This books is all you'll need if you want to grow herbs. I love the great recipes for teas and herb sugars. The many detailed garden plans are the best part of the book and they're laid out simply with common herbs. I wish I'd gotten this pretty little tome years ago before I planted my first cutting of Mint!

This is one of the most informative books I have read on the subject of herb gardening. I found the book difficult to put down. It includes extensive descriptions of individual herbs from the most ordinary to the hard-to-find. One of the most enjoyable aspects of the book are the recipes for herbal tea blends and corresponding health benefits, which are listed thoughout the book. Also included are garden plans, propagation methods, and harvesting tips. I highly recommend this book as a reference guide for the beginner or the seasoned gardener.

My manager asked me to explain Java and JavaBeans. This book did the trick. It's well laid-out, with lots of colour pictures, and deals with non-trivial issues in an understandable manner. It also comes with a Java tutorial, along with a try-and-(maybe)-buy version of a tool from Sun. I use this book a lot, along with "Borland's JBuilder: No Experience Required" by Zukowski, and "JBuilder Essentials" by Cary Jensen, et al. IMHO, if you're using JBuilder, you can buy these three books and pitch everything else.

I really enjoyed this book. I found the material clearly written and concise, the projects helpful, and was thankful for the beautifully illustrated examples and colorized source code.

Unfortunately, due to the absolute "newness" of the Beans technology and the awkward transition point we are all suffering through as we slowly migrate to version 1.1.x of Java from 1.0.x, there are inherent frustrations with regard to browser support (or lack, thereof) and, more importantly, many of the discussed products' near-but-not-quite-there support of JavaBeans. I think the book handles these issues rather well, though.

If you are seeking expert coverage into this new and amazing area of the Java Language I can't see a better place to start.

Many people find short fiction unsatisfying. So you might think that very short fiction, and many of the micro fictions in this collection are only one page in length, would be even less satisfying. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Miraculously these short fictions have more depth and insight than fiction many times their length. Jessica Treat's writing is so precise and vivid that she is able to conjure whole worlds with a handful of her expertly chosen words. Like the best sex Treat's stories leave one feeling both fulfilled and wanting more! She makes it look easy, but anyone who's tried writing a very short story that works will know it's one of the hardest things to do.

Apart from the excellent contents this book is also a pleasure to handle because of the beautiful paper quality, the fine typeface and the excellent cover art. Coffee-to-go have produced a small book to treasure.

It is a great pleasure as I read the stories. Each story is an intimate experience with the characters and their obssession. When a stranger comes up to a woman in a coffee shop to ask for a piece of paper, we understand that is the beginning of something deeper. I enjoyed deeply the people in her books their little worries and dreams. All the stories have a dream liquid qualities to them.

This book is great for the beginner looking to explore the world of tea. It covers everything from the origin of tea to best brewing methods. A very good read!

I received this book as a birthday gift from British friends who know I love tea. What a joy it is! The entire history of tea, health benefits, gourmet teas explained, and lots of interesting recipes for tea accompaniments from around the world. It is well written, informative,and a real delight to read.

Read this book in one sitting. Nice introductory book with a great variety of recipes. Interesting without being pretentious. I skim through it several nights a week because it is a nice way to relax.

Tea books come and go, but this is one of the best. M. Dalton King's beautifully illustrated and mouth-wateringly tempting book makes you want to head for the kitchen and put the kettle on to boil (don't forget to pre-heat the tea-pot too)

Nothing piques the morbid fascination of a dinner guest quite like a platter of veal frappuccino. Top it off with a decaffeinated stock reduction and you're a host whose meals will be recounted for decades. This book has afforded us years of excellent in-home dining, as well as cheap laughter. My wife also once used it to great effect in ridding us of an in-law babysitter that she considered too sultry and promiscuous for duty. She merely left Carmen (her young cousin, who served briefly as our sitter to my unbounded delight) with a tray of Chicken Satay Latte that she had secretly made with thrice the active ingredient. Carmen dutifully served it to the twins at dinnertime, and by the time we returned she had permanently sworn off of babysitting - as well as motherhood, marriage, and quite possibly the male gender, which she rightly surmised was in large part to blame for the scourge of children.

Okay, being the quintesential lefty feminist, I theoretically had better keep a distance from major multinational corporations, but I just can't abstain from Starbucks! Even if they are part of the "corporatization" of America, I proudly declare my love for them.

Since it first came to my hometown (to somehow tie in with the "Alterna-rock" facination with all things pacific NW) I fell in love with their coffee--and related concoctions. Following a stressful (but adventurous day) there is nothing more relaxing than drinking one of their numerous creations and feeling the world melt away.

The recipies in this book continue the romance by providing easy to follow recipies to satisfy the coffee lover in everybody. Little to no previous cooking experience is required, as the point of this cookbook is to help everybody wind down in a deliciously rich way.

John Sheahan, chairperson of the Bryce Wood Award Committee said, "Robert Williams' book is an extraordinarily good example of systematic economic and historical analysis used to answer an intriguing question. The question is how to explain the striking differences among Central American countries in the dimensions of democracy, political repression, and social concern. Williams goes deeply into their different responses to the rise of the world coffee market in the late nineteenth century, and explains clearly the view that these experiences have marked the political and social evolutions of the countries ever since."

I have read dozens of books on the history of coffee and how it has shaped the lives of hundreds of millions of people, but in some respects this is the very best. Note: it is can be scholarly in the depth of its investigation, but for me that was all for the best. And it never reads like an "academic" piece, but rather is compelling, at least if you're already concerned about this topic.

This is one of the first books that I recommend to people who want to know why so many people who supply the world with coffee are so poor, and denied serious options to change their conditions. The reader should note that this book does not try to describe all coffee producting countries, rather just three, each of which has been profoundly shaped by coffee, but in ways distinct from one another. That demonstrates that there is nothing pre-ordained about societies that are economically dependent upon coffee production.

I have an embarassingly extensive library on Tea and Coffee, this is the top shelf. As good as it gets, thank you Mr. Pratt.

This book introduced me to the wonders of the tea leaf! Because of Norwood's book I am now an avid tea drinker. This book is ideal for the beginning tea drinker as well for the refined. You will use this book throughout your tea drinking adventures---it will not sit on your bookshelf collecting dust. Included is tea history, descriptions of each type of tea, methods of brewing, tea utensils, health aspects, tea rooms, and a big list of tea vendors (including my favorite: Upton Tea Imports).

I have not seen a better book out there on tea than this one. highly reccommended.

This is a great book for those who want to open their homes and share tea time with friends. Marilynn and her husband write from what they know and do. Having tea with them is a wonderful experience, and this book shares their ideas, stories and some great recipes for serving tea for 2 or 200. A great resource for women's ministry leaders or home use.

Tea with the Angel Lady is latest book by the award-winning author Marilynn Carlson Webber. The book is inspiring to read, makes a nice gift, and is a wonderful resource for women's groups. The author is widely known as the Angel Lady. Her book A Rustle of Angels is a best seller, selling over 300,000 copies in English as well as in many foreign languages. Other books by Marilynn include How to Become a Sweet Old Lady Instead of a Grumpy Old Grouch and The Angel Victorian Tea Book. She is a frequent contributor to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books.
The opening chapters of Tea with the Angel Lady recount Marilynn's adventures with tea. Hundreds of people have enjoyed tea at her home. Her teas have been featured on British television and newspapers including The Orange County Register. The reader will learn how Marilynn discovered ways that anyone can be a blessing to others while enjoying the joys of teatime. The book details how you can refresh your soul with your own personal teatime and ways to enrich the warmth of tea for two. Here you will find professional secrets on how to prepare and serve tea for a small group. Unique to this book is the section on planning a tea for a large number of guests, even a hundred or more, something that requires different techniques than serving a small group. Many readers will want to follow her suggestions to reach out to others by bringing a tea in a basket or even having tea over the telephone. Yes, it is possible to "do tea" in many creative ways.
The second section of the book is filled with her best recipes for tea. Here you will find professional tips on ways to prepare tea specialties. Marilynn also tells how to make the presentations and how to serve the teas and tisanes.
Marilynn has given the program to hundreds of women at teas of all kinds. The groups include church women, tea societies, charitable organizations, clubs, sororities, and professional associations. A bonus feature of this book is that Marilynn's most requested programs are included in the third section of Tea with the Angel Lady. Each one is complete with instructions for the theme with suggestions for everything from publicity and decorations to the presentation itself. First is a beautiful tea devotional that can be used for any occasion, from tea for two, a few friends in a home, or a large gathering. Thousands have heard Marilynn speak on angels and her talk is here along with plans for a unique Angel Tea. There are great resources for a Teddy Bear Tea, always popular for Mother-daughter events. Other programs include a Joyful Tea, a Tea of Encouragement, and Taking Time to Smell the Roses Tea. The Christmas Tea includes a reader's theater script that can easily be given by two players. Titled "Out of the Ivory Palaces", it presents the first Christmas from the perspective of the angels. Of course since it is written by the Angel Lady, you can be confident that this original drama is Biblically correct, filled with suspense and natural humor, and with theological insights that will bring a new understanding of the greatness of God.

This is one of those special books you come across once in a long while. Mary Englebreit is well loved the world over and this book contains many of her wonderful drawings plus photos of some of her own tea collectibles. This is a delightful little book - one to treasure. If you love tea I think you'll love this book. If you love ME I guarantee you love it! And if you haven't met Mary and her works yet, you are in for a real treat!

In Mary's exuberant artistic style, the theme of serving tea and collecting "tea stuff" is treated with joy. A lifetime collector who enjoys the acoutrements of tea as much as the tea party itself, the author/illustrator includes photos from her own collection and favorite recipes. I've recently added this volume to my tea book collection and enjoyed reading it.