Whether you find this book worth the money will depend on whether you think Ben Hogan was the God of Golf (or at least one member of the Trinity). It is a large-format book, and the quality of the photographs (all black-and white) is excellent. I believe they were all taken on the same day, when Hogan allowed Jules Alexander to accompany him. They pretty much just show Hogan at work on the course, and they do capture who he was. The accompanying comments and essays are interesting, but the photographs are the stars of the book. Just make sure you realize that you are getting a series of photographs taken on one day -- this isn't a retrospective of Hogan's career, and there are no swing sequences or anything like that. If you are a Hogan worshipper, however, this book is a must.

This book is appropriately titled. The photos are truly classic and do a wonderful job of portraying the on-course Hogan, particularly his steely focus and gorgeous swing. The accompanying text is solid. I most enjoyed Ken Venturi's comments which accompanied the photos, as well as Dan Jenkin's recounting of the man behind the mystique. I was somewhat disappointed that the photos are all from the late 50s, mostly from the same tournament. Yet, this is only a minor issue. Every true Hogan fan should add this work to his or her collection.

This book is great for people who want to learn the basics of different trees, their leaves, their twigs and bark of the trees around their area. If you don't know if the tree grows in your area, you can look at the maps in the book to see if it does. If you like trees and want to learn about them, you'll love this book. I loved this book because it built my foundation for knowledge in trees and their different families.

I love this little book. I've carried it on many hikes, dog walks, and through several years of walking to graduate school. It's easy to use, detailed enough to be helpful, and small enough (my aged copy, at any rate) to fit in your back pocket. Of all of the field guides that I own, I've used this one the most.

I purchased this book as a companion to another field guide, Wildflowers. I've never been able to differentiate between weeds and wildflowers, but after perusing both works, I've determined that my yard has far more weeds than wildflowers.

This is a handy reference with good illustrations and text written for the non-botanist to understand.

This is an enjoyable book for kids and adults, with lively commentary and good descriptions of where you're likely to find these plants.

There are several downsides: a) I can't really identify much from this book; I don't find the illustrations helpful. Smartweeds, for example, are not shown with their common purple splotch. "Weeds of the Northeast" is far better for identification, especially when you are dealing with seedlings. b) Some common weeds like garlic mustard and yellow foxtail are not included. Maybe it's time for a revision, since the copyright reads 1987.

Once I ID a weed, though, it's always fun to pull out this book and read what they have to say about it. For this reason - and its reasonable cost - I recommmend it.

In our garden there grows a plant with beautifully lobed leaves which twist slightly at the point where they join the stalk, and which appear to be oriented to the points of the compass. Until I came across this guide, none of my books could tell me the name of this plant, which turned out to be wild lettuce. This small book has many such plants: flowers and herbs that are all around us, but which we hardly ever see, or, as the cover states it, "the successful plants that nobody wants." I have found here the names of many plants which I pass on a daily basis in my rambles, but which I could never find in any guidebook, until I purchased this one. I also found information about those plants whose names I knew previously: the book has helped me become reacquainted with them. Indeed, I have always left a small corner of my garden untouched, simply because it seemed appropriate that there be a wilderness, however small, available to us; I now know the names of most of the plants that reside there.

Many will find this guide a useful means by which to eradicate such plants from their gardens, since methods for removal are included with many of the descriptions. I myself have no quarrel with the plants in this guide; as Emerson said, a weed is merely a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. If those virtues are not economic or agricultural, but rather aesthetic or scientific, then this book will be useful to those who do not garden or farm, but want to know more about those plants which seem to exist beside us without names. Despite the "seek and destroy" attitude which infuses this book, I have found it useful in identifying these plants: my world is much richer now that I have come to know better our almost invisible neighbors.

I bought this little book with the idea that, as a detailed map, it would supplement a guidebook. When it arrived, I was dismayed to discover that it isn't a map -- it's merely a highly condensed guidebook attached to a very small fold-out map. This guide tries to do two things in one small package, and unfortunately it isn't terribly good at either. For instance, the guide part of the book (comprising 30 skinny pages) lists only 4 possibilities for accomodations. The map section is compact and durable, and one map shows where the popular site-seeing spots are located. However, the map of the Berlin Metro System, an apparent replica of the one freely available from the BVG, is of limited use because it doesn't show how the system is related to street locations, which is extremely frustrating if you want to know how to get from one place to another via public transport. Furthermore, it shows only the train and subway system, but not bus routes.

In any case, my wife and I found that carrying a map was not necessary in Berlin. Virtually every bus, train, and subway stop has a very large and detailed street & public transportation map. These maps show all bus routes in addition to the train and subway. My bottom line is this: if you want a guide book, purchase a more comprehensive one. If you will be riding public transport and you want a map, don't bother buying one (and particularly not this one), because you'll have no trouble finding maps of Berlin when you get there.

My friends and I relied heavily on the Let's Go! Map Guide for our last trip to New York, so when I found out I was going to Berlin, a Let's Go Map Guide to Berlin was the obvious must-have.

These maps are great because not only are they laminated (which protects the map from sudden bouts of pouring rain), but their compact size isn't so embarassing; they don't make you feel too much like a tourist when you whip them out. The descriptions of sights and attractions in the Berlin version cut to the chase, and are sometimes, hilariously irreverent.

My only word of advice is that these map guides should only be used as a supplement to the larger, in-depth travel books.

I also relied heavily on the map guides I bought for Amsterdam and Prague.

This small travel guide/map of Berlin is very useful. The foldable map is very easy to use. The book also features a map of the Berlin subway system (including the U-Bahn and S-Bahn lines and stations). This information came in very handy. A word of caution: the admission fees for most tourist attractions are wrong in the book, so plan on spending at least twice what the book says. Overall, a highly recommended book!

This book is very helpful to gain insight on the feeding habits of our wildlife. However, this book was first printed in 1951 and is somewhat out of date. With all the studies that have taken place since then, it would be a great idea if a second, updated version were to be released. I say buy the book, but look deeper into the pros and cons of any "great wildlife plant" before you go and place it on your farm.

This book was a required by my professor in my Wildlife Techniques class in college. This book is old, as all Dover Press books are but the information in this book is extremely detailed. This book works two ways. You can look up the animal you are interested in to find out what it eats or you can look up plants and see what animals eat them. This book is must if you are curious to see what wildlife is interested in eating especially if you are interested in attracting wildlife to your property or maybe getting rid of the plants that are causing too much wildlife to be on your property.

The book's description was completely inaccurate. Unless you're a over-bearing, insecure male who receives pleasure from the domination, humiliation and brutality of weak women (where's the challenge in that?), this book is worthless as erotic literature. Furthermore, it is NOT a good example of erotic Victorian literature. Its tendency to mix carnality and Christian spirituality is total offensive and inappropriate.

Martin Pyx has outdone himself with his account of life, love, discipline, and their erotic underside on the isle of Mardi Blanc. His playful yet fiercely sexual use of language, coupled with his overlapping and interlocking narrative structure make The Tutor's Bride an intensely erotic read, but also a humorous one--it is possible to smile at numerous passages, upon reading and re-reading, and even laugh gently aloud at certain conceits of phrasing and word-play. Fans of this sort of fiction, of which this reviewer is one, should love the book, and even those who are unfamiliar with the field may appreciate the play of Pyx's mind, the richness and variety of his erotic imaginings, and the care with which he has edited those imaginings on the printed page. What's more, this volume is essential if one is to fully understand the "in" humor of such companion volumes as Summer Frolics and Autumn Scandals.

This VHDL book is targeted more to the VHDL beginners. It contains a quite good html-based VHDL workshop and the VHDL '93 online reference. It covers only a little bit the new emerging analog mixed-signal extension to VHDL which is called VHDL-AMS. The VHDL-AMS chapter was very disappointing to me.

If you are looking for a book about VHDL-AMS you're better off with the following book:

"The DESIGNER'S GUIDE TO ANALOG & MIXED-SIGNAL MODELING" "Illustrated with VHDL-AMS and MAST"

Author: Scott Cooper (Avant! Corporation)