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6 reviews
Catherine Steinmann

Park Island Pr, 2003

A beautiful book
The Ninth Month is a beautiful collection of Catherine Steinmann's timeless images of a brief, but memorable, time in the lives of many women. The care given to reproduction of the photographs does justice to her work. A unique and wonderful book.

The Redemption : A Love Affair Between a German Man and a Jewish Girl, Daughter of a Holocaust Survivor

1 review
C. O. Petersen

Pine Island Pr, 1996

A Searching Introspection For Each of Us
Setting his story in the classical Romeo and Juliet milieu, Author Goldstein leads the reader more deeply into a searching of his own conscience and soul and the several dimensions of good and evil. How many generations of family and of societies should be tainted with hatred, both for those who hate and for those who are hated? And if we forget the most devastating evil ever perpetrated on ...

Jaguar: 1 Man's Struggle to Establish the World's 1st Jaguar Preserve

14 reviews
Alan Rabinowitz

Island Pr, 2000

The Heart of the Jungle
"Jaguar" is the fascinating story of one scientist's journey to study and protect the elusive jaguar, the third largest cat in the world. Written like a book of fiction, "Jaguar" reads smoothly, capturing your attention and curiosity with its first-person portrayal of life in an alien world: the jungles of Belize. It is peopled with the Maya, a culture rich in history yet suffering poverty, ...

The New Complete Guide to Environmental Careers

1 review
Bill Sharp, Environmental Careers Organization

Island Pr, 2001

Good overview of environmental careers, I recommend it!
As Director of Environmental Studies I regularly recommend this book to students who come to see me about environment-related career possibilities. The book is divided into 4 parts: 1) Job hunting in the environmental field. In this section readers are given hints about education, using volunteer and internship opportunities, and ways to break into the environmental job market. 2) Planners ...

Breaking New Ground (Conservation Classics)

1 review
Gifford Pinchot

Island Pr, 1987

The best way to understand the history of conservation!
Incredible story of a difficult struggle to gather support for the creation of our national forests. I learned that people don't change. It is ironic that the book covers how over 100 years ago, many miners, land developers were so violently opposed to any land being protected-I see the same thing happening today with sprawl. A MUST READ. It made me really feel fortunate that we have our ...

Threading the Currents: A Paddler's Passion for Water

2 reviews
Alan S. Kesselheim

Island Pr, 1998

A book of glistening eloquence
Among his Baby Boomer contemporaries, Al Kesselheim has distinguished himself as a gifted observer of the natural world, and an expert in reading the nuances of water, (both physically and metaphorically).While his previous books involve single nautical adventures, here he takes us on several. Not all of them, of course, involve life-changing encounters but each has meaning, meaning especially ...

Corporate Environmental Management: Systems & Strategies

1 review

Island Pr, 1996

A most authoritative guide on Corporate Environmental Mgmt
Corporate Environmental Management 1: Systems and Strategies Second Edition, 1998 Edited by Richard Welford Earthscan Publications Ltd, London ISBN 1-85383-559-5, 288 pages, paperback, £16.95 This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of business in safeguarding the environment. It introduces the general issues and context, and examines in detail all the key tools of corporate ...

Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America

9 reviews
Bruce Babbitt

Island Pr, 2008

Book Review
Cities in the Wilderness By Bruce Babbitt Book Review By Dan Warren In today's republican political arena with the Bush administrations compelling interest in land expansion the outlook for Environmental causes let along protection would appear to have a dark and gloomy cloud atop any progress. However, Bruce Babbitt the author of Cities in the Wilderness has some new innovative ideas ...

June Keith's Key West & the Florida Keys: Food, Hotels, Beaches, Diving, Fishing, History, Writers, ...

19 reviews
June Keith

Palm Island Pr, 1997

Made our Key West vacation nearly perfect
We bought this book in the early stages of planning a Labor Day weekend trip to Key West. It was sheer luck that we chose this book, and now we can't imagine our first visit without it. I am impressed with the book's balance of suggestions for traditional tourist destinations and quirky attractions. (I would have never thought to visit the Key West cemetery without her guidance.) Best of all ...

Research Paper Step by Step

1 review
Edgar C. Alward

Pine Island Pr, 1995

A Complete Text
This is the most thorough research paper text that I've seen. The author provides the student with a step-by-step procedure that practically guarantees a successful result. Prof. Alward obviously is familiar with the common problems that face a student when researching and writing a paper of some length. This is the most complex bit of writing that a student will encounter. The book deals ...

Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America

10 reviews
David Petersen

Island Pr, 2001

With compelling first-person hunting narratives
In Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, And Wildness In America, author, editor, and wilderness expert David Peterson provides the reader with an informed, intensely personal, candid, and occasionally unsettling exploration on the subject of hunting in American culture. Petersen documents his observations with compelling first-person hunting narratives, as he also draws upon philosophy, ...

Journey into Russia

1 review
Laurens Van Der Post

Island Pr, 1984

Incisive
Considering this book was written nearly 40 years ago I found that the authors incisive comments about Russian character to be right on the nose. Accurate and quite telling. Actually surprising me that nothing really has changed since then in many ways. An enthralling book and well written as you might expect.

Turning the Tide: Saving the Chesapeake Bay

1 review
Tom Horton, William M. Eichbaum

Island Pr, 1991

Turning The Tide -- Saving the Chesapeake Bay by Tom Horton
Overall, the book was enjoyable to read, it really informed me of the problems the Chesapeake Bay faces each and everyday. I felt that the author used charts, graphs, and examples in a way that helps the reader fully understand the science that he/she is reading. I recommend this book to all of those readers who are affected by the Chesapeake Bay or who just wants to learn more about the ...

Nana

7 reviews
Beverly Poitier-Henderson

Cat Island Pr, 2002

A Wonderful Page Turner Anyone Would Enjoy
This was definitely a page turner right from the start. I found myself falling out laughing at Pam, Nana, Alveda, and especially the ghosts. Some books add so much extra and so many characters doing so many different things with so much drama, that you get lost and find yourself struggling through the story. Not this one!!! You didn't necessarily know where you were going to end up, but you were ...

Living Ocean: Understanding and Protecting Marine Biodiversity

3 reviews
Joyce Thorne-Miller, John G. Catena

Island Pr, 1991

Great book, but may need some marine science knowledge
This book clearly summarizes all the threats our oceans face today from human activities. I have a BS in Marine Science and I found that this book shows the reader how complex and inter-related the oceanic systems are and how many of our activities can, AND DO, adversely affect those ecosystems. I feel this book would be a great way for anyone interested in protecting the ocean to become ...

Alva, That Vanderbilt-Belmont Woman

3 reviews
Margaret Rector

Dutch Island Pr, 1992

Glosses over Alva Belmont's racism
The book is not well written, but it is written. The book doesn't develop the role Alva Belmont's racism played in shaping her dictatorial attitude. Try to get a copy of Alva Belmont's autobiography to compare with Rector's book. Alva Belmont, the daughter of an Alabama cotton planter, was a brazen racist. "I was a natural dictator," she wrote of herself. "I enjoyed nothing so much as ...

Bring Back the Buffalo: A Sustainable Future for America's Great Plains

4 reviews
Ernest Callenbach

Island Pr, 1999

An excellant series of suggestions for the rural plains
Well, I'll try this a second time. The first time I wrote this review, it disappeared from the screen as soon as I clicked on the Edit button, so take care. At any rate... Callenbach makes an excellent case for changing the way we utilize the Great Plains. With depleting aquifers, failing farms, and resultant loss of population, the region is changing drastically, regardless. With a semi-arid ...

Daddy's Girl

8 reviews
Charlotte Vale Allen

Island Nation Pr, 2002

Outstanding!
Of all the books written on the subject of child abuse, this book (one of the very first published) stands alone as a singular accomplishment. It is honest and insightful, yet never overly graphic. The author brings her considerable writing talent to bear on her reflection of how years of abuse shaped her as an adult and a parent. Never bitter, never placing blame, Charlotte Vale Allen offers a ...

Postcards from Paradise: Romancing Key West

4 reviews
June Keith

Palm Island Pr, 1994

Hemingway, Hersey and Keith
Customer Comments Al Mosier (KWkindaguy@aol.com), rating=10: Just returned from a sojourn in the Keys. Seems that everywhere I turned I met June Keith. I purchased her book at Margaritaville on Duval, but saw it everywhere. If you haven't already met June, it's time. June lives, works and writes in Key West. She spends her time waitressing at the Lighthouse Cafe on ...

No Substitute for Madness: A Teacher, His Kids, and the Lessons of Real Life

1 review
Ron Jones

Island Pr, 1981

A good book that shows much
It's a good book that shows how people can react to a new atmosphere. You learn a lot from it.

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