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Yancey is a fabulous writer. This book made me think long and hard at how do I view Jesus. Yancey does a good job of pointing out things in a way everyone can understand.

I READ THE JESUS I NEVER KNEW BOOK OVER 10 YEARS AGO, AND FOUND OUT THAT WHAT I HAD THOUGHT I KNEW ABOUT JESUS WAS NOT WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW TO SAVE MY SOUL. I HAD GONE TO CHURCH ON AND OFF MY WHOLE LIFE AND THOUGHT I WAS SAVED AND WOULD GO TO HEAVEN WHEN I DIE.
BUT DURING A FLOOD IN FEB 1997 MY FAMILY AND I WITH ANOTHER FAMILY STAYED IN MY RV IN THE MOUNTAINS TO KEEP DRY. I SAW THE BOOK THE JESUS I NEVER KNEW IN A YARD SALE FOR FREE AND PICKED IT UP TO READ WHILE WE WERE ALL WAITTING FOR THE FLOOD WATERS TO GO DOWN SO WE COULD MOVE BACK HOME. AFTER READING THE 1ST. PAGE I COULD NOT PUT THE BOOK DOWN UNTIL I READ THE WHOLE BOOK. MY THOUGHTS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND MADE ME THINK ABOUT MY FAMILY AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD DIED IN THE FLOOD. I THEN TOOK A WEEK AND READ THE WHOLE BIBLE AND TALKED TO MY PASTOR AND OTHER PASTOR'S DURING THAT TIME.
I WANTED TO BE SAVED AND BECOME BORN AGAIN SO I COULD BE WITH JESUS. I HAD OPEN MY HEART UP AND ASK JESUS TO COME INTO MY LIFE AND DID STUDIES AT MY CHURCH WHILE WAITTING TO BE BORN AGAIN DURING A SPECIAL TIME WHEN MY CHURCH MEMBERS WERE SAVED TOGETHER THAT HAD FOUND CHRIST IN THERE HEARTS AND KNEW HE WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO HEAVEN WHERE WE WOULD BE WAITTING FOR THE SECOND COMMING OF CHRIST, SO WE COULD BE WITH GOD ON THE NEW EARTH WHEN IT WAS TIME.
SO I AM NOW BORN AGAIN AND AM ALWAYS WITH JESUS WHO IS PART OF ME.
AFTER ALL OF THIS HAD TAKEN PLACE I FOUND OUT THE I WAS ILL WITH PPH. NO TREATMENT AT THE TIME AND MOST PEOPLE DIED WITH-IN TWO TO FIVE YEARS WHO HAD PPH. IT HAS BEEN 10 YEARS NOW AND WITHOUT MY FAITH I WOULD HAVE DIED A LONG TIME AGO. MY DOCTOR HAS TOLD ME I HAVE NO MORE THAN SIX MONTHS LEFT TO LIVE AND COULD DIE AT ANY TIME NOW. BUT I SMILE AND STAY HAPPY BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THE TIME COMES I WILL BE WITH SOME OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE ME.
MOST PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I AM ALWAYS HAPPY AND HAVE A SMILE AND TRY TO HELP OTHERS AS MUCH AS I CAN. THEY KNOW THE PAIN I AM IN AND THAT I AM IN BED 24/7, BUT I HAVE A PHONE AND A COMPUTER, SO I CAN TELL EVERY BODY I REACH TO READ THE BOOK " THE JESUS I NEVER KNEW". MOST HAVE COME BACK TO SEE ME AND TO THANK ME FOR SAVING THERE LIVES BY SHOWING THEM THE WAY.

As a recently saved sinner, or, as Joyce Meyer refers to us, "baby Christians", one of the difficulties I have encountered was coming up with a sense of the real-life-as-it-was-then aspects of the Gospel. Jesus was more of an idea, a paper-doll-like figure, than a real emotion beset human. Philip Yancey got my frequently misty eyes to see a truly devine, but fully human man that I can understand and willingly follow, or, at least, attempt to follow. I will read more Yancey....soon!

This book of Philip Yancey gave me a new and beautiful view of the pure gospel of grace and the wonderful Savior that I have. A must read for every christian that wants to live a real christianity in every aspect of his life.

Philip Yancey is a good if wordy author, and one can't help but admire a dude for making a decent living by churning out book after book on a subject that obviously means a great deal to him. Unfortunately, Mr. Yancey has only spewed out another in a "great flood" of such embarrassing works that have cluttered the world during the past several hundred years. Jesus was slumming when he came to Planet Earth, and he happily taught that the next world would be oh-so-much better than what was to be found here. With that I concur. Too bad his wanna-be followers don't follow His teachings: give all of your belongings to the poor, turn the other cheek (literally!), pray alone, be utterly humble, etc. etc. etc. I followed this up by rereading Nietzsche's THE ANTICHRIST (a misnomer, to be sure, since Nietzsche actually admired Jesus but certainly not His confused followers), and soon felt much better! Recommend you do the same. All this said ... LONG LIVE FREEDOM OF RELIGION and MAY ALL THE GODS OF THE UNIVERSE BLESS OUR SILLY LITTLE PLANET!

This is an excellent book to challenge your life to become more like Jesus. Max is an excellent writer and paints a picture for all to understand and become closer to the God who created us.

I have owned this book for years, and have many others of Lucado's books. I've taken this from my shelf and read it numerous times and each time it gets better. I know -- the book can't actually get better, since it doesn't change. But I am changed each time I read it. I love his analogies and stories and other ways of illustrating his points. I find no fault at all with his theology. I would recommend this and his other books to anyone and everyone.

The central theme of just like Jesus is that He loves us as we are but He also wants to change and conform us to His image. Of course, this will require some changes on our part! While the process may be painful and inconvenient, the results will be well worth it.

Lucado focuses on the human heart being changed by Jesus Christ as described in the following chapters:

1. A Forgiving Heart
2. A Compassionate Heart
3. A Listening Heart
4. A God-Intoxicated Heart
5. A Worship-Hungry Heart
6. A Focused Heart
7. An Honest Heart
8. A Pure Heart
9. A Hope-Filled Heart
10. A Rejoicing Heart
11. An Enduring Heart
12. Fixing Your Eyes on Jesus

The book is an excellent encouragement to the reader to let Jesus Christ bring about change in the best way He sees fit.

Read, enjoy, and be challenged. Highly recommended!

What if Jesus became you for the next 24 hours--went to your job, came home to your family? What would he see? What would others tell him about you? In my opinion, Max Lucado's best book.

I have just about worn out my copy of this book. I have read it and read
it over and over again. Each time I read it, I get something new from it.
I have been searching for it on CD for my grown sons, but cannot find it.
Mr Lucado's vivid examples of God's love for us are unmatched by any other
author. If you buy just one book -- buy this one. -- L.D. from Raleigh, NC.

I'm using this book as part of my daily devotations and God has "spoken" to me in several of the chapters. It may not be quite as good as God Came Near, but I certainly recommend it for your Christian reading. Max Lucado works well as a devotational before your bible study.

Full of inspirational thoughts and analogies, which point out how everything here is temporary and no matter how good, incomparable to what awaits all those who enter into the kingdom of God.

A well written book that speaks to one in everyday language that is both inspirational and healing.

I love this book. It is very well written. I couldn't put it down.
My church group is reading it now, and they are loving it too.

When God Whispers Your NameRate this at least "10". Read this and be all amazed when you learn how "God Whispers" your name and how you feel when it happens. God does know you and you have a better understanding after reading this book. Great gift. Max should be considered the "Nora Roberts" of the religious genre.

The norton critical edition was very useful for this novel. Having all the background about the novel as well as all the footnotes throughout the novel really aided me in my understanding of the novel. Without the information in these footnotes, the book would not have had the same meaning for me. The book itself was also very good, although a bit difficult to read. It was very interesting and it led me to a better understanding of the Victorian era and trials ordinary men at that time had to go through. A good read.

This is a wonderful classic for many reasons. But, I urge you not to read this edition, because the notes are terrible! There are notes for things that are obvious, and a lack for those things which need them. The worst offense, however, is that one of the notes (which readers are likely to check, as it gives background on a forgotten song sung by one of the main characters) gives away not only the important action of that short chapter, but also gives away the main line of the story. Awful, awful editing...

i do think it's a wonderful fiction! in the process of reading this book, i was captivated by the twisted development of the story and also Hardy's mastery language. it gives you a great picture of beautiful scenery in rural England, and there is romance, expections for what happens next. i really enjoy it !

Few literary settings are more distinctive than Thomas Hardy's Wessex, a hilly, chalky, bucolic quilt of pastures and villages occupying the southwest of England, its residents sworn to the immutable cultural traditions of centuries long past. But it is not the goal of "Far from the Madding Crowd" to be merely a sentimental portrait of a region for which Hardy has a great affection, but a grandiose drama about the eventual union of a man and the woman he loves. In summary, Hardy does accede to a Happily Ever After ending, but how he gets to this point is why his novel deserves to be read.

It's not surprising that the novel was originally attributed to George Eliot because the protagonist, Gabriel Oak, as the novel's moral anchor, is very similar in character to Eliot's Adam Bede. Oak is trying to make a living on his own as a farmer, but a stroke of bad luck compels him to take a job as a shepherd for a beautiful young woman named Bathsheba Everdene who has recently inherited her uncle's farm and commands a large number of workers and servants. Oak iconically personifies the rustic setting, not only because of his surname but because of the intimacy with which he communes with nature, and his fondness for playing the flute seems designed to evoke an image of Pan.

Oak has an awkward history with Bathsheba -- he had known her before her windfall, but in her independent spirit she spurned his love. As the head of Weatherbury farm, however, she can't get by on her independence alone, and she needs Oak's expertise in ensuring her sheep are healthy and fit for wool production. Her romantic attention turns toward a profligate soldier named Francis Troy who, through an unlikely error, has just barely avoided wedding Fanny Robin, one of the Weatherbury servants. Bathsheba's eventual marriage to Troy breaks the hearts of Oak and another rival, a neighboring farmer named Boldwood whose affections she had once teased and whose obsessive nature erupts at a most climactic moment in the novel.

The plot developments are a flamboyant display of contrivance, but Hardy masters his devices so well it's impossible not to go along with him for the ride. As an example, consider the jilted Fanny who is so weary from sickness that she has to use a dog as a crutch to get to her destination where she finally dies; not until Hardy reveals what's written on the lid of her coffin do we (and Oak) realize the role Troy played in her death. Likewise, Troy's impulsive reaction to this incident seems like a purposely destructive measure that intends to stir even more turbulence into the story.

A large part of Hardy's appeal is his prose, which maximizes the value of a mastery of language; his sentences are like finely cut gems that demand to be held up to a light and studied for their craftsmanship. I believe that Hardy is the consummate novelist; he approaches the art of the novel as a painter looks upon a canvas, a weaver upon a tapestry, a composer upon an opera -- as the supreme representation of man in harmony with nature and in conflict with fate.

In Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy introduces us to the precarious "love square". At the core of all the turmoil is beautiful farm girl, Bathsheba Everdene - spirited, vain, intelligent and adept at toying with the hearts of men. Inevitably beguiled by her charms a humble and kind farmer, Gabriel Oak, fervently attempts to win Bathsheba's affections. Enter the competition: (suitor#2) Farmer Boldwood - a wealthy and temperate middle-aged man respected in the community, eventually plunges into maniacal obsession at the mere possibility of making the beloved Miss Everdene his wife; and (suitor#3) Sergeant Francis Troy - a dashing young philandering soldier, with his share of inner demons, ruthlessness and vanity, vies for Bathsheba's hand in marriage. Bathsheba's ultimate decision, and the cataclysm it evokes, lies at the epicenter of Hardy's unforgettable ambivalent story.
Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy's fourth novel, saw publication in 1874 and earned him widespread popularity as a writer. A delicately woven tale of unrequited love and regret, set in the mid-19th century, Far From the Madding Crowd is a masterpiece of pure story-telling. Hardy's classic style is a pleasure to read as he masterfully brings his characters and their dealings to life. I would not hesitate to say it definitely captured my heart as another favourite.

This book is well written for high school juniors and seniors; it is Biblically sound teaching.

I read this book twelve years ago as a teenager and have bought it for others since; it is a must-have for all teenagers and young adults. It is very easy to digest and devour even for the reluctant teenage reader.

I am a 19 year old seeking guidance on how to become a successful and trusting Christian. I certainly did enjoy reading Dr. Dobson's valuable insight, but I felt that "Life on the Edge" was rather short on bible verses and teachings to back it all up. For example, whenever Dr. Dobson describes something as a sin, such as living with a partner before marriage, he ought to prove it by use of the Bible. Nevertheless, the psychological teachings and advice makes the book worth a read. :)

You cannot beat this book for a teen or twenty something who needs advice for getting on the right track. While James Dobson is a traditional religious writer I feel that this book is down to earth enough to appeal to the intended age group. It is not judgemental. It just explains the benefits of making good choices. It also gives the information necessary to make good choices. It is so harsh that it would turn off a person who may not be as religious as the usualy Dobson reader. Excellent reading and excellent advice. Could also be useful for older readers as well.

This book has lots of good advice for those navigating the college years. However, this book is homophobic, and therefore, I must give it a poor rating. Preaching hate is not what I want to find in a Christian book. The book offers bad advice on how to treat homosexuals, and has no advice for homosexuals reading the book.

"Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison And Other Urgent Inquiries into the Odd Nature of Nature" is filled with all the stupid, ridiculous, silly, or `obvious' questions we're too afraid to ask, or feel we should already know the answers to. Best of all, the folks at Outside Magazine tracked down the most obscure of experts to get the answers.

So if you've ever wanted to know precisely why a tongue will stick to cold metal (and what to do about it if it should happen to you), you can find that out in here. If you want to know how goose down is collected, that's in here too. The book debunks common myths, such as the idea that eagles mate in midair and sometimes fall to the ground and die during the act. It explains the exact science behind that distinctive smell in the air when it rains, and the factors that have created the misconception that tornadoes are somehow attracted to trailer parks. Next time someone gives you guff over your male pattern baldness you can point them to the argument in here for why it's actually a sign of virility and fertility.

The editors turn seemingly dull questions into far more entertaining discourses. For example, the question of how high birds can fly becomes a catalogue of the highest KNOWN flights, most of which had rather... sudden... ends.

If you're the kind of person who hasn't given up their sense of wonder at the universe, this is a great book to have around. It makes a great conversation starter, but it's equally fun to just sit down and read for enjoyment's sake.

this book is really good... i found it informative and interesting... i recomend iut to everyone

217 pages of funny answers to weird questions asked about the world, nature and, in general, the universe around us. Like, how many times can a stone skip on water? Is Pluto really a planet? What is foxfire? How do ducks float? Where does the white go when the snow melts? Are blue moons really blue? Why do worms always show up after the rain?
The book comes with an index, so you can look up facts fast, and the intro comes with an e-mail address because 'The Wild File' which the book is based on still lives on the pages of 'Outside' magazine and they still need questions!
Easy to read, funny and with answers anybody can understand. I would suggest this book for anybody, young or old.

Remember when you were a child filled with curiousity and wonder about nature? You asked many questions such as why do ducks float, do people go crazy during the full moon and why does do collect in the morning? All of those were great questions and some of them may or may not have been answered to your satisfaction. Now your children are asking the same questions and what are you going to say?

Never fear, dear friends. Outside Magazine's "The Wild File" has provided us with a book answering those various hard questions that we have about nature. Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison is a compendium of the best of The Wild File column. You are presented with five files dealing with various forms of nature. Each file has a question/answer format and cites the person who asked the question.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Some of the questions sounded stupid but in reality made sense. The answers were informative and hilarious. You would be surprised over the number of experts in such esoteric fields of wildlife. For example, one informant researched the number of pushups that lizards do in their exercise regimine. Yes, there are people who really do that.
What is also great about this book is its brevity and accessibility. You can share it with your children as they ask you the great questions of nature. You can spend time finding those answers to questions you had as a child. This is a delighful read. So go out and find out why lizards do pushups and why llamas spit.

This is one of those books that you read in one page sections. It is basically a collection of interesting questions that the author has answered while working for a magazine. The questions are fun and he gives pretty complete answers. The answers are usually about a page in length so if you want to read something for five minutes this book is perfect. The information is cool, I really enjoyed it. It gives you a lot of responces to questions you often hear.

This book provides a terrific historical perspective as to why the jury system is so important to our form of democracy. A quoted in this book, Thomas Jefferson wrote that it is more important for a citizen of this country to sit on a jury than it is for her to vote in an election. In today's world of out-of-control corporate greed, it is nice to see at least one author taking the bold steps of presenting the truth. Corporate america does not fear our politicians or the government. The only voice that big business fears is that of the jury. It is only the jury that can control bis business in today's society. Why? because it only a jury that can speak the language that corporate america understands - money. Without the jury, we will further slip into a world of the haves and the have nots. This is a must read. I only wish I could buy a copy for everyone I know.

This is for those who know a little but not a lot about why juries are so precious in America. With clarity and brilliance, Dwyer makes the case for the jury. For me, he also, unwittingly I think, made the case that I should not avoid serving on a jury notwithstanding the nuisance value of doing so. Much to everyone's and America's loss, he lost his life at about the same time as this book was published, but he left us with a superb work based on his legal experiences and his long-time service as a federal district judge in Seattle.

Judge Dwyer shows a great respect and insight into the importance of the jury system to maintaining democratic government and liberty in America. In spite of some areas where he has accepted conventional wisdom instead of actually researching the issues involved (such as where he accepts the myth that racist jury nullification was widespread during the civil rights era. The best researched work on this is in Clay S. Conrad's book Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine, in which he shows that most of the acquittals in lynching and civil rights murder cases were due to prosecutors, judges and police being unwilling to pursue such cases to conviction, and not to the actions of jurors) the book is an excellent exposition of the importance of trial by jury.

The real question should be: does anyone care? Trial by jury continues to fall into disfavor with a population that doesn't want to do the heavy lifting on its own. Should we depend on government to do the heavy lifting for us, we shouldn't be surprised that our most important rights atrophy and die. The opposite of trial by jury (also known as trial by one's country) is trial by government. So long as we have a panel of citizens acting as a bulwark between us and our government, we have some protection against government excess and oppression. This is the lesson from history that Judge Dwyer colorfully and dramatically brings home.

I like that I can read this easily and quickly. Language is simple and straightforward.

On 8/28/07, I bought the textbook, Management Information Systems for the Information Age with CD and MISource. I am delighted with my purchase as all proved to be just as promised: perfect book's condition, as well as delivery within the time frame stated at the time of my purchase.

This book is easy to read and understand.
The Opening case at the beginning of each chapter deals with companies we are all familiar with which makes it interesting to read.

Great trip planning resource - more overnighters than Sierra South.

I enjoy all of the Winnett books because they are accurate, fun to read and reliable. This book has little chapters on over 100 trips in the Sierra range, and the descriptions of each trek are a total delight. So often these hiking books neglect to tell you how to reach the trailhead and oftentimes they don't provide detailed instructions. Winnett never makes this mistake. You will not need a separate map to locate any of the trailheads, his maps and written instructions are first-rate. In fact, there is even a nifty fold-out map sewn into the rear pocket so you can tote it along on any of your journeys. Equally interesting is that this book doesn't merely give elevation gains, difficulty ratings and desriptions of the trail conditions. These are vital to know, but Winnett also includes little bits of information of what kinds of wild flowers you will encounter, birds, wildlife and other little nuggets neglected in other guides.

The book is supposed to be only for overnight backpacking trips, but there are many trails here that can be used for day hikes. These trips will be in the 10-16 mile range and any strong hiker can easily do these hikes in one day. If you do choose to go the multi-day backpacking route, Winnett describes water sources, camping sites and addresses whether bears or marmots might be a problem for you. Most importantly, he tells you where to find water and whether the water source is reliable throughout the whole year.

I can't recommend this guide highly enough. Even if you're an armchair hiker, you'll derive many hours of vicarious joy from this guide.

My wife and I are volunteer forest service workers in Los Padres National Forest, Ventana Wilderness. We maintain the Pine Ridge Trail, and spur trails, between Big Sur Ranger Station and Sykes Hot springs (with lots of help from friendly hikers). We enjoy exploring other areas for backpacking and camping but don't want to waste our precious leisure time searching for the better hikes, so we use good trail books, like this one, to plan our trips.

Sierra North covers selected better trails in Yosemite National Park, and the following wilderness areas: Mokelumne, Carson Iceberg, Emigrant, Hoover, Ansel Adams and the northern end of John Muir. It meets most of our demands for identifying the better hikes to explore in a convenient easy to use book. It provides good directions to the trailheads and descriptions of the trails, camps and attractions along the way. It provides a description of how strenuous the hikes are and has a neat graph to show the gain and loss of altitude over the distance for each trail. It has a "take out" folded map showing the trails and trailheads and it has a convenient table summarizing information on all the trails to help with trip selection. It is small enough to carry on a backpacking trip.

Some down side knits are. The map is not sufficient for backcountry hiking so, you still need to buy a good trail, contour map. The instructions of how to use the altitude gain and loss graph are located in the Maps chapter (hard to find) instead of in the Introduction with the other information on how to use this book. There is no small single page map showing the general location of all the trails; therefore, you must take out and unfold the larger map each time you want to check a location.

There is a companion book titled "Sierra South" which covers Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park and John Muir Wilderness. My wife and I use both of these books and recommend them for others. These are good trail books to get you started in one of the above areas. After you make somehikes and wish to explore a specific area more thoroughly, you may want a trail book that specializes in that one area.

This is a wonderful guidebook with very helpful information about some of the best hikes in the southern Sierra. It's not just a good guidebook, but is also just plain fun to read. The pictures are nice as well. The included map is decent, but could use a little help.

I really like how different paces for the hikes are given, leisurely, moderate, and strenuous. Also, information about what season the hike should be take, early, mid, and late. Also, all the topo maps needed for the hike is given. Introductions to various geographic areas is given as well.

One thing I was really disappointed about, though. The description of the Mt. Whitney Trail from Whitney Portal to the summit is pretty poor. I thought they might describe more about the summit, this being the tallest mountain in the contiguous U.S., but maybe I'll have to wait until I get Secour's "High Sierra".

I enjoy all of the Winnett books because they are accurate, fun to read and reliable. This book has little chapters on over 100 trips in the Sierra range, and the descriptions of each trek are a total delight. So often these hiking books neglect to tell you how to reach the trailhead and oftentimes they don't provide detailed instructions. Winnett never makes this mistake. You will not need a separate map to locate any of the trailheads, his maps and written instructions are first-rate. In fact, there is even a nifty fold-out map sewn into the rear pocket so you can tote it along on any of your journeys. Equally interesting is that this book doesn't merely give elevation gains, difficulty ratings and desriptions of the trail conditions. These are vital to know, but Winnett also includes little bits of information of what kinds of wild flowers you will encounter, birds, wildlife and other little nuggets neglected in other guides.

The book is supposed to be only for overnight backpacking trips, but there are many trails here that can be used for day hikes. These trips will be in the 10-16 mile range and any strong hiker can easily do these hikes in one day. If you do choose to go the multi-day backpacking route, Winnett describes water sources, camping sites and addresses whether bears or marmots might be a problem for you. Most importantly, he tells you where to find water and whether the water source is reliable throughout the whole year.

I can't recommend this guide highly enough. Even if you're an armchair hiker, you'll derive many hours of vicarious joy from this guide.

My wife and I are a Volunteer Trail Crew in Los Padres National Forest, Ventana Wilderness. We maintain 12 miles of the Pine Ridge Trail, and spur trails, between Big Sur Ranger Station and Sykes Hot springs (with lots of help from friendly hikers). I also have a full time day job so my leisure time is very precious. I enjoy exploring new areas for backpacking and camping but I want others to do the legwork and report the best trails, so I rely on good trail books.

Sierra South covers selected better trails in Sequoia National Park, Kings Canyon National Park and John Muir Wilderness. It meets most of my demands for identifying the better hikes to explore in aconvenient easy to use book. It provides good directions to the trailhead and good descriptions of the trails, camps and attractions along the way. It provides a description of how strenuous the hikes are and has a neat graph to show the gain and loss of altitude over the distance for each trail. It has a small "take out" folded map showing the trails and trailheads and it has a convenient table summarizing information on all the trails to help with your selection. It is small enough to carry on a backpacking trip. I use It and I recommend it for others.

On the down side: Updates to trail information is provided on a page in the back of the book (easy to overlook/forget). The map does not have elevation contours (you still need to buy a contour map). The description of how to use the altitude gain and loss graph is located in the Maps chapter (hard to find) instead of in the Introduction chapter with the other information on how to use this book. There is no small single page map showing the general location of all the trails; therefore, you must take out and unfold the larger map each time you want to check a location.

There is a companion book titled "Sierra North".