THIS MAN WAS A GREAT LOSE TO THE ORDINARY PEOPLE OF N.IRELAND AND AS FOR THE TREACHEROUS PEOPLE WHO (MURDERED HIM)WHICH I HAVE NO DOUGHTS ABOUT I CAN`T SEE THERE LOGIC IN THE DEATHS OF ALL THE MEN ON THAT CHOPPER,I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD THE WAR WON,BUT FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY THEY WERE SACRIFICED.I FEEL GREAT SORROW FOR HIS WIDOW AND HIS CHILDREN,AS THEY SUFFER THE GREATEST LOSE,IT IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME.I JUST HOPE AND PRAY HIS LIFE WAS NOT SACRIFICED FOR NOTHING,AS TO`MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST ALREADY.I WORKED IN THE PUB IN BANGOR THAT THE IRA WERE PLANNING TO BLOW UP,I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS FAMILY FOR MY LIFE,AND MARTIN MAGARTLAND FOR HIS INFORMATION THAT LEAD TO THE PREVENTION OF THE BOMBING THAT DAY. IF IT WAS`NT FOR PHOENIX I WOULD NOT BE THE PROUD FATHER OF MY CHILD TODAY, FOR THIS WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE I FEEL FOR THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY.THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART.YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS,I KNOW HIS WIFE AND FAMILY UNDERSTAND.I HOPE AND PRAY JUSTICE IS DONE ONE`DAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAD HIM KILLED.

This book is the third in the author's arsenal, and it is just as useful as the other two. The author is a wonderful photographer, just the images in the book would be worth the price, but the reader gets a lot more:
Detailed descriptions of where to go for the best shots, and the best times to go there. For some of the areas, you get a mile-by-mile log, and even some compositional suggestions. Even if one has been to these places previously, this book contains extremely valuable information for the serious photographer.

It's been a while since I've read this book, but it still lingers. Selby, a middle-aged woman biking alone through the Pyrenees and across Spain to Santiago de Compostela, is full of wit, great stories, and endless energy (how she kept peddling after quaffing a bit of the free vino offered to pilgrims itself is amazing). It inspires an amateur bicyclist like me to pedal a few extra miles whenever I envision her journey. Even if you are not a bike enthusiast, you'll love her tales of the people she meets, the tiny towns she travels through, and the sense of triumph she feels upon reaching her destination

This book is truly a magnificent piece of writing. Niall Williams and Christine Breen describe their jaunts with their daughter Deirdre so clearly that you are with them in their car as they experience the excitement as they travel the back roads of Ireland -- all of the the sights, smells, sounds and feelings of the different places the travel to, and best of all their life back home in Kiltumper.

They fill the book with wonderful homey anecdotes about their travels, life at their farm and with their neighbors. Stories that not only open the door into their lives, but welcome you in with a steaming mug of tea and a hearty slice of Christine's Brown Bread.

Anyone who has ever been baffled by the seemingly mindless intransigence of politics in 'Norn Iron' (and, let's face it, who hasn't?) should beg, borrow or steal this superb book. Politicians are a product of their society and this is the most brilliantly insightful book I have ever read on Northern Irish society. What other writer would sit through the tedium of EIGHT Free Presbyterian services in various locations so as to ensure she had a proper understanding of that peculiarly Ulster phenomenon? Who else has attempted to get to know what South Armagh is really like behind the facile 'bandit country' cliches?

Most of those who hold forth on the subject either lack a real understanding of the North or bring a Unionist/Nationalist agenda to bear on their writings. Murphy manages to be both harshly critical of some sectors of Northern society (Orangemen, Provos) whilst retaining sympathy for them as individuals and attempting to understand how they come to hold the beliefs they do. Only one figure becomes uglier the more closely she observes him - Ian Paisley. Her description of the near hypnotic power which his sermons exerted on his listeners was chilling.

Dervla Murphy's combination of thoroughness and keen insight, together with her fluid writing style, make this an enthralling read. Now well over 20 years old, it is still the best portrait of Northern society yet written. Highly recommended.

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Population Ecology of the Bobwhite is the best technical treatise on bobwhites that has been written. The book provides a thorough and scholarly exposition of basic life history and management as well as a detailed, cutting-edge analysis of populations dynamics and harvest management. When I like books a lot, the books are highlighted, underlined, starred, and exclamation-pointed. My copy of Roseberry and Klimstra's book is a mess, but that's because it contains so much useful information that I have flagged in one way or another.

This book is an excellent study of the folk magic practices of the Germanic peoples. Most books on Germanic magic and religion talk more about the structure and form of the Germans, not what they practiced. In Pennick's book he talks about specific folk traditions and customs that have been practiced for hundreds of years, some of which are still observed. This book is more an interesting collection of folk magic than anything else and as far as I know, the only one on the Germans. It is and enjoyable read and an invaluable source for the Germanic praticitioner.

If you are researching a family that originated with the 17th and 18th century Dutch colonies in America, please do not miss this book.

This is one of the richest regional background sources for genealogical research available. Bailey did a wonderful thing in preserving on paper the house histories of the areas mentioned in the title. Too many of these houses are forever gone. Just as wonderfully, she researched and wrote family histories of the people who owned and occupied the houses.

As a professional genealogist, as well as an architectural historian, she used primary sources, such as wills and deeds, as well as secondary sources, like local histories and biographies, to document the lives of each house's owners and residents. As a clear and clever writer, she made what can be a dry topic readable and enjoyable.

This is absolutely the very best Italian cookbook I have ever seen. Each of the dishes is superb and explained in detail preparation steps. The idea of showing suggested menus works very well when you are trying to figure out what to serve with what. If you only know your basic Italian foods, then you are in for a treat. I have never failed to receive fine compliments from serving any of Lina's recipes. If you can have only one Italian cookbook, this is the one to have. These are truly authentic and expertly researched recipes. Congratulations to Lina for doing an excellent job!

This book was the most important identification reference for Pteromalidae in the Holarctic region up until recently, and is still the most authoritative reference in that region for species identification. It is still the most reliable identification guide to European Pteromalidae, and it is not likely to be replaced soon. The drawings are among the best available, and the information is still relatively up-to-date for its time, though it is recommended that students make sure the information they find here is up to date by consulting more recent literature.