Death Care Books

Accurately describes the days of EMTs and Paramedics in New Jersey. When I got the book, I couldn't put it down. Shows improvements of EMS since the "Johnny and Roy" days of TV.

Wonderful description of the events of 9/11 that happened on their end.

The Cavalry Is Coming

J.A. Karam is obviously an amatuer writer who graphically overempahiszes every part of this book and every person. Anyone with a mediocre level of intelligence can picture a bunch of overweight underachievers eatting "cheese whiz" and "eight White Castle burgers" while contemplating the "what if's" in life. Don't waste your time on this book if you are considering entering the world of EMS. EMS professionals do not abuse new employee's nor do we plan on spending our lives on the streets. We move on to educating the new EMS professionals, management or other positions within the healthcare industry with a future.

About the book.Two words, utter crap. This being said, Montet should take a closer look at whom he works with before throwing the terms childish and primadonna (this is the correct spelling by the way Montet). The people in the book spend a majority of their time taking care of the the more mundane "urgencies" just the same as every other EMS system in out country.

These are the words spoken by an air-evac nurse on page 187. She goes on to say that she had no idea what paramedics did. Scenes are uncontrolled chaos. There are police, family members, firemen, drunks, and a tremendous amount of noise to deal with. In all this you have to make split second decisions.

Having been there I can relate to what this nurse is saying. EMS is training. It's glorified. It's put down. It's hard work. It's too long hours. It's a lotta things I hate to talk about. Karam writes about them, the good and the bad. Not all of my experiences are the same as what she wrote about. Around here 12 hour shifts are rare there is no way that one could get a patient to the hospital every 30 minutes. But Karam wrote about Newark, NJ.

This job attracts people. Read Karam's book. The long hours and the relatively low pay can take a toll on your family life. Recently I had a paramedic tell me that he had not been home for eleven days. Any glory that there is in the job wears off the first time you get get called in on the carpet to explain something.

So if you read Karam's book, you'll get a taste of what it's like. And it's not just a year of life and death. It's a career.

After reading the other reviews felt I had to write my own.

First of all this is life in Newark EMS, she showed you the worst parts, and left out the BS. Obviously an attempt to impress the reader. The writer does not understand that without the BS jobs, the men and women who are professional urban EMS providers would have no down time, no time to get away from the horror that is at times their jobs. The jobs she wrote about all happened but she didn't right the mundane that one of the other reviews mentioned.

Irreverant humor happens in all of the human services, cops joke about the bodies in a crime scene, fireman are the ones who coined the term crispy critter, doctors and nurses laugh while coding a patient. Yes it does insulate them, that is why they do it. Once again Karam neglected to write about the times that the men and women of Newark EMS held the hand of the dying patient, or broke down in tears because too many people died that week, she really didn't show the whole image of the men and women.

Yes some of the people she choose to highlight maybe aren't the most stable or healthy, maybe they drink too much, but they are in the minority. Karam spoke of a man who worked nights, and on his days off he would spend time fishing with his kids. She made him out to be abnormal in the world of Urban EMS. Again this is Karam trying to glorify being unstable because of the job. Most of the men and women who work there have stable healthy home lives. They are able to come home and turn work off, and enjoy being with their kids.

Regarding the views of University ER nurses in the books, no the nurses in the er are not uncaring unfeeling bitches. Yes many of EMS providers feel that they are. If you didn't love what you do you would not work in the ER or in the streets of Newark.

To sum it up, Karam gave you a glimpse of the job, but not a full representation.

One of the ideas for creative play the authors offer is to find a hill and roll down it. Or if that doesn't knock your socks off find a trail of ants and watch them marching by! If your child needs you and a book to come up with these play ideas seek professional help... now!

There are 13 different types of activities. They are Art, Construction, Craft, Dance, Education, Environment, Foods and Cooking, Games, Horticulture, Make-Believe, Music and Nature. It gives you tips for your child's safety and enjoyment. The book also lists a variety of materials and supplies you might need for that activity.

This book has been around FOREVER and continues to be updated. Over the years, I have probably given away at LEAST 20 copies of this book to parents of toddlers. It is the BEST book out there for creative, imaginative fun for kids that can only help them to be smart, smart adults.

I couldn't believe the reviews that stated that this was for "unimaginative"adults! I am as creative as they come and I was amazed at some of the neat, terrific and educational ideas that the authors came up with. That said, there are a few activities that I thought were a little "out there" so I skipped those activities, but everyone is different. Trust me, this book leads the way in creative play!

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under the age of four not be given nuts, popcorn, or raisins, due to the risk of choking. Therefore, it seems rather inappropriate to include these ingredients in recipes and craft activities in a book aimed at children "age two years and up." Here are just a few examples of activities from this book that use such ingredients:

- Grandma's Granola (Activity 171) contains both nuts and raisins
- Popcorn Packaging (Activity 74) contains popcorn
- Cereal Balls (Activity 51) contain raisins.

This book was not quite what I expected. There are some good ideas and some truly idiotic ones as well. I'm not sure if the good outweighs the bad.

I am a fan of a good Southern saga, and Price has written quite a few of those. Noble Norfleet, however compelling, was not his best. It failed to deliver on several levels, despite a strong premise: young Noble set adrift in the world after the death of his siblings by his crazy mother's hand.

There were many allusions to the spiritual world; Noble has several strange visions throughout the course of the story that the reader is left to decipher-is he psychic? Or just clinically depressed? Then, there is his "worship" of women. He really, really wants to devour their, uh, "essence." Of course, this must be related to his strange relationship with his batty mother, who has been institutionalized but still plays a pivotal role in Noble's life. She makes many cryptic remarks about Noble's destiny throughout the book, but they remain cryptic. In fact, the latter is a good word to sum up this book. The book, like all books, had to end, but it just felt so unfinished. It felt like Price had meandered too much off track and didn't know how to get back on again, so he just hurried up and slapped together an ending. Noble was an interesting character, and so were many of the "fine women he had the pleasure to know," (he talks a lot like this throughout the novel), but overall, there was no real cohesiveness. My reaction, upon turning the last page, was "Huh? What was that all about?" But an interesting muddle, overall.

I decided to read this book after seeing it listed on the USA Today book club. And boy was I disappointed! Perosnally, I found the book very hard to read. I consider my self fairly intelligent and found myself rereading many times, somethin that does not make reading enjoyable. And a few times, I still didn't get what was being said. I also thought that the story and plot were rather dull. I will admit that the first chapter was pretty good, but it went down hill very quickly. To be honest I was very disappointed that the author did not go into further detail when he discussed Noble's "relationships and encounters." While I was not expecting smut, I feel it would have added to the story.

Another famous North Carolina writer was wrong. You can go home again, at least if you are Noble Norleet, Reynolds Price's latest character in this quite wonderful novel. Before I list the things I liked about the book, what disturbed me most is that the African-American characters are perfect. I understand that race is often an issue in American novels, particularly those written by Southerners. I also know that many black Southerners and white Southerners have always been friends and care about each other. Noble Norfleet says, however: "No black person had ever lied to me or done me the least unkindness I could think of." Perhaps this is a true statement from a boy of seventeen, but Noble says similar things all through this novel. These statements are difficult to believe. Also, at first I was taken aback by the explicit sex in this novel, certainly explicit if we compare this novel to Price's earlier writings. But would I have made that criticism of, say, John Updike or Norman Mailer? Certainly not. So Mr. Price can describe sex in any fashion he chooses. These are just minor complaints about what is as good a story as Mr. Price ever told.

Noble is in the tradition of many of Price's male characters. They are ordinary, quiet people who will never make the newspapers. They pretty much live within the law but are decent beyond measure. Noble ultimately does the right thing-- by his mother, by Hesta, by practically everyone he encounters. For all his imperfections he does become what his name implies, noble. He is in the tradition of many fictional characters, going back as far as Odysseus, who are trying to get back home.

Reynolds Price is a wonderful teller of tales. You won't be able to put this book down once you get started. There is not a dull page here. Events take many twists and turns. Even though Noble may be ordinary, many awful things happen to him. But isn't that true of the lives of many people who have lived to be over 50 in the late Twentieth Century?

There are so many things I liked about Noble: for example, his attitude toward organized religion-- I suspect he is speaking for the author here when he describes ministers during the Civil Rights and Vietnam era-- ". . . almost none of them stepped out and said what Jesus would have said about rights for black people or about the filthy war." Then there's Noble's comments about physicians: "Doctors, if you'll notice, mostly call themselves Doctor. They'll walk in a room where a scared patient's waiting; and instead of saying, 'hey, I'm Jonathan Daniel,' they'll almost invariably say 'I'm Doctor Daniel'-- just in case the white coat isn't magic-badge enough." I particularly liked Noble on frozen vegetables: "Why does any live human ever buy frozen vegetables, I ask myuself every time I eat a mouthful: why not eat wet newspaper instead?"

No contemporary writes better prose than Mr. Price. May he live long and write much more.

Mr. Price has once again managed to consume my time with a novel worth reading. However, when compared to some of his earlier work, Noble Norfleet is a bit of a disappointment. (Still good mind you, but not up to his normal level). I found the premise of the book to be intriguing. Certainly being left alive when both your siblings are killed by your mother is enough to send most 17 year old boys into permanent la la land.
The basis of the story is sound. We are given peeks of Noble's life through his Army days, and then his career as a male nurse. As time goes on in the book, however, the attention to the story becomes thinner and thinner. Eventually, the story becomes so thin that it is trasparent at the end. While the book covers over 30 years, the greatest amount of detail is given to the first few months of the book and little attention to detail at the end.
The sex in the book isn't gratuitous and not necessarily over done, but important to the story line.
I recommend this book highly.

Another famous North Carolina writer was wrong. You can go home again, at least if you are Noble Norfleet, Reynolds Price's latest character. While there is a lot to like about this wondrously complex novel, the African American characters seemed to be too perfect. I understand tha race is often an issue in American novels, particularly those written by Southerners. I also know that many black Southerners and white Southerners have always been friends and care about each other. Noble Nofleet says, however: "No black person had ever lied to me or done me the least unkindness I could think of." Perhaps this is a true statement made by a seventeen year old boy, but Noble says similar things all through this novel. I find that statement difficult to believe. Also, at first I was taken aback by the explicit sex in this novel, certainly explicit if we compare this novel to Price's earllier writing. But would I have made that criticism of, say, John Updike or Norman Mailer. Certainly not. So Mr. Price can describe sex in any fashion he chooses. These are just minor complaints about what is as good a story as Mr. Price ever told. Noble is like many of Price's previous male characters. They are ordinary, quiet people who will never made the newspapers. They pretty much live within the law; but they are decent beyond measure. No one else writes about these types of men with the empathy that Mr. Price does. Noble ultimately does the right thing-- by his mother, by Hesta, by practically everyone he encounters. For all his imperfections, he does become what his name implies, noble. He is in the tradition of many fictional characters, going back as far as Odysseus, who are trying to get back home.

A teller of wonderful tales, Mr. Price has few peers when it comes to writing prose.

Our mother was diagnosed in the late 80's with the worse types of rheumatory arthritis ever and began walking with a cane as her primary complaint was the pain in her right hip. She was also an adamant smoker and in Dec. 97 was diagnosed with a cancerous spot on her lung. Her doctor wanted to do surgery stating she wasn't going to die; all the time ignoring her repeat requests for attention to her hip. He stated he wanted to take care of the problem at hand then he would deal with the hip. The middle of Feb 98 she expired and was, by the grace of God, brought back to life. Consequently, it was all over, as her hip bone was completely eaten up when they discovered bone cancer as it had matasized all through her body. She passed the 19th of Mar 98. During the first discovery of the cancer the doctor did an MRI and through the latter part of her life, kept ignoring repeated requests to deal with that hip. She suffered through this cancer thinking it was arithritis. A major part of the illness was pneumonia and continuous upper respiratory infections. I must mention that I live in Ga. and the other 5 siblings in Va and Md. Mother live in Pa. and would not move as she loved Pa. Of course, this made it difficult to track her and assist her in monitoring her visits to the doctor. Mother was always the type of woman who like to keep her "business" to herself; always an organized person. We have since tried, to no avail, to get an attorney to prove his negligence. I am still looking for someone to go over, verbatim, her medical records. To my knowledge, there has been no mention of her need to quit smoking. We, the family, also believe we have a case against the cigarette company.

Sandra Gilbert's poignant tale of her 60 year old husband's death after prostate cancer surgery is marred by her universally distorted portrayal of his doctors at the UC Davis University Hospital, where he died in 1991. While she freely and repeatedly demonstrates her ignorance and lack of sophistication regarding the medical issues involved in her husband's case, that doesn't stop her from treating her misunderstandings and fantasies as reality. From her point of view, you would think that her husband's physicians were callous monsters, who didn't care if he lived or died. The truth is far less nefarious, though probably for her, less satisfying.

In the end, the real events surrounding her husband's death do not reveal any conspiracy, cover-up, or gross negligence. In fact, her husband suddenly "crashed" only after what was essentially over 4 uneventful hours in the recovery room, where the only abnormality was a low grade elevated heart rate (common after surgery) and a one time drop in blood pressure early on, which responded immediately to appropriate treatment (also common). Indeed, until he coded, he appeared to be doing quite well. It is only after the failed resuscitation that it became apparent that he must have been bleeding occultly, despite his apparent hemodynamic stability. The bottom line is that everyone in the recovery room missed the fact that that he was hemorrhaging internally, not because they were indifferent or incompetent, but because the clues were so subtle and their level of suspicion was too low.

She complains that no one was forthcoming with information, as she struggled to understand what happened, yet, with her own words, whenever the primary surgeon tries to discuss the case, before and after the surgery, she demonstrates that she has trouble understanding the simplest concepts, even though he speaks in plain everyday language. Instead, she offensively ridicules his accent, and follows every statement of his with her own italicized confused thoughts and fantasies. Almost every statement or appearance of a physician in this book is caricatured and editorialized.

In the end, she opts to take the money, accepting a settlement, rather than continue with depositions and go to trial, insuring that she never gets the explanation she claims she wants and needs so badly.

If there are villains here it is her friends and family. For example, after her husband's death, a couple comes up to her and with the same breath as they ask "What happened?", they announce that a lawyer friend has told them that she has a case for medical malpractice. How in the world would he know? There are so many self-appointed "experts" among her relatives and acquaintances, all whispering in her ear their own theories and rumors and offering advice. And there is so much cynicism and anger among her family and friends toward the doctors, you would have thought they had bodily thrown her husband out a hospital window to his death. Indeed, that is how his care is ultimately described.

There is much made of a missing hematocrit, drawn after an hour in the recovery room, yet it is acknowledged that hematocrits can be misleading because of the time required for "equilibration." She also makes much of an inability of the anesthesiologists to intubate her husband, which aborted the first attempt at surgery. His pictures in the book show him to have been a stocky man with a receding chin, short neck, and full beard. Of course they had trouble! There is no guarantee that you can successfully intubate any patient, even if you know ahead of time it will be difficult. They did the right and safe thing, by canceling the case, yet she repeatedly revisits the failed intubation and prudently cancelled case, each time more vehemently, until she ultimately claims her husband began to die then and there!

Mrs. Gilbert revels in the role of victim, but like so many that title becomes comforting only if there are villains. And if there are none, she and her family, friends, and lawyers will manufacture them. Indeed, mistakes were made, with disastrous consequences, but there is no evidence that her late husband was treated with anything but professional kindness, charity, and compassion. Maybe his doctors deserve a little too.

This book is hardly about wrongful death. It is the story of one person's attempt to deal with the sudden and unexpected death of a spouse. Certainly there are some elements of the wrongfullness of the death of her husband portrayed in the book. However, the author is primarily focused on her own pain, suffering and inability to deal with the death and subsequent activities.

One most definitely has sympathy with the author and her family for their loss. The writing is a celebration of the misery brought on by the death. A similar tale could be told of any sudden and unexpected death of a loved one.

It was negligence, or the university regents would not have paid the settlement. I've not reviewed a book here before, but wanted to counter some of the unfair reviews I just read. We know this kind of thing happens sometimes. She lost the love of her life, and their children lost their father. Ms. Gilbert needed to write this, and it is well worth reading. It is, however, very sad.

This book accurately reflects the emotions and disorientation experienced by the loved ones of a patient who suffers a sudden, unexpected and - at least in their belief - preventable death. I'm not going to debate the medical merits with the first reviewer, no doubt a physician. But after 20 years of representing malpractice victims in legal proceedings, I can say it truly reflects their pain and their motivation in seeking legal counsel in a death case: A desire for information, honesty and validation. The book also addresses how the legal system can be a crud tool for achieving those goals - but the only tool they have.

The deaths at the World Trade Center and Pentagon triggered a strong reaction in me, especially when I read how many children had lost a parent, because I lost both parents when I was young (my father when I was 4, my mother when I was 5). Recently I had started a small e-mail group of adults who went through similar parental-loss experiences, and it has been very helpful to meet others who went through this. This book has helped my thinking – children see things differently from adults, and feel things differently, and this book explores all that. As a social worker in a former career, I facilitated bereavement support groups at a major Manhattan cancer agency, and realized the bereavement process is a long one even for adults. One of my desires at this time is to connect with those who lost friends or family members in the terrorist attacks (or those who know them), so that I and those in my group might directly or indirectly offer supportive insights. If we could be of help, please get in touch. ...

Congratulations to the Dougy Center Staff for creating this book. It is a much needed resource.
I also purchased After the Tears, A Gentle Guide to Help Children Understand Death (video)
The two are awesome resources for children.
Keep up the good work.

I expected much more from the Dougy Center, which is the leading organization for grieving children in this country. This book disappoints. There are much better books out there for anyone interested in helping grieving children.

While the individual tips are certainly valid and helpful, an overall organizing principle to group tips might increase the effectiveness of the book. The brevity of tips makes the content accessible, but does not provide much depth topic by topic. In addition, the very compelling illustrations that are included in the book are not tied into the text they accompany. More insight into the background or intent of the drawings would be valuable (while preserving confidentiality of course).

Not worth your time. Cheri woods only talent is lying. The book is full of fabrication. She was put in prison because she is a criminal. Do your research. This is just another lame attempt at notoriety in Hollywood by a wannabe. Yawn! Very sad.

A brand new copy of this book is available on the U.S. Amazon website: amazon.com

As a long time female Executive within the Entertainment Business out of Los Angeles myself, I can personally confirm that I have heard of the Real Hollywood Madam " Cheri Woods," going back many years through many of my high profile male connections within the industry and through my travels. When rumors started circulating throughout the Entertainment Business that Cheri Woods was writing her tell all book Death Row Madam, I can't tell you how many high profile people I encountered that were shaking in their boots with their concerns of being exposed as having been a former client of the famous Cheri Woods with fears that all their bizarre behavioral patterns involving kinky sex and drugs would come back to haunt them. When Cheri Woods the biggest Madam in the history of the business started to make appearances on Geraldo, Inside Edition, Hard Copy, The Joan Rivers Show and every other major News Program/Talk Shows naming names, the high profile men I know were fit to be tied. Panic spread like wild fire in Hollywood, New York and Washington D.C. because Cheri Woods was revealing all the kinky sex and drug secrets of the rich and famous on national television with holding nothing back that was not only truthful, but shocking to say the least. I have lady friends who have divorced their husbands since the release of DEATH ROW MADAM, as their husbands were regular clients. I have read Death Row Madam and know of the lifestyles of many that she wrote about to be true. This book gives a factual full account of what famous & high profile people want you to know nothing about concerning what really goes on behind their closed doors! This interesting read also get's into the corruption of Public Officials as to the Justice System and the Los Angeles Police Department of which there has been quite the history of misconducts to frame people for crimes they never committed as seen on national television of which Cheri Woods fell victim to like so many other innocent people who served time in prison as a result of fabricated reports by Public Officials all for capital gain to defraud tax payer's of state and federal funding by prosecuting bogus cases. There are great pictures in Death Row Madam of Cheri Woods with so many celebrities. Death Row Madam is indeed credible and an adventurous journey deplicting how this young lady Cheri Woods came from Minnesota with stars in her eyes and unexpectedly became the biggest Madam in Hollywood serving clients world-wide which eventually landed her in prison on death row with the Manson clan. Now, Cheri Woods is a free woman and she is obviously expressing her freedom of speech through her release of Death Row Madam. Cheri Woods has survived to tell her interesting story. In her book she list's a web site where you can contact her directly of which she freely responds to questions and there are other services offered that may be of interest to many. Death Row Madam is a must read for enquiring minds that are into scandal, controversies and the secrets of the famous!

That's right, the author of this book either thinks that his readers are so stupid that they will not understand the blatant points and arguments his one-dimensional characters debate that he puts notes in the margins. As well, the prose style is so mundane that the notes are actually more exciting. He highlights the key arguments of PAS (Physician Assisted Suicide) but closes with the strongest arguments against and the strongest arguments for, stacking the deck against PAS. A biased book from a publisher that is biased (the publisher is a Christian publisher, a traditional Christian publisher, thus opposed to PAS).

Dr. Chamberlain plunges us into an ethical dilemma that is hotly debated around the country today. Physician assisted suicide has been considered in many states and legalized in Oregon. This book takes us to a probable state senatorial debate where the arguments for and against physician assisted suicide are presented. The debate boils in the senate while two friends, Dr. Ron and Dr. Pat, meet. Patrick is dying and Ron has to decide if he should assist in his friend's death. The reader's eyes are opened by a trip through a palliative care ward. The debate in the Senate shows how an issue can be molded and sculpted to look attractive. The author's credentials may help one to see which way the decision must go but in all fairness I leave the answer to the reader. The bigger question is how we are affected by the tale and what would we do?

Paul Chamberlain has certainly provided us with an engaging and instructive volume on euthanasia. Couched in a fictional narrative, Chamberlain's plot walks us throught the relational, philosophical, medicinal, and legal dynamics of euthanasia. And though the narrative is fictional, Chamberlain points the reader to some of the better literature on the subject in his endnotes.

I seldom read a book cover-to-cover, but Chamberlain's narrative caught me and held me captive until I finished the book. But I must warn you, as someone still working his way through all the attendant issues (religious, social, philosophical and emotional), the first half of the book provides an emotionally swaying presentation of the case for physician-assisted suicide. While reading it, I kept wondering "What I would do -- if I was the one dying, or if I was the one asked to help a friend die?"

The second half of the book engages the many arguments in favor of euthanasia in a thoughtful, but never shallow, fashion. Here one will encounter a real struggle over suffering -- but viewed from the perspective of one informed by the facts, engaged in the drama, and influenced by sound religious, philosophical and social principles.

I enthusiastically recommend this book as an introduction to the subject by an author well-informed in all the facets of the issue. For more information, I would recommend the reader visit The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity (www.cbhd.org).

This was a good book for people who have experienced 1 or more miscarriages. It does not have to be read cover to cover. Each chapter is a separate entity, you only need (or want) to read the chapters that are applicable to your situation. It was a book that made me feel as though I was not alone in this situation.

If you have had an ectopic pregnancy, do not purchase this book! While blighted ovums and molar pregnancies are devastating occurances, they are very different than ectopic pregnancies. This book groups the three together, even mentioning them as "a mass of tissue". My ectopic pregnancy was 14 weeks, and he was anything but tissue. I found this book to very insensitive on the loss of a pregnancy due to ectopic. True that the woman's health is important in this type of pregnancy, but the book seemed to only focus on this aspect of ectopic pregnancy.

I found a lot of good information and advice in this book as I coped with an ectopic pregnancy--not only for myself, but also for my husband and for our families. Although the section on ectopic pregnancy does not adequately address the treatment options (or the emotional ramifications of extended methotrexate therapy), the general text dealing with miscarriage really helped me.

Prior to reading this text I had never heard of the death awareness movement, and after reading it I still can't seem to pinpoint it. I learned more about what it is not. However, the author makes good points about the reality of death and how our society not only denies it and tries to overcome it, but how our culture pushes bereaved persons to rush through their grief and "get on with life."

Beyond Silence and Denial looks at the roles of death in the Christian Faith. The author lays out how the Protestant view of death and dying has shifted through out the ages. Sometimes this shift was in response to secularism or social problems. The model that the author proposes is how Jesus responded to death and dying. Jesus willingly yielded his spirit on the cross not as an act of defeat or victory, but out of trust in his Father. Death is seen as a part of God's plan and nothing, including dying, can separate us from communion with God.

I was honored to speak with M. Catherine Ray before she died. She was very helpful to me in publishing my book WHAT THE DYING TEACH US: LESSONS ON LIVING. She has a servant's heart that shines through every word in her book. This book offers practical advice to anyone working with the dying. It is a classic. -- Samuel Oliver

I am somewhat disappointed in this book. I felt that many of the "hints" were written over and over. This book could have been written in half the pages and still have been somewhat valuable. I will use this as somewhat as a reference for a while, but will look forward to finding more books with more information. I just went through a volunteer session through hospice and this book left me feeling that there was alot missing.