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Canoeing the Jersey Pine Barrens Review

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(More customer reviews)Although the fast paced development of this area makes a guide such as this very difficult to keep updated and current, this was a much needed revision to the original guides. The history, obstacles, maps & charts, launch & rental sites, approximate paddling times, and grades for each river make this guide ideal for both canoeists and kayakers. Listings for Pinelands preservation and conservation organizations are also included so those who treasure these rivers can support the cause. If you are paddling in NJ, you won't want to miss at least one of the Pine Barren Rivers and this is the guide you will need.

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Start with detailed river descriptions. Add intriguing information about the region's geological, social, environmental, and botanical history. Sprinkle in some savvy tips on maneuvering a canoe. The result is this fifth edition of "Canoeing the Jersey Pine Barrens," the most comprehensive guide to canoeing in this area. Author Robert Parnes reveals the region's fascinating history and presents the 14 rivers most suitable for canoeing in the Pine Barrens. Each chapter features a particular river, brook, or creek and lists driving routes to reach it as well as area campgrounds, canoe-rental agencies, and public amenities. Accompanying maps and charts detail all the access points to each river, points of interest along the way, distances between those points, and approximate canoeing times.

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Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal: How to Avoid Hidden Toxins in Your Food Review

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(More customer reviews)I was very disappointed in the topics covered in this book, particularly the fact that Mr. Mindell actually PROMOTES the use of vegetable oils without mentioning their dangers, rather than recommending the healthy fats of olive oil, coconut oil and even butter. He makes virtually no mention of the dangers of trans fatty acids/partially hydrogenated oils. That alone was reason enough for me to close the book and go back to better sources of information. If interested, please check out "The Good Fat Cookbook" by Fran McCullough, "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon or the website www.westonaprice.org for extremely interesting and enlightening information.

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The ultimate health-defense guide for eating wisely and safely

Food manufacturers rely increasingly on the use of chemicals to produce larger crops and livestock and to extend the shelf lives of products. Foods once considered safe are being tagged as potential health hazards on a regular basis. Contaminated beef, orange juice carrying salmonella--the list continues to grow. The nearly 3,000 additives being concealed in food products can cause everything from asthma and headaches to heart problems, miscarriages, cancer, and more. Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal, a bestseller in its previous edition, is the consumer's best weapon against the hidden hazards in food, drink, herbs, and medicines.

Dr. Earl Mindell, one of America's leading nutrition experts, exposes the food industry's chemical cover-ups and provides crucial information on what to look out for when shopping, cooking, and taking medications. This thoroughly revised, updated edition includes coverage of genetically modified foods as well as foods designed to provide specific health benefits.

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The Complete Potter: Sawdust Firing Review

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(More customer reviews)This text is a great reference for the potter beginning to work with unglazed firing techinques, and for the experienced potter seeking new ideas. There are slip recipes, definition explanations, and interviews with contemporary working artists. Beautiful photos intersperrsed throughout the text, both color and black and white, illustrate a number of technique results. A variety of kiln assemblies are described, including pit fire kilns and above ground models. Sawdust Firing is an interesting, easy read packed with information and a number of artist's personal preferences regarding their techniques. I highly recommend it to any individual curious about the art - this book makes unglazed firing very accessible, even to beginners.

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In The Beginning...There Were No Diapers: Laughing and Learning In The First Years Of Fatherhood Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is funny; I mean REALLY funny. Tim Bete is the Dave Barry for parents of young kids, so if you like to laugh, then you'll love reading this one.
In fact, my family could tell whenever I was reading it because they'd hear my annoying, "HA! HA! HA!" from every room of the house. I couldn't put it down because it felt so good to laugh. I've decided it's a much easier route to six-pack abs than sit-ups. Just read this book and you'll get a major abdominal workout!
IN THE BEGINNING...THERE WERE NO DIAPERS is divided into 19 short chapters that each focus on one area of parenting young children. With titles such as, "The Miraculous World of Potty Training," "Five Loaves, Two Fish -- What, No Tarter Sauce?" and "Daddy's NOT going to Buy You a Mockingbird," you can get an idea of how funny Bete is.
Laughter is important for stressed-out parents. We may feel like we're the only one dealing with certain behavior issues -- single parents, especially, may have no one who can share the burden. But a book like this one helps fill in the gaps.
This would make a great gift for any Dad - but I know moms will love it too. Bete lets you peek into his house and show you how he turns those moments of "Uh-oh" (the tooth fairy forgot to visit...) into moments of "Ah-ha! Close your eyes and she'll leave you a surprise" (It may even be money...or other unknown contents from a rapidly emptied pocket!)
I can't tell you how hard I laughed when Tim described what it's like to change a baby's diaper in an airplane bathroom. Yes, I've done it! Most parents can relate to the strange places you're forced to do such a chore.
And how insane we feel when we have to read the same book over and over (AND OVER) again. "I tried sliding it under a chair cushion," he writes about his son wanting to hear The Lion King every time his wife had a prenatal visit. "But no matter where I hid it, it always appeared at the top of the book pile at our next visit." To this day, "Hakuna Matata" sends shivers up his spine "as if I heard the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard."
If you're a group leader for any kind of parent organization, this book would be great to have for a break-the-ice reading or gift for new members. You'll unite every listener who has been there, done that...or is in the midst of being there, doing that.
Although each chapter focuses on a modern parenting miracle, the biggest miracle of all will be how you can put this book down!
--Reviewed by Heather Lynn Ivester for Mind & Media

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In Praise of Falling (Pitt Poetry Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was repeatedly surprised and delighted with this remarkable book of poetry. Cheryl Dumesnil has an incredible sense of balance. Her poetry is full of heart, but never mawkish. She is witty, but she never lets cleverness eclipse feeling; she surprises and startles us, but there is no deliberate shock value in her choices of word or image. You never feel manipulated. She writes of a soldier, posing for a snapshot as he leaves his ramshackle family home to fight a hopeless war in a far away country, and while the reader is always conscious that he is facing death or worse, she gives you another perspective:
the soldier's creased shoulders
wait to grow chevrons: inverted Vs
flying upward; out of this place
This revealing step in an unexpected direction happens in several of her poems--a young woman's tryst with a boyfriend is not the tribute to the sweetness of newly-discovered sexuality or lament for lost innocence we anticipate; it is instead a portrait of desperate flight--or perhaps a taste of the ecstasy of escape?
Dumesnil never becomes formulaic as she expresses her unique vision of the world. She's just-- different. So she sees differently. And--lucky us--she shares her perspective with feeling and with skill and wakes us up to this fine and perplexing world in a way that's all her own.

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The poems in this collection are the proverbial spring bulbs abandoned in the basement, growing toward a slim crack of sunlight. They are both aware of the limitations of social structures and forcefully committed to breaking out of those traps, urging toward a better way of living. The characters in these poems resist the twenty-first century's prescription for a life of emotional-spiritual bankruptcy, reaching toward an ever-elusive glimmer on the horizon.

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My Name Isn't Martha But I Can Renovate My Home Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is an excellent tool for anyone looking to renovate their home. Althought I've not yet finished reading it, I can tell that this book is a very valuable addition to anyone's library. The time and money you can save using My Name Isn't Martha. . . makes it a must buy for anyone even considering home renovation in the future.

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Buying a Home in Spain: A Survival Handbook Review

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(More customer reviews)Buying a Home in Spain by David Hampshire not only gives a variety of factual information about Spain, it reads like a novel. The book is up to date and discusses all aspects of day to day life in Spain. No matter if you are interested in the legal system, business, social life or want to know about the different areas, this book has it all. I appreciate the book most because it is written in a way that it will inform you no matter where you currently live. If you want to read just one book about living in Spain; this one excellent.

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Written in an entertaining style with a touch of humour, Buying a Home in Spain covers everything a prospective buyer could wish to know including buying for investment, the best places to live, finding your dream home, money matters, the purchase procedure, moving house, taxation, insurance, letting and much, much more. It is packed with vital information and insider tips to help readers avoid disasters that can turn their dream home into a nightmare. Buying a Home in Spain is essential reading for anyone planning to buy a home in Spain and is designed to guide readers through the property maze and save them time, trouble and money!

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