No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry

Book Description

In this reassuring, eye-opening book, noted urologist Samuel J. Arnold explains how almost all childhood bedwetting can be cured or controlled. Drawing on over 35 years of experience—and thousands of actual cases—Dr. Arnold illustrates how, contrary to conventional thinking, most bedwetting is caused by underlying physical conditions—conditions that often can be corrected quickly and effectively. And he dispels the harmful and mistaken notion that long-term bedwetting is caused by disobedience, toilet-training conflicts, or parental attitudes.

This essential and supportive guide can help you help your child. No More Bedwetting reveals:

The many different factors behind bedwetting
How to determine the root cause of your child's problem and what to do about it
The roles of heavy sleep, diseases, anatomical problems, allergies, hormones, and other factors
The damage of harmful treatments such as punishment or withholding fluids
A full range of tested strategies and recommendations

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No More Bedwetting.......2001-05-11

Found the book very informative. The medical information was in layman's terms. The book was easy to read. Very good in helping to understand all aspects associated with bedwetting behavior - physical, emotional, and sleep related. Was able to present helpful information to the doctor to get what my son needed.

No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry.......2000-07-15

I found this book to be very informative on the various factors that can cause a childs bedwetting. I also strongly agree with the authors view on how important it is to support your child and obtain help for him or her early on. However, I was looking for more techniques on how to help my "deep sleeper" stay dry and very few were offered. This was a good book for parents to start with, those who are just beginning to research the problem.

Book Description

Documenting the transformation of the U.S. military from Vietnam to the Gulf War, a history of a generation of officers examines changing ideas about war, ending the draft, reducing racial tensions, and integrating women into the ranks.

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FANTASTIC and IMPORTANT!.......2007-07-14

Excellent modern history of the US military from the Vietnam War up until 1995 or so. The history is told through semi-biographies of officers who began their careers around the time of the Vietnam War and chose to stay in the military, despite all of the problems that were evident in Vietnam. The draft, which brought in sub-standard service members, was a disastrous way to build a military. Thankfully, a number of dedicated people stuck around to see the military made stronger. From the all-volunteer military, to the GI Bill, to the Reagan defense build=up, to the Goldwater-Nichols Act, to the Gulf War, highly motivated and intelligent men helped improve the military so that it could overwhelm the Iraqi forces in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

One of the officers who was featured quite prominently was Barry McCaffrey. I have come to appreciate his interesting analysis on television, but I never knew his life story. Though it didn't surprise me as I knew he retired as a general, but what an impressively courageous man he has been throughout his military career! What he went through in Vietnam is enough to amaze even the gutsiest American.

Another interesting aspect of the book was the coverage of contentious social issues that the military has had to deal with: race, women, and gays and lesbians. Kitfield pointed out the increasingly important role that blacks and women have played in the US Armed Forces.

Regrettably we are left to wonder what happened since then when our powerful military get sucked into a war in Iraq, starting in 2003 with no end in sight, without a plan to finish it. It's easy enough to point to Tommy Franks, Richard Myers, and others, but maybe there's a larger institutional story to tell about the debacle that is now Iraq. Hopefully Kitfield will tell that story too. He has a book out about Iraq, but since it was written a year or two ago, it can't possibly accommodate for all that has occurred since publication.

Required Reading for Every Officer.......2007-04-22

James Kitfield has studied one of the most turbulent times in American military history and distilled its lessons into one tightly written narrative that is both engaging and full of tremendous insight. The passage through the ranks of the Vietnam generation officer corps molded our 1980's military into a truly revolutionary force. Their experiences in the muddle of Vietnam and the lessons they extracted colored every decision and every reform they sought in their service. In the end, while not perfect, these able officers forged a doctrine based around rapid, audacious movement, technology and local authority--all things lacking in Vietnam. The payoff came with the tremendous victory in the 1991 Gulf War.

This book needs to be read by every officer in every service. Study this, extract the lessons. Many of the mistakes made during the Vietnam-Era have now repeated themsleves in the War on Terror. Many of the lessons Colin Powell and others taught us during Desert Storm have already been forgotten.

If you are an officer, buy this book. Let it guide you through the many critical decisions you will have to face during the years ahead as you work your way through your own career. And never forget the most important lesson of all: never chose your career and its future over doing the right thing. Prodigal Soldiers pointedly demonstrates that when senior officers do that, men die needlessly.

John Bruning
Author of "The Devil's Sandbox: At War with the 2-162 Infantry in Iraq"
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Things can get better!.......2005-05-10

When you read a book like this and have seen the Army at its best and worst. That and have seen the gradual improvement to where the Army is today, i.e. one of the most trusted institutions and one of the greatest killing machines since the Roman Legions under the early Caesars. I just feel better and safer. That and I want to thank all those who did not turn tail and run away from the wreck of the post Vietnam War Military but stayed and fixed it. God Bless you all!

Written in 1995 - Relevant in 2002.......2002-08-01

I first read James Kitfield's book in 2000 and have just finished rereading it. I am recommending it to my sons, an Air Force pilot working on his master's in military science and an Army combat engineer, as one of the four most influential books on the development of the United States military since WW II. The author traces in a very readable style the coming of age of the officers of all branches of service during the Viet Nam and post-Viet Nam eras and how those experiences shaped our ability to win a decisive victory in the 1990 Gulf War. The book also reveals the back room political wheeling and dealing that goes into watershed legislation such as the sweeping reforms of the Goldwater-Nichols Act. It's a "must read" for every professional military leader and student of the art of war.

a book that has "a message" - for everyone who reads it.......1999-09-30

From the prologue to the epilogue, and everything in between, this book is fantastic reading. Anyone who has ever been associated with the U.S. military will have a much clearer picture of the totality of resurection within all the services after Vietnam. "Duty, Honor, and Country" does not always mean the same thing to different people, to some it means a career that spans over thirty years, to others the words are just something on a recruiting poster. To anyone who reads the book these three words will take on a much clearer meaning. Some chapters will cause tears in even the toughest of old veterans, and even the young generation of future service members will begin to understand some of the major events which have transpired in the military in the decades since Vietnam. James Kitfield tells a story that is not just a chronicle, or a documentary, but a story worthy of telling, and he does it with style.

PRODIGAL SOLDIERS: HOW THE GENERATION OF OFFICERS BORN OF VIETNAM REVOLUTIONIZED THE AMERICAN STYLE OF WAR. An AUSA Institute of Land Warfare Book

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PRODIGAL SOLDIERS: HOW THE GENERATION OF OFFICERS BORN OF VIETNAM REVOLUTIONIZED THE AMERICAN STYLE OF WAR. An AUSA Institute of Land Warfare Book
James. Kitfield
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7FN7U

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Prodigal sons
Daniel Allen Penick
Manufacturer: s.n
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Book Description

Join SF master Frederik Pohl on a non-fictional journey from the ends of the earth to the edges of the universe. Chasing Science describes Pohl's love affair with science. From museums and national laboratories to the heart of a volcano, Pohl lays out a path for any curious mind to follow. Containing new material not in the hardcover edition, this book is perfect for visitors to hands-on science museums.

Customer Reviews:

Easygoing writing, full of knowledge everyone should have........2006-05-23

This book is at its best served as a fun read that establishes the fundamentals of a number of fascinating phemonena and studies. It is certainly not an in-depth text full of technical data, but in this case, this is a strength. It conveys some concepts and information in a paragraph or chapter in a fashion that is understandable by a reader with no background in the field.

I would highly recommend it particularly to these readers; when you say, "Gosh, I didn't know that!" (as you will at least once or twice) you might just want to look closer at something you've seen all your life but never really looked at.

I think it would be a great book for every high-schooler to read as an introduction to the sciences.

Additionally, it serves as a great resource for curious travellers; there are many locations locally and internationally that could be an easy sidetrip on any vacation.

Thin gruel, way overpromised.......2001-12-24

Far from being a comprehensive tour of science-oriented travels, this is simply a cursory, spotty travelogue.

The bits and pieces are fine and fun, but hardly worthy
of a booklength treatment. This would have made a fine magazine article.

Finding Science Fun!.......2001-02-26

Mr. Pohl has the pleasurable job of being a professional writer who gets to investigate science and what scientists are working on. He discovered the joys of doing this as a tourist after an impromptu visit to the computation lab at MIT after giving a speech there. Since then, he has circled the globe in all directions to enjoy nature and scientists at work in many different dimensions. This book is a guide to show you where and how to enjoy the fun as well!

The book is divided into many different sections, by interest area. These include the U.S. national laboratories that you can visit (like Fermilab, Brookhaven National, Argonne, and Sandia), using a backyard telescope to look at the heavens, visiting various telescopes, space travel sites (from Cape Canaveral to Star City in Russia), volcanoes and earthquake locales (especially California, Italy, Iceland, Hawaii, and east Africa), water phenomena (China, Chicago, Niagara Falls, and the Mississippi River), great caves and tunnels (Lescaux in France, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, Carlsbad Caverns, and subways), fossil and archeology sites (La Brea tar pits, Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall, Machu Picchu), meetings where scientists gather to share knowledge (like sessions of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, various museums in the U.S., and the New York Academy of the Sciences), and opportunities for distance learning (by mail, publications, periodicals, television, and e-mail).

One of the great strengths of this book is a geographical index of all of the sites and sources mentioned in the book. The text also contains information about how to access the scientific community and equipment in many cases. For the most part, not much special effort is required other than getting yourself there.

For me, this book is great because I travel a lot. I can use the index to help pick places to visit when I have a hole in my schedule during a trip. For years I have done this with art museums and other cultural sites, but not as often with scientific locations. I look forward to rebalancing that.

I only saw two flaws in the book. First, Mr. Pohl omitted a major way that thousands have enjoyed science over the years, an Earth Watch expedition. This is a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts that helps volunteers find experiments to fund and work on during vacations. One of my sons and I have done this, and found it very rewarding. In my case, I worked on the ways that whales communicate while riding in a Zodiac off the coast of the big island of Hawaii. While there, I had a chance to visit the volcanoes, so I enjoyed two types of science in one trip. It never occurred to me to try to visit the observatories there as well. Next time!

Second, the book does not present many ideas for biological field research visits. Birding is especially good in Central America and Kenya. Whale watching is outstanding in Hawaii, Baja California, Alaska, Massachusetts, and in the Galapagos . . . depending on the time of the year. Perhaps if there is another edition, these kinds of ideas will be added.

If you think you like science or you have family members who do, this book will bring you many hours of pleasure by guiding you into many of the most interesting sites that are easily accessible. I have already visited many of these locations, and can certainly agree that each one was well worth the trip.

After you have read the book, I suggest that you pick themes of things you would like to learn more about. I had the chance to spend time at the Amazon exhibit at the Smithsonian two years ago, and the scientists there were very good at describing all of the research needs we have for the rain forest. Since then, I have learned a lot more in that area. That has turned out to be very intellectually rewarding for me.

Once you find an area that appeals to you, learn about it in as much depth as you enjoy. That will prove more satisfying than just getting a smattering of a lot of areas. Perhaps you can find ways to get your employer involved in supporting the scientific work that needs to be done. Wouldn't that be great?

Have all the science fun you want!

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Chasing Science: Science as Spectator Sport
Frederik Pohl
Manufacturer: Tor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTM38O

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In 2000 the United States began accepting 3,800 refugees from one of Africa's longest civil wars. They were just some of the thousands of young men, known as "Lost Boys," who had been orphaned or otherwise separated from their families in the chaos of a brutal conflict that has ravaged Sudan since 1983. The Lost Boys of Sudan focuses on four of these refugees. Theirs, however, is a typical story, one that repeated itself wherever the Lost Boys could be found across America. Jacob Magot, Peter Anyang, Daniel Khoch, and Marko Ayii were among 150 or so Lost Boys who were resettled in Atlanta. Like most of their fellow refugees, they had never before turned on a light switch, used a kitchen appliance, or ridden in a car or subway train-much less held a job or balanced a checkbook. We relive their early excitement and disorientation, their growing despondency over fruitless job searches, adjustments they faced upon finally entering the workforce, their experiences of post-9/11 xenophobia, and their undying dreams of acquiring an education.

As we immerse ourselves in the Lost Boys' daily lives, we also get to know the social services professionals and volunteers, celebrities, community leaders, and others who guided them-with occasional detours-toward self-sufficiency. Along the way author Mark Bixler looks closely at the ins and outs of U.S. refugee policy, the politics of international aid, the history of Sudan, and the radical Islamist underpinnings of its government. America is home to more foreign-born residents than ever before; the Lost Boys have repaid that gift in full through their example of unflagging resolve, hope, and faith.

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Must Read.......2007-01-27

I will refrain from giving a summary of the book, as a couple of other reviewers did a nice job of that previously. I will offer a few brief impressions of this work.

Having obtained a degree in African studies in the 1990s, I was well aware of the issues facing Sudan and the history of the civil wars in the country. Many times material I read about Africa is erroneous to some degree in its reporting of events. Bixler gets things right in "The Lost Boys of Sudan." Additionally, he does a nice job of weaving historical context into the story he tells of the young men from Sudan. I was expecting a couple of introductory chapters that would serve as a mini history lesson, but Bixler chose not to go that route. Instead, he took the time to skillfully give historical context as it was merited in the story of the "Lost Boys."

The actual story of the four young men is compelling enough on the surface, but Bixler doesn't try to glorify the subjects of the book, rather he tells it like he observes it. He writes in a manner that makes for an easy read, and allows the reader to get a good picture of the lives of these men.

There are now quite a few films and books about the Lost Boys, and I strongly recommend viewing one of the DVDs on this topic either before or after you read this book. While Bixler paints a really colorful picture with his words, nothing can take the place of actually viewing the camp from which they came and the people themselves.

Of all the books I have read on this subject, Bixler's is the one I recommend the most for a person interested in the "Lost Boys." It does a great job of giving the reader a lucid account of the story of the Lost Boys in America and the circumstances from which they came.

Modern slavery, boy soldiers and African Diaspora.......2006-07-05

This is a fascinating account of how orphaned Sudanese displaced in struggles with northern miltias, found new lives in the US. The volume is particularly useful because it shows the connection between wars of religion and region, the slaving expeditions conducted by janjaweed Islamic militias, and the politics of recruiting for rebel liberation movements in the south. Short on arms, money, soldiers and international sympathy, the southern Sudanese seek international attention to the problems of post-colonial boundaries and rights. They have learned to use the politics of refugee camps to leverage attention and forces. The fortitude of these survivors is amazing, no matter how complicated the story of their displacement turns out to be.

Full review of Bixler's book.......2006-01-22

The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience, by Mark Bixler. The University of Georgia Press, 2005. Pp. 261.

The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God (Leviticus 19:34)

Imagine a cluster of tall, thin Sudanese young men waiting in an airport in Washington D.C. They are all wearing the same sweatshirt. They have spent the past four or five years of their life in refugee camps in Ethiopia. This is their first time traveling by air, seeing the U.S., eating chocolate. They are separated from their parents by war or death. They seem, as Mark Bixler remarks, "to have been plucked from another era and dropped into the hustle and bustle of contemporary America" (96). They anticipate another flight to Atlanta, Georgia, where they will begin a life they have been anticipating for some time- hard work in the hopes of saving up money, passing the GRE, attending college, and making a new life.

And it just so happens that other boys like them, also from the Sudan, have been featured on the CBS program 60 Minutes II and in The New York Times Magazine. On CBS you learn that these young men are committed to hard work so they can receive an education. Bob Simon in the 60 Minutes interview asks one young man how many hours he wants to work. The answer: Sixteen hours a day. Why? The answer: I need to have money so that I can go to school. In the New York Times, we see these opening words: This is snow. This is a can opener. This is a life free from terror." These are untypical, sympathetic men entering what is for them a strange new world. As a result, there are more than your typical number of volunteers calling up refugee resettlement agencies across the country asking, "Are y'all resettling these guys?"

Not all refugee groups coming to the U.S. receive the kind of media attention the Lost Boys of Sudan have received. In fact, most refugees arrive in the U.S. without any attention at all from the press. This is not surprising. Refugees have over the course of history been a marginalized people, and their "refugee" status has not always been recognized as such. In fact, the idea of a refugee as someone who needs protection from the state did not become prevalent until early in the last century. It was not until the formation of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees that a thorough definition of who a refugee is and how they should be treated was established.

A working definition of a refugee, one embraced by the U.N. as well as U.S. refugee policy, is summarized by Mark Bixler: "[A] person who has left his or her country and cannot or does not want to return because of a credible fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a social or ethnic group" (77). "Credible fear" is a general term that in the particular can mean a host of different things. The credible fear for these young men was often a mix of ethnic and religious persecution.

Their "credible fear" is often accompanied by an incredible story. These boys, many of them Dinka cattle herders, heard or witnessed men with rifles shooting their neighbors or family. So they fled east towards Ethiopia, often walking hundreds of miles, starving and thirsty, fending off lions when they crossed deserts and alligators when they swam rivers. Finally, they arrived dazed and half-dead at refugee camps set up by the UNHCR. They lived in these camps for years, receiving some education and a bit of food, waiting to be offered shelter by the U.S. or another nation.

In addition, most of them would come to the U.S. as "unaccompanied minors"- that is, minors who are admitted as refugees without accompanying parents or adult family members. Their status as unaccompanied minors makes them doubly important in the current conversation going on about refugee rights and resettlement.

So to the book. Bixler narrates the experience of a group of four Lost Boys (p. 16-35, 111-210), examines the historical realities that make modern Sudan what it is (p. 56-74), explores the phenomenon of "selective compassion" as it influences our refugee admissions policies (p. 75-80), tells the refugee tale as seen from the perspective of those in charge of admissions (p. 81-94), and tells the refugee tale again as seen from the perspective of those who volunteer with them (p. 95-110). It concludes with a summary chapter, the status at the time of writing of the refugees and the country from which they fled.

Bixler's brief history of the development of international policies for the treatment of refugees (pages 75-80) is just one shining example of why this book should be read not only by those interested in the Lost Boys of Sudan, but by anyone interested in the American story of the refugee experience. Two recent and relatively popular books have presented the refugee experience from, respectively, a literary and sociological perspective: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Ann Fadiman; The Middle of Everywhere, by Mary Pipher. Bixler's unique contribution as a journalist is his telling of a compelling story of these brave young men that also captures the entire breadth of the refugee experience. Bixler's approach is multi-faceted, narrating not only the personal experience of some of the Lost Boys, but also examining U.S. refugee policy and the political situation in Sudan past and present.

Any adequate account of the method, means, and reasons for refugee resettlement by organizations like Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (for which I am an Ambassador and volunteer) is an adequate understanding of the situation itself. Most of us simply have an inadequate understanding of who refugees are (because they come from another place and diverse cultures), how they get here (because the governmental and social agencies involved in their settlement are themselves complex, not to mention busy processing refugees), and what needs to be done for and with them once they arrive (because it is the ever-recurring sin of second and third and sixth generation immigrants to fail to understand the immigrants and refugees who come later than themselves).

Bixler's book goes a long way towards remedying these deficiencies in our understanding. Since his book follows some of the Lost Boys through their first two years of life in the U.S., we learn not only about their initial culture shock, but also about their first jobs, their enrollment in places of learning, their search for lost family, and their common life together. Bixler also observes, often with the candor only a reporter can muster, the relationship between volunteers, relief agencies, and the Lost Boys.

As a Lutheran pastor and Ambassador for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), I was especially pleased to see that LIRS received positive mention by Bixler as an agency that provides exemplary care, especially for unaccompanied minors.

A story well told cannot be summarized, and this is true of Bixler's book. I cannot commend it highly enough. When I speak to church groups about the refugee experience and the ministry of LIRS, I am often at a loss how to share in a short amount of time all that is entailed in refugee resettlement. Book recommendations are my solution to that dilemma. Bixler's book is now at the top of my list.

Interesting Reading.......2005-07-27

Learned a lot about the area of Sudan and trials that a refugee faces cominginto the US when not working with a host family.

Great read!.......2005-06-07

The story of the Lost Boys of Sudan is like no other story ever told. It is a story about thousands of young children, particularly young boys, who became separated from their families due to the long running civil war between the North and South of Sudan. In all, these children walked over a thousand miles across the wilds of Africa in search of safe refuge. Their journey was a long and arduous one filled with suffering and horrors beyond ones imagination.
Through the skilled style of Atlanta journalist Mark Bixler, "The Lost Boys of Sudan" weaves their story with that of other refugees and immigrants who have also settled in our country, while never trivializing their incredible plight. And although "The Lost Boys of Sudan" focuses on four young men living in Atlanta Georgia, their stories are similar to those of approximately 3800 other Lost Boys who have resettled in various cities across the US. Like those in Atlanta, they too have had to come to grips with the fascinating sights and wonders of this strange land called America, while attempting to blend within our society. For the first time in their lives they are forced to work full time jobs in order to support themselves and those they left behind, while also attending school. The task of surviving in this strange and foreign land has proven difficult at best. The results of their labors however, as chronicled by Bixler, are both amazing and truly inspiring to us all.
Joan Hecht
Author of "The Journey of the Lost Boys"

The Lost Boys Of Sudan: An American Story Of The Refugee Experience

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The Lost Boys Of Sudan: An American Story Of The Refugee Experience
Mark Bixler
Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press
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Binding: Hardcover
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The Lost Boys of Sudan.(book)(excerpt from "The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience")(Excerpt): An article from: Sojourners Magazine

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The Lost Boys of Sudan.(book)(excerpt from "The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience")(Excerpt): An article from: Sojourners Magazine
Mark Bixler
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Sojourners Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2085 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Lost Boys of Sudan.(book)(excerpt from "The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience")(Excerpt)
Author: Mark Bixler
Publication: Sojourners Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
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Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 34 Issue: 4 Page: 28(4)

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Daring expeditions on camel and yak; biplanes buffeted by gales in the Himalayas; shootouts with bandits as paleontologists race across the Mongolian steppes; lost cities beneath desert dunes, priceless art treasures and manuscripts along the ancient Silk Road - here are real-life adventures in the great uncharted "alluring target" of Central Asia at the dawn of the modern age.

Rescued from obscurity and profiled in compelling detail are eleven explorers, scientists, mystics, and just plain adventurers - including two indomitable - who journeyed through this forbidding region between 1890 and 1935 and brought back its secrets, its treasures, its knowledge, and, as vividly presented in The Alluring Target, fascinating accounts of their travels.

Customer Reviews:

Good starting point.......1999-10-15

Former foreign service officer Wimmel has written an accessible introduction to eight different "explorations" of Central Asia--which in this book means Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia, and parts of China, moreso than current day Uzbekistan, Khazakstan, etc... Wimmel's goal is to remind modern readers of the amazing exploits of intrepid adventurers and scientists of the past, and he wholly succeeds. The book is full of fun little anecdotes and tidbits, as well as excellent photos. My favorite chapter was the description of the Houston Expedition to be the first to fly over Mt. Everest. Good stuff.

This is the book for you. A really good read........1999-10-12

Thanks for this opportunity to write something about a really good book. Aficionados of Central Asia (east of Kashgar) are going to like this book. It brings to life the exploits of such famous travelers as Roy Chapman Andrews, Hedin, Younghusband, and the intrepid Alexandra David-Neel who reached Lhasa in 1923. It is full of interesting historical anecdotes and photos. For example, the author has a wonderful photo of Sir Francis Younghusband (p.96) in full dress uniform receiving the Chinese Amban in Lhasa. Another is Alexandra David-Neel in Tibet (p.148) with her Lama traveling companion. The book is well researched, has an index, useful bibliographies, and reads easily. My only quarrel is with the title which says little about the contents and its subtitle which is hard on eyes over 65. Nevertheless, if you've seen this part of the world or are planning a trip there, this is the book for you. A really good read. Submitted by the Assistant Dir (ret) Colorado State University Libraries.

This is the book for you. A really good read........1999-10-12

A great Travelouge -- entertaining and informative.......1999-10-01

As an Indian reader my strong conviction is that Mr. Wimmel has done justice to the subject with lot of research and supplementing it with first hand experiences while serving in various parts of Asia including India. Of course I do wish if Nepal and Bhutan was also included it would have been of a greater interest to wider cross section of Asians interested in such informative travelogues. The author has really done justice to the subject. Inclusion of historic pictures depicting the active participation of Cartographers of "Survey of India Department" of Govt. of India has really added to the authencity of the travelogue. A great book to read in a long week-end.

A great Travelouge -- entertaining and informative.......1999-10-01

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Beware of the secret service!.......2005-10-31

I know that the secret service is now going to come after me for saying so, but this is the funniest calendar I have ever seen. Our local library has one on their front counter and after reading several pages during our visits, I am buying one for our house! This is poking fun at our dear President's unique speech patterns, so supporters beware! But, you know what, it's funny as "H-E-double-hockeysticks"!

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practical and inspirational

An Excellent Overview

Can't wait to try it out!

top notch

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape
Brad Lancaster
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Binding: Paperback

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Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life and Landscape is the first volume of three-volume guide on how to conceptualize, design, and implement sustainable water-harvesting systems for your home, landscape, and community. This book enables you to assess your on-site resources, gives you a diverse array of strategies to maximize their potential, and empowers you with guiding principles to create an integrated, multi-functional water-harvesting plan specific to your site and needs. Volume 1 helps bring your site to life, reduce your cost of living, endow you with skills of self-reliance, and create living air conditioners of vegetation growing beauty, food, and wildlife habitat. Stories of people who are successfully welcoming rain into their life and landscape will invite you to do the same!

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practical and inspirational.......2007-09-05

i enjoyed reading this book which was both extremely useful and inspirational in its practical demonstration of how water care can change lives with a little thought,care and the tried and true methods of someone who is clearly an expert in the field.

An Excellent Overview.......2007-08-28

This book presents a good starting point for those interested in harvesting rainwater for landscaping and domestic use. It presents basic ideas of the process clearly with many simple (and sometimes entertaining) figures, pictures, and a number of real-life examples. Appendices in the book present more technical information for planning, etc.

I live in a state that is much wetter than Arizona, but applying some of the principles in this book has helped me work toward independence from the town water supply. This past year, the garden has been irrigated solely from rainwater collected off my roof into several rainbarrels. I'm currently expanding this system to over 600 gallons of storage... sufficient for my garden size.

The book refers to Volumes 2 and 3 of the series, neither of which have been published as of this review. These volumes are supposed to expand on the ideas presented in Vol. 1. However, it seems that the publication date for Vol. 2 keeps getting pushed back. This publication delay is my only disappointment.

Can't wait to try it out!.......2007-07-03

I bought this book about a month ago. We're in escrow on a house in Las Vegas with no landscaping whatsoever in an older neighborhood. This book has been very helpful in planning my landscaping. I can't wait to put his ideas to use!

top notch.......2007-01-19

If you're interested in religion, buy a bible. If you're interested in making your property water secure, buy this book. It's a ripper.

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape.......2007-01-04

I can't say enough about what a good reference this book is for all gardeners/farmers, and even for people who don't garden. Water is such a precious resource. Mr. Lancaster did extensive research for this book inspired by Mr. Phirri in Africa. I first heard of Mr. Phirri in an online article by Mr. Lancaster. He was arrested several times for stealing water from his neighbors during the dry season because he still was able to grow and harvest vegetables and such when no one else could....and more importantly perhaps, his well never ran dry. The thing was he wasn't stealing water. He was harvesting it in unique ways he had to prove. It caused folks from all over the globe to go see how a simple African man could manage this after he convinced a judge to come to see his system for saving water. He became known as "The Man Who Farms Water."
Mr. Lancaster took what he learned from Mr. Phirri and researched it back home in Arizona to see if these ideas/techniques could be used anywhere else. What he and his brother learned caused even the city of Tuscon, Arizona, to change their ideas and practices in order to save precious water for its citizens. This book explains all of that and more. The one drawback to the book may be that it lists sources only for Tuscon, but it was that area for which it was written. What it shows may be used anywhere, though. It goes much further than just putting out barrels to collect rainwater. You may find yourself wondering why you didn't think of that yourself. Some of it completely contradicts what we have always been told about how our property should be graded, for instance. It may be my most valuable gardening reference, but more importantly it may be the most valuable resource for preserving potable water for the world

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