My husband and I always try to purchase an Eyewitness Guide for areas that we visit so we can make the most of our trips.

As with other Eyewitness guides, we found the Eyewitness Guide to New Orleans to be an invaluable planning resource. The photos, descriptions, and travel hints are great for a self-guided tour of the city. The guide is organized by city area (e.g. French Quarter, Garden District, etc.) so it's not only easy to plan a visit beforehand, but have a handy guide while you're in the city itself.

This book provides an aoustanding integration of contemporary clinical theory, practice theory, and basic casework. Often MSW students fail to understand the clinical significance of direct services (often we don't tell them) and make apologies for that kind of work.
Dr. Applegate brings the somewhat amorphous ideas of Winnicott
into practical and applicable focus in a manner that demonstrates the wisdom and heart of social work.

This book is definitely worth the read. It traces the lives of 3 individuals. All live life to the full, with passion and ambition. What they have in common is not only their passion and ambition in life but that they all die young. It is an inspiring read to see what they overcame and accomplished in their quest for happiness and perfection in their life space. Read it.

Fawn Island is a place where crows serve as alarm clocks, white-throated sparrows leave the tracks of their songs upon the even hush, and chickadees help a woodsman learn to whistle. The island is also a gateway to the sprawling Voyageurs National Park. An accomplished author, Douglas Wood takes the reader into the heart of the deep North Woods with his text (illustrated by his own artwork) that evokes the charm and adventure to be found in the quite of the pine-clad shores, as well as the neighborliness, and independence of those who live in this remarkable place. Fawn Island is enthusiastically recommended, entertaining, and occasionally inspiring reading for naturalists, armchair travelers, and anyone else who enjoys experiencing the what a wilderness retreat in the North Country has to offer.

Whether or not you live near the field and wood habitats described in this charming 160-page volume, your child is sure to be enchanted by the creatures it highlights--from mammals and birds to reptiles to amphibians, slugs and spiders. Each page describes one creature or plant in 250 to 400 words of large, inviting sans-serif type, accompanied by wonderful black and white pen and ink drawings.

Our son spends hours reading this book, which is growing bat-eared from his use. Speaking of which, the book opens with a warm treatment of the only flying mammals--whose front legs are modified to wings that differ greatly from those of birds. "Most bats eat insects, which they hunt by sonar detection," the author explains. "The bat makes high-pitched sounds above the range of human hearing. The sounds echo and return to the bat's sensitive ears, revealing the size, shape and location of nearby objects, including moving prey."

Kochanoff devotes two pages to beavers--one explaining why these delightful animals are commonly described as "busy" and another detailing the beaver's dam, complete with a cross-section of a home with entrance, air-opening, grooming and eating area, underwater food supply and exit. Kids will delight in the large drawing of the beaver's webbed foot. Eleven more pages detail the lives and habits of chipmunks, eastern cottontails, coyotes, white-tailed deer, red fox, mice and voles, moles, porcupines, raccoon, shrews, striped skunks and grey squirrels.

The three pages illustrating the tracks of various animals provide lots more fun. Children also love two pages on other kinds of signs that animals leave behind them--by nibbling on trees, acorns and plants, dropping seeds and conifers parts, or digging teeth marks and chiseling holes. There's something cozy as well about the ways in which diverse species--from bears and woodchucks to turtles, fish and bees--are shown curled or otherwise ensconced in their winter habitats.

The section on birds is also fabulous. It provides information on 10 species of birds--from the black-capped chickadee and common crow to the herring gull, hummingbird and killdeer. But kids also love the pages on owl pellets--which shows both the birds' droppings and illustrations of the kinds of bones that can be found by carefully picking them apart. An equally fascinating two-page spread shows ground, hanging, chimney, mud, tree and cupped nests.

And what would a nature book be without frogs, earthworms and bugs? In this book, children will get their fill, with 40 pages of fun. I'm not sure which is better, the drawings of the frogs and insects or the handsome illustrations of the wasps nests, empty bumblebee cocoons, honeycombs, butterfly chrysalis and the webs and nets woven by caddis flies and spiders to gather their food.

For plant-lovers there are another 30 pages on 39 different varieties of --as they say in the word game--vegetable matter. That includes 10 types of berries on a three-page spread under that sub-heading. Bet you didn't know wintergreen was a berry. I didn't. And did you ever hear of serviceberries? Me neither.

I also never heard of galls until I read this book--no not the kind that irks you--the "poorly understood growths on plants caused by flies, midges, aphids, mites, bacteria and fungi." Two pages on 12 species of those little guys. Plus lichens, how leaves get their color, maple syrup, milkweed, wild roses, skunk cabbage and moss.

For kids who didn't want to know more, there's a two-page bibliography and five on where in the world they can find the habitats housing the featured species.

Your budding biologist will love this book of science light. Alyssa A. Lappen

Dr. Ulanov's latest work blends the theories of Winnicott with spiritual understanding so beautifully and simply that one is surprised by the gems of insight deposited in each chapter. She also weaves in themes from past books in such a way that you know the idea is familiar, like a childhood friend forgotten but suddenly recalled, but you are challenged to see them with a new prospective and find in them new insights. This book, from cover to cover, lifts up the importance of a space that is offered by God (though Ulanov does not seek to define this God but rather leaves that to the reader)in which true creativity and healing can mix and flow into everyday life. This book is powerfully written, with imagery so accessible and common that it moves the soul closer to that which is Divine. This book not only challenges the reader to explore their own understanding of God but to re-frame how they interact with others. I now have 2 copies of this book. One is my personal copy full of notes and reflections stirred up by the nature of the book while the other copy is for sharing. As a Pastoral Counselor in training I find this book a wonderful source and resource for those struggling to understand the importance of dependence and interdependence not only with others but also with the Divine. Thank you, Dr. Ulanov, for yet another life enriching book.

I'm 15 and had to critique a book having to do with the Middle Ages. While other people chose The Prince and bigger books I sorta cheated and got this 30 page book with pictures. It had lots of informative facts and little cartoon drawings that helped me better understand the info. It took me 20 minutes to read so it was really easy but I actually learned alot.

Hats off.......or in this case, boots off, to Larry Green!. The "First Projects for Wood Carvers" is a wish come true for beginners. Clear, step by step instructions for creating three seperate projects. The cowboy boot, Gandolf the Dog and the Nativity is wonderfully illustrated and so easy to carve. My daughter and I have spent many enjoyable hours creating these projects. I believe this book is a must for beginner and intermediate Wood Carvers.

Ok, so it's been almost 20 years since I read the book.... twice. I found it quite amusing and entertaining even though it didn't fit my standard genre of Alfred Hitchcock & the 3 investigators or Astronomy books. It was one of my absolute favorite fiction books, and the reason I looked it up now on Amazon is because my wife, a teacher, had never heard of it. I guess some great works are just obscure. Too bad.

Accessibly written by Mark Wood (a PGA golf professional and teacher), Master Golf is the latest in the Sterling Publishing Company's "Flowmotion" series, which means that point-by-point color photographs characterize and bring Mark Wood's detailed "how to" golfing instructions to life. The result is an instructional guide that not only describes the various and different types of golf swings and putts, but also illustrates them in step-by-step, vivid detail. Master Golf is essentially the book version of a tape-recorded presentation by a golf pro on television, and then using the "pause" and "slow" buttons to better understand exactly what the instructor is demonstrating, frame by frame. Common golfing mistakes, such as "topping the ball" are also illustrated in the same, unforgettable way. A superb visual and instructional guide, Master Golf is especially for golfers of all skill levels who are seeking to improve their game and performance.