Maryland Books

Jim Tigner and Schiffer Publishing have done another excellent Job on this Book on Chesapeake and North Beach Calvert County Post Cards...Many of the Cards featured,I had never found in all the years of collecting ...Great Photos of Seaside Park!!!..I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this Book for Folks that remember the Twin Beaches the way they used to be......Keep up the Good Work!!!..Jim Gscheidle

Bode's biography of Mencken changed my life, in that is was an introduction to the Baltimore critic Mencken's role in shaping libertarian thought and appreciation. Actually, I daydreamed back in college through a linguistics class that used Mencken's American Language textbook, but it took Bode's biography to teach me how important Mencken was to realism and the fight against puritans and Big Government pablum. While I ignored the classics in school, Bode's story of Mencken's critique of the great writers of the 20's and 30's gave me a list of books to read. As a libertarian Mencken's favorites -- Theodore Dreiser, Joseph Conrad, Sinclair Lewis, etc. -- have delighted me as much as Bode's biography. The lonely, creative individualist in Dreiser's "The Genius" and Conrad's "Victory" is the same character that Mencken is. For that matter, Ayn Rand seems to be in a similar class as Mencken. Thank God I stumbled upon Bode's book.

This handy 224 page compendium covers in a dozen articles the broad sweep of Maryland history from the Civil War to the mid-1960s. The Civil War section details, for example, local Confederate sentiment, bloody Antietam, failed rifle technology, and the nursing care that the Sisters of Charity gave the wounded. Additional entries discuss economic development, the Antietam Ironworks, black ironworkers, and the textile industry. Concluding chapters cover John Brown, philanthropist Margaret Williams, and the Antiwar Protest. Each article appears complete with illustrations, endnotes, and extensive bibliographies. A fine companion to the earlier Mid-Maryland: A Crossroads of History (2005). Both volumes, carefully written and skillfully edited, form rich resources for understanding some important legacies of the shared past.

A wonderful story for your children.

As a pet lover myself, I thoroughly enjoyed sharing the wonderful drawings and compelling story of Miracle Max with my own children. It was also nice to get to know a bit more about Maryland.

Maybe if my own dog would nap a bit less, she'd be ready to be a hero and protect my family as well as Miracle Max!

John Cathcart
Author Delta 7

What a wonderful surprise when one stumbles upon a gem of a book. Miss Susie Slagle's is a wonderfully told combination of school-boy story (Johns Hopkins Medical School), history of medicine--the history of early Johns Hopkins hospital is the history of modern medicine in America--and early 20th century romance. I recommend it for all who love seeing the past through the eyes of its participants, even if fictional.

Masterful photography by a premier regional historian. It simply doesn't get any better than this. Without the documentary photographs of probably several thousand sites taken by the author over the last 35+ years, and his detailed knowledge of most of them, much of our heritage likely would have been lost. The photographs are distinctive, highly perceptive, often subtly iconic, and always well-crafted classic images of our heritage.

This book is the best for the money--I compared it to the Frommer's guide in the bookstore, and this one has twice as much information, and covers both states from top to bottom, including some pretty unusual attractions. Great for day trips from Baltimore, too.

This Book has developed with each Edition, and it very well has met its Peak!. It is Must Have for anyone interested in staying sane in this Urban Jungle! I ride fairly regularly and I have not been able to ride a fraction of the trails in this book! Get this Book! And Get out and Ride!

"One of the most exciting and eclectic celebrations of African American art ever published, Narratives of African American Art and Identity showcases one hundred paintings, etchings, sculptures, and photographs from the collection of David C. Driskell. A true Renaissance man, Driskell himself is an esteemed artist, educator, curator, and philanthropist. His fifty-year career has been committed to promoting African American art. Included are works by John Biggers, Sam Gilliam, Lois Mailou Jones, Keith Morrison, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Alma Thomas, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Augusta Savage, and James VanDerZee-to name just a few. Each artwork is accompanied by information about the artist and the particular work. Published in cooperation with The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland, College Park. More by David Driskell: The Other Side of Color

"192 pages, over 100 full-color reproductions, size: 9 x 12". Smythe-sewn paperbound book, with flaps. ISBN: 0-7649-0689-5."--© Pomegranate

Great to see an author looking at the subject of Natural this way. For others interested in working together on a natural website....please contact me at mrhagerott@aol.com And for Amazon, great job getting quality books like this on your shelves.