This cookbook has very easy resipes for the working mother or father. I tried this book when my daughter needed a eurepeon resipie for school. Her class loved the snack I made! At home we use this book for dinners at least three times a week. So, for good cooking thats a little out of the usuall try this book because you will fall head over heels in love with it!

From Courtney

King is eloquent, insightful, and remarkably prophetic. His book is a must read for any student of the catalytic factors behind Eastern Europe's political reforms.

I think we now have another William Faulkner in John Cook. He is able to hand us an entire piece of America in a single work. Cook takes us to a place we would never go to on our own--Appalachia. Jesse Logan is so completely drawn as a character that I feel if I reach out, I can touch him. I can actually see Homer and Ellen and Andy and Reverend Stevens. The story is so well done I didn't even see the seams as Cook pulls it all together with what seems to be a natural, effortless act. He makes us take a hard look at a part of America most of us never think about. Yet the story is profound. Jesse is far from a county bumpkin and Homer has a natrual intelligence that is extremely rare. On the face of it, there is no way in hell the beautiful Ellen Barlow would actually fall in love with Jesse Logan. Yet she does, and Cook tells it in such a way that we belive it. I stayed up until five in the morning because I could not put it down. However, it was worth it. Cook did not disappoint me. He delivered. Read this novel.

This book is deserving than more than just 5 stars.

As a historian myself, the biggest problem in expressing yourself is making "old" topics informative and interesting to modern generations. Antony Wild has succeeded beyond any scale of recognition in his book The East India Company: Trade and Conquest from 1600.

This book, which details the English East India Company's history will appeal to anyone with an interest in British, Indian, Asian, American, military, nautical, or commerical history-- it is that wide-ranging. This book is also a must-read for anyone interested or concerned over the so-called modern phenomenon of "globalization." After reading Wild's account, one can see that globalization has been around for nearly four hundred years, if not longer.

The English East India Company, acting under a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I, sought entry into the Spice Trade in Asia. Soon, however, it found itself involved with Indian piece trade and trade from the Middle East and Arabia. Its trade interests in India eventually led to de facto conquest and colonization on that subcontinent-- all with the tacit support of the crown. The company reached into China and even North America-- it was East India Company tea that got dumped into Boston Harbor during the Tea Party.

The company exported and imported goods, laid the foundations for three important Indian cities, fought land wars and naval battles with other European merchant powers or local natives, and brought a host of new products and new words into the consciousness of the English-speaking world.

India proved to be the company's lasting legacy, and not always a positive one. However Wild provides a well-balanced account that does not paint the company as either completely ethical traders or imperialistic devils. No matter one's opinion, India proved to the company's (and Britain's) largest asset and also the cause for the company's eventual dissolution.

The book is well-illustrated and is an easy but very informative read. I would rank this amongst the top 10 books I have read in the last 5 years.

Pictoral cover, b/w photographs and illustrations, 63 pgs; Tells history of Pakistan, Mahatma Gandhi, immigration of people to U.S., famous Indians, Pakistanees who live in America and contribute to sciences, entertainment, and other areas. 63 pages plus capsule of author. This book is part of The IN AMERICA Series, evidently designed for childre

Thomas Gladwin introduces the society of the islanders of the Caroline atolls with an indepth look at their society and how it is centered on their sea-faring tradition. These fascinating people roll with the punches as new western ideas and influences confront them, but the tenuously hang on to their traditions and, especially in the case of Puluwat, make some of the finest sialing canoes in the islands.
For a book this size Gladwin thoroughly introduces the sailing tradition of these islanders and enables European minded folks to understand the intricasies of their complex sailing tradition. Even with a limited background in sailing you learn how people can navigate small craft over long distances successfully without using any more modern technology than the compass,and even that being a recent addition.
Using star courses passed down through the generations navigators are able to travel to all the neighboring islands and even some quite far away. In this day of reliance on ever more complex technology much can be learned from these people who can travel long distances entirely without electronic instruments.
This book is pleasant to read and surprisingly free of technical jargon. It is particularly remarkable for its frank portrayal of a culture so different from most people's experience, but in a way that you feel you know them as friends anbd neighbors by the end of the book. Quite fascinating.

I read this book years ago but still remember it with tremendous pleasure. It's a lovely, haunting novel that lets you plunge into the life of a lost girl who become a dangerous adolescent. Some of the sentences left me so happy that I'd read them over to myself like secret magical spells. It's true that the book isn't long on plot, as the Kirkus (Snarkus) Review pointed out. But if you're a reader compelled more to find out the real truths of life rather than to jolt through another pageturner, this book might give you the same pleasure it did on me.

GREAT. Wish there were more books like this out ther

Mr. Riggs does an excellent job of putting the battle of Gettysburg in its proper light. The battle was won on the East Cavalry Field by Custer. Had he not held off Stuart,with Fitzhugh Lee and Wade Hamptons cavalry, Pickett's charge would have broken through the Union defenses and the South could have won the war. It was Custer that stopped the Confederate forces from coming behind the northern troops and causing a panic as Pickett's men were charging.

I love this book, and have read it several times. It is about two worlds, one of them ours, in the days of slaves. The other a world where women are dominant. It flicks back and forth between the two. It was an incredible read, I thoroughly recommend reading it if you can get your hands on a copy. I think Tanith Lee is a great childrens writer.