I read this book a few years ago and found it fascinating. Although it is a long book I found it to be easy to read and fairly well written.A young baby goes missing,carried off into the night by a dingo,never to be seen again.The parents are charged with her murder but the evidence is at best,absurd and the attitude of Australia at this time is outrageous! This book is a first hand version of what happened as it is written by the mother accused of killing her baby.She tells this story with sadness at the cicumstances her family found themselves in. The police and research work for this case was a total shambles and Lindy Chamberlain and family suffered greatly because of this.Even as you read this book you know yourself that something is wrong with the way things seem to be going.Lies,rumours,pettiness and hatred are directed at this family but no motive or reason is given why this woman should feel the need to kill her child. A sad tale of a family whose lives are ruined by the verdict decided long before the case was ever brought to trial.

it gave a completely different veiw of the battle field it wasnt one of those "the gunmen's girlfriend" type of books either it's worth reading try it out

In the first section of this book (Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry), Yeats gathered a large number of stories (about 65) on a variety of supernatural subjects. I found some a little perplexing, but most were enjoyable. The second part of this book is Lady Gregory's Cuchulain of Muirthemne. Being unfamiliar with the legend of Cuchulain, I am unable to compare this version with any others. However, I found it to be an interesting tale of an epic hero, although I had difficulty keeping track of the names of all of the characters and locations.

Having only read American variants of Irish folklore, I was caught off guard by the style and structure of the stories. Readers should not expect them to follow the Brothers Grimm, "Once upon a time...happily ever after"-type construction. However, if you're familiar with Irish myths or you're up for trying something new, this collection is thoroughly entertaining.

As a director of the Ag. experiment station at NDSU, Fargo, ND, Donald Hoag is a horticulturist who has spent a great deal of time studying shrubs and trees in the plains region. Given our extreme climate and soil conditions, this book should be on the bookshelf of anyone who is considering planting a tree, or wanting to identify that bane of a plant in the back yard.

The book is filled with relevant information from cover to cover, including sketches and photographs of plants, leaves and buds. Descriptions of all aspects of trees and shrubs, from disease effects to bark color are described in detail. There is even a section on color, if you want to coordinate your scenery changes by season.

Far from a being strictly a horticultural text, this book will give the everyday Joe the ability to select the proper tree or shrub for their next project either by common name or by species.

This is the best book I've come across on trees and shrubs in our region.

the book presents a very focussed view for people interested in trekking in the indian region of the himalayas. it gives details of treks along with relevant maps. it is not for those looking for a general tourist guide for the region, but can be used by a variety of trekkers. usually one does not trust the trek details and advice given in such books and this might be very general at times. but it is different in this book. I am myself from one region in the himalayas and some of the facts and details about my region were also interesting and so accurate that this made me like and trust the book.i have also read the previous edition, and the author has built the book across regions. but the information is not very consistent across regions and one can easily make out some gaps for some regions. on the whole a good buy for people interested in specifics.

In a sense, "Twenty Million Yankees: The Northern Home Front" is one of the secondary books in the Time-Life series on The Civil War. After all, this book by Donald Dale Jackson and the Editors of Time-Life Books does not talk about battles or generals, politicians or issues. What it does do is look at what things were like for the common folks back home (a similar volume, "Confederate Ordeal" looks at the Southern side of the equation). Chapter 1, "Fissures of Dissent," looks at the political divisions that existed in the North, personified by men such as New York "Tribune" publisher and self-appointed gadfly Horace Greeley and Ohio Congressman Clement Vallandigham, hero of the Peace Democrats. Chapter 2, "The Enterprising Union," covers the economic machine that fueled the Union war effort. Chapter 3, "Mustering the Legions," details how recruitment eventually gave way to the first military drafts. Chapter 4, "An Artery of Love," focuses on the Sanitary Commission that was established to support the soldiers in the field. Chapter 5, "The Political Battles," covers the Presidential election of 1864 in which Lincoln defeated former general McClellan. The book ends with several full-page photographs of Lincoln showing how he changed over the course of the war. "Twenty Million Yankees" has the virtue of covering in more depth topics that are normally not part of the record when reading about the great battles of the Civil War. Consequently, a lot of what you read in here will be new information, even for the serious Civil War buff.

Edmund Wilson is, of course, one of the most critically acclaimed American authors. His book, "Upstate", is, to my knowledge, his only autobiographical work. This book was recommended to me by a brilliant, eccentric co-worker who knows I love great books and remembers that I was reared in the Empire State.

One of the initial chapters of "Upstate" contains the most eye-opening descriptive history of "American" religions I have encountered. I ensure that any reader will gather wonderful fodder for future cocktail parties simply by reading Wilson's chapter on Upstate religions.

The balance of this book will appeal mainly to true Wilson scholars and bibliophiles who appreciate great writing. While Wilson's hand is superb, the content consists mainly of a detailed recitation of the history of Wilson's, rather average, familial line.

Nevertheless, the mere fact that this is the only book review I have written since attending Colgate University twenty-years ago will demonstrate that I loved the book and would highly recommend it to any true reader.

-Thomas Moran, Houston, Texas

Mary (after reading this you will feel like you can call her by her first name) and friends welcome you to a world where 'Hippie' is not a dirty word. You are introduced into the unique community of the Mateel region, their home since the 1960s. It is a world of co-ops, community schooling, unconventional relationships and the occasional drug bust.

Because of the individual story-telling format, this work is a little repetative but it means you get to know everyone really well! It is the kind of book that reassures the rest of the world that America in not all Monica and Bill, Cheese in a can and fast-food drive thrus. It is also heartening to know that this is not really a historical work; Mary and co. continue to live in the region today. For a more sociological examination of this bunch, try fellow resident Jentri Anders' Beyond Counterculture: The Community of the Mateel.

Kick of your shoes, put on a Bob Dylan record, eat some tofu and enjoy this journey. It is good to know some people have maintained their ideological dreams.

This book examines the problems confronting the Irish immigrants to Europe by concentrating on the lives of a series of emigrants from one Irish family, the MacDonnells of Antrim. A continuous succession of MacDonnells served in the armies of Spain, France and Austria between 1600 and 1820. One of them kept a diary of his experiences with Bonnie Prince Charlie in the '45 rebellion, another was a Spanish admiral at Trafalgar. Other Irish families covered by the book include the O'Neills, Magennises, O'Briens, Maguires, Butlers, Wogans and Sarsfields.

This is really an eye opening research book on the Campaign in Northern Alsace, France which cost the U.S Army 55,000 battle casualties. As the veterans of the legendary 3rd, 36th, 45th Infantry Divisions have oft' stated "the landing in Southern France in August 1944 must be clearly separated from our campaign between the U.S 3rd Army and French 1st Army south of the Ardennes in the Fall and Winter of 1944-45.
It was vicious.
No "Champaign Campaign". Period. This coming from 3 divisions which fought through the most vicious part of the Italian Campaigns. Included are the opinions of the U.S 79th Infantry Division that fought through the hedgerows of Normandy from June 19,1944 through Northern France etc.
If that was true, why are the battle casualties of the U.S 3rd, 36th, and 45th Infantry Divisions exactly the same as those units that entered combat with the 1st and 3rd armies in August 1944 of approximately on average of 10,000 to 12,000 Battle Casualties.
No difference.
Being in the 1st, 3rd, or 7th armies would do litte to save your life as an MOS-745 Infantryman.
When Historians include the casualties suffered by the U.S 12th and 14th Armored Divisions between December 16-22, 1944 in the Siegfried Line in the Saar Basin to their losses in January 1945 during the German Counteroffensive in Alsace codenamed "Operation Northwind" they are higher than any U.S Armored Division that fought in the Ardennes (2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th,9th,10th and 11th Armored Divisions in the same time period of December 16-January 28, 1945.
It's common knowledge that because U.S Armored Divisions only had 27 Rifle Platoons and that U.S Infantry Divisions had 81 Rifle Platoons that even with the losses incurred in Armored Divisions by Tank Platoons etc. still make their losses equal to 2X as many casualties in an Infantry Division etc.
In other words, its commonly accepted by Military Computer Math Modelars that 1,000 Battle Casualties in a U.S Armored Division are equal to 2,000 Battle Casualties in a U.S Infantry Division as far as damage to their rifle companies.
Ike's decision to not send the VI Corps of the 7th Army across the Rhine River when they reached it north and South of Strasbourg was 'admittedly imbicilic'.
And as foreign archives are now revealing - a complete disaster as far as where both sides ended up at the beginning of the cold war.
Although, Lise Pommois, in 1991, was unable to make any clear connection between the U.S 7th Armies positions along the Upper Rhine as an Objective of the German Offensive "Operation Northwind".
It has now become clear that this German Counteroffensive had nothing to do with being a "Diversion" for the Ardennes Counteroffensive (Battle of the Bulge) but a clear effort by Hitler to knock the U.S 7th Army off their postitions on the Upper Rhine starting in late November 1944. This book is excellent, although deficient in recent revelations, it has a beautifal photographic and bibliographic element.
A book about 1 of the last secret blunders of "Ike" in World War II and well written besides. Aces high!

Dan Kneeland