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Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to England, the ultimate companion to this stunning country. The full-colour section introduces England’s highlights, from afternoon tea at the Ritz to the beautiful North York Moors and punting on the Cam. Clue-up on all the top sights from the spectacular Tate Modern and the Baltic Centre in Newcastle to the Notting Hill Carnival and the beautiful Dorset coast. The guide takes a detailed look at England’s history, literature, politics and cultural life with a brand new section on music and expert background on everything from English beer to Thomas Hardy’s Wessex. There''s plenty of practical advice for experiencing the great outdoors, from cycling coast to coast, to hiking in the Yorkshire Dales; information on all the best accommodation, transportation and restaurants plus lively reviews of hundreds of shops, bars and clubs. Explore every corner of England with the clearest maps of any guide.

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This earth, this realm, this England....
Few travel destinations offer as much interesting variety in close proximity as England.London is one of the major cities of the world, with suitably world-class culture, shopping, and other entertainment.A day's drive or train ride can take the visitor to the natural beauties and recreational opportunities of the Peak District in the Midlands, the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales in the North of England, or the beaches in Southern England.Centuries of England history are preserved in the form of castles, great homes, museums, and cathedrals, whether as small as novelist Jane Austen's house in Chawton or as large as the enormous Warwick Castle in the Midlands.The latest version of "The Rough Guide to England" is a superbly detailed planning resource for the prospective visitor to England.

"The Rough Guide to England" is broken into sections, beginning with some basic travel information and proceeding to cover the ground in thirteen regionally oriented chapters.The regional chapters include suggested itineraries for those with limited vacation time. The guide also provides some informative essays on context, such as a brief history of England, notes on architecture, and books and films that may provide insight.There is a nice selection of color photographs of some of the more interesting venues, and the guide is richly illustrated with regional maps and city graphics.The guide includes numerous website addresses for those who desire further research on points of particular interest.The average traveler may desire only a driving map to navigate around England or a detailed Ordnance Survey map to roam any particular park.

"The Rough Guide to England" is written in standard Rough Guide language, addressed to the average traveler and not shy about expressing an opinion on which sights to see or what to expect in the way of manners and customs.It is very highly recommended to those interesting in planning a fascinating vacation in England, and as an orientation guide to those seeking more information on the English themselves.

a match for my requirements
It all depends on how much time you have to "indulge" into a travel guide. The rough guide compared to lonely planet satisfies me more because of the more mature approach to the writings, descriptions and presentations of the subject matter. I presume that both guide books offer more or less the same tourist info, so I choose this guide book for the simple fact which I value as most important that the authors take more time to make an enjoyable reading.

A little too politically correct
The Rough Guide has some wonderful historical sections on such attractions as Hampton Palace and the Tower of London. But the writer seems to be ashamed of England's history, and the apologies are a bit over the top. ... Read more

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At a time when educational institutions are experiencing the effects of unprecedented rates of change, quality enhancement in universities and colleges has become everyone's business. 500 Tips for Quality Enhancement in Universities and Colleges provides practical, realistic and wide-ranging suggestions about how quality can be measured, maintained and improved. The book addresses a broad cross-section of staff in higher education, from teachers to administrators and faculty development staff. ... Read more

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Amazing creatures flew through the air and swam in the seas during the Age of the Dinosaurs!

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Sea monsters & prehistoric birds
Reviewed by Evan Weldon (age 6) for Reader Views (6/08)

"Beyond the Dinosaurs: Monsters of the Air and Sea" by Charlotte Lewis Brown is about sea creatures and flying creatures that lived at the time of the dinosaurs and "were just as strange and wonderful as any dinosaur."The book talks about eleven different creatures:four bird-like ones and seven that spent most of their time in the water.

One of my favorite creatures from the book was the Pterodaustro, a flying creature that used its long thin teeth to filter sea water and trap tiny sea creatures that the Pterodaustro ate.I also found the Microraptor very interesting.It has neat claws on its wings that it used to climb trees.It couldn't really fly but used its wings to glide to the ground.

The illustrations were good, but not the best; most of the drawings show animals attacking or about to eat something.It is kind of hard to tell how big some of the creatures would have been in real life.

This book gave a little information about a lot of different prehistoric creatures.It might get kids interested in going to the library to learn more about some of these interesting animals. I liked "Beyond the Dinosaurs: Monsters of the Air and Sea" by Charlotte Lewis Brown and will read it again (all by myself!).


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Through fiction, memoir, music, photography, and art, In the Catskills highlights the Catskills experience over a century and assesses its continuing impact on American music, comedy, food, culture, and religion. It features selections from such fiction writers as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Herman Wouk, Allegra Goodman and Vivian Gornick; and original contributions from historians, sociologists, and scholars of American and Jewish culture that trace the history of the region, the rise of hotels and bungalow colonies, the wonderful flavors of food and entertainment, and distinctive forms of Jewish religion found in the Mountains.
What was life-the work, the play, the food, the romance-like at Catskills Mountains resorts? These very personal recollections capture the special sense of community and real sense of freedom that developed. Far from the welter of the city, Jewish families learned to vacation and enjoy themselves, to savor the social mobility and cultural space the resorts afforded, and to nourish their culinary and comic traditions. From "Bingo by the Bungalow" by Thane Rosenbaum to "Young Workers in the Hotels" by Phil Brown to "Shoot the Shtrudel to Me Yudel" by Henry Foner, this charming anthology captures an era that has had enormous impact on the Jewish experience and American culture as a whole.
"Whenever I speak about the Catskills," observes editor Phil Brown, "I am struck by the strength of people's desire to relive their experiences in the Mountains." If you've visited the Catskills yourself, or heard stories from your parents or grandparents, or are just interested in this extraordinary time and place, pack your bags and prepare to enjoy your stay In the Catskills. ... Read more

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Looking for the Catskills
If someone would only perfect a time machine, I'd rush back to the Catskills for a birds-eye view of places I've only read about or seen in movies. Alas, I must steep myself in books to flesh out a daydream of a past I never had. "In the Catskills" succeeds beautifully with its essays concerning every aspect of a unique Jewish American experience. My one disappointment - and it's a big one - is the photographs. I was hoping for a pictoral smorgasborg, filled with color photos of brochures and other memorabilia and many, many more photos of the hotels, performers, workers and guests. There are some jewels here, but some additional and higher-quality glossy photos would've worked wonders.All in all, though, a swell book!

Shwenga. enjoy the Catskills from your air conditioned couch
How exciting... a book by the guy who runs those Catskills Institute workshops each August!I attended one a few years back, and I still have the audio tapes frlom some of the lectures.Collected here are 34 essays, excerpts from memoirs, songs, and stories of life in the Catskills in the Twentieth Century.The book includes the words and music to Shoot the Shtrudel to Me Yudel (1941) which was dedicated to Yudel Slutzky; an excerpt from Joey Adam's 1966 autobiography on the Borsht Belt; a reprint of "Jewish Farmers of the Catskills"; and even a piece from Cahan's "The Rise of David Levinsky."The book has seven main sections: history; boarding house, bungalow, and kuchalayn life; hotel life; entertainment; romance; religion; and food.Additional standouts include an excerpt from Kaaterskill Falls (by Allegra Goodman); I. B. Singer's "The Yearning Heifer";Thane Rosenbaum's "Bingo in the Bungalow"; Herman Wouk's "Marjorie at South Wind"; and Tania Grossinger's "Growing Up at Grossinger's." The book is also filled with photos of Catskill's life, signage, a rate sheet, and even old hotel menus. ... Read more

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Dark Possession:
Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning into a vampire. The last thing he expected after being called back to his Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was to catch the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney. A dedicated counselor for battered women, MaryAnn has a fulfilling life with no room for someone like Manolito. But when MaryAnn agrees to go to South America to offer guidance to a brutalized young woman, she has no idea of the trap that awaits her in the sweltering thick of the jungle. She has been lured there by Manolito himself, who has seductive plans for the unaware, irresistibly human female.
He is her lover, her predator, her lifemate. She is his dark possession…

Dark Curse:
Lara Calladine is haunted by childhood memories of being held prisoner in an ice cave and kept sane by the whispered stories told to her by her imprisoned aunts. She has spent years searching for the cave in hopes of finding the answers to the riddle of her.
Nicolas De La Cruz has returned to the Carpathian Mountains - his homeland - on orders from his eldest brother, Zacarias, to bring news of a conspiracy to the prince of their people. Lara and Nicolas' paths collide in an explosive adventure that rocks the Carpathian world.
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Chapters: Phil Brown, Gary Speed, Ricky Sbragia, Gary Stevens, Colin Harvey, Neil Mcdonald, Ian Porterfield, Phil Hughes, Frank Stapleton, Alan Cork, John Deehan, Chris Evans, Steve Wigley, Steve Davis, Asa Hartford, Archie Knox, Fred Barber, Barry Whitbread, Alan Harper, Terry Gibson, Paul Lake, Neil Pointon, Mark Taylor, Tony Dunne, Chris Sulley, George Hunt, Derek Fazackerley, Bobby Saxton, Neil Edwards, Terry Darracott, Martin Dobson, Frank Mcparland, Bill Green, Jason Beckford, Sandy Stewart, David Lee, Ian Mcneill, Colin Irwin, Eddie Hopkinson, Colin Mcdonald, Andy Barr, Jamie Hoyland, Jimmy Phillips, Bert Sproston. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 173. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Philip "Phil" Brown (born 30 May 1959 in South Shields, County Durham, England) is an English former footballer and the manager of Hull City. He has been on gardening leave since March 2010. As a player, Brown was a right-back who made over six hundred league appearances in an eighteen-year career, but never made it to the top flight. However, as a manager, he became the first to lead Hull City to the top division in their 104-year history, winning the Championship play-offs in 2008. Educated in the northeast, his chemistry teacher was Olympic runner Brendan Foster, who tried to encourage him to take up running over football. Brown started his career playing Sunday league football for South Shields side Red Duster in the South Shields Business Houses League, in the same team as Ray Dunbar and Bobby Davison who went on to play for Derby County and Leeds United,. As a professional, Brown played at full back for many years with Hartlepool United, followed by a spell at Halifax Town (with fellow north easterner Billy Ayre at both clubs and under him at the latter), In 1988 he moved to Bolton Wande...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2155681 ... Read more

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Chapters: Brian Little, Jan Mølby, Peter Taylor, Brian Horton, Phil Brown, Frank Buckley, Jack Hill, Eddie Gray, Stan Ternent, Phil Parkinson, Terry Dolan, Mark Hateley, Cliff Britton, Warren Joyce, Terry Neill, Raich Carter, Dennis Booth, Bobby Collins, Bob Brocklebank, Colin Appleton, David Menzies, Bobby Brown, Billy Russell, Ambrose Langley, Billy Mccracken, Harry Chapman, John Kaye, Ken Houghton, Mike Smith, Bob Jackson, Ernest Blackburn, Haydn Green, Percy Lewis, James Ramster. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 146. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Brian Little (born 25 November 1953 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English former football player and manager who is currently the manager of Conference North outfit Gainsborough Trinity. Litte has previously managed Darlington, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City, Tranmere Rovers and Wrexham. As a player, he was a versatile forward who spent his entire playing career at Aston Villa. He made one appearance at International level for England as a substitute against Wales in 1975 On leaving school in 1970 Brian Little signed for Aston Villa who had just been relegated to the Third Division for the first and only time in their history. He progressed through the youth ranks, winning an FA Youth Cup winners' medal along the way. He made 247 appearances for the club and scored 60 goals, and made one full international appearance for England in 1975. He was part of Villa's League Cup winning teams of 1975 and 1977, scoring two goals in the second replay victory over Everton in the latter final, as well as helping the club climb from the Third to First Division in the early part of the decade. His playing career came to a halt in 1979 when he retired at the age of 26 due to a knee injury. The injury was ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1092100 ... Read more

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Chapters: Sasha Lakovic, Cam Brown, Phil Crowe, Len Soccio, Marc Magliarditi, Jason Fitzsimmons, Pete Vandermeer, Trent Kaese, Don Granato, Jim Ballantine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sasha "The Basha, Pitbull" Lakovic (Serbian: , Saa Lakovi) (born September 7, 1971) in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played for 17 different professional teams during his career. Lakovic also played for four roller hockey teams in the mid 1990s. Lakovic has attempted to start a career in acting, landing a small role as Russian ice hockey player Boris Mikhailov in the 2004 Walt Disney movie Miracle. Lakovic, nicknamed the "Pit Bull" for his aggressiveness, turned pro in 199293, playing for three separate Colonial Hockey League teams, as well as the American Hockey League's Binghamton Rangers. After bouncing around the ECHL, Central Hockey League, International Hockey League and AHL for a few more seasons, Lakovic cracked the lineup of the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames in 199697. Dealt to the New Jersey Devils a year later, Lakovic would play only 37 NHL games before finishing his career with stops in the West Coast Hockey League, and finally the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey before retiring following the 200405 season. Lakovic became known as an enforcer, registering 397 penalty minutes in his first pro season. He peaked at 416 penalty minutes in just 49 games in 199697 as a member of the IHL's Las Vegas Thunder. During the hockey offseason, Lakovic played roller hockey for three Roller Hockey International teams from 199397, and in the Major League Roller Hockey in 1998. Lakovic gained widespread attention on November 23, 1996 when playing in his first, and only, Battle of Alberta game between the Fla...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8556508 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Richard Huxford, Ian Helliwell, Paul Pettinger, Harold Roberts, Wayne Biggins, Jamie Jackson, Phil Brown, Ian Bowling, Stef Frost, Keith Bannister, Graham Smith, Gareth Davies, Tom Cahill, Dene Cropper, Neville Chamberlain, Bob Mountain, Darren Bradshaw, Dennis Hill, Mark Smith, Ian Vaughan, Stewart Littlewood, Simon Mills, Ian Holmes, Gareth Williams, Colin Prophett, Adam Sollitt, Andy Proudlove, Peter Griffiths, Graham Pugh, Ryan Laight, Tom Fenoughty, John Brookes. Excerpt:Adam Sollitt Adam Sollitt (born June 22, 1977 in Sheffield , England ) is a semi-professional footballer who currently plays for Matlock Town . Sollitt is a Goalkeeper who played professionally for Barnsley , Northampton Town and Rushden ... Read more

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Chapters: Gary Megson, Sam Allardyce, Owen Coyle, Colin Todd, Bruce Rioch, Jimmy Armfield, Phil Brown, Phil Neal, Sammy Lee, Roy Mcfarland, Nat Lofthouse, List of Bolton Wanderers F.c. Managers, Chris Evans, Archie Knox, Bill Ridding, Ian Greaves, John Mcgovern, George Mulhall, Jimmy Mcilroy, Walter Rowley, Stan Anderson, Charlie Wright, Jimmy Meadows, John Somerville, Charles Foweraker, Tom Mather, Will Settle. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 138. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gary John Megson (born 2 May 1959 in Manchester) is an English former football player and the former manager of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. He has previously managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City. His biggest successes so far came at West Bromwich Albion, where he won promotion to the Premier League in 2002 and again in 2004. He is the son of former player Don Megson and the brother of Neil Megson, another former footballer. As a player, Megson was a tough-tackling defensive midfielder and something of a journeyman, playing for nine different clubs. He began his career at Plymouth Argyle, where he impressed enough for Everton to sign him for a £250,000 transfer fee. Megson struggled to establish himself in the Everton line-up, and after two years at Goodison, he moved to Sheffield Wednesday, where his father had once played, for a fee of £130,000. Megson immediately gained a place in Wednesday's starting lineup, and was a member of the team that gained promotion to the top flight in 198384, ending a 14-year exile from the elite. In his three years at Hillsborough, he missed only three league games. In the summer of 1984, he was signed by Nottingham Forest, only for Brian Clough to decide he did not need him. Megson s...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1054461 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ernie Moss, Peter Swan, Mick Wadsworth, Phil Brown, Mark Atkins, Imre Varadi, Gareth Williams, Tom Fenoughty. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ernest "Ernie" Moss (born 19 October 1949 in Chesterfield) is an English former footballer. He is most associated with his home town club, Chesterfield, where in three separate spells spanning nearly twenty years he made 469 Football League appearances, scoring a club record 162 league goals. His grand total of 749 appearances puts him in the top 20 all-time list for Football League appearances. He later embarked on a fifteen year career as a manager at the non-league level of the English football pyramid. He is still very much involved in football, regularly participating in charity matches with fellow former professionals, including former Sheffield Wednesday players Mel Sterland and Kevin Pressman. When Moss was just starting his career, Chesterfield manager Jimmy McGuigan described him as: "A big, willing bloke, a charming fellow who had raw potential. His balance was nil, therefore his ball control was nil. He knew where the goal lay but he couldn't often hit it." McGuigan worked hard to rectify this aspect of Moss' game and his hard word paid off, the youngster soon formed a deadly partnership with Kevin Randall. McGuigan's training improved his overall abilities, though his heading skills had always been present. Moss always posed an aerial threat and scored many of his goals by towering over defenders and directing the ball into the net. A big man, he was closer to a 'gentle giant' than a dirty player. Football historian Jeff Kent described him as a 'wholehearted striker'. Moss claimed that "For me competing was all about the pride and dignity of honest endeavour, - and winning wasnt a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12090227 ... Read more

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Chapters: Paul Raynor, Andy Toman, Benny Phillips, Phil Brown, Danny O'shea, Roger Willis, Giuliano Maiorana, Peter Butler, Charlie Henry, Paul Allen, Mike Cook, Chris Myers, Robbie Savage, Gary Childs, Nick Pickering, Mark Taylor, Wayne Fereday, Garry Nelson, Micky Gynn, David Howells, Franz Carr, Ian Hathaway, Paul Reid, Darren Sheridan, Micky Burton, Phil Robinson, Stuart Ripley, Gary Barnett, Martin Kuhl, Paul Butler, Mike Fillery, Peter Mendham, Robert Hopkins, Andy Ansah, Trevor Dark, John Salako, Debbie Bampton, Neill Rimmer, Dave Mehmet, Phil Barber, Julian Darby, Russell Milton, Richard Cooke, Noel Luke, Vinny Samways, Paul Wood, Sean Joyce, Mark Ward, Paul Mortimer, Kenny Achampong, Neil Adams, Tony Lowery, Mark Dempsey, Carl Francis, Ian Rodgerson, Steve Foley, Tony Hemmings, Kevin Glendon, Brendan O'connell, Ian Stringfellow, Lee Payne, Calvin Plummer, Gareth Williams, Mark O'connor, Billy Hughes, Neville Hamilton, Gary Cooper, Tim Steele, David Mehew, Phil Purnell, Leigh Palin, Terry Goode, Aidey Thorpe, Paul Holsgrove, Steve Talboys, David Robinson, Daryl Brook, Ian Banks, Paul Mcguinness, Keith Jones, Gary Porter, Darren Bullock, Roger Walker, Bryan Griffiths, Michael Cheetham, Ian Handysides, Andy Williams, Justin Skinner, John Marshall, Peter Ward, Mark Barham, Dave Smith, Simon Milton, Peter Rhoades-Brown, Darren Bradley, Andy Thomas, Darren Pitcher, Andy Kilner, Les Phillips, Rick Holden, John Gannon, Ian Olney, Martin Singleton, Trevor Putney, Simon Barker, John Hodge, Mark Brennan, Matty Holmes, Kevin Hales, Lee Duxbury, Warren Neill, Shaun Cunnington, David Currie, Worrell Sterling, Nigel Callaghan, Carl Beeston, Gary Buckley, Simon Livett, Paul Mason, Robert Wilson, Glenn Pennyfather, Paul Atkinson, Steve Mackenzie, Gary Robson, Nigel Donn, Paul Walker, Mark Stuart, Graham Cooper, Steve Burke, Nigel Pepper, John Bailey, Julian Winter, Stuart Massey, Steve Goble, Wayne Collins, Andy May, Mark Kelly, A...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11526408 ... Read more

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Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Britain, the definitive

companion to every corner of England, Scotland, and Wales. The full-colour section introduces Britain’s highlights, from magnificent castles and stately homes to the most elegant Georgian terraces and myriad Lochs. Using informed accounts, clue-up on all the top sights from the spectacular British Museum to the West Highland railway and the dreaming spires and honey-coloured stone of Oxford. The guide takes a detailed look at Britain’s history, literature, politics and cultural life with increased coverage of outdoor activities and expert background on everything from King Arthur to the Edinburgh festival. There are plenty of practical tips on exploring the great British countryside from the rugged Pembrokeshire coastline to the beautiful valleys of the Yorkshire Dales; information on all the best accommodation, transportation and restaurants plus lively reviews of hundreds of shops, bars and clubs. Explore the best of Britain with the clearest maps of any guide.

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The Definitive Planning Guide....
The 2008 edition of "The Rough Guide to Britain" is the definitive planning guide for those intending a vacation that takes in England, Wales, and Scotland (Ireland, including Northern Ireland, is covered in a separate Rough Guide).In a compact 1,000 page format, this Rough Guide offers choices and lots of them, along with information on when and how to get there.

Britain has much to entertain the visitor, from cosmopolitan London to cathedral towns and grand homes to the wilderness areas of northern Scotland and central Wales.Several thousand years of well-preserved history are on display in a variety of museums, while the major cities offer the lastest in culture and shopping.There is something for almost everyone.

"The Rough Guide to Britain" breaks out its coverage of England, Wales, and Scotland by geographic regions.Each regional chapter points out the touring highlights and the practicalities of dining and lodging.The text is buttressed by graphic maps, black and white photos, and short articles on special items of interest.Color inserts in the Guide focus on items of general interest such as Britain's coastal areas, its literary heritage, and unique festivals worth a look.The Guide has the usual maps of Britain, climatology charts, and the practical details of arriving in and traveling around Britain.

"The Rough Guide to Britain" is very highly recommended to those planning a vacation in Great Britain.This guide, along with appropriate driving maps, may be the only resources needed for an excellent visit. ... Read more

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Nearly forty writings about the Adirondacks by one of America's greatest champions of wilderness.These articles reveal Marshall's deep personal connection to the Adirondacks and the inspiration for his commitment to wilderness preservation. ... Read more

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Haven't read this compilation, but the original is great

My friend Jeff rescued the original hand-typed manuscript from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry library back in the late 1980's and had it placed in their archives.We are fortunate that it has been preserved in its original form.

I have not read this editor's compilation, but the original writings by Bob Marshall about his tramps around the College's Cranberry Lake Biological Station are exceptional accounts of exploration in a landscape familiar to us.Familiar, that is, until we read his descriptions of the logging activity and settlement that have long since vanished from that corner of the Adirondacks.

Presumably this book is a faithful reproduction of Marshall's writings as a forestry student; but I've only read the original.I'd further recommend those who love geeking out on first-person accounts of geography and the backcountry go ahead and inter-library loan the photocopied version of Marshall's manuscript from SUNY ESF.

Adirondack Hero
Few people in the world have had a wilderness area named after them, much less two.Bob Marshall is one such intrepid hiker/conservationist.Although the largest named after Marshall is in Montana, most of this book focuses on the Adirondacks.Bob Marshall was noted for his love of hiking and exploring, most notably the Adirondacks High Peaks and the Cranberry Lake Region.Marshall received a master's degree in forestry from Harvard.

Author Phil Brown has done a marvelous job reprinting all of Marshall's writings.Most notably are those about the High Peaks, in which, Marshall notes and ranks level of views and difficulty in climbing.Also of amazing clarity are Marshall's Cranberry Lake Region "pond-hopping" writings.Here Marshall also rates the beauty of each pond or lake he visits, easily hiking thirty miles in any given day.Marshall writes of numerous topics regarding preservation of the wilderness, going into marvelous detail of specific areas, watersheds and wild lands.He speaks eloquently of colleagues he hiked, explored and bonded with. The stories are colorful and rich with passion. Marshall's impact on the public's view of preservation in the first quarter of the last century cannot be underestimated.The legacy continues in this book.If the reader has been to any of these areas, they will feel the spirit of Bob Marshall hiking alongside them.

Author Phil Brown has a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's in philosophy.This exhaustive work was a three year project.
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beautifully simple
This is a wonderful little gem. It isn't a high brow spiritual document meant to appeal to the brain- it's a little book that focuses on values, ethics and respect with thoughtful anecdotes. Great book for the adolescent as well as the adult- wisdom and grace are ageless. ... Read more

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Farley's San Francisco Chronicles by Phil Frank. Foreword by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.

Cartoonist Phil Frank's daily cartoon strip, Farley, has been keeping a finger on the pulse of the Bay Area for more than ten years. "I'm Ink, Therefore I Am!" gathers a collection of about 300 strips, originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle, for 1990 through 1996. Though local in orientation, the cartoons pertain to situations that arise anywhere people live, work, and vote in significant numbers. Characters such as Bruce D. Raven, Bruinhilda, and, of course, Farley himself are involved in mayoral elections, voter referendums, the local sports scene, and the social climate. ... Read more

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Relief from the troubles of the world
This is the twin to his "Going Local" -- local topical cartoons about San Francisco. Even though I live near SF rather than in it, I find them hilarious and read them every day at sfgate.com. Thank you, Mr Frank for so much relief from all the troubles of the world!

A unique view of San Francisco
Phil Frank has been drawing a daily cartoon for the San Francisco Chronicle for about 10 years or so. While I lived there his strip had always been the first thing I read in the morning, and I am rather happy that finally there is a collection of selected strips from '90 - '96. I guess I must have seen most of them before, but aside from a lot of fond memories I also got a lot of laughs out of this collection. But it certainly isn't one of the "you-had-to-be-there-to-get-it" things - I have loaned my copy to a couple of people her in Germany, and they also were rather amused by it. There is a fair amount of local politics that serves as a background for the jokes, but there are also many stories about the affairs of the heart of the hero of the strip, Farley, and his on-going realtionship with Irene the metermaid who makes parking such sweet sorrow for him, about the four bears who run the Fog City Dumpster for the four-legged gourmets of San Francisco, and ab! out Orwell T. Cat's carreer as a fall-cat in the White House. So just go ahead and buy it - it's really, really funny, and it's a lot cheaper than going to San Francisco yourself. ... Read more

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"I just got mad. I couldn't breathe in my own house."
—Ruth Reed, a resident of Ocala, Florida, who lives next door to a Royal Oak Charcoal factory

Across the United States, thousands of people, most of them in low-income or minority communities, live next to heavily polluting industrial sites. Many of them, like Ruth Reed, reach a point at which they say "Enough is enough." After living for years with poisoned air and water, contaminated soil, and pollution-related health problems, they start to take action—organizing, speaking up, documenting the effects of pollution on their neighborhoods.

In Sacrifice Zones, Steve Lerner tells the stories of twelve communities, from Brooklyn to Pensacola, that rose up to fight the industries and military bases causing disproportionately high levels of chemical pollution. He calls these low-income neighborhoods "sacrifice zones"—repurposing a Cold War term coined by U.S. government officials to designate areas contaminated with radioactive pollutants during the manufacture of nuclear weapons. And he argues that residents of a new generation of sacrifice zones, tainted with chemical pollutants, need additional regulatory protections.

Studies show that poor and minority neighborhoods are more polluted than wealthier areas located farther away from heavy industry. Sacrifice Zones goes beyond these disheartening statistics and gives us the voices of the residents themselves. We hear from people like Margaret L. Williams, who organized her neighbors to demand relocation away from two Superfund hazardous waste sites; Hilton Kelley, who came back to his hometown to find intensified emissions from the Exxon Mobil refinery next to the housing project in which he grew up; and Laura Ward, who found technicians drilling a hole in her backyard to test groundwater for pollution from the nearby Lockheed Martin weapons plant. Sacrifice Zones offers compelling portraits of accidental activists who have become grassroots leaders in the struggle for environmental justice and details the successful tactics they have used on the fence line with heavy industry. ... Read more

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The political stakes of environmental science are high. Scientists who study the effects of toxic substances in people’s workplaces and communities face extreme contention as they forge through a political landscape, which is fraught with worldwide debates.

A relatively new science, environmental health has formed a new paradigm where the experiences, participation, and discussion of laypeople collaborate with scientists to reshape scientific inquiry, pose new questions, offer new techniques, synthesize more areas of knowledge, and demand democratic involvement in research, regulation, and health prevention and treatment.

This issue of The Annals reflects this new "public paradigm" with a diverse group of contributors from a variety of specialties - social movement activists, scientists, government officials, and academic researchers.

The first section of the special issue, "Epidemiology and Science," examines the types of data available in explaining environmental factors of diseases. These articles focus on how to use that data to link environmental factors to illness and how to use what we learn to prevent environmental disease.

The second section, "Social Policy and Social Movements," reviews some historical case studies where activists alerted the country to specific toxic waste hazards, various investigative measures that have been used to uncover hazards and handle environmental disputes, and the responsibilities and roles of activists in shaping social policy.

Concluding with a review article that showcases major contributions of recent books, this issue of The Annals will continue to fan the ongoing debate over environmental health concerns while shedding light on this complex and contemporary area of study.