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What a great book. I could not put it down. A story of things gone wrong and two friends trying to make it out alive. Fantastic....

The day that I received Nogales in the mail was exciting and scary. I had read the origional manuscript years ago and knew I was about to open up part of the past that made me very sad. You see, the author of this book, is my brother Steve.
I had trouble putting it down, but there were times when I had to stop to wipe away the tears. It seemed like only yesterday that our family was receivng calls from the prison to tell us to send money or we may never see Steve again. The book was written so well that it took me back easily to when I was 16 and thought I would never see my brother alive again. I have thought many times over the years how anyone could go through what he did and turn out to be the extradionary person that he is today. As hard as it was to turn every page, I could"nt stop. The book just pulls you in. I knew I had to get through all the horrible things that happened to him to get to the ending. I remember the night in the airport like it was yesterday. That was the night our family's nightmare was finally over. That was the night my brother came home.

This is a great book. I have bought copies for my friends. The author describes it well when he says the book is a celebration of all things that can go wrong. It seems that everything went wrong but he survived and held onto his sanity and his humanity.

The story is a really good one and even though the events described are full of horror, you at least know from the title that it has a happy ending. It is just hard to imagine how it can possibly get there. The author writes really well. His short sentences and short chapters keep the events distinct and exciting. Even though the book is described as a memoir, it reads like something happening in real time, not in the past

Each character is crisply drawn so their essence stands out. The lines between good and evil are clear and I suffered with each setback and rejoiced in every gain, no matter how small, for the good guys.

There is plenty of food for thought within the pages. What are the factors that help us keep our humanity? We know that strong values, good friendships, and a sense of humor are essential, but what else does the author point to? Belonging to a community, doing what we can to help those even more unfortunate, and taking opportunities when they show up. The author just tells his story, straight out without editorializing, allowing us to look for ourselves.

This is a book that really engaged me. I have a deep respect and admiration for the man who survived the ordeal and went on to address the injustice. The book is a good reminder that life is capricious and yet we can learn and grow wherever we find ourselves.

This book is great! I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves adventure and true stories. Read and enjoy!

Nogales: A Memoir of Courage, Survival, and Escape

This is a story that gets more captivating as you move through it. It runs the gamut from man's inhumanity to man through all things in between to finally brotherly love. From savage to servile, this novel covers it all in a wonderfully rich tale of great emotional proportion.

Steve and Bob should not have survived, but survive they did and this is an extremely readable (several have done it in less than 24 hours)tale. It is hard to put down, and when you do, it nags you to come back to it.

This novel also show cases the effectiveness of our young embassy staff. If they could be any more inept, they would probably be ambassadors. It is painful to read how American citizens are treated by their fellow countrymen. In the end, it is regular people helping out other regular people and it is heart warming and confirmatory.

This is a very good novel, enjoy!

The title of this book is well chosen and its publication is very timely. North Korea is indeed facing perilous times. Then again it has in the past. From the 1950 war, the transition of power Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong Il, and the nuclear weapon agreement brokered by Jimmy Carter the recent history of North Korea has certainly been turbulent.

In more recent times, Korea has launched some very long range rockets and appears to have at least a few nuclear weapons. President Bush has identified them as a "rogue state" and part of the "axis of evil." North Korea along with Cuba remain as practictioners of the failed Communist system. These systems have proved that they can sustain huge armies, exercise strong control over their people, but also proved that centralized control of everything from farming to industrial production simply doesn't work very well. Friends of mine who recently visited North Korea report that the famine of the 1990's continues, although not as bad as it was.

A small book, at only 232 pages, it is a concise summary of the countries 4,000 year history and a political analysis of the recent past. Combined with this are several alternatives of what the future might hold. Can the status quo continue. Certainly not forever. Could the collapse of the Government bring about another war - certainly it could. The options and their likelyhood form a major part of the theme of the book, and they are carefully considered and disucssed. Excellent reading.

Professor Kim's writing is engaging, thorough enough for scholars and the general public alike. Readers wishing to understand the enigma of North Korea, its relationship with South Korea and the rest of the world, and where to go from here, will be pleased with this book and its measured, balanced perspective. After reading this book, you will be conversant in all the relevant topics. For those who are interested in further study, the book includes questions and study aids, as well as extensive references. Highly recommended.

For any person wishing to understand the North Korean situation, since it has now hit the world stage, this is an excellent first place to go. It enables the reader to get up to speed quickly by first providing a potted history of the peninsular. Then political, humanitarian, and particularly economic aspects are explored in appropriate detail for a book that is easily readable. Finally, chapter 9, reasons for reconciliation, provides a constructive ending to the present dilemma. For further study, the comprehensive lists of references make it easy.

No country is more mysterious than North Korea. After reading this short text, there is no more mystery for me. It is easy to read and understand. Even though the book's author is a finance or economics professor, and I am currently studying political science and philosophy, I still found this book to be very valuable. A great way to get up to speed.

Fifty years after Korea's division the Koreans of both North and South remain at an impasse, leaving North Korea embroiled in international crises. North Korea seemingly faces four choices: collapse, more war, a continuing status quo, or peace with the south. Suk Hi Kim's North Korea At A Crossroads provides an historical and political analysis covers 1948 to modern times and is a 'must' for any college-level collection strong in modern Asian issues or non-specialist general reader wanting a competent backgrounding in contemporary American/North Korean international relations.

Super senior sleuth Ivy Malone is spunkier than Miss Marple, with a curiosity gene that just won't quit. That inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list.

Now Ivy's headed across country with a stray cat and God as her only companions. But just when she thinks she's safe, two dead bodies turn up--discovered by Ivy, of course.

My mom loved books, especially mystery, so I cut my literary teeth on Agatha Christie. Mom and I discovered Mrs. Pollifax when I was in my teens, and she quickly became one of our all time favorite sleuths. I can't wait to introduce Mom to Ivy Malone.

On the Run is delightful, suspenseful, well-written and clever -- pretty much all I look for in a book.

Wonder if Ivy is looking for a place to park her RV. Other than the unsavory characters she brings with her, I'd love to have her stop by for a long visit.

I recommend this great read to Lillian Jackson Braun fans who will love Koop the quirky cat. Mrs. Pollifax fans will enjoy Ivy's choice of weapons.

I could go on and on. Bottom line: if you like quirk, mystery and three dimensional characters, you'll have a blast On the Run.

I'm reading this book right now and can hardly put it down. Love the humor and the mystery.

Ivy Malone is on the run in a motor home. She's trying to hide out from some Mafia thugs who want revenge. She ends up in a small town in the middle of nowhere.

Ivy has done some sleuthing in the past, so when she stumbles across two dead bodies, she feels right at home looking in to it. Only problem is the police don't think it was murder. They believe it is a murder/suicide. Ivy is not so sure.

Abilene, a hitchhiker that Ivy befriends, and Ivy end up working together to try to figure out who the killer is. Can they do so without putting themselves at risk?

You will laugh out loud with this LOL (little old lady)! I devoured this book in two days because I just couldn't put it down. I wanted to find out what would happen next!

Ivy is such a fun LOL and Abilene is a great addition. I hope she'll be in future books. I think these two characters worked well together, and with Ivy traveling, she needed a "sidekick."

I hope there'll be many more books in this series. I can't wait to read the next one! I highly recommend this book and series.

This book, the third in the Ivy Malone series, is another great one by Ms. McCourtney. Since e-mail, we've all thought LOL stood for "laughing out loud." In Ivy's lingo, it stands for "little old lady," but there's plenty of laughing out loud in these books too. In her usual entertaining style, the author weaves a tale of making it seem natural for our heroine to stumble across another murder and by using her powers of observation ferret out the truth that the authorities have missed by their preconceived notions. Hope this isn't the last in the series. I also recommend her other series, "Whirlpool," "Riptide," and "Undertow."

Ivy Malone is back again, this time on the run in a motor home as she tries to escape the Braxtons yet again. Thinking that she can just enjoy being on the road and enjoying the sites, Ivy sets off on sets off across the country. Of course since it's Ivy, she can't escape any adventure, which comes in the form of a runaway abused wife and a new job opportunity where her would be employees end up dead before Ivy can even apply for the job. Since Ivy can't pass up a good investigation, she and her new friend Abilene search for clues as to what really happen when the son of the dead ask her to be the caretaker. Mix in some emus and enough toilet paper to last you a lifetime, and you've just encountered another normal day in the life of Ivy Malone.

I cannot get enough of Ivy Malone and her adventures. I really love how she just happens to stumble on them, she doesn't go out to look for trouble and pretend to be a detective. She's a very levelheaded person. I always love stories that involve road trips, it's just something about not knowing what's going to happen next in the story. I'm glad Ivy was able to find a good relationship with Abilene who I found to be a fascinating character and a good sidekick for Ivy. Those two women are awfully brave to enter a house with two dead bodies staring right at you. And then they stayed AT the house afterwards! I would have run far far away, just being near the house would have been too creepy for me. I also will say I was surprised at the ending, totally didn't see it coming. Abilene's husband makes me want to scream and I hope justice happens in the next book for him. I found it very amusing during the paintball scene, imagine your grandma shooting at you with paintballs! I also love that she has a toe ring! And the emus and that huge stockpile of supplies! I could go on and on about what a great book this is. Once again I highly recommend this book, this book is like Pringles, once you start reading you can't stop.

This is a book to be read, not to buy and put on a shelf to impress your friends. In a free society we all need to be informed. Read other reviews for more detail.

As one of the researchers mentioned in Operation Mind Control (Jim Moore - pp 262-264, orig. edition), I followed this book and its author with great interest. The book disappeared because, according to what I learned, the CIA did not want the public to know the extent and details of its mind control programs. I believe even Walter Bowart himself once described how the entire warehouse supply was bought up by the CIA. The book also began vanishing from libraries across the nation, and virtually every copy available in bookstores was suddenly bought up and disappeared into a black hole. Very few copies survived this draconian purge. Those that remain are quire rare and expensive and should be must-reading for all Americans concerned about the future of our country and how our thought processes are manipulated by the political-intelligence "experts". especially in the wake of what is being revealed about 9-11, Iraq and the NSA spying.
At one point, even photocopies were going for as much as $75-100. The book itself (1st edition) has sold for as high as $250. There was a second printing (with a different cover) that also quickly disappeared; whether it was an authorized printing or not, I don't know.
Walter Bowart reportedly wrote a follow-up, but suddenly stopped and virtually vanished. The rumor mill has it that he was threatened with "termination with extreme prejudice" - a phrase for assassination that is now outdated.
To my knowledge, he is still alive but living his life in a very low profile. From my own experiences over the years, I can't say I blame him.

This is for those wanting a more than 2-line review of Walter Bowat's "Operation Mind Control."

For whatever reason this book was not widely publicized nor advertised when it first came out during my high school years. I read a lot then and this book certainly would have been the type I'd wanted to read. OMC was published in 1978. In "the author's note" Bowart describes his book as "an excercise in citizens' intelligence" because he like many authr's Bowart cites in his bibliography [including but not in entire: John Marks ["The Search for the Manchurian Candidate"], Lincoln Lawrence["Were We Controlled?"], Donald Bain ["The Control of Candy Jones"] expressed "shock and outrage" over govenment abuse of our [US] people.

Below is a brief synopsis of the "Contents" of "Operation Mind Control"...

FOREWARD:

This was written by Richard Condon who wrote the novel [& from which the first movie titled] "The Manchurian Candidate."

CH 1. "The Crytptorian Candidate"
Discusses the concept of government mind control such as the use of drugs [including LSD], behavior modification, various frequency of sound, hypnosis and other "psycho-weapons." [Note: this book was published 2 years after both Watergate was exposed and also, the Senate's Church commitee had dredged up many ways the CIA had run afoul of the law & one part dealt with a subcommitee dealing with the MKULTRA scandal].

The author discusses how he came about to write this book & later put an ad in the mag "Soldier of Fortune" about possible military victims of gov't mind control. After sifting thru the alledgedly obvious cranks he further interwiewed those who had convincing stories. Bowart discusses the concept of possible Manchurian candidates.

CH. 2 "Only One Mind For My Country"
Discusses the case history of former Air Force "box pusher" [who scored very high in several aptitude tests]named David. David awakes in a hospital where doctors tell him he'd attempted suicide. He discusses later being involved in clandestine operations where for years he had no recall. At first all he recalled about his Vietnam experience is having fun at the beach with 2 other people & no military recall. Over time he recalls scenes that very much seem like the island scenes of the compound in the 2004 version of the movie "Manchurian Candidate." He believes the alledged "suicide attempt" [which he denies attempting] was put on record to discredit him should he later recall events.

CH. 3 "The Mind Laundry Myth"
Discusses the case hitory of Vietnam POW George E. Smith who was in the Green Berets. Also discussed is the concept of Korean/Red China/Communist "brainwashing" where the victim is broken down psychologically & once the mind is "empty" it is refilled with whatever the brainwasher wants. This is illustrated by the story of Francis Gary Powers [and others] who was allegedly "brainwashed" in Korea [others in Vietnam, Russia] Discussian of brainwashing techniques that the Communists use versus the Western Model [slow vs faster with adjunct of drugs, electoshock for example]

CH. 4 "Without Knowledge Or Consent"
Hypnotist George Estabrooks techniques of mind control thru OSS [later CIA] on unwitting soldiers & later US & other countries citizens. The various uses of hypnosis combined with uses of drugs or shock in some cases is discussed as how it is used in the concept of mind control tests on unwitting "volunteers." The "war" against Communism thru mind control now becomes "a private war within."

CH. 5 "Pain-Drug Hypnosis"
Various uses of drugs [barbituates, nonbarbituate sedatives, calmatives, amphetamines & finally "conscious expanding" LSD] use for mind control discussed. Abbie Hoffman & Timothy Leary's stories are discussed as are Sandoz lab's [where LSD was "discoverd" association with CIA. The heroin addiction of many Vietnam GI's and later the "voluntary" participation in the drug BZ[10 X stronger than LSD 25] by soldiers at Edgewood Arsenal. are discussed.

The government becomes more interested in not only the mind control of individuals but populations. Also, other biological weapons are discussed.

CH 6. "The Guinea Pig Army"
Discusses how in 1975 the public [tho in reality most news sources heavily censored this info or never reported it at all] learns of what was the MKULTRA files being destroyed & how well over 100 subprojects dealt with gov't research on citizens of the US [also at least one was in Canada {not mentioned here}: the story of Dr Ewen Camereon]

CH 7. "The MKULTRANS"
Richard Helms DCI of the CIA and the various MK projects including MKULTRA, MKSEARCH, BLUEBIRD, ARTICHOKE, MKDELTA, etc are revealed but highly censored is discussed. A brief story about the California Medical Facility in Vacaville is discussed. Basically the CIA wanted to find out if & how it could control our minds.

CH 8. "The Mata Hari of Mind Control"
Discusses the story of CIA Mind Control story of "courier" Candy Jones.

CH 9. Discussion of of the CIA also mind controls their own. Discusses briefly Wild Bill Donovan of the OSS & the Dulles brothers and the concepts of the US cryptocracy & the military industrial complex & how these relate to mind control & the control the US gov't thru various types of propaganda and mis-& dis-information. The cryptocracy engages scientists to do covert research engage in covert control & create the ideal of national security to enslave the US citizens with "Operational Mind Control,the ultimate technology of secrecy and control."

CH 10. "Brave New World in a Skinner Box"
The cryptocracy meets behavior modification.

CH 11. "A School For Assassins"
The cryptocracy searches for the best killers: they look for the passive-aggressive types & desensitize them to gore & mayhem. Watson assists the cryptocracy with creating the model in a series of lectures. One of these experiments--Project Camelot--[the demise of Chile's President Salvadore Allende] is an example of creating such assassins who will kill on demand. [Allende was overthrown in a CIA sponsored coup who killed himself after his palace was set afire by recruited assassins.]

CH 12. "The Four Faces of a Zombie"
A trained "multiple zombie-state killer named Luis Castillo is discussed in one theory of the JFK assassination. The connection to the JFK is debatable but what was fascinating was the discussion of how the various zombie states were fleshed out with various word commands.

CH 13. "The Lone Nuts"
Discusses how accused killers Lee Harvey Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan, & James Earl Ray acted under various depths of hypnosis and/or truth serums is interesting/chilling. The CIA has fingerprints throughout this chapter as well.

CH 14. " The Ignored Confessions"
Jack Ruby, Dorothy Kilgallen [who interviwed Ruby in his cell] talk & die under cloudy circumstances as does Professor[former oswald friend & intelligence agent] George de Mohrenschildt's dies mysteriously & also after telling his story. de Morenschildt had also been subjected to mind control drugs and electric shock.[?]

CH 15. "Another Hypno-Patsy?"
M L King's death & cover-up.

CH 16. "Confession By Automatic Writing"
RFK's assassination by Sirhan Sirhan & the assassin's strange behavior following under hypnosis & alledged writings possibly planted in Sirhan's home?

CH 17 "The Patriotic Assassin"
First discusses how the word assassin came to be.Then how the NSA uses this model to create assassins with its black ops & how the CIA is the "whipping post" of the NSA. Chilling interview of how they use ultrasonic & electronic manipulation of the brain so the assassin remembers nothing unless cued by the handler. Discusses how Presidents will obey their handlers wishes or face the same as JFK.

CH 18. "Deep Probe"
Jose Delgado & electronic brain stimulation & his desire for a "psycho-civilised society." Remote control of the brain. Brain implants.

CH 19. "From Bionic Woman to Stimulated Cat"
Lincoln Lawrence & RHIC-EDOM: Radio Hypnotic Intra-Cerebral Control-Electronic Dissolution of Memory. The concept of sleeper assassins is discussed

CH 20. "The Engines of Security"
Summarizes the cryptocracies want/"need" to control the minds of society.
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Some of the book is outdated but this book is often used as background in more recent works on the subject of mind control. The book is diificult to find & expect to pay even more than $100 for a copy in any condition. It took years to find one for a little more than half that price. The book is worth reading if you can find a copy of it. Hope this helps.

The author of Operation Mind Control, Walter H. Bowart, died on December 18, 2007, according to his obituary in The New York Times and the reference page at Wikipedia.

In 1978, while living in New Hampshire, I had the opportunity of hearing a local radio interview with Bowart concerning his book. I immediately went out and purchased a copy at the cover price of one dollar and ninety-five cents.

Government censorship of the book has created a scarcity of available copies and has skyrocketed the market selling price.

Everything the other reviewers at Amazon have alluded to regarding its supression by the government is true, for Operation Mind Control is indeed a mind blower. The State could not permit anyone to disclose such damaging information.

The secrets revealed in this book openly describe a clandestine government at war with its own people, covert forces which Bowart describes as "the cryptocracy."

This is precisely the kind of dangerous information that governments fear.

Operation Mind Control is not conspiracy theory.

It is documented fact.

Governments live by lies, by bamboozling and hiding the truth from their subjects.

Accordingly, the primary task of opponents of modern tyranny, as libertarian Murray N. Rothbard pointed out, is an educational one: to awaken the public to this manipulation and propaganda, by demystifying and desanctifying the state apparatus upon which such lies are built upon.

Walter Bowart heroically accomplished this feat.

Operation Mind Control spoke truth to power as few books published in the past thirty years have done.

That is why the government tried to destroy it.

Years ago I had the opportunity to discuss these matters with John Marks, the brilliant author of The Search For The Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control. Mark's volume somehow escaped the government's relentless campaign waged upon its predecessor.

I highly recommend his book in addition to Operation Mind Control.

Two excellent documentaries tell the sordid and shocking story discussed in these books. They are, Mind Control: America's Secret War, and Bad Trip To Edgewood. Both are available at Google Video for viewing.

This is a review of the scarce 2nd edition of Operation Mind Control, which appears for sale occasionally on Amazon, originally a subscribers only edition, with author's seal and name of the person it was prepared for on the first page. Limited to 500 copies.

I mostly found this to be a very interesting book about the so-called cryptocracy. There's a lot of startling stuff in the 686 pages of main text, and in the appendices. There do appear to be a few factual errors however. He states that B.F. Skinner's daughter committed suicide, but doesn't say where he got that information. According to the book "Opening Skinner's Box", Debbie Skinner is alive and well. He also declares that Skinner was a tool of the cryptocracy out to turn people into "obedient automatons", which is a contentious argument. All I will say is to recommend Lauren Slater's book to get both sides of the argument and also to read a balanced analysis of "false memory syndrome". Mr Bowart argues against that in the chapter "False Memory Spindrome". However, earlier in the book he mentions the case of Sirhan Sirhan, who apparently after hypnosis claimed he killed Robert Kennedy and who, according to a psychiatrist in 1973, had hypnosis used to plant ideas in his mind to make him accept that he killed Robert Kennedy. This psychiatrist is quoted as saying that a polygraph is more accurate than hypnosis. This suggests that memories can indeed be planted through hypnosis!

Most of the sheer volume of information appears to be well researched. In the interests of space I will just list some search terms that could be entered into a search engine to find out about some of the subject matter: "george estabrooks", "mary pinchot meyer", "sir william stephenson", "mark phillips mkultra", "triple dissociation", "mindwar", "dr colin ross", "franklin cover-up", "finders cia", "michael aquino", "luis angel castillo", "david ferrie", "george de mohrenschildt", "becker body electric", "consumertronics", "high power microwave technology", "gunther karl russbacher", "white phosphorus waco", "genie laborde", "col john alexander", "black hole of guyana", "dorothy burdick", "armen victorian", "mike-alpha-delta-3", "tesla generator", "alt.mindcontrol", "mkdraco", "fletcher prouty", "jacques vallee", "martin cannon controllers", "harlan girard", "p.a. lindstrom", "biotelemetry".

There's supposed to be a documentary based on this book too, according to Mr Bowart in this book.

As a result of having had this textbook, courses (as opposed to McMurry and other *wimpy* textbooks), I learned Organic better than many of my colleagues. This book is outstanding, to say the least. The authors show mechanisms clearly and discuss synthesis in a way that gets you thinking like an organic chemist. This textbook sorta changed my life; it taught me how to think like a scientist. Definitely *THE* book for undergrad Organic courses, and an excellent reference book that should remain in the lab at all times.

This book is excelent. I think that it have a problem. The book of resolution is in English and It is imposible to buy in Spain.

As a result of having had this textbook, courses (as opposed to McMurry and other *wimpy* textbooks), I learned Organic better than many of my colleagues. This book is outstanding, to say the least. The authors show mechanisms clearly and discuss synthesis in a way that gets you thinking like an organic chemist. This textbook sorta changed my life; it taught me how to think like a scientist. Definitely *THE* book for undergrad Organic courses, and an excellent reference book that should remain in the lab at all times.

Very good book, worth the price. It really teach you how to think in organic chemistry and not only to remembers it by heart. the exercise are very good, a lots of examples and you have some answerers in the end of the book. It teach you and show you the MECHANISM in details and colors and then explain you by words . It also teach you the basic about spectroscopy (HNMR,UV,IR,...) but only the basics I also bought the : study guide and solution manual for organic chemistry , for this book that was also founfd it as 5 starts(Very good) So if you are looking for a good organic book to UNDERSTAND organic chemistry and to past the course THIS IS THE BEST BOOK FOR YOU , worth the price . BUY also the study guide it is very useful.

As a result of having had this textbook, courses (as opposed to McMurry and other *wimpy* textbooks), I learned Organic better than many of my colleagues. This book is outstanding, to say the least. The authors show mechanisms clearly and discuss synthesis in a way that gets you thinking like an organic chemist. This textbook sorta changed my life; it taught me how to think like a scientist. Definitely *THE* book for undergrad Organic courses, and an excellent reference book that should remain in the lab at all times.

I purchased the book for my mom for her birthday. I've never been into Chinese herb myself, but she prepared a couple dishes that I thought was pretty good. My mom seems to enjoy the cook book. She contantly tells me how this one dish is good for what part of the body. A great book for moms whom cook and are interested in Asian herbs.

I purchased the book for my mom for her birthday. I've never been into Chinese herb myself, but she prepared a couple dishes that I thought was pretty good. My mom seems to enjoy the cook book. She contantly tells me how this one dish is good for what part of the body. A great book for moms whom cook and are interested in Asian herbs.

I had to purchase this book for my wife. She is a health conscious fanatic of herbs. She believes the only way to liven a dish is to use natural herbs. She does not believe in the store bought seasonings. I am the cook of the house. When, I purchased this book I thought it was just another Martha Stewart. I have learned so much from this book, it is amazing. I love the way the author put pictures into to show what the herb looks like. I love the fact that he/she showed the herb, what it does, how to use it, and generally where it is available. Cookbooks usually, show elegant and sometimes easy dishes to make, but never where to get the key ingredients. I let my friends borrow it and they have amazing stories to tell. This is a great gift for those who are health conscious and people who are blinded by fried foods.

I have a cooking class in high school. The reason I took cooking was so I wouldn't have to speak in front of the class. That is why I avoided drama. Our teacher asked us to choose any book we liked. We had to read it. Cook a meal from it , and we had to make sure we chose a book that we would want to recommend. Well, I am a fitness fanatic and I am involved in all the sports at school. A girl on my basketball team is Asian. Her mother bought this book. The reason I read it was Asians have the stereo type of being healthy and fit. Which is what I wanted my dish to portray. Other of my peers were just making the traditional vegetable platter or no meat dish. The reason I found this book a blue ribbon winner is because the author didn't write with excellency, but simplicity. She was wise to show photos of the cuisines and what they would do to strengthen your body. I like this book because any age is able to read, understand, and cook. I bought this book for my grandma for we have the same attitude toward health and food. I believe this book will be a succes for she arranged it well.

Oriental Herbal Cook Book For Good Health is the best cook book I have read, as far as the cooking category for the books. I enjoy books that I can be able to get something out of. This book was informative, useful, and shocking. The author had years of study on his topic. That was able to give me confidence to try some of the recipes, because I know that he knew his research. I've read cook book where you would cook the recipe and not know what you would be getting out of your meal. This book was informative in the sense that the author was able to give me reasons on why not to use herbs, where I could find them, and showed illustrations on some of the herbs to give me a better aspect of the ingredient. I found it shocking that you were able to use all these ingredients that would help you with your body and taste shockingly amazing!!!! There is a difference between a good cook book and a great cook book. A good cook book is one where the dishes are delicous and easy to make. A great cook book is one where the ingredients are researched to benefit your health and still delicously delictable. I enjoy the fact that I am able to eat my meats and still know that I am doing something healthy for my body. I was also able to educate myself even more on Chinese culture. This book satisfyed my appetite. It educated my mind, soul, and body.

Trollope was a master of the domestic situation. There is a scarcity of dialogue in Orley Farm, but the detailed explanations of the emotions, surroundings, and background of each character offers so much more than dialogue ever could. Anthony Trollope's Orley Farm is by far the best fictionalized trial drama that I have ever read. One would be hard-pressed to find another like it.

I would offer the warning to those who dislike long, tedious readings that this work would not be for them. It is nearly 850 pages with very little action/dialogue. It more a study into the human psyche as it relates to guilt, pity, law, and the moral implications of all these things.

Orley is simply timeless. Just as in the Palliser series, the characters are the people all around you, in the office, in the news, and on the tube. Trollope's ability to understand the subtle differences that shape the mind of men and women is simply uncanny. If you are a truth seeker, this is a book for you. Anyone with exposure to a legal system with its basis in the English common law will understand the perceptive analysis it is subjected to in Orley Farm. The distinction between evil deeds and the often sympathetic humans that are their authors is one that modern American culture often forgets to make. Orley Farm is here to remind us. As a trusts and estates lawyer, I can not believe that I practiced for fifteen years before someone told me about this gem.

One of the great novels of 19th Century fiction, with characters you will learn to appreciate and understand; not the kind of sensationalist fiction of Collins or Dickens, but a real probing into morality, responsibility and compassion. Set aside your summer, or perhaps your winter in front of the fireplace...do not pass this up.

I love Anthony Trollope. His writing style is very readable compared to Dickens or Tolstoy. His subject matter is oriented towards subjects which are still relevant today -- politics, money and power, women's rights, relationships. His character development and imagery makes it feel like you are there. His books aren't "pretentious" but just plain good stories that you an relate to -- even though they take place in the 1800s.

One of the reasons I like them is it reinforces that many of the personal, moral, and emotional struggles you think about in your day-to-day life are exactly those that individuals have been pondering since the beginning of time. I think that we like to think that the problems we face are unique to our generation, our country (the US), our times, our families. When you read something like Orley Farm or the other Trollope books, you realize they are not and that there is still a lot to be learned from these "old guys".

In addition, if you are looking for a good "escape" and a window into how the "other half lives", Trollope novels also give you that vehicle. You can imagine yourself as part of the British Aristocracy living in a life of influence and power -- which can be a lot more interesting than being part of middle class suburbia working every day just to make enough money to pay Uncle Sam, get health insurance and hopefully have enough paid time off to afford a 1-week beach trip every year.

with Trollope, but this one is particularly overweight. A great deal is made - by Trollope and others - about the lack of suspense, which is said to make the novel 'realistic' (versus 'sensationalist'). Why? Anyway, we know from the beginning that the heroine forged the will, or rather the codicil (always a worry, the codicil). This means she spends 800 pages wallowing in terror and guilt. Others around her gradually find out; she wallows deeper and deeper with never a change of tone. This woman is TIRESOME. So is the bee in Trollope's bonnet about the adversarial legal system. As ever when nearing a political issue, Trollope uses it to bring in characters and set up oppositions, but he has no idea what to do with an idea, that is with an issue to be thoughtfully discussed. Given that this book slowly reaches a criminal trial, and that there is really no other serious plot, it becomes annoying to be told repeatedly that lawyers defend clients they don't believe in, and witnesses are badgered. The alternative hinted at - that the law should try to reach the truth - is awe-inspiringly feeble. Once the heroine is found 'not guilty', another non-surprise, and her son gives back the property fraudulently acquired, she is dropped with no gallantry into a fuzzy future in which she may, perhaps, the author hints, have one or two pleasant days. Though the book is treated by critics as a work about guilt and redemption, nobody seems redeemed, or changed in the least. How could they be, given the rigid Trollope rules of conduct.

So why did I read it? Because of the richly populated, vividly conjured Trollope world - and also of course for the exciting hunting scenes. Which in some sense is the whole book. But if the heroine is the fox - and to support this, there is a thrown off line about foxes tails resembling womens' tails (you'd have to be a Victorian male to know what THIS means) - she spends an awful long time in the woods.

Damn, this book is a thunderball. It's well thought out, well plotted, and the character development is excellent. This guy can write! "Keep your hatches battened Clive,from the first gripping paragraph on, Hanzl's entry into your genre is coming on like a force 10 gale...watch it that your doors aren't blown off".

My advice to Cussler fans (and I'm one of them), and to everyone else, is to pick up a copy of "Out of Hell's Kitchen" by the fastest possible route and then prepare yourself for an all nighter.

I am so impressed with this book. It is super well researched and the author speaks with great authority on many different subjects. Plus his grasp of the English colloquialism's and the terrific accents (especially the Irish ones) is wonderful! It was a fab storyline too - very compelling, fast moving and twisting. Plus very believable. He also has a gift of being very efficient, eloquent and effective with his writing, describing characters, scenes and action in a rich and detailed way that is very flowing and totally compliments the pace of the book fantastically. I am super impressed and it is one of the best novels I have ever read - truly. The fact that I read it cover to cover with all the horrendous time constraints I have had recently is testimony to that.

I found out about this book on its web site [...] which was very interesting, and ended up picking up a copy. I really enjoyed this exciting thriller. It held my interest all the way through to the end and then I just wanted to read more. I can't wait for the sequel. There are some interesting twists in the plot and very good character development. If you like a good adventure novel, you will love this one.

This book was a great read! It is a very fast paced novel with tremendous characters. I had trouble putting it down.

The book was very well researched. I was impressed with Mr. Hanzl's depth of knowledge on multiple topics. He covers some very technical explanations while still keeping it a very easy read.

My only complaint is having to wait to find out how my new friends in the book will make out! I can't wait for the next one!!

-Bob Slowey

This is an action thriller with a little science, mystery, and a hint of romance. This is a well crafted novel that keeps you wanting more. The character development is great. It is hard to tell where the story is going. Read it on my vacation. I couldn't have chosen better.

This is one of those books, that having read it once you can't forget it and it changes the way you see the world. Naessens life and theories are fascinating. Having read "World Without Cancer" I was not surprised by his being punished for curing cancer rather than getting a hero's welcome. It makes you wonder just how many cures are out there, being suppressed because it contradicts the powerful people's views of what can and cannot exist or how things work.

Just for the curious, there is a microscope out there now, the Ergonom 400 that comes close to what Naessen's did and will show the somatids that he saw.

The fact that that this is not available in print says a lot. It is extremely enlightening regarding the intellectual ignorance of our medical profession. The concept of increasing the ability of the immune system to heal the body should be number one on every medical checklist for every patient. Jason Winter's herbal tea contains numerous blood purifiers that purport to work toward the same end; blood purification to increase the ability of the immune system to heal the bodily malfunction. This is a total change in disease paradigm which could possibly put a lot of our medical profession on welfare, in addition to saving individuals from the cut, burn and poison paradigm.

Of all the important investigation that Christopher Bird performed during his career, The Life and Trials of Gaston Naessens is probably his most important work. I first became aware of Bird's book in 1990, and I have bought numerous copies over the years to give them to cancer and AIDS patients. His book is not a monumental piece of scholarship, but it tells one more story about what happens to medical pioneers. I have taken Bird's work much further, and I write at length about Naessens and the professional lineage that he is a marvelous part of. The story of Naessens work is probably the most important one in medicine today.

I have read "The Cancer Cure That Worked" by Barry Lymes which is the story of Dr. Royal R. Rife's work. Barry was assisted by Dr. Rife's partner, John Crane of San Diego. I spent a couple of afternoons with Mr. Crane in 1990, before he pased away. Because Mr. Crane was acting as a co-author the book is very accurate as to the actual truth and history of the events. Dr. Rife did have a technology that worked and was verified by the Medical Staff at University of Southern California, L.A. Dr. Milburn Johnson, the then Chief of the USC Medical Staff and President of the Los Angeles Medical Association rented the Scripps Ranch at La Jolla, California, where they were successful in curing, within 70 days, 18 terminally ill cancer patients - 100% cure rate! All with no side effects! They were then able to build approximately 20 "Rife Ray Beam" machines and Drs. were using them very succesfully, in fact, too successfully, until the persecution of Rife and his associates quashed the project and technology for a while. THIS BOOK IS ONE EVERY HUMAN ON THE PLANET SHOULD READ BECAUSE THE TECNOLOGY CURED NOT ONLY THE CANCER BUT OTHER PROBLEMS THE PATIENTS HAD. ANOTHER BOOK THAT IS A MUST is "The Secret of Life" by Georges Lakovsky, who used the same technology, but a different design of a machine he called "The Multiwave Oscillator" He also experienced very simalar successes as Dr. Rife. Mr. Lakovsky's book contains "before" and "after" photos. He was from Russia and did his work in France. Mr. Lakovsky was merely murdered, when he came to New York, to squash his technology. However, both technologies are available via the underground and I have personally used Rife's and witnessed it to cure cancer, epstien barr, clogging of the heart arteries, to correct eyesight,toothache and other ailments. A similar technology is explained in Hulda Clark's book "Curing All Diseases" I'm sure Mr. Bird's Book about Mr. Naessens should also be on the "must" list. ALL OF THESE BOOKS ARE A MUST FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT CURING SO CALLED "TERMINAL DISEASES."

I bought this book years ago when it was published in Canada under the title of THE GALILEO OF THE MICROSCOPE. I have met the late Chris Bird several times. This recreation of the trial of Gaston Naessens for Murder One is absolutely fascinating and a great read. I have a video of what Naessens sees in the live blood under his darkfield microscope. I have lent it a number of times to people with terminal illness who eventually contacted Naessens and now are completely healthy. This is a very important book about a living legend.---Phil Ratte' 61 going on 36

Stephen Grant has written a wonderfully readable account of an exceptional personality. As an Africanist I was especially interested in Peter Strickland's activities on Goree island--he was a merchant there before becoming the first U.S. consul to Senegal, an unpaid position he held from 1883-1905--but other aspects of his life are equally interesting. His concern for common sailors in the merchant marine, for example, led him to publish a book to enlighten the public on their mistreatment.

Strickland kept a diary most of his life, and the author includes many excerpts to give us a flavor of his ideas in the context of his times. Along with a discussion of the primary sources on Strickland's life, he leaves us with the intriguing thought that some volumes of Strickland's diary are missing and could still turn up. If they do, they might add some details to his life, but they won't change the picture Stephen Grant has given us of a unique individual

Stephen H. Grant's Peter Strickland. New England Shipmaster, Boston Merchant, and First Consul to Senegal gives us an engaging read and a fresh historical source for the little explored relations between the United States and West Africa during the last half of the nineteenth century. Born in New London, Connecticut in 1837, Peter Strickland first went to sea in 1857,as a nineteen year old man. Later a sea captain and merchant, Strickland served as U. S. consul to Gorée-Dakar Senegal from 1883-1906. He retired to his home in Dorchester, Massachusetts where until his death in 1921, he continued an active life as head of family, concerned citizen, and staunch advocate of the welfare of seamen and of Unites States commercial relations with West Africa. His career as consul is of interest to historians of Africa in its insights into late nineteenth century commerce along the coast from Senegal to Sierra Leone and the impact upon the United States' role of the onset of French colonialism. Through his consular dispatches, correspondence and a journal spanning twenty-five years, he documents the primary imports and exports of Senegal to the U. S., but also the business and social relations among those serving European and American interests from Gorée and Dakar. His knowledgeable and literate dispatches were widely shared within the U. S. Department of State.

Grant's account is objective yet sympathetic to his subject. He reveals a hard-working man, who managed to survive as an entrepreneur despite receiving no salary as consul, despite competition from the colonial powers taking over West Africa, and despite personal tragedy in a troubled marriage and the death of his oldest son by drowning in 1888 as he served as Vice Consul to his father. Strickland survived his wife and three children and was survived by his daughter Mary who was his closest companion in both Africa and in his retirement. He was typical of his generation in holding dismissive views of women and of Black Africans. He regretted the decline of U. S. commercial interest in Africa and through his correspondence and articles argued ahead of his time for a greater U.S. awareness of and interest in Africa and other regions beyond North America--his was an early voice of internationalism. To the end of his life, his journal gives at times poignant witness to a family man who worried about finances in retirement, who kept up his knowledge of commerce and personnel in West Africa, and who felt deeply the passing of his peers. Although modest, Strickland valued his record and spent two years in 1913 and 1914 recopying his journal for posterity.

The story of how this biography came to be is a 21st- century parallel of American Senegalese interaction. A retired foreign service officer himself, Stephen H. Grant served as a USAID administrator in Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire among other postings in Africa, Asia, and Central America. As a hobby, Grant collected and published books about vintage postcards on Guinea, Indonesia, and El Salvador. A postmarked envelope from 1889 addressed to Capt. Peter Strickland, U. S. consul, Gorée, West Africa" acquired on eBay led him to pursue Strickland's biography. The preface to the work invites the reader to follow an entertaining path of historical investigation through archival and genealogical research and the discovery of his own family's involvement in the residence Strickland used while consul. Reminiscent at times of Patrick O'Brian's seafaring novels, this highly recommended work has the special merit of giving us the voice of a real person from those distant times.

Steve Grant's biography is a little gem. The preface tells of the author's search for his subject and reads with the pace and surprise of a treasure hunt. Grant has a special gift for writing history, perhaps especially biography. His eye for detail also sees his subject in the round and in all the colors of his time and setting. Grant's evocation of the Isle of Goree, by its nature a timeless spot as I (and least one other reviewer) have known it, is classic. Grant's style is exact yet zesty, allowing not a word in excess. The author and his subject share both New England origins and an African destination with a century in between. The result is a keen and affecting portrait of a Yankee shipmaster and merchant, who became the first U.S. consul to French West Africa. The volume is amply illustrated and expertly produced. I strongly recommend it.

The previous reviews and book description cover this fine book quite well. What I can add is: I was interested in this book because I lived for about three years in Dakar, facing the Island of Goree where Peter Strickland's career as first US Consul to Senegal unfolded. Not only did I find the book provided interesting insights into the life and times of the period (late 19th-early 20th century) and the talented, hard-working, somewhat strait-laced sea-captain/diplomat/merchant/writer who was Strickland. But, it was also an entertaining, lively read. I do not remember reading anything that brings to life this period and the reality of living both in West Africa and in New England so well. To think that it all came about because the author (a veteran diplomat) happened to acquire an envelope addressed to Strickland in an on-line auction (E-Bay) is quite an amazing story in itself. After acquiring the envelope addressed to Strickland, one thing led to another until his research, which is so well described as well in a lively, fascinating manner, resulted in this wonderful biography.

Child of New England, sailor on the high seas, merchant, consul to Senegal, author and memoirist - these are just some of the varied and fascinating aspects of Peter Strickland's life, as detailed in Stephen Grant's engaging story about a Victorian-era shipmaster who spent more than twenty years of his life living on Gorée, an African island fraught with the tragic history of the slave trade.

Grant not only tells a good tale, but he has made excellent use of a significant trove of historical materials in doing so, conducting extensive research on two continents, examining volumes of archival records and poring over Strickland's six decades of personal journals. Through this respected writer, the story of a man who started out as a cabin boy and came to represent the United States in an important outpost overseas is made both entertaining and informative. I highly recommend it to anybody interested in the era and in the twists and turns one's life can take.