Source The Books

When I was a kid in the 70s, I came across this book at a neighbor's house (it was used as a textbook by older kids where I lived). I was fascinated by the pictures and stories about Black history and my Dad told me he remembered a lot of the people and events in this book. I am proud to say that I now write and teach Black history for a living, thanks to the day I found this wonderful book.

As for the contents, it's a picture-filled anthology ofthe writngs and speeches of famous and not-so-famous blacks with some well-researched commentary by Katz. In this era when so much junk (like that "Willie Lynch" and melanin-superiority BS) passes as Black history, it is good know that books like this are around to seperate the truth from the trash.

Being an interior designer, this book would be one of the best reference on my book shelves. The autour's knowleadge on fabric seems to be highly proffessional so that I believe this book could be an excellent textbook for schools. The book covers a well-summerized, but not superficial, history on each types of fabric from all over the world, and it further examines fabrics by catagories of different design subjects. Special terms on fabric design are well explained. The design of the book is pleasant, and many beautiful pictures are given which are helpful to understand the content. This is the kind of book I have been looking for, since I was an interior design student. (I studied in the U.S. so that I have seen so many other related books published there to compare !!!)

Hardcover is yellow and 11x9 inches. Dustjacket is yellow with black text and various black and white pictures of opium pipes and opium dens.

The Fabulous Illustrated History of Psychoactive Plants or Great Grandma's Pleasures is an illustrated survey of the sources, preperations and uses of stimulating, narcostising and intoxicating drugs in past centuries; drawn from rare texts and photographs.

Of the innumerable chemical substances other than foodstuffs which the world contains, none have a more intimate connection with human life than those whose history and effects are described in this work.

If human consciousness is the most wonderful thing on earth, the attempt to fathom the depths of psycho-physiological action of narcotic and stimulationg drugs makes this wonder seem greater still, for with their help man is enabled to transfer the emotions of everyday life, as well as his will and intellect, to unknown regions; he is enabled to attain degrees of emotional intensity and duration which are otherwise unknown to the brain.

Such effects are brought about by chemical substances. The most powerful of these are products of the vegtable kingdom, into whose silent growth and creative abundance man has not yet fully penetrated. By the exercise of their powers on the brain, they release marvellous stores of latent energy. They releive the mentally tortured, assuage the racking pains of the sick, inspire with hope those doomed to death, endow the overworked with new vitality and vigour such as no strength of will could attain, and replace for an hour the exhaustion and langour of the overworked by mental comfort and content. - Louis Lewin 1924

I have Multiple-Sclerosis and purchased this last summer, thinking I would listen to it over a week or two of drive time. During a driving trip up north, my husband and I listened to the entire thing. There isn't any valuable medical information on here, but the emotions he puts you thru as you listen, is worth every penny. It was good to laugh along with him. A great story teller!

An excellent book based on solid archaeological and historical evidence. It clearly demonstrates how Tito's communist dictatorship created the modern Slav-Macedonians.
It also demonstrates how the Slavs were convinced that ancient Macedonians were Slavs!
Everyone mast read it!

In one volume a myriad of other sources are referenced, state by state, county by county. This is a book that can tell you where to go to find historical genealogical records. Since that varies state to state and county to county, it is a great help to know what is available, where it is available, and how to make the contact. Well worth the price!!

A truly heart rending story of a great injustice.

The book is based on a diary kept owned by Gerard Keegan, a schoolteacher and his young wife. Originally from County Sligo, they boarded one of the infamous coffin ships bound for Canada. Keegan was one of the few educated immigrants leaving Ireland and his description of daily life is almost to hard to bear reading about. Filthy unsanitary living conditions, vivid descriptions of the cause of death to those onboard and their burial, little to no decent food, fights aboard ship and other hardships. For those lucky enough to reach Canada, they were still unable to set foot on land for some time, if at all due to illness.

Those who have read about Ireland and the "great troubles" will want to add this book to your collection. For those who are interested in true historical facts in the form of personal diary's but are not familiar with the Irish potato famine, please read this book! You will begin to understand that the Irish suffered from a subtle and sometimes not so subtle form of genocide by England.

This book is a catalog of the 1983 exhibition of the Harvard College Library, the Ukrainian Research Institute, and the Ukrainian Studies Fund of Harvard University which marked the 50th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933. As such, the book is more pictures than words, but they present a powerful case against not only the Stalinist regime, but against Stalin himself in only eighty-some pages.

To understand the current economic, political, and social situation in struggling Ukraine one needs to understand the Ukrainian psyche. To understand the Ukrainian psyche one must understand their peculiar history as an oft-invaded frontier-land, and especially as a vassal of Russia for nearly a millenium. This book starkly illustrates a particularly grim episode which occurred early in the 70 year period of Soviet subjugation.

Although the famine was not limited strictly to Ukraine, it was a Stalin-induced event primarily directed at breaking down Ukrainian resistance to collectivization and destruction of the "kurkuls", the rich Ukrainian peasant class. An overarching aim of Stalin's was the completion of Ukrainian subjugation which had not yet been successful to that point of Soviet rule.

This catalog of the 1983 exhibition is a powerful examination of one of the clearer cases in world history of state terrorism. Although viewed in retrospect, the collection of both illustrations and photographs appears as a remarkable foreshadowing of human tragedies like the holocaust, Rawanda, and Bosnia. The book is must reading and a vital reference for anyone with an interest in Ukraine.

A collection of case studies from field research, this book is an excellent illustration of sustainable small-scale agriculture throughout Africa. It also establishes a methodology for reporting farmer and community initiatives to a wider international audience. Agriculture has been around in Africa for a very long time. Early domestication of such staples as wheat and barley took place in Africa, coffee originated there and many food crops and plants still maintain their highest levels of biodiversity anywhere. Above all else then, FARMER INNOVATION is a testimony to creativity, originality and resilience of small-scale men and women farmers in different parts of Africa. As the editors state, what they found and are reporting on represents 'just the tip of the iceberg'; even then they identified over 1,000 innovators during the two-year study.

Reij and Waters-Bayer have gathered evidence of farmer innovation from more than a dozen countries in East, West and Southern Africa. Their research was a collaborative effort with two major, Dutch-funded, regional development programs. The individual field reports followed a clear set of selection criteria and reporting standards. The editors provided the framework, introduction and conclusion and invited a number of research and extension teams, mainly African, to present the individual case studies. The result is the portrayal of 'best farming practices' introduced and/or refined by African men and women farmers, which have proven successful against environmental and economic adversity.

The book is grouped by themes and relevant case studies from each region are summarized. For example, we find a report on how farmers "increase and diversify plant biomass" through the development of planting pits in Burkina Faso, or the use of such pits for improved maize production in southern Tanzania. "Farmer-to-farmer communication" among communities in Tigray (Ethiopia) facilitates the spreading of effective land management techniques, proving that building partnerships and sharing knowledge is an important practical trait of farmer innovators. Farmer Innovators do not work in isolation and their ideas and experiments can have a major impact on the neighbouring community and beyond. It will be important to study lessons from these experiences to influence policy and political and economic leaders: small-scale farmers have an important role to play if agriculture in Africa is to be successful and sustainable. In their concluding chapter, the editors also raise questions regarding the prevailing north-south technology transfer that has been the mainstay of African agricultural development intervention.

FARMER INNOVATION, although not a difficult read, is more designed for the research, extension and agriculture/development community than for the general audience. In order to demonstrate the consistency of their methodology, the editors allow for a certain amount of repetitive description of the consultation and investigation processes involved. The case studies themselves should motivate the reader to persevere. Anybody interested in agriculture and farming systems and techniques will find ample and interesting information in this collection.

When I set out on the quest to find this book I was told it would be impossible. God was gracious to me in allowing me to find it on the first try and it is so worth it. This book should be available on line since it is out of print. This is sad since many of the great Orthodox books that are in English are out of print. You will not go wrong in paying the tariff for this hard to find gem