This book is the funniest in our book collection. I've owned my copy for over 30 years. My wife and I have read it over and over again and we still laugh out loud--we know all the punch lines by heart.

Mike Green has a self-deprecating British sense of humor, and he paints a hilarious picture of a wacky boat trip on inland narrow rivers. In one week, they encounter (or, more accurately, cause) every marine disaster known, from Insanity of Ship's Master and Explosion of Vessel, to Death at Sea, as well as some previously unknown, such as Going Aground on a Bungalow. Anyone who has ever sailed will be able to relate to the experiences described--knots that come untied in the middle of the night; knots that can't be untied when they need to be; skippers shouting desperately at the crew in the face of an impending collision. . . you get the picture.

This book was written in the 1950's, but the sailing experiences are timeless.

The Art of Paul Sawyier is a must for any collector of Sawyier's work. The book begins with a biography of Sawyier's life followed by a detailed analysis of his work. Many old photos as well as 50+ full color plates of Sawyier's paintings.

Excellent discussion of arthritis and nutrition. Focuses on three possible causes of arthritis: hypoglycemia, food allergies and vitamin deficiencies. The appendix contains an excellent summary of the uses of various vitamins and minerals. Valuable text for any non dogmatic person who considers good nutrition to be the basis of good health.

Dr. Aldama's critical and biographical introduction to the work and life of the late Arturo Islas (author of The Rain God, Migrant Souls, and La Mollie and the King of Tears) beautifully contours the nuances of all of this Chicano author's unpublished poetry, short stories, and scholarly essays. Culled from archives at Stanford University, the many works collected and edited offer a complex view of Arturo Islas who began to explore in fiction and poetry issues of sexual (gay) and racial (Chicano) identity in his early 20s (the late 1950s) while taking classes with Hortense Calisher, Wallace Stegner, and Yvor Winters at Stanford. For any scholar serious about Chicano/a literary studies--or any reader interested in Chicano/a letters generally--this is a must read.

The volume lists, by nation, all the famous and not so famous trans-Atlantic liners from 1900 till the last of her kind, the QE 2. Information such as ship size, maiden voyage dates, builders, last know dispostion , etc is given for each vessel.

My grandpa wrote this in 1967 with the help of my grandmother as the typist. Last year in grade nine i had to use this book and i told everyone in my auto class that my grandpa wrote the textbook but no one believed me so i brought in a copy that my mom had that was autographed by the author and all the kids knew it was true.I knew nothing about automotives and after reading the book i passed the class with a 92%. So in conclusion this book is a very good and descriptive textbook for anyone who knows nothing about automotives. THANK-YOU AND GOOD-BYE

I loved this book the way you love the golden flame of autumn, when it comes through your window, quietly and unexpectedly drawing you to see all things so vibrantly alive and luminous, that they seem new, but they are just rediscovered.

This fabulous Costarican poet opens a gate like a burning mirror for all, to his world of "embracing forests", "valleys enraptured in dream", and birds that "grow like astonished flames", where he sees himself. And rather than a challenge, this was an invitation to a feast! (Being fully bilingual I can say the translations are excellent).

Poem by poem this book was a journey through the twilights of existence (my own), the solitudes of being but also the splendors of being. Death is the only silence but it too is the redeeming force that preserves everything, like autumn.

I dared to bring out the dream of my own "wounded memory" to enrapt my self in this trip to a land of make belief almost, like the one I used to know well when I was a child, and it was so easy to understand then that "childhood was everything" and that it was "the blue that's left" what keeps shinning.

This land was so familiar to me, so intimate that I was able to visit all the forgotten corners of the worn-out things that accompanied me unnoticed in my own journey, and felt bathed by their "faithful soul", like a "darkened diamond", so deeply, that I cried with them.

The stones are alive there, in this land, "waiting in silence", "small villages are like your melancholy", clay is only dying, and the sea is "the prodigy", "the bursting of the world's flower".

There is a wonderful "migratory" light giving continuity to all the poems. Under this light the undecipherable nature of man, becomes a journey to ash and wonder, for even autumn dies, and yet death is but "forgiveness".

At the end I too felt like crying: "childhood is everything"... and "nothing follows, but silence".

I noticed this book at the library and checked it out because I really liked Ms. Yaffe's previous book of recipes High Trail Cookery. Now I'm going to buy it. This book provides even more great recipes that you can make ahead and dehydrate - making camping meals carefree and delicious.

Kaja and Kelod: Balinese Dance in Transition is a true find. Sandwiched in the grey area between purely scholastic work and popular introduction, K&K succeeds at both. With excellent prose and intelligent progression, DeBoer and Bandem trace the history of Balinese dance through the decades. The beautiful pictures perfectly complement the writing. Throughout, Bandem and DeBoer delve deep into the particulars of their subject, without becoming unreadable to a layman. At times witty, always intelligent, Kaja and Kelod is a truly excellent work.

This copy is a must have reference for any Revolutionary War reenactor or Eighteenth Century history enthusiast. It is an actual copy of the original printing. von Steuben is often called the Father of the modern Army, due to his contributions to our training readiness at Valley Forge encampment 1777-1778.(http://www.nps.gov/vafo/) Required reading for new recruits in the Continental Army of his excellency General George Washington!