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This man is a genius! Not your everyday cardiologist, he is interested in *preventing* heart disease, cancers, osteoporosis, other dread diseases and so on. If you take care of your cells, all these problems can be reversed and as a by the way, you WILL lose weight (if you need to), you WILL gain more energy than you thought possible, and you WILL have a healthy body for life. In this he explains the why's, and also the important how's. He gives precise details of what needs to be done and the results that can be expected. This is a most fascinating book, and I recommend it to anyone who breathes! To breathe is to live, and therefore it is a forgone conculsion that that you need to read this. I have seldom been so certain of a dynamic book to beat all odds. NOW is the only time to get this!

An essential book if you are serious about transforming your eating habits and nutrition.
Full of a wealth of information on HDLs, LDLs, fats - the Good and the Bad, how these substances affect your metabolism and many other subjects that offer a real solution to eating healthly for your heart and body - as well as your mind and spirit!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and had trouble putting it down.

I picked up this book at Stansted Airport and was already absorbed by the time I got to the check-in desk. Riveting account of a reporter in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The author was actually in Kabul on September 11th, 2001. It was very refreshing and fascinating to learn the fears and thoughts of a war reporter on the politics leading to the 'Crusade' against 'evil-doers' and the way the press can and will manipulate images to increase ratings. Also very honest and even touching portrait of people who are so often ignored or misunderstood. The author also manages to reveal a fantastic sense of humour in the face of adversity.
Some of his accounts related to his girlfriend sounded oddly familiar, until I realised I had read her book ("Holy Cow") months ago, which deals with her adventures and quest for the meaning of life after moving to India to join him!

The Book Description on this page is wrong. Here is the correct one taken from Amazon.co.uk:

Synopsis
Jonathan Harley knew that becoming the ABC's man in South Asia at the age of only twenty-eight was a dream job. But he'd just fallen in love and wasn't so sure he really wanted it. It took a weekend of soul searching to realise that this would be the experience of a lifetime. From covering India's endearingly over-the-top response to the death of cricketing legend Don Bradman to being the only Australian journalist in Afghanistan on September 11 2001, Lost in Transmission is Harley's exciting, often moving, funny and disarmingly honest account of the three years he spent, lurching from one hair-raising misadventure to the next, reporting from one of the most exotic and, as events unfurled, alarming corners of the planet. Shifting effortlessly between the serious, the sublime and the ridiculous, this is the story of a stranger at something of a loss in an even stranger land - a young man struggling to comprehend and comment on life in a part of the world that never quite makes sense...

Part travelogue (with a touch of humor), part current affairs, "Lost in Transmission" has the perfect combination of intense vs. not-so-intense moments. It is enlightening about the roles of India and Pakistan in the escalation to the "War on Terror" and these countries' interaction with the Taliban. It is also, in parts, a travelogue about south Asian countries and what it is like be a reporter in remote locations. You have to be careful about reading the book in public places, however, because there are portions where the author will have you laughing out loud at the ridiculous situations and cirumstances in which he finds himself. I hope Harley writes more books because it will be a waste of a great talent if he does not.

One of our students' (www.kidsnclay.com) parents shared this book with me and I was delighted with its message. It is exactly the same philosophy that we practice here at Kids 'N' Clay and were pleased to see it articulated in such a fun an charming way!

The message is powerful ... about the empowerment and positive emotional development that comes through uninhibited creativity and acknowledgement of the uniqueness of each individual!

This is an utterly charming book - it reminds me of The Orange Splot. The illustrations are clever and vibrant and the story will resonate with anyone who views the world from outside the mainstream. This book deserves to be a classic and I am going to buy more copies to give as gifts.

I finished this book a few days ago, and liked it so much that my husband thought he'd read the first few pages. He found he couldn't put it down, staying up until 3.00 in the morning reading it!

Written by the producer of the movie "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," it's an insider's look at the challenges and amusing absurdity of trying to get a film made about an off-beat subject (drag queens) set in a remote part of the world (the Australian outback) long before anyone suspected it would be a worldwide smash hit. From Cannes to Broken Hill, the book gives a taste of what life in the movie business is like.

Very fun and entertaining - a great read!

I loved this book! I am a calligrapher and amateur bookmaker, and found this to be a valuable addition to my library. The pictures and text instructions are clear, and the projects were interesting and fun. Projects included cards, gift boxes, and mobiles, as well as some more advanced craft techniques. The author focuses on easy-to-obtain equipment and materials, making this a good choice for beginners like me. I also found it a good volume for sparking my brain when my creativity flagged.

I had a summer design class and since the class was so condensed, we designed and constructed projects on a daily basis. For my final project, I had to construct a book. I only had 2 days to do it and since I knew I wanted to make my own papers, I needed some direction. I used this wonderful book and not only did it have very clear directions with concise illustrations, the supplies needed were on a very practical level. That means I didn't have to purchase extra supplies I probably would never use again. My book turned out so beautiful, I got an A+! I now make papers as a hobby and I owe it all to this great book.

One of the most comprehensive and descriptive treatises on a complex hunter and gatherer society, which until recently was still pursuing a traditional lifestyle, largely unaffected by European influences. Although scholarly in intent, this work is eminently readable as it takes one deeply into the world of an ancient culture, and most particularly into the fascinating religious life of the Mardu Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert, one of the world's very last frontiers. A truly exquisite ethnography, a must read for those interested in human ingenuity in surviving and thriving in one of the world's most difficult environments. I highly recommend this extraordinary account, for its empathy and deep appreciation of the human condition.

I used the book for an tourism Assignment. I must say it supplied sufficient information form me and it was a choice book to read. Thanks very much it was choice.

An unforgetable searing tale of a refugee from Iraq to Australia. Opens your eyes about Australia.

if you are unaware of how Australia (or America, for that matter) treats its potential immigrants and refugees, read a piece of fiction that exposes the truth. enjoy a beautifully written, lyric story while you're at it.

i stayed up all night reading this book and cried when i finished - cried for the sad ending, cried for all the experiences that mirror the main character's, cried for the inhumanity of the government of a westernized country that was founded both on the destruction of an indigenous people and the shipping off of unwanteds and criminals (hmm, sounds distinctly like another country i know, the one i live in).

What a beautiful book. I was utterly enraptured by it's poignant simplicity and clarity.
It paints a vivid portrait of a child living in rural Western Australia during WWII. Randolph Stow conjures beautiful images of the Australian landscape and family life. The issues of childhood are dealt with sensitively but they are not trite or overdone.

The style is different but in some ways it put me in mind of the writing of Hemmingway. The writing is so clear and beautiful with no overly flowery language or sentimental passages. A stunning book. I was absolutely enthralled by it.

This is the story of a young boy, Rob, growing up in Western Australia during and after World War II, and his cousin Rick, who returns from fighting the Japanese to discover his experiences have placed a wedge between himself and his family.

I first read this book in high school, as required reading. Unlike most other books we studied, this one made a powerful impression. Years later I still recalled the feelings it evoked, of loss and inability to reach those you loved. Recently I hunted it down and bought my own copy. It was just as I'd remembered it. Stow captured masterfully the atmosphere of growing up in a particular place and time (the book is semi-autobiographical), and especially the interconnections of family that define the boy's world. Set against that is the unbreachable gulf that Rick's wartime experience sets between him and the rest of his family. The book explores the tension between a society in which people were defined as an intersection of overlapping relationships, and a new sense of the individual alone; a tension seen through the eyes of a child trying to be loyal to both.

There's a timelessness to much of the book, just as a child's understanding is timeless. A moving and very human account of growing up.

Of all the economics books I've seen as a college student, this is the best one I've read.

i bought this book for an economics class and it is one of the best textbooks i have ever used. it is easy to read and understand, plus it doesn't get nearly as boring as a lot of other textbooks. it is written for the common person and uses lots of examples to illustrate ideas - this is a great book!

When my 4 years old son was very curious about the story when he saw the title. He wondered why the moose was called "mouse". The story is about the friendship between a moose and a girl. It is very charming. After reading that, you will also know how to make cauliflower horns.

The pictures in this book are really cute and the story is very happy, it makes me smile. The girl and the moose are best friends and they have a secret but I'm not telling what the secret is, you have to read it yourself.