Beautiful, coffee table quality, cookbook with a wide variety of simple yet elegant recipes. Excellent children's section.

I really enjoy this book. It has a great easy-to-read layout without too many confusing recipes. The recipes are user friendly but also geared to a somewhat sophisticated palette. I also usually have most ingredients on hand. I love the Baked Potato Soup! You will enjoy the pictures too.

If this is not the first, it is undoubtedly the best, anthology of cowboy poetry available today. For many years I thought cowboy poetry was kind of, well, you know, cowboyish. That is, it was kind of cute in a nursery rhyme sort of way but was not really relevant when you compared it to real poetry. Fortunately, I was privideged to live in the west for four years and was introduced to some of the best poetry I have ever read. It was called, well, cowboy poetry! Not only was it as well written as any so-called mainstream poetry but it has a way of speaking to the reader that will forever change the way you view cowboy poetry. Thus, it was with great interest that I read Cowboy Poetry Matters. The book brings together some of the best and brightest cowboy poets writing today, most notably Linda Hussa, Linda Hasselstrom, and Laurie Buyer and places their work along side such well known mainstream poets as Donald Hall and Maxine Kumin. The result is a remarkable collection of poetry by diverse poets that discover they share a lot of common ground and that cowboy poetry can be, and is, as relevant and diverse as the poets. In addition to a feed bag full of wonderful poetry, the reader will find memoirs by Linda Hussa and Wallace McRae which will stir your soul. Not to be overlooked is a stimulating series of critical essays by Dana Gioia, Paul Zarzyski, and Kathy Ogren which will challenge you to view cowboy poetry in ways you may have never considered. I encourage readers that want to be introduced to some of the very best cowboy poetry available today to try this book. As they say in the west "How long has it been since you read some really bood cowboy poetry?" "Well pardner, that's to long."

Contains information I was not able to find anywhere else. In my opinion, Sylvia did a very thorough research on this subject. I found the information to be very complete. The only exception is one grocery store in Georgetown that offers senior discounts of 5% on Wednesdays. This was offset by at least 12-15 discounts that were new to me. The book is very well organized. It provides listings by type of discount and location (city or town). It exceeded my expectation!

This book is chock full of useful advice on organizational behavior at both the personal and business levels. The clear, fun style of addressing business/management ethics was a useful and enjoyable read in our courses. As far as recommending other similar 5-star reading materials, there is only one other book,which I enjoyed so much. In fact, I would say it is a must-read for anyone interested in organizational behavior. The recently published book is entitled, "MANAGEMENT BY VICE" (by C.B. Don). It is a hilarious satire, but each wit-filled episode addresses a multitude of "vices" at the core of counterproductive corporate cultures and established high-tech organizations. It was fun to see how many we could find as part of our MBA course! Just like Dr. Harvey, the author of "Management by Vice" is a Ph.D. specialist with lots of experience, but the candid insights come from interactions between technical ranks with their management staff within the closed high-tech R&D world. To get the most complete understanding of organizational behavior at all levels we read both the "Abilene Paradox" followed up with "Management by Vice"! Great MBA lessons all around!

Before Dilbert broke ground focusing attention on the (mis)adventures of people in corporate management and the workplace, Jerry Harvey had used his own brand of southern humor to point out the absolute absurdity of life in the boardroom, the bedroom, and a few places in beteen. The Abilene Paradox is a relatively short and often humerous book, but it is not always easy to read. The book is filled with powerful lessons; many told from the author's unique and highly personal perspective. Jerry Harvey's dry wit bites harder than Dogbert ever could. If you have the courage to draw a line in the sand and stop the proverbial bus from taking a trip no one wants to take, then read the book. If you don't, then read the comics.

When I first read The Abilene Paradox, I hadn't read many business/management books--I preferred fiction. In my job, I've since read dozens of business titles and I have to say few compare in content or writing style to Dr. Harvey's classic. None have the sense of humor, the appreciation of the absurd, that Harvey has. And none have the soul, compassion, and wisdom of Harvey. I hope Dr. Harvey publishes again soon.

I thought it was a good book.It was exiteing and cept me on the edge of my seat.

This is a fun book, great entertainment (I was laughing like crazy when I was looking through it at the bookstore). The main reason I bought it was because my husband and I plan to move within the year, and I thought the book would be a good resource for helping us choose where to live--it is!

The book uses the 213 American consumer markets--the way the market research folks have sectioned off the country by consumer trends. For example, there's Northern Maine, Central Maine, Southern Maine/Vermont, about 12 sections in Calfornia, New Mexico is all one, and about 10 in Florida.

The first half of the book is maps with the sections color coded as to inhabitants' preferences for things like: fresh croissants vs. white bread, bagels, twinkies, books vs. tv, owners of power tools, owners of personal computers, cats, dogs, different kinds of cars, political leanings, what they watch on tv, what kind of car they drive, et cetera. There are 87 maps and 11 categories (eg Food, Sports, Cars, Television). Each map includes a commentary so we can learn why exactly snack nuts are much more popular north of the Mason-Dixon line and The Simpsons are more popular in the West.

The second half of the book highlights each of the 213 sections (half a page for each), telling what's hot and what's not, along with commentary on the general mood of the place,and statistics about socioeconomic makeup, median income and house price.

The consumer market designated as Seattle-Tacoma, Washington (actually most of the Western half of the state), is described (in part) thusly: "Locals have the money to enjoy the 'good life': traveling abroad, enjoying gourmet cuisine--especially espresso from numerous coffee bars--and investing in stock, bonds, and real estate at some of the highest rates in the nation."

For Bangor, Maine (which includes the central portion of the state), the author says, "The sterotypical New Englander--aloof, curt, idiosyncratic--is what you'll find in Bangor. Many are independent-minded professionals, retirees, and assorted blue-collar workers who keep to themselves."

The book also serves as a kind of armchair traveler--or a guidebook in knowing what to expect of the natives when traveling through the U.S. All in all, LATITUDES AND ATTITUDES is an entertaining way to learn more about the people of America--or to help choose a new place to live!

(and yes, we are now very happy in our new home state of Oregon :)

Kimberly Borrowdale - Under the Covers Book Reviews

Great info. A fun and creative way to look at market profiles. Only problem is that an update is needed as my copy was published in 1994, pre-Internet, etc.

Michael Weiss's earlier book, The Clustering of America, was a very enlighting look on the social settings of America. It was tops, but he even did one better with LATITUDES & ATTITUDES. I have walls covered with books but this is one of the most coveted books of my guests once they open it. It is a reference book that you return to over and over. Bless Michael and all his loved ones!