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This book starts with the framework for grass finished cattle production, then looks at day to day operation, followed by some more detailed points and problem shooting, before closing with marketing. This is a great guide and an enjoyable read. I liked it better than Pastured Poultry, but both are great books for those interested in the future of the farm buisness.

Ryan

This was a wonderful book. Not only was it extremely informative, but it was also very enjoyable to read. I recommend it highly!

I recommend Salad Bar Beef to anyone in the country that wants to produce beef worth eating. Salatin is extremely open and honest about everything he does on his farm, and is very passionate about green farming.

This book does not contain simple homesteading information; it is a manual on how to maximize profits, production, and soil fertility, while decreasing disease and stress(both cattle stress and farmer stress). When I said it does not contain "simple homesteading information", I did not mean that this book is complicated. Salad Bar Beef is actually one of the easiest agricultural books to comprehend.

Although easy to comprehend, you can not by any means read this book with a conventional mind. Pretend you do not know anything, and carefully consider Salatin's points.

If you begin reading this book and get the feeling that Salatin is strong in the way he presents his points, that's because he is. Many do not like being convicted, but the truth is, if you're never convicted, you never learn. Salatin makes his views clearly seen in his books, and every one of them are good and practical. Personally, I do not like reading a book in which the author is weak in his presentation of views.

I have never read agricultural books as good as the ones that Salatin has written, and I recommend them to anyone interested in farming naturally. The books are high-priced, but worth double that. Before long I will raise poultry and cattle using Salatin's methods, using Salad Bar Beef as a manual. Too bad I can't give Salad Bar Beef six or seven stars.

Joel Salatin brings optimism and energy to this series of essays on how he raises beef (and other livestock ) on grass for direct market to urban consumers. He reveals his tricks in great detail, such as the egg-mobile, the pig-aerator, electric fencing, the warm winter hay shed, and how to promote the meat. A must for anyone looking for new ideas on raising livestock

This is a great book with a lot of ideas. He is a little extreme for me, but all of his points are quite valid. I love his experience and his families experience and how he gives such great advice based on experience.

This is more than just a collection of pretty pictures. It shows the pride and diversity of the city. Ms. Alyssa Amori really gives us a history lesson of the past and future of Scranton.

There is an old saying and it is; "One picture is worth a thousand words." That is so true in this book. When I looked at the "Lest We Forget" memorial, I remember all the people that were killed because of one man's madness, and his name was Hitler. The monuments of our military reminds me of all the sacrifice's people have given for our country.

I want to jump into the book and see the St. Patrick's Day Parade, and be a part of all the fun people seem to be having. I want to sit in the tree house. Take a ride on the train or trolley. Then go and have fun at the water slides.

Every picture in this book tells a story. Whether it be the the monument of a Coal Miner or the beautiful mountains and lakes. The love of baseball with Roger Clemens or the stately buildings of the Univeresity and homes.

Thank you Ms. Amori for taking us all to visit Scranton: The Electric City.

The Weekender, October 24, 2007
by Don McGlynn

Oprah Winfrey's done a lot of great things over the years: She's given out cars, helped the homeless and inspired one Scranton resident to put together and publish a book.

Local photographer Alyssa Amori has recently published her first book, "Scranton: The Electric City," a collection of photos featuring Scranton's parks, universities, hospitals, sports teams and other sights.

The book is a time capsule in a way, and a real gift for anyone looking to be able to capture their hometown the way they remember. And, in an odd way, those who are enjoying the book have Winfrey to thank.

"It actually started out as a joke," explained Amori. "At the end of last summer, Oprah and her friend Gale took a road trip and stopped off in Danville to get a bite to eat, and I was joking with a friend that it's a shame they didn't get to see Scranton." Amori, who is currently taking classes through the mail at the New York Institute for Photography, knew that if Winfrey couldn't make it to Scranton, then she would send Scranton to her.

"I took a bunch of photos of the city, and with the help of Photoworks, put them together as a hardcover book, and I sent it to Oprah to show her what she missed," Amori said.

Amori never heard if Oprah liked or even got the book, but the process sparked her imagination and made her think that maybe she was onto something.

"I really enjoyed the process, and I knew in my heart that a few of the photos were really good," she said. "So I started taking more photos, and looked into publishing, and was then put into contact with Nicole Langan, who is really responsible for this whole thing."

Langan is the owner of Tribute Books.

"I was immediately impressed with her work," explained Langan, "I feel like she's captured the city in a way that, even if you've lived here all your life, it makes you look at it in a different way, and I think she's made a nice collectible for anyone who has ever lived in the city."

Apparently many agree with Langan, as the book's initial first run pressing has been going over extremely well.

"The response has been overwhelming, people seem to be absolutely crazy in love with it," explained Amori. "The other day I was in the post office, mailing it to a friend, and a woman in line just grabbed it out of my hands and bought it off me, right there.

"I'm thrilled with all of it and am hoping that people will see it as a great gift to give out this Christmas."

Amori has already gotten the ball rolling on making the book this year's gift to give. Since its publication, she has been sending copies out to anyone from the Scranton area who is fighting in the war.

"I heard the story of a solider who was over there fighting, who got to watch the birth of his child on the Internet, and I thought that was nice, but after it he doesn't have a picture to remember it.

"Then I got thinking that a lot of the communication going back and forth is through the Internet. During Vietnam, it was all through the mail, and we would send letters and pictures, and I thought it would be nice for these guys to have that, to be able to show their buddies where they come from and share some stories."

A thoughtful gift that Amori wishes more troops, in other towns, could be lucky enough to get.

"I came up with the idea for the book out of my love for Scranton, but I would love to see Wilkes-Barre or Dunmore or any city do this same thing," she said. "I would be honored if they came to me and asked me to do a similar book for their town."

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2LLUAE3U07WVX Electric City, September 20, 2007
Up Close & Personal
by Stephanie Sikora

A pictorial book outlining Scranton makes its premiere in local Barnes and Noble and Borders stores this weekend, but this collection of photography is truly a case of more meeting the eye. Author Alyssa Amori has focused on bringing out the city's architecture. She has seen Scranton change and grow over the years and believes it's starting to get the feel of a city. Though she had the chance to speak with some publishers from New York, Mrs. Amori wants to keep the book local. She said it's for anyone who has been raised here and will understand the trolley, the Radisson hotel, the tree house, the Everhart Museum, or the lions and tigers and bears at the Nay Aug Zoo. And, while some do it "for the kids," she's all "for the troops." Now, meet the one-stop photo shop, Alyssa Amori ...

SO EXPLAIN THIS BOOK.
It's called Scranton: The Electric City because the Electric City sign is on the cover of the book. There are more than 100 photographs of different areas of the city. The book is broken down into sections. All the big things are in there. There are hospitals and a section on parks. So it's just broken down into very specific sections. There's no real wording in it. It's just a photograph and an explanation.

DID YOU DISCARD A LOT OF PICTURES?
Let's see, there are 100 in there. And at this point I have probably taken (more than) 6,000.

SIX THOUSAND PICTURES??
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees have four pages. Just to do Roger Clemens, I took a ton of photographs. Opening night of the Yankees I probably took 700-800. The opening of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Pioneers has two pages - that was a lot as well. You never know what you're going to get. You can't stand there and think about every picture you take. You just start taking pictures. And a lot of times, especially with sports, the action takes care of itself and you have no control over it. So, yeah, I've probably taken about 6,000.

WHAT ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE?
None, really. Right now I'm in school at the New York Institute of Photography. Everything is done through the mail. And it's amazing how much I've learned just by reading what they've given us to read and taking the pictures that they've asked us to take. Their critiquing of my work has really made me a better photographer.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE BOOK?
That started as a joke. One day at work we were talking about Oprah and her girlfriend Gail. During their cross-country trip, they stopped at Danville and grabbed a bite to eat. I said, "she's not even going to come close to being here." We started kidding around and I said maybe I'll send her some of our pictures from the city. So it just escalated from there.

AND YOU DID THAT?
I was trying to figure out how to present these photographs to her. So I went online and there are Web sites where you can take your photographs and make them into a book. They bind it and send you a hard copy. So that's what I did. I gave them 20 pages of pictures, and they made it into a book and sent it to me. I sent that book to Oprah last year. Looking back, the book was horrible. The pictures weren't good; the text wasn't good. I didn't blame her for not getting back to me. It really wasn't good-quality work at all. I sent her a book and a letter saying, "You were close to my city but I wanted to share it with you." And I never heard back from her. So now that I have this book, I will send her a copy.

AND WHO'S PUBLISHING IT?
Tribute Books. The owner of the company is Nicole Langan and it's in Eynon.

HOW HAS SHE WORKED WITH YOU?
I told her that she deserves a medal of honor when this is done. She's been wonderful. She's worked with me, she's understood, she's taken my photographs and put them into a format that I could see online. I looked at the pictures and went through them probably 100 times and decided I didn't like some because at the time when you're taking pictures, you think you're taking the picture. But six months later, you look at it and there are three cars parked in front of the building, so you can't see the building. So I went back and pretty much reshot everything.

WHEN DID YOU START SHOOTING?
The Yankees opened in April. The Pioneers opened in March. So from March until now. And I've taken a lot of new pictures that aren't in the book. Maybe a year or two years from now we'll add more things to the book. A new edition because I didn't have the Italian festival, or the Race for the Cure, and I have those photographs now. I'm just going to keep going out and taking pictures.

WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE THE OLD COPY?
Everything. This book is done professionally. The photographs are better, the presentation is better, the text is what it is, it's just an explanation of what the photograph is. And like anything else you have to start from the beginning and make your mistakes. You keep making changes and additions and hopefully the copy that the public is going to see is well received. Nicole as my publisher has said that there is absolutely nothing on the market today that's even close to my book. There's nothing available from Scranton.

HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHAT TO PHOTOGRAPH?
Well, the decision was to do this in Scranton. So I took a whole bunch of photographs. I have great pictures of the train and the trolley. I e-mailed Nicole asking if she had any other suggestions of places that I could take pictures. She sent me a list of probably 30 different areas.Then we came back from vacation, I looked at the photographs and said I didn't like this one or that one. I went out and retook them.

YOU'RE HARD ON YOURSELF.
Absolutely. I have to be. Because, like I said, this isn't just for my family. This is something that I am hopeful is a positive representation of Scranton. And I'm hoping that maybe schools will use it as advertising to get children or kids or families to move to the city. Or colleges. Or businesses that recruit employees to move to the area. They can use this book as an advertisement for the city. There are family members that used to live here but they've moved away. Maybe that would be a great gift as a reminder of what the city is. And I think that's pretty much where the idea of the soldiers came in.

THE SOLDIERS?
One morning I was watching Good Morning America and there was this young man who was in Iraq. He was in a tent and was watching the birth of his child on the computer. And I was thinking that when he got done watching that, and walked away, he had nothing to hold on to. And I remember my family and my friends' families - they would talk about WWII and the letters they would get from their girlfriends or wives at the time. So I was thinking, "well ya know what, I'm doing this book and maybe if I can find our Scranton soldiers, I could send this book to them as a hope." This is your home, this is your family, we love you and miss you and we want you to know that we didn't forget you. So that process has started.

HOW SO?
I put an article in the paper that said if anybody has a loved one stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan, contact me. As of right now I've had 13 families contact me. And we're going to send them the book. I told them want their names because I'm going to write a note in every single book thanking these young men and women for what they're doing. And it's a gift, there's no expense to the family. Everybody that has contacted is just very excited about it. They appreciate it.

Scranton, Pennsylvania is like all other cities in that it is like all other cities yet maintains a distinctiveness that is attractive and unique. In this book, Amori manages to capture the history of the city as well as the current energy that it exudes in a series of photographs. I was most impressed by the photo of the Albright Memorial Library. Made of solid stone having windows constructed in a medieval style and with a turret in the corner, it looks like a fortress. Which in some sense is what it is, a place where people can go any place that someone has written about, secure in the knowledge that there is security in knowledge.
After looking through these pages, I have a strong desire to visit Scranton; my biggest treat would be to take a ride on the steam locomotive in the Steamtown National Historic Site. I would close my eyes and count the buffalo and Native Americans that we are passing by as I travel across the North American continent. The photography is excellent; each picture exudes energy, even when there is no hint of movement.

No truer words were ever spoken when it comes to summarizing the content of this magnificent book. Eric Sloane describes the seasons of the early American way of life in a most revealing and splendid fashion. Beginning with the month of March: spring - the New Year according to the seasons; Sloane takes the reader through a year full of the sowing and reaping of the harvest in its season.

"Possibly as a result of long dependence upon strong electric lighting, we seem to have much poorer night vision today than the average man had a century or two ago."
It's this sort of historical information that brings the past to life. As a social historian (not accredited, mind you, but I'll go against most any so-called history major), I spend much time and money searching out tid-bits of this type to help give me the understanding of the ways and lives of times past. Seasons of America Past by Eric Sloane is an excellent source of American life in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Taking the reader through a full year of everyday life - month by month - Mr. Sloane shows through his many sketches and fluid writing so many aspects of the lives of our ancestors (including what was most likely considered mundane by those who lived it!) that most supposed historians do not even touch upon. Put into a seasonal order, one will see how each of our four seasons affected the lives of our long past relatives.
Here are a few more bits of information strewn throughout this book:
"May was once the season for sending May baskets, now a forgotten custom. The first spring flowers were gathered by young girls and left in baskets on the doorsteps for their parents..."
"The American farmer...drank cider daily at his table instead of water or milk..."
"Plow Monday was the first day after the end of Christmas festivities, when the back-to-work spirit started with getting all farm equipment in shape."
"Stump pulling was one of the few cash businesses, and at twenty five cents a stump - the standard price in 1850 - a man could pull twenty to fifty stumps a day and make a most exceptional living."
"Independence Day...was first ushered in by bell-ringing and shooting. When Chinese firecrackers entered the scene of Independence Day (in the early 1800's), bell-ringing vanished."
"Today the word PICKLE brings to mind a prepared cucumber, but pickle in the old days was a verb that referred to the...process and not to the actual product."
149 pages filled with everyday life of times gone by. Winter clothing, ice houses, broom making, sugaring time, seasonal cooking, wells, farm sleds and sleighs, spinning wheels, gathering of splint wood for baskets, herb dyes and the colors they made, and so much more packed into an easy to read format.
With this and other books by Eric Sloane, as well as the wonderful 'Everyday Life' books (such as 'Expansion of Everyday Life') one can almost feel as if they can live in a different time.

This is the second Sloane book I've had the unique pleasure to read and I liked it every bit as well as the first. Mr. Sloane is as learned in his subject matter---daily life in the rural American past---as any professor. I love the illustrations and the attention to tiny detail. Truly these books are treasures that preserve information about our past that is so in danger of being lost in the hectic pace of twenty-first-century life. To read this book is to place one's mindset in another era and circumstance. Yes, existence in the past was more physically difficult compared to today but in their own way our forebears lived richly in a world that was every bit as complex and rewarding as our own. This is a book for children, for adults, for anyone open-minded enough to look backward without condescension. I think any thinking person will be greatly impressed.

All of the Sloane books are worth reading and owning. As a boy in the 1960s I was very impressed with the pen and ink drawings, more impressed than with the color paintings. (I still am.) I even built models of some of the buildings for grammar school dioramas. In the 1980s, I bought all the titles that were still in print (or remaindered). Buy the Dover reprints and any other editions you can find before they disappear again. Abebooks.com is a good source for OOP books.

Another one of Eric Sloane's great historical narratives on the development of America with this book focusing on the seasonal nature of farming.

Thankfully most of Sloane's books are available as reprints as anyone interested in learning about the American way of life, from 1650 to 1900, will find these books real treasures. The text is straight forward, very informative and shows a reverence for all aspects of American farming, craftsmanship, invention and "common sense". The book is illustrated with great sketches and shows the modern urbanite how the rural Americans survived, thrived and prospered.

Any Sloane book is an essential part of a library for those individuals who are feed-up with the urban ratrace and are seeking a simpler, self-supporting, rewarding experience.

I'm a fan of Turkle, so I just loved it. It's just one of the first deep books written about human-computer interaction.

A classic in the field of human/computer interaction, it suffers a bit from its age (although I was delighted to read about the way children interacted with Merlin and Simon, given that I was a child who had interacted with both of the above). Children are so much more saturated with computers and computer technology than when the book was written, that I wonder how the observations will have changed.

_The Second Self_ is divided into three parts:

Part I: Growing Up with Computers: The Animation of the Machine
Part II: The New Computer Cultures: The Mechanization of the Mind
Part III: Into a New Age

This is "the" book that described the true origin of "hacking" as in "pushing the edge of the envelope" by writing a complex program in six lines of code instead of ten. This is a really superior piece of work about computer cultures and the people that belong to them. It is a wonderfully readable book with magnificent insights into the psychology of the young people at the bleeding edge of the computer frontier.

Has it already been twenty years since the first edition of this book came out?! When it did so, it was soon regarded as a classic. The intervening years have done nothing to diminish that assessment. Turkle has updated it to form this second edition.

By and large, her analysis in 1984 proved on the mark. As computers have improved in power, and become smaller and more portable, their users tend to identify with them. And here it should be said that the cellphones of today are considered, and are indeed, computers in the context of this text. Certainly, a typical cellphone has a raw computational capacity exceeding the personal computers of 1984.

To some readers, the most puzzling thing may be why some users so identify with their computers, or half-jokingly, attribute personalities to them. There seems to be some innate urge in many people for this.

Needless to say, suppose we project out another 20 years. The trend is for more such behaviour. The sophistication and personalisation possible in those future mobile machines makes this inevitable. And this is even NOT assuming any breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, which might endow the devices with true personalities.

Turkle's seminal text examines the social implications of our increasingly computer-suffused lives. With a strong emphasis on individual interactions with computers, this ethnography describes an emerging post-modern computer culture, and goes on to interpret it in philosophical terms. A bit utopian, very smart, acts as a bit of a pre-quel to her recent work, Life on the Screen

America's transportation networks are vulnerable. The nation's "wake up," on September 11th is now amplified by government and media clarion calls to protect our ports. Securing Global Transportation Networks answers with an ingenious foundation using Demming's Total Quality Management as its blueprint. Anyone in the public, private, or academic sectors who is serious about transportation will mark themselves ahead of the curve with a first edition of SGTN on their bookshelf.

The authors make a very compelling case that organizations should adopt security as a core business concern.

The book empowers its readers by showing how organizations can avoid disruptive events through planning to protect people, facilities, supply chains, and business reputation. It also outlines how to plan for recovery from those inevitable catastrophes. The book includes many real world examples.

Another benefit of the book is that those in the technology sector can gain insights into how to be part of the security solution.

This book is both well written and comprehensive. The authors have described the multiple facets so clearly that you do not need an MBA to read it.

Total Security Management is a wake up call for global executives. Today's companies are no longer in control of their own fate unless they become proactive. Securing Global Transportation Networks provides an innovative approach to supply chain security and the relationship to value creation. I strongly recommend this book to anyone with responsibility for protecting any part of the supply chain or operating in the business of trade.

I am impressed with the authors' argument that the private sector can create value while adopting security measures throughout their transportation network. Usually, businesses view security as a cost, rather than an asset. This book, however, argues that implementing security measures can be a market differentiator and create a competitive advantage for a firm that faces an unexpected disruptive event. I would recommend this book to you if you enjoy reading about the impact of globalization on the US economy. Great read for MBA students!

This book provides a very detailed process -Total Security Management (TSM) - for implementing security into the global supply chain in such a way that it adds value to the bottom line. A must read for corporate executives and transportation security professionals responsible for protecting the company supply chain. A primer for improving security and beginning to realize a positive rate of return on transportation security investments.

By Jeffrey W. Bennett, ISP, author of ISP Certification-The Industrial Security Professional Exam Manual and Under the Lontar Palm
Excellent resource! As a Facility Security Officer for a DoD contractor complany, I find it to provide multiple layers of security or "security in-depth". This book offers insight from a retail environment that is very applicable to government and contractor security. Add this to your library.

In this latest edition, events after 911 is depicted thus the updated book reflects new security trends and concerns after the terrifying 911. Packaging arrived in nice shrink wrapped, without any dents or scratches. A must have for those taking ASIS exams.

Because of this book I was able to jump into Loss Prevention after Leaving my job as a Deputy Sheriff and I Doubled my yearly income. I just followed the the outline layed out in every chapter on conducting Security assesments and evaluations and then made recomendations. The customers keep referring other customers. I have plenty of work.

Here is a book that is a must for all security supervisors in the contract and private sector in security. We all have to start with the basics when training new security supervisors and officers. Here is a book that can aid greatly to the end result that we in the industry are striving for well trained and knowledgable Security Supervisors and officers. All chapters of this book can be set to lesson plan for classroom study or chapters can be assigned to all and have them answer the questions at the end of each chapters. Teaching how and when a security survey should be conducted and explaining to the client the findings and the recommendations that were found during the survey. If you have the book keep it if you do not get a copy ASAP it will only make that much prepared for the changes in the industry that will taking place today into the next century and beyond. Good Luck. Dennis Medick

The book is well organized, and covers a wide breadth. I recommend this for anyone wanting a thorough overview. It is a textbook, so it is more academic than hands-on. It is also a great source of references for a wide variety of organizations and standards.

This book explains very clearly the problem of sensory integration dysfunction. It examines the cause, and the scope of the problem, and also treatment. It clearly states that this problem can occur despite a parent's proper nurturing of a child's development. Most encouraging, this book explains the therapy that can help the child (or adult). However, it is written by a PhD, and so is rather difficult to understand at times. It also covers a huge scope of learning disability, from slight dysfunction to autism.

I work as an elementry school teacher. In my profession I see many children who unfortunatly have not received enough sensory motor training. Parents need to understand the importants of sensory integration. This book does a good job of explaning it.

If you have a young child with learning difficulties and want to understand the nature of your child's problem, definitely read this book. I found it invaluable in understanding my child's problems.

This book is an excellent intermediate reference to follow reading Sensory Secrets...How to jump-start learning in children.
It takes the reader into more depth with information on sensory systems and will satisfy the need to learn more about the technical aspects of sensory integration. I have used this book (written by Ayres, the pioneer of research in this area) as a reference with thousands of educators and readily refer to it as the "next step" to understanding the neurology involved with this facinating topic. It is well worth the investment of time and money to have it readily available for personal reference.

Every social worker should read this book.

In you have one of these cars this book will refund your its cover price the first time you do any task covered within.
The Shadow Companion makes a complicated car a lot less daunting. Even if you don't do your own work, this book will assist you by explaining in clear terms the work involved n most tasks required with these cars and will make you a smarter and more knowledgeable owner and that should save you money at the shop. It breaks down many jobs simply enough that it will tempt you into trying things yourself you may have thought were beyond you and like the Muir's famous VW book, if you follow the directions you won't get into trouble. An essential for Shadow owners everywhere.

Really useful book for the DIYers, in order to help keeping our cars on the road. Very clearly explained with helpful pictures

I am a reasonably talented amateur mechanic, and a long time car enthusiast/restorer. I was always a bit nervous about buying a Silver Shadow, because I know they are complicated, and very advanced (for their time) automobiles. This book completely explains all of the intricate working of these cars, and more importantly, shows how the home mechanic/enthusiast can take care of most of the regular maintenance, and smaller repairs themselves, rather than having to pay specialists for all of the required work. There are even sections on restoration of woodwork, paintwork, etc. Much more than just a shop manual supplement, this book is absolutely essential for the current owner or anyone contemplating the purchase of one of these Rolls-Royce. It is the best money you will spend, before, during, or after your aquisition of a Silver Shadow.

I have read my recently purchased Shadow Owners' Companion book and have found it very informative. I have been relying on my Owners Handbook for all these years and it is nice to have something that has more in depth information. I apprecaite the author sharing his time and effort in detail for the rest of us to learn from.

If you have a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow or are thinking of buying one, this is your #1 must-have publication. It's the only step-by-step manual on how to maintain them. The factory service manuals are great, but don't explain the how and why of some of the systems and they certainly don't explain how to actually perform some of the necessary tasks. This book is a bargain at $40.

I received this book from the breeder when I got my first sheep. I really enjoyed information in the book. I love the extra bits of information about things like the history of domestic sheep and bottle lambs. The pictures are supurb. It is great to have a book that looks at sheep raising from a homesteading or pet persepective instead of a commercial operation. This is an easy read, with great tone and flow.

I bought this book in hopes of having a "catch all" reference for our new adventures as shepherds. The book is packed with information in an easy to read format. I will still have to supplement the book with other publications, but it does cover the basics and would serve as a beginner's manual. One thing we have begun doing recently is printing off extension publications and compiling them in a 3 ring binder, arranged by topic. This book is easy to read and would be a good reference for 4H students.

I have read alot of books on sheep for years, because I own sheep and what to do my best at it. This book was probably the best book on sheep I have ever read. The information was great and easy to understand this book is right on. I have told alot of sheep people I know to get this book

This book is an excellent resource for anyone just considering sheep to seasoned shepherds. The pictures are incredible and the information covered is invaluable. I am going to send this book home with each of my lambs' new owners. The Resources section is a MUST for every new owner.

I read this book being a complete novice on raising sheep. After reading this book, I really feel I have enough knowledge to raise my own sheep on my hobby farm.

The author (Sue Weaver) writes in a wonderful down-to-earth and very easy to understand style. She covers everything sheep such as: choosing the right sheep breed for your needs, sheep disposition & behavior, sheep housing, nutritional needs, shearing & selling fleece, hoof trimming, delivering lambs, common sheep diseases and how to vaccinate your sheep. Whether you're a total novice like me or an old pro, I think you could learn a lot from this book.

This book is put together on nice glossy paper stock. It also has tons of excellent photos. What I love most is that the author shows many photo's on how to correctly do many procedures w/sheep, such as vaccinations. Also this book sports an excellent resource directory. The directory includes an online directory, sheep organizations, sheep suppliers, state & university resources and my favorite the book and periodical guide to all sheep.

The only thing I would've liked in here (tho, I know it goes way beyond the scope of this book) is a chapter that had every sheep breed with photos and characteristics listed. Tho, the author does go a bit into what breeds are best for milk and for wool.

This book is a great investment. I also have Sue Weaver's other book on raising chickens and it is wonderful as well. If you're reading this Sue, how about a book on raising Ducks and one on raising Alpacas next? :)

The fact that this book comes with real explanation and plans of the proyects is why it was chosen above all others... arquitects don't read pictures, they read plans...

the work of this interessant japanese architect, it's a demonstration of a continuated and progressive developmente of an architecture beautifull and deep.

Excellent book,interesting, useful not only for architectors but for anybody. good print quality.

Shigeru Ban is famous for his innovative use of building materials, structural rigor and pureness. This book captures all these quintessential attributes of this ingenious architect.

The editor did a great job of organizing Ban's projects according to the building materials (i.e., paper, wood, bamboo, prefab, and skin). Multiple projects in each chapter form a coherent and articulated presentation of how Ban took advantage of the uniquessness of certain material and incorporated it into his architectural philosophy and aesthetics.

The text is technical oriented which often includes the characteristics of the materials and the issues concerning structural engineering. At the end of most chapters, you can find detailed technical information and test statistics of the building materials used in the featured projects. Moreover, at the beginning of the book, Ban also contributed an article on the whole building process of building his classic work: Japanese Pavillion, which is very informative and instructive.

Another noteworthy strength of this book is that it reveals the connectness of Ban's different projects and shows how the architect developed and built his own architectural style programmatically (e.g., How he developed, refined, and matured the paper architecture, the furniture house idea, the ivy structure, and the universal floor plan through several dozens of projects).

Put together, this is a well-organized, thoughtful, and informative book about Ban's contribution to the international architectural community. Bravo!

The book itself is almost the perfect monograph. Each project is described concisely, and it has all the drawings and photos to orient the reader to the site, the program and the idea. The drawings and photos range from the finest detail to the biggest gestures, and doesn't isolate the projects like they're pristine objects. The photos often emphasize the construction or assembly of the work, though the finished photos and model shots are expressive and informative too. The pages with experimental and test calculations are well-organized and relate back to specific projects and details, using graphs, tables and pictures or drawings of the elements or details in question. For a non-engineer, it's all rather clear and convincing. I've never seen ideas and processes presented so rationally and convincingly. Nothing here seems superfluous and Ban reveals his process and interests completely to the reader.

Of course, the projects themselves are fantastic. John Hedjuk's influence is all over the work, and I dare say that Ban's actualized projects are now richer, have reached greater depth and are more expressive and informative than his mentor's. On one level, you could imagine that Ban's preoccupation with wood products, "green" construction and sustainable design started as a bad pun that served as the basis of his student thesis. ("Paper Architecture." Ha-ha.) But the rigor and depth that he brings to each project break through any temptation to show self-conscious irony or superficiality. At the end of the day, he's an architect's architect who controls proportion and light, defines space and considers human scale in all his work. He makes Calatrava look like "just" an engineer. And his works aren't just formal exercises with nine square grids and such. His ideas and works begin to touch on politics without seeming pretentious or partisan with his refugeee shelters and other more recent work (although those private houses do present a counterpoint to the socially-oriented work in more ways than one).

Anyway, great book, great work. I'm totally convinced of Ban's skills and talent.