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As both a UC Davis alum and California wine lover I was
quite happy to come upon this book. The author really has
put together the best history book on Napa winemaking that
I have found. The historical pictures run the entire length
of winemaking and winery history for Napa and of note is also
the chapter on the viticulture program at UC Davis. The detail
in that particular chapter is really impressive. I would
recommend this book to any and all that are interested in
California wines, Napa Valley wines and UC Davis alums.

After reading and enjoying Maxwell Long's first book on San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly, I decided to purchase this book. Once again, I was impressed by his thorough and impressive research into the history and culture of the Napa Valley. The photographs in this book are outstanding and illustrative of the early days of what we now call "The Premier Wine Country." I recommend this book for a great afternoon read that will lead you into another era of the Napa Valley Wine Country via illuminating photos and commentary.

After reading and enjoying Maxwell Long's first book on San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly, I decided to purchase this book. Once again, I was impressed by his thorough and impressive research into the history and culture of the Napa Valley. The photographs in this book are outstanding and illustrative of the early days of what we now call "The Premier Wine Country." I recommend this book for a great afternoon read that will lead you into another era of the Napa Valley Wine Country via illuminating photos and commentary.

Most children who become adults continue to live in the many forms of fear. Fear is more than being afraid. This well-known author addresses one of the most improtant problems of today the translation of a life of fear to a knowledge of the promises of God all based on His love. The teaching in this book allows a person to think and not feel and translate a life of fear to one of God's perfect love.

"No Fear" by Billy Joe Daugherty demonstrates the power of praying the promises of protection provided in scriptures. Biblical examples, personal experiences, and real life stories come alive as Billy Joe Daugherty guides the reader through the steps of recognizing and overcoming fear. He describes God given weapons for fighting fear, and how to change your thought patterns to erase fear based thoughts.

Uncertainties in today's world often create panic and terror in the minds and hearts of those around us. Daugherty warns the reader of the danger of becoming gripped by those same fears. He provides the reader with dozens of topically arranged personalized scripture promises of protection to claim. These promises offer peace, protection, and escape in the midst of crisis, terror, and disaster.

The format of the book is designed for ease in reading, assimilation, of material and for quick reference or review. Daugherty writes for fellow pastors and Christian leaders, for the mature Christian, and for the new believer. He writes with crispness and an easy flow that enables the reader to maintain focus, find a personal application, and understand new spiritual truths and Biblical concepts.

Great book about how God wants us to not fear. Everyone feels fear, but we have to decide either to accept the fear or reject it. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980.Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and music critic Byron Cooley have created the definitive chronicle of the late '70s New York art-rock scene. Together they skillfully depict the culture, politics, and environment that formed the still-obscure and quietly influential bands of that era. The details are vast and at times daunting; all the who-dated-whoms, whens, wheres, and whys are included with factual reference points, oral histories, and extensive quotes and photography. The scene, created largely by emerging artists, was rich in photographers and creative writers, and a lot of the never-before-seen source material in No Wave is worthy of a book alone. No Wave fans, especially the art-school-leaning types, will appreciate the reproductions of Lydia Lunch fashion calendars, black-and-white behind-the-scenes photography, record covers, and concert flyers.

-from AlarmPress.com
http://www.alarmpress.com/4089/book-reviews/no-wave-post-punk-underground-new-york-1976-1980/

Best described as a mish mash of art and punk rock, the No Wave movement of the late 1970s was something bizarre to behold. "No Wave: Post Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980." is a look at the brief movement and those who were behind it, including James Chance and Lydia Lunch among others. Collected from oral history and interviews conducted by the authors, and enhanced with dozens of black and white photographs, "No Wave: Post Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980." is highly recommended for community library music collections.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

1970's New York, a time of polemic filth and fury with displaced art kids crashing head first into the detritus to form bands without which we would have no Rapture, Yeah Yeah Yeahs or (insert a hundred names here). Framed around this incredible gathering of black & whites are interviews (conducted by the Thurston Moore and writer/editor/et cetera Byron Coley) with artists deep in the thick of said scene (i.e. James Chance, Glen Branca, Ikue Mori, Robert Quine and the ever-verbose Lydia Lunch), club owners, iconic groupies and passers-by, including Brian Eno who gives his perspective on the immortal Eno "produced" No New York compilation. Having been active participants during this era, the authors do a spectacular job of detailing the tenuous camaraderie, insular tension and the seeds of No Wave's demise. Not simply for those who know the difference between "No Wave" and "New Wave", the eye candy and history lessons make for an illuminating, universally appealing document.

This book is highly regarded among divers in the BC/WA/OR area. My only criticism is the latest edition (3rd) wasn't really updated much in that it still lists the Edmonds Oil Dock as a "working" pier. This hasn't been a working pier for a long time. But other than that, it's still an excellent book, highly recommended.

The third edition of this book is an improvement on the previous and includes new dive sites, 55 in all. The dive sites are located in Washington State in Puget Sound and Hood Canal. All include a picture of the site which makes it easy to find them, the written directions are excellent. The tide and current table calculations are great, even going so far as to let you know if you should plan your dive for tides or currents. He even includes information on things to do for non-divers while they hangout waiting for divers to return. The maps are exceptional, most have depth measurements and all include ebb and flood current information that really makes it easy to plan dives at these sites. I have dived some of the sites listed in the book and the descriptions are excellent. Highly recommended for those diving in the Pacific Northwest.

The information is up to date and correct. I use this book exclusively to plan my dives. I have met the author and trust his knowledge of the dive sites and the information given in the book.

The French say "electricite de la fission," fission electricity! Never say "nuclear power" again! Spencer explains how that political phrase commands a veritable anti-fission electric inquistion in the US. The Evil "Environmental" Inquistion in the US was opposed on this issue by all the countries at the 1997 U.N. global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan. Network with me, Joady Guthrie at jguthrie@lmi.net, San Francisoco, California, to overthrow the Environmental Establishment in the US today; you and I can win this war on warming together. - JG

Weart's Nuclear Fear offers a history of nuclear energy viewed through the lens of popular mythology, discussing how images, fears, and fantasies as old as humanity have shaped both public and expert perceptions of the atomic age. The history of nuclear energy is charged with strongly-held convictions and value-laden analyses. Amid this conflagration, it's reassuring to find an account that not only approaches the issue from a unique and fascinating perspective, but does so in an even-handed way. Weart delivers on both these counts, staying the course of reasoned analyses, dispassionate as can be demanded of any account which must necessarily dive elbow deep into the discussion of subjective human values.

I have a specific fascination with representations of nuclear technology in popular culture. In that capacity this book is everything I could have hoped for in a secondary source. Nuclear history has precious few scholarly discussions of the avenues by which such a powerful psychological image is manifested in a wider cultural context, and as a definitive account, one could ask for no better than Weart's.

This book's only shortcoming is one for which the author can't be blamed: the publication date. The end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union add yet another dimension to the discussion. Nuclear fear is alive and well today; and it has no doubt taken some interesting twists and turns since the late 80s.

This is a must-read for any student of nuclear energy or weaponry, if only because if offers such a fresh perspective. The histories of the subject's political and scientific components are well-explored, but Weart makes a compelling case that these avenues are by no means exhaustive.

If you are like me, you have a pile of books that you keep meaning to get around to, and, due to time constraints, rarely do. This book is the exception-read it now. It is quite possibly one of the most original books of this past quarter century. Weart is the first historian I know of who directs his attention to the pervasiveness of nuclear imagery in our lives. If you ever did the 'under your desks dears, an atom bomb might be coming' drill in grade school. you need to read this. If you have kids, you must read this. Not an easy book, but all the more rewarding. Very powerful stuff, indeed.

I loved the photos, especially the old ones, and the write-ups underneath them. What a fun book with great photos and informative history.

This pictorial history by the authors Hayes and Jacob is very well done, and most enjoyable. I reveled in the photos and the brief chapter introductions that tell a lot about the category being discussed.

I'm not old enough to remember everything written in Ocean City Volume I, but I do remember a lot of what is in this volume because it starts the historical period from the mid-1950s. I went to OC with my family when I was a kid and would go back in a heartbeat. Nicely done book: good writing, unique photos.

Just want to say that this is really a fantastic book.
Carl Jennings did a really great job. I have gave several
copys to friends for Christmas. I new Carl at the old Peony Park
and I wish him all the best at his new Peony Park in Wahoo Nebraska. The many pictures cover Peony Parks history in 1919
to the present. Just learned the book is now in it's second
addition, and a movie is being made,"Peony Park an American Legend" this year. Great!

Love ya,

Barb

This is a fantastic book on Peony Park!
I had no idea how famous it was. The author did
such a nice job with all the pictures.
So happy to see there will be a new Peony Park soon.

Sincerely,

Barb Berg

The book is so cool, really neat story.
Peony Park has such a neat place in history!
I look forward to going to the new Peony Park
this summer.

When I got the book, I was very satisfied with the condition of it. The book is very interesting and have many color pictures. The price for the book is cheap.

Very good and interesting book. It will give you a new perspective of the earth. The pictures are fantastic.

Well done book for the scientist or anyone who is interestd in preserving planet Earth. A dream come true for a geologist and for someone who teaches any geoscience education at the college or university level. Well written, lots of photos and results from research, easy to read and the most important things is: it was done by a series of scientists even from NASA - AWESOME book!!! I highly recommend it to anyone

California residents and many a visitor to the Bay Area only know Pacifica as a suburban coastal town - but this history follows the 1900s development of the town as no other, from its early days as a railroad town to its current suburban community standing. Bill Drake owned the Pacifica Tribune from 1959 until 1989, Chris Hunter is its current editor, and members of the Pacifica Historical Society contribute the vintage photos so much a part of a history and survey which is lively from the beginning. Tourists visiting the town will relish Pacifica's colorful history.

Great gift idea for anyone who grew up in Pacifica. I gave a copy to my uncle and it reminded him of his own history in Pacifica. Sometimes you don't know what to buy for older relatives and this book was quite a hit at Christmas!

Thank you Bill and Chris for sharing some history and some great pictures of Pacifica. It is great to see old faces and memories of some great times. It's also nice to see what Pacifica looked like in the early days.
Waiting for volume 2 ???

This is a title that is a bit of a throwback to more classic storytelling, in that it takes you at least the first year to have any sort of sense about what's going on. It differs from classic storytelling in that the dialogue sounds like something a real person would say, and the art is simple, realistic, and fantastic.

A series that should be given much more praise and critical examination, and is my pick for break-out series of this last year.

These guys are friends, and I've worked with them, but I can honestly give this review without guilt of bias:

With the moody, shadow-filled artwork and crisp dialogue of Bendis during his finest indy work, it's easy to glance inside the pages of Image's PARADIGM and dismiss it as a carbon copy work. However, after one read through of any issue out on shelves today, it's easy to see why creators and fans alike are talking about this book.

The plot of PARADIGM is an intricate mystery that has been slowly revealing itself over the book's first year. The world is changing, and two factions are trying to decide what path. One side is telling us to "Join the Evolution," to strive for upheaval and chaos to remake the world. The other, to "Fight for the Sitcom," to remain complacent and to keep things as they are--for better or worse.

Enter Christopher Howells, a young man whose life turned upside-down in twenty-four hours. His girlfriend guns down a man in a movie theater parking lot over a stray dog, and suddenly nothing makes sense anymore. By the time he's stepped through his shower curtain into another world, Chris is being forced to make a choice that he barely even understands--and the choice he makes determines the fate of the Earth.

Shadowy creatures that look like Woody Allen, arrogant dwarves, bars that appear out of nowhere, meetings in dusty alleyways and the horrifying "Beastials" - PARADIGM is a world where absolutely anything can take place on the next page. But the book's true strength is its utterly human characters, presented in lovingly detailed artwork drawn from photo-reference, and given personalities so familiar, you'd swear the book was happening around you.

The casual reader will enjoy following these characters through their trials and tribulations, their bar visits and Chinese take-out, cleaning their rooms and struggling with their art -- but once you're in, you'll be re-reading every issue, looking for clues as to why the world is the way it is, and what these people can do before it's too late.

For fans of: Strangehaven, The Invisibles, Jinx, Twin Peaks, Carnivale, Cerebus, the novel "House of Leaves," 80's pop culture, and the original "V" miniseries.

People often value Grant Morrison's writing for the brilliantly strange concepts he infuses into his work. His work on The Filth and Invisibles has been noted by fans of Morrison's for its delightful complexity, how incredibly thought-provoking and subtle his storytelling can be in the midst of all these weird events that happen. A Grant Morrison story might seem odd or "weird for weird's sake" at first but it hints at so much more meaning beneath the surface. Similarly creators Matt Cashel and Jeremy Haun explore some bizarre ideas of their own in Paradigm, an Image book currently on its tenth issue (with the eleventh due any day now) that surely would appeal to fans of Morrison's work.

If I had to describe this series, I would refer to it as "David Lynch meets X-Files" but even that doesn't do justice to the mad and complex stories found in Paradigm. This book defies definition and cannot be easily summarized. It is not the kind of book you can read in ten minutes and be done with. Those looking for something light and fun should go elsewhere, because this book requires an in-depth read. You have to read each issue over and over to get every subtle nuance of the storytelling. Yet like the most intriguing of puzzles, once you start to get a glimpse of the bigger picture, you can't get enough of this world and are driven to seek out more answers in the book until it all finally comes into focus.

Paradigm's first collection, Segue to an Interlude, contains the first four issues of the series and introduces readers to many of the concepts that spring from the twisted mind of Cashel and run throughout the book. In this collection we meet Chris Howells. He is an ordinary man with an ordinary life and an ordinary girlfriend Emma who he doesn't really like all that much any more but whom he stays with because she's comfortable. But after they are almost mugged one night, Chris finds himself mixed up in a war for the fate of the world.

In this war, there are two factions: those who would fight to keep the status quo as it is now, to maintain the humdrum yet safe lives we have built up, and those who want to tear down all of that banality and who are trying to bring about an evolution of sorts. Chris quickly gets sucked into this world in which cats can suddenly talk, strange men and pubs appear as if from nowhere, and strange women pull back a shower curtain to reveal a portal into another world.

The unreality of the situation is contrasted with the people and their real-life, everyday situations. The characters could be people we know, that we might run into on the street of any average town in America. They talk about their favorite movies, drink and hook up at bars, and get into arguments with their pot-smoking neighbors. Life in Bogsdale would seem mundane if not for the weirdness surrounding them at all times, permeating the atmosphere.

The touch of realism in Paradigm is built upon through the photo-realistic artwork of Jeremy Haun. Heavily photo-referenced, Haun's style brings to mind the early works of Bendis or some of Tony Harris's art. At the same time, the heavy black lines he uses bring that sense of the strange and bizarre to the surface, leaving us with the feeling that at any moments some bestial creature might spring out at us. His artwork is both very human and at the same time very haunting. It is a fine line to walk, but Haun manages it with ease.

The book can be extraordinarily dense at times and it is obviously not for those looking for an easy read (a fact that has led the creators to take a hiatus after issue twelve to figure out how to make the book more accessible). But Paradigm is worth digging into to find the hidden meanings, and reading it in one lump sum, as you can with this new trade paperback Segue to an Interlude, makes finding that meaning all the easier.