The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander Paperback – September 7, 2010
Author: Visit ‘s Pete Blaber Page ID: 0425236579
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”His thesis is that there aren’t that many different situations in life, and there aren’t that many different ways of dealing with them — have a few, simple principles, and, when in doubt, refer to them. He’’s a stoic with a sense of humor, and I very much enjoyed his book.” –David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director.
”A book about the complexities of combat that’s just as applicable for dealing with the complexities of business and our personal lives.” –Kevin Sharer, chairman and CEO, Amgen
–This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
About the Author
PETE BLABER commanded at every level of Delta Force, executing vital missions across the globe including destroying the largest pocket of Al Qaeda forces to date, and helping to hasten the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. He lives in Santa Monica, California.
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Paperback: 336 pagesPublisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (September 7, 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0425236579ISBN-13: 978-0425236574 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #17,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #16 in Books > History > Military > Iraq War #18 in Books > History > Military > United States > Veterans #40 in Books > History > Military > Intelligence & Espionage
When the dust has finally settled from our involvement in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, one of the engagements that I believe will occupy the time of many prognosticators for generations to come will be "Operation Anaconda" that took place in the Shahi Khot Valley of Afghanistan in the winter of 2002.
Several fine books have already been written describing what happened during those fateful hours in the frigid February and March air high in the mountains near the Pakistan border. Sean Naylor gives a gripping account of his part of the story in "Not a Good Day to Die." (See below for the link to my review from February, 2007.)
Nate Self’s recent book, "Two Wars" (to be reviewed here soon) adds another important perspective on what happened in Afghanistan and beyond.
Pete Blaber, the Delta Force commander who was in charge of the AFO (Advanced Force Operations) involved in Operation Anaconda, has written a compelling book that is a welcome addition to the ongoing dialogue about what we can all learn from the events of those days. Adding valuable insight into this engagement, Blaber’s book also takes a broad look at lessons he has learned along the way that are practical and applicable not just to military operations but to any situations that presents leadership challenges.
The title of the book, "Mission, the Men, and Me – Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander ," refers to the three priorities and three questions that Blaber set for himself in making decisions in the heat of battle: "What is best for the Mission; what is best for my men; what is best for me?" Any leader would be well served to adapt these priorities at decisive moments in responding to challenges and opportunities.
This excellent book is really about how to thrive out on the edge of a high-risk, high-profile career. It’s not a book for armchair experts or backseat drivers of whatever stripe, because one of Blaber’s key teachings is how to circumvent the kibbutzers and second-guessers in positions of authority, ignore their distractions and overcome their interference, and accomplish the mission.
In fact, while it’s a great title, the equation of the "mission", his "men" and himself "me" gives the misleading impression that Blaber may be a bit of a prima donna. In fact, the "Mission, Men and Me" framework is applied whenever Blaber is being pressured by a senior commander to take an action that Blaber is convinced will result in damage to the mission or needless harm to his men. When forced into these dilemmas, if the only consideration is his personal or career interests, than Blaber always puts "Me" at risk to assure the best outcome for the Mission and his Men.
The realism of the book can be conveyed by observing that Blaber needs to apply the Mission, Men and Me framework fairly frequently!
The book, which is officially divided into Parts One – Four, is thematically structured into three sections:
(1) The first section is a series of very helpful lessons and mental frameworks for handling intense, stressful and complex situations. Blaber has benefited from the kind of resources the US Government can afford to pour into its best and brightest, and an unbelievable amount of cutting edge cognitive, psychological, sociological, and other areas of research have been reduced to practical learnings and made available to the operators of Delta Force, and Blaber makes them available to readers of this book. Download The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander – September 7, 2010 PDF Free Download
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale Paperback – October 1, 2003
Author: Art Spiegelman ID: 0141014083
About the Author
Art Spiegelman is a contributing editor and artist for the New Yorker. His drawings and prints have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Maus, and a Guggenheim fellowship. It was also nominated for the National Book Critics Award. He lives in New York.
Paperback: 296 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK); unknown edition (October 1, 2003)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0141014083ISBN-13: 978-0141014081 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #4,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Graphic Novels > Historical & Biographical Fiction #19 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Military > World War II #23 in Books > History > World > Jewish > Holocaust
I haven’t read many graphic novels, but I am decently well-read otherwise, and my knowledge of the Holocaust would be above the average person’s, but not phenomenal. Given that background, and all that I had read about Maus, I was expecting a "tour de force" that would make at least a minor dent on my reading career. That, unfortunately, was not to be, and while I finished the book feeling that the time spent on it was definitely well spent, the book is already fading in my memory.
Maus tells the tale of an artist who decides to write a comic book based on his Father’s recount of the Holocaust, which, in fact, is what the author is doing based on his own Father’s experiences. The book spans about 4 decades from the mid-thirties to the seventies, covering the pre-WWII period to the time when the author is actually exploring the past with his Father and writing this book. There are two stories intertwined marvelously in this book: a first-hand survivor’s experience of life before, during, and after the Holocaust, and that of a relationship between an ageing Father and young-to-middle aged son who have a serious disconnect.
The two stories could actually have been written independently, but it is their excellent juxtaposition which is one of the clear highlights of the book, for it has a multiplier affect on the poignancy of both the Father’s and the Son’s situations. Each of the stories themselves is well crafted, managing to weave together a bunch of incidents across points in time to create a very smoothly flowing narrative.
Imaginative…shocking…brilliant. As the title so cleverly suggests, I could go on for days raving about this book. Having clearly thrown my objectivity out the window, let me tell you why Art Speigelman’s Maus is the best thing to happen to comix since sliced bread.
Although Maus is written in comic strip format, Spiegelman does everything he can to subvert our assumptions about the medium. There are few, if any, character `thought bubbles;’ there is little emphasis on humour and witty exchanges. This is a serious book about a serious subject: the holocaust. As Spiegelman himself notes in the book (I am paraphrIDg here), "how can a comic strip, a medium historically dismissed as nothing more than `the funnies,’ capture the horror and pathos of the attempted extermination of an entire race of people?" The great achievement of the book is that not only does it meet this lofty challenge, I honestly can’t think of another medium that could have better captured the spirit of those times. Spiegelman’s skilful use of illustration adds a layer of irony to the story, and demonstrates the pathos that underscored the rise of Nazi Germany. Particularly interesting is that people of differing backgrounds appear as animals. There is the obvious binary where Germans are depicted as cats and Jews as mice (the text quotes a disturbing German Nazi-era editorial equating Jews with the flea-ridden mouse). Among others, Poles appear as pigs, the French as frogs (problematic, to say the least, although Spiegelman tries to justify this by pointing out instances of French hostility towards Jews), and Americans as dogs. The reasons why certain animals symbolize certain countries or ethnicities is not explained, neither whether ethnicity and nationhood are essentially the same construct.
I’m Jewish–and 72 years old–but my families have been here for several generations, so I didn’t have to experience any of it, except from a great distance (and as a 5 to 10 year old). I only recently became aware that some Jews will not read any book, or see and film, relating to the Holocaust,–because they can’t stand to.
O.K. Maybe Maus isn’t the best place to start. But for those of us who are curious as to how it really was, without any sugar coating, and without having our noses rubbed in it, it is very good. We do not have to SMELL or TASTE the camps; we do not have to see rotting corpses, mice do not have very expressive faces. It is the story of a survivor–through no fault, he stresses, of his own!–told in American speech, frequently organized in Yiddish word order, frequently punctuated by Spiegelman’s own speech, and that of his wife. We learn, from a very personal story, of everything that happened to Art’s father, without having to be afraid of turning the page. It is very honest. He does indeed "bleed history." And sometimes the blood is funny as well.
There is never any question of "Well, why didn’t they get out, while they could?" You do what your country tells you to do, and by the time you realize you are a prisoner of war (Art’s father was briefly in the Polish army), and that this involves being treated like a non-human, it’s too late.
Vladek is very good at "organizing" things–eggs, chocolate, seeing his wife, finding hiding places–but had he once been caught by the wrong people, at the wrong time, with thre wrong things in his hands or speaking to the wrong people about the wrong things, there would be no Art Spiegelman.
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Hardcover: 305 pagesPublisher: Dutton Books; 1st edition (October 16, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0525478183ISBN-13: 978-0525478188 Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 1 x 8.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #23,553 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #8 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues > Runaways #62 in Books > Teens > Mysteries & Thrillers > Romantic #128 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues > Friendship
To everyone who surrounds Margo Roth Spiegelman, she is an adventurous, unconventional, and intelligent person and a highly admired someone that everyone puts on a pedestal. So when Margo sneaks into Quentin Jacobsen’s room one glorious night and involves him in her crazy exploits, he can’t help but feel as if a new page has been turned, and just maybe he can be a part of the marvelous Margo’s life.
But the next morning all of Quentin’s hopes are dashed with Margo’s disappearance. Her parents and the police think this is just another one of her stunts, but Q’s not so sure. Because Margo has left him a string of clues, one right after another, which just might lead him to her. But the thing is, he’s not sure what he’ll find.
John Green brings readers another surprising, witty, and fully honest book in Paper Towns. His writing is captivating from the very beginning as multitudes of details, no mater how large of small, flow seamlessly together. Green has a knack for highlighting the little distinguishing factors that make us human, making for more believable characters and completely enthralling book.
The mystery in Paper Towns is clever, and will leave readers scratching their heads as Q and his friends struggle to piece together the clues with some frustration and tons of humor. But the teens are just as quick to get serious as they contemplate what has actually happened to Margo and as Quentin especially comes to see her in a completely different light with a little help from the poetry of Walt Whitman.
Though Paper Towns did slow down a little bit in the middle of the book as Quentin hits a brick wall in his search, this novel is suspenseful, hilarious, and quirky, and especially appealing to the well read teen.
I know this is a YA book, but as a reader who is twice as old as Quentin (okay I lie- I’m about six years older even than that!), I thought it was one of my best reads in a long while. Having been a band nerd and heavily involved in speech and drama, I most definitely had close friends who were Quentins, Bens, or Radars, and I can think of more than one Margo in my high school (and each of them was about ten tiers higher in the caste system than I, so I cannot say we were close friends).
This past week I went to a conference in Phoenix and got stuck in the Albuquerque airport for a couple of hours on my way there. I saw Paper Towns most unattainably sitting on the top shelf out of arms reach in the airport bookstore. Thankfully a kind, tall stranger retrieved it for me, and I am so glad he did, because getting to know Quentin a little better at the end of each conference day was more fun than the alternative activity- which would have been getting buzzed in the fancy hotel bar paying $10 per drink.
On my return flight I was sitting next to a guy who made this repulsive sound every two to three minutes that made me think he was trying to suck his sinuses down his throat (I can only assure you that reading about this sound is much less nauseating than listening to it). When I had about twenty pages left, I decided the finale was too special to read in an environment of a full flight on a Sunday evening sitting next to Phlegm-Man, so I saved it until I got home. No spoilers, but I like how John Green wrapped it up; although I was swimming in metaphors (mainly about grass and cracks– not what you’re thinking).
"Paper Towns" was written by a smart, smart man. I’ve heard about John Green before, but this is the first time I’ve read one of his novels, and I can hardly articulate how impressed I am. He writes flawed, nuanced characters that spout off highly quotable dialogue. In short, this is a book you quite simply need to buy. To elaborate a bit…
The book is divided into three sections. In the first, Margo Roth Spiegelman takes Quentin, our protagonist (who, sidebar, is in love with her) on a crazy, ‘spontaneous’ journey that changes his life forever. In the second part, Quentin tries to make sense of the events that follow that glorious night. In the third and final part, he goes on a road trip with his friends in order to meet up with Margo. All of this seems rather simple, but it’s packed so tight with bittersweet poignancy, insight, and intelligence that you can hardly believe the book is only three-hundred pages long. And really, when a book can incorporate Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself" as well as this one did, and offer more insight into Whitman’s words than any literary criticism possibly could… what more could you ask for?
The book is just overflowing with ideas, literary references, deep understanding of the way senior year in high school feels, and–most importantly–insight into the way people perceive things. What I love most about Green’s writing is that he never has the characters settle on these big, life-changing revelations. When Quentin discovers something vital about understanding life, his finds are often refuted by a new realization, that is later refuted itself. It’s a very "in the moment" novel, written about a boy in love with a very "in the moment" girl.
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A Guide to Improvised Weaponry: How to Protect Yourself with WHATEVER You’ve Got Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Terry Schappert Page ID: B00UY0FB8C
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File Size: 1340 KBPrint Length: 208 pagesPublisher: Adams Media (March 6, 2015)Publication Date: March 6, 2015 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B00UY0FB8CText-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #33,055 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Extreme Sports #6 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Safety & First Aid #10 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Martial Arts
I was expecting a book on how to make weapons that are actually useful. The book tells you a scenario and what you can do with the suggested weapon. The one for the book of matches is hilarious. "Try the single match technique, lighting and throwing one match a time. Maybe you’ll get lucky and burn one of your attackers eyes or, if your really lucky, the match match will ignite your phones clothing" imagine you are the mugger and a guy pulls out some matches and repeatedly lights them and tosses them on you. This book is just a common sense guide or suggests things so stupid that it will just get you laughed at then killed.
After reading a few entries, I had to make sure this wasn’t written by Dave Barry. Remove the bristles from your toothbrush and blow them in the assailant’s eyes, blinding him? Got a rubber band? Shoot him in the eye with it. Wet the end of a towel, twist the end and pop it at his eye.
I think the outrageous outnumbers the practical.
repetitive, could have been 10 pages.
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Anxiety and Worry Workbook [Print Replica] Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s David A. Clark Page ID: B00FOT65TC
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File Size: 9771 KBPrint Length: 294 pagesPublisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (November 15, 2011)Publication Date: November 15, 2011 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B00FOT65TCText-to-Speech: Not enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #162,358 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #23 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Counseling & Psychology > Pathologies > Anxieties & Phobias #89 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Social Work #100 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Counseling & Psychology > Mental Health > Mood Disorders
This is an important book, for obvious reasons. It’s the first self-help book on anxiety by Aaron T. Beck, the founder of cognitive therapy. It’s published hot on the heels of Beck’s 2010 revised treatment manual for cognitive therapy of anxiety disorders, also co-authored with David Clark. Beck’s original treatment manual for anxiety was published in 1985 and revised in 2005 but this is a major revision of his approach. He has now provided an extremely comprehensive account of the scientific evidence for cognitive therapy and a more carefully defined and up-to-date set of guidelines for clinicians. This self-help workbook is basically the companion text for that clinical manual, presenting the same approach in a version designed for the general public to use by themselves or as homework when seeing a cognitive therapist using the same approach.
It’s not as much of of a light-read as some popular self-help books. It’s a workbook in the true sense, with a thorough and systematic chapter-by-chapter approach, including many forms to complete and regular exercises to engage in, perhaps requiring half an hour of work per day for several months. This, in other words, is a serious evidence-based guide to addressing anxiety directly and it will require commitment from the reader.
The book begins with a generic approach to anxiety, which can be used for subclinical problems and many mild-moderate issues. The later chapters focus on three special categories of anxiety: panic attacks, social anxiety and chronic worry. These problems are experienced by many people but the chapters will, of course, be particularly relevant to people who suffer from panic disorder, social phobia, or generalised anxiety disorder (sometimes called the "worry" disorder). Download Anxiety and Worry Workbook Kindle Edition PDF Free Download
Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt to Manipulate You Hardcover – May, 1997
Author: Visit ‘s Susan Forward Page ID: 0060187573
From Library Journal
Forward, who gave us the best-selling The Men Who Hate Women, and the Women Who Love Them, offers a course on self-defense for anyone manipulated by guilt.
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“Breathe a sigh of relief! Susan Forward helps you identify and correct an intensely destructive and confusing pattern of relating with those you love. I highly recommend this important book!” — Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
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Hardcover: 272 pagesPublisher: Harpercollins; 1st edition (May 1997)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0060187573ISBN-13: 978-0060187576 Product Dimensions: 1 x 6.8 x 9.8 inches Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #177,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1298 in Books > Self-Help > Relationships > Interpersonal Relations #8078 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling
This book does a very clear job of defining emotional blackmail so you can begin to easily spot emotional blackmailers in your life. It then concludes with telling you specifically how to deal with emotional blackmail, that is, how to keep your energy, resources, and sometimes your very soul, from being stolen by them.
Something that was particularly important for me personally in the book was the part at the end where she talks about not emotionally blackmailing *yourself*! What an insight! I realized that even when rigid, controlling people are not around to inspire guilt, fear and shame in me to get me to do things that are hurtful to me for their selfish benefit, I have a "voice" in my head that does the job for them, telling me that whatever I do that doesn’t fit the world view of past and present blackmailers is "wrong," "selfish," or even "evil." So I beat myself up on behalf of my blackmailers even when they are not around to do it.
I also was impressed by the insight that not only does it "take two to tango," that no one can blackmail me if I don’t let them, but that it is also possible for me to actually "train" people to blackmail me. This is particularly, true, I think, for those of us raised in rigid, controlling homes with emotionally blackmailing parents. Thereafter, we are, so to speak, fertile ground for any future emotional blackmailers.
I had rather been realizing these sorts of things the past few years now that I’m in my 40s (the middle years when we suddenly reevaluate our whole life), and gradually eliminating emotional blackmailers from my life, without exactly using that term. (The term I used was ridding myself of people whose presence felt like "being nibbled to death by ducks.") This book has validated my innate human "right" to not be eaten alive by the selfish demands of others.
Kudos to Ms. Forward!
I have done a pretty thorough reading of books dealing with control, cults, emotional abuse, etc. I feel like I could write a thesis on this stuff by now. This was the best all around. I am a third party observing a loved one in a controlling relationship. There isn’t a book out there that really addresses my situation, but I have gleaned wisdom from many. What I love about this book is that it gives very concrete strategies for dealing with controlling people. The strategies are very well laid out, lots of examples of phrases that neutralize the offender. As a therapist, she also addresses the discomfort many of us would likely encounter when trying to put these strategies into practice. In addition to the concrete information on strategies, she describes why it might be hard to recognize that you are in an unhealthy controlling situation and how to know for sure. She helps clarify the personal damage victims of control sustain. I have become much more aware of people in my life that may be using unhealthy methods of control and have used the advice to stop, think and strategize to help me. It even helped me become a little wiser to ploys of friends of my kids. This book shows us how to resolve unhealthy control without necessarily having to end the relationship. With these techniques everyone might just come out a winner.
We are not victims of manipulation. We allow manipulation to happen to us and with careful observation we can neutralize it. This is what Susan Forward believes. I don’t know if I agree because I haven’t yet had a chance to practice her techniques in earnest, but I needed to comment on the content itself of the book, "Emotional Blackmail".
It is impossible for an author to address every specific detail of every reader’s personal situation. But this is as close as you can get. Forward gives stories and testimonials of people she has worked with who have used her techniques with success. Unlike other authors that do this, however, Forward does not simply apply the techniques to those situations and expect that you’ll be able to apply it to a scenario of your own. She separates the stories from the guidelines. She provides some fantastic exercises for further clarity of the techniques she describes.
One of the techniques I especially enjoyed reading about was "buying your time". Don’t respond immediately to your blackmailer. Give them time to "stew". In other words, try to avoid snap decisions when dealing with blackmailers. She groups manipulators into different categories. "Tantalizers" are the group I deal with most often. They are the ones who get you to do what they want by making it appear there is something incredible in it for you. This may sometimes be the case, but it’s important to realize that your needs are not the manipulator’s true motivation. Forward explains and clarifies this beautifully.
This is a very well-written book and I recommend it highly. Download Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt to Manipulate You – May, 1997 PDF
World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde (No. 4) Reprint Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Christie Golden Page ID: 0743471385
About the Author
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Christie Golden has written more than forty novels and several short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Among her many projects are over a dozen Star Trek novels and several original fantasy novels. An avid player of World of Warcraft, she has written two manga short stories and several novels in that world. Golden lives in Tennessee. She welcomes visitors to her website: ChristieGolden.com.
Series: WORLD OF WARCRAFTMass Market Paperback: 368 pagesPublisher: Pocket Star; Reprint edition (December 26, 2006)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0743471385ISBN-13: 978-0743471381 Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.8 inches Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #38,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #95 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Gaming #140 in Books > Computers & Technology > Games & Strategy Guides #367 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Literature
World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde, by Christie Golden
"Rise of the Horde" is what a Warcraft book should be. The book is enjoyable, the plot is pretty solid, and the characters are spot on. In the author biography, Golden states that she is a World of Warcraft player and it shows – there are little things thrown in that any Warcraft player will appreciate.
Each chapter starts with a brief introduction from Thrall, the current chief of the new Horde. He is writing the history of the old Horde, the Horde that destroyed their own world and invaded Azeroth, the Horde that perpetuated genocide on the draenei and slaughtered the humans.
The story of the orcs starts with a noble race, living peacefully on Draenor. The orcs have coexisted with the draenei for hundreds of years, ever since the draenei arrived on Draenor fleeing from their ancient enemies. While the orcs take pleasure in hunting animals and bloodlust, they are not killers and have a culture, family groups, a belief system. But all that changes when the Burning Legion turns a key orc to their side, and he leads the orcs on a terrifying descent into madness. Only one clan stands apart, the Frostwolves; their leader Durotan watches helplessly as the orcs are corrupted by demons.
Golden depicts this tale with plenty of emotion; I felt for Durotan’s situation. How many of us have watched someone do something we know is wrong, but we can’t change their minds? Most of us have, I’m sure. "The Rise of the Horde" details just that, the rise of the horde that descended upon Azeroth, intent on taking the world for their own. The story is known, especially if one is a Warcraft player; but Golden fleshes out the story very nicely.
Out of every Warcraft book this is the place to start. It takes before Warcraft 1, 2, 3, WoW, etc. This looks like it will help explain the history of the new WoW expansion War Lords of Draenor a bit. If you’re looking for the proper order to read the Warcraft books I suggest the following:
Rise of the Horde (book) – Covers approx. a 10 year period prior to WC I.
The Last Guardian (book) – Touches on the closing days of the First War with bookends set prior to WC III.
Tides of Darkness (book) – Covers WC II in continuity.
Beyond the Dark Portal (book) – Covers WC II expansion in continuity.
Day of the Dragon (book) – Wraps up some dangling threads from WC II with Deathwing and the Red Dragonflight.
Lord of the Clans (book) – Covers a wide swath from just before WC II all the way to prior to WC III. Should be subtitled All You Wanted to Know About Thrall But Were Too Much of An Alliance Lover to Ask. J/k.
Of Blood and Honor (book) – Set just prior to WC III.
Warcraft III Battle Chest (game) – Reign of Chaos covers the origin of the Scourge and the return of the Burning Legion. The Frozen Throne covers the exile of Illidun, the rise of the Forsaken and the crowning of a new Lich King. Founding of Durotar covers the most recent conflict between Horde and humans prior to WoW.
Arthas: Rise of the Lich King (book) – Recaps material from Tides of Darkness all the way up until the end of Frozen Throne with bookends just before the WotLK cinematic.
Ashbringer (comic) – Covers the fallout from Arthas dissolving the Order of the Silver Hand and the rise of Argent Dawn and Crimson Crusade. Download World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde Reprint Edition PDF
The Bread Baker’s Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread [Hardcover] Paperback – 2001
Author: Peter Reinhart (Author) Ron Manville (Photographer) ID: B004GXSP5Y
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PaperbackID: B004GXSP5Y Best Sellers Rank: #2,433,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1423 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Bread
I bought this book after carefully researching it, trying to decide if it would be a book I would use or a book that would sit on my shelf and collect dust. The recipes in this book look more time-consuming than those found in my other bread books, and I finally decided that, based on other reviews of this book, it was worth a shot.
Almost all of the recipes in this book require more than one day to make; the author bases a great many of his recipes on some form of starter, whether it’s a stiff dough or a liquid sourdough starter. He asserts that this style of baking brings out the most flavor in the flour. He’s right. The recipes I have tried [so far] in this book do indeed have a better and stronger flavor, in spite if the fact that the base ingredients are the same as that of other recipes in other books.
The author does more than provide a bunch of good recipes (he refers to them as "formulas"). He describes the chemistry behind the ingredients and how they react to one another when mixed. He also shows, with photographs, many different shaping methods and intermediate steps that are required in making bread dough.
The author writes the techniques and recipes in this book like a man who has a deep interest in the subject, not just a desire to crank out another cookbook. He demonstrates, through his discussion in the book, his deep understanding of the art of breadmaking. For this man, bread making is a joy and a pleasure, not just a profession. When reading this book, the reader gets pulled along into the excitement the author has for his topic, which makes the process of breadmaking even more pleasurable.
This book is not for the lazy baker. If you want to make breads that are fast and easy, look for other titles. But if you want outstanding breads, and you’re willing to work for it and be patient, then this book is a superb choice.
This is an expensive book worth every penny. Reinhart will show you how to bake bread even if you’ve never baked anything that didn’t come out of a can and if you are an experienced baker, Reinhart will strengthen your understanding of how bread is made.
His explanation of the science of how bread is mixed, baked and even tasted is definitive and clearly written. The section on shaping dough is aptly photographed and understandable. It is, by far, the clearest description of shaping dough found in the current crop of baking books.
The bulk of the book consists of recipes, more accurately, formulas, for baking various kinds of bread. I’ve tried only two of them so far and both came out excellent. And one of the things that makes this book so helpful is that if your bread doesn’t come out excellent you’ll learn why it didn’t and what to do about it.
This book amplifies Reinhart’s previous book, Crust and Crumb, and like that book the formulas will help you bake the best bread you’ve ever made. And the theory will help you to create your own signature variations.
This is a priceless book and it is also a definite classic. If you don’t bake, buy it for someone who does.
When Peter Reinhart’s previous book (Crust and Crumb) was published, I stated in my review that this was the only book any serious baker would need. You can still get by with that one, but Reinhart has outcompeted himself with The Bread Baker’s Apprentice. Until he pulls another stunt like this, Baker’s Apprentice is now the only book any serious bread baker would ever need, or anyone less serious for that sake. Like the last book, Baker’s Apprentice is overflowing with information, experience and wisdom, but this one is also tightly organized and well laid out. It is at the same time a baking tutorial, a recipe collection, a reference work, and for baking freaks like me, bedtime reading. Maybe it is a missionary tract too. The various bread types cover a repertoire worthy of any professional baker, yet one that can be accomplished by us amateurs. The photos are pretty but also inspirational and instructional, showing shaping options and procedures. Reinhart’s last book got me away from yeasted white bread and onto the path of rustic, naturally leavened bread (although he by no means forces the reader to follow that path). His chapter in this book about the Poilane-style Miche (the loaf shown on the cover) got me off the path and onto the road. Download The Bread Baker’s Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread – 2001 PDF Free Download
Medical Laboratory Science Review [Print Replica] Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Robert R Harr Page ID: B00HYHB84O
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File Size: 36234 KBPrint Length: 576 pagesPublisher: F A Davis; 4 edition (October 11, 2012)Publication Date: October 11, 2012 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B00HYHB84OText-to-Speech: Not enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #523,191 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #31 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Medical eBooks > Allied Health Professions > Medical Technology #101 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Medical eBooks > Research #209 in Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Internal Medicine > Pathology > Laboratory Medicine
I just purchased the fourth addition after having bought and lost the third edition. I am currently studying to take the ASCP MLS exam this month; and I really liked the previous edition. After I take the test I’ll come back on here and give a thorough book review as well as a review of the exam. I’ll be posting on all of the major book review sites and on indeed.com, in large part to give prospective ASCP exam applicants a foundation in which to build their studying. I’m doing this because I felt that information regarding ASCP MLS exam prep was sorely lacking on the internet. Although, there is an excellent website that provides nice review notes as well as other exam information. Just google "ASCP wordsology" and the site will be the first one that comes up.
I have had this book not more than 5-6 hours and my preliminary analysis is that this is a great resource, and provides excellent feedback. I used the CD resource a few hours ago to take a couple of quizzes. My goal is to better prepare for lab results associated with disease states, or vice versa. So, I hoped that the CD resources would concentrate in that area. I can tell that the quizzes are excellent. You can arrange your own quizzes by subject and difficulty level. The level 3 difficulty quizzes did not disappoint. They were heavily geared towards lab results associated with disease states; and that’s exactly what I wanted. I was initially worried that some formatting may had been changed in regards to the previous editions, but it appears that this book as has went above and beyond what the previous editions have presented. I will go in to more detail after the exam. Stay tuned, after January 17 I’ll be back!
Good luck to all of you taking the ASCP MLS exam soon!
I have been an MLT for many years, and decided to go back to school for my Bachelor’s in Medical Technology. I thought after 18 years, I knew a lot of things. Well, after purchIDg this book I realized how much I didn’t know. There is so much information in here, covering all disciplines of lab practice- from phlebotomy and specimen collection, to Micro(all of your favorite manual methods), to Genetics. The questions range from your basic lab knowledge, to obscure formulas and "old fashioned" test methods. They always say you should understand the principles of a test, not just how to press run. This is a very comprehensive and thorough study guide, and I poked in and out of it for a couple months, being a little hesitant to sit for the boards. Apparently I learned a few things studying from this book because I passed my MLS exam on the first try. I would recommend this book, as you never know what will be on the board exams, because each test is tailored to the individual taking it based on previous answers, so you never know what you will get. Best to be prepared, you can never know too much. Good read!
your teachers can’t cover everything but expect you to know it all when it come time for the tests. this book causes you to think in multiple ways and take into consideration small facts that end up being very important Download Medical Laboratory Science Review Kindle Edition Epub Download
Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, Second Edition, with an Update a Decade Later MP3 CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Annette Lareau Page ID: 1452654719
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“A fascinating study.” —Malcolm Gladwell
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“So where does something like practical intelligence come from?…Perhaps the best explanation we have of this process comes from the sociologist Annette Lareau, who…conducted a fascinating study of a group of third graders. You might expect that if you spent such an extended period in twelve different households, what you would gather is twelve different ideas about how to raise children…What Lareau found, however, is something much different.” —Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success
“Less than one in five Americans think ‘race, gender, religion or social class are very important for getting ahead in life,’ Annette Lareau tells us in her carefully researched and clearly written new book. But as she brilliantly shows, everything from looking authority figures in the eye when you shake their hands to spending long periods in a shared space and squabbling with siblings is related to social class. This is one of the most penetrating works I have read on a topic that only grows in importance as the class gap in America widens.”—Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of The Time Bind and The Commercialization of Intimate Life
“This is a great book, not only because of its powerful portrayal of class inequalities in the United States and its insightful analysis of the processes through which inequality is reproduced, but also because of its frank engagement with methodological and analytic dilemmas usually glossed over in academic texts. Hardly any other studies have the rich, intensive ethnographic focus on family of Unequal Childhoods.” —Diane Reay, American Journal of Sociology
“Lareau does sociology and lay readers alike an important service in her engaging book, Unequal Childhoods, by showing us exactly what kinds of knowledge, upbringing, skills, and bureaucratic savvy are involved in this idea, and how powerfully inequality in this realm perpetuates economic inequality. Through textured and intimate observation, Lareau takes us into separate worlds of pampered but overextended, middle-class families and materially stressed, but relatively relaxed, working-class and poor families to show how inequality is passed on across generations.” —Katherine Newman, Contexts
“Sociology at its best. In this major study, Lareau provides the tools to make sense of the frenzied middle-class obsession with their offspring’s extracurricular activities; the similarities between black and white professionals; and the paths on which poor and working class kids are put by their circumstances. This book will help generations of students understand that organized soccer and pick-up basketball have everything to do with the inequality of life chances.”—Michele Lamont, author of The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration
“Drawing upon remarkably detailed case studies of parents and children going about their daily lives, Lareau argues that middle-class and working-class families operate with different logics of childrearing, which both reflect and contribute to the transmission of inequality. An important and provocative book.”—Barrie Thorne, author of Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School
“With rich storytelling and insightful detail, Lareau takes us inside the family lives of poor, middle-class, and affluent Americans and reminds us that class matters. Unequal Childhoods thoughtfully demonstrates that class differences in cultural resources, played out in the daily routines of parenting, can have a powerful impact on children’s chances for climbing the class ladder and achieving the American dream. This provocative and often disturbing book will shape debates on the U.S. class system for decades to come.”—Sharon Hays, author of Flat Broke with Children
“Drawing on intimate knowledge of kids and families studied at school and at home, Lareau examines the social changes that have turned childhood into an extended production process for many middle-class American families. Her depiction of this new world of childhood–and her comparison of the middle-class ideal of systematic cultivation to the more naturalistic approach to child development to which many working-class parents still adhere–maps a critically important dimension of American family life and raises challenging questions for parents and policy makers.”—Paul DiMaggio, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
“Annette Lareau has written another classic. Her deep insights about the social stratification of family life and childrearing have profound implications for understanding inequality — and for understanding the daily struggles of everyone attempting to raise children in America. Lareau’s findings have great force because they are thoroughly grounded in compelling ethnographic evidence.”—Adam Gamoran, Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
“With the poignant details of daily life assembled in a rigorous comparative design, Annette Lareau has produced a highly ambitious ethnographic study that reveals how social class makes a difference in children’s lives. Unequal Childhoods will be read alongside Sewell and Hauser, Melvin Kohn, and Bourdieu. It is an important step forward in the study of social stratification and family life, and a valuable exemplar for comparative ethnographic work.”—Mitchell Duneier, author of Sidewalk and Slim’s Table
–This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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MP3 CDPublisher: Tantor Audio; MP3 – Unabridged CD edition (November 14, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1452654719ISBN-13: 978-1452654713 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.6 x 7.4 inches Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #191,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #149 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Children’s Studies #200 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Poverty #415 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Specific Demographics > Ethnic Studies
Most Americans see individual effort as the key to success, with fewer than one in five seeing class or race as very important in getting ahead in life. The reality is that social class is a more important determinant of a person’s success in life than it used to be due to two powerful trends: Growing economic inequality that has created a wider gulf between rich and poor, and less mobility between classes. The fact is the USA has both less social mobility and wider economic inequality than any of the other rich democracies in Canada, Australia, Japan and western Europe.
With more sluggish mobility than in the past, class has become more hereditary than it once was. The gap in spending per child is growing between rich and poor Americans, from 5 to 1 in 1972 to 9 to 1 in 2007. Just 17 percent of kids raised in the bottom fifth of the income distribution will make it to the top two-fifths by age 40.
It’s no wonder then that class differences are so powerful in shaping a child’s life experience, more important in child raising than racial differences, according to Annette Lareau, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who won awards for the first edition of this book in 2002.
Lareau’s research reveals the basic class differences in approach to raising children. Middle-class parents have their children in organized activities and engage in a process of "concerted cultivation." By contrast, working-class and poor parents don’t engage their children in concerted cultivation, instead allowing development through "natural growth."
Poor parents face economic challenges just putting food on the table and getting medical care. They lack the resources and energy to put their kids in as many organized activities. Download Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, Second Edition, with an Update a Decade Later MP3 CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged PDF Free Download
Doug Buffone: Monster of the Midway: My 50 Years with the Chicago Bears Kindle Edition
Author: Doug Buffone ID: B014C57SPS
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File Size: 13880 KBPrint Length: 272 pagesPublisher: Triumph Books (September 15, 2015)Publication Date: September 1, 2015 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B014C57SPSText-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #612,475 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #98 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > United States > Regions > Midwest #180 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Sports & Outdoor > Football #368 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Miscellaneous > History of Sports
#55. No one had a bigger heart. A great man. A great Bear. For people in Chicago, the world is not the same without Doug Buffone. This book is a window into the life one of the most charismatic men in Chicago sports history. To his friends and family, his stories and anecdotes are legendary. And this book is oozing with it. This is one you’ll put on the coffee table or pull off the shelf leading up to opening day. RIP Big Doug…
There’s a lot I could say but in the interest of keeping it short: in all the tales and stories, you can absolutely hear Doug’s voice throughout the entire book. His voice, his persona, his being. This isn’t just a book about a football player, it’s about a man and that man was captured in crystal clear fashion. Good read. Go Bears.
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Doug was a personal friend and high school teammate who represented the values and work ethic of our coal mining community in Western PA. Enjoyed the book! Download Doug Buffone: Monster of the Midway: My 50 Years with the Chicago Bears Kindle Edition PDF
A New Dawn: Star Wars Audible – Unabridged ridged
Author: John Jackson Miller ID: B00M0OQYQI
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. “The war is over. The Separatists have been defeated, and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled. We stand on the threshold of a new beginning.” (Emperor Palpatine) For a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights brought peace and order to the Galactic Republic, aided by their connection to the mystical energy field known as the Force. But they were betrayed – and the entire galaxy has paid the price. It is the Age of the Empire. Now Emperor Palpatine, once Chancellor of the Republic and secretly a Sith follower of the dark side of the Force, has brought his own peace and order to the galaxy. Peace through brutal repression, and order through increIDg control of his subjects’ lives. But even as the Emperor tightens his iron grip, others have begun to question his means and motives. And still others, whose lives were destroyed by Palpatine’s machinations, lay scattered about the galaxy like unexploded bombs, waiting to go off…. The first Star Wars novel created in collaboration with the Lucasfilm Story Group, Star Wars: A New Dawn is set during the legendary “Dark Times” between Episodes III and IV and tells the story of how two of the lead characters from the animated series Star Wars Rebels first came to cross paths. Featuring a foreword by Dave Filoni.
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Audible Audio EditionListening Length: 12 hours and 43 minutesProgram Type: AudiobookVersion: UnabridgedPublisher: Random House AudioAudible.com Release Date: September 2, 2014Whispersync for Voice: ReadyLanguage: EnglishID: B00M0OQYQI Best Sellers Rank: #64 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Science Fiction > Adventure #75 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Fiction & Literature > Action & Adventure #234 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Space Opera
I’m going to get one thing out of the way here. I’ve read just about every Star Wars novel that has been released since the Thrawn Trilogy in the 90′s. I’ve been captivated and emotionally invested in this expanded universe, and while it has always been “non canon”, almost everyone who read the books didn’t take it that way. You have almost 25 years of continuous story, and now, that’s all down the drain. It’s fair to say that I’ve got mixed feelings about this. I mean, Han and Leia could not get married, and they won’t have Jaina, Jacen or Anakin. The Yuuzhan Vong may not even exist, and Chewbacca is still alive!! Mara Jade?? Forget about her, gone the way of the dodo.
The aptly named A New Dawn takes place between the movie episodes III and IV. You won’t have any characters you recognize in this book minus the Emperor, and it sets up the upcoming Star Wars Rebels series on Disney XD nicely. Don’t take that to mean it’s a novel for children, it’s not. There is some truly evil stuff going on in this book, and it definitely sets it self apart from what the show is supposed to be.
John Jackson Miller really gives you a sense of how this new universe is going to be. He shows you the grip that the Empire has in the system, and how people are reacting. He sets up a rag-tag group of people in Kanan, Hera, Skelly, and Zaluna fighting against the Empire to prevent the annihilation of a world. These characters for the most part will play big roles in the upcoming series. What JJM does best is give these characters the dimensions they need that might not come across on the small screen. A look inside the motivations of each character. The book is billed as being the way that Kanan and Hera meet, but it’s very much Kanan’s book.
“Star Wars: A New Dawn” is an important entry into the Star Wars library for a few reasons. First, it is the first book in Disney’s new Star Wars canon. In other words, this book is just as much a part of the Star Wars saga as any of the movies. Second, this book introduces readers to a few of the main characters in the upcoming animated TV show “Star Wars: Rebels.”
To be perfectly honest, I had not been particularly excited about “Rebels.” I had some issues with “The Clone Wars” and the same creative team is heading “Rebels.” From what I’d seen thus far, it seemed like the beginning of the Disneyfication of Star Wars. So I was initially somewhat skeptical of this book. That said, John Jackson Miller is one of my favorite Star Wars authors, so it had that to its credit.
WARNING: MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD.
I was pleasantly surprised by the main protagonist, Kanan Jarrus. In the trailers for the TV show, Kanan appeared to be just a “cowboy Jedi” (Dave Filoni’s words, not mine). However, in “A New Dawn,” Kanan comes across as a character with real depth. To some extent, he’s another “smuggler with a heart of gold,” but the novel takes that trope much further than we’ve seen in Star Wars before. Kanan is an inveterate womanizer. I am pretty sure that he’s the biggest “player” we’ve ever seen in the Star Wars galaxy. He has some great lines. Yet, it’s also clear that he’s hiding real pain as he tries to cope with the loss of the Jedi Order. JJM uses point of view in interesting ways to contrast Kanan’s self-perception – that he’s hard-edged and cynical – against the reality – that can’t help himself from helping others. I’d go so far as to say that he’s potentially the most interesting Jedi in the current Star Wars canon.
This book intrigued me for a number of reasons, the main being the introduction to the new Canon. The secondary reason was the interest in the back story to some of the characters of the new Star Wars Rebels series. I was concerned going in that because of the cartoon nature of the Rebels series (of which I enjoy watching with my children, all under the age of 10) the book would be more childish in nature, and not up to the deep stories created in the existing EU. Let me first say that if you were concerned about this, you can rest assured that this book fits in with the style of the, now non-canon, EU. There is nothing cartoon like about this book whatsoever. So if that was your concern, feel free to order this book right now.
On to the writing style – I have read quite a number of books from the Star Wars EU, however this was the first book I’ve read by John Jackson Miller. This book was very well written, and very captivating from the very beginning. It was one of those books that just keeps moving, page after page. The character development is well done, the scene descriptions are perfect, and the action leaps off of the page. I can honestly say that after reading this book I will definitely seek out more John Jackson Miller books in the future.
I don’t feel the need to really get into a summary of the story. I feel that the book description does enough to whet anyone’s appetite for a book, and I don’t like stumbling across spoilers, no matter how small when I’m reading reviews. I prefer to just dive into a book and go along for the ride from the very beginning. I will say that the story was fantastic, and did a great job giving us more insight into the personality of Hera and Kanon. Download A New Dawn: Star Wars Audible – Unabridged ridged PDF
The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Norman Doidge Page ID: 1611763827
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Praise for The Brain’s Way of Healing
“Brilliant and highly original. Neurology used to be considered a depressing discipline with patients often displaying fascinating but essentially untreatable symptoms and disabilities. Drawing on the last three decades of research, Doidge challenges this view, using vivid portraits of patients and their physicians. The book is a treasure trove of the author’s own deep insights and a clear bright light of optimism shines through every page.”
—V. S. Ramachandran, MD, PhD, neurologist, neuroscientist, and author of The Tell-Tale Brain (W. W. Norton, 2011), Director, UCSD Center for Brain and Cognition
“A tour de force. In one of the most riveting books on the human brain and its mystery powers ever written, Doidge addresses the role of alternative medical therapies to reset and re-sync the dynamic patterns of ‘energy in our brain, whit the ability to restore relatively normal health to those whose fate seems hopeless. . . . These are people that traditional medicine all but abandoned as . . . untreatable. But they were rescued. . . . It’s possible to start anywhere in the book and be mesmerized.”
—Huffington Post
“An exciting overview of powerful new neuroscience theories that connect mind, body, and soul . . . In this age of distraction and unnatural environments and actions—like staring at screens all day—brain science offers all kinds of useful techniques to care for our infinitely complex selves. Norman Doidge’s work is a Michelin Guide to this hopeful new trove of knowledge and insight.”
—Boston Globe, USA
“Brilliant and highly original. Neurology used to be considered a depressing discipline with patients often displaying fascinating but essentially untreatable symptoms and disabilities. Drawing on the last three decades of research, Doidge challenges this view, using vivid portraits of patients and their physicians. The book is a treasure trove of the author’s own deep insights and a clear bright light of optimism shines through every page.”
—V. S. Ramachandran, MD, PhD, neurologist, neuroscientist, and author of The Tell-Tale Brain; Director, UCSD Center for Brain and Cognition
“Doidge’s book is filled with compelling stories about the power of ingenious technologies and disciplined awareness methods generated by innovators who transcended their own brain challenges, and who now use them to help others make radical improvements in conditions often deemed hopeless. It points to a future of remarkable and unprecedented brain healing.”
—Martha Herbert, MD, PhD, Neurologist, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital, author of The Autism Revolution
“The Brain’s way of Healing is a stunner—the sort of book you want to read several times, not because it is difficult to understand, but because it opens up so many novel and startling avenues into our potential to heal. Norman Doidge enthralls us with a rich combination of lucidly explained brain research and pioneering new (and some not so new, but not widely known) approaches to recovery. With an eloquence reminiscent of Oliver Sacks, Doidge bolsters the latest advances in brain science with a series of extraordinary case histories of people for whom all hope seemed to be lost, but who healed as a result of great personal courage, and by changing the ways their bodies and brains processed sensations and movement. This hopeful book demonstrates that a variety of sensory inputs—light, sound, electricity, vibration, movement, and thought—can awaken the brain’s attention processors, and thereby allow even the most afflicted to (re)gain ownership of their lives.
—Bessel van der Kolk MD, Medical Director, the Trauma Center, Brookline MA; Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Author of The Body keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the healing of Trauma
“The book offers real hope to individuals suffering from diverse chronic conditions. It shows in terms of graphic personal stories that we truly do not yet know the limits of what is possible in rehabilitation. The book also has a number of creative integrations of the data that will be of interest to neuroscientists.”
—Edward Taub, Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscientist, University Professor,University of Alabama at Birmingham, Director, UAB CI Therapy Research Group and Taub Training Clinic
“Everyone who has a brain could benefit from reading Doidge’s book.”
—The Columbus Dispatch
“A vivid, robust and optimistic read . . . an essential addition to our growing understanding of the mind-brain-body connection. Doidge argues quite convincingly that when the brain is damaged or incompletely formed, whether from stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, autism, ADHD or a host of other conditions, it’s entirely possible to “rewire” the circuits by training a different part of the brain to take over the task. . . . He’s positively elegant in his crystalline explanations of brain science for a lay audience.”
—Toronto Star, Canada
“This is a book of miracles: an absorbing compendium of unlikely recoveries from physical and mental ailments offers evidence that the brain can heal. Fascinating . . . brings to mind Oliver Sacks.”
—Guardian
“Dazzling . . . In friendly vignettes reminiscent of Oliver Sacks’s case studies, Doidge chronicles the heroic efforts of patients with a wide variety of apparently intractable ailments, from chronic pain to multiple sclerosis. . . . Each of Doidge’s examples suggests tangible treatment ideas for patients who may have thought they were out of options. Doidge’s penchant for considering unconventional approaches to healing offers hope for all.”
—Bookpage, USA
“Beautifully written . . . inspiring . . . merging scientific information into timeless and fascinating personal stories . . . The Brain’s Way of Healing grabs onto the reader at once and compels them to keep reading. This is an important and encouraging book.”
—The Vancouver Sun, Canada
“Exhilarating science . . . In an era of ever-increIDg medicalisation of the human mind, and the medication of it, the appeal of neuroplasticity outlined by Doidge is addictive. It is inspiring, page-turning stuff.”
—Sunday Times, London
“A fascinating study on brain science that shows the way to major therapeutic discoveries.”
—Library Journal –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
NORMAN DOIDGE, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and New York Times bestselling author. He is on the research faculty at Columbia University’s Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York City and on the faculty of the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry as well. He lives in Toronto.
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Audio CD: 12 pagesPublisher: Penguin Audio; Unabridged edition (January 27, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1611763827ISBN-13: 978-1611763829 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 1.1 x 5.9 inches Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #242,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #271 in Books > Books on CD > Nonfiction #359 in Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Internal Medicine > Neurology > Neuroscience #573 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Neuropsychology
In his new book, Norman Doidge describes the role of brain plasticity in healing. This paradigm is helping us recognize how improvement from symptoms of all kinds is not only possible, but explainable, as well as reproducible.
Doidge artfully draws us in with people’s stories, including the experiences of Dr. Michael Moskowitz, a chronic pain specialist who figured out a way to cure his own increIDgly debilitating chronic pain after 13 years (chapter 1). He has also successfully taught the technique to some of his patients. In chapter 2, Doidge walks with John Pepper, a World War II survivor with Parkinson’s disease who devised a program that enabled him to recover lost mobility and other functions. Pepper uses his approach not only to keep many of his symptoms at bay decades after diagnosis, he has also taught it to others with Parkinson’s, who have also improved. More amazing stories and treatment approaches follow in each chapter and the case studies highlight this new paradigm. The research starts to explain the ever-elusive, until now, "why."
In easy-to-read connecting language Doidge gives us a framework for understanding what is happening during these transformations. He, and the studies he cites throughout, take us beyond our current understanding of the brain.
The principles of brain plasticity presented by Doidge can be summarized as follows (chapter 3):
Events such as strokes, infections, head injuries, radiation, toxins and degenerative processes cause brain injury and affect our neurons. While some neurons die following such events, the new science is showing us that some neurons start to signal in irregular ways following injury, which can make the brain "noisy" and confused.
My review of "The Brain’s Way of Healing" is that of someone who experienced one of the therapies he describes, the Tomatis Method, many years before Norman Doidge’s book was published. For me, this is a practical subject, and I hope to shed some light both on this book and to address the natural skepticism that one might has who has not experienced or known someone who has benefited from the type of therapies Dr. Doidge describes.
My life is an example of neuroplasticity. I was 40 when I found out about the Tomatis Method, described in Chapter 8 of Dr. Doidge’s book. I had never graduated college. I was born with a cleft palate, had speech therapy, and was developmentally slow. I was a traumatized child based on my childhood experiences. In my early 20s, I had cancer and was treated with chemotherapy and radiation at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. In my mid-30s, I married a wonderful woman from the Philippines whom I met in the States. She was a doctor, and she did not care that I was less accomplished career-wise. It was her sudden death via car accident that plunged me into a phase that I could not pull out of. I was like an old fashioned record player where the needle got stuck in a groove. I traveled to the Listening Centre in Toronto, Canada in 2003. This is the same centre that Dr. Doidge talks about in his book. After doing Tomatis, the needle lifted, I wanted to live again, and I returned to college and finished a degree program within three years after completing my initial treatment. It’s important that I share that none of this happened overnight, and mine was not a one-time, cure all treatment. I have received Tomatis sound boosts over the years.
The human brain can rewire itself. This phenomenon, known for almost a hundred years beginning with the work of Karl Lashley, is known as "plasticity" and was popularized by Norman Doidge’s earlier book, "The Brain that Changes Itself". That book was based on contributions from several mainstream neuroscientists working in the field of brain plasticity.
In his new book, "The Brain’s Way of Healing", he goes further. And much farther – to a realm that is difficult to distinguish from the realm of alternative medicine and New Age healing. The healing claims here include how an astonishing variety of ailments – Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, anxiety, concussion, autism, dyslexia, ADHD, migraine, arthritis, chronic pain, dementia, to name a few, I kid you not – can be cured by the application of "energy" such as light, sound and electrical stimulation. And they are all free of side effects.
The fact that the human body can cure itself even when medical science has given up is not new. As far back as the 1930’s, Dr. Alexis Carrel, who won the Nobel Prize for pioneering vascular suturing techniques, documented in his book "Man the Unknown", how a group of patients without any hope prayed and healed themselves. Then there is the mystery of the placebo effect, the inert pill with no medicinal value that cures various ailments. So we know that the human body heals itself, even though we have not fully understood the mechanism through which it accomplishes this. Much of the explanation for the placebo effect does not go beyond naming the phenomenon in various ways. Download The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged PDF Free Download
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