Yes! I am so glad to see this book available at last. Bargain Bride is the story of Ginny (possibly spelled wrong). Only a teenager, she is married off to an elderly farmer in the Oregon Territory, a bargain struck by relatives who feel burdoned by her care. Her new husband only marries her in order to gain access to more land through the Homestead Act, but Ginny scarcely has time to worry about the marriage because, within a week, her husband dies. Ginny immediately inherits all the land and is left a wealthy widow living alone in a frontier community. She is soon considered the catch of the county, but will Ginny marry for security and companionship before noticing the feelings of real love hidden right under her nose?

As a child, I have to confess I enjoyed Lampman's fantasy novels more, but as an adult, I am only beginning to respect her talent for presenting history in a wonderful, entertaining way. She is especially advanced in her character treatment of Native Americans. ALL of her books are worth looking up in the libraries (as might be expected, libraries in Portland have more than usual). I don't understand why she is out of print, her books are wonderful for classroom reading. Any teachers, I highly recommend her books.

This book was incredibly helpful to me as a delved into the vegetarian lifestyle. It does a great job of helping the less-informed understand ingredients that they hadn't encountered prior to experimenting with veggie cooking. (tempeh? what's tempeh?) Many of the recipes are easily converted to vegan and my carnivorous boyfriend even likes some of them. Most of the recipes are also quick and quickly become staples. The Spicy Black Bean Dip is now a common request at all of my parties.

Until I acquired THE CLUELESS VEGETARIAN, I had no luck at all with vegetarian cookbooks. The food combinations were often odd, the prep work was time-consuming, and worst of all, the finished products just didn't taste all that good. I'd spend hours kneading and chopping, only to have my husband and kids turn up their noses when dinner was served. But wow, this cookbook is different. The recipes are refreshingly "normal"-- lasagna, shepherd's pie, spinach pie, crepes, quiches, pancakes, muffins, and moussaka, to name a few. There are some unusual ethnic entries for those with adventurous palates, but plenty of delicious, easy-to-follow recipes for those with more standard American tastes. There's also some helpful info on easing into the vegetarian lifestyle and feeding a "mixed" family, all rendered in light, witty prose (that's another thing about most other vegetarian cookbooks...they're so deadly dull and serious). Best of all, the results are awesome and leave my family asking for more. I'm rooting for a sequel!

Very comprehensive overview on how relationship dynamics operate; provides a framework to demonstrate how different characters can conflict under everyday life. Clear explanations of the 3 major behavioural types & the book proceeds to identify all the different permutations that exists.
It works through various case studies under each combination & provides useful tips on how to function 'better' within a long term relationship, yet maintaining your own ethos.
This was a very good comfort read for me

The book is extremely interesting and helpful. It provides an easy-to-follow means to better relationships in an entertaining fashion.

Hope that this book is reprinted -- we've had it for years and use the recipes in it frequently. It's nice sometimes to be able to open a cookbook and get an entire menu with all the items complimentary. The lamb and papaya skewers are perhaps the best -- ALWAYS a hit at parties! The Christmas menu is also a good one.

This is such a nice cookbook. I have had it for years and years. Just reading through it makes me want to embrace all the lovely things that life has to offer and to give back as much as I can. By the way, Crabtree & Evelyn owners, I am so glad that one of your stores has recently opened near me. Thank you for the enduring quality of your products!

This is an absolutely gorgeous book, loaded with pictures that make me want to quit my job and get a greenhouse in the country and grow beautiful herbs and flowers. This book covers a wide range of topics for each aromatic group, ranging from perfumes, to garden designs, to recipes. It is practical as well as it is beautiful. This is one of my favorite garden/herb picture books, in fact it is one of my favorite picture books, period.

The English perfumier Crabtree & Evelyn "nose" (knows) about the power of scent. Our reactions to a scent-experience can be powerful; This became apparent one day while sticking my nose into a fully-blown pink cabbage rose. The neurons that sense smell cut straight to the brain, immediately evoking thoughts and feelings related to past experiences. The scent of grandma's lilac soap may stir joy-filled memories experienced during a visit fifteen years ago. Crabtree & Evelyn's Fragrant Herbal is as enjoyable and informative as it is practical. There are recipes for making fragrant soaps and scented products containing essential oils and scented herbs grown in one's own garden. For those who are new to the growing of herbs for personal use, there is an A-Z section on growing and use of herbs. The photographs are of a high quality and display everything from beautifully crafted soaps and bath products to scenes of scented gardens abundant with roses and lavender. The artistic and writing style of this work is quite English, captivating those qualities of Britain found endearing by romantically-minded Americans. A well-done compilation that appeals as much to the heart of a gardener as to the mind seeking everyday uses for the season's bounty, Crabtree & Evelyn's Fragrant Herbal is a learning opportunity for both the seasoned gardener and the amateur maker of scented home and bath items. This comprehensive, powerful work is a tool for improving the quality of life through the use of scent, whether it be in the garden, bath or home.

Howdy Kitty Lovers! These are charming little cat craft projects for the whole family to make! All that is needed are a pencil, scissors and a tiny bit of string or yarn. These fun kitty creations were made by the famous illustrator Evelyn Gathings (we love her work!!) Thanks for creating these EVELYN!!

There is a beautiful white fur, PERSIAN PRINCESS, that has smokey gray eyes and wears a tiara! ELEGANT AND ROYAL!! We bow to her majesty!

PETE THE PIRATE, who is a caramel brown tabby with light green/yellow eyes! PETE wears a BLACK EYE PATCH and an EARRING, so boys will love it! There's also a wonderful pirate hat that can be cut out, too! It's mainly black and gray, has the infamous skull and crossbone symbol and a group of fluffy feathers on top of it! It looks like something that a REAL pirate from long ago would have worn. I would have loved a kitty "skull and crossbones" but I guess that was too bizarre!

There is a FLOWER GIRL kitty who is a golden eyed, cream colored pussycat! She wears all sorts of pretty flowers like pink roses, yellow and white daisies and marigolds all around her feminine feline face! There appears to be a delicate piece of lace drawn around her cheeks that is just darling! VERY PRETTY!!

Then, there is the GYPSY CAT, CAMBRIA! She is a wide-eyed, blue-eyed, SIAMESE kitty who wears a salmon colored scarf around her head! She has a pair of gold earrings and her little brown ears stick out in between the cloth of the scarf! SO CUTE! There are gold coin-like dangles, the size of a dime that are drawn to look as if they hang down framing her forehead! It makes me want to ask this GYPSY KITTY to tell me my fortune! Maybe a snowglobe could make a nice pretend crystal ball for MAKE BELIEVE PLAY!

Our gorgeous WHITE PERSIAN is back as MARIE ANTOINETTE! She has those emerald green eyes and wears diamond earrings and head jewelry that dips down to the tip of her nose! There is a wig drawing that looks like something you would have seen in the movie DANGEROUS LIASONS, purrfect for a MASQUERADE BALL! The sky-high wig has white, tight curls, a black, peek a boo mask so you can see through the eye holes and pearls adorning the tall wig. HISTORICAL AND ROMANTIC!

Next is BILLY THE CAT and BILLY THE CAT'S HAT! Billy is an outlaw who wears a red, flowered bandana over his mouth and whiskers to cover his true identity! His ten-gallon hat has a couple of feathers, a snakeskin band and a bullet hole because of a recent shoot-out at the MEOW-K Coral! FUN!

I'm running out of characters so I'll have to be brief!

There is a golden tabby with amber eyes who is an INDIAN CHIEF! He wears feathers and a headband and there is a feather-filled Indian Chief's War Bonnet on the previous page! "HOW" did I live without this mask? Ha! Ha!

CIRCUS CLOWN is one of my FAVORITES and features a white cat with shiny green eyes wearing a red polka dot ruffled collar and delicate black clown makeup all around her eyes with red circles of blush on her cheeks! It is done beautifully and there is even a cream colored CIRCUS CLOWN HAT on the previous page with 3 large, red pom-poms running vertically down the middle of the cap. STEP RIGHT UP, CHILDREN OF ALL AGES!

MAJOR GENERAL and the MAJOR GENERAL'S HAT is a MILITARY themed mask. It features a gray, long-haired cat with green/yellow eyes who wears a formal striped military collar. A very dignified cat, indeed. The distinguished hat is black with gold emblems! Tassles and feathers stream down on either side making this memorable! SAAAAALUTE!

Finally, RED CROSS NURSE is the Florence Nightingale kitty that we all know and love! She is a bi-colored tabby with dark gray fur on top and a white mouth and chin area! Her big green eyes are captivating! Her attached hat frames her face with her gray ears sticking out in perfect points! There is a RED CROSS in the middle of the traditional white nurse cap with two thin, navy blue lines outlining the top of the hat! THE RED CROSS NURSE is a GREAT MASK to pull out when an OUCHIE has occurred and SPECIAL TLC is needed to help our little patient heal quicker! A nice BOO-BOO distraction and makes a wonderful memory when they're grown!

The NURSE CAT and the CIRCUS CAT are smaller masks than the others, so they should fit a small child's face.

These are wonderful, unique masks that are hard-to-find. THEY TRULY ARE BREATHTAKING! If you are a DEVOTED CAT MOM, YOU WILL BE FURRRRRY PLEASED! Hope all of this helps! I am buying another book of these masks because they are THAT NICE!!! HAVE FUN and please send me photos of your fur babies! I have a litter full of LOVE!

This is a fantastic ready-to-wear book of cat masks for children or adults. The masks depict cats with various decorations, such as feathers and beads. To elaborate, children could glue actual objects on the masks also, such as glitter and yarn. All the masks together would serve to make a great play. They could also be used as cat heads on papier mache bodies.

I rarely recommend a book, but I'm feeling that I must now! The book is called Eating on the Run by Evelyn Tribole. This book brings weight management down to its barebones--you learn what your body needs as basic nutrition, how to eat and feel satisfied, the problems with diets and vitamins and how they can hurt you, dispels myths, and how to apply good eating habits efficiently w/o trading taste or satisfaction. You know me, I LOOOOOVE food but I'm just not much of a cook. And like everyone else, I'm just trying to figure out how to take care of my body.

This isn't a cookbook, but there are several recipes throughout the book--many and enough to have you up and going with good eating habits. Since it is geared to busy people, it's an easy, straightforward read that really helps you to understand weight management and how to apply it. In other books, I usually learn a lot then forget it because it just isn't realistic.

The author has a regular column (Recipe Makeover) in Shape magazine, is the spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, and qualified for the 1984 Olympic marathon event. Therefore, she has the credentials.

So, in my most sincerist verve, I totally recommend reading this book as a way to change eating habits and understand weight management for yourself.

Just read the Syndrome X book and found this to be an invaluable nutritional source for those professionals on the go who care about their health.

Finally, an herbal reference book that combines both traditional uses with current scientific research in an easy to read format! This book just keeps on giving information: in the back appendixes are recommended reading lists, periodicals, library resources, internet resources, herb organizations and associations, and herb education programs! Again, I say WOW!

This is a well-rounded book that contains information on historical/traditional uses as well as current research, international acceptance, and safety information. It's five- star rating system gives you an at-a-glance overview of each herb. Each chapter is on a single herb, and the index makes it very easy to look up a health condition or topic of interest quickly. If you think you already have too many herbal books, you haven't seen this one yet!

Another excellent book from the lady who wrote Three Year Picnic - a story of the three years after Pearl Harbor which she and her husband spent as a civilians in separate Japanese prison camps in the Phillipines.

This book tells of the what it was like to be on a Farm during the depression. It relates so many happy memories. Vivid details of life on a farm where many pulled together, constantly productive, creating a wonderful place to live and grow up, a place which remains today as a beautiful farm in the Willamette Valley.

Many of the narratives inspired me to work for a better life for myself and those around me.

This book is a treasure.

The Welcome mat is out at "The Farm"! It has been 35 years since I left my family's farm, and Evelyn Whitfield's book took me home again. "The Farm" is a beautiful, loving chronicle of a place and time that survives today in the memories of all who lived and visited there. Four generations of a family recount their own special memories of the homespun love, abundance, artistry, tragedy and the very essence of a rapidly disappearing way of life, the family farm. Delicate sprinkles of humor and diversity of perspectives are heartwarming and personal, shared willingly with the reader. I found my senses aroused in memory of the sights, sounds and scents associated with my own personal experiences growing up on a farm. And remembering brings me an even deeper appreciation of the life my family gave me. This book is a keeper, to be shared and tucked away to read again another day.

I just took a class with Evelyn - and this book is definitely a must have! With this book, you can use Evelyn's technique to create wonderful, unique quilts that everyone will love to snuggle up to. I definitely recommend "Frayed Edge Fun" to anyone looking for a new, easy way to make quilts!

I know I'm repeating myself...but I really mean it!! I want to make every quilt in this book!!! Having taken 2 frayed-edge classes from Evelyn, this book is a MUST have. Evelyn's excellent teaching style and warm personality flow through her books. These quilts are a pleasure to make! Trust me...you won't be disappointed!!