I have never failed to turn a head, except for one child, when I made her Applesauce Spice Cake. If you like camping and no nonsense cooking that tastes great, this is your book. Her personal stories are wonderful to read too! I received her book when I was married in 1974, and have never parted with it since.

Dr. Paksoy mastered the art of balance and the truth behind the history in his pioneering book. The reasonings behind the historical and social distortions around the Central Asian People are very straightforward in this volume and it is definitely an EYE-OPENER. One can easily sense the early messages of an irreversible transformation that these people have been going through in this revelation. Dr. Paksoy is to be commended for his courage and mastery...

More than any other, Dr. Klein's work illuminates the positive aspects of the science education system in the former East Germany. Her goal is clearly to help educators in this country learn from lessons abroad. Teachers should take note: this is what we could -- and should -- be doing better. An insightful, first-person account of the life of the mind in a now-gone nation. Perhaps the most compelling and philosophically minded work since Moby Dick.

I actually read this book (or main essays therefrom) in German. (The author teaches at the University of Tuebingen in Germany, and I believe publishes in that language) Having grown up in the Middle-East, I found Prof. Tibi's description of both events and realities on the ground to be very faithful to the truth. The very satisfying thing about his writing is his scientific-neutral (with a twist of anthropology, economics as well as just plain common sense) approach. There are countless books out there written by Arab "scholars" and "I've been there and understand it all" western journalists who more often than not just highlight one fact without showing interdependence of economic conditions, sociological stratification and cultural alienation that help explain the mess brought about by the rapid introduction of modernity into a world that heretofore had a limited sense of nationhood, let alone a secular societal organization.

Bassam Tibi has this very rare objectivity due to not having the inferiority complex vis-a-vis the "West" which unfortunately plagues most if not all Arab and Middle-Eastern academia.

I will submit it after recieving the book

Just because you're on vacation doesn't mean you have to spend a fortune on good food. My experience has been that the best food is generally at the little hole-in-the-wall places. "Cheap Chow Chicago" gives you a little of both- restaurants with entrees ten bucks and under, and those that are fifteen bucks and up. Chicago is one of the best cities to visit for a smorgasbord of electic dining, and this book covers it all- from late-night Latin food to African, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Chinese, Sushi, and the fave cheap hangouts in Bucktown (my favorite place to go for food). Even if, like me, you're from Chicago, you should check this book out. Chances are, you'll miss these little Mom and Pop places when driving through the city. E.G. I'd never heard of Cafe Croatia, but am making a date with my husband to go out there this weekend. If I hadn't gotten this book, I'd never have known. Have some fun- become a tourist in your own town and get "Cheap Chow Chicago".

Cherokee Voices is a collection of first person accounts of Cherokee life in the east in the 18th and 19th century. The accounts are taken from journals, letters, official records, and other primary sources and describe a wide range of events in Cherokee daily life and historical events. Included are speeches by Nancy Ward, the famous Cherokee Beloved Woman, and Ostenaco and Little Carpenter, two famous 18th century Overhill Cherokee leaders. Eyewitness accounts of a Chickamauga attack on travelers on the Tennessee River, a Cherokee ball game, a Cherokee dance, descriptions of council houses, life in a Cherokee Mission, front row seats at treaty talks, and other first person accounts make this book more interesting than your typical dry textbook of Cherokee history. Rozema's book would be useful for schools for assigned reading by students to learn what the Cherokees were really like. It would be helpful to teachers or anyone else wanting to get a quick, interesting and unique perspective of Cherokee history and life.

Imagine yourself lazily drifting down a placid river on a perfect summer afternoon, flanked on both sides by towering monuments erected by the architechtural geniuses of the ninteenth and twentieth centuries, their long shadows passing over you like the ghosts of the men themselves who labored over the planning, design, building, and occupation of these priceless pieces of history.

The sounds of the City surround you and the voice of your guide is almost an aria illuminating the stories behind the breathtaking views of some of the greatest architectural accomplishments of our time in the greatest city of all time...Chicago, Illinois.

Ms.Lindsay's knowlege and enthusiasm, not only of the architechtural importance of the buildings that line Chicago's famous River, but also for the nuances of their unique stories, their histories, and the personalities of the men who created them is contageous. Before you realize it, you are a convert to the wonder of this place and the energies and drives that built it up on the praire.

Ms. Lindsay captures the experience in "Chicago on the River", through breathtaking photographs which she took over the course of the thousands of trips she has made from the mouth of the River to the south end of the city and back, while illulminating and entertaining many many thousands and bringing to them her appreciation for this unique viewpoint.

Read the book and then take the tour...experience the world's greatest city from a truly unique point of view!

As a native Chicagoan, this book was a revelation to me. I had no idea how much the city had changed since I left 5 years ago. Millions of dollars have been spent to affect an "Environmental Renaissance" - new 'green' zones, wildlife habititats, rooftop gardens, etc. The photography is breathtaking, and the writing is almost conversational. If anyone knows Chicago better than Kenan Heise, let him or her speak up! If you are a Chicagoan, this book will introduce you to a city you never knew. If you aren't from the city, this book may convince you to move there!

If you are in the market to buy a map of the Chicagoland area, this is the one. Daniel Burnham, one our cities first urban planners, may have created the plans for a grid system but this book it still a necessary tool for navigation.

I found it useful when searching for tiny side streets within the city and in the suburbs when circling around the mazes known as subdivisions.