I have used the receipt for bluberry wine for 3 years with one exception: I use 3 lbs of frozen , wild bluberries and 3 large contaners of frozen white grape (skip the raisens) concentrate and have made the best red wine in years,,,, similar to MERLOT but with outstanding color and flavor.

I bought a used copy of this book from an Amazon.com marketplace seller. I am interested in both inkle weaving and card weaving, and wanted a good book to learn from. I was delighted to find that Rose Naumann's instructions are very well-written and easy to understand. The illustrations are also very clear, and I was able to very quickly gain an understanding of the basics necessary to begin.

I wove my first inkle weaving project today, and it was easy and fun to do thanks to this book! I'm sure the other types of weaving described will be equally fun and rewarding!

What this book's essentially about is setting goals for yourself and trying to reach them. For that purpose, Mr. Hull introduces a system of daily exercises. I'm currently using a system of my own which is a modification of Mr. Hull's one.

If you're interested in this book, you should know three things. First, Mr. Hull's method requires you to do a lot of written exercises. No problem for me but I imagine there are people who are not really into writing things down. Second, you've got to find quite a lot of time you can spend in complete privacy. Mr. Hull claims it shouldn't become an obstacle. Probably, he lives alone. If you have a family, finding enough time alone might become very stressing. (That's the main reason I stopped doing the exercises.) The third thing is a somewhat philosophical problem. Mr. Hull (and many others) believe that you can achieve virtually anything when you just keep telling yourself that you can. There are other authors who suggest that you should consider very carefully what is realistic for you and what isn't, before you set any goals for yourself. I don't know which ones are right.

What I'm trying to say is that Mr. Hull's method of achieving one's goals won't necessarily work on you. (It didn't quite work on me.) But most things written in this book are useful to know or at least interesting to read. The book might (or might not) broaden your horizon essentially. If it's worth the money or if there are better books available - well, that's up to you to decide.

This book will change your life. Though written in simple and humble words, it has incredible power. It my view, it is among the most important books ever written. I found it nearly 30 years ago, and carry it with me every day since. I owe it to its advice, that I went to Harvard University, am the President of an international organization, and most of all, am a happy, gentle and generous person. You will remember the day you start reading this text.

Dr. Helmut H. of Boston, MA

Worthwhile trying getting a copy of this book. It's a must read for all those who want to do so many things, but end up doing absolutly nothing and put ourselves in a major frustration instead. Mr. Hull shows you how to train your mind using excellent written and auditory exercizes.

The Peter Principle is an excellent book, if you want to know the secret to FAILURE.

Laurence Peter's self-proclaimed principle that "each person rises to their highest level of incompetence" only serves to demonstrate Peter's dislike for people and his own failure in life. It has been said that it takes no more than to read the first chapter of any book to determine whether or not the author likes people, meaning that the author is truly interested in telling a story, sharing facts regarding an issue or teaching a new-found knowledge to the reader. Peter on the other hand, begins assuming that people are inherently failures, and it is only a matter of time and effort before they become that. Peter's self-fulfilling prophesy, eeerrr, theory, is no better demonstrated than in his own book, the Peter Principle. It was the transition to his highest level of incompetence.

I would not recommend this book to anyone who believes in leadership, success, the trail and tribulations on the road to success and the richness and diversity of people and the endurance of the human spirit.

Napoleon Hill wrote in his book: Think and Grow Rich and I will paraphrase: The difference between those who are truly successful and those who are not is this, there are those who fail, fail and fail, then give up; they are the unsuccessful in life. Then there are those who fail, fail and fail, then get up; they are the truly successful. Unfortunately, Peter didn't realize the importance of encouraging people to succeed, instead he chose only to present the scenario that if you've done well, stop at that, you couldn't possibly get any better?!

I suggest to the Amazon.com readers to save their time and money from this book.

"The Peter Principle; why things always go wrong" by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull, William Morrow & Company, Inc., New York, 1969, 179 pages in paperback. The Peter Principle: In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence. The author provides an insightful analysis of why so many positions in so many organizations seem to be populated by employees who exhibit signs of incompetence. A most disturbing concept since we all tend to all rise to our own level of incompetence. This concept is likely to be ignored by most senior managers and consultants since to admit it is to admit that we may also be at our own level incompetence. Ignorance is bliss? The end result is that non-growing companies are more likely to have incompetent employees at many levels of the organizational structure whereas growing companies add new positions and employees so fast that the inevitable results of the Peter Principle may be forestalled as long as growth continues. "Employees", as the author points out, "do not want to be incompetent", but when management offers promotions that put the employees into their level of incompetence, the employees have no way of knowing that ahead of time. After all, if the offer is made it is because management "knows" the employee can do the job competently. Many managers are at their level of incompetence thus they make these poor selections.

Look at the bell-curve. Not the controvertial book by Herrnstein and Murray, but the statistical bell curve used in grading and whatnot. The bell curve proves two things:

1) One half of the people you meet--that is every other person you meet--is below average.

2) Only 1/4 of the people you meet are really smart--those of the upper quartile--and in a democracy they will always be out voted.

Our hope is in that upper 25%, yet they will always be in a minority, with the lesser 75% of us misunderstanding them, or dragging them down.

Now you see how this book makes sense!

Keep in mind that a theory is only as good as it's data. Luckily, we can verify the Peter Principle rather easily. Just look around your workplace, and look at what goes on. You will see the Peter Principle in al it's glory.

A painfully true book!

The book covers the process of smoking well. Good information on brining, sausage making, and processing smoked foods is provided. It lacks fundamental data such as internal temperatures of smoke cook meats. A few recipes are presented, but this is not a cookbook.

I've owned this book since 1972, then gave it to a friend. Now ordering another. Excellent fish brine! Unfortunately there is no index and a confusing "table of contents" but after I've brined and smoked over 1000 lbs of salmon/stugeon with rave reviews I would say it is a book worth the cost. A great seasoned salt recipe is also included.

This book discusses smokers you can build, or purchase instead, and also gives tips on how to run your smoker for optimum results. Various fuels to use in smokers are mentioned as well. There is also a chapter on brines and seasonings, and several chapters on how to smoke different foods, including turkey, cheese, sausage, fish, beef, nuts, wild game, and much more. Another book you may find of interest is THE QUICK AND EASY ART OF SMOKING FOOD by Chris Dubbs and Dave Heberle.