Supplies Books

Published in the late 1980s, The Food of China remains one of the key modern works on Chinese food history. This was the first book I read on Chinese food. That was a mistake, if only because the book is so dense with information that the reading experience was quite overwhelming at the time. So if you are a novice like I was, start with something lighter such as Francine Halvorsen's The Food and Cooking of China before taking the deep plunge with this more academic book. But E. N. Anderson remains on of the two or three authoritative references in my bookshelf that I know I will be reaching for many years to come.

Because we learn so little about food and its importance
in history, the elementary school information in this
charming little book will be new to many adults.
The graphic presentation is fascinating in a where's waldo
sort of way, with lots of tiny details to explore and
discuss.
A perfect book for foody parents to share with their kids.

Lynn Hoffman, author of New Short Course in Wine,The

Footprints is one of the most inspirational poems I have ever read. The imagery is incredible and I would recommend it to anyone.

I read Albion's study in preparation for writing a graduate school paper on the role of timber and naval stores in the economy of colonial America. While my research goals were not identical with Albion's purposes for writing, the information he included was very helpful. Albion used a clear writing style, and his chapters were organized in a logical way. Some important information was repeated when it supported points he made in more than one chapter; therefore, a person who reads the chapters out of order, or who does not read the entire book, will still be able to follow his logic. I also appreciated the specific and anecdotal information he included; it helped me to better understand an industry about which I knew very little.

Normally I would not include a source with a copyright from the 1920s in a bibliography; but I did not find many sources that dealt with this topic in any detail. Naturally, more recent research has cast doubt on some of the author's conclusions. However, Timothy Bean's introductory essay in the 2000 edition points out where Albion's conclusions have, and have not, survived the test of time. Bean also explains the role of Albion's writing in the history of research into the British navy and naval theory.

Due to the specific nature of this study, Albion's book is probably not for the casual reader. However, for someone who wants insight into the topic, I would recommend including Forests and Sea Power on one's reading list.

Colonel Walden is right on the money. Busy forklifts do not translate into effective or efficient supply operations. Careful use of economic order quantities, re-order points tuned to demand levels and demand forecasts, and a focus on ensuring the 20% of inventory items that account for 80% of your transactions are always available, is what matters. Also, forward deployment of assets where possible to cut down on ship times to the customer is important. Colonel Walden gives you the facts. And, while I have referred to his rank, please do not infer that this book is for military use only. The supply operations methods in this book are equally applicable to civilian use, and will reduce the cost of material handling, storage, etc.

For this book, published in 1970, Robert Carriker began researching in the 1960s a vast number (he was surprised by the amount) of records housed in the National Archives regarding Fort Supply, located just east of the panhandle of Oklahoma on the North Canadian River. The records indicated to Carriker how important a post the old fort was in the history of the West and encouraged him to write this account.

Fort Supply, established in 1868, played basically three essential roles in its 25-year history: during its first ten years (1868-78) its troops helped protect the Cheyennes and Arapahoes from other Indian tribes (mainly the raiding Kiowas) as well as from the exploitations of whites, especially the whiskey traders from Kansas who used the supply roads to ply their illegal trade in the nearby Indian villages; during the next dozen years when its troops helped protect the cattle business along quickly developing cattle trails (the Chisholm Trail to the east and the Dodge City Road to the west, to name just two); and after 1890, by serving as headquarters for the opening of the Cherokee Outlet to homesteaders.

Carriker is an excellent writer (his biography of Father De Smet, pioneer Jesuit missionary to the northwest Indians, is also superb), and he tells the story of Fort Supply with verve and in detail. The fort officially closed in 1895, though 13 years later the Western State Hospital took up residence there, where it remained into the late 1980s. Fortunately, when the hospital closed the state of Oklahoma took over the site and turned it into a park. Old Fort Supply should thus avoid the usual fate of abandoned historical places: deterioration followed by oblivion. Anyone interested in forts of the old West or in the history of the Plains will find this book useful and entertaining.

Freedom From Want: The Human Right To Adequate Food is a critical scrutiny of hunger as a political problem, stressing that feeding people will not solve what is wrong - feeding programs can only be a short-term, symptomatic treatment, not a cure. The real solution, stresses political science professor George Kent, is empowering the poor - too many people have too little control over local resources, and cannot shape their own circumstances to provide meaningful or productive work. Only when the poor are fully empowered, a duty that those who have the power must undertake, can the human right to adequate food truly be realized for everyone. A meticulously scholarly, extensively researched treatise, and a vital contribution to understanding a desperate global problem.

I have been a member of the Masonic Order for fifty years. I met George H. Steinmetz, Alex Horne and Manley P. Hall shortly after I received my degrees in the Scottish Rite. As a member of the Masonic Research Group of San Francisco, I can remember hearing Bro. Steinmetz speaking to the members. He was one of the greatest scholars of Masonry. His book is meant to give every Mason, who reads it, a complete understanding of the Masonic Order. I highly reccomend this book to all newly raised Masons as one of the best books about the degrees of Masonry.

This book is a wonderful testimonial about the betrayal of our leaders. The USSR was truly made in the USA! We build them then we take them down. The cold war was a great business for the military industrial complex as well as every other war....
"From Major Jordan's diaries" is a must read book. If you know the past you would understand the present because nothing ever changes............

This book is gorgeous and obviously written with a lot of heart and caring for the subject. Great gift for anyone interested in culture, farming, social aspects of small farms, etc. I saw the photography exhibit before knowing about the book and found the pictures rich and moving. The book contains all those, and the written parts put them all in perspective.