if you have a $5000 shot gun, and hunt in a 3 pc. suit then buy this book, otherwise, there are better, less pretentious books available.

This book is truly a classic on the sport of wingshooting. Waterman is one of the best authors on the subject. No real wingshooters bookcase should be complete without this book

This book is a great hunting reference. It includes all upland game birds including all varieties of quail, pheasants, chukars, and doves. Charles Waterman shows how and where to hunt each of these species both with and without a dog. It's part of the Soeger Sportsman's Library.

Maybe this book is good for people who already live in the area who don't have to worry about lodging or meals, but for someone plannig a vacation, it is not very useful. I would recommend The Acorn Guide to Door County instead.

I am a bit disappointed with this book. It provides excellent descriptions of the Door county area parks and towns but it offers no suggestions on lodging or food. It also talks a lot about bikes and kayaks and yet does not mention where one can rent either one. The book has a lot of historical information and descriptions of what is available in all the parks, but it is not a real "vacation guide." After reading the book I am going to have to buy another one to get the complete picture so I can plan my vacation.

As a frequent traveller to the Door County area, I was very surprised to find information in this book that I did not already know. This book offers comprehensive information on all of the outdoor activities in Door County. The information is so detailed that it even maps out specific hiking trails within the parks. For those persons looking to explore the many wonders of Door County, grab a copy of this book before you go. It is a great reference tool for first time and seasoned visitors.

required reading for those heading into Native American vs. US Government studies. Have a can of Red Bull though!

A gutsy, three-dimensional view of the Judge. Tuller's passion for the subject is evident throughout.

The first major biography of Judge Isaac Parker to be written since 1951, 'Let no guilty man escape' provides refreshing insight into the life and career of a man that western novelists and Hollywood have stereotyped as the "Hanging Judge." Since most of the standard works on Judge Parker were written a half century ago, the documents and resources used by Tuller help to paint a picture of the complex person that Isaac C. Parker really was. While minor factual errors and inconsistancies occur throughout, this book is a worthy replacement of 'Hanging Judge.'

Father Paul Blighton taught, and the Order transmitted "The Middle Path." Timeless, reaching from ancient wisdom into the coming age; universal and applicable to all.
An outside observer might conclude that the Order's teachings incorporated a combination of ideas, but this was not what Order students experienced in their training. We came into a most powerful, integrated experience of Christ in all facets of Being. No frills were added to entertain; only universal truth to transform.
The Light emphasized in all of the Order's teachings, is the Light of Illumination, the Christ Light. It can be seen by one who is being mystically transformed by it, and is not merely symbolic. The stated purpose of the Order was to reach as many souls as possible with the transforming Light of Christ.

Let us put this book into a proper persective. This is not _the_ definitive history of the Holy Oder of MANS, but one man's doctoral dissertation based on selective interviews, the author's gleanings of the interviewees' 15 to 40 year old memories. There is much that is inaccurate, coming from hearsay that someone recalled hearing.

The Order had/has a fascinating history and no one else has stepped up to tackle the massive task to document it in it's true fullness and richness. I was a member in multiple capacities from 1969 to 1975, with a brief stint in 1982. I know/knew a fair number of those who were interviewed and many that were not. It has been estimated that the Order touched 10,000 people, to one degree or another.

All in all, this is a book worth reading. Just keep in mind what this text is: the author's doctoral dissertation and an oral history with all the shortcomings thereof.

I was very impressed with this thorough and objective account of the journey of the Holy Order of MANS from its inception to its eventual conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy. I was a sister in the original Holy Order of MANS in the late seventies. My experiences, both inner and outer, were profound and still deeply shape my life today. The objective facts and subjective interviews so thoroughly and carefully documented in Lucas' book have helped me make sense of my feelings and experiences both during and after my time in and around this religion.

In addition, Lucas also draws many examples from other religious movements, illustrating the many and typical similarites between all new relligions of this type. For those studying the characteristics of new religions, I believe this descriptive journey through the experiences of one will help in understanding the many.

In addition, I found this book to be lively and intelligent, never dull. Although carefully footnoted and documented, it remains engaging from start to finish.

Referring to the Dover reprint pair of volumes: you get a large number of trees for a relatively low price (assuming you find these used, as they're out of print again). The books are concerned mainly with identification. Entries describe distribution, size, etc. and have line drawings of flowers, leaves, and fruit -- no color or photographs. This is not a "manual" in the sense of describing how to grow trees.

This is the second half of Sargents' manual of 1922, in the 1965 Dover reprint (see review of volume 1). Page numbers and illustration numbers continued from first half. The total for both volumes is 783 illustrations (line drawings), one per entry. The 1965-appendix with updates of names to be found in this second volume.

Decent quality reprint.

This is a Dover reprint of Sargent's manual of the trees of N-America. Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927) as the author of a book on N-American woods and as the director of the prestigious Arnold Arboretum was quite qualified to give a concise overview of what, at the time, was known of N-American trees. Per tree this manual gives a brief desciption of leaves, flowers, fruit, winter buds, bark, wood and distribution of the tree. In some cases the etymology of the botanic name. Each entry is accompanied by a modest line drawing of leaves, flowers and fruit. No photographs, no habit drawings.

The reprint is of the second edition of 1922 (first edition 1905), so this manual obviously is out of date in many respects, but in the reprinting in 1965 a 23 page appendix was added at the back of volume 2 which lists for both volumes a page-by-page update of names, both botanical and common.

All in all a handy reference to have on the bookshelf, but preferably as a supplement to a modern fieldguide, rather than stand alone.

Over the years I've been an avid collector of every museum or exhibition catalogs on North American Indian Art -- but this one is the biggest disappointment. While provenience histories can be of importance for the reader, here it provides little meaning and appears to primarily satisfy the collectors/dealers' vanities. Oftentimes provenience entries are incomplete. The lengthy caption reveal very little new or interesting information and for the most part contain meaningless blah-blah just to pad the space around the pictures.

Layout and design is pedestrian, and for that price one would have expected to find all items in color.

A missed opportunity, too bad!

This is no mere exhibition catalogue. It is a superb book- thoroughly researched, well-written and beautifully photographed- really a one-volume encyclopedia of Native North American art. The inclusion of provenance is essential and an important ethical model that others in Native American studies should follow.

A major achievement.

This is a fun little book about a travelers experiences in the land of the rising sun. It's short, cute and an interesting read.

It is, however, NOT a survival guide to visiting or living in Japan. There are many other good books on that very subject and if you are looking for such material, don't rely on this book.

I recently carried this book along for a driving trip (carrying bicycles) that my daughter and I took down the Southern Atlantic coast (NC, SC, GA), veering to north central Florida before turning around for home. The book was ok, but only for pointing us in a general direction and then mapping out our own rides from there. The maps are relatively easy to follow and they do a good job categorizing the type of rides from Rambles up to Challenges, but I found myself wanting more 'challenge' on the Cruises and Rambles and less 'challenge' for the Classics and Challenges. Perhaps it's just a matter of personal preference.

Our first stop was Jekyll Island, GA. We were not too pleased to learn that the Jekyll Island Ramble, noted as "an excellent bike ride for the entire family", was in reality a highly dangerous path (~3 ft. wide) shared with other cyclists and pedestrians coming and going from both directions. Was appalled to read the island maps and literature strongly suggesting that cyclists stay off the real roads and on these hazardous paths. My daughter and I ignored that suggestion for the most part, but still had to navigate around a few cyclists riding on the left side of the road so to stay with their riding partners who had opted to stay on the path. I understand why some people might prefer or be attracted to bicycle paths. However, I think that ALL bicycle riders would do well to understand that the basic rules of cycling are pretty much the same as the rules of the road for drivers. IMO, if people would ride with this awareness, there would be very little need to sequester cyclists (or cyclists to sequester themselves) onto choked and dangerous little paths with pedestrians as is the case on Jekyll Island. The marsh and harbor side of the island was very quiet and sparsely traveled as compared to the ocean/beach side. We did follow the bike path for a bit because it veered away from the road and was very scenic.

Our next stop was St. Augustine, FL. Car traffic along A1A was far too heavy and the streets way too narrow to even attempt the St. Augustine Ramble - my 12 year old is a good road rider, but easily overwhelmed. To sandwich her between all those cars would have been cruel and unthinkable. We did walk down St. Georges Street, but I can't imagine attempting to cycle through all that pedestrian traffic as the book suggests. I was tempted to snatch a few of the children on scooters and scold them for weaving in and out so closely among the walkers - what the heck were their parents thinking, or were they thinking??

On to North Central Florida, location of the Suwannee River Classic ride. No way was my short-legged 12 year old going to ride 98 miles, but to our good fortune, most of the country roads in that area were lightly trafficked by motor vehicles so that we were able to tailor our riding distances accordingly. Falling Creek Falls was a very lovely and scenic stop and not one that would normally be found by most tourists. I wished that the book had highlighted more of the gorgeous fresh water springs in that area and/or mapped some rides to them. The one listed, Ichetucknee Springs, was a pretty place, but not particularly bicycle friendly. People might do well to pick up the Bicycle Facilities Map for North Central Florida at any of the tourism offices - I thought it listed a better and more extensive range of rides and intend to return one day to explore them more thoroghly.

We wound up back on the NC coast to finish off our vacation. By then it was the weekend. I would NOT suggest doing the Cape Fear Challenge ride on a weekend day, even to my worst enemy. I'm not sure when would be the best time to do a ride like this. 421S on the front end of this trip is always car-packed. One must also watch out for hwy 133N on the backside. On Saturdays and Sundays, this is a 2 lane road with NO shoulders heavily trafficked by pickup trucks and SUVs towing big boats on trailers. An early morning weekday jaunt down 133N to Orton Plantation and the Brunswick Historic Site might be quite pleasant, however. Do remember your bug spray as the book suggests! The biting flies and 'no-see-umms' are already thick as of this posting - late April. We stayed in Southport and this area is close to 'home' territory to me. We didn't attempt the Cape Fear Challenge, tho I ran into two cylists who had tried unsuccessfully to cyle out 133N and back. I rode Bald Head Island (all golf-carts, no cars) with my daughter on Saturday and then took a lone early Sunday morning jaunt from Southport to Oak Island - very pleasant!

To sum it up, this is not the worst book of rides, but not the best either. I do appreciate that the book was helpful in providing a little direction for us to head towards, even though we tailored and altered most of the listed rides to suit our own riding style and abilities.

The Gilded Age by Charles C. Calhoun describes itself as a collection of essays on the origins of modern America. The book offers information on the various categories of people living in America during the so-called Gilded Age, a time of rapid change, a time of accumulation of vast fortunes, a time of growing social discontent. Editor Charles C. Calhoun collects the research of numerous scholars. Therefore the positions of industrialists, laborers, women, African Americans, Native Americans, farmers and politicians are all covered with equal enthusiasm. This is a good way to do it because the focus of the overall book is more inclusive and less narrowly focused. This allows the reader to form his or her own opinions on the data presented. Photographs and illustrations help to shed light upon the landscapes and lives of the characters living during the late 1800's and early 1900's. My favorite pictures are found in the chapter titled "Urbanizing America". There are some great shots of how our cities used to look. Overall the book is informative and you might find yourself saying, "Oh, so that is why things are the way they are today."

I was hoping for a more comprehensive view of truly the BEST RV trips. Instead, it was more of a travelogue of the author's most recent 11 trips. Not necessarily what I would have considered to be the best trips. So if you have time to read the stories of the trips, it's fine. But I wouldn't use it as your RV Bible to plan the absolute best trips possible (which is what was implied by the title).