A very well researched and straight forward review of the ships of the lakes and their evolution. Mr. Thompson has done his homework and presented a recap that I will refer to many times in the future for reference. I would like to have seen more photos and more discussion of the earlier bulk freighter evolution but this material will wet your appetite for more. I hope to see more books of this type soon. Well worth the investment

This book is an absolute neccessity for anyone planning to do extensive flatwater paddling in Maine. The book divides maine into regions and then gives detailed descriptions of the most choice paddling spots in those regions. Each overall description entails a map of the lake, general decription of the lake (scenery,fish species,things to look for etc.), campsite reservation numbers if neccesary, and most important DETAILED DIRECTIONS. Unless you are confining your paddling to the southern region, most of the lakes will require driving on winding dirt logging roads that can confuse even the most seasoned forester(I know I was one). However with this book, I was able to find the put in with ease every time. Happy Paddling!

John Dibbs is an award-winning photographer, specialized in air-to-air photography. The book is very representative of the quality of his work. This classy coffe-table book is full of stunning photos of high impact. Interceptors, bombers, tankers, tranpsorts, trainers and helicopters in RAF service are all here, gathered in this single volume. The reader will feel bewitched by the high quality of this, basically, pictorial book. Depicted in John's special style, dozens of full page photos, accompanied by comprehensive text will attract your interest. John's technical mastership is easily identified and widely used throughout the book. Angle of views, lighting and speed effects are effectively used to give a distinctive look at the RAF Frontline. Carefully selected photos, made me wishing, all the more often, to be me who had taken them. The majority of the photos are air-to-air, hard to see anywhere alse, and not just ordinary ground-level shots. I particularly liked the wealth of pilots' personal quotes on their aircraft and mission. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interesting in the RAF, aviation, and stunning photography. Wish to see more of this kind by John.
Anthony Tsagaratos
Athens, Greece

Ralph Edwards of lonesome lake is a book about carving out a life for ones family in a remote wilderness. This book is such a contrast to our technical world with cell phones, internet, e mail "Big Box shopping" malls. Our lives are so full but really so empty. I felt an extreme feeling of sadness after having read this book. Ralph Edwards and his wife are now dead after having lived a hard but full life. We all struggle through life with different goals and yet we all have to face death. I felt the sadness of Ralph Edwards when he realised that he was too old to be independant and look after himself. This book has to make us all stop and concider what we are doing and what is the purpose of life. What could possibly be more important than these questions?

I have an older edition of this book. Let me tell you, it is a life-saver. Seriously, every street is in here. I don't care how lost you are, you will be able to figure out how to get where you want to be. And if you use it ahead of time, you won't get lost in the first place.

Reflections On A Mountain Lake: Teachings On Practical Buddhism is a compilation of the wisdom and Dharma teachings of Ani Tenzin Palmo, who was born in London in 1943 and become one of the first Western women to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. Her writings comprising Reflections On A Mountain Lake, gathered from a lifetime of meditation, retreat, and learning, wonderfully communicate her understanding of holistic and profound principles relevant to Buddhism and to the commonplace struggles of daily life. Reflections On A Mountain Lake is a welcome and very highly recommended addition for Buddhist Studies reference collections and reading lists.

This book was written by someone who grew up with her summers in the shadow of Mt. St. Helens who revisits the area years later, after the eruption. It was a very reflective, somewhat moody book, that I enjoyed reading. Good descriptions of the area as it struggled to recover from the incredible devastation.

Well written with many old and new photos of the Rangeley Lake area of western Maine. One of the best referance books of this area!

This is one of my most treasured books. Anyone that is passionate about art and horses will thoroughly enjoy having this book in their library. The artwork is predominantly watercolour sketches accompanied with the writings of a young Englishwoman. I highly recommend this book; buy it and enjoy it, over and over again.

Book Review By Joel C. Epstein Associate Director & Senior Attorney

Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention

The Rights and Responsibilities of the Modern University: Who Assumes the Risks of College Life? By Robert D. Bickel and Peter F. Lake (Carolina Academic Press, 1999).

There is an important new book out by Robert Bickel and Peter Lake, law professors at the Stetson University College of Law. The book, The Rights and Responsibilities of the Modern University: Who Assumes the Risks of College Life?, considers the evolving legal nature of the American university in the final decade of the 20th Century.

In the book, based on a detailed analysis of legal decisions from dozens of tort cases involving colleges and universities, Professors Bickel and Lake describe the emerging judicial view of "university as facilitator," where higher education officials help students navigate their way toward full independence and individual responsibility. The doctrine of in loco parentis is dead, but the alternative of being a passive bystander as students die or do themselves and others serious harm through unchecked [and often illegal] behavior is equally untenable. Bickel and Lakes' work describes the evolution of the university/student relationship in a style that is scholarly yet easily understood by lay readers.

Thanks to their thoughtful law review articles over the years in the Journal of College and University Law, Bickel and Lake are already household names among college and university attorneys. With this compelling book their names and work are sure to become just as well known among non-lawyer college presidents, deans, directors of student health services, parents, and others professionally or personally interested in the way the courts have tended to treat institutions of higher education in cases involving tortious and sometimes criminal behavior. The authors' lively writing style and useful case illustrations have made accessible what through no fault of the subject has too often been seen as material fit only for lawyers.

In particular, Bickel and Lake are to be credited for taking on the all too common misperception that college student drinking is uncontrollable. Their strategy: address the problems of alcohol danger and disorder directly; anticipate displacement to the surrounding community following a campus clamp down on underage and problem drinking and work with the community to minimize the effects. To quote Bickel and Lake, "Strict community enforcement of underage drinking standards, with college involvement, can facilitate reducing the problem. And, the college is in the position to assess and discipline its problem drinkers, even those who drink off campus." At the same time however, the university should avoid dictating policy or restrictions to students. "Students," explain the authors, "will need to be involved in solutions to alcohol risks and in discussions and policy making with regard to the problems."

Bickel and Lake's fresh discussion of the challenge of balancing rights and responsibilities on campus is a welcome departure from the way the writing of too many legal scholars confounds lay readers with the use of inadequately explained legal jargon and concepts. Given the many ways in which the legal environment impacts the relationship between students and schools and town and gown the reader comes away from the book better informed and ready to more fully participate in the discussion over what a school's drug and alcohol policy should look like; how schools should respond to underage drinking; what schools and communities can and are legally required to do to address campus crime and disorder; and, how schools can protect themselves from liability for injuries occasioned by fraternity hazing activities and underage drinking an drug use.

Indeed the authors present a model closely wedded to the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention's environmental management approach. As such, the book is a must read for every college and university administrator struggling with how to tackle the problems of high-risk student drinking and the disorder it creates. University legal counsel, deans of students, campus police, residence hall advisors, policy scholars, parents, and law students as well will find the book a refreshing, informative, and provocative view of the university/student relationship.

With the high-profile deaths of students at Louisiana State University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and many other schools, the field of higher education is mobilized as never before to address the problem of student drinking and other drug use. This book offers a timely and viable guide for positive action that can change the environment in which students make decisions about their alcohol and other drug use. Bickel and Lake's facilitator model is both an adaptable social vision for modern universities and a legal model for the courts and college administrators to work with. For the non-attorney or campus administrator, the book offers something just as valuable, a clear lens through which to view the sometimes murky issue of university/student relations.