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This fascinating book is an illuminating examination of powerful spiritual trends shaping the future of Canada -- and by extension and application (if you wish), the United States. The trends point to historic changes in the North American religious and spiritual landscape.

I strongly recommend "Divine Hunger" to anyone interested in the future of religion, research about trends and the remarkable power of baby boomers to produce lasting changes in society. I can imagine that the societal changes the boomers are now producing -- most of which are not yet on most people's radar screens -- will be the generation's most profound and defining legacy.

This fascinating book is an illuminating examination of powerful spiritual trends shaping the future of Canada -- and by extension and application (if you wish), the United States. The trends point to historic changes in the North American religious and spiritual landscape.

I strongly recommend "Divine Hunger" to anyone interested in the future of religion, research about trends and the remarkable power of baby boomers to produce lasting changes in society. I can imagine that the societal changes the boomers are now producing -- most of which are not yet on most people's radar screens -- will be the generation's most profound and defining legacy.

Hypnosis can bring you success at weight loss, especially if other approaches have failed. Some of my patients report that their weight loss was virtually effortless -- not at all like being on a diet. Reaching and maintaining an ideal weight requires your attention to three simple principles:

You'll learn to eat healthy and take pleasure and delight in what you can eat, rather than be frustrated by what you can't eat;
You'll learn to lead an active lifestyle, enjoying your decision to be active on a regular, daily basis;
You'll learn to meet your emotional needs without using food to comfort yourself.

"Teaching these three basic principles and amplifying them with self-hypnosis via Dr. Larry's self-change techniques has made him a fantastic weight loss guru. This CD will get you started easily, quickly and permanently on the road to good health. As he entertains you, Dr. Larry will give you the latest information in medical advice and strategies for weight loss. As you understand what you need to do and should do, the suggestive powers of self-hypnosis help to put you in charge."

I will be forever grateful to Dr. Larry for this CD it changed my life!

After years of trying every diet plan imaginable, I purchased Dr. Larry's Lose Weight CD. Hypnotism was totally unfamiliar to me (except the stage type). I couldn't believe it would work, but was determined to try.

Listening to the tape on a daily basis, I learned to eat smaller portions of healthy food, joined a fitness centre where a fitness instructor devised a program for me to support the weight loss program suggested by Dr, Larry.

"Meeting emotional needs without using food as a salve" was perhaps the most difficult. Being overweight, size 16-18 clothes and feeling very unattractive, led to a cycle of overeating. But as the pounds started to come off and continued to do so with the aid of Dr. Larry's CD, a new confident person emerged, who could handle this lifestyle change.

Dr. Larry's CD changed my life - after almost 40 pounds of weight loss, I wear a size 10, lead a healthy, active lifestyle and have a very positive outlook on life. I was thrilled to go shopping for my first pair of jeans (without an elastic waistband) and have my grandchildren call me their "cool Nanny"!

This was a GREAT book. It tells us why Esther Short Park was named so (got some interesting stuff about Esther!), as well as the naming of some of our better known streets (Fourth Plain and Mill Plain... I always wondered about those). Also contains a lot of history on Officers' Row and the fort, and its inhabitants. I knew nothing about Mother Joseph before reading this book, and now I know how she influenced the building of Vancouver. Of particular interest to me, the book gives a lot of the little reasons why Portland ended up growing so much bigger than Vancouver, even though Vancouver is older.

This book has a few tidbits about people in Vancouver that remind me how very much that they weren't just names in a history book. When the law declared that the St. James Church belonged to the Army and not to the Catholic Church (the book didn't give the year, but with searching online, found out this was in the 1890s), a young Army officer went to the church to help the priest move out, and I laughed out loud when I read how the angry priest reacted to the officer's offer of help. I also liked the bit about the practical joke a pilot made at the dedication festival for Pearson Field in 1925.

My husband and I only noticed one thing that could have been a glaring typo. It was in reference to a photo (on page 25) telling us where Pearson Field would later be.... however, the book said the photo was taken in the 1970s. We're guessing it had been actually taken in the 1870s, as Pearson Field was dedicated in 1925 and it has never changed locations. If it had been taken in the 1970s, we would have seen Pearson Field in the photo.

Like the other reviewer said, I wish there were more in this book. However, what is there is nicely laid out. Each section begins with a page of history in text, followed by pages of photos with descriptive captions.

The Fort Vancouver library system has this book, by the way. ^_^

As almost a life long resident of Vancouver, having moved here in 1965 this is "Home". I remember when this town was so much smaller and still see a lot of the remnants of its history. Only complaint is I wish it were twice as large in volume/content and just double the price. I've ordered the volumes on Camas and Washougal, and wait eagerly as I'm currently living in Camas in a home built in 1908 by owners of the paper mill of that period. I only hope the rest of the series is half the quality of this book.

Believe it or not, in the early 1980s, medical hypnosis experts claimed only 25 percent of smokers could be cured through hypnosis. (Of course, cigarette companies said smoking was good for you, too!) Dr. Larry proved them wrong -- in his own family practice, two-thirds of his patients quit smoking after a single hypnosis session.

With Dr. Larry's Quit Smoking program, you will:
* Break the psychological addiction to smoking;
* Develop an alternative comfort behavior that replaces smoking;

* Be ready to let go of the smoking habit.

Dr. Larry Deutsch, a practicing family physician and hypnotherapist, has over 30 years of hands-on experience. He's already helped thousands of people lose weight, quit smoking or achieve other health goals via medical hypnotherapy. With his motivating and entertaining style he combines sound medical advice, psychology and self-hypnosis techniques to empower you to find the subconscious strength and will power necessary to succeed. "Remember: Smoking is also a biological addiction! You can achieve a higher chance of success by combining some medical counseling to deal with physical symptoms of withdrawal. Fortunately, hypnosis and self-hypnosis boost your response to counseling, making your cravings much easier to combat."

Dr. Larry's Quit Smoking Program was largely responsible for my ending a 30 year addiction to cigatettes.

I acquired the CD when I was thinking of quiting and after I listened to it once I decided to quit and have not had a puff since.

The first few days were difficult but by listening to the CD two or three times a day for the first week I was able to resist the urge to smoke.

I can recommend the Quit Smoking Program because I am sure that it made the difference it made the difference between this successful attempt at quitting and previous failed attempts.

This is such an awesome book. It's beautifully designed and set out. The pictures are colourful and fun and the information is astounding! I've read a lot of books on this subject and I found that despite the size of this book (small), there was information in it that I had never come across before. If you were born in the year of the Dragon, or if you know someone who was, this book is a must-have, without a doubt. I love it!

This is a beautiful little book. The illustrations and pictures are gorgeous. A real little gem and a perfect gift for anyone, but especially for those interested in the mystical and spiritual side of life.

This is an original and well-wrritten fantasy story about a boy who lives in our world, but must go back to his own world to fight the Usurper. It's the first in a series of novels, but it's also a self-contained book (so you don't have to read all the books to make sense of the story). It moves from one world to another in fine fashion and features a powerful and moving ending.   I highly recommend it. Karleen Bradford is well known for her historical novels of the Crusades, this is her first foray into fantasy fiction.

The novel Dragonfire written by Karleen Bradford is one of my favourite books! Bradford describes her characters in a way that makes them seem so real. In this novel fantasy was combined with adventure, and even though I never thought of fantasy as something I would enjoy, this book was way more than I expected! The mythical characters and conflicts became real to me and I couldn't put the book down. Dahl faces many problems, as he grows up learning that he is really the King of Taun, a kingdom that has been over taken by the evil Usurper. As Dahl tries to save his kingdom he discovers the true meaning of friendship,and realizes that the future of his people depends on him. The ending of this novel surprised me in a pleasant way and I couldn't wait to read the sequel. Over all this was a great book of good winning over evil. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Summer vacation with a ghost-story telling Grandpa is always filled with thrills and chills. But this year in Gimli, Manitoba, twins Michael and Angela and their cousin, Sarah, find the summer nights and sights prove more frightening than ever. Not long after Grandpa tells a spooky myth about an Icelandic ghost called a Draugr, the trio encounters something ghastly in the woods. Can ghosts really come back from the dead to cure their unrest? Sarah, Michael and Angela don't want to wait around to find out. And, just as the pieces to the mystery start to fit, Grandpa tries to send them back home to the United States. Before they leave Gimli, however, a dog turns dead and Grandpa suddenly disappears. Determined to get to the bottom of the strange happenings, Angie leads the others on a wild goose chase--that may just turn into a ghost chase. "You do have the Grettir's blood." I didn't know exactly what she was talk about, but I nodded as if I understood. Althea looked at me up and down..."Perhaps I've underestimated you. All of you. Maybe it would have been better if I told you the truth from the beginning." She paused for another second. "Alright," she said. "I'll tell you everything I know, and you can deal with the nightmares and the possibilities--it's a deal. But first each of you must give me your version of what happened. And don't leave out the smallest detail." Again we spoke about seeing the little boy in the forest and about how he had disappeared... Draugr is a wonderful book for young teens of either sex---a quick, but engaging read, with compelling chapter openings and cliffhanging endings. Arthur Slade has woven just enough fright into the story to keep the reader sitting on the edge of their chair, yet anxiously turning the pages. With Slade's newest book, The Loki Wolf, soon to be released by Orca, readers won't have long to wait for their next "shivers."

Lynne Remick, Reviewer

As an elementary teacher I found this book to be a great motivator for my Grade Six students. I found the content to be very enticing for this age level without the "gore" that is present in other books of this genre. Slade does an excellent job of filling all chapters with suspense and encouraging the reader to forge on into the story. An excellent classroom resource to excite readers and a wonderful read.

"Dreams Have No Expiry Date" is an excellent guide for creating and living out personal dreams for women of all ages. It is written from the heart and speaks to the heart. This book would make a great gift for the vibrant, vivacious, life-loving women in your life. I'm planning on buying a copy for my mom!

The authors ask mid-life women a difficult philosophical question: What are you doing with the rest of your life? But they don't leave us dangling. They provide thoughtful advice based on research and practical exercises that allow us to make sound decisions. Baby boomers are lucky to have Gottlieb and Rosenswig to lead us onward and upward!

I found this book to be absolutely wonderful. As well as giving an insight and background to the goings on around the time of the Irish potato famine, it also transported me to a village I only had a picture of in my head. Through reading the book, I felt I was in the village and personally knew the charachters. I often cried and rejoiced with them. It was so sad to leave them when I had finished the book, but it wasn't long till I went back and read it again. Elaine Crowley has a fantastic gift of making you feel a part of her book.

Anyone who has any interest at all in the potato famine,or Ireland should read this book. It tells the story of Katie and Jamsie, and allows the reader to understand the pain and suffering of this time.

With incredibly detailed, hand drawn sketches of each anchorage, the Dreamspeaker's Guide is helpful and beautiful. Unlike other guides I've seen, this guide details each harbor/anchorage with what to look for and what to look out for. It gives you the confidence of having talked to someone who has been there, and yet allows you to enjoy the excitement of your first visit. The artwork of Lawrence Yeadon-Jones is outstanding making this as pleasureable to look at as it is informative. I strongly recommend this book for anyone cruising the Gulf Islands or dreaming of doing so.

After cruising and teaching for 10 years in this area, the arrival of this terrific cruising guide is welcome. Great graphic presentation of harbor diagrams, and every possible anchorage.

Add a "Cruising Guide to Puget Sound" for the US San Juan Islands and Puget Sound, and a BBA Chart Kit, and you are set!