Experience wild salmon leaping up the wild rivers of the Northwest. In western Washington, salmon still return from the ocean to spawn deep within the Olympic Mountains. This book is a classic on conservation and wildlife. Pre-dating the current concern for salmonids as an endangered species, Brown engages the reader in the unique environment of the temperate rainforest of the Olympic Pennisula. He describes the people and the fish that are the central players in this life and death drama.

This book is well written, concise, and informative. It deals with most aspects of mountaineering that could be of interest to both men and women. However, Ms. Gabbard also addresses the special issues and problems with equipment, clothing etc. that confront women in this sport. The book has alot of good advice and tips. The photos and drawings are superb. Being a woman in hiking and mountaineering, I learned alot from this book. I especially enjoyed the tale of the two women who were attempting to climb Mt. Rainier. It is exciting to see if they make it or not. I would recommend it to all women, novice or expert, who are interested in the sport of moutaineering. We need more books like this to help and inspire women to attempt to do things they may not think they can do!

This book lists all sorts of gems, esp for appliances, electronics and carpeting. Every store I have gone too has been terrific, and their prices the lowest when I did a comparison. However, a lot has changed since 1996 and the book desperately needs to be updated. Mark....please prepare a 2001 version!

Mr. Lincoln's City: An Illustrated Guide To The Civil War Sites Of Washington by U.S. Army Major General Richard M. Lee (Retired) is enhanced with 15 maps and 130 historical photographs as it offers the reader a series of major tours throughout downtown Washington, DC, to 80 sites that were significant to the events occurring between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War. There were a total of 68 forts encircling Washington, which the Union forces utilized as a major war base with its rail net and staging areas. This proved critically important as Confederate forces approached the city when the great battles took place in neighboring Virginia to the detriment of the Union Army. Here land marked for the onsite visitor as well as the armchair traveler are the Washington Monument slaughterhouse, the fetid creeks and canals, the sick, the wounded and the dying lying in hospitals strewn across the city. This is also the place where President Lincoln brought his forces to final victory, preserved the union, and resulted in Washington becoming the premier city of a reunited republic -- an unassailable position it has held down to the present day. Mr. Lincoln's City is an enthusiastically recommended addition to American History and Civil War History reference collections, as well as an ideal resource for planning a Civil War oriented tour of Washington, DC.

We have waited a very long time for a comprehensive book on this beautiful American art glass and Betty Sisk has provided us with a treat for the eyes! The photos are beautiful in full color and plentiful. I did not know that such examples of this artform existed until feasting on this book. All collectors of art glass must add this to their libraries. The information with each type of glass is insightful and just enough to ready the reader for the pictures to follow. The insight provided is both scholarly and from a collector's perspective. Prices are given in a fair range to give a fair market value. And what pictures there are to enjoy! Many glass types are well covered for the first time. This book will set a very high standard by which all other references on this glass will be judged in the years to come. We indeed owe the author a debt due to this subject's neglect until now. This is a must buy! We have waited a long time to get this book-thanks Betty!!

Dr. Sutterlin has written a truly remarkable and intriguing book. Since the fall of the Wall, it is important to understand the diplomatic intrigues involved in the Munich Revolution against the background of American Wilsonian missionism. The ironies involved in the Munich situation often parallel those of more recent history. This book is a wonderful source for all who want to know every detail of the almost hippie-like backdrop of the Munich Revolution. It is exceptionally well-researched, extremely analytical. It also is very well written and reads like a novel. I could not put it down.

Well written, extremely enjoyable.We both have read with interest as many of this series as we can get.

comprehensive, well organized and a must for any visit to the northwest. highly recommended as a basic source reference or as a travel supplement

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and discovered a wealth of fascinating information about our US presidents and their connections to music. Abraham Lincoln loved opera, Woodrow Wilson played the violin, Franklin Roosevelt liked to sing and Jimmy Carter was a Wagner enthusiast. One usually thinks of the Kennedys as the first to bring the arts to the White House, but the Coolidges and Hoovers were just as active in inviting famous guest performers to entertain, most notably Paderewski and Rachmaninoff.

What I especially loved about this book was its wide-ranging views of the role of music in American life. It is a wonderful cultural history, extremely well researched but easy to read with many humorous anecdotes. Teachers should find it a useful tool for classroom and interdisciplinary studies. I recommend this book highly to anyone who wants to learn more about the presidency and the musical history of our country.