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    Reference Checking for Everyone : How to Find Out Everything You Need to Know About Anyone
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    Reference Checking for Everyone : How to Find Out Everything You Need to Know About Anyone
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    Reference Checking for Everyone : How to Find Out Everything You Need to Know About Anyone

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    5 out of 5 stars A Great Resource.......2006-09-16

    There's lots to know about what you can and can't ask, and a lot of that stuff is pretty obvious to an HR person. But when you're doing reference checks on a regular basis, even for an HR person, there's lots of little issues that come up that aren't so clear-cut. I picked this up to improve my own skill for reference-checking at work. I found it easy to understand, explained things in a very sensible way and answered pretty much all the little questions I had, which is exactly what I was looking for. I think it was a great, complete resource.
    Reference Checking for Everyone : How to Find Out Everything You Need to Know About Anyone
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      Reference Checking for Everyone : How to Find Out Everything You Need to Know About Anyone
      J. Michael McLaughlin Paul William Barada
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      Epilepsy: A New Approach
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • This book is a GODSEND to me.
      • My new life has begun.
      • A Classic "Must Read" for epilepsy patients, their families and friends and health care providers
      • An excellent book
      • Very Good Book!
      Epilepsy: A New Approach
      Adrienne Richard , and Joel Reiter
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      This book is a unique collaboration between a gifted writer with epilepsy and a skilled physician who has brought new insight into the treatment of this condition.
      At the age of twenty-six, when Adrienne Richard was seven months pregnant, she was diagnosed with epilepsy. For years she took anticonvulsant drugs to control her seizures, but she wanted to wean herself from the powerful drugs if she could. During the first ten years without medication she had only one seizure. Her goal was to live seizure-free.
      Ms. Richard practiced yoga, biofeedback, and mind/body techniques in the eighties to help her reach that goal. While writing an article for a magazine based in California, she learned of Dr. Joel Reiter, who was exploring epilepsy self-care in his clinical practice and through his groundbreaking research.
      Epilepsy: A New Approach combines Adrienne Richard's own inspiring story of overcoming a debilitating condition with Dr. Reiter's up-to-the-minute medical knowledge of diagnosis and treatment. This self-help program offers people with epilepsy and those who love them a chance to regain control of their lives.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars This book is a GODSEND to me........2007-06-16

      I have always had seizures since I was a small child. I had no idea I could do more for myself than take the pills I was given by my doctor. I no longer have seizures since reading this book. I have lost my drivers on occasion due to seizures!!!

      The information in this book should be more available to everyone!!! Doctors should be telling people some of the information in this book during their visits. The nutrition section was extremely important to me.





      5 out of 5 stars My new life has begun........2006-01-15

      I have a completely new life now after reading this book and Treating Epilepsy Naturally by Patricia A. Murphy. These two books have so changed my life that I can hardly believe it. I wish I would have had these books over 20 years ago. But now, I have them and am so grateful. After having a seizure every week I am almost beside myself now that it has been over 6 weeks. And I haven't even tried everything in these books. Just a few. I wish I could give a medal to the authors. I wish I could express my thanks properly. If you have epilepsy or know someone who does, you won't regret reading these books and applying their advice. They are an answered prayer.

      5 out of 5 stars A Classic "Must Read" for epilepsy patients, their families and friends and health care providers.......2005-10-26

      In spite of no new edition for ten years, this book is still highly relevent. The information on medication is a bit dated but everything else seems to be timeless.

      In a world full of medical miracles people often expect a simple solution to their medical problems; i.e., "take a pill and everything will be alright." With epilepsy that is often not the case. There is so much more to the condition than just seizures. There is so much more to treating the disease than just taking pills. Most physicians are so pressed for time because of managed care and too few specialty providers that they rarely have time during an appointment to discuss the many aspects of epilepsy let alone the finer points of treating it.

      This book addresses the many facets of epilepsy and suggests ways that individuals can take control of their disease. Most of the ideas are backed up with anecdotal evidence, but the concepts are extremely cogent and intellectually appealing.

      Rather than listing the contents of the book I think it is sufficient to say that the book advocates a holistic approach to the person with epilepsy. I heartily endorse that idea. It will be up to the individual and their family to make that happen. Physicians can help by directing people to resources outside of the traditional "just take your meds" approach. It is good to have a balanced approach to this condition.

      I highly recommend this book. It is extremely well written and is a joy to read. Of all of the books I have read on epilepsy (so far), it more than any other paints a broad picture of the disease and advocates a balanced approach (between traditional medicine and alternative methods) to helping the person take control of their disease process.

      5 out of 5 stars An excellent book.......2004-02-08

      I bought this book back in 1995, and I still use it. It has chapters on foods and chemicals to avoid, exercises, relaxation... It is very helpful and my seizures have lessened. I cannot guarantee if they lessened due to this book, but I think so (o:

      5 out of 5 stars Very Good Book!.......2001-03-01

      I really enjoyed reading this book. From biomedical information to deep relaxation techniques, Epilepsy, A New Approach, covers many aspects of living with seizures. It includes ways to encourage seizure reduction and gives the reader some positive feedback. I would definitely recommend this book for those who cannot have surgery. This book is full of useful information, and it is written very well.
      Epilepsy A New Approach
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        Adrienne and Reiter, Joel Richard
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        Epilepsy: A New Approach
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          Adrienne and Joel Reiter, M.D. Richard
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          A New approach to dietetic therapy in epilepsy, eclampsia of pregnancy and infancy, migraine, angina pectoris, bronchial asthma, allergic diseases, gout, ... of water and minerals and its disturbances
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            A New approach to dietetic therapy in epilepsy, eclampsia of pregnancy and infancy, migraine, angina pectoris, bronchial asthma, allergic diseases, gout, ... of water and minerals and its disturbances
            Eugene Földes
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            The 23rd Cycle
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • Not what I expected, but not bad
            • Vital, but strangely incomplete
            • Good introduction for general science readers
            • Interesting Book About Our Sun and its Effect on Earth
            The 23rd Cycle
            Sten Odenwald
            Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
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            On March 13, 1989, the entire Quebec power grid collapsed, automatic garage doors in California suburbs began to open and close without apparent reason, and microchip production came to a halt in the Northeast; in space, communications satellites had to be manually repointed after flipping upside down, and pressure readings on hydrogen tank supplies on board the Space Shuttle Discovery peaked, causing NASA to consider aborting the mission. What was the cause of all these seemingly disparate events? Sten Odenwald gives convincing evidence of the mischievous -- and potentially catastrophic -- power of solar storms and the far-reaching effects of the coming "big one" brewing in the sun and estimated to culminate in the twenty-third cycle in the year 2001 and beyond. When the sun undergoes its cyclic "solar maximum," a time when fierce solar flares and storms erupt, fantastic auroras will be seen around the world. But the breathtaking spectacles will herald a potentially disastrous chain of events that merit greater preparation than Y2K. Is anyone listening?

            The 23rd Cycle traces the previously untold history of solar storms and the ways in which they were perceived by astronomers -- and even occasionally covered up by satellite companies. Punctuated with an insert containing dramatic color images showing the erupting sun, the book also includes a history of the record of auroral sightings, accounts of communications blackouts from the twentieth century, a list of industries sensitive to solar storms, and information about radiation and health issues.

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, but not bad.......2003-10-23

            When I saw the title of this book, I had images of butterfly diagrams, an adequate amount of astrophysics and space physics, etc. However, the book's subtitle, "Learning to Live with a Stormy Star" was a much better clue as to the book's contents. Although some stellar/space science is briefly discussed, the main theme of the book is centered on sociological hardships, financial losses, research budgets, business interests, etc., all pertaining to our periodically stormy sun. Especially highlighted are: the survival of expensive satellites in space during less than ideal space weather, the sociological effects of their loss and the effects of this weather on power grids on earth. But my unfulfilled expectations and resulting disappointment should not result in a poor rating for this book. It is well written, very informative and seems to thoroughly cover, I think, what it was apparently intended to cover - hence my rating of 4 stars.

            5 out of 5 stars Vital, but strangely incomplete.......2003-03-14

            I am recommending this book to everyone. I am quite convinced by Odenwald's data and studies I have encountered prior to this epochal book that our goverments need to take seriously what the good doctor is warning us about. The threat of unprecedented super-solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections from our unsteady star, ones that could blank out power-grids, destroy communications satellites and possibly fry increasingly vunerable microchips is something every thinking person should consider.
            Nevertheless, despite the five star rating I gave, I was appalled at the meager three-page index, the (in a few places) inaccurate bibliography and the many errata, typoes and copy-edit mistakes in the text. Everyone who buys or reads this book needs to heed this caveat and go to the website; and there are useful updates as well.
            Nonetheless, I see the need for urgency in rushing it into press, but do not see why a Ph.D (who probably finds his lay contacts amusing) and a respected publisher like Columbia University Press would allow errors that are usually -- allegedly -- reserved for the much reviled and controversial Print On Demand books. I urge Dr. Odenwald and his publisher to provide us with a revised edition (with, important material to make the 23rd Cycle even a greater book and more complete than it currently is) as soon as feasible.

            4 out of 5 stars Good introduction for general science readers.......2001-07-16

            Interesting topic, though I judged the coverage to be uneven. Readers wanting an update about solar physics will be disappointed by a lack of details; but this can be supplemented by a visit to NASA’s solar physics Web pages.... Policy-makers should be impressed by the real and potential economic fallout from massive solar plasma discharges; but some of Odenwald’s detailed examples illustrate a coincidental rather than true cause-and-effect relation of solar events to Earth-based calamities. The Exon Valdez disaster is discussed at length before being dismissed, and is referenced later. Several pages detail inconveniences due to a power blackout in the D.C. area which had nothing to do with unusual solar activity. I found these references obtuse — I would have greatly preferred to see more information about the sun.

            Still, the book’s final chapter is particularly illuminating, detailing current activities and difficulties for space weather researchers seeking project funding in competition with higher profile but much less utilitarian activities such as cosmology. This is followed by several interesting “notes” which provide a few more details about certain chapter topics. The last few pages quote astronomers describing stars seemingly similar to our sun which periodically emit massively greater plasma discharges, enough to literally fry our little world in an instant. Why is our sun different? This is really getting interesting! You turn the page, and that’s it — end of story.

            Odenwald’s intent is to increase awareness about real and potential economic and personal safety issues related to variable solar activity. His book serves as a useful starting point for interested general science readers. Those seeking in-depth coverage of this topic will need to look elsewhere, starting with papers and documents listed in the lengthy bibliography.

            4 out of 5 stars Interesting Book About Our Sun and its Effect on Earth.......2001-03-04

            If I could give this book three and a half stars I would, but since I think some people could find it more interesting than I did, I gave it four starts.

            This book describes the sun's eleven-year cycle of highs and lows in sun spot activity. While the mechanism, which produces these sun spots, is not well understand, what well known is that the sun produces vast amounts of high energy particles (radiation), both continuously and in bursts which ultimately affects the Earth's magnetic field and life on Earth. The book focused on how past solar magnetic storms have affected the power grid system and the geostationary satellites. Finally, the author makes some predictions on the upcoming solar maximum in the year 2001 and its potential for life on Earth. I should point out that the author is an astronomer and makes his predictions based on data and past experiences and not is some doomsayer trying to make a quick buck.

            There are also several extremely interesting chapters on the effects of solar magnetic storms on the modern day life. One chapter shows that in 1989, a solar magnetic storm shut down a good portion of the Canadian electrical power grid, leaving some people without power for several days. The chapter on the effects of radiation on the human body was very enlightening. For example, this chapter shows that living in high altitude location like Denver was similar to receiving several chest X-rays a year. Also, radiation from cosmic sources was significantly greater than that received from living next to a nuclear power plant.

            One area that was overlooked in this was the effect of sun spot activity on global warming or cooling. It is well known that a mini ice age that occurred several centuries ago coincided with a lack of sun spot activity.
            Social and Structural Change - Consequences for Business Cycle: Selected Papers Presented at the 23rd Ciret Conference, Helsinki (Ciret Conference Proceedings)
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              Social and Structural Change - Consequences for Business Cycle: Selected Papers Presented at the 23rd Ciret Conference, Helsinki (Ciret Conference Proceedings)

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              The 23rd Cycle
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                Sten Odenwald
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                23rd Cycle : Learning to Live with a Stormy Star
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                  Sten F. Odenwald
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                  23rd Cycle: Learning to Live with a Stormy Star.
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                    23rd Cycle: Learning to Live with a Stormy Star.
                    Sten F. Odenwald
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                    Selected papers submitted to the 23rd Ciret Conference 1997 in Helsinki (Ciret-Studien)
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                      Studies in Natural Product Chemistry : Structure and Chemistry, Part E (Studies in Natural Products Chemistry Vol. 19)
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                        Studies in Natural Product Chemistry : Structure and Chemistry, Part E (Studies in Natural Products Chemistry Vol. 19)
                        Atta-Ur-Rahman
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                        Hardbound. The present volume of Studies in Natural Products Chemistry which is the 19th in the series presents important research work carried out over a wide front of natural product chemistry. It includes the synthesis of dendrobatid alkaloids, aspidosperma and related alkaloids and some important natural products via aliphatic nitro derivatives, cannabinoids, brassinosteroids, quinocarcin and its related compounds, mannostatins and cyclophellitols and derivatives of grandiflorenic acid and some related diterpenes. The volume also presents marine cyclic halo ether compounds, oxidative ring transformation of 2-furylcarbinols and stereoselective synthesis of C-branched nucleoside analogues. The present work in the area of marine chemistry also includes reviews on bioactive marine macrolides, hormones in the red swamp crayfish. Work on novel polysaccharides from microorganisms and plants, the dereplication of plant-derived natural produc
                        Studies in Natural Product Chemistry : Structure and Chemistry, Part E (Studies in Natural Products Chemistry Vol. 19)
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                          A. U. Rahman
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                          Exploring the Borderlands: Documents Of The Committee On Common Problems Of Genetics, Paleontology, And Systematics (Transactions of the American Philosophical ... of the American Philosophical Society)
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                            A Thousand Acres: A Novel
                            Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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                            A Thousand Acres: A Novel
                            Jane Smiley
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                            Release Date: 2003-12-02

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                            Aging Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his 1,000-acre farm--one of the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa--to his three daughters, Caroline, Ginny and Rose. A man of harsh sensibilities, he carves Caroline out of the deal because she has the nerve to be less than enthusiastic about her father's generosity. While Larry Cook deteriorates into a pathetic drunk, his daughters are left to cope with the often grim realities of life on a family farm--from battering husbands to cutthroat lenders. In this winner of the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Smiley captures the essence of such a life with stark, painful detail.

                            Book Description

                            A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear cast upon a typical American community in the late twentieth century, A Thousand Acres takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride, and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.

                            Customer Reviews:

                            4 out of 5 stars inside the whitewashed farmhouse.......2007-10-02

                            Way-too-human darker side of the many facets of the Midwest farm life, plus some deeply satisfying glimpses into its regional and natural history. A good read. I guess Smiley did create a very well-developed main character, because I still keep worrying about how she's doing. The others, however, were pretty one-dimensional, and more than a few of the plot turns seemed unrealistic, definitely not fleshed out, but I was completely willing to suspend disbelief in order to continue turning the pages to peer into the mind of that main character.

                            3 out of 5 stars Lacking in character development.......2007-07-13

                            This book held my interest enough for me to finish it over the course of 3-4 days (I have two toddlers so that's an accompishment!), but by the end of the book I thought there were way too many unanswered questions, particularly due to poor character development and the relationships among the family members. I kept waiting to understand why Caroline was so distant from the family, but there were only mentions here and there but not enough of an explanation. I feel the author could have added so much more to the story regarding the death of their mother when they were young children. There was no depth or dimension to the characters of Ty, Pete, or Rose. Ginny, perhaps because the book was told from her point of view, was the only character I felt like I really knew. The story had the potential to be better but it was difficult for me to invest in any of the characters.

                            3 out of 5 stars Age Appropriate?.......2007-06-27

                            This book was a part of my senior reading list for my upcoming AP Liturature course. The characters routinly annoyed me with their inability to see Ginny's father for what he really was and I found Ty's lack of loyalty to his wife the most distressing of all the character relations. The author does a splendid job of convincing you of Ginny's choices and I often found myself unable to wait for the next chapter. Despite this, I didn't feel that the ending was very helpful in its resolution of the conflicts created throughout the story. I realize it's a modern adaptation of "King Lear" but I could not find full satisfaction. It all seemed insufficient. There were also several brief descriptive moments of sexual thought and action that I found very inappropriate. As an AP student I must be mature but, at 16 I am conflicted with the notion of reading the explicit beginning of a sexual encounter between a husband and his wife. While some teens would read such descriptions with lust and others might not even notice, I felt very uncomfortable and couldn't get over the sensation that someone was going to scold me despite my age for reading something as open as this book is. My discomfort overruled my opinion of plot and I would only recommend this book to someone over the age of 18.

                            4 out of 5 stars A Compelling Read.......2007-06-15

                            I've heard of references to King Lear but as I read on, I was also struck by similarities to "Wuthering Heights"...families torn asunder, too, and some outlandish emotions. Dramas played out against an unforgiving landscape, and the sense of isolation. But the detail to every-day life, such as the narrator attending to the process of keeping a farm and farm-house running, both makes it more plausible and keeps us anchored. When Ginny plans revenge on Rose, her actions and methodical, painstaking steps she takes, are ghastly but have a certain dark humor, too. I read this in just under three days, and had to force myself to stop at times, just to attend to details of my own household.

                            3 out of 5 stars Tedious writing and shallow characters - reasonable story.......2007-05-30

                            I liked the idea of the book, but expected a more riveting account about 3 sisters, their men and their inheritance. The characters were run-of-the-mill and could have been described with richer adjectives. Sibling rivalry, sisterly love and differences in these slightly boring characters could have been refined further.

                            The scenes are credible with descriptions of the food, crockery, clothing, if a little unimaginative with cliches and tautologies. There were a few twists in plot, but it was stale.

                            A good editor could have condensed the book to about 1/3rd the length and replaced some obvious adjectives to improve the writing.

                            C J Critt's reading was clear and voices were well differentiated on the tape, even if the tone was a little patronizing.

                            I managed to go through all 11 tapes, but it didn't hook me like some books. Finally a note of caution - whereas most of the book is suitable for youth, the sexual nature of the content makes it unsuitable for playing on family trips with children.
                            Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)
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                            Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)
                            Susan E., M.D. Farrell
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                            This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years - from `The Remains of the Day' to `White Teeth'. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.

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                            3 out of 5 stars Jinxed.......2003-06-24

                            I want to re-title this book, Jinxed, as that's how I feel each time I read it. I threw this book across the room after finishing it, but after a few days realize perhaps Jane was trying to tell us how important a mother is in our lives. I grew up on a farm, my mother had a grave illness, but survived and lived as a disabled person all her life. My father brought her home from hospital and he and extended family (but mostly my dad) dedicated theirselves to making a normal successful life for us. I want to write an answer to Jane's novel that tells the story of how adversity can bring out the best --not the worst -- in people.

                            5 out of 5 stars Good for teachers and students.......2002-01-15

                            I teach this novel at a local college, and this book has given me a lot of new angles to take, for which I'm grateful. It's particularly good on the ecological aspects of the novel. The author packs a lot of material into a short space. And I recommend it to my students with the proviso that they don't copy it for their essays.
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                              Commercial Transactions: Secured Financing, Cases, Materials, Problems, 1992
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