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This colorful book is part of the wonderful Then & Now series, and is an excellent introduction to Tajikistan. The information is divided into four chapters: 1) The Land and People of Tajikistan (geography and sociology), 2) Tajikistan's Story (history), Making a Living in Tajikistan (economics), and 4) What's Next for Tajikistan (current events). Along the way, the reader is treated to many colorful maps and pictures.

This book is very well put together, and makes a great introduction to readers both young and old. My one complaint against this book is that it was published in 1993, which means that in some places its information is probably a little out of date. But, that said, I would still recommend this book as a starting point for anyone interested in learning about modern Tajikistan!

This book really helped me on my school project. It was the only book I needed to get 100% on a paper worth 200 pts. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more on Tajikistan, or anyone doing a report on it. 5 STARS!!!!

Teaching Inclusively has been so helpful to me in the most practical sense. I am currently teaching Communication classes as an adjunct at a community college. I find myself devouring Part IV of the book. The importance of diversity in the classroom is explained so thoroughly and from every vantage point in this book. You get the faculty perspective and the student's perspective. It makes for a richer understanding. I am so enjoying this book that I am re-reading certain articles with a highlighter so that I do not miss a thought. My awareness in the classroom has expanded as a result of this book. I highly recommend this book to any faculty member wanting to be more effective in the classroom.

Matt Ouellett's book is a rich resource for those in higher education. What makes this book unique is that it defines "Teaching Inclusively" in the broadest possible sense, going beyond race and ethnicity to discussions on gender, sexuality, and disability. The articles provide both theoretical and practical tools for promoting change at multiple levels within higher education. From models of best practices in the classroom and for faculty development programs to theoretical frameworks for creating and sustaining inclusive teaching and learning environments within departments and institutions, this extensive collection of articles has much to offer faculty, faculty developers and administrators.

Would have been great to have myself , when I enlisted , but for any going in Now read , learn , prepare .

I bought this book to start a home fitness plan. I have really loved using this book. There are some things that are only for the military, but I think there is a lot of information that can be pulled from this book and used to develop a good fitness program. When looking for a book I searched a great deal of fitness books. I trusted this one because you know Uncle Sam invested some time and money into the research. This is a really great buy.

I found this book to be very moving.It makes you feel as though you are right there with Gary and his fellow firefighters as they try to save their neighborhoods.I found the book to be very hard to put down and found myself thinking about the book during the day.At times, I was brought to tears as I read about the homes that were destroyed and the pets that were displaced by this awful fire. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys real life adventures.

I am new to living in the Arizona mountains where Gary's story takes place. I have driven through the area of forest where blackened trees still stand and sensed the gothic eeriness of this sad event, and now I know the details of that terrible fire. Gary's story is a page turner and the witness of one volunteer fire fighter's experience. As a former librarian I would highly recommend this book for youth and adults. And you don't have to live in Arizona to appreciate this tale of a volunteer who found himself helping to battle the largest wildfire in the history of the State of Arizona.

Many are familiar with blackberries, pawpaws, and black walnuts as tasty wild foods. This book covers those and less known edibles like goatsbeard (cook the root like a potato) or honewort (cook the stems like asparagus, put the leaves in a salad).
This excellent guide shows a sketch of each plant with its flowers or berries or nuts. It gives the species, flowering dates, a description, habitat, location in the state, time to collect it, and its uses.
Three or four paragraphs supplement that info with the author's own experience using the plant. In some cases she gives specific amounts such as for making jam from ground cherry. Other times she is brief such as "put the raw early leaves of hollyhock in a tossed salad."
Forty-seven plants get full color paintings by the author. Seventeen plants are listed in a warning section as dangerous or poisonous (wild ginger, pokeweed, etc.). A few recipes (soup, fritter, wild edible biscuits) are attached at the end. The index sorts the edibles by type of use (pies, liquers, teas, salads, etc.)

Wild Edibles of Missouri by Jan Phillips and published by the Missouri Conservation Commission, is a very useful little guide for those who are interested in such things. Each plant addressed and assessed by the author is accompanied by a very well done black and white drawing. In addition to this, there are around fifty color plates of some of these plants. Both drawings and color plates are very well done. The author has given us a very useable text, describing the plant, its habitat, usage, and personal notes from the author as to usage and harvesting time and techniques.

This book, when used, needs to be read quite carefully, and I certainly suggest that you use other works to supplement it. While this actual work as a whole is quite good, this is an area where you certainly should not make any mistakes. Some, and indeed most, of the plants featured here are quite edible, but on the other hand, most can make you quite ill if they are not prepared correctly, harvested at the wrong time or if the wrong part of the plant is used or if too much of the plant is eaten. The author, thank goodness, has emphasized this, but it is sort of human nature to read and see more or less what you want to see...sort of wishful thinking. I have personally been acquainted wiht a number of people who have gotten into big trouble this way. Use this book, but, as I said, read carefully and don't take chances. If there is even the slightest doubt in your mind, DON'T EAT IT! Better yet, if you harvest from the wild, it is best to start, go and be taught by and with someone who absolutely knows what they are doing. I have been dealing with these plants, and eating them, for well over fifty years now. I started learning from old granny women years ago down in the hills, and have added to my knowledge over the years. I still get tripped up now and then!

A personal note: As the author has pointed out in her introduction...do not think for one second that you can go out and live off the wild and save groups of money in doing so. Gathering most of these edible plants are extremely work intensive, and to be quite frank, many of the plants, while indeed edible, simply do not taste all that good, despite what you may have heard. In addition, many of these plants are growing very difficult to find. Due to development, farming and over harvesting, some of them verge on becoming endangered. Don't be greedy! Secondly, remember that with many of these growing things, you are competing with wildlife. Hey, you have a never ending supply of food at stores, the critters just have what they find in their environment...give them a break!

A personal rant! Between food gatherers, and the "craft people," there has been a major impact on our wild areas in Missouri. Always ask permission from the land owner before you go out gathering and pillaging! As an example, we have bittersweet growing in our area. This is a beautiful vine with nice berries. Missouri is known for it. The craft people have pushed this plant to the point of nonexistence in some areas. I had a wonderful fence row growing and it has been completely stripped and is now gone from just people driving by, cutting it, so they can make nice little craft things for their homes or to sell. Another one is the wild grape. We have a large amount of these vines, but fewer now. I actually caught two ladies tromping through my woods ripping vines and cutting. I am a nice fellow, so I did not have them arrested for trespassing, nor did I shoot them, but did give them a verbal lashing. When you buy one of those nice grape vine wreaths at the local craft store, please keep in mind that this practice has had a major impact on wild life in Southern Missouri and has certainly had an impact on the three or four jars of jam I make ever year. And Cattails! I have a small swampy area with a very small pond surrounded by cattails. I have been photographing this area for years, season after season. It took one family with for kids from St. Louis, to completely destroy this wonderful micro-ecco-system, and they did it is just two hours. Hey, I don't begrudge anyone a meal, but did they have to destroy the whole place?

Enough ranting....this is a fine little book. If you are interested in such things, as I am, than it is well worth adding to your library. The book is well done, very informative and the art work is great.

Don Blankenship
The Ozarks

This book goes that extra mile that I needed. I used this book as a supplement to a Princeton Review GRE prep and found it at times better than the text book from my course. This book uses the words in context which is helpful in memorizing.

This test prep book is designed to help build up one's vocabulary in preparation for the GRE. The math on the GRE is of the same level as the SATs, but, as the book explains, the creators of the GRE figure you should have been working on your vocabulary during your undergraduate years.

The book offers several helpful tools for learning new words, and picks a list of words that are most often employed on the test. This is much better than studying a dictionary. It also provides sentences to give examples of how the words are used, etc.

This is a great book, and has been very helpful for me.

This book defines the ideal training and practice for Civil War infantry. Read carefully and you can almost see the instuctors and the recruits on the training field. Those regiments that were rushed into battle with only a few weeks between formation and combat obviously did not receive the benefit of all that is in this book. Those soldiers that did have the full benefit probably lived much longer and received fewer wounds than those who didn't. The demands on instructors and trainees placed by this book and the excellent results that were surely achieved probably explain why many in the 20th Maine hated Adelbert Ames, their original regimental commander and then revered and praised him for the rest of their lives. The catharsis came at Gettysburg on Little Roundtop. Anyone who reads the fine descriptions of that battle can understand the benefits that must have been brought by Ames insistence on rigid and complete training.

I've seen 19th century writing sytle described as difficult for the modern reader of period memoirs. I have not found it to be so difficult. And this book provides an example of what must be the epitome of mid-century instructional style. A picture might be worth a thousand words but the writer(s) of this book were able to describe complex actions in many fewer than a thousand words. The descriptions are so clear and unburdened that pictures just jump into the mind. No, you can't speed read this book and fully appreciate it, but a careful reading brings many rewards to the Civil War buff.

I was researching the heroic story of the loss of the USS Aaron Ward (sunk off the Solomon Islands towards the end of WW2) when I came across the printed version (i.e. the 8 volume set) of this item on one of the Amazon websites and promptly purchased it. In many ways this is a more practical version because it allows you to browse, copy and transfer data but I still prefer the book.

Set out in alphabetical order and written without fear or favour, the United States Department of Defence have provided one of the most important research tools of modern years and I congratulate them for an excellent job of work. The entry for each ship commences with a note about the origin of the name. For example, the USS Missouri is named after an American state - enough said. The Aaron Ward, however, was named after Admiral Aaron Ward and that particular section commences with a most reasonable biography of the man.

Each ship to bear a particular name is covered in varying degrees of detail - largely dependant on what historical information was available to the compilers. Famous ships and, naturally, more recent vessels, get excellent coverage although it must be said that if the information was available on those much older vessels, then their full story is told here.

Watch out for single volumes being sold separately - when you are either looking for a complete set or perhaps a different volume.

Altogether, an excellent addition to my own library of information.

NM

A 'terrorist-induced' epidemic using biological weapons - most likely smallpox - is almost certainly about to happen.

The Illuminati need to destroy & ressurect the nation in order to bring about the New World Order in accordance with Masonic 'Ark Mariner' traditions of Enoch & Noah.

This may be the most important book you ever read.

I reccomend reading "The New World Order", also available bere.

This is a great reference and exposure to the inside of Military Aviation, an area that most do not even consider for employment. Whether interested in joining Army , Marine, Naval, or Coast Guard, the DOD has it all here. Any person studying Masters, PhD areas of the current issues of terrorism, or civillians in capacities can understand why we do what we do in crisis.Aviatior or a skilled Master in the Field, or just plain interested in what we do if... this is accurate, interesting, educational reading.