Gary Price Todd was an ophthalmologist who discovred than many diseases of the eyes -- such as cataracts and macular degeneration -- could be treated effectively will appropriate nutritional supplements. From this important discovery he went on to learn that appropriate nutrients could prevent and even cure many other diseases, including heart disease. This book presents -- in very clear, readable language -- details of many of Dr. Todd's findings. It is an excellent place to start if you want to improve you health -- especially you eyesight -- with nutrition rather than undergo treatment with pharmaceutical drugs or sugery.

This book contains information of a highly respected ophthalmologist's successful treatment protocol of a disease considered "incurable": macular degenertion. It contains a list of the substances (mostly food supplements, vitamins, minerals etc. which he discovered that in combination could reverse (sometimes completely as in my husband's case) this dreaded disease about 88% of the time. I highly recommend that if you have this condition, get 2 copies and give one to your own ophthalmologist with the hope that he will be open to supervising this treatment using Dr. Todd's protocol. It requires a prescription thyroid medication (trademark: "cytomel") along with the relevant supplements. Highly readable with an explanation of the cause of this problem and other eye diseases that he has successfully treated but considered incurable by orthodoxy.

Research is one of the most important elements of great writing. Verifiable details not only carry the story forward, but also teach and allow the readers to trust the writer, so they are able to suspend disbelief. Unfortunately, the reviews of this book are dry and do not show the potential of completely describing the anatomical structure of the human body.

Is there a doctor or nurse in your story?

The renderings of cadavers show the entire system of nerves, muscles, tendons, veins, arteries, etc. Therefore, if your character is hiking, falls, and breaks a bone you can be very specific about the break and how it affects the surrounding tissue. Was the bone an ulna or a fibula? The first is a broken arm, and it is possible that both major bones (second is radius) are broken. If repelling down a cliff wall in order to get away from a pack of wolves is part of the story, how will s/he do it? What muscles and tendons are affected by the break? The second is a leg bone between the knee and ankle; if this and the femur are broken, do the bones protrude through the skin? Can s/he stand, walk, or crawl?

What I specifically like about this book is the ability to describe the details surrounding any body part because I can see it. The diagrams are clearly labeled in each of the sections, which are the Trunk --Body Wall and Spine, Thorax, Abdomen, Pelvis and Perineum, Lower Limb, Upper Limb, Head and Neck, and Cranial and Autonomic Nerves.

Remember, if the digastric is inflamed, the culprit could be a rusty nail that caused lockjaw because there is no vaccine available. For my research, this is book is five stars.

Victoria Tarrani

This book combines renderings, cadaver photos, x-rays to make a complete view of the human anatomy. A must have.

Beckwith and Jones perform an excellent service by admitting to the difficulty of this important issue by sharing intelligent observations from both sides of the table. "Reader in Seattle" is just another clueless woman whose ignorant comments admit to her bigotry.

Intelligent, open-minded readers will enjoy this collection.

Gender, race, and class are what A.A. addresses, not the hurt feelings of a few clueless white males. As a feminist who happens to be a white Woman, I'm challenging the paradigms of gender and race imposed upon us by elitist white males. As a graduate of Stanford, I renew my committment to fighting those people who would take diversity away from our campuses, not just in California but everywhere. Let's rememeber then, someday white males will need Affirmative Action!!!!

I wanted to just "read" the book to the kids. But gosh, I started singing it. And did they love it. I sang and flipped pages as fast as I could. Over and over. I teach preschool and this was America week. This was pretty much the only book about America their "level." It has beautiful "impressionistic" painitings of all sorts of beautiful and significant places in America that you can talk about. And if you are proud and interested, the kids will be too. We sit on a map rug so the kids are getting familiar with all our landmarks. But this book helps learn the song and gets them familiar with our nation. The last page has a picture of the Statue of Liberty in the harbor, "from sea to shining sea." I felt so good to read this to the kids. Please get this to make not only children feel good about where they come from, but also you as well!

The book has good illustrations and it has the song five times. The illustrations go very nicely with the words to the song.

After the death of a friend or loved one many people comment how helpful a book of this kind would have been to assist in going through the process of dying.While not necessarily scientific it should be required as a sensitivity training for physicians where caring and not curing is mandatory for a successful closure

This book was obviously designed to be simple and easy to read. This helps, because dealing with complex medical terms at the same time you're coping with the death of a loved one is simply too much to ask.

Although the book is slightly weighted towards helping nurses or hospice staff, it will be useful for just "plain folks" who are NOT doctors or nurses but want to know if their professional caregivers are doing the "right things."

If you anticipate caring for a dying friend or relative at home, I would suggest getting this book and reading through it (it's very brief and right to the point) BEFORE the emotions and stress of this job reach critical mass. The information here can help anyone facing this reduce the stress, provide some confidence, maybe even shed light on how dying (and caring for a dying person) can be a growth process.

It's not "New Age" or mystical, but it is full of useful, elegantly-explained methods of dealing with the things that happen as we die.

"Basic Essentials: Weather Forecasting" is a practical guide to weather as it relates to its most important aspect to humans: what its going to do next. It is a nice blend of conveying "weather 101" without losing sight of what it might be telling us. Chpt 1, for example, follows up telling us what causes storms, lighting and tornadoes with some practical safety advice. Similarly, in Chpt 2, we learn what the different types of clouds are and then how to tell when the weather is getting better or worse by reading cloud formations.

There is a hidden gem in Chpt 5 (subtitled: Semireliable Forecasting from Legends and Lore). In it, 2 dozen weather "wives' tales" of various usefulness are examined.

Overall, this is ideal for campers, hikers, boaters, amateur naturalists and scouts. Also recommended, Instant Weather Forecasting by Alan Watts.

I thought this book was very well written. It gives you good advice and knowledge about weather forecasting and what to look for when doing so. I am studying to be a weather observer and this book has been a good reference book, I take it to work with me as I watch the weather on my driving job. Thank You for the opportunity to review this book.

What can I say - maybe I'm suicidal, but I think vehicles are fun to use in Battletech - even against the big guys. I also prefer the older stuff, before the weapons charts started filling whole pages due to their excessive length.

Someone once said to me that no 'Mech can stand up to its own weight in hovercraft - try taking savanah masters up against anything (using one for every five tons of enemy), and I think you'll see that he's right!

Plenty of information available for both the Battletech game and the Mechwarrior RPG. Color pictures are also a bonus!

A collection of fascinating personal stories of individual and collection action against injustice! This book dispels myths that give central location to the Stonewall rebellion, showing instead a much more complex history of activism for gay and lesbian rights. Although the biographies are uneven (some are too short, and some are written by their subjects' partners, hence too celebratory), most of these approximately forty biographies show the successes and charms, foibles and failures of a remarkable group of people -- gay, lesbian, bisexual, heterosexual, transgendered, non-transgendered -- who all made a tremendous difference in the quality of life possible for gays and lesbians in the United States today.

Launched a half-century ago, the American gay and lesbian rights movement has achieved a remarkable success. Its influence has spread throughout the world, contributing enormously to the happiness, productivity, and self-esteem of homosexual citizens elsewhere. For the most part, those who launched this wonderful development in the 1950s did not realize, or did not record, the essence of their achievement. They were too busy doing their work. Now, under the guidance of Vern Bullough, a major scholar in the field, it has been written down. In biographies of some forty individuals, many fascinating in their own right, the story is told. It is as if one received a whole raft of biographies in one volume! This book must be seen and read in order to understand its remarkable contribution, a contribution that is significant for all of us.

Truly a superb work of detailed analysis and fact. Dr. Feinberg's astute knowledge of his subject matter makes this work an impressive necessity for any bookshelf for all professionals and those, like myself who are personal injury attorneys, to be able to understand neurological function and disorder. Bravo!

Feinberg and Farah have edited a clear, comprehensive text for those interested in the neurological side of neuropsychology. If you want just one neuropsych. book - this is it! Including all the basics together with some areas seldom covered in texts of this type, well illustrated, and without obfuscation, this book discusses many disorders, syndromes and mental functions; the etiology of disorders, the history and rationale underlying models and testing. Suitable for the graduate student or professional neuropsychologist, and attractively produced. Well worth the price

Earlier tellings of this story have tended to be loose on research and facts. Todd Jones has really done a fine job of researching and protraying this powerful story. I highly recommend this not only to avid war book fans but also those who crave an exciting and suspenseful read.

"The only way to tell the story of any battle is to tell it equally from both sides, which Todd Jones has done. The book handled the love story beautifully. The characters were given a lot of depth, you could feel yourself in their place at that time. The amount of research done for this book is obvious.