76 of the 123 pages are menu translations, French to English, and the vice versa so you can ask for what you want or translate what they have; all this very helpful and in a light, compact easy to carry book that makes it worth taking. The "Ten Simple Rules of Dining in Paris" in the begining along with the introduction comments are very good, they will serve you well to help make eating in Paris less stress free. The 25 pages of eating place recommendations is of less use, considering how many there are in Paris this is a very small sample. Near the Sacre-Coeur their recommeded cafe turned out to be a shabby affair with curious looking characters hunched over their rundown tables, which sat directly accross from a more relaxed less rundown place that we felt more comfortable eating at, which had fine food. You have to decide for yourself.
The book is worth taking with you. Paris is thick with places to eat, making it easier to just duck in anywhere with this wonderful little guide to manners and translation. Don't rely too much on the recommendations as the only places to eat at. It would have been nice if they had included a few paragraphs about the different types of wine.

This is the third time that I used this book while on vacation in Paris. I actually used the previous edition on my last two trips in 2000, and used this edition for my most recent trip in September 2001. The book is worth the money!

When I got to Paris, I made my way to some of my favorite restaurants and obviously started using the menus. This time, it was much easier to understand the selections. I remembered the definitions of a lot of the menu items from the previous two trips (using the book) and so understanding the menus and ordering the food was relatively painless this time. Yes, I actually improved my French vocabulary by using the book during my last two visits! The book is not exhaustive; however, I would say that at least 75% to 80% of the words on most restaurant menus are listed and defined.

I was so happy about my success with the menus that I decided to give some of the restaurant tips in the front of the book a try (pages 19-51). Now you have to understand that I never visit restaurants listed in guidebooks - EVER! I think that we tried three of the restaurants that were listed in the book and we really liked them. There weren't a lot of tourists in these restaurants and the food was pretty good.

I would like to make a comment about the best restaurants in Paris (page 29). Yes, it is very difficult to get a dinner reservation at these places -- I usually call about one month in advance. However, I almost always can get a lunch reservation at one of these restaurants without much difficulty. If you are dying to have dinner at a specific restaurant and you can't get a reservation, then try to have lunch there instead. I planned our last trip at the last minute and so I was not able to call restaurants ahead of time from the USA. When I arrived in Paris, I tried to call for dinner reservations and got the usual "complets" (full) on the other end of the line. Then I called and got a lunch reservation at L'Ambroisie with no problem! We waltzed in at about 1:00 pm, sat at a great table in a beautiful room and had a wonderful three-hour French lunch. The restaurant said that the lunch and dinner menus were the same (on that day) and so I did not feel that we had a lesser dining experience. This was confirmed when we were presented with the $300 check for lunch for two at the current exchange rate of 7FF/$1!

I highly recommend the book. It will save you a lot of time and trouble while using French menus. Also, you can try the restaurant recommendations and still feel as if you had an authentic French dining experience! I would also recommend their guidebook for Spanish-speaking countries.

I got this book as a gift. It has tips on restaurants, bistros and wine bars in Paris. The largest part of this book is a menu reader that explains what you are ordering on a menu in France. What a tough job these authors had! Exploring food markets and restaurants must be hard work. But seriously, this guide sends you to restaurants with good food and reasonable prices.

Awww this book was good. I work as a student aide in my school library and the pictures caught my eye so I read it. Good pictures funny story.

I first read this book when I was 6, and fell in love with the story and beautiful pictures. I never tired of reading it and missed it terribly when it was lost during a move. Now I am buying one for my daughter, who is 6, and hopes she likes it as much as I did.

Who's in Rabbit's House kept my 4 year old on the edge of his seat. When read with different voices for each character it is even more fun. The end was a suprise and gave us all have a good laugh.

I have long been an admirer of the artwork of Leo and Diane Dillon, who did a lot of covers for the works of Harlan Ellison. So it is because of the Dillons that I picked up this alphabet book in which Margaret Musgrove introduces young readers to twenty-six African peoples by depicting a custom important to each. While some of the customs are unique to a particular people, others are shared throughout the continent, but Musgrove assures her readers that all of these customs reflect African values or philosophies. From the Ashanti weavers who make a beautiful cloth called "kente" to the leaping Zulu dancers saluting their new chief, we learn about these customs. Each entry is accompanied by a gorgeous illustration by the Dillons, who show as much concern for detail and accuracy as the author. Musgrove lived in studied in Ghana where she did extensive research for this volume. For their part the Dillons did considerable further research as well. One of most interesting aspects about their pictures for this book is that most of the paintings include a man, woman, child, their living quarters, an artifact and a local animal. While there is admittedly a degree of artificiality to some of these compositions, there is obviously a concerted effort to provide as much detail in the illustrations as possible. No wonder I have been a big fan of the Dillon's work for thirty years. A map in the back of the volume shows where each of these peoples lives in Africa, which shows that the focus here is on the sub-Sahara peoples rather than the Arab influenced Northern Africa. I can easily see a grade school class studying Africa looking at a couple of pages each day to get a unique sense of the peoples of Africa. Certainly each page could work as a poster; something for teachers to think about when they are planning their unit on Africa.

"Ashanti to Zulu" presents 26 African tribes, from A to Z, and lets children learn something about the culture and customs of each one. Aside from being a learning experience, the book is visually eye-popping; the illustrations are so gorgeous you'll want to blow them up and frame them. The book won a well-deserved Caldecott Medal for the best illustrated children's book of 1977. It's a great book for helping children to learn about some of the peoples of our least-known populated continent, and the pictures will hold the kids mesmerized. It's a volume that belongs on every youngsters bookshelf.

An A-to-Z alphabet book for children in which the examples for the letters are twenty-six different tribes in Africa, exhibiting some of their varied traditions and customs. Hence, children learn of other peoples. It was illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon and it won the 1977 Caldecott Medal for best illustration in a book for children.

This is an important book about a topic that desperately needs the attention. It describes a common source of unhappiness in love and how we might be happier through a special kind of allowing. The book steps you easily through Professor Dillon's position, a testament to Dillon's cleanliness of thought, economy of language, and richness of style.

As Dillon explains through examples and illustrations from literature, media, philosophy and commentary, our post-modernist culture teaches us to doubt that people can ever really know and understand each other, teaches us to distrust what lovers can sense about each other. All that we know of someone, we are told, is what we project. And so whatever influence we try to have with someone is a form of oppression. So we learn to maintain a distance. Ultimately we reduce our partners to objects of our desire. This leaves nowhere for love to go but into idealization and fantasy. We imagine through our lovers some sort of perfect scenario. And when we love like this, the result begins euphorically but nearly always ends badly, painfully, tragically. This is the phenomenon of romantic love. As Dillon explains further, the erotic kind of romantic love has no exclusive claim to upending us. Soul-shattering episodes have exploded into great novels and wrenched the direction of history no more often in episodes of erotic love than in love of wisdom, love of humanity, and love of god. If seeking something ideal is a natural if not unfulfilling sort of human activity, we should recognize it everywhere in life. Indeed it is ubiquitous - we spot our romanticized notions wherever we look, from primping in front of the mirror to clinging to dualistic ontology for 2400 years. Most of the time we don't even notice ourselves in some sort of idealized love, don't feel the pain, don't even lose a step. But when romantic love hits hard we can find ourselves fighting for our very lives though neither sharp claws nor open chasms loom. We kill ourselves over it. Lovers murder lovers, even family. We cannot reason it away. We can't drink it away. We cannot escape it through any drug. What distinguishes deadly romantic love from all the other misguided quests for unreachable perfection? What would result if somehow I could allow my lover to emerge, unfold and announce herself within my life? M.C. Dillon offers surprising answers to these important questions.

take his class on this at suny binghamton -- he teaches what is in the book.

The spectacular insight into human affairs and relations gained from this piece of art is exceptional. Dillon writes simply and poetically, allowing his ideas to flow and take shape throughout each chapter, one building on the last. The idea that there is another way to love and relate to other human beings oustide of a complete subject/object distinction is refreshing and inspiring. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in life.

This menu reader is so easy to use. Unlike other menu readers which are divided into categories (fish, soup, salad), this one is an easy-to-use, alphabetically organized menu reader.The drawings in the margin are very clever and funny.

I liked this book a lot- you know, I can't really speak Spanish, but I went to Mexico and I wanted to eat, and, you know, this book did the trick. I recommend it to anybody who wants to understand Spanish menus.

"Artfully designed...the perfect holiday gift" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Makes dining in 19 Spanish speaking destinations easy and enjoyable" Toronto Star. "A dietary dictionary to help you decipher ropa vieja as shredded beef, not old clothes" Caribbean Travel & Life. COMING IN SPRING 1999: EATING & DRINKING IN ITALY: Reading Menus in Italian.

I speak no more than 8-10 words of Italian. I used this book on a recent trip to Italy, and was able to understand almost every menu item I saw, and to order with confidence. It's a marvelous book! The alphabetical organization makes it really easy to use when you're sitting in a restaurant faced with three pages of Italian on a menu. (This review refers to the first edition of this book.)

We saw a review of this book in the New York Times. At ($), this book is a great bargain. The comprehensive Italian menu reader helped us eat at restaurants that don't have menus in English (which are most restaurants that are worth eating at). We ate at restaurants listed in this book - both expensive and inexpensive - and had good meals at all of them. The best part of this book, other than its price, is its size. It fits comfortably in your pocket or purse.

And you can use this book to find out just what speck is. We took this guide with us on our trip to a small town in Italy, where we could not count on finding English speakers in all restaurants. The large print and generous spacing made it easy to read even in low light, and the descriptions were all spot-on. We ordered a few things we might have skipped over without knowing what was in them, and were able to avoid things that trigger allergic reactions. And since we've gotten back, it's nice to page through and remember some of the fabulous meals! (This review refers to the first edition).

A deeply moving misadventure. In getting lost, these three men discovered the soul of Labrador as well as the true meaning of friendship and survival. This book is a classic.

I have read this book several times, and would recomend it to anyone that enjoys an adventure story. I enjoy it even more than most as Leonidas Hubbard was my grandfathers first cousin.This book has been almost required reading in our family,(Hubbard).I hope the publisher will reprint it as we have many family members looking for a copy of the book.

I have read a lot of teen adventure books. I recently read this one while I was on a rugged boys canoe camp trip. We went on a 7 week trip with 12 men to labrador. I purchased this book because it was nonfiction and it was saying how these 3 brave, adventurous men took a trip similar to the area i'll be going to. It talked about how mothernature just (threre's really no word for it but...)Destroys these people and they fight back with courage and hope in succeeding this raw adventure. The three in progress of there adventure take care of eachother and keep eachother alive nad in this doing they become better than great friends almost brothers. I really don't want to ruin the book for you, but i suggest so strongly that you get a copy of this book, and oh yea the beginning of the book really is boring because it tells you of how they got to labrador in 1902 (they didn't have cars).

I purchased this for an upcoming visit to France and think it will be very useful, esp. for someone who has limited French and loves food. I tested it out using menu information from my French Michelin guide. It does not list everything, but it contains a lot of terms and descriptions.

Eating & Drinking in France has been updated! Search amazon.com for the new Eating & Drinking in Paris. The new edition has the most comprehensive French menu reader available and lists more than 100 great places to eat and drink in Paris. You'll also find information on food markets, food stores, wine stores, wine bars and tips on budget dining.

I've used this book on two trips to France (May and November of 2000) and I think the book is incredible!

I'm at the advanced level in French, however the menus at the restaurants in France still always confounded me until I bought this book. I would say that 80% to 90% of the food items on any menu are listed in the book. Other French guide books or dictionaries do not have anywhere near the number of entries that this book contains. I've used the book at a number of restaurants in France with great success. Also, the book is so small that you can easily fit it into a small bag (or purse), so it is very easy to carry it and use it in any restaurant. You don't have to be afraid to order the Andouillette any more!

THIS BOOK WAAS VERY GOOD. IT GAVE THE EXPEIRNCES OF PARENTS MWHO HAD KIDS THAT WHERE AUTISTIC. I BOUGHT AND READ IN ONLYA FEW DAYS.

Living With Autism is a collection of candid, informative and revealing parental stories of what it is like to live with autistic children on a day to day basis. Author Kathleen Dillon provides a review of the professional literature defining and diagnosing autism, securing adequate treatment, family stress, social stigma, and all of the aspects and elements of life with an autistic charge. Highly recommended reading for parents and caretakers of autistic children, Living With Autism is enhanced with a "Parent's Questionnaire" and "Suggestions For Parents", references, glossary, and an index.

i have read many books dealing with the subject of autism and i feel this book has the most accurate information. from the author's prospective & researched information you get a step by step introduction to the effects of autism on the families. honest & straightforward... w/o hyping miracle cures (i.e. vitamins, drug therapy) or understating the massive effect an autistic child has on the family. for anyone who is close to a family with an autistic child this is a must read..... the 6 children whose parents were interviewed give an honest, clear account of what day-to-day life is like with an autistic child. funny, heartwarming, sad and informative if you buy any book about autism, buy this one! i've read 24 plus books on autism, this one is by far the best

Beautifully written and enriching, this is a little book with a great BIG heart. Read it and you just may change the way you feel about the trials and tribulations of life.

The title and design of the book suggested it would appeal to women, but I was drawn into it and found I couldn't put it down. In fact, the only time I put it down was when I was wiping tears, and I'm a hard-edged guy. It's rare to find a memoir that's as honest and engaging as this one. Anybody who's been in a relationship can relate to the struggle for true commitment. You don't have to be a parent to savor the inspirational story of how this couple came to terms with the death of a child.

Any woman, whether she has children, cannot have children or has adopted children, will love this story! In fact, any woman who has ever loved a man will love this book. I found that I could not put it down - kept me up at night as many a fast-paced thriller has done. The author has managed to keep the reader spellbound as well as touch on many facets of most readers' lives. I could see and hear myself on many of this book's pages. I truly believe, as Ms. Dillon, that life can only be faced with humor to see us through the rough times.