Dead and Gone: A Burke Novel

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From the modern master of noir, Andrew Vachss, comes this heart-topping and bestselling new thriller that completely reinvents the Burke series.

Urban Outlaw Burke barely survives an attack by a professional hit squad that kills his partner. With a new face, Burke goes into hiding. And on the hunt. Dead and Gone takes him from the streets of New York City through a cross-country underground, and deep into his own tortured past. The violent journey ends in a place that exists only in the dreams of the darkest degenerates on earth.

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When urban fringe dweller Burke goes on an assignment to trade cash for a missing child, he's drawn into a trap designed with bullets and blood. Now his beloved dog Pansy is dead and he lies in a hospital bed hovering in a netherworld of nightmares and hallucinations close to death, far from the family that loves and protects him. When the police issue a death certificate for Burke, the dark angel of the powerless goes deeper underground than ever before to find out who ordered the hit on him and avenge his faithful companion. The only trail leads through the Russian mob to the parents of the kidnapped boy. But in order to connect the dots, Burke needs the help of an ex intelligence officer, a Russian speaking Chinese girl named Gem, and childhood friend who finds patterns where others see chaos. At the end of this dark tunnel Burke discovers a world where the Russian mob, neo-nazi skin heads, and other low-lifes intersect and where the hit on Burke is a minor sideshow in a major scheme to create the ultimate sanctuary for the twisted and perverse.

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Get real..........2007-06-24

His name is Burke. If you've read Vachss before, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, you still know. He's that `good' guy who's so hardened from life's blows he's almost bad. He's the living refutation of the old maxim that lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. Poor Burke--what hasn't he suffered? Well, I guess you have to cut Vachss a break; after all these Burke novels, he's got to keep coming up with new chips to put on his hero's shoulders, new secrets to reveal, fresh atrocities once suffered. Burke's past is a minefield of post traumatic stress that a fly couldn't land on without detonating; you practically can't ask him if he wants a refill on his coffee without expecting a punch in the mouth. Virtually everything causes him to flash back on some horrific childhood molestation or beating. It's safer to ignore him altogether.

Anyway, that's Burke. Still angry. Still rescuing kids, still chasing down pederasts, still erupting into marginally appropriate rages, even after all these years. More power to him, I guess.

As for *Dead and Gone,* well, this time around he's lured into an ambush. I won't go into details because it ruins the surprise, even though the blockhead who wrote the copy for this novel gives it away right there on the back cover. Burke is grievously wounded, blah blah blah. He struggles grimly to recover, yada yada yada. He's driven by what he's always driven by: the thirst for revenge.

Okay, you know you've got to suspend disbelief when you're reading a novel like this. For all its so-called `gritty realism,' it's basically a macho fantasy. The realism only extends to such things like getting the weapons specifications correct, accurately describing the logistics of a boat ride from Key West to Oregon, knowing the latest street nicknames for heroin. Any other contact with the real world is purely incidental. So it is that Burke happens to know an entire community--an entire community!--of underground experts in virtually every specialized field you can imagine. In fact, one seems to materialize out of thin air whenever the situation requires. Need a plastic surgeon, a computer genius, a couple of tons of dynamite. Either Burke knows a guy or he knows a guy who knows a guy. And all these folks are living in the shadows, bad guys ((or gals)) who are really good guys ((or gals)), and they've all been victims of abuse. It's like Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men. They only hurt the evil and help the innocent. They're called the `Children of the Secret.'

And I'm even willing to buy it. Although, in *Dead and Gone* I think Vachss overuses the device until it becomes a parody of itself. Fact is, Burke spends a lot of time just hanging around places while this or that reclusive outlaw genius figures out where Burke is supposed to go next and upon whom he's supposed to wreak his homicidal tantrum of vengeance. It's a good thing he's picked himself up a spunky girlfriend, a thumb-sucking Cambodian cutie named Gem. Yes, she literally has a thumb-sucking habit. But she doesn't suck her own. She sucks Burke's! She's perfectly okay with her new boyfriend's brooding depressions and psychotic overreactions. His erectile dysfunction--no problem! She'll work with him on that. And she'll go the whole 9 yards, no Viagra shortcut for her. By the end of the novel, she's gotten so used to the unpredictable emotional weather around Burke that when she feels the instantaneous subzero drop in room temperature that tells her she's inadvertently said something to displease her angst-filled new boyfriend, she drops her shorts and bends over for a spanking. He obliges. `Did I suffer enough,' she asks. I kid you not. Burke may have had it rough as a kid, but, man, he's living large now.

You'd think that after swallowing all this, you'd be able to swallow the pay-off of this novel, but Vachss seems almost to be daring you, if he's not trying to choke you altogether. Really, he needs to dip back into the Great Big Book of PC Villains and find himself some new bad guys. Pedophiles, yawn, but fine, if we must, and, after all, that is Burke's whole thing. Even if we must force ourselves to believe that they exist in numbers that would dwarf the population of India, China, and half the United States combined. But I cannot, I simply cannot accept that we still fear the takeover of our government by neo-nazis. Isn't one bogeyman enough? Does Vachss have to throw in the other old bugbear, too? And, on top of it all, in defiance of all reason, propose that white supremacists and pederasts are actually forming an alliance, that they're uniting to form a....well, you'll just have to read it for yourself. It may be too dumb for words, but Vachss has managed to write it down all the same.

Well, I've written a lot about this book and I really didn't dislike it for what it was...which isn't much. Just a bit of entertainment, some mental popcorn, not to be taken too seriously. I can't imagine anyone reading too many Burke novels in a row, however; they're all too much the same. Maybe one every three years or so would be enough. I'll get back to you then.

Uneven, but any Burke novel is a treat.......2005-02-13

This is the twelfth Burke novel by my reckoning - "Pain Management" is the thirteenth - and it's a little different. While some readers may find that hard to accept, it is implicit in Andrew Vachss' style of merciless realism. Without giving too much away, Burke's elaborate defences finally let him down as he accepts one job too many. It spells the end of his life in New York, and very nearly the end of his life period. Things drifted a little out of focus for me as Burke sets out to track down those responsible, winding up in Portland, Oregon with a new identity and a new girlfriend. But then the momentum builds again, relentlessly, to an elegantly understated climax. On the way, we get some more flashes of Burke's early life when he and Wesley befriended a saintly boy with a talent governments would kill to lay their hands on. And pay a flying visit to a place that is almost literally out of this world.

Vachss' style can't be everyone's favourite, or he would be top of the best-seller lists. But I for one rate his books as one of the things that make life worth living.

Not bad, but same ol same ol........2005-01-13

This is who knows what number in the Burke series. Although each book is a self-contained mystery, you're really best reading the earlier books first to get a handle on the characters and the flashbacks that occur.

But by this book, things seem a little tedious. Burke spends too much time brooding, and thinking. Yeah we get, bad stuff happened to you, bad stuff happens to other people. You're tortured, you want to hurt others. We get it. Move on already.

The action is pretty slow in this book too, after the inital chapter book spends about a third of the book just 'laying low' and another third slowly tracking down those who hurt him. (read: a lot of waiting, and following. yawn)

Still the character of Burke and his relentless pursuit of those who hurt and prey on children is admirable, even if his methods are usually not. (Although you have to wonder if those people get what they deserve.)

ALMOST AS GOOD AS BLUE BELLE.......2002-08-12

VACHSS IS EXCELLENCE - SOME OF HIS BOOKS ARE MORE DISTURBING THAN OTHERS AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. BURKE IS A CHARACTER OF A LIFETIME. WITH BURKE , VACHSS HAS ENSURED HIS PLACE IN CONTEMPORARY MYSTERY WRITING AND CAN REST ASSURED THAT HE WILL KEEP MAKING MONEY FOR HIS TRUE PASSION IN LIFE, HELPING CHILDREN.

Sweet and Sour.......2002-03-19

I bought this book because of its reported resemblance to the Parker novels of Richard Stark. In reality Vachss' hero, Burke [those acquainted with Cockney rhyming slang will prefer the spelling Berk] is a million miles from the formidable, self-sufficient Parker. He is entirely dependent on an unbelievably politically correct group of people who display a dog-like devotion to the egregious hero. Members of the ethnic minorities thus patronised will be irritated by this device. As far as I know there is not yet a collective noun for such a group so let me suggest the coinage "luvvies" which is current in London for disgusting media folk.

The author misses his target which is the excellent hardboiled American detective style by such a wide margin as to have his book sink in a morass of glutinous sentimentality.

Dead And Gone - A Burke Novel
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Dead And Gone - A Burke Novel
Andrew Vachss
Manufacturer: Vintage Books / Random House
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The Fire Sword; The Crystal Sword; The Rainbow Sword (Sword)
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The Fire Sword; The Crystal Sword; The Rainbow Sword (Sword)
Adrienne Martine-Barnes
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First 3 Volumes of the "Sword" series. It begins with Eleanor, who is cast back 800 years into the bygone world of medieval England with the task of restoring the rightful king to the throne of Albion. "Crystal" follows her son, Dylan as he is bewitched by a haunting beauty who enslaves his dreams and lures him on a journey to the underworld. "Rainbow" follows the adventures of Dylan's son, Geoffrey, as he is urged to "go to Byzantium" and find a sword forged before time began.

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Adrienne Martine-Barnes
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I Don't Like Anthologies...But I couldn't Put This One Down!
Explores full spectrum of the Genre

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The Back Passage

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I Don't Like Anthologies...But I couldn't Put This One Down!.......2005-06-15

It's true, I detest Anthologies because short stories are...well, um, short. I literally cringed when I purchased this from Amazon.com because I was so afraid that I would just not be able to get into this book. Surprizingly, I was proven wrong. There is still a part of me that wishes that some of these stories were full-blown novels but that feeble thought did not prevent me from reading onward.

This is a clever collection of short stories (I still can't believe I am using those words together in the same sentence)! I am not into Lesbian Fiction so I just skimmed over those stories (but judging from the reviews I have read from others, if you like Lesbian fiction...you'll probably be happy). Even though I'm a "Slasher" that did not bother me.

I have read and re-read this book several times for the two short days I have owned it. The M/M stories in this collection are smart and sexy with juicy storylines that will challenge your thoughts (Delaney's "The Tale of Small Sarg" ) and make your pulse race (A. J. Potter's "Birthmarked").

Everything is represented here: Swords and Sorcery - "Breakheart", science fiction - "A Canopy Of Green", horror - "Roses For The Prince"...you name it. I promise you, you will not be disappointed and often times be left breathless (and in my case...wanting more).

I'm still not sure I am a new "anthologies fan" but occasionally I guess I can be pleasantly surprized every once in a while.

Explores full spectrum of the Genre.......1998-04-19

In the early days of science fiction and fantasy, lesbians and gays were portrayed--if at all--in an unflattering light. Even in a genre that allowed writers to explore alternate realities and societies, gay people were still depicted as one-dimensional stock characters:weak,evil and depraved creatures that reflected the cultural taboos and stereotypes of the day. Fortunately, times have changed somewhat, and many authors have written a succession of wonderful books and anthologies, showing gays and lesbians in a more positive light and as complex human beings.

This latest collection joins the ranks in its further exploration of contemporary gay/lesbian themes in a fantasy, sword and sorcery, and science fiction setting. Herein you will find tales of princes and sorcerers, thieves and vampires, soldiers and slaves. Veteran as well as emerging authors in the genre ply their craft at lighthearted romances, humorous adventures, dark cautionary tales--all of which are pervaded by a bittersweetness that can't be helped. For many gay and lesbian people, it is hard to escape the fear and prejudice that still prevails in daily life. These stories embrace and explore the "what-ifs" of alternate worlds and provide a "rainbow" of hope for the possibility of a brighter future.

If you have a narrow mind, don't read these stories--they may give you stretch marks. If your mind and heart is open, I heartily recommend this book and its brilliant and thought-provoking predecessor, WORLDS APART, by the same publisher. Unfortunately, it is out of print at this time, but well worth the search for a used copy!

The Rainbow Sword
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The Rainbow Sword
Adrienne Martine-Barnes
Manufacturer: Avon
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000GRA4RQ

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A seminal work on treating self-mutilation, revised and updated with illuminating case studies and newly available drugs and resources.

Nearly a decade ago, Cutting boldly addressed a traumatic psychological disorder affecting as many as two million Americans. More than that, it revealed self-mutilation as a comprehendible, treatable disorder, no longer to be evaded by the public and neglected by professionals. Using copious examples from his practice, Steven Levenkron traces the factors that predispose a personality to self-mutilation: genetics, family experience, childhood trauma, and parental behavior. Written for sufferers, parents, friends, and therapists, Cutting explains why the disorder manifests in self-harming behaviors and describes how patients can be helped.

Customer Reviews:

Self Injury.......2007-02-19

This is an excellent look into self injury. Why it happens and how to heal.

A Fine Overview. .......2007-01-08

I've known a lot of individuals who engaged in self-mutilating behaviors over the years but this is the first book that I've ever purchased specifically addressing the subject. In the past, I never delved too deeply into this particular area of mental illness, but I'm glad I did because Dr. Levenkron provides a thorough explanation concerning all aspects of cutting including what it is, how to identify it, characteristics of those afflicted with it, why they do it, what feelings in the patient the act brings about, and, most importantly, the recommended methods of treatment. For me, that's about all you can ask for in an introductory text. Something else that added to its instructional value are the case study examples. The client summaries were textured but not so long as to distract from the general discussion. Overall, it was a well-planned and executed work.

A good insight on cutting.......2006-11-28

This book is about people who cut and has ways to help cutters overcome their addiction to cutting as a means of escape and find better alternatives to this destructive lifestyle.

Smelling Like Roses - Or Not.......2006-07-19

Levenkron approaches every patient he ever had with stern directness. While it's nice to have a no-nonsense attitude, he only includes patients with whom he's had success so that he comes out smelling like roses.

There is little solid implication that therapy is in development for self-harm, and it is irresponsible to present case history information with the idea that two pages per person (half of which is self-agrandizement) adequately expostulates their plights. This book, in my opinion, is a psychology disaster.

I urge people in therapy and also caregivers to take great care in diversifying research material beyond this book, but to read it anyway, if only to get a ground-idea about some of the twisted ideas and myths that float among therapists regarding the subject matter.

Cutting.......2006-05-23

I found this book right on about reasons for cutting and great insights into why, when, etc. adults cut themsleves. It is non-judgemental and is great for cutters and therapists and loved-ones to read if they really want to understand. It was the first time I ever felt like I wasn't totally alone with this horrible secret and the first time I felt like someone understood and wasn't judging me for it.

Backcountry Cooking: From Pack to Plate in 10 Minutes (Backpacker Field Guides)
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Not my first pick, but may be good supplment for hikers.

Eat Well

Mostly recipes

Finally a book for those that like to eat

Lots of useful advice and stories mixed in with the recipes.

Backcountry Cooking: From Pack to Plate in 10 Minutes (Backpacker Field Guides)
Dorcas S. Miller
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Not my first pick, but may be good supplment for hikers........2004-07-30

After reading many reviews, I purchased this book, BACKCOUNTRY COOKING, and THE BACK-COUNTRY KITCHEN by Teresa Marrone. I can't help but compare the two books, so my opinion on this book is relative to my opinion of the other.

The introduction of BACKCOUNTRY COOKING categorizes camp chefs as Ascetics, Pragmatists or Gourmands. This book leans heavily toward the ascetic-pragmatist end of the scale. As the subtitle, FROM PACK TO PLATE IN 10 MINUTES, may suggest, the emphasis is on quickly-prepared meals. As a consequence, the meals tend to be simple. If you're someone for whom part of the challenge of the camp experience is to create fabulous multi-course meals in the wild, this book is not for you. And, as expected for a book from BACKPACKER magazine, the emphasis is on light packing and cooking with a single-burner stove.

The first part of the book discusses ingredients, tool and procedures as does Marrone's book, but I find the discussion in THE BACK-COUNTRY KITCHEN to be better and more complete, in particular, providing much more detail in home drying foods. BACKCOUNTRY COOKING discusses a plethora of grains, most of which I've never seen in a grocery store. (Different kinds of oats, different kinds of rice, bread bases, etc.) Baking methods are very briefly touched upon, but the book goes little beyond single-burner stove-top cooking.

Sidebars from different magazine contributors are interspersed throughout the book, and give good tips. Some black-and-white photos are also sprinkled throughout the book.

After the introduction, the book goes into the chapters containing the recipes, with each chapter representing a meal or course. One very nice thing is that each recipe includes nutritional information.

Now, I just have a so-so opinion of this book, and it was hard for me to establish why. Like I said, I found the introductory information to be better in the other book. But I think part of my indifference is due to the recipes. There seem to be a lot of ethnic foods - Oriental, Middle Eastern, Mexican. The desserts are mostly rice and bread puddings (yick), and include mincemeat (for dessert?!). Maybe you eat a lot of hummus, but I suspect many people will find that a lot of the recipes are not the kind of things you find at home, and perhaps the trail is not the best place to find out that your body has strange reactions to strange food. Furthermore, many of the ingredients, such as the grains and beans, are things I just don't see in the local supermarket. To the author's credit, they give a complete appendix of mail-order companies, but I'm not particularly excited about paying shipping to experiment with recipes.

Teresa Marrone's book, although including more multi-burner, multi-pot recipes for canoeists, car campers and others able to carry more gear, also has many single-burner lightweight recipes for hiking. It seemed to me that her book had more recipes that BACKCOUNTRY COOKING but, in fact, the number of recipes were similar. (BACKCOUNTRY COOKING has 144, and THE BACK-COUNTRY KITCHEN has 150.)

My recommendation is to start with Marrone's THE BACK-COUNTRY KITCHEN. If you feel the need for more single-burner meals, or more quickly-prepared meals, augment it with BACKCOUNTRY COOKING.

Eat Well.......2002-02-14

This book has a good amount (it's not War and Peace) of recipes that are tasty and easy for backpacking! Also a chapter or two of good advice concerning food in general...how to pack it, what kinds of things work, making your own dried foods, etc. Each meal has a chapter, like Breakfast, Lunch, whatever...there are no-cook things, all the way to fresh baked bread on the trail and pizza. Yum! (well no I haven't done the pizza or bread but I'm going to try it since they sound so good! And easy too)

Mostly recipes.......2000-02-21

If you are looking for a book full of recipes, then this is the book for you. I would say they make up about 80% of the book. The first part is about gathering ingredients and there is a little wisdom about taking precautions against animals. I got this book to complete the series, but I don't really like to read a bunch of recipes, but someday I might.

Finally a book for those that like to eat.......2000-02-01

This book is excellent. It may not have the largest number of recipes, but the ones it does have are well thought out, backpacker friendly, and just plain good. The book has a lot of variety too. Each recipe is organized into two parts, the pre-hike preparation (what to do at home) and then then a on-trail section. The authors have tried to simplify the on-trail requirements making meal time easier. The book emphasizes using standard ingrediants (no more expensive store bought freeze-dried stuff) and includes instructions for preserving (dehydrating) your own.

Lots of useful advice and stories mixed in with the recipes........1998-08-22

If you subscribe to Backpacker magazine the things in this won't suprise you, but having them all collected together is great. Lots of interesting recipes, good stories about cooking, and useful advice really rounded out my bookshelf.

Starting to Drive (Threshold Picture Guide)
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Disappointed

Very simplified instruction with little emphasis on horse

Starting to Drive (Threshold Picture Guide)
Sallie Walrond
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Disappointed.......2002-12-29

I bought this book to teach me the basics. It only covers the harnessing parts, great book for that alone but nothing at all about starting the horse or pony to drive. There is so much more to know and this book just doesn't cover it..

Very simplified instruction with little emphasis on horse.......2002-10-31

The book is all of 24 pages long. Contains lots of good pictures and diagrams of harness tack, but very little instruction on dealing with the horses reaction to it! Since the title is "Starting to Drive", I assumed there would be more information concerning getting the horse aquainted with the tack. This would be a good book to familarize yourself with the various harness components, however I wouldn't use it as a direction to harnessing a horse, especially a green one!

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The year was 1930. Ferdinand de Vazeilles of Nanterre, France, had been asked by the makers of Gergovia spark plugs to produce a promotional item to advertise their product. His design of a spark plug on wheels, complete with fenders and running boards, was manufactured by a local foundry. It sparked several series of miniature vehicles in the 1930s, produced by de Vazeilles under the name of Solido, the firm he founded in 1932. This truly classic brand of die cast miniature vehicles attracts new admirers today, while it continues to fascinate those who discovered it many years ago. One of the early collectors, Ed Force has 1200 Solido models, nearly all of which are illustrated here in full color. with the company history and a detailed accounting of models and variations listed in an easy-to-use format, this book is a must for collectors of Solido and other die cast vehicles. To help the collector assess a model's value, a price guide is included, with a high price (what a collector who must have a mint boxed model might be willing to pay) and a lower price (what a collector might be willing to pay for a pleasant mint boxed model).

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Most Practical and Resourceful

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A very helpful book for collectors and costumers.......2005-04-24

Note: my review is based on the first edition of this book.
I think this book is wonderful--the author has also written computer manuals, and so her directions are very clear. (Come to think of it, most computer manuals aren't that easy to understand--hers must be special!) The book covers a wide array of topics related to vintage fashion. I especially appreciate the segments on sewing techniques--she explains basic things that I haven't been able to figure out from other books, like how to lengthen a pattern, and more complicated techniques that are very helpful when dealing with vintage clothes, like how to replace a lining. The author includes a lot of helpful hints from her personal experience. The book is organized into different topics, so you can skip the ones that aren't relevant to your interests.

Nice costume book.......2004-01-21

I thought this was a useful book on costuming. There are lots of illistrations and detailed info, such as what style of lace, or what patterns were popular/available during the periods. Good buy, very helpful!

Most Practical and Resourceful.......2003-08-19

Best book I've found. Descriptions and illustrations for each historical period, as well as outfit planning, authentic fabrics, sewing and patternmaking tips, mending, restoring, and resources from A to Z -- books, websites, catalogs, periodicals... My #1 pick.

A book for use in real life.......2002-04-27

I'm a swing dancer and I love this book because it tells how to deal with vintage clothes you actually WEAR! Some books seem to think everybody who buys vintage clothes is some kind of museum. Or that they're rich and only buy perfect clothes in fancy boutiques. This book gives instructions for real-life cleaning, mending, and altering to fit you (for men's clothes too). And how to work with vintage patterns to make your own repros. This book ROCKS!

Could have done with this years ago.......2001-10-11

I wish I had know about this book years ago ! Needless to say I'm going to order copies for friends too. The layout is clear and easy to follow. The topic covered are comprehensive. There is plenty of information given to progress your knowledge further. All in all a great addition to the historic costumiers library.

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A beautiful home is one thing, but a healthy one is all together different. This guide provides information on how to neutralize the effects of toxic substances and defines seven stress factors and how to alleviate them.

Proporciona información excelente sobre el modo de neutralizar el efecto de las sustancias tóxicas, demuestra cómo mantener una casa sana, contiene datos sobre los siete factores estresantes, y medidas para aliviar el estrés y estancias sanas.

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Guia Practica del Feng Shui en el Hogar........2003-09-16

El libro "Feng Shui en la Decoracion" es un grandioso ejemplar que recopila de forma simple, clara y precisa el Fundamento del Feng Shui.
He tenido la oportunidad de leer varios libros escritos por Master del Feng Shui del Continente Asiatico, pero este es igual de excelente que los otros; sobretodo porque interrrelaciona el conocimiento del Feng Shui y el arte de la Decoracion.
Gracias a los diagramas y consejos de este libro, pude decorar mi casa, la cual ahora luce muy acogedora para mi, mi familia y la gente que nos visita.

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New Concepts in House Interiors
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Crayonstone: The Life and Work of Bolton Brown With a Catalogue of His Lithographs
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Manufacturer: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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This is my Grandfather's Story.......2005-02-04

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