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A Real Boy : A True Story of Autism, Early Intervention, and Recovery
Christina Adams
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: B000EPFVE6

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Jonah Adams was diagnosed as autistic at two years and eight months. Just a few years later, a doctor refused to believe such a diagnosis could ever have been given to this healthy, happy boy.

This is the true story of how Jonah's mother, Christina, seized his limited window of opportunity for recovery. Detailing how she utilized a combination of a special diet and one-on-one tutoring with speech therapists and behavioral psychologists, Christina shares the entire journey both she and her husband undertook to give their child a second chance at a full life.

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Terrific Book. Inspiring Story........2007-01-18

This book was a wonderful recommendation for anyone who has been associated with people with mental disabilities.

good read.......2006-06-27

Interesting and very well written. A good choice for parents of a child on the spectrum. Definitely a pro-ABA book.
Also good if you are interested in the diet/bloodwork/medication route as well.

Great Book, Great Mom!.......2006-06-14

I really enjoyed reading this book and really commend Christina for taking all the necessary steps possible to make sure that Jonah received the best services and interventions possible. We have followed a similar road, fought for services with our district and regional center, done the diet and biomedical interventions, ABA and we are also on the other side with a recovered child. We would not be in this place without the help and advice of parents who have gone down the road before us and help to pave the way.

Great book, great writer. Highly recommend it!

Given Hope for Recovery.......2006-06-14

Thank you for a thorough explanation of what your experience was with your son Jonah. This book led me to have hopes and dreams again. My son was recently diagnosed and I didn't seem to know where to go. You described in the book how you had to work (sometimes hard and stressfully) to uncover and implement stratagies, techniques and therapies to help your son. No one is going to come to you and hand you a list of what you need to do. 'A Real Boy' provided one family's journey into the world of autism. Even though all parents will do many different things to achieve this, your words gave me encouragement. I have purchased 5 more books and handed them out to my friends and family to help them develop a basic understanding of autism and the language that goes with it. This book told a realistic view of a mothers' love to help her son overcome a difficult disorder (autism). You sought out and utilized all your resources and from this I learned I may have to look for additional resources to help my son achieve recovery. I also appreciated your complete listing of recommended readings including other current authors. It shows your continued support and research in the autism world. I have ordered the complete list in my travels to achieve recovery of my son. Thank you....

Insulted.......2006-05-12

I am so happy that Ms. Adams recovered her son. Jonah is extremely fortunate to have such a loving mother. I read her book hoping that after 4 years of dealing with the disorder (my son is 7), a success story would boost my spirits and renew my battling spirit to win back my child. What I didn't expect was to be insulted by Ms. Adams' categorization of "Autism Mommies and Daddies" and general holier-than-thou attitude. MOST people who are trying to recover their children cannot afford the astronomical costs of ABA therapy, lawyers and special diets. We also cannot afford the emotional bashing as someone puts us down because we are not in a financial situation, nor have the connections, to acquire the methods/services she did. It is wonderful she had the resources to figure out a solution for her son's recovery, but instead of hurting others, she should try to help those less financially stable or well-connected figure out how they can acquire the same services for their children.

Jonah's story itself was very interesting, and I did learn a couple of new things from the book. I smiled everytime Jonah made a gain and groaned at his setbacks. The way the story is written, however, leaves something to be desired. The digressions interrupt the story and are sometimes confusing. I would not recommend this book to others and groan at the loss of money I spent on this book - money I could have used for my son.

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P'rocess This!'

Not For Everyone

Should Come With Every Food Processor

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Not for Everyone. Good Book for Large Family Meals.

Process This: New Recipes for the New Generation of Food Processors Plus Dozens of Time-Saving Tips
Jean Anderson
Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 006074829X
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Book Description

Process This! is the award-winning cookbook for the new generation of food processors. With 150 recipes for everything from guacamole to strawberry shortcake, plus dozens of time-saving tips and techniques, Process This! is one-bowl mixing at its best.

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P'rocess This!'.......2007-01-18

This book was too advanced for a first-time food processor like me. The ingredients, long instructions and recipes were overwhelming.

I'm sure that the recipes are fabulous though because Jean Anderson is a wonderful cook. A stopper for me to try the recipes was the amount of butter, heavy cream and sugar in some of the recipes.

However, two healthy desserts, that I modified by cutting the sugar amount in half, were the 'soft peach-amaretto "ice cream" and 'soft raspberry-lime "ice cream", very delicious!

'the food processor bible' by norene gilletz, has healthier recipes to choose from.

I would recommend 'process this' to advanced-creative cooks who are not watching their weight.

Not For Everyone.......2006-06-19

This book is good in offering techniques for using a food processor. However, if you are interested in healthier recipes this isn't the best book. I have already donated my copy to a second hand store... as the recipes are higher in calories than we want to eat.

Should Come With Every Food Processor.......2005-11-29

Use this book to maximize your food processor. There are a number of good recipes in here -- my favorite is the angel biscuits. I think the best part of the book is basics section from pages five to 41. It gives advice on how to prep and process various items.

Top of the Line .......2004-08-05

I am totally blown away with this particular "cooking" book. At last there is "one stop mixing".....and in a processor. Wow! The receipes are straight forward and nothing that require real "far out" ingredients. I'm a pie freak, and I can't wait to try the crust in this cook book, it sounds great!! I am buying this book, beacause I read my friend's and couldn't believe the wonderful and tasty receipes. Also love the author's explanations and comments about "stuff" and how to do things easier and better. I've already tasted the Gazpacho and Wow was it great!! Bringing the Red Pepper and Roasted Garlic soup for Sunday picnic....Hats off to the Author!! Not a waste of money to purchase this book!!!!

Not for Everyone. Good Book for Large Family Meals........2004-07-08

Jean Anderson is a member of `old school' cookbook authors and culinary educators such as Barbara Kafka, Marion Cunningham, Sheila Lukins, and Sara Moulton many of whom are protégés of James Beard or Julia Child. Among them, Anderson and Cunningham have been responsible for editing two of the better `how to do everything' cookbooks in America. These are the `American Century Cookbook' and the `Fanny Farmer Cookbook' respectively. Except for Moulton, who is a staple of the Food Network programming, these authors typically do not get as much attention as their more internationally oriented colleagues such as Patricia Wells and Paula Wolfert; TV educators such as Ina Garten, Rachael Ray, and Nigella Lawson; or magazine magnate Martha Stewart.

In spite of this, these authors are probably the ones who write some of the most commonly picked titles among non-foodies who never watch the Food Network and simply want a reliable source of menus.

On the face of it, this book, `Process This!' is very similar to Barbara Kafka's highly rated `Microwave Gourmet' to which I gave five stars. Both books are about new kitchen appliances that became popular in the early nineteen-seventies and both of which tend to be misused, overused, or underused.

I am probably like many people who use both appliances for a relatively small range of tasks and wonder why they persist in taking up so much space on my countertop. I do, however, sense some differences in the two appliances. The biggest I believe is the fact that while the microwave is at its best doing small, quick jobs which often arise in small households or households with lots of different schedules, the food processor is best when it is used to tackle a big job.

The reasons for this are simple. A microwave can make popcorn, heat up a cup of coffee, cook bacon, and defrost frozen food quickly, with less electricity than a range or oven, and require little or no cleanup when you are done. And, there are few alternatives to doing these tasks as quickly or as easily. A standard size food processor can mix a pie dough, dice onions, finely chop zest, mix a mayonnaise, shred cabbage for slaw, chop garlic, and slice carrots or a hundred other vegetables in a thrice. But, after each operation, a rather sizable cleanup job is left and with most slicing and dicing, the results leave a fair amount of unevenly sized pieces. And, there are good alternatives to doing each and every one of these tasks, generally with less mess. A pastry cutter will do pie dough very nicely. A sharp chef's knife will give you evenly sized chopped onions very quickly with no slime, a microplane will give fine zest in a thrice, a blender will do an equally good job with Mayonnaises, a knife will do garlic much better than a standard food processor, and a knife can do veggies to a much greater range of sizes and much tighter consistency than can a food processor.

The things for which I always go to a food processor are when I wish to shred large vegetables such as cabbage to make slaw and when I wish to powder or crumb a large portion of hard, dry material, as when I want to make bread crumbs. I have gone to a fair amount of trouble to cultivate pretty good knife skills and to buy very sharp knives. I also need to cook for only two people. Therefore, my bias tends against using the large task food processor. This is not to say this tool has no good user base. It is probably at its best in preparing vegetables for salads when the vegetables are not to be cooked, but eaten raw. It is also excellent for shredding hard, awkwardly shaped vegetables such as carrots for a cooked carrot filling, not to mention an ingredient for carrot cake. Lastly, it will very commonly do an acceptable job subbing for a blender if you do not have one. Just don't try crushing ice with it!

So how does this book help this audience? First, I thing the introductory material on general suggestions on food processor use is very good. But, I think it would have been a lot better with a few pictures. It is not entirely obvious how the chopping blade compared to the slicing blade. The dictionary of foods and how to process them was quite good, if only to show what foods and results it is wise to prepare with some other tool. The author very wisely advises against using the processor to shred meat or to grind spices. I was also happy to see that the author did not paint a rosy picture of your making peanut butter with a food processor.

My first sense that there was something amiss in the book is when I saw the recipes for stock making. The instructions for the meat and the cooking times were all kosher, but I believe the instructions for chopping the vegetables is all wrong. For years, until I started making stocks for myself, I never understood why recipe writers of every stripe tell you to simply toss the peeled vegetables into the stockpot with no more than a quick cut in half, if that. Well, they were right. Simmer whole carrots and onions and celery for four hours and there will simply be no flavor left behind, and there will be no unnecessary cloudiness in your stock from vigorously chopped veg flesh.

My reaction to most other recipes is that I already have an ample number of recipes for all these dishes. Why do I need another that uses a tool I would not normally use?

This book will be helpful if you make three or four meals a week for four or more people, and, you already have a full size (11 cup bowl) food processor. Otherwise, you may find it gathering dust on your shelf.

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Create an air of mystery and intrigue using these 29 ancient Egyptian symbols to spell out names, words, or to simply add striking decoration to your stationery or packages. The companion booklet explains the meanings of the hieroglyphs and symbols along with their rich historical and cultural significance.

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This book is the story of those passionate gardening extremists who turn a particular species of plant into their particular mission in life. Among them, Margaret Sharp and Pam Puryear, who have devoted themselves to collecting and saving old roses. Ken Druse provides exacting prose portraits to go with his beautiful photographs of the plants that are the source of such deep obsession. The result is a book that helps make clear just why gardening is one of the most popular pastimes in the world.

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A three-time Quill and Trowel Award winner and Clarkson Potter's most successful gardening author introduces spectacular gardens that express a passion for a single variety of flower, an array of exotic species, and even a color scheme. 400 color photos.

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Ken Druse books all rate a 10!.......1998-03-07

I not only collect plants, I also collect books by Ken Druse. There are so many garden books out there today, and many are disappointing. Druse's books are the best. I read them over and over -- and the pictures are incredible. There could not be more inspirational and informational books onmy favorite hobby.

Garden Book Awards.......1997-10-21

I just read that Ken Druse swept the Garden Book awards this year with The Collector's Garden. Best photography from The Garden Writers of America; Best book of the year from The American Horticultural Society. I have all his books -- this is the best one yet!

Garden Book Awards.......1997-10-21

Tasmanian fanatic garden book reader succumbs to K. Druse.......1997-02-05

From my earliest years, I have devoured gardening books. Now in my wrinkly years and the owner of two gardens, one in the city and the other in Tasmania's beautiful countryside, I appreciate all the knowledge I have consumed over the years and I thank those garden writers that have helped to stir my creative juices and given aid when the inevitable mistakes have taken place. Through Internet, I have made the aquaintance of American gardeners and my interest in the revolution that is taking place in their gardens, has been aroused. The same movement is noticeably happening in the Australian gardening scene. Do you plant with only Australian native flora? Are you still homesick for the "old country" and religiously imitate the English country garden design? Perhaps the best is a blending of both styles? These are the questions that Australians are asking and American landscapers too. With interest aroused, I purchased American gardening books. I read serious tomes, the "this is what is happening in my garden" books and humerous offerings. This Christmas, as is my usual custom, I splashed out and bought myself two Kenneth Druse books: "The Collector's Garden: Designing with Extraordinary Plants" and "The Natural Garden". They were the best Christmas present ever, to be trite "A picture tells a Thousand Tales". The photographs are stunning, cream chocolates to be devoured over and over again with no weight gain! The script is concise and informative as it relates with gentle humour the drive that was used by these American gardeners to create their superb gardens. I would recommend both books to everyone, the beginner, the professional and the young at heart. There is nothing as exciting as beauty in pure form and in Kenneth Druse we find a genius who shares his love of beauty with us all, a luxury to be enjoyed and used time and time again.

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Coping with Chronic Heartburn: What You Need to Know About Acid Reflux and GERD
Elaine Fantle Shimberg
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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ASIN: 031226884X

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Do you have these symptoms? * Asthma * Belching * Chest pain *Chronic coughing * Chronic sore throat * Difficulty swallowing* Heartburn * Hoarseness or laryngitis * Pain discomfort after eating * Postnasal drip* Recurrent bronchial infections * Repeated feeling of need to clear throat * Shortness of breath * If you're frequently experiencing any of the above, you may have acid reflux or GERD, which can mask other serious health problems.Coping with Chronic Heartburn provides a wealth of up-to-the-minute information regarding the latest diagnostic and treatment options available to sufferers. Elaine Fantle Shimberg explains how to differentiate GERD from other conditions with similar symptoms and also explains how to know if you should consult a doctor.Find out which medications, herbal remedies and foods can alleviate GERD---and which lifestyle changes can help its painful symptoms. AUTHORBIO: Elaine Fantle Shimberg is an award-winning medical writer whose previous books have covered depression, strokes, Tourette Syndrome, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and other conditions.She is the first layperson to serve on the Florida Medical Association's Ethical and Judicial Affairs Committee and is past president of the Florida Chapter of the American Medical Writer's Association.She lives in Tampa, FL.

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Is in the language of German (I believe) so not real clear on what it is about. I am assuming it is about Jacopo Della Quercia von Franz Landsberger. Bibliothek Der Kunstgeschichte Herausgeben Von Hans Tietze Band 74. Has 12 pages of written German. Then the rest of the book is photos. from a museum. One page is stamped Museum of the Fine Arts. Boston Massachusetts. Book title reads. Jacopo Della Quercia von F. Landsberger. Bibliothek Der Kunst Geschichte Band 74.

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Jacopo della Quercia
Jacopo della] Beck, James [Quercia
Manufacturer: Columbia Univ Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Generation Exodus is a unique generational history of the young people whose lives were irrevocably shaped by the rise of the Nazis. Half a million Jews lived in Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933. Over the next decade, thousands would flee. Among these refugees, teens and young adults formed a remark-able generation. Laqueur has drawn on interviews, published and unpublished memoirs, and his own experiences as a member of this group of refugees to paint a vivid and moving portrait of Generation Exodus.

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I AM A MEMBER OF THE GENERATION THE BOOK DEALS WITH.......2001-12-02

I WAS BORN IN BERLIN,. GERMANY, AND CAME TO THE US VIA CUBA IN 1941. THE WEALTH OF MATERIALS WAS ASTONISHING-THE AUTHOR COVERED ALMOST MORE TOPICS THAN WERE NEEDED. HE CAREFULLY POINTED OUT THE PROBLEMS OF IMMIGRATION TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND MADE IT QUITE CLEAR WHY IMMMIGRATION TO THE US (A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS) MADE IT EASIER FOR US TO BE ACCEPTED THAN IN OTHER CULTURES. I KNOW THAT LAQUEUR IS AN ACADEMIC, BUT FEEL THAT HE OVEREMPHASIZED THE NUMBER OF NOBEL PRICE WINNERS IN THIS GENERATION. MOST INTERESTING, TO ME, WAS THE ACCOUNT OF WHY SOME GERMAN JEWS RETURNED TO GERMANY.

GENERATION EXODUS: The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany

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GENERATION EXODUS: The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany
Walter Laqueur
Manufacturer: Brandeis U Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RNWHHY

Holocaust survivors. (Books).(five books on the Holocaust)(Book Review): An article from: The Antioch Review

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Holocaust survivors. (Books).(five books on the Holocaust)(Book Review): An article from: The Antioch Review
Erika Bourguignon
Manufacturer: Antioch Review, Inc.
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Antioch Review, published by Antioch Review, Inc. on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 2102 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: Holocaust survivors. (Books).(five books on the Holocaust)(Book Review)
Author: Erika Bourguignon
Publication: The Antioch Review (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2002
Publisher: Antioch Review, Inc.
Volume: 60 Issue: 4 Page: 703(6)

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