This is primarily an ID guide to 188 native and naturalized trees, and another 84 that are commonly planted in what is termed the Central Hardwood Forests, defined as those portions of eastern North America dominated by deciduous trees. This is an octopus-like area that includes all or parts of 30 states and provinces to varying degrees. The only states wholly within the "shading" are IL,IN,RI, and KY; nearly so are CT, OH, TN, and MO. Small to large chunks of MN, WI, MI, PA, WV, IA,NE, KS, OK, TX, AK, AL, GA, NC, VA, MD, NJ, NY, MA, NH, Quebec and Ontario fall within the boundary; but ME and VT are inexplicably outside it, as are vast areas of deciduous forest in New York state. Few if any of the trees in this book are restricted to the Central Hardwood Forests -- most range widely beyond the boundary of this arbitrarily defined region, and many barely enter it at all. The reader would be better served if the book simply covered trees of the northeastern United States, without contriving an ecological framework for choosing species to write about. Most of the book consists of tree descriptions alphabetized from Abies to Zanthoxylum, with over 900 photos of varying quality, and maps for most species. Data headings are Habit, Bark, Twigs, Buds, Leaves, Fruit, Wood, Habitat and Range, Propagation, Wildlife Value, Landscape Value, and Best Recognizable Features. Discussions are very brief. A section of 116 color photos adds a welcome break to the cramped and confusing composition of the text. Summer and winter keys to genera are confusing due to the inclusion of numerals referring to previous couplets, and left unexplained; and because there is no identation, or spacing between couplets. The book is sturdily made and contains valid information, but is uninteresting in its style and mostly visually unappealing. It is not likely to inspire students.

This book is the best i have ever laid hands on for describing the trees of the eastern forest. I have a B.S. in Forestry, Im a certified Arborist and am currently working on a M.S. in Forestry. I have seen lots of books on trees and this is the best. Period.

A friend of mine is a big fan of the author and he turned me on to Cab Driver. I reluctantly bought it, and read it on the way to a business meeting in Chicago last month. Let me tell you, this guy is out of his mind brilliant! The book details the life of Robert Joseph Bigos, a white trash hick growing up in the ghetto projects of New York City. His father was a radical Jewish Islamic supporter who was killed in a mugging at Madison Sqaure Garden. His mother was a women with one arm who struggled to work as a waitress in an NYC diner. Bigos lashes out at the world and insults everything from Doctors (Bigos believes he has found the cure for cancer but every doctor he talks to has never heard of it and gets in an arguement with him), to teenagers, even the Pope! Bigos motto "everyone is wrong...except me". He talks about how in 10 years the USA will be no more than a Nazi totalitarian state, and that the only good musician these days are the Dixie Chicks. This individual is clearly disturbed, but the book makes for a great read. Let me tell you...you do not want to get in this guy's cab!

This book was amazing and gave a lot of perpective in many people's lives.

This is a dissertation published as a book. It should be of interest to readers interested in film noir, as it has very detailed discussions of "The Killers" (1946) and "Criss Cross" (1949) as well as Siodmak's other Hollywood films noir.

The book only examines Siodmak's films. The title, a play on "The File on Thelma Jordan," the last of Siodmak's American films noir, sets up false expectations that the book will deal with Siodmak's private life, perhaps politics in that era of WWII and HUAC, but this is not the case. Still, the films get wonderful coverage, and this book should fight the tendency in recent years to overlook Siodmak's contribution to film noir.

This book is an excellent drama. It is technically accurate and is a very realisitc scenario. You will not put it down until you are done reading it.

If one owns, collects, or works with firearms one needs to be able to take them apart and put them back together. A surprising large number of handguns, rifles, and shotguns can be found within the covers of this NRA publication. The book includes exploded views which show precisely how parts fit together, and some basic instruction on disassembly/reassembly. Despite the amazing amounts of negative publicity NRA gets in the news media, this is what they do best, provide unquestionable authority on firearms. If you need step by step instructions complete with photos you would be better served by the multi-part Gun Digest series on Firearms Assembly/Disassembly by J.B.Wood. But as outstanding and helpful as those books are, they simply can't cover the sheer number and variety of guns that you will find within the pages of this book from NRA. After all, they've been covering this topic in-depth for a long time. It shows.

This book is aimed more for hatcheries that are raising Trout, Salmon, Catfish and other food fishes. However, there is so much information in this book that even ornamental fish hatcheries will find an incredible amount of useful information. The chapters on Fish Nutrition are especially helpful.

THIS BOOK HAS A VERY COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSFORMATION PROCESS AND A GOOD DESIGN LITERATURA ABOUT EACH TYPE OF PACKAGE.

This book was a funny and refreshing look at the way corporate America communicates. The authors have set the book up as an alphabetical listing of issues in the workplace from the perspective of their main characters: the Infomaniacs. Although it takes a humorous perspective, it is an accurate portrayal of the real world

It is a good book if you are dooing research on any of Conrad's books. Even if you are not but you like Conrads book this is a fun tool to use to see his point of view.