The book covers diverse areas about clay minerals and describe very clrarly how to identify their structure using X-ray diffraction. The book is written in an ordered way, very easy to understand, allowing quick use. This subject is very interesting, because new worldwide researched technologies, nano-technologies, are dealing with clay minerals. although the book was written at 1980, I greatly recommand it. New books about this subject are not available, and other books are much less detailed and friendly to the reader.

Butler's first person account of her developmentally delayed granddaughter's progess, largely due to an immersion in quality literature from her earliest days, will convince you that it's never too early (or too hopeless a cause) for books to expand and enrich the life of a child. Inspiring. Written as Butler's thesis, so the emotion is backed up by research and knowledge.

This pleasurable book fills a need by representing the Cynics in one affordable volume. The essays are diverse in the topics and time periods addressed, from Greece to Goethe and beyond. View the table of contents to preview the extravaganza. On the whole, the essays are clear and compelling reading for all interested in how different people have received some ideas of the Cynics. Be sure to note the academic fireworks in the footnotes for the most polite disagreements among contributors.

Professor Handy was one of my teachers and I can still, after 22+ years, remember some of his lessons. His simplifies complex subjects with humor in a manner that is unforgetable. I am purchasing several copies for Christmas gifts for friends interested in earth science. I highly recommend this book for all professional earth scientists and engineers. I especially recommend the book for future home buyers and realtors.

Betty Blandino's new book, The Figure in Fired Clay is spectacular. The collection of gorgeous photos alone make it a very thumbable coffee table book, but--make no mistake--it is more than that.

Blandino reviews the history of the seemingly universal tendency of people all over the world to take a lump of clay and mold it into a recognizable figure. Many of these artefacts come from civilizations of which we have no other surviving record. I loved the section on the earliest clay figures, and also the wonderful photographs of the work of contemporary ceramicists, many of whom were quite new to me.

Betty Blandino is a distinguished potter herself, and this is what brings this book to life. As she says in the Foreword: "Nothing but a small lump of soft clay accompanying these paper pages could have allowed those who have not used it to understand and feel the pleasure of this tolerant, flexible material as well as appreciating the wilfulness of its character."

I highly recommend this book if you are interested in pottery, and/or the human form, and perhaps like me have not seen how these two interests go together.

John Linn was an amazing teacher of the clay target games ...from beginner to advanced .Book gives step by step instruction of where to start gun ,how to mount and a little on the history .Truly fascinating .Every skeet and trap shooter as well as skeet and trap coach should have a copy of this one .

This is such a nice collection of short stories by Mary Shepard Moore, written in plain & heart-felt language. I particularly liked the sketches that accompany the stories, as they are drawn with a special richness & depth. This book is highly recommended as traditional African folktales.

Marie Clay has updated her assessment ready student books, Stones and Sand. Follow Me, Moon is colorful and more appealing to the student reader. It is a valuable tool for the reading assessment that is intregal to the Reading Recovery method that Marie has developed.

As a native of Fort Worth and a military historian I have always been highly intrigued by the history of the early Fort. I was very pleased with the previous title "The Fort That Became a City" by Selcer and Potter...but it left many gaps and questions about the soldiers and social history. Dr. Perkins extensive research of primary sources had fill those gaps! It not only paints a most amazing picture of Ft. Worth itself, but the entire Texas Military Frontier of the early 1850's! To include but not limited too the most complete account of the "Mounted Infantry Experiment" and some most amazing documentation on the issue of Walker Colt's that any firearms historian MUST read!...he then deals with various para-military and non-military topics of the area and era such as the socialist communes on North Texas and the Texas Rangers and military that protected the Texas settlers during the 1840's and Mexican War (very neglected topics). There are chapters that even cover the biographical histories of the key figures. All in all this is a most exceptional book and I can not recommend it enough! My favorite part was a letter from the post quartermaster noting he can't get the regulation beans and flour for rations easily and asks if he might substitute Corn Meal (for bread) and Blackeyed Peas...MMMMMMMMMMM good ole' southern food!

An interesting read that beget more questions than answers, which in my mind is the mark of a good book.
Are we fertilizer growing and eating food?
Are we food growing and eating fertilizer?
Where does fertilizer end and food begin?
It always brings me back to my mothers cooking thus leaving the question unanswered.