Are you fascinated by the many wonders of nature? Did you know that there are a lot of amazing natural phenomena occuring right around you?

This book is a unique and excellent guide to the most spectacular natural phenomena occuring in your region. The information is neatly organized and detailed directions are included. I wish I had discovered this book earlier! Many of my favorite spots for nature-watching, which took me many years of exploring to discover, are readily listed in it.

Candid memoir of a well-off suburban housewife whose feminism emerges after years of active participation in community activities. Her story shows enormous dedication and commitment to "making a difference".

Among personal accounts of idyllic summers on a lake with kids and adults this may be the best. The author reprises her childhood on the lake (in Michigan) but knows that while she returns to camp there is no going back. Her writing is simple yet affecting.

I adored this book, because I left Sioux Falls, my birthplace, when I was only one and a half. When I read this book, I learned so much about where I was from and it helped me choose where I am going to visit when I go with my family on a trip all over South Dakota! This book is for all South Dakotans!

This book is wonderful. It lifted my soul exactly when I needed it. A Nebraska story of simple yet mature friendships, truthful places, and families who with all their shortcomings belong to each other. Buy this book, read it and reflect on how you can become one of the "Sons of the River" with with your family and friends by the grace of God.

I Live in the Black Hills and rely on this book extensively for travel on and off the beaten path. If you need forest service roads for camping, fishing, or hunting, this book is it! Alos lists out of the way places to see exceptional scenery and get away from the main stream grind. Try it....you'll like it!

Written and illustrated by Rob Oliver, The South West: From Dawn Till Dusk is an utterly stunning, full-color photographic showcase of the glory of nature in the diverse landscapes of Western's Australia's southwest region stretching from Mandurah to Albany. A thoughtful and informative text is enhanced with simply gorgeous color photography documenting and showcasing lavish landscapes, as well as offering the reader social history, background information, and even legends. The South West is a welcome contribution to Photography and Australian Cultural reference collections, and is particularly recommended for tourists, naturalists, and armchair travelers with an abiding interest in spectacular, wild, and hauntingly beautiful nature.

Spirit Of The North: A Photographic Journey Through Northern Wisconsin by photographer Richard Hamilton Smith is a simply gorgeous coffee-table book filled from cover to cover with full-color photographs of natural scenes and wildlife throughout Northern Wisconsin. Almost no text interrupts the mesmerizing visual display. Spirit Of The North is enthusiastically recommended for those who enjoy seeing the ever-changing wonder of wilderness captured in an instant of time -- and a "must" for all Wisconsin community libraries!

This booklet does a fine job of describing Minnesota's Split Rock Lighthouse. Using pictures, drawings and interviews, the author gives an accurate picture of the history and functions of this historic structure. Besides the lighthouse there is also the fog signal building.

The storms of 1905 on Lake Superior made the need for a new lighthouse apparent. Numerous ships were destroyed or damaged that year during the shipping season. And over 100 lives were lost on the Great Lakes in 1905 due to ships crashing on the rocks or sinking in the storms.

In 1907, Congress approved funding for the construction of a lighthouse and fog signal at Split Rock. Construction began in 1909 and finished in 1910.

Mr. Hall does a good job of describing several of the men who worked at Split Rock prior to WWII. And he also recounts many of the stories of the children of the lighthouse keepers. They lived in the homes built next to the lighthouse.

Mr. Hall also gives a thorough and accurate description of the technology used to create an effective and timely light in the tower.

"...the opening of the North Shore highway in 1924" was the seminal event in making the lighthouse a major tourist attraction. Once the lighthouse was accessible, the tourists came to see it. According to the author, Split Rock received "...five times as many visitors as any other station" in the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Split Rock's fog signal ceased operations in 1961. And the lighthouse followed in 1969. But the tourists have continued on.

In summary, Mr. Hall gives a very well done survey of Split Rock Lighthouse. Its construction, history and people are all covered here.

This book was absolutely everything i was looking for and more. My sister and her family just recently bought a home in Wichita and are planning the big move from New Jersey for the end of July this summer. I wasn't so excited for them until I picked up this book. I thought Kansas...boring! But boy was I wrong, this book was so helpful in educating me about Wichita from every aspect of its past and present life. I learned interesting facts about the town as well as many cool and exciting new things that are available in Wichita for me to do when I go visit. I feel like I know the town as well as my own hometown now. I would recommend this book to anyone relocating to the area or even just for anyone who may want to visit or just learn more about an exciting and growing new city in Kansas.