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Noventa Recetas para Prevenir el Cáncer (90 Recipes to Prevent Cancer)
Published in Paperback by Libra Editorial (2002-06)
Author: Steven Wilder
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ESTE LIBRO ES FABULOSO
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-06
Este libro te ayudará como prevenir el CANCER, ya que hoy en día esa enfermedad se adquiere hasta de lo que comemos y aquí nos da unos consejos para prevenirlo. TE LO RECOMIENDO NO TE ARREPENTIRAS!

¿YA DEJASTE EL CIGARRO ??? O JAMAS FUMASTE ???
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2003-08-06
PUES NO SIRVE PARA NADA, PÒRQUE SIGUES COMIENDO ALIMENTOS QUE PROVOCAN CANCER...
Si quieres eliminar ese riesgo segudo, que algunn dia te hara retorcerte de dolor antes de quitarte la vida, NO COMAS ALIMENTOS CANCERIGENOS...
Este libro te da los ingredientes PARA EL RESTO DE TU VIDA !

"El que en el PELIGRO VIVE, EN EL PERECE"
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2003-08-06
Asi lo establece el dicho y ES VERDAD!
Y nosotros, los seres humanos, vivimos en el peligro diario, CONSUMIENDO ALIMENTOS QUE PROVOCAN TODO TIPO DE CANCER, pero basicamente de estomago y colon...
Esta obra es SABIA, LAS RECETAS SON EXCELENTES Y NO CONTIENEN UN SOLO INGREDIENTE QUE PROVOQUE O DISPARE EL CANCER...
Es una obligacion moral NO ENVENENAR A LA FAMILIA...

LO UNICO SOLIDO QUE SABEN LOS INVESTIGADORES
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2003-08-12
SOBRE EL CANCER DEL APARATO DIGESTIVO, ES QUÉ ALIMENTOS LO PROVOCAN Y LO ACELERAN..
Y ESTE RECETARIO ESTA CONSTRUIDO CON LOS ALIMENTOS QUE NO PROVOCAN CANCER !
POR TODOS LOS SANTOS , AMIGA, UTILIZALO POR EL BIEN Y LA VIDA DE TU FAMILIA Y POR LA TUYA PROPIA...

El día en que compré este libro, mi esposa y
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2003-04-23
yo casi no dormimmos...sólo de pensar que por tantos años, HEMOS ESTADO JUGANDO CON NUESTRA VIDA Y LA DE NUESTROS HIJOS...

DESDE ESE DIA, EN CASA NO SE COME NADA QUE NO ESTE APROBADO POR ESTE LIBRO. Diana prepara las recetas que vienen aqui, o sus propios guisos pero basados en los elementos no CARCINOGÉNICOS que enumera este valioso libro

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One Way Ticket To Kansas: Caring About Someone With Borderline Personality Disorder And Finding A Healthy You
Published in Paperback by Bebes & Gregory Publications (2005-04-06)
Author: Ozzie Tinman
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very good
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-08
This book is helpful to us ozzies (those without bipolar) and lets you know that what you are experiencing is not unusual. that others are going through exactly what you are also.

Start your recovery!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-13
This is your ticket to the start of a healed you! Ozzie_Tinman is the best pilot you can have in your journey to recover from the emotional scars caused by being affected by a borderline. Although the writing is hardly academic or professional, you will be given the best advice on how to start your journey to Kansas. Yes, the only way to save yourself is to LEAVE THE BORDERLINE FOR GOOD. Tips to remember:
1.Ozzie_Tinman is a great pilot but YOU have to make all the arrangements for this flight and that includes getting the ticket, the passport and making sure you get a good seat and buckle up (these metaphors will make sense as you read the book).
2. Don't get obsessed with reading about BPD- you don't need to become an expert - you need to heal yourself! I recommend "Boomerang Love" but that's about all you need.
3. LEAVE, LEAVE , LEAVE - Don't assume the borderline will get better- according to the book for a borderline to cure itself it takes at least 4 years to happen and much therapy.
4. Regain your self-esteem as that is what is preventing you from moving on!
5. Kansas is a wonderful place that you have been before (you met the borderline) - you can get back there, difference is that you will be stronger, more beautiful, and much smarter than when you were before the borderline drained your soul!
6. Think positive and don't dwell on then 10% of good times you had with the BPD- those were FAKE attempts made by the BPD to win you over so that the remanding 90% of time you suffered you will long for the good times to come back.

Finally! Some insight on borderline personality disorder...
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-28
This book is really written for folks with family and friends who are either diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or are exhibiting similar symptoms. I have both family and friends who have various psychological disorders including Borderline, Depression, Bipolar, Anxiety, Autism, etc. Information useful to many types of psychological disorders is included in this book. It hits head on a variety of symptoms and how to deal with them. While the focus is on BPD it has lots of how-to information for related or similar disorders.

This is a great book. It's partly about the journey of the author "Ozzie" as he recounts dealing with his borderline wife. It's heartbreaking and encouraging at the same time. Ozzie has had quite a tough time but he's handled it with a grace that I hope I can achieve.

One Way Ticket To Kansas is also about educating us on symptoms, possible responses to behavior, access to support, etc. If you think you have someone near you with BPD you really should read this book. This is this kind of book I'll buy and give away to people needing the help. It's just that good.

Best of the book: Chapter 7 "Ozzie Stinkin' Thinkin'" where Ozzie helps us understand how our own thinking becomes warped. Even better he helps us understand how to modify our thinking to become healthier for us, and at the same time possibly healthier for our loved one with BPD.

Buy it now for immediate insight and support.

I hope you enjoy One Way Ticket To Kansas.

A Must Read, Essential If You Care About Someone With BPD
Helpful Votes: 27 out of 27 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-15
In my opinion this is hands down the best book out there for dealing with someone with borderline personality disorder. Yes, there is SWOE and other books that are out there, but One Way Ticket To Kansas is the only book that I have come across that is writen from the perspective of a spouse. It is also the only book out there that explains in detail the eratic and seriouly disturbed behaviors the person with BPD directs at the person they are most intimately close to, the spouse. The information in One Way Ticket To Kansas is easy to read, entertaining, and the author has a knack for explaining the complexities of bpd in easy to understand terms. While the book is sensitive to the person with bpd, it also does not pull any punches either and gives an honest look at the effects to caring about someone with bpd. This book will make many light bulbs go off in your head, and help you realize that you have had the power all along to find happiness. It's empowering to the reader and focusses specifically on the reader, not the person with bpd. Once you start reading this book you will not want to put it down. Then you will read it again as you will emotionally connect with the author about so many aspect of your life. This is a must have book.

One Way Ticket to Kansas
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-13
This book is a must have for all people who have a borderline person in their life. This book is an easy read and captures the true feelings a person without borderline personality disorder is experiencing. It has helped validate me as a person and has allowed me to move on. I highly recommend this book !!

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Ordering from the Kitchen: The Essential Guide to Powerful, Nourishing Affirmations
Published in Paperback by Health Horizons (2002-04-29)
Author: Patricia J. Crane; Ph.D.
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A Great Clarifier for the Confused
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-27
Dr. Crane has written a wonderful how-to book for those of us who can get bogged down along the Cosmic Highway. Not everyone is instantly successful with the philosophies and techniques of the Nevilles and Joseph Murphies. Making it all work can be a little more complex than they and their followers let on in the success stories found in their books. Well, thanks to Dr. Crane's explanations, lights begin to come on and you start to "get it" a little more successfully, thereby no longer feeling like a spiritual dufus. The metaphor of "ordering from the cosmic kitchen" is great and right on the mark: We learn how to choose from our personal menus and (by golly) get what we ordered! This is a very worthy book. It's a great beginner book on this subject and a great helping hand for non-beginners when they find themselves a bit stuck and not knowing why.

Truly inspiring
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-04-18
This book is so easy to use and easy to read. It uses plain English to explain how to make your Cosmic Order, and also explains what you can do if the Cosmic Chef dishes up a slighly different recipe.
You can read this book in one day, and have your orders written up and sent off in the same day.
This works...be careful what you wish for!

The Awesome Power of Affirmations Revealed
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2004-11-23
Patricia J Crane, has created the best guide on how to achieve any goal using affirmations that I have ever seen.

Patricia has a rare and unique talent of taking abstract ideas and bringing them down to earth so that anyone can use them to get what they want. She illustrates her techniques in clear terms...leaving you with no room for doubt.

As you already know, and most probably heard at some point in your life, that what we feed our minds becomes our reality. We can convince ourselves practically anything with enough verbal repletion of affirmations.

However how many of us actually act upon this? How many of us use this awesome power? And even when we do use this powerful technique, are we using it correctly?

For example if you want to quit your job because you can't stand it anymore, you should not say "I want to quit my job", because that is focusing on the negative. Rather you should state. "I look forward to successfully securing myself a position at another firm, in a job that I love!"

Also another powerful idea that is often overlooked that you got to be patient. As Wayne Dyer teaches: "Infinite patience produces immediate results."

The bottom line is, we can submit any of our heart deepest desires to our Cosmic Chef ("our higher power") and He will process and answer all of our requests.

If you are unhappy with your life (which means your are producing negative results) its because at some level you are feeding this order into the cosmic chef. If your fear of not achieving your goal is greater and your faith of achieving it, then the winner will be the stronger emotion. It's that simple.

Zev Saftlas, Author of Motivation That Works and founder of www.EmpoweringMessages.com

Effective Use of Affirmations
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2004-11-05
This book has sample affirmations to help you to boost your finances, career, success, bring about healing, get the relationship you want and much more.

It guides you step by step through the correct process of working with affirmations, getting into the right state of mind, creating your own, and then letting go and expecting the fulfillment of your order.

Great Affirmations and Techniques to Improve Your Life
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2003-12-17
I really enjoyed this book and my only complaint is that it is too short. The author provides several affirmations and a framework for developing your own personal affirmations based upon what you want to accomplish. I finished the book 2 weeks ago and haven't had any earth shattering experiences, but I have felt a higher sense of well-being. Although the book can be finished quickly, it's format is such that you can pick it up later and find something useful. I wrote some of the affirmations on 3x5 cards that I use as bookmarks, just to remind me to stay positive.

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Patient
Published in Paperback by Penguin Books (1997)
Author: Ben Watt
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Compelling
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-12
Sad, but not hopeless, biographical account of a young musician stricken with a horrifying illness. Heartfelt & honest without being overly sentimental. Written in a captivating & sometimes humorous tone, not witholding any details. I have been reading this as a physician, and will recommend the book to any young patients I have with grave illnesses.

Lyrical and spiritual in its unique perspective
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2005-04-23
I purchase this book many years ago simply because I was a big ebtg fan. I casually knew what he had been thorugh and felt terrible for him, but was going through the process of losing and then grieving for a loved one.
When I read the book, it offered me a perspective on what life may have been like for my loved one as he suffered illness. What a wonderful gift Ben Watt has given. He writes without self-pity, in his lyrical style without being flowery or glossing over the ugliness of illness. I am so glad that he survived for selfish reasons-the music he (&Tracey) has(have) produced (before and after the illness) has been a diverse gift to the world.
And I am so greatful that he wrote this book. Experiencing the death of a loved one through being a spectator to horrible illness, was, in a strange way one of life's best gifts to me. No I didn't learn to be greatful for my health and all that crap-I learned that true joy comes from giving to another and expecting nothing in return. Ben Watt's Patient, gave me an extra perspective on that experience, and sometimes helps me to remember the life-lesson from it all.
In summation, read Patient for more of Watt's lyrical writing, read it to find a surprisingly good story with plot twists and turns, read it to learn what severe illness truly is. Fascinating. A gift-thank you.

Fascinating Read from an Unexpected Source
Helpful Votes: 16 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-10
I'd been a fan of EBTG for quite awhile before this book came out. Their soothing music has always been a favorite so I was really interested to see what this book was all about.

It turned out to be a very disturbing account of Ben Watt's freak-show illness, blow by blow. His commentary is riveting and one gets the feeling that he does not feel sorry for himself in the least, but instead follows his own story as if he is an observer who also happens to be its main character.

I was heartened to read toward the end of the book Watt's own musings on what may have brought all his health problems about. Though he left it vague, his illness seems to be among those new "diseases of civilization" caused by many factors in our surroundings that lead to hard-to-define ailments where environmental toxicity and the overuse of pharmaceutical medicines are certainly not to be discounted.

In any case it seems that his passion for music transcended all, and was at least in part a contributor to his recovery. Most of all he deserves a thanks for telling his story, unadulterated. For sure it has made this reader not feel so isolated.

Everything But The Hype.
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-26
The fact that Watt's story lacks a significant plot (outside of the onset, diagnosis, and treatment of his rare condition) is largely forgivable. For those of us who know Watt primarily as a musician/songwriter, the somewhat static storyline here is acceptable. All that's missing from "Patient" is Everything But The Girl's enlightening bed of music to be heard under Ben's delicately articulated prose. Typical of many great songs, Watt occasionally blurs the line between the first- and third-person narration, and "Patient" is better off for it. Perhaps even better than the great writing, though, is the genuine and intimate portal into the lives of Ben and Tracey rarely afforded to EBTG fans. It's a relatively short read, but each page gives plenty to be absorbed as the result of Ben's crafty alliteration and his uncensored, yet careful, approach to the fog of medical lexicon. Not for the weak of heart--or stomach--Watt's book exacts distinct feelings of sobriety and contemplation...with an ending portrait that expertly convey's his trademark understated hope.

Memorable, insightful
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2003-08-08
I'll admit I picked this up mostly out of curiosity as a longtime fan of Everything But the Girl. What kept me reading, however, was Ben Watt's skill as a writer. His story is gripping and harrowing, but told with a dry wit and wonderful observations. This book is not just about one man coming to terms with serious illness, but how that experience affected his relationships with his loved ones and his view of himself. This would be a great book for anyone in the health care field to read; it gives you a sense of the patient as a full human being, not just a "problem" to be fixed. Ben Watt's writing skills are as strong as his ample skills as a musician/songwriter. This book has my highest recommendation.

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The Pleasure Was Mine
Published in Paperback by St. Martin's Griffin (2006-02-21)
Author: Tommy Hays
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LANGUAGE/MESSAGE=THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-22
Tommy Hays has written a wonderful story, from personal experience, and keeps your attention fixed on the narrative. His use of language approaches that of William Faulkner with subtleties and turns of phrase that make you wonder why you never thought of using those words. The story has several sub-plots and nuances that grab you and keep you turning pages with enthusiasm. Thank you Tommy Hays for putting ink on paper.

Excellent!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-05
A friend loaned me this book to read when I traveled to my parents to help my father take care of my mother who suffers from Alzheimer's.

This story was tender and beautiful. Very well written. A must read for anyone who has a family member suffering from Alzheimer'. A caregiver might feel better understood and even have a chuckle or two.

Explores emotions and ideas not usually touched
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Review Date: 2008-01-14
I read this book as part of Greenville, SC's Amazing Read program. The book tells the story of 3 generations coming together to battle common problems: Alzheimer's, car accident, single parenting. It is told from the father/grandfather's point of view, a simple housepainter. The prose flows like an easy conversation over coffee. No long descriptions of how the rain fell through the trees, but enough details to create an image.
The story has twists and turns to keep the reader interested, but the story is a bit predictable by the end. As I finished reading, I felt the characters, understood them, loved them and learned from them.

Talk about Pleasure!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-01

With elegantly-crafted understatement Tommy Hays compassionately relays problems spawned by "Alzheimer's in the family." At the same time, he manages to sensitively honor the reader's comfort zone. The result is a triumph for the author, for the reader, and for characters whose real life challenges and choices point the way for the rest of us. Thank you, Tommy Hayes.

A Wonderful Story of Undying Love
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-22
We all probably know a Prate Marshbanks. He's a good person who thinks he's as tough as can be, but in reality he's a softie. Family comes first, not afraid of a day's work, intelligent but his greatest asset is common sense. We all know the type, and if by chance you don't, Tommy Hays creates this exact character in his book THE PLEASURE WAS MINE.

THE PLEASURE WAS MINE tells the story of Prate, who in his senior years has to take care of his wife Irene. Irene was once the most beautiful girl in the town, a lawyer's daughter, and English teacher, someone who in Prate's estimation was too good for him. Yet the two have a wonderful marriage, raise a son together, and at least as far as Prate is concerned, the two never fall out of love. This love and dedication is being tested now that Irene has Alzheimer's. Prate spends most of his days caring for Irene, but his routine is disrupted when his son Newell calls and asks him to baby-sit for Jackson, Newell's son. Prate reluctantly agrees believing his widowed son may need some time away but he wonders how he's entertain a sullen, bookish, and somewhat quirky young boy like Jackson. The two bond, and this bonding creates a new family dynamic.

The beauty of this book is due to Tommy Hays' carefully structured writing. This book could easily go in at least five different directions, but Hays is careful to present the story through Prate's eyes and by doing so, we become immersed in this man's story and grow to feel for him and the other characters in the story. Readers may think that a husband caring for an ailing wife with Alzheimer's is similar to the story of THE NOTEBOOK, Hays avoids sentimentality. Prate always has a bit of an edge which keeps him real and anyone who either has cared for someone with Alzheimer's, or knows someone who has, will appreciate the accuracy of the story and Prate's emotions.

I know I'm not the only reader who fell in love with this book, and it's my guess that others will too. Enjoy!

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Politics in Healing: The Suppression & Manipulation of American Medicine
Published in Paperback by Potomac Valley Press (2000-12)
Author: Daniel Haley
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Skeptics inquire within
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-21
Hasn't anyone read this book in 2008?? Where are the recent reviews? Some of the other reviews try to find minor flaws (author recommends some should have got a Nobel Prize, etc..)but what is amazing to me is how the system really works. Like the former president of the AMA that never treated a patient & flunked his boards, yet he rules the country's health care club & throws out a non-toxic cure that works? I have seen the 60-Minutes video clips of Mike Wallace, these things happened. Get it & see for yourself is all I'll say. It contains things you can use today to avoid getting your name on an early death certificate.

WAKE UP AMERICA, AND READ THIS BOOK!
Helpful Votes: 14 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-01
This powerful book is a shocking testimony to the power of the lobby - and money. The FDA, FTC, and AMA - those who we believe to be protecting us - have their thumb over the cure for many, many diseases including cancers. Every TV journalist/news reporter should be diving into this book and running with the information. This is a matter of life and death. Well written, researched, and presented.

Politics in Healing
Helpful Votes: 22 out of 23 total.
Review Date: 2004-12-20
Whewww!! What an eye opener. I could not put this book down. To think that this could happen in the good old US of A, boy was I naive. What an amazing story, there are multiple movies within it's covers.It really makes you wonder how many other researchers and scientists didn't even come forward with their research due to the fear of being ridiculed, censored and persecuted. Clearly, scientists today need a work environment that is conducive to curing disease and it's causes and not,whether it is patentable and how much you can charge.Socialized Medicine starts looking pretty good when you see the pure greed in the medical and pharmaceutical industries.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is sick,or knows of anyone who is.
What a shame it is to have to travel to Mexico or Canada to seek a non-toxic treatment that could save your life. Americans have got to come together and write their elected officials and demand an overhaul of the FDA, and that these discoveries get another look from an independent panel. Yeah we're mad as heck and we aren't going to take it anymore.Furthermore, any Doctor or Clinician who deliberately sabotages medical studies should be held accountable and persecuted to the full extent of the law. People are Dieing!

MR. HALEY HAS DONE US A GREAT SERVICE WITH THIS BOOK. THE EDITORIAL HERE IS A GREAT DISSERVICE!!!
Helpful Votes: 26 out of 27 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-10
What "strains credibility" is the fact that Mr. Beatty could have read this book and come up with an editorial like this!!!!

I am fully, mentally capable of reading Mr. Haley's book and seeing documented proof of the travesties which have been committed against wonderful people who are doing phenomenal jobs of trying to help and save people. In turn, these people are villified and crucified by government agencies and professional associations who do not want people to recover from diseases--they want to hear the cha-ching in their collective coffer (to the tune of HOW MUCH MONEY????). I truly resent the fact that an American of average intelligence can read this book and easily figure out what's going on, but the person writing the editorial can "read" this book (if he did!) and make the ridiculous comments he did! The customer reviews here tell the REAL story! Ignore the editorial bunk! It makes you really sick to find out what these people, who are trying to earn an honest living, have had to put up with. My heart goes out to all of them for what they have had to go through. I have followed through with research on several of these people so far, and can say that it is worth your while to further research these people, and obtain additional reading on them. Again, a heartfelt thank you to these martyrs who go with their conscience and don't fold up in the face of all the adversity they have faced and continue to face, and a big, fat RASPBERRY to Mr. Beatty!!!!!

Documented government-sponsored murder
Helpful Votes: 30 out of 30 total.
Review Date: 2004-08-23
You must read this book if you or your loved ones want to overcome cancer. If I had had the information in this book 10 years ago, I believe I could have saved my former wife's life. She was a victim of the cancer treatment "system."

What makes this book so special is the DETAILED DOCUMENTATION that Daniel Haley has done. There is no way to dispute that government agencies including the FDA, NCI and FTC have systematically suppressed cancer cures that worked. They are continuing this suppression to this day. The only explanation can be that the political power of the pharmaceutical industry drives our medical system.

The 12 exquisitely documented cases Mr. Haley describes are not unique. What makes them special is that public records exist which show both the efficacy of the cancer treatment and the active suppression that makes it difficult for cancer patients (and victims of other degenerative diseases) to find and use these options.

Knowledge is indeed power. With the information in this book, you can avoid becoming a victim of our corrupt medical "establishment." You can seek out the alternative treatments that work. With the help of the Internet, you can literally become "smarter than your oncologist" about cancer treatment in a few short hours.

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Raquel: The Raquel Welch Total Beauty and Fitness Program
Published in Paperback by Ballantine Books (1986-01-12)
Author: Raquel Welch
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Love this book.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-12
This is the only yoga book I have ever been able to read and do the exercises. Raquel Welch is amazing. I grew up with her yoga. My mom did it every day. There are some good diet ideas in there as well. I've learned a lot from her book.

Elegant, easy to follow, challenging
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-11
This is a fantastic book with the Bikram yoga sequence, presented in a much more clear, easy to follow way (step by step), unlike Bikram's book which is essentially useless for home exercisers, since it has only one photo for each pose with the finished move, without showing how to get there.

Raquel Welch has surprisingly good form. This book is a must have for yoga lovers who dislike endless sun salutations - not a single one here! highly recommended!

Best Yoga Book Out There
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2005-07-24
I purchased this book back in 1984 and have never found another yoga book with as much detailed written and visual instruction. The next best thing to Raquel's book is taking a class with an experienced instructor. In her book there is a diagram, "A Chiropractic View of the Spine," which explains what areas of the spine effect certain aspects of your health. My favorite part of the book is the "Benefits." Under each pose is a benefit section which tells what that position does for the body and which conditions it can help to relieve.... I have yet to find this information in another yoga or pilates book. After the pose, there is an "Extra Help" section that is really beneficial to newbys. Every detail is covered in her instruction. Would love to see this on DVD(have the video and love it). Bought a second book because the pages are coming out of my original one. The poses in her book are more advanced than in many of the other yoga books. Not necessarily a lot harder, but more bang for your buck.

My first yoga
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-28
I've been practicing the yoga in Raquel's book since I was in junior high. When I started going to yoga class, instructors were impressed with my "beginner" yoga. Altho I have loved many of my yoga classes, I've longed for a class that features the same balance of postures that Raquel demonstrates.

I recently moved to California and tried Bikram yoga. I surprised to find it is the exact same sequence! I couldn't take the heat, so I'm back at home with Raquel. Now if only I could find a class that had the same postures sans heat!

The book is great in that it details the benefits of each posture and the specific steps and breathe within each posture. Each posture is followed by an explanation of common challenges.

I've purchased many yoga books over the years. Raquel's book and Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha by Swami Satyananda Saraswati are the best that I've found.

A Time-Tested Winner
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-10
I bought this book when I was in college in 1987!! The poses are difficult, but Ms. Welch's instruction, and the excellent, un-retouched photos are very easy to follow. The food-combining section is simple to learn and gives immediate results. After doing both the yoga and eating plan for several years, I was in the best shape and lowest weight of my life. Now, nearly 20 years later, I plan to go back to my "old friend" to take off baby weight and get back in shape. I've never found a better book or VHS tape on Bikram yoga.

Health
Recapture Your Health
Published in Paperback by Sunrise Health Coach Publications (2006-07-02)
Authors: Walt Stoll and Jan DeCourtney
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excellent book! !!!!!!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-26
my search for the perfect book on health and healing is over. I read so many books trying to help heal myself of chronic fatigue syndrome. This book made the most sense to me. It takes dedication to follow the program, but it is worth it. Dr. Stoll and Jan DeCorutney give you lots of motivation in the book. I borrowed it from the library, but will purchase one to keep at home.

Deceptively simple yet an excellent resource!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-05
There is nothing really new in this book. Eating well, exercising and relaxing is good for your health. Duh!

But it is very well presented, brings up enough (but not too many) testimonials to be inspiring, it is simply written without complicated theories. The diet is easy to do and presented with lots of details. The proposed exercises are varied - very much along the lines of "do what works for you and do it at least 3 times a week". The Skilled Relaxation is nothing new if you are already familiar with the work of Benson, Cade, Pelletier, Kabatt-Zin, but it is presented here in a non-scholar way that is easy to understand, easy to implement and the book provides the health motivation to keep doing it. Understanding skilled relaxation without actually doing it twice a day is worthless. The text in this book makes you want to do it and to keep doing it.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is sick and hopeless - or anyone who wants to implement good life habits and prevent illness. I like the fact that it does not promise an instant cure for anything but rather proposes a way of living that supports physical, emotional and mental health. Well done!

The weakest point maybe is that it addresses general well being but only mentions in a rather weak way that people with long term diseases may have to be much more specific to completely heal. The proposed diet may not work for everyone, some people may need specific types of exercises and to avoid others, some types of meditation or biofeedback processes may be better than others for some conditions, etc.

However as an adjunct, Dr Stoll bulletin Board [..]) is filled with more specific information and the good doctor is also available to answer questions. A very generous proposition.

Ok - Got to go now and practice my skilled relaxation...

Recapture Your Health
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-17
Recapture Your Health outlines a balanced solution to improving overall health. The authors call this program a 3LS solution named after the three legged stool which is perfectly balanced and fully functional without a lot of extras that aren't needed.

Like the three legged stool, the 3LS program contains three simple but sturdy elements (nutrition, exercise, and relaxation) that create a foundation for improved health. The nutrition section focuses primarily on minimizing damage caused by the high intake of refined foods in the modern diet. The authors promote a whole foods approach to nutrition that reduces and potentially eliminates all refined foods. This is very similar to the slow food philosophy that is gaining popularity.

Likewise, the exercise and relaxation portions of this program are not radical but are somewhat based in good common sense. Participants are expected to exercise twenty minutes three times a week of virtually any type of activity that gets them moving. Relaxation is guided through various types of formal relaxation exercises such as meditation or guided imagery completed for approximately twenty minutes twice a day.

A Recipe For Wellness
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-06
While conventional medicine tends to focus on covering up symptoms with medications, many of which cause dangerous side-effects, this book provides step-by-step instructions on how to potentially avoid the doctor's office altogether. Based on the premise of 'how to be healthy,' this book outlines what Dr. Stoll refers to as the '3-Legged Stool of Wellness' - Skilled Relaxation, A Whole Foods Diet, and Exercise. As simple as this sounds, there are many crucial aspects that one needs to be aware of in order to implement the Wellness lifestyle effectively. 'Recapture Your Health' provides all the knowledge, insight, frequently asked questions, and troubleshooting guides needed for anyone to do just what the title says. Jan DeCourtney's writing style makes this book both fun and motivational to read cover to cover as well as easy to use as a quick-reference using the detailed index in the back. Hats off to this book, a long-awaited tribute to a very important aspect of Walt Stoll's life's work of getting the truth about Wellness out to the public!

Priceless Information For Lifelong Health and Maintenance
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Review Date: 2007-04-25
Walt Stoll and Jan DeCourtney have given readers a chance to redeem their health or maintain it using three simple tools. Seemingly so simple, yet the authors have used their talents to give a good explanation of some of the who's, what's, and why's of the road back to health.

Even if you think you know the information to wellness they present, "Recapture Your Health" is still a great reference to have linking many common and not so common ailments to the modern day interpretation of stress. Many of us have used one of their key elements at one time or another, but in putting all the pieces of the puzzle together you have a great weapon to use in the war against disease.

If you have not yet had to deal with a serious illness or condition, you can certainly can go a long way to prevent it, according to the book, and maintain quality your quality of life for the years to come.

Something for everyone,

A+

Health
The Science of Getting Rich or Financial Success Through Creative Thought
Published in MP3 CD by bnpublishing.com (2005-10-02)
Author: Wallace D. Wattles
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The Original - Still Inspiring the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-16
Can there be any truth to the concepts expressed in this book originaly published in the early 1900"s? I read it a while back and still find myself thinking about the alternative theories expressed in the book ... and recycled in a thousand and one personal motivation books since.

Great Read
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-09
Don't be fooled, this book is difficult to read and comprehend. However, for those willing to tread the waters of early 1900s writing styles, the message in this book is wonderful and can potentially change your life.

If you are interested in the money aspect of the law of attraction, you may also want to read "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill and "The 17 Principles of Creating Wealth" by Phillip Collinsworth.

Doesn't Work
Helpful Votes: 24 out of 49 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-16
Wattles' philosopy is New Thought, popular at the turn of the 19th century. It is really just wishful thinking or magical thinking. It doesn't work. Just because you think something doesn't make it come true, and you should be glad, because some people think very unpleasant things. You aren't Harry Potter, and magical thinking won't get you what you want in life. As for Monism or the theory that God is in everything, that would mean that God also exists in evil things, which would mean that God is not all good, so Monism cannot be true. This is just an early self-help book that seeks to empower people who feel powerless by telling them they can get anything they want if they just think about it hard enough and long enough. It's a waste of your time. Wattles wrote the same thing about health, and he died at about age 51. If he had lived to be 100 in good health and been a multimillionaire himself, he theories would be more credible. In fact, one of the people Wattles criticized as being "competitive", John D. Rockefeller, did live to be 98 and was a multmillionaire, so who are you going to believe?

Are you ready to better your life and finances easily?
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-18
This book if followed exactly how written can change your life forever with huge positive results. I suggest reading with a very open mind.

Financial Success through creative thoght
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-05-26
The "Thinking Stuff" which Wallace Wattles declares, permeates the universe really caught my attention. The noted theologian, Emanuel Swedenborg refers to this "Thinking Stuff" as the Divine Wisdom in the book Divine Love and Wisdom, (published in Amsterdam in 1763).

I agree with the premise of Wattles book and as I reflect upon my life I can see where the Lord has indeed blessed me in ways I had desired.

Health
Scoliosis Surgery: The Definitive Patient's Reference
Published in Paperback by Swordfish Communications (2003-09-01)
Author: David K. Wolpert
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Scoliosis Surgery
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-29
This is the perfect book for anyone considering scoliosis surgery or who has a loved one who is considering the surgery. It discusses all the little details from the technical terms of scoliosis to what sort of things you need to prepare to make your recovery easier. It's written from a patient's point of view which is just what most people need.

The best
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-01
I had 2 scoliosis surgeries 2 years ago, and this book did a great job preparing me for the surgeries. I highly recommend it!

Scoliolsis Surgery: The Definitive Patient's Reference (3rd Ed)
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-06
Very informative. A multitude of info. Comprehensive. Highly recommended for those considering this type of surgery.

Highest recommendation!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-15
What a blessing! I read this book over and over and over--so many times, prior to my surgery--and also referred to it afterward! I even took it with me to the hospital. It contains a wealth of information for scoliosis patients and their loved ones. I felt calm and at peace (relatively!) heading in to my surgery "adventure," both due to my faith and because I felt so well informed. I also felt prepared for my recovery time at home, thanks to his appendix: Getting Your House and Life in Order.

During the time I've been a member of the NSF Forum, this has been the most talked about and referred to book on scoliosis in the posts, being recommended wholeheartedly by many of us "post-ops" as a "must have" to those looking for information. Many have commented on how they could just not put their book down when it first arrived. While not a riveting best-seller for the general public, it does indeed make a fascinating "read" to those of us with the desire to know more. MANY THANKS to David for sharing his personal story, for doing extensive research, and for taking the time to pen this invaluable source of information on scoliosis surgery!

Scoliosis Surgery: The Definitive Patient's Reference (3rd Edition) (Purchased on 11/29/2007)
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-31
Excellent sourcebook from patient's perspective written in an understandable manner. Very direct, to the point and uncluttered by superflous information. I would recommend it to anyone who is planning to have the scolisis surgery and for their caretakers.


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