Friday, February 20, 2009

Spa Manicuring or View from the Cliff

Spa Manicuring

Author: Janet McCormick

This first-of-its-kind guide will show nail salon owners and managers how to transform common hand and nail services into the therapeutic beauty treatments vital to the spa experience. Learn how to integrate these upscale services into salon or day spa menus as a means of keeping pace with latest industry trends, promoting client satisfaction, and increasing revenue. Spa owners, manicurists, and skin care professionals alike will benefit from the knowledge and advice this book has to offer.



Look this: Blood or Healing with Spirit

View from the Cliff: A Course in Achieving Daily Focus

Author: Lynn Weiss

With her simple, straightforward program, an acclaimed A.D.D. expert lays out the tools and techniques to help sharpen existing strengths and develop new ones. Weiss's practical guide teaches readers to unlock innate abilities effectively while cultivating skills that have long eluded them.



Table of Contents:
Introduction1
1Organizing in New Ways
Getting the Best of Clutter19
Subduing Stacks and Piles24
Cleaning the Whole House29
Keeping Track of Personal Finances34
Managing Paper at Work39
Writing a Report42
Putting Off Starting Things46
Talking Off Track50
Getting Places on Time53
Refueling Your Energy58
2Following Through to Success
Making a Big Purchase67
Failing to Follow Through72
Limiting Your Losses75
Tuning Out79
Anchoring a Drifting Mind83
Returning to College87
3Behaving Yourself
Handling Change99
Taking Control of Your Impulsivity103
Shifting Gears and Being Interrupted106
Having a Temper Outburst109
Displacing Your Temper onto Others113
Living with Unexpressed Temper116
Responding to Disrespect119
Finding Ways to Sit Still124
Quieting a Noisy Mind129
Talking Lots and Lots134
Blurting Things Out138
Taking On Too Much143
Attending to R & R148
Dealing with Drug or Alcohol Usage151
Getting "High"156
Overdoing Activities161
4Using and Protecting Your Sensitivity
Catching Another's Feelings171
Being Suggestible175
Taking Things Personally178
Defending the Underdog182
Feeling Overwhelmed186
Taking the Chaos out of Meetings188
Traveling without Stress190
Interrupting Conversations194
Borrowing without Permission197
Respecting Job Boundaries200
Hugging and Touching Others203
Getting Comfortable with Touch206
Feeling in the Mood for Sex210
Facing Dentists and Shots214
Reliving Past Pain217
5Succeeding at Work
Suffering from Feelings of Inadequacy227
Taking Tests232
Assessing Job Hopping236
Escaping Boredom240
Finding Jobs That Fit244
Implementing Your Dream248
Creating in Your Mind255
Succeeding as a Creative Employee261
6Epilogue
Deciding What to Do270
Building a Life According to What You Believe275

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Arthritis or Not in My Family

Arthritis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier

Author: Shelley Peterman Schwarz

Learn how to organize your work day, simplify household chores, conserve energy, and manage your medical needs, even in the face of a painful chronic condition. Arthritis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier contains more than 300 tips, techniques, and shortcuts for the more than sixty million people afflicted with some form of arthritis. Author Shelley Peterman Schwarz has lived with a chronic disease for many years and as a result has developed a wealth of ideas to make the daily tasks of life easier, less frustrating, and more enjoyable.

You will find all this information in this well organized and easy-to-read book, which also includes organizations and other support groups with full addresses, phone numbers, and web sites. The book will help you to: Protect your joints, Manage pain, Make use of new technologies, Organize and keep your medical records, Save time and channel your energy productively, And much more! If you or a loved one suffers from arthritis, you already know what a challenging condition it can be. Let this book help you stop struggling and start enjoying life!



Interesting book: A Pike in the Basement or Green Tea

Not in My Family: AIDS in the African-American Community

Author: Gil Robertson

At long last, the time has come: the time for African American people to face the scourge that has affected it disproportionately for years, and to break through the cultural inhibitions that have prevented them from dealing with it head on. This landmark collection of personal essays, stories, brief memoirs, and polemics from a broad swath of black Americans-whether prominent figures from the worlds of politics, entertainment, or sports, or just ordinary folks with extraordinary stories-whose lives have been touched by HIV/AIDS, will galvanize public attention around this issue.

Author and journalist Gil Robertson first conceived this "gripping and heartfelt patchwork," as he calls it, when his older brother was diagnosed with HIV. As he writes in his introduction, "As I've watched my family move through the various stages of his illness and hear similar stories from others, I began to realize that my family was not alone. There are countless other families waging the same fight with this disease, and I wanted to connect with them so we would feel even more so empowered to wage battle."

Robertson has enlisted a remarkable group of contributors to give voice to their impassioned thoughts and feelings. A partial list includes: from politics, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., former US Surgeon General David Satcher, and Al Sharpton; from music, Patti LaBelle and Stephanie Mills; from film and TV, Jasmine Guy, Hill Harper, and Sheryl Lee Ralph; and from letters, Pearl Cleage, Randall Robinson, and Omar Tyree-among many, many others.

Gil L. Robertson IV is a journalist whose work has appeared in Essence, Billboard, Black Enterprise, The Source, LosAngeles Times,and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and who has appeared on The Tavis Smiley Show, CNN, and BET. His syndicated column, "The Robertson Treatment," appears in more than thirty newspapers, reaching more than two million readers across the country.

Publishers Weekly

Reflecting on the diagnosis of a husband, the loss of a friend or the survival of a mother, the 58 first-person narratives collected here give voice to bald statistics, such as that AIDS is the #1 killer of black women between the ages of 24 and 34. The writers include a "woman living luxuriously in the suburbs of Los Angeles," a man who "found excitement in the orgy scene," someone who "discovered [his] own feelings for AIDS through other people" and another who can "hardly remember what it was like not to have HIV." Famous voices, such as Al Sharpton, Patti LaBelle and Randall Robinson, as well as four congressional representatives are here, but the full power of this book rises from the personal testimonies of African-Americans writing from varied sexual, gender, class and lifestyle perspectives. This passionate collection is strengthened by William Yarbro's context-setting essay and highly practical advice from Jocelyn Elders, Herndon Davis and Dyana Williams. "Having watched countless accounts of the virus's impact on the African American community," Robertson writes, "I was dismayed by how few African Americans were an active part of this dialogue." Not any longer: those voices are loud and clear. (Dec.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Edited by journalist and media consultant Robertson, whose brother has HIV, this collection of 58 essays intends to "give voice to the multitude of experiences felt by the African-American community living in the age of HIV and AIDS." Essay after essay presents the grim statistics, but nearly all go beyond the numbers, featuring personal stories, advice, and calls to action. Contributors represent a variety of viewpoints and experiences and include preachers, entertainers, writers, activists, and patients and their families. Some are famous (e.g., Rev. Al Sharpton, former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders), while others are simply ordinary people whose lives have been touched by HIV/AIDS. Though the collection includes diverse perspectives on how to address the epidemic, information about HIV/AIDS is presented accurately; all of the essays approach the subject with compassion rather than judgment or intolerance. Taken together, these essays send a powerful message: take care of yourselves, take care of one another, and speak out. Appendixes include a glossary and lists of HIV/AIDS hotlines and testing facilities. Highly recommended.-Janet A. Crum, Oregon Health & Science Univ. Lib., Portland Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A compilation of 58 short essays and one poem from a broad spectrum of African-Americans giving their opinions, reactions and counsel on the subject of HIV and AIDS. Robertson prefaces this uneven collection with a statistics-laden introduction that reveals the extent of the problem in this country: e.g., AIDS deaths are 10 times higher among African-Americans than among Caucasians; about two-thirds of the reported cases of AIDS in women and children are African-American. Some of the contributors, like Robertson, whose older brother has AIDS, write of the impact of having a family member with the illness. Others, like Robertson's brother, write of their personal experience with it. Then there is the perspective of political and social leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who write more impersonally of what needs to be done to deal with the problem. Robertson includes AIDS activists, lawyers and clergymen professors, and he has sought out writers, editors and performers, including a TV talk show host, a porn star, a soul singer and a comedian. Gay and straight men, married and single women, the young and the not-so-young-all have their say. The writing consequently varies from formal and didactic to uninhibited street talk. Among the issues addressed are the perils of dating and marriage; homophobia and denial about homosexuality, especially in religious communities; safe and risky sex; the emotional toll of having the disease or loving someone who has it. A surprising number of the men speak of Magic Johnson's announcement that he had been infected as the event that abruptly changed their disregard of HIV and AIDS as the problem of gay white men. Robertson has included someappendices intended to be useful: a glossary of terms that may be encountered in discussions with a physician, health worker or social worker; phone numbers of hotlines and the location of testing facilities throughout the country. A collection of disparate, often repetitive pieces that, taken as whole, give a disturbing portrait of a serious problem.



Arthritis or Not in My Family

Arthritis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier

Author: Shelley Peterman Schwarz

Learn how to organize your work day, simplify household chores, conserve energy, and manage your medical needs, even in the face of a painful chronic condition. Arthritis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier contains more than 300 tips, techniques, and shortcuts for the more than sixty million people afflicted with some form of arthritis. Author Shelley Peterman Schwarz has lived with a chronic disease for many years and as a result has developed a wealth of ideas to make the daily tasks of life easier, less frustrating, and more enjoyable.

You will find all this information in this well organized and easy-to-read book, which also includes organizations and other support groups with full addresses, phone numbers, and web sites. The book will help you to: Protect your joints, Manage pain, Make use of new technologies, Organize and keep your medical records, Save time and channel your energy productively, And much more! If you or a loved one suffers from arthritis, you already know what a challenging condition it can be. Let this book help you stop struggling and start enjoying life!



Interesting book: A Pike in the Basement or Green Tea

Not in My Family: AIDS in the African-American Community

Author: Gil Robertson

At long last, the time has come: the time for African American people to face the scourge that has affected it disproportionately for years, and to break through the cultural inhibitions that have prevented them from dealing with it head on. This landmark collection of personal essays, stories, brief memoirs, and polemics from a broad swath of black Americans-whether prominent figures from the worlds of politics, entertainment, or sports, or just ordinary folks with extraordinary stories-whose lives have been touched by HIV/AIDS, will galvanize public attention around this issue.

Author and journalist Gil Robertson first conceived this "gripping and heartfelt patchwork," as he calls it, when his older brother was diagnosed with HIV. As he writes in his introduction, "As I've watched my family move through the various stages of his illness and hear similar stories from others, I began to realize that my family was not alone. There are countless other families waging the same fight with this disease, and I wanted to connect with them so we would feel even more so empowered to wage battle."

Robertson has enlisted a remarkable group of contributors to give voice to their impassioned thoughts and feelings. A partial list includes: from politics, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., former US Surgeon General David Satcher, and Al Sharpton; from music, Patti LaBelle and Stephanie Mills; from film and TV, Jasmine Guy, Hill Harper, and Sheryl Lee Ralph; and from letters, Pearl Cleage, Randall Robinson, and Omar Tyree-among many, many others.

Gil L. Robertson IV is a journalist whose work has appeared in Essence, Billboard, Black Enterprise, The Source, LosAngeles Times,and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and who has appeared on The Tavis Smiley Show, CNN, and BET. His syndicated column, "The Robertson Treatment," appears in more than thirty newspapers, reaching more than two million readers across the country.

Publishers Weekly

Reflecting on the diagnosis of a husband, the loss of a friend or the survival of a mother, the 58 first-person narratives collected here give voice to bald statistics, such as that AIDS is the #1 killer of black women between the ages of 24 and 34. The writers include a "woman living luxuriously in the suburbs of Los Angeles," a man who "found excitement in the orgy scene," someone who "discovered [his] own feelings for AIDS through other people" and another who can "hardly remember what it was like not to have HIV." Famous voices, such as Al Sharpton, Patti LaBelle and Randall Robinson, as well as four congressional representatives are here, but the full power of this book rises from the personal testimonies of African-Americans writing from varied sexual, gender, class and lifestyle perspectives. This passionate collection is strengthened by William Yarbro's context-setting essay and highly practical advice from Jocelyn Elders, Herndon Davis and Dyana Williams. "Having watched countless accounts of the virus's impact on the African American community," Robertson writes, "I was dismayed by how few African Americans were an active part of this dialogue." Not any longer: those voices are loud and clear. (Dec.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Edited by journalist and media consultant Robertson, whose brother has HIV, this collection of 58 essays intends to "give voice to the multitude of experiences felt by the African-American community living in the age of HIV and AIDS." Essay after essay presents the grim statistics, but nearly all go beyond the numbers, featuring personal stories, advice, and calls to action. Contributors represent a variety of viewpoints and experiences and include preachers, entertainers, writers, activists, and patients and their families. Some are famous (e.g., Rev. Al Sharpton, former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders), while others are simply ordinary people whose lives have been touched by HIV/AIDS. Though the collection includes diverse perspectives on how to address the epidemic, information about HIV/AIDS is presented accurately; all of the essays approach the subject with compassion rather than judgment or intolerance. Taken together, these essays send a powerful message: take care of yourselves, take care of one another, and speak out. Appendixes include a glossary and lists of HIV/AIDS hotlines and testing facilities. Highly recommended.-Janet A. Crum, Oregon Health & Science Univ. Lib., Portland Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A compilation of 58 short essays and one poem from a broad spectrum of African-Americans giving their opinions, reactions and counsel on the subject of HIV and AIDS. Robertson prefaces this uneven collection with a statistics-laden introduction that reveals the extent of the problem in this country: e.g., AIDS deaths are 10 times higher among African-Americans than among Caucasians; about two-thirds of the reported cases of AIDS in women and children are African-American. Some of the contributors, like Robertson, whose older brother has AIDS, write of the impact of having a family member with the illness. Others, like Robertson's brother, write of their personal experience with it. Then there is the perspective of political and social leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who write more impersonally of what needs to be done to deal with the problem. Robertson includes AIDS activists, lawyers and clergymen professors, and he has sought out writers, editors and performers, including a TV talk show host, a porn star, a soul singer and a comedian. Gay and straight men, married and single women, the young and the not-so-young-all have their say. The writing consequently varies from formal and didactic to uninhibited street talk. Among the issues addressed are the perils of dating and marriage; homophobia and denial about homosexuality, especially in religious communities; safe and risky sex; the emotional toll of having the disease or loving someone who has it. A surprising number of the men speak of Magic Johnson's announcement that he had been infected as the event that abruptly changed their disregard of HIV and AIDS as the problem of gay white men. Robertson has included someappendices intended to be useful: a glossary of terms that may be encountered in discussions with a physician, health worker or social worker; phone numbers of hotlines and the location of testing facilities throughout the country. A collection of disparate, often repetitive pieces that, taken as whole, give a disturbing portrait of a serious problem.



Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Diabetic Goodie Book or Menopause and the Mind

Diabetic Goodie Book

Author: Kathy Kochan

Gone are the days of making two separate after-dinner desserts, one for those with diabetes and one for those without. The 190 recipes in this title will meet everyone's sweet tooth as they are high in flavor and low in fat, sugar, and calories. Recipes include cakes, cookies, bars, coffee cakes, scones, muffins, puddings, pies, and cheesecakes. No artificial sweeteners are used. 256 pp.



Look this: Espiritu Santo de Zuniga or Cant Boil Water

Menopause and the Mind: The Complete Guide to Coping with the Cognitive Effects of Perimenopause and Menopause - Including Memory Loss, Foggy Thinking and Verbal Slips

Author: Simon and Schuster Staff

Are you between the ages of 35 and 60 and having trouble remembering your best friend's phone number? If this sounds familiar to you, take heart: Claire Warga's help and advice are on the way.

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Warga, a neuropsychologist, identifies the "mind misconnect" syndrome that causes unsettling events during perimenopause and menopause, noting that they are not signs of imminent madness but a natural part of aging.

Drawing upon cutting-edge brain research and many never-before-described cases, Warga provides the first scientific explanation for why the symptoms occur and reveals how they can be reversed or alleviated. She provides a self-assessment test to help readers determine whether they are experiencing "mind misconnect" syndrome and offers important information and advice on estrogen replacement therapy as well as non-hormonal treatments that mimic estrogen's mind-boosting effects. Her self-screening test, symptom chart, and treatment measurement technique are important tools every woman can use to assess her condition and progress over time, with or without her ob/gyn.

Kate Murphy Zeman

Many well-informed women going through menopause today greet hot flashes without surprise, step up calcium intake to guard against weakening bones, and consider hormone therapy to ease symptoms and protect their hearts. But what most of them never expected are an assortment of behavioral and cognitive effects ranging from memory loss to difficulty concentrating to verbal lapses. Neuropsychologist Claire Warga writes in her new book, Menopause and the Mind, that she first began to notice these behavioral symptoms in her patients; when she started to see them among a wide variety of women she knew socially, she got curious enough to do some research at a medical library on menopause and the mind. She turned up nearly nothing, but when she began to look for information on estrogen's effects on the brain, she hit paydirt -- a wide variety of recent studies that had begun to explore changes in memory and attention caused by estrogen loss. As she began to track down researchers and talk to organizations like the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the North American Menopause Society, she was dismayed to find that while the new research was becoming widely known, the connection with behavioral symptoms during menopause was largely still unrecognized, and that the organizations were waiting for consensus to form before making any recommendations to their members.

Meanwhile, the critical information wasn't making its way to the women suffering the cognitive effects of declining estrogen levels, women who in many cases, Warga reports, had such noticeable lapses that they worried they might have early-onset Alzheimer's or a brain tumor. Warga began to get the message out with a 1997 New York magazine cover story; in her groundbreaking book, she expands on that story to describe in detail the cognitive symptoms that can be associated with perimenopause and menopause, to cover the scientific findings on estrogen and the brain, and to explore treatment options for women experiencing these behavioral effects. An extensive section of the book presents screening techniques and self-tests so readers can determine whether it's likely they are suffering from the syndrome Warga has named WHMS -- Warga's Hormonal Misconnection Syndrome. She emphasizes that though some of these effects are strange, they are normal in the same way that hot flashes are normal, and they need not go unrelieved. Treatment options she discusses include various forms of hormone replacement therapy, dietary changes, and memory enhancement exercises. Menopause and the Mind is at once a wake-up call to a medical establishment that has been woefully slow in responding to what is clearly a serious biological effect of menopause and a survival guide for the women experiencing it; it's an empowering addition to the library of any woman over 30 who wants to take control of her heath and mental well-being for years to come.

--Kate Murphy Zeman

Library Journal

Mood swings and other more severe psychological disorders during perimenopause have already been documented and attributed to estrogen deprivation (Marcia Lawrence's Menopause and Madness, LJ 4/15/98). Here, neuropsychologist Warga focuses on the cognitive deficits that result from estrogen loss, detailing such changes as losing one's train of thought, the "what did I come here for" sensation, having the wrong words pop out, reversing words while speaking, briefly forgetting how to do things, and experiencing erratic fine motor coordination. She postulates the existence of Warga's Hormonal Misconnection Syndrome to describe these symptoms and suggests remedies--hormone replacement therapy as well as nonhormonal approaches involving glucose, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, aerobic exercise, and behavioral training. Although one might chide the author for naming her theory after herself, her book is reassuring and worthwhile. Recommended for consumer health and health sciences collections.--Linda M.G. Katz, Allegheny Univ. of the Health Sciences Lib., Philadelphia

Kirkus Reviews

A significant heads-up for women over 30, along with reassurance and a detailed action plan: yes, there are measurable cognitive changes that occur in midlefe as a result of changing hormone levels, and yes, there are pharmaceutical, dietary, and other measures that can be taken to alleviate or even reverse the changes. Warga, a neuropsychologist, aims this book at educating women and their physicians, as well as pointing health-care researchers in the right direction for more thorough investigation. The root cause of the syndrome (which Warga dubs Warga's Hormonal Misconception Syndrome, WHMS) is dropping estrogen levels. It includes a range of intermittent disturbances or lapses in memory, speech, attention, behavior, or thinking. Part two of this volume looks at the cause: Warga explains clearly the current understanding of the neurochemical interplay between estrogen and the brain. Part three sets out thorough screening tools for self-diagnosis. In part four, Warga gives extensive, thorough advice on alleviating the symptoms and correcting the cause: hormone replacement therapy, glucose, phytoestrogens, antioxidants, antiinflammatories, along with mental exercises and drills, and learning new ways of focusing on tasks. Choosing the right health-care provider is paramount: choose someone who is knowledgeable about the existing evidence, understanding of the problem, and alert to new treatment options. This book offers validation and hope for those affected by the syndrome. A welcome, emminently worthwhile guide.



Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Aromatherapy Solutions or Acupressure and Reflexology for Dummies

Aromatherapy Solutions: Essential Oils to Lift the Mind, Body and Spirit

Author: Veronica Sibley

The natural power of aromatherapy can revitalize body and spirit--which is why it has become one of the most popular complementary therapies. Take advantage of its unique healing potential with this beautifully photographed guide, now available in this smaller, handier format. Here is complete guidance on blending the oils and choosing the right ones to relieve a wide range of physical and emotional symptoms, from colds to digestive disorders, from skin breakouts to anxiety. An illustrated full-body massage sequence practically guides your hand, stroke by stroke, through a sensual massage. There are also massages meant for babies and children, and to aid relaxation. For quick reference, a directory sets out the properties of all the recommended essential and carrier oils.



New interesting book: The Shangri La Diet or Massage Basics

Acupressure and Reflexology for Dummies

Author: Bobbi Dempsey

Features healing routines and illustrations to guide you

Ease your aches and find relief through the power of touch

Searching for alternative treatments for pain? This friendly, do-it-yourself guide introduces you to the basics and benefits of acupressure and reflexology, showing you step by step how to nurture your emotional and physical well-being and that of someone else. You'll see how to target specific body parts to address your ailments and improve your emotional as well as your physical well-being.



• Understand basic healing principles

• Relieve your specific aches and pains

• Boost your immune system

• Address age-related ailments

• Find professional help




Table of Contents:
Introduction.

Part I: Touching on the Basics of Acupressure and Reflexology.

Chapter 1. Acupressure and Reflexology Essentials.

Chapter 2. Healing Yourself or a Loved One.

Chapter 3. the Terrain: Bones, Muscles, Meridians, and Reflex Zones.

Chapter 4. Technique: The Healing Touch.

Chapter 5. Professional Help Wanted?

Part II: Promoting Emotional and Physical Wellness.

Chapter 6. Maintaining Good Health.

Chapter 7. Balancing Emotions for Well_Being.

Chapter 8. Treating Emotional Upset.

Part III: Where Does It Hurt? Treating Common Aches and Ailments.

Chapter 9. Putting Your Best Foot Forward.

Chapter 10. Healing the Leg and Hip Regions.

Chapter 11. Relieving Backaches.

Chapter 12. Relief for Hurting Heads (And Pains in the Neck).

Chapter 13. Lending a Hand (And Arm and Shoulder, Too!).

Chapter 14. Time for a Gut Check.

Chapter 15. Chest-Related Care and Considerations.

Part IV: Addressing Specific Needs and Concerns.

Chapter 16. Age-Related Treatments.

Chapter 17. Especially for Women.

Chapter 18. Fighting Colds, Preventing Illness, and Relieving Some Chronic Conditions.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 19. ten Myths and Misconceptions About Acupressure and Reflexology.

Chapter 20. Ten Ways Acupressure and Reflexology Can Enrich Your Life.

Appendix: Resources.

Index.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Homeopathic Medicine or The More We Find in Each Other

Homeopathic Medicine: : First Aid and Emergency Care

Author: Lyle W Morgan

Discover how homeopathic remedies can be used as a gentle first aid treatment for a wide variety of illnesses and injuries.



See also: One Hundred Stretches or Breast Health and Common Breast Problems

The More We Find in Each Other: Meditations for Couples

Author: Mavis Fossum

140 thought-provoking meditations for couples - married or single, straight or gay - explore ways we can strengthen and enhance our relationships. Includes thoughts on how conflicts begin and how they can be resolved, how couples can deepen their understanding of each other, and how they can find that delicate balance between togetherness and individuality.



Saturday, February 14, 2009

Dear World Fibromyalgia People Speak out or Anatomy of Exercise

Dear World, Fibromyalgia People Speak Out: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Fibromyalgia from the People Who Suffer from It

Author: Dawna L Vanc

People with Fibromyalgia are letting the people of the world know that their pain is real. Instead of Dear Abby, we have created Dear World. Since Fibromyalgia is a invisable desease and is often misunderstood. We the "Fibromites" of the world have something to say about it. You will find a collection of stories with advice, funny and sad situations, and an explaination of what Fibromites go through everyday. If you have Fibromyalgia there might be someone in this book you can relate to and help you with your own questions and problems. This is a easy to read book without all the technical terms. If you have Fibromyalgia or know someone who has it then this is a must read book. I hope this book will shed some light and bring some comfort to others.



See also: Developing a Market Orientation or Ecological Revolutions

Anatomy of Exercise: A Trainer's Guide to Your Workout

Author: Pat Manocchia

Detailed anatomical illustrations reveal what the body actually does during specific exercise sequences.

Anatomy of Exercise is revolutionary for its insights into and illustrations of how the body works during exercise. The book is organized by body area and shows common sequences in the progression of a typical workout. Clear photographs demonstrate each exercise. Lifelike anatomical illustrations reveal in colorful detail which muscles are engaged, which are being conditioned and how the muscles respond.

Valuable features of the book help the reader gain the greatest benefit from each exercise and improve fitness and well-being. These include:


• Detailed, full-color anatomical illustrations for all the exercises
• Annotations identifying the active and stabilizing muscles
• Concise how-to instructions for each exercise
• Identification of the specific muscles that benefit the most from each exercise
• Suggested modifications for different levels of difficulty
• Instructions on stabilizing the bodythroughout each movement
• A visual index of exercises, allowing easy navigation through the book.

No other such book is tailored to the general reader. Beginners, those already committed to exercise, competing athletes, trainers, coaches, physiotherapists, massage therapists and others involved in fitness will find Anatomy of Exercise instructive and practical.



Table of Contents:
Introduction

Full Body Anatomy

Warm-Ups

Stretching

Legs and Hips

Back

Chest

Shoulders

Arms

Core

Index
Glossary
Acknowledgments

Friday, February 13, 2009

Smoking or Creating Healing Environments

Smoking: Risk, Perception, and Policy

Author: Paul Slovic

" This important book reveals why the young start smoking and why, as adults, they regret having started. It is a great contribution to helping end a national epidemic."

-- CHERYL HEALTON, President/CEO, American Legacy Foundation



"This book is a must for everyone concerned about how to address the problem of tobacco use among young people. Virtually all new smokers are children. Many of them are in their early teens and one out of every three children who begin to smoke will die prematurely because of their use of tobacco. This book includes the most objective, thorough and authoritative research to date on the critical question about whether young people fully understand the consequences of their decision to smoke at the time they start and whether they are able to make rational decisions about this vitally important decision. It leaves the reader with no doubt about the value of efforts to better educate our young people and to empower them to resist the lure of tobacco marketing."

-- MATTHEW MYERS, President, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

Do individuals really know and understand the risks entailed by their smoking decisions? The question is particularly important in the case of young persons, because most smokers start during childhood and adolescence. After years of intense publicity about the damages of smoking, it is generally believed that every teenager and adult in the U.S. knows that smoking is dangerous to health, thus decisions to smoke are informed choices. This book presents a counter-view, based on a survey of several thousand young personsand adults, probing attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and perceptions of risk associated with smoking. The authors agree that young smokers give little or no thought to health risks or the problems of addiction. The survey data contradicts the model of informed, rational choice and underscores the need for aggressive policies to counter tobacco firms' marketing and promotional efforts and to restrict youth access to tobacco.

Booknews

The basis for this study are two extensive telephone surveys (designed by Slovic and the other contributors to this volume) that were conducted between 1999- 2000, recording the responses of over 4000 people. The chapters consider the methodology of the surveys; risk perceptions of the participants, who are categorized according to age; the role of affective feelings in determining risk perceptions; the theoretical framework concerning the role of affect in determining judgment and decisions; the case of intuitive affect-based thinking; and legal and policy implications. Slovic, who teaches psychology at the U. of Oregon in Eugene, is a specialist in risk analysis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Scholars in communication, medicine, law, education, economics, psychology, public policy, and human ecology attack the tobacco industry's claim that beginning smokers understand the risks. Twelve papers expose the ways cigarette ads trick young people by downplaying the dangers of tobacco use. Contributors discuss the risks of smoking, smokers' later regrets, the nature of addiction, the influence of advertising, and smokers' beliefs in their own immunity. Chapters focus on adolescents' and adults' perceptions of risk, media influence, addiction, and legal and policy matters. Appendixes feature surveys of youth perception of tobacco risk, and casual modeling methodology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Interesting textbook: Fresh Lipstick or Mitchells Story

Creating Healing Environments

Author: Nancy C Molter

AACN Protocols for Practice: Creating Healing Environments discusses the benefits of creating a healing environment for critically ill patients and their families and how changes to a patient's environment can promote healing. Family needs, visitation, complementary therapies, and pain management are also covered. Each protocol directs clinicians in the appropriate selection of patients, use and application of management principles, initial and ongoing monitoring, discontinuation of therapies or interventions, and selected aspects of quality control.



Thursday, February 12, 2009

Doctor Yourself or Botanica Erotica

Doctor Yourself: Natural Healing That Works

Author: Andrew Saul

Don't bother looking in the history books for what has killed the most Americans. Look instead at your dinner table. We eat too much of the wrong things and not enough of the right things. Scientific research continually indicates nationwide vitamin and mineral deficiencies in our country, and we spend over a trillion dollars each year on disease care. Is it any surprise that doctors consistently place among the very highest incomes? Andrew Saul has seen enough of this situation, and in Doctor Yourself, he gives you the power you need to change it. Citing numerous scientific evidence, as well as case studies from his decades of practice, Dr. Saul explodes the myth that an army of medical specialists and pharmaceutical drugs are necessary to maintain our health. The human body evolved to live well and fight off disease on a supply of only a dozen or so essential nutrients. Unfortunately, modern meat-laden, high-sugar diets provide catastrophically inadequate levels of those nutrients. Using the guidelines and protocols for diet and vitamin megadosing laid out in Doctor Yourself, you can not only prevent disease from getting a foothold in the first place, but can also cure yourself of illnesses already in progress without resorting to drugs or surgery.

The most comprehensive guide to nutritional therapy ever published, Doctor Yourself provides proven methods for combating almost every possible health condition -- from asthma and Alzheimer's disease to cancer, depression, heart disease, and more -- all presented in Dr. Saul's unforgettable style. Whether he's delivering commonsense tips on subjects such as weight loss and longevity, praising the healthy glow of a carotene tan, or discussing with his children the merits of eating the aphids in their organic broccoli, Dr. Saul takes the starch out of healthcare and makes taking charge of your family's health an experience both valuable and fun.



Table of Contents:
Forewordvii
Warningix
How to Use This Bookxi
The Doctor Yourself Laws of Natural Therapeutics1
Fire Your Doctor!3
Part 1Natural Healing Protocols
Acid Reflux; Hiatus Hernia13
ADHD and Learning Disabilities15
Alcoholism17
Allergies21
Alzheimer's Disease26
Angina30
Antibiotic Alternatives33
Arthritis36
Asthma40
Backache42
Cancer50
Cancer--The Gerson Therapy64
Cervical Dysplasia67
Congestive Heart Failure69
Cuts, Lacerations, and Slivers (Oh My!)73
Depression77
Dermatitis79
Diabetes82
Endometriosis89
Epilepsy91
Eyesight93
Fertility96
Fibromyalgia100
Fistulas and Boils101
Gums, Receding103
Heart Arrhythmia105
Hemorrhoids107
Hepatitis and Cirrhosis109
Hiccups113
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)114
Immune Dysfunction116
Kidney Disease122
Kidney Stones125
Kids' Health128
Lactose Intolerance131
Laryngitis132
Lead Poisoning133
Longevity135
Meniere's Syndrome and Tinnitus138
Menopause140
Multiple Sclerosis142
Parkinson's Disease145
Platelet Formation147
PMS149
Pregnancy and Lactation151
Psoriasis157
Rectal Bleeding159
Schizophrenia and Psychosis161
Sleep Disorders165
Thrombophlebitis (Blood Clots)168
Trigger Finger171
Vaccinations173
Part 2Natural Healing Tools and Techniques
Saul's Super Remedy183
Niacin Saturation186
Vitamin C Megadose Therapy189
How to Get Intravenous Vitamin C Given to a Hospitalized Patient194
Juicing198
Breakfast Blast201
Vitamin B[subscript 12] Supplementation203
Stress Reduction205
Evading Exercise207
Weight Loss210
Removing Pesticides from Food213
Natural versus Synthetic Vitamins215
Ten Ways to Spot Antivitamin Biases in a Scientific Study217
Why I Didn't Die in Bio Lab219
A Crash Course in Vegetarian Cooking221
Afterword: It's Your Decision, Your Health, Your Life225
Bibliography229
Index237

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Botanica Erotica: Arousing Body, Mind & Spirit

Author: Diana De Luca

A playful and provocative guide to the foods, herbs, and behaviors that arouse us

• Provides a practical guide to the history and use of the world's classic aphrodisiacs

• Presents easy recipes for food, lotions, and potions designed to please the senses, and includes chapters on erotic massage, touch, and belly dance

• Lavishly illustrated with contemporary and classical artwork

Botanica Erotica provides readers with the tools and techniques they need for a lifelong exploration of pleasure. More than a simple list of aphrodisiacs, Botanica Erotica offers suggestions to arouse all the senses and to make every aspect of life an encounter with Eros.

Beginning with a practical guide to the history and use of the world's classic aphrodisiacs, Diana De Luca moves on to present a feast of "Libidinous Libations" and "Voluptuous Vittles" that are easy to make and outrageous to eat, designed to please the palate and get the juices flowing. "The Lascivious Lavage" helps you create the perfect lotions and potions for romantic baths, and later chapters reveal how to stimulate the physical body through erotic massage, touch, and belly dance. This celebration of pleasure is ideal for anyone who loves to live a fully embodied life.

Summer 99 - Pancala

In this stunningly beautiful book, veteran herbalist Diana DeLuca shows us how to use safe and available herbs in ways that enhance and increase sensuality. . . . Much more than simply being a compendium of herbal aphrodisiacs, Botanica Erotica is dedicated to exploring the realm of the erotic by using your entire being.

What People Are Saying

David Hoffman
Botanica Erotica blends real herbalism with a joyful affirmation of sensuality, one that can come only when real experience blends with the consciousness of a green wise woman. The result is a fun and empowering book, offering a cornucopia of pleasure to all who read it. - author of The Herbal Handbook




Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Bill W and Mr Wilson or Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

Bill W. and Mr. Wilson: The Legend and Life of A. A. 'S Cofounder

Author: Matthew J Raphael

William Griffith Wilson, recently cited by Time magazine as one of the hundred most influential individuals of the twentieth century, is better known to many as Bill W., cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous. In Bill W. and Mr. Wilson, Matthew J. Raphael, himself a member of A.A. (and writing here under a pseudonym, in accord with A.A.'s tradition of anonymity), presents a revealing new look at both the legendary Bill W. and the private Mr. Wilson, who tried to live apart from his own celebrity.

In quest of a more historically accurate and complete account, Raphael separates fact from fiction in the standard biographies of Wilson and finds reason to doubt the literal truth of some foundational A.A. stories. He also provides a context for Wilson's (and thus A.A.'s) key ideas in the work of William James, Carl Jung, and other modern thinkers. What emerges is an unvarnished portrait of a charismatic man and social visionary, whose true greatness is all the more apparent in view of his human imperfections.

Readers already familiar with Alcoholics Anonymous will find much to engage them. Others will discover A.A. and its cofounder from an insider's perspective.

Library Journal

"[I]n a hotel then known as Wilson House I was born, perhaps rightly, in a room just back of the old bar," writes Wilson (1895-1970), cofounder and organizer of Alcoholics Anonymous, in this first published edition of an autobiography he began in 1954. Telling one's story is an important AA tradition. Bill W., as Wilson was known in AA circles, had a reputation for being a good storyteller and had previously recounted much of his life in the Big Book (also titled Alcoholics Anonymous) and other writings. Here, Wilson tells of his childhood, military service, marriage, attempts to stop drinking, and spiritual conversion in 1934 but stops short of his historic meeting with cofounder Dr. Bob. The publisher has added articles, appendixes, and recollections of friends, family, and colleagues to flesh out Wilson's fragmented account. In contrast to Francis Hartigan's recent conventional but comprehensive biography, Bill W. (LJ 2/1/00), Bill W. and Mr. Wilson offers an outsider's "personal impressions and ruminations." Following Wilson's own three-part formula ("what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now"), Raphael, an AA member writing under a pseudonym, observes that "what [Bill W.] used to be like scarcely exists outside...the account he first gave in Alcoholics Anonymous and then repeated often." Raphael seeks to distinguish Bill W., cofounder of AA and the Twelve Steps, from Bill Wilson, who "closely guarded his private life during his public career, even as he seemed to bare his soul at AA meetings." Throughout his life, Wilson battled depression, smoked heavily, and had a reputation as a womanizer. Later in life, he participated in LSD research and promotedalternative therapies for alcoholism. As Raphael describes Wilson's life, he traces parallels in the evolution of AA from its origins in the Oxford Group, a religious lay movement, to a worldwide self-help organization of alcoholics helping alcoholics. Both books, while important contributions to the growing literature on Bill W., are supplementary purchases for collections on drug and alcohol abuse. General collections should acquire Hartigan's Bill W.--Lucille M. Boone, San Jose P.L., CA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Roger Forseth
This is the best work I have read on Bill Wilson; it is also one the best intro-ductions to A.A.-its origins, development, and significance.
—Roger Forseth, editor of Dionysos: The Literature and Addiction Tri-Quarterly


Deidre Bair
Raphael not only interprets the 'big' books about the A.A. movement and its two founders (Dr. Bob as well as Bill W.), he has also read all the recent scholarship on the subject and uses it scrupulously and judiciously in the formulation of his own views. I think Raphael's book will become the starting point for any subsequent scholarship and/or discussion of the subject.
—Deidre Bair, author of Anais Nin: A Biography




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Medicinal and Aromatic Crops: Harvesting, Drying, and Processing

Author: Serdar Oztekin

Make sure your crops are market-ready with the aid of harvest and post-harvest mechanization

Medicinal and Aromatic Crops presents harvest and post-harvest mechanization methods for the profitable production of market-ready medicinal crops. This practical handbook includes photos, detailed figures, and schematic drawings of machines that will help bring existing design ideas to life and inspire new ones for use in harvesting and primary processing. The book also includes general information on medicinal and aromatic plants, current production trends, and "how-to" instructions for improving the production process.

Even though the use of mechanization contributes not only to a marked increase in production, but also enables uniform quality and a decrease in drudgery for everyone involved, there's a distinct lack of material available of the subject. Medicinal and Aromatic Crops fills in the gap, providing a thorough, comprehensive look at every aspect of the mechanism of growing, harvesting, and processing, including production steps and procedures, safety and quality, plant drying, the use of renewable energy sources, dry processing, extraction, industrial usage, financial analysis, and software usage.

Medicinal and Aromatic Crops examines:

environmental concerns

manual and semi-mechanized harvesting

transport

the use of solar energy and solid biomass energy

pre- and post-drying processes

plant parts removal

cutting, crushing, and milling

post-drying separation and classification

water and steam distillation

and much more!

Medicinal and Aromatic Crops is an invaluable guide to harvest and post-harvest mechanization for anyone involving inplantproduction and for agriculture educators and students.

"The structure of the book is READER FRIENDLY and it provides information on a wide range of topics within medicinal and aromatic crops. Especially useful are the comprehensive chapters on Harvesting, Drying and Dry Processing, which give a closer look into a diversity of techniques and procedures and even tips and tricks for growers! This is not only a compilation of knowledge gathered during years of university science work; it IS AN EXTENSIVE, USEFUL AND APPLICABLE GUIDE through the vibrant world of medicinal and aromatic crops." — Peter Schulze Lammers, PhD, Professor of Technology in Crop Farming at the University of Bonn, Germany

"I found the drying and industrial usage chapters EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND INFORMATIVE in view of their direct application in practice. I was impressed by the convincing review of the economic aspects of agricultural production of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, as well as their application in cosmetics, perfumery, medicine and other branches, with the help of modern user-friendly software." — Nicolay Mihailov, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, "Angel Kunchev" University of Rousse, Bulgaria

"PROVIDES GOOD INFORMATION AND IDEAS for developers, supported by a good number of schemes and photographs. . . . The book covers a domain not common in literature . . . and is useful for practitioners, engineers, and producers. In fact, not only does it review the know how relative to a variety of medicinal and aromatic crops and related uses, but it provides useful ideas for adapting existing machines or developing new ones for various operations from harvesting to final processing, as well as to support the respective decision making. The sections on harvesting, drying and dry processing are PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS and other related professionals." — Luis Santos Pereira, PhD, Professor, Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, President, International Commission of Agricultural Engineering, CIGR

"WELL BALANCED. . . . Discussions on the advantages and disadvantages of the methods for each production phase are based on the tremendous experience of the authors and provide excellent material to enlighten producers and processors. . . . VERY IMPRESSIVE. . . . USEFUL RECOMMENDATIONS are made on natural, mechanical, and microwave drying, practical approaches to dryer selection, and energy costs, process control, product moisture content control, as well as the use of renewable energy sources including solar energy, and the use of solid biomass. All these are elaborated in an elegant fashion." — Shlomo Navarro, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Food Science, Agricultural Research Organization, the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel



Tuesday, February 10, 2009

100 Foods That Heal Your Body or Nutrition and Sport

100 Foods That Heal Your Body

Author: Alfred E Dawson

A list of the precise foods your body will need to insure proper nutrition and to insure excellent health.

100 Foods That Heal Your Body lists the most important foods for the body. It will give you the precise vitamins and minerals your body receives from the foods that are excellent for improving your health.



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Nutrition and Sport

Author: Don MacLaren

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States.
It addresses the key issues relating to sport and exercise nutrition by employing a critical review perspective. Sport and exercise nutrition has been recognised as a major component of any sports science/studies course for many years now. In this book, Don Mclaren has bought together many of the key issues in the field, written by recognised experts, to provide an outstanding sports nutrition treatise. The chapters focus on the key areas endemic to any sports nutrition programme.



Sunday, February 8, 2009

Working with Your Doctor or Aromatherapy

Working with Your Doctor: Getting the Healthcare You Deserve

Author: Nancy Keen

Getting excellent health care in today's world requires that you actively participate in the process, whether you receive care from individual physicians, a group practice, or an HMO. Working with Your Doctor: Getting the Healthcare You Deserve teaches you to be your own advocate, to get the very best in health care, and to have the best possible relationship with your doctors.

What People Are Saying

Linda Peeno
The essence of medicine and the experience of healing is in the relationships -- the primary relationship being the doctor. This book captures the critical human dimension very impressively.


James Dougherty
Working with Your Doctor fills a genuine need for patients and their family members caught up in this new and intimidating age of impersonal, economically-driven health care delivery. Patients and doctors alike owe Nancy Keene a large debt of gratitude.




Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
1Taking Charge of Your Health Care1
2Finding the Right Doctor19
3Getting What You Need from Managed Care45
4Communication75
5Physician Rights and Responsibilities103
6Patient Rights and Responsibilities131
7Problem Solving157
8Getting a Second Opinion175
9Changing Doctors191
10Questions to Ask About Tests, Drugs, and Surgery205
11Taking Action if You Have Been Wronged233
12Clinical Trials249
13Researching the Medical Literature269
AEthics Codes and Bills of Rights301
BAmerican Board of Medical Specialties307
CSources of Information on Medical Conditions311
DSources of Information on General Medical Topics325
EMedical Information Search Companies331
Notes333
Suggested Reading341
Index347

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Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art

Author: Kathi Kevill

Comprehensive guide to using essential oils in health, beauty, and well being—updated, expanded & revised throughout to include new material on ayurvedic & ceremonial aromatherapy, massage, and herbal treatments. Draws on 75 combined years of experience in botanical therapies; more than 90 formulas included.



Saturday, February 7, 2009

Hey Mom Im Hungry or Super T

Hey, Mom! I'm Hungry!: Great-Tasting, Low-Fat, Easy Recipes to Feed Your Family

Author: Susan Powter

Susan Powter answers "What's for breakfast? What's for dinner? What's for lunch? What can I snack on?" with 100 of the best tasting, high-volume, low-fat recipes ever! Something sweet. Something chewy. Something for those nights when you didn't get to the grocery store or it's dinnertime and you don't have a clue what to cook. These recipes have all been tested by moms and kids for the whole family. They're all low-fat, quick, easy, and taste soooooooo good. Everything you need is right here - healthy, hearty, great recipes so you'll always have an answer when the kids say, "Hey, Mom! I'm hungry!"



Books about: Smoking or Preventive Nutrition

Super T: The Complete Guide to Creating an Effective, Safe, and Natural Testosterone Enhancement Program for Men and Women

Author: Karlis Ullis

A must-read guide to the latest nonprescription supplements for peak sexual and athletic performance and optimal health

Testosterone is "the super hormone"; no other natural substance comes close to its power to energize, rejuvenate, and sexually arouse both men and women. Under new federal regulations, consumers have access to a whole new group of supplements that boost the body's natural testosterone levels. Available without a prescription, these "T boosters," including androstenedione, promise to revolutionize health, fitness, and weight management regimens for men and women. In many instances, they offer an economical and viable alternative to Viagra.

In Super "T," Dr. Karlis Ullis shows you how to create a personalized program of over-the-counter T boosters based on your age, gender, and specific needs, with essential information on the different supplements that can be found in vitamin and health food stores. He explains how to use these potent substances safely, effectively, and responsibly, with appropriate doses and schedules, with careful attention to the questions and concerns you may have. With detailed information on supplement combinations and nutritional support, and a list of supplement suppliers, Super "T" is an indispensable reference for those who want to perform at the top of their form.



Table of Contents:
Contents

Preface Introduction PART I Sex-Enhancing Supplements Chapter 1 The Dawn of the T-Booster Era Chapter 2 The First Generation of Sex Enhancers Chapter 3 The New Generation of T-Boosters and Sex Enhancers PART II The Natural Body Makeover Chapter 4 How to Lose Fat Naturally Chapter 5 How to Gain Muscle Naturally PART III Better Sex Chapter 6 The Biochemistry of Sex Chapter 7 Super T Sexual Cocktails Chapter 8 Pro-Sexual Lifestyle Strategies PART IV Your Personal T-Booster Regimen Chapter 9 Better Body, Better Sex Day Planner Chapter 10 Medicine Chest APPENDICES

1 Nutrition

2 Sex-Busting Drugs

3 Exercise

4 Supplement Suppliers Glossary Bibliography Index

Friday, February 6, 2009

A Map to the End of Time or Should I Medicate My Child

A Map to the End of Time: Wayfarings with Friends and Philosophers

Author: Ronald J Manheimer

Teaching philosophy to retired people should be a path to wisdom, Ron Manheimer thought. He was right, but in unexpected fashion. His lively Socratic "dialogues" with older people led him into hilarious and provocative conversations with a colorful cast of fellow seekers: from his bon vivant Danish mentor Augie Nielsen to his strong-willed elderly student Hildegard, from his ironic teenaged daughter Esther to his wisecracking Uncle Joe, a master of the jewish joke. Like James Carse in Breakfast at the Victory, Manheimer reinvigorates the ancient tradition of using storytelling to explore truth. What is romantic love? How do we shape the stories we tell ourselves about our own pasts? Does the purpose of life become clearer in old age? How do we find common meanings across religious, ethnic, and generational divides? What is the essence of a person? What does it mean to live a "full" life? Showing how ideas and lives can illuminate one another, Manheimer's engaging narratives address these questions while providing an inviting exploration of the ideas of thinkers from Plato to Aristotle to Kierkegaard, John Stuart Mill, and Martin Buber.

Library Journal

This is a book about aging, teaching, and philosophy itself. On the surface it is a running narrative of Manheimer's experiences teaching philosophy to the elderly. His students and his own teachers appear as characters in a dialog; as in his earlier book (Kierkegaard as Teacher, 1977), his message is partly that the complexity of philosophy is best presented as an interplay of voices. But here a minor theme from the earlier book becomes dominant: philosophy is an expression of the need to make sense of one's own life. The elderly have a special contribution to make, for their long lives demand reflection. In complementary fashion, philosophical reflection may reveal the significance of growing old. Manheimer writes with charm and humility, but teaching readers to philosophize is difficult. Stanley Cavell (A Pitch of Philosophy, LJ 5/1/94) almost succeeded in combining narrative and system, but Cavell's is a much more egocentric book. Manheimer's is a good choice for any public library.--Leslie Armour, Univ. of Ottawa, Ont.

Kirkus Reviews

At a time when academic philosophy, grown technical and arcane in recent decades, is reaching for a wider audience, this book helps initiate what seems a natural dialogue between the wisdom of ancient texts and the wisdom of advanced years. At age 33 (the "Christological year," as an older mentor to the secular Jewish writer of this book wryly puts it in the opening pages), Manheimer (Philosophy/Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville) began teaching philosophy to senior citizens and has continued in that line of endeavor up through his now 50-plus years. The author muses on the dialogues he has facilitated between philosophy and the seniors. The book comprises remembered conversations with a sampling of elderly students and friends, reconstructions of classroom and conference discussions, retellings of philosophical classics—from Plato to Augustine to John Stuart Mill—and the author's own thoughts, both personal and abstract, on the aging process, especially as it affects the experience of time. Though the chapters read as a series of philosophical vignettes—or etudes, to borrow Manheimer's own metaphor—the book achieves continuity through its centering idea, that the aging process coincides with modernity's quest to incorporate isolated individuals into larger wholes of meaning. The "map to the end of time" is a picture that matures with age of inter-related lives, each of which draws meaning from its place in relation with the others. Manheimer's regard for the philosophical classics and his faithfulness to actual, remembered discussions keep his book on course and safely delivered from facile, feel-good conclusions. Indeed, the book refrains from conclusiveness assuch, casting its final word as recommendations for further reading. With a little more shaping, this book might have become an equivalent for seniors of the philosophical novel, Sophie's World, by Joestein Gaarder, which sets philosophy in dialogue with a child. A charming, novelistic reflection on philosophy by a teacher and student of the elderly. .



Look this: Meditation or Out of the Nightmare

Should I Medicate My Child?: Sane Solutions for Troubled Kids with-and-without Psychiatric Drugs

Author: Lawrence H Diller

With the publication of Running on Ritalin in 1998, Dr. Lawrence Diller established himself as the country's leading expert on the use of psychiatric drugs to treat children. Since then, parents have clamored for his expertise on psychological problems beyond ADD, drugs beyond Ritalin, and, most important, how to decide whether or not drugs really are the best option for their children. More and more parents are asking the simple question: Should I medicate my child? In this authoritative and plainspoken book, which features a detailed, easy-to-access "Quick Guide to Psychiatric Drugs," Dr. Diller gives parents the tools they need to regain faith in their own judgment and make wise choices for their children.

San Diego Union Tribune

A priceless source of information. Every parent of a school-age child should own a copy.

Natural Health Magazine

This compassionate book, which includes extensive discussions of relevant psychiatric drugs and weighs benefits against side effects, will help concerned parents decide if medication is the right option for their child.



Thursday, February 5, 2009

Atlas of Travel Medicine and Health or Infections of Leisure

Atlas of Travel Medicine and Health

Author: Chiodini Boyn

Written by specialists in the field of travel medicine, Atlas of Travel Medicine and Health delivers sound travel health advice in a very visual and comprehensible format. The Atlas is divided into three sections. Section One provides general advice on such topics as water, food, and personal hygiene, accidents, animal and insect bites, parasitic infection, sun and heat, casual sex, blood-borne modes of infection, and medical coverage and insurance. Section Two is disease-specific and conveys need-to-know information on malaria, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid, yellow fever, meningitis, schistosomiasis (Bilharzia infection), dengue, polio, Japanese B encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, rabies, and traveller's diarrhoea. Section Three presents country-specific immunisation advice, malaria advice and precautions, and a selection of other health considerations. Also included are a map and a weather chart for each country.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: John S. Czachor, MD, FACP, FIDSA,FSHEA (Wright State University)
Description: This guide has been written for healthcare professionals to provide individuals, prior to their travels, with information regarding general travel recommendations, disease specific information, and selected country-by-country advice.
Purpose: This book is designed to present easily comprehended travel information to help clients assimilate the complex medical issues associated with travel. The book is an effort to address the dearth of useful and understandable information that is specifically directed at travelers and provides a welcome addition to the body of travel medicine literature now available.
Audience: The atlas is targeted to all health professionals who practice travel medicine. More importantly, it provides them with a resource to teach and inform their patients with valuable travel-related tips and advice. In addition, the individual maps may provide in-hand information if they are duplicated and given to travelers. The authors are very credible lecturers in and practitioners of travel medicine.
Features: The book is divided into three sections: general travel advice, disease specific information, and country specific disease and travel advice. Numerous addresses for Web sites with travel related information are included. The country maps are color coded for malaria and have the unique feature of temperature and sunshine/rainfall graphs. Over 100 countries are detailed, but not all countries are represented. Two main problems are the U.K. bias of the information, and reminders throughout the book for practitioners to seek more up-to-date references. The malaria color coding of the maps is somewhat confusing.
Assessment: There is a glaring need for this type of information to be distributed to travelers. This book is not meant to be a shelf reference for travel medicine practitioners in the traditional sense. However, it does supply a reference of information relevant for travelers at their level of understanding. Perhaps this information may enable healthcare workers to enlighten their patients about the risks of travel and thereby ensure a safe journey.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody




Table of Contents:
Water, Food, and Personal Hygiene: General Advice1
Accidents2
Animal Bites, Parasitic Infection, and Other Hazards: General Advice3
Biting Insects and Stings: General Advice4
Sun and Heat: General Advice5
General Advice on Casual Sex and Blood-Borne Modes of Infection6
Medical Cover/Insurance7
Malaria9
Hepatitis A12
Hepatitis B14
Typhoid16
Yellow Fever18
Meningitis20
Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia infection)22
Dengue24
Polio26
Japanese B Encephalitis28
Tick-Borne Encephalitis30
Rabies32
Travellers' Diarrhoea33

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Infections of Leisure

Author: David Schlossberg

Infections of Leisure provides a thorough yet concise examination of the infectious risks and diseases of leisure time activity. Encompassing a wide range of medical and social interests, chapters provide practical, clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of various infectious risks in the garden, at the shore, on fresh water, on camping trips, traveling abroad, and on the farm. Additional chapters include up-to-date information on foodborne illnesses, and on animal-associated infections, with particular attention given to house pets. The rising prevalence of Lyme Disease, hepatitis, and food poisoning makes this volume vitality important. Family practitioners, internists, infectious disease specialists, pediatricians, and emergency room physicians will all benefit from the indispensable and practical information presented in this unique, groundbreaking volume.



Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Survivalists Medicine Chest or Healing Power of Pets

Survivalist's Medicine Chest

Author: Ragnar Benson

From his years helping Third World natives, Ragnar Benson brings you this handbook for doctoring humans with readily obtainable, cheaply priced vet that are often identical to prescription drugs and cost only a fraction as much. Tetanus, typhoid and gun-wound infections will never again strike fear in the hearts of survivalists who pack this illustrated handbook in with their antibiotics, syringes, sulfa drugs, sewing needles and sutures.



Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 - A Lesson Learned
Chapter 2 - Medical Hardware
Chapter 3 - Diagnosis and Treatment
Conclusion

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Healing Power of Pets: Harnessing the Amazing Ability of Pets to Make and Keep People Happy and Healthy

Author: Marty Becker

In The Healing Power of Pets, Dr. Marty Becker, the popular veterinary contributor to Good Morning America, shows readers how the special relationship between pets and people is one of the most powerful weapons in fighting disease and treating chronic conditions ranging from arthritis and depression to obesity. Blending revolutionary scientific discoveries with deeply moving personal stories of pets and their owners, Dr. Becker shows that the best medicine may not be in the medicine cabinet, but at your side.

Susan Chernak McElroy

Dr. Becker steps confidently . . . adding a strong voice for the healing powers of animals.

Nancy L. Snyderman

For those of us who have always believed that pets . . . drives the lesson home . . . animals never had a better friend.

Rita Fontinha - KLIATT

Pet lovers have always known that the bond between them and their pet is therapeutic. But now Dr. Becker illustrates this as a scientific fact. You will be amazed by the true stories: a dog that predicts the onslaught of heart attacks; little Spanky, who keeps his owner from going into depression when he has to have radiation; a cat who gives a senior a reason to live. Hippotherapy (hippo=horse in Greek), assistance animals, and more are prescribed by doctors for people with various ailments. Animals help people who have epilepsy, panic attacks, depression, cancer, seizures, and pain. Dr. Becker devotes some of the book to finding the best pet and getting the most out of your pet relationship. These remarkable real-life stories are punctuated by documented studies. If you didn't believe in the power of pets before, you will after reading this book. KLIATT Codes: JSA—Recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2002, Hyperion, 270p. bibliog., Ages 12 to adult.

What People Are Saying

Richard Carlson
This may be the best book on pets ever written! . . . warm, compassionate, entertaining and fun to read . . . Highly recommended! (Richard Carlson, Ph.D., author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff)




Monday, February 2, 2009

Inner Healing or Colloidal Minerals and Trace Elements

Inner Healing: A Handbook for Helping Yourself and Others

Author: Mike Flynn

Mike Flynn and Doug Gregg take an approach to inner healing that stresses the principles provided by Scripture while correcting common myths and misunderstandings. And they offer readers all the necessry tools for embarking on their own healing journey.



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Colloidal Minerals and Trace Elements: How to Restore the Body's Natural Vitality

Author: Marie France Muller

Subject -- Health/Nutrition

Much of the ill health and lack of vitality people complain of today can be traced to a deficiency in minerals and trace elements in our diets. The food we eat is no longer keeping us healthy. Modern farming methods have depleted the natural mineral reserves of the soil and, as a result, the foods we eat are increasingly deficient in the nutrients needed for proper functioning of the body.

Minerals are essential catalysts that allow vitamins, enzymes, and other nutrients to perform their necessary roles in the body and promote proper mental function. Simply taking standard mineral supplements may not correct imbalances we experience because our bodies are designed to best absorb and use minerals that are in a colloidal form--that is, the soluble suspended state in which plants absorb minerals from the soil. Colloidal mineral supplements can increase vitality and strengthen the immune system because 98 percent of the supplement is incorporated into the body as opposed to the 3 to 5 percent absorption of standard mineral supplements. Colloidal Minerals and Trace Elements details 55 trace elements and their beneficial effects and explains the ideal combinations of colloidal supplements to use based on your health concerns. Also included are resources on where to purchase colloidal mineral products.

MARIE-FRANCE MULLER, M.D., N.D., has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and has worked as a naturopathic doctor for more than twenty-five years. She gives workshops and lectures throughout Europe on different aspects of natural healing, including mineral therapy and facial reflexology. She has written twenty-six books published in French;this is her first book to be translated into English. The author lives in France.

Marie-France Muller, M.D., N.D., has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and has worked as a naturopathic doctor for more than 25 years. She gives workshops and lectures throughout Europe on different aspects of natural healing, including mineral therapy and face reflexology. She has written 26 books published in French; this is her first book to be translated into English. The author lives in France.



Table of Contents:
Introduction : in the kingdom of the infinitely small1
Pt. 1Minerals and trace elements : why our diet is lacking these important nutrients
1A brief history4
2A healthy diet is the essential foundation of overall good health14
3The importance of soil quality24
4Pollution : the heavy tribute exacted by modern life29
5We should all live for 120 to 140 years33
6Supporting research39
7Minerals : in what form?46
Pt. 2Journey to the center of the earth : soils, springs, and colloidal minerals
8Earth, soils, and minerals52
9Water : the source of life78
Pt. 3Minerals : building blocks for health
10The body : a compound of minerals and trace elements90
11Our hydro-mineral balance98
12Colloidal minerals : sparks of life105
13The role of trace elements111
14Two natural sources of colloidal mineral complexes126
15A short handbook of oligotherapy for trace elements140
App. 1Excerpts from U.S. Senate document 264, 74th Congress, second session, 1936176
App. 2Himalayan crystal salt180
App. 3Tribomechanically activated zeolites (TMAZs)189

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Special Treatment or Internet Safety

Special Treatment: How to Get the Same High-Quality Health Care Your Doctor Gets

Author: Kevin J Soden

Doctors have a built-in advantage when it comes to getting extra-special medical care. Their knowledge and connections help them to get better faster-and avoid unnecessary risks. Now, distinguished The Today Show medical consultants and NBC News national health care reporters Drs. Kevin J. Soden and Christine Dumas provide information on:

- What tests a doctor would demand
- How a doctor picks a doctor
- What doctors know about hospitals
- How doctors make decisions about medications, physical therapy, surgery, and more
- Even doctors need a second opinion: where they go to get one
- How doctors pick a specialist
- How a doctor bounces back faster after surgery
- What doctors know about the ER
- Where a doctor gets the latest medical information-and readers can, too
- What doctors know about preventing and treating the top three killers of men and women
- What doctors know about reducing their risk of the most preventable cancers
- What doctors know about living a longer and healthier life

Author Biography: Dr. Kevin J. Soden, an ER physician for 23 years, is the National Medical Reporter for NBC News and won the 2001 National Award for Excellence in Medical Reporting. Dr. Christine Dumas is a practicing dentist and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry at the University of Southern California, as well as a health reporter for The Today Show and MSNBC. She has received Presidential Citations for her contributions to the field. Together, the authors lecture regularly to the AMA, National Institutes of Health, and major corporations.



Interesting book: Buddhist Yoga or The Blood Pressure Book

Internet Safety

Author: Josepha Sherman

The Internet offers its users the opportunity to learn, communicate, and have fun online. To navigate this electronic world safely, there are many things that Internet users need to know, such as selecting a good password. This book discusses the possible hazards of e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, and online sites and provides information on how to avoid common safety problems.

School Library Journal

Gr 3-5-Both titles offer up-to-date information. History begins with the development of ARPANET for the military, tracing its growth to the present and the amazing possibilities for the future. Safety offers suggestions on selecting a password, using e-mail, participating in chat rooms, and online auctions and shopping. Readers will find the section on netiquette and emoticons especially interesting. Tightly written, with a slightly different viewpoint than similar titles, each book gives a balanced presentation of the importance of the Internet as well as its pitfalls. Large color photographs enhance the texts.-Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.



Table of Contents:
Chapter 1Thieves and Cookies7
Chapter 2E-Mail Problems19
Chapter 3Chat Rooms29
Chapter 4Going Shopping37
Chapter 5The Rules of Netiquette45
Glossary54
To Find Out More56
A Note on Sources59
Index60