Review of The Teenage Body Book (Paperback)

This book is incredible!I am 40 years old and know this book quite well. As a pre-teen, this book was a gift from my best friend's mom. I learned many things through this book that my mom had a hard time explaining.This book made it easy for me to explain topics to my own daughter (who is now 21) and who felt freely to talk to me about any subject, and still does.This book I passed to my daughter who remembers reading it as a pre-teen.We reference things in the book today since i have a step-daughter who is a pre-teen.I will now purchase a book for her very own.To the moms out there, do yourself and your child a favor and purchase this book.It is a great reference for the both of you.

Product Description
The award-winning guide, now fully updated--everything every teenager (and parent of a teenager) needs to know about nutrition, health, fitness, emotions, and sexuality.

This is the essential handbook for honest, forthright, up-to-date advice in dealing with every dilemma, doubt, and possibility facing teenagers at the threshold of the new century--including: *Overcoming "body image" anxiety *Drugs, drinking, smoking, and peer pressure *Sexual orientation and teenagers *Coping with depression, anxiety, and stress *Teen pregnancy, birth control, and parenthood *Sexually transmitted diseases *The latest information on fad diets, sports medicine, and medical advances *How to findconfidential and effective crisis counseling *The best websites for teens, and more

*Completely revised and updated
*Cyber-appendix provides e-mail addresses and websites of valuable sources
*Includes new sections on alternative medicines and therapies, and important new discoveries about ethnic differences in physical development
*Offers new "QuickScan" feature to highlight important informative facts, plus easy-to-access reference charts, treatments, action plans, and more
*The authors are experts in the field of health issues and young adults
*Illustrated throughout

About the Author
Kathy McCoy, Ph.D., is an award-winning author of eleven books, apsychotherapist, and Coordinator of the Clinical Ph.D. Program at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. A former editor for 'Teen, Dr. McCoy has written hundreds of articles for such publications as Redbook, Readers' Digest, The New York Times, Family Circle, Glamour, and Ladies Home Journal. An online expert specializing in adolescent psychology, she has made numerous appearances on "The Today Show," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Hour Magazine," "Sally Jessy Raphael," and "Home and Family."

Charles Wibbelsman, M.D., is an award-winning author and former "Dear Doctor" columnist for Teen magazine. Chair of Adolescent Medicine for the Permanente Medical Group, Northern California, he is chief of the Teen-Age Clinic at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco, and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School. Dr. Wibbelsman is the news anchor for a Bay Area television series, "Medicine in the Nineties," and is an online expert specializing in adolescent health.

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Review of Prospanish Healthcare: Spanish for Family Practitioners [AUDIOBOOK] [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

I am a Pharmacist with a lot of Spanish speaking clientele.I like the cassettes, but the gentleman speaking has such a thick accent, I have to rely on the woman speaking, to hear the enunciation. The CME is a joke. There are 10 chapter exams (3-12 questions each) and you have to send in $30 PER exam for 3 credits each. That will be $300 for 30 CME credit hours, and only for MD's.Book content VERY NICE: greeting, nouns, numbers, symptoms, physical exam, chief complaint, pap smear, well baby, lab tests, ER, pain, derm, opth, herbal, Rx, dental, family, diet, neuro exam, household items; Tomar/comer/cerrar/dormir/hacer/ir a/poner/venir/tener/estar/ decir/ser/ir/traer/salir/oir/pensar/perder/volver/haber. Also a lot of dialogues completely translated. Appendix finds all answers to chapter exams. (not same as CME questions).I recommend this medical intro. It helps me in my practice, it would certainly help an MD, nurse, PA, DDS and OD as well.

Product Description
Just what non-Spanish-speaking family practitioners need

As the Hispanic population within the United States rises, medical personnel are increasingly faced with the challenge of communicating with Spanish-speaking patients--but without effective means of language acquisition. ProSpanish Healthcare: Spanish for Family Practitioners presents a solid grasp of practical, conversational Spanish. Designed around audio and visual elements for ease of learning, these resources present key grammatical structures, all the essential vocabulary, colloquial terms and expressions, and cultural insights that will enable medical professionals to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients. This audio course is for family practitioners, physicians, primary healthcare providers, and hospital and clinic administrators.

Each audio package contains:

• 224-page illustrated course book with two 75-minute audiocassettes
• 60-minute vocabulary audiocassette focusing on the specialized terminology required in each medical field
• Continuing Medical Education credit test booklet
• Exercises that simulate the written tests set by the specific professional accreditations bodies

About the Author

Joanna Ríos, Ph.D., and José Fernández have presented intensive medical language and cultural workshops throughout the United States since 1983. These courses are sponsored by the University of Arizona Rural Health Office, Public Health Service, and the National Health Service Corps and are accredited by the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and the American Association of Family Physicians.

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Review of Earth Child 2000 with Teacher's Guide: Early Science for Young Children [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

This is a great resource book for early childhood nature studies.Great for family or school use.It lists activites and books for many nature topics.The cycle of the day, endagered species, protecting the environemnt and more are all covered with books and activites for ages 3 and up. (probably to about 3rd grade)

Product Description
Updated and expanded for parents and teachers of the new millennium is Earth Child 2000, the classic treasury of resources for teaching young children about the environment. The original Earth Child --a favorite for Head Start, pre-schools, elementary schools, scout troops, nature centers, national parks, and families -has been updated with new resources in each chapter. Two brand-new features have been added: a list of Internet web sites about the environment and a 116-page, illustrated teacher's guide, chock-full of special classroom resources, especially created to accompany "Earth Child 2000".



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Review of Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty (Paperback)

I bought this for my kid, no I didn't, she's only 3, I b ought it for me and she can have it when she gets older. And I'm buying it for two of my friend's kids. I've always been fascinated with gross stuff like snot, pus, poop, gross foods, etc., and so are most kids. And by the way, my kid, and the two kids I'm buying this for, are girls. The facts are there, it's fun to read, and it might even get the kids to read more and practice good hygiene while they're at it (microscopic photos of worms and such may answer a few questions like "why do I have to wash my hands all the time?" Excellent.



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Review of A History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel (Paperback)

I do not know where else in history that we have a people disposed from a land for two thousand years, scattered all over the world, who reconvene through an international movement and regain their homeland.I also can not recall any group suffering the violent and irrational hatred of so many nations as the Jews have.

Lacqueur's history traces this unique movement.It's success was very fragile; the many decisions from world leaders could have gone much differently if made a few years sooner or later.Jews did not initially support it broadly; many prefered assimilation to their country of birth and some felt that the growing socialist movement provided a better answer to anti-Semitism. Even within the Zionist movement political infighting was strong.

Yet the worst fears of those seeking a refuge from growing European anti-Semitism did not forsee the scope of the Holocaust, exterminating 6 out of 7 Jews in Europe.This emboldened the survivors and motivated just barely enough world sympathy to formulate the creation of the Jewish state.

The reaction of the Arabs was neither surprising or unique in the course of developing nations.Lacqueur has the advantage of hindsight to examine policy mistakes and examine how it could have been different, but concludes the difficulty would have remained regardless.

This examination shows Zionism not as a righteous holy ordained movement,nor is it a an evil racist colonial movement as the modern Arab media prefers to portray it.It was a politically and diplomatically unique solution to a very serious and unique problem.

That the success of the Zionist enterprise has not yet yielded the peace they so desperately seek, makes this work only an introduction, but a valuable source to those seeking to understand the volatile Middle Middle East of the 21st century.There are many more chapters to be written.



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Review of Good Things (Best of Martha Stewart Living) (Paperback)

In the introduction to this book, Martha Stewart defines what she and her staff consider a "good thing". It must be uncomplicated, useful, aesthetically pleasing, interesting, pertinent, unusual, and done with materials that are easily found. I would say that about 75% of the projects in this book meet those criteria as I would apply them.

The book is well organized into seven sections: entertaining, cooking, celebrating, giving, gardening, decorating, and homekeeping. I found useful ideas in each section - some sections were better than others for me - but even the ones of lesser interest to me were still lovely to look at. At the end of the book, Stewart includes a source guide for most of the materials used in this book.

I especially liked the kitchen tips (in the cooking section); the easy instruction for handmade soaps; tole painting on tin buckets; and the organizing hints which included record-keeping.

Some of the ideas did not appeal to me at all (like gluing live ivy leaves along the edges of a tablecloth, making a linen table-sized mat, making linen basket liners, and constructing wraps for bottles) but then again, they were fun to look at!

The beautiful arrangement of this book and its photos made it worth buying.

Product Description
Culled from the best of the "Good Things" columns in Martha Stewart Living magazine, this book offers a varied selection of wonderful crafts projects, recipes, hints for home decorating, organizing, and gift-giving. 200 color photos.



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Review of Clean It Fast, Clean It Right: The Ultimate Guide to Making Absolutely Everything You Own Sparkle & Shine (Paperback)

If you have just started your own home and you feel that you are standing at the bottom of a mountain not knowing where to start cleaning from, then you should get this book. I wish I had this book when I first moved to myown house. It would save me time and also I wouldn't be so much stressedeverytime I needed to clean (that's excausting myself twice a week).

Thebook begins with instructions as to how to organize your cleaning schedule,what should your priority be, and what should be the last thing to do.Andclean it like a pro, fast & right! Also, how to get rid of your clutteronce and for all. It gives you advise as to what kind of detergents youshould use,which cleaners are hazardous, which ones you should avoid andwhy. What I liked here, is How to hunt microbes (!)

In part two, it hasan A-Z reference with everything you can find in a house, and how to cleanit, so when you have a problem with a particular item, you don't justscroll up and down to find it, the A-Z makes it so easy.

Part three,again it's an A-Z rundown of everything you will need to know about.Inthis part, it gives further and more detailed information about cleaners aswell as tools for cleaning.

Product Description
This book does for cleaning what Joy of Cooking did for food preparation. More than 250 experts tell you precisely how to clean more than 300 common items in and around your home. Not only will you get your carpets, countertops, windows, dishes, and laundry into pristine shape, you'll also learn how to clean:

CAMERAS from the dean of the New York Institute of Photography

DOLLS from a co-owner of the Denver Doll Hospital

FISHING GEAR from TV's Mark Sosin, host of Mark Sosin's Saltwater Journal

SHOES from the editor of Shoe Service Magazine

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS from top musicians for the New York Philharmonic

BICYCLES from the technical editor for Bicycling magazine

PAINTINGS from a conservator at the Guggenheim Museum

FLOORS from the clean-up crew for the Los Angeles Lakers

EVEN TAXIDERMY from Roy Rogers Jr., who cares for that famous steed Trigger

AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU OWN! from world authorities on fast and effective cleaning

What's more, you'll learn how to: Cut your cleaning time in half with secret shortcuts. Kill millions of germs you never knew were lurking. Conquer clutter. Protect your valuables from aging. Relieve allergies. And make powerful, Earth-friendly cleaning solutions that cost only pennies. A special bonus section tells you everything you need to know about buying and using more than 60 kinds of cleaning tools and chemicals.

Keep Clean It Fast, Clean It Right on an easy-access shelf in your home-- because you'll consult it frequently for decades to come!




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