Switzerland Books

This book is about a walk from south Portugal to Italy. As the writer is on a very modest budget he usually sleeps rough, but gets lots of hospitality on the way. This leads to all kinds of stories, mainly from old people and people who live a lonely life in the mountains.

He does not make his goal of Istanbul, but it is a very remarkable journy anyway, comparable to Patrick's Leigh Fermor's walk from Hook of Holland to Constantinople but without the luxury part in the latter book.

The book is very well written and keeps you reading mile after mile (page after page). I have quite a collection of walking stories, this was one of the first and I still rate it as one of the best.

Schiffer books on aviation history have always been scholarly, albeit dry
dissertations on aviation history. Georg Hoch has opened a colorful
(literally) chapter of aviation history with his comprehensive volume
on World War 2 Switzerland and fierce protection of its sovereignty.

He details the negotiations with Germany as war clouds were looming;
there were obvious sweetheart deals between German and Swiss
corporations that heavily favored German warplanes. This favoritism
did not translate into tolerance of German incursions.

Germans had no compunctions in firing at Swiss aircraft and even ran
missions with the intent of punishing Switzerland. Hoch is less detailed with American encounters. There have long been rumors that war-
weary bomber pilots intentionally headed for Switzerland for intern-
ment. The issue is left hanging, as he does nor discuss American airman
de-briefs.

This love-hate relationship between Germany and Switzerland persisted
through 1944, when the Swiss needed to upgrade their fighter inventory.
The Bf-109G was chosen, and after a long wait, the fighters arrived. There were immediate mechanical failures, and the Swiss were left wondering if there was intentional sabotage. The issue is again left unanswered, as there were other reasons for German quality fall-off: the use of unskilled slave labor was one reason. Also, attrition in German A/C was less than thirty hours; reliability was an unnecessary
luxury.

There are copies of aircraft erection manuals, technical studies, failure analyses, almost enough data to re-build a Bf-109 D/E/F/G. He discusses Swiss aircraft markings, and it is possible to duplicate nearly all Bf-109's in the Swiss inventory. The 16 pages of color artwork and photos is beautiful.

Georg Hoch's work is truly impressive. I read this book in a single sitting. It was that rivetting. This book is still available in quantity at Squadron Shop (Texas) and Edward Hamilton (Connecticut) at substantial discounts. The URL's have been censored by Amazon, so use Google to find the pertinent websites. You won't be disappointed.

Terrific compilation of every village, hamlet, point-of-interest, and topographical feature, just about! Easy to "navigate" the maps, as Michelin has left nothing-to-chance. Whether motoring, or traveling by train, this guide will enlighten, add much to any journey, and answer the age-old question, "Are we there, yet?"

The English translation of the title is incorrect. This is a map of SouthWESTERN Switzerland (ie. West not East). You can confirm this for yourself by looking at the larger version of the image. The map covers Geneve, Sion, Valais, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Bern, and others.

Compact and accurate, well organized and easy to access with clear local maps suited to arriving motorists in various towns.
Regional maps help find lodging and food outside the central locality.

The map is great but Switzerland does not post road sign numbers. The signs say the name of the city/town and you keep heading in that direction. It's fun and an adventure. We did great.

This looked like the best road atlas on the stateside market. I am going to use it for geocaching.com while I am in country, and I don't want to get lost in some Belgian farmland, as I suspect is easy to do. I will update if the real world, and the atlas world don't add up. This one is nice, if just for the amount of detail, and the city close ups. Durability is good, with the spiral binding.

Mrs. Motes continues her efforts to stratify by ethnic groups the population of South Carolina at the taking of the 1850 federal census. This volume, her third based upon the 1850 census, specifies about 2,600 persons of New England or Mid-Atlantic birth who were living in South Carolina in that census year. The census enumerators found approximately 2,600 of these Yankees living in South Carolina in 1850, two-thirds of them from the Mid-Atlantic region.

Mrs. Motes transcribed her information from thirteen reels of microfilm covering the 29 South Carolina counties in 1850. She has arranged those findings in alphabetical order by surname. Each individual is identified by age, sex, occupation, country of birth, county of residence, and household enumeration number. Individuals living in another family's household are further identified according to the name of the household head, even if a native Carolinian. The front matter to the book includes a helpful author's preface and a list of South Carolina county codes. The volume concludes with indexes to names, places, and occupation.

The Master taught Steiner his spiritual mission in life; to develop knowledge that synthesized science and religion. To this objective he devoted the rest of his life, guided by what he called "the occult power behind me." This is a lively lecture that emboldens and embraces the tenets of Anthroposophy and will illuminate any questions one might be having on the subject! Excellent reading.

"...The present volume stresses the clinical aspects of diagnosis and elucidates in great detail the available pharmacotherapy with stress on explicit dosage, respose, side effects and their management.

ALL OF THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO CORRECTLY DIAGNOSE AND TREAT DEPRESSION IS CONCISELY AND CLEARLY CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME....."
[from the book of the front flap]