This is not a coffee-table book about Country Crafts. This is the go-to book for the hands-on craftsperson. Mr. Johnston trained as an architect, but worked as a sculptor. His book is packed with the practical information one needs to work with wood, clay, metals, stone and color (i.e., paints and dyes). In this book you will find recipes for mixing pottery glazes, instructions for making natural dyes, how to mix lime mortar, and what all those wood-working tools are for. (One of my favorite chapters is "How to Paint in Fresco"; not for the timid!)
The Book of Country Crafts came from Mr. Johnston's lifetime of experience working with materials to create beautiful objects.

I have fallen in love with the carry the wind triliogy scratch and padock are a perfect pair and their adventures are outstanding I have learned so much from them.The way Terry C Johnston writes he makes you beleive that you are part of the story. Through thick and thin the pair will always be part of me and each other.I hope that this book and others will touch others as it has mine Black Cloud

Wagh, this Child first met up with Ol' Scratch some ten year back when, "Carry the Wind", was published. Each subsequent chapter from, "Borderlords", to "One Eyed Dream", have been read and re-read. After a long wait, Titus Bass joined us once again in, "Dance on the Wind", a wonderful adventure where we see Titus during his youth. In "Buffalo Palace", Terry C. Johnston shares the life of Scratch with his fans once more. This go around takes us through Titus's education from being a tin-horn who wouldn't know slow bull, from fat cow, into a grizzled trapper, minus a little hair. Along the way, Scratch earns his stripes after hardships and a will that won't quit. The adventures that we get to experience through Titus's eyes makes it difficult to wait for the third book in this trilogy. Terry, please hurry!

Although this is an expensive book, it simply is the best and most definitive work on butterflies of the region. The standard of presentation is excellent. Descriptions are clear and very informative, with plenty of in text illustrations showing identification characters allowing similar species to be identified - particularly useful for the Hesperiidae. Many species are give full ecological write ups, some reared for the first time. Also included in the core text are photographs of many species taken "in the field" (mostly of good to excellent quality). Short chapters also outline Hong Kong's natural environment. The plates (in two sections: adults and immature stages) are absolutely top quality and show dorsal and ventral wing surfaces, male, female and seasonal forms at life size; the immature plates comprise photos of each stage, where known. A few negatives - local distribution data is already out of date and must be regarded as historical (a sad reflection of Hong Kong's general apathy to its natural resources); the list of contacts is also out of date!

Thoroughly recommended (I'm still saving up for my copy!), a wonderful addition to any butterfly bibliophile's portfolio and a must buy option for anyone interested in the butterflies of South-east and East Asia.

This book serves as a helpful and approachable guide to anyone wishing to become more familiar with the flora and fauna of California. The state's different biomes are represented in separate chapters, each of which includes detailed descriptions of common vegetation and animals, rare sights of the area, and spotting tips.

The Call Within gave me tangible symptoms to identify with the author, to experience that inner tug from the Spirit and to
just let go and let the voice within show up. It made me laugh,
think, feel and relate to what is present around me. I've never
felt so in touch without as when I experienced the Call Within.

I had to write a resume for a business communication class at UTSA, but since I was interviewing for a job I read ahead and without instruction made a kick-butt resume that helped me land a great job.

It also has good tips for all aspects of building a career and the steps to take along the way whether you're a collge student, a homemaker re-entering the job force, or changing careers after a tenured position.

Thanks Ms. Johnston for the help.

I think that this author has the right idea, because we spend all of this time and money on the parents and how to reform them, and most of the time they do it all over, meanwhile at home there children are growing up in this envirment and they don't think anything is wrong. We need to invest more time in those children, or we will be supporting them will they set in prison just like there parents did.

obviously a highly intelegent author with a grasp of the pulse of classic tractors in australia.this will be one of many books written by mr johnston on my bookshelf.

George Johnston published a number of novels, many of them "pulpy" in nature to earn a living, before he turned the subject of his writing to something closer to home: his own life. And in doing so, he not only gained incredible fame and adoration, but also reserved himself a place in Australia's Literature canon. The strength of George's writing lies partly in the attention to detail and his beautiful evocation of parts local and foreign (local: Melbourne, foreign: Hydra, Greece) but it is marked also by the honestly which pervades all his work. "Clean Straw for Nothing", I believe, is his masterpiece - an intensely personal exploration of ex-patriation, poverty, the nature of success, illness and sexual jealousy. All these conflicting emotions are heartbreakingly rendered such as few Australian writers have ever dared to do, let alone so well. His alter-ego, David Meredith, speaks volumes in the way he conducts his life, about the journey of life and career, and the extent we can push ourselves in one direction which may not necessarily be the best for us. David, like Johnston himself, is driven, passionate and yearning, but also flawed in his insecurity, stubborness and self-centredness. Nevertheless, Meredith is indelible and moving because of this.
I read "Clean Straw for Nothing" when I was twenty-one, and credit it with changing so much about life and my attitude towards it. This is a neglected classic, deserving to be better recognised. In my eyes, Johnston was leagues ahead of his contemporaries.