Once I started reading I could not put the book down. It was very informative. I have the 10th edition. I would like to know just how many editions there are in all. I believe it is a collectors item, if so how would I go about finding out just what the value is?

Easy to follow field guide of the major plants of the Austin, Texas area. Good line drawings. This will not replace Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Texas by Robert Vines, but it certainly easier to carry

If you're a fan of the Firesign Theatre, then the name Nick Danger (or, if you're reading it from inside his frosted-glass door, Regnad Kcin) will sock you between the eyes like the kiss at the end of a hot fist! This is a large collection of short-short radio bits from 1988-1990 by Phil Austin, resurrecting the famous "Nick Danger, Third Eye" private detective character from Firesign's classic (some might say best) album "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All?" The original Nick Danger, Third Eye piece was a half-hour metaphysical spoof of 1940s hard-boiled detectives--with time travel, Beatles references, and some clever use of the vinyl LP format (a character leaps from one side of the record to the other). This set of two CDs follows in the steps of that classic piece in a slightly different format: dozens of 1- to 2-minute audio monologues by Austin as Nick Danger, produced for a radio syndication show in the late 1980s. While some of the pieces are episodic and follow in sequence (Nick tries to track down a sober Republican, has a tiny adventure in a HO-scale village, wrestles with a leprechaun intent on selling Nick Danger merchandise), many others are more straight-forward (but still offbeat and frequently hilarious) commentary on modern life, which reminded me of Ian Shoales's "I Gotta Go" spoken through the mouth of a hard-boiled dick. The pieces come fast and furious, so even if one sags then next one is bound to amuse. If you've never heard of Nick Danger, make "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once..." your first buy, but follow it up with this. A few cautions: none of the other Firesign Theatre members take part in these recordings. It's just Phil Austin, narrating and doing all the voices. It's a great format, but might disappoint those fans hoping to hear classic Danger characters like Inspector Bradshaw and Nancy. Second, there are so many short-short pieces on each CD that they can seem overwhelming if you listen to them all at once. I recommend short listening sessions.

This wonderful book is a rich portrayal of the Oneida people. Young readers and adults will enjoy learning about Oneida Indian nation's history, culture and family life. Readers are well served by this book's co-authors. Gordon McLester guides readers through the life of his Oneida people and Elisabeth Torres shares her teaching skills with a story that is both interesting and chock full of lots of facts and details - even recipes. The Oneida is a delightful book.

ent, pasturage,provender,provision...
The book begins with history of growing food, ranching, kinds of...
"What you are willing to eat depends largely on what you have been taught to think of as food", (Page 8) our author explains.
IGNORANCE IS BLISS:
I repulsed when I read "mushrooms are made of the same substance that makes up the outer skeleton of insects. It is called chitin."(Page 8). So much for eating mushrooms from here on..!
"Tastes vary form culture to culture."(Page 8) "Humans are the only mammals that will not eat decaying food."(ibid.)
The book includes old world/new world foods. If it weren't for the new world food contributions we would not have pizza in our diets, horrifying thought, yes...do read this book so you are privy as to why.
"Exercises" in the book test one's knowledge.
"Food for thought" on page 12 regarding Genetically Altered Food; also, in a later "chapter" Irradiated foods.
Includes calorie counter, "bitesized facts"(as previously mentioned in summary above, the senses, digestion, food poisining, food allergies, nutritions, vitamins, myths, cooking, technology (see also: space-age foods); "why do certain foods react...to 'such-and such'" ie.: soda fizz, onions making eyes water, popcorn's "pop", bread; fungi and enzymes, cheese production, professional baking, preventative measures and food spoilage;, surveys, fast facts, bibliography and website links, glossary.
"pFUN, pFANTASTIC, pFOOD at its pFINEST!" Peruse!

This was a very informative book for children. I plan to put in in our school's library. It has information on Pope John Paul II from his birth until it was published in 2000. It has many color pictures. It is a very nice book.

In The Question, Austin Clarke takes us on a brutally honest journey through the emotions tied up in our personal relationships. A man and a woman meet at a birthday party, and their lives become permanently entwined. As time passes, the man is forced to ask himself what it is that exists between himself and this woman. He thinks about what he misses about the lover he left to be with her. And how does he really feel about his wife's friend, to whom she talks every day for hours in their own pig latin, keeping him separate from their sisterhood.

Clarke's writing is mesmerizing, giving us brilliant images of the narrator's childhood in Caribbean. These bright colors contrast starkly with the colder images of Toronto, where the story takes place. The flow of the language wraps the reader into the story, taking a lilting, but inescapable path towards the climax.

Clarke's language creates a feeling of langour, and yet the book is a quick read. No time is wasted; every page and paragraph contributes to the overall story. The narrator is a human being, honestly presenting his flaws, flaws which drive the story and its conclusion. Along the way, we are granted new insight into human relationships, the interplay between secrets and intimacy.

I highly recommend The Question, a rare book in that it's both an extremely good and easy read while also providing plenty of content to think about when you're done.

Clarke's wide ranging selection of reviews,spanning a period of fifty years, reflect an intellect seriously and, in my opinion, immorally, neglected by those claiming to be students of English literature. His incisive comments and criticisms on the work of many of his contemporaries, coupled with his vast knowledge of poetry and the means of critique offer today's students a window into the mind of one of the greatest writers to come out of Ireland this century. Long in the shadow of Yeats and Kavanagh, Clarke has yet to take his place among the greats of Irish literature. This worthy book will go some way in placing him where he belongs, alongside the more easily recognised names to come to prominence .

This fourth exploit of Dr. Thorndyke, the last until 1922, is steadfastly entertaining in its account of the doings of a mutton-headed and impetuous young medico, very much a template for John Dickson Carr's heroes, who stumbles upon disappearing corpses on Hampstead Heath and patients who die under suspicious circumstances in Jacob Street, and is nearly murdered for his troubles. Despite the excess of melodrama typical of the period and the extraordinary coincidences, many of the scenes are excellent, with just the right touch of the picturesque to suggest the "Baghdad-on-Thames" common to Stevenson, Carr and Freeman. Where the book suffers is by comparison to the later D'Arblay Mystery (1926), which reuses the plot to much greater effect. There are two surprising errors, the first on mirrors (p. 147 of the Stratus edition); the second, it does not stand to reason that only a professional criminal would wear gloves.

I've read many books in the self-improvement genre, but I felt this one was very readable, and more accessible to the Western mind than a lot of what is on the market right now. The author uses a nice blend of Transcendental thought, religious consideration, and (although he may not know it) "yogic" beliefs to help an individual who may be considering their self worth. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who has read Deepak Chopra, but may have found it hard to follow, or hard to "access." The themes of love and sex I found very profound. The only thing that kept me from rating this 5 stars is that I found the organization of the topics to be a little clumsy, but over all, I found "Soul Matters," to be an excellent read.