Trout eat things. Sometimes its nymphs, sometimes its Duns, sometimes its Terrestrails. This book discusses the insects that Trout eat and gives you clues on how to determine what they are eatting and how to match it when you hit the water. This fisherman introduction to bugs is scientific enough to get you started into further research if you would like and basic enough that you don't have to learn Latin names in order to understand what type of Caddis you are looking for. This book is also a good resource for learning how to tie flies that will match the hatches that you are experiencing. The only downfall in my opinion is that the pictures are not in color and therefore you don't get as exact of a photographic match of the insects as you would would color photography.

Outstanding...the book i've been looking for. As a freshwater fly fisherman, I've been looking for a book that offers an applicable approach to matching the hatch. This book succeded. Hughes successfully establishes the primary aquatic insects of a trout's diet (stoneflies, mayflies, and caddis flies) then skillfully and simply explains each species specific life cycle. His basic premise is to focus on 5 aspects of an insect/hatch to successfully immitate and fish it: shape (determined by species and stage), color, size, behavior, and habitat. Maintaining this theme throughout the text allows you to store this information in a logical and simple form. Futhermore, it allows you to apply this knowledge rapidly and with confidence. It the fish doesn't care what the Latin name of its food is, why should we? This book is based on the KISS principle: Keep It Simple Stupid. Outstanding.

I picked up the book, at a local Borders Books and Music store, and found it to be a great gift for kids who like baseball.

Old Time baseball players give advice to kids. Most of these guys played in the 30's, 40's, and 50's. It's interesting to read about them and what they have to say. Book includes simple baseball tips (non-technical), and illustrated by kids.

Of these 3 books I have read only one, Hoofbeats of Danger. This story is set in the 1860's and is about a young girl named Annie. She lives at one of the Pony Express Stations and sees a lot of horses come through but she has one favorite horse, Magpie. When she finds Magpie acting very strangely she has to solve the mystery of what's happening to her. I liked this book because I like mysteries and it's really exciting. Because these books are History Mysteries they teach you something about what really happened in history, too. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

The Night Flyers and Hoofbeats of Danger start out more interseting then the other book. The night Flyers is about a young girl named Pam Lowerdy from North Caroline Currituck in the year 1918. She meets a strange man with a german accent who offers 100 dollars for just 1 pigeon. After refusing him many times a couple pigeons went missing. After finding out that the stranger was actually working for the USA government and only had the accent because he was pennsivania dutch it left her with one suspect. Buell Sugg her neighbor. But at the end the person who stole her pigeons was someone she never would have expected...Read the book and find out!
Hoofbeats of Danger is about an eleven year old girl named Annie Dawson who lived somewhere in the west at Red Buttes Station. Her favorite horse Magpie one night started acting funny, loco, and was wanted shot. She got her indian friend Redbird Wilson secretly and she told her that magpie was poisoned. After finding out who did it her and her friend Billy Cody chased the outlaw. He jumped in the rapids and tried to swim away. Billy jumped in after him and the rapids swept them away. Did magpie survive and did Billy get out of the rapids ok? Well what happened is.......=D You have to read the book to find out!!

The reason I rated this book highly is that the information contained is down-to-earth, usuable, easily understood AND it's fun to read. If your life could use a little smoothing out, a slightly different perspective, a nudge onto a comfortable path..... give this a try. I have and it's made a difference!

My interest in self help and finding comfortable but workable ways to pull my own strings brought me to Roberts' book. His readable, non-sectarian, practical style kept me turning pages, learning, and smiling. _How_ drove home sophisticated and far-reaching wisdom and helped me start using it.

I don't understand why no one has reviewed this book. It has more insight into Howard Hughes's dealings with TWA than any other book on the market.
Instead of the scandals, we get the Genius of Hughes.

... In fact, it is a most insightful, clearly written and detailed account of the development of aircraft for TWA... Rummel is always pleasant and cooperative to an extent that surprised us all. I have truly enjoyed reading his account of these times.

This book seems to be one of the most in-depth books of Hughes's life and business dealings. Noah Dietrich, Hughes's right hand man and effectively CEO of most of his companies, wrote it. Mr. Dietrich presents excellent stories about Howard which both make you laugh and make you wonder.

Out of all the books I have read about HH, this one is the best. The one negative point about the book is that Noah Dietrich uses it more as a platform for his successes while working for HH rather than crediting them to Howard.

Whether they are true or not, I have no idea. But if you are a Hughes Fan, you should love this book.

Noah Dietrich is witty and informative. He gives incredible personal insight into Howard Hughes, and he does it in a way that makes one laugh or gasp on occasion.

On the night of their siblings' wedding, Ryder Redstone and Daisy Harding unknowingly created a child together and went their separate ways. Daisy returned to her life as a mousy teacher and Ryder returned to his life on the road with a multitude of women. Or at least they tried to. A few months later, Daisy is fired for her unwed pregnancy and heads to Whitehorn to spend time with her sister. Ryder returns as a favor to his brother to help out around the ranch. Now the two must deal with the repercussions of that evening.

Karen Hughes has written a story with an engaging style and even more engaging characters. Daisy isn't blatantly beautiful and Ryder is not as careless as he seems. There is a lot more to them than meets the eyes and Hughes illustrates this throughout the story. I really found a lot to admire about Daisy though her denial of Ryder as the father is patently false. Her denial gradually grows irrational and even irritating. Quite surprisingly, Ryder was the more admirable of the two because of his patience, his concern for her, and ultimately because of his love. He is willing to set a lot of his pride aside for Daisy, which clearly wasn't an easy thing for him. He was also ready to make sacrifices for himself for the sake of his child and he had a great deal of faith in Daisy while she continuously second-guessed him even in the face of his devotion to her.

Let's all hope that Karen's not so busy in her new job at the White House that she doesn't have time to write more classics like this one!

It is quite scholarly, but the heart of the author's message comes through nicely. I recommed it for those whose hearts belong to Shiva...

The Ninteen chapters of this book cover the most important topics of the Philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism.

I once meet someone who made it up to Kashmir in the 80's and actually met Swamij Lakshmanjoo. My friend was presented with this very book and told, "if you read it over and over again you will come to understand Kashmir Shaivism." This has been my experience also, and though some of the material is deep at first, I found that with each subsequent reading this book became more and more clear.

'Kashmir Shaivism, the Secret Supreme' reads like the spoken word. It seems obvious that Swami Lakshmanjoo bases his teaching on his own personal experience.

I have been interested in Yoga and Kundalini for many years, and have read an enormous amount of material on these subjects. For the first time I find Swami Lakshmanjoo's explanations very clear and insightful.

This book is a great help to the sincere spiritual aspirant interested in the subject of Kashmir Shaivsim.

"How can you print a piece of your own soul," Dickinson, p. 51

This is the 2nd in the Krull and Hewitt's "Lives of ..." series. The book contains 19 chapters on 20 writers in birth order: Murasaki Shikibu (973?-1025?), Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Jane Austen (1775-1817), Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Charlotte & Emily Bronte (1816-1855 & 1818-1848), Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), Mark Twain (1835-1910), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Jack London (1876-1916), Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), E. B. White (1899-1985), Zora Neale Hurston (1901?-1960), Langston Hughes (1902-1967), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991)

This is a perfect book for young adolescents and pre-teens who as they grow and mature frequently feel awkward. Krull introduces us to the idiosyncrasies of the literary. Some of the authors were loners, eccentric, a wee bit peculiar. Michael Jackson's behaviors might seem normal when held in comparison. Some retreated into themselves. Some sought out adventures. Some as adults were unsuccessful at the ordinary.

Some worked at a young age to support the family. Some took daily walks, very long daily walks. Some were not healthy and therefore wrote in bed. There were some similarities and some differences, but they all shared a singular conviction to write and write they each did well.

Hewitt's delightful portraits of the writers are precious. My favorite portrait is of Frances Hodgson Burnett of "The Secret Garden" fame. Her hat is the secret garden.

Given the high price of the book, I was surprised that Krull did not include a list of the authors' books and/or poems and the publication years. END

This book is a fun and informative book. The pictures are filled with humorous meanings and hidden information. The book keeps the reader's attention by keeping the included information short and simple, but also makes sure that the reader gets as much possible about the author. This book is great for kids and students to use as a report source as it is filled with great information. Kids would rather use this book as an information source rather than an encylopedia since the information is easy to understand. Authors in there are some you may not know, ( Murasaki Shikibu) and some well know ones ( Charles Dickens). I am glad I purchsed this book. I really liked the pictures which are so vibrant with color. This would make a great buy.

Hughes has written a compelling book that explores how family history influences us throughout our lives. In her book she not only tells the particular story of her own family, she evokes a time & place in this country when the sons & daughters of immigrants tried to find their place in America. The book tells a colorful story of a small time crook & dandy - one of the foot soldiers in the Cleveland bootlegging rackets. His violent life & death continues to affect the wife & 2 small children he left behind throughout their lives. Hughes manages to convey a child's sense of bewilderment as she tries to piece together just who this father was & what his legacy to her will be.

The book is also the story of Hughes relationship with her mother, a difficult & complex woman who emotionally victimizes her young daughter throughout her childhood. How she is able to break the bonds that tie her to her mother & learns to live a productive & happy life is the real story of this memoir.

This is an interesting read for anyone who's taken the journey through their own family history. Although it's filled with the pain of a lonely & emotionally abandoned child, the woman Hughes becomes is able to triumph in the end.

This is a book I couldn't put down. Babette Hughes' story is tragic and devastating, yet redemptive and triumphant. The dichotomy of her relationship with her mother is eloquently depicted; I could just hear and feel her saying, "yes, I love her--no, I don't." It must have taken great courage to overcome her fear and then lay it open for all of us to share. It is the kind of life that should make all of our marginally disfunctional lives seem perfect in comparison. I'm recommending this book for my book group and anyone else I know who reads.