Wood Books

I am a Pediatrician working in a busy ER and this book captures the imaginations of children perfectly. Its wonderfully illustrated and has a design and story that really allow for interaction between the child and the reader. Highly recommended.

Every year there are more and more new children's books hitting the shelves, but very few of them stand out. "Tom Cat" is one that does. This book is a true delight to look at and read. A great story of self discovery and awareness that is told with fun, humor, imagination and pure innocence. Mr. Woods has written and illustrated a book that kids today will be reading to their kids.

"Long live the new flesh!" This quote from David Cronenberg's cinematic playground of perversion, Videodrome, announces the theme of Torture Garden, the inimitable London nightclub established in 1990. We are not allowed to categorize it as simply a fetish club, because it is "multi-dimensional, ever evolving and mutating." One way to get a handle is to peruse the strict dress code on its website. Your look better be: burlesque, fantasy, theatrical, period costume, glamour, drag, alien, cyborg, cabaret, mutation, cybersex, fetish, SM, body art, rubber, leather, PVC, or uniforms. Sounds like the East Village on a Saturday night.

You take the Angel Tube to get to the current site of Torture Garden's monthly parties. You really do. These partygoers don't engage in much actual BDSM play, although there is some walkabout bondage. It's mainly a Stand and Model venue, a nightclub/dance scene. There's no room to swing a cane anyway. There's a floor show by some of the top out-there acts in the world. There are performance photos here of (among others) Miranda Sex Garden, the Genitorturers, Ron Athey, Medieval Magick, and Angel Grinders & Chainsaws, who use industrial equipment to send fountains of sparks gushing from the groins of troupe members.

The production package of Torture Garden, the book, is superb. Chaplin's candids capture the feverish ecstasy of a world where nothing is true and everything is permitted. They are brilliantly grouped and sequenced. Sivroni's mostly larger format portraits bring you face to face with folk in costumes far beyond fabulous, exuding the potency of their homemade personas. The Videodrome quote above is one of many at the bottom of every page. These provide a quick, painless introduction to the TG philosophy. A few favorites:

"...sadomasochism enjoys all the forms of religious piety - kneeling, praying, worshipping, sacrificing, invoking and punishing." -- Terence Sellers, The Correct Sadist

"The first duty of man is to become artificial." -- Oscar Wilde

"The body is both a pleasure palace and a torture chamber." -- Charles Levin, Body Invaders

"It's your body, play with it." -- Fakir Musafar, Modern Primitives

"Your body is a battleground." -- Barbara Kruger

At Torture Garden, the concept of costume is raised to extremes of creative imagination, transcendent otherness and disgusting repulsion. By the time you get through this volume, your own definitions of these categories will have been severely mangled. On one night a performer named Franko paraded through the crowd on crutches, accompanied by a nurse. He was nude except for syringes, catheters, rubber tubes and various medical receptacles containing various bodily fluids. On the same night, completely independently, a female partygoer appeared wearing a brassiere consisting of two plasma bags filling with her own blood.

One man's features are covered by a remarkably lifelike effect of the flesh of his face pulled back and nailed to his skull. Hellraiser-style pinheads abound. Crazed male ballerinas, harem girls, rubber boys, sirens, harpies, transvestites, androgynes, hermaphrodites, naughty nurses, naughty nuns, naughty Nazis, welder's goggles, gas masks, catcher's masks, nine-inch nails, helmets, horns, spikes, wounds, rings through everything and to top it off, a spitting-image Laurel and Hardy. Happy Halloween in Hell!

From virginal Eden to lascivious lavatory, this frightening photo-document exposes the moral corruption in its most vivid form. Consider yourselves warned!

Possibly best toymaking book in my collection of sixty+. ( I teach toymaking at retired teacher's ctr in nyc.) Excellent in historical
background & wide rangeing international coverage. Clear explanations
of operation and broad coverage all aspects toymaking. Admirable organization with excellent index. And entertaining illustrations and text to boot. Highest recommendation!

In "Traditional Wooden Toys: Their History And How To Make Them", woodworking expert Cyril Hobbins provides aspiring woodworkers with colorfully illustrated, step-by-step, do-it-yourself instructions for a broad range of traditional wooden toys, dolls and games from cultures and countries around the world. These are toys that have provided entertainment for countless generations of children. Informed and informative reading for non-specialist general readers with an interest in the history of toys and toymaking, "Traditional Wooden Toys" is especially recommended for personal, professional, academic, and community library woodworking reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

Outstanding content and fun to read! Sports in general and golf specially are a microcosm of life and business. Using golf as a metaphor the traits of champions guides you through a dream round of golf with the help of an engaging and wise caddy and real life examples of some of history's finest golfers. The lessons are practical and insightful and sure to guide you to breaking par on the course, in business and in life.

This great book is a must for both Golf fans and Personal Development buffs.It teaches,inspires,and motivates.There are some great golf stories mixed in with tips and techniques on how to be a success in business,golf and life.There is alot of valuable information in this well written book by two great authors who know a great deal about success.

This book of poetry has impact and range. Light and darkness are explored as you move from one poem to the next. Paul gives us a strong sense of his spiritual nature over the course of reading the book. There are wry bits of humorous wisdom hidden among the words, if you read carefully.

"Grandfather's Bonfire","Unruly Parents" and "The British Bobby" in particular stood out for me. The Bonfire's imagery struck me most. I could see and feel through the choice of words just how powerful the memory was. And I was glad to be a second-hand witness to the event.

Over all, a book well worth reading and perhaps re-reading at a future point to see if a new sense comes with that second read.

I don't read poetry, really, but this wasn't written in strict verse and according to beats and measures. This was almost 'conversational observation'.

I was struck particularly by the poem Baghdad Tomb. I cannot imagine anyone reading it without being moved. There are several others that could move a reader, as well. I saw so much through this author's eyes, and in many ways, I felt he understood certain feelings and thoughts that I also had experienced.

Beyond that, I saw bits and pieces of places in a refreshing and bright way, and enjoyed the very short poem about Gus at the end!

I think what I am going to like about this book is that I can say, "Why yes, I read poetry. Let me tell you about this one..." and talk about The Traveling Heart.

I am currently treating someone with trichotillomania and had nothing to fall back upon but this book. Training in psychiatry does not necessarily include training in acceptance and commitment therapy, nor in habit reversal training which are the two methods used in this book to break a seemingly unbreakable habit. My supervisors also couldn't figure out what to do. Enter Treatments That Work! I love this series for the simple language, for the reduction in anxiety both for me and for my patients that a manualized session-by-session guideline can provide, and basically for the mastery that, after reading this book, I can possess. Check out their other titles - they have books for treating OCD, social phobia, panic disorder, GAD, and specific phobias. All are concise, informative, and incredibly useful, especially when one does not have patients with a lifetime of psychoanalytic therapy covered by insurance. Of note, behavioral approach to treatment of trichotillomania has been found to be most productive when comparison of all available literature had been done in meta-analysis review; be assured this will likely be much more productive, therefore, than psychodynamic approach to treatment of this illness (though it would be my own preference if I had any choice in the matter).

This book is one of the very few books currently in market, written for those therapists,providers, residents and fellows in the field of Psychiatry or Psychology, who are interested in treating Trichotillomania. The book is very nicely categorized into describing different strategies of acceptance and committment therapy, with multiple tables and case vignettes. The workbook associated with this book is also very user friendly for therapists and patients alike. I would highly recommend this book and the associated workbook for every practitioner who wants to learn the basics of acceptance and committment therapy in the treatment of trichotillomania.

Lamination offers endless possibilities. Even with a little imagination one can do fantastic things.
Do not forget to cut and paste strips of colored paper you will discover a new world.
Bob Battini

Unique Wood Lamination Projects by woodworking expert and craftsman Jerry Syfert showcases thirteen absorbing lamination-based projects to engage and challenge the woodworker. By following the project designs and step-by- step illustrated instructions, anyone can learn to make clocks, piggy banks, lazy Susans, puzzles, and more. Ideal for the weekend workshop project, Jerry Syfert's Unique Wood Lamination Projects is a welcome and prized addition to any amateur (or professional!) woodworker's reference collection.

This card contains just about any (if not all) commonly used shell variables and commands you might need while learning how to use the command line shells that come with Unix & Linux systems. The format of the card is easy to read and allows you to quickly scan for desired information.

I have had one of these since the 80's. Much better than trying to find the syntax for a command in a reference manual or book. Great presentation. Great job on condensing alot of information in a small space, yet still providing the necessary syntax.

This is the review from ROMANTIC TIMES magazine.

Woods deals with spousal abuse and a woman's fight to get her life back. The heroine's experiences are heartrending, and the villain is to be pitied. Readers witness what happens when love takes a dark turn in this compelling read.

Summary: R.J.'s storybook marriage turns into a horror flick when her husband, Nick, attacks and tries to kill her. She survives, but Nick dies and Mona, her mother-in-law, blames her. R.J. slowly puts her life back together, cares for her beautiful daughter and is satisfied with what she has accomplished. Now, she must fight her emotional and physical desire for Tom, who wants nothing more than to be a husband and father. He steps in and rescues her when Mona threatens to destroy all R.J. holds dear. (Sleeping Beagle, Sep., 224 pp., $14.00)

--Faith V. Smith
http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?book=36334

A gripping story of an old woman's promise to avenge her son's death...and his young widow's determination to bury ugly truths about their brief marriage.

Kay, as an author, and as a speaker, gets the point of continuing life after death across with much enthusiasm! I recently met Kay and her book, and wish I had this book when my daughter was killed. A book on grief and life after death by a bereaved mother and author is very helpful!!

After reading over 41 books and watching two vhs films on death and its related topics, i came across the Visions of the Bereaved by Kay Woods. Visions of the Bereaved has the right information,excellent examples,to the point logic,and is very comforting as one reads it. Kay has an easy to understand book as she is writing from the heart as she had lost her Son and because of the closeness of the two of them ,the words ring loud and clear and very believable!!! She just seems to add the touch of being there and it is easy to place yourself in the story line of the book. Visions of the Bereaved stays on track and presents itself well in believability and truth. I can not say enough on how it made me feel better and to live each day with the knowledge that we will see our Son,Eric Michael Zimmerman in the hereafter in a joyous,loving and eternally upbeat energized plane of existance. I also had a first hand visit from Eric --45 days after his passing-while i was fully awake and in control of my thoughts. However he brought everything with him to visit me, the tremendous love,the overwhelming joy,the feeling that where he is now is pure love and excitement!!!! He squezed me so hard that i thought my ribs were being crushed--no doubt of the reality of this visit!!! Every bereaved person should read this book ,as it will bring comfort and trust that better things are yet to come after our transition to the other side. Visions of the Bereaved makes sense out of what did not make sense before the tragic situations that we faced.. A must read!!!