Shoreline: Seasons at the Lake

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A fine book.......2002-01-31

Among personal accounts of idyllic summers on a lake with kids and adults this may be the best. The author reprises her childhood on the lake (in Michigan) but knows that while she returns to camp there is no going back. Her writing is simple yet affecting.

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This book delivers - outstanding instruction

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Clear advice on skiing

The New Guide to Skiing: A Step-by-Step Guide in Color, Revised Edition
Martin Heckelman
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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By one of the world's leading instructors, a step-by-step guide to mastering the new shaped skis. Fat boys, carving skis, cross skis, extreme shaped skis: that is the new language of alpine skiing. This best-selling classic has been completely rewritten to explain what makes the shaped skis so revolutionary--and so exciting, especially for beginners. With over 300 specially commissioned color photographs showing step by step how to turn and how to maintain control easily under all conditions, and with its clear text, this is the book for a new generation of alpine skiers. Featuring more than eighty unique stop-action photographic sequences, The New Guide to Skiing shows how to ski with greater ease, precision, and control while obtaining optimum performance from shaped skis. Based on the newest and least stressful methods, it demonstrates how to deal with skiing off trail or in deep powder and illustrates the eleven specific turns needed to master difficult conditions, including ice and moguls. 300 color photographs.

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This book delivers - outstanding instruction.......2007-03-14

This is an outstanding instructional covering a wide variety of important foundational and advanced skills for confident skiing, safety & fun on the slopes. It delivers great instruction to really build a strong repertoire of skiing skill beyond parallel & carving down the mountain.

Ski lessons left me disappointed & frustrated. Instructors contradicted each other. Questions asked in lessons left unanswered, are handled here. The fundamental skills that made me feel totally at ease and free on skis were not taught in standard lessons, but found here.
When I browsed through this book I knew I'd struck upon a gem. This was what was needed to help me become the skier I want to be. I love an instructional that "feels right" is well organized, clear & to the point with solid, consistent & effective methodology. Mr. Heckelman's clarity of writing cuts right to the heart of it with logical, systematical instruction and exercises. He creates solid building blocks during beginner instruction for advanced skiing with multi-skill building exercises that are lot of fun. Sage advice is given with care and concern towards safety throughout the book.

It is an amazingly easy book to follow. Instruction is described & photographed so well you can feel exactly how to perform each new skill. It was easy to take what I'd read to the snow, practice & master. I had a blast with the exercises! As a result I'm a much stronger skier and a lot quicker on my feet/skis. It's great to feel comfortable where ever I'm skiing & smile when I'm challenged with difficult runs. It's a pleasure skating across the flats to the lifts, passing those who shuffle along. This book has taught me how to make skis my friends and an extension of me. It only gets better each time I ski. This book goes to the slopes with me & I review the things I want to practice before I greet the snow.

While no book is the end all of instruction in a sport, this book should be a first book as it is thorough, well rounded and gives a solid base from beginning through advanced skiing. There is a lot of fun advanced skiing technique included as well as sections for skiing a variety of terrain and conditions. The knowledge & skills here have helped me find the type of ski instruction I can truly benefit from. Advanced skiers may want to review all four sections of the table of contents to insure they aren't missing any skills covered.

I learnt from this book.......2005-04-12

I was a beginner when I bought this book. I followed the instruction to practice. By the end of that ski season, I could already go down diamond slopes.

I think it would be easier for most people to learn skiing from instructors. But if you like learning from books instead (like me), this book is an excellent choice, at least it worked for me. This book teach you a lot of advanced technique, which I find it very useful on bumpy or steep slopes.

Clear advice on skiing.......2001-10-27

I found this book, with many fine pictures and clear instructions to be very useful, at least for an intermediate skier who wants to improve. I particularly liked the recognition that there is more than one "right way" to ski. I question whether a complete novice could learn without instruction using this book, but the beginners section would probably be a good guide for instructors on useful beginners exercises.

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“Wildness is something best measured in the dark. On black, moonless nights when the horizon goes limp, and every scratch and thud and snap of branch outside the tent touches off spot fires in your brain. Sort of like now. The sow grizzly is back again, circling, gulping down the dark and blowing it out again through her nose.” So begins Gary Ferguson's tale of his three-month odyssey at Hawks Rest in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Beginning with a hundred-mile hike to reach Hawks Rest, Ferguson recounts his adventures observing grizzly bears, tracking wolf packs, and encountering other wildlife in what is now the largest intact ecosystem in the temperate world. Along the way he meets an intriguing array of backcountry hikers, park rangers, elk hunters, outfitters, and wildlife biologists all grappling with the challenges of preserving this magnificent slice of wilderness. Personal, poignant, and often gripping, Hawks Rest celebrates “this profusion of things fierce and vast and thrilling” as it chronicles the stresses that threaten America's most beloved wilderness lands.

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Elk Hunting in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone.......2007-08-09

I bought this book hoping to gain insite to the "Real" yellowstone wilderness. There are real tibits and treasures of this experience in this book that I thoroughly enjoyed. The major part of the book was devoted to the political rallying that goes on with the government and NPS and elk hunters. I believe that the hunting and salting issue deserve to be brought to the publics attention, but do not believe that so much of a book supposedly about a summer on Hawk's Rest should have been devoted to it.

Gary Ferguson is a very engaging writer and always delivers the goods on wonderful story writing and this book it no different. I just wish he had focused more on the wildlife and wilderness experience with short interjections on guiding and elk hunting.

Disappointing.......2006-11-18

I visited Yellowstone a few months ago and picked up Hawks Rest at a local bookstore. I was thoroughly awed by the beauty and majesty of the park but was disappointed by the crowds that I just couldn't get away from. I was hoping that Hawks Rest would give me insights into the "real" world of Yellowstone.

Given these expectations, the book truly did satisfy my purposes and I was pleased. But it also turned into a political screed. Although I very much believe in Ferguson's cause of alerting the public to the abuses of the elite hunting culture in Yellowstone, I feel that he devoted too much of this book to this cause. Hawks Nest is subtitled A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone. I wish this, rather than promoting a political agenda, had been the focus of the book.

Well-written nature stories, with anti-outfitter rants thrown in.......2006-02-28

Ferguson's book takes us to a corner of the US that not many people will ever see - - the Thorofare region in the southeast part of Yellowstone National Park. This region boasts the point in the lower 48 states farthest from any road-though if islands are eligible, the prize really belongs to Point Houghton on Isle Royale. Unlike Point Houghton, the Thorofare is a busy place despite its remoteness.

Ferguson is working for the US Forest Service for a summer in the Thorofare. He's staying at the USFS cabin, "Hawk's Rest," which provides the title of the book. Besides him and his National Park Service colleagues, three kinds of people show up in the Thorofare - - backpackers, outdoor leadership programs for teenagers and young adults, and outfitters with their hunter clients.

Ferguson discusses each group but gives most of his attention (and his vitriol) to the outfitters. If he is to be believed, the outfitters act as if they have property rights, and act as if they are a law unto themselves. They're rude to him, and they treat the other groups with contempt. Though the book is about the Thorofare as a whole, your reaction to the book will depend on your reaction to the outfitters in it.

Ferguson starts and ends the book with a discussion of the route he took there and back. The route there, beginning at his home in Montana, is a wonderful journey for the reader. His return route is not very interesting for the reader nor, it seems, for him. At that point he was glad to be going home. That's too bad, because I wasn't ready for the book to end. He writes very well, and his story is engaging throughout.

The Modern Wilderness.......2005-07-02

The story of a summer spent in a ranger cabin located in the most remote spot in the lower 48, just to the southeast of Yellowstone National Park.

The book contains a number of evocative scenes and teaches quite a bit about what the wilderness is really like. But the main theme of the book is how bad the local outfitters are, catering to largely ignorant and uncaring hunting clients, they break the law with impunity and generally behave badly.

The most remote spot in the lower 48 is actually quite heavily travelled and usually travelled by unattractive characters.

The scene painted is undoubtedly true, but truth comes in many flavors and the focus on the bad makes this book a bit grim.

A Mixed Season.......2003-10-23

Yellowstone needs an Ed Abbey, it needs an outspoken and opinionated, brawling, ornery cuss. Someone who will say what is wrong and what is right. Unfortunately, Gary Ferguson isn't that person. His writing is fluid and occasionally graceful and there is no doubt he loves the land. But in this book he is rarely able to truly deliver a sense of wonder or transfer it to the reader. We can never close our eyes and see a grizzly sparring with a wolf pack or a fledgling bald eagle peering down from the nest. Having hiked and hunted in the Thorofare my whole life I was hoping for something more evocative.

Although he shines a light on the good-old-boy cronyism that transforms the Teton Wilderness into a collection of outfitter fiefdoms every year, he doesn't really get down and dirty and rake the muck. Sure he throws a few weak jabs here and there at the big commercial guides and their dour hands, but mostly he just steps out of the way of the issue. In the end, the book adds just a bit to our collected knowledge of the Yellowstone ecosystem.

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M. Taylor Armstrong-Brown. It's a good name for a journalist. When Taylor moves to the remote town of Hunter's Gap from Philadelphia, she copes by being an impartial observer. She plans on biding her time until she can escape to prep school and college. But, unexpectedly, Taylor finds herself rescuing an orphaned baby hawk and getting to know a boy she'd never imagined being friends with. When she meets the woman who runs the nearby raptor rehabilitation center, Taylor's journalistic reserve begins to break down. As the hawk heals and grows stronger, Taylor is drawn closer to the boy she'd considered a redneck - and to the passionate "Hawk Lady," whose many secrets awaken deeper emotions in Taylor than she understands. Words begin flowing from her pen, but they are not the objective notes of a news reporter. They are the stirrings of a heart taking wing.

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Summer Hawk.......2005-11-21

I think that this Summer Hawk, by Deborah Savage, was extremely well written. From the very start, the book captures and pulls you in.

The main character, M. Taylor Armstrong-Brown, is like any normal teenage girl. She isn't that close to her parents, going to move soon, and has to choose what school she really wants to go to. At the beginning, Taylor thought that she wanted to be a reporter. But to get into this school that she really wanted to, she needed a good grade in English. Unfortunately, she got a C. That wasn't going to get Taylor into the school. But her teacher would raise her grade if she wrote an essay for the paper during her summer. At first, Taylor didn't know what to write about. Then she finds a baby hawk stranded in a tree. Taylor then rushes back to get help, and she meets a quiet boy named Rail, who she used to call `a red neck'. Rail and Taylor together rescue the baby hawk and bring her to the `hawk lady', Rhainnon Jefferies. While Rail helped the hawk, Taylor was recording down everything for her essay. Soon Taylor finds that her world has turned upside down and what she no longer wanted what she used to. She then has to discover what she really wants inside.

I think that this book was made for teenagers, about that same age as Taylor herself. At that age, most people can connect to what is happening to Taylor, one of the reasons this book draws you in. Taylor seems just like any average teenage girl and is so realistic that everything that happens to her is believable. It makes you think that you aren't the only one with problems, and that everyone has them too.

The best part of this book was around then end because Taylor finally figures out what she really wants. Finally she has friends and her mom understands her, and she gets to stay in Hunter's Cap like she wants. Finally Taylor finds the peace that you get when everything is perfect.

This is an excellent book. Once you start reading it, there is no way you can put it down. I recommend this book to all teenagers and even young teens. You won't regret it!

Summer Hawk Takes Flight.......2005-10-03

Quite like a thunderstorm, a tornado, or a hawk's plunge, Summer Hawk by Deborah Savage captures readers from the instant their eyes hit the page.

A teen novel, at first it seems as if Melissa T. Armstrong-Brown's problems are that of every other teen; she's having a bit of trouble at school, she's getting ready to move, and her parents seem distant, or apart from her. It seems as if the novel is going to be ordinary - just like any other teen romance. However, Taylor soon comes across a baby hawk, and from there many different people tie into her life; the quiet boy Rail Bogart, the mysterious "hawk lady" Dr. Rhiannon Jeffries, children from her school, and many more. Taylor's life is suddenly turned upside down with all of these new discoveries, and in them, she has yet to discover herself.

What makes this novel fit the teenage audience the most would have to be that - in watching Taylor discover herself - readers get sucked into her. By the time a reader reaches the fourth chapter, their emotions are bound to Taylor's, and - before they realize what is happening, they are whisked away to that windswept hilling, seeing themselves lay out before them. At least, I'm aware that it happened to me.

The best chapter would have to be the very last chapter - Chapter 19. In this chapter, you see that things are finally going right for Taylor. She finally found herself, she gets over the intense anger that had been locked up inside of her soul, and she is around those she loves. I won't spill what else happens in this chapter - for I want you to read the book - but this book is finally when Taylor - and the reader - feels fine.

This book is excellent. Whether you are a teenager that the directed audience waits for, or an adult looking for a young read, this book will never cease to amaze you. Summer Hawk is certainly a desiring read that - like a windswept hill on a summer's day with a red-tail gliding above you - you will never want to leave.

A favorite.......2005-08-22

I first read this book in my early teens, and enjoyed it so much that I read it completely through in one sitting. I love the style, love the characters, and most of all, love having a book that has left a lot out to make it a better book. As I read the previous reviews, I was surprised. There are more than a few unfavorable ones, which really did catch me off guard. Since I haven't read the book in a while, I sat back and thought about the comments and complaints, trying to receive them with an open mind. As it is, I still can't agree. The book is a favorite 'mood' book for me. When its raining outside and I've finished writing one of my own stories, I love to pick it up and re-read the descriptions of the hawk lady (whose name actually inspired me to research the mythology of the goddess Rhiannon)and Taylor's father. In danger of rambling on I have just one last opinion to give-that as a daughter of a separated, and now divoreced mother, I feel a slight connection to Taylor, and maybe this is why I enjoyed the book so much. It helped me to understand myself.
Oh, and the fact that I am also a female called Taylor didn't hurt things either!

once a class assignment, now a favorite.......2003-12-18

I have had the unexpected pleasure to have Ms. Savage as my professor for a college class. In that regard, my own personal opinion of the book is also judged by how I have come to know the writer. I could go on and on where and how she came up with ideas, but that is not what you want to really know.

In the very beginning I found Taylor to be snobby concerning her views of other classmates and somewhat selfish in trems of her mother,she is a typical teenager. One of the best aspects of the book is how easy it is to watch Taylor progress into a deeper understanding about friendships, family and relationships others have around her. The witness of growth as a reader is easy to relate because there has been a time in all of our lives where we too have gained a new self-awareness. I love the end because there is no happily ever after, just continuing change, which is what life is really about.

I think that the goal of any writer is to ensure that there is something worth writing about. It doesn't matter what age you are when you this book, it is just about understanding yourself a little bit more. I love this book and I think that if you give it half a chance and an open mind you will too.

Rather abstract and wandering.......1999-10-10

This is the first book by Savage I have read. Much of this book is rather poetic and ethereal, which appeals to me. Overall though, Savage's hinting at things and heavy innuendos were unfulfilling and confusing, rather than suspenseful. The stereotyping of the community was a bit heavyhanded as well.

Character developement was fairly good, but I wondered about what would happen to a number of the supporting cast. Mom's character is never fully understood. If Melissa was so supportive of her mom, how come we never got to know her?

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SOARS!.......2000-10-24

This is a lovely story about how a falcon became part of a person's life. This beautiful, independent bird is the central character in this story; the large predator soars across the story, taking the readers along for the trip.

This is such a worthwhile book. It will especially appeal to people who love falcons.

nicely printed.......1998-08-18

if you like to read about hawks, ospreys, falcons, eagles, or any birds of prey, this is the book 4 u.

SUMMER DESIRES: 'A WOLF RIVER SUMMER', 'HAWK'S WAY, THE VIRGIN GROOM', 'THE LONG HOT SUMMER' (SILHOUETTE DESPATCH CYCLE)

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SUMMER DESIRES: 'A WOLF RIVER SUMMER', 'HAWK'S WAY, THE VIRGIN GROOM', 'THE LONG HOT SUMMER' (SILHOUETTE DESPATCH CYCLE)
JOHN JOHNSTON, WENDY ROSNAU BARBARA MCCAULEY
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Summer Hawk
Deborah Savage
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Summer Hawk (Silhouette Special Edition)

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Doctor to Doctor, all right!
BORING ALL THE WAY

Summer Hawk (Silhouette Special Edition)
Simon Webb
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Doctor to Doctor, all right!.......2003-08-29

This story runs into a few wordy chapters. But overall, it's a
great romance set in a little drama. Two doctors of Native American origin unite as rescue workers facing a tragedy, and become intense lovers. As the relationship grows out of infancy, Dr. Callie Red Cloud and Dr. Joseph run into a cultural problem--as part of his career choices, Joseph has shunned his heritage. Will he also part ways with Callie for the same reason?

BORING ALL THE WAY.......2000-05-29

I REALLY DID NOT LIKE THIS BOOK. I REALLY TIRED VERY HARD TO GET INTO THIS BOOK. I PUT IT DOWN A COUPLE OF TIME ,TRIED READING THE START, THE MIDDLE, AND THE LAST COUPLE OF CHAPTER. NO GO. I HOPE THE AUTHOR DO BETTER WITH HER NEXT BOOK. I REALLY WAS HAPPY THAT I GOT THIS BOOK AT THE GOODWILL FOR 60 CENTS.WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY UPSET IF I PAID THE REGUALR PRICE FOR IT.

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Summer's End

Summer's End (An Avon Flare Book)
Robert Hawks
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Summer's End.......2006-03-02

I feel that this was a good book. This book was very suspensful for me. I feel that Robert Hawks did a great job on writing this book. The main character Amy was a crucial character. The only thing that i really didn't like is the way everything was happening so quick. Other than that i think that the book was very good. I espicially liked how the book had two stories in one. If you like vampires or mystery I feel that this is a good book for you to read.

WINGS - Volume 9, number 1 - Summer 1942: Eagles of the Pacific; Blood Wind; America's Ace; Devil's Decoy; Night Hawk; The Shepherd Spad

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WINGS - Volume 9, number 1 - Summer 1942: Eagles of the Pacific; Blood Wind; America's Ace; Devil's Decoy; Night Hawk; The Shepherd Spad
Linton (editor) (Arch Whitehouse; Kerry Morgan; Hal White; F. E. Rechnitzer; H. P. S. Greene; George Bruce) Davies
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And you thought your summer was bad: scrape some money together, buy the Atlanta Hawks, and at this time next year you, too, could be the NBA's biggest ... : An article from: The Sporting News

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And you thought your summer was bad: scrape some money together, buy the Atlanta Hawks, and at this time next year you, too, could be the NBA's biggest ... : An article from: The Sporting News
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This digital document is an article from The Sporting News, published by Sporting News Publishing Co. on August 26, 2005. The length of the article is 898 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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CVW-5 prepares for summer float.(Carrier Air Wing 5 joins Kitty Hawk) : An article from: Naval Aviation News

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CVW-5 prepares for summer float.(Carrier Air Wing 5 joins Kitty Hawk) : An article from: Naval Aviation News

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