Signs Books

This is a great book, maybe the best book on baseball ever written. What's the competition? The Boys of Summer is very good indeed, but on the whole, I think "Dollar Sign" is even better. It really covers the whole history of the game, from the early teens to (almost) the present day, and does so from a very interesting perspective - that of the talent scout. Here are a series of larger-than-life characters, each with a silver tongue it seems, and an endless reservoir of anecdotes and baseball analysis. It's just one of those books that's a pleasure to read and sink oneself into.

My hat is off to author Kevin Kerrane. This book reflects a huge amount of research, but comes across with an easygoing quality, wearing its scholarship lightly.

It's unfortunate that it's out of print, and the used copies are so expensive. But if you can find one for a fair price somewhere, you wouldn't be disappointed.

Dollar Sign on the Muscle belongs on any short list of the best baseball books ever written. It has the ability to change the way you look at baseball by taking you inside the fascinating world of baseball scouts and their never-ending search for the "arm behind the barn," the "good face" and the many other phrases that you'll never forget after reading this book. Kerrane is a marvelous prose stylist but one who never draws attention to his own felicity for words -- instead, he uses that gift to effortlessly draw the reader into the scout's world (especially the bygone era of scouting before the advent of the amateur draft). I can't recommend it highly enough.

If this is the same book I remember from many years ago...it is worth reading again, as it about the kind of people that are a part of "Money Ball"...

An excellent book for any baseball-fan. Extremely funny and entertaining. Everybody will learn more about scouting und the new edition lets you know how the career of the players scouted turned out.I fully agree with the assessment of Rob Neyer of espn.com, who included the book as honorable mention amongst the best baseball books of all time.

Dollar Sign on the Muscle was the first work of serious literary journalism I ever read. I bought in the sixth grade, in the gift shop at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., which I was visiting for the first time with my parents. I read most of it in the airport and on the flight home to Florida.

The book had a more significant impact on me than the trip to Washington did. It was astonishing to me that books like this existed in the world. When we returned, I raided all the narrative nonfiction books about sports from the Palm Beach County library. Most of them weren't so great, but I did, by way of this search, find my way to George Plimpton, Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, etc., which set me on a lifetime course of better and more fulfilling reading.

I recently reread Dollar Sign on the Muscle, and it's better, actually, than I remembered. It's a historical document, now. The scouts and the world of old-time baseball men belong largely to the past. The era of Theo Epstein and Billy Beane, with its emphasis on all things quantifiable, is probably good for baseball, but it's not terribly romantic.

But that's not what makes the book so good. It's the knack Kerrane has for rendering his characters whole. You feel like you know these guys, you know what makes them tick, you know what it's like to spend an afternoon with them, you know what they want, need, desire, what makes their hearts beat hard. Many of Kerrane's old scouts are likely dead now, but in the pages of Dollar Sign on the Muscle, they live and breathe like they did then.

Perhaps with time, this book will find its way into print again. I hope so. Meantime, see if you can find a used copy somewhere. It'll be worth whatever it costs you, I promise.

This book is very helpful for anyone interested in putting attention getting signs on their church marquee. Lots of choices.

I am a Christian school teacher and I use these sayings on a board outside of my classroom for students to read as they are entering class. I change the saying every week. The students (and staff) look forward to seeing the new message each week. Quick way to get interesting Godly messages to students.

The United States of America has all kinds of unique cultural phenomena. American football is pretty much a solely American sport. Wal-Marts and McDonalds are now spreading around the globe like spores, but those multi-billion dollar business would never have survived past an initial store in any other country in the world. Another uniquely piece of American culture are billboards and road signs. A sub-category of these would be church signs which though contain all the pertinent information about services and such, often include some sort of short message that changes on a weekly basis. Mary Katherine and David Compton enjoyed reading these signs as they traveled through the country and began collecting them in a notebook. This book is the "fruit" of their efforts. In 134 pages the authors include around 300 messages that they have seen on church signs over the years. Some are humorous, some are thought-provoking, and a few are both. Just a few samples include:

"Creation bears God's autograph."

"Turn or Burn"

"Christians never meet for the last time."

"Experts made the Titanic, amateurs made the ark."

The book makes a nice little gift for a Christian friend or family member and is also a nice resource for churches to have incase the usual message writer goes on vacation for a week.

"Forbidden Fruit Creates Many Jams: Roadside Church Signs Across America" has been assembled by Mary Katherine Compton and David Compton. In the introduction the Comptons describe this compilation of church signs as "a soulful slice of roadside Americana."

The messages include invitations, threats, puns, political comments, satire, and advice. There are musings on God, the devil, the Bible, prayer, and other topics. Along the way are a number of cultural references.

A number of the signs have an unpleasant flavor of arrogance or intolerance. Examples: "God said it, I believe it, that settles it"; "April First: National Atheists Day"; "Turn or burn"; etc. Some of the messages hint at a larger cultural war between Christian fundamentalists and secular society; this aspect of the book is particularly intriguing.

But culture wars aside, there are some delightful and thoughtful entries along the way. A couple of my favorites: "Road rage? How would Jesus drive?"; "Thank God for dirty dishes. At least you have food." Overall, a fascinating look at this cultural phenomenon.

The authors compiled a list of church signs they have seen while on the road. 134 pages of one, two or three clever eye-catching signs per page. It started with the title, on an empty church in North Carolina. Then they kept a notebook with them as they traveled and recorded these "snetence sermons" as they call them, adfter their epiphany in North Carolina. One of the catchiest, "When you meet tempation, turn to the light."

This is an easy read and a very enjoyable one.

My son got this book as a birthday gift and can't put it down. He's four with a speech disorder but something about this simple concept has helped him read! To get new words out of him is a treat in itself. Now he's yelling "stop sign" when we are out driving. Just today he looked at the picture for "Railroad Crossing" and not only said it but then said "Train Choo Choo". Bringing the concept of what that sign means with the actual object. We were thrilled. What a fantastic idea. So simple but it clearly means so much to kids.

My son (3-yr old) is really into vehicles and signs. He loves to learn a sign, and then asks us to "ask me about the sign". Then he gets to name it back to us. This book is perfect for that. It has a lot of the common signs, but then some new ones that he has loved to learn.

We highly recommend an Tana Hoban book! and this one is no exception!

Reading practice does not begin in kindergarten or first grade. Reading environmental print is a child's first exposure to letters, words, and pictures coming together to explain a concept and Hoban does it brilliantly.

Her photographs allow children to decipher the world around them via 30 photographs of everyday signs.

I applaud Hoban for creating wonderful books for children to be introduced to the concept of reading.

We got this book for my first child when she was about a year and a half old, and it became an instant favorite. She loved being read the signs in this book over and over.

Astonishingly, she read her first word at about two years old thanks to this book; when we were on a trip in a different state, in a restaurant she'd never seen, she pointed to a sign on the wall and read out "Exit only!" She was reading us "Exit" signs everywhere for months after that, though it was of course a long time before she started reading other words or being able to read phonetically.

Now she's a teenager headed for college, I have a second child about a year and a half old, and I'm buying this book for him...

I found this book was an excellent pre-reading excercise for my preschooler. She just loves to see and recognize the signs as we are driving. This also makes it a great book to bring along for car trips of any length. I am buying a copy for her friend who loves all things car & truck. I know this will make a great gift for boys as well as girls ages 3+.

I just finished this book and was simply amazed at how much I learned from such an interesting and easy to read book. Ms. Barrett was able to take complex issues and make them actually "fun" to read by the way she brought in real life stories as examples. This is a book that men and women should read because it raises one's awareness as to steps that each of us need to take to protect ourselves. I just bought a batch of the books so that i could give my family and friends a copy as I think everyone should read it! It is a gift that you can, and should, give to those you care about.

I was concerned that this book might be outdated - it's not. This book is about women taking care of themselves and consciously, smartly dealing with legal situations (business, relationship). As long as we're involved in life - we might as well know what we're getting into up front rather than at the end...when women often discover that we have blindly trusted the wrong things... (I had that experience and really wish I'd known then what I know now...) It's not the ideal, but it's reality - and it's better to learn up front than to spend months or years cleaning up the mess of 'Just signing here'. This a great book for any woman who wants to be taken care of in her life. This will help ensure that you are. (Please, please don't sign anything without reading AND consulting an attorney AND understanding what you're reading.)

This book is a must read for any woman one who is in a relationship, married, single, owns a home, a business, or works. Marilyn Barrett explains how we can prevent making bad and often times disasterous decisions based on the glow of a relationship. This is "real world" information that can protect us from losing everything while providing tips on how to keep our financial futures secure.

As a single, twenty-something female, I have found this book very useful. Marilyn Barrett tells us the things that our parents and teachers don't, but are necessary to protect ourselves out in the "big, bad world." I've found this book particularly helpful right now because I am looking to buy my first condo and Marilyn Barrett's advice about home ownership is invaluable.

I am in the middle of a divorce and a friend recommended I read this book. I found it indispensable in helping me deal with the divorce realistically and strong. This is a "call to arms" for women to take charge of their lives and take care of themselves and their children. I am recommending it to every woman I know.

From CHOICE

As political, social, and economic factors cause the world to shrink, people of many diverse cultures find themselves interacting with each other. Americans no longer view the world with "ethnocentric" glasses, but are learning to value diversity. This new book comes at just the right time, showing through a compilation of works from authors around the world that sign languages from various nations, while different, can be a significantly unifying factor to the worldwide Deaf community. Not only does this work present surprisingly parallel stories of the different struggles and successes of the Deaf community throughout the world, it suggests that in compiling the material for their work, the researchers may have inadvertently set the stage for a more general understanding of world cultures and for valuing diversity. If the Deaf communities of the world can value each other, perhaps we all can. Recommended. All levels and collections.

-- J. A. LeClair, SUNY Oswego

An article from the Deaf Base website (www.deafbase.com/article473.html)

"The challenges faced by deaf people in Sweden are quite different from those in Nicaragua and are set on a common global stage," explain Leila Monaghan and Constanze Schmaling, two of the contributors of Many Ways to Be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities edited by Monaghan, Schmaling, Karen Nakamura, and Graham H. Turner. In this volume, twenty-four international scholars have contributed their findings from studying Deaf communities in Japan, Thailand, Viet Nam, Taiwan, Russia, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Nicaragua, and the United States. Sixteen chapters consider the various antecedents of each country's native signed language, taking into account the historical background for their development and also the effects of foreign influences and changes in philosophies by the larger, dominant hearing societies.

"Key themes of this volume include how Deaf communities have survived despite opposition by those who thought and think that Deaf people should not be allowed to have their own separate communities outside of hearing cultures, how forms of education interact with and are reflections of larger sociocultural processes, and how signed languages are crucial parts of Deaf communities everywhere." The diversity of background and training among the contributors to Many Ways to Be Deaf distinguishes it as a genuine and unique multicultural examination of the myriad manifestations of being Deaf in a diverse world.

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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Many Ways to be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities, edited by Leila Monaghan and others (Gallaudet University Press; 326 pages; $69.95) Research on sign language in Austria, Brazil, Britain, Ireland, Japan, Nicaragua, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and the United States.

A book notice from the Foundation for Endangered Languages:
OGMIOS Newsletter 2.9 (#21): Summer - 31 July 2003 (www.ogmios.org/2111.htm).

Many Ways to Be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities: Leila Monaghan, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura, and Graham H. Turner, Editors

The recent explosion of sociocultural, linguistic, and historical research on signed languages throughout the world has culminated in Many Ways to Be Deaf, an unmatched collection of in-depth articles about linguistic diversity in Deaf communities on five continents. Twenty-four international scholars have contributed their findings from studying Deaf communities in Japan, Thailand, Viet Nam, Taiwan, Russia, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Nicaragua, and the United States. Sixteen chapters consider the various antecedents of each country's native signed language, taking into account the historical background for their development and also the effects of foreign influences and changes in philosophies by the larger, dominant hearing societies.

The topics covered include, inter alia: the evolution of British finger-spelling traced back to the 17th century; the comparison of Swiss German Sign Language with Rhaeto-Romansch, another Swiss minority language; the analysis of seven signed languages described in Thailand and how they differ in relation to their distance from isolated Deaf communities to Bangkok and other urban centers; and the vaulting development of a nascent sign language in Nicaragua. ISBN 1-56368-135-8, 7 x 10 casebound, 288 pages, glossary, references, index, $69.95s

Collaboratively compiled and edited by Leila Monaghan (Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Cultural at Indiana University, Bloomington); Constanze Schmaling (Linguist at the Institute of German Sign Language at Hamburg University, Germany); Karen Nakamura (Professor of Anthropology at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota); and Graham H. Turner (Senior Lecturer in the Deaf Studies Program at the University of Central Lancashire, Great Britain), Many Ways To Be Deaf: Internal Variation In Deaf Communities is a compendium of scholarly assessments of deaf communities and sign languages worldwide, ranging from Swiss German Sign Language; to the developing sign language of Nicaragua; the conflicts of hearing culture and deaf culture in various nations; some national tendencies to view the hearing improvements of cochlear implants as motive sufficient to dismiss the importance of sign language, and much, much more. An exhaustively researched and critically insightful resource, Many Ways To Be Deaf is an impressive work of scholarship and a ground breaking contribution to Deaf Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

Ministering to God is a wonderful book.It is a book that explores and portrays the awesome power of the most high God. This book opened my eyes to the importance of ministering to God and how the Lord adores praise and worship. The author Apostle Leonard Kayiwa vividly discusses several instances when he and a group of Christians were ministering to the Lord and God moved in a supernatural way. The book furthermore explains complex Christian topics such as speaking in tongues. I guarantee that once you read this book your understanding of speaking in tongues would be concrete.

As we minister to God the Lord gives us power to overcome evil spirits. Prosperity, power, miracles, signs and wonders are released into our lives. Ministering to God is a book that will change your life. Once you have read the book plan to attend one of Leonard Kayiwa's crusades and revival sessions. I have had the privilege of attending several of his crusades and revival services and since then my life has never been the same. Leonard Kayiwa is a true servant of the most high God and the Lord has anointed him to win souls for Christ. So get a copy of Ministering to God and better yet remember you are sowing a seed so that more souls can be won for Christ.

Even though i did the cover for this book I found myself drawn to the book itself from the gate and it is what gave birth to the illustration. I am not one to read a book but once yet I have read this one several times. Even the simplest of truths need to be revisited. It's what we do with the Word of God. Since this book comes from that exact place it too is worth revisiting to refresh ourselves with the profound truth that we can and should minister to God. We are what He desires after-all :) I highly recommend this book. I don't think you will be disappointed.

As a Christian, I've learned that God ministers to us through the Holy Spirit. It was however also revealing to me to learn that we can also minister to God -- that this in effect pleases him. Such is the theme of the book. Very concisely, it explains the ways in which one can minister to God (worship, Tongues) and includes several biblical references for every point made in explaining the theme of this book. This makes the read easy to understand, and thus very effective. He maintains a simple tone throughout. I think it would be revealing to many who read it, as it was for me.

I was once opportuned to attend a crusade/revival session which Pastor Leonard Kayiwa led at a church in Alexandria, Virginia. I truly experienced and witnessed the Spirit of God move in the building and through the people. There were lots of testimonies, prophecies, and healing. Many of these things were revealing to me, and the book "Ministering To God, ...Power, Miracles, Wonders & Signs" goes through such manifestations by the Holy Spirit. In my humble opinion, this is a good read and it delivers a great message.

Is your church experience more about ceremony than POWER? Does God answer your prayers? Do your need a miracle HEALING? This book contains the key to receiving these blessings. Kayiwa narrates his powerful testimony of confronting demon powers in Africa and defeating them through Jesus. This is a simple, easy reading, step-by-step guide to building a functional relationship with God. It is a very real handbook to miracles! "MINISTERING TO GOD" is a must-have for any pastor or lay minister, or anyone who really wants to EXPERIENCE God!

Mystic Medusa's Sun Signs & Soul Mating offers sun sign astrology for the romantic and sexually-minded reader. From Aries to Pisces, each sign's basic personality traits, strengths, weaknesses, affections, and compatibilities with other signs is discussed in hip modern lingo. For example, the chapter on Aries is divided into "Motivating and manipulating an Aries", "Brilliant career", "Fiscal reality", "An Aries in love" (comparing relationships between Aries and each other sign), "Are you really an Aries?" and more. A juicy and highly accessible modern guide to astrology for lust, love, or would-be lovers.

As always Mystic Medusa is right on the mark with her witty writing style that indicates not only her passion for astrology but her knowledge of it.
As with her everyday horoscopes, when it comes to describing your sign and reviewing compatibility, Mystic does it with flair and accuracy.
FOr anyone who reads her online horoscopes or those in the Newspapers, her books are worth a look.
And if you are yet to become familiar with Mystic, here is a good place to start.
Entertaining, Insightful, and a must for anyone interested in Astrology.

I was sitting in a Bondi Beach cafe a few years ago, having breakfast, when an acquaintance decided she would read out my 'stars' from the Weekend Australian newspaper. I remember being horrified: the line I recall was something like "I am Aries, hear me bleat" and was a complete dissection of the Ram ego.

The writer was Mystic Medusa, and I've been a fan ever since as are lots of filmmaker/artist/writer/academic-types. Now we have this book which is actaully a compendium of Mystic's first two cult books. Anyone who likes arch, bitchy, funny and seeringly accurate Sun sign writing is going to love this book. Especially if - like me - you're an urban Bo-Bo.

The book is divided into two parts: Sun signs at the front; soulmating (via your Venus & Mars aspects) at the back. An instant classic; wonderful to read out to one another.

My favourite line: "Quote them to them, even if they didn't actually utter the genius."

Mystic Medusa makes astrology fun and accessible, but takes it seriously all at once. Her reviews of the 12 sun signs are frighteningly accurate, yet written in such a delightfully droll, contempary way you can't be offended by even the worst aspects of your sign. It's always fun getting a friend to read up on their sign, and watch them gasp and say "OMG that's ME!"

Her work on soul mating is intriguing, and even more scarily accurate than her sun signs. The best thing is that you don't need to have "someone special" in your life to get insight and amusement out of Mystic's soulmating; I found reading about myself and my friends to be endlessly entertaining all on its own.

This book is serious astrology, but at last we find an author who knows that taking their subject seriously and having a sense of humour aren't mutually exclusive. This is astrology for the 21st century. Can't wait to see more from Mystic Medusa.

I always say that Mystic Medusa "tells it like it is". Even my Virgo flatmate who "isn't into" astrology starts listening when i quote Mystic. He's seen how uncannily accurate Mystic's work can be.

The Sun Signs book is a warts and all look at each sign, and what makes them tic...and not tic and where they like to live and what they like to do and who they fall in love with.
In short, everything the beginner or even the more advanced astrology buff with a good sense of humour could want to know.

The Soul Mating guide is great fun and once again, right on the money. It gives a down to earth insight into the challenges and strengths of each relationship, based on date of birth. It's fascinating stuff and I've found myself looking up not only my own relationship but also that of my parents and friends.

A MUST HAVE BOOK!!

One of the best books on the subject. Something for every level of knowledge. Admittedly more informative to beginners because of the extremely simple way the information is set up. There are literally thousands of delineations to choose from as you learn A-L-L about Astrology. You can literally open the book cover and go from complete ignorance to almost expert long before reaching the other cover. There is VERY little "fat" or nonsense in this book. It's the Joe Friday of Astrology books: "Just the facts Ma'am!"

The only reason for one to buy any other book would be to further the exploration of all you may glean from reading this one. An expert may want more wordy dissertation about any of the hundreds of astrological subjects introduced to the reader. But, that is what makes this ideal for beginners and intermediate astrologers. Those who want to de-mystify the mumbo jumbo they usually hear from those in the know would do well to drink from this fountain first. They will be amazed at how much sheer knowledge is shared on every page. And, it is all crystal clear but concise and to the point. You can't go wrong with this one!!

The A-Z Horoscope Maker book has all the information you need to become a proficeint astrologer. This is a book you will use as a reference for your whole career. It was written in 1910, back when must astrologers had a darker outlook. This book does has a doom and gloom feel to it with the harsh interpretations and meaning. The moderen astrologer knows to modify the pessimistic meanings and look on the brigher side of things. A total understanding of this book will make you into a confident astrologer after following the examples in the A-Z book. This is one of the few books that teach you how to read a chart and what it all means. For the $15 price, this book will be a constant lifetime companion, I think of it as one of the bibles for astrologers. This book is the real deal,no sun sign cheese or generalizations here. This book contains the precise calculations and math formulas needed to do charts by hand, something that many moderen astrologers have forgotten. If you want to become an astrologer you'll need this book!

This book has a fault, I'll start off with that. When describing the aspects, it describes Postivie Aspects and Negative Aspects. There are five major aspects: Conjunction (neutral), Trine and Sextile (positive), and Square and Opposed (negative). I do like having Conjunction listed separately at least. Most astrology texts lump the positives and lump the negatives, but leave the conjunction as a separate category.

Beyond that, this book does have all the formulae you need to assemble a chart. You will need an ephemeris for planetary positions, and a house table (...) for the house cusps, but those are just the input numbers. This book tells you how to crunch the numbers.

More importantly, this book tells you a lot about interpretation, even with what it leaves out. Dividing the chart up into roughly 20 categories, it helps the astrologer determine which parts of the chart are relevant to which topic. That is a very central point, very necessary, very useful, and has become the foundation of my astrology.

Llewellyn has made a living from publishing books that are pertinent to the field of astrology and tarot, and this book is no different. This is every astrologer or wanna-be astrologer's must have! I keep it right next to my Devore Encyclopedia on my desk. Written in almost a dictionary-esque format, this book gives the reader simple and informative answers to every possible word associated with astrology. Combine that with a wonderful step by step lesson in learning astrology...this is truly the only astrology book you'll ever need.

I have this book for already 10 years now and I concern it as the bible of astrology. No other book has al this features.

When I purchased this book for my child, I never dreamed that I had purchased such a wonderful treasure. What a wonderful book. It helped give my child a reminder that no matter where she is or where she will be in the future someone is there who loves her. When I read the book, I also had tears of joy for such a wonderful story. Don't miss this book. It's story is so appealing. It gives your child an understanding of Easter. It also has a audio tape that comes free with the book. The authors of this book have told a story that will go with your child to adulthood. It truely is a classic .

One of the most enjoyable children's books that I have purchased for my children. As I read the book, it was as meaningful for me, the parent, as it was my child. This is a book that will become a classic.

What a joy this book is! My children, including my teenagers, were enthralled with the story, it's meaning and the lovely illustrations. It reminds me so much of the 'picture books' of my childhood. Dale Smith is an incredible children's author, as proven by his other books, Over is Not Up and Night Time at the Zoo. His illistrators are of the finest quality. The collaboration with Pat Day-Bivins makes this a great book for all ages. What a message! We will enjoy this book for years to come.

My first impression was what a lovely book! Then to discover that the story led me into another one with which I was very familiar and loved. I felt comfortable with this and was able, through the small rabbit, to become a part of the story. I also found that the rabbit family exhibited strength in their loyality to one another. In this time of broken families becoming more the norm, I loved enforcing family bonds to my grandchildren through this delightful and beautiful story. Both the story and the lovely paintings will be enjoyed in our home for years to come!

The story told in this children's book will become the story told at Easter as to how the Easter Bunny and the true meaning of Easter are now one. I purchased this book for my grandchildren. I have read many children's book but none compare to this book. I am an artist and the illustrations are beautiful. Each picture looks like the original oil painting. In fact I had to touch the page to make sure it was not canvas. The story is beautiful and gives children and adults a story they will never forget. When I received my book, I could not believe the quality of the book. It truely is a coffee table book. In my family, this book will be passed down to other generations. It truely is a classic. I cannot recommend it enough to all families.

This is a good book. I found out a lot about Celiac Disease through all the books and People that have Celiac Disease and I also have it too.

I realize that this was written with medical professionals in mind, and it reads with a lot of medical-ees. But, if you've suffered from Celiac disease for any amount of time, you've probably already become a mini-digestive specialist anyway (I know I did!!), so it's not too scary. The charts, as another reviewer said, are incredibly helpful. I am newly diagnosed and suffering from multiple nutrient deficiencies, this really helped me to figure out which supplements I needed most (sometimes in life we have to make difficult choices).
THIS IS NOT AN EXCERSIZE IN SELF-DIAGNOSIS, as suggested by another reader. Gluten is a perfectly valid and healthy product for people who do not suffer from an intolerance or Celiac disease, so for God's sake, let your Doctor diagnose you (but give him this book as a gift!!). Wheat, rye and barley have made up the diet of many a successful civilization, so no self-diagnosis with this book, ok? Gluten is not evil, just bad for those of us who tend to make antibodies to it. ;)

This comprehensive guide to celiac disease is a thorough, well-researched and fully indexed sourcebook. As someone recently diagnosed as gluten intolerant, I've been reading everything I can find on the subject and have found Recognizing Celiac Disease to be an excellent resource. Libonati organizes her research into tables and charts that make learning about this disease clear and understandable.

Fully backed up by studies, this book should appeal to physicians as well as the layman looking for answers.

Wow, now I have the answers to the many different symptoms that I have suffered. While I test negative for Celiac, both my husband and I have had less gas, bloating, diarrhea after switching to a gluten-free diet. This has got to be on your bookshelf if you or someone you love has a problem, sensitivity or allergy to gluten. Live a healthier life without gluten by being informed. Now if we could just get the food industry to reduce its use of gluten in so many products, everyone's health would improve.

This book is great! I have celiac disease and because of this book I am finally able to understand everything I need to know about this disease and how to fix my health problems. I had no idea so many of my problems were related to simple nutrient deficiencies. Now I know what to look for and what foods to eat to get what I need. The food charts are awesome. Everything was easy to understand. I've already told other people about this book.