I purchased this book for one recipe- the Lentil Lemon Soup. It was so good, I tried the Spaghetti Squash Soup, Rose-colored Cauliflower Soup, Asparagus Cheddar Cheese Soup, Chicken Gumbo...! All the recipes I tried are wonderful and can be whipped up in time for supper or lunch- no all day simmering!

This book is great-the first time you read it. It's wonderful for the first time but you won't read it twice because the stories are riddles and once you know the answer it's boring. Just be prepared when you pay.

I have read this book more than I can count, and I learn from it every time. It really helps me with life's choices and how not everything is found in front of your face.

The woodland trail descriptions contained in "Nature Walks" are excellent and very well detailed. My only major complaint with the book is that the directions given to arrive at the base locations are NOT accurate. I have used this guide on two trails and both times I found street names to be wrong, and measurements to be off greatly. The book does not differ between dirt and paved roads, so bring the book, but also bring a map. On a more positive note, I felt my hiking experience was greatly enhanced by the information in the book.

As a Trail guide I think it definately needs more description of the trail and put trail names on the maps. It's nice to go by a map once you are on a trail, but these maps leave out a lot of important trail markers and was very hard to follow. Usually on any given trail there are a lot of loops you can take, nothing was specified on these maps. The description on what is on the trail is pretty nice, but using the maps turned out effortless. You need to concentrate more on the trail so people don't get lost.