Spatial Econometrics: Methods and Models (Studies in Operational Regional Science)

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Best Spatial Econometrics Text.......2007-01-26

Dr. Anselin's book is wonderful. While it is a little dated, it is the best spatial econometric textbook in terms of discussing theoretical aspects and appropriate models. I would recommend this book to any scholar interested in this subject.

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Purdue University

Formal Spatial Economic Analysis (Studies in spatial analysis)

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Formal Spatial Economic Analysis (Studies in spatial analysis)
J. H. P. Paelinck , J. P. Ancot , and J. H. Kuiper
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Spatial Data Configuration in Statistical Analysis of Regional Economic and Related Problems (Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics)

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Spatial Data Configuration in Statistical Analysis of Regional Economic and Related Problems (Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics)
G. Arbia
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Bayesian model averaging for spatial econometric models.: An article from: Geographical Analysis

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Bayesian model averaging for spatial econometric models.: An article from: Geographical Analysis
James P. LeSage , and Olivier Parent
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Release Date: 2007-07-21

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Title: Bayesian model averaging for spatial econometric models.
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SPATIAL STATISTICS AND ECONOMETRICS FOR MODELS IN FISHERIES ECONOMICS: DISCUSSION.(fishing industry research)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: American Journal of Agricultural Economics

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SPATIAL STATISTICS AND ECONOMETRICS FOR MODELS IN FISHERIES ECONOMICS: DISCUSSION.(fishing industry research)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Mark M. Fleming
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Title: SPATIAL STATISTICS AND ECONOMETRICS FOR MODELS IN FISHERIES ECONOMICS: DISCUSSION.(fishing industry research)(Statistical Data Included)
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Publication: American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Refereed)
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Some trade-offs associated with computational simplifications for estimating spatial statistical/econometric models: Preliminary results (Discussion paper ... / Dept. of Geography, Syracuse University)

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Some trade-offs associated with computational simplifications for estimating spatial statistical/econometric models: Preliminary results (Discussion paper ... / Dept. of Geography, Syracuse University)
Daniel A Griffith
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A suggested test for spatial autocorrelation and/or heteroskedasticity and corresponding Monte Carlo results (Working paper / University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Economics)

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A suggested test for spatial autocorrelation and/or heteroskedasticity and corresponding Monte Carlo results (Working paper / University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Economics)
Harry H Kelejian
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Not Another Meeting!: A Practical Guide for Facilitating Effective Meetings (Psi Successful Business Library)
Frances A. Micale , and Fances A. Micale
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A MUST READ for any Manager!!!.......1999-09-01

The best quick guide for planning meetings and actually achieving intended results!! This book has allowed me to work more effectively with my team without wasting time and money. A MUST READ for any Manager!!!!!

C.J. Tate

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Issues surrounding agriculture have always had pride of place among academic research in economic history. Interest in agricultural issues does not seem to come into fashion, and then fade into the background only to return years later. Indeed, agriculture was so vital to the workings of historical economies that a steady stream of important scholarship continues to be produced.

Beyond its importance of being a record of the past, it is clear that much of the research in this area has important policy implications for both developed and developing economies. This type of work highlights an important facet of doing such historical research: learning from the past so as to understand better the world today. Several articles contained in volume two of Advances in Agricultural Economic History either implicitly or explicitly have lessons or policy implications for today.

Volume 2 of Advances in Agricultural Economic History, like volume 1, contains important new work by both established and young academics. Additionally, this recent volume reflects, both geographically and methodologically, the broad scope of cutting edge work being done in this area. It is this type of scholarship that we seek to publish in future issues. We invite scholars who work in all areas of agricultural economic history to submit their work for publication in future volumes of Advances in Agricultural Economic History .

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This new edition of the acclaimed step-by-step guide encompasses all aspects of typescript preparation from first to final draft, including efficient use of word processing, electronic database literature services, the Internet, and email. The authors provide sensible advice on inclusive word choices and communication for writers and readers of different first languages. Abundant examples, practical tips, and self-help exercises draw on extensive experience with actual typescripts. In addition, a detailed index and numerous references make information easy to find. Applicable to a variety of scientific writing contexts, Successful Scientific Writing is a powerful tool for improving individual skills, as well as an eminently suitable text for classes or seminars on scientific writing.

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Great for scientific papers.......2007-04-12

Found it useful for writing my class papers it gives you a way to organize your thoughts before writing them!

Scientific Writing - A difficult task made easier.......2003-11-21

"Successful Scientific Writing" is a well written, user friendly and sometimes humorous guide to effective scientific writing. Even the wire, lay open binding is user friendly. The text is up to date, well organized and provides guidance on effective use of computers and software in the entire scientific endeavor. Of course the primary strength is in helping the reader through the writing and publication of the scientist's efforts. This concise work would be especially appropriate as a text in scientific writing classes. The exercises provided would be great student assignments. Additionally the exercises are fun and enhance points made in the text. Matthews, et al have given us a guide that is appropriate for advanced writers as well. Virtually every page has gems of wisdom or insights that will enhance the end result of scientific communication. This book may be especially helpful for those that are "stuck" in trying to get started writing or have complete "writers block". After reading and using this book, readers will likely be thankful that the authors have so adeptly conveyed their wisdom and vast experience in helping others to write with greater clarity and brevity.

Good, but could be better.......2003-07-08

Our lab used this book for a study group on effective scientific writing. We are located in Korea, so with the exception of the instructor and I, all participants were not native speakers of English. As a result, this review is from the viewpoint of foreign students. It is based on chapter reviews written by the members of our lab after finishing the book.

The book is just what it claims to be, a step-by-step approach to writing a scientific manuscript intended for publication. The first chapter helpfully furnishes a checklist (Table 1.3) for preparing a research paper. The chapter is actually a summary of the rest of the book so a reader already in the process of writing can easily find which chapter they wish to skip to via Table 1.3.

In the subsequent chapters, the authors provide good advice accompanied by helpful tables, examples and exercises, although the figure chapter could have used more tips on actually preparing the figures. Examples of poorly prepared and corrected figures would be a useful study aid. One student suggested that the second chapter on computer use was not particularly informative for graduate-level students. Regarding the chapter on grammar (chapter 6), another student pointed out that in some scientific articles, ungrammatical sentences are not corrected in order to effectively deliver the point.

The overall use of informal expressions and phrases seemed intended to make the text livelier for English-speaking students, but was confusing for several participants with English as a second language. We would like to suggest that the authors take their own advice and refrain from using slang and jargon. Several of us liked Appendix 2 and thought it was a good read for those unfamiliar with the practice of journal editors.

Apparently the authors had intended to attract those who had not already submitted a manuscript to read their book, but Successful Scientific Writing contains many helpful pointers for published scientists and journal editors, as well.

Watch what you eat!.......2000-03-06

Words can hardly express the beauty and cleverness of "Successful Scientific Writing" by Matthews, Bowen and Matthews as a step-by-step guide on how to write scientific reports for publication in English. I am using this book for a course that I teach on scientific writing at the Postgraduate School of Health Sciences at Aarhus University in Denmark, and I find it to be perfect! Before this book was published, there was none that dealt so well and so entertainingly with so many aspects of what it actually takes to prepare a manuscript for publication in a scientific journal. Many young (and old) scientists are good thinkers, but they are often poor writers! Thus, although they may have been able to design and carry out an experiment, they often lack the ability to express what they have done clearly and concisely. This book is for them! The first few chapters provide mainly words of encouragement for getting the writing process underway. There are also remarkable bits of advice, such as the notion of avoiding certan snacks that could derail ones momentum. In my view, the crux of the book appears in chapters 5, 6 and 7 in which extraordinarily lucid and practical instructions and exercises are presented for improving one's ability to write scientifically. There are also tips on how to optimize word-processing so that the manuscript submitted to the editor of a journal is most likely to be accepted for publication. Perhaps some old-timers in Science can do without this book, but they should nevertheless have a copy of it on hand for their students.

well written and worthwhile.......1999-11-09

it is unfortunate the authors did not review the most recent scientific style and format conventions of the council of biology editors(accepted internationally) that were published in 1994. had they done so, they would not have made a number of the errors that show up scattered about in the text. i use parts of this text , especially the exercises, in a course i teach on scientific writing and have to make the corrections as we go along

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Short and usefull.......2007-08-08

I'm back from Costa Rica and I can say this booklet is a good resumé of what you can see in that wonderful country. On 152 differents species shown on the booklet we saw 16 of them. I will bring it with me on my next trip in hope to see more.

Expected more.......2007-05-13

This handy pocket guide has the most frequently seen species, but I expected a bit more. Handy, but not what I expected.

Glad I had it!.......2007-03-29

I wasn't holding out much hope for value on this little "brochure" of wildlife but it turned out to be very nice to have. We just returned from a trip to Panama and Costa Rica and the guides - experienced naturalists with National Geographic and also from the parks and the Smithsonian - used it along with others. They are available for different regions and types of wildlife and I purchased two more when I was down there. Easy to carry on a hike, easy to refer to and great for the kids. They are certainly very basic but we were in isolated areas and some of us only got glimpses of an anteater or agouti so as the naturalists were talking about it, we could look at the guide and try to spot it again. Then if I only saw the tail, I knew what it looked like! Hiking up 300-500 ft. on muddy uneven trails with a camera in one hand, binoculars around my neck and a small backpack with water and such, it was hard to pull out a book for reference so if your trip is going to be at all like that, I recommend them.

Pocket Guide Intro.......2006-03-16

This booklet was offered as a bundle with another book I purchased. The booklet itself is well done, but not very extensive re: the wildlife of Costa Rica. It seemed to be a bit pricey to me, even at a discounted rate, for what I received.

Nice laminated quick guide to common animals/birds.......2005-09-29

These are great for families, casual wildlife fans. For die-hard bird fans, you'll need the BIG Birds of Costa Rica book.

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With some simple tips and an hour or two of practice, anyone can make deer-hair bass bugs. Many fly-tiers consider deer hair one of the most difficult materials with which to work. But, it just isn't that hard. Bass Bug Basics shows you how to tie deer-hair bugs without superhuman skills, expensive tools, or exotic materials.

What you need is a little time and dedication—and a copy of Bass Bug Basics. Through clear and easy-to-follow instructions and comprehensive step-by-step photographs, the reader can easily progress from the Powder Puff (the most basic of bass bugs) all the way to such advanced patterns as the Floundering Pinfish. 175 black & white photographs.

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Fascinating survey of various undergarments worn by the English over six centuries. Well-documented, scholarly presentation enhanced with over 100 period illustrations depicting laced-up bodice of the 12th century, embroidered linen drawers (1500s), hooped petticoat support in bentwood (c. 1750), footed long drawers (1795), 19th-century bustles, early 19th-century corsets for men, Victorian "bust improvers," much more.

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A great book.......2007-06-14

If you love to learn about historical clothing than this is the book for you.

A good reading reference.......2007-05-02

This is a good history of both mens and womens undergarments. It is solidly written, with more focus on fact and logical history. Not a lot of wit and humor, more writing than pictures or sketches. But a wealth of knowledge spanning medieval times to the 1920's. The author does a good job of illustrating what the purpose of various undergarments were in their time. What effect they were meant to achieve, and the illustrations and photos are plentiful enough to visually support the written material. Though none of it is in color. This would be a good book for research purposes.

Thoroughly pleased with this book.......2006-11-02

I am a costume designer and have had this book for over 10 years.
I recently purchased a copy for one of my student workers who is now
studying costume design at Evansville, IN. I have found it to be
a wonderful source for accurate information on period undergarments.
It has consise information including many photos and illustrations.

Good overview of what's underneath.......2005-09-09

I think this book could have been more in-depth and would have benefitted from more illustrations, but it's a good startng source for reenactors, fashion historians, and people writing about various historical periods. Amazing and interesting overview of what's under there and down there through the ages.

Disappointing Omissions.......2003-12-22

In agreement with some other posters, I found this book disappointing. One obvious omission is covering the Middle Ages to 1939 and not mentioning "codpiece". It would have been more useful as well separated by men's/women's over each time period.

The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings

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Germaine Greer at her best
A Forest Fire of a Book
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The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings
Germaine Greer
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“From the start, Greer’s has been a memorable voice — direct, passionate, un-repentant –– and this collection of her writings is witness to the tenacity of her personal vision. . . . Greer is informed, intelligent, genial, and never boring, and this is a provocative one-woman show.” –– Kirkus Reviews

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Germaine Greer at her best.......2006-07-15

If you have ever wondered why people make much of Germaine Greer (I often did) this book shows her writing at its best. I think that essays suit Greer better than books. The discipline of a short length doesn't allow her to wander off on tangents and self-indulgence (as much).

The earlier essays are the most appealing being often witty, trenchent, and incisive. I occasionally remember one and laugh. They are of course sometimes dated, and often marred by a certain transcendent smugness. Greer may call for wide-open revolution and anarchy, but she is sometimes appalled by the results. The problem with urging people to be authentic and make decisions for themselves without reference to society and its standards is that they will often make decisions one doesn't approve of.

The later essays take on more serious topics, but they are far less stylish and frequently no more clearly thought out.

Valuable, even essential, for people interested in Greer, but not necessarily recommended for a broad audience.

A Forest Fire of a Book.......2002-07-15

Germaine Greer's sharp mind and strong opinions blaze through these essays like a rampaging fire, sometimes smoking and smoldering, sometimes leaping from the page. Her views on world social and political scenes from the 1950s through the '80s are brutally witty, perceptive and emotional.

Essays about drug and rock scenes re-published from Rolling Stone, Oz and other avant-garde publications explore unconventionality, but her frantic tone and obvious attempt to shock for the sake of shocking weaken her voice. In these early writings, Greer is the Chicken Little of her generation, racing around shouting, "The sky is falling."

Thirty years later, Greer is still racing but her more mature writings show development of a unique set of values and a complexity of spirit. These contemporary essays, like one on women in Cuba and another on resettlement in Ethiopia show passion and an underlying sadness. The adult Greer is still unaware of her own narrowmindedness, a condition that she unhesitatingly condemns in others.

MADWOMAN is definitely worth your consideration. In it Greer is trashy, hysterical, angry and she's also articulate, funny and sagacious. And never dull.

madwoman exhibitionist.......1999-07-02

A collection of the most valuable insight and veracity from one of the most influential and human people in western society. Greers collection of work shows not only how her genuis has developed but shows the diversity and extent of her cause.

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THE HISTORY OF UNDERCLOTHES
C. WILLETT & PHILLIS
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History of Underclothes
C. Willett and Phyllis Cunnington
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C. Willett and Phyllis Cunnington
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The most comprehensive and straightforward book ever written on the topic, Pie is a complete guide to how easy it can be to make perfectly praiseworthy pies. After providing an overview of the pie making process, Ken walks you through pastry making, using a food processor, an electric mixer, or simply your hands. You will learn how to choose the proper pan for a nicely browned bottom crust; how to roll out the pastry; how and why to prebake crust; how to prevent burned edges, and even how to decorate your pie. Includes 300 no-fail recipes for:

Classic and new fall pies: Very Cranberry-Pear Pie, Spiced Pumpkin Indian Pudding Pie, Brown Sugar Apple Pie

Berry pies: Strawberry-Rhubarb Crumb Pie, Sour Cream-Blackberry Pie, Wild Blueberry-Maple Pie

Summer fruit pies: The Ultimate Four-Cherry Pie, Lemonade-Peach Pie, Fresh Plum and Port Pie

Nut pies: Molasses Walnut Pie, Butterscotch Pecan Pie, Trail Mix Peanut Butter Pie

Custard pies: Three Sisters Coconut Buttermilk Pie, Classic Chess Pie

Icebox and ice cream pies: Watermelon Chiffon Pie, Classic Lemon Meringue Pie, Creamsicle Ice Cream Pie

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At 640 pages and nearly two inches thick, Pie, the big book with the shortest possible title, is difficult to read in bed. It's hard to hold up. It weighs on the stomach. But bed is where you will want to take it, night after night, following author Richard Haedrich's lead through fruit pies, berry pies, nut pies, custard pies, turnovers, ice cream pies, and more. Headrich has the most reassuring voice in food literature, and his lifelong passion--the making and baking of all manner of pies--soon begins to fit the reader like new skin.

The first 60 pages are given over to general directions (for example, Haedrich is a firm believer in reading a recipe through to completion before lifting a finger; he rolls his dough on wax paper) and the making and shaping of crust. You will find everything you need to know about creating terrific pie crusts including a friendly pat on the back and the sage advice that great crust comes with experience. This is all but permission to bake several pies a week for the rest of your life. The 300 some recipes in Pie will help you on your way. There are 21 crust recipes alone, everything from that perfect flaky crust to Choco-Nut Press-In Pie Crust.

Ever hear of the Balaton, what sounds like the perfect pie cherry? Haedrich doesn't just give you a cherry pie recipe (there are actually nine), he tells you all about cherries (there's a box titled "Crash Course in Cherries"). And talking about cherries leads to talking about regions of the country, the people in the landscape, the fruit on the trees. You will travel endless miles of back roads with Pie. Haedrich feeds you information in easy bursts, like conversational asides, as recipe leads, as sidebars, as boxes, as how-to notes the author calls "Recipe for Success." In just the pages on cherry pie you'll find out about product sources, sanding sugar, pitting cherries inside plastic bags, lattice pie crusts, baking with kids, knotting cherry stems with your tongue, IQF (individually quick frozen fruit), and much more. And cherry pie isn't a chapter all its own, but a small part of the chapter called Summer Fruit Pies. All told there are 13 chapters in Pie.

Books like Pie don't happen overnight, or even over a year of nights. Haedrich didn't apply his considerable food writing skill to a subject he simply pulled off the shelf. While the tone may be easy going, there's nothing casual here about either the task or the accomplishment. Pie represents a considerable chunk of one man's life wedged between the covers of a book. The tens of thousands of bits and pieces of valuable information, quotes, lines of poetry, not to mention the recipes and careful instruction comes from years and years of both accumulation and winnowing down to the very best.

And all along, page after page, there's that implacably friendly, reassuring voice, leading, encouraging, enlightening. How often do you crack open a cookbook and wind up with a new best friend? Such is the nature of a great book. Such is the magic of Pie and Ken Haedrich. --Schuyler Ingle

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Fabulous.......2007-09-23

A really terrific mix of pie recipes -- and all the ones I've tried have been fabulous including the Double Cherry, Apple (one of the 10+ options) and Key Lime (mmmm, mmmm, good!).

Buy it for recipe collection to supplement book on technique........2006-08-29

`Pie' by culinary journalist and editor, Ken Haedrich is an imposing tome of 639 pages that the author freely admits is the largest single book on this subject. And, in my experience, he is probably right, although Rose Levy Beranbaum's `The Pie and Pastry Bible' weighs in at 692 pages, although it is not exclusively about the classic American sweet pie with its characteristic 9 or 9 ½ inch diameter and sloping sides, which distinguishes it from the French tart.

While sheer size alone suggests this book has a lot going for it, the contents confirm that this is a serious reference of recipes and techniques for that great American dessert. Unfortunately, this may still not be the very best text you can get on making good pies. There are three major reasons for that opinion.

First, the aforementioned `Bible' and Susan Purdy's `As Easy as Pie' are both superior texts for presenting good illustrated techniques for how to deal with all the ins and outs of making that elusive tender and flaky piecrust. Haedrich has very few diagrams to illustrate his techniques. The only one I saw was a series of diagrams for assembling a lattice top crust which you commonly see on cherry pies. Other techniques such as pastry cutouts may have been decorated with a single drawing, but hardly a full illumination of the subject. This is doubly irksome as Haedrich's basic technique for transferring the rolled pastry to the inside of the pie plate is not the most common method. In fact, I find his recommended method just as prone to mishaps as the three other methods I have seen or read about.

Second, I really didn't find his coverage of pie pastry methods to be as complete as what we have in the two other references I cite. Unlike Beranbaum and Purdy, Haedrich is just a bit too connected to a particular technique for each task. He even goes so far as to `debunk' some methods such as the technique of rolling pastry dough out between two pieces of plastic. Now it just so happens that based on a demonstration done by my hero, Alton Brown, on an episode of Good Eats, I actually used this method, using a disassembled freezer storage bag for the plastic, and I am happy to say it worked like a charm. Since it was very easy to flip the pastry over and reflour its surface now and again, I was able to roll it out to a very decent circle with no mishaps. And, I had no problems transferring it to the pie dish using the fold in half method. Beranbaum and Purdy tend to give us a range of possibilities, and let us pick the method that works best for us. I find it especially odd that Haedrich doesn't include a description of the classic French technique for working butter into pastry, which Purdy covers to excellent effect.

Third, for a book this big dedicated exclusively to pies, I would have expected it to cover all the standards, then move on to variations. Oddly, I discovered that almost every `classic' pie recipe I looked for was missing from this book. I looked for a standard peach pie recipe and found only some variations which used some expensive ingredients I was not prepared to buy (I stuck with my old favorite from Purdy's book). I looked for a classic mince pie recipe and only found a Mincemeat - Green Tomato pie. This is not a very practical recipe for Thanksgiving and Christmas, when we are most inclined to make a mincemeat pie. (Purdy comes through again with a great method for jazzing up jarred mincemeat preparations.) I could also find no references to `tarts' at all, even to the classic Tarte Tatin (French Apple Pie). I suspect the Tarte Tatin is probably covered in the author's Apple Pie book.

All this means this book is not quite the DEFINITIVE volume it hopes to be, but that doesn't mean it is not a very good book to have if you happen to really like baking pies. I highly recommend it as a second book after you have Susan Purdy's excellent and inexpensive trade paperback `As Easy as Pie' (There are some other Purdy pie books which are really abridgments of the larger book. Try to get the original.) If you can't find Purdy's book, Nick Malgieri's `Perfect Pastry', also in paperback, is a great manual for basic techniques, especially since his techniques are illustrated with photographs, if that works better for you. While Barenbaum's book is, in many ways, the best of the lot, it tends to be oriented to professional baking methods, and it spends a lot of time explaining the whys and wherefores behind the techniques.

Haedrich has two important things going for him. First, the book is a very easy read. You will enjoy yourself wandering through his opinions on pies and pie making techniques, even if you rely more heavily on other texts. Second, this is a huge collection of PIE recipes. If you have no interest whatsoever of venturing into the world of tarts, galettes, or some other fancy European pastry, this book will keep you occupied for years, as long as you have at least one good reference like Purdy for the standards. It is also nicely priced, being about $6 less (or even less if you get the paperback), list price, than Beranbaum's similarly sized volume (although Beranbaum's Bibles are worth every penny for the serious baker).

A very good source for pie recipes overall.

don't have to be a pie lover to love this book.......2006-06-10

This book is not a feast for the eyes as there are very few photos. However, I love this book for the information that is included along with each recipe (as much as I love reading the lucious recipes!). The writing is very conversational, not condescending. Even if you don't bake, you'll be tempted to try most of the recipes in this book. Don't want to spend the effort for a lemon meringue pie? Try the "10-minute" version. Don't want to spend the effort to make your own crust? Read the reviews of store-bought ones to make your best choice. Or perhaps you are looking for a new one to try -- there are over 20 different crust recipes!
I also like that the recipes are not made-up fancy ideas but tried and true (many from restaurants). The author's notes are included for each recipe, noting where the recipe originated, what type of pan he uses for this particular recipe, options for different types of crusts, tips he found useful for working with the ingredients.
Despite it's thickness, the paperback cover seems sturdy enough to withstand many years of use.

excellent!.......2006-01-17

Very well written, has just about any pie recipe you could be looking for and then some. He has a huge selection of just crust recipes alone, plus numerous ways to make them (i.e. by hand, food processor, electric mixer.) Just for the crust recipes alone this book is worth having, in my opinion.

His directions are clear and and easy to follow. This book is a good choice for both the beginner or experienced baker. He discusses various types of pie pans, when to choose a particular type of crust, etc. Which as any experienced baker knows, these things make a huge difference in the quality of the finished product.

At first glance this book was mind boggling in the number of recipes to choose from. After perusing the book I chose a few to make for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and they turned out well.

Great for chefs with any amount of experience.......2005-11-27

This book is incredibly articulate and well thought out - it is easy to navigate and even easier to follow the recipes. It explains why it is necessary to do things a certain way and what to look for during the mxing/baking process to ensure your pie will have the right texture. It also leaves room for creativity and improvisation for bakers with more experience, as it diagrams the art of pie-making by carefully explaining the basics and showing you when and where digression from the recipe would be optimal.

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