Great coverage of the hard to find
919175
Looking into battles that happened hundreds of years ago, is no easy task.  Finding where the oldest occurred is something few would try or be successful at accomplishing.  This book looks into the stories and tales of battles of the past and presents them in a comprehensive way.  The author looked at the stories, went to the locations, and placed them on the grounds the happened.  He even looked to see where some battle descriptions may be a bit off due to the actual grounds would not support what is said to happen.  A lot of work went into this research and I enjoyed reading it.  I need to go back to some of these locations now that I understand them better, and see where some of my ancestors fought and died.
1534104
Filled with detailed articles for the treasure hunter or more serious business owner, this publication was quite engaging.  I loved the many pictures, ideas, and very minimal advertising.  I have added several future fleas to my bucket list and feel like I've been given insider information.  Please print quarterly!
4545056
This is a great reference book for unknown/little known/lost psychedelic music lovers. It's not as comprehensive as I might like it to be and seems to have some omissions that I don't really understand, it does have many reviews and listings for albums and recordings you won't find anywhere else. The information it does include is exhaustive, particularly details about pressings, reissues, sound quality, number of copies pressed, and more. It's a necessity if you collect this variety of music and is a great read as the reviews and descriptions - while opinionated (I like that and they disclose that) - are really well written.

The section on rare black psych/funk issues is tiny and doesn't include a lot of things it should, so it's without merit, however the section on tax scam record labels is beyond informative - great!

All in all, and awesome book, and the illustrations are all in color.
2697884
There are lots of guidebooks ... picking one with current information is a first priority. Beyond that, finding one that digs deeper into the kind of questions a typical visitor has turns out to be useful as well. This book does that well. I was also happy with the Internet references scattered throughout so I could find other information too.
3298572
Excellent resource for the casual reader or military collector.  Many detailed photos, well organized, and plenty of information. Certain sections, concerning areas of particular collector interest, are dealt with in substantial depth.
69426
This is a great book for reliving long lost toys, and in the case of us people in Australia where many of these items didn't make it to our shores, what we missed out on as kids. For the collector, it is a good guide to what is still out there, probably waiting to be rediscovered in long lost closets or or ebay when they are given the opportunity for a new lease of life.
764809
This hard to find book is a great review of all of the beauties from the 1970s and 1980s. Well done and beautiful.
4489525
It's great to read cover to cover or simply flipping through and picking out tunes at random. Filled with great info, pictures, and stories - a good read for anyone interested in the history of a great American art form!
3105309
June Culp Zeitner, who passed away in 2009, was a giant among collectors, and this book is a great help in planning a trip through several states. She combined a dogged field presence with an exhaustive networking attitude and thoroughly inventoried the material that was there at the time.

Some day, someone needs to take her book and completely overhaul the information in the format of modern Gem Trails or Falcon books, with better maps, more pictures, GPS readings, land ownership information, etc. My guess is that there are two, and maybe three books here; one for the Dakotas, one for the lower Great Plains, and maybe one for the Ozarks.

Many of these locales are at least 30 years old, and may have been overtaken by events, the encroachment of private land, etc. Still, it's a classic inventory and worth having.
2924513
It is very difficult to find any books on the Bob Marshall Wilderness area and I was pleased to find this one.  Gave it as a gift to my husband, as we plan another trip to this beautiful area.  Lots of info and history and accompanying photos.
70280
I just added Sullivan's two-volume music encyclopedia to my already stuffed shelves of music reference books. It may not be on the shelf much as I'll be pulling it down to reference so often. To echo the reviews above, Sullivan doesn't just present a "best of" list. He compiles a myriad of resources (including yours truly's own DavesMusicDatabase dot com) as a starting point, but also corrects a problem inherent in most lists - the imbalance of current songs to older songs. As any list enthusiast will tell you, "best-of all-time" lists are generally misnamed, choosing to focus almost exclusively on songs from the rock era. Sullivan gives pre-1950s songs the attention they deserve by balancing the representation not just of different eras but different genres.

If that's all these books did, they would dwarf most of the competition. However, Sullivan also has done phenomenal research to give roughly one-page histories of each song, offering detailed accounts of a song's back story and importance. An absolute must-have for any fans of music history - of ANY era or ANY genre.
675060
This is an excellent guide.  The coverage is quite detailed, and the listings are authentic and comprehensive.  Recommendations illustrate a real working knowledge of the city.  The author is dedicated to, and familiar with, his subject.

Puerto Vallarta is one of Mexico's prime tourist traps, and travelers know it primarily as an outdoor destination.  This book proves that the city and its surrounding communities can be an interesting cultural destination as well.

The layout of the book is familiar Moon format, but the overall quality of its construction has improved.  There are many different devices that serve the interests of a wide range of travelers.  There's a lot of color content.  Historical, cultural, and practical contexts are all complete and are excellent.  Maps are simple and accurate.

There's much more detail here than you're likely to encounter in a Puerto Vallarta chapter in a larger country guide.  I always enjoy using a good travel guide to discover things I might not otherwise have found while traveling.  This is such a book.  I found its coverage of the little mountain towns of San Sebastian, Mascota and Talpa to be particularly useful for further exploration of these fascinating, off-the-beaten-track places.
2138146
This was one of 2 coffee table books published in 1977 about Doris Day, just as she was ending her acting career to devote herself full-time to her animal causes. This particular book focuses on Doris' films--a synopsis of each film is included, along with photo stills, as well as biographical information about the actress. The only problem is this book is hard to find and has been long out of print. Too bad a reprint isn't in order, because it is a good overall survey of Doris' films. There's plenty of great photos as well. It is an enjoyable read.
2802379
In the electronic age I was hesitant to purchase a book to look these up. However some stations I am finding on shortwave are not found on the internet, and many of the AM stations are returning obviously inaccurate results on lookups before station breaks. This has proven an excellent and well formatted resource to quickly find any station and in cases of many on the same band, narrow down the search to a few logical choices.

Surprised how much I am enjoying having this in dead tree format, and it's obvious whoever formatted this book actually uses it.
3783117
I was lucky enough to finally purchase this book from an Amazon seller. I have wanted this book for quite some time.  This book appears to be the sole resource for Consolidated Glass.  There are about twenty color pages or so that are just fantastic.  Nowhere else will you see such a collection of Ruba Rhombic, for example.  The rest of the book is in black and white and contains many reproductions of ads, etc. that were done in the 30's to promote this glass. Some of those are great....others are very poor in visual quality, which detracts from the rest of the book. Thus, I am giving a four star rating instead of five.  In any case, I do recommend this book highly if you can get your hands on one without paying a fortune.  The colored pages section alone is worth the purchase.
2938644
I have several dozen ART books, many devoted to individual artists, but this is a great book for anyone that wants to get to know the different aspects of art.  Not everyone knows every artist so this is a good guide to look up an artist whose name you hear but do not know him/her.  It only gives a page to each but it does show a major representative work by the artist.  It is not perfect as many artists start out in one genre and migrate to another so you have to settle for a more "famous" work as representative.  Still it is an asset for hard copy information.  Some might find it arcane in this age of internet accessibility to a bounty of information easily obtainable on any artist but I am an old fart and I like paper books.
1731270
The focus of this book is on thermal imagers, although occasional tidbits on visual CCD imagers appear. It also covers military equipment going back to the early days. It brings together a wealth of hard-to-find information and the author is very definitely an authority on the subject. Typos appear now and then, and parts of it are difficult to follow. But usually things are well explained, and if not, there's always the internet.