Practitioners Books

I risk angering Baron Samedi, but really not a great book. More of a folk history than an informative book. I'd channel Marie Laveau before paying out for this one.

I like this book, it was easy to understand and I think Jim Haskins did a good job with the formatting. I have to agree with the reviewer that says that it's a good book, but not very helpful (as concerning the 'recipes'). It seems that Mr. Haskins was trying to give a history of voodoo and also a bit of a 'modern' (late 70's) look at voodoo and how it has evolved over time. To me, I try to read all I can on Voodoo, and I have found some good, bad, and really bad books on it. So far I have to say all in all this is a good book, I found it informative on a historical level and also on a 'folk-lore-ish' level as well. Now the recipes are great to read about but don't go into detail. I would've liked for the recipes to have been explained in more detail, but like the reviewer before me said, this book wasn't meant to be a 'How-to guide'. I wish Mr. Haskins would write a book going into details about the recipes. Individual practioners would benefit from having a book like that. Unfortunately, even the author suspected that the folks he interviewed for the recipes weren't giving him all the information, and rightly so, this is how they made money, so why would they give away all their secrets, people wouldn't need their services anymore. So all in all it's a good book, I really enjoyed it and I learned a lot.

Here's some of the chapters:

The roots in Africa

Culture Clash and Accomdation in the New World

Voodoo and Hoodoo Today

To do ill

To do Good

In matters of Law

In matters of Love

Voodoo and Hoodoo in perspective.

Happy reading!

Jim Haskins' book is a great introduction to the study and potential practice of voodoo/hoodoo, which should be the essential building block of any library on the subject.

The book is divided into two parts: the first section deals with the original West African belief systems as practiced at the time of the slave trade (and more or less until today in some areas), the transition to the Americas, and how interaction with whites and other immigrant peoples affected these religions. The roles of the priests of the old religions, the magic workers/conjurers and herbalists are all examined. Haskins has a good grasp of the various contexts in which the white and black religions interacted, between Catholic and Protestant, French vs English or Portuguese, large vs small plantation environments, etc. This is the stronger of the two sections.

The second part is likely the reason most people buy this book, i.e. the actual spells with ingredients and instructions to follow to bring money, justice, luck, or love into (or out of) your life. A chapter each is devoted to bringing ill to others, good to yourself and others, the courts & law, and finally love. Some of these can be done by the reader/individual, others would require an intermediary to 'successfully' complete. Reading the spells, taking up over half the book, is interesting and amusing, and brought to mind nothing to much as Phil Hine's books on (Western and G.D.-based) Chaos Magic, the point being that if you believe it, put enough energy and intensity into it, ANYTHING can be a tool for magic and caused change. My guess is that if you need this kind of instruction manual in the first place, you have no business attempting this kind of work. But no doubt every reader will make up his/her own mind.

The book reads well, and is an excellent primer. Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in the origins and practice of voodoo.

this book not only contains a history of voodoo but it also contains rituals you can perform yourself to work on friend or foe

This book is well written and surveys the religious practices of Hoodoo and Voodoo in the United States.

Haskins utilizes personal accounts and historical data to make this one of the few factual books on the topic.

This book is a staple for any ATR practicioner's library, especially those living in the south.

Recommended without reservation.

And I have read well over a hundred. This is not an inexpensive book, but it is worth every penny. Montier writes with wit, enthusiasm, and clarity in describing his views on the investing climate and research he has conducted on finding alpha. He has strongly held opinions which are often at odds with the industry, and he is not afraid to put forth viewpoints that render the great majority of equity analysts as useless tools of the companies they cover. As an alternative he offers a variety of relatively simple quant-based strategies which he shows have historically trounced both index-based benchmarks and stock-picking analysts. He even throws in a little philosophy at the end of the book which are truly words to live by. This is a terrific book that you will keep going back to in the years to come.

This is THE Investment book of the century, after Graham & Dodd's Security Analysis.
Clear, complete and rigorous, this is the definitve guide for wise and profitable investments.

James Montier's book is in fact a collection of articles and therefore has some redundancies by repeating the same things again and again. But...he really takes away many illusions about analysts, company meetings, portfolio management and every one's capabilities in beating the market. In short, he says that predicting the future is not possible and that we are very bad in forecasting, even more when we are "professionals", because of how our brain works. He shows how to at least try to avoid common biases and focusing on the facts (on the past).
It is easy to read and very entertaining, nevertheless with a factual approach. But be warned: as a PM you will feel the urge to stop taking calls from sales people ;-)

Mostly a compilation of the writer's research papers, written for an investment bank. Well, that's ok, but most of them are not edited for the book, just inserted into the book as they are. This brings a lot of repetitions and some references to papers, that you don't have access to. At least those papers could have been inserted as well. But we have to give the full credit to the writer even as this book as it is, it is a book of comprehensive research and full of insight regarding the psychology of the investing public. It also gives the reader a glimpse of all previous investment research. One of the good solid investment books.

Sent this book back as soon as i got it! It is to long, not very informative and there are so many better books of behavioral finance an economics.

It explains how why and how to integrate security policies and procedures across all tiers of software engineering organization. I had limited understanding f and this book helped me to get deep in to details and understand at an organization level.
I recommend this for all engineers and managers in sofware organization.

If you are doing infosec policy dev., this book is aweseome!

It saved me 10 hours this week alone.

I must agree with the previous reviewer, this book is lacking.
I bought a copy new and had the same problem where the
holes punched in the paper does not match the binder spacing.
What terrible quality. I had to force myself to even read
through the book after that.

And I found it lacking. The first part has some good info
about how to write a policy. Good but not great.

The second part was a sample policy/standard/procedure rolled
into one. I found it too thin and missing too much to be
really useful.

I haven't looked at the text the previous reviewer recommends,
but I have to say, given another book with similar content,
definitely stay away from this one.

My personal recommendation is Information Security Policies
Made Easy, by Charles Cresson Wood. It's pricey but oh so
worth it.

This is a useful book for me to reference, especially when I deal with challenges in security policy framework review. The most impressive pages include the tier 1-2-3 framework, proper wordings in policy, policy sample studies and analysis, complete checklist and questionnaire.

After reading this book or on-and-off reference, I always remember four major elements in a policy:
1. Topic
2. Scope
3. Responsibility
4. Compliance

In addition, I have shared this book with an IT supervisor, he always go for this book for the team reference. I do feel happy to recommend it. Moreover, it readily happens to me I could apply the hints and tips from this book to the revised policy. Meanwhile, compared with the company's policy, it is undoubted organized and logical.

Be honest, in reality, many people still always mix up policy, standard and procedures as well as guidelines and produce a "Spaghetti-like" document to deal with auditor and compliance once a year only, you could say, many companies treat it as a last-minute homework.

This is one of the best books available for information systems security polices. The book covers tier 1 and tier 2 policies. This book looks at policies as a business enabler where policies support management's organizational goals. Great samples!

Excellent condition of book, speedy delivery, and a fantastic content within the book.

Great book which provides definitions and state-by-state breakdowns of important concepts, such as collaboration, prescriptive authority and SCAs.

I found Carolyn Buppert's second edition of Business Practice and Legal Guide to be very helpful. The additional chapters are useful for my practice and for research on a state wide level. I would recommend this book to nurse practitioners and students of the profession. It is proving to be a valuable resource for improving NP practice in Alabama. Be sure to get the second edition (2003/2004)as the first was published in 1995.

As a grad student interested in starting my own practice upon graduation, I found this book to be useless. It has been reprinted by another publishing company and its original copyright date is 1999. Between then and now - 2004 - a lot of things have changed. Therefore, I would recommend that anyone who requires current information should look elsewhere. This is a very expensive book as is not helpful at all!!!

I had the pleasure of reading this book while finishing my last year in nurse practitioner school.

Ms. Buppert is a master in defining how to negotiate business contracts.

I met the author at a nurse practioner conference in Nashville Tn and she was very down to earth and truly magnificent in her knowledge of laws affecting nurse practioners.

I highly recommend this book.

I loved this book. I've read many trying to find someone who understands and can intelligently write on this subject. This book was incredibly helpful to me. I refer back to it often. It helped me to recognize myself in the words written and to see that maybe I'm not as crazy as I sometimes feel. The description and explanation of how it feels to live in two different worlds, the trauma world and the "real" world was very affirming. I knew I felt like I was on the other side of a glass wall watching life go by and feeling like I was by myself on the other side - the trauma side - with no way of getting out. I still haven't gotten to the other side but it was so helpful to read about someone else's experience of the same thing. Thank you for this book which now goes next to Herman's "Trauma and Recovery" as the books that have helped me most as I struggle to find a way to get through each day.

As a survivor myself, I can say that this book offers a good deal of affirmation and additional insight. The combination of viewpoints -- patient and therapist -- is most helpful, and the places where the authors really allow their personalities to shine through will warm your hearts. These are two Good Women (IMO). I wished that the personal style dominated more often, but in seeking to be a reference for practitioners as well as survivors, the book often takes quite an academic tone. There's an interesting tension between academia (replete with references), and self-help (the personal focus for the survivor). On the whole, I think it works.

There is one thing missing, however, and that is serious mention of mothers as sexual abusers (my reason for 4 stars instead of 5). In the book, the worst behavior of mothers is casting the blind eye at what dad is doing to little Wanda, but sometimes dad is the one casting the blind eye while mother playing doctor (or other things). I say this from personal experience. The avoidance of the idea of mother-daughter incest is due, I suppose, to the ultimate taboo that says mothers only go from a scale of 0 (blind) to 10 (warmly nurturing, apple pie and the flag). In fact, mothers can be right down there at -10, just like dads and uncles and grandpas can. And when a mother betrays your trust, it is really crazy-making.

I could tell you stories -- and I plan to, if I can ever get an agent and publish my memoir!

Sheri Oz and Sara-Jane Ogiers have written an important book. Their main contribution to the field, in my opinion, is that they enable the reader to get a sense of the actual experience of both client and therapist. Sara-Jane Ogiers has courageously, and generously, shared her beautifully written diaries. In this way, the reader can get a direct sense of both the psychological scars that can result from child sexual abuse, and the difficult work that is needed to recover. Sheri Oz has succeeded in conveying a real sense of what this work can be like for the therapist, in addition to providing a theoretical context highighting many aspects of the consequences and treatment of sexual abuse.
Y. Tauber, Clinical Psychologist

This book is remarkable for telling it like it really is..the therapists' ability to track the theraputic process, combined with the insights and understandings from the diaries of client make this book a personal and enlighting journey into the recovery process.I strongly recommend this book for therapists and for surviviors...it gives hope and shows the way.

This book is engaging from begining to end. Through the entire book chapter by chapter the reader will recognize the wisdom and insight that only a professional or a victim can bring to the subject. If you are an interested layman, professional or a victim, you will learn from the authors' perspectives on this cruel and unfortunately common phenomena of child sexual abuse. I highly recommend this book.

I purchased this book based upon the reviews shown here, but have found the book to be full of coding errors and mistakes. It also reads like a text book written by a professor without any connection to the real world. It does have some value, but it certainly isn't worth the price. My recommendation is to look elsewhere.

Don't get me wrong. This book is an excellent one. I should know because I purchased his Java and Object Orientation: An Introduction which also is excellent. Dr. Hunt is an excellent writer and the clarity of his text is easy to absorb and gets you thinking OO. It is well worth purchasing. The one down side is that I bought it based on Amazon reviews without seeing it first. There was no mention that this new book contains many chapters from the previous book verbatim just layed out differently. If I had known that, I would have hesitated. It might have been a good idea to create a separate book. It's like getting a book full of API listings again. But like I said... If you are thinking about getting the previous book, don't. But this excellent volume instead.

This book is the book to buy if you want one book which will introduce you to Object Orientation, Java and the various aspects of the Java platform such as applets, servlets, rmi and JDBC. It also includes object oriented design based on the UML.

While I have the utmost respect for Eckel's Tkinking About Java and Meyer's O-O work, this book lays out just what you need to know. It is particularly helpful to those (like me) who have been exposed to a patchwork of methods and picked up wrong ideas. Hunt also wrote Key Java, which has been very favorably reviewed at Amazon.

I liked this book as it was clear, easy to read and didn't talk down to me. I found the explanations of object orientation and Java were well presented and well illustrated. I also liked the many "how to" style chapters which made it easy to see how to use RMI, Servlets, Sockets etc. I also really liked the Java self tester and the chapter on Java programming problems. The self test material was also provided on-line at the books web site, which also has all the source code form the book and lots of additional examples. This is a really great book with good support - the author also answered my questions by email!

This is a good introduction but not as good as the rave reviews would really have you believe. This isn't a five-star book. Some parts of the text could do with some illustrations. Much of the info in here is available in Jerry Alan Johnson's books so it would really need something new or a new approach or inspired layout to lift it into the five star all-time classic category. Still not to bad but not worth all the hoopla from her colleagues.

I am a graduate student in Traditional Chinese Medicine and have studied Medical Qigong under Dr. Suzanne Friedman for the past year. Suzanne learned her art in China and now trains Medical Qigong practitioners in one of the only Medical Qigong programs in the USA. As an instructor, Suzanne demonstrates adept expertise continually through lecture and clinic. She is both personable and professional while imparting valuable insight with illustrative stories from her personal experience and practice.

I highly recommend this book for any healer or self-healer. It is concise, organized, cohesive, practical, and informative. This book promotes holistic self-healing of the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Spiritual seekers, and especially qigong practitioners, must be especially wary because books containing ancient/traditional knowledge often misguide the reader (slightly or blatently), in order to protect proprietary information. Suzanne is not such a teacher -- she cares deeply for healing and health. This little book is a good book to have and learn from.

If you want more knowledge about alternative medicine and qigong, I encourage you to visit the website for Dr. Suzanne Friedman's clinic (google search for "daoclinic").

Medical Qigong Exercise Prescriptions: This small book contains more valuable information about medical qigong than most books two to three times its size. It is concise, well-written, and accomplishes what it sets out to do, which is to introduce the reader to the theory and practice of medical qigong. Anyone who reads this book will be able to put it to immediate use and begin practicing exercises specifically designed for their particular health issues.

I am an acupuncture health care provider by trade and I often need to offer my patients Qigong exercises that they can do at home. I have several books with exercises, but you can never have too many.

It was not detailed enough or provided illustrations , both are needed to provide education for patients.

Before I accepted anything a "professional" said about children, adults or anything to do with mental health or the "helping professions," I would do a thorough background check on any and all of the writers prior to believing whatever may be written or said by a certain group of people who, after all, profit from other people's trauma and grief. Has anyone ever interviewed any of the people these authors "helped?" Buyer beware!

Having been trained differently than what this book discusses, it's a little hard to wrap one's mind around the concepts, especially since people in my profession are used to a certain way of thinking and training. However, when put into practice and when read with an open mind, the book makes absolute sense. I am in the beginning stages of MST and hope that it not only works out for the population in my area, but that I can one day be an MST expert.

Informative and educational and will certianly help me with my job.

I own this book. If you have a really troubled kid, you are a state or local leader, you are an agency person working with kids, your a poliician or someone who cares about the future. READ this book. Yes it's dry. Yes it's technical. So is reading about the new cancer medication that might save your life or the new HIV-vaccine research or or the new brain scan literature. Embedded insiide the methods of MST are strategies that really turn about the lives of kids, families and communities. What is inspiring is that the model presented REALLY works. What a concept! All across America-counselors, families, juvenile justice folks, school people are pulling their hair out on what to do about really difficult kids. Too, often the answer is: Throw 'em out, drug 'em out, and lock 'em up. Well, they get out eventially. MST can change all of that. It is cost effective. It has science. It has people who are doing it well all over the world.

Therapists working with adolescent delinquency problems have long lamented the paucity of effective treatments. Fortunately, the innovative researchers who wrote this book have developed a delinquency treatment with documented effectiveness - multisystemic treatment (MST). This manual presents the basic tenets of MST, which consist of nine principles. MST is a comprehensive treatment that targets not only the youth's behavior but also family and community factors. The treatment acknowledges that adolescents with delinquency problems are affected by factors in their environments, such as delinquent peers, parents who do not monitor their behavior, or poor educational opportunities. Thus, the treatment is usually conducted in the home and other relevant settings.

The goal of MST is to decrease rates of antisocial behavior and prevent the youth from being removed from the home; research has documented that MST meets these goals, as well as being a tremendously cost-effective treatment. I have used this treatment with a number of clients with great success (I was trained by Dr. Borduin). A prior reviewer pointed out that one should know about the authors of a psychology book before purchasing it; fortunately, the authors of this book come with excellent credentials. Drs. Henggeler, Schoenwald, Rowland, and Cunningham are on the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina, and Dr. Borduin is a Professor at the University of Missouri. In addition, their research on the treatment has been published in many peer-reviewed journals, including:

Henggeler, et al. (1999). Home-based multisystemic therapy as an alternative to the hospitalization of youths in psychiatric crisis: Clinical outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 38(11), 1331-1339.

Henggeler, et al. (1996). Multisystemic therapy: An effective violence prevention approach for serious juvenile offenders. Journal of Adolescence, 19(1), 47-61.

The manual is very well-written and easy to follow; the authors use many examples to explain the treatment implementation. Clearly this manual and MST itself have tremendous strengths. The basic tenets and principles are likely to be useful to any child/adolescent therapist, although some office-based therapists may not be able to use a pure MST model. A most highly recommended treatment guide.

Speedy delivery. I was satisfied. Book was in good condition, no marks, bended pages or anything.

The scans for this reprint were low resolution, and the pages weren't even straightened. I was pretty disappointed. I'm not going to comment on the book content at all. Just the binding and finishing.

One of the first books printed that goes into detail on the wonderful art of massage - used so extensively in the east but only brought to light again in the west in the mid to late 1800's. A valuable book for anyone in the healing arts wanting to know a little history behind a phenomena that is finally becoming an accepted and beneficial alternative form of healing.

I was interested in generally learning more about the art of massage. This is a wonderful book for the curious or the practitioner. It is a great introduction to massage, speaking of the history as well as practical application. Excellent!

After reading an excerpt from the book in last year's Biotone catalog and the two glowing reviews on this site, I was really looking forward to this book.

I feel rather ripped off, now that I have the book. I have never written a bad review before, so I must feel strongly!

The author, indeed, is an excellent PR person. She has sold the idea of her book well. Yes, the excerpts I've read were excellent, but they were the best parts of the book.
The book is disorganized and has quite a few typos. It feels like a self published book. I was offended that there are ads in the back of the book.

If you want to envision success, learn about PR and marketing, and even publishing your own book, there are many good books out there.

I thought I was purchasing a book for alternative health practitioners building their practice; this is only a very small part of what this book is about. If that is what you're looing for; don't waste your money.

Finally, a book that succinctly brings together the practical side of marketing with the necessary Spiritual side allowing the reader to see how the two work hand in hand. Andrea's book not only makes for an easy read, but she gives you tons of examples to draw upon so you can start immediately implementing the marketing of your business without spending thousands of dollars. The sound marketing advice she shares proves her business expertise while the spiritual aspect of the book is a beautiful reflection of her whole being. Andrea comes from a place of integrity and love. This book is a must for all practitioners ready to move their business to the next level monetarily and spiritually.

As I read 'Creating an Abundant Practice" by Andrea Adler I realized that I finally found the answers all in one book. As A clinical nutritionist in private practice I have for years sought a cohesive manual/text/course that tells how to create a thriving practice while at the same time honoring the concept of abundance. Andrea Adler's book does just that.
The first 4 chapters begin with a discussion that includes the notion of seeing and intending what you really want from your practice in the future. What a concept! So many of us are sprung onto the business scene and never define, state or even know out true desired intentions. The book then helps you learn how to extend this vision forward through the practicalites of creating your practice.Andrea tells how to create the best business card, resume, sound bite, brochure and advertising techniques that reflect the image you choose to put
forth. There are many examples of business cards, resumes, splash sheets and ads which are clear and helpful. This book will take you step by step through the journey of building a prosperous business. This book does not teach you how to become a business baracuda. Instead the emphasis is on the you, your integrity and the potential for abundance. Andrea's tone is playful and always positive which makes the book a pleasant read.

I've struggled for years trying to get it right, and as it has been said, 'a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing'. After spending time and money and not being able to 'make it happen', I came across a write up on Andrea's book and decided to take a chance. I received the book and began reading, I could not put it down. There is a definite connection to the writer, you KNOW she has done what she's teaching. I read the book through and was amazed at the thoroughness, simplicity of explanations, encouragement and optimism I found in the pages. On the second reading, I began the implementation. It was like Andrea was sitting on my shoulder, she knew when I wanted to jump ahead, and there it was - 'complete this before moving on'! Amazing.
This book is a refreshing read, step by step instructions, options, examples and encouragement. The concept is universal. I've been able to successfully develop not only my own business, but utilize what I've learned and experienced in helping others. I thank the Universe for Andrea Adler, her gift and her desire to share it.