My first cookbook almost 30 years ago. Now I'm tracking down copies for my college sons. With easy-to follow directions for basic recipes and cooking techniques, this book is laced with humor that, while somewhat dated, still resonates with teens and 20-somethings. If you have highschoolers, snap up all the copies you can find right now before this gem goes the way of the dinosaur---or then again, some publisher may get smart and run a reprint!

As a new cook, i found the text easy to ready and quite informative. I strongly suggest buying this book, it is probably the best cookbook today. My grandma wrote this book for father who has now given it to me.

This is the best basic cookbook I have ever read, and I have read many. this book takes you through all the basics, including what to buy for your kitchen, what ingreedients you need on hand, how to plan menus, how to use leftovers, and what you should save from all your cooking adventures. The recipes in this cookbook are simple, and delicious. It provides the college student, bachelor, or anyone who knows nothing about cooking, a daily menu, and step-bystep instructions on how to prepare all your meals. It is especially good for those living in an off-campus apartment with a nice kitchen.

"Clinical Oncology: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach for Physicians & Students" did a thorough analyses of all aspects of general oncology. It is complete, comprehensive, and very reliable for evaluating and managing cancerous growths.
This book's well-arranged chapters provide detailed information on the pathology of several types of malignant tumours, before going ahead with their respective diagnosis, management and treatment. Its overview is sound and clear: a useful tool that every oncologist, G.P., or student would cherish.
The included CD-ROM is a big plus: especially for those who need something portable to lug around.

While I have used this book for several years as a source book to understand specific kinds of cancer I only regret that there has not as yet been an updated version. Not only have there been new chemotherapeutic agents in use, there are also many new diagnostic tools. In the field of medicine six or seven years is an eternity, especially for cancer and related conditions.

This paperback book is an excellent reference for physicians, medical students, nurses, medical librarians, pharmacists who want a concise, comprehensive oncology reference. Chapters cover the basics principles of chemotherapy, radiology, surgery, and cancer diagnosis. Other chapters cover related- issues such as pain control and late effects. Chapters covering each type of cancer include information on the epidemiology/etiology, detection/diagnosis, classification, treatment and prognosis. The only shortcoming is that the book is somewhat outdated. One can only hope that a new edition is in the works!

Sally Lopez, RN, Medical Information Specialist slopez@erols.com

Jacqueline Marcus is a philosophical elegist. I know there will be some who think she recalls Pound of The Pisan Cantos or Charles Wright of the last couple of decades, but for me her work recalls something of Kenneth Patchen in its tender loves, elemental sadness, and deep longing. Her poems are inquiries into the human heart, whther it is meeting up with the brute realities of political injustice or the complex challenges of 20th century materialists.

"Close to the Shore" is a book that also reminds me how hard it is to publish a book of poetry these days. There are so many fine, mature poems here that it's easy to believe that it takes years for writers to get their work between covers. Even though this is a first book, it's clear that it's been written by a writer of long apprentice, one who continues to engage and reflect upon the lived life.

I love to read poetry and this book has the most beautiful poems I have read in a long long time.

On the back of Jacqueline Marcus's book, Sherod Santos and John Koethe wrote the following praises for _Close to the Shore_, Jacqueline Marcus's debut collection of poems.

"Jacqueline Marcus's _Close to the Shore_ presents us with a poet whose prodigious talents, uncanny emotional range, and (dare one say it?) profound spiritual sympathies, have opened up a space in the human heart where every thoughtful reader will feel welcome. This is a poet of abundance and wonder, a poet who reminds us that poetry is, in some very elemental way, 'the insistence of Form, / each note, an integration, / each note, a prayer-wheel turning.'" --Sherod Santos, Department of English, University of Missouri

"Jacqueline Marcus's poems have all the suppleness and hesitation of thought itself. They wander through so many dimensions--philosophical, personal, and political--on the way to a condition which, they seem to say, may or may not exist, but which is nevertheless luminous, intelligent, and serene." --John Koethe, Department of philosophy, University of Wisconsin.

I certainly agree with their assessments on this exquisite book of poems!

Jacqueline Marcus's poems are variations on an ancient theme. In the language of metaphor and imagery, the theme begins at the river and ends at the sea. A theme that follows Plato's Allegory of the Cave, the longing to know that which lasts in a world of shadows, the "point of intersection of the timeless / With time...the winter lightning...the music heard so deeply / That it is not heard at all."

December sun in the cypress,
climbing the hill of mist,

Haydn's concerto in the background,
illuminating the streets,
the placid cars, the ordinary world

where the sun-tipped pines hold their attention.

And I imagined how inexorably bright he must have felt
when the strings sing above the average house,
like snow in the upper regions of the sky,

how he was able to reach that line of departure,
the contrapunto, the finite,
contrasting the parallel theme of the Absolute,
while I've been driving around the circumference of town,
lost for thirty odd years,
in search of that fixed point,

the Invisible Music.

"Driving into Town with Joseph Franz Haydn"

Marcus's occupation with art influenced her way of "seeing" reality in a painterly way. She "thinks" in images and therefore images are everything to her. Marcus's gift or talent is the ability to express ideas through visions or imagery. Her poems are philosophical meditations, but they're not didactic. In fact, her poems are more rebellious than saintly.

But I don't want to think about
The irredeemable past.

Instead, consider the bright rose,
the choral odes,

In the Paradiso, cruising east-
With everyone else.

We're all heading straight into the tip of the orange sun,

Rounding the curvature of those presently dark hills,
On both sides, white fields,

Dry and waiting in the still-to-be light,
The cars behind me-

Linked to one another,
And to the right of the road-

A row of cypress, motionless, and to the left,

A weathered barn,
Sinking down into the earth's soil with every autumn.

"No Other Heaven"

I think there are times when Marcus is simply trying to evoke the natural world in its most sensual details. Her own philosophical vision is rooted in seeing Beauty in the beautiful, i.e. never at the expense of the particular. It seems to me, whether we are Platonists or not, whether there is something that is lasting or not, we all experience the loneliness of feeling incomplete.

Still, something never fails to call me back
to its Rilkean winds,
its hours before the rain,

eroding the fence,
a shovel, rake, a silver pail, left out for the cat's milk

and the one sad thread of light,
gliding across the wood pile.

You walk out with these aging trees and into the dazzling sun

as if nothing matters,
as if the lies you spent your time rewarding

were the crimes of a petty thief,
ridiculous as a fool's trumpet.

It makes you ashamed, sometimes, to stand in the naked windfall.

"Tank Farm Road"

The poet carries this peculiar burden, this "cross," if you will, the desire to express the inexpressible; yearning for something elsewhere in a world consumed with suffering. I think it is difficult to walk this tightrope between skepticism and faith, and yet, that indomitable conflict is at the very core of our being-without it-we're as good as dead.

It still captivates us-
Giotto's blue sky and leafless tree,
distinct from the burning-

away-angels.

Less clear than a memory, anyway, of failure
and sickness of heart.
The way lovers will imitate the lost summer
of darkness,
the slow rise out of the self,

unhealed-
for the time being,

(fog lamp in the pepper trees,
and all the corners of the fresco.)

But it's hard, sometimes, to settle for anything less.

"Remembering Giotto"

This a book that you'll want to read over and over again. The images and metaphors are sensual and evocative. Although you can say that Jacqueline Marcus is an "academic poet," having earned her degrees in philosophy and humanities, you will not find the perfectly polished work-shop poems in this collection. By that I mean that she has found her _own_ voice, which is passionate, daring and eloquent.

Throughly intellegent comprehensive technical but good for non chemical reader.

For twenty five years, the Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology has been a very valuable reference source for a non-chemist. As a toxicologist who must have some basic knowledge of chemical technology on a wide variety of subjects, this reference has been invaluable.

Any one single topic if put into a practically operating production unit, the total cost of book will be just a token value. Well done. Accept compliments for such a sincere work to be remembered. Mahmood Ahmed, A chemical Engineer from Pakistan. Chief Executive,Techni-Chem. International E-213 St.6 Cavalry Ground, Lahore-Cantt. Pakistan Sept.7,1998 .

I have read issues of the Folklore journal, and have always been allured by the true origins of folklore, rather than the fanciful relics of ancient practice theories. It's a shame people still believe in this type of theorising whereby one explanation can be stretched to explain everything from corn dollies to the rising price of fish, but hopefully books like this might counterbalance the trend. I find the main culprits are those in the field of withcraft, paganism etc where all too many authors accept & propagate complete rubbish about the past.

This book is an excellent resource of folklore, much of which I have been brought of with or come across. This book has contributed greatly to an understanding of the reasons behind so many things that seem commonplace, such as maypole dancing (which I did as a child at school!), making daisy chains, not stepping on the cracks in pavements etc.

It's one of those books which I tend to flick open, read one entry, refer to another & then find myself wanting to explore the subject further.

One other attraction of this book for me is that it's about my own country. It seems a real shame that so many people in England seem to find other countries so alluring that they completely neglect the vast heritage of their own, turning instead to the East, the Indians etc. This book is a real celebration of our country, and hopefully will bring our customs into the popular consciousness.

However, this book also takes into account the fact that folklore is not dead, it carries on creating itself in the forms of urban legends, rumours etc, and that todays gossip could become tommorows legend.

Don't let the review below mislead you into to thinking that this is a piece of new-age fluff. Though neo-pagans may also get something out of it, "A Dictionary of English Folkore" is a work of serious scholarship and eruditon, compiled by two internationally recognized folklore scholars and published by Oxford University Press. As such, it is best compared to other reference guides published by academic presses (e.g. "The Oxford Dictionary of Saints", "The Concise Dictionary of American History", "The Norton Dictionary of French Literature", etc.), rather than to books on how to perform Wiccan sex magic.

Essentially, this is an alphabetical dictionary of English (not British, just English) folklore. The editors use a fairly broad definition of folklore and the 1000+ entries deal with nursery rhymes, fairy tales, folktales and legends, superstitions, holidays, customs, and even folk medicine and folk music and dancing. Topics discussed include: Mother Goose, Robin Hood, wassailing, the tooth fairy, Michaelmas, splitting wishbones, kissing under the mistletoe, and Morris dancing. The folkloric origins of many colloquialisms and other turns of speech (i.e. why is a ne'er-do-well refered to as "the black sheep of the family") are discussed, and there are even entries for a a few modern urban legends as well.

The entries are arranged alphabetically rather than thematically (it is a 'dictionary' after all) and tend to be fairly brief (a few sentences to one paragaph long). They do, however, have cross-references to related entries and come with citations so that those seeking more detailed information about a particular item can go find a source that treats it at greater length.

This isn't necessarily a book that everyone needs, but it is an *outstanding* reference guide and will be very useful to those interested in English culture, literature, and history. And frankly, even folks who don't really need a reference guide to English folkore will probably still find this a lot of fun to browse though. (The short entries actually make it great for casual 'bathroom reading' as it were). I don't give out five-star reviews lightly, but a well-researched, well-presented reference work like this deserves it.

Hail! This book is very important for those whom hope to understand pagan religion at a folk level....or more specifically pagan religion as it was practiced in England in anceint times(most specifically the Anglo Saxon, Norse, and Frisian settlers). This will help you capture the spirit of how the farmer, cunning folk, trademan and other peasent level folk thought in anceint teutonic society. Too often are people swayed into thinking that anceint teutonic religion was purely a "warrior religion", instead of understanding that it was an all encompassing religion that pervaded all walks of life. This book is read best right next to True Hearth by James Chisolm, Witchdom of the True by Edred Thorsson, Leechcraft by Stephen Pollington,and Wiccan Sex Magic by Inga Steddinger.Living Asatru by Stephen McNallen is also an excellent book as well(by the way, be sure to wassail the apple trees during Yule Tide!) For Frith and Kinfolk, Isenwulf Wodheart

I'm a teacher for preschoolers, and this is a favorite with my class.

The language is poetic and you almost can't help speaking with a bit of a Texan drawl while reading it aloud.

It is DEFINITELY spooky--how would you react to seeing "just the head of a man" across a misty lake, with a ghost whispering, "I'm the ghost of Sifty-Sifty Sam, I'm on the lake, near the man"?

While it's spooky, it isn't generally so frightening most 4 year olds can't handle reading it, but engaging enough that 9 year old siblings like it too. And while it's spooky, it does not have violence, grossness, or gore, either.

I really like the "surprise" ending with Dan's clever solution on how to deal with this frightening apparition. I won't give it away in case there's any young readers reading this ad, but Dan finds a solution to Sifty Sifty Sam's haunting of the old house that's rather kind, generous, and mutually beneficial--it's a true happy ending.

My daughter age 9 loved this book, we both especially liked that the ghost wanted to be friends, was lonely and hungary. Since we both like to cook it was especially funny it turned out to be a restaurant in the end. I would definatley recommend this one for a nice moral ending to a book.

My six-year-old daughter loves this book! And as a ghost fancier myself, I have to say I loved Jacqueline Roger's eerie, atmospheric illustrations and Medearis's prose. We're looking for more books by this author and illustrator.

I have never, in a very long, long time, so thoroughly enjoyed a book as I have this one! Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. This is a hard book to find -- couldn't find it on the local bookstore's shelves. If you come across this one, READ IT! Instead of spending your time doing something meaningless or boring, pick up this book instead and take a time travel ride and see how this engaging story unfolds.

This will be a keeper on my bookshelf!

This book took me on an incredible journey back in time. It made me laugh, cry and left me with an all around warm & fuzzy feeling. At the same time, I became so engrossed in the story that I could not wait to turn the page as I followed the characters through the plot.

Very enjoyable read that took me into a supernatural, time travel romance, and had me laughing my head off at the same time. The smallest of things that will set me off at times, and in this one it was a specific character--Sabastian. When I discovered that Sabastian is based on a real person who experienced everything that he had in the novel--yes, everything from the psychics, the tire guy, the spirit, and sketches are true events--the far more enjoyable it was. Actually looked at the entire story in a different light. The time travel, of course, was fiction. If only it were not. Just fantazing a moment. A Letter to Sergeant Gillian is truly a FUN read!

This tucks nicely into a wine-basket you're creating for a friend. While it's small and relatively short, it's chock-full of interesting quotes and timely quotes. It covers everything from Alcaeus ("The best medicine is wine") to Leonard Bernstein ("Wine snobbery, of course, is part showmanship, part sophistication, part knowledge and part bluff.")

In fact, be sure to grab yourself a copy too. It's great to read by a fire, with a glass of wine in your hand!

Ever need to make a toast? Enjoy the occassional glass? This may be the book for you. The Magic of Wine is a pocket sized volume which contains some of the best (and most unusual) wine quotes I've ever come across. The price is right,and the tone is perfect.

witty & thoughtful quotes from Aeschylus to " Yugoslav Proverb" cleverly divided into categories of wine, moods of wine,etc.This book is fun to read and pretty to look at;a nice gift even for those who " talk with more claret than clarity ".

I have only had this book for a few months but every recipe I have tried from it is wonderful. I really like some of the desserts. The pictures are great and all of the recipes are really easy to follow. I am very picky about cookbooks, and I really like this one.

These two authors write stunning books of delightful, easy-to-follow recipes, with lush, evocative photographs, and great attention to detail on the culinary fundamentals of each recipe. The only problem is that they keep recycling and republishing the same recipes/photos over and over again. I got burned three times. I bought the book "A Taste Of The Mediterranean", which I liked so much that, impetuously, I went online and bought three more titles by the same two authors, Jacqueline Clark and Joanna Farrow. I got "The Mediterranean Cookbook" (the one with the close-up photo of some ripe tomatoes on the cover). It turns out that this is the exact book as "A Taste Of The Mediterranean", but with illustrations in place of the photographs. The third book I received was "Mediterranean Country Kitchen", which while it is a lovely book, is nothing more than a condensed version of the same recipes/photos from "A Taste Of The Mediterranean". Lastly I bought the newer hardback book "Mediterranean : A Taste Of The Sun". This is an outstanding, lengthy book (500+ pages), but about half of it is "A Taste Of The Mediterranean" recycled in its entirety. I would certainly recommend the new one "Mediterranean : A Taste Of The Sun" as the finest and most complete of Clark and Farrow's sumptuous books on subject. But I'm feeling angry and a bit duped at buying the same book over and over again. Buy the new one, skip the earlier, cleverly-disguised retreads.

I received this book as a Christmas present from my boyfriend and I love it. Within the first couple of weeks of owning the book, we have already made five recipies from it - unlike as with some books I have purchased which looked great but proved daunting. Every recipe we have tried has been simple and elegant. Even better, they and made with ingredients that are not expensive or hard to find. For example, we made the Spanish Garlic Soup with a Parmesean Risotto for a group of 6 people: it took us about one hour total and only cost $10. Plus, each recipe is accompanied by at least one picture.

Short&Shivery

The Short&Shivery is a book with different stories. My favorite story is The Dead Mother. The main characters are the baby, the husband, and the dead mother. The Dead Mother is about mom who died while having her baby. The mother spirit would come back every night to visit her baby.

I liked some of the stories in Short&Shiverys such as the story called The Dead Mother because the author described the characters very well. The author showed a lot of detail on how the house looked, and how the baby acted when it was crying. The other stories didn't have as much detail as the book The Dead Mother.

I purchased this book after reading my copy of the first Short and Shivery to tatters when I was young enough to go away to summer camp. This sequel continues the creepy tradition started by Mr. San Souci in the first book. Taking stories from around the world and re-telling them in a kid friendly format (with just enough scare factor to raise the hackles on any kid at camp) this sequel is just as good as the first book. Stand out stories in this volume are:

Windigo Island

The Rolling Head

The Croglin Grange Vampire

"Me, Myself"

The Accursed House

and

The Thing in the Woods

Another fine jaunt into introductory folklore for kids.

The selection and telling of the stories is just as good as the original Short and Shivery. This series does not make the mistake of many other short story collections, which is that you see the same stories published over and over. This is a sophisticated telling of creepy tales you probably haven't heard already. Great for reading aloud to your kids, and the accompanying sketches are wonderful to look at.