I have read Discovering Deer by Jill Bailey. I learned a lot by this book. This is a good book for kids to read to and with their parents. I think people who like deer more than hunting for them will like this book. This is a very informative book. This has many photographs.

Technological advances and global migration have made our world feel a great deal smaller than it used to. If there was a time when people of differing religious commitments could ignore one another, that time is gone. We work with people of every religious persuasion and even those who profess no religious beliefs. We pass them every day on the street and we live next door to them. In the coffee shop we meet Jews, Muslims, Christians and Hindus. We must begin to incorporate this reality into our approach to religious education. This volume, edited by Norma Thompson, goes a long way to do just that and I strongly recommend it to anyone who is a catechist or religious educator. Chapters are written by Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Protestant and Roman Catholic religious educators. Similarities and differences are explained in approaches. The text is published by a fine publisher, Religious Education Press in Birmingham, Alabama. I've not seen anything quite like this helpful volume.

Having more than a dozen years in dealing with explosives safety, I must state that this is by far one of the best books I've read in dealing with Explosives, Propellants & Pyrotechnics. This book not only covers the basics, but actually goes into enough detail to keep even the most knowledgable persons interest.

This book is a great text book that even has questions and answers for each chapter. This book is a must if you are new to the field of explosives and would be a great addition to anyones collection.

Bailey's expertise in the Middle-East and its languages has allowed him to write a fascinating linkage between Luke 15 and Psalm 23. He weighs the material and evidences carefully and exegetially very well. Great insights into sheep and their care from models we are not use to.

More profound and accurate view of shepherd and sheep than Phillip Keller's works. House, home, father and lost are all here portrayed in full unity between the two testaments, with the glue being the Agnus Dei.

I have a little girl,Anna, whom just recently started into her first year of serious ballet instruction. She felt nervous and scared that she would look silly in front of the other girls who have been taking classes since their pre-school years. Anna on the other hand has only been taking them for a year and still has a hard time remembering all the names and termology. I purchased this book about a week after she started instruction and we have enjoyed every moment together. The description of the steps make it very easy for me to relate and tell her how to hold herself proper, and the pictures are a great reference for her when mom is not around. After reading the book Anna has received confidence and poise that I don't think she knew she had in her. Great Book for beginners!

This is an excellent reference for any fisherman or outdoor enthusiast who lives in or visits Ohio. While most information is general, many useful facts are provided concerning camping, fishing, boating, and other things. It's very good for planning a weekend trip, or looking for new wilderness areas to explore.

I found it to be a hot flame broiled expeience. The characters believible and likeable. Mr. Bailey is a wonderful story teller. Like a spider traps you in his web, with his delightful and exciting tale.

"Forward to Richmond" is certainly an ironic title for this volume in the Time-Life Civil War series that focuses on the Peninsular Campaign since this particular military fiasco was General McClellan's attempt to do an end run around the Confederate army. Because the topic is limited to a single volume, Ronald H. Bailey (and the Editors of Time-Life Books) cannot go into much depth in terms of the specific battles of the campaign, so you do not get as much detail as you do in those volumes on specific battles like Shiloh or Gettysburg. Chapter 1, "A Young Napoleon," provides a concise biography of the Union Army's commanding general as well as his efforts to train his troops to become soldiers. Chapter 2, "Clash at Ball's Bluff," relates the second defeat in battle suffered by the Federals (after First Manassas) because of unseasoned officers, failures of communication and a poorly run command structure. Chapter 3, "The Troublesome Commanders," looks at how the South was as much troubled by Beauregard's inactivity with the Confederate army as Lincoln was plagued by McClellan's slows with the Federals. Chapter 4, "'Stride of a Giant,'" covers the beginning of the Peninsular Campaign, with the Army of the Potomac finally breaking out of its confinement south of Yorktown. Chapter 5, "Victory Within Reach," makes a strong case for how McClellan snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Chapter 6, "Stalemate in the Swamp," relates how the Battle of Seven Pines ended in a stalemate that still forced the Army of the Potomac to end the campaign. I for one would much rather have seen this book split in half, with the first three chapters turned into a volume that talks about how both sides were looking for commanding generals and the second dealing with the actual Peninsular campaign in considerable more detail. Being bottled up on the end of the James Peninsula is worth an entire chapter. All of these volumes make excellent use of contemporary photographs and illustrations, but "Forward to Richmond" contains many fine examples of watercolors from the time period. Whatever the shortcomings of the text, the accompanying images are first rate.

We used this guide on our recent trip to Maine, from Portland north to Bar Harbor. The suggestions about economical lodging in Bar Harbor alone saved us over $200! We are passingly familiar with all of New England, and we found this guide to be the most useful of the three we had with us (this one, Fodor's, and AAA). I would recommend it alone if you have to choose just one guidebook for your trip.

This is not a recipe book or a catalog of glazes, nor is it a chemistry textbook. It focuses specifically on cone six oxidation (electrically-fired) glazes, with easy-to-understand charts of glaze properties, and simple explanations of the materials that create the different properties of glazes. This presentation allows the glaze creator to predict where any glaze they make may fall in terms of its firing properties, with particular emphasis on coefficient of expansion. This is an important factor in glaze design since it determines 'glaze fit': whether a particular glaze will craze or even cause cracking in the clay beneath it. This topic has seldom been explained with such clarity and simplicity.

Each broad type of cone six glaze (matte, glossy, low-expansion, porcelain, etc.) is discussed, and charted for comparison with other cone six glaze types. 'Special' glaze types are also mentioned, including Chun glazes, Bristol glazes, crystalline glazes and single-firing glazes for greenware.

Methods of calculating glaze formulas are reviewed in this book also, covering the conversion of a recipe to its unity formula and percentage analysis. Not an in-depth course in calculation, but a basic introduction for the novice, or a handy review for the more experienced (but not yet expert) glaze developer.

Recipes are given for each glaze type, but they serve less as suggestions for glazes to use than as typical examples for comparison. Colorants are discussed in a basic way, but are not the focus of this book.

Photos are given for each example discussed, featuring test tiles of each glaze arranged for easy comparison. Not many pictures of pretty pots here, just consistent, representative photos of glaze samples of the sort shown on the cover, and pictures of a few actual ceramic objects to demonstrate the appropriateness of various glazes in practice.

The appendix contains a useful chart of the chemical compositions of many common ceramic materials used in the US and UK (where the author resides).

This book is an excellent aid to making cone six glazes from scratch. It's not quite a 'start from zero' book, but a useful supplement to the standard studio-ceramics textbooks. Easy to understand, not scary, and does not presume an extensive chemistry or mathematics education, though a high-school-level background will be helpful. This is a book for the ceramist who has been using existing glaze recipes, but is now ready to find out how they work and to develop their own.