Beck Books

Pastor Karl is about the experiences of a first year pastor. It is a light-hearted look at what happens inside each church.

"People of the Desert and Sea-Ethnobotany of the Seri Indians" provides the most knowledgeable and complete resource available about the little-known Seri Indians of Sonora, Mexico, the last free nomadic mariners, hunters & gatherers of North America. This book shines as the definitive study of Seri culture. There are brilliant sections and chapters about Seri language, prehistory, history through the 20th century, the Seri calendar & Seri classification of the biological world, water & food quest, the supernatural, medicinal uses of plants & animals, shelter & fuel, boats & equipment, dress & ornament, recreation, music & oral tradition, basketry & ironwood carving, and finally, species accounts of plants in Seri culture. The readable and easy flowing text is sumptuously illustrated with B&W photographs and drawings. The primary author of this incredible book is Mary Beck "Becky" Moser, who has lived with and known the Seri Indians for almost 50 years. Linguist Moser, her deceased husband Edward & daughter Cathy are the only outsiders who have become fluent in the Seri language. Becky's esteem and friendship among the Seris has gained her unprecedented access to first hand accounts about Seri life and Seri tradition. Becky Moser's years of dedicated work and collaboration with botanist Richard Felger makes "People of the Desert and Sea" an invaluable resource and guide to anthropologists and biologists researching life in the Sonoran Desert.

Perennials for Pennsylvania is excellent, and not just for those living in PA either. This book would be great for anyone living on the east coast or in most of the Midwest, too. Actually, even on the West Coast gardeners are now increasingly interested in perennials, and a great many of the multitude of flowering plants in this book would work in California, Oregon, or Washington State.
This book has a lot going for it: it is extensive, covers a huge number of highly interesting and many unusual plants, it is exceptionally well-written, often very funny, too, and it is obvious that the authors know a ton about horticulture, not to mention perennials in particular. For any garden lovers who've never been exposed to Ilene Sternberg's delicious, offbeat, always fun to read prose...check this book out and you'll be pleasantly surprised. Ms. Sternberg is no ordinary garden-variety writer, and this fine book is no exception.
Lastly, the book is packed with expertly taken photos, and the cultural tips are all first class. I have an extensive personal library of gardening books, and a good number of them just on perennials, but for perennials, this is the best of the lot of them. One last thought: for more than a decade now I've been developing my own perennial bed, always tweaking it, always looking to add something new and exciting to it...and I must say that hardy perennials do grow on you. They keep coming back each spring and pleasing you anew, and as time passes a well thought out, highly diversified perennial bed will dress up any landscape, and make you feel good just looking at it progress.

Life is short...treat yourself to the best books, and do have a look at Perennials for Pennsylvania, no matter where it is you live.

This has got to be the best Pharm. book I have ever read. I don't like to read that much and don't like all the big terminology that most books print. This book brings everything down to the basic level of understanding! I know that it's publishing date is old (1994), but I still think new Paramedic students will get great knowledge from this book.

This is a great parenting book! Well written and beautifully illustrated. It explains the technique of using positive affirmation with children to improve communication and create positive attitudes and behavior. The author gives step by step examples that have worked with her children and reports the changes in their behavior.It gets 5 stars from me!!!

I've read this and other books by Jonniepat Mobley. This book is simple, clear, concrete; it's a wonderfully practical, thoughtful book.

What I don't understand, though, is why (when the name of the author is clearly on the cover of the book), Amazon is listing this as being written by McGraw-Hill, the publishers. Don't authors deserve credit?

Libraries, be they public, academic, corporate, governmental, or personal, are essential resources for building and maintaining a literate, prosperous, and successful community. In the newest addition to the Neal-Schuman roster of superbly presented 'how to' manuals in the field of Library Science, author Susan E. Beck (with 20 years of experience as an academic librarian), challenges librarians to wear the Researcher hat. "Practical Research Methods for Librarians and Information Professionals" is a guide to assist librarians to become more than what they are, walking them step by step through the research process, choosing topics, creating hypotheses, and as such. It outlines everything a librarian would need to know to be an effective and efficient researcher. Highly recommended for any library science collection and for the librarians themselves.

Me gustarma acceder a los libros de Beck en castellano ya que en la argentina no hay muchos de ellos.

Be prepared to gain a whole new perspective on our closest relatives. This excellent book introduces a thought-provoking consideration of primate intelligence, exploring tool use, language and cultures of these marvelous animals.

If you are just getting interested in primates, or even if you consider yourself an expert, Robert Shumaker will give you information that will undoubtedly add to your understanding. He certainly added to mine.

Nicely illustrated version of a whole host of traditional English nursery rhymes.many favourites are here, and no doubt your child will develop their own. Before too long s/he will be reciting them along with you.

We don't have many nursery rhyme books in our collection at home, but this one is a valuable addition.