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This seems to be a very good book on the topic. It addresses that part of your body, has chapters for both tops and bottoms, and covers a range of issues. This is definitely more of a how-to guide on the subject.

Rich in rhetoric, missing in places. I couldn't sit for 2 days after practising these richly explained techniques . What the author could do to improve is to advise on post coital support. There were no recommendations about ice packs, lanolin creams, swimming rings to help one sit afterwards. I had to fly NY back to San Fran next day and its was agony even without the turbulence.

Great theory, little post partum support ! :-(

Bert Herrman is a kind of spiritual grandfather to the handballing world. He codified his status when he released "Trust" in 1991. He took a taboo topic and wrote about it with passion, and the floodgates were open. It is obvious that he feels deeply about the subject, and tries mightily to purvey as much information as possible at the time.

However, the final segments of the book get a wee bit esoteric. If you are more into the carnal than the spiritual, the last chapters of "Trust" may be a bit hard to digest, and you may find the information/viewpoint to be lacking (if somewhat one-sided). Also, in the intervening years, a great deal of knowledge about the red-hankie world has accumulated. Herrman's "Trust," while certainly an important document of the times, is very much a book of its time. Get it for the history, and because this was the work that opened the original door for many men.

I suggest Crisco or Peanut Oil befire trying this activity with your lover or someone might tear themselves up, if you know what I mean.

This book must have been groundbreaking at the time of publication. But other than one meager anatomical illustration, there is very little to be learned. As a matter of fact, and from experience, I'd hate to see newcomers rely solely on this pamphlet - they would be very ill served.

Why 5 star? Well, this is the only book on Pak-Mei (Pak-mei tiger fork excluded). Having trained and taught Pak-mei for over 26 years the book offers the following BENEFITS to the reader. 1. Student of Pak-mei: History, Kou Boo Teaw form & a few strikes A must buy!

2. Interested reader: An interest only

For students wanting to learn the form in the book it I recommend you seek the help of your instructor to assist you with the text that accompanies the photos. The pictures are old and seem unclear, but only to the untrained eye......

The one who have just given 5 stars for this book must also be the one who has the used book for sale. He want to get rid of the book and get some money back. This book is totally no good for either Pak Mei students or the others.

This is the only book in the world on this subject, I asume that there are training manuals in china however because of the nature of the art and the chinese reluctance for westerners to learn it there are no other books to compete against it. Therefore this book has no comparison.This book has minimal informative content,and has been bulked out using photographs. I would advise prospective buyers to look on the internet as there is a wealth of information to be found there.

The Pak Mei student may wish to purchase for the historical value of the pictures,but anyone else will most likely be disappointed.Very little written info. Poor quality photos. 1 star for the kung-fu student,2 stars for a Pak mei student,0 stars for everyone else

Out of all the previous 5 reviews, I only agree with ablau@mindspring.com. 99% of kung fu books will not teach you all the forms (especially the secret techniques). I did not expect this one to either. However, I did expect it to list at least the first form - Jit Bo.

As a Pak Mei practioner, I learned about some of the origin and lineage of Pak Mei from my Master, but not everything. This book does give me some of it's history (and picture of Cheung Lai Chun!) that I didn't know before, so that alone is worth the price of the book (to me).

I did wish at the minimum it would list the names of all the forms, and maybe a small description of each. As I know it, there are variations of Pak Mei. (Don't believe those Pak Mei school when they tell you what you are learning is the original. Unless you are their beloved student, you will NOT learn the original forms) . My Master had already told me that some of the forms that I had learn were created from his Master - a pupil of Cheung Lai Chun.

My recommendation:

If you want to learn Pak Mei, don't bother buying this book. Find an instructor and learn from them, but beward of con-artists.

If you've practiced Pak Mei, but don't care much about it's history, don't bother with this book.

If you are a Kung Fu fanatic and would just like to know about the many different styles within the Martial Arts world, $17.95 is not much.

If you've learned Pak Mei, and would like to collect anything that is related to it. GET THIS BOOK!

To the previous viewer, how can you give it 5 stars if you haven't even read the book yet? I don't think it deserve 1 star or 5 stars. I gave it zero star for kung fu content, but I will give it 2 stars for it's coverage on it's history and rare photos. Oh, I added the 3rd star is because I love Pak Mei.

This is a very ordinary in-house biography of the legendary street writer Donald Goines. The book came out shortly after Goines's death (in 1974) and was commissioned by his very own publisher (Holloway House), likely as a means of capitalizing on their star author's underground fame.

Some corporate bias is evident here, with the biographer Eddie Stone extolling Holloway House's role in Goines's life. Moreover, Stone's glossing of each novel's plot can get tiresome -- it's like having to listen to a high-school book report on Kenyatta when in fact you'd rather just read about Kenyatta himself.

Check out Eddie Allen's more recent Low Road (2004) for a far more balanced account of Goines's life.

THIS BOOK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LIFE OF DONALD GOINES. THE BOOK GAVE SUMMARIES OF ALL HIS BOOKS. THIS BOOK DID GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW HE GREW UP AND HOW HE WAS KILLED. OTHER THAN THAT THE BOOK WAS JUST GIVING YOU SUMMARIES OF HIS BOOKS. MAYBE THE PERSON WHO WROTE THIS BOOK SHOULD HAVE KNEW ENOUGH ABOUT DONALD GOINES TO WRITE ABOUT HIM. THE BOOK DID NOT TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS KIDS AFTER HIM AND HIS WIFE WERE KILLED. THE BOOK DID NOT TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS MOTHER OR SISTERS. I JUST THINK SOMEONE ELSE NEED TO GIVE US A BIOGRAPHY OF THE BEST AUTHOR EVER!

This book was poorly written with more input from the deceased. Stone fails to capture the life of Mr. Goines, he goes into a brief description of his fathers history, he only touches on the disintegration of his family because of his drugs, but fails to show why he keeps such a strong sense of family. He never touches on his relationships with family members, he constantly goes on tangents losing you with his personal opinions that he associates with different excerpts from different books written by Goines, that in turn make unneccesary paragraphs. He dedicates almost nothing to his wife or many children he has with different women, consequently he never even mentions his many encounters with women but at the end of the book he just casually mentions his other children. Stone down plays the different characters who shaped his life and his habit. He only goes into depth about several pimping incidents Goines runs into during his life. This book was horrible and grossly misleading for an biography and I hope Mr. Stone stays far away from destroying anyone elses biography.

A decent read, but I couldn't get past Stone's references to Lake Michigan. "Gray clouds covering Detroit from Lake Michigan", "A cold wind blowing off Lake Michigan", "It was a cold day on the shores of Lake Michigan." What the heck was Stone talking about? The City of Detroit is about as close to Lake Michigan as Phoenix, Arizona is to the Pacific Ocean. There's a Detroit RIVER...and there's Lake Huron and Lake Erie....but it takes a few hours and a few hundred miles to get to Lake Michigan from Detroit. If he couldn't get THAT right, I have to wonder about the rest of his research...

This book was poorly written with more input from the deceased. Stone fails to capture the life of Mr. Goines, he goes into a brief description of his fathers history, he only touches on the disintegration of his family because of his drugs, but fails to show why he keeps such a strong sense of family. He never touches on his relationships with family members, he constantly goes on tangents losing you with his personal opinions that he associates with different excerpts from different books written by Goines, that in turn make unneccesary paragraphs. He dedicates almost nothing to his wife or many children he has with different women, consequently he never even mentions his many encounters with women but at the end of the book he just casually mentions his other children. Stone down plays the different characters who shaped his life and his habit. He only goes into depth about several pimping incidents Goines runs into during his life. This book was horrible and grossly misleading for an biography and I hope Mr. Stone stays far away from destroying anyone elses biography.

This book, like many other books that apparently provide "too much information " should be used with wisdom. First of all the reader must know what exam he is studying or preparing for. For example, for a Step 2 exam you will naturally discard certain types of overly detailed information and try to focus on what is given in the book that could help you identify in a clinical case.At least at this book the reader can discard information, the big problem is when you buy a book that you look for information and you don't find it and you are left short in info and that will hurt your performance in any exam.What I see frequently are books in which after you finish reading a topic you really feel that it is so short and summarized that you are not confident that it is enough and this is a bad feeling. I would NOT advise reading everything from the chapters because would take too long and you'd spend energy on low yield info for a step 2 exam.Plus , after each chapter there is some STUDY QUESTIONS that simply reinforce basic info. A suggestion, if you are wanting to save time(what makes sense), go straight to these Study Question if you get them right , you just know the material, if not,please be humble, go back and read the text, that is how one learns,reading and reasoning through a topic. At this point of your student's life,you should know how to screen info based on your needs.You can read ALL section of this book concentrating yourself on the CORE INFO, like Clinical signs,Pathophysiology, Complication, Medical treatment and skip OVERLY DETAILED INFO.Like I said in the title: YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO USE A BOOK FOR YOUR PURPOSE.

I love this book. I used it in my second year for pathophys and used it again during third year. The book is very concise and easy to read. I went throught his book about a total of four times leading up to my exam and aced it. THe earlier you start using it, 2nd year, the better off you'll be.

As any medical student who is gettting their tuition's worth knows, half of the battle (if not most of it) is knowing what the best first-step is in approaching a patient's problem. This NMS book provides list after list of information about just about every topic in internal medicine, but does little to clarify what information is most appropriate. For example, in approaching a patient with an apparent GI ulcer, the book lists out all the diagnostic options without prioritizing them. Knowing what the best first-step is (or best next-step, as the case may be) is the key to providing rationale medical care - and to answering shelf exam questions. This book provides way too much info without much guidance as to how to use it. Not good for medical students in need of experience-based guidance. The cardiology section is good, however, (each chapter has a different author) so consider borrowing a friend's copy to cover that chapter if possible.

If you want to do well in USMLE step 2/step3 the cardiology section of this book is your best bet,as it x-rays the very silient points you need to answer the exam test. This book is excellent overall, but may be boring to go through. Read the cardiology section and you will love yourself for taking this advise and buying the book.

NMS Medicine is a book which has its own peculiar style that is a reflection of some of the other NMS books as well. The students have tried to master this book over the past few years because it is concise and has alot of MCQ's in the USMLE format.But now it has become very much evident that the book is not very helpful for USMLE because of unnecessary emphasis on low yield subjects and missing out on some of the high yeild material ,moreover many students find it very difficult to memorize the material presented in the book because of the one two three format which breaks the continuity of the text.

I must start off by saying that when I first read this book I had very little knowledge of Hirohito or his involvement in WWII. However, after reading Behind the Myth, as well as learning a bit more, I now feel safe saying that the book is quite good, if not a little flawed. In all fairness the author was doing what was unheard of at the time the book was written, and that call just dead emperor of Japan a criminal of war. He made some rather broad generalizations and assumptions, but he managed to plant the seed of doubt in my mind. Granted, if you want to convince someone that Hirohito was guilty of starting the war, or that he should have even been tried, this book won't provide you with that information, however it is a good start. He won't convince you, but he will numb your mind and make it ready to accept the possibility.

I feel this is a good and educational book, yet I consider it somewhat flawed. The entire theme of the book is the author's contention that Hirohito is a war criminal, but after reading the book I feel that Hirohito is NOT a war criminal. It is amazing that the author spent 400 pages with the biased intent to convince the reader of Hirohito's war criminality, yet I felt the polar opposite after finishing the book.

Basically what I took from the book was that Hirohito was a skinny, little man who was a powerless puppet of the pro-war military and political factions. Simply, Hirohito reminded me of the Mr. Carlson character on the sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati, a clueless figurehead who simply sat back a let others run the show.

Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the book and learned a great deal and I recommend it. I simply found that the author unwittingly disproved his initial contention by the time I finished the book.

I stumbled upon a hardcover of this book in a used bookstore and therefore did not know what to expect.

Behr writes well, no question. The book is an enjoyable read, but unfortunately the author does not let proof or substantiation get in the way of a good theory.

Behr's book is full of throw-away phrases (always without footnotes or any other form of academic proof) such as "Hirohito almost certainly studied this document" or "Hirohito was well aware..."

Unfortunately Behr's thesis is undermined by Japan's historical reality. Emperors have been the plaything of the Japanese warrior class since before the first Shogunate and remained so until Meiji. How Behr can assume that this situation changed within a few decades is beyond me. Behr falls into the trap of many 20th century journalists and political scientists--the assumption that the world began in 1905.

But for six bucks from a used book store...well, it was a fun read.

A great look into the mentality of the leaders of Japan before, during, and after WWII. This unbiased well written book shows the depth of Japanesse tradition and how it influenced the actions of an entire country. Behr gives enough information on supporting characters, but not enough to confuse the reader. An overall great book.

I am not exactly sure what Edward Behr is trying to say in this biography of Emperor Hirohito. From my perception, he seem to be saying that Hirohito is gulity of war crimes but not responsible for them. I think I get the feeling that Behr himself may not be sure. One of the earlier reviews which compared Hirohito with "Mr. Carlson from WKRP" seem to be a very good analogy. I don't think Hirohito was that clueless but his influence wasn't all that great. I would recommended that new Pulitzer prize winning biography that came out several years ago. It has a more balance view on the man.

I used this book as a first year medical student. It's just terrible. I have three main issues. First, the language is vague, confusing, and terminology is not consistent within the book. Second, the authors are single-handedly attempting to change medical terminology. As a med student, I couldn't care less about semantic battles of anatomists. All I want is the words defined AS THEY WILL BE USED ON BOARD EXAMS. This book does NOT provide that; instead, early in chapters, it says 'Older books (that is, every textbook ever published except this one) may use the word X, but we prefer the word Y because blah blah blah. So every time you see Y, mentally substitute X if you ever want to communicate with other people or read scientific literature.
And speaking of scientific literature, the authors apparently don't read it. There are multiple areas of questionable scientific validity and just plain misleading content-I know because I used several histology texts throughout, due to this one being so vague and simplistic.
The best text that I used was Histology: A text and atlas by Ross, 4th ed. Ross and Stevens directly contradict each other on many details, though, so if Stevens is used in your class, Ross won't help you pass your tests. It will, however, help for Boards.

I'm a med student and found this text right enjoyable and an alternative easier to text to learning histology. The pictures are quite detailed, which is important especially for histology lab exams. The organ systems are explained in a clear matter without extremely hard vocabulary to understand. This text does what it is supposed to do, which is to teach. I also found the Histology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers ISBN: 0971999686 very good in helping me prepare for my medical exams in histology class. I highly recommend both books.

I bought this recommended book for my Histology class at the University of Copenhagen. At first it was fun to read the authors' dedication of the book to different winemakers, but eventually I grew tired of the endless joking around. The actual core text is not very in-depth but the illustrautions are beautiful, thus the mediocre rating. And another thing, the book is useless when it comes to the central nervous system.

This may seem quite strange but it is true.Reading this book i was totally terrified that histology could be a dificult and demanding task to deal with.But to my own surprise, i surpassed this obstracle with the help of another totally unknown book called " Basic Histology" by Adonis Kalligaropoulos.I recommend it to you if you want to acquire a clear and simple idea of histology and take an A in your exams.

I think this book is one of the best in the market. The information is straight forward and easy to read. Everything in this book is very well organised.

Libros como estos y lo mucho que se venden hacen que los verdaderos escritores y verdaderos lectores se hundan en una terrible mediocridad. ¿por que?
Por que son terribles historias mal escritas dirigidas al tipo de publico que aprecia cualquier basofia. lo que deberia suceder es que este publico por si solo, aprenda a leer cosas mas complicadas para asi tener un criterio mas amplio y aprender un poco de la vida.
Tengan un poco de respeto hacia su inteligencia, y lean a Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortazar o Vargas Llosa.

No sera uno de sus mejores libros pero si es muy bueno aunque ahigan al gunas personas que no tienen educasion y no saben expresarse bien .Este libro es muy educatibo para las personas que estan pasando por un diborcio.Te ayuda y entender a la otra persona.

Ok, definitivamente son exitos de aparador, han vendido millones (yo mismo los compré y leí...¿pueden creerlo?). Pero de verdad, NO VALE LA PENA.....es literatura barata....muy mal escrita. Mejor lean a Dilbert.

Contraveneno is a special book, talk about the relation trouble, Love.

This book has been hands-down the worst explanation of renal physiology I've ever seen. Rather than discussing the "big picture" and then drilling down into the details, showing how they fit into the scheme of things, it goes straight to the details, which are very confusing. The lack of color is also a problem, since there are shaded boxes which could mean either extra details or a clinical scenario - there's no distinction between the two. I got more out of (gasp) Rhoades and Tanner, and finally understood what was going on in Costanzo (the "big" text, not the BRS).

Having seen a low rating for this book- I have to defend its reputation.

This book is GREAT! Very easy to understand compared to other very dry textbooks. Great diagrams. The best thing about it is the extensive amount of study prep material included such as end-of-the-chapter questions and 10 case studies (very helpful in connecting concepts). That's not all-it also comes with 2 Review Tests (50 questions each)! That's even more than BRS has to offer (44 questions). I couldn't have made an A on my renal test without this book!

Overall, the book wasn't that bad. It provided a nice overview and has a nice practice exam at the end. The biggest problem that I had was that the book was riddled with random errors, which makes learning renal physiology for the first time difficult. Also, I wish that there were explanations for their answers to the exam at the back of the book.

This book is riddled with mistakes. These mistakes are integral to the understanding of physiology, not just grammatical or spelling errors. Frequently while reading this book I had to reference several other sources. If you buy this book, be aware that you will spend a great deal of time re-reading and thinking through a concept only to learn that the opposite is true (i.e., the book refers to pseudohypoaldosteronism as avid NaCl reabsorption).

As a review, the book can be fun b/c you will pick up on errors. As a primary learning source, it can be very frustrating.

I teach a 7th grade English/Geography block class. A Boat to Nowhere was adopted by the English department before I arrived. In some ways it was a good choice. Wartski does a wonderful job with setting. She really paints a picture of the jungle of Vietnam and the isolated and tiny utopian village that Mai, the young protagonist, lives in with her grandfather and brother.

When Kien, the "monster" Mai and her brother Loc hear in the woods arrives, their peaceful way of life is over. Kien, an orphan from the war, brings news that the government will soon find this remote paradise and set up new rules. He is right, and when the govenment officials do arrive, it is Kien, surprisingly, who is able to help Mai, Loc and their grandfather, if he is willing.

Most of my students enjoyed reading this novel, so I would certainly recommend it. While studying Southeast Asia, we also read The Clay Marble (set in Cambodia) by Minfong Ho. Both were good novels; however, the characters in The Clay Marble seemed more fully developed.

I am 9 years old and I really loved this Vietnamese story. It paints a lot of pictures in my mind. It has a lot of exciting parts but no like Harry Potter where there's only one suspensful part...this book has it throughout the whole story. I felt like I was in the jungle and out at sea. I think this book is actually better for kids 9 and up. I also thought it was easy to read.

Overall, my students did not feel that this book really met their needs as readers. They struggled with relating to characters that were developed minimally. For example, Mai seems to jump back and forth between loving and hating Kien due to small actions on Kien's part. She forgives him quickly and returns to despising him pages later. There seems to be no feasible reason for this switching besides the contrived plot. Speaking of the plot, my students found it extremely predictable and a little sappy at the end. Overall, not a bad book for lower level readers, but do not expect to be thrilled by this story.

Meera Nanda critiques the Hindutwa and related developments with razor sharp philosophical acumen. But I can't understand how the content of this book justifies the title.
In order to break the spell of Hindu Dharma, one could take the following approach: Select the statements from sources of Hindu Tradition (written or oral) and demonstrate how they are influencing the thought of Indian public in a subtle way. And deploy Rational Inquiry to make this demonstration.
But, I don't see how this book demonstrates the connection between Hindu Dharma or Hindu metaphysics ( as can be found in Hindu texts like Upanishads, Bhagavadgita, Mahabharat, etc..) and the spell they cast on the thinking of Indians today.
Instead the book is about Hindutwa, Hindu revivalism, etc.. If Hindutwa is so powerful as to cast a spell on Indian public, then how come it has had such a limited success in the last six decades ? Even the limited success BJP had in 1990's is more to political factors , like electorate wanting to try an alternative to Congress, JanataDal Governments, than its Hindutwa philosophy.
The book would have done more justice to the title if it took an approach like Daniel Dennett took in his recent book "Breaking the spell: A naturalistic study of religion"

Meera Nanda really irritates me with a short-sighted defensiveness of humanistic naturalism. The argument posed here (which is nebulous to say the least) relies heavily on the belief that strict naturalism is fundamental to science-as-a-method and is inherently a complete system. That's silly.

Science at its best is only able to study natural phenomena, which we can interpret as things that are ultimately within human comprehension. However, the limits of human comprehension need not be the same as the limits of human perception. Even evolution implies that possibility by making it highly unlikely that there is not some post-human sensitivity that could expand post-human comprehension. Light-sensitivity contributed a fundamentally new sensitivity to simpler organisms, but it wasn't until a system developed to process that sensitivity that it could be considered comprehensible by an organism. There is a distinction between sensitivity (perceptibility) and comprehension.

Gap between human comprehension (natural phenomena) and human perception (observable phenomena)is definitely NOT something incompatible with science, per se. Science is limited in that it may only address the comprehensible, but it does not, in itself, imply any limit to the observable.

Essentially, Nanda has it backwards. She says that the methods of science require that natural phenomena encompass all phenomena. However, it is simply the existance of natural phenomena - our ability to comprehend anything (hello Kant!) - that implies the study of itself by the scientific method. She is right that the limits of science are natural phenomena, but is wrong to say that the limits of observable phenomena are the the same as the limits of science.

In our current times their is rarely a very few outspoken intellectual voices amongst the english-using sections of India who have had the courage and commitment to critique both Hinduism and Hindutva ideaology.

The rise of Hindutva owes itself to the 80's India, contrary to the ideals of "Secularism" sponsored the practice of holding various mutations of Hinduism in the public sphere. Against the traditional custom of "Respect of all Religions and cultural practices" the state has openly indulged in and encourage celebrations and Prioritisatiion of Hindu rituals in public institutions...

With the ever increasing disintergration of the the state "Secular" ideals, Meera Nanda book is a brave plea for "secularism" and a timely warning against the ever belligerent influence of Hindutva ideaology and its pervasive grip on the Indian state.

This is an interesting read and I recomend it to anyone who is interested in the Indian political history and current affairs.