This is one of the best written and definitely one of the best illustrated cook books I have ever read. The recipes are easy to follow, although the long lists of ingredients can sometimes appear daunting. Each recipe is accompanied with an excellent full-color photograph. I highly recommend this book both to Indian food lovers or to anyone that wants to try an exciting new cuisine

Why Camellia Panjabi's book is so far down the list of best selling books in it's category (102 at the moment) is beyond me!

I am the owner of several Indian cookbooks, including some by Madhur Jaffrey's and make it a point to try a new indian dish every weekend. However this book stands out.

I have to say that this book has given me the most inspiration to try new dishes and the most delightful results than any other.

Why? for starters, a full page photograph for every recipe gives the inspiration and urge to try out a new dish - most cooks like myself need something visual to get the mouth watering before we step into the kitchen!
There is also a brief introduction to the recipe detailing what part of the country the recipe came from and usually the direct source from which the recipe was obtained, be it an old lady in a village that Camellia was visiting or a local cook renowned in the region for his speciality.
Secondly, I have to say that the recipe's I have tried have not disappointed. Be it the Lamb Rogan Josh or the Goa Pork vindaloo, these recipes are delicious every time.
There is also a comprehensive guide to spices and ingredients at the beginning of the book going into such detail such as how to prepare fresh coconut.

A word of caution to those new to cooking, this book does not hold your hand throughout, specific cooking times are not always stated, instead the author instructs to "simmer until tender" etc. However the more "mission critical" timings such as adding spices, sauteing onions etc are given, so there is no need to be overly put off by this.

This book deserves to be in more kitchens. 5 stars all the way.

I've cooked many dishes out of this fine book, and not a single one has failed to excite my palate. Allthough the comments on the ingredients and techniques are sparse, I find it refreshing not to have 2 pages of instructions and techniques...or how to find "exotic" ingredients or how to substitute ingredients (like so many well-intentioned, but lackluster "ethnic" cookbooks.) Albuquerque isn't exactly "little India", but I have no trouble finding what I need.

"Great Curries" is not "Indian Cooking for Dummies", thank god!

I first read about it in LA Times Food section. Since we cook Indian food a lot, one of our favorite recipes is "Konju Pappas" - shrimp in a coconut milk broth from Kerala. When this book appeared, I bought it as a gift for my wife. She has cooked a number of recipes from this. All of them have turned out to be wonderful. Kerala is somewhat similar to Bengal in the orchestration of flavors in its recipes, so we find this book very useful. While the book does not have as many pictures as the standard cookbook, the recipes are very clearly laid out and easy to follow in a North American kitchen. I would recommend this book highly for people looking to explore the vegetarian cuisine of South India.

Though we love Indian food, we rarely cooked it at home before we bought this book. Too time consuming. Since we've had this book, we've made almost every recipe in the book and several have become favorites, easy to make even on a busy weeknight (nightly favorites include chole, green beans thoren, fish aviyal made with salmon). The recipes are easy to follow and come with accurate predictions of the amount of time needed. The outcome is delicious. We've even learned to make successful puri (after having tried disasterously before), dosa, good paneer, and other things we hadn't dared try before this cookbook convinced us that Indian cooking was completely manageable.

Previous reviewers have covered most of the bases - the book is beautifully designed, has lovely pictures; the recipes call for easily obtainable ingredients, are carefully explained and straightforward to execute; the results are incredibly delicious! With most cookbooks, we eventually settle into a few favorite recipes. With this one, almost every time we try a new recipe, it is added to our list of favorites - stir-fried shrimp... spinach pachadi... cilantro & mint chutney... spicy tomato chutney... etc. etc. We've given this book to all our cooking friends, & they love it, too. Kudos & thanks to Maya Kaimal MacMillan & her father!

A clear, concise, and very practical introduction to Labyrinths, their history and deeper meaning, and how to use them today. The author shares an abundance of her own moving experience in working with labyrinths, and offers detailed instructions both for building and for using labyrinths for purposes ranging from simply quieting the mind to practical daily problem-solving. Worthy reading for anyone intrigued with the deeper meaning of an ancient symbol.

A dear friend gave me this book.

My friend is not someone who talks about feelings or his spiritual life and he rarely finds himself walking in a labyrinth. Yet he knew when he saw The Way of the Labyrinth in a museum bookstore in Washington DC that it was a book he must get for me. On December 31 2000 my friend and I did walk in a laybrinth in Hamilton Montana. My friend enjoyed the walk but for me it was transforming. I didn't know much about the power of Labyrinths until then, nor did have much information about them. Lucky for me I have a woman friend in Missoula who has created several labyrinths in Vermont. She came to my house in May of 2000 and we installed a labyrinth of mowed paths in my backyard. I immediately felt more happy and at peace than I had in months. I have a much deeper connection to my small piece of property as a result of the labyrinth that has been uncovered in yard.

I walked in my "lab" for almost a year before my friend gave me this book. After a year of meaningful walks I was still without much formal understanding of the labyrinth concept. I was now ready to take in information and become more knowledgeable of the history of labyrinths and how they have helped people throughout time. This book is a wealth and gift of gentle information. As a result of walking my labyrinth for 18 months and reading this book I feel more grounded in my labyrinth practice. I feel very lucky to have recieved such a lovely gift from such an unlikely friend. I'm happy every morning to see this book on my desk in my yellow kitchen and I am even happier to have read a book that is so well written.

The book confirms what I've always known inside. The truth is already there, you just have find your way to the center to listen as it quietly speaks to you in ways you can understand. I reccomend this book to everyone who has ever walked a labyrinth, and even for those who have been walking all year without any formal understanding of the journey. You won't be disapointed.

Finished THE WAY OF THE LABYRINTH, and, dear friend, you are certainly doing "the work," as you would say. You've put together a book rich in history, experience, and possibilities, and you have made this time-honored meditation tool easily accessible to others. That is, after all, what we are all here to do -- to help each other as we each journey toward God.

When you ponder the history of breadmaking, just consider the continuous creativity derived from mixing flour and water. As author Brother Rick Curry, S.J., says, "I'm reminded of the simplicity...A little flour and water and some other wholeseome ingredients make an infinte number of breads".
"The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking" is a delightful collection of spiritual stories and easy to understand bread recipes. Building on the mystique of the Jesuit religious order, Brother Curry kneads the spirtual life and writings of the order's founder Saint Ignatius Loyola into the recipe collection. Indeed, this colection might be particularly interesting for those curious to know more about the Jesuits without having to read a long historical account. At first, I was leary of the large number bread recipes presented because my success with breadmaking was non-existent. I thought, "Why should I buy a book about breadmaking when I've never been able to get the dough to the first rise"? Nevertheless, I wanted to try Brother Curry's recipe for Irish Soda Bread, cooked without yeast, so I purchased the book. Of course, I could have simply copied the recipe without buying the book, but my religious side thought this was being disingenuous. Now, I'm so glad I made the investment because reading the recipes is just as much fun as baking them. Many recipes do not require using yeast, a relief for my breakmaking anxiety. As I tired several different recipes, I became more confident to try at least one yeast recipe. Finally, voila, like a miracle, I actually make O'Brien's Oatmeal Bread! Obviously, I'm now a convert to Brother Curry's recipes and, of course, I intend to try several more recipes as my breakmaking skills are tested. I already have several handwritten notes in the margins of this book documenting my own experiences with the recipes. Thank you Brother Curry and and also to Brother John O'Brien, who was a "vigorous" teacher of Latin at Gonzaga Prep in Spokane Washington when Curry met him and learned his namesake Oatmeal Bread recipe. This is a good book for those needing to develop more faith in their breadmaking ability. If you are already an expert breadmaker, Curry's collection is likely to sharpen the spiritual side of your God given talents.

As an atheist I was wary of this book, but I actually enjoyed reading Curry's stories and Jesuit histories. The recipies are fantastic - well written and all have been successful so far. The only complaint I have is that the font in the recipies is too small, especially the fractions! Great book, great author.

I bought the companion book, "The Secrets of Jesuit Soupmaking: A Year of Our Soups" and was really knocked out by the tone and style of that book. So, naturally I tried "The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking" and I found it to be the perfect complement to the former title. There is something decidedly refrshing about a book that combines the concepts of faith and baking. Anybody who's spent a day in the kitchen making bread from scratch will attest that it can be a somewhat spiritual event.

If bread is the staff of life, then "The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking" is a superb introduction to the art. Highly recommended.

The title of this novel is the name of a pub/inn which figures into the plot. The novel introduces Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury who has been sent to investigate murders in the village of Long Piddleton on the River Piddle (the British do have quaint place names). A string of murders during the Christmas season seem unrelated until the investigation draws them together.

A number of people in the village have events in their pasts that bring them under suspicion. Unlike most English mysteries, this one has a villain with a gun. The investigation reveals a few surprises as it draws to a conclusion.

The novel has implied sexual content and some amount of violence. It is at about the PG-13 level.

This is a very engaging book. It was lots of fun to be introduced to Long Piddleton and to its assortment of eccentric characters. The plot itself is fairly complex, although not completely difficult to figure out, and it ends with what appears to be an action sequence in the life of the Richard Jury books--in a church, no less!

It is interesting to be introduced to Vivian, the femme fatale of Richard Jury, Melrose Plant, etc., in this book. I am not sure that I ocmpletely see the attraction, but that seems to be one of the interesting truths about relationships that comes out in Martha Grimes' books--relationships and attractions have a strength and life of their own.

In her Richard Jury/Melrose Plant series of mysteries, Martha Grimes has developed an ensemble cast who play the same role, but with different levels of involvement from book to book. As one works his way through these mystery novels, all the members of the ensemble take on lives of their own. Another reviewer has stated that, in later novels, this being the first in the series, they become stereotypes. It is my opinion that they merely stay in character. This is not to say however that they don't show growth and appropriate change with time and circumstance. They do.

One should know that the name of this book, THE MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF, is the name of an English pub where part of the action takes place. This approach is taken in all of the novels in this series. (18 to date covering over 20 years of writing)

Although any one of these novels can be read in any order, this one gives more character background than any of the others. (I read it after having already read 16 others and it didn't hurt my comprehension of the others a bit.) Each novel has an interesting and entertaining plot. That said, what really distinguishes Ms Grimes' writing is the humor and local color she evokes through the antics, interrelationships, and subplots involving the various members of her cast of characters. There are over a dozen of them and each is fully realized with personalities, weaknesses and strengths, likes and dislikes, and friends and enemies.

The plot here involves the murder of strangers visiting the English town of Long Piddleton. In order to solve the mystery of the murders, it is first necessary to determine whether the murders were the random work of some madman, or if they were somehow related in a way that is not apparent. That is the gist of the plot.

The ensemble consists of 12 to 18 characters whose importance tends to vary from novel to novel. In this, and most of the others, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury of New Scotland Yard, his assistant, the hypochondriacal Sergeant Wiggins, and his newfound friend in Long Piddleton, Melrose Plant, the former Lord Ardry are the key participants (Melrose is the former Lord Ardry because he didn't want the title of Earl and so renounced it.)

There are a great number of players at the next tier and each is important in his own right. Some provide a real touch of humor, and others contribute to the main plot, but all combine to make this book what it is.

I must digress here and give a short description of Melrose Plant's Aunt Agatha - Lady Ardry - Lady because she happened to marry Melrose's titled uncle. She is an American and is enamored of the concept of being titled. Picture, if you will, a rather rotund late middle-aged woman who wears a cape, pushing open a door with no regard as to who or what might be on the other side, wielding a silver cane, like a sword, shoving aside anyone who happens to be between her and her destination. As often as not, her destination is a tray of cakes, tarts, and other sweets which she demands as her due at her nephew's home. After eating them all, she complains because there are no more, and on her way out pilfers Melrose's late mother's diamond ring, or a precious jade carving, or some other valuable item. Later she will wear the jewelry or display the stolen object in front of Melrose with no sense of shame. How Melrose handles this with humor and a shrug of his shoulders is an example of Ms. Grimes tongue in cheek manner.

Another character we come to know and love is Cyril The Cat who loves to torment Jury's Superior (in rank only) and always outwits him.

There are more, lots more.

So if one likes mystery with a liberal sprinkling of humor THE MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF might be just what the doctor ordered.

Read the book and really enjoyed it, but I never heard of Laundry Hill. I grew up in that area and don't recall any such place. Can you enlighten me Mr. Curry?

After listening to the author describe his book on the Brudnoy show here in Boston, I rushed to order a copy. It is a well written work which takes the reader through a period trip. Lynn Mass. from the 30's to the 80"s It is centered on the subsequent rise and decline of both its characters and this once gleaming city of sin. While John Curry is not yet on a par with Robert Parker, he sucessfully combies mystery with location. I wish the author would find a real publisher! This fan will not repurchase a $25.00 cheap paperback with a generic cover. I also cannot endure the paper cuts from the poorly trimmed pages,maybe Bob Parker can advise him here.

..Run, don't walk, to your computer and order "Loyalty" by John Curry at Amazon.com. Curry (former President of Northeastern University) grwe up in Lynn, and is now a fiction writer. His latest, "Loyalty", is a story of an Irish family, crime, friendship, etc., and is entirely LYNN based..LYNN is the true background star of this fiction, form the 50"s to the 80's!!!! example:

"For almost four months now Jack and Marjorie had been dating steadily--movies at the Paramount and Warner, dinner at Anthony Athanas' original Hawthorne Restaurant in Olympia Square, lunches of spaghetti and meat sauce at Sassone's walk-down restaurant behind the Warner, Red Sox games at Fenway, pizza at Monte's on Eastern Avenue, and long walks, both day and night, along the beach."

I've only read about 80 pages so far..it's a very entertaining book even if you DIDN'T have Lynn as a reference..the title should really be "LYNN LOYALTY"

Have Fun!

One will be able to peruse this work in an hour or so. Gives good working knowledge of Vietnamese ettiquette and mind-set. Great to have on hand as a reminder of what Vietnamese clients or students will expect from you. Generally accurate. Made me long for the days that I was fortunate enough to teach English to the Vietnamese.

This is a quick, easy read for anyone who wants an introduction to Vietnamese culture, particularly business culture. The clip art in the book looks cheap and the authors could have used tone marks in the Vietnamese vocabulary section. (Vietnamese is a tonal language and using different tones changes the meaning of words.) But, overall it is a useful book for anyone planning a personal or business trip to Vietnam.

This is one of the two books I read in preparing for a 3 week stay in Vietnam. The content was right on the mark, and helpful for even this non-business traveler.

This books can show you an interesting and practical method that will help you ending your CRM pains.
A intelligent aproach to a very dificult discipline.

Chairman of the Customer Marketing Institute, co-founder of consulting group MSP Associates, and CRM "guru" Jay Curry takes readers on an international journey "through the pyramids." Using the "rest of the world" as the foundation to the pyramid structure, Curry shows readers how to build on suspects and prospects and carry them to the top of the customer pyramid. From inactive customers to top tier clientele, Curry offers valuable information, trends, statistics, and real-life

examples.

This is not simply a book about customers. It is a handbook for anyone who has customers. Curry goes beyond traditional customers and offers his version of the e-Customer and special considerations for marketing to this virtual audience. Filled with action items, the book is formatted with numerous graphics in a manner that is easy to digest and quick to place into service.

Whether you are a small business owner or a manager in a multi-division corporation, this book has information you can read today and use tomorrow, building a customer pyramid with not only a firm foundation but also a top filled with satisfied, and profitable, customers.

Now Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is the hottest area of marketing. This book explain that CRM is the activity of getting customer in, moving customer up, keeping customer in. Authors written a clear, step-by-step guide of CRM. Authors introduces the "Permission Pyramid" and the "e-Customer Marketing Pyramid" to explain the nature of "virtual customer relationships" and how to use them to create, keep, and upgrade customers. I think that this concept is simple and clear. but it explain all of CRM.

Geeze! I hate to disagree with all these stellar reviews, but I have to say "The Old Silent" was a little bit of a let down. Maybe I picked the wrong place in the Richard Jury series to start - but I found it hard to care about a lot of the characters, many of whom just seemed to be "checking in" from a prior novel. In fact, this may sound like sacrilege to a lot of Grimes' fans, but I didn't even see any real need for Melrose Plant's presence. (And I'm still trying to figure out what he and his buddy we're cutting up at the table that upset Vivian so much). There was also one too many tea parties with the little girls. One too many interviews with the band Sirocco -- who don't even sound good on paper. And one too many jumps between characters (At one point we even get the perspective of the little girl's dog). Yes, Grimes has a wonderful way with words, but she also has a way of stringing things out and underexplaining Jury's actions in a misguided attempt to keep the reader guessing. Compare for example, the first chapter of "The Old Silent" with the first chapter of Anne Perry's incredible "The Face Of A Stranger" and you may understand what I mean. But as I said before, I could have started in the wrong place, so I am going to pick up Grimes' first novel, "The Man with a Load of Mischief" with the ardent hope that I'll wind up eating my words.

This is a complex and challenging novel. Richard Jury, depressed at the start of the novel, finds himself engrossed in the diffiult circumstances of Nell Healy, who murders her husband in a pub lounge, while Jury watches. As Jury attempts to discover why Nell would have done this, and how it ties in to the tragic kidnapping of her step-son ten years before, he is drawn into different eccentric groups of people--an ill-assorted group living in a b& b near Haworth, home of the Brontes and the dark world of alternative rock and roll performers. This musical mileiu is definitely new to Jury--although it turns out to be familiar territory for Seargent Wiggins!

The different worlds of this book do not completely fit together. There is sometimes an odd disjunction between the parts of this novel,and I agree somewhat with one reviewer who says that she doesn't understand the role that Melrose Plant plays here, other than to add his usual gentle comic charm, and to interact with many of the eccentric.

Despite some of this, this is also a moving and emotionally successful novel. The literary and musical allusions have deep meaning and are releent not just to the progression of the plot but also to the ongoing growth of the characters in this series.
I credit Martha Grimes with taking chances with this novel.

No doubt in my mind--to date, this is the best of the series. (Of course, "Hotel Paradise" is her best work, but that falls outside the Richard Jury series.)

Martha Grimes has a rare grasp of characters. They all shine, they all breathe, they all walk into the room and sit down a while to share their portion of the story. They become so real that you miss them once the book is closed, the door of fiction has been firmly latched, and we are left wondering what has become of those friends we were with just moments before.

Melancholy to the core, Richard Jury falls for yet another woman with a problem. She's being accused of murder, and good as he is, Chief Superitendent Jury is going to have a bit of a problem clearing her of the charge. He witnessed the shooting himself. But for some reason, he can't let it go. This woman would not have taken life had it not been for an overwhelmingly good reason. Jury digs through the deceptions and discovers a startling truth.

Melrose Plant and Sergeant Wiggins are there to lighten the mood. I must admit, I've quite a crush on Melrose, and he is given quite some space to shine in this novel. He even aquires a romantic assertiveness which surprises even him!

If you've read any of the series, this is one you cannot miss.

I find this book very difficult to understand. Too often, there are formulas written right into sentences, and not in any special order. I would much prefer that the definition for a particular term is given in a sentence, then have the formula off to the right, or in the middle of the page, separated from the definition. This book gives very good definitions of terms, but very poor examples of the exercises that are given in the back of the chapters for review. In the chapter, there is maybe one type of problem, yet in the back of the chapter, 10 different problems too different from the given example.

I've studied cost accounting for 2 years in Hong Kong. The first year I used a really bad text book named 'Costing', I hated studying Costing. However after using the 'Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (10 Edition)', I become interested in Costing and Management Accounting. And deceide to have CMA exam in future. THIS BOOK IS REALLY GOOD ONE.

If you are looking for a single volume "bible" on cost accounting, this is likely the best book in print today to fit that bill. It is comprehensive in scope yet has many strengths to ease comprehension and aid readability.

The topics are grouped in six main sections each with several chapters on that topic. Since it is unlikely that you will read this reference / text book left to right as you would a novel this organization helps in finding what you are looking for and focusing on the area(s) of interest.

There are many helpful illustrations and a good use of color as well as chapter summaries and all the exercises you could ever hope for.

A very excellent feature is the use of application problems that take you step-by-step through building an Excel spreadsheet. This is tremendously useful.

The web support is also a good help as well as the streaming video vignettes.

I honestly find this topic very interesting and the 11th edition of this book to be a very valuable resource.