Maryland Books

This book certainly covers a significant number of place names in Maryland and is most likely the best work in this genre for the state. Kenny seems to have a keen knowledge of American Indian name origins and includes some of his own interpretations. Overall the overwhelminging majority of names are well-researched, but there are shortcomings. In too many cases are some names ascribed to unidentified persons in past history based on the existence of that same surname in current phone books. It is in those few cases that this book is less then satisfying. Still, I recommend this book as a source of data for the origin of place names in Maryland, but with some caution.

I haven't read this book but wanted to post the synopsis from the back of the book.

"Raven-haired beauty Deirdre Blake has lost her parents to savage Indian raiders. Deirdre's one hope is to find her young sister, Katie, who has been missing since the attack. Before she can proceed, Kevin MacLain, a ruggedly handsome sea captain, arrives to take her to England, back to her uncle's protection.

Furious at Kevin's arrogant domination, Deirdre promises to make the journey if he'll frist help her search for Katie. As they brave the dangers of the wilderness, Deirdre finds herself powerless against the storm of passion Kevin's caresses arouse in her. Torn between duty and desire, Deirdre vows never to surrender to this...Rebel's Kiss."

It could have been a great guide. However, the most obvious problem with this books was that it was printed seven or eight years ago. I was using this guide to locate used bookstores in the Washington DC area and only about half of the bookstores listed still exist today. Especially in today's era when so many stores have gone online, an update would have been welcome. Still with stores that currently exist, it is a useful guide for determining what kind of books a certain store sells, pricing, and recomendations.

While I am a technical person, I found this to be a pretty advanced text dealing with refrigerant mixtures. I need to find a more introductory text.

product was charged to my account, i never received it, i tried to email the person about their refund policy and i never got a reply.

This is the worst bio book I have ever read. There are not enough diagrams, and the author focuses too much on the history of discoveries as opposed to the actual discoveries. I wanted to rank this book a 0/5 but that was not an option. The book was so horrible that a majority of the time, I could not read it...I thought it was extremely dull and dry...And I normally love biology!!! My professor wanted us to use the Reece Biology book, but the department would not approve it, so we got stuck with this cr@p. If you're looking for a good biology textbook, this book is not for you. Compared to the Reece book, the Freeman book makes you feel like you are reading each definition on each page in the dictionary and are being forced to memorize it. I had the opportunity to read a chapter or two of the Reece book, and I can tell you that it is 1000X more interesting and readable than this Freeman book.

After acing Introductory Bio the previous year with Campbell & Reece's Biology, I returned this year as an undergrad TA for the same class. The professor had switched to this book, which is by far just a piece of crap next to the Campbell & Reece book.

This textbook seems to put too much emphasis on experiments done in the past that all the material is lost beneath piles and piles of experimental 'abstracts'. I once misunderstood the textbook, specifically on the differences between genes important in developmental biology, and ended up giving wrong information on a Q&A session. I ended up having to spend a lot of time tracking down every single person who had come to the session in order to let them know about the error.

Now I say Campbell & Reece is better because it makes better use of its diagrams and figures in order to clarify points made in the text itself. Freeman does not do as good of a job in this way. I guess it does a mediocre job of enabling you to delve out relationships between experimental results and conclusions that have been deduced from those experiments. But for one who is studying introductory biology I, I do not personally see the purpose of looking at experimental data just yet. With all the definitions and concepts that need to be understood first, the emphasis should not be as much on experiments than on developing concepts and throwing in experiments every once in a while.

As mentioned by other reviewers, this book drones endlessly about the details of experiments that first-year undergraduates are unlikely to appreciate to any degree. From my own research experience, I understand very well that every bit of scientific knowledge comes as the result of weeks, months or years of effort, but focusing so much on that in an introductory textbook means that a great many important details are sacrificed in the process- and details are important. It's been a year and a half since I've used the book and the only reason I learned anything about biology during that time was because I read other books, especially Campbell's. Freeman's book might do well enough for non-majors, but it is horrible for use with biology or chemistry majors. There is very little substance here and it does not pose a challenge. If you've used it and think otherwise, I encourage you to examine Campbell's book, as it is the current standard in the field, but almost any other will do. On top of that, I noted over 100 typos/misprints/mislabeled captions in the first half alone, and there is little that annoys me more than $120 books that slipped through the editorial cracks a few dozen times. This text does not live up to expectations.

This book is definitely worth the money. I am the type of person who learns better from reading than listening to (mostly) boring lectures. For that type of person this book is perfect. It is one of the best science books I've ever used.

The main thing to say about this book is that it is very readable. The chapters are relatively short (15-25 pages) and are broken up into nice length subsections. The illustrations only help to understand concepts introduced in the text.

I think the book does a great job of what it intended to; Give a good introduction to a very broad range of biological subjects without sacrificing the details.

I think this book is great, however the delivery was so slow from the bookseller, I had to purchase a second book. the book finally arrived, so now I have two similar gardeniing books.

I really like the information in this book. However instead of being organized by Month as the title suggests, It is organized by Plant type (perennial, annual,etc.) I find it time consuming and frustrating to have to continually flip from one section to another just to find out what to do for a specific month.

This book is the perfect tool for me, as I'm always wondering what I should be doing when to get the best results. It's unique in the way it's written and I don't believe it's meant to be your only resource for gardening information. It's very good at what it does and I actually like the way it's broken down, it works well for me.

I like the idea behind this book a lot. It has a lot of good tips, but it needs to be reorganized. There are January - December sections for annuals, perennials, bulbs, etc. I don't like having to have to go to several different sections for each month. It would be a nicer book if it was better organized.

I just moved to Maryland from a quite different climate and was unsure how to deal with the changing seasons in this part of the country. It's very helpful to be able to look under a particular month and plant type and figure out what I'm supposed to be doing this time of year. Should I still be pruning my flowers? Is it okay to plant ANYTHING this time of year? What about preparing my garden for the winter? How do I deal with humid summers? My new home has a long-untended yard and garden, so I will pretty much be starting from scratch, and it's great to have some idea what can be planted, when it can be planted, and how to care for it.

This is an excellent place to start - if you just started calculus, or need a thorough back-to-basics guide.

Concepts are explained patiently and excellently unlike many others that cover the same basic concepts but rush through the 'why's and simply throw formulae at you. On the other hand, the book is kind of verbose and a slow starter. It may not be right if you are looking for a quick tour of the basics. But if you are willing to invest a little more time, it's well worth it. For me, the practical illustrations alongside each concept, were a big incentive and don't make you feel like you are just plowing through a math textbook.

Bad Book on an already hard subject. There are better books out there. Don't waste your money or time on this stinker. It left me dazed and confused. It didn't teach the subject just gave examples which would be fine, if the examples were based on the exercise problems. What a waste of paper.

This was a horrible text book. It does not help with teaching, or with explaining the topic at hand. Instead it gives examples,which would be fine except the examples were not like the exercise problems. The book left me confused, and with plenty of questions for my instructor. I hated this book, and looked for better books to get me through the class. Alot of money for nothing. There are better books out there.

Contrary to what some other reviewer have claimed, I found this book quite helpful. It provides the basic concepts of Calculus such as limits and derivative rules and applications, exponents and logarithms, integrals, double variable calculus, trig functions, techniques of integrations, an introduction to differential equations, and even series.

I found this book very easy to use. It presents the information in a very terse, straightforward manner. Basically, it cuts down on the mathematical theory and allows students to solve the important equations quick and easy. Instead of being lost in complicated definations of derivations, I was able to quickly find derivations and discover their uses in functions.

This is the book that I used for my "Calculus for Social and Natural Science Majors" course. Personally, I feel that I learned much from this book. I never took a Calculus class in high school and wasn't the most mathematically inclinded so i was sure that Calculus was going to be tough. This book made it really easy to understand and somehow Calculus turned into one of my easiest classes.

This book, however, is not for those who plan on taking higher level Calculus classes. It has most of the fundamentals, but not more advanced topics. Also, several topics are presented out of order from a regular Calc 1 class (so I'm told). For instance, calculus of several varibles--a topic usually covered in a third level course--occurs before techniques of intregration.

The book is quite suitable for a Business/Natural Science Calc class, as it was intended to be used for, and overall seems to make the subject easier. It provides a good means of jumping right into the subject.

The book itself is OK at best. The author makes use of OK examples but has some very good questions. Too bad its hard to solve the more advanced questions he asks from the examples given.

In compairing the 7th and 8th editions there is almost NO difference between the two. I think I ran accross under 10( at most) total changes, and they were VERY minor. Why print another edition? More money to charge university students is probably why.

Oh, and I did very well in the 2 semesters...so Im not just bitching either!

I truly enjoyed reading this book. At first I was totally convinced that Kim was guilty of murdering her husband, but as I got further into the book there was a sliver of chance that maybe she didn't kill him. They didn't have any real hard evidence proving that she killed him, she was convicted totally on circumstantial evidence only.
It is a very well written book. This book was hard to put down once I started it, I didn't want to stop till the end.This is a must read book...

I have read numerous true crime books. In fact that is mostly all I read. This book however was disappointing mainly because there was no info. about Kim Hricko's background. Just the same info. over and over again. I skipped over about half of the book as I didn't need to hear the same thing repeated. I was hoping a movie would come out based on this case. Even at its worse it could never be half as boring as this book.

Interesting story that could have been told in 20 pages, but this author chose to stretch her meager research into 300 plus looong pages. Watch an episode of Snapped online or read only if really interested in the case. I guess when you start with Ann Rule, everyone has big shoes to fill.

This is one of the worst, if not THE worst, true crime books I've ever read (and I've read quite a few). If you're looking for the facts of the Kimberly Hricko case, they're all here, but you'd be better off surfing the web and reading court transcripts than slogging through Ms. Rosencrance's repetitive, shallow, and virtually unreadable book. It's quite a shame, as there's a lot to the story - infidelity, arson, poisoning, and of course murder. The problem is that the author provides virtually no description of Kimberly Hricko, no insight as to her background, no real explanation of her motives, and buries the story under a lot of third-person he-said-she-said dialogue, most of which is repetitive and adds nothing to the story. Ms Rosencrance spends several pages on a transcript of the murder mystery play, even though it's not at all related to the story. What's more, while many people reading this might already know the details, those who don't have a spoiler in the first chapter, as Ms. Rosencrance jumps randomly between present and future when describing events and reveals the method Kimberly used to murder her husband before we've barely been introduced to the book, thus spoiling any suspense a reader might have about the events.

Stick to watching the case (via Forensic Files and Snapped!) and leave this book on the shelf.

this was't what i was looking for. I wanted something more well informational

Informative, with photos and drawings, of many buildings in Maryland. Not as much detail as I would Have liked, a good read nonetheless.

Having grown up on the Patapsco River, fishing and crabbing it's lower waters in the summertime and ice skating it's upper reaches in the winter, I bought this book and looked forward to a wonderful history.

What I found was a series of (at best) essay's containing basically the same information over and over again disquised as chapters.

Each essay (read "Chapter") was a jumble of timelines that took you through the late 1600's through the early 1900's containing stories of the same events, places and characters or their siblings in different order.

I perseverved through 3/4's of this tomb on my beloved River and finally left it lying in rapt disappointment. I perfer to remember it's History as told by my father and his and remember my experiences during it's worst era (mid 20th century) through it's struggle to become reborn today.

If you are considering this book, I recommend you take the drive through Patapsco State Park along the "Old River" on Sunday instead.

I got interested in the Patapsco River when I went to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. I knew about the general history of the B & O railroad in the Patapsco Valley, but this book opened up an entire new window on the history of the Patapsco Valley. Travers' prose makes the history of the Patapsco Valley easily accessible to everyone and the geographic organization of his book makes it useful as a guidebook too.