approved by leading pregnancy experts Wendy Teasdill is an experienced yoga teacher and the mother of three children. She began teaching yoga in Hong Kong, where she adapted her teaching to meet the needs of pregnant students. She lives in Glastonbury, England.
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Great exercises , very good for pregnancy and labor.......2007-07-14
I love the exercises in this book. It does help if you have done yoga before but even if not, they are easy to follow. My pelvis feels stronger after doing them. The breathing exercises are good too and I love the kegel visualisations. Sometimes I wish it had photos instead of drawings but the drawings are actually very nice. Spiral binding would really help though, I like to keep my book open next to my yog mat.
Great for teachers.......2006-09-29
This is a great book for teachers. It has wonderful meditations, beautiful flow series and good medical info too. It is a well rounded book and a great addition to my prenatal library.
Covers prenatal yoga and provides lots of general info, too!.......2003-07-18
As a prenatal yoga instructor, I find this book to be very user-friendly, full of photos and illustrations, some original stuff that you won't find in every book on yoga for pregnancy. It contains not only programs suitable for the three trimesters, but also yogic breathing practices, simple ways to incorporate kegels, pelvic floor visualizations, a guided relaxation, very basic info on the chakras, nutritional information, tips for relieving backache and performing daily activities with optimal alignment. The Teasdill book is very pleasing to the eye, enjoyable and easy to read. I just love the "Salute to the earth - growing into gravity" series of poses. This series alone contains some positions useful during labor and delivery as well as in preparation for the big day. There is also a page of positions specifically useful for labor. There are other visualizations and meditation techniques suggested for use leading up to and during the birthing process, general info on the stages of labor and reminders of what may serve you during each stage. There is also a chapter on life after birth which includes yoga postures for recovery as well as general info on breastfeeding, nutrition, what to expect emotionally. This book does include a bit of yoga philosophy. The last lines of the book state, "Yoga is not just a system of stretching and meditation: yoga is awareness, yoga is living in the present, yoga is union, synthesis and integrity. Yoga is life." Preparing for birth requires more than just physical preparation. A lot of birthing is mental, being able to stay present for each contraction and rest between rather than creating more tension and pain in the body in anticipation of what may come, "complaining mind." The mindfulness and awareness of body and mind that come from the meditative aspects of performing the poses or sitting in meditation are valuable beyond the physical preparation. If natural birth interests you, you might want to check out Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Natural Childbirth. Another good book on prenatal yoga is Janet Balaskas' Preparing for Birth with Yoga. Wendy Teasdill's book has a more informal, conversational feel to it than the Balaskas book, if that is of interest. Makes is very easy and fun to read!
Well-organized, useful text ... a must for pregnant practice.......2003-02-27
Even as a yoga instructor, I found myself at a loss when trying to structure pregnancy practices. I picked up this book and found that it is very well put-together. It describes poses well and tells you when it is appropriate to do them, trimester-wise.
The book does allude to some yogic philosophy (NOT religion; yoga is a science, not a religion), but for a serious practitioner of yoga this is actually good -- so many yoga books and videos don't even bother to acknowledge yoga's long-standing history!
Step by Step Yoga for Pregnancy.......2000-06-24
Terrific book. Very easy to follow and logically organized by trimester. Sound advice and good for everyone from the beginner to the very experienced. Gets a bit into the "religion" of yoga, however is still a great resource for the every day pregnant woman looking for a good ~ safe workout. I highly recommend this book!
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Hachette Wine Guide 2002: The French Wine Bible
Hachette
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Absolutely unique and astonishingly comprehensive--a completely new selection of 9,000 French wines selected from 30,000 tasted blind--this ultimate guide to the most delicious fruit of the vine offers suggestions so irresistible you'll just have to run out and try them. Each entry includes an amazing 20 separate pieces of information--many given in wonderfully compact symbols and found in this book alone--including the number of bottles produced and the area cultivated. And, there are 49 detailed maps and four indexes, so you can look up a wine by its name, producer, appellation, or commune. For every wine-making region in France, you'll get the latest news on the past year's vintage, from the very best to others perfect for the daily dinner table. Every one is recommended. Whether you're setting up a wine cellar, work in the business, or are just an aficionado, you can't go wrong following this advice!
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For True Wine Nuts!.......2003-04-09
The Hachette Guide is the best, most comprehensive book of wine reviews I have yet encountered. It covers every region of France and incorporates review notes from a huge panel of tasters who submit their notes and ratings to the compiler of this book. It has been translated from French and this is only the second version of this annual to be available in English. The translation is first-rate.
The book is full of true wine discoveries so for someone planning to travel to one of the French wine districts this is an ideal planning resource.
For each wine reviewed (I suspect only the highest ranked wines are included in this book - there are thousands listed, BTW) there are review comments, rating stars for the truly outstanding wines, details on the vinification processes used and address, telephone and fax numbers, visiting hours, e-mail address details, etc.
Every wine lover should have a copy of the Hachette.
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- Simple and Delicious Recipes
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French Family Cooking
Bernard
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Simple and Delicious Recipes.......2005-12-07
I happened upon this cookbook years ago and have loved it ever since. I use it mainly for the maincourse beef and chicken recipes. They remind me of the dishes a French au pair prepared and that amazed us with how a very young woman could cook so well. The recipes are one to the page with a lovely picture of the finished dish. The ingredients and instructions are laid out clearly and are easy to follow. It is my favorite cookbook.
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This book brings together a fabulous selection of recipes from all over France, that evokes the authentic flavours of this rich and diverse cuisine. The preparation and presentation of these recipes is uncontrived and uncomplicated and suitable for a var
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Perfect for all world coin collectors, this updated edition features circulationg world coin issues of the 20th and 21st centuries. More than 16000 actual size photos illustrate more than 20000 coins with current market valuations presented for each issue in up to four grades of condition.
This edition provides and expanded guide to identifying, grading, and assessing value for each coin, including and international date conversion chart, and international numeral systems chart, a cross-referenced guide to coin denominations, and a foreign exchange table. Countries are alphabetically listed with historic-geographic reference. The coins are then listed in ascending denomination.
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For the Serious Collector.......2004-04-25
This book, like the Standard Catalog of World coins (1901-present) also by Krause et al, contains all you need to identify and price nearly every coin from every nation minted since 1901. The book begins with an identification guide containing images of common themes on each nation's coins (for example, the eagle on Egypt's coins), a chart/list of the various number systems (so you can read the denominations and dates on Arabic, Chinese/Japanese/Korean, Hebrew, and Thai coins, just to name a few), and a Hejira-Christian date chart (important for dating Arabic coins).
The main section of the book is organized first by country, then by era/dynasty, next by denomination (lowest to highest), and last by style (with KM number). Within each style are a list of dates, mintages, and prices at various conditions.
The main differences between this book and Standard Catalog of World Coins appear to be: (1) this book is half the thickness and half the weight, (2) this book is printed on higher-quality paper, and (3) this book doesn't contain as many coins that never went into circulation (commemoratives, etc.). So one might say that this book is aimed toward the collector, while the Standard Catalog is geared more toward the dealer.
Covers 330 coin-issuing countries and states.......2001-12-08
Chester Krause, et.al.'s Collecting World Coins widens the focus to world coins from 1901 to the present, appearing in its updated 9th edition to cover 330 coin-issuing countries and states. Over 20,000 coins are listed by date and valued in up to four grade levels. The black and white coin photos here are even more extensive and essential for identification.
excellent reference to 20th century world coins.......1998-10-03
Adequate-resolution black-and-white photographs of the vast majority (if not all) of the 20th century world circulation business-strike coinage.
Especially historically accurate. For example Germany is divided into the coinage of various coin-minting units of government over its tumultuous and shattered 20th-century history: Anhalt-Dessau, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Hamburg, Hesse-Darmstadt, Lippe-Detmold, Lubeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, Prussia, Reuss-Obergreiz, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenbach, Saxony, Schaumburg-Lippe, Waldeck-Pyrmont, Wurttemberg, German Empire (1871-1918), Weimar Republic (1919-1933), Third Reich (1933-1945), Federal Republic of Germany (West & unified) (1945-present), Saarland (1945-1957), and German Democratic Republic (East)(1945-1990). I consider that nation-state categorization alone impressive and intimate knowledge of coinage production in Germany, let alone the over-300 coin types documented among all of those coin-producing governments. Similar detail is taken with a multitude of other countries worldwide, with whose history I am less familiar.
Number of coins produced each year are given as are prices for typically 3 grades: very fine, extremely fine, and uncirculated.
The only way that Kraus could "improve" this book is to release a 19th century edition, an 18th century edition, a 17th century edition, and so forth, because it is disappointing to have the history truncated at 1901. Although I am not aware of such per-century editions slicing horizontally across the world, Krause has produced vertical slices by country, such as the history of German coins spanning multiple centuries, which of course overlaps in the 20th century with this book.
Book Description
-Covers an extremely popular segment of the $5.4 billion numismatics industry
-Less expensive alternative to larger coin references offering the same accuracy
-Addresses substantial forward movement in coin market
Coin collectors are discovering significant changes in the coin world, and Collecting World Coins is the one book that easily and accurately explains recent trends, and demonstrates in its 25,000 price listings how changes affect collectible coins. This book gives collector's access to all world coins, including current Euro coinage, as well as:
-U.S. 50 state quarter releases
-Bi-metallic and tri-metallic coins
-New coins of the former Russian Federation states
-New monetary systems from war-torn nations such as Afghanistan and Iraq
-New issues from many African nations
With all the corners of the world covered, collectors of 20th century coins are sure to find their favorites in this tried-and-true resource.
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Most of us spend more time in our homes than any other place. For better or worse, this highly personal space has a powerful influence over the way we feel about our lives. Based on the program used by the authors in their successful home consulting practice, this book teaches readers to use psychological and design principles to transform their houses into nurturing and supportive living.
The exercises in the book encourage readers to list the activities they engage in, room by room, in their homes. Readers learn how to analyze each room's size, layout, and decor and how to read their psychological and physiological reactions to the various spaces. Then the book offers readers a step-by-step process they can use to figure out what they and their living companions-family members, roommates, and even pets-want out of each room. Based on these discoveries, the book proposes cleaning, organizing, and decorating ideas guaranteed to make each room function better.
"This book unlocks the door on home design, giving you keys to creating a home that lifts your spirits and agrees with your lifestyle." -Candice Olson,one of North America's top designers and host of Divine Design on HGTV
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Just for customer information:.......2007-03-08
A reviewer expressed disappointment in this book's lack of new content, and commented that the author had discussed something about creating an "altar." The altar reference did actually belong to another book (see page 79) called Creating a Charmed Life by Victoria Moran. The Emotional House is a very different book in idea and style. Hope this helped clarify.
Worthwhile.......2006-07-28
This is a special book. It is a wonderful guide to the emotional quality we create in our homes. It is practical yet transforming. Highly recommended!
A LIGHT BULB MOMENT BOOK.......2005-09-18
The Emotional House is no ordinary design book. Doing the exercises inside will set off a series of light bulb moments for anyone who tries them. This book offers amazing action plans and goal-setting exercises that go way beyond designing. There are plenty of good design techniques too (I really enjoyed the colour therapy and personal style exercises) but it was learning about the emotional functions of rooms that was the real eye-opener. I finally understood some of the issues in my home and fixed them.
Some other reviewer mentioned something or other about altars instead of focal points(?). I don't remember anything like that and I read this book cover to cover. Focal points were discussed throughout as a way to anchor the emotional function of the room (according to Amazon's Search Inside This Book option, focal points appear on 15 different pages). Perhaps that reviewer mixed this book up with another? From my perspective, The Emotional House is well worth the read.
I'd sum it up as: the road to a great life starts in the home, so fix your place up!
The Emperor's New Age Clothes.......2005-08-24
Based on the other reviews, I was eager to read this book. What a disappointment! The decorating advice is the same as every other book: declutter, have comfortable chairs with reading lights, hang some art, put kitchen things where you use them, design your home for you, not based on decorating magazines. What differentiates this book is that the standard material is wrapped in New Age 'spiritual' veils and tassles, so a room now has an "altar" instead of a "focal point." This lingo might have some value in knocking people into thinking about what they truly want in a home, but if you already have a comfortable home, you won't learn anything new here.
I really enjoyed this book..........2005-08-19
After reading and looking through many different style books and interior design advice books, I found that I was confused about how to pull different ideas, doodads and furniture I already have together. Ms. Robyn has a gentle and clear writing style and a way of helping the reader to assess HOW enjoyable one's house is and WHY a room is, or isn't, working. A brief example... do you have a formal style but live casually? There is going to be a clash that will create tension. This book is structured aroound some very basic rules, that will help any style you choose to work well.
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Great nostalgia trip.......2007-08-24
The American equivalent of owning this book is stocking up on 50's memorabilia and Americana. It's a great nostalgic look back at the colorful, underlying optimism of packaging designers of small town India.
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- Breakthrough book in media studies--loved reading it!
- de Antonio Rules!
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Emile de Antonio: Radical Filmmaker in Cold War America
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Emile de Antonio: A Reader
ASIN: 0299169146 |
Book Description
Emile de Antonio (1919–1989) was the most important political filmmaker in the United States during the Cold War. Director of such controversial films as Point of Order (1963), In the Year of the Pig (1969), Millhouse: A White Comedy (1971), and Mr. Hoover and I (1989), de Antonio lived a remarkable life in dissent.
De Antonio was a womanizing raconteur, upper-class Marxist, Harvard classmate of John F. Kennedy, World War II bomber pilot, and failed English professor, who lived a colorful life even before he stumbled headfirst into the New York art world of the 1950s. "Everything I learned about painting, I learned from De," Andy Warhol said about his friend, who famously drank himself unconscious in Warhol’s film Drink. De Antonio also was important to the early careers of Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenburg, and John Cage. Then, in 1959, de Antonio took on the chance to distribute the Beat film, Pull My Daisy, and discovered filmmaking.
In the first book on de Antonio’s life and work, Randolph Lewis traces the turbulent development of the filmmaker’s career. Lewis follows de Antonio’s struggle to make films about Joseph McCarthy, Richard Nixon, and J. Edgar Hoover (under whose direction the FBI compiled a 10,000-page file on de Antonio) and to work with such political allies as Mark Lane, Martin Sheen, Bertrand Russell, Daniel Berrigan, and members of the Weather Underground, whose activities he documented in the film Underground. Blending biography with critical insights about art, literature, and film, Lewis offers de Antonio as a lens to focus on the complex terrain of post-World War II America.
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Breakthrough book in media studies--loved reading it!.......2005-09-16
It's easy to forget the importance of alternative media figures like de Antonio, but he was Michael Moore before there was Michael Moore (and he did it with an intellectual seriousness that MM can't touch). I read this book in a college class and was blown away: the author writes beautifully (how many academics do that?), he really brings the 60s and 70s alive as we read about Nixon, Ho, Weatherman, the Berrigans, and he shows the importance of using media creatively/politically for cultural critique. If this isn't relevant in the age of Bush, when every media appearance is stage managed like a puppet show, I don't know what is. A must read for anyone interested in the noisy intersection of media and politics. Well done.
de Antonio Rules!.......2001-05-11
I had never even heard of de Antonio, but Randolph Lewis has now sparked my interest in his films, and in American documentary filmmaking more generally. A truly masterful work!
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This digital document is an article from Cineaste, published by Cineaste Publishers, Inc. on June 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1745 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Emlie de Antonio: Radical Filmmaker in Cold War America.(includes another review)(Review) (book review)
Author: Susan Ryan
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Date: June 22, 2001
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Volume: 26
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