New Voices is -- of course -- a collection of younger scholars' work in Irish critical studies. The freshness of the voices, and their variety, is part of what gives this collection its charm. Cogent argument, along with willingness to take on accepted views to look anew, completes the picture. This is a fine collection of contemporary views.

This is such an easy read, you just can't wait to read more. She has a great way with words. This tale tells the story of Maisie's life from when she was a child, travelling around Australia in the early years with her family. Mum cooking in the most raw conditions and children sleeping on a piece of canvas stretched between four rough hewn pegs to keep them off the ground away from the creepy crawlies and cold. She ended up in the Northern Territory, running her own pub at a time when women publicans were really unheard of. Maisie gained the respect of many locals and travellers alike, a hard working woman, with a great generous heart. I work in a public library, where i saw this book censored by a reader. She was an elderly woman who disliked greatly some of the words Maisie used in her book. To the average wide reading person, the words were what we see every day but this lady took it upon herself to black out all the words she did not like with a black texta colour. At least she did not deny doing it when approached! although she did not like me giving her a small telling off for censoring the book. Anyway, back to the story, if there are any others like me who dive on anything set in early Northern Territory, outback life, grab this, you will love it. Up there with the good ones, like Tom Ronan and Tom Cole.

Even if you're not headed down under except via easy chair, you can pick up Aussie slang here, and amusing yarns as well. As the Vietnam War winds down, a Yank ("Tin Tank Hank") heads for the Australian outback where he finds a different sort of life altogether. A combination "fish out of water" and "finding self" story, there's plenty here to keep you traveling along with Hank (reading with map of Australia handy enhances the trip) as he discovers, among other things, how to keep one's head in a "shout," the different degrees of bastardy and the dangers of marrying a crop duster's ex.

The Northern Forest is an area of twenty-six million acres that stretches from Adirondack Park in New York through Vermont, New Hampshire, and most of Maine. "Northern Wilds: Journeys of Discovery in the Northern Forest" consists of historical information about this area as well as the author's personal experiences. The author provides detailed descriptions and commentary of the various facets of the Forest. These descriptions include what one might expect while hiking in the area in different seasons, canoeing the rivers, or camping as well as how the area is changing due to development, logging, and other ecological factors.

Filled with stunningly beautiful photographs, it made me want to visit the Northern Forest at my first opportunity. A recommended read, but worth the price just for the pleasure of enjoying the photography.

This book is a bible for selecting northern breeds.Very informative and expertly presented. We chose an Alaskan Malamute for our northern breed. An excellent book for anyone contemplating having an Northern Breed Dog.

I found this while traveling. I had the first edition for years, which was well worn from much use. I pick this edition up in a rock shop and couldn't believe how much better they made it. I bought it right then and there.

Sometimes the road to adventure starts from your own backyard. If you have the itch for adventure, Lee Foster shows you the way!

This book is exteremely informative and well organized. I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it for all adventure seekers.

"Northern California Railroads" is one of the gems of my collection. No other book before or since captures the variety and verve of the trains which served Northern CA in the 40s and 50s. The book deftly blends scenes of both steam and diesel-powered freight and passenger trains rolling throughout the region. Fred Matthews' photonarrative provides a virtual rail tour from the growling trolleys of old San Francisco to luxury streamliners deep in Sierra canyons. The two volumes cover all roads, giant and tiny, from the swaggering Southern Pacific and stylish Santa Fe to the 19th-century-flavored logging lines in the mountain forests. The photos are predominantly black-and white, with a nice dollop of color. "Northern California Railroads" has an emotional resonance for me since I was raised in the Bay Region from the mid-50s to still living here today. Any railfan who likes California will enjoy "Northern California Railroads"

Here is the everything you want to know about America's most charming songbirds.
Their taxonomy and distribution, food and feeding habits, calls and songs (males and females both sing, unlike most species), behavior, breeding and development, and relations with humans (excellent, you will be happy to learn), are comprehensively but succinctly covered, in a highly readable narrative with a generous selection of excellent photos.
Professor Ritchison's work is highly recommended for libraries and students, and a fine gift for that birdwatcher.

(The "score" rating is an unfortunately ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.)

The late Richard G. Condon was an anthropologist at the University of Arkansas and had a long association with the community of Holman in the Western Arctic. In this book, he and his local assistant Julia Ogina have given us an authoritative history of the Ulukhaktomiut (people of the Holman area) from prehistoric times to the present day.

What makes this book unique is the extensive interviews which Rick and Julia conducted with the Holman elders, in an attempt to record their memories and stories of long ago. Many of these interviews have been recorded in this book, with the result that we get a unique view of the development of the Holman area 'from both sides'; that is to say, utilising not only the records of European explorers but also the memories of the local inhabitants.

The book includes many photographs covering a time period from the days of Stefannson and Diamond Jenness (in the early years of the 20th century) through to the mid-1990's. Every effort has been made to identify the Inuit who are the subjects of these photographs.

As a former resident of Holman (I served as its Anglican minister from 1988-91), I found this book both accurate and enjoyable to read. My only regret is that Rick Condon's untimely death has brought his research in the area to an end.