Barry Books

I have read the online version of this story and in fact have it saved in my archive. I have for the past year or so have looked around for a used copy and found that there really wasn't one unless I paid over $700.00. Now I find the 2nd ed. out and I am buying! The writing and plot are phenomenal. It is a hurt/comfort story, but one with a happy ending and one I'll enjoy in my ever growing library for years to come.

The writing is so wonderful and story so addictive I couldn't put the book down until I finished it! The characters are truly likable and human. They make mistakes and feel pain. They find happiness and you feel their joy.

from the book description - Rae Crenshaw does not lack for companionship. The tall beauty radiates charm and confidence, but this attractive combination conceals a vulnerable heart that has known far too much pain. She finds solace for her emptiness in casual trysts, maintaining a severe emotional distance, all the while seeking that which she feels can never be found again. Evon Lagace's young life has been one of extremes - a failed dance career, a precious, beautiful relationship, and a traumatic, crippling loss. Once full of exuberance and happiness, she must now struggle to find peace amidst despair and loneliness.
I am looking for more books by this author and hope for other readers that the book is in print again soon!

Don't miss this book!

This was a compelling two-hanky story that I enjoyed. It stalled in a couple of places and there were a couple of scenes that were just more of the same, but I hope Barry writes more.

[...]I am haunted by some of the profoundly beautiful moments and images.

This novel, the first by Deb Barry (but I hope not the last), is heart-wrenching and heart-warming. It details the story of two women who believe they have already found and lost the loves of their lives. Is it possible to find love again when the first time was so sweet that you haven't yet recovered from its loss?

This is a lesbian love story, and it contains several erotically charged scenes, but the journey depicted truly transcends the sexuality of the characters. I urge you to read this book, and I challenge you not to laugh and cry out loud as you do.

Rae Crenshaw threw away the first love of her life, then immediately realized her mistake. Over time she regained a loving friendship, but the romance was forever lost and Rae lives a life of random trysts. Evon Lagrace fell deeply in love while at school in England. Her lover was killed in a horrible accident and she doesn't want another love. These women meet under odd circumstances and feel an immediate attraction. However, because of their past experiences, neither is anxious to explore her new feelings.

This book was well written and kept me fully engaged. A little foul language, a few racy scenes, and a lot of strong feelings contribute to a fantastic story. Barry gives her characters depth and background, a characteristic missing in many romances. I give her a thumbs up and hope she continues her efforts as a writer.

Recommended for a lazy evening in front of a fire, accompanied with a carafe of good red wine and a block of fine cheese. (Make sure you're comfortable, because you'll be there until the book is done!)

This Bio does not look upon Louise Brooks as sympathetically as other's Bio's do. Here we feel that we are being told the truth - as not everything in her life was perfect, or admirable, or even sympathetic. Louise Brooks was still a person who did things her way. And this books tells us what her was. A wonderful look at a wonderful Actress, Dancer and Writer.

An all-emcompassing book for fans of Louise Brooks. It has interesting stories and beautiful photos.

This is a great biography of an obscure, but fascinating silent film star. Barry Paris has done a great job researching the life and times of Louise Brooks. A must-read for any Brooks fan.

This book was wonderful, before I read it I had no idea in the world who Louise Brooks was or what an impression she had on the motion picture industry. While this book is full of information and well written there are some slow points. A wonderful book for anyone interested in films.

I am one of those who became entranced by Louise Brooks after seeing her in "Pandora's Box". She appeared to be highly sexual, intelligent, and to be marching to the sound of a drummer that she alone heard within herself. It turns out that she was all of this. This is an excellent biography and a lesson about what happens to those who despise the opportunities that life presents to us and to those whose lives are driven by sex rather than common sense. Louise Brooks was a very modern woman despite having been a star of the silent screen. She made only a few films but her performances in those films stand up with the great performances of today and their naturalism makes the acting of most silent screen starlets seem idiotic. While other actresses were concerned with nothing but their looks, Brooks was reading Shaw and Proust. While others did all they could to ingratiate themselves with the movie studios, Brooks had nothing but indifference for them. She turned her back on fame, fortune, and power. She could have had a brilliant career but always sabotaged her chances. She had beauty and incredible sex appeal. She had Chaplin as a lover. She wrote. She lives on today as an image of a woman ahead of her time and also as a tragic waste. Her own difficult personality drove everyone away. Her lack of discipline was childish. She fascinates. This is the best biography we will ever get of her. Recommended.

the best book on surgical oncology when you need to refer real fast... best a resident in surgery can have

This handbook is the must have for every surgery resident or even staff member who's not an oncologist, very clear and easy to read....

As others have said in their reviews, the MDA Surg Onc Handbook is well written, easily readable and a great source for studying for the boards or just quick review before a case or clinic. Our Surg Onc department uses this as its preferred text for the residents - even buying several copies so that they and the students could always have one to review while on service.

Treatment plans are cutting edge but available to the community and the presentation of controversies is helpful in understanding the topic.

This book is essential for inservice and general surgery board review

If you are looking for exellent value for money in (surgical) oncology, you have to purchase the MD Anderson Handbook. In a compulsively readable yet comprehensive style the entire field is covered. In contrast to its title, it is not only focussing on how things work in Houston, but altenative state of the art diagnostic and treatment options are discussed. In our surgical clinic, the book has become a standard reference text.

Barry Feig book seems to be very helful for market researchers, advertising professionals and marketers who try to succeed with new products. He gives hands-on advice how to find meaningful positionings, explains how to market research them and shares many of his invaluable innsights with the reader. One basic tenet of his book seems to adress the marketers of products: Either you offer something meaningful to the buying public or you rather don't offer it at all. One of the future big trends in marketing might be to avoid wasteful marketing initiatives. Barry Feig's book will be required reading for all those marketers who will try to follow this future trend.

Barry Feig book seems to be very helful for market researchers, advertising professionals and marketers who try to succeed with new products. He gives hands-on advice how to find meaningful positionings, explains how to market research them and shares many of his invaluable innsights with the reader. One basic tenet of his book seems to adress the marketers of products: Either you offer something meaningful to the buying public or you rather don't offer it at all. One of the future big trends in marketing might be to avoid wasteful marketing initiatives. Barry Feig's book will be required reading for all those marketers who will try to follow this future trend.

Barry Feig book seems to be very helful for market researchers, advertising professionals and marketers who try to succeed with new products. He gives hands-on advice how to find meaningful positionings, explains how to market research them and shares many of his invaluable innsights with the reader. One basic tenet of his book seems to adress the marketers of products: Either you offer something meaningful to the buying public or you rather don't offer it at all. One of the future big trends in marketing might be to avoid wasteful marketing initiatives. Barry Feig's book will be required reading for all those marketers who will try to follow this future trend.

Barry Feig book seems to be very helful for market researchers, advertising professionals and marketers who try to succeed with new products. He gives hands-on advice how to find meaningful positionings, explains how to market research them and shares many of his invaluable innsights with the reader. One basic tenet of his book seems to adress the marketers of products: Either you offer something meaningful to the buying public or you rather don't offer it at all. One of the future big trends in marketing might be to avoid wasteful marketing initiatives. Barry Feig's book will be required reading for all those marketers who will try to follow this future trend.

This is a great book on marketing. The author has helped develop many products primarily for the food trade. This book is a major rewrite to his "The New Products Workshop: Hands-On Tools for Developing Winners." Both books are great. If you can't get both, then get this newer one.

This book is important because it details Barry Feig's proprietary product development process. As a consultant he goes in to large food companies and helps them develop ideas and marketing programs for new products. There are very few books on this topic.

I highly recommend this book. The only downside to this book is that it could stand a little more organiziing of the topics. Overall though, this is a book that you should buy if you are at all interested in how to develop new products and how to test them with the marketplace.

Perhaps the most unique thing is how he recomends that you meet one on one with the customer in developing your product proto-types. He tells you exactly what to show the prospective customers and what to ask them.

Peppered throughout the book are stories about new product developement that he has experienced.

Great book.

This is as good as it gets,score-wise, for Handel's best known piece. Unless you want to spend a lot, this is it !!!

This edition of Messiah by Alfred Mann dates from the early 1960s. It is a good edition at an excellent price. For the latest scholarship and all of Handel's variants, however, you should consider the 1998 Oxford University Press edition edited by Clifford Bartlett. For the best guide to the work, read "Handel: Messiah" by Donald Burrows in the Cambridge Music Handbook series.

Paul N. Van de Water

Even to atheists and other skeptics---thanks to G.F. Handel.... I don't know anyone who doesn't love this masterpiece. Handel sets the dry prose of Revelation and Isaiah to Baroque rock n roll, and has earned a place as one of the great vocal composers of ETERNITY... This Dover full score is priced lower than some piano reductions!

Handel's Messiah is one of my favorite works of all time. And nothing goes with a great recording of this exquisite music like a fantastic score - exactly what Dover has provided for us here. Dover sews their books (they don't glue), so you can count on this score's durability, and the print is legible (which can't be said for all music) so you don't have to search out the magnifying glass to read the notes.

Masterful music in a high quality book and at a more-than-reasonable price. Do not delay in acquiring this score.

This is a wonderful book if you love to sing. Even if you just love the songs and have a copy of the concert on tape, now you can learn the words! My commumity has Messiah all sing concerts and even though I know the songs, it's always nice to have the music on hand. I ,personally, have been looking for this book everywhere!

My five-year-old daughter has had this book a year and still loves it, along with Barry Moser's "Our New Puppy" and "My Cats Nick and Nora." She named her stuffed dogs after the dogs in the book and acted the story out. Now that she is older, she makes up new stories about the dog and the girls and their adventures. I heartily recommend this book.

My two-year-old daughter, a big fan of dogs, loves this book. It is written in simple language and describes activities to which a two-year-old can relate. The presence of the Grandpa is an added plus! Highly recommended by our whole family.

I like the paintings that are made from water colors in My Dog Rosie. I also like how the author writes about his own dog. I like books that are not to long and not to short like My Dog Rosie. My Dog Rosie has good descriptions. I like when the author shows you a picture of his own dog. I think anybody will love this book.

My two-year-old loved this book. The story about a little girl who has to take care of a dog is very appealing to young children

My family loves this book. We accidentally left in Hawaii on vacation and are ordering a new one. Very attractive, large pictures and easy reading. We love Rosie.

Networking By Example is a beginning level guide to teaching the latest technologies and putting this knowledge to use. Using high-quality, detailed photographs and diagrams, author and computer expert Barry Press makes learning simple and straightforward. Barry Press explains various techniques and a broad number of subjects on setting up networks for the small business or home. Beginner, 448 pages

A few months ago I compared networking books at a bookstore with a generous collection of computer books. I have a background in PC hardware, introductory networking and an intermediate understanding of Linux, and I needed a book that was not specific to one operating system. Important components of my home network would be linux-based, but I also needed to include some windows 98, ME and 2000 services too.

The problem with many of the networking books out there is that they are geared to the networking specialist with an advanced knowledge of networking already, or they are dumb-ified for the home-user who would be connecting things with Windows 98. So you are faced with a choice between 1000 page tomes which go into more detail about netware, netbui or wiring than anyone would be interested in. Or you can choice a friendly book full of colorful Windows 98 screenshots (a perfect and actually informative example of that would be "Complete Idiot's Guide to Networking Your Home" by by Mark D. Thompson.).

It is surprising to see how few of the home networking books out there seemed to talk about Linux, although perhaps by the summer of 2001 that will have changed.

"Networking by Example" is a remarkable book because it gives equivalent functions by operating system, 98, NT, 2000 and Linux. It does not go into great depth into configuring services for Linux and Windows (like web servers, samba, etc), but it provides just enough detail for the reader to make sense of chapters from another linux book on apache or samba. This book is one of the rare books that covers both OS's and how to integrate them (the only other book being Unix and Windows 2000 Handbook: Planning, Integration, and Administration by Lonnie Harvel)

One of the most valuable things about the book is the space it devotes to choosing the right hardware and how choice of an operating system might affect your choices. Unfortunately, the book gave a shallow treatment of wireless technologies and somebody looking for wireless information might find better information elsewhere. Sometimes it recommends specific products (which is probably not a good idea, given how quickly models change), but the book gives very practical questions about things to look for when buying a router or cable equipment. The book provides a good number of black and white photographs and illustrations for installing things, and the book contained several chapters near the start that discussed PC-hardware. I skipped through these chapters, but others might find them helpful.

The book does a great job of discussing print sharing and file sharing in both Windows and Linux. It also spends a good bit of time talking about setting up DSL and cable modems, as well as advanced firewall and security topics.

In short: this book is an excellent introduction for the person setting up home networking. Because it is so clear and describes everything so well, it might even be helpful for the would-be networking administrator before he or she pursues more advanced topics. At the time I bought the book, Networking by Example was the ONLY home networking book that discussed Linux and Windows in the same book. By now there are probably others. It gives great advice on picking hardware and setting up linux services. It's only 430 pages, but I've gotten more out of it than books that are twice that size.

I picked up "Networking by Example" because of its simplicity. I was very surprised by the depth and detail the writers took in both explaining and situating Networking. Barry and Marcia Press are very good at explaning Networking. Their writing style is unincumberd by repeteive techno-babble. Instead, they reserve technical terms only when needed. Their pictorials are easily understood and specific examples are given to answer any existing questions.

Very good book for anyone interested in Network basics. Very recommended to those interested in the IT field.

I read this book many many years ago, early on in my I.T. career. It's a good book, and one I would highly recommend for anyone who is new to setting up a network at home (or in a small office). Parts I found especially useful were Chapter 12 "Sharing an Internet Connection". The book has a good description of routers. It also does a good job of describing how your ISP provides you with an IP address for your main machine, and then how you can give your other machines private IP addresses (Ch. 7) and then use NAT which will change all the private IP addy's to the single address your ISP gave you, so those machines can go out on the net.
I also like the fact that there is some discussion of including Linux machines on your network. This book will get you started on SAMBA so you can share stuff between MicroSoft and Linux (Ch. 9).

Recently I posted a review of this very excellent book. I wanted to point out one bad thing about the book, which I guess had to do with timing. Red Hat 7.1 no longer includes linuxconf to do most of the linux configuration, so a lot of the examples do little good for those using Red Hat. (The authors used linux-mandrake, which I guess still uses linuxconf).

One frustration I have experienced with using this book is that it overlooks a description of the files accessible through the command line. Instead the book relies on linuxconf to illustrate. Of course, it's not the authors' fault that red hat no longer uses linuxconf, but that's the problem with explaining things in terms of a gui interface. It would have been nice to include more samples of config files (and commands to run) and less screenshots. I reluctantly conclude that this book wouldn't give enough information to do linux network configuration, although it gives an excellent overview.

Sometimes a bit tough, but in general very interesting to read the theory behind the various kinds of numbers. Including what we nromally would not see as a number..

The historical development of the different types of numbers mirrors the development of civilization. It all starts with the fingers and toes, which allowed for simple counting and the fact that we use base ten is due to the fact that humans have ten of each. The first chapter, "Fingerprints", demonstrates this. Chapter two describes what was an enormous achievement in improving the efficiency of arithmetic, the development of positional notation and the zero. It is hard for the modern person to look back and appreciate how revolutionary a development this was. Like most other inventions, it was necessity that drove the creation. As economies began to expand when Europe emerged from the Dark Ages, the numbers being used on a daily basis grew more frequent and larger. Roman Numerals were inadequate and inefficient, and it is hard to see how commerce and finance could have expanded as much as they did had positional notation not become the norm.
One of the most interesting and illuminating facts in on page 26. A university student is told that the German Universities were inadequate in providing instruction in multiplication and division, that to truly learn how to perform them, one must attend an Italian University. It is a demonstration of how far we have come in our educational system that what is now done in public grade schools was once considered advanced university education, not available everywhere.
Simple, universal notations also played a significant role in the development of mathematics, which is the topic of chapter five. Without the symbols to concisely express the operations of mathematics, it is difficult to see how mathematics could have advanced as fast or as far as it has. The development of the remaining numbers, such as fractions and irrational numbers are explained in great detail and in the appropriate historical context. The last chapter, "The Two Realities", is a philosophical examination regarding the extent to which numbers correspond to reality. Numbers are examined relative to subjective and objective realities. Counting processes are considered to be objective realities, because there is no subjective interpretation to be applied. Everyone can agree on the number of objects in a set, and Dantzig expounds in great length about how we should consider numbers to be "real." It is an interesting demonstration of thinking about how the various sets of numbers are considered and manipulated.
This is the best book about the historical development of numbers and the philosophical ramifications of new discoveries that I have seen. We humans use all kinds of numbers with an ease that would astonish learned men of only a few centuries ago. Dantzig writes so well in his descriptions of numbers that one really doesn't even need a background in algebra to understand this book.

Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission.

Einstein called this "the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands."

Number was first published in 1930 with the fourth edition coming out in 1954. This is a republication of that fourth edition (Dantzig died in 1956) edited by Joseph Mazur with a foreword by Barry Mazur. It is an eminently readable book like something from the pages of that fascinating four-volume work The World of Mathematics (1956) edited by James R. Newman in that it is aimed at mathematicians and the educated lay public alike.

Part history, part mathematics and part philosophy, Number is the story of how we humans got from "one, two...many" to various levels of infinity. Strange to say it is also about reality. Here is Dantzig's concluding statement from page 341 in Appendix D: "...modern science differs from its classical predecessor: it has recognized the anthropomorphic origin and nature of human knowledge. Be it determinism or rationality, empiricism or the mathematical method, it has recognized that man is the measure of all things, and that there is no other measure."

Or more pointedly from a couple of pages earlier: "Man's confident belief in the absolute validity of the two methods [mathematics and experiment] has been found to be of an anthropomorphic origin; both have been found to rest on articles of faith."

These are inescapably the statements of a postmodernist. I was surprised to read them in a book on the theory of numbers, and even more surprised to realize that if mathematics is a distinctly human language, it is entirely possible that beings from distant worlds may speak an entirely different language; and therefore our attempts to use what many consider the "universal" language of mathematics to communicate with them may be in vain.

And this thought makes me wonder. Is the concept "two," for example, (as opposed to the number "2") really just a human construction? Would not intelligent life anywhere be able to make a distinction, just as we have, between, say, two things and three things? And if so, would they not be able to count? And would not then the entire edifice of mathematics (or at least most of it) follow?

I wonder if Dantzig was not in contradiction with himself on this point because earlier he writes (p. 252) "...any measuring device, however simple and natural it may appear to us, implies the whole apparatus of the arithmetic of real numbers: behind any scientific instrument there is the master-instrument, arithmetic, without which the special device can neither be used nor even conceived." Does this not imply that measurements (by any beings) and therefore numbers have an existence outside of the human mind and do not rest on "articles of faith"?

As to the numbers themselves (putting philosophy aside) we learn that the two biggest bugaboos in the history of number are zero and infinity. It took a long, long time for humans, as Dantzig relates, to accept the idea of zero as a number. Today zero is also a place-holder. But what does it mean to say that there are zero pink elephants dancing about my living room? I can see one cow in the yard, or two or three, but I cannot see zero cows in the yard.

Of course, today it is easy to see that zero is a number that is less than one and greater than minus one. I have one cow and I sell that one cow. Now I have zero cows. (Curiously, note that the plural noun "cows" is grammatically required.) However, the imperfect fit within the entire structure of mathematics that zero has achieved may be appreciated by realizing that every other number can be a denominator; that is, three over one equals three, three over two equals 1.5, etc., but what does three over zero equal?

It is a convention of mathematics to say that division by zero is "undefined." There is no other number about which the same can be said.

I used to think when I was young that infinity was the proper answer to division by zero. For Dantzig this is clearly not correct because to him infinity is not a number at all but a part of the process. He writes, "the concept of infinity has been woven into the very fabric of our generalized number concept." He adds, "The domain of natural numbers rested on the assumption that the operation of adding one can be repeated indefinitely, and it was expressly stipulated that never shall the ultra-ultimate step of this process be itself regarded as a number." Of course he is talking about "natural" numbers. He notes in the next sentence that in the generalization to "real" numbers, "the limits of these processes" were "admitted...as bona fide numbers." (p. 245) In other words, part of the process became a number itself!

The culmination of Dantzig's argument here is that infinity itself is a construction of the human mind and exists nowhere (that we can prove) outside of the human mind. He believes that the basis for our belief in the existence of infinity comes from our (erroneous) conception of time as a continuum. Dantzig notes that Planck time and indeed all aspects of the world are to be seen in terms of discrete quanta and not continuous streams.

Ultimately, Dantzig gives this sweeping advice to the scientist: "...he will be wise to wonder what role his mind has played in...[a] discovery, and whether the beautiful image he sees in the pool of eternity reveals the nature of this eternity, or is but a reflection of his own mind." (p. 242)

NLS is, in a word, masterful. It is a fascinating and penetrating introduction to the "language of science". After laying a foundation of first principles (what is a number, what does it mean to count), Dantzig goes on to construct a veritable cathedral of mathematics. As the reader climbs ever higher, the mathematics Dantzig describes grows increasingly abstruse, but the exposition remains lucid and compelling throughout. Dantzig is a terrific guide -- an exceedingly good writer and a very deep thinker. Many of the concepts developed in NLS are treated ad nauseum in the popular mathematics literature, but nowhere as clearly. After reading the opening pages of NLS, I was impressed with the writing (very literary in style) but was skeptical that I would learn much from this slim volume. How very wrong I was. Time and again Dantzig clarified concepts and connections that have long eluded my full grasp. NLS is a superb book, and a fascinating read. This new edition is a useful improvement on its predecessors -- with excellent endnotes and bibliography, and a well-considered division of the book into text and appendices.

The striking facts about Danzig's book are :

1. It does not claim to be a 'popular' science book. At the outset, he warns the reader ".. it is not written for those who are afflicted with an incurable horror of the symbol". In doing so, I think he has gained more readership, simply because noone likes to be patronised, and most 'popular' science books are extremely patronising.

2. He makes it a point to explain to the reader that mathematics is not something that was made by the Hand of God. He clearly explains the mistakes made by some of the most eminent mathematicians, and thus brings out the 'human' element in the evolution of mathematics very beautifully.

3. He interweaves his philosophy with that of the history of math, and thus makes it eminently readable.

I went on the zone diet for years before going raw....I read this while researching a weight loss book I am writing. I wish I had read it years ago! The valuable insights about how vegans and mothers and AMERICANS in GENERAL are deficient in DHA, a critical fat for memory and eyesight, is astounding! The most fascinating part of the book is how Sears gives credit to fish oil for the evolution of man to Cro-Magnon 40,000 years ago. But now we are DEvolving as we have less DHA than ever in our diet. I am now on a mission to make people aware of this nutrient.
I wish that Barry would give vegan or at least vegetarian options for his meal plans, as eating meat is simply not sustainable for the masses, nor is it necessary. At least he does mention algae as an alternate source for DHA.
As usual, the book is filled with scientific nuggets to educate the reader. I love how he details the importance of getting pharmaceutical grade fish oil as opposed to the kind you might find at a health store or Costco's.

I have survived a most certain terminal cancer. In fact the MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston Texas, says that I'm the only one to have survived in the whole world.

But, as an aftermath, I have severe chronic pain because my brain has rewired itself due to the horrible pain I went through fighting the cancer. The condition is referred to as the Gate Theory. It now can be seen on MRI's. It took me 6-months to find the right doctor to treat it. He's been a pain specialist for 17 years and belongs to a group of doctors who rely on "MD Evidenced Nutrition" to understand what "natural" things work.

He put me on a heavy dose of Morphine to counter the pain, but he also put me on Fish Oil, not just any fish oil, but the oil referred to in this book, and I started thinking better and have taken on some minor work as a result. It's almost been a miracle.

Long_chain-fatty-acid-3, pharmaceutical grade, has done wonders. Because of this book I now understand why.

Many doctors assisted Dr. Sears in the writing of this book so that civilians, like me, can understand it. It's not a "fad" book at all. Just look in the back and you will see over 100 pages of clinical references backing up what Dr. Sears states in the book.

It's a must have to stay well and a must have to survive a serious illness.

The Omega Rx Zone, by Barry Sears is an excellent explanation of essential fatty acid nutrition and decreasing inflammatory prostaglandin production. Dr. Sears successfully translated volumes of leading edge biochemical research into an explanation non-researchers can comprehend, with some sustained effort.

Other books explain the fundamental Omega 6/Omega 3 essential fatty imbalance, but most fail to explain how increased Eicosapentanoic Acid (EPA) can inhibit excess inflammatory prostaglandin production, by down regulation of the 5 delta desaturase enzyme. In addition Dr. Sears explains how decreasing Arachidonic Acid levels reduces production of numerous inflammatory leukotrienes, produced by LOX 5 and LOX 15.

More importantly, Sears explains how increasing EPA and Decosahexanoic Acid (DHA) can dramatically reduce symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression, Osteoarthritis, Emphysema, Alzheimers Disease, High Blood Pressure, Atherosclerosis and other disorders. Sears provides many anonymous case histories illustrating patient improvements with high dose, pharmaceutically distilled fish oil.

Sears also explains cultural variations in essential fatty acid intake which correlate with depression and suicide rates. The Omega Rx Zone is a surprisingly readable explanation of some complex biochemistry and immunology.

Steven Sponaugle
Research Director, Florida Detox

Omega Rx Zone: The Miracle of the New High-Dose Fish Oil by Barry Sears- A somewhat difficult read (too many medical terms) but there are also visual aids that simplify the message and get right to the point. There are obviously many benefits to Fish Oil- I ordered Dr. Sear's recommended oils in both liquid and gel form and after only 3 weeks have noticed a huge improvement in mood. Am hoping to realize weight loss and other health benefits for my family with continued use. Recommend this book, which was recommended to me by a trusted psychiastrist friend.

This book gives a complete and easy to understand of the complex way in which the EPA&DHA long-chain fatty acids influence the hormonal system, and how their lack in the diet affects the body. The author explains why eating fish is not the best way to get omega-3's, mainly because of the heavy chemicals that fish accumulate in their tissues. He describes the differences between different types of fish oil and why (in his opinion) pharmaceutical-grade fish oil is the best way to supplement omega-3. He explains which blood test will tell you how healthy you are.

There is also a very interesting hypothesis on how a diet rich in omega-3 helped the development of the human brain in its early stages of evolution.

There are detalied explanations of how diseases such as cancer and auto-immune illnesses are related to long-chain omega-3's. The author explains how "silent" (cell) inflammation is the cause of many (if not most) major diseases today, especially chronic conditions.

There are explanations of the relationship between omega-3's and emotional well-being, as well as how they improve mental abilities.

As a sidenote, apparently there is currently only one brand on the market that satisfies the author's standards. They have a comparison table on their website showing how their brand offers the most omega-3 per dollar (to convince that it is worth the high price)--but they only compare with certain brands--and I know of at least another highly respected fish oil brand that offers even more omega-3's for half the price. So the only argument left is that pharmaceutical-grade fish oil is completely free of contaminants, whereas other types of oil are not. This argument is in my opinion not very strong, because there are enough brands (such as the one I was talking about before) that have levels of contaminants so small that they are not detectable in a lab--therefore which are really of negligible risk (compared for instance with the toxic substances found in our tap water).

Nevertheless, the in-depth analysis on the remarkably positive effects of EPA&DHA's on health is excellent, and I highly recommend this book.

I value a great book on spirituality when it has the essence of Truth, simplicity and clarity. This is the kind of book I wish to give to everyone. Very rare a spiritual book can and should be given to anyone. This one can be easily accepted by avid spiritual seeker and anyone having the desire to evolve by starting with oneself. It give such understanding to all the unanswered questions we have related to the lost of abundant joy,our childhood was so rich once.

If you like this book, I would also recommend Andrew Cohen's book, Embracing heaven & earth for one more easy read, yet, to the point keys to Truth.

Enjoy!

This is probably one of the best books by Barry Long I have read, it makes you start thinking about the nature of you, and how much we are programmed by soceity. Maybe think is not a good word to use because barry long thinks that thinking is a psychological disease. So read this book, start to meditate and stop to think, that the way to penetrate into your own being.

Enjoy the journey

Barry Long relentlessly hammers you with Truth. When I read this book, I periodically flipped as he pointed out the obvious to the oblivious with deadly accuracy. From guiding us not to tell our sad story, through the crazed media minefields, to the slithering souls waiting to incarnate, Master Long will do something to you. It is up to you to find out what....

I haven't finished this book yet but am blown away by Barry's directness, integrity and the deep resonance of Truth in his words. This truly is Wisdom for the Western mind. No gurus, no mantras, no spiritual baggage - just the Truth, straight and simple. How the world needs this now....

But Barry's message is only for those who are ready to hear it. I imagine his uncompromising directness and 'zero tolerance' spirituality will deter those who are not prepared for it. Not many people seem ready to hear that they've no right to be unhappy, or that they're entirely responsible for their unhappiness.

A brilliant book. Thank you so much Barry Long.

Barry Long's words have got a quality that penetrated me deeply. i found that even when i had finished this book, I kept going over what he had said and saw that it was all the truth. I've never heard anyone talk about the personality like this before, at first i was intrigued. After a while it actually gets a little uncomfortable, it made me look at myself so deeply, more deeply than i ever have before. It gave me insight to how my emotions really work and after reading this I no longer feel as though there is some force beyond me that controls my life and makes me unhappy. This book changed me! d I'm amazed by how much freer i am, it really works! Who doesn't want to be happier? Everyone should read this book, it's absolutely brilliant. Barry must be either totally enlightened or a genius.