Ohio Books

Until recently, the only renown that Canton, Ohio could claim, was as the home of the Football Hall of Fame. But now a young local writer, with astonishing talent, has assembled a charming collection of delightful poems that reflect a remarkable singularity of thought. Some poems project a rational exuberance, while others exhibit a dark, brooding content. In her writings, the author teases the reader with this mystery: Which of these verses represent the true experiences of the poet, and which verses are merely fantasy? As I attempted to resolve the question of fact or fiction, I found myself being drawn deeper into the author's mind. Rhonda K Baughman's lyrical work is worthy of my highest praise.

This book was a great read! The poems were very vivid and thought provoking. Her quotes were comical and often profound, and her poetry invokes a full range of emotion. Ms Baughman has a true gift for being able to use just the right words to carefully manipulate the feelings and mood of her readers. This book is a must have for all up and coming poets, and I highly recommend it to everyone else. Excellent work.

It's often difficult finding inspiration in a cultural vacuum like Canton, Ohio but I have met some pretty amazing people in my journeys, both in and out of Ohio, and have come to realize they are all the insight I need to write poetry. Writing is not so much a DESIRE as it is a NEED for me, and I hope that shines through in my work, thus distinguishing itself from the rest of the mainstream poetic pack. The Carnal trilogy are not books for the masses, but a collection of ideas written with a select population in mind. And they will know who they are...As indie rocker/actor Andras Jones (web site) says, "you can call it what you like, but I call it messin with the id."

Since I have been a friend of the author, it provided some clues for me as to the origins of his unique personality, but likewise obscured (or referred obliquely) to some of his more curious and no doubt equally fundamental traits. Perhaps contrary to his central premise, the book demonstrates that artists are either born to insight, aloofness, solitude, singularity, uniqueness (take your pick) or, at least, become that way before they are aware of it. Hopes seems to have been a poet from his earliest memory, and it has influenced everything since; I would not credit or fault Akron, Ohio, nor would I invoke the holy spirit. No doubt that spirit (in whatever denomination) exists in all artists. As a result, I viewed the book as a special insight on what it means to Hopes to have been a poet growing up in a fairly unartistic community. I am glad to say Hopes did not bemoan any difficulties he must have experienced as a child in Akron, but instead shows us how his insights developed and were nurtured and tuned.

Hopes slices through his particular, peculiar boyhood down to a quirky, abyssal holiness in Akron, of all places, in the shadows of the rubber industry and a mile high glacier. He transforms Goodyear Heights Metropolitan Park into his "Maytree," a real madeup place where the Mother of Turtles lived and his sister became the Red Dancer, defiance herself rising and wheeling in the bitter rain. Here are the beginnings of a poet and a fierce worshipper of the things of a world most of us do not see, a glimpse of which he brings forth for us here. His prose is slick and quick as a slim-jim. He opens doors to places most of us never knew were there.

This book is a moving, remarkably eloquent memoir, an extended autobiographical essay that describes the author, the poet David Hopes. It is so beautifully written that it is almost a kind of poem. Highly recommended!

This is the most complete and best written Clevelaqnd Browns book ever! A+!

This book contains some information that you'd be hard-pressed to find elsewhere such as radio-flagship history and assistant coaching rosters. The short quipps about players, teams, and games brought back memories that I didn't even know I had! It was a very fun and easy read for me because of the index-type format of the book. I don't often get to read for long periods of time, but this format allowed me to read two or three entries at a time and not lose a thought.

Organized in encyclopedia format with entries for each letter of the alphabet, Cleveland Browns A To Z by Cleveland Brown expert Roger Gorden is an original and remarkably informative reference resource offering just about everything there is to know about this celebrated American football team. Enhanced with appendices listing numerous additional statistics and tables, Cleveland Browns A To Z in clearly in the" must-have" category and a perfect giftbook for the legions of dedicated Cleveland Browns fans.

I found this book very exciting and interesting. It is a book that I could hardly lay down, I had to keep reading it.
This book brought to my attention just how critical a Police Officer's job can be, and a job I feel very few could do.
I recommend this book for readers who like reading true stories that they can enjoy reading.

After a lot of bad press, this book may help remind folks they have some very good cops in Cleveland - courageous and solid.

One retired cop to all others - read this one!

As a retired Police Officer, I have read literally hundreds of Police Books. Cleveland Cops takes out the "sanitizing" usually done on Police stories and takes you inside the real world of law enforcement. This book is "in your face" from start to finish. The reader will get to ride in the police car and learn the realities of the job.
Chapter 8 "Some stories you never want to talk about" [ Kids in the crossfire] was a moving tribute to the officers involved. One story takes you to the scene as 2 officers respond to a domestic, only to arrive to a man holding a baby and shooting at them. Then having to feel the helplessness as this man pistol-whips the baby, throws a samauri sword at the officers having set fire to the house. He goes to the roof and jumps with the baby in his arms.
It doesn't get any more real than this book. Straight from the Cops who were there.

Very informative history of the Cleveland franchise from the late 1800's to the present. Comments and player stats for every season. Bios on all players, front office, ballparks, Hall of Famers, Great Moments and many other features. There really isn't much of note that you could want to know about the team that isn't included. This effort must put the Indians fans in a more knowledgeable position about their team than any other fans

The wealth of expertise from author/editor Russell Schneider is demonstrated in this hefty volume of facts and history of the Cleveland Indians.

Schneider was a long-time Indians beat reporter/columnist for The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer and ended his newspaper career several years ago as a sports columnist for a small weekly chain based in northeast Ohio. He has written a number of books on the team.

This is a definitive exploration of the franchise, with the sketches on each season a major highlight. And since the 2008 team has stumbled to its 10th consecutive loss, the information is readily available on the last time the club reached such futility (for the record, it was 1979, in a season where the club stole more bases than hit home runs).

The encyclopedia will be a welcome addition to the clubhouse of any fan of the team and is certainly a first-round draft pick for those who enjoy exploring the history of "America's Favorite Pastime."

The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia(2nd Edition) is even better than the first! I don't actually own the book, my mother-in-law, Lillian Zupancic, does. She is not only a die hard fan of The Cleveland Indians but a fan of both the authors as well. Russel Schneider has a co-author who also worked on the 1st edition with him, Mr. Joseph Simenic. He is a prominent baseball researcher and co-founder of the Society of American Baseball Reasearch. He is a long-time Indians fan.

The authors have done a marvelous job on the book. It is complete with beautiful color photos and a color insert of the current home of The Cleveland Indians, Jacob's Field. Facts included are all players from the origins of The Cleveland Indians to present time complete with stats. This is a book that you definitely must own if you are a fan of the Cleveland Indians.

I say this not only because Mr. Simenic is my mother-in-law's brother and my husband's uncle, but because The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia (both editions) are a valuable asset to any fans' library!

Tom Matowitz is an air junkie like me. I very much enjoyed vintage aviation, as a historian of my Ohio hometown of Columbus. It was a treat to see a photo of Port Columbus under construction that I had never seen. What a treasure of Cleveland area photos he has assembled; I hope the book is a great seller. I only wish I had more info on the cover photo; who was the pilot and what was the plane in the background.

The perfect follow-up to Tom Matowitz' book, The Cleveland National Air Races. Wonderful images that have been rarely or never published before. Makes a great addition to any library or great as a gift. Anyone interested in Cleveland history, Aviation History or times-gone-by will love it.

Mr. Matowitz has "hit another home run" with his latest aviation book, Cleveland's Legacy of Flight. The book is very thoroughly researched and well written and presents hundreds of fascinating pictures. Any aviation enthusiast or persons interested in serious aviation history will enjoy this book.Cleveland's Legacy of Flight (Images of Aviation: Ohio)

The format of this book is extremely easy to follow. The examples, descriptions, and remedies from Mr. Rahtz are excellent. I am not in law enforcement, nor do I have a degree in Administration of Justice, but what I can offer you, concerning this book, is this: this book gives the average citizen a good look into what community oriented policing is all about. Mr. Rahtz does mention that there are other definitions and other styles of community policing that are currently being practiced by other agencies. His book is one of many, but one that should be noticed. Mr. Rahtz introduces the reader to two approaches in policing: the old way of policing, and then there's the new approach - community oriented policing. The author advocates for the new way and makes his claim that the new is more productive and shows (with examples) that it actually works. Later in the book, he gives the supervisor tips on how to effectively apply community oriented policing in the leadership role. Many police officers may think that they have a good understanding of what community policing is, or that some may be resistant to the whole idea of community policing, but these concepts and ideas, encapsulated in this short read, is a good reminder to the veteran police officer and to the skeptics that learing, training, leadership and being connected to your community is a never ending process. If you're thinking about law enforcement as a new career, if you're currently in the academy, or if you're a veteran police officer, this book is worth the money and the time to read.

As a reader who is not a policeman, I enjoyed Lt. Rahtz's book from a police story perspective. The anecdotes of the force were entertaining as well as instructive. In my humble opinion, the description of the community oriented police work probably is what most recruits believe their job will be like. Every recruit enters the force with a great attitude - gung ho and wanting to make a difference. What happens next - chasing radio and 911 calls - wears down many cops until the reasons they joined the force are forgotten.

With the recent unrest in Cincinnati, maybe the city will listen to one of its own and expand community policing.

Howard Rahtz has made community policing accessible for the beat cop. His handbook cites real-world examples of how community policing works. He also cites research to back the examples, but he doesn't get bogged down in statistics or academics. This is a primer. Every new cop should read this in the police academy. Every veteran cop should too. And supervisors should refer to it regularly.
I've taught community policing classes for years. This handbook does in less than 150 pages what I've tried to get done in hours and hours of classes. This handbook explains in simple terms that community policing is a philosphy of action. It makes the SARA model of problem solving easy to understand. Howard Rahtz obviously knows his topic and he writes in easy to read, street cop language.
This book doesn't belong on the shelf. It should be on your desk, in your briefcase, or in your hands. And it should be read by every community leader, from the elected officials to those volunteers who are so vital to making community policing work.

let me give an example 'obat:remedy,berobat:to take medicine,mengobatikan:to cre,terobati:cured,bengobat:medicine used to treat,bengobatan:therapy'. so,you see two many variations deriving from the word 'obat'we can multiply similar examples.this dictionary is full with derivations of a great deal is used in sample sentences. a monumental work on indonesian language.

It's simply the best Indonesian-English dico there is, better than the other alternative An Indonesian-English Dictionary (Hardcover). The lemmata are more current.

I'm so happy to find this book. This is the most comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary you could find. Highly recommend to anybody!!!

The book is beautiful beyond words. I got fast shipping and the item arrived in perfect condition. I buy with confidence from Amazon.

The photos in this book are gorgeous. Frequently the verbiage in bridge books makes for pretty dry reading, but I found the words in this book to be as enjoyable as the photos & just the right length.

There seems to be no shortage of books about covered bridges these days. This one distinguishes itself by the quality of the descriptions of the bridges and Bill Miller's outstanding photography. It is in a class by itself! Judged by the photography alone it would appear to be at home on the "coffee table". However, to classify it as such would do the book a disservice. The quality of the text makes it much more worthy.

Ohio bridges are the centerpieces based on their numbers, although the other two states are done justice as well. Miriam Wood is the matriarch of Ohio covered bridges and has published an earlier more historically detailed book on this subject. David Simmons is author of several scholarly publications on historic bridges and is editor of Timeline, the spectacular color publication of the Ohio Historical Society. If you have just one book on the covered bridges of this region (or perhaps any region), this should be the one.

This cookbook not only contains delicious recipes but also has great photos and a ton of interesting information about Canton, Ohio and the surrounding area. Great for football fans, gourmet chefs, and those looking for easy recipes too. There is something for everyone - complicated recipes that always turn out and quick and easy recipes for last minute meals. Amazing desserts, fun drink recipes, appetizers, soups, salads and so much more.
This is an always appreciated gift and a must have that constantly stays out on my counter - my daughters even enjoy following the recipes.
A definite must-have.

Great Cookbook with easy to follow recipes and great flavors. This one has a lot of information about the hometown of Canton, Ohio...the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but the recipes are great for any part of the country! Great for gifts...and football fans!

Crowd Pleasers is a fabulous cookbook full of great recipes and interesting historical information about Canton and the surrounding area. On nearly every page there are tidbits of info that even being from Canton, I didn't know. I've even caught my husband reading the cookbook from time to time. The recipes are delicious, with an appetizer section to die for. There's even a "Quick and Easy" section at the back of the book with an awesome recipe for Scottish Haystacks -- butterscotch peanutty candies that get devoured everywhere I take them. I definitely recommend this book!