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The Christmas Miracle of JonathanToomey

A lovely story and written for children AND adults. Our Minister read the entire book one Sunday morning in place of his regular sermon and it was met with great praise from the congregation. It inspired me to get the book for myself as I have 3 great-grandchildren that will soon be ready to hear this wonderful story. Because this book is out of print, it's wise to be sure that you're getting a new or like -new book as I had a previous bad experience with a soiled and torn copy.B0006DJZRA5002009-01-08

Excellent In Every Way

A meaningful, well-written and paced story. Accessible to children, but still plenty interesting (and moving) for adults. The illustrations are just what you would expect from P.J. Lynch - a perfection of warmth and realism. He is quickly becoming my favorite illustrator. A good read whether or not it's Christmas time, but especially at Christmas. B0006DJZRA5002009-01-08

Our New Family Favorite

We purchased this book upon my sister's recommendation. We absolutely loved it. I sat the whole family down and read it to them, even my teenagers. It provided some really nice new conversation about the Nativity and also about how grumpy, unhappy people can be softened with kindness and service. I highly recommend this book.B0006DJZRA5002008-12-12

An Excellent Christmas Read!

This is one of those books that adults and children alike will enjoy for the Christmas season! Definitely worth having in every family collection.B0006DJZRA5002008-01-01

great book!

Great book...good quality...arrived in record time. I will highly recommend ordering this book for a Christmas present for any age.When the widow McDowell and her son Thomas knock at the woodcarver, Jonathan Toomey's door one winter's day, they receive a frosty reception. Jonathan has been hard and cold since the death of his wife and daughter, but as Thomas watches him work, a miracle occurs to warm his sad, chill heart.0688162673B000UAE7P4014055877206874536310825441749227255General227254Agricultural Sciences173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books713577011General AAS227254Agricultural Sciences173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books0831127112http://www.amazon.com/Machinerys-Handbook-27th-Large-Print/dp/0831127112%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0831127112452432http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EKMPBZ6DL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EKMPBZ6DL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EKMPBZ6DL.jpg475318Franklin D JonesHenry H RyffelErik ObergChristopher J McCauleyRicardo M HealdHardcover6709780831127114Large Print2600831127112Industrial Press, Inc.EnglishEnglishEnglish10007151USD$71.51Industrial Press, Inc.12704Book2004-01-03Industrial Press, Inc.Industrial Press, Inc.5257508395USD$83.953999USD$39.991900005.045908311271125002009-06-08

One of the best

This book is a great book to have no matter what field of engineering you are in. Even if you draw on CAD all day, you will still want to have this book. A great book to have for a reference.08311271125112008-04-29

What a thick book! I hope it has some pictures!

It is hard to describe how indispensable this book becomes once you own it. Extremely rich reference for all things mechanical. Not only tables, very interesting reading material too. <br />I've been reading it as a bedside book for a month, and the knowledge within seems endless. <br />I got the small print version, no complaints about that. Maybe in 20 years it will make a difference, though. <br />The only issue are units: some info in metric system, other imperial. But A++ still.08311271125012008-01-27

Machinery Handbook

I have always needed one of these now I have one. I am so glad I really needed it.08311271125002007-12-21

Delivered as promised

The product was delivered as promised in new/as new condition. The book is very informational for machinists and engineers alike.08311271125002007-12-20

GREAT FOR MECHANICAL DESIGN

I AM A DESIGNER/ DRAFTER AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS BOOK HAS ADVANCED MY KNOWLEDGE GREATLY IN MECHANICAL DESIGN.Celebrating its 90th year, the newest edition of "The Bible" in its field brings together volumes of knowledge, information and data gathered, revised and improved upon from experts throughout the mechanical industries. Extraordinarily comprehensive yet easy to use since it premiered, <b><i>Machinery’s Handbook</i></b> provides mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, draftsmen, toolmakers, and machinists with a broad range material, from the very basic to the more advanced. It has always, and continues to provide industry fundamentals and standards while it moves into the 21st century with material reflecting technological advances and offering vast editorial improvements, making the 27th Edition the best tool…ever! <br> <P><b>New Features</b><br> -A new more usable organization…every section has been reformatted so that you will never have to search outside of that area for information on the topic you are exploring.<br> -30% MORE math coverage…from the basic to the advanced, you’ll find fractions, positive and negative numbers, derivatives and integrals, analytical geometry, circular segments, matrices and engineering economics.<br> -New or revised material on…cutting tools, screw threads, symbols and abbreviations, threads and threading, disc springs, properties and materials, sine bars, and sheet metal.<br> -Updated Standards.<br> -New individual indices for standards, materials, and interactive equations.00714286740831128992083112802X007072542X0831132272713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books226500Advanced Mechanics226498Aerospace173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books226524Mechanics227541Civil173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books13768Machinery227550Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books13760General227550Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books713556011General AAS227550Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books13792Machinery13778Mechanical173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books13788General13778Mechanical173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books713559011General AAS13778Mechanical173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books226717Agricultural Engineering226715Special Topics173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books13756General173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books713546011General AAS173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books227255General227254Agricultural Sciences173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books713577011General AAS227254Agricultural Sciences173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books13857General75Science1000Subjects283155Books713674011General AAS75Science1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books394182011Large Print394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0006DK7R2http://www.amazon.com/Evaluability-assessments-economic-development-programs/dp/B0006DK7R2%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0006DK7R2George W MayeskeUnknown BindingExtension Service, U.S. Dept. of AgricultureEnglishEnglishExtension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture60Book1992Extension Service, U.S. Dept. of AgricultureExtension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture0000005.0398B0006DK7R23332006-12-14

Very very weird, and not what it seems

This is an unusual book, strange in so many ways I'm going to have trouble listing them all. I'll try, though. I will say that at some level I enjoyed this book, and if you can overcome the shortcomings that I'll list below, you may enjoy it more than I did. <br /> <br />For one thing, there's the issue of the author's name. This *isn't* the Michael Collins who was the first president of Ireland (of course not, he's been dead for 80 years) though the author was born over there. He's also not the astronaut who stayed on Apollo 11 while Armstrong and Aldrin wandered around on the moon. And he's also not Dennis Lynds, who has a series of detective novels featuring a one-armed private eye named Dan Fortune, and who writes novels under the pen name Michael Collins. This is the other other other Michael Collins. Very weird. <br /> <br />The plot of the book is pretty complex. All of the plot takes place in the late 1970s, a strange choice for the author. It works at some levels, though. Frank Cassidy is a small-time next-to-nothing, working at a burger joint, married to a woman who is at first a dispatcher for a trucking company. They have two kids, though the older one is from her previous marriage. Frank gets word that his uncle has died, and he decides to return to his hometown for the funeral. However his cousin and the cousin's wife are very angry at this. <br /> <br />This is where things begin to get strange. It turns out that Frank's wife, Honey, was married before, and her husband killed two people and is now on Death Row. She beats the son she had with the first husband. Frank, meanwhile, steals cars and money in order to finance their trip back home. As the novel progresses, there's not a single solitary character in the whole plot who's truly honest, good-hearted, and/or selfless. Everyone's out for themselves, dishonest, and nasty. It's sort of a cross between American Beauty and The Grapes of Wrath. <br /> <br />One point I think worth making is that the author isn't an American. You've got to wonder what these guys are thinking (I'm thinking of the guy who wrote American Beauty) when they move here in order to write stuff and tell us what jerks we are. I wonder if an American could move to Britain or Ireland and write a novel like this, and get it published, let alone receive awards. Needless to say, all the gushing blurbs on the back of the book are from British and Irish newspapers, which all insist (of course) that it reveals "America's long malaise". <br /> <br />The author *can* write, though. There's not that much of a plot, unfortunately. Instead, we get a bleak, desolate account of Middle America a quarter century ago. While the author isn't positive about anything, it's interesting to watch the characters wander through the plot. The mystery angle isn't (as is traditional) important to the book, and the solution, when revealed, seems rather forced and quick. Luckily, as I said, it's not that significant. <br /> <br />I enjoyed this book within these parameters. I might recommend it, but you've got to be aware of how annoying it can be at times. <br /> <br />This is where things get weird, however.B0006DK7R25222005-08-07

"I got vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals."

Frank Cassidy lives on the fringes of society in a succession of demeaning jobs, a wife with an ex-husband on death row in Georgia, an angst-riddled stepson waiting for his father to be executed and an innocent pre-schooler, obsessed with his toy dinosaurs. Frank's edge-of-desperation lifestyle can be traced back to his childhood, his father and mother killed in a fire that erupted on the family farm when Frank was five-years old. His memories of that time are dim, shaped by the overwhelming presence of his uncle, who raised him as one of his own, and the psychological evaluations the doctor hoped would unlock Frank's fragmented memory of the night of the conflagration. <br /> <br />As soon as he is old enough, Frank leaves the farm behind, along with all family connections, to make his way in a hostile world with no patience for an emotionally damaged survivor. His life since then has been a series of misdemeanors, an anti-social approach to the rest of mankind. Frank views his occasional petty crimes as the natural evolution of a careful society, like car theft, his deeds "preordained statistical probability", but refuses to believe that "stupidity and desperation equate to evil". When he reads of his uncle's murder, Frank gathers his family and heads for the past, a dark trek from New Jersey to the vast, empty cold of the far north in Michigan. <br /> <br />Along the way, Frank telephones his cousin at the farm, arguing about the purpose of the trip and the resolution of a shattered history. For Frank, this journey is like poking a stick at a bad tooth, as painful memories surge, taunting and confusing his every action, his haunted youth returning with savage intensity. He makes his way back to the kind of town nobody would willingly return to unless called by tragedy or loss. People here live in despair, inhabiting days frozen in minimal needs and obligations, waiting to thaw. At each phase of his odyssey, Frank is beset by images and memories, the flickering light of a television screen in a starless night, black and white reruns the backdrop for a tragedy buried in his subconscious that fills him with a vague sense of guilt, a mistrust of his own motivations. <br /> <br />Thirty years after the traumatic events that stole his childhood, Frank is called back into the chaos of his youth, the self-destruction that has defined every rebellious action since. Both distressed and comforted by a suffering family he can barely provide for, Frank plunges into what remains of his world, forced to redefine time and place, to make a stand in this frozen wilderness, drawing courage from his own need for resolution and the love of his dysfunctional family. He does so with consummate grace, a tragic character cart-wheeling through free-associative hell on a collision course with the truth. The prose is shadowed and disturbing, a painful view of the underbelly of American life, where the have-nots gather around a burning trash can in hopes of warmth in an indifferent landscape. Luan Gaines/2005. <br />B0006DK7R25112005-01-02

A Pleasure to read

This book is a pleasure to read. The writing style is effortless - Mr Collins is a skillful and inventive writer. <br /> <br />The story follows a 1970s family who return to the Frank Cassidy's hometown for his dad's funeral. As the mystery around the death unfolds, other themes are also addressed. In a couple of generations Frank's family has moved from primary industry, mining and farming, into the service econony (flipping burgers). The novel shows the impact on families, on men and women and their ideas of their place in the world. Some people can survive in the modern world of corporate farming, of colleges which free people from their tie to the soil. It is not an easy journey but the ability of people to survive shines through, especially when the benefits of education are used to change for the better. In the background the impact of a war fought overseas is also in the air. <br /> <br />Ultimately, a novel about hope. Perhaps even an update of the American dream? Great book, deserves more recognition.B0006DK7R25012004-06-12

Existential adventure

The hero is a pragmatist in a Godless world. The protagonist, Frank Cassidy, had not had a day off in two years when he quits his job in New Jersey to go the the Upper Peninsula, Michigan for reason of a death in the family. He steals a car and later robs a man named Melvin. Frank's brother-cousin and his wife, Norman and Martha, dread the arrival of Frank and Honey and Robert Lee and Ernie, the children. <p>In the boarding house where they stay there is a hint of opulence. It is learned that the body of the deceased uncle, Ward, is being held by the authorities. Honey feels they should try to get jobs in the town. Frank works as a security guard and Honey in the business office of a college undergoing a transition from a community college to a four years residential college with a Great Books curriculum. <p>For Thanksgiving it is decided to eat at Cedar Lodge and stay there through the long weekend. Listed winter activities are ice skating and ice fishing. In a telephone call Frank learns that his cousin Norman is collapsing. Norman upended the sheriff's car when served with papers of foreclosure. Frank and his family go to Norman's place where it is discovered the dairy herd has been killed. In the end Frank uncovers and clarifies mysteries that have always surrounded his boyhood. The atmosphere created by the author matches the subject of the search for meaning by being indeterminate, foggy, bewildering. The children are presented in interesting realistic detail.B0006DK7R23252004-03-29

Nothing special

~ Frank Cassidy learns in a newspaper of the death - possibly, murder - of his uncle, and goes back to North America to investigate any possibility of inheritance; to find out why his uncle died; and to sort out loose ends left in his head from a fire at his family farm in his childhood...<p>This book starts off quite promisingly. The writer evidently knows the mechanics of how to write well. But the book lacks sufficient plot after about the first hundred pages (of a 360-page book) to keep the reader very interested in continuing with it. The journey to the end of the book becomes boring, too unstimulating, too slow, too drawn out, with too much description and detail just for the sake of giving description and detail, too much describing of humdrum life, with the reader wondering if the book is going to go anywhere sufficiently interesting to be worth going on turning the pages. The characters in the book aren't made particularly interesting in themselves. The story ceases to be interesting. The reader is left in the dark for too long as to where the book is heading to, or why all the details are supposed to be interesting, or what the point of the book is supposed to be. Whilst what really happened many years before, in Frank's childhood, is revealed to us in the last fifteen pages of the book, by the time the reader gets there, he will probably have lost interest in the tale anyway.<p>A few specifics in the plot that didn't really seem to fit together well:<br>1. It seemed odd for Frank just to dump Juniper, the family pet, in someone else's car, and for that action then just to be accepted by the rest of the family.<br>2. It seemed odd for Frank to go back home with specific personal missions in his mind, but yet then never actually to get round to meeting up with Norman and Martha face to face for the whole time he was up there.<br>3. It seemed odd for Norman and Martha just to run away without saying more to anyone, after their herd was slaughtered.<br>4. Why Chester Green was suddenly being referred to as 'the Sleeper' didn't seem to be explained.<br>5. It seemed odd for Frank, not rich, not to want to salvage any possessions from either house before they were bulldozed.<br>6. It seemed odd and too convenient for Frank suddenly to be interrogating Baxter, his new co-worker, for information, which was forthcoming, as soon as he met him.<br>7. It seemed odd for Frank just to be allowed to be left alone with Chester Green in a hospital unsupervised, particularly in later visits after he had already been suspected of trying to harm or interfere with Chester Green earlier on. <br>8. Why Baxter suddenly ended up in the sanatorium following the window-smashing incident and ended up getting ECT treatment wasn't very clear. <br>9. Frank suddenly realising his mother had died in a fall many years ago, by listening to tapes, didn't really ring very true. <br>10. The detail at the end of the book (page 357), of Frank killing the paralysed 'Chester Green' in the sanatorium, seemed to be a detail borrowed straight out of 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest', where the huge red indian suffocates the comitose Jack Nicholson at the end of that film. That conclusion seems to be borne out by a reference to 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' in this book, just a page later (page 358).<p>All in all, this was not a very satisfying book, for a variety of reasons - mainly lack of interesting plot and lack of interesting characters. The solitude of the Upper Michigan Peninsula is Michael Collins’s heart of darkness in this compelling story of the unquiet dead. Frank Cassidy’s parents burned to death almost thirty years ago; now his uncle is dead—shot by a mysterious stranger who lies in a coma in the local hospital. Frank, working menial jobs to support his unfaithful wife and two children, heads north in a series of stolen cars to dispute his cousin’s claim to the family farm. Once there, Frank wants answers, but realizes that what he is searching for—and the promise of the American Dream—is quickly receding from his grasp. Brilliant and unsettling, <I>The Resurrectionists</I> is an ironic yet chilling display of American culture in the seventies and a compassionate novel about a man struggling to overcome the crimes and burdens of his past.B000BTH4YA15969122940802170390B000HWYT3KB000F6Z8F6226682General226680Agricultural Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books713675011General AAS226680Agricultural Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books0972966587http://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Deception-Government-Genetically-Engineered/dp/0972966587%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D097296658730463http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515BBTBDY9L._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515BBTBDY9L._SL160_.jpg160106http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515BBTBDY9L.jpg475315Jeffrey M. SmithPaperback66497809729665801000972966587Yes! BooksEnglishEnglishEnglish8901795USD$17.95Yes! Books1304Book2003-09Yes! BooksYes! 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A Must Read!

The majority of people I mention genetically modified food to have very little to say about it because they don't know what it really is, much less the dangers GMO's impose on our health, the environment, and freedom of choice. This book is an easy and extremely informative read about the topic of GM foods. It is a perfect beginning to learning the history, corruption and dangers that come hand-in-hand with genetically modified food. Please read and pass on!09729665875112009-05-10

Astounding! Superb! An absolute bombshell!

One can not exaggerate the praise that this piece of work deserves. The author does an outstanding job in researching and documenting the stunning amount of explicit deceit on the part of the regulators, GM companies and many scientists that are involved in GM research. <br />The way that the GM companies like Monsanto unashamedly persecute and bully those who raise safely concerns is extremely disturbing considering the potential dangers that the product poses. What is even more worrying is the distinct lack of research into the effects on humans, and what worries me even more than this is when research is done showing the harm that GM products cause, GM companies flagrantly throw their weight around to either stop the paper being published or blatantly fabricate or distort evidence to discredit the paper, even when they know that their product is unsafe. Now I'm sure that this happens in aspects of all industries, but this is entirely unacceptable with a food product, especially one as radical as GM foods. <br />There are so many severe risks associated with GM foods that it makes me wonder if there could ever be a situation which would warrant the gamble of using GM foods. <br /> <br />The main concern that I have about this book is it's age, although it is only six years old, six years in science years is a long time, much of the information that is presented in this book could well be obsolete by now. <br /> <br />The author explains the complex world of biology and genetics in very easy to understand English, he gives the reader a firsthand understanding of how GM is done and the problems that manifest themselves at the fundamental gene level. <br />I would really be hard-pressed to give this book anything less than five stars. The author addresses the issue with the uttermost impartiality and integrity. <br /> <br />Five Stars <br />09729665875112009-02-17

Please please please read this book

Seeds of Deception is foremost a very important book. It is important for anyone who eats food to read! It is well written and keeps one's interest all the way thru. How could it not! <br /> <br />Learn about how our dairy farmers are injecting their cows with rBGH, a genetically engineered bovine growth hormone to increase milk production. It also gives them boob infections called mastitis. So the farmers give them shots of anitbiotics, various kinds depending on the farmer, or availability. rBGH is called "cow crack" because it speeds them up. It makes them miserable and it is all to increase milk production so that farmers get more milk subsidies from the government, not because we need more milk. And does pasteurization get rid of the rBGH? No. Are we drinking it? Yes. Are we also drinking the antibiotics? Yes. Should we be drinking organic milk? Yes. Personally I have been buying organic milk only, for over four years, and it tastes better than 'ordinary' milk. Every carton is delicious, unlike regular milk which half the time I dump down the sink because it tastes terrible. <br /> <br />Back to the book: "Contrary to the assurances of the biotech companies that genetic engineering is precise and simply extends traditional breeding techniques, it is actually quite different. When genetic crops are engineered, the gene is inserted randomly, out of a sequence that has evolved over hundreds of millions of years. Although engineers assumed that each gene creates a single protein, the very recent discovery that human beings have only some 30,000 genes...shows that this premise was wrong. (until a few yrs ago it was believed that humans had approx 100,000 genes). <br /> <br />"Further, genes interact; one gene may trigger other unpredicted and undesired effects."...."The random position and lack of control of the gene's functions could change any character of the plant and might not be evident immediately." "for example , unexpected deformities in GM soy, and cotton crops." ....the accidental switching on of a host organism's gene at random...... horizontal gene transfer, where genes can jump between organisms with unpredictable consequences. <br /> <br />G.M. DNA does in fact transfer to bacteria in the human gut - previously thought impossible."... genetically modified organisms are not rigorously tested. They are not as nutritious as our old fashioned food. (In my opinion they don't taste very good either). Baby food, allergies, ...might affect sexual development in children and bowell obstruction...... food derived illnesses are doubled (cdc) in the past 7 yrs..... rise in allergies - 50% increase in soy allergies. <br /> <br />Researchers doctor their studies to avoid finding problems with GM foods. (they could lose their research grants and/or their jobs). example: re rBGH study, cows that got sick were dropped from rBGH studies while cows that were pregnant before treatment were counted as support that the drug didn't interfere with fertility..... <br /> <br />Conflicts of interest gallore. Suppression and vilification of scientists who try to convey research info to the public that is deemed to harm the industry. FDA corruption. "Former FDA Commissioner ' The thing that bugs me is that people think the FDA is protecting them. It isn't. What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks it's doing are as different as night and day." <br /> <br />Biotech industry folks working in high positions in the U.S. government. "Muscling the Media; threats to sue keep absolutely everyone quiet except for a brave few (like this author). Do we ever hear discussions about gm foods on television? NO. ...do animals enjoy eating gm food? No. Is the government relying on the biotech companies to test their own products? Yes. Are they actually testing their products? No. <br /> <br />The White House, no matter the President , has always supported the biotech industry "at the expense of human health". Campaign contributions, bribery, billions of lobby dollars, threats, corruption, beyond belief. And not only in the U.S.. In Canada, Dr. Margaret Haydon tried to refuse to approve rBGH "due to her concerns for human health. She was taken off the case." <br /> <br />"Genetic engineering presents probably the largest ethical problem that science has ever had to face." "Going ahead in this direction may be not only unwise, but dangerous. Potentially, it could breed new animal and plant diseases, new sources of cancer, novel epidemics." <br /> <br />And of course the growers of gm crops must use specific insecticides (Roundup) manufactured by the same biotech companies that made the seeds. The list goes on and on. <br /> <br />An important book. Read it. You'll change your eating/buying habits immediately. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />09729665874112008-09-04

Time to clean out the fridge

After reading this book I have to consider Monsanto not just to be a typical greedy make money at all costs multi-national corporation but given their prior history, even before what they are doing with genetically modified foods an out and out threat to humanity. Plus what the global elites are doing with the Svalbard seedbank that was funded by Rockefeller and Bill Gates money I almost have to wonder if they are planning on out and out poisoning us all through the toxic corporate controlled food supply. I am grateful that I live in Europe where there has been opposition to genetically modified foods and for the most part they have been kept off of the shelf but I fear its only a matter of time before they find a way to worm their way in. Thank you Jeffrey Smith for being a real journalist/investigative writer and exposing Monsanto and their ilk!09729665875552008-01-02

You Are What You Eat, This is Food for Thought

A decade ago, what we ate wasn't on the radar of most people. The musings of a few hermits, a handful of anti-government critics and your garden variety assortment of conspiracy theorists and crazy people was all that one had when it came a debate on whats being done to our nation's food supply. <br /> <br />Thats why Seeds of Deception is such a welcome addition to my bookshelf. For the first time there is well-researched publication with sources cited and ducks in a row that provides the reader with a through, in-depth look into how today's scientific community is damaging our food supply with their manipulative practices designed to milk farmers - and the American public - for every last red cent possible. <br /> <br />Other countries do not have the problems with obesity, diabetes and other similar diseases that Americans do. While the media takes the approach that its just the way we are, some are not willing to accept that explanation as fact. Seeds of Deception goes a long way towards exploring the possibility that this is not just another evolutionary fact of life on our green and blue planet, but something a bit more down to earth, man made and much more sinister.This explosive exposé reveals what the biotech industry doesn’t want you to know—how industry manipulation and political collusion, not sound science, allow dangerous genetically engineered food into your daily diet. Company research is rigged, alarming evidence of health dangers is covered up, and intense political pressure applied. Chapters read like adventure stories and are hard to put down: <P>- Scientists were offered bribes or threatened. Evidence was stolen. Data was omitted or distorted. <BR>- Government employees who complained were harassed, stripped of responsibilities, or fired. <BR>- Laboratory rats fed a GM crop developed stomach lesions and seven of the forty died within two weeks. The crop was approved without further tests. <BR>- The only independent in-depth feeding study ever conducted showed evidence of alarming health dangers. When the scientist tried to alert the public, he lost his job and was silenced with threats of a lawsuit. <P>Read the actual internal memos by FDA scientists, warning of toxins, allergies, and new diseases—all ignored by their superiors, including a former attorney for Monsanto. Learn why the FDA withheld information from Congress after a genetically modified supplement killed nearly a hundred people and disabled thousands. <P>Jeffrey Smith has worked in the field of GM foods for nearly a decade—with nonprofit and political groups and at a GMO detection laboratory. His masterful writing style captivates and charms, while his meticulously documented facts leave no doubt about a massive injustice. Eating such experimental food is gambling with your health. Find out how you can protect yourself and your family.097296652809737147271583225269045228839801431149644628General282861Nutrition10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books713272011General AAS282861Nutrition10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books298657General10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books713243011General AAS10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books194825011General227258Food Sciences227254Agricultural Sciences173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books227278Biotechnology227266Biological Sciences173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books14494Food Science226680Agricultural Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books13518Biotechnology13469Biological Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR2GHYNNGZEIKZRSustainable CultureR3C2MXBTTABI5FDefeat the New World OrderR2PQ370MT7381QThe World of GeneticsR2M4NSDKVPGB54Building A Sustainable Food SystemR1LWSI4TLV1W5JSaving seeds & farms from GMOs and agribiz cartels.R3LCCKXVEI007FHuman Extinction or SurvivalRFTDCY7QA63KNOn Being & Becoming Vegetarian12QMAXCMQQQKNUnderstanding the World36DR4MAC2UBLNControversial Health Topics39ROVO6F9A9ZF16 Exposes that Tell the Truth About Today's FoodB00071VC6Ihttp://www.amazon.com/Forced-air-cooling-AG-M-Boyette/dp/B00071VC6I%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00071VC6IM. D BoyetteUnknown BindingN.C. Agricultural Extension ServiceEnglishEnglishN.C. Agricultural Extension ServiceBook1989N.C. Agricultural Extension ServiceN.C. Agricultural Extension Service0000005.0225B00071VC6I5012008-03-12

Simple Justice: Masterful Story Telling of Historical Events

have a problem with using words like "brilliant", "masterful" and "intelligent." But willing apply all words to this brilliant book, masterfully research and intelligently told. <br /> <br />The author gives a very full and complete treatise on Brown versus the Board of Education, but of greater interest, he writes of all the history that lead up to the ruling. <br /> <br />An exceptional book chronicling an extremely important issue in our country's history. <br />B00071VC6I5012007-08-09

Separate but Equal is Inherently Unequal

Long a mainstay of every 1L's pre-law school summer reading list, SIMPLE JUSTICE is more than a retelling of the tortured history of the landmark cases now known collectively as Brown v. Board of Ed. It is more than a retelling of the agonizing struggles of both gifted and ordinary people---black and white and every other---to reverse the four centuries of racial disparagement that make up the ugliest of all underpinnings of the American Experiment. What SIMPLE JUSTICE is, is an exhaustive sociological history of race relations in the United States to the 1950s. <br /> <br />It is a book every American should read. The endemic quality of racism in the American psyche is so overwhelming that it is easy to lose the human element. SIMPLE JUSTICE restores that element with sensitive, intelligent writing, exhaustive and documented research, and a tone which is pitch perfect, strident when need be, reasoned and thoughtful throughout. Ultimately optimistic, SIMPLE JUSTICE will renew your belief in the American system even while tempering it. <br /> <br />In it's retelling of nightmarish incident after nightmarish incident (the explosive and hideous lynchings are often easier to understand than the equally hideous and more subtle segregation and caricaturing that endured for, it seems, ever), SIMPLE JUSTICE shows us an America riven by its view of itself as a noble nation being eaten by the canker in its soul. <br /> <br />Although many Americans now consider race discrimination passe, it is not so hard to see the continuation of a pattern of violence toward blacks and the denigration of the black experience, even today. And yet, there is more, for not only are Black Americans denigrated, but White Americans as well, both suffering because this nation is only a fraction of what it might othewise be. <br /> <br />SIMPLE JUSTICE is a crucial Civics lesson. Read it to learn. Read it to know. Read it. Read it again. <br /> B00071VC6I5122006-08-07

one of the best books ever written

This is certainly the best book ever written -- the best book that ever will be written -- about race, law and American society. It is a remarkably insightful history and one of the most stunning existing examples of narrative journalism. It is a masterpiece. B00071VC6I5122006-07-07

Moving and Informative

I'm a fan of nonfiction works and this easily moved to my top 5 favorite books. When I was growing up there were no courses on the contributions blacks made to America. There was no black history month. And I was cheated. I'm a 50+ white woman who lived through desegregation and had no clue that it was a struggle. I honestly don't remember a time when my elementary classes were all white but they must have been. I do remember clearly when my elementary class stopped being all white. That was when Richard Harris became my Batman buddy. On the aftenoons following the show we would go to the neighborhood soda shop and have a coke and discuss all the action of the previous evening's show and check for new Batman bubble gum cards with the intensity that only 5th graders can bring to such an important endeavor. It felt normal to chat Batman with Richard; and I'm so sorry for all the children that had such a dumb practice as segregation rob them of those moments. <br /> <br />This book read like a thiriller for me. Couldn't put it down. Underlined and highlighted parts. Read other sections out loud to my husband and to some friends at work. This is American history. Everyone should have the opportunity to learn about the value of education, the value of varied experiences and the perseverance to acquire the rights that should never have been denied to the black people. It's made me hungry to know more and I'll be keeping my eye out for other works by Kluger. Excellent author.B00071VC6I5232005-08-13

Compelling and original arguments and a fresh analysis of America's black & white race relations

I just finished this book, A Simple Justice, and it is fantastic. It's the story of Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, which is the landmark Supreme Court case that desegregated compulsory public schools in America. But it's so much more than that. After reading this book, I felt almost ashamed of my previous ignorance to the struggles and condition of black america at the hands of almost everyone else in the country. It is comprehensive in its scope and perspicacious in its analysis, sparing no feelings on either (or rather, any) side. I believe myself to be, for the most part, a judicious man when it comes to philosophical or sociological observations, but Kluger was able to open my eyes to angles I had previously missed on issues I thought I had resolved long ago. So if you're not too scared of big books, this one's worth the time.The Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education that outlawed school segregation and culminated a century long social and legal struggle to establish black equality in the U.S.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>0679723129067977267703073884921594600325159460189514494Food Science226680Agricultural Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155BooksB0006DJPIEhttp://www.amazon.com/Conflicts-surronding-agricultural-biotechnology-communication/dp/B0006DJPIE%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0006DJPIECynthia MatthesUnknown BindingCenter for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics, Texas A & M UniversityEnglishEnglishCenter for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics, Texas A & M University10Book1991Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics, Texas A & M UniversityCenter for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics, Texas A & M University0000005.0194B0006DJPIE5002009-06-05

All Ages

My son is 4 months shy of 2 years old. He knows this whole book cover to cover and has been able to say many of the words several months. I left this at home in Florida, and i try to say it from memorization. If I get hung up on where I was and what was next, he will prompt me. He loves this book! He sees it on the computer as I am typing now and just keeps saying "eyes see!" Highly recommended.B0006DJPIE5002009-03-30

great for toddlers

My 18 month old son really enjoys this book, along with the other books of the same theme. He especially enjoys The Nose Book and The Ear Book. We read them every day. I like the size of these books, as they are easy to take places and read in the car, and the pages are easy for little ones to turn while the book is on their laps.B0006DJPIE5002008-06-19

We Love It!

This is one of Dr. Seuss's best for very young children. It is fun to read, and will surely make you giggle, especially when you see the pink underpants! The pictures are cute and we always pause to talk about them. There are few words and soon your toddler will have them memorized, and be reading along with you. The kids and I highly recommend this book. <br /> <br />We also recommend "Jamberry" by Bruce Degen and "There's a Wocket in my Pocket" by Dr. Seuss.sB0006DJPIE5002008-06-19

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK

LOVE THIS BOOK. IT is silly but awesome. So memorable. My son loves this book! <br /> B0006DJPIE4002008-02-14

Easy and Simple

These books are smaller than I expected but I cant complain for the price. Good for young children. SimpleIn this delightful book, Dr. Seuss introduces the youngest children to the concept of sight and seeing, looking at a range of everyday things from colours and cutlery to socks and underpants! This title belongs to Dr. Seuss's Bright and Early Beginner Book series, designed especially for "Beginning Beginners" -- preschool children on the threshhold of learning to read. Using an exuberant combination of bright, bold pictures and rhythmic rhyme, Dr. Seuss introduces simple stories and concepts, adding a large helping of zany humour to help the youngest child make the all important connection between word and picture. Originally published under the pseudonym of Theo. LeSieg, The Eye Book is being relaunched with a stylish new cover design which reveals, for the first time, the true identity of the author -- Dr. Seuss himself!"My eyes see. His eyes see. I see him. And he sees me." With text as simple as simple can be, Theo. LeSieg (a.k.a. Theodore Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) uses humor and rhythm to encourage the very youngest children to discover the joy of reading. A big-eyed boy and a pink-eyed rabbit cavort through the book, seeing everything there is to see: a girl, a horse, an old tin can, the sun, the moon--even pink underpants (which makes them both blush). Rhyming objects give the brief "story" a lilting, happy cadence, and Joe Mathieu's cartoonish colorful pictures provide easy clues to the text. This is a friendly introduction to the wide, wondrous world of seeing and reading.<p> An offspring of the world-famous Beginner Books, Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners are designed for an even younger age group. Even preschoolers will be inspired to learn to read with these witty, appealing picture books. (Ages 2 to 5) <I>--Emilie Coulter</I>03758249280375824936067989048306798828040679886311226510Biotechnology226506Bioengineering173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books0908228015http://www.amazon.com/PERMACULTURE-Designers-Manual-Bill-Mollison/dp/0908228015%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D09082280157638http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V5T3TABRL._SL75_.jpg7556http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V5T3TABRL._SL160_.jpg160119http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V5T3TABRL.jpg475353Bill MollisonReny Mia SlayHardcover631.5897809082280101500908228015Tagari PublicationsEnglishEnglishEnglish10505000USD$50.00Tagari Publications1576Book1997-10-01Tagari PublicationsTagari Publications29584010499USD$104.997900USD$79.002800005.019409082280155112009-03-17

Sustainable is now possible, and then some

So many books show us just how unsustainable our societies are, and leave us feeling hopeless and powerless. This book, as a foundation of Permaculture Design, does just the opposite. There are many challenges in the world today, but there are also many solutions...if only we begin applying them. This book provides a framework to begin understanding the natural processes around us, and lays out principles of design that anyone can apply to redesign the way we interface with this world. We are each powerful enough to bring forth needed change. <br />We begin to understand the movement of the sun; the changes of climate; trees and plants and their interaction with their surrounding environment. Grow in your understanding of water and its role, how to store it and clean it and reuse it again and again; Increase your understanding of soil and its role in creating and maintaining life. Learn to design with consideration of the elements, begin to see the natural patterns which make up the world, utilize the resources already around us to meet the demands and needs that exist. <br />The most exciting part about Permaculture is how it can be applied anyplace, without big budgets, beginning today. Yet it is also relevant on a much broader and grander scale.09082280155002009-02-08

Price reduction?

was the book this expensive when it came out? I am sure its worth 100+ but these are all being sold by others sellers and not amazon. I wish the publisher would print a new edition, I am sure its not this expensive and people are trying to take advantage of people.09082280155112008-02-28

The classic

Mollison must be credited with promotion of the concept of Permaculture and this book is a world-wide view with enough examples to stimulate the thinking of a designer in any climate. It would be the bible for anyone working as an ecological designer on a worldwide scale. This tome includes not only a wealth of information but Mollison's personal views are given at every opportunity as well. With the breadth of his knowledge it can sometimes be helpful. That said, it is not an easy read. Mollison assumes familiarity with terminology from many disciplines, but with a scientific background it makes it all the more credible. <br /> <br />However, since its publication, there are other books for specific climate types that provide more detail. For those living in temperate climates, particularly the NE US, Dave Jacke/Eric Toensmeier's Edible Forest Gardens is more focused. If you live and plan to practice permaculture in only such climates, it should be sufficient. For the tropics, see [...] for a manual. 0908228015519192007-05-09

There is nothing better regarding Sustainability

Bill Mollison represents the most successful attempt to mainstream practical home-scale sustainable design principles. I found myself needing to do an enormous amount of supplementary research to actually understand what bill was talking about, but to explain them in depth here would have taken away from the thrust of the book - which is mainly to show you example after example (many on every page) at sustainable principles of design put into practice. <br /> <br />The book remains the best book on sustainability written to date. There are some aspects of his system that are lacking that I will briefly draw attention to. Understand that I deeply appreciate his genius, but I want to just mention that these other things need to be integrated into his system to be fully fully sustainable. <br /> <br />1) He doesn't pay enough attention to seed saving and plant breeding. A loss of seed diversity and a re-invigoration of seed savers is essential to truly sustainable self-sufficient design. <br /> <br />See: <br />Seed to Seed - by Suzanne Ashworth and Kent Whealy <br />Breed your own Vegetable Varieties - by Carol Deppe <br /> <br />2) He very rarely mentions the role mushrooms and fungi can play in sustainability. <br /> <br />See: <br />Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stamets <br /> <br />3) He doesn't stress the science behind it enough, which is fine, but leaves you asking sometimes... how do we know this is really ecologically sound? How can I NOT imitate mr. mollison but still create an ecologically sound system? Basically, Mollison's proscriptions are incredibly scientifically informed but not always scientifically explicit. <br /> <br />See: <br />Plant Ecophysiological Ecology <br />New Dimensions in Agro-Ecology <br />Smallholders, Householders: farm families and the ecology of intensive sustainable agriculture - by Rober Netting <br /> <br />4) In relation to the first point, he also doesn't stress the role that evolution plays in sustainability. This is a very complicated problem, see book. <br /> <br />See: <br />Evolutionary Conservation Biology. <br /> <br />These are not really criticism so much as signs of slight conceptual anal retentiveness on my part... Also please don't forget mollison's OTHER books which are incredible as well, especially the permaculture book of ferment and human nutrition. 09082280155672006-03-19

Amazing book!

I bought this book many years ago and still find myself going back and re-reading it over and over. If you're new to the Permaculture thought process you will be knocked off your horse with the common-sense, integrated approach to gardening and farming systems. I attribute this book and the thoughts provoked by it as the catalyst in seeking integrations and aggregation on many different fronts. This will always be one of the books I will treasure. I wore off the cover and have punched holes in all the pages and keep it in a three-ring binder.189013252709082280821882424581064641844018901326085301Reference5241Gardening & Horticulture48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books5276General5241Gardening & Horticulture48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books713339011General AAS5241Gardening & Horticulture48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books227255General227254Agricultural Sciences173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books713577011General AAS227254Agricultural Sciences173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books226683Agronomy226680Agricultural Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books226682General226680Agricultural Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books713675011General AAS226680Agricultural Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR343C342COOMVOPermaculture Design Course with Toby Hemenway - Seattle 2009R1OHK3S6GM72GDBest family booksR2FO6XQK1XJJJUSolutions - A Transition Town ListR3SFYM05UDE27PA Linked In Collaborative of Top Unheralded Books on SustanabilityR1OD3409ZGAASXBig Green Summer LibraryR29LXXBPFQ6HODThe Permaculture Way - Booklist - Design SkillsR2MCU7YRXUNT92SustainabilityRZ317QKR1MHCHBooks on permaculture and organic gardeningR3PSWH1VNIQDPMThe Ultimate Back to the Land ListRQMS84MEG87NICrash Course: HorticultureB0002NKDRUhttp://www.amazon.com/Hopes-Edge-Next-Small-Planet/dp/B0002NKDRU%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0002NKDRU1075565http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X85C4D6FL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X85C4D6FL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X85C4D6FL.jpg475317Frances Moore LappeAnna LappeHardcoverBargain Price150TarcherEnglish9502695USD$26.95Tarcher1448Book2002-02-01Tarcher2002-01-31Tarcher6501093USD$10.93621USD$6.2181200005.0184B0002NKDRU5222008-12-19

Futuristic Environmental Morality at Work

READ THIS BOOK! Since the first Diet for a Small Planet came out in the 1970's, I've had a profound change in my thinking about planetary health. I read once about how much the bio-waste of dinosaurs affected the atmosphere of the early planet- decaying flesh, methane emissions, pushing the planet into global warming. Frances Moore Lappe informed me that not only is the methane associated with our meat industry a problem, the interrelated costs to the environment of the feed industry- nitrogen, fuel emissions, methane, etc- are enough to tip the scale to disaster by themselves. I just read a story- just this second- 12/17/08- on the Discovery Channel website, about the meat industry nitrogen effluent (7 million tons per year) causing a dead zone presently the size of Massachussetts in the water of the Gulf of Mexico, and it is expected that without help, it will eventually kill the Gulf like the Dead Sea. Well, Ms. Lappe has been talking about this stuff for thirty years. I used to think she was a shrill Chicken Little. No more. There are too many people for us to blindly do what ever we please. As a group, we've got to institute controls. READ THIS BOOK! B0002NKDRU55102006-10-13

2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner featured in the book

This is a very interesting book. It features in one part a detailed description of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank, who used microloans to help Bangladeshis, especially women, get out of poverty and earn for themselves. By issuing very small loans, the people of Bangladesh are able to build their businesses or working conditions and change their lives. I recommend this book.B0002NKDRU5882006-08-16

Hope Gained From Insight and Diligence

Thirty years after the publication of the highly acclaimed "Diet For A Small Planet", Frances and her daughter Anna Lappe have come out with a potent sequel and a beautiful statement of hope for a more equitable world through the world-wide spread of organic and sustainable agriculture techniques and locally controlled "fair" market modalities now challenging the status quo of chemical fed, toxic pesticide/GMO laden crops, and the lopsided "free" market capitalist WTO agenda that has been reaping havoc on the environment and small farmers everywhere. <br /> <br />The Lappes traveled to 5 continents while researching this book and their travels are both fascinating and uplifting as they report on people all over the world demonstrating that going organic and controlling their own markets are reaping major benefits in healthy, abundant food production while cleaning up the environment. <br /> <br />The Lappes do not reject world trade or capitalism, rather, they demonstrate how unregulated "free" markets monopolized by huge international corporations have been inadvertently causing food scarcity, bankrupting and polluting people all over the world, yet with an injection of regulation in the form ethics, strict fair trade measures, etc., they believe capitalism can "evolve" to a more sustainable, equitable, and healthy method of food distribution- a similar optimistic view shared by Lovins and Hawken in their book, "Natural Capitalism". <br /> <br />The inefficiencies of nutrient and food distribution is brought home in quantifying the huge amount of crops, water, and land required to feed cattle. The amount of energy necessary to produce an ounce of meat could feed hundreds of people on a much healthier vegetarian diet, hence, the myth of food scarcity and the need to grow more food to feed the world. <br /> <br />Every chapter finishes with a recipe and there are many more at the end of the book along with several pages of resources and contact information on a host of organizations advocating social responsibility. <br /> <br /> <br />B0002NKDRU5892006-02-21

Be gentle on the earth

Good copy. Excellent vegetarian recipes. Explains why we need to eat lower on the food chain. If we do, we can feed the world's hungry people.B0002NKDRU515162004-11-21

Goes into my life's top 5

I won't say much here, because the other reviewers have described the book well. All I will say is that this is one of the very best books I have ever read. Not only does Lappe have an incredible way with words, but she summarizes her profound insights in such a way that really organizes one's thoughts for genuine reflection. Add to that a well-documented and researched approach, as well as fascinating stories of different communities around the world which they themselves visited.The author of the classic <i>Diet for a Small Planet</i> and her daughter travel the world, discovering practical visionaries who are making a difference in world hunger, sometimes one village at a time. <br><br> Thirty years ago Frances Moore Lappé started a revolution in the way Americans think about food and hunger. Now Frances and her daughter, Anna, pick up where <i>Diet for a Small Planet</i> left off. Together, they set out on an around-the-world journey to explore the greatest challenges we face at the new millennium. Traveling to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, they discovered answers to the most urgent issue of our time: Whether we are able to transcend today's consumerism and the isolation of "me-first" capitalism and find the paths that each of us can follow to heal our lives and the planet. Featuring nearly seventy recipes from celebrated vegetarian culinary pioneers-including Alice Waters, Mollie Katzen, Laurel Robertson, Nora Pouillon, and Anna Thomas-Hope's Edge highlights true trailblazers engaged in social, environmental, and economic transformations.Thirty years after Frances Lappe's <I>Diet for a Small Planet</I> changed eating habits around the world, she and her daughter Anna bring us a new round of iconoclastic recommendations that break overwhelming issues down to a simple matter of personal choice. <I>Hope's Edge</I> presents many of the same issues of the original title, but it also provides a wealth of new discoveries and possibilities in this era of genetically engineered foods, worldwide famine, and growing rates of obesity-related health issues.<p> Beyond discussing a wide range of reasons to become a vegetarian (and that means no fish or chicken either, folks), the authors introduce you to a number of individual reasons for hope--Bob, the Wisconsin cheese maker; Jean-Yves, the farmer from Brittany who created the Sustainable Agriculture Network; and Muhammad Yunas, who has changed the lives of countless living in poverty with his remarkable microcredit programs. Along with these stories and the theories they're based on, you'll also find luscious recipes calling for grains, fruits, vegetables, and a handful of dairy products that will delight your taste buds <I>and</I> your conscience. <p> The Lappes firmly believe that the choices of low-level consumers have the potential to make positive changes, both in the world economy and in our physical health. By eating a vegetarian diet, shopping with care, and cooking with love, we might all brighten our future tremendously. <I>--Jill Lightner</I> 0345373669097941424501430385831585424595014311496416383271General2459Business & Investing45Bargain Books251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712387011General AAS2459Business & Investing45Bargain Books251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books2478General2476Cooking, Food & Wine45Bargain Books251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books2485General2484Health, Mind & Body45Bargain Books251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books16383191Diets & Weight Loss2484Health, Mind & Body45Bargain Books251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books2511Social Science2505Nonfiction45Bargain Books251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books1043856Natural Resources2581Economics3Business & Investing1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books394172011Bargain Books394171011Promotion (special_merchandising_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0006DJ156http://www.amazon.com/Estimation-hyperbolic-transformation-nonnormal-correlated/dp/B0006DJ156%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0006DJ156Octavio A RamírezUnknown BindingFood and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of FloridaEnglishEnglishFood and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of FloridaBook1992Food and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of FloridaFood and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida0000005.0153B0006DJ1565002008-10-14

Fun day in the wild

I have read a many survival guides and things of such. One definite plus over most is colored images for identifying things that may be harmfull if eaten. It covers a lot of different terrain, weather and just about anything you might need. The best thing about this is it is very small, and if you are a hiker (or outdoors man) you can throw it in your pack to reference as situation arises without worrying too much about taking up too much space.B0006DJ1565132004-04-24

Excellent book!!

One of my friends bought the big version that had a little more information in it. I read it and when I saw that you could buy a pocket version I was thrilled! Wisemen gives an informative description of everything you need to survive almost anywhere. I'm confident that if I were in a survival situation I would be able to survive.B0006DJ1565022003-04-29

This book will be very useful and I know it!

I just bought this book the other day and it is amazing. It gives you the facts you need for survival. If I get caught in a situation from the book and I don't know what to do, I will be suprized.B0006DJ1565012003-03-01

GREAT BOOK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE

This great book teaches you how to survive. It has so many detailed descriptions with graphs. It is so compact that I even carry it everyday in my backpack. It might be really useful when the war starts or an earthquake takes place.B0006DJ1565332002-12-07

Outstanding

I've had this book for a few years now and have read it over and over again. The information is amazing. There's not a topic that Wiseman doesn't cover or at least touch on. <br>Not only is it small, it's tough too. It's been on every camping trip, hike, deployment and just about every other trip with me for the past three years and it's still in great shape. <br>Friends of mine that could have cared less about a suvival book have read mine on airplane rides and afterwards went and bought thier own.<br>You can't go wrongWhether lost on a mountain, trapped in your car by a blizzard or stranded in a desert, this book is designed as the ideal guide to survival. Written by one of the SAS' leading survival experts, this book includes life-saving strategies and information on subjects such as camp craft, what to eat and how to obtain it, first aid and keeping healthy, moving through different terrain and signalling for rescue and surviving specific scenarios.0060849827006057879316023921610967512395142360105X1000Subjects1Arts & Photography2Biographies & Memoirs3Business & Investing4Children's Books4366Comics & Graphic Novels5Computers & Internet6Cooking, Food & Wine86Entertainment301889Gay & Lesbian10Health, Mind & Body9History48Home & Garden10777Law17Literature & Fiction13996Medicine18Mystery & Thrillers53Nonfiction290060Outdoors & Nature20Parenting & Families173507Professional & Technical21Reference22Religion & Spirituality23Romance75Science25Science Fiction & Fantasy26Sports28Teens27Travel283155BooksB0006DJT12http://www.amazon.com/production-Bulletin-Connecticut-Agricultural-Experiment/dp/B0006DJT12%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0006DJT12Martin P. N GentUnknown BindingConnecticut Agricultural Experiment StationEnglishEnglishConnecticut Agricultural Experiment Station16Book1991Connecticut Agricultural Experiment StationConnecticut Agricultural Experiment Station0000005.0133B0006DJT125002009-03-08

Journey to the Well, Vashti McKenzie

Awesome book on taking a look at your life as a woman. The introduction, alone, was AWESOME!!!B0006DJT125002008-05-09

Simply Awesome!

I loved this book. The women of my church used this book for a 12 week bible study following each chapter and our hearts and minds were transformed. Every woman should read this book. This book is better than any twelve step program out there and it speaks directly to the mind and soul of a woman, there is no way you can read it and still think the same way about the Samaritan woman or any woman for that matter. Give it a shot, you won't regret it!!B0006DJT125002007-11-24

A Must Read!!!!!

This is a must read for every woman. Bishop McKenzie takes you on a strategic journey that brings you to a place of awareness of all that God has deposited in you. She weaves the Biblical story into our lives and brings clarity of God's divine work in us. An excellent tool for a small group study!B0006DJT125112007-10-29

Deeply moving

Bishop McKenzie writes in the most wonderful conversational style. Reading her book made me feel as though she and I were conversing. The book evoked deep emotion and introspection in my spiritual life. Highly recommended.B0006DJT124112006-04-13

A gift from my sister.

This book was a christmas gift from my sister. Journey to the well helped me travel down a well worn road. You have already thought about the things that she has written about your spiritual journey, but with how much perspective. Vashti's book helped me to reflect on my image in the well. Looking at myself objectively in the well, I can change things I dont want to see. In the tradition of empowering spiritual writers such as Ilanya Vanzant, Bishop Vashti McKenzie offers women a Christian path to personal transformation. A groundbreaking preacher who, in 2000, became the first woman to serve as bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishop McKenzie is renowned for her eloquence and passion in the pulpit. Now she brings her inspirational message to readers through the biblical story of the meeting at the well between Jesus and the Samaritan woman. In twelve lessons, McKenzie interweaves the Samaritan woman's experiences with contemporary personal stories, Bible quotations, life-affirming sayings, and meditational activities. Through them she shows women that if they hold onto hope and listen for their moments of epiphany, they can accomplish anything. AUTHORBIO: Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie is the first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the national chaplain for the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She is the author of <i>Not Without a Struggle</i> and <i>Strength in the Struggle: Leadership Development for Women</i>.08298121210829810765093105552009647292370446695289914442Tomatoes914436By Plant5241Gardening & Horticulture48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books