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I find this book full of practical information about sleep medicine. The information is delivered in the form of clinical cases. The information ranges from interpreting polysomnograms to management of patients.
This is a very useful book for the clinician taking care of patients with sleep disorders as well as those interpreting sleep studies.

I used this as a supplement to my board review course and notebook. I also used the Butkow (sp?) PSG atlas from 1996-ish. This book was a great resource and covered a lot of material that I did subsequently find on the ABIM Sleep Medicine Exam. I don't know if I passed, yet, but, if I do, I'll attribute a big part of it to this book.

For a beginner in sleep this is very helpful.Some redundancy, but facilitates learning through repetition.

This an excellent book for whom ever wants to know about sleep medicine. Covers most of the toppics, not much about children sleep problem. Is best book to start with for sleep medicine as rotation, fellowship or general knowledge. Is very easy to read, may be in 5-7 days you can read the book once. By reading this book when you see patients with sleep problem you can dx, ddx and tx them. By knowing this book you can interpret sleep studies with very minor difficulty and after a short while you feel very confidenct. I should specially thank the writer of this book for an excellent well done job. I very highly recommend this book, If you need one book to know about sleep medicine that would be ONLY THIS BOOK without second thought.

I would certainly buy from this seller again... the book came in a timely fashion and in excellent condition. The price was very reasonable.

In Stain of the Berry, Anthony Bidulka's fourth Russell Quant mystery, yet again, our favorite gay detective is on a rollicking adventure taking him from his Canadian hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Vancouver, British Columbia to the Arctic Circle of all places and even a city called Moose Jaw. Only with a Bidulka novel does the reader really get taken to places you've likely never been before (but just might like to visit!)

Russell Quant is called in by the parents of a young woman who is found dead at the bottom of her apartment building. She jumped. But, unlike the police, they don't believe it's suicide. Russell digs into the woman's past finding the oddest of characters, involving the aforementioned most curious of locales, and unveiling one of the most devious and dark bad guys so far in the series (and there have been some baddies). Along the way, Russell takes a high action/high emotion/high suspense side trip to put to rest a personal matter that has been an engaging ongoing mystery throughout most of this unique series.

To read an Anthony Bidulka novel is to be surprised and entertained and titillated and even a bit scared. Bring it on!

I just finished this fourth book I've read in the series. They have all been different and this one was another step in the author's growth as a writer. I was enthralled. and sometimes disturbed. But I can't wait for his next one to be published, (in October) even though he has said on his website that the next book he is working on will not be a Russell Quant mystery. I hope that doesn't mean the end of the series. I know Russell and want to continue getting to know him in future books. Whatever, I will read any of Anthony's books.

Let me start by saying that I am a great fan of Mr. Bidulka's previous books. He presented the reader with really interesting main characters and sub characters too. The setting was one I'm not familiar with, so it was nice to get to know the "great prairies of Canada". Plus his plotting was careful and spare. Nicely done.

All of this tells you that I was eagerly looking forward to a new mystery and was equally disappointed after I finished reading it. The book starts with an interesting plot and "mystery". Very readable and believable. But midway thru the book Mr. Bidulka makes a 180 degree turn and begins a new plot only very slightly tied to the main story he had already established that is neither readable or believable. In fact, it is so fantastical that it destroys the last half of the book. I hope that with his next book, Mr. Bidulka can get back on track and again give us, the readers what he so successfully did in his first three books.

Stain of the Berry is an excellent mystery that is really about the mystery of Russell Quant - his life, loves, career. And, it is wholly enchanting. From the beginnings that lead us into a case that involve the Boogeyman, the Pink Gopher Choir, a tragedy in Delhi, an Artic hideaway, a Grace Jones lookalike and a Shakespearean actor...yes, all in one book...one can barely imagine all these parts making a wonderful whole. But that they most certainly do. In spadess. Highly recommended.

Stain of the Berry is not your typical mystery. Many readers might say that the most unique thing about it is that the protagonist is a gay man. In my view, this is the least unique attribute amongst many unique attributes of this Anthony Bidulka book.

Stain of the Berry finds Russell Quant trying to make ends meet as he pursues a career as a private eye in the sultry heat of a Saskatchewan summer. Where? Los Angeles? Nah. New York? Nope. London. No way. Boston? Not even close. Not even Toronto or Vancouver. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Believe it. And believe you'll want to read more about Bidulka and Quant's hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewanand the people who live there.

Quant's case at first seems pretty pedestrian. Girl kills herself. Girl's family doesn't buy it. Quant investigates. But what he quickly uncovers is a smorgasbord of quirky characters, the Pink Gopher Choir, and everyone's nemesis: The BOOgeyman. And it's how Quant pursues his clues that I loved. He's no Jason Bourne, closer to a prairie Magnum PI. Always room for a bit of dancing and sex and good food and time with family and friends and his dogs. He's a real, full person.

Intertwined with the above tale, Bidulka deftly inserts another story line that by the time I realized was only minimally tied to his ongoing case, I was so drawn in I wanted a separate book just for those characters and storylines. Maybe that's coming?

After reading Stain of the Berry, I was surprised - and thrilled - to find three other Quant books on the market. For this fly girl, with lots of hotel hours to read in, it was a real gift to have something fresh, new and entertaining to sink my teeth into. I give this a 5/5 for sure.

This is the second book in the Incredible Journey series by Connie Lee Berry. This time Sam and Max find themselves in Tahiti on summer vacation. But this vacation isn't like any other. Their dad has rented a shack on top of a hill in the middle of NOWHERE. The boys aren't sure this is going to be as exciting as they thought. Sure there's a great view out the back of the shack where a wall should be, but they have to sleep on hard cots, cook canned soup on an open fire, and take a shower using a hose.

It's not until Max finds a treasure map hidden under the floor boards beneath his cot that this vacation takes a sharp left turn. Excited at the possibility of finding treasure on a nearby island, Max and Sam find more then they bargained for. While their dad relaxes on the beach the brothers find an eerie message on a tree and later outside the cave they were exploring. How could this be? There doesn't seem to be anyone living on the island or is there?

It's not until the second trip back to the island with both their parents that Max and Sam discover someone does live on the island. And he's looking for the treasure, too! Max and Sam have stumbled on to more adventure then any kid would want. Plus the treasure has a surprise of its own.

Berry has done a wonderful job sharing facts about Tahiti in the fact sheet at the beginning of the book and throughout the story. There's even a poem about Sam and Max's adventure at the end, along with their science pick (a fun science experiment you can do at home).

I read Treasure in Tahiti by Connie Lee Berry(2007). I think this book is definitely appropriate for ages 7-10.

This book begins with two brothers, Max and Sam, who learn that they get to travel with their mother and father to Tahiti. Their father is having to go there for his job.

Upon arriving there, the family realizes that their accommodations will be less than exquisite---they will be staying in a one room hut, but they will have a breath-taking view of the ocean! Upon exploring their beach, Max and Sam realize that there is a boat that they could use to do some fishing and exploring. One morning, the boys and their father travel to a small island where the boys find written messages that give them clues that there might be a buried treasure somewhere on that tiny island. With their father's permission, the boys are able to go off exploring on their own and are able to find and follow clues to certain spots on the island. With some return trips to this small island, and some digging, they are able to uncover some interesting items. However, one return trip to the island has them meeting a dangerous man who tries to stop them from find the treasure! Is there really treasure on this small island in Tahiti?

Come to find out, there is! The boys are able to lose the man in a long chase through the woods and are able to dig up all of the clues that they found on the island. They actually had to dig in several places to uncover several glass jars. Upon returning to their hut, the boys and their parents realize that they are full of gold coins and Tahitian bonds! Their dad turns the treaure into the authorities and the boys are awarded with the hut and the beach!

This book is an easy read that I think most kids would enjoy. The text is simple and there is some suspense to the story. However, I gave it three stars because there is not a lot of character development, and there are details that are left out of the story (such as the details of some of the other travels the boys have taken and why) that I think would have enriched the story a bit. Also, it was too predictable. I think it wouldn't challenge kids enough to predict what would happen next. I think it could have used more story development to make the story richer. It would have also been could to have been given a deeper look into this family and their relationship with one another, and the feelings that they have. The story lacked the relationship development. All in all, this is a simple, predictable, book that wouldn't challenge most kids in their thinking, but would probably give a simple, enjoyable, quick read anyway.

My third-grader loved the ending of this book. The author has a way with teasing the reader to keep the interest going. It's a great book.

Treasure in Tahiti by Connie Lee Berry is the second book of the Incredible Journey series. In the first book, we met the Stone family and the Incredible Journey map. A `W' had mysteriously appeared on the map beside the Cayman Islands, where book one's adventure was.

This adventure takes place in the summer when Mr. Stone has to go to Tahiti for a week long business trip and decides to take the family along. The plan is a family vacation for the first week, and then Mr. Stone will stay for his business week.

Since this was a last minute decision, all had to pack up and leave the next morning. After a long flight to Tahiti and a scary taxi cab ride up a winding mountainous road, the family discovers their vacation cabin has only 3 walls, along with a fire pit, jugs of water and soda, a box of can goods, four cots, and a big mosquito net. The view of the ocean, the private beach, the lush, green forest, and gorgeous sunsets makes up for the hardship.

As in the first book, there is a fact sheet on the Tahiti Islands. Also the science page is how sand filters water and how to make your own sand water filter. Something I didn't know.

The island adventure starts with ocean fishing, and after catching a small shark we see the Stone family males are not outdoorsmen. Next, Max finds a sealed jar under a floorboard and it contains a map, a treasure map. The treasure is on a small island near by, protected by warnings and a hermit. After solving the puzzling landmarks, the boys found the treasure, which were bonds and gold coins from a bank robbery in 1904. Their reward was a write up in the local newspaper and the vacation hut and land.

This is a good read for the grade school group. There is plenty of fun and adventure with a bit of mystery and pictures and illustrations highlighting the ten chapters. The mysterious map now has an `I' that appeared beside Tahiti. What does this mean? We'll have to read to whole series to find out.

This books keeps the kids guessing just like the first book in the series did. It was a hit with my class. This book was super fun for the children to read.

A perfect gift for your grandmorth, mother, sister, daughter, or friend! Great stories about the strong bonds of women. Highly recommended!

My best friend gave me this book for my birthday, and I had already bought it to give to her for her birthday. The vignettes worked into the text are wonderful. This is a great celebration of intimate friendship between women. I would highly reccommend it!

I was touched by each story in this book. Some even brought tears to my eyes. This book would be a great one to have for yourself and to give to all your friends.

I am a girlfriend and fortunately, God has blessed me with some fabulous girlfriends. I found a close example of each of my girlfriends in this book. This book is so clever! It's fun to give to my girlfriends and laugh over the good, bad, ugly, ridiculous and bizarre times we have had...and these girls in the books had! It's a great book to read and to give away. Don't miss getting this one!!

This book was given to me by my best friend after finishing college. I will always treasure this thoughtful and special gift.

_Girlfriends_ is a collection of stories that explore and celebrate female friendship through the eyes, ears, and hearts of everyday women. Some of the women were friends for a lifetime, others for a short time. However, all understood and/or demonstrated the meaning of "true friendship." For example, the stories included everything from the thankful musings of a once-ill woman about the extraordinaty kindness of her girlfriends to a giggly account of how two eerily-simiar best friends met as assigned roomates their first day of college. (The latter tale struck very close to home in a wonderfully spooky way.)

While many of the stories tugged at the heartstrings, I never felt manipulated by the authors. (Note: Part of the reason why I don't like the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series is that I feel that the authors are just dying to make the reader clutch for the box of tissues.) Rather, I appreciated the "real" tone of the stories, as they read like good conversation shared over a nice pot of Hazlenut coffee.

Some readers have commented on the book's simple language and lack of depth. I don't think the goal here was to explore the psychology of friendship, rather I think it was intended to be a simple and beautiful celebration meant to be enjoyed by "Girlfriends" everywhere. Enjoy!

This is a book that reads almost like poetry. I found myself slowing down and re-reading for the pleasure of the words and the strong sense of place that the author is able to create. I found the characters believable and admirable - doing the best they can as the war takes their sons and husbands- trying to hold on to life at home so that their war veterans will have the home that they left recognizable when they return to it. A powerful and realistic blending and interweaving of the lives of members of a small southern community - I highly recommend this book.

Wonderful! Our library didn't have this early book by Wendell Berry. It arrived in perfect shape and quickly, and I couldn't have found fault with your service if I'd been trying to.

"A Place on Earth" is the second novel of the Port William Membership that I have read; the first being "Jayber Crow". Berry proves himself to be yet again a master storyteller with the power to weave prose into beautiful and sometimes elegaic poetry. "A Place on Earth" is an incredible tribute to the power of loss, love, family and community.

Rather than focusing on one character, or one cohesive story, Berry chooses to tell about the daily life of various town members. Readers feel as though they are members of the community as well and have known these characters and their comings and goings for years. There are several main characters, such as the Feltner family, who have received news that their son is missing in action and must come to terms with the fact that he may never come home. Since Port William is a small town, the lives of every townperson is interweaved with that of their neighbors. Everyone knows everyone, and knows their joys and sufferings almost as immediately as they do.

A long time fan of Berry's poetry, I have loved the discovery of these two novels, and look forward to reading the rest of the Port William stories. Wendell Berry paints his characters so vividly, and sometimes so heartbreakingly real, that we come away from the story shocked back into reality. Berry knows the true nature of loss, the grief that accompanies it, and the hope that can be found in the most hopeless situations. Through all the trials and tribulations of the town and its members, hope persistently prevades and will, in the end, erase the pain that has been caused.

mr berry is my favorite author when it comes to writing about rural america. I've enjoyed each novel that i've read by him so far, but this one is my absolute favorite. this is a great american classic that has been sadly under the radar for too long. the writing is exquisite and the book is filled with wonderfully memorable characters that make each page pulse with life. my highest recommendations go out to this great work of art.

Wendell Berry's wonderful and beautifully written novel brings us back to a beautiful place on earth, Port William. The time is 1945, and the backdrop is the ending of World War II, and how is affects the lives of the farmers and people of this little and beloved town. Here we see our friends from Berry's other novels about Port William: Jayber Crow, Hannah Coulter, Old Jack, Burley, Mat, and others we have come to love. We feel the poignancy and despair: we see the inadequacy of platitudes in the face of loss and grief. We also meet new characters whose lives are also incised by tragedy, such as a terrible flood. Through this, though, Berry also gives us hope, and at times, even humor, such as through the character of Uncle Stanley. We live with these character and we love them, and Berry's writing, simple and elegant, brings us closer to the experience of what it is to be human. His book evokes a great poem by jani johe webster, "a place called earth" (from her book "silhouette of a soul"): "if you live here/these space miles/from the moon/ a place called earth/ turn the page / make the music change from sorrow to harmony / let the geese come home / across the miles / the trees bud / into spring / and the day open itself." In Berry's novel, the geese do, in a sense come home again: the war ends and we celebrate with these characters. And the many of characters do change the music of their lives from sorrow to harmony: and we see the quiet heroism in their souls. Along with "Jayber Crow", "Hannah Coulter", and "The Memory of Old Jack," this is one of Berry's greatest and most sensitive works.

This extensive collection of Josh "Shag" Agle's work is a beautiful and surprisingly extensive glimpse into the bold, curvaceous world of martinis and temptation that flows from Shag's seemingly endless imagination. With over 200 pages of high quality full-color prints, this book covers the grand breadth of themes and schemes that made Shag famous. This is easily the best collection of his work I've ever seen in print and I highly recommend it for any devoted Shag fan or indeed any modern art lover. Shag effortlessly captures the best of Mod and transforms it into an invitingly hedonistic world viewed through neon-colored glasses. An absolute must-have that you'll no doubt thumb through quite often, whenever you feel the need to escape into a life of glamour, excess, and beauty.

This is a cool coffee table book, if only I had the money to buy a print! Its great for colour design reference and styles for 50's drawing.

If you are a fan of shag's art work such as I am this is a great book to display on your coffee table. The only regret that I have is that I wasn't able to purchase the limited edition copy of this book. Amazon had the best deal on the book I purchased by far.

I think this book is a great collection of Josh Agle's retro modern artwork. I also enjoyed the foreword by Billy Shire and essay by Colin Berry, in regards to information on the artist himself. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves bright retro style artwork that doesn't take itself too seriously.

My husband and I are big fans of Shag's work. I bought this book for him for his birthday and he loves it. The layout is every bit as cool as you would expect and the pictures are brilliant- crisp and saturated with color. A must have for any fan.

I was amazed at how fast I was able to read this book considering I don't have much free time these days, however, once I started I couldn't stop, causing me to take the book everywhere I went. Like another reviewer stated, as you follow Motown you always hear about Berry and MAYBE a quick snippet about Raynoma and how she was very musical, but I had no idea just how instrumental this woman was to Motown's success. In fact, Smokey Robinson always gets the credit as the one who encouraged Berry to start his own label, but before there was Smokey, there was Raynoma. I am now reading Mary Wilson's book Dreamgirl & Supreme Faith, which is another page turner, and it's so interesting to see how the two stories match up.

It's amazing to me how anyone can be so hungry for money and power that they will actually have no problems treating others so unfair just to get ahead. And this is not to take away from the fact that Berry was definitely a very smart businessman and was able to maintain Motown's success, however, the means in which he accomplished this isn't anything to be proud of.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in the Motown history.

This was the latest book that I have read and I must admit, it was the best account of the infamous Motown Records. I felt like I was there with Raynoma Liles as she gives us an account of the building of Motown Records.

I loved how descriptive she was of James Jamerson, Papa Zita, Lovain Demps, The Love Tones, and many other gifted people who pumping out instrumental and vocal masterpieces that are treasured all over the world today.

I cried when she spoke of Wanda Young of The Marvelettes and how her marriage and her life ended so destitute. Other artist were covered besides The Supremes for a change and gave a clearer view of the entire picture.

Picture Detroit, 1960, Cadillac was king, Berry and Raynoma had a dream, and Motown reigned supreme.

I truly enjoyed reading this book and find Ms. Gordy-Singleton's accounts of Motown's rise and fall and her relationship with Berry Gordy accurate and truthful. Unfortunately, Berry Gordy made every attempt to destroy the careers and credibility of those artists who dared to defy him (Mary Wells, Martha Reeves, David Ruffin, Gladys Knight, Florence Ballard--to name a few) while leading his employees to believe that "we're all in this together" while keeping the real spoils of victory only for himself. After reading this book I find both Berry Gordy and (especially) Diana Ross utterly despicable. I strongly recommend this book to any Motown music fan as it's a definitive, well-written and extremely informative and entertaining chronicle of the label that put R&B music on the map.

Just about every book written by people from Motown have painted Berry Gordy as a master manipulator and this book confirms that. I doubt if everyone is telling the same lie. The only question I have is why did she keep going back to help him? I guess Ms. Singleton's case is demonstration of emotional battered women's syndrome.

I have been fascinated with Berry Gordy, Motown and it's stars since childhood, but not until I read this book, did I see another side of this successful man. In all the years I have followed Motown and heard snipets about her existence, I had no idea what an important role this author, wife played in the success of Motown.

This book also, for me, placed a human side to Berry Gordy and not the myth and mega businessman.

This book also told, what I believe is the real story about the stars and artist who help build "Hitsville USA".

I recommend this book to all Motown, Gordy fans. It's fascinating and informative as well as a 60's history lesson.

Bravo to Raynoma Gordy Singleton for her honesty and humor.

I purchased and read this book after its initial publication in the mid '70s. It was my first introduction to the possible paranormal origins of Bigfoot. Having recently come out of the occult and converting to Christianity at the time, I recognized some of the similarities, and their true source. One particular story involved an incident in Pennsylvania, where the individual was overtaken by the same spirit of a Bigfoot. Seemingly demon possessed. Ufos, telepathy, spirit possession and strange disappearances into thin air, all sound a bit fishy. Even the famous series of encounters north of Yosemite National Park, from which the "Sierra Sounds" recordings originated had elements of the supernatural. Especially as the experiences went on. Do I believe all Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Skunk Ape explanations to be from the spirit realm? Not at all. I am of the school that believes there are cryptids, in this case Gigantopithecus, still waiting for classification. But when it comes to certain strange occurrences; yes, I believe they really happened, but were supernatural counterfeits. You'd have to be Spiritually minded to understand what I mean. Remember I was once heavily envolved in the paranormal.

This book has very compelling stories, but some of the conclusions drawn I find dangerous. The same can be said about the whole UFO phenomenon. Just read some of the many so-called "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and you'll see blaring similarities to the world of the occult. Believe me when I say, beware of falling into the trap of the paranormal. This from one who practiced ESP, Astrology and Spiritualism. And having had evil spirits literally put a pillow over my face while lying in bed, trying to suffocate me, discerning the source of some of these other experiences comes quite easy.

In conclusion; yes, I believe in a real creature out there called Bigfoot, but not recognized by science as of yet. A real flesh and blood creature just waiting to be discovered. But I believe also in a counterfeit being perpetrated upon us by the spirit world, with all its recognizable satanic calling cards of possession, telepathy, other dimensions, ESP and even the ability to transform into human appearance, or disappear into thin air (read the Native-American couple's story living near Little Rock, Ca. at the time). Of these, this ex-dabbler into the occultic spirit realm would warn. Beware! Well written, but not for those ignorant of, and unable to discern between the good and the evil in the spirit world.

I've read most of the books on the subject of Bigfoot. I have had mixed reactions to them but this is the one I have the most mixed about. This book is truly well written and immerses you into the authors' research. I got this book for the background on the Sierra Sounds calling vocalizations. I was entranced in the story of the events leading up to the encounter. However, I quickly fell out of the trance when they started talking about paralyzing lights showing up. From there on out, I found the book less to my personal liking. I'm not one of those the believes bigfoot (plural) are extradimensional beings, have telepathic powers, or are UFO related. For these points, the book didn't hit home for me, however, many others will take interest in the book for those very reasons.

It's all a matter of which bigfoot camp you belong to. 1) Bigfoot are natural occuring yet elusive terrestrial animals - in which this is not a good book for you; or 2) Bigfoot takes a much bigger step into the paranormal/UFO world and then this is a great book for you.

First off, this book gave me the willies. It has a lot of information on the subject especially the events that took place near the Sierra's in the late 60s early 70s, but it relates the information in a well crafted narrative with atmosphere. Good at presenting possible supernatural/extradimensional aspect of sasquatch phenomena

When I read Slate and Berry's book in 1976, it finally helped the Bigfoot phenomenon "make sense" within my mind. The psychic/interdimensional component of this phenomenon has been sadly overlooked since the 1970's and even then, no book summarizes this approach better than B.Ann Slate and Alan Berry's own look into the subject. I would urge all researchers to spare no resources in finding this book. No library can be said to be truly complete without it.

I have a had strange relationship with this book. Years ago, back in the 1970s, I was immersed in Bigfoot/Sasquatch material.
I was into Ivan Sanderson and John Green, John Napier and Rene Dahinden, and anyone else into "Sasquatchology". Even searched out an old edition of Theodore Roosevelt's "The Wilderness Hunter" at the University of South Carolina's Thomas Cooper Library to read the "Ghost Story" chapter, which is the famed "Baumann Recollection" of trappers attacked by a bipedal "whatsit" in Idaho's Salmon River Country circa the 1840s. Wanted to read the story as Roosevelt wrote it, and a chiller it is.
Throughout all this period of bigfoot fascination, however, I always stayed, as I thought, "grounded in reality". This was some sort of primeval survival, I believed. This is an ape-man.
This is a pithecanthropus or a gigantopithecus or some relative to one of these. It is smart and it lives in the forests and it avoids humans as much as possible. Everything I gleaned from anecdotes about Ape Canyon, Albert Ostman, the Ruby Creek sightings, William Roe and others convinced me we were dealing with a biological creature here. (And, in MOST...but not ALL...cases, still do).

Then one day I spied on a bookshelf a slender little paperback volume with a greenish "impressionistic' cover that announced itself as "Bigfoot", by B. Ann Slate & Alan Berry. I thought, "Alriiiight!" and made the purchase. Took it home and began reading it and started scratching my head. Thought "Whaaaaat?". Paranormal bigfeet? Interdimensional manifestations? Three-toed sasquatches? Invisible ape-men? My "rational" self recoiled at such notions as reported therein.
I thought "This is utter crap" Complete rubbish" and pitched the book into a box somewhere. Later on I heard more such "blather" from another writer named Eric Norman. I decided he was as full of it as Slate and Berry were.

When the "Six Million Dollar Man" started encountering Bigfoot as a cybernetic "bodyguard" to space aliens on television, I decided I knew then who else had bought Slate & Berry to read, the six-mill producer! And figured their claptrap married up perfectly with his own.

But, over the years, as I kept sticking my nose into such things, I kept ENCOUNTERING these three-toed, paranormalist-friendly accounts of bigfoot(with no Steve Austin attached to them).AND stories of sasquatch sightings in "window" areas with associations to UFOs and "spooklights".
I started getting perplexed then. Why? Because little by little I started seeing/hearing incident patterns that harkened back to that "stupid" book I had so blown off years earlier.

So what did I do then? I started LOOKING for the cussed book, fruitlessly. Finally tracked it down through a used book service and ordered it. THIS time I read it with a lot more of an open mind than I had back in the mid-70s (as well as with much more knowledge of corroborating material and testimony)...and found myself completely blown away by it.

I would have to say, right now, that I believe "Bigfoot" by Slate and Berry to be one of the true CLASSICS in this area of research. AND, as one earlier reviewer very aptly put it, it WILL give you the "willies" (note: if anyone here is too young to understand this reference, it refers to the great African-American character actor of the 1940s, Willie Best. See Willie do his thing with Bob Hope in "The Ghostbreakers", when the spectre of the old Spanish grandee walks through his Cubam castle. Willie made a career out of being so frightened by the supernatural that he would shake and shivver hilariously, go bug eyed...MUCH better than Don Knott's as "Mr. Chicken"...and mutter his famous signature gag-line "Feets don't fail me now!". Because of Willie Best, anyone finding themselves in nervous agitation over "something strange" was said to have a case of "the Willies").

Other people have reported on this type of thing (paranormal-like sasquatch associations) in the years since "Bigfoot" was first published; Loren Coleman, Brad Steiger, John Keel, and Scott Corrales, to name but a few. Yet another is Texas writer Rob Riggs, whose "In the Big Thicket" is an excellent compendium of bigfoot/ghostlight mutual phenomena.

It also should be said that Gian Quasar, the author of the excellent "Into The Bermuda Triangle" is completing a book on Bigfoot/Sasquatch that brings a great deal of new research into line that indicates these "things" are NOT cuddly-wuddly "Harry And The Hendersons" type play-pals. That they are quite dangerous in certain circumstances...maybe more dangerous than the average PETA-phile would like to believe. And THAT is ANOTHER thought that might provoke a case of the willies.

But, back to the subject volume here...the Slate/Berry paperback...thirty years ago I would have told you, "Don't bother with this stupid book. Save your money." TODAY I tell you, don't MISS this wonderful, insightful MILESTONE in the literature.

Seemingly proof of the old adage, "With age comes wisdom".

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- Pasta & Rice
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* This is an excellent book. Don't pass it up. It's FULL of color photos and almost every page has a minimum of two photos. It's well worth every cent you pay for it.

I received this as a gift from a friend, and it is an excellent source for cooking. If you want to give a couple a great gift--this is one that qualifies. I cooked out of this book for awhile. Best features of this book are the photos and clear format on white background. A MUST HAVE for every kitchen!

This is a terrific book and if you are someone starting out learning how to do home cooking, this might be the only book you ever need. I have had Joy of Cooking for a number of years and always thought it an excellent book, but really this is just as good PLUS every dish is illustrated.

The recipes are clear and depend for the most part on ingredients that you can easily buy in the supermarket. All my favorite dishes that I make regularly are there--meat loaf, chicken pot pie, apple pie, Greek salad, hot and sour soup, Thai red curry, so this book really hits the spot and has inspired me to jazz up some of my recipes and to try some new dishes.

I recently made the sourdough loaf, and although I have been making bread for years, I loved the result and will make it regularly, though not in quite the same way as suggested by the recipe.

I have not really checked or proofread many of the recipes in detail for errors, but I did notice on the sourdough recipe that it said "12 cups white bread" when it should surely have read "12 cups white bread flour." This recipe made a two vast loaves, and one has to wonder if there were other errors in the recipe, because I had to use about 8 cups of water to mix the dough to the right consistency, rather than the 1 cup given in the recipe, and it seems to me that one would do better to cut the ingredients in half and make two decent size loaves. As the recipe stands, it is easier to mix in a paint bucket using a power drill and a mortar mixing blade than by using conventional means, rye bread dough being notoriously stiff.

The book is brilliantly organized with picture indexes at the start of each chapter, and all in all I cannot speak well enough of it. The food you cook may not look quite as good, as the photos are all of food beautfully garnished and served up on plates with color schemes that match the food, but, hey, you need something to get you motivated.

In the state where I live there are many restaurants that advertise themselves as having "good home cooking", but what they actually serve up is just cafeteria food. Now with this book as your guide, you can make your basic dishes like meatloaf and potatoes as real home cooking, but make them really tasty and delicious, which is how food ought to be. There are also enough recipes in every category to find new ideas when you have mastered the basics.

As well as recipes there are excellent discussions of what equipment you need, various cooking techniques (like how to bone a whole chicken), all beautifully illustrated.

I would say this is the best all around cook book I have seen.

I should perhaps add that I am a middle aged man who lives alone and prefers to cook his own food. I make my own bread, ginger beer, ice cream, a few pies, and generally subsist on curries, stews, tacos, roasts etc.

I might as well throw out the rest of my cookbooks, because this is the one I use 99.99% of the time. The directions are explained very clearly and the book contains a wealth of recipes. It also doesn't require you to have a lot of fancy kitchen gadgets or exotic ingredients.

This is a great cookbook with a lot of nice photos. I purchased this cookbook but had to return it due to the small font sizes used in the latest edition. I had difficulty reading the ingredients when standing and the book is placed on the kitchen table. I purchased the older edition instead. It has a larger font and the price was much cheaper. I compared 4 recipes from the 2 editions and noticed all the ingredients were the same.

Excellent book for those who want to grow their own berries and fruits in their own back yard!

The basic information contained in this book isn't much better than what can be obtained online for free. A much better book for the Southern gardening is....
"The Southern Living Garden Book"
This book has 26 plant selection guides that helps you to pick plants for your needs (drought tolerant plants and things like that) however I think the plant listings are this books best feature. There are over 5,000 plants with propagation and cultivation information. There are lots of photos too.

I bought this book because I wanted to learn to care for the fruit trees and plants in my yard. This book looks like it has a lot of good information but honestly unless you are really good at gardening it is very wordy. I don't think I will sit and read it but I will probably use it as a reference book.

Fairly comprehensive and one of the best books I've seen. Has all the basic information on how to get started in gardening from soil considerations, space, and fertilizing to tree pruning, pests, and small orchard management. Great reference book for gardeners of any experience level. Covers brambles, vine fruits, strawberries, bush fruits, fruit trees, and nut trees. Wouldn't be without it.

Lewis Hill seems like the type of guy you'd like to be neighbors with.
This book is very informative and I love his writing style. Instead of a "dry" text, Lewis draws you into the world of fruit like he is introducing you to his best friends. Although this is a great reference work, I read it all the way through because he is so engaging in his presentation of material. I got it thru the library but am buying it because it is worthy of a place on the shelf on any fruit grower.

One small point to consider: if you are strictly organic you may be slightly disappointed. He takes a "middle of the road" approach to chemicals in the orchard. He try's to avoid them if possible and gives great advice on buying trees that won't need as much spraying.

Highly recommended.