm buying them their own!

This book is a photo-journal portrayal of the life of a girl in early America. Based on a real-life child, the recreation (interpretation) in historic setting makes the reader feel as if he or she is right there, living the life.

It provides a great day-in-the-life picture. I borrowed this book from the library because it is part of the "core curriculum" recommended by E.D. Hirsch.

My 6 year old daughter now has a very concrete basis for comparing her own life to what it might have been at another time. It's inspiring and fun. And a great teaching tool (as mentioned in the previous review.)

In The Animals Of Grandfather Mountain, wildlife biologist and animal habitat manager Laurie Jakobsen showcases a wonderfully illustrated collection of engaging and informative stories about the boisterous bear cubs, inquisitive deer, secretive cougars, playful otters, chattering eagles, and others who live in the Grandfather Mountain wildlife habitats of North Carolina. The Animals Of Grandfather Mountain is wonderful reading for children of all ages and an enthusiastically recommended addition to school and community library wildlife reference collections and reading lists.

This is a wonderful book for the young and the young at heart who are interested in animals and love to laugh and learn.

Reading "The Animals of Grandfather Mountain" was great fun from start to finish. I laughed out loud at some of Jakobsen's stories about day to day life running a wild animal habitat. Everyone, young and old, enjoys watching our furry friends while strolling through zoos. But this book shows you the behind-the-scenes work that makes such experiences possible. But perhaps the biggest treat the books gives readers is insight into the great personalities these animals have. The photographs make the book even more fun. I recommend this book to children and anyone who loves animals, whether they have visited Grandfather Mountain or not.

If your having heart problems would you like rather have those butchers rip your rib cage open, patch you up, and send you
on your way without curing the root of your problem, which is clogged up arteries, and knowing that your problem is
guaranteed to reoccur sometime down the road. Or would you rather go on an IV for a few hours, or try some of the other
Chelation techniques, and clean out those clogged arteries, and get on with life knowing that your problem will only reoccur
if you continue to live a unhealthy lifestyle? Buy the book, and learn how to take command of your well being the painless
way.

Bypass surgery is dangerous, expensive, and doesn't work very well. Chelation is safe, inexpensive and highly effective. Now what can possibly explain this? Hmm...maybe the difference between God and a doctor is that God doesn't think he's a doctor. Chelation, a technique that has been around for several decades, is done in a doctor's office: it cleans out arteries, and also pulls dangerous heavy metals from the body. It involves nothing more than putting an IV in the patient's arm for a couple of hours. If I was facing bypass surgery, I would certainly look into this.

lead,aluminium,mercury, and other poisioning metals that are found in our enviroment are disease makers, and in this book the author who is a well known dr. and a orthomolecular- nutritionist is very expirienced with the method of chelation therapy that described in this book. how the toxic metals apear?\how they absorbed?and how the chelation method work is explained with details. the role of the nutrients in chelation is explained on everyone of them and how they can be used effectivly in order to prevent and reverse the devastating hardening of the arteries\altzheimer\parkinson\etc,,,but especialy on arteriosclerosis. the role of the diet is also very important and explained in details, and the methods of chelation whether oral or intravinously are explained.many clinical studies and case histories are shown in this wonderful book and as far as i concern as a orthomolecular-nutritionist who do use the oral chelation to my artheriosclerosis patients as well as for other metal poisioning diseases, i can tell that this is a very scientific work wich is highly recommanded

Margaret, one day on the verge of suicide travels to lands completely unknown to her, with a mission, also unknown. She's given a sword, a beer, and a pregnancy, and you get to join her in journeys and experiences like none other. She meets dragons, friends, enemies that help her along the way. Her friends become your friends.

The imagination used to create this story is unmatched to anything I've read before. I can't wait for the next one!

Bravo!

Follow Margaret as she de-thrones the powerful Emporer with the help of friends and enemies, people and dragons, and the presence who set her on her way. Both the dark and the light side of the characters are exposed. The first-person narrative of the central character creates a deep understanding of her psyche throughout the book in her search for truth unbiased by time and circumstance. The supporting characters developed quickly into everyday people, yet the well timed plot twists keep you wondering who they really were and what they really want. Fertile landscapes and descriptions of unseen places create a sometimes surreal backdrop. Natural phrases and conversational language weave a wonderfully 'real' dialog between the characters. The author's treatment of omnipotent beings, dragons, and other so-called impossibilities of everyday-life definitely makes you consider alternate ways of thinking. I'm looking forward to more from Mr. Morton.

Scott Morton writes a very entertaining book that's easy to read. He grabs your attention at the start, then leads you down a path of changing emotional environments surrounded by tumbling realities. I was able to identify with Margaret (the main character).

In the story, Margaret tells a tale of her own journey from hopeless disillusionment, to empowered gratefulness. Her occupation as a judge had made her come in contact with the refuse of humankind. Along with previous personal tragedies, her constant immersion in the human cesspool gave her no will to live. God, Dragons, an Angel, a monk, a reality-bending emperor, and a cigarette-smoking stranger all enter her life at the moment of her ultimate decision.

The story grabbed me from the first page. I had trouble putting the book down, because Scott Morton's style of writing brings you from one situation to the next, in such a way that leaves no breathing room for the reader. He also seems to mix in his own views on the creation of our own individual realities, in an attempt to point a our minds toward the possibilities of exchanging the bad for the good.

I really enjoyed "Clouds Jumping" and I can't wait until my next foray into the world of Scott Morton.

Get this book in print. I am a poet in the schools and share this book with all the teachers-- they are grateful and wonder why no one has mentioned it to them!

This is one of the best books ever written on young children, their language development and their stories and poems. It has been a real inspiration to me in my own work in related areas. Get it back into print, somebody!

I wish a new edition of this book would become available. Chukovsky has written an insightful, delightful book about children's capacity to use language and narration to craft meaning.

He transmits wonderful example's of the child's growing reasoning skills and never belittles the young learners. This book is academic and pleasure reading, quite a claim, I know, but accurate.

I think that anyone who writes children's poems or stories would take particular delight in reading this. He outlines 13 guidelines in writing for children that should save one from miscues and failures and speak straight to the hearts and minds of the child.

It is a little dated, mainly because Chukovsky wrote in 1960 in the midst of a Soviet regime. Yet, the truth and the passion still emerge. The respect that he has for children's capacity to learn should be the role model for each of us.

I sincerely recommend this book to you.

Hello to all of you. I am Cari Hixon, the new Morton's salt girl. I have redesigned the packaging and put yellow rain pants on me, to bring up to date, also the package has rained etched all over container now. I would like to represent the Morton's salt company with a new name, Morton's, not Morton, and a real person behind the little girl, I know this was probably a real person, but I believe I would be better at it. This book that Richard wrote is fantastic, and I'm sure he would like to write a sequal with the new logo, which is the same but better, and with a real person behind it, with more rain and yellow rain pants, and a real person behind the new name Morton's, me, the salt girl, Cari Hixon

Richard finally puts into words his fifteen year obsession with the Morton gal - and what a job he does! The Morton people actually (no lie) sell this book in the company gift shop. Further proof that few of us can resist the Peabody wit, wisdom, and dark/zanny view on life.

Peabody is an excellent poet: fun to read, easy to understand, skillful with language. This is the first book of his I read and I was really impressed by the scope of his talent.

Excellent biography of Stanley, who had an incredible life. He was illegitimate, abandoned by his mother, put into a work-house, and had an all-round awful childhood until meeting the kindly fellow in America who adopted him. But the meat of the book is Stanley's three major trips in Africa: to find Livingstone, to explore and continue Livingstone's work, and to relieve Emin Pasha. Each involves amazing hardships and adventures and Farwell does a wonderful job of giving lots of detail and colour as he relates these exciting trips. Worth reading by anyone who has an interest in Burton but isn't sure what to turn to next.

This is one of Farwell's earliest works. I think I have read everything he has written and I am always amazed at the high quality and readability. This book is about Henry M. Stanley, and Africa through his eyes. Farwell refuses to allow modern prejudices to enter into the story. Stanley is unique - emotionless yet idealistic, shy yet driven. Read this book not only to find out about the man, but for the incredible adventures. For an excellent 1 volume history of African exploration, read Africa Explored by Christopher Hibbert.

Henry M. Stanley was the first human to cross equatorial Africa. And he did it roughly four times, fighting beast, insects, disease and the most violent, primitive peoples ever encountered by an explorer. This account of his entire life is fascinating: raised in a Scottish orphanage, adopted by a New Orleans merchant, fought in the Civil War on the side of the South, journalist and -- all training for the hardships of his true calling -- explorer. On his first trip he finds Stanley to deliver the famous quote -- two more trips each more astounding than the preceding are to follow. He retires as a hero of the British exploration community. This book is a gem, well written by an author who rightly reveres deeply his subject. This is a must read for anyone who enjoyed "Undaunted Courage." Stanley is 20 Lewis and Clark's rolled into one man. Maps are good for a paperback.

I used this book when I prepared for the qualifying exams. It is an excellent review to get you back up to speed in an organized way on all of the topics covered... Gets you ready for Cronin's "University of Chicago Graduate Problems in Physics, with solutions" The two make a great team. I am now buying them for my students.

I like the set-up of the book. Each concept is presented in three parts. The first part is a concise (very concise) summary of concept, the second is problems with worked solutions, and the third is problems with answers so that you can check your work.

This three part combination makes it very easy to quickly identify your own strengths and weaknesses in problem solving; as well as testing your understanding of physics.

This book did the rounds when our 'class' was studying for the comprehensives in grad school. It is an excellent review of undergraduate physics in a concise manner.

Bring together an elegant top-quality publishing company, a gifted photographer, superb essayists and you have all the makings for a good book. Let the subject be San Francisco, though, and you have a great book.

This is the 3rd edition of this best seller with 218 full color images by Morton Beebe as well as essays by Herb Caen, Tom Cole, Barnaby Conrad, Herbert Gold, John Hart, Allen Pastron, Miguel Pendás, and Kevin Starr. Together, they provide an intimate portrayal of the City by the Bay. This stunning collection of photographs captures the contrasts, the energy, and the vitality of San Francisco. As do the essays.

Tom Cole takes us back to the beginning and provides an historical review of the raucous town that suddenly grew up overnight in its feverish bid for gold. Barnaby Conrad leads us into the night with anecdotes witty, clever, and sensuous from an eclectic mix including, to name just a few, Graham Green, Frank Sinatra, and Eva Gabor.

"Bahnaby tells me you haf a vooden leg, vitch vun iz it?"
"Eva, I never thought I'd have to tell a Gabor what a man's leg feels like."
"Vell, dahling, ve vass never in zee lumber business!"

In a final essay, Allen Pastron walks us through much of the city beneath our feet. Here, we discover the world's finest anchorage being dug up and, therein, its archaeological heritage. Penned a "worm's-eye-view," the essay provides some wonderful insights into what was once the bawdy Barbary Coast - particularly, the story of the discovery of the buried ship General Harrison.

Rudyard Kipling opined San Francisco was "a mad city inhabited by perfectly insane people." So it lives on! Multi-faceted lifestyles unfold with each page, the images capturing the curious joie de vivre that reigns over The City. Other pictures highlight the unmistakable landmarks: the skyline with its Pyramid Building, the Golden Gate, and my favorite, the Palace of Fine Arts in the gentle light of dusk below a full moon glowing. The photos speak volumes in this book. Each offers a glimpse as to why the city Herbert Gold called "America's last great metropolitan village" has won the most coveted travel destination award in the world - now ten years in a row - the Condé Nast Traveler's annual Readers' Choice Awards.

San Francisco, City by the Bay, was first published in 1985. This edition features ninety new images and three new essays. The publisher, Abrams, boasts that Beebe's book is their longest running best seller. Not surprisingly. It is said that San Francisco is a city full of people that want to be here. Morton Beebe, a 3rd generation San Franciscan, reminds us of why this is so.

Beebe's images have truly captured the many diverse flavors and charms that make San Francisco the unique city that it is. Combined with the entertaining and informative essays, the beatifully printed images in this book bring a reader as close as one can come to walking through the streets of San Francisco itself. I throughly enjoyed this book.

Absolutely gorgeous pictures, great for San Francisco lovers. New edition has several new pictures and essays. It serves as a great gift if you are visiting someone and want to show off the city you live in

This is an excellent pictoral review of a lovely home recently built in the Wisconsin countryside. The book is full of great ideas for both interior and especially exterior architectural details. As an interior and architectural designer, I have stolen ideas extensively for a Scandinavian style home I am working on which is currently under construction. The house featured in the book is beautifully done, but not for those seeking a subtle take on the Swedish/Scandinavian home. Disneyesque could aptly describe the overall look and feel of the home. This is not to say it does not have a great charm, but it slams its design concepts home with no punches pulled. It is an American interpretation and distillation of Scandinavia.
There are a lot of great ideas for color and design for the built interiors, but I found the interior furnishings and accessories to be ameteurish and do not live up to the professional standard of the architecture that contains it. The furnishings are rather middle of the road contemporary country style and do not suit the carefully orchestrated design concepts of the architectural designer. For instance the sofas are large and clunky, and are upholstered in a bland fabric - none of which would ever been found in a house of this type of traditional Swedish home.
With that caveat I highly recommend the book to those who admire the Scandinavian style and especially to anyone planning to design and build a home in this style.

As a folk artist, I am interested in European interior design. My interest in Swedish design lies in the magnificient use of color. This book provided what I needed.

I'm fascinated with Carl Larsson's home, and have long wished to recreate that same feel in a modern home. Not being an architect or interior designer, I find it hard though to translate the essence of Carl Larsson and charming old-world Scandinavian design into modern details. This book shows it all. The magnificent home featured is packed with charm without being gaudy. It's also packed with ingeniously creative solutions to practical needs. Full of color photos, it's eye-candy worthy of coffee-table display, and yet is practical enough to be a workbook during the planning stage of a building/remodeling project. It's now my "Dream Home Bible".