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When thinking about how to win in retail, there must be millions of thoughts and ideas. All of your ideas will be made more effective when they are directed in one focal point. But is your focal point relevant in the retail world? This book points to 5 focal points that matter.

For example, this book helped me settle into a Easy-Est strategy for starting up a Next-Generation Pharmacy. In this context, both The Wellness Revolution and Blown to Bits complemented the Easy-Est strategy.

As a business student, the book "Winning at Retail" gave me effective and simple strategies for understanding how to evaluate and critique retail concepts. In their accessible text, Ander and Stern manage to distill complex and constantly-evolving retail concepts into an intuitive model that will guide readers who need to quickly and intelligently assess how successfully a retail concept delivers value to customers.

If you're seeking an outline for the particulars of cash-flow management, marketshare, procurement strategies etc., this book won't satisfy. Stern and Ander don't excavate details. Instead, they hover at a conceptual level and methodically reduce high-achieving retailers' major differentiating factors to a workable, comprehensible 5-point "EST-model". The authors concede immediately that no retailer can (or ought to) be strong on all points of their model, since vigor on one axis may preclude a company from muscle on another. They argue that a retail concept must prevail on at least one or two points on the EST model to secure a place among the top three retailers in a segment (which, the authors say, is how to prevent consumer neglect and ultimately, the company's failure). The strengths of the EST model are both its intuitiveness to the reader and its simple construction.

The tome is pithy and easy to read. Stern and Ander sustained my attention throughout by using a familiar -- yet diverse -- set of retailers to illustrate the models. I encourage any reader who wants to appreciate what differentiates compelling retailers that stay relevant to consumers from the many that end their days in "the black hole of retail" to read Winning at Retail immediately.

The same retailers win year after year, Wal-mart, Target, Home Depot,Amazon while the rest barely hang on. Winning at retail tells retailers what they need, to be the _ est. Biggest, Cheapest, Quickest, Hottest. Customers have more choice and more options. The build it and they will come approach of most retailers is no longer enough. Retailers need to have the right product in the right place for the customer, or the customer will move on. Just like Good to Great, every retail company should check their strategy against Winning at Retail. Most strategies wouldnt pass, the best ones will.

Montgomery Ward, Woolworth's and Pets.com stumbled into irrelevancy before they knew what hit them. Authors and retail consultants Willard Ander and Neil Stern explain what went wrong and tell retailers how to stay alive and thrive. They prescribe their theory, called "Est," as in the superlative suffix. Be the best, they say, in assortment (biggest), price (cheapest), customer service (easiest), speed of service (quickest) or fashion (hottest). Being "pretty good" at everything no longer works. The abundance of choices in today's transparent, digital marketplace has spawned information-overloaded, fickle, demanding customers. The authors tend to generalize about what good companies are doing right rather than describing how also-ran retailers might turn things around, but there is plenty of advice here for those who are willing to take it. We recommend this glib pep talk of a book - if for no other reason than to jolt retailers out of believing they're doing everything possible to keep customers coming back.

This book finally can show a retailer how to set their strengths apart from other retailers. Many retail books talk about setting yourself apart but this book shares the FIVE "EST"'s that you can be, like:

biggEST
cheapEST
fastEST
hottEST

etc

You can probably be 2 but not or 5 of them. Great history of stores that do welll. Even though the book talks in big names (like Target which is HottEST as in up to the minute designer fashions at good prices) a small retailer can do this. You jst can't THINK small.

One bad part.......If you read this and think it will be like a motivation seminar where you'll absorb this and it will happen-well, you're wrong. You need to do a lot of things different starting tomorrow morning. the same old drab store with the same old drab employees won't hack it.

You decide. But if you want to change this book will give you direction. Then go read "The E-Myth revisited"

David Geller

The surprise about this book is the number of quotes from women artists themselves, not just from the l9th and 20th century, but from earlier centuries too. In the l6th century Sophonisba Anguissola's father thanks Michaelangelo for helping improve his daughter's drawing. In the l7th century, Artemisia Gentileschi says "I will show my lord, what a woman artist can do." In the l8th century, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun recalls her technique for making the most of the looks of the women she painted. The author shows how for 500 years women have made up a sigificant minority of the community of working artists. The book is lavishly illustrated with rarely seen images of women artists at work and of the paintings and sculptures they produced. This book would make a wonderful present!

The surprise about this book is the number of quotes from women artists themselves, not just from the l9th and 20th century, but from earlier centuries too. In the l6th century Sophonisba Anguissola's father thanks Michaelangelo for helping improve his daughter's drawing. In the l7th century, Artemisia Gentileschi says "I will show my lord, what a woman artist can do." In the l8th century, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun recalls her technique for making the most of the looks of the women she painted. The author shows how for 500 years women have made up a sigificant minority of the community of working artists. The book is lavishly illustrated with rarely seen images of women artists at work and of the paintings and sculptures they produced. This book would make a wonderful present!

The New York reviewer makes a good point but it's not ALL quotes.The book is also pretty informative about the career options open to women in the past and how they made use of them. The author takes a level-headed view and makes you feel admiring of the way women have been getting on with the job of being artists for hundreds of years. There's some stimulating pages at the end about the role of feminism as well.

The New York reviewer makes a good point but it's not ALL quotes.The book is also pretty informative about the career options open to women in the past and how they made use of them. The author takes a level-headed view and makes you feel admiring of the way women have been getting on with the job of being artists for hundreds of years. There's some stimulating pages at the end about the role of feminism as well.

The surprise about this book is the number of quotes from women artists themselves, not just from the l9th and 20th century, but from earlier centuries too. In the l6th century Sophonisba Anguissola's father thanks Michaelangelo for helping improve his daughter's drawing. In the l7th century, Artemisia Gentileschi says "I will show my lord, what a woman artist can do." In the l8th century, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun recalls her technique for making the most of the looks of the women she painted. The author shows how for 500 years women have made up a sigificant minority of the community of working artists. The book is lavishly illustrated with rarely seen images of women artists at work and of the paintings and sculptures they produced. This book would make a wonderful present!

Below is an edited version of a critical book review for a class on Buddhism.

Professor Buswell's book is an engaging and fascinating portrait of Buddhist life in a Korean Seon temple long before it became common for us to see books and dharma talks by foreign Seon monks. His tale is as rollicking an adventure story as a tale of quiet mediation and disciplined scholarship could be. Reading his words we imagine the idealistic young man Buswell must have been, urgently holding his professor back in the halls after class to answer his eager questions, with firm purpose boarding a plane for Thailand where with a serious expression and a quick beating heart his head was shaved and he donned the robes of a monk. Then finding something missing setting out for a remote tete-a-tete, sharing his monk mentor with only one other as he diligently studied tracts on Buddhist philosophy written in Classical Chinese, then by chance and good fortune finding the spiritual home of his heart, Song'gwangsa, the `Sangha Jewel Temple'.

This book, in brief, is the story of Buswell's experience of Korean Buddhism, written in a style that manages to be both conversational and easily readable and yet academic and possessed of face and content validity at the same time. Buswell explains Seon Buddhism in Korea by explaining what he saw and experienced over five years at Song'gwangsa, including chapters on the temple itself, the daily work of monks and the different positions monks filled beyond working on meditation. This book serves as a more closely focused and Korean telling of the world that you can read about in Welch's "Practice of Chinese Buddhism". The sorts of tasks, the ways the monks meditate, even the ascetic practices that we heard about from Welch reappear here in a clearly told and highly reliable illustration of the mid to late 70s practices of Korean Seon monks.

It is very curious to think of the amazing success that Seon Buddhism has had with foreigners. Though Buswell was one of the early ones, or even the first, there are many monks who many years ago put on their robes, and unlike Buswell, have kept them on many more than five (or seven) years. It was Seung-san a famous Buddhist teacher who became the most active face of Seon to the outside world. Through temples and centers he established in America and Europe many non-Koreans got to experience Buddhism, Seon style, first hand. It's unsurprising to me but perhaps quite surprising to most Koreans that many of those interested in Seon went so far as to attend retreats in Korea, and some even ordained.

I am not convinced that becoming a monk is any more or less difficult for a foreigner than a Korean. However there is one thing I must admit, if a westerner is lazy and shiftless and unskilled and they want to find an easy life, they would never consider moving to Korea and putting on a cheongsam. Buswell in his evaluation of those who ordained for the wrong reasons states "...continued involvement in the monastic life may remold that motivation into an entirely exemplary one. Indeed, there is no way of predicting from a monk's background his ultimate success in the religious life." (pg 76). I hold to the idea, personally, that fate leads us where we are supposed to go. So, though it would not occur to a foreigner to use a temple as a back-up way of life, and it would occur to a Korean, it doesn't mean that any foreigner will be a better monk than his compatriots. If a (Korean) man becomes a monk, even though he thinks he's doing it to use the monastery as a safe escape from lay life, there is a reason, and he will fulfill some task or mission as a monk that he could not otherwise have carried out. Though Korean and foreign monks may ordain for different reasons, they are living the same life, can each find their own path to understanding and may help people in different, but equally legitimate, ways.

In fact, I have only two complaints about this book. The first complaint is that occasionally Buswell included Romanized Korean terms that were not special Buddhist vocabulary (using his spelling, for example kabang, and haroboji) but in the context of the book, where all other Romanized terms were specific to Buddhism, this could be confusing to a non-Korean speaker. I kept imagining someone saying to their friend "Those gray bags for monks are called `kabang'. I learned this from this book I just read!" The only other complaint is that the information in the book is in some respects dated. Though many things about life in temples has not changed, nor is it likely to change, there are constant trends and fads that effect the practice of the monks, and new issues that arise. When reading the book I felt regret that I couldn't go and talk about some aspects of the book with my monk friends because most of them hadn't even become novices yet when Buswell was a resident at Song'gwangsa.

Don't misunderstand me, though, I truly enjoyed this book. The best part about it for me actually (not withstanding kabang) was the fact that I learned useful new Korean terms, what I want to use as soon as I can is to ask my friends where they are in the Samigwa, Sajipgwa, Sagyogwa, and Daegyogwa system. I'm also happy to see terms like Dono Jeomsu and Dono Donsu written side by side, because this is not vocabulary I can find in my own dictionary, even though I am familiar with the terms in English, I've never been able to have a satisfying talk in Korean by trying to only explain what I meant without having confidence in the terminology I was using. I think that in terms of improving my own understanding of Korean Seon Buddhism it was this chapter (A Monk's Early Career) with the clear descriptions of the process that will provide the most benefit.

I would certainly refer this book to anyone interested in Korean Buddhism.

Wow. Should have been a documentary as well. It took me into the existence of Korean Zen Monks. No pop psychology here. I was humbled at the notion of meditating for two weeks straight in one sitting and I respected more what it is to be a monk. It made me think of my childhood. When I was a little boy in Korea a renunciate came to my house to beg for rice to my mother's disdain. He wore a white tattered robe and I realize now what he was.

Living in this hectic modern world and having my illusions shattered over and over again made me realize how lucky I was to have seen a Buddha with my very eyes. I think I'll read this one again soon. Buddha Bless You. You know what I mean.

This book is not easy. You have to really want to know more about Korean Zen (Son) to get through this one. There is a lot of Korean words, and, as another reviewer aptly commented, 'no pop psychology' that seems so common in these types of books. However, the time you spend will be well repaid. The author writes well, and does not romanticize his topic. He speaks from experience- something that, in any field, let alone Asian Studies, seems quite rare.

This is a comprehensive and direct account of the structure of practice at a contemporary Korean Zen monastery. Robert Buswell is a Buddhist academic teaching at the University of California who also spent five years as a Zen monk in Korea. Here he ties into the book what daily life and religious ritualistic practice is truly like while staying in a Zen monastery. This book should absolutely be read by everyone. Buswell draws on personal experience in this intriguing account of day-to-day Zen monastic practice. His depiction of the life of contemporary Zen monks practicing in Korea gives an original and thought provoking look at Zen from an insiders perspective. He covers truly everything one needs to know about Zen practice in a matter of fact way which can help clear up a Westerners possible misconceptions.

If you like this work, you will also like "A Glimpse of Nothingness" by Janwillem van de Wettering; an account of experiences had in an American Zen community. Also I cannot recommend enough the teachings of Zen master Seung Sahn, ie. The Compass of Zen, Only Don't Know, and Dropping Ashes on the Buddha. This is a great accent to such works.

This is quite a good overview of the stucture and workings of a large Korean Buddhist monastery and the culture of Buddhist monks in Korea. I don't think that anyone has written a more detailed description of the monk's culture or of the jobs in big monasteries. Parts of it are somewhat dated and there are differences between temples (and people) but for the most part it's pretty accurate. The author's stories about his experiences are also interesting. I didn't give it five stars because the book might seem a bit dry at times for some people.

This is a FANTASTIC children's book (easily the most creative ABC book I've ever run across)! The rhymes are funny and well thought out, and the illustrations have an amazing retro spy feel. This book is dark and funny at the same time, and the illustrations are worth a long second look. I can't wait to read this book to a storytime group!!

I am *not* Andy Rash's cousin or any relation at all, but I *still* think his latest book is an absolute delight! I have a professional review posted at www.planetesme.com/dontmiss.html, but I wanted to say from a personal perspective, when I read this book aloud in the classroom, every turned page was met with laughter, groans of "cooool!" and plenty of "Wow!" The artwork is so hip and the rhymes are really creative. Even though the theme is action-packed, the level of violence stays PG. The spy dance party at the end complete with fedora-wearing record-scratching DJ was a HOOT! When I was done sharing the book with classes, boys dove after my copy like tigers on a t-bone. This book taps into what kids want to read here and now, with a finger on the pulse of the reluctant reader. It is my own son's new favorite book. If your family enjoys The Spy Kids movies, Rocky and Bullwinkle or any of the Pink Panther stuff, you've got to add this title to your shelves! I also love Andy Rash's collection of subversive verse _The Robots are Coming_, which has become one of our standard gifts for boys turning eight. Can't to see what this offbeat talent will offer up next!

Okay, I'll 'fess up -- I might be slightly biased because Andy's my cousin. Nepotism aside, this is just a great book. It's funny in the same way Andy is and engages the reader in the story. The illustrations are amazing and perfectly suited to the text. Although now he's all grown up, as they say, Andy still has the ability to see life through the eyes of a child, and his work always connects with children and adults alike. Great job, "cuz".

The images are fantastic and the agent rhymes are the perfect mix of humor and wit so both kids and adults will love this book. I loved turning each page to see what the next agent was up to! I'm buying this book for all my little cousins.

The Amazing Adventures Of Andy Owl: A Children's Guide To Understanding Music a motivational and enjoyable picture book story of a young owl's search to learn "all there is to know" about music. An educational introduction that combines musical concepts and definitions with loveable color illustrations by John Stone and a charming story by d. Z. Russell, The Amazing Adventures Of Andy Owl is a superb and original read to stir interest in children of all ages in the joy of music.

This book is the ideal companion to elementary musical instruction. I have ordered a complete set to outfit my 4th grade classroom. Andy Owl makes learning music fun.

This is terrific!!!!! It's the first time I've ever seen such a unique - and beautiful - combination of musical education and motivational technique. The illustrations are first rate, the book is well-organized and the message is positive.

I would recommend this book to both parents and teachers. The publisher (World Famous Childrens Books.com) offers lesson plans as a teaching aid. Also, Andy the Owl, the main character, is available to download as a coloring page. My kids loved the vibrant illustrations! This book is a wonderful educational tool in that it introduces the four families of music in a fun and enlightening way. Very nice book!

Ksiazka uczy - nietuzinkowego spojrzenia na Ameryke i inne kraje, spojrzenia takze na Polske z jej dobrej strony. Autorka potrafi ocenic ludzkie dokonania. Wiele watkow historycznych podanych w niezwykle przystepny sposob, czyli ksiazka naprawde uczy. Autorka robi to w sposob lekki, przystepny. Wielkim oddechem byla dla mnie opowiesc o Ingrid Bergman.

Polecam kazdemu, kto interesuje sie swiatem, ludzkimi doswiadczeniami, historia i jej zagmatwianiami. Podoba mi sie, ze Autorka rozmowcow pokazuje jako zawsze waznych i traktuje ich zawsze z szacunkiem. Nigdy nie wysuwa siebie na pierwsze miejsce, prowadzi rozmowe w taki sposob, nie by pokazac siebie czy swoje sady, ale swoich bohaterow. Jakze czesto w innych wywiadach rozmawiajacy chce pokazac swoja wiedze czy przekoanc do wlasnego sadu, jakze czesto po prostu sie madrzy. Nie zauwazylem tego zjawiska w tej ksiazce. Autorka kieruje uwage czytajacego na swojego rozmowce, nie siebie.

Bardzo ciekawa jest rozmowa ze slynnym w Polsce dr Burzynskim. Dopiero teraz zrozumialem istote jego walki z amerykanskimi korporacjami. Jestem po jego stronie w 100 procentach!

Ksiazka jest niezwykle zrodlowa i przy tym interesujaca. Dowiedzialam sie ciekawych informacji o roznicach w architekturze amerykanskiej i europejskiej, o drodze, ktora przebywali polscy emigranci docierajacy roznymi drogami do Stanow Zjednoczonych. Moi rodzice wyemigrowali w latach 80-tych,na moja sugestie, przeczytali te ksiazke. Powiedzieli ,ze pozowlila on im jakby uporzadkowac wiedze na temat innych, ich poprzednikow. Dowiedzieli sie wiele o trudach, na ktore napotykali wszyscy. Zaimponowaly im nazwiska rozmowcow, pani Zofii Korbonskiej, Andrzeja Pomiana. Moje spostrzezenia: Jakie bogate maja Polacy zyciorysy! Najpiekniejsza jednak niespodzianka dla mnie byl rozdzial o wielkiej aktorce Ingrid Bergman napisany na podstawie m.in, nieznanych jej listow. Jest to aktorka znana moim rodzicom, ale ja ja polubilam po "Casablance" i innych filmach takze. Rozdzial pokazuje w piekny sposob jej zycie, jest wrazliwosc i jakby smutne czesto zdarzenia, ktore ja napotykaly. Stala mi sie blizsza. Ksiazka nauczyla mnie doceniania historii.

It is a collection of conversation with people who are interesting. It teaches the appreciation for history, good fortune, knowledge and also good luck. Many parts show the history of the latest years, including World War II. The chapter based on Ingrid Bergman's letters to her cousin brought me a feeling of great admiration for a beautiful person and talented actress,

W skiazce mozna znalezc wiele cennych mysli, spostrzezen i stwierdzen dotyczacych zarowno niedawnej przeszlosci, jak i terazniejszosci. Autorka utrwalila w polskiej literaturze dorobek i osiagniecia niezwyklych emigrantow. Calosc konczy opowiadanie mzeza autorki o jego zmarlej ciotce Ingrid Bergman, slynnej aktorce filmowej.

I found this book to be a really good source of info - both as student and now as a working optometrist. It has good, concise descriptions and the 2-page layout per condition is excellent. The photos are really good for explaining diseases to patients in-office. Easy to look up what you need due to the A-Z scale on the side. This is a book you will actually use in your career. Highly recommended!!

This book is a succint, but comprehensive, presentation of most of the anterior eye diseases which an optometrist or ophthalmologist may encounter in clinical practice. The A-Z format (rather than the traditional grouping by anatomical location) makes finding entries easier.

It complements similar references such as the Wills Eye Manual, however the excellent photographs are an advantage over the Wills.

It is certainly an excellent learning tool for students, and a very useful chairside reference for practising clinicians. Highly recommended!

Hi M.Stevens

thanks for your wonderful book review. i'm glad that you found the book helpful.

we do have a posterior eye disease book in preparation. good things take time :-)

best wishes, adrian

As an OD student, I have been using this book quite a bit. I love the easy to read format and all of the color photos. It is a small reference book that I can keep in the clinic instead of hauling the large & heavy Kanski around. My only fault is that it is only of the anterior segment. I was wondering if there is a posterior a-z book of the same format? I have searched but haven't been able to find one. Anyone know?

I have had a copy for many years and have given copies to a grandchild and one child, since anxiety can be inherited (my father had it, and we also have hypoglycemia). I have also given the order forms in the back to friends. I first became aware of panic attacks as an eight year old, but I wasn't diagnosed until I was in my forties, and only after many counseling sessions for panic which didn't help. I found this book and it meant the end of Xanax for me. One doesn't have to read it all at once. The first things to learn are distraction and breathing exercises. Then move on to magnification and other thought control processes.

I first read this book in New Zealand.. and soon became hooked. Mainly as I suffer from anxiety and depression. I found it insiteful and cathartic. It helped me to understand more fully my idiosyncracies and attitudes, and gave me more peace of mind. It offers good advice on how to help combat these debilitating conditions and gain your life back. I would highly recommend it to anyone who suffers from these conditions, or lives with anyone who has them, to better understand what feelings are involved, and that no one ever chooses to suffer; for many reasons, it is simply how our brain reacts to difficult situations, and no one is to blame. An empathetic, yet highly practical book.

very easy to understand the causes of panic and aniexity, creates easy to understand solutions for people suffering from long term panic, GAD, etc..

I have just started using this book and it is such a relief. It is immensely practical and effective.

This is a newer edition; for more rave reviews from people who have been through the whole program, check out the older edition:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/0446670537/

(The link will be slow because it has to rebuild "your" view, but just give it time).

If you really want to get better, if you're ready to do whatever it takes (because it does take hard work!), then this book can really help you take those steps. It's one of the few that are genuinely about "self-help" - how to gain internal strength and heal yourself. Good luck!

When I first started to explore Anza-Borrego, it was with obscure stories that were loosely related to even more obscure maps. It was extremely difficult to find a book with good and concise information about this wonderful place without having to read a novel-like book. This book has cross-referencing so you will never miss a thing. Places, people and occurrences are listed alphabetically and contain great stories along with location information. Definitely a must if you are exploring Anza-Borrego and care to do more than simply rip around in the dust.

This book is exceptional! It is so clearly written and interesting. I didn't realize there was soooo much I didn't know about Borrego! I just love it!

Anyone who has ever had any contact with the Anza-Borrego region, or anyone who might even have an interest in going there someday, will enjoy Anza-Borrego A to Z. Diana Lindsay has compiled an encyclopedia of information on the area that will be the standard reference work for many years to come. Only through years of contact and relationship building with a region can someone produce a book like this.

Lindsay has arranged her book alphabetically in the form of an encyclopedia. To look up information, turn to the subject and there it is. Cross-references at the end of each entry direct the reader to other related entries and an extensive index also aids in the discovery process.

However, the book is more than just an encyclopedia. Lindsay's prose makes the history of the desert come to life. As in her 1973 book "Our Historic Desert", hard to find facts and local historical gems are interwoven to form an intimate look at one of the most historically significant regions of the Southwest. Written as a companion to the guidebook "The Anza-Borrego Desert Region", co-authored with her husband Lowell, the Lindsay's now have compiled the most up to date information on the Colorado Desert regions of eastern San Diego County. When you hold these books in your hand, you're actually holding a historian and knowledgeable tour guide wrapped up in between the covers.

I had anticipated the publication of this book for quite a while, and when I finally had my copy, I came home and sat on the couch, planning to simply skim the book and get a feel for it. Several hours later, I discovered that I'd simply been reading through the book, page by page. This is definitely not your average compendium of encyclopedic facts!

Anza-Borrego A to Z is both an interesting and informative book on the Anza-Borrego desert area. I especially liked the organizational format used by the author. Lindsay's Introduction gives an overall historic summary of the area followed by an alphabetically listing of people, places and things relevant to the Anza-Borrego Desert. The author's encyclopedic entries with links to related entries will meet the needs of both the average reader and those interested in a more "in depth" study of the area.

Anza-Borrego A to Z contains a wealth of information and will be especially helpful for: readers who would like more in-depth information about the area, guides who lead hikes in the Anza-Borrego Desert, people who love the desert environment and those who have just been introduced to the beauty and wonders of Anza-Borrego.

Lindsay substantiates her dedication to Anza-Borrego by her pledge to donate all author royalties to the Anza-Borrego Foundation!

i borrowed this book from the library (before i bought it!) and it was a good read. It is thorough, well presented, and has enough recipes to get you started. You are steered on the right path in terms of oils that you should be cautious with ( which is a far cry from the recipes that you get on the 'net that just throws out any oil/herb combination without telling you the risks). For a starter aromatherapist, i can truly say that i do feel confident with the products that i make for myself and my family. It is really worth the price and more. You will find yourself reaching for it over and over again.
The reason why i gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that the illustrations could have been more oraganized, and more attractively done. It may sound like splitting hairs, but if you tried to use the illustrations as a guide for plants for infused oils, you may be disappointed.

I picked up this book without really knowing what I was buying. I am glad that I did. It is jammed with valuable info. I have had it in my library for a couple of years now and it is one that I keep reaching for time and again. It is a book that every aromatherapist should have.

This is one of the first Aromatherapy books I bought and use it constantly. This is a great book when you want more than just a few lines about a certain oil. The formulas/recipes in the back of the book are wonderful too. I recommend this book to anyone interested in aromatherapy...beginners and pro's!

Aromatherapy: An A-Z is a comprehensive guide to the therapeutic use of essential oils and herbal remedies. Patricia Davis has compiled a vast amount of medical, pharmaceutical, and scientific knowledge into an organized, fascinating, easy-to-understand guidebook. Her expertise as an aromatherapist is reflected in her introduction to essential oils and various natural healing methods and procedures. The historical origins and traditions of healing herbs are presented with recent scientific findings of their properties and chemistry to make this book truly the most comprehensive guide to aromatherapy yet.