This book is probably the only modern treatment of Dioscorides. It is certainly the best.It is almost impossible to obtain a copy of Dioscorides' text in any language. Dr. Riddle makes reading the original almost unnecessary and it is a pity that his book is already out of print. Anyone with an interest in Greek, and therefore Western, uses of plants as medicines will be unable to put this book down.

Passionate and wild, this Home Brew Press publication features some of the best Midwestern poetry and prose being published anywhere. Editor Mary "Casey" Martin selects carefully and skillfully arranges her selections alongside some pristine images. Winter, wolves and love are the three themes celebrated, with the anthology's soaring words and brilliant illustrations (especially DeAnn De La Ronde's cover art) hammering home the concept. Especially affecting are poems by Edith Nash, Mark Scarborough, Jean Feraca and Martin herself, as well as a snippet of a biography of famed Wisconsin naturalist Frances Hamerstrom by Helen Corneli.