Comments for America's Life Stories http://www.americaslifestories.com Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America by J. Connor http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/comment-page-1/#comment-137 J. Connor Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:23:03 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/#comment-137 Common Poisonous Plants by Dr. Nancy Turner is the top of the line field guide to deadly botanical beauties you could come across while exploring the great outdoors. <br> This book is top quality in information, details, poisoning symptoms, and content! It is well worth the expense, which is a good amount. The book itself contains, plants, mushrooms, and fungi that could be hazardous to humans and animals alike. The main highlight, by far, is the toxicity section on each of the poisonous plants. The symptoms of ingestion, (contamination) are well described and could easily compell the reader to shudder. The symptoms are specific to every single plant, so that an infected person's life could easily and efficiently be saved. There is also a very helpful insight on treatment of potential poisoning. <br> The book is so specific, it even tells you the degree of toxicity! Unfortunately, this book is very expensive and going out of print. So, any hardcore naturalist or interested botanist should purchase this online ASAP! Rating: 5 / 5 Common Poisonous Plants by Dr. Nancy Turner is the top of the line field guide to deadly botanical beauties you could come across while exploring the great outdoors.
This book is top quality in information, details, poisoning symptoms, and content! It is well worth the expense, which is a good amount. The book itself contains, plants, mushrooms, and fungi that could be hazardous to humans and animals alike. The main highlight, by far, is the toxicity section on each of the poisonous plants. The symptoms of ingestion, (contamination) are well described and could easily compell the reader to shudder. The symptoms are specific to every single plant, so that an infected person’s life could easily and efficiently be saved. There is also a very helpful insight on treatment of potential poisoning.
The book is so specific, it even tells you the degree of toxicity! Unfortunately, this book is very expensive and going out of print. So, any hardcore naturalist or interested botanist should purchase this online ASAP! Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America by Cat Lover http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Cat Lover Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:00:52 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/#comment-136 This is a beautiful book, both in the quality of the photos and the depth and readability of the information within. Perhaps its greatest strength is that it covers both native plant species and cultivated garden plants. This book is enough to convince any parent of the wisdom of edible plant gardening, and to shy away from the deadly, flashy ornamentals. Rating: 5 / 5 This is a beautiful book, both in the quality of the photos and the depth and readability of the information within. Perhaps its greatest strength is that it covers both native plant species and cultivated garden plants. This book is enough to convince any parent of the wisdom of edible plant gardening, and to shy away from the deadly, flashy ornamentals. Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America by freakna http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/comment-page-1/#comment-135 freakna Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:51:39 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/#comment-135 this book will do better on a coffee table then in a backpack. the list of plants are.. well your not gona see a adult eating enough to get poison from. maybe little children thats about it. author has good info in the front about type of poisoning & what to do. she/he also explained why so many thing are listed as poison even tho a lot of them are not poisoness. if you got some friends coming over to drink, this book will bring up some funny conversation. other then that, not very useful. Rating: 3 / 5 this book will do better on a coffee table then in a backpack. the list of plants are.. well your not gona see a adult eating enough to get poison from. maybe little children thats about it. author has good info in the front about type of poisoning & what to do. she/he also explained why so many thing are listed as poison even tho a lot of them are not poisoness. if you got some friends coming over to drink, this book will bring up some funny conversation. other then that, not very useful. Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America by Anonymous http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Anonymous Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:03:40 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/#comment-134 Dr. Turners books are without a doubt unparalleled regarding her ability to use the trust she has cultivated with the indigenous peoples of the PNW. This gives her an entirely unique and very interesting look at hows plant were used by the native populations of this and surrounding areas. The people who would find her writing fascinating would cut across many disciplines from of course not only botany but anthropology, archaeology, paleontology; perhaps even modern "new-age" religious seekers. Having said that though, I dearly wish she would quit deviating in to the field of mycology. I'm not exactly sure where she gets her info from, but I suspect that working under the auspices of the BC Provincial Museum, that she has elected to defer to the often antiquated mycological texts from the among the ranks of those in the possesion of professors in the back rooms of the museum that are gathering as much dust as are the books that they in turn rely upon for ID'ing the fungi. Rating: 4 / 5 Dr. Turners books are without a doubt unparalleled regarding her ability to use the trust she has cultivated with the indigenous peoples of the PNW. This gives her an entirely unique and very interesting look at hows plant were used by the native populations of this and surrounding areas. The people who would find her writing fascinating would cut across many disciplines from of course not only botany but anthropology, archaeology, paleontology; perhaps even modern “new-age” religious seekers. Having said that though, I dearly wish she would quit deviating in to the field of mycology. I’m not exactly sure where she gets her info from, but I suspect that working under the auspices of the BC Provincial Museum, that she has elected to defer to the often antiquated mycological texts from the among the ranks of those in the possesion of professors in the back rooms of the museum that are gathering as much dust as are the books that they in turn rely upon for ID’ing the fungi. Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America by Anonymous http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Anonymous Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:49:47 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/common-poisonous-plants-and-mushrooms-of-north-america/#comment-133 Dr. Turners books are without a doubt unparalleled regarding her ability to use the trust she has cultivated with the indigenous peoples of the PNW. This gives her an entirely unique and very interesting look at hows plant were used by the native populations of this and surrounding areas. The people who would find her writing fascinating would cut across many disciplines from of course not only botany but anthropology, archaeology, paleontology; perhaps even modern "new-age" religious seekers. Having said that though, I dearly wish she would quit deviating in to the field of mycology. I'm not exactly sure where she gets her info from, but I suspect that working under the auspices of the BC Provincial Museum, that she has elected to defer to the often antiquated mycological texts from the among the ranks of those in the possesion of professors in the back rooms of the museum that are gathering as much dust as are the books that they in turn rely upon for ID'ing the fungi. Rating: 4 / 5 Dr. Turners books are without a doubt unparalleled regarding her ability to use the trust she has cultivated with the indigenous peoples of the PNW. This gives her an entirely unique and very interesting look at hows plant were used by the native populations of this and surrounding areas. The people who would find her writing fascinating would cut across many disciplines from of course not only botany but anthropology, archaeology, paleontology; perhaps even modern “new-age” religious seekers. Having said that though, I dearly wish she would quit deviating in to the field of mycology. I’m not exactly sure where she gets her info from, but I suspect that working under the auspices of the BC Provincial Museum, that she has elected to defer to the often antiquated mycological texts from the among the ranks of those in the possesion of professors in the back rooms of the museum that are gathering as much dust as are the books that they in turn rely upon for ID’ing the fungi. Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics by Alisa Capetillo http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Alisa Capetillo Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:39:26 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/#comment-132 This book is fairly easy to read and understand and is packed with great information. If you are looking for a book that covers everything about the new world rainforests this is it. It does cover a wide range of animals and insects but does not go into great detail for each one. Rating: 5 / 5 This book is fairly easy to read and understand and is packed with great information. If you are looking for a book that covers everything about the new world rainforests this is it. It does cover a wide range of animals and insects but does not go into great detail for each one. Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics by Timothy R. Williams http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Timothy R. Williams Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:58:24 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/#comment-131 I had a class in Panama taught out of this book. I don't recommend it for that purpose. If you're interested in learning some general stuff about t he tropics, it's great (If you can stand the author's personality). I find the book to be awkwardly organized and overly repetitive. It's three time's as long as it needs to be for the information it contains. The information within is a mixture of personal observations and widely accepted facts without clearly distinguishing which are which. Save your money, get something else. Rating: 1 / 5 I had a class in Panama taught out of this book. I don’t recommend it for that purpose. If you’re interested in learning some general stuff about t he tropics, it’s great (If you can stand the author’s personality). I find the book to be awkwardly organized and overly repetitive. It’s three time’s as long as it needs to be for the information it contains. The information within is a mixture of personal observations and widely accepted facts without clearly distinguishing which are which. Save your money, get something else. Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics by noname http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/comment-page-1/#comment-130 noname Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:06:43 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/#comment-130 A substantial compendium that will whet your desire for travel! (...)(I have no affiliation with this website, but found this gem much in the same way I found this book, just trolling the internet). <br /> <br />While the author's attempt at humor is clumsy at best (thus the loss of a star), this can be remedied (if you are going to Costa Rica) by another book of equal encyclopedic stature, "Costa Ricat the Last Country the Gods Made", whose successful levity works to shoehorn the historic & geologic facts into the reader's retention bin of a brain. <br /> <br />Happy Tropical Trails! <br /> Rating: 4 / 5 A substantial compendium that will whet your desire for travel! (…)(I have no affiliation with this website, but found this gem much in the same way I found this book, just trolling the internet).

While the author’s attempt at humor is clumsy at best (thus the loss of a star), this can be remedied (if you are going to Costa Rica) by another book of equal encyclopedic stature, “Costa Ricat the Last Country the Gods Made”, whose successful levity works to shoehorn the historic & geologic facts into the reader’s retention bin of a brain.

Happy Tropical Trails!

Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics by D. Lewis http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/comment-page-1/#comment-129 D. Lewis Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:49:23 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/#comment-129 Received the book in a few days and in excellent condition. Very pleased with my purchase. Rating: 5 / 5 Received the book in a few days and in excellent condition. Very pleased with my purchase. Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics by Alexander Gonzalez http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Alexander Gonzalez Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:48:20 +0000 http://www.americaslifestories.com/a-neotropical-companion-an-introduction-to-the-animals-plants-and-ecosystems-of-the-new-world-tropics/#comment-128 Well, this is a requirement for class, so I can't complain too much. Still, it looks to be chock full of useful tidbits. Rating: 5 / 5 Well, this is a requirement for class, so I can’t complain too much. Still, it looks to be chock full of useful tidbits. Rating: 5 / 5

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