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Featuring the BRM’s trademark trivia, fun facts, amazing origins, and unknown histories, this book dips into every national park, monument, site, and trail (more than 150 in all), exploring such exciting phenomena as Yosemite’s firefall and the wild horses of Assateague, along with practical strategies for dodging that rampaging bear or moose. Printed in backpack- or pocket-friendly size with sturdy, waterproof cover, this brisk guide is ideal for both the outdoors type and those who prefer to travel by armchair — or throne.
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A Different Sort of Travel Guide: Fascinating Park Trivia.......2007-05-19
This latest Uncle John publication proclaims on its back cover "It's time to hit the Trail!" Hit the history books is more like it. This wonderful little volume is full of fascinating trivia about the national parks and monuments found in the US and Canada. Each chapter is brief enough to be read during a single trip to the throne room of your house, and for the most part the prose is enjoyable enough to keep you coming back. Favorite stories for me were "The Great Pig War" in which the US and England nearly managed to go to war over a dead pig (San Juan Island National Historic Park) and the Mojave National Preserve's "lonely phonebooth."
For the most part the history and folklore seemed accurate enough, though the authors did slip a little when they wrote that Ansel Adams had saved King's Canyon with pictures of its Giant Sequoia Grove. There is no such grove in King's Canyon proper. General Grant Grove is now administered as a part of King's Canyon National Park, but it has been protected since 1890. In any event, King's Canyon was preserved because it so closely resembled Yosemite. On the other hand, virtually every other element of the book is accurate. Indeed, this is one of the few sources I have ever read that correctly notes Hot Springs Arkansas is the oldest National Park, dating back to 1835, long before the Yosemite Grant or the creation of Yellowstone National Park.
So, by all means get this rather unusual travel guide. It probably won't help much with actual trip planning, but it is nice for whiling away the time between trips: especially that portion of the time when you are otherwise preoccupied.
Uncle John is still producing.......2007-05-06
Interesting tid bits about National Parks. Suggest you read this before visiting the parks. You might decide to change your routings, in some cases.
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Warren Eckstein said, "In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat." The Bathroom Readers’ Hysterical Society agrees, and shows it with this endlessly diverting tribute to tabby. From famous cats to the famous with their cats to cats’ famous history, from cats who like to paint to cats who travel the world to find their way home, Uncle John’s Hysterical Society scours the globe to find the winning-est, wackiest, most wondrous cat tales for this collection.
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Great for Cat Lovers!!.......2007-09-22
A great book for cat lovers! It has interesting stories and cat facts
that make for a great read.
great little book.......2007-01-10
this book, like all the uncle johns' books is another success, more so if you are a cat lover. i recommend it to all!
A fun book for cat lovers.......2007-01-07
I've enjoyed the other Uncle John's Bathroom Readers and this one made a wonderful gift for my cat-loving mother! I've enjoyed browsing through it in her, um, facilities, and I find the stories fascinating. Great literature it isn't, but it is perfect for those who love cats and only have a few minutes at a time to read!
"Uncle John" Needs a Fact Checker.......2006-12-30
I am the author of Tabitha the Fabulous Flying Feline. The authors make reference to me and my cat in their book however no one ever contacted me or my publisher to get the true story. Since the section about me is inaccurate, it only makes me wonder what else was cut and pasted or received second-hand from other hacks who don't check their facts.
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Now there's a crossword collection for every level of solver, from word game newcomers to experienced experts who confidently use a pen, even when completing total brainbusters. Just like the crosswords in most newspapers, this fun series is organized by days of the week. You'll find the very simplest puzzles in Easy Monday (no unfamiliar words); ever-more difficult ones on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Killer Thursday; and unbelievably challenging, cranium-crushing examples in the Friday compilation--the hardest crosswords in America. From "Street Names," the perfect puzzle for novices, to the mind-melting "Weekend Warrior," these super puzzlers offer plenty of smart entertainment.
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Enjoyable little brainteasers, written by the author of the popular USA Weekend magazine puzzles.
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Animal Acrostics is ideal for both nature lovers and wordsmiths. It is a unique celebration of animals through word play. Often humorous, always fun, an acrostic poem combines fact, imagery, and the name of the animal. It says something true about the animal in a kind of riddle that plays with the animal's name and its special qualities, too. These 50-plus acrostic poems are a tribute to animals of five habitats: the African savanna, the tropical rain forest, the ocean, and the North American plains and forest. Instructive pages of tips encourage readers to engage in their own wordplay.
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Obsessed sudoku fans know that the newspaper puzzles just aren’t enough to feed their solving addiction. But they don’t have to worry, because they can pull out as many pages as they need from this sudoku collection and take them along to work on whenever the urge hits. It features nearly 160 puzzles to choose from, all 9x9 and of medium difficulty. But newcomers who want to plunge in will find all the tips, hints, and instructions they need up front to begin—including advice on eliminating squares using hidden pairs in rows and columns. Of course, all the solutions are right there on the back of the page, so you can check (or cheat) when needed.
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Twenty-four puzzles, accompanied by fun-to-color pictures, ask youngsters to identify and spell out the names of an alligator, armadillo, penguin, snail, and other creatures. Solutions.
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its fun.......2006-01-11
its hard and looks like a toliet on the cover but its fun so if you like sudoku or you've never played its fun it tells you how to play and everything
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These clever word games will really make your brain work overtime to come up with the solutions. Each one has a little twist, something unusual to keep crossword and other puzzle lovers on their toes. Around and Abouts will get heads spinning and searching for the letters that fit in a circular grid; "around" answers go counterclockwise, while the "about" clues overlap them in a clockwise fashion. Work it out from Tops to Bottoms, where two letters fit into every square; Crushword also crunches several letters--sometimes more than four--into each grid. Answers to Weavers clues form a continuous chain, with the first letter fitting into a central starred space; the next four go into adjoining numbered spots. The rest shuttle back and forth across and around the diagram. Plus: Quadrants, Crazy Eights, Catching Some Z's, Siamese Twins, Honeycombs, and other great puzzlers!
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Fun crossword variations.......2007-06-19
If you've been a reader of Games Magazine, you'll recognize the format of many of these crosswords. Instead of marching left to right and top to bottom as a normal crossword does, you'll find all sorts of variations: answers arranged in circles, multiple letters in a box and some where you don't even know where to start the answer.
The puzzles themselves are well done, although the introduction and explanation for some of the puzzles leaves a little room for improvement. Once you see how a particular kind of puzzle is intended to be filled in it's fairly straightforward, but with some of them the instructions are quite vague and almost seem to assume you already know how to do the puzzle and the instructions are simply pro-forma.
If you're intrigued by unusual word puzzles, this book is definitely for you. Due to the way that the puzzles are organized, although the clues are not always too difficult, not knowing a few of them can make a puzzle very tricky to solve. These are definitely not for someone who gets easily frustrated.
Crosswords with an interesting twist.......2004-06-22
If you are tired of conventional crosswords and want to try something a bit different, Henry Hook's "Twisted Crosswords" might be just what you are looking for. You may have seen puzzles with some of these unusual formats in the pages of Games Magazine, and now you can tackle a complete book of them. The collection contains a generous variety of different puzzle types, each with its unique word placement rules and challenges. Many of them have unconventional, visually pleasing grids that include honeycombs, triangles, weaves, three dimensional cubes, and spirals. Words might be entered diagonally, in a circle, snaking through the grid, or wrapping around the edges. In some puzzles, two or more letters may be entered in every square. In others, there are identical grids with multiple clue sets, and it is up to you to determine which grid the words go into. Words weave, overlap, and intersect with each other in novel ways. Give these puzzles a try!
Eileen Rieback
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animal jumble.......2006-08-20
this puzzle book kept me intruiged to the point that I had to keep at it. It was not something I could put down and walk away from.
I am a jumble puzzle nut and the first thing I look for in the newspaper is a Jumble
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Here is a full-color coffee-table tribute to these special birds and those who hunt them--published in cooperation with Pheasants Forever.
This glorious full-color tribute to the pheasant and its place in the sporting life of millions of upland bird hunters is already a classic. Its stunning photographs, from many of the finest outdoor photographers in the country, are supported with quotations from such eminent writers on pheasants as Dan Holland, John Madson, Dale Spartas, Steve Grooms, and many others.
Russ Sewell and Dave Nomsen reflect on the pheasant's natural history and ties to agriculture and rural life, while a special essay by Steve Grooms takes a witty and eloquent look at the ringneck's supreme talent for outsmarting dog and hunter alike.
The spectacular photographs explode with the color and excitement of hunting ringnecks, taking you from the cornbelt to the Great Plains and beyond. Any pheasant hunter who has walked an autumn field and felt his pulse race a bit faster will love Ringneck.
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Ringneck: A tribute to Pheasants and Pheasant Hunting.......2007-02-14
A must have book for the avid pheasant hunter!
A Book For Ringneck Pheasant Fans.......2006-08-11
If you are reading this review then you are probably a Ringneck pheasant fan like me. I will say up front, this book won't dissapoint you. The large color photos of pheasants, fields, dogs, hunters and guns are wonderful. All are in full color and obviously shot by good photographers. There is also a fair share of narrative with many of the photos so you can spend lots of time reading and enjoying the book.
Good Work.......2005-01-22
The item was in perfect condition.It was shipped in a moderate time and in excelent shape,so good I orderd 2 more.
Great Book.......2004-08-19
A GREAT book full of some very colorful pictures. If the sight of a flushing Pheasant in full colors in autumn brings you joy - you will enjoy this book. Pictures of bird hunters, western landscapes, birddogs, shotguns and short stories.
Ringnecks.......2003-10-07
Two of my co-workers purchased the book for me for my birthday. They understand my passion and obession that I have for pheasant hunting with my Chocolate Lab, Bailey. Especially in the off season! If I can't hunt the birds, then I need to be reading about them. This book is beautifully illustrated and well written. It discusses and describes the true passion for hunting pheasnts. Its an easy read and the pictures are awesome. All in all and excellent read and even better as a gift. Thanks Toz and Mojo!!!
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