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The first collection from the acclaimed Outside columnist.

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Solid.......2005-11-17

Some dated material, but hindsight gives special interest to some of these travels. Great writing is always a pleasure.

truth is stranger than fiction.......2002-02-13

Batfishing in the Rainforest is a collection of Randy Wayne White's essays - some of them poignant ("the Legend", White's tale of his dog is fabulous), many of them gut-bustingly funny (his experiences at a health spa and advice on "How to be a Competent Southern Waterperson are priceless), a few had me shaking my head (how can a person be suprised they got mugged in Lima? and how come I never meet fun travel companions in third world countries?) All of them are a pleasure to read.

White never takes himself (or others) too seriously, and typically has a light and humorous take on things. The stories are brief - many originally written for Outdoor Magazine. I found the book thoroughly enjoyable and I strongly recommend it.

For those of you who are familiar with White's "Doc Ford" novels, you can see where many of his characters, plots and the "research" for his tales come from. For those readers who have not yet discovered this marvelous writer, I encourage you to begin here and then sample his hand at fiction.

Funny travel writing.......2001-03-28

This is usually not my sort of book, but after reading the first story, I was hooked. This story, "The Legend," about the author's hilarious Chesapeake Bay retriever, is worth the price of the book by itself, especially if you're a dog lover or animal lover, because it's the best story about a dog, or any animal, that I've ever read.

But there is plenty more where that came from in this entertaining collection of essays. Although not what I was looking for initially, this book was a delightful surprise, and after reading this, Mr. White has another fan. I now intend to buy and read all of his other books, and I'm recommending him to my other friends as well.

Real simple, and real good, White's voice is authentic........1998-10-10

Randy Wayne White has more hits than misses in this book of essays. He has an authentic American take on the world, with a Floridian's amusement and acceptance of foul weather, tough dogs, tougher kids, and bugs of all kinds. This book is a keeper, and we are lucky it has been reprinted. His mysteries are real good, too, but somehow I wish that he would take his gift more seriously. By that, I think he could be a major American literary force, if he didn't have to pay for braces, college tuition, and fishing gear. However, being sun dried, and wind weathered, he should last long enough to get back into that true and raw, and heart felt need to be a voice from the salt flats that reaches people in a Pulitzer kind of way.

An Absolutely Wonderful Travel Book.......1998-09-22

Batfishing in the Rainforest is one of the funniest, most insightful and heart touching collections of essays I've ever read. After reading Mr. White's newest novel (The Mangrove Coast) I have now gone on a search for every book he's written, and Batfishing in the Rainforest is unlike anything he -- or anyone else -- has done. Mr. White wrote most of these essays while he was a fishing guide, he says, at a lovely old marina on Sanibel Island, the famous vacation spot in Florida. From that little marina, he ranged far afield, traveling around the world to write quirky stories for Outside Magazine. The first story in the collection, a tale about his hilarious dog, Gator, is absolutely unforgetable and well worth the price of admission. The stories which follow, although occasionally uneven, are always uniquely written, often funny and always intelligent. Mr. White is one of those writer we all love to "discover'. DAH

Batfishing in the Rainforest : Strange Tales of Travel & Fishing

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Batfishing in the Rainforest : Strange Tales of Travel & Fishing
Randy Wayne White
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Batfishing in the Rainforest Strange Tal
Randy W White
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BATFISHING IN THE RAINFOREST
RANDY WHITE
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Batfishing In The Rainforest - Strange Tales Of Travel & Fishing
Randy Wayne White
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Batfishing in the Rainforest Strange Tal
Randy Wayne White
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Batfishing in the Rainforest Strange Tales of Travel & Fishing
White Randy Wayne
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The students in Mrs. Parks class prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. s Day by thinking about the values he taught. Contains an informative section on Martin Luther King, Jr.

El Dia De Martin Luther King, Jr./ Martin Luther King Day (Historias De Fiestas / Holiday Histories)

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El Dia De Martin Luther King, Jr./ Martin Luther King Day (Historias De Fiestas / Holiday Histories)
Mir Tamim Ansary
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day / dia De Martin Luther King Jr. (Our Country's Holidays/Las Fiestas De Nuestra Nacion)
Sheri Dean
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Dia De Martin Luther King Jr./Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Historias De Fiestas)
Mir Tamim Ansary
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El Dia De Martin Luther King, Jr./martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Historias de Fiestas (Holiday Histories))

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El Dia De Martin Luther King, Jr./martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Historias de Fiestas (Holiday Histories))
Mir Tamim Ansary
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Wonderful!

"If you hold onto the handle, she said..

Touching short tales of life

Traveling Light: Stories & Drawings for a Quiet Mind
Brian Andreas
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ASIN: 0964266091

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Traveling Light is a book unlike any other. With gentle humor & quirky insight, Brian Andreas helps us remember the quiet world behind the often frantic one we inhabit.

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Wonderful!.......2006-02-26

Of all the Brian Andreas books, this is my favorite. I love the bright and colorful illustrations and the wonderful quotes. This book makes a terrific gift!

"If you hold onto the handle, she said.........2004-04-27

..it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it is more fun if you just let the wind carry you."

Like sayings of Pooh, Brian's elemental life-isms are poignant and insightful, and come from the soul of an eternal child. They are easy to carry around in your head and heart, and make my crazy life a little bit more bearable.

The book itself is also a delight to peruse, with vibrant renditions of his offbeat artwork and funky fonts. Even the cover binding and paper seems chosen with love and care, "Traveling Light" is a treat to touch and hold.

Just add warm blanket, a cup of tea, and someone to share reading it aloud to.

(I have only one of his prints so far!)

Touching short tales of life.......2004-03-14

Familiar with Brian Andreas' black and white drawings in his previous books, I was delighted to find this book in color. With three Andreas prints hanging in my home, I've found this artist and author succinctly illustrates stories from my inner life as if that life were as easily accessable as my outward appearance.

Andreas' knows how to tell a complete, touching and usually whimsically humorous tale in only a sentence or two. He captures the essence of situations in a few words, then illustrates the same situation with drawings equally economic and whimsical.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Cats: Ancient and Modern
Juliet Clutton-Brock
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They can be found in pyramids, laid to rest alongside pharaohs, or mummified within the walls of superstitious British homeowners. Going to sea in a pea-green boat or fading to a Cheshire smile, they grace the pages of literature from Aesop to Eliot. They curl up on the hearth, they prowl the bar, they haunt the alleyway. With us since the dawn of culture, cats nonetheless have the shortest history of all domestic animals, a history that circumstances of breeding and temperament have made all the more elusive. What can be known about these creatures, so common yet so enigmatic, Juliet Clutton-Brock reveals in this splendidly illustrated book. Cats: Ancient and Modern documents the development of the feline and its special relationship with people over 7,000 years.

Employing her distinctive blend of expert knowledge and narrative charm, Clutton-Brock introduces us to the modern cat's wild relatives and distant ancestors in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as the Middle Ages. She considers feline behavior in nature and in relation to human society and shows us how attitudes toward cats differ from period to period and place to place, sometimes manifesting themselves in legends and tales of witchcraft. Making the technical appealingly accessible, Clutton-Brock discusses the taxonomic status of the domestic cat and describes the modern breeds, from short-haired tabby to long-haired Persian to silken Russian blue, that have evolved from the original wild cat.

"This is a beautiful, intelligent, well-written, and fascinating book," writes Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sure to delight cat enthusiasts, it will also interest those curious about our most mysterious house pet.

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Cats Ancient & Modern
Frederick Cameron and Ruth Mary Meyler Sillar
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CATS ANCIENT AND MODERN.

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Cats, Ancient and Modern
F. Sillar , and R. Meyler
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The cat-fight;: A mock heroic poem. Supported with copious extracts from ancient and modern classic authors

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The cat-fight;: A mock heroic poem. Supported with copious extracts from ancient and modern classic authors
Ebenezer Mack
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Cats Ancient & Modern

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Cats Ancient & Modern
Frederick C Sillar
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CATS ANCIENT and MODERN
Frederick C. and Meyler, Ruth M. Sillar
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The Triumphant Cat: An Anthology of Verse, Prose & Pictures Gathered from the Ancient & Modern Authors

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The Triumphant Cat: An Anthology of Verse, Prose & Pictures Gathered from the Ancient & Modern Authors
Marmaduke Skidmore
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Ornamental grasses and bamboos are among the most important plants used by garden designers. Easy to grow, these versatile plants can be enjoyed as single eye-catching specimens or in mixed borders, where they add rhythm and diversity. In an inspiring collection of these sophisticated and exciting plants, Noel Kingsbury identifies the 100 best species for ornamental use. A practical section gives advice on cultivation, maintenance, propagation, and problem-solving. *A must-have for all imaginative gardeners. *Excellent photography by Andrea Jones.

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The Guild 9 : The Designer's REference Book of Artists

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Sourcebook for design professionals.

The Guild 9: The Designer's Reference Book of Artists (Guild Designer's Edition)

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The Guild 9: The Designer's Reference Book of Artists (Guild Designer's Edition)
Rockport Publishing
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The Guild No. 9: The Designer's Reference Book of Artists

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The Guild No. 9: The Designer's Reference Book of Artists

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Fortieth Anniversary Issue: Aperture Issue 129
Aperture
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Roberto Clemente.......2000-06-29

This book is great and tells about Roberto Clemente on and off the field, one of the greatest books I ever read

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