I have been researching the discrimination faced by the Aboriginal people for several years. Until I found this book, I'd never seen any book that I thought accurately portrayed the situation. The book is excellent. It contains general information about important issues and has very detailed sections for each state/territory. It is a necessity for anyone interested in the Aboriginal history and culture!

I happen to know something about the Canaries, the birthplace of my parents and my stamping grounds until I left to attend universities elsewhere. I have read many books about the islands (in lieu of returning there, alas) and I must say that this little volume is a jewel. It is meticulously accurate, historically satisfying, full of intriguing trivia about the islands, and all in the size of a pocket book. It is by no means a "picture book," but a travel book with a few nice pictures thrown in. It is very well researched: are the birds named after the islands, and the islands named after the abundant dogs (canes) the Romans found when they visited? Or did they acquire their name from the Canarii tribe, a Berber group from N. Africa? Who knows, but the book addresses the birds and the dogs and Nelson's right arm. High above London's Trafalgar square is the one-armed statue of Nelson. Any Canary islander will inform you the missing arm was lost on the island of Tenerife, where the Admiral came ashore when he was not welcome.

The book gives you all the necessary addresses, telephone numbers, prices, "do's and dont's," and the etceteras needed for a comfortable and enlightened trip to the islands. D. Simonis uses a clear and concise language without complications, and he leavens it with wit and occasional sarcasm. I hope this type of travel book becomes a model for others. A "must" item if you are to visit the islands.

Now in an updated third edition, Diving & Snorkeling: U.S. Virgin Islands (including sites of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix) is an informative and gorgeously presented travel guide which is profuse illustrated with full-color photographs detailing a wide variety of diving and snorkeling places and resources in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Along with a wealth of practical tips for getting around, what to bring, health and safety concerns, and more, Diving & Snorkeling: U.S. Virgin Islands is enthusiastically commended as being a brilliant and vibrant resource which packed from cover to cover with useful, accessible information for the diving and snorkeling enthusiast.

I love *good* seafood and I am very picky about taste. I have a small collection of ~15 cookbooks and I have looked at over 50+ while browsing in bookstores. I got this cook book as a gamble (you can't browse when you shop online) but because I love seafood and the book was inexpensive, I said "What the heck" and brought it. What I've tried from the book was simply delicious. It's well written, easy to follow, and for the real chefs out there, you can either read it for a skeleton for what you want to make or maybe give you thoughts of different combinations of ingredients you didn't think of or have forgotten about. I normally do not rank many things very highly but this is one of the few that made it to the top of my list. Oh yes, did I mention that the book is less expensive and has better receipes than other more expensive cookbooks out there? One thing I should mention is that it's not just a seafood cookbook. Happy Cooking!

This is an excellent book about the nature of Long Island. Having lived on Long Island for most of my life, I had not realized the beauty of Long Island until I saw this book.

I purchased this beautifully layed out and fabulously written book as an addition to my living room coffee table.The cover and title is what caught my attention first, then reading Ms. Barohn's biography I recognized her as a writer from our Long Island newspaper 'Newsday'. Her articles have always held my interest and are informative and well written. In the past year she has addressed several rare health issues - I must say, I often look for her hoping there will be another article in the paper today. The angle she takes on sensitive issues is unique and uplifting.

I often have visitors both from the US and other countries and like to keep books on long island accessible to them so that they can find their bearings as well as plan day trips etc. This book makes for great conversation and holds your attention like no other book of it's kind. It takes a refreshing standpoint in describing Long Island and what has taken place here over all these years. I, myself, as a both an avid reader and well educated Long Island Native have learned so much from this book.

This would make a marvelous gift and an excellent book to send to friends overseas. Oh, what a tribute to Long Island.....an environment for success.

This was one of my very favorite books as a child, and I'm glad to see that it's still available. Gringhuis collects Ojibwa legends from Mackinac Island and the upper Great Lakes generally for a children's book that helps children to see the world in a new way. It's not boring at all, especially because several of the stories involve transformations of characters into rock formations that one can still see on the island. Especially if you're going to Mackinac Island, it's a great book to read. The legend of Sugarloaf is alone reason to buy this book. In some ways, it's old-fashioned athropology, and some might see it as a relic of appropriationist philosophy, that is, stealing stories from people who held them as sacred. But Gringhuis, as in his other Mackinac books, is sensitive and compelling. He really creates a love of history with this book.

Excellent photographs and maps illustrate this study of the volcanic island Thera (Santorini) which erupted circa 1470 BCE and destroyed the Minoan civilization, wreaking havoc throughout the Mediterranian world. Archaeology is made interesting and accessable to interested readers in this thoroughly researched and well written book.

The story of "The Lost Colony of Roanoke" begins with John White, the governor of a small British colony on Roanoke island off the coast of what is now North Carolina, returning in 1590 and discovering that the colonists he had left behind three years earlier were gone. Thus Edward F. Dolan introduces young readers to one of the great mysteries in American history. To this day no one knows what happened to those colonists or what was meant by the one-word message carved into the trunk of a tree: "CROATOAN."

One of the things that makes this mystery so compelling is that one of the colonists who disappeared was Virginia Dare, the first child of English parents born in America. The granddaughter of Governor White, she was born nine days before he left to return to England. Dolan tells the story of how the colony came to be founded, what it was like carving out a new colony in America, and why White was prevented from getting back to Roanoke for three years. Given that there is little in the historical record regarding this mystery, Dolan does a nice job of presenting what few details exist and young readers should find the story compelling. This book might be intended for kids, but it is not "written down" to that level.

"The Lost Colony of Roanoke" is illustrated with colored plates of scenes and maps that are either historical in origin or done in a similar style. The back of the book includes books and websites about the Roanoke colony and other early American setlements for future research. Other volumes in the American History series from Kaleidoscope look at the Salem Witch Trials, the Boston Tea Party, and the winter at Valley Forge.

This was my first Eilis Dillon book and after I was finished I was hooked. the description of the journey to the island is so detailed that I looked up my map to find out precisely where they were and I was disappointed to find out that they didn't exist. The father has been living a Robinson Crusoe lifestyle and with a lost island there is always treasure involved!