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In these extraordinary stories of survival in a stark and savage land, Mowat writes passionately of the bonds between the aboriginal peoples of the far north and their harsh arctic environment. One of the most beloved storytellers of our time, he captures the courage and wisdom of the arctic people in this bestselling collection. Above all, The Snow Walker expresses his optimism, a belief that for all of us, there is only one hope - to live in harmony with the earth, not in conflict with it. ... Read more

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Lot of fiction in this compilation...
I am a big fan of Farley Mowat and my favorite works of his are definitely his non-fiction: People of the Deer and The Serpent's Coil come to mind. I was hoping for more non-fiction, but most of The Snow Walker is fiction...nicely done fiction but...I buy Mowat for his true accounts so I have to say a slogged through the book but it was not my favorite. I am enjoying one of his more recent works at present Bay of Spirits.
Anyway, if you are looking for a gripping true account I would buy one of his other books.

The demise of a people
Mowat is, once again, critical of government agencies and organizations in the mandatory relocation of natives to an inhospitable location and failure to monitor the results of the move.Creates a better understanding of how a group of people become extinct.A difficult survival made more difficult!

The Snow Walker
This is a great collection of stories in classic Farley Mowat style; compelling. A fantastic movie was made of one of the short stories in the collection and also titled 'Snow Walker', but read the book first. He's written many wonderful books, but my favorite tales will always be of the Inuit where his love of the people and their culture shines through.
Chrissy K. McVay
author of 'Souls of the North Wind'

quick yet profound stories, eh? [no spoilers]
"The Snow Walker" is a collection of beautifully written short stories centered in the extreme cold artic regions.As an individual who has ventured into the northern lands, Farley Mowat conveys ten compelling tales from natives and their cultural heritage.The narratives range from superstitious to legendary adventure and either inspires the spirit or brings a dark mood to the betrayal faced by the indigenous people by the white man.

Those not fluent with certain acronyms or northern culture might have difficulty understanding small segments of some stories.A detailed map of the significant terrains would have been useful.

Thank you.

Not Mowat's best book
I'm a big fan of Farley Mowat, but this is not a book that I would rank among his best.I just couldn't get into it, although some of the stories were entertaining.Nagging questions about the manner in which he may have embellished the stories dogged me throughout. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1889. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Have you ever searched for a book that compiles under onecover the personal salvation testimonies of many of God's well-knownservants? "How They Found Christ" is such a book. It presents "intheir own words" how the saving grace of God came to Augustine,Luther, Calvin, Bunyan, Madame Guyon, Wesley, Andrew Murray, HannahW. Smith, Hudson Taylor, Spurgeon, A.B. Simpson, and Watchman Nee. Youwill find this book to be not only an excellent tool for sharing theGospel, but also a source full of inspiration and revelation for allChristians. ... Read more

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The divine call of the sinner
The book is informative for those who would desire insight to the ministy of God the Holy Spirit in the lives of those who have been called by grace into eternal life in Christ Jesus.

The Christian Family Tree
Genealogy is a big interest in todays world.People love to find out about their ancestors.How They Found Christ in Their Own Words gives readers a wonderful chance to trace their Christian "family" ancestry.Ranging from Augustine through Madame Guyon to Andrew Murray and Watchman Nee, the autobiographies found in this book make absorbing reading.Using their own writings with a little touch of modern wording, the editor Bill Freeman gives us a glimpse into the intimate lives of 17 of the famous saints of Christianity.I enjoyed reading this book - no theology, no long words, just heart-born reminiscences leading to friendship and learning.

An Excellent Book!
This book has a great collection of personal stories of how men and women came to know Jesus Christ.Spurgeon's "Look and Live!" is one of my favorites.I highly recommend this book!

Inspiring and historical
Extracts of autobiographical writings by notable Christians, with a focus on the moment of conversion in their lives. One would have to spend quite alot of money to assemble the original literature from which this was culled.An excellent digest, recommended for devout Christians and seekers. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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Robots: Machines in Man's Image By: Isaac Asimov
This book talked about everything I needed to know about robots. It covered everything from the creation of robotics till' the engineers who have created them. It gave me a complete and total history all the way back to the early 1700's. This book was entertaining, yet educational at the same time. Once I read the first chapter I didn't want to put it down. I really didn't know that robots had evolved that fast, but by reading this I know that robots can control a lot more than I ever thought. This book even covered the modern day goal, creating artificial intelligence. The famous book Frankenstein started a lot of beliefs of creating artificial intelligence. There certain reasons why we haven't been able to create A.I. yet one of the main factors are because, a brain is extremely complex. The human brain contains 10 billion neutrons and up to ten times as many supporting cells. After reading this book I think the most interesting thing was the engineer, from the 1700's, Jacques de Vaucanson's creation. He had created a mechanical duck that could quack, bathe, drink water, eat grain, and the digest. He had used it to try to collect money for him trying to create A.I. But I recommend this book to everyone who really is into the history of technology, because I found it a really easy read and it doesn't make you think too much because it has already given you all the information. ... Read more

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Cast iron cookware is an increasingly hot item in the antique marketplace. Collectors are scouring antique shops, shows, and flea markets searching for treasures to add to their collections; and hunting for more information about the products history and manufacturers. In response to this growing demand, David Smith and Chuck Wafford have created another authoritative guide to collectible cast iron. This book continues where The Book of Griswold & Wagner left offillustrating hundreds of items not included in the previous book. With over 845 photographs of cast iron pieces from the Wagner, Griswold, Lodge, Vollrath, Excelsior, and Martin manufacturing companies, this book delves into the histories and products produced by these manufacturers. Complete with pattern numbers, catalog list numbers, price guide, index, and much more; this book is a must-have for all cast iron cookware collectors. ... Read more

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Griswold section feels like "deleted scenes" of the blue book.
I suppose I'm being a little unfair to write a three-star review of this volume, seeing as I only collect Griswold and only purchased this book for that section alone.A person shouldn't berate a screwdriver, for instance, because it makes a poor hammer, and when you get right down to it, the red book is primarely a Wagner price guide, not a Griswold one.But still, in their zeal to write a second guide with a low percentage of repeats from the first, the authors have presented a Griswold section that feels more like a collection of leftover snippets from the blue book than like an independant guide of its own.One of its most serious flaws in my opinion is its lack of complete price lists for referenced series.The authors show a picture of an unlabled p/n 755 size 8 skillet, for instance (and then incorrectly attribute it to the Iron Mountain series in the caption,) but they neglect to give any pricing information for the size 9 and size 7 skillets in the same series.In the blue book, whenever they showed one size, they were pretty consistant with listing pricing for all sizes of that type.Here, they mostly just price exactly what is pictured.Being partial to the non-Griswold logo products, I'm glad that they included more pictures of Best Made, or Merit, or Good Health products, but I wish that they had included more price ranges on those products, rather than only pricing the size that they show in that particular picture.For instance, a picture of a #10 Merit skillet is shown without giving any pricing for #s 3-9 of the same series.(Ironically enough on that note, even though Merit and Puritan skillets have the same p/n and are essentially identical skillets, his price for the Merit #10 is only about 60% of his blue book price for the same Puritan skillet.That, I don't understand - it indicates that Merit and Puritan skillets don't share common prices, but fails to fill the rift in with a complete Merit price range.)Another issue with the Griswold section is that many of the pictures shown are cast aluminum products -- again, while it's true that they aren't duplicates from the blue book, they aren't necessarily what I was expecting to compose about a third or half of the material in a Griswold price guide.I might have liked to have seen more pricing information on pre-1957 small logo cast iron, too.I realize a lot of collectors avoid it, but it's nice to know how much less it's worth than its large logo elder siblings.And, a little more editing of captions would have been nice.Here and there they call something by the wrong name (for instance, a skillet cover is called a skillet, and so on.)

Maybe I'm just being picky, or maybe I was expecting too much Griswold information from a book that was published primarely as a Wagner price guide.But, speaking for the Griswold portion only, I was hoping for something a little more useful.What I got just felt like a loose grouping of everything that was left over from the first time out.It felt like the "deleted scenes" section on some DVD movies.I was expecting an out-and-out sequal.

Having said that, what I've glanced at of the Wagner portion looks good.I don't collect Wagner, so it doesn't really interest me.The same is true for the other non-Griswold brands covered in this book:I can't really rate them, because I haven't really tried to use them.Overall, I'd say that this is probably an excellent guide for Wagner collectors, and an interesting if not entirely useful guide for Griswold collectors such as myself.

The Second Cast Iron Collecting Book You Should Buy
This is the second book you should buy if you have any interest in collecting classic American cast iron goods. Collectors call this the "Red Book".The first book, "The Book of Griswold & Wagner", is called the "Blue Book", although it looks kind of turquoise to me, and is by the same authors. This edition, with a copyright of 2001, is getting a little out of date for catalog values, but still is a good indicator of relative value.It covers Wagner, Griswold, Martin, Lodge, Vollrath, and Excelsior.There is little duplication between the Red and Blue books, but together they are just a treasure chest of good clear photogrpahs and information that is not available anywhere else. The author is active in the major collecting societies and solicits information, including photographs and corrections, as each edition is prepared.(As an aside, it's hard to comprehend how someone could be critical of a book full of pictures and descriptions of collectable iron.)

It is really unfair to be critical of the catalogs values in such a work. They are useful in determining relative value and rarity, but the current marketplace must looked at to get the best indicators of value.

Bible #2 for cast iron collectors
Unlike steve (ca) review, this book is considered the second book that all cast iron collectors must have.While some discrepancy on some values in the book may be present, values on most items are completely accurate. It is unfortunate that the other review destroys the credibility of this fine book. The "RED" book is the most complete and accurate book on the market for Wagner Ware collectors. This book and the "BLUE" book should be in every serious cast iron collector's resource library.

No excuse to not adjust errors in pricing, years later.
Both this book and the "blue" book mislead readers by listing "price values" that are blatently low,-on the very uncommon items listed, even though the pricing errors were brought to both author's attention years ago. Many revisions later, they remain for the most part unchanged.
Shame on them.

I don't recommend
If you like collections of photos, this book is great ... Hollow. ... Read more

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