January 2014 | Gymnastics Equipment For Home

The Knotty Truth: Managing Tightly Coiled Hair at Home: DIY Survival Guide

If you are looking for natural hair care solutions this is the book for you. The book makes you realize that many so called "must have" products are really "must not have" products, at least if you are trying revitalize your hair in an environmentally and biologically friendly manner.I loved this book! I actually...

The Gerson Therapy: The Proven Nutritional Program for Cancer and Other Illnesses

A Highly Recommended First Book On The Use And Application Of Alternative Medicine/Natural Healing for Chronic Conditions.This is the book that I would first recommend for anyone wanting to understand the use of alternative medicine for the healing of any chronic condition including cancer I would also highly...

Herbs for Natural Beauty (Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Remedies)

First off: I love this author's books-after buying this one, I purchased her herbal book for women. This is an awesome book for those like myself who prefer shopping at natural food stores and if you like the idea of making your own beauty products. Rosemary has a warm and friendly style in this well written,...

Complete Tubefeeding: Everything you need to know about tubefeeding, tube nutrition, and blended die

How I wish I had had this book when my son first got his tube! Instead we were sent home with order to pump him full of formula and work with our therapists on oral skills. Easier said than done. Only after dumping formula altogether and switching to a blended diet has our son really taken off and stopped puking!...

The Miracle of Apple Cider Vinegar: Practical Tips for Health, Home, & Beauty

What I liked about this book was that the author didn't claim that ACV cures every disease there is and does everything but the dishes. That was quite refreshing. The health claims made by the author were quite measured, as is appropriate.The book starts off by explaining the compounds which make up apples and...

Natural First Aid: Herbal Treatments for Ailments & Injuries/Emergency Preparedness/Wilderness Safet

Natural First Aid will help you to care for others with the natural remedies you have on hand. The key is to stay calm, move quickly, and know what to do. If you need to arm yourself with information for both emergency and non-emergency situations this is the book. After reading it I have come to the conclusion...

The Joseph H. Pilates Method at Home: A Balance, Shape, Strength, and Fitness Program

Absolutely delighted with the clear, concise way this book has been put together for teaching the Pilates method. Excellent photographs to show all positions. A book well suited to the older person especially those wanting to take control of their lazy tummy muscles again. (Tip: I use a child's soccer ball...

Death by Pedicure: the dirty secrets of nail salons

I am a nail tech with many concerns about the lack of sanitation and safety in the nail industry. This book was my text book in the Advanced Nail Tech course offered by Medinails Learning Center, and taught by the author Dr. Spalding. The book is clear and concise, not heady. It is easy to understand, informative...

Husband-Coached Childbirth (Fifth Edition): The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth

I read about the Bradley Method of Natural childbirth during my early months of pregnancy, was intrigued, and bought this book. I really found it helpful-I got my husband to read it too. While the book's complete lack of pictures tended to be frustrating at times, especially in the exercise section, I found...

A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and Improve Your Personal Performance

Traditional Work: How you work is probably how you worked.When I looked at that line in my notebook (after reading Daniel Markowitz's book, A Factory of One) I thought about the busy-ness that many people talk about as they relate to their workday. As you consider what you get done in a typical 8 or 10 or 15-hour...

The Mold Survival Guide: For Your Home and for Your Health

This book written by long time professional home inspector Jeff May and his writer spouse Connie is a good introduction to mold problems in buildings, particularly homes. It combines an excellent narrative writing style, and unusual for a book that should appeal to many lay readers, a strong scientific understanding...

Home Care Guide for Cancer (American College of Physicians Homecare)

During my husband's two year battle with colon cancer, I constantly used this book as a resource. Now my sister's husband has cancer and I am ordering a copy for her. I highly recommend this book to any caregiver, it would even apply to any severe illness where there is caregiving. It was given to us by our...

Easy Hikes Close to Home: San Diego

San Diego should, perhaps, be located further north in California. It has the heavy development found among the other southern California metropolitan areas but it also offers an ambiance that is in some ways more typical of the central California coast. Outdoor recreation is highly valued in San Diego. More...

The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Juvenile Diabetes: Reassuring Advice for Managing Sym

I received this book several days ago. I have already read it completely and think it is the most comprehensive book to date about raising a child with diabetes. The topics covered are helpful for the parent of a newly diagnosed child as well as seasoned parents of a child living with diabetes who are moving...

Planting the Future: Saving Our Medicinal Herbs

Planting the Future provides both motivation and instruction for saving medicinal plants. The public's growing realization of the healing potential of plants is positive, but over-harvesting has led to a decline in native stands of many plants. Rosemary Gladstar has gathered a stellar team of writers to address...

The Essential Oils Book: Creating Personal Blends for Mind & Body

I own many books on this subject, but I find myself pulling this one off the shelf time and again. It offers a lot of basic information in an easy to use format. There are more complete lists of oils and their propertiesout there, but I like this book because it also includes recipes and advice, and inspires...

O2xygen Therapies: A New Way of Approaching Disease

I finally reminded him and he claimed to have lost it. But, 2 weeks later he found it and I promised to find him one on the Internet (Charlie don't surf).What I like about this book:1The inclusion of studies from around the world. People in the US somehow act like the only valid medical and scientific studies...

The Jungle Effect: Healthiest Diets from Around the World--Why They Work and How to Make Them Work f

It's a travelogue, a nutrition advice book (complete with case studies), and a cookbook, too. Writing in the first person, Daphne Miller brings these three books together into one fun read. She's adventurous and curious, which makes a book about preventing diabetes, cancer and depression into a delight. Who'd...

Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898 (Dover Fashion and Costumes)

Extensive and detailed illustrations, with good captions (including dates), divided into four style periods (1867-1874, 1875-1882, 1883-1890, 1891-1898). Narrative introduction to each period gives the general style trends. Very useful: includes hairstyles, shoes, parasols, aprons, decorative details,...