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This book is an answer to all my questions about perfume making and use of perfume in soap making as it was originally when this type of business only started...
Additionally to all the fundamentals of obtaining the odors it describes the difference between English and French perfumemaking and all the ingredients involved.
It is not a gift book or one of those "pretty" books with attractive illustrations. It is a practical guide with formulas and all necessary explanations.
It is very valuable for beginners! After I purchased about 5 or 6 books about perfume making looking for classical formulas I can say, this one is my favorite and the most important.

There are those who speak of the "anxiety" of poetry, but there is a case to be made for poetry that results not from agony or a confessional impulse but out of pleasure, the desire to communicate pleasure to an audience hungry for it. Koch generates as much pleasure as any poet, and it is not only the comic value of his poetry that recommends it but the spirit of creativity itself. In "The Art of Poetry" you get a kind of guide to poetics, an "ars poetica" in the Horatian manner with an American accent. You also get "Fresh Air," his memorable 1950s diatribe against academic poetry, still pertinent today. A necessary antidote to the New York Times.

Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne) was an American original of the mid-19th century. His writings featured fractured grammar and highly idiosyncratic spelling, but his humor really came from the pin pricks he poked at the pompous. The book features interviews with Brigham Young, the Prince of Wales, Abe Lincoln, and Prince Napoleon. Ward hooked up with Mark Twain and Dan De Quille out West and exerted a powerful influence on Twain's humor. Upon Ward's untimely death at the age of 33 in 1867, Twain called him America's greatest humorist.

"Artemus Ward, his book" contains a collection of some 50 short stories. His interview with `presydent eleckt' `A. Linkin' consists mainly of Ward fending off `orifce seekers'. Lincoln so enjoyed Ward's stories that he read one, `High-handed Outrage at Utica' to his cabinet by way of loosening the tension before springing the Emancipation Proclamation.

I especially enjoyed The Census that Ward conducted. It began: "Wat's your age? Whar was you born? Air you married, and if so how do you like it?"

Or there's 'The Show is Confiscated' in which during Ward's tour of the South he is confronted in 'Alabamy' by men demanding that he take down his Stars and Stripes: "We air cum, Sir", said a millingtary man in a cockt hat, "upon a hi and holy mishun. The Southern Eagle is screamin' throughout this sunny land - proudly and defiantly screamin', Sir!" "What's the matter with him", sez I, "don't his vittles set well on his stummick?"

You don't have to be a great President or a great writer to enjoy Artemus Ward. Do yourself a favor and track down a volume.

This book was informative, we happen to have a copy of the desk pictured on the cover, but with a few more details, and this was great to help track it's history.

Truly an outstanding publication worthy of praise from both fans of the University of Michigan and of architectual design and history. This book combines fascinating research with a comprehensive discussion of the designs of Alexander Jackson Davis and showcases exquisite illustrations including many color architectual renderings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ms. Truettner's sentinel work is as extraordinary to view as it is to read. Highly recommended.

The Grandma's Attic series is a wonderful, wholesome, entertaining book about a girl who lived during the late nineteenth century. The relationships she has with her family, her peers, teachers, etc., is refreshingly kind, considerate and respectful - something many children's books written to reflect our modern culture, lack. Yet, she gets into enough trouble to keep the book entertaining. Through her experiences in growing up, she learns the true value of faith, family, people and virtuous character. You'll want to start with the first one and read the whole series.

"At the Crossroads" deals with the little-known history of the Revolutionary War years on what was then the far-western frontier of the Great Lakes region. Besides the British and French settlers, this area was the homeland of many native tribes such as the Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Huron who existed in a growing relationship of interdependence with the whites.

The book focuses on the fur trade and the fragile but supremely important relationship that existed between the British, French habitants, and the native tribes. This area had been the scene of a terrible massacre during Pontiac's War in 1763, and after such a price to maintain this outpost, most of the inhabitants were Loyalists who were eager to remain part of the British Empire. Though no fighting occurred at Michilimacinac during the war, it was an important "jewel in the crown" so-to-speak for the amount of revenue it brought in, which was used to finance the King's War against the rebel colonists. Though American General George Rogers Clark had hoped to launch an attack on Detroit and Michilimacinac following his amazing victory at Vincennes in 1779, the campaign was never approved and most of the modern state of Michigan remained in the hands of the British throughout the war. It comes as no surprise then, when the inhabitants of the area learned that the fort and ,in fact, all the Northwest Territory was ceded to the United States with the Treaty of Paris in 1783 that they were shocked and outraged.

Though the British would continue to maintain a garrison at Detroit and Michilimacinac, in direct violation of the Treaty, until l796, the real losers in this affair would prove to be the Indians who, after the lands became "trapped-out" and the British realized that attempting to maintain an Indian Buffer territory between Canada and the United States was proving disasterously futile, were abandoned. Without British support, the native tribes could not resist American expansion into the Northwest and were eventually wiped out or moved onto reservations. This book is recommended for anyone interested in the history of the Northwest.

Though this book was published 64 years ago, it is still an outstanding source for scientifically detailed, easy to understand drawings of avian skeletal and muscular anatomy.
Nancy Ellis- bird lover, biologist

This book is so AWESOME! If you love books that freak you out, this is your book! Craig Pierce and his friend, Heather Penrose are trying to figure out why Alligators are swiming in the AuSable River. Craig caught one small Alligator in the AuSable River. If you like Alligators, and you like Johnathan Rand's Michigan/Amrican Chiller series, You will get hooked!

This concise, authoritative guide by seasoned travel author and backpacker Jim DuFresne offers everything you should know about backpacking Michigan's trails, footpaths, state forests and back country areas. It's an easy read, interspersed with interesting photos and tips ("when I'm 64" and "hiking with kids"), and in addition to maps to complement the text, provides info on exactly where to get the best topo/detail maps for each area. The "trails at a glance" offers a quick overview of each trail by area, including distance, number of days to hike, difficulty, nearest town and highlights along the way. It's easily-packed and a great take-with guide for any foray into Michigan's trails or back woods!