Ecological Restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Ecological Restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area
Jane Witkin
Manufacturer: Restoring the Earth
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ASIN: 0962662305

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Your flight at Pittsburgh International Airport has been delayed for hours. You've been to the food court (twice) and you've just bought another magazine. Wouldn't it have been nice if you'd known that there was an in-airport health club with aerobics machines and a sauna? Well, if you had a copy of the aptly named Stuck at the Airport, Harriet Baskas's compilation of unexpected attractions and services at 54 airports around the world, you would. Arranged alphabetically, each entry lists dining, shopping, and sightseeing options as well as the best spots to nap, freshen up, and plug in your laptop. While some of the information is basic, most of it is surprisingly informative. San Jose Airport has an InMovie kiosk that rents films, Washington's Sea-Tac boasts artwork from Frank Stella and Robert Rauschenberg, and Heathrow has a golf studio offering lessons from pros. Need to keep the kiddies out of your hair? Check out the Children's Museum at O'Hare or the play area at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport with free Nintendo games. While it's true these discoveries won't get you to your destination any faster, they will make those dreaded delays a lot more bearable. --Jill Fergus

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Who hasn't been stuck at the airport and ended up cranky, stiff, and full of really bad food? No more! With this one-of-a-kind guide to the best services, dining, shopping, and unexpected attractions at major U.S., Canadian, and European airports, even travel delays can be transformed into time well spent. Why not relax in the airport's meditation room in Albany, New York; tour the airport microbrewery in Orlando, Florida; or pet the pups at the landscaped dog walk at the airport in Austin, Texas? Traveling with kids? This guide will lead you to places where kids can run, have fun, and nap. On business? You'll find quiet spots to make phone calls and get work done. Just trying to get there from here? You'll learn where you can have a manicure or go for a run, rent a locker or a DVD, view an art exhibit or smoke indoors. You're stuck at the airport -- so live a little!

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Great Travel Aid.......2006-07-27

This book is great. I've used it a lot and it is very helpful. Each chapter is a different airport. There is information on the layout, shopping, dining,airline gates, relaxing, websites, children's activities, and more. She even mentions some of the best places to eat and shop. I live in Pittsburgh (and the Pittsburgh airport is in this book) it used to be US Airways' biggest hub. Then two years ago US airways cut 400 flights!!!! I was mad, so now I have to transfer because they cut so many non-stop destinations. Then I saw this book and I thought differently I am actually excited to transfer because I can visit a new place and I can explore the airport and use the suggestions in this book! She has great suggestions and best kept secrets. Some airports included are: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Chicago O' Hare, Cleveland, Detroit, Las Vegas McCarran,London Gatwick and Heathrow airports, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York Kennedy and Laguardia, Orlando, both Paris airports, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Toronto, and Washington Dulles and National. If you frequently fly with an airline that has connecting flights through one of these airports, this would be a good book for you.The only other thing that I think could have been added is a map of the airport. Overall this is a perfect book for anyone, from business travelers to families on vacation.

Very good book!.......2004-03-25

This book is very good. Gave great information about airports. I loved this book while I was in Honolulu because I found so many things to do waiting for my 2 and 1/2 hour connection to Maui.

Very Practical.......2001-07-16

This book is highly practical. It is essentially a guidebook to many important airports and the services and amenities they offer for the delayed traveler. It is a unique and clever book. It is clearly written and easy to use. I hope to see more guides of this type from this lucent author.

Stuck at the Airport : A Traveler's Survival Guide.......2001-07-09

Very disappointing and of little practical use. Where are the many important international airports?

What a great idea!.......2001-06-21

How many times have I been waiting for the long over due flight at Christmas time to pick up family/friends at the airport and couldn't even find a quiet place to nap? My hit and miss approach to decent (non-cardboard like pizza) food when I'm traveling is over. Those endless hours staring at the clock are over. From now on I'm up and on the move to explore the places that Ms. Baskas has researched. I'm looking forward to my next layover to check out those airports. I love this book. A very clever idea.

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No adults, no permit, no river map. Just some "borrowed" gear from Discovery Unlimited, the outdoor education program Jessie and her new companions have just ditched. Jessie and the others are having the time of their lives floating beneath sheer red walls, exploring unknown caves and dangerous waterfalls, and plunging through the Grand Canyon's roaring rapids. No one, including Troy, who emerges as the group's magnetic and ultimately frightening leader, can forsee the challenges and conflicts.

What will be the consequences of their reckless adventure?

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TONS OF SUSPENSE.......2007-06-06

Reviewer- Michele Zander
Title- Down River
Author- Will Hobbs
Publisher- Barton Double Dell Books for Young Readers
Copyright- 1991
Total # of pages- 204

No adults, no permit, no river map, just some "borrowed" gear from Discovery Unlimited. That's how their adventure began. Seven different teens set out by themselves in the Grand Canyon not knowing what will happen. They all have their own different problems and learn many new things about themselves and about each other.
I'd have to say that I don't have a favorite part of this book because I liked it all the same; it was really adventurous and exciting.
The theme of this book I would say is be thankful for what you have. I think this because in the book one of the teens named Jesse goes to the summer camp Discovery Unlimited angry at her parents and she doesn't really care about anything.
I really like how this book had a lot of adventure and action. I wouldn't have changed anything about this book. I think people who should read it are ones that really like adventure or action.

Great book for reluctant readers.......2007-05-10

Outdoor action, adventure, thrills - reluctant readers will really like this book. Jesse and her new friends have decided to ditch the outdoor adventure trip they signed up for and strike out on their own. Helicopters and searchers are looking for the renegade group everywhere. Meanwhile, serious problems start to develop within the group. Will they make it back to safety or have their foolish choices doomed them? This is a great book to get teenagers hooked on because Will Hobbs has written many more great books for them to continue reading.

Down River.......2007-04-06

Down River
Down River is a book about troubled decent teens going to a camp. The problem is a mean camp consoler who is giving the kids a hard time, and the kids are sick of it. So the teens steal the camp and are heading towards the Grand Canyon. When they get their, they sail the Colorado River. But soon in the adventure turns into a disaster. Bad weather comes while the kids are sailing and they are stranded in the middle of the river. I think the book was.

Downriver, a review by Allison, Kevin, and Hannah!.......2007-03-13

"Downriver!"
Running the rapids of the Grand Canyon, seven kids find adventure, friendship, and themselves. Will Hobbs writes a thrilling survival book called Downriver, which is similar to Hatchet, by Gary Paulson, but with its own twists and turns. This book is similar to Hatchet, but there are seven kids who must work together, instead of one who must work alone. Eight kids are sent to Discovery Unlimited or as they call it "Hoods in the Woods," steal equipment and take a joy ride on the Colorado River. After one bails, it's down to them to overcome their fears and this obstacle. After getting tossed around like luggage in the Colorado River, these kids have to take it up a notch. Not only was the river a problem, but they were doing this illegally with people chasing after them. Will Hobbs uses dialogue and thoughts to bring out the life in the characters, and also uses sensory images.
Will Hobbs is a tremendous author using descriptive language, and strong adjectives to get the reader really into the book. To show this, he has many awards in his trophy case. Some of these are the Notable Book Award, Best Book for Young Adults, Teachers' Choice Awards, and the Regional Book Award. But the only reason he has won this many awards is because his books are a captivating read. The idea for this book came out of Will Hobbs' own experiences. He got this idea because he has gone rafting in the Grand Canyon ten times and wanted to share his love of the Canyon with young readers. We recommend this book to anyone who loves a little excitement, adventure and suspense. Kids from ages 9 to 14 would enjoy this novel. Will Hobbs created a thrilling survival that will lead people to believe that good can come out of bad.

Downriver.......2006-10-16

Would you ride a raft with extreme water or would you climb a very slippery? Would you even any of them? This book is about kinds that think that they are so tough but have so many fears, and not even willing to tell anybody about it. Five kids go on an adventure that will leave them scarred for life. Some books are hard to come by, and this book is one of them. One of the characters on this book that pop out to me was a girl named Star. She is always joking, singing, and all other crazy stuff, but when it comes to helping others she is shy. So like I said before you can be very outgoing but have so many insecurities and not say anything to anybody. The more and more you read you see that star is getting over her shyness. This book is the one to when you feel stressed and insecure I give this book five stars. My recommendation is the best.

Downriver: A Barnaby Skye Novel (Skye's West)

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Downriver: A Barnaby Skye Novel (Skye's West)
Richard S. Wheeler
Manufacturer: Forge Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 081256586X
Release Date: 2003-12-30

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Barnaby Skye, seaman-deserter from the Royal Navy, Rocky Mountain trapper, and frontiersman extraordinaire, brings his Crow Indian wife, Many Quill Woman (whom Skye calls "Victoria"), to the trappers' rendezvous on the Popo Agie River of Wyoming in the summer of 1838. There, he learns that the beaver-trapping business is dying out. When he is offered a chance to become a post trader in Victoria's homeland, he makes the journey to St. Louis to present himself as a candidate for the job to the mighty managers of the Upper Missouri Outfit.The 2,000-mile voyage down the Missouri River steamboat Otter is a lesson in survival to Skye and Victoria. The river offers dangers at every turn--but the real danger lies in another passenger on the paddlewheel steamer, the Creole fur brigade leader Alexandre Bonfils. This nefarious man, with influential relatives in St. Louis, is a rival for the job Skye is seeking and is determined to be the only candidate by the time the Otter reaches the city.Adding to Skye's problems is his rescue of a Cheyenne woman, Lame Deer, who needs to get to St. Louis to find her missing husband--a white man who has deserted her and their two children to marry into a prominent St. Louis family.

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Sturdy traditional private eye yarn
Amos going up the "River"

Downriver (The Amos Walker Series #9)
Loren D. Estleman
Manufacturer: I Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0743444949

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Entertaining Read.......2005-02-28

First thing to take into consideration is that I am a sci-fi and fantasy reader. The reason I picked up this book was it being based in Detroit (where I grew up). But I was pleasantly surprised by the story that unfolded in front of me. It was a good story, and seeing that mysteries are new to me, it enlighted me to the genre.

What I liked most was the character of Amos Walker. I have always gotten the impression that most "P.I." novels done in first person would portray someone that thinks they know it all, a real womanizer, and are God's gift to humanity. But what I got was a down to earth character that gave a sense of being realistic, and had a good sense of humor.

Figuring out who was the culprit was a bit beyond me. I wasn't sure where I should have picked up as clues. But that might be attributed to me being new to the genre. Overall though, it was an entertaining and fast read.

Just to clear up a fact though presented in one of the other reviews. The term "downriver" is not used by Michiganders to describe any area other then Detroit. Downriver is actually the nickname of Detroit's southern suburbs. That is the area of metro Detroit where the car plant is located in the story.

Sturdy traditional private eye yarn.......2003-04-28

This is case number 8 for Detroit private eye Amos Walker and by now Mr Estleman was well into his stride with the series and he produced a solid and thoroughly professional outing for his sleuth.
Walker meets his client ,De Vries ,on the day de Vries is released from prison having served twenty years for arson ,the police having maintained it was a crime designed to act as a diversion for a major robbery in 1967 ,against the backdrop of the riots sweeping Detroit .De Vries is adamant he was set up by a white liberal associate of his at the time of the act and wants ,not revenge ,but his share of the money from the robbery.

The solution sees Walker enmeshed in the world of high finance in the automotive industry and before the case is closed murder and violence rear their ugly heads.Walker'sinvestigations also take him to a world where peolpe still mourn for the loved ones they lost in the violence and disorder of the late 60's and the compassion for the victims of those times is neatly and tellingly done.
I liked the way Estleman in the depiction of many key figures has avoided stereotyping and neatly undercuts expectations -de Vries is a humourous man who wants ,not blood but financial recompense;an old style cop,instrumental in de Vries' arrest is not the racist we may well have expected but afamily man with scruples who is not above going out on a limb to right old wrongs.
The major caricature ,oddly enough is the main character, Walker himself and he is the traditional gumshoe to a Tee-white,middle aged .an ex-cop with a working if scarecely warm relationship with the police.
Milieu as ever with the series is good and Detroit comes alive as a character in its own right-gritty ,decaying and in thtrall to the culture of the gun

Enjoyable.

Amos going up the "River".......2001-05-25

"Downriver" is the 8th novel is the excellent Amos Walker P.I. fiction series. As such, it is about average for the series, which is to say better than average for the genre. In this outing, Walker goes "Downriver," which is a Detroiter's term for any part of Michigan that does not include the city. Actually, he goes to the Upper Peninsula to give a released con a ride back to Detroit. When he and the con get run off the road and the con hires him to help find $200,000 from a heist for which he was convicted but which he did not commit, Walker has his hands full. The novel contains the usual social commentary and Walker is as much a loner as ever. Regular characters like Detectives John Alderdyce and Mary Ann Thaler get only cameo appearances this time out.

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The Michael Jordan of American timber a century ago!.......1999-02-22

Once upon a time a river forked, and one family went West and the other South. The one who stayed in control and healthy prospered; the other just seemed to lose its way, dissipate, and fade away. This is the legacy of Orrin Ingram. For those who enjoy the very early days (1850-1900) of our historically significant industries, this book establishes the creation of the Empire Lumber Company, which became in time, the base which produced Inram Industries and Weyerhaeuser Company.

Canoe Racing: The Competitor's Guide to Marathon and Downriver Canoe Racing

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Canoe Racing: The Competitor's Guide to Marathon and Downriver Canoe Racing
Peter Heed , and Dick Mansfield
Manufacturer: Vitesse Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0941950379
Release Date: 2005-03-22

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This revised edition of Canoe Racing is packed with the latest information on technique, equipment and tactics, and is illustrated with action shots from across North America. Peter Heed, the Attorney General of New Hampshire, is a competitive marathon canoe racer and is a seven-time National Marathon and Whitewater Canoe Champion. Dick Mansfield is a writer/publisher based in Vermont.

Downriver: Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting, 1800-1950

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Downriver: Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting, 1800-1950
Estill Curtis Pennington
Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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a painted, polished turd...
A mind-blowingly original novel from a master
All Over the Map
A humorously deconstructionist "novel" set at Thames river

Downriver
Iain Sinclair
Manufacturer: Granta Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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London Orbital

ASIN: 1862074895

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The winner of England's Encore Award and James Tait Black Memorial Prize gives us a kaleidoscopic look at London's past, present, and future. The Thames may still flow through the heart of London, but life along its shores has changed dramatically. In Downriver, Iain Sinclair traces the ruins of Margaret Thatcher's reign through the lens of a fictional film crew hired to make a documentary about what remains of old-time life. Historical motifs are interwoven with futuristic scenarios in this tumultuous tour of a city and a culture.

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a painted, polished turd..........2007-01-06

reviewer ross pretty much said all that needs to be said about this book. the style is the biggest problem, followed by the stories. a work shouldn't bore you; but there is a fine line between succulent and overstuffed turkey prose. downriver is a burst bird.
remember this, if some obscure work is built up to be the greatest book no one's ever read outside of some critics trying to pull one out of leftfield to impress others (and they probably never read it anyway, too much of a bother)...never forget the work was hopelessly obscure for a reason. silly poets.

A mind-blowingly original novel from a master.......2006-08-24

Iain Sinclair is one of the masters of modern English prose, and he deserves to be much better known outside of Britain. If a writer's visibility were proportional to his sheer talent, Sinclair would have a profile as high as Martin Amis or Salman Rushdie, two other British writers with whom his talent is--at least--on a par.
"Downriver" takes us to Sinclair's familiar turf, the East End of London and eventully transports us all the way downriver to the mouth of the Thames, but the real geography mapped here is the one inside Iain Sinclair's head. This man's imagination is incredibly fertile, and it rarely flags. I would compare him to Pynchon, Grass, Kafka, even Garcia-Marquez. But I must also go further afield and compare him to Blake and Coleridge. One of his blurb writers calls Sinclair "a demented magus of the sentence." Now that I've read "Downriver," I understand exactly what that means.

All Over the Map.......2003-01-22

I picked up this book for a number of reasons: primarily, I was intrigued by the concept of a novel comprised of twelve stories which would reveal a gritty, dark side of London's docklands. (I'm not a Londoner, nor have I spent a great deal of time there, but I am drawn to fiction about it for some reason.) I have to admit I was also impressed with the plethora of effusive praise from the British press on the jacket. Having read the first three stories, I have now set it aside, unlikely to return to it. Why? Well, it all starts and ends with Sinclair's style. Had I known beforehand that he is a poet, I probably would have avoided the book. My experience with poets is that their prose style tends to be overly ornate. Some find this wholly delightful, but it generally leaves me deeply unmoved.

I liked the notion of what Sinclair was trying to do in tying the Thames to Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and mixing it all up with a critique of Thatcherite policies and the the capitalist assault on the underclass. He's clearly a writer with a political viewpoint who absorbs his cultural surroundings and infuse them back into his writing. Unfortunately, the connections aren't always visible, and worse, the stories aren't particularly interesting. There are flashes here and there of something, and clearly Sinclair has masses of knowledge and skill, but it's hard to find any cohesion to it all. The reviewer at The New York Times put it rather well in saying, "The book is a tremendous pillar of words, not all of them making direct sense and not trying to." It's writing one can appreciate, but not really enjoy, and since I have stacks of other unread books waiting for me, I'll put this one aside-perhaps forever.

A humorously deconstructionist "novel" set at Thames river.......1999-05-23

For those of you who have often wondered how a deconstructionism would be expressed in a literary production, this book really does the job. It's unlike anything that I've read, and yet it seems to have triggered a resonating series of semi-familiar philosophical points from my past readings. Sinclair writes really well and seems to enjoy creating and using the literary vehicle of Derrida/Heidegger's "disappearance of a presense". Instead of reading those stodgy philosophers, take a break and read this book. You'll enjoy how the London real estate and its artistic allies can remake the unmarketable Thames river area. It figures...

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Aucas downriver; Dayuma's story today
Ethel Emily Wallis
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

ASIN: 006069212X

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Aucus Downriver
Ethel Emily Wallis
Manufacturer: Hodder And Stoughton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UJQ88E

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Aucus Downriver

Manufacturer: Hodder And Stoughton
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GLFPOY

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