Wood Books

This book addresses the use of computer models in species conservation and management. It is a very informative book that will be of great value to graduate conservation biology courses, government agencies, and land managers. The book consists of a series of sections on plants, invertebrates, fish, herps, birds, and mammals. Each section has a summary chapter discussing the state of the art for that taxonomic group and a number of case studies. Some of the summary chapters, such as the amphibian and reptile chapter, are excellent. The case studies are informative and give the reader a good view of the breath of modeling studies that have been done to date. An accompanying CD provides a number of example models that the reader can use to explore the power of these procedures. I highly recommend this book.

This edited book covers conservation planning and population viability analyses in a clear and comprehensive fashion. The inclusion of chapters on plants, invertebrates, fishes, birds and mammals makes it particularly attractive for teaching students with broad taxonomic interests in conservation biology. Each chapter uses models from the software program RAMAS GIS which accompanies the book on CD. I use the RAMAS GIS software in my graduate course in landscape ecology and the material in this book provided a great diversity of data sets and case histories. The program has excellent graphics and is well documented enabling the reader to understand what models are being used and the assumptions of those models. I strongly recommend the book for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in population and conservation biology.

This is a delightful book for children of all ages. I'm a grandmother, and I loved it. I passed it on to my grandchiuldren and they loved it.

Because it's done as a CD-ROM, there's an added touch of magic to it. Let's face it. This is the computer age, and being able to read a book on the computer screen is the "NOW" way of doing things, especially if you're a child.

As I crossed the Sunny Meadow and entered the Shady Woods with Caroline and Grandmother Elizabeth, I knew - I just knew - there were adventures coming, and I wasn't wrong. Adventure after adventure after adventure with daring Bluebell and her fairy friends.

Margaret Hamill has written a story that appeals to the child in all of us, that child who has always wanted to believe in magic and the little folk.

Delightful drawings and gentle music all add to the beauty of the book. when You've finsihed reading it, you'll feel like you've danced with the fairies and been caught in a shower of Fairy Dust from Bluebell's magic (and often lost) wand!

In this book, Spilled Fairy Dust, Bluebell's Adventures in the Shady Woods, I introduce you to Bluebell, a tiny flower fairy with an 'attitude'. She is not your conventional flower fairy, flitting happily from blossom to blossom, sipping nectar, and nourishing the flowers. Bluebell likes adventure. She craves excitement, and she goes to look for it. She often gets herself into trouble and has to call on her animal and human friends to help her out. If you have never seen a fairy I'm sure Bluebell would tell you, "Well, we're here. If you can't see us, it's because you don't believe in fairies." Bluebell has been a member of our 'extended' family for many years. My older sister introduced her to us over forty years ago when she jotted down a few short stories and tucked them away in a drawer. The stories were given to me after my sister passed away. They lay in a box for years, and finally, when I pulled them out a couple years ago, Bluebell roused from her sleep, shook her magic wand at me, and muttered, "It's about time! I've been closed up in this box for much too long. I'm going out to find an adventure." And away she flew. When she returned she told me everything that happened, and I have written it down for today's children. The CD-ROM format is perfect for this little book. Children who want read a book alone can click on the difficult words in this story and a gentle voice will say the word for them. If they are ready for a short nap at the end of a chapter, a soft lullaby is played by clicking on a picture of a rose. The beautiful illustrations for each major scene were painted by J.S.Felt. This is a book children can keep on their shelf and go back to at any time to read without adult supervision. They can take it to school and share it with their classmates during 'computer time'.

Excellent information presented and summarized in an easy to read format. The book contains an especially informative and thought provoking look at global climate change and impacts on wild places and wild organisms. This is a great resource for anyone interested in conservation and could readily be used in a college level Environmental Science class.

State of the Wild is a much needed reference. This particular volume, the first I have read, ponders the interrelation of the health of wildlife health, the health of ecosystem and the health of humans and their pets and domesticated animals. By the way, this integratoing approach of human and ecosystem health is the approach for 2008 of the Ramsar Wetlands Treaty.
A sizable part of the book contains current statistics on the state of the world's wildlife, giving a solid reference to all those interested in conservation today.
A must-have addition to your library if you are interested in wildlife and Nature.

This kit has all you need to get a grip on anxiety! A CD with meditations and relaxation techniques, a guidebook, a journal, and beautiful affirmation cards. There are also blank affirmation cards on which you can write your own specific affirmations. I really love the "Thought Stopping Plan." There is yet another set of cards for this. It has helped me become more watchful and aware of thoughts that create or add to my anxiety.

The box that the kit comes in is so pretty that it is like giving yourself a beautiful (not just practical) gift. It would also be a great gift for friends and loved ones.

This kit is wonderful. The workbook, cards and especially the CD are very easy to use and helpful. Two big thumbs up.

As usual, Stuart Woods does a masterful job of weaving twists and turns and surprises into the book. And, the reader is superb.

Well-written stories. Would definitely listen to other audio books by Stuart Woods.

My daughters love the colorful, cheerful pictures. This series captures the charm of Prairie Life without being too complicated for little ones to follow. - It's a great intro to the original series!

If you like Little House on the Prairie you will really like this series. The books are simply written with a wholesome story about how life was a long time ago. The illustrator is magnificent. The pictures are colorful and have nice detail.

EXCELLENT book on the Black Forest carvings. Private collection photos really show the exquisite details of many of the pieces. Great history details included. I found the vintage cabinet card photos, paintings and drawings that inspired many of the pieces particularly fascinating. Book also includes company catalog pages, which are nice to have, but whose item pictures are rather small in size. Book definitely worth purchasing whether you are a collector or one who appreciates wood carving artistry.

This book is the first serious study of this genre. The authors have put together a bonanza of information including not only serious academic research but the most amazing photos. Bears on skis, majestic eagles, faithful hounds, and amazing sculpture, leap out of the pages...The authors point out that this whole ouvre has long been ignored and needs to be re-classified for what it really is, a serious, 19th/early 20th century art form. The chapter on international exhibitions, for example, puts a completely different perspective on Black Forest. The book is thoroughly readable and also refreshingly unpretentious.

My family first learned of "Pinkerton the big, clumsy Great Dane dog", while standing in line to sign up on a waiting list for another children's book title by Mr. Kellogg at our public library...we were enthusiastically informed by the younger folks in line that "Pinkerton rules!" So we put our names in for the same book also. We eventually loved reading it together so much, that we bought the hard cover copy for our home. Now that we have our first grandchild, we can start another generation on "Pinkerton Mania"!! Of all the Pinkerton books, and we love them all...this one is our favorite!

This book is about Steven Kellogg's dog, Pinkerton, who goes on a picnic which turns into a strange hunting trip. The illustrations are terrific and help to make the story come alive. This is one of the best of the Pinkerton books.Trust me, I have read the books!!! If you are looking for a book to make you laugh, you will really like this book.

Many books have tried to make a case for the Zen Buddhist influence on Japanese haiku. But Zen influence on haiku is largely an American and British invention--mainly following on the misguided heels of R. H. Blyth. Contemporary American promoters of the "Zen view" of haiku generally don't "get it" at all. On the other hand, this book provides the absolute best example anywhere of a total interpenetration of Zen and haiku, in simply wonderful poems in Japanese with outstanding English translations. If you think Zen has something to do with haiku, or want to see how it might, toss all those assertions by blindered critics, and get this book in your hands, in your "hara". Then, maybe, you'll understand that it's not Zen influencing haiku, or haiku as an aspect of Zen practice, but simply poems that flow like ink from the brush, beautifully, simply, meaningfully.

Again, Miss Woods displays an intense understanding of human nature. Her writing continues to entertain and surprise me. Here, the suspenseful plot is complemented by the fast flow of the read and the array of interesting characters, each involved in their own stories.

Jason Kane, president of a network spots Callie Smith as an extra on one of his soaps. He finds her beautiful and has to meet her. Callie Smith only did that extra piece as a favor to Terry, leading man in the soap opera. The hunt is on to find her. When she is offered the job she refuses as she is a Wall Street broker, not an actress. She finally agrees to appear on this soap that is quickly losing ratings to help her friend Terry with problems he is having. I'm not giving anything away here as this is made known pretty early in the book and this is what the focus of this book is on. Callie's mother and sister also play a part here but are both bitter women. The back and forth banter between Callie and Jason is very amusing. Twilight, is the next book I plan to read as it is the story about Dana Miller, the private investigator in this book. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.