I was lucky to learn about and read this book recently and wanted to be sure more people knew about this little gem of history. Not only did I learn more about my local history, but a little more about my own heritage.

And the recipes were equally interesting especially those without measurements. I remember watching my mother, grandmother and great-grandmother cook and they never measured. Reading about everyone's mothers brings back memories of learning to cook with my mother and relatives. There are some recipes I still can't reproduce just right.

Even if you don't cook, I recommend this book to anyone if only to whet your appetite while you learn. Good reading and eating!

I was brought up in Southwestern Pennsylvania and I cannot believe how many memories this cookbook brought back. I have used all of my childhood favorite recipes, now I am well on my way to trying new things from different ethnic groups of that area. Also, I can now relate to some of the things that my parents talked about regarding the way that they were brought up. Those little tidbits of information helped me grasp the reasoning behind some of my least favorite recipes as well.------LOVED this book

Elizabeth Daniels Squire provides an in depth, and yes, practical guide to palmistry. She is sure and accurate, though it does take a couple of reads, and I would advice any beginning palmist to look for archtypes, and feel free to find your own style. Advice that (genius that she is) Squires doesn't give, but the book is more than worth it.

This is one of the best books on palmistry ever written! I was introduced to this book many years and still consider it top in its field!

Wonderful, engaging, life-changing book, especially for young people! Ranney dramatizes the reality of spiritual warfare vividly! A few typos--the publisher?

I found this lively adventure story a fast read, hard to put down. My 12-year-old son read it all in a weekend! Woven through with great practical applications on the Christian faith, this really is a wholesome book the entire family can learn and benefit from. A bargain too!

I've used this book as a textbook for 11 years, and it is the only book I have ever had students tell me they gave to their bosses to read. It is a great intro to PM, and introduces the reader to behavioral principles that can help you understand and improve performance in any organization. The chapter on ABC Analysis is worth the price of the book on its own. Readers will also quickly realize why positive reinforcement is the motivational tool of choice for encouraging the behaviors that will lead to key results.

I have used this book to teach PM to Managers, Supervisors and hourly since 1993...I recommend it to anyone who wishes to make improvements in performance. This book makes improvements painless and it encourages all who participate.
This book has helped turn around more than one company SUCCESSFULLY!!!

Dylan Thomas was a weirdo and i think that this book illistrates that in a wonderful manner. he was awesome

Years ago i read "do not go gentle into that good night" and i was introduced to dylan thomas. i quickly went out and bought his collected poems, and was totally enraptured by the poet. he has stayed on the top of my favorites, even as i read more and more poetry. this collection is not a complete works. it contains what Daniel Jones (a friend of DT's) selected out of thomas' works. the collected poems and about 100 other poems, one additional incomplete poem, and 26 poems from DT's juvenalia. it's a good collection, but you can see why dylan thomas did not include these extra poems in his collected poems. they aren't as great as what he can produce. if you love dylan thomas, like i do, then this is a great book to buy, otherwise, you can just stick with the collected poems (those poems were selected by DT himself, as the work he wanted to "save").

This is a short-and-sweet academic review of the history of punk (and related movements) style. The author does a nice job of giving a psychological reason behind the different fashion expressions (in case you wanted to identify with some anti-X sentiments). Fun pictures in the book too.

It was very informative as far as the philosophies behind the punk and neo tribal style. There is a big section on Perry Farrel (lead singer for Janes Addiction) and his reasoning behind punk and neo tribal style. It really makes you think. You don't have to be punk to enjow this book and it's contents. I would definetely recommend this book!

This book is an excellent compliation of articles written for mathematicians who want to understand quantum field theory. It is not surprising then that the articles are very formal and there is no attempt to give any physical intuition to the subject of quantum field theory. This does not mean however that aspiring physicists who want to specialize in quantum field theory should ont take a look at the contents. The two volumes are worth reading, even if every article cannot be read because of time constraints. All of the articles are written by the some of the major players in the mathematics of quantum field theory. Volume 1 starts off with a glossary of the terms used by physicists in quantum field theory and is nicely written. The next few hundred pages are devoted to supersymmetry and supermanifolds. A very abstract approach is given to these areas, with the emphasis not on computation but on the structure of supermanifolds as they would be studied mathematically. There is an article on classical field theory put in these pages, which is written by Pierre Deligne and Daniel Freed, and discussed in the framework of fiber bundles. The discussion of topological terms in the classical Lagrangian is especially well written. There is an introduction to smooth Deligne cohomology in this article, and this is nice because of the difficulty in finding understandable literature on this subject. Part Two of Volume 1 is devoted to the formal mathematical aspects of quantum field theory. After a short introduction to canonical quantization, the Wightman approach is discussed in an article by David Kazhdan. Most refreshing is that statement of Kazhdan that the Wightman approach does not work for gauge field theories. This article is packed with interesting insights, especially the section on scattering theory, wherein Kazdan explains how the constructions in scattering theory have no finite dimensional analogs. The article by Witten on the Dirac operator in finite dimensions is fascinating and a good introduction to how powerful concepts from quantum field theory can be used to prove important results in mathematics. A fairly large collection of problems (with solutions) ends Volume 1. The first part of Volume 2 is devoted entirely to the mathematics of string theory and conformal field theory. The article by D'Hoker stands out as one that is especially readable and informative. D. Gaitsgory has a well written article on vertex algebras and defines in a very rigorous manner the constructions that occur in the subject. The last part of Volume 2 discusses the dynamics of quantum field theory and uses as much mathematical rigor as possible. One gets the impression that it this is the area where it is most difficult to proceed in an entirely rigorous way. Path integrals, not yet defined mathematically and used throughout the discussion. The best article in Volume 2, indeed of the entire two volumes is the one on N = 2 Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. It is here that the most fascinating constructions in all of mathematics find their place. These two volumes are definitely worth having on one's shelf, and the price is very reasonable considering the expertise of the authors and considering what one will take away after reading them.

These articles are great. Fills the ubiquitous need to retract the gap between then conceptual and rigorous framework of the subjects.

Physicists interested in the mathematical aspects of quantum field/string theory would do well to read these volumes as well.

Deserving, in my opinion, more than 5 stars -- many more!!

From a lover of books to lovers of books...it speaks to the heart and tickles wonderful memories. Pennac must be a lovely person; after this you will want to have dinner with him! Or ask him to babysit your children.

Reads like a novel shows how the little baby is a perfect lector, and his parents the perfect book. Suddenly, the school become this deliciosus link in something bad. What happens? The society began to recover: "read this and give me the principlas ideas", "Read this and decribes that personage". Pennac propouses to give (to fall down) the reading FREE. In the second part of his book he remembers us the "Rihgts of the lector". Begining from de "Right of read nothing" and finished with the "Right of be quiet (about our lectures)".

Far from reducing the Islamic Republic of Iran to some kind of timeless expression of Islamic culture, tradition, or identity, the author demonstrates the competing ideological influences that shaped the Islamic Republic -- not least of which were Western notions of political particpation. The author does a good job of showing how these tensions are reflected in the reform movement, and in the struggle for power currently unfolding in Iran. Thus I found the book very useful. I would only add that the author may have given insufficient attention to the power of the conservative clerics.

This book's title could be misleading if one assumes this work is a revisionist biography of Ayatollah Khomeini. However, it is not the author who is doing the reinventing, but rather Iranians themselves, as different political factions draw on different aspects of Khomeini's life and thought to justify their agenda.

Brumberg draws heavily on social science in his analysis, which means this could be a tough slog for the casual reader. He traces the development, first of Khomeini's own ideas about government and religion, and then how these ideas influenced different political groups after the revolution, such as President Khatami's reform movement.

Readers of this work will see an Islamic Republic far more dynamic than the one usually portrayed in the media, and see how, far from being a struggle between a true, hard-line Khomeinism and Westernized reformers, the reformers themselves look to Khomeini as a guide, and Khomeini was heavily influenced by the West. This is a must-read for all who wish to understand Iran today.

The copy I have of this book has a great picture on the cover: a Tikal-style pyramid, somber gray gleaming under moonlight amidst a thick, dark green jungle. I dug in, expecting a book of adventure and mystery in the secret depths of hidden ruins...

Not quite so. The story begins with a disenchanted, out-of-work academic, who to distract himself from his lagging self confidence and boredom begins a life of crime... stealing the ornaments off of people's lawns. It's actually quite funny, and our hero, Harper, has a sarcastic sense of humor that kept me chuckling.

However, when his luck turns, and Harper heads off to join an archaelogical team among Mayan ruins, there's a long run of ho-hum details of camp life, speculations about the fictional village that the crew is digging up, and a lot of incredibly petty bickering among them. I could hardly keep my eyes open during this central portion of the book.

The last third starts picking up speed as Harper accumulates more enemies among the crew, and they encounter a group Guatemalan refugees. They must decide whether to help them with food, at the risk of losing their digging permit from the Mexican government. Following on the heels of the refugees are soldiers hunting them down and who briefly put the team in danger. These events add some spice, and so does Sancho, the friendly jungle pig.

The end of the book ties the pieces up nicely, and its message clarifies why the characters (and the reader) had to endure all that bickering. I was able to make peace with the book by its end, and with the help of Harper's sense of humor, was able to give this book a 4.

The best "read" I've had all summer. The setting is an archeological dig in Mexico. The characters are very human, and intuitively helping each other to heal, while working hard and playing hard. The Mayan history is fascinating. The jungle is described vividly. The laughter and the love bubble up easily. The jacket cover says "a powerful story of personal redemption and marital survival." And it's told with wit and clever wordplay. A lot of fun.