I have read WE ARE STILL HERE! The Algonquin Indians of Today. by John A. Strong and found it to be an exellent book on the Long Island Indians. The history of the past, the continuing pride & practice of it's peoples beliefs and customs in the reaffirmation of their identity and honoring & celebrating of their ancestors today and their work for their future generations of tomorrow is carried in the bloodlines.

The photos alone of these beautiful people is in it self worth buying this book.I may be seen as being a little bias ,Since I am a Montaukett descent,But I am also very proud! Proud Of John for writing this book.Proud of my people,proud of our history and proud to echo "WE ARE STILL HERE!"

If you are a person who lives on Long Island or has a hunger for accurate historical accounts, please read this book. It quiets those who are quick to say "There are no more Indians in ....."

If you are looking for help in putting things in perspective towards your journey at weightloss - this cassette can do it! I listen to it in my car - and understand better choices to make with foods and hunger.

I highly recommend this tape for anyone needing that extra shove to start losing weight.

I read this in book every morning in the bath! It is wonderful and gives a chance to focus and meditate before starting my day. The one page essays are all about life and weight loss which affects us all on many levels. It is very useful and not at all sappy.

If you'd ever lingered among the crags and eddies off the coast of Maine, there is much that is endearing and enduring in this brief novel, written for near-teens, but enjoyable for all ages. A young girl spends the summer with her grandmother, an artist on an island just off the Maine coast. At first, perplexed and hurt by her parents' decision to have her stay with the often taciturn, but always loving and engaging gran, young Elizabeth learns through a young neighbor boy the importance of seizing the day and not missing a moment of life, a lesson that becomes all the more poignant by the novel's melancholy, but hopeful ending. Paula Fox is the author of the Newbery-winning SLAVE DANCER and always writes with a clarity of spirit and sparklingly unforgettable characters. Further evidence that quick reads do not have to be toss-away pap.

Western Wind is a really good book!! Elizabeth acts just like a girl would in her situation with her grandmother. She is a girl who was sent to her grandma's house for awhile and feels like her parents sent her away so they could be alone with their new son. I really recommend you read this book. It is excellent!!!!!!

My granddaughter and I read this book quite often, especially as summer gets closer and closer and our summer vacation to the island is a sure thing. Especially nice are the beautiful watercolor drawings. I actually got this book in two weeks when we ordered from Amazon, much sooner than they said.

FYI, this book was written by Mary Miles and illustrated by Barbara Kauffmann Locke.

'Where Salmon come to die' gives an accurate account of what life is like in a remote Southeast Alaska (Department of Fish and Game) fieldcamp. This book contains wonderful desciptions of the pristine beauty of the land and its inhabitants; a beauty which has been lost in many other developped places. The accounts are based on the authors diary and on correspondences with his family. I verify that the story is true and believe I can do so, since I was the other person who lived with the author in that fieldcamp on Chichagof Island back in the fall of 1982.

We read reports of declining fish stocks, but seldom peerbehind the human drama in gathering these statistics. LeonKolankiewicz opens a window to the distant, mysterious, isolated and sometimes hostile world of data collectors on Alaska's raincoast in autumn. Migratory habits of spawning salmon never evolved to fit neatly within the convenience of Alaska's Department of Fish and Game workers. The salmons' final run to the place of their upstream birth, and death, coincide with brutally cold and damp conditions. Who might apply for jobs as data gatherers with the Department, and what might they think about when reaching this remote destination at the last American frontier? Here's your answer on 126 memory-filled pages. The book is a compilation of the author's letters to his parents in autumn 1982 while writing from his tent on the raincoast, in the company of bears and natural hazards. The majestic setting inspires a literary account with almost poetic quality. Leon's respect for the intended recipients of the letters imparts another worthy dimension to this book. He draws the reader into an intimate relationship with his parents. As parents, may we all be so thoughtful and compassionate to merit the lasting tribute paid by this author in his letters home. The real life adventure and purpose captured within these letters makes this book a worthy source of information for anyone thinking about writing home.

White Savages in the South Seas is a candid look at the not so glamourous lives of real people living in the South Pacific. This book is filled with fasinating characters like Susy No Pants and interesting adventures. Their stories are well written with great passion and witty humor. I enjoyed every moment.

A thinking person's look at life in the South Pacific as seen through the eyes of an imaginative and involved participant in life. You'll laugh and you'll cry and you will get an insight into the lives of many unusual and colorful people. Definitely not a "travel book," but rather a carefully written volumne which will forever effect the way you see life in the South Pacific.

A marvelous book exploring not only the history of wine making in Long Island but also how it began in this country. It also provides a nice story of the wineries and the people behind the wine. I recently came across the book while visiting a specialty wine shop in New York. I never thought much of New York wine before but after reading the book, it served as an excellent guide this past summer as I visited many of the wineries.

Now I wish they did one for New York State.

A toast, to the to the Authors and the wines of Long Island.

"The Wines of Long Island" by Beltrami and Palmedo As an occasional visitor to Long Island's East End, I was pleasantly surprised when someone gave me a copy of the second edition of "The Wines of Long Island". Not knowing much about wines, just knowing that I enjoyed drinking them, I was pleased to read a book which not only dealt with the subject at hand but offered a general course on differences between wines. There are finely described sections on each variety. (Did you know that the name merlot comes from merle, the French name for blackbird?) There is a spendid chapter on the history of wine-making on Long Island. We are told why the region has the potential, particularly on the North Fork, to become a great region. Then there are attractive accounts of the wine-makers currently in the business of producing these wines. What made them go in to what can be a difficult life; what do they deal with in producing these wines? While talking about these wineries, the authors make no judgments on the wines, it is up to us to do that. The colorful photographs are also an enticement to anyone to want to visit these wineries. Before a visit, it is my opinion that they should not be without a copy of "The Wines of Long Island".

This book has it all, an intriguing mystery, a satsifying romance, and well-researched and accurate historical detail. A must-read for anyone who enjoys a well-written book.

I am one of two surviving members of a pioneer family, the Carmichaels, that are still living on the Queen Charlotte Islands. My grandparents were the first white people married at Sandspit just after the turn of the century. My mother, aunts and uncles were born at Aliford Bay. Both these places are on South Morseby Island, part of the Queen Charlotte Archipelago. Today, I live on Graham Island.

It was with great interest that I read Janice Kay Johnson's book, Winter of the Raven. Her capture of the sense of these islands parallels well with stories that I grew up with as a child that were about Haida peoples and the early settlers of these islands. Her recall of history is extraordinarily accurate. Also, her geographical observations are near perfect. Mixed with the fiction in this book it is an excellent read, one that I highly recommend to anyone intersted in the Queen Charlotte Islands, the Haida peoples and the history of both.

It has been a very long time since I have read a book that I didn't want to see come to an end!

To Ms Johnson: I hope that there are more wonderful books to come from you in the future! You are a superb writer!

I am a Teacher-Librarian. My students, other teachers in my school and I love this book. It is very suspenseful. A great novel to study about fantasy and suspense. I would recommend it for students over age 12.

I am the author of this book and it is not out of print in Canada. Amazon.com can get hold of it through lfraser@groundwood-dm.com. It has always been a big seller for me. I hope you enjoy it.

I just read "Witchy's Turned Around House" to my four year old
daughter, and she and I were both thrilled. We were both charmed
and enthralled by the gorgeous illustrations, and by the fun
and captivating story of Witchy. For once, there's a witch
character who isn't mean-spirited and evil. Witchy's a good
positive figure for young children, representing not black
magic, but instead friendly hocus-pocus. Finally, young kids
can fall in love with witches and not dread them. Witchy's

character emerges in the mediocrity of wicked-witches-of-the-
west as a sweet, fun little girl full of fun and mischief, with
the promise of victory in winning the annual spinning contest,
around which the story revolves. A great treat for kids ages
3-7.

As soon as I read this at daycare,my listeners had fallen under
under Witchy's magical spell. The illustrations are magical, and
Marcia Trimble brings her character "Witchy" to life. This is a
really ideal picture book to read to little kids, namely pre-schoolers through third graders. What a fun book!