Bernard Maybeck: Visionary Architect

Customer Reviews:

Great Pics!.......2007-01-11

A great overview of Maybeck's work. As a decorative concrete contractor, I was really looking for good photography of his work for inspirational purposes. I am definitely not disappointed.

Perfect Gift, Hit the Mark.......2006-11-02

I have not even looked at this book. It left my house in its wrapper.

My review is based on the reaction of my mother. Her father built houses in the bay area and did a few designed by Maybeck.

The joy in her voice as she describes the work he did and the pictures of the houses that she remembers from her childhood was worth every penny. The next time I visit her I expect to see a lot of this book as she seems to be really enjoying the nostalgic trip it has provided.

Average customer rating:

Bernard Maybeck: Visionary Architect.
Sally B. Photography by Richard Barnes. Woodbridge
Manufacturer: Abbeville Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UX2OJ2

BERNARD MAYBECK. Visionary Architect. Photographs by Richard Barnes.

Average customer rating:

BERNARD MAYBECK. Visionary Architect. Photographs by Richard Barnes.
Sally B. Woodbridge
Manufacturer: Abbeville Press Publishers,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MZ8ZPU

Average customer rating:

Bernard Maybeck: Visionary Architect
Sally B. Woodbridge
Manufacturer: Abbeville Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N772JW

Average customer rating:

Bernard Maybeck: Visionary Architect.
Bernard]. Woodbridge, Sally B. [MAYBECK
Manufacturer: NY: Abbeville Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UFYBCS

Book Description

A complete teaching course for eatercolor painting techniques for beginners to intermediates.

How to Paint Buildings (Watson-Guptill Artist's Library)

Average customer rating:

How to Paint Buildings (Watson-Guptill Artist's Library)
Manel Plana Sicilia , and Muntsa Calbo Angrill
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Pubns
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

General | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

Watercolor Painting | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Painting | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

Watercolor | Painting | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

ASIN: 0823024741

The Forgotten Arts: Of Building A Good Fireplace (1969), +Digging and Stoning A Well +How to build a Smokehouse + Making Paint from Scratch+Fireplace Cookery+Reclaiming an old Apple Tree + Weaving Baskets with Black Ash +Root Cellars +Woodstove Installation + Herbal Medicines +Making Maple Syrup from Scratch +Clean Chimneys. 250 pages, 4 books. All Yankee Magazine articles.

Average customer rating:

The Forgotten Arts: Of Building A Good Fireplace (1969), +Digging and Stoning A Well +How to build a Smokehouse + Making Paint from Scratch+Fireplace Cookery+Reclaiming an old Apple Tree + Weaving Baskets with Black Ash +Root Cellars +Woodstove Installation + Herbal Medicines +Making Maple Syrup from Scratch +Clean Chimneys. 250 pages, 4 books. All Yankee Magazine articles.
Vrest Orton
Manufacturer: Yankee Magazine
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VM9BA2

Average customer rating:

How To Paint Buildings

Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill, Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GVED10

Average customer rating:

When and how to paint farm buildings
F. L Browne
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00088IPG0

Book Description

Magnum photographer Martin Parr is a key figure in the worlds of photography and contemporary art. He has been an avid postcard collector for twenty years and in Langweilige Postkarten he presents the pride of his 'boring' collection: 160 postcards from Germany that take you on a daringly dull tour of its autobahns, airports, hotels, factories, shops, border posts, tower blocks and new towns.Presented without commentary or introduction of any kind, and with the original captions, the postcards are allowed to speak for themselves. They were all made before German reunification and provide fascinating and hilarious insights into German social and architectural values between the 1950s and 1980s. The two nations' special relationship with concrete and the functional modernist block is nostalgically and repetitiously celebrated in postcard after postcard, and the volume provides a revealing context for consideration of the work of contemporary German art and landscape photographers.

Customer Reviews:

Irresistible little gem of a book!.......2003-04-07

There is something addictive about this little book, filled with seemingly dull, commercial postcards from Germany. The heft and compact size of it make you want to pick it up again and again and dream about the modern Europe of the 60's and 70's. No words get in the way. The images are of autobahns, health spas, restaurants, apartment buildings...and the overall effect of seeing these tidy, newly built spaces--without people--is somehow poignant, hopeful, serene and surreal. Often, geometric shapes dominate a landscape or visual field, and the postcard becomes a reduced, abstract scene which may or may not have been photographed on earth. "Boring" postcards is strangely fascinating!

Is this the best book I have ever read?.......2001-07-15

Yes, this is the best book I have ever read.

Book Description

Famous for his graphic novels Opium, Roco Vargas and Saxon, this book presents a complete view of this Spanish artist's career to date. Packed with examples of his comic work and commercial advertising art in full color.

Average customer rating:

El Arte de Daniel Torres
Daniel Torres
Manufacturer: Grupo Editorial Norma
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

Cartooning | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books

Spanish | Foreign Language Fiction | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

Spanish | Foreign Language Nonfiction | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

Book Description

McGonagle and Vella maintain that competitive intelligence as we know it is just the first step toward the creation of true "corporate intelligence." Their book thus explores ways in which new channels of communication and new uses of information and intelligence will change corporations, and how these changes can be anticipated now in an organization's strategic planning, crisis management, benchmarking, reverse engineering, and defensive intelligence activities. In doing so, they introduce readers to new techniques, such as "shadow benchmarking" and "fractal management analysis." Readable, with useful checklists, forms, reminders, and drawing from real world cases, this book will be essential reading for executives in the public and private sectors, and their colleagues in the academic business community. Vella and McGonagle premise their book on the evidence that modern companies throughout the world are undergoing radical, involuntary transformations, the result of an explosion of raw information suddenly available to them. Not only does this demand new ways to collect, process, and use information, but also a new way to look at and link information sources that until now have been unconnected. After discussing the importance of intelligence today and its greater importance tomorrow, Vella and McGonagle develop the concept of Cyber-Intelligence(TM), then show how it applies to strategy-creation, marketing, crisis management, benchmarking, and other organizational functions. They turn next to data gathering in the context of their Cyber-Intelligence(TM) concept, ending with a thoughtful discussion of where C-I is going next.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent first step in migrating toward 21st century CI.......2000-04-08

The authors are serious professionals with several competitive intelligence books behind them, and try in this book to relate the requirements of competitive intelligence to the emerging opportunities of the Internet and information tools-what they characterize and trademark as "cyber-intelligence". It's a good book, worth reading.

Book Description

For many, the thrill of deal making, the promise of financial reward, and the sociability make real estate a rewarding profession. Turn to this WetFeet Insider Guide to learn about the latest trends in real estate typical jobs, salaries, and career paths a typical day in the life of a real estate professional and much more.

Average customer rating:

The only thing that bothered me about this book....

TONS OF INFORMATION

A Concise Book About Women's Health

Excellent !

Great Book!

Relax, This Won't Hurt: Painless Answers to Women's Most Pressing Health Questions
Judith Reichman
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Women's Health | Personal Health | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
General | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
General | Medicine | Subjects | Books
General | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

I'm Too Young to Get Old: Health Care for Women After Forty

Slow Your Clock Down

I'm Not in the Mood: What Every Woman Should Know About Improving Her Libido

ASIN: 0060959320
Release Date: 2001-03-06

Amazon.com

Relax, This Won't Hurt is Today show correspondent Judith Reichman's offering to women of all ages whose knowledge of medical issues unique to their bodies is woefully inadequate. Beginning with the teens and moving forward by decades, she discusses the concerns that women encounter, dread, or may not know anything about, providing in-depth information along the way on how to best maintain health and address issues as they arise. Reichman, a gynecologist who has authored two popular women's health books, I'm Not in the Mood and I'm Too Young to Get Old, chattily responds to questions girls and women often have, such as:

"How do I know if my period is normal?"
"Why do I get so many bladder infections?"
"I took fertility drugs. Does this mean I'm at increased risk for ovarian cancer?" and
"How do I know when I'm in menopause?"

Each chapter focuses on the myriad issues relevant to the woman's stage in life--from hormonal changes and menstruation in the teenage years to sexual activity and STDs, endometriosis, fibroids, infertility, cancer, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and heart disease--outlining the appropriate considerations or steps to take when confronting such issues. In each chapter she gives her recommendation for the frequency and type of health examinations women should have as they age, and throughout she is candid in her disapproval of smoking, excessive alcohol and caffeine intake, poor diet, and lack of exercise. While not as multidimensional and holistic in her evaluation of women's health as Dr. Christiane Northrup is in her classic Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, Reichman nonetheless does a service for all women by illuminating in simple and friendly terms the attributes, the necessary processes, and the weaknesses of the female body. Especially for women between their teens and 30s, this book provides indispensable preparation for what is to come and what is currently under way within their bodies. --Rebecca Wright

Book Description

From a doctor millions of women already trust, Relax, This Won't Hurt is an in-depth, decade-by-decade look at the health issues that women face, wonder about, and worry about.

This book is the ultimate answer for any woman who's ever wished she could spend unlimited time quizzing her doctor during a routine office visit. What's the ideal contraceptive for me? How can I make sure I don't have cancer? What can I do about cramps and PMS? What should I do if I have problems getting pregnant? What do all those lab-test reports mean to me? Should I take estrogen ?

Based on the latest research findings, this book comprehensively covers below-the -belt health and beyond, including mental health and other issues, plus the latest on genetics and health, which medical tests to have, and top-ten lists of ways women can take care of themselves at every age. Relax, This Won't Hurt is an invaluable resource for women, from adolescence throughout life.

Customer Reviews:

The only thing that bothered me about this book...........2003-08-25

... is that it is sectioned off according to age groups, like 20s, 30s, 40s, and so forth... which makes it difficult to pin- point a particular topic that you're interested in UNLESS it just happens to fall in your catagory OR you read the book from cover to cover. The layout of the book also suggests that if you are in your 20s, you need not worry about facing the types of probelsm listed for women in their 30s, which may not necessarily be true in all cases... It depends on the individual health profile of each female...

TONS OF INFORMATION.......2002-02-26

What is impressive about this book is that it covers a wide range of women's health issues: hormone changes, osteoporosis, menopause, bladder infections, fertility/infertility, cancer, fibroids, endometriosis, high blood pressure, heart disease, and the importance of diet and exercise. While the book covers a vast variety of issues, there are some topics that are quite brief and not as detailed as you will find in other books. Although there are topics which cover virtually every age of a woman's life, the emphasis is placed on the teen years through to the thirties. If you are looking for a more in-depth book, you may find what you are looking for in "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom" by Dr. Christiane Northrup, and if approaching menopause, be sure to read, "The Wisdom of Menopause" also by Dr. Christiane Northrup. Northrup's books are complete, in-depth, extremely well written and both are more than deserving of five-star ratings.

A Concise Book About Women's Health.......2001-01-09

This is a wonderful book for any woman from Teens to Age 100! It is like sitting down and having a chat with a friend who happens to be a doctor. There is no stuffiness, institutional reading but a concise place to learn about what is happening to your body as a woman ages, what tests she needs and what the results could be and possibly mean without causing panic. The reader doesn't feel like she is either being spoke down to or that the information is so technical, it flies over one's head.

The reader is not only treated to knowledge to empower her to good health to grow old by but the material is also practically related in Dr. Reichman's sharing of her own stories.

I think this is a must have for any woman's personal library!

Excellent !.......2000-02-22

After visiting four doctors, and not knowing what to expect next, because I wasn't getting any better, I was desperate, believe me. This book answered all my questions and described everything I was going through in detail, all pieces go together know. Thanks Dr. for taking time of your life to give us the precious gift of health knowledge.

Great Book!.......2000-02-21

Well, she IS my doctor and she is great. Though busy, has time for every question she mentions in the book. Informative, helpful, and caring. I would recommend this useful book.

Relax, This Won't Hurt : Painless Answers to Women's Most Pressing Health Questions

Average customer rating:

Relax, This Won't Hurt : Painless Answers to Women's Most Pressing Health Questions
Judith Reichman
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HN9PLA

Book Description

This book combines Elite 67: `Pirates 1660-1730', Elite 69: `Buccaneers 1620-1700' and Elite 74: `Privateers and Pirates 1730-1830'. Text by Angus Konstam, plates by Angus McBride. This book tells, in beautifully illustrated detail, the full story of piracy from its origins in the 16th century to the last great piratical wave in the early 19th century. It explores the lives of well-known buccaneers who carried out their raids under the protection of the English crown and the privateers that were relied on by the American Navy during the American Revolution to disrupt British shipping between England and the rebellious colonies. Other subjects covered include the ships, weaponry used, codes of behaviour and the lives of the colourful characters that roamed the high seas searching for plunder.

Customer Reviews:

Worth the Doubloons.......2006-01-22

This is a collection of three Osprey books, so you need to think in terms of an adult version of the Eyewitness picture books. You shouldn't expect an exhaustively comprehensive treatment of the subject matters, after all each book tends to be only 1/4 inch thick.

So, with expectations aligned, this collection includes Buccaneers 1620-1700, Pirates 1660-1730 and Privateers and Pirates 1730-1830. There are quite a few pictures to compliment the text, including maps, wood cuts and those provided by Angus McBride.

In Buccaneers the topics covered include their origins, attire, weapons, ships, havens and tactics. Konstam gives us some brief biographies of a few of the famous names like Morgan, Myngs, Nau, Grammont and de Graaf.

In Pirates the topics covered include their origins, dress, tactics, flags, ports and ships. Konstam gives us some brief biographies of a few of the famous names like Teach, Bonny, Reade, Rackam, Vane, Every, Bonnet, Kidd and the Dread Pirate Roberts.

In Privateers the topics covered include their origins, methods, ports and ships. Konstam gives us some brief biographies of a few of the famous names like Haraden, Talbot, Jones, Surcouf, Boyle, Laffite, de Soto and Gibert.

An excellent collection of overviews suitable for adolescents and adults, for more on piracy through the ages I suggest Konstam's The History of Pirates.
P-)

A great history about pirates!!!.......2003-02-09

This is so far the best book ive came across having to do with the subject of pirates. This book covers the many different aspects of piracy such as privateering, buccaneers, the golden age of piracy, and all the well known pirates such as Jack Rackam (Calico Jack), Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart), Edward Teach (Black Beard), Charles Vane, Captain Kidd, and many others. This book also covers all of the weapons, types of clothing and ships used by pirates. It goes into detail about many of the famous activities carried out by pirates. The illustrations in the book are well down and are a joy to look at! I recommend this book to anyone interested in this subject. But if your already familiar with pirates, then you will want something bigger with more detail and more artwork!

Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas

Average customer rating:

Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
Not Too Impressed
An enlightening page turner!
A fascinating book, and a scary one with oil at $70/barrel
Gripping account of modern-day piracy

Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
John S. Burnett
Manufacturer: Plume
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 0452284139
Release Date: 2003-09-30

Book Description

While sailing alone one night in the shipping lanes across one of the busiest waterways in the world, John Burnett was attacked by pirates. Through sheer ingenuity and a little bit of luck, he survived, and his shocking firsthand experience became the inspiration for Dangerous Waters.

Today's breed of pirates are not the colorful cutthroats painted by the history books. Unlike the romantic images from yesteryear of Captain Hook, Long John Silver, and Blackbeard, modern pirates can be local seamen looking for a quick score, highly trained guerrillas, rogue military units, or former seafarers recruited by sophisticated crime organizations.

Including new, up-to-date information for the paperback edition, Dangerous Waters is both a dauntless investigation and an epic, breathtaking modern tale of the sea.

Customer Reviews:

Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas.......2007-05-30

Excellent book on the subject of piracy. Having been overrun by pirates myself in the South China Sea, I was extremely happy with John Burnett's story of this on going problem. I would highly recommend this book to anyone.

Not Too Impressed.......2007-02-03

First off I have to say that I learned a lot more about modern piracy on the high seas than I ever knew before. This issue is something that needs to be dealt with before it becomes a thorn in the side of our world trade. I must add though, that this book is so redundant that it feels as if you are reading the same page over and over again throughout each chapter. I was not impressed and it DID NOT keep me on the edge of my seat. Bottom line here is that yes I learned something new, but my time could have been better spent with another book or learning something else.

An enlightening page turner!.......2006-09-13

John Burnett is cleary a journalist at the top of his game, and this book is no exception. He sheds a bright light on a huge problem we all have, not just those of us who go to sea. Not only does modern piracy pose a threat to the lives of everyone who ventures into any waters where the US Coast Guard is not there to protect us, but it also threatens our worldwide economy possibly on a scale greater than 9/11 did. Not to mention the environment.

I strongly advise everyone to read this book, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it as you learn more than you thought you ever would about modern piracy!

A fascinating book, and a scary one with oil at $70/barrel.......2006-04-29

Here's a little food for thought from this enlightening, thought- and emotion-provoking book:

The latest Very Large Crude Carriers, even larger than our stereotypical ideas of a supertanker, are easier to rob than a semi. Probably easier to hijack, too. Certainly, in the case of terrorirsts, easier to hijack than a passenger jet.

How easy? It happens regularly now, and it takes less than 20 pirates to take over a supertanker. Why don't we hear about it more? Big oil companies and shippers don't want to report it for two reasons. One, they're afraid of driving up insurance rates; two, they're afraid of showing how vulnerable they really are.

Now, courtesy of further information in this book, let's think about a possible hijack.

One deliberately wrecked VLCC or supertanker would shut down the Straits of Malacca and cripple much of Asia's, and the world's, economy. Oil ships both east and west here, with Indonesia a major, OPEC producer and Japan and China to the north and northeast, India to the west, and Australia to both southeast and southwest, all major importers.

With Muslim fundamentalists in Indonesia, and Sumatran separatists, alongside of a crumbing post-Suharto nation, this is a flashpoint, anyway... not to mention organized crime here and in the South China Sea, plus Abu Sayaf in the Philippines.

Supertankers aren't the only ships that could be hijacked, though. Burnett talks about ships that are already hijacked, not for their cargo, but in and of themselves for reuse, after suitable "chop shop" work.

This is a great book to learn a lot about modern shipping, and to get a huge wake-up call about the seriousness of modern piracy.

Gripping account of modern-day piracy.......2006-02-19

Burnett writes a gripping and suspensful account of modern-day piracy. I appreciate how in-depth he gets about VLCC's and pirates tactics to board those ships. This is a great book and so much more in-depth than "The Outlaw Sea". Kudos to John Burnett for including his own experience with pirates in this excellent book.

Pirates: Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea (A Worldwide Illustrated History)

Average customer rating:

Fascinating book with lots of pictures!
Excellent pirate books with many color pictures
An excellent introduction to the study of piracy
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Tremendous.

Pirates: Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea (A Worldwide Illustrated History)

Manufacturer: World Publications (MA)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Naval | Military | History | Subjects | Books

General | World | History | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 1572152648

Customer Reviews:

Fascinating book with lots of pictures!.......2006-07-03

This large and attractive book gives the history of pirates from the 1600s to today. Organized primarily chronologically, but also by region, the book traces the history of piracy from pirates sailing the Spanish Main, through the Barbary Corsairs, French and American pirates, Chinese pirates of the nineteenth century, and pirates around the world at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Overall, I found this to be a fascinating book. Plus, what makes the book even nicer is that it is chock-full of large and interesting pictures. Is this a coffee-table book? I suppose so, but it is an excellent history book, sure to please anyone interested in learning more about pirates and piracy. I give this book my highest recommendations!

Excellent pirate books with many color pictures.......2004-12-15

The 1996 issue of this book is the first edition. The 1998 book is a second edition. This book contains many color pictures and is very detailed. It is a 8 1/2 by 11 inch book and about 1 inch thick. David Cordingly is an excellent writer. One of the well known authors of pirate books.

An excellent introduction to the study of piracy.......2000-05-29

"Pirates" is a very well documented book on the history of pirates throughout the ages, from Ancient Greece to the present. Each chapter is written by a specialist in each theme, which makes the reading amusing because of some different points of view of the authors about the same aspects of piracy. No other book on piracy unites so many highly qualified historians on this theme. The reader will be amazed with the pictures, drawings and maps, a remarkable aspect of the book, which makes this full - color edition unique. I have not found such a good and complete pictography on pirates elsewhere. The book includes innovating chapters with new information, such as the last one, entitled "Piracy Today". Since this theme has not been covered by many authors, the chapter constitutes an excellent reference for people interested in doing further investigation. Even though, "Pirates" does not constitute a complete work on piracy, it can best be defined as a glance at sea banditry in different places and times. All the chapters captured me but left me with a sense of "wanting more", which has encouraged me to search for more books on every aspect of Pirate History. Pirates is an excellent book as an introduction to the study of piracy.

yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.......2000-02-14

fairly good book about pirates, though it would have been nice to hear something about like a secret island, something about the secret life of pirates. a good book anyways, though

Tremendous........1999-10-19

This book is exquisite. Highly detailed, with rich lush paintings and drawings, it fully explores the many aspects of a rover's life. I highly recommend it.

Average customer rating:

Pirates Terror on the High Seas

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1841764531

Pirates Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea

Average customer rating:

Pirates Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea
David Cordingly
Manufacturer: Turner Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000U83RBQ

Average customer rating:

Pirates Terror on the High Seas- From the Caribbean to the South China Sea
Cordingly David
Manufacturer: Turner Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UDV8O4

Average customer rating:

The Beauties Abound in this State, as Do the Predators.

Tennessee Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide
Bill Thompson III
Manufacturer: Cool Springs Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Tennessee | States | United States | Travel | Subjects | Books
General | Birdwatching | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
Reference | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

Birds of Tennessee Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides)

Tennessee Birds

Compact Guide To Tennessee Birds

Tennessee Wildlife Viewing Guide

Guide to the Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Tennessee

ASIN: 1591860962
Release Date: 2004-10-20

Book Description

Like gardening, bird watching is a fast-growing regional hobby. Now, Cool Springs Press brings its proven method of successful state-specific gardening approach to bird watching guides. In collaboration with Bird Watcher's Digest, these bird watching guides provide accessible, credible advice.

The birds that frequent the backyards of Tennessee differ from the birds that frequent the backyards of Florida. In addition to unique descriptions, each bird profile includes a range map to identify each bird's North American distribution. One hundred birds are profiled, each with a color photograph, to ensure accurate identification. A seasonal section informs the reader of:
Migrating birds that can be seen during that season
The foods and plants that can attract those birds
Where to go to view year-round and migrating birds

Cool Springs Press's partner, Bird Watcher's Digest, has sold more than 4 million copies of their booklets on bird species, bird habitat, feeding, and other related topics.

This series of books from Cool Springs Press targets the beginning bird watchers for ten states.

Customer Reviews:

The Beauties Abound in this State, as Do the Predators........2005-09-10

Mid- to late-September is the peak of the hawk's Southern migration through Tennessee. Most are in the Eastern part of the state at Soddy Mountain in Chattanooga and Sharps's Ridge, just up Broadway about a mile from where I live in Knoxville.

The Europena Starlings are unloved on the streets and by the downtown residents of this town. In 1889, there were not European starling in North America. In 1890, a hundred were released in New York's Central Park in an attempt to bring to America ll the bird species mentioned in Shakespeare's plays. Today, just over a century later, we have more than 200 million. The adaptable starling spread westward in history's greatest avian population explosion.

The barred owl is the one the artificial GSA owls around town look like. It is a top-of-the-line predator, eating fish, rabbits, pigeons. It is a drug=dge to the bird world. The red-tailed hawk eats a variety of birds, mice, rats, rabbits, squirrels, even reptiles.

The black vulture, worse even than the falcons to eat pigeons, kills small animals like young pigs, calves and lambs. The American Kestral, merlin and peregrine falcons feast on rodents, pigeons, voles, and other small animals.

The loon is a fish-eater. All four types -- common, red-throared, yellow-billed and Pacific -- can be found at Big Sandy. It's haunting, yodeling calls are heard around ponds and bodies of water. They migrate through Tennessee in November and March.

Tennessee Warblers nest across much of Canada and in northern U. S. states. In Tennessee, they migrate west of the Appalachians, Tennessee Warblers spend teh winters from southern Mexico to northwestern South America. I think they are not Tennessee birds at all!

Noted for its newing-catlike call, it can imitate as many others as the mockingbird in its vocal versatility. The catbird eats aphids, termites, dragonflies, caterpillars, grapes, cherries nd berries along with mountain ash shrubbery.

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books