A great book on cribbage. Highly recommended

Nobody tells a story like Doug Allyn. His short stories are outstanding and this book is a collection of some of his best. These tales, although distinctly different, share the common thread of one Dr. David Westbrook, small town veterinarian. Dr. Westbrook is human with human failings that tend to endear him to the reader. This likeable guy encounters a variety of very troublesome situations in his seemingly routine profession and his approach to solving these dilemmas will hold your interest. One of the stories, "Puppy Land" is well worth the price of the book all by itself. It is a very moving and thought provoking account of a woman faced with a terminal illness, who is able to put her own troubles aside to care for a frail and sickly puppy. A masterpiece.

What a wonderful, yet painful collection of memories that one mother kept of her first son. This was one of those books that you don't put down until you finish. Whether you are a mother, or just want to know what it feels like to be one, you have got to read this memoir

Originally published in 1959, Alligator Crossing by Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998) is an engaging novel about Henry Bunks, a thirteen-year-old boy who stows away in the boat of an outlaw alligator hunter in Florida. Henry's journey through the Everglades will take him into a world of beauty and danger, where he must rely on his own courage and resourcefulness to protect himself and the land alike. Also available in a paperback edition ... is highly recommended reading and a welcome addition to school and community library collections.

But what other book starts out with a disclaimer stating that the original authors disappeared with archives and source material? Read about THE intelligence organization that has origins in WWII, was staffed with brilliant minds like J.D. Salinger and Julia Childs and hints at the existence of night vision technology before 1945 (by the Nazis). It's not a conspiracy theory compendium. This is the real deal. Read of Hitler's right-hand man and the hilarious story behind his capture. Realize that some of the most intelligent men and women that fought for our country in WWII were also among the bravest. J.D. Salinger hints at his real life Counter-Intel experience in his short story 'To Esme with Love'. Joseph Heller makes references to men in uniforms without name tags in 'Catch-22'. These people predated 'Men in Black'. They were the originals. They were the Men in Tan. What we don't know about the measures taken for our safety could fill a library and this would be among the top ten books. Buy it...if you can find it.

Douglas Gilbert, the author of this fine work was a character to say the least. He drank hard and played hard but loved vaudville. My father, George A.Gilbert a journalist, who worked for Variety for 45 years told me his father could play a mean piano and loved to play all sorts of ragtime. Living in New York City and working for every newspaper at one time or another , he was getting constantly fired for his drinking,and writing his "show biz" column meant he had to be out in the forefront of all happenings in the city. So adept at this he landed a major radio show during the depression and was quite the "bon vivant".Like i said he loved broadway and really loved vaudville , sadly my grandfather died in 1948 appropiately at the bar in the Gotham hotel on west 56 st., i never met him .If you like vaudville then read this book ......it's the real deal.see ya grand pa .........larry

Americas is an excellent teaching tool when the goal is to make Latin America understandable to students who have been subjected to Anglo-Saxon centrism most of their student lives. This anthology of primary works helps the students to see Latin America as a multi-dimensional place with history and complexity. The book is very readable and I would recommend it for undergraduate students who do not have much previous knowledge of Latin America.

Crase, highly touted for his poetry book "The Revisionist", has given us what amounts to highlighted and underlined passages from authors "who have claimed" him. These include Emerson, Stevens, Gertrude Stein, Rachel Carson, W.E.B DuBois, William James, Thoreau, Whitman, Langston Hughes, Aldo Leopold, John Ashbery, etc. Most are poets. He has said that placing the passages side by side, arranging them, involves "choice and commitment" which he finds more interesting than reading one man's opinions.

He has arranged these selections under headings which are commentaries in themselves: Under the heading "Doing Your Thing" you find Emerson, Stein, and Ashbery, but then as a footnote, quotations from politicians, Bush and Reagan (and their wives), that set the prior, more profound reflections into greater relief.

Under "Majority Rule" Emily Dickinson: "Dear friends--we cannot believe for each other."

Under "Immortality" Emerson: "I think we may be sure that, whatever may come after death, no one will be disappointed."

Wallace Stevens under "Home": "Life is an affair of people not of places. But for me life is an affair of places and that is the trouble."

A particular favorite entry under "Comparative Literature": Gertrude Stein, b. 1874 Rainer Maria Rilke, b. 1875

There is so much here to return to again and again--and much of it is unknown as Crase chose to select passages from these authors' lesser known works--much to encourage a return to these American originals. Much to encourage rumination.

Gary Geiger's photography draws you in and makes you want to jump on the nearest train, plane or automobile to drink in the beauty and wonder of the Monterey/Carmel area.

I had the great pleasure of learning from this book when it was still in manuscript form. For the first time in my long history as a student I found that I understood the text at first reading! The chapters generally present two approaches: the technical (scary!) and the commonsense -- with the latter truly written in a commonsensical fashion. In fact, it is so well written that it is possible to go over the material on one's own. The book is pricey, but it delivers on its promise.