I picked this book up at the library along with several books on crystals. But this book is the best by far for interesting information. Crystal cards seem to be quite powerful. The astronauts used them to ground themselves while in space. Now I'm trying to find out where I can get thise cards. This book opened up my mind about crystals. I had not idea they were used for other than new age fun.

This personal chronicle, which came out a year ago, is particularly interesting in the light of more recent events. The author, born a decade or so ahead of the much-discussed Greatest Generation, shares their sense of mission and heroic destiny as she accepts a wartime assignment with the American Red Cross in Asia. But unlike many of her compatriots called to serve overseas, she is already fully formed by a gentler, more gracious milieu. A well-educated pastor's daughter, raised in a sympathetic family and become an accomplished musician teaching in a prestigious public school, Eddie is sent to direct programs in one or more of the recently established overseas clubs where servicemen might renew themselves during their hours off duty.
Biding time in a succession of canteens, infirmaries, and one-room shacks in India, she has difficulty imagining what she might do of value for a team of black American engineers as they struggle to build the road that is to save Burma from being conquered by the Japanese. The labor is excruciating, the conditions deplorable, the workers (both imported and indigenous) shamelessly exploited...the only viable development for her being a deepening friendship with a medical officer who hopes to marry her. Sent on to China, though, she really hits her stride. Drawing on a long-nurtured fascination with that country, she enters wholeheartedly into her work, making the most of what she recognizes as a privileged adventure and mustering all her resources to the task of establishing her ultimate club program. Together with her supervisor and the servicemen who volunteer their talents, she furnishes and decorates the clubhouse, stocks a library, a record collection, and an ensemble of instruments, and organizes a variety of social and cultural activities, including improvised musical and theatrical productions and classical music sessions by candlelight. Understandably, she is often approached romantically, not only--as she remarks--because of the scarcity of females, but also undoubtedly because of the fine-featured, high-contrast beauty that shines through the book's accompanying photos, where she resembles a sort of long-limbed Vivien Leigh in Katharine Hepburn's costumes, mingling as gracefully with the natives as any latter-day princess. To her mind, for one, she is a civilizing influence, keeping the men in training for their women back home.
If the Japanese during that period are her Taliban--and she inadvertently suggests several parallels, from their brutal treatment of women to their ethically empty preoccupation with power and conquest--she never lets them ruin her trip, not even for a day. Or so it seems, perhaps because her narrative is filtered through letters written to her parents and her sister Dorothy, who is simultaneously doing counseling and social work in England, Belgium and France. Dot's letters supply an important supporting voice: that of a more conventional older sister, who remains unconditionally loyal and helpful, especially when it comes to satisfying the Red Cross, with which she was to make her own life's work. Though we never hear from him, we are informed that brother Vinton is a recognized expert on chemical warfare, adding another note that has been updated by circumstance.
However necessary the current American retaliation in the Middle East--and most of us see it as imperative--one cannot help being stricken, at the same time, by a sense that something has been lost since the days detailed here. One hears almost weekly, now, of unnecessary violence and destruction by American soldiers, whether because of blunders or--more disturbingly--because of aggression gone berserk. Is there any modern equivalent of the Red Cross club program overseas? Could it work for the current generation of soldiers? Are there people competent and willing to carry it through? Judging from the many lively and moving anecdotes in this book, such an institution seems to offer possibilities not only for safeguarding the humanity of service people abroad, but also for engaging the empathy of other peoples everywhere.

but aren't sure where to begin....the answer is RIGHT HERE! Not only do you get a great book full of pictures and information that is JUST RIGHT for beginners, you get a pouch full of your own crystals! No running around trying to find the crystals talked about in the book! The crystals I got in my kit were a nice size, and of an excellent quality. However, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone already familiar with crystals, as the information is very basic, and you probably already have the crystals.

In some of Jo Clayton's books, the biggest shortcoming has been her tendency to design on a grand scale -- races, worlds, cultures and dialects in which you could literally get lost. The focus of the book was diminished as you were continually distracted by wondering what a particular word meant or what a particular religion was all about. In CRYSTAL HEAT, Clayton strikes a precise and enchanting balance as she presents, again, races and worlds on a grand scale, but simply presented and not at all a deterrent to an intricate plot with more twists than a roomful of Chubby Checkers.

When a coworker of mind told me he had a book by this title I had to have it! The double meanings,and common day meaning of the word makes this book a must have for every junky.

This activity book for children is FANTASTIC!!! It offers children a much needed book on metaphysics and meditation. Explains it in a way that is appealing to children, I have had to photo copy many of the activities in this book for my children because they want to do them over and over!! If you want to introduce your children to the power of Crystals.. This is a MUST HAVE book!

I have been on the lookout for this book ever since I first checked it out at the library. It is one of the best guides to crytals that I have had the pleasure of reading. The focus here is on love and romance, making this book an excellent Valentine's day gift should it ever be reprinted.

I thoroughly enjoyed this exciting fantasy sword and scorery romance. The hero, Kyne is to die for, and the heroine, Sianna, nearly does.

There is a nice balance between romance, action and fantasy. It's a real page turner that'll keep you up all night.

Elysa Hendricks is an author to read!

A book that is a must for all children aged 4-8. The message is one of hope and inspiration. A new fairy tale for our time.

This is a charming story for older children depicting the life of an American missionary family in Lebanon. Although some of the events may be fictitious, the children, the old house, and the village of Shemlan are all real, as are details like the oak tree with the concrete-filled hollow, the vineyard terraces, the missing stair railing, the fossils, Slanty Rocks, and quartz-rich Crystal Mountain itself. Set in the early part of this (20th) century, the author describes the childhood adventures of herself and of her siblings with village residents and in the surrounding hills. The nostalgic feeling is reinforced by delightful illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard of Winnie-the-Pooh fame. It is sad to note that the house, built by a feudal lord in the 1860s, was severely damaged during the war in the 1980s, and many of the trees were cut.