Beautifully written and superbly illustrated. The photos bring to mind those of Ansel Adams, but Schultes was working under infinitely more difficult conditions. This book is often hard to find - congrats to Amazon.com for making it available

Unlike typical Where to Find Birds books, which tend to be written to a low common denominator, Wheatley's book incorporates the latest field reports from leading British and American experts on South American birds. There are numerous maps, and those of areas with which I am familiar appear to be quite accurate. Wheatley's emphasis is on restricted range endemic species and globally endangered species. Now, the first step in planning a birding trip to South America will be to consult Wheatley's guide

What a fantastic travel book! It is time to bring it into a second printing. I found this book on my husbands bookshelf, after he had passed away. My husband had similar travel experiences and life experiences through those travels, so it was a double blessing to find this book. I only wish more copies were available! I'd buy them for my friends. It was a real treat and treasure - a pleasure to read. Paul Zalis is a writer gifted in his description of the places he has been and the emotions and memories they evoke. Those on any journey - particularly one of self-discovery should enjoy reading this book. Thank you, Paul Zalis!

Collaboratively compiled, edited, and notated by Gregory A. Waselkov (Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Archaeological Studies, University of South Alabama) and Kathryn E. Holland Brand (Associate Professor of History, Auburn University), William Bartram On The Southeastern Indians is comprised of the writings and observations first published in 1791 by William Bartram regarding flora, fauna, and the Native American Creeks, Seminoles, and Cherokee that he encountered while touring the American Southeast. This scholarly edition is enhanced for contemporary readers with illustrations, notes, a bibliography, an index, and an informative chapter devoted to the significance of William Bartram's writings in anthropological studies of 18th century southeastern Native American cultures. William Bartram On The Southeastern Indians is a core addition to personal, professional, and academic Native American Studies collections and supplemental reading lists.

I own several copies of this out-of-print book and have enjoyed reading it. I still re-read it from time-to-time. Ms. Maxwell died a few months ago, but her work lives on in the pages of this enchanting book. She had many adventures while looking for medicinal plants. One of these adventures included meeting el tigre--the jaguar! I am lucky to have been included among her friends. She was a woman ahead of her time, and is still remembered fondly by many people in the Amazon jungle.

Sklar has put together a wonderful collection of essays that explore women in history. This is not a book that belongs to the "Great Men Of HIstory" school of thought. In this book and it's predecessor (volume 1) every aspect of women's lives in American history are explored. Skalr is definetly an expert in women's history and has put together all the best writers on the subject. The information is new and reads easily. This is not a repeat of simple things that everyone alreday knows. The authors write about the actions of working class women and freed slaves as well as the leaders of various movements. This book is great on its own but definetely is better with its compantion book. It is important to pay close attention to the chapter on Irish working women and the chapter on housewives. These are aspects that affect almost everyone's family history. This book is fabulous and helps people understand women's contribution to history as well as the women in their own families.

This book is an interesting introduction to women's issues in Argentina for feminists, and an insightful examination of the relationships between home, country, nation, and literature.

Professor Gary Gerstle's book doesn't remotely resemble the pop history books that sell so well today. The happy history that provides all that one needs to know about the great events of American history is missing here. In place of the pap, the professor has substituted facts, data, and the truth.

In Working-Class Americanism, we find the Great depresion, at least at the micro level, as well as its antecedents and aftermath, to be quite different than we were quite sure we knew. Dr. Gerstle fights through the popular notions of how the times impacted working men and women to determine how the great events of the first half of the last century really touched ethnic workers in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Those of us who know Woonsocket - at least a little - wonder why students of American history don't know a great deal more about the place that is still the most French City in the United States. Here resides a large population of the descendants of an important yet largely overlooked ethnic minority that contributed greatly to the advancement of the industrial revolution in America. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Franco-Americans spread over the northern regions of the U.S. and especially to New England and to nowhere more than Woonsocket. These hard working and modest people wanted nothing more than a place to preserve their cultural identity and to find work to support themselves, their offspring and their institutions, especially the Church.

The horrendous difficulties these French Canadians faced as they moved from being an admired but suspect seperatist oriented minority to become part of the American labor movement that reached beyond the safety and security of their in group has been tackled in a very straight forward manner by Dr. Gerstle. He has stripped away the myths of the monolithic impact of the powerful economic forces of the first half of the twentieth century and demonstrates clearly that we cannot rely on the widely perpetuauted myths of the economic history of the times.

That the impacts of the Great Depression varied significantly by industry, even within a single city should open the eyes of readers. That even in related industries such as the woolen and cotton textiles the impact on labor was widely different in places like Woonsocket. That the times and the overpowering nature of American culture threatened the insularity of even the most committed ethnic groups is laid out in stark detail. That the French Canadians looked outside their society to seek common cause with workers from other backgrounds - even some, such as the Irish, that had worked to keep them in check - is a wonderful tale that Dr. Gerstle has treated beautifully and with great sensitivity.

The book is an academic treatise that has the clear writing style of a work of popular fiction. To gain an appreciation of the complexity of the times and an original view of the American labor movement, buy this book. You'll be enriched and you'll enjoy the read.

What a moving and very realistic look at a land which at first glance may seem desolate and barren. To see the Yukon Territory through the eyes of this author is indeed a blessing. I will treasure this book for life.

Kacowicz's book "Zones of Peace in the Third World," is a welcome addition to the international relations literature on the reasons for peace and conflict. While much has been written about democratic peace and the building of community in the west and amongst democracies, the treatment of peaceful communities outside the west and outside of the democratic world have been sorely lacking. Kacowicz addresses this gap well while providing a well thought out theory to explain the phenomena. His coverage of peaceful regions outside the West gets past the Euro-centric focus of much of IR literature and broadens the discussion theoretically by attempting to explain extended peace without democracy. In addition, he provides a clear and concise review of the literature that is helpful for those who wish to explore this topic more fully. Structurally the argument is presented very clearly and can serve as a model for how to present theory and case studies at the graduate and undergraduate level.