Distribution Books

This is a fascinating work describing the distribution and ecology if Costa Rican birds as known in 1964. I suspect that much of the information remains relevant today, though of course some of the nomenclature is unfamiliar to today's birders (it helps to have a current checklist with scientific names as a cross-reference).

As an unrepentant bibliophile I like to have the book itself, but anyone simply wanting access to the information from this work can obtain a PDF version from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), as long as they aren't deterred by the size of the download (94MB). [...]

The book contains excellent colour pictures of the Australian Butterflies, including BW plates under the species texts which are really useful. The text contains upto date information under the species accounts, but the general biology chapters remain similar to Common & waterhouse, with a few new inclusions, such as a section on photography. The book is esential for all with an interest in Australian Butterflies.

... London UK , 30 May, 2001 Excellent Book This is an excellent book and my BICSI RCDD students find it a very useful study aid and reference book.

The book explains complex terms in easy to follow ways and it is packed full of usefull information.

It is clear that Barry Elliot has significant real world experience and it is relevent to all those that have an interest in Structured Cabling.

The book is up to date and has a refreshing "European/International slant" which is unusual since most books on Structured Cabling are writen by North American authors.

John Laban RCDD/LAN Principal Consultant & BICSI Certified Design Trainer.

I found this book on a friends bookshelf. I am a Chef and own the Reminisce Restaurant in Summerville, S.C. We have about 3 Weddings a month and I have to bake a lot of wedding cakes. I found a lot of short cuts and methods that I use all the time. I only wish this book would be republished so I could obtain a copy. Ginny Regopoulos

Nice little book. Concise and clear. In the typical English style, many of the proofs are left to the reader. Lighhill will assume what he finds obvious is also obvious to the reader. This was not always the case for me. He does this alot in the proving theorems so have a pencil ready. It is alot fun to work through the proofs becuase he gives rough sketches and leaves you to fill in the details. He manages this without loss of clarity or rigor. It is good pedagogy for anyone familiar with basic analysis of real variables and some knowledge of complex variables.

The book, Camille Pissarro, is delightful. The reproductions are excellent and the information very interesting.

Mary Mathews

This is the famous green book in which all of us Americans learned about Canadian poetry and writing in high school. We would trudge back and forth with this green book, heavy, knocking at our kneecaps through our bookbags. Between its covers we learned from Klinck and Watters the main four periods of Canadian literature: the eighteenth century, the pre-Cofederation period, the "New Nation" and the 20th century. Perhaps today the editors would include more First Nations people among the writers. For me, as a schoolboy, the book didn't really start hopping till I read some of Bliss Carman and Archibald Lampman. And then it moved into high gear with the modernist writers of Canada, including Morley Callaghan, F.R. Scott, A. M. Klein and Dorothy Livesay. I cried my eyes out over David, a poem by Earle Birney in which two very close male friends go mountain climbing for sport, and the narrator loves David enough to give him the ultimate gift. I alwaus wished I had a friend who would do for me, what he did for Dave.

Robertson Davies seems like a dud stuck in the middle of some cool writers. He's in love with himself, it's plain to see. I much prferred Malcolm Lowry, and the Canadian Anthology does not stint in giving a huge chunk of his masterwork UNDER THE VOLCANO. I also liked George Johnston, the famous Air Force ace of Canada who served in World War II, and his slightly ribald poem called, "Elaine in a Bikini." That mdae the boys sit up a bit it did.

Irving Layton, Margaret Avison, Leonard Cohen brought us right up to the present time and it wasn't long before we were identifying with a new, rebellious generation of Canadian poets such as Gwen MacEwen, Jay Macpherson, and D.G.Jones. It's a shame this book after had to end! I don't know about the rest of my peers but this book gave me an appreciation for the vastness and breadth of Canada that put me in good stead much later, when finally I crossed the frontier and took my first steps on Canadian soil. I was drunk on pale Canadian ale, tottered, fell.

Everyone has fantasized about being a detective at one time or another; "The Capitol Ghost Mystery" Silvie takes that fantasy a bit further. When the portrait of Abraham Lincoln is stolen from the Colorado State Capitol, a young girl on her fifth grade field trip breaks from her class mates and searches for answers to the mystery of the stolen painting, along with several other mysteries about herself, her friends, and her family. A riveting adventure aimed at young people, "The Capitol Ghost Mystery" is highly recommended to elementary school library collections as an easy reader novel.

The photographs and the recipes in this cookbook make me feel as if I'm back in the Caribbean. Easy and delicious, these recipes combine the diverse flavours and cultures of the islands, European, East Indian, African, Asian and Latin American. It's a beautiful book and easy to use.

This is the long awaited third book in a series that documents the complete range of Australia's Carnivorous/Insectivorous Plants. Like the two before it, the book combines short (single page) semi-botanical descriptions of each species with a high quality sketch illustrating the form and a number of colour photographs showing typical (and sometimes atypical) plants in their natural environment.

This book is not so aimed at the 'how to grow them' shelf, but, at the accurate identification of numerous Australian Drosera (sundews), etc. In this respect it is a 5* hit and a must for any CP grower. Add it to your collection NOW before the print run is sold out (I pre-ordered last year!) - Vol.s 1 and 2 are now hard to get hold of and sell at a premium and a re-print may not occur for a long time.

ONE OF THE BETTER CP BOOKS