Book Description
The most complete work on the medicinal plants of western North America, this guide offers the best information in the world on the nearly 500 species covered, much of it available for the first time. More than 530 color photographs illustrate the plants. An index to medical topics helps locate information on specific ailments. Symbols next to the plant descriptions provide quick visual warnings for poisonous and allergenic plants. Organized by flower color for fast identification, this guide is an essential aid to appreciating native plants and the wild areas they inhabit.
Customer Reviews:
I like it, but...........2007-08-03
I struggled with what star classification to give this book. On one hand, I find it very informational. On the other hand, I have a hard time figuring out what plants I am looking at. Apparently you need to have some deeper knowledge of plants before using this book, which I don't have. So I find it difficult to use when I am in the field. I don't even bring it along with me anymore, and sometimes resort to take pictures of the plants and then see if I can find them in the book later. So I find the book to be very much a mixed bag.
All Too Disappointing.......2007-01-26
I am a layman who is looking for a guide to herbs that would help me identify herbs in the wild. My expectation was that the photographs in
A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs would be fantastic and would help me ID plants in the wild with confidence. I was not pleased at all.
The photographs in this book are thumbnail size and often show only the flowers of the plants in question. The book itself is of a tiny size and affords little space to have "real" close-up photographs of leaves and overall look of the plant in-situ.
I would contrast this "Reader's Digest" version of a book made to identify plants in the wild with Roger Phillips' Mushrooms And Other American Fungi Of North America. This book is a full 11 3/4" X 8 3/4" and has photographs that fill a whole page, in some cases. I think it is fair to say that every photograph in Roger's book is larger than ANY picture in A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs, whose photographs are attributed Stephen Foster. A quick view of Foster's web site shows similar "thumbnail" sized photographs. I am greatly disappointed!
The text contained within A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs pales in comparison with what can be found on line.
I am hoping RHS Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses gives a better view and history of the plants.
In closing, I would say this book should be the last on your list - not the first!
Botany contribution........2004-07-11
Peterson's Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs is a contribution to botany and field identification. This guide includes medicinal species, potentially dangerous ones, and plants with true healing powers. There is a description of range, habitat, medicinal uses, and a toxicity warning beside the species listing. Hundreds of species are covered, making a classic guide, one that deserves to revolutionize the botanical field guide section.
Best of Field.......2002-07-03
Peterson Field Guides has produced another winner. Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs by Steven Foster and Christopher Hobbs is a gorgeous guide book by, pardon the pun, the leaders in the field. This particular field guides sets the standard by which all medicinal plant guides should follow. Brilliant colour photographs of the over 500 identified species organized by colour for quick reference helps any novice quickly identify the plant and what'll happen if you try to make tea out of it. The detailed plant descriptions also include scientific name, family, location found, historical medicinal uses as well as highlighted warnings for poisons, allergies and other areas of caution. A very unique and special field guide Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs also offers harvesting and conservation tips. Pick this book up before you even considering picking flowers, herbs or plants for uses other than the filling your vase, it's a must have for anyone spending any extended time in the outdoors.
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Don’t think there’s merit in the idea of analyzing baseball players using sophisticated statistical tools? Maybe you should talk to the deliriously happy members of Red Sox nation, whose team is run by Theo Epstein, a disciple of the BP way of thinking. Where can fans and fantasy players get this same inside intelligence that’s revolutionizing Major League front offices?
Baseball Prospectus.
“ The best book of its kind”—Rob Neyer, ESPN.com
“ If a general manager hasn’t read
Baseball Prospectus, he should be fired for incompetence.”—Michael Lewis, author of
Moneyball
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Baseball Prospectus has become the standard by which all scouting guides should be measured.”—Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics General Manager
“ I never cease to be blown away by the geniuses at
Baseball Prospectus.” —Jayson Stark, ESPN
“ The best book for preparing for a rotisserie draft”—
USA Today
Packed with statistics, analysis, and attitude,
Baseball Prospectus is the essential season-long companion for the millions of fans and fantasy baseball players who are looking to understand the inside game. Includes extensive performance analysis of 1,600 players—covering the majors, the minors, top 40 prospects, draft choices, and rookie ball—plus in-depth, insightful essays on all 30 Major League clubs and gimlet-eyed evaluations of their top 50 players. With ballpark-adjusted stats, a deadly accurate system for forecasting a player’s performance, and more,
Baseball Prospectus hits it out of the park every year.
Customer Reviews:
good stuff.......2006-02-10
BP has a distinct slant on performance analysis that some people misinterpret as reinventing the wheel. They're not. What they do is present new and creative ways to breakdown performance and potential. It's not hocus pocus--these are smart people with proven metrics giving us a glimpse of the game from another perspective. Now, as for 1 of the most common complaints I've read here I have to come to BP's defense a little. It's just absurd...
Players are listed with their team from the previous year, even if traded or signed elsewhere. ...
Come on. BP writers follow a team for the entire year. That's one of the unique aspects of their coverage. So the author that covered the Diamondbacks is going to write Randy Johnson's blurb, even if he was dealt to the Yankees. Secondly, it's just smart organization. Do you know when their publishing deadline was? Do you remember what players changed teams before that deadline and which were after? Of course not. So they standardize it. If that's your biggest complaint about this book then you're plain fishin for something to whine about.
Better bathroom reading than "Juiced".......2005-07-16
As I pointed out in my Amazon review of Canseco's "Juiced," the BP makes for much better bathroom reading. My copy is all dog-eared and has post-it notes sticking out in different colors from all edges. None of my other books have that, so that's saying something, right?
Disappointing.......2005-06-22
Because I could find the Baseball America Handbook and having seen one of my classmates with it, I decided to acquire it. Although it is not a completely waste, it is disappointing.
First of all, stats like wins, saves etc. are not listed. I think it is important to have some idea of the basic statistics. Secondly, I do not like the organization of players. They list players who have changed teams on their old teams, keep pitchers and position players separate which can be hard to follow at times.
My biggest complaint though is the fact that they seem convinced that they know everything and that they are funny. As a result, there are quite a few snarky comments when describing players like Alejandro Machado (Nationals) that is not even close to informative and their attacks on Pat Gillick and Jim Bowden are nothing short of vicious.
For a prospect handbook, this is disappointing.
The Future Of Baseball.......2005-05-15
This refrence book is part of what's known as the sabrmetrics, or statistical analysis, movement in baseball today, particularily the pro game. The main thesis that this book is based around is the factual idea that baseball players (and, by association, baseball decisions) can be analyzed using stats. Many successful MLB teams, including the A's, Red Sox, Indians, Cardinals, and Dodgers use advanced statistics (some more than others) to determine what moves they should make.
This book isn't a fantasy baseball book, it is a scouting guide. You won't find Wins, RBI, or Errors listed here, because these stats aren't important when it comes to evaluating players. Some reviewers have complained at the lack of said stats, and that they should "at least be included". On the contrary, they don't fit BP's organizational hilosophy. They shouldn't be included at all. If you want to use BP for your fantasy league, you're better off buying a "BP Fantasy" subscription at www.baseballprospectus.com
Other reviewers have stated the the Sabrmetric way of thinking doesn't encompass all the lore, emotion, heart, etc. that play such an important role in such a beautiful game. They say that baseball can't be measured solely in stats. Unfortunately for them, it nearly can. If heart, emotion, and the like actually were important, then they would show up as anomilies in the stat relationships. Fact is, they don't. Those things don't really matter, because they don't effect how the outcome of the game.
The BP writers aren't out to dehumanize baseball. Far from it, in fact! They are providing insight into a new way to play the game, a way to play the game that has made the low-budget A's into consistent 90+ game winners, and the Red Sox into World Series champions. Sabermetrics can only improve the game of baseball, and the "revolution" is coming sooner than you think. In fact, its already here. Become part of the forward-thinking, extrodinary group of people known as statistical analists.
Still with a big chip on their shoulders.......2005-04-17
The Baseball Prospectus covers most major league players, complete with comments and their own type of statistics, emphasizing categories like on-base percentage and slugging percentage, which have become the vital statistics for many in the game. Their organizational comments try to focus on how teams build smartly, and how others gamble on short term solutions and never get anywhere. There is much to debate here, but such is the game of baseball that there's always going to be different points of view.
Unfortunately, the arrogant conceit of the statistical people reveals itself; simply go to the entries for Seattle and Oakland. In the Seattle profile, there is basically an assault on the professional character of Pat Gillick, one of the finest baseball general managers of our era, who is more of a traditionalist. Because of that, he is unfairly targeted in the Seattle chapter, which is unfortunate. There is a tendency to suggest that all baseball scouting should simply be done on a statistics sheet, as opposed to the expertise of experienced scouts who actually go and see young ballplayers play. Gillick believes in that, and he's had great success. The Baseball Prospectus types scoff at that, instead making a demi-god out of Oakland's Billy Beane. (who's won exactly zilch so far).
Another thing; the authors denigrate traditional stats like wins and losses for pitchers, and batting average and RBI's for batters. Tradition means nothing to them. Baseball isn't just a cold statistical pursuit; instead it has lore and history, and the game on the field isn't played by robots. Sure, there are better measures to evaluate players, but isn't it revealing that these new statisticians can't ever seem to agree on a measure of performance? There's always a new acronym based on some convoluted formula which seems to go by the wayside a few years later. But when one talks about RBI's, you have something tangible, something you can compare across the last century.
In closing, go ahead, hit that "No" button. I'm just wondering what old time managers like Billy Martin would have thought about all this. Baseball is all about putting the ball in play, not leaving the bat on your shoulder to draw walks. Hits are infectious, there are untangibles in baseball like emotion and momentum that don't figure into the equations of the Prospectus-types.
Book Description
From the most eloquent of American presidents, nearly 400 astute observations on subjects ranging from women to warfare: "Bad promises are better broken than kept"; "Marriage is neither heaven nor hell; it is simply purgatory"; "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
Customer Reviews:
The Pilgrim President.......2007-08-27
Lincoln was trhe only Pilgrim president, as in the religion and a pilgrim himself. He is famous for his beard with no mustache, the five dollar bill, the penny and freeing tghe slaves. This is his best known book he wrote himself, a collection of quotions divided into chapters. I feel that besides Thomas Jedfferson they are goin g that much backwards from Abe Lincolon into technologial self parodies. The first amendment is pretty much deads, next goes religion then the consitution itself. America lost its sense of humor in the 1990s out of fear of being labeled sexist or racist, namely supposed gothic women and fans of heavy metal music. They come in the hordes and are a dime a dozen. BUT, once you lose your sense of humor about something, more people will laugh AT it. More people are on welfare andf social security than the working class, who losze most of their money to taxes. This book is a must read for followers of the Pilgrim religion.
Big Man, Little Book.......2007-03-08
I was completely disappointed in the size of this book. The city guide of Possum Trot, Kentucky has to be bigger then this. Measuring in at a hefty 3&1/2" tall, its no Abe Lincoln. It was more like something you find in a CrackerJack box!
Great stories.......2006-06-02
Humes book has a lot to offer Lincoln fans: a great many stories and anecdotes that shed a light on the many-facted, unique, and charming personality of our sixteenth president. I sometimes feel that these little story books do a better job of capturing someone's spirit than some of the big, thick biographies. And, at this price (same as a paperback), you can't go wrong.
Lincoln said:.......2004-02-05
Abraham Lincoln showed a talent for sensing the future in the course of economic policy way back in 1863. Lincoln said then: "The money power preys upon the nation in times of peace and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy."
"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed," Lincoln said.
Wonderful.......2003-11-21
Lincoln is one of our most loved Presidents and with good reason. He is almost always recognised for his morality and honesty. Too often his intellect is overlooked. Reading this work will definitly provide the reader with a good idea of just how bright he was.
I read this work straight through but it would also be a great "subway read". Each of the stories are short too the point and usually very funny.
Book Description
Lincoln's words ring with great rigor, clarity, and simplicity when compared to most of today's political utterances. Here we read his witty testimonial for a brand of soap, his sharp commentaries in the "rat hole" letter to a New York firm, his family correspondence to a spendthrift brother, and letters to a bereaved daughter, an angry general, and many humorous and satirical responses to political challenges--as well as those great moments of wisdom in his speeches and letters during the critical times in his career and in America's history.
Customer Reviews:
Another great Political Thinker........2006-12-17
This book is rare, has alot of Lincolns good quotes and has photo's and what not, I say if your intelligent and want to read good, get this.
Quotes; from Abraham Lincoln.......2001-09-04
“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...” if your memory just went into overdrive, bombarded by visions of a tall, lanky gentlemen with distinct, chiseled features that border on freakish and a familiarity about him, when in profile... associated with integrity, cherry trees and the Civil War, then you might be intrigued by this little book from Peter Pauper Press. ....
Abraham Lincoln: Wisdom & Wit, a petite volume of 61 pages from Peter Pauper Press, is filled with intriguing & exemplary morsels spoken by Lincoln during his lifetime... it is a book of, indeed, Wisdom & Wit, with quotable insights & prudent statements left behind from a great philosopher’s lifetime. ....
This miniature publication, a lean and compact, emerald-green book, with rectangular [as Lincoln’s features] illustration of Lincoln’s silhouette on the cover jacket, is chock-full of philosophical and enlightening insights from “Honest Abe”, who was recognized to be one of our history’s great thinkers. Created in the image of an exclusive gift book, the first page provides its purchaser with a “For” [insert gift recipient here] encircled by a decorative double border.
Abraham Lincoln: Wisdom & Wit [ISBN: 0-88088-359-6] edited by Louise Bachelder and illustrated by Jeff Hill, is Copyright (C) 1965 by Peter Pauper Press... If you know someone who admires Lincoln, a history buff or quote enthusiast, you might consider this addition to their book collection. It’s a quick and interesting read that offers substantial perspectives from one of our country’s great minds.
A Great Thinker - Honest Abe.......2001-09-01
ýFourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...ý if your memory just went into overdrive, bombarded by visions of a tall, lanky gentlemen with distinct, chiseled features that border on freakish and a familiarity about him, when in profile... associated with integrity, cherry trees and the Civil War, then you might be intrigued by this little book from Peter Pauper Press.
A Whig turned Republican, Abraham Lincoln, [born on February 12th, 1809 - buried on May 4th, 1865], became the 16th president of the United States on November 6th, 1860. The beginning of his famed speech, the Gettysburg Address, that Iýve implemented as the introductory sentence for this review, was enunciated on November 19th, 1863 when Lincoln dedicated the Gettysburg battlefield to the Civil War soldiers who had died there.
April 11th, 1865, two days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, indicating the close of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln addressed the public outside of the White House, indicating that he would support the voting rights of blacks... racist and Southern sympathizer, John Wilkes Booth, was in the audience. On April 14th, 1865, hating everything Lincoln stood for, Booth entered Fordýs Theatre, where the President, accompanied by his family, was watching a play ... he then shot the president in the back of the head, finishing Abraham Lincolnýs strikingly successful existence and completing the first Presidential assassination in our history.
Abraham Lincoln: Wisdom & Wit, a petite volume of 61 pages from Peter Pauper Press, is filled with intriguing & exemplary morsels spoken by Lincoln during his lifetime... it is a book of, indeed, Wisdom & Wit, with quotable insights & prudent statements left behind from a great philosopherýs lifetime. One of these insights into a subject most of the Epinions Community can relate to goes: [taken from page 25]
ýWriting, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the greatest invention of the world. Its utility may be conceived by the reflection that to it we owe everything which distinguishes us from savages. Take it from us, and the Bible, all history, all science, all government, all commerce, and nearly all social intercourse, go with it.ý - Abraham Lincoln
This miniature publication, a lean and compact, emerald-green book, with rectangular [as Lincolnýs features] illustration of Lincolnýs silhouette on the cover jacket, is chock-full of philosophical and enlightening insights from ýHonest Abeý, who was recognized to be one of our historyýs great thinkers. Created in the image of an exclusive gift book, the first page provides its purchaser with a ýForý [insert gift recipient here] encircled by a decorative double border.
Abraham Lincoln: Wisdom & Wit [ISBN: 0-88088-359-6] edited by Louise Bachelder and illustrated by Jeff Hill, is Copyright (C) 1965 by Peter Pauper Press... I bought this little book for my husband, who has always appreciated anything relating to Abraham Lincoln. If you know someone who admires Lincoln, a history buff or quote enthusiast, you might consider this addition to their book collection. Itýs a quick and interesting read that offers substantial perspectives from one of our countryýs great minds.
A Great Little Nugget.......2000-02-02
Abraham Lincoln - Wisdom and Wit is a great little book from the Peter Pauper Press Pocket Gift Edition, "Wisdom and Wit" series. The book contains Lincoln quotes under the categories of, 'Lincoln, The Man','Lincoln, The Philosopher', 'Lincoln, The Wit', and 'Excerpts from Lincoln's Speeches'. Here's a great quote from 'Lincoln, The Wit': [Lincoln had been called a two-faced man by Douglas] "I leave it to my audience, -- if I had another face to wear, do you think I would wear this one?"
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Typical Irish boy in London.......2000-03-31
This book is all about a Irish boy who goes to london to work , he ends up working on the the tube fixing lines at night and then meets up with a gang of thugs who he must fight off to save the day. It is an excitng cover to cover thriller aimed at 10 -13 year old boys and it is a book I could not put down unitl we find out what happened to our hero donny!
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