The Other War: Letters from a Gi in India in 1944 and 1945

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A sardonic, lightly satirical tone prevails as a young GI finds waste and incompetence at every turn in the relative safety of the military in the remote locale of India in World War II. In the real war our soldiers in Europe and the South Pacific were dying in foxholes, but Bernie had all the time in the world in the other war to write home about the new gentler experiences he was living through. His mother saved over 600 of his letters, and he now shares some of them in his autobiography, The Other War.

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Few of us can imagine what it must be like to live in a time and place where basic human needs like water and food seem nearly unattainable. Sol Resnick, a civil and agricultural engineer, was sent to India in 1952, as part of the US State Department's Agency for International Development (AID). AID's mission was to help emerging nations develop their own economies, thereby creating additional international markets for US goods. His job was to train engineers and teach Indian villagers new methods of irrigation. Resnick's personal mission was to literally irrigate India, which had been decimated after two consecutive years of drought.

“You forget the temperatures that could reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit,” says Resnick, recalling the experience. “You forget the lack of air conditioning. The unfamiliar food. You remember the looks on the faces of the people. They stay in your mind forever.”

Resnick offers a very personal view of a tumultuous passage in Indian history. At its most basic level, the book is a captivating collection of personal stories by an engineer working in the heart of India in the 1950s. At its most complex, it's a rich history of a struggling nation just passing through the threshold of independence.

Resnick's recollections, as told to and written by his wife, Elaine Minow Resnick, provide a fascinating look into the foibles of the caste system and bureaucracy of the time, as well as the visionary leaders and hardworking people of both countries. The AID project ultimately succeeded because the US did not simply give aid to India, it provided training for Indian villagers by American men and women who went out into the fields and worked with them. People like Sol Resnick.

Customer Reviews:

Terrific, engaging insight to practical development in India.......2002-04-24

As a former University of Arizona Hydrology student of Dr. Resnick, I laughed and cried in reading Sol's terrific, engaging insight to practical rural water-resources and community development in India in the late 1950s. Based on my own observations, I confirm that Sol tells it like it was. And in some ways still is. I stayed up the night to read the book to my wife. We shared the joy of Sol's adventure to improve life in rural India by training Indian engineers and working with local people to improve irrigation and drinking-water supplies and to reduce the terrible effects of droughts. I've shared Sol's and Elaine's book with my international development colleagues and my own students. Sol's integrity and ingenuity, and love of people, justice, culture, community, and hydrology come across loud and clear, modestly and humorously. A fine read for anyone interested in people, development, practical hydrology, or India. Reading "Irrigating India" reminded me why I became a hydrologist and taught me more about myself.

Heartwarming, inspiring, and highly recommended.......2001-10-12

Irrigating India: My Five Years As A USAID Advisor is the story of Sol Resnick, a USAID advisor who served faithfully in India from 1952 to 1957, as told in his own worlds to Elaine Minow Resnick. Sol Resnick, a civil and agricultural engineer, worked hard to help make the basic human needs of food and water stable and attainable to a populace that was previously at the bitter mercy of the annual rainfall. He would later look on that time as the best five years of his life. Heartwarming, inspiring, and highly recommended to students of international studies as well as the modern history and agricultural development of India.

Review of Irrigating India.......2001-08-06

A tremendous story told with great warmth and humor. It conveys the struggle to stay healthy, the process of adapting to local cultures, and the overwhelming sense of joy in receiving gratitude from people you help. Sol Resnick is able to find elements of humor and poetic irony in the daily activities and chance occurrences that shaped his life. Irrigating India also provides an absorbing historical perspective on India. Having served in the Peace Corps for three years, the book brought back memories of my own experiences. I highly recommend this book!

terrific read!.......2001-08-04

Compelling tales bring the people and the land of India vividly to life. Stories of practical engineering, working with villagers and farmers, designing and building irrigation systems and wells. Most of all, stories about the people, the culture, the politics and the country. Travel rivers, meet tigers, have dinner with Nehru, and make wheelbarrows for the village children so that everyone participates in building the future of rural India.

A great adventure with a delightful companion.......2001-07-30

Armchair adventurers could not ask for a better book than this heartwarming story of a man who helped to bring water -- and a lot more -- to India. It is also the story of what India brought to him, with vivid descriptions of the sights, sounds, tastes, and textures of post-WWII India and of the people he met there. Sol Resnick is an engaging story-teller, and his good humor and passion for his work make this impossible to put down. He loved his work, the people he met, and the places he traveled, and you will, too.

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Proved to be remarkably effective for both Type II diabetics and nondiabetic people with chronic weight problems, the Insulin Control Diet--based on low-carbohydrate and low-caloric intake--allows patients to decrease insulin production and convert stored fat into fuel. In this new edition, Dr. Calvin Ezrin provides updated ADA recommendations and a complete section of revised recipes and meal plans.

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Get your life back with this book!!!.......2007-08-23

This book is changing my life. After watching my weight creep up, up, up for the past 8 years and dealing with the usual results...high blood pressure, high cholesterol, clothes not fitting, depression, and most recently, mild type-2 diabetes, I got my hands on this book and I now have a clear understanding of what I've been doing to my body and what foods I need to really watch. By following the book's guidelines I've been able to lose 14 pounds in about 5 weeks. I still have a ways to go but I'm confident that I'll be able to accomplish my goal. And, without hunger. Even if you're not (yet) diabetic but need to lose some unwanted pounds, I guarantee you'll be able to quickly do it with these guidelines. After my fantastic results so far, my doctor is ordering a copy and will be recommending it to other patients. One of the biggest things I learned..."Sugar is the #1 poison!"...which it states throughout.

Worked for me!.......2005-04-11

When I first looked at this book, I thought there's no way - how can I go without bread, rice, pasta, etc. After thinking about it for a couple of weeks I decided to give it a try. I loved it. I truly never missed the processed foods and surprisingly was never hungry. I feel like my diet is much more nutritionally sound than what I had been eating, and after the first couple of weeks I had pretty much trained myself what and how much to eat. I've lost 18 pounds so far and a lot of it has been the "stubborn belly fat". Couldn't be happier and feel great. I think that as much as following the diet you need to include the exercise, which is talked about in the book. This diet may not be for everyone, but as someone who has been unsuccessful with weight loss, even with exercise, it's been a Godsend.

Your Figures for My Figure Just Don't Figure.......2005-01-06

I was initially very excited to read this book, based upon most of the reviews as well as the preliminary information I read. However, after carefully reading the information, I'm afraid I cannot recommend this book to anyone else in good conscience, due to the issues I point out in the following note, which was e-mailed to the author at the address given in the book (and subsequently returned as "undeliverable," as the e-mail listed in the book is apparently incorrect or no longer working).

Not only didn't the figures from the book's Daily Meal Plans add up (which as you can see from my note below, were WELL beyond their stated limit of 40g of carbohydrates per day, even for a partial list of items from their very own recipes), but the e-mail itself was returned as undeliverable at the address listed on page 149 of the book (ezrin-ctrs@aol.com).

If the daily menus contained in the book don't even conform to the author's very own stated requirements and even the author's e-mail address is incorrectly listed, why in the world would a reader ever entrust their own health and well being to this dietary program?

I assure you I am in no way connected to any other dietary program of any kind, nor do I have any ax to grind against either the authors or their Insulin Control Diet program. I'm just a guy very recently diagnosed with a condition of "Type II Diabetes" whose doctor recommended weight loss as a solution and who turned first to this book in order to try to find it.

I even gave the authors the benefit of the doubt by trying to contact them based upon the information they gave in the book to obtain clarification on the apparent inconsistencies in the text, in case my observations were incorrect. But as I mentioned, I was unable to receive a response, due to the apparently inaccurate listing of the e-mail address for the author.

I am extremely disappointed in the book, not only due to its incomplete or inconsistent information, but also due to its extremely haphazard presentation.

My note to the author (returned as undeliverable) is included below.

R. McGowan
Los Angeles, CA

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:44 AM
To: 'ezrin-ctrs@aol.com'
Subject: Figures for the Figure don't Figure
Importance: High

Dr. Ezrin,

I am a 46-year-old male recently diagnosed with Type-II Diabetes and was excited to discover your "Type 2 Diabetes Diet Book," since it was written from the perspective of an endocrinologist. While the program does seem to make sense overall, what is most perplexing to me is how you arrive at a daily carbohydrate intake limit of 40g for your meal plans (which you say the daily meal plans maintain).

You mention several times throughout the book that a standard serving of fruit consists of 15g of carbohydrate (also referenced in the Appendix on pp. 303- 304). Since each of the meal plans consist of 2 standard servings of fruit (or even 2 ½, such as in the example I give below), this means that fruit alone counts for a full 75% - 94% (30g - 37.5g) of the daily carbohydrate intake amount, leaving only 10g carbohydrate for all the rest of the foods combined throughout the day.

As an example, following is the carbohydrate breakdown for Day Two of the Insulin Diet Meal Plan (from p. 135), based entirely upon the carbohydrate figures referenced in the Appendix:

Breakfast

Decaffeinated coffee- (not in Appendix)- 0g?
1 soft-cooked egg- 0.6g
1 cup chicken bouillon (not in Appendix, but listed separately on p. 243)- 1g
1 peach- 15g

Lunch

Iced coffee (not in Appendix)- 0g?
Salmon Salad Sandwich- 5oz (1tbs chopped onion- 0.6g; mayonnaise- 1g; lettuce- 1g)
Salad (not defined) with Low-Cal Vinaigrette (iceberg lettuce- 2.9g; Vinaigrette dressing- 6.6g)
Gelatin (why not specifically state "sugar-free" here??? I'm assuming it is...) with D-Zerta topping- 0g?

Snack (afternoon or evening)

1 ¼ cup watermelon cubes- 15g

Dinner

Decaffeinated coffee- 0?
Chinese Fish Steaks- (1/2 cup chicken bouillon- .5g; mushrooms- NOT EVEN LISTED ON THE VEGETABLES LIST IN THE APPENDIX!- 0.5G?; soy sauce- NOT LISTED IN THE APPENDIX- 0.5G?)
Beans with Basil (It doesn't specify the KIND of beans. However, based upon the Appendix under "Vegetables," `1/2 cup of cooked beans shows 15g carbohydrate)
Salad (not defined) with Low-Cal Vinaigrette (iceberg lettuce- 2.9g; Vinaigrette dressing- 6.6g)
1 cup beef bouillon- 1g
Gelatin & Fruit (again, it doesn't specify "sugar-free," but I'm assuming so. However, even ¼ cup of fruit is still 7.5g carbohydrate, no matter how you slice it)

You separately caution to allocate fruit portions sparingly, and yet even in this ONE DAY of the meal plan, the fruit portions alone that you specify already account for a full 37.5g of carbohydrates of the 40g maximum daily intake of carbohydrate that you recommend (in fact, you even state a recommended limit of between only 20 - 35 grams of carbohydrate in any 24-hour period elsewhere in the book).

The total amount of carbohydrate of all the other ingredients combined for this one-day's meal plan alone (the carb amounts for which are all pulled from the book's Appendix) which even then only constitute a partial list, based upon what the recipes call for, comes to 46.7g (already over your 24-hour maximum limit). When added to the amount of fruit indicated, this makes a carbohydrate consumption of 84.2g for this one-day's meal plan alone- well over TWICE the daily carbohydrate intake you recommend throughout the book (FOUR-TIMES the amount, if you go by your lower recommendation of 20g carbs per day).

Examples from the text, for reference:

p. 109, paragraph 2: "For the duration of your weight loss period, we ask that you limit your total carbohydrate intake to 20 to 35 grams." (while it doesn't specify "per day" here, elsewhere you do indicate no more than 40 grams during any 24-hour period).

p. 109, paragraph 3: "In other words, more than 40 grams of carbohydrate in any form will trigger your overproduction of insulin and return you to the weight gain cycle you know so well." (again, based upon other references, this indicates "per-day").

p.111, paragraph 3: "Be advised, however, that regardless of total calories consumed, carbohydrate intake for the day should never exceed 40 grams."

Which begs the following question: "How can any reader reasonably trust the advice given, when the numbers for your own daily meal plans don't even come close to remaining within your stated limitations for daily carbohydrate intake?

Secondly, it took me over an hour-and-a-half to determine the actual carbohydrate amounts listed for this one day's meal plan listed above alone, since it required me to constantly flip back-and-forth between the meal plan listing (which DOESN'T indicate any carbohydrate/protein/fat information), the recipes (which are also difficult to track down and which also don't list any carbohydrate/protein/fat information for any of the ingredients) and the Appendix (which doesn't include information on all the items in the recipes and, even if it does, does not give information equivalent to the amounts the recipes call for).

It would be a FAR more usable resource if the information was:

a. more comprehensive, including carb/protein/fat amounts listed right along-side meal plan and recipe ingredients;

b. more logically presented, so that a reader doesn't have to shift back-and-forth between the meal plans, the recipes (which are also hard to locate), and random information sprinkled throughout the text itself (such as the information on boullion, which is not in the index, but only in a separate section I was able to locate) and

c. constructed to stay within it's own set of stated parameter guidelines.

For example, the appendix lists "1 celery stalk" as having 2g carbohydrates, but the recipe for "Salmon Salad Sandwich" calls for "1 tbsp of chopped celery." How are you supposed to make the conversion between "1 celery stalk" and "1 tbsp of chopped celery?," in order to evaluate that "all-important" carb-per-day total? And while "1 tbsp of "chopped chives" is listed in the Appendix, "1 tbsp of onion" called for in the recipe is not and "green pepper," which is also called for in the recipe, is not even on the Appendix under vegetables at all! (nor, by the way, are mushrooms, which are called for in a separate recipe).

The fundamental question is this: If "more than 40 grams of carbohydrate in any form will trigger your overproduction of insulin and return you to the weight gain cycle you know so well," as you state on page 109 and your own meal plan doesn't even maintain those guidelines, then how on Earth can the Insulin Diet program that you recommend possibly accomplish the weight loss goals that you claim? The figures simply don't add up. Either your statements regarding a daily limit of 40g carbohydrate are incorrect, or else your meal plans simply do not work, according to the parameters you yourself have indicated.

I'd love to receive clarification on this issue at your earliest convenience, since I do want to get a handle on the effects of added weight on the symptoms for Type II Diabetes. However, I can only do that if I have complete confidence in the logic of the information that's being presented. As it is, my confidence in the program is shaky, since the figures on how to improve my figure just don't figure.

I look forward to your reply.

Best,
R. McGowan

It Really Works.......2004-10-07

OK, this is less about the book than it is about the diet. It works. I have tried everything including Atkins and Weight Watchers. I had 15 pounds to lose. When my doctor said elevated blood sugar was the only thing he could find to explain why I wasn't losing the weight, I bought this book. Now, it is NOT an 'eat all you want of certain foods' diet. And sometimes I've been hungry. But it is easy to follow, not the least complicated and there's no measuring (aside from knowing what 3-4 ounces of meat/chicken/fish looks like, and 1/2 cup of fruit/vegetable.) I'm down 14 1/2 pounds. One caviat: since I didn't have a lot of weight to lose (I'm guessing this is the reason) it's taken me awhile. But it's the only thing that has worked. Right now I'm slowly re-introducing grains (bread, brown rice) and the loss continues (this was a problem with Atkins - the minute I ate a dinner roll, the weight came back). It really works.

Diabetes Type 2 Diet Control Book.......2004-01-30

I per chance picked up this book as I thought I was heading for Diabetes Type 2. I am in the Medical Profession this book is sound and well researched. I started on the diet 3 weeks ago lost 6 kilo's and don't feel hungry. I don't use all the menus and adapted my own. The book is incredibly informative and once you have this knowledge you realise how other diets and pills and potions cannot work.
I just have a problem with the email address I cannot contact either author on the email printed in the book.
Well done for this valuable information

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I concur with the other reviewer

Biblical dribble

Cooking with the Ancients : Bible Food Book
Arlene Stadd
Manufacturer: Glenbridge Publishing,
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For over two thousand years we looked to the Bible for wisdom, solace, and spiritual support. The Patriarchs knew a thing or two. They left us poetry, history, and religious instruction. They also knew something about physical sustenance as well. The diet of the ancients was healthful, and, considering the times, they were reasonably healthy. They chose from an amazing array of unadulterated ingredients, locally grown and fresh, consumed in the sweet open air. Holy Land farmers harvested a large variety of vegetables and fruits; their diet was high in fiber, minerals, and vitamins. In Cooking With the Ancients we will attempt to eat what they ate. Not completely, certainly not forever. But for a short time and special occasions. To create a Bible Dinner for our family and guests, entertaining strictly from the Book. Ultimately, it is one more thread in the tapestry that we choose to examine, unraveling it from our earliest roots, finding continuity, traditi! on, folklore.

Customer Reviews:

I concur with the other reviewer.......2007-03-29

I was expecting to get a book that gave recipes for foods just like they would have been made in the Bible. I should have known that would be too much to ask, as there weren't many recipes written in the Bible. You're better off getting the book, "Jewish Traditions" or something like that.

This book takes the ingredients that would have been easily found during Bible times, and makes modern day dishes with them using modern equipment (nothing wrong with modern equipment!). The recipes aren't bad, but nothing to write home about.

Biblical dribble.......2003-01-04

This book was not what I expected. It did not contain authentic information on biblical foods nor did it contain recipes that the people of biblical times would have cooked. There may have been some exceptions to this but overall, it was not suitable for one who is truly interested in Biblical cuisine.

Cooking With the Ancient: Bible Food Book

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Cooking With the Ancient: Bible Food Book
Arlene Stadd
Manufacturer: Glenbridge Pub Ltd
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Cooking with the Ancients : Bible Food Book

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Arlene Stadd
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One of the best for Shin Hanga.......2007-10-10

This is a very informative book on ShinHanga. The signatures are
a wonderful bonus to have included in the book

Ukiyo-E: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Prints

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Ukiyo-E: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Prints

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HOW To MAKE JAPANESE COLOR PRINTS. Process by Actual Examples.

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HOW To MAKE JAPANESE COLOR PRINTS. Process by Actual Examples.
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Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Bibliography of Writings from 1822-1993 Entirely or Partly in English Text

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Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Bibliography of Writings from 1822-1993 Entirely or Partly in English Text
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The ultimate research tool for the study of Japanese prints, this publication represents eight years of research by the author William Green. It lists over 6000 publications dating from 1822 to 1993, concentrating on those in English. In addition, the inclusion of newspaper and periodical reviews of the most important books and catalogs enables the academic debate concerning Japanese prints to be followed. This book is divided along thematic lines into 15 chapters and also contains three indexes, making it an easy-to-use reference work for students, scholars and collectors alike.

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Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters
Lawrence Bickford
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Ukiyo-E: An Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Prints

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Tadashi Kobayashi
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One of my all time favorites
Appealing and Authoritative Book about Japanese Print Master

The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi
Hiroshi Yoshida , and Tadao Ogura
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
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One of my all time favorites.......2002-02-13

Beautiful artwork, beautifully reproduced. I somehow stumbled on this guy and bought the book based entirely on the cover image displayed here. Boy, I am not sorry - the rest of the images are just as great: striking subjects, with fantastic colors

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Appealing and Authoritative Book about Japanese Print Master.......2001-03-22

Steeped in traditional Japanese culture and trained early in Western art techniques, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) combined these two sensibilities to revive and renew the ancient art of Japanese woodblock printing on the verge of its disappearance as Japan embraced modernization at the beginning of the 20th century. This book is a comprehensive introduction for those new to Yoshida's work, and a valuable aid to the sophisticated print collector. Excellent color reproductions of 259 woodblock prints plus 20 works in other media shine in a generous and uncluttered format that encourages leisurely enjoyment of each masterpiece. The cosmopolitan Yoshida recorded his travels in India, China, Korea and the United States in his art. A passionate mountaineer, Yoshida translated sketches from his climbing expeditions into stunning prints, in such series as "Twelve Scenes in the Japan Alps." He also captured scenes of Japan's disappearing traditional life in evocative prints such as "Honest Grocery", "A Small Restaurant at Night" and "Farmhouse." In perhaps his greatest works, Yoshida combines his skill in rendering both the monumental and the domestic to show that human existence is at once small and precious. He uses vast mountain landscapes as backdrops for intimate groups of climbers gathered around evening fires or sheltered in tents or caves as they sing and tell stories. Text and captions are in both English and Japanese. Inclusions of full margins on each print reproduction permits study of Japanese and English titles, signatures, dates and seals. A chronological survey of the prints, an illustrated artistic and personal biography, memoirs by Yoshida's artist sons and short essays on Yoshida's career round out this lovely book.

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Japanese woodblock printing
Hiroshi Yoshida
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Garden and Grove is a pioneering study of the English fascination with Italian Renaissance gardens. John Dixon Hunt studies reactions of English visitors in their journals and travel books to the exciting world of Italian gardens: its links with classical villas, with Virgil and farming, with Ovid and metamorphosis, its association with theater, its variety, its staged debates between art and nature. Then he looks at what English visitors made of these Italian garden experiences upon their return home and at how they created Italianate gardens on their estates, on their stages, and in their poems.

With a wealth of literary and visual materials previously untapped, Hunt provides a new history of an intriguing and vital phase of English garden history. Not only does he suggest the centrality of the garden as a focus for many social, aesthetic, political, and philosophical ideas but he argues that the so-called English landscape garden before "Capability" Brown, in the late eighteenth century, owed much to a long and continuing emulation of Italian Renaissance models.

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Science meets sci-fi, and not a human in sight!

Virtual Medicine: A New Dimension in Energy Healing

Excellent Exploration Of Vibrational Healing & Info-medicine

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Keith Scott-Mumby
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A groundbreaking book which brings together modern science and ancient energy healing arts. The author cites numerous advanced scientific "virtual" or electronic healing systems, such as electro-acupuncture, scenar, bioresonance and biolumanetics. It's the compilation of the real science background which makes it an important text. Numerous references show that advanced physics and healing have begun to overlap dramatically. What was once controversial and alternative is now rapidly becoming mainstream. This book has helped the rapid transition over the last few years.

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Science meets sci-fi, and not a human in sight!.......2007-05-09

This book is expertly written and researched. I bought it for the specific chapter on dental health, as there are few sources of information for those of us who believe the teeth can be healed without endless root canals. The information is absolutely riveting and should be photocopied and placed in every dental surgery in the country!
However, the rest of the book is tedious in its determination to present a scientific basis for energy medicine. He spouts endlessly about clever machines which do the same job as any competent homeopath or kinesiologist. The human touch is just not there. This is a book to glorify 'New Age-friendly' scientists, rather than to aid therapists, in my opinion. If you are a therapist and have the Donna Eden 'Energy Medicine', you can easily do without this book.

Virtual Medicine: A New Dimension in Energy Healing.......2005-07-01

I bought this book firstly because I'd wanted to read up on problems with amalgam fillings in teeth, but I am now hooked and can't put it down! It's absolutely fascinating, and covering so many subjects and viewpoints backed up by scientific research and facts. It really makes you think twice about a lot of "stuff" you thought you knew!! and gets you thinking about things in a different way. A "MUST READ" book. I've ordered more for relatives!

Excellent Exploration Of Vibrational Healing & Info-medicine.......2004-03-01

This book does an excellent job of examining the history of ideas and technologies associated with the field of energetic medicine. How energy and information "create" our reality are key issues in this field, as well as how the energy and intentions of the healer are involved in the healing process. This author examines a variety of issues, from how information is communicated with homeopathic and chinese medicine therapies to how new technologies can electrically measure the body's reaction to numerous stimuli and prescribe remedies to help the body regain balance. The ideas of m-fields (Sheldrake) and the notion of a holographic "implicate order" or collective field of consciousness underlying creation are also considered. This book is a very timely contribution to the scientific examination of holistic and energetic healing approaches - I'm surprised that it is currently out of print (in the USA). Maybe it's still published in the UK - I got a used copy via an Amazon marketplace seller.

A Rational Rationale for the New Medicine.......2000-07-07

You can read almost everywhere about Mind/Body medicine; it's almost a catchword. Yet here is a book,Virtual Medicine by Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby, which details, in a friendly, passionate way, the actual research and development of the science that supports the theory. His first three chapters, including a history of energy medicine and a well-reasoned explanation of how energetic information is communicated outside the body, are worth the price of the book. Perhaps for the first time you will be able to see that what seem to be esoteric energy theories are firmly based in Quantum Mechanics, based on theories that have been accepted in physics since the 1920's! Emphasizing the diagnostic devices that can read the body's energy and therefore help predict, determine and cure diseases, Scott-Mumby goes much further, examining different healing modalities (such as sound and light). Even though he examines the dangers in such modern phenomena as ELF's (extra low frequencies) and amalgam fillings, he maintains a positive, upbeat and inspiring tone. As a researcher and bodyworker I was totally excited after finishing this book. It's a must for anyone seeking to understand the science behind the New Medicine.

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Robert S. Roeschlaub: Architect of the Emerging West 1843-1923
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I have not read this book........1999-08-12

I am a surviving prisoncamp child myself, and would like to be able to get a copy of this book. Started my own autobiography, but need some help with names of camps, and dates. I was there with my mother, brother and 2 sisters, while my father was a prisoner of war and taken to Singapore. We all survived. So please help. Thank you

This book ought to be make into a movie.......1997-05-19

One of the few books that had come across me which glued me to it. When I read a book it usually took me two or three weeks, if it is a good book, to finish it. Well, this book took me just 3 days to read from cover to cover. A compelling jouney of a family though unspeakable hardship, miserly and ignorance. This book draw you into the day to day life of the writer's life while she and her family was in the camps. At time I felt I can smell the odor and felt the hot summer heat in the camps. One thought keep popping up, this could be a great movie, perhaps direct by Steven Spielberg. One down side of the book is that it could use better editing, I can spot numerous errors thoughout the book that can be at time distracting but in no ways diminish the book's content

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