Active Older Adults Ideas for Action or Fed up and Hungry

Active Older Adults - Ideas for Action

Author: Lynn Allen

This manual provides a collection of 15 award-winning fitness programs for seniors. The ideas and activities, which have been gathered from programs across the country, are presented in a consistent and easy-to-understand format. Directions for implementing the programming ideas are included, as are sample charts, brochures, registration and safety forms, newsletters, and a listing of resources that will ensure a successful program. Active Older Adults presents a full spectrum of approaches to helping seniors get and stay fit. Some of the programs provide introductions to basic fitness principles while others explain how to lead older adults in specific activities, such as strength training, line dancing, and water walking. There are also low-stress programs for individuals with cardiovascular or joint problems.

Robert Topp

This manual provides examples of previously developed activity programs for older adults, as well as an extensive list of resources including publications, associations, vendors, and experts in the field of exercise programming for older adults. The purpose is to bring together a collection of fitness programming ideas for the older adult. The editor claims the manual will help solve the dilemma of many activity directors who work with this population. The editor and contributors do a good job of presenting ideas for fitness programs, but they do not address other critical issues in program development, including needs assessment and evaluation. This book is written for practitioners who are interested in developing fitness programs for older adults. The editor appears to be a credible authority in this area as evidenced by experience in developing such programs. The manual is divided into two sections. Section I presents examples of various activity programs that have been previously developed for older adults in the U.S. The second section is a listing of older adult activity resources. These resources include fitness-related organizations, individuals with expertise in the area of senior fitness, and printed materials. The manual omits a generic plan for senior activity program development. Such a generic plan might include documenting the need for a program, developing a program with a budget, and formative and summative evaluations. This is one of the few publications in the field which has attempted to document and describe previously developed activity programs for older adults along with resources for developing such programs. However, there is no critique of these programsprovided, nor is there an outline of how to select an appropriate program or evaluate a program's effectiveness.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Robert Topp, PhD, RN (Medical College of Ohio School of Nursing)
Description: This manual provides examples of previously developed activity programs for older adults, as well as an extensive list of resources including publications, associations, vendors, and experts in the field of exercise programming for older adults.
Purpose: The purpose is to bring together a collection of fitness programming ideas for the older adult. The editor claims the manual will help solve the dilemma of many activity directors who work with this population. The editor and contributors do a good job of presenting ideas for fitness programs, but they do not address other critical issues in program development, including needs assessment and evaluation.
Audience: This book is written for practitioners who are interested in developing fitness programs for older adults. The editor appears to be a credible authority in this area as evidenced by experience in developing such programs.
Features: The manual is divided into two sections. Section I presents examples of various activity programs that have been previously developed for older adults in the U.S. The second section is a listing of older adult activity resources. These resources include fitness-related organizations, individuals with expertise in the area of senior fitness, and printed materials. The manual omits a generic plan for senior activity program development. Such a generic plan might include documenting the need for a program, developing a program with a budget, and formative and summative evaluations.
Assessment: This is one of the few publications in the field which has attempted to document and describe previously developed activity programs for older adults along with resources for developing such programs. However, there is no critique of these programs provided, nor is there an outline of how to select an appropriate program or evaluate a program's effectiveness.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
	Marketing Guide: Tips for Promoting Your Fitness Program or Event
	A Report of the Surgeon General: Physical Activity and Health for Older Adults
Pt. I	Program Ideas	1
	Exercise Challenge	3
	5 Plus 5	7
	Line Dancing for Seniors	51
	Maple Knell Wellness Center	53
	Moving Targets	67
	Oak Hill Village Fitness Club	75
	Partners in Fitness, Inc	79
	Plano Senior Games	87
	S.E.E. S.A.W. Exercises (Seniors Exercising Effectively While Sitting Around Waiting)	93
	Silver Sneakers	103
	The Village at Duxbury	109
	Vital Life Center - "It's Never Too Late to Start Feelin' Great"	117
	Walk Well	127
	Water Walking	133
	Young at Heart	141
Pt. II	Resources	153
	About the Editor and the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association	193

Fed up and Hungry: Women, Oppression and Food

Author: Marilyn Lawrenc

This collection expands on Susie Orbach's claim that obsessive eating or non-eating behavior is an individual, albeit political, response to a "complex set of social circumstances" in which women find themselves. Theoretical pieces here bolster her views, exploring the neopuritanical replacement of sex by food, compulsive eating as anger, and symmetries between the bulimic and anorexic internalization of ego boundaries and strategies for control. Essays highlighting alternative therapies are full of case references and the compelling voices of sufferers.

Publishers Weekly

In the spirit of Orbach's seminal book Fat Is a Feminst Issue, the authors of this enlightened collectionoriginally published in the U.K.write from professional and personal involvement with the work on eating disorders being conducted at the Women's Therapy Center in London. Orbach maintains that obsessive eating or non-eating behavior is an individual, albeit political, response to a ``complex set of social circumstances'' in which women find themselves. Theoretical pieces here bolster her views: they explore the neopuritanical replacement of sex by food as ``the focus of guilt in women's lives''; compulsive eating as anger denied other, socially legitimate avenues of expression; and symmetries between the bulimic and anorexic internalization of ego boundaries and strategies for control. Essays highlighting alternative therapies are fertile with case references and the compelling voices of sufferers, like the anorexic who asserts that ``becoming what we are requires existential courage to confront the experience of nothingness.'' This book offers both solace and insight and is a vital contribution to a field where the need for a holistic approach grows with frightening urgency. (October)

AyurVedic Zone Diet or Anorexia Nervosa and Recovery

AyurVedic Zone Diet: The Ancient Way to Health Rejuvenation and Weight Control

Author: Dennis Thompson

Ayurvedic Zone Diet combines the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda for health and healing with a modern scientific approach to body typing physiology. By focusing on the three basic body types and their corresponding zones of physiological function, this book offers practical solutions for everything from chronic health problems and weight control to proper exercise and lifestyle management. It is essential reading for all who want to lose weight, stay young, and be healthy.

Read also Whole Foods or Perfect Party Planner

Anorexia Nervosa and Recovery: A Hunger for Meaning

Author: Karen Way

Through the voices of twenty-one women, Karen Way presents the most objective, complete, and compassionate picture of what anorexia nervosa is about and, more importantly, of the complex individual variables and obstacles in the journey to recovery. From the premise that anorexia nervosa is an addiction--an obsession controlling all aspects of an individual's life--and that complete recovery is possible by finding meaning in life, this enlightening book contrasts sharply to other books written on the subject by clinicians and theorists which merely speculate on the nature and etiology of anorexia nervosa. Anorexia Nervosa and Recovery lets the reader hear the personal struggles of women who have fought this powerful disease. They describe how anorexia controlled their lives and how, once they overcame their obsessions with food, weight, and thinness, they were able to lead fulfilling lives.

This illuminating book encourages and inspires women who are in the throes of anorexia nervosa. They will recognize the emptiness in the voices and the descriptions of daily life. Therapists and clinicians who treat anorexic women will find intriguing chapters on events which trigger anorexia and what anorexics will do to maintain their strategies for coping. Concerned friends and family and others interested in understanding this controlling disease will be enlightened from this important and helpful book.

Booknews

Argues that the eating disorder is an addiction--an obsession controlling all aspects of someone's life--and that recovery is possible by finding meaning in life. Based on the personal experiences of 21 women who have gone through the process. Paper edition (0-918393-95-7), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet or The Dream of Eternal Life

Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet

Author: Simon Johnson

Protect your children from dangers that lurk on the Internet. Learn to identify the real threats--be they pedophiles, cyber-stalkers, hackers, spyware, viruses, or adware--and formulate an effective protection plan. Choose the best software for your needs and your budget from the book's independent review of firewalls, web filters, anti-virus products, and more. Plus, a companion Web site hosted by the author will update data and threats.

Publishers Weekly

Johnson cofounded one of Australia's first IT companies and is an expert on Internet security. When he became a father in 2002, he realized his young daughter would soon be tooling around online and would inevitably encounter inappropriate spam messages, among other hazards. He promptly founded an information Web site for parents to keep their kids safe online, which then begot this comprehensive guide. The Web is still a "wild, undiscovered, and unregulated frontier," Johnson says, a tool pedophiles use to look for victims. Nearly 90% of kids encounter pornography online while doing their homework, he warns. The good news is parents can take steps to protect their children so they may safely and effectively use the Internet, which Johnson presents-in spite of the dangers-as essential for contemporary learning. Most importantly, Johnson asserts, parents should educate their children (e.g., tell them not to give out personal information online), monitor computer use (place the computer in a shared place, not in a child's bedroom) and buy computer software to filter and protect. He suggests five programs that parents should install and walks readers through individual products, explaining the pros and cons and making recommendations. Rather than offering a diatribe on the dangers of the Web, Johnson offers a practical, well-researched guide to help parents minimize the Web's potential drawbacks. (Aug. 19) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

These two books aim to educate parents about sexual predators. Johnson, a leading expert on children's safety, focuses on keeping children away from pedophiles lurking online. Owing to his intended audience-parents/caregivers with little computer knowledge-he provides a lot of screen shots to clarify concepts and terms. After running through the basics of the Internet, Johnson goes into detail about the threats posed by people intending to harm children on the Internet and ways to reduce the risks. He then offers a detailed examination and comparison of the software available to protect children online. Parents, who can find this topic scary and overwhelming, will be empowered by Johnson's manageable guidebook. A welcome addition to public libraries. Goldenflame, a recovering sex offender, offers an eyeopening examination of his life and inner struggle through rehabilitation. The book is not, as the subtitle suggests, a quick reference for parents/caregivers looking to protect their children from sexual predators. Instead, it is a memoir sprinkled with the odd tip; though suggestions are helpfully consolidated at the end, this is essentially Goldenflame's personal story, with telling anecdotes that could benefit fellow recovering sex offenders. Recommended for larger memoir/recovery collections.-Kari Ramstrom, MLIS, Plymouth, MN Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Books about: Manchester on a Plate or The Dinner Year Book

The Dream of Eternal Life: Biomedicine, Aging and Immortality

Author: Mark Beneck

Can we grow old without dying? Why do we have to grow old at all? In this fascinating book Mark Benecke investigates the biological meaning of life and death and the prospects for extending human longevity, or even achieving immortality.

The first section of the book discusses the biological fundamentals of why death exists and what modern biology, especially the biology of genetics, tells us about aging and death. Human life and death, Benecke explains, is shaped by cellular life and death, so he examines the mortality of the normal cell as well as the "immortality" of cancer cells. In the second part Benecke assesses the various ways that we humans cope with a finite life span and the looming certainty of death, including such topics as the link between sport and vitality, the legends of Dracula and the undead, melatonin, vitamin C, and "the French paradox" concerning the link between alcohol consumption and heart disease. The third part looks at the possibility for extending our lives through cloning, organ and brain transplants, live cell therapy (favored by Sir Winston Churchill among others), and deep freezing of humans for reawakening in a future age.

Finally, Benecke tells us what we can learn about the prospects for the human race from a study of the earth as a whole-for we can stay healthy only if the earth is healthy. Climate change, overpopulation, population "crashes," Gaia, and the possibilities of future emigration into space are explained and explored. The Dream of Eternal Life concludes with a look at the human genome project and developmental biology, and Benecke sheds light on what this knowledge will mean for us in terms of understanding the nature of humanlife and our place in the living world. Throughout, Benecke maintains a scientific and skeptical attitude to many of the claims and counterclaims made by countless experts and fellow scientists.

Booknews

In a balanced popular science treatment, a German molecular biologist explains why death is part of life; overviews the Human Genome Project and research questioning whether this is inevitable; and explains the Gaia concept linking human and planetary health. Illustrations include Biosphere 2, and examples of the ultra-aged and prematurely aged. This updated US edition is translated from . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Why Death Is Part of Life	1
Ch. 2	No One Wants to Die	33
Ch. 3	The Immortality of the Individual: Possibilites and (for Today) Impossibilites	95
Ch. 4	Humanity - Immortal?	141
Ch. 5	The Meaning of Life - "Biologically Speaking"	163
	Notes	173
	Suggested Further Reading	181
	Index	185

The Viagra Myth or AyurVeda and Life Impressions Bodywork

The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact On Love And Relationships

Author: Abraham Morgentaler

In The Viagra Myth Dr. Abraham Morgentaler (a practicing urologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School) shows us that while Viagra has proved enormously helpful to many men, it has also uncovered previously ignored aspects of identity and authenticity in sexuality and relationships. Some men, for example, may fear telling their partner they are using Viagra, yet still struggle with the hope of being loved for their true self. Women who discover their partner has resorted to a secret sexual enhancer may complain, "I thought it was me who turned you on . . ." Viagra may improve a man's sexual abilities, but there may also be a profound cost involved.
If you or your partner is using or considering Viagra, or even if you are only wondered what it might be like to have a better sex life, this book is essential reading. It will provide insight and instruction about the reality of quick-fix solutions, sexuality, personal growth, and meaningful relationships.

Publishers Weekly

Morgentaler, a practicing urologist and a professor at Harvard Medical School who has done research on erectile dysfunction, wants to explode the "notion of Viagra as an automatic solution, as the quick fix to all sexual problems." He has no problems with the millions of prescriptions of Viagra that doctors have made since the drug was introduced in 1998. But he is effective at presenting facts that are not so well known, such as that the drug works in 80% of men with performance anxiety but only two-thirds of men with other types of erectile dysfunction. What he does best, however, is to demonstrate how "a firm erection cannot solve deeper problems." Each chapter describes a situation in which a patient who thought that Viagra was the answer to his problems finds that there are other explanations. In one, a man learns that his performance problems have to do with the lack of trust he and his partner share; in another, a man who thinks that Viagra will make his sexual performance last the right time learns that "studies have shown that humans average only a minute and a half for their sexual encounters." Short bullet-point summaries of important information at the end of each chapter and an excellent section on "Frequently Asked Questions About Viagra" help make this book an important resource for both physicians and patients who are contemplating prescribing or using the drug, but who may be doing so for all the wrong reasons. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Viagra can help many men, asserts urologist Morgentaler (Harvard Medical Sch.; The Male Body). But its cure-all-penises reputation is only a myth. It is most effective for erectile dysfunction caused by performance anxiety, less so for premature ejaculation and for medically caused problems. Viagra cannot supply desire, guarantee partner satisfaction, or rescue a relationship aground on different issues. Moreover, secret use of the drug can raise issues of trust and honesty with a partner. Yet there are effective treatments for when Viagra fails-injections, implants, vacuum devices, and couple therapy. Morgentaler's needed corrective is readable and well organized, with case histories and summaries-plus a chapter on gay relationships. Unfortunately, it lacks a resource section, guidelines for finding a doctor/therapist, and illustrations. A good general work on sexual dysfunction is Lawrence Hakim's The Couple's Disease, and Robert Butler and Myrna Lewis's The New Love and Sex After 60 is also highly recommended. Morgentaler's books is a valuable if imperfect addition to collections where Viagra books circulate frequently. (Index not seen.)-Martha Cornog, Philadelphia Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Look this: The 4 Hour Workweek or Plan B 30

AyurVeda and Life Impressions Bodywork

Author: Donald Vanhowten

We all have holding patterns that are so habitual, that they literally leave an historic imprint on the membranes of the body. These membranes store our actions, experiences, emotions and beliefs. They in turn represent our impressions of life, in a "hard copy" of flesh. This book takes the wisdom from the East, specifically from the ancient science of Ayurveda, and combines it with a version of the Western medical model, stirs in large portions of awareness, safety, and support, adds practical visual techniques, and passes this recipe along into capable hands and hearts.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction	1
Sect. I	Who Are We?	7
Ch. 1	The Making of a Life Impression	9
Ch. 2	The Mother of All Healing	23
Ch. 3	Changing the Self-Image	49
Ch. 4	Membrane Function: Safety and Support	77
Sect. II	How We Change	97
Ch. 5	The Touch of Awakening	99
Ch. 6	The Components of the Human System	125
Ch. 7	Intervention	155
Sect. III	Treatments and Resources	185
Ch. 8	Vital Air Treatments	187
Ch. 9	Component Treatments	207
Ch. 10	Elemental Treatments	247
	Afterword	273
	Bibliography	275
	Resources	276
	Index	280

Prophetess of Health or The Face Lift Sourcebook

Prophetess of Health: A Study of Ellen G. White

Author: Ronald L Numbers

Respected historian of science Ronald Numbers here examines one of the most influential, yet least examined, religious leaders in American history - Ellen G. White, the enigmatic visionary who founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Numbers scrutinizes White's life (1827-1915), from her teenage visions and testimonies to her extensive advice on health reform, which influenced the direction of Adventism. This third edition of Prophetess of Health features a new preface and two key documents that shed further light on White - transcripts of the trial of Elder Israel Dammon in 1845 and the proceedings of the secret Bible Conferences in 1919.

About the Author:
Ronald L. Numbers is Hilldale and William Coleman Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations

Introduction The Historian as Heretic Jonathan M. Butler Butler, Jonathan M. 1

1 A Prophetess Is Born 43

2 In Sickness and in Health 76

3 The Health Reformers 95

4 Dansville Days 127

5 The Western Health Reform Institute 156

6 Short Skirts and Sex 184

7 Whatsoever Ye Eat or Drink 219

8 Fighting the Good Fight 239

Afterword: Ellen White on the Mind and the Mind of Ellen White Ronald L. Numbers Numbers, Ronald L. Janet S. Numbers Numbers, Janet S. 267

App. 1 Physical and Psychological Experiences of Ellen G. White: Related in Her Own Words 291

App. 2 The 1864 Dansville Visit 320

App. 3 The Trial of Elder I. Dammon 326

App. 4 The Secret 1919 Bible Conferences 344

Index 402

Books about: Through the Kitchen Window or Great Wines of America

The Face-Lift Sourcebook

Author: Kimberly A Henry

In 1999, more than 80,000 people (90 percent women) underwent face-lift procedures. With compassionate insights from her own face-lift, as well as dozens of before-and-after photos of patients, Dr. Henry explains what surgery can realistically accomplish, average costs, what to expect during recovery, and how to find the right surgeon.

Kimberly A. Henry, M.D., is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who is also a lecturer with extensive media experience.

Internet Book Watch

Face-Lift Sourcebook opens with a discussion of how the face ages, then provides keys to understanding the face-lift process which helps readers determine whether surgery is the right option. From locating the best surgeon to considering costs and recovery, this provides detailed consumer information by a doctor who is herself a plastic surgeon.

Un Cuerpo a Su Medida or Peso Perfecto

Un Cuerpo a Su Medida

Author: Editors of Prevention Health Books for Women

Sólo para mujeres reales! Es decir las que están hartas de las dietas " milagrosas " La que han gastado su dinero en productos " adelgazadores " que no funcionan. las que desean encontrar soluciones eficaces para sus zonas problemáticas: los muslos, las asentaderas y la barriga. Bueno aquí tiene un libro que le brindará eso mismo. En él se le esplicará como converti sus comidad favoritas en " cortacalorias " sin sacrificar el sabor y también le enseñara unos ejercicios sencillos que en un dos por tres remozarán esas zonas para que las puedad lucir en una discoteca, en una playa, en fin, donde usted quiera. Lo mejor de todo es que no necesita un plan estricto como muchos libros lo recomiendan. En cambio, aprovechara un programa flexible de alimentación y ejercicios que usted podrá modificar según sus necesidades. Si no le gusta una comida, hay un montón más que puede probar. Lo mismo sucede con los ejercicios. Literalmente encontrará docenas de opciones. Así que explore este libro. Descubra por qué le ha costado tanto trabajo adelgazar en el pasado y cómo podrá tener un " futuro flaco " . Logre por fin tener el cuerpo que siempre ha anhelado... hecho completamente a su medida.

Table of Contents:

	Prologo	ix
	Agradecimientos	xi
Parte 1	Como crear un cuerpo a su medida
	No es una dieta, sino un estilo de vida	3
	Su cuerpo unico	8
	Lo que puede cambiar...y lo que no	13
Parte 2	Comer para perder
	10 principios fundamentales para perder al comer	23
	Comidas que crean un cuerpo a su medida	27
	Alinos	28
	Bebidas	33
	Carnes	37
	Cereales	44
	Comida rapida	48
	Comidas de salchichoneria	52
	Condimentos y pastas untables	56
	Frutas	63
	Hamburguesas y hot dogs	68
	Huevo	72
	Meriendas	77
	Panes	83
	Papas	88
	Pasta	93
	Pescado y mariscos	98
	Pizza	103
	Pollo y pavo	107
	Postres	113
	Productos lacteos	119
	Queso	125
	Salsas	130
	Sopas y caldos	135
	Tacos, tamales y sandwiches	140
	Las mejores--y peores--tecnicas culinarias	147
Parte 3	Ejercicios moldeadores
	Claves para tener una cinturita en un dos por tres	159
	Ejercicios para caderas, muslos y asentaderas	180
	El estiramiento es esencial	204
	La ropa adecuada	212
Parte 4	Ejercicios aerobicos que adelgazan
	22 formas de quemar grasa y calorias	223
	Aerobicos: clases y videocasetes	228
	Aerobicos acuaticos	233
	Aerobicos con banca	238
	Bailar	243
	Caminar	248
	Caminar rapidamente	253
	Ciclismo	259
	Ciclismo estacionario	265
	Entrenadores elipticos	271
	Excursionar	277
	Floricultura y horticultura	281
	Mantenimiento del jardin	285
	Maquinas de esquiar a fondo	290
	Maquinas trepadoras y steppers	294
	Nadar	299
	Patinaje de navaja	305
	Remar	310
	Saltar la cuerda	315
	Spinning	320
	Tareas domesticas	325
	Tenis	329
	Trotar	334
Parte 5	Automotivacion
	Su nueva actitud alimenticia	341
	Sugerencias sencillas para ejercicios eficaces	349
	Adelgace al instante...con estilo!	355
Parte 6	Elprograma integral
	Un cuerpo a su medida en 28 dias	369
	Un cuerpo a su medida para siempre!	399
	Creditos fotograficos	403
	Glosario	404
	Indice de terminos	413
	Table de conversion	433

Read also Suffer the Child or The Changing Brain

Peso Perfecto

Author: Deepak Chopra

El equilibrio mente/cuerpo es un programa para conseguir y mantener su peso ideal. Chopra nos enseña a conseguir su peso ideal sin necesidad de contar calorías y elegir alimentos que transformarán su metabolismo.. Y que producirán energía en lugar de grasa.

English Translation: Chopra helps readers reach their perfect weight.

Beyond Antibiotics or The Shamanic Way of the Bee

Beyond Antibiotics: 50 (or so) ways to Boost Immunity and Avoid Antibiotics

Author: Michael A Schmidt

Officials from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control have reported that the overuse of antibiotics in medicine has created an epidemic of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Doctors fear that if antibiotic use is not curtailed, we may soon approach the day when untreatable infections are rampant. In Beyond Antibiotics, Drs. Schmidt, Smith, and Sehnert explore the problems presented by the overuse of these drugs. More importantly, they show how to build immunity, improve resistance to infections, and avoid antibiotics when possible.

Read also Longevity Strategy or Overcoming the Legacy of Overeating

The Shamanic Way of the Bee: Ancient Wisdom and Healing Practices of the Bee Masters

Author: Simon Buxton

SHAMANISM / SELF-HELP

“. . . brings radiant life to an ancient shamanic path.”
SANDRA INGERMAN, author of Soul Retrieval and Medicine for the Earth

Bee shamanism may well be the most ancient and enigmatic form of shamanism. It exists throughout the world--wherever in fact the honeybee is exists. Its medicinal tools--such as honey, pollen, propolis, and royal jelly--are now in common use, and even the origins of Chinese acupuncture can be traced to the ancient practice of applying bee stings to the body’s meridians.

In this authoritative ethnography and spiritual memoir, Simon Buxton, an elder of the Path of Pollen, reveals for the first time the richness of this tradition: its subtle intelligence; its sights, sounds, and smells; and its unique ceremonies, which until now have been known only to initiates. Buxton unknowingly took his first steps on the Path of Pollen at age nine, when a neighbor--an Austrian bee shaman--cured him of a near-fatal bout of encephalitis. This early contact prepared him for a later meeting with an elder of the tradition who took him on as an apprentice. Following an intense initiation that opened him to the mysteries of the hive mind, Buxton learned over the next thirteen years the practices, rituals, and tools of bee shamanism. He experienced the healing and spiritual powers of honey and other bee products, including a “flying ointment” used by medieval witches, as well as ritual initiations with the female members of the tradition--the Melissae--and the application of magico-sexual “nektars” that promotelongevity and ecstasy. The Shamanic Way of the Bee is a rare view into the secret wisdom of this age-old tradition.

SIMON BUXTON is a beekeeper, the British faculty for Dr. Michael Harner’s Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and the founder/ director of The Sacred Trust, a U.K.-based educational organization dedicated to the teaching of practical shamanism for the modern world. He lives in England and teaches internationally.

Simon Buxton, author of The Shamanic Way of the Bee, is the founder/director of The Sacred Trust in England, dedicated to the teaching of practical shamanism for the modern world. He is also the co-author of Darkness Visible. He teaches Darkness Visible workshops internationally and lives in England.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Professor S. R. Harrop 

1   Last Night, as I was Sleeping

2   The Gate of Transition

3   The Small Branch of the Great Tree

4   The Path of Pollen

5   The Web of Dreams

6   The Bee Mistress and the Melissae

7   Vitamin Pan

8   The Nightshade Isle

9   Earth’s Embrace

10  The Kelt Falls

Afterword

Bibliography

Situational Problems for the Cosmetology Student or More Alive with Color

Situational Problems for the Cosmetology Student

Author: Catherine Frangi

A word-for-word, page-for-page Spanish translation of Milady's Situational Problems for Cosmetology Students. The text tests students' knowledge of how they should apply the information they have learned to real-life situations. While the exam review gauges their recollection of information, this text asks that information, this text asks that they apply that knowledge to situations that more closely reflect what they are likely to encounter as a salon employee, demonstrating that they know how to use the information they have learned. The questions are more complex than Exam Review questions, or attitudes. The student will have to take many factors into account to achieve the desired results, both from a technical and a communication perspective. Answers are included in the back of the book.

Read also Sustainable Livelihoods or Managing and Organizations

More Alive with Color: Personal Colors - Personal Style

Author: Leatrice Eiseman

What is the best thing you can do when you don't have a thing to wear? What's the secret ingredient that can instantly improve the way you look and feel? It's simple - discover your personal colors! America's color guru Leatrice Eiseman will show you how in her fun and practical new book, More Alive with Color! Here Lee will introduce you to her original, easy-to-follow "Color Clock" system - the quick way to find and use the colors that reflect your personal style and transform the way you look.

Based on the colors of your eyes, hair and skin and your psyche-discover your personal range of beautiful colors in Leatrice's "colortimes": Sunrise with the sparkling jewel tones of dawn, Sunlight with the soft pastels and fruit shades of noon, or Sunset with the fiery hues that mellow into dusk. Then add those natural yet practical Crossover colors to expand your wardrobe without breaking your budget. Choosing clothes, hair color, and makeup has never been easier. Leatrice will show you how to pull your wardrobe together with your personal colors - which are sexy, which are powerful for interviews and such; which accessories will magnify your personal style; and which cosmetic and hair colors will make your skin glow and flatter your natural coloring.

More than any other color system, More Alive with Color will give you the freedom to use color in your wardrobe with self-confidence, add trends without losing your style, plan a wedding where you are surrounded by your best colors, organize your closet and mix colors with ease; and set out for office, party, or lunch with friends knowing you look your best.

Washington Post

"For those who are intimidated by color or choosing colors, Eiseman's books provide plenty of reassurance, including a quiz to help readers determine their color preferences."

Allure Magazine - Elizabeth Einstein

"Lee Eiseman is the person I call for help in decoding color trends. She knows the 'why' behind what people want from season to season."

What People Are Saying

Marylou Luther
"Leatrice Eiseman knows more about the history of color, the psychology of color and the application of color than anyone I have ever interviewed. She can make color interesting to a convent of nuns who only wear black. Perhaps more importantly, she constantly updates the dynamics of color and how it responds to the pop culture, the economy and world events."
—editor, International Fashion Syndicate

Table of Contents:

Preface: A Personal Note from the Publisher

Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book

Part 1: What Color Can Do for You

Chapter 1: The Color Quiz
·What the Quiz Means
·Where Your Choices Take YouâЂ"More about You
·Choices: "Right" or "Wrong"

Chapter 2: Find Your Perfect Color Palette
·Inspiration of the Impressionists
·The Colortime Palettes
·What Color Can Do for You
·Color Your Thinking
·The Crossovers—NatureâЂ™s Most Versatile Colors
·Intimate Environments and Extended Environments
·Understanding Undertones
·Mixing Palettes
·Exploding Old Myths—White DoesnâЂ™t Go with Everything!

Chapter 3: Wearing Your Colors: What Goes with What
·Harmonious Relations—-Analagous Colors
·Thank You for the Complement
·One Color—Monochromatics
·Two Colors—Duochromatics
·Three Colors—Trichromatics
·Multicolors—Polychromatics
·Instant Irritants and Dramatic Discord
·The Most Basic Basics
·Goof-Proof Combinations

Chapter 4: How to Get the Look
·Personal Signature Colors
·Accessorizing with Color
o Shoes
o Hosiery
o Handbags
o Belts
o Jewelry
· Clothes to Go: Color Planning for Packing

Chapter 5: Instant Makeovers: Your Color Cosmetics
· Sunrise (AM)
· Sunset (PM)
· Sunlight(Midday)
· Can You Change Your Colortime Cosmetics?

Chapter 6: Hair Inspiration: Your Colors Count
· Blondes
· Redheads
· Browns
· Grays
· Blacks

Chapter 7: For Men Only
· Your Working Wardrobe
· Where You Live Can Color Your Style
· Men and Hair Color


Part 2: What Color Says about You

Chapter 8: Using Color to Influence Others
· Yang or Yin?
· Power Colors
· Casual Dressing in the Office
· Surface Language: Your First Impression
· Job Interviews
· Colors for Presentations
· Reading Marketing Messages
· Confessions of a Closet Organizer
· Colors for That Special Day
· Colors for Other Parties and Occasions

Chapter 9: Your Creative Energies and Color
· Red
· Pink
· Yellow
· Orange
· Brown
· Beige
· Green
· Blue
· Blue-Green
· Purple
· Lavender
· Gray
· Taupe
· Black
· White
· Changing Colors and Changing Lives

Conclusion

Pushing Ink or OncoLink Patient Guide

Pushing Ink

Author: Spider Webb

A classic reborn, here is a book that opened new territory in 1979, revealing the bodies of those who patronized underground artists. The bodies of these tattooed men and women stand in testament to an ancient art, long forbidden in the West. This is a celebration of tattoo art, the artists, and the bold canvases who dance across these pages with unabashed joy in their beautifully adorned flesh. It is the story of the fight to legalize and legitimize an art undeniably beautiful in design, bold in color, and stamped indelibly upon God's own earthly temple.

New interesting book: Transformation Through Menopause or Remedies and Rituals

OncoLink Patient Guide: Colorectal Cancer

Author: James P Metz

This book provides you with the essential information that you will need throughout all stages of this disease. Avoiding jargon, it will answer all the questions that you have concerning risk and prevention, screening and diagnosis, through to all the various treatment options available - surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, complementary and alternative therapies - and provides you with day to day lifestyle advice too. Attractively designed and clearly presented you can find quickly all the answers that you are looking for, safe in the knowledge that the information comes from one of the world's leading cancer internet resources - OncoLink. Compiled by international experts, and arranged in a question and answer style, this book is an essential purchase for all colorectal cancer patients, their doctors and their carers.

Bird Flu or 108 Insights Into Tai Chi Chuan

Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know

Author: John Farndon

A bird flu pandemic is inevitable-so we are told. First identified in China, this apparently merciless virus, which originated in chickens, has the potential to mutate and kill thousands, even millions of people. John Farndon offers a compact, one-stop read that tells it straight. The public doesn't want to spend months doing research, and Bird Flu provides readers with all the necessary information.

This is something that can't be pushed aside and ignored——people really do need to know if there is anything to fear, and if so, what can they do about it?

Book review: Dirección de Operaciones y Paquete de CD Estudiantil

108 Insights Into Tai Chi Chuan: A String of Pearls

Author: Michael Gilman

A delightful variety of entries related to or arising from over thirty years of taiji and related practices. This is his second book of his meditations and it is well worth the investment-- More than a personal journal of daily meditations, 101 Reflections is instructional as well as inspirational. . . . What makes this set of reflections most valuable, however, is that while Gilman shares his expertise, experience, and philosophical approach; his is not a didactic voice. While he is not afraid to draw his own parallels between taiji practice and living fully in one's life, his intention seems to be only to share, not to insist . . . . it offers something for everyone. . .is deep, lyrical, and grounded in practicality.

Happiness in a Storm or Heart Disease Breakthrough

Happiness in a Storm: Facing Illness and Embracing Life as a Healthy Survivor

Author: Wendy Schlessel Harpham

Harpham, a doctor and cancer survivor, offers an approach to illness that promotes physical healing and joyful living.

Award-winning author Wendy Schlessel Harpham, M.D., offers her program to getting good care and finding happiness when you are sick. Having coined the term "Healthy Survivor" while dealing with her own chronic lymphoma, Harpham encourages people dealing with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or any prolonged illness to simultaneously do all they can to overcome disease and live life to the fullest. Happiness in a Storm shows you how to set the stage for the miracle of physical healing by making the best treatment choices for you, nourishing realistic hope, and taking action. But when it comes right down to it, what good is surviving if you are never happy? Harpham opens your eyes to the opportunities for happiness in life despite medical problems and even because of illness. You'll see how becoming a Healthy Survivor does more than increase your chances of a good outcome: it frees you to pursue happiness.

Publishers Weekly

In 1990, Harpham, a physician with three young children, was diagnosed with chronic lymphoma. She has lived through reoccurrences, undergone a variety of therapies and is now in her sixth year of remission. In her latest book, she shares here the guidelines she has developed for becoming a healthy survivor: a patient who gets good care and lives as fully as possible. Harpham (After Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life) is no Pollyanna and fully acknowledges the devastating physical and emotional toll diagnosis and treatment take. Harpham advocates first choosing a treatment that is based on current scientific knowledge, rather than alternative approaches. Even for chronic conditions, she says, an appropriate plan of action can help control the disease and pain, and provide a sense of empowerment and optimism. The author offers a wealth of suggestions on nourishing hope, and her advice on managing family and financial stresses related to illness is particularly well founded on her own experience. Rather than a rigid program, this is a sensible and realistic compendium of techniques that will help survivors cope with serious illness while embracing times of happiness. (Sept.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Doctor, cancer survivor, tireless lecturer, and award-winning author, Harpham has what it takes to teach those who are ill how to find happiness. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Heart Disease Breakthrough: What Even Your Doctor Doesn't Know about Preventing a Heart Attack

Author: Thomas Yannios

What are subclass A and subclass B—and what do they mean for your heart health? In The Heart Disease Breakthrough you'll find out it's not just your cholesterol count that matters. . . .

You can prevent heart disease, but what you have to know and do to achieve such safety is dependent on your individual mix of risk factors. You have to know what your risk factors are and what you can do to reduce their power over your life. That's what The Heart Disease Breakthrough will tell you, and it can make the difference between healthy longevity or early death from heart disease. This book presents for the very first time the newest, cutting-edge information now being taught to doctors; it is information essential to anyone interested in preventing a heart attack or recovering from one.—from The Heart Disease Breakthrough by Thomas Yannios, M.D.

You may think you already know everything there is to know about preventing heart disease. You count your total cholesterol, monitor your fat and sodium intake, and even do some moderate exercise each week. But consider these alarming facts: Many people who have heart attacks have cholesterol counts under 200. Low-fat diets can actually raise the heart attack risk in some people. And heart disease begins its onslaught on the body in childhood. But you can do something about it—and this book shows how.

Your true heart disease risk factors include far more than a simple total cholesterol test. New research has made substantial progress in unlocking the secret code of heart disease. The real risks are a combination of factors that you—and even your doctor—may never have heard of. Your risks aredetermined not only by how much cholesterol has accumulated in your bloodstream but by how big and sticky each particle of cholesterol is, your LDL subclass (A or B), and the levels of homocysteine and fibrinogen in your body. Your family heart health history provides the background for all these factors.

The Heart Disease Breakthrough is the first book to bring this array of startling new findings to lay readers. Packed with surprising, often alarming information and case studies of patients, it combines state-of-the-art medical research and the science behind the latest breakthroughs with a straightforward 10-step program to attain optimum heart health. Dr. Thomas Yannios walks you through the process of determining each of your risk factors and formulating a customized action plan.

The Heart Disease Breakthrough will inform you of the wide range of new medical tests that are available and what you need to do to counteract your individual risk factors. Filled with research-based information revealing everything from the nutritional pros and cons of everyday foods to the benefits (or ineffectiveness) of certain kinds of exercise, The Heart Disease Breakthrough gives you and your loved ones immediate access to the latest groundbreaking research. This is a book that can save your life.

Library Journal

Yannios, associate director of critical care and nutritional support at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY, here describes the smallest components of cholesterol, which can do more damage to the heart than the overall LDL levels that concern so many of us. He details the various particles that make up cholesterol, explains how these particles can help or hurt the body, and lists ten precautionary steps, including blood tests for LDL subclasses and HDL profiles, diet and exercise changes, and medications to lower cholesterol. Yannios warns that a low-fat diet may harm rather than help and advocates a strenuous exercise program, warning only that people in certain health categories should check with a physician first. No attention is given to the patient/ physician relationship or consultation, how to request tests, or how to discuss health plans and information with ones doctor. Thought-provoking but possibly hazardous for the unsophisticated; a dubious purchase.Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans Hosp., Tampa, FL

Kirkus Reviews

For those seriously concerned with preventing heart disease, this is your guide: detailed, current, strongly worded guidelines. Yannios, associate director of critical care and nutritional support at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., isn't interested in cushioning the facts or the remedies in a feel-good framework—his horrifying case stories are successfully designed to propel readers into action, and he backs them up with the grim facts: most Americans already have well-advanced atherosclerosis by their 20s; low-fat diets "can actually raise cholesterol and increase risk in certain groups of people"; more than half the people who have heart attacks have total cholesterol levels under 200. So the remedy for those in peril, according to Yannios, takes some real work: assess your own risk; then, with the help of a physician, take advantage of the newest blood tests and make a stringent action plan—guidelines are set out here—involving diet, weight control, exercise, and medication. Yannios doesn't let readers off easily, but that doesn't mean he can't offer realistic help: for instance, "practically every cardiac risk factor can be countered by exercise"—it just has to be the right type of exercise. Heart disease prevention is among the fastest-advancing medical research areas, with new, often conflicting recommendations being published daily. For those at serious risk, this is an understandable, serious, and worthwhile approach.

Medicinal and Food Plants or 100 Questions and Answers about Sinusitis and Other Sinus Diseases

Medicinal and Food Plants: With 200 Illustrations for Artists and Craftspeople (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

Author: Ernst Lehner

This fascinating reference offers a crisp pictorial record of foods found on our tables today that emerged thousands of years ago in faraway lands. Scores of rare woodcuts enhance intriguing anecdotes about the origins of grains and coffee, the odysseys of pineapples and peanuts, and the mysteries behind breadfruit, pomegranates, others.

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100 Questions and Answers about Sinusitis and Other Sinus Diseases

Author: Rhoda Wynn

43 million Americans have chronic sinusitis, making it one of the most prevalent (16%) chronic diseases in the United States. More than half a million of these patients undergo endoscopic sinus surgery every year. 100 Questions and Answers about Sinusitus and Other Sinus Diseases will help elucidate the diagnosis and management of sinus disorders for patients and their families by answering the most common questions about this chronic disease.

Visionary Plant Consciousness or Stem Cell Wars

Visionary Plant Consciousness: The Shamanic Teachings of the Plant World

Author: J P Harpignies

ENTHEOGENS / SHAMANISM

“Humans have long considered psychoactive plants as teachers. This book seeks to inform Westerners about these powerful plants and about the shamans who know how to use them. Their words are clear and simple and often based on personal experience. The result is an accessible book packed with knowledge.”
--Jeremy Narby, author of The Cosmic Serpent

Visionary plants have long served indigenous peoples and their shamans as enhancers of perception, thinking, and healing. These plants can also be important guides to the reality of the natural world and how we can live harmoniously in it.

In Visionary Plant Consciousness, editor J. P. Harpignies has gathered presentations from the Bioneers annual conference of environmental and social visionaries that explore how plant consciousness affects the human condition. Twenty-three leading ethnobotanists, anthropologists, medical researchers, and cultural and religious figures such as Terence McKenna, Andrew Weil, Wade Davis, Michael Pollan, Alex Grey, Jeremy Narby, Katsi Cook, John Mohawk, and Kat Harrison, among others, present their understandings of the nature of psychoactive plants and their significant connection to humans. What they reveal is that these plants may help us access the profound intelligence in nature--the “mind of nature”--that we must learn to understand in order to survive our ecologically destructive way of life.

J. P. Harpignies is associate producer of the national Bioneers conference (bioneers.org) and coproducer and founder of the Eco-Metropolis conference (ecometropolis.org) in New York City. He is the author ofPolitical Ecosystems and Double Helix Hubris and the associate editor of Ecological Medicine and Nature’s Operating Instructions.

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Stem Cell Wars: Inside Stories from the Frontlines

Author: Eve Herold

According to stem cell research expert Eve Herold, the general public have become the victims of misinformation about this essential science. Over the last few years, the stem cell debate has been intensely political, religious, global, and confusing to many people. Now, Herold explains to a general audience what this science is all about, who is for and against it, and why it must go forward. In this startling book, Herold pulls together fascinating stories to highlight every aspect of this multifaceted field. She exposes the politics of stem cell research and demonstrates how these forces will intimately affect everyone. Packed with real-life stories of the people caught up in this groundbreaking struggle, Stem Cell Wars is a call to arms that will provoke debate and discussion for years to come.

Table of Contents:

The Field of Battle * Two Worlds Colliding * The Science that Started a Revolution * Hijacked by the Politics of Abortion* The Battle for Hearts and Minds * Political Spin and the Weapons of Mass Distraction * Ethics and the Embryo * Health Care and Hypocrisy * Korea: Great Expectations * Korea: The Fall * Winning the Peace


The Field of Battle * Two Worlds Colliding * The Science that Started a Revolution * Hijacked by the Politics of Abortion* The Battle for Hearts and Minds * Political Spin and the Weapons of Mass Distraction * Ethics and the Embryo * Health Care and Hypocrisy * Korea: Great Expectations * Korea: The Fall * Winning the Peace

Hit the Spot or KI in Daily Life

Hit the Spot!: How to Target, Tone, and Slim Your Problem Areas

Author: Denise Austin

Do you want to look good in a bathing suit this year? Do you want to have a firm, flat stomach? Do you have "problem areas" that need to be toned and shaped up? Do you want to get rid of cellulite?

Hit the Spot! is a complete program to target and tone your problem areas, written in an upbeat, easy-to-follow style by America's #1 fitness authority, Denise Austin.

Denise Austin has spent her career helping people get energetic and fit, and now she zeroes in on the problem areas that cause the most concern for people. Hit the Spot! includes clear instructions and photos for exercises to firm and shape your:

Waist/ Hips and Thighs/ Upper Arms and Bust/ Buns

Denise offers positive thoughts and tips for success, including exercises you can do to lose inches from hips, thighs, waist, and other areas, as well as advice on clothes that make you look thinner instantly. She even includes a seven-day diet to improve the look of specific areas of your body.

Don't be afraid to wear that sexy suit on the beach this summer...Hit the Spot!

Table of Contents:

CONTENTS

Introduction Here's How It Works Get Ready to Hit the Spot

Abs Hips and Thighs Buns Upper Body: Arms, Bust, Shoulders, Upper Back Sample Workouts A Healthy Back Mini Improvers Ask Denise Hit the Spot Pyramid Diet Week of Menus Additional Recipes Hide the Spot

Look this: Fitness Weight Training or Weights on the Ball Workbook

Ki in Daily Life

Author: Koichi Tohei

Technology today touches nearly every part of our lives. Through even more impressive development of machines, the process continues. Computers put men out of work; pushing a single button is enough to start a nuclear war.
Gradually, though, the world has begun to remember that it is man for whom the machines must work, and not the other way around. We recognize now that science, for all its achievements, has done little to help us understand ourselves or realize our potential.
There is no sense in waiting for science to do it for us. Each of us must now take it upon himself to understand his true nature and strength. The Chinese classic "Saikontan" says that we stand like beggars at the gate, forgetting the infinite power given us by the universe. Instead of shrinking from this potential, we should be thankful for it. we should strive to manifest it and help others to do the same.
The author regards his Four Basic Principles to Unify Mind and Body as having been given to him by the universe to spread the way of the universe. There have been many who have grasped unification of mind and body. Very few, however, could teach it. Fewer still could teach how to teach it. Those who learn the four basic principles as explained in this book have come to understand not only how to unify their own minds and bodies, but also how to teach it to others.
The author, founder of the Ki Society International, presents the philosophical groundwork and specific disciplines by which the individual may attune himself or herself with the hi-life energy of the universe and thrive in health and harmony, without fatigue or depression.

Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering or Bipolar 101

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices

Author: Sarah Buckley

This authoritative guide to natural childbirth & postpartum parenting options speaks to a new generation of parents who are concerned about the medicalization of childbirth & want current & science-based information about alternatives. The author is both a doctor and a mother!

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Bipolar 101: A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and More

Author: Ruth C Whit

After receiving a bipolar diagnosis, you need clear answers. This straightforward guide to understanding bipolar disorder includes all the information you need to control your symptoms and live better. Authored by both a psychologist and a mental health expert who has bipolar disorder herself, this pocket guide is the only book on bipolar disorder you'll ever need.

What People Are Saying

Stephen Hinshaw
"The best primer ever written on the topic of bipolar disorder."--(Stephen Hinshaw, editor of Psychological Bulletin and chair of the department of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley)

Eng TEC and Pro Func Foods or Nicotinic Receptors in the Nervous System

Eng Tec and Pro Func Foods

Author: John Shi

This single reference consolidates the latest information, developments, and technologies for the preparation of functional foods. From a process oriented approach, the book discusses extraction of bioactive components from raw material, including matrix and cell structure modification, supercritical CO2 fluid technology, and superheated water. Emphasizing applications of processing and technologies The book focuses on improving the bioavailability and stability of bioactive components in food products and covers separation technologies. Topics also include the latest dehydration technologies for retaining bioactivity in herbal medicine, microencapsulation, and bioprocessing.

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Nicotinic Receptors in the Nervous System

Author: Edward D Levin

This book provides cutting-edge research concerning neuronal nicotinic systems relevant to smoking addiction and cognitive dysfunction. The integrated approach is key for understanding function and dysfunction of nicotinic systems and the development of novel drug treatments. The contributors are distinguished active researchers in the field of nicotine research. The book gives academic and industry researchers reference to the latest research methods and findings concerning nicotine neural systems.

Booknews

Although nicotine is widely known to be the addictive ingredient in cigarettes and other tobacco products, some researchers believe that it may have psychotherapeutic uses. Levin (psychiatry and pharmacology, Duke U. Medical Center) presents 15 contributions that explore molecular and neurochemical behavioral applications related to nicotine's effect on the brain. The chapters are organized into sections that successively study nicotine's effects on the molecular, systemic, and behavioral levels. Specific topics include the effects of nicotine on dopaminergic neurotransmission, mouse models to evaluate genetic influences on responses to nicotine, nicotine and cognition in young and aged nonhuman primates, evaluation of pharmacologic treatments for smoking cessation, and nicotine effects on ADHD. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Drug Therapy and Premenstrual Disorders or Naptime Book

Drug Therapy and Premenstrual Disorders

Author: Sherry Bonnic

Premenstrual syndrome plays a very real role in the lives of adolescent girls and women who suffer from its symptoms. Although this disorder has been misunderstood, undertreated, and disregarded as merely "all in her head," research confirms that PMS is a problem that can cause women to suffer poor relationships, lower academic grades, and physical and mental disturbances. Furthermore, doctors now understand that premenstrual disorders are legitimate medical conditions with real and serious implications for women's mental well-being.

In this book you can learn about premenstrual disorders, how they have been unfairly stigmatized, and how they are finally being understood. With new medical understanding has come new treatments. Learn about antidepressants and other medications currently being used to treat serious symptoms of premenstrual disorders. In addition, you can learn about the benefits, risks, and side effects associated with these drugs as well as alternative treatments for premenstrual disorders.

While you read, you will share in the experiences of many women from high school to perimenopausal age who have struggled with premenstrual disorders and their effects. In their stories, you will see that due to new understanding and treatments, women experiencing premenstrual disorders no longer need to feel stigmatized or alone.

Cathi I. White - Children's Literature

Have you ever seen a woman who was in a bad mood and acting really grouchy even though that was not her normal behavior? And then you might hear someone near her say, "Oh, it must be that time of the month!" Even though they may be joking, the truth is that some women have a hard time before and during their menstrual cycle. Doctors have learned that premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a real problem for women, not just something that is in their head. PMS may include changes in moods, depression, being tired, craving and eating sugary foods and high fat foods, headaches, and crying a lot. PMS effects both adolescents and adults. If PMS symptoms are not treated they can get worse. Medication such as Zoloft and Prozac can help relieve symptoms. Eating the right foods, exercise, vitamins, minerals, and psychological therapy have also proven to help with PMS. Each person's treatment needs to be individualized to work the best for him or her. This book is an excellent book for young girls to learn more about their menstrual cycles and could be used at home or in an educational setting. This book is part of the series "Psychiatric Disorders: Drugs and Psychology for the Mind and Body." 2004, Mason Crest Publishers, Ages 12 up.

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Naptime Book

Author: Cynthia MacGregor

Try to make naptime the same time every day because small children need routine practically as much as they need sleep. The stories, songs, games, and activities in this book help you tempt your child to bed for a nap with something fun and interesting to do. The activities themselves are soothing and engaging -- draw his attention away from a disappointment or worry, help her forget that she's afraid of missing something while she naps. Naps are good for small children -- and their caretakers. So be sure to check out "Time Out for Mom Too!"

Norah Piehl - Children's Literature

This compendium of pre-naptime rituals is designed to help parents and caregivers expand their repertoire from the "story and a song" routine. A follow-up to MacGregor's earlier Night-Night, this volume aspires to overcome kids' resistance to naptime and to reinforce the importance of good napping for preschool-aged children. Because of its focus on younger children's naptime needs, The Naptime Book relies on simpler stories and games than MacGregor's earlier book. It also offers games and activities that promote fundamental concepts such as color, numbers, and senses. The poems and silly songs included here are probably the least useful section of the book—why not use familiar Mother Goose rhymes rather than these new, hard-to-remember verses? Storytelling exercises that focus on the family (telling stories about the parent's childhood, for example, or well-known stories from the family history) can foster communication and closeness, even if sleep is not the ultimate goal. Many of the guessing games and quiet activities could also be used with great success on long car trips and on rainy afternoons. 2003, Conari Press, Ages Adult.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	viii
	Introduction: Even Without the Closet Monster	1
	Relaxing Story Activities	12
	Games and Activities that Promote Relaxation	38
	Silly, Soothing Poems	100
	Lull-a-Boy (or Girl): Lullabyes and Other Naptime Ditties	133
	Travels to the Lands of Imagination and Conceptualization	140
	Time Out for Mom Too!	147

Community Mental Health Reader or Aging with HIV

Community Mental Health Reader

Author: Samuel J Rosenberg

The Community Mental Health Reader is an interdisciplinary resource for students preparing to become mental health professionals, those functioning as practitioners in community mental health settings or policy planners engaged in the evaluation and development of programs in the human services. Drs. Samuel and Jessica Rosenberg seek to clarify the issues surrounding community mental health.

Starting with an overview of the field, focusing on the Community Mental Health Act of 1963, the Reader goes on to cover: various treatment modalities (psychoeducation, self-help, peer groups, clubhouse programs and assertive community treatment teams); the economic, policy and treatment issues unique to vulnerable populations; .the issues surrounding September 11, 2001, and the many distinct aspects of post-9/11 care and preparedness planning. The final section five considers the present state of community mental health and future trends in managed care, potential terrorism and current research.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction : conceptualizing the challenges in community mental health	1
Ch. 1	Patient, client, consumer, survivor : the mental health consumer movement in the United States	7
Ch. 2	Consumer-providers' theories about recovery from serious psychiatric disabilities	15
Ch. 3	Pursuing hope and recovery : an integrated approach to psychiatric rehabilitation	25
Ch. 4	In the community : aftercare for seriously mentally ill persons from their own perspectives	35
Ch. 5	The wraparound process : individualized, community-based care for children and adolescents with intensive needs	47
Ch. 6	Evidence-based treatment for adults with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders	61
Ch. 7	Putting values into practice : involuntary treatment interventions in mental health	73
Ch. 8	Neuropsychiatric perspectives for community mental health theory and practice	83
Ch. 9	Public mental health systems : breaking the impasse in the treatment of oppressed groups	103
Ch. 10	Stigma, sexual orientation, and mental illness : a community mental health perspective	117
Ch. 11	African Americans and mental health	125
Ch. 12	Mental health issues of Chinese Americans : help-seeking behaviors and culturally relevant services	141
Ch. 13	Psychological intervention with Hispanic patients : a review of selected culturally syntonic treatment approaches	153
Ch. 14	Homeless shelters : an uneasy component of the de facto mental health system	169
Ch. 15	The practice effectiveness of case management services for homeless persons with alcohol, drug, or mental health problems	181
Ch. 16	We'll meet you on your bench : developing a therapeutic alliance with the homeless mentally ill patient	195
Ch. 17	Social work in a managed care environment	209
Ch. 18	Networks and organizational identity : on the front lines of behavioral health	221
Ch. 19	The uncertain future of public mental health systems : a West Virginia case study	233
Ch. 20	Mental health leadership in a turbulent world	247

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Aging with HIV: Psychological, Social, and Health Issues

Author: Janice E Nichols

"Aging with HIV: Psychological, Social, and Health Issues is a comprehensive look into the struggles that older people with HIV face. The interviews offer an insight into the complicated struggles of a segment of the HIV population that has often been forgotten. Sex and substance use are alive and well in the older population. Providers involved with the care of older people need to have in-depth information on the impact of HIV on aging. This book is a real 'eye opener' for clinicians, care managers, and anyone who makes decisions about HIV care."
--Donna Gallagher, Director, New England AIDS Education and Training Center, Boston, U.S.A.

"The interweaving of descriptive findings from the 172 HIV+ subjects and the in-depth data from the 15 people living in Florida, along with a comprehensive application of the professional literature, enhances our understanding of the realities of aging and living with HIV/AIDS. This work is a 'must have' resource for providers and researchers interested in the lives of middle-aged and older people living with HIV/AIDS."
--Kathleen M. Nokes, CUNY, U.S.A.

"In one of the first scientific book length reports of older HIV positive people, the authors sensitively reveal the vulnerability, depression, poverty and isolation of one of the fastest growing portions of the epidemic. Their attention to these often hidden people, often living in minority communities, calls upon all of us to change our thinking about older adults and develop education, service, and support programs to address their needs."
--Nathan L. Linsk, Principal Investigator, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, Founding Co-chair, National Association of HIV OverFifty, University of Illinois at Chicago

Although the percentage of total HIV cases attributed to older adults is increasing, we know little about how the disease affects them. From providing appropriate medical and social services to combating ageism and social discrimination, health and social services workers can significantly increase their effectiveness if they recognize the differences between HIV/AIDS in younger and older people.

This study uses a broad, interview-based survey of people living with HIV over the age of 45 in the West Central Florida area. Encompassing demographics, health, treatment, accessed services and patients' social lives and mental health, its quantitative and qualitative data offers a thorough and useful profile of older adults with HIV.

Booknews

Referring to a West Central Florida research project survey of adults 45 and older living with HIV as a chronic rather than terminal illness, Nichols (aging and mental health, U. of South Florida, Tampa) and her colleagues discuss the growing incidence of the disease among older adults, and the prevention, medical, attitudinal, and support services challenges that this population poses in addition to the usual issues of aging. Based on their findings validating that such variables as education level, substance abuse, and pre-infection medical status correlate with mental health, recommendations are made regarding policy and service planning. Project details and the interview schedule are appended. The authors are also affiliated with the Louis de la Plarte Florida Mental Health Institute. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Basic Steps to Godly Fitness or Keeping Control

Basic Steps to Godly Fitness: Strengthening Your Body and Soul in Christ

Author: Laurette Willis

Have you ever committed to a diet or an exercise program, only to lose interest and quit long before reaching your goal? Who hasn't!

Popular speaker and certified personal trainer Laurette Willis shows you why most diets do more harm than good. She offers a much more biblical and helpful whole-person approach to fitness-a lifestyle that will enrich your spirit, refresh your soul, and nourish your body. Her inspiring personal testimony and practical suggestions show you how to turn mundane daily activities and exercises into acts of worship.

Library Journal

America's obesity crisis and the attendant (albeit largely fruitless) anxiety about health, diet, and exercise have now begun to converge with Christian spirituality. This book by actor, speaker, and aerobics instructor Willis is a useful and sensible representative of this fast-growing field. Part diet manual, part exercise regimen, part spiritual pep talk, it expounds BASIC ("Body And Soul In Christ"), showing the overweight and idle how to resist Satan through diet and exercise; she even has a Christian alternative to yoga. For most collections. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

	Bad News, Good News	7
	Introduction	9
Step 1	Body
1	Eating What's Right Will Solve What's Wrong	17
2	Breakfast: It's a Command	39
3	Success Strategies	45
4	Movement: Are You Sitting Down?	69
Step 2	Soul
5	Renewing Your Mind: Where Godly Fitness Begins	103
6	Emotions: Forgiveness, the Key to Answered Prayer	117
7	Stress: America's Number One Health Problem	123
Step 3	In Christ
8	Prayer, Praise, and Fasting: God's Power Tools	131
9	PraiseMoves: The Christian Alternative to Yoga	145
10	The Step-UP Program: 21 Days to a Not-So-Extreme Makeover by God's Design	169
11	BASIC Steps Recipes	209
	A Prayer to Receive Jesus Christ as Your Savior	221
	Resources	223
	Notes	225

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Keeping Control: Understanding and Overcoming Fecal Incontinence

Author: Marvin M Schuster

Keeping Control is a compassionate, medically reliable, and thoroughly informative resource for anyone who wants to understand the possible causes of fecal incontinence, learn about important advances in management and treatment, and do something about the problem. Written by a noted Johns Hopkins physician and an experienced medical writer and editor, Keeping Control explains the mechanics of normal bowel function and describes the latest medical findings about what can cause incontinence, from pre-existing conditions and diseases to accidents and childbirth injuries. It thoroughly explains the wide range of treatment options, including remarkable successes with biofeedback and habit training. It includes special advice for managing incontinence in children and older people. And it offers important advice on how to work with your physician to take control of the problem.

Keeping Control also includes a glossary of terms and valuable information about contacting support groups and using additional resources. An epilogue by Nancy Norton, founder of the International Foundation for Bowel Dysfunction, describes the personal challenge of living with fecal incontinence and explains how she and many others have found the courage to cope with the problem and live life to the fullest.

Caring for Ourselves while Caring for Our Elders or Omega 3 Fatty Acid Research

Caring for Ourselves While Caring for Our Elders

Author: Maren C Tirabassi

Includes 25 brief yet edifying chapters sharing the encouraging stories of family members who are caring for elders. Scripture is used to frame the stories - representing a diverse group of caregivers - as well as short psychological commentaries, discussion questions, assignments, and prayers.

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Omega 3 Fatty Acid Research

Author: M C Teal

EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids are contained in oily fish, such as salmon, lake trout, tuna and herring. These fatty acids are not essential to the diet; however, scientific evidence indicates that these fatty acids may be very beneficial in reducing Coronary Heart Disease among other things. This book brings together some of the recent studies on this important and interesting substance.

Table of Contents:

Ch. I	Principles for the analysis of omega-3 fatty acids	1
Ch. II	Conjugated linoleic acid : an anticancer fatty acid found in milk and meat	27
Ch. III	Association of pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokine genotypes with the response of advanced atherosclerotic plaque composition to dietary n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation
Ch. IV	Effects of biological and technological factors on the utility of fish as a source of n-3 PUFA	83
Ch. V	Kinetic analysis of autoxidative docosahexaenoate triglyceride in the presence of rosemary extract with oxygen sensor	109
Ch. VI	The role of omega-3 fatty acids in immune development and allergy prevention	119
Ch. VII	Omega-3 fatty acids in affective and psychotic disorders	143
Ch. VIII	Metabolism and functions of omega-3 fatty acids during development of the avian embryo	187
Ch. IX	Effect of dietary omega-3 fatty acids on meat quality of pigs and poultry	225
Ch. X	Effect of dietary supplementation of DHA on peroxidizability of rat retina	241
Ch. XI	Effects of dietary docosahexaenoic acid on spatial cognition of normal and Alzheimer's disease model rats	265

Blood and Marrow Transplantation or Understanding Dietary Supplements

Blood and Marrow Transplantation: A Patient's Guide to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Author: Fairview Health Services

This one-of-a-kind guide helps inform donors, transplant recipients, and their loved ones of what to expect from the procedure.

New interesting textbook: Reiki or Quien Dijo Que No Se Puede

Understanding Dietary Supplements

Author: MS Jenna Hollenstein

For many consumers, taking one or more dietary supplements is a natural addition to a healthy lifestyle. Information regarding dietary supplements abounds but can be misleading or contradictory. Understanding Dietary Supplements is a guide to making informed choices. Chapters provide: Both an overview and detailed information about key supplements, Coverage of a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals, herbs and botanicals, drugs, and other options, Jargon-free explanations of how each supplement can work on the body, Safety concerns about interactions and misuse, Regulations imposed on the industry and recent trends in the industry's development, A glossary and listings of outside resources. Included here, the full text of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994-the model for the FDA's regulation of dietary supplements-affords guidance to deciphering labels and determining value. Understanding Dietary Supplements is an easy-to-use guide to a much demanded but often misunderstood group of products.

About the Author:
Jenna Hollenstein is clinical editor at the Pri-Med Institute of M|C Communications in Boston, Massachusetts

Bobbi Brown Beauty or Wealth Consciousness

Bobbi Brown Beauty: The Ultimate Beauty Resource

Author: Bobbi Brown

In this manual, Bobbi Brown strikes conventional thinking about beauty. To her way of thinking , there is no one "perfect" beauty standard but countless expressions of personalized beauty. Bobbi helps readers recognize their own remarkable beauty traits and develop their own natural beauty styles. She also analyzes the styles of some of the most celebrated beauties of the past--Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Onassis, Grace Kelly--and of our time--Christy Turlington, Demi Moore, and Kate Moss.

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Wealth Consciousness: A Guide from Babaji for Prosperity

Author: Roger G Lanphear

Wealth Consciousness is the trailblazing wisdom of 18 techniques that unlocks the secrets for prosperity given to mankind from Babaji.

Trailblazing mental techniques to open your consciousness to the qualities and powers every human owns. Prosperity is just one of the rewards for diligently practicing this simple wisdom given to mankind from Babaji through the author.

Table of Contents:

	Epigraph	v
	List of Techniques	xi
	Preface	xiii
	Introduction	xv
	The Preparation	1
	Rhythms of Reality	3
	The Basic Practice	6
	The Basis for Answers	13
	Correcting Subconscious Beliefs	18
	A New Belief System	25
	Coming to Grips With Fear	31
	Empowerment	38
	The Practice	41
	The Fundamental Habit	43
	Goal Setting	49
	A Plan of Action	55
	Managing the Flow	62
	Forgiveness	67
	Manifesting Your True Desires	73
	Ethics and Principles	79
	The Practice Revisited	86
	The Ramifications	91
	The Wealth of Possessions	93
	The Wealth of Health	98
	The Wealth of Relationships	103
	The Wealth of Love	106
	The Wealth of Peace	110
	The Wealth of the Subconscious	114
	The Quality of Life	117
	A Word from the Author	121