Vivir para crecer (Virginia Satir series)

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Endorsing meditation as a valuable addition to therapy, this book explores how the search for inner strength can provide humans with the resources needed to negotiate obstacles and grow as individuals. For those who lack a sense of autonomy, are ineffective at communication, or are reluctant to change, meditation can open the door to inner peace and provide the resolve to seek out new possibilities.

Apoyar la meditación como complemento ideal de la terapia este libro explora como la búsqueda de la fuerza interior puede traerles a los seres humanos las herramientas necesarias para sortear obstáculos y crecer. Para personas que carecen de autonomía para actuar y sienten resistencia para introducir cambios beneficiosos, o tienen dificultad en comunicarse, la meditación puede abrir la puerta a una paz interior y proporcionar el coraje de buscar posibilidades nuevas.

Vivir Para Crecer: El Maravilloso Mundo De Tus Posibildades

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Vivir Para Crecer: El Maravilloso Mundo De Tus Posibildades
Viriginia Satir
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Into the Valley: A History and Tour Guide of Civil War in the Shennandoah Valley, 1861-1865 (The Civil War Explorer Series)
Jim Miles
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ASIN: 1581824017

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The Shenandoah Valley-the mere name sounds enchanting, and its beauty and bounty have captivated the imagination of Americans for 300 years. During the four years of the Civil War, what was once an amazing geological attraction became a vital strategic asset. Possession of the Valley by the Confederacy meant an invasion route into the heart of Maryland and Pennsylvania and to the backdoor of Washington, D.C. In Union hands, the Confederacy would lose a valuable railroad, the agricultural produce of the Valley, and protection from attack via the many gaps through the mountains of Virginia.

Great generals, including Stonewall Jackson, Philip H. Sheridan, John C. Breckinridge, George A. Custer, and Jubal Early, fought desperate battles to control the Shenandoah. Armies marched rapidly and maneuvered brilliantly between green mountains and along the sparkling waters of the Shenandoah River, called Daughter of the Stars by Native Americans. The area was devastated by total war-hundreds of farms and tons of food were wantonly torched.

Into the Valley is the first book to offer a comprehensive history of every campaign that occurred in the Valley during four years of combat. The tour guides explore every battle, road, and mountain gap used by the armies and examines the charming, historic attractions of the Shenandoah, its towns and villages, mansions and mills, churches and cemeteries, monuments and museums.

The book contains hundreds of period photographs and drawings. It also is filled with modern photographs that richly illustrate the driving tours, original battle maps, fascinating sidebar articles, a chronology of key events, sources for additional travel information, a bibliography, and an index.

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The Vietnamese refugee experience calls attention to issues commonly raised by migration: the redefinition of group relations, the reformulation of identity, and the reconstruction of social and musical life in resettlement. Fifteen years ago, Adelaida Reyes began doing fieldwork on the musical activities of Vietnamese refugees. She entered the emotion-driven world of forced migrants through expressive culture, learned to see the lives of refugee-resettlers through the music they made and enjoyed, and, in turn, gained a deeper understanding of their music through knowledge of their lives.

In Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free, Reyes brings history, politics, and decades of research to her study of four resettlement communities, including refugee centers in Palawan and Bataan, the early refugee community in New Jersey, and the largest of all Vietnamese communities—Little Saigon, in southern California's Orange County.

Looking closely at diasporic Vietnamese in each location, Reyes demonstrates that expressive culture provides a valuable window into the refugee experience. Showing that Vietnamese immigrants deal with more than simply a new country and culture in these communities, Reyes considers such issues as ethnicity, socio-economic class, and differing generations. She considers in her study music of all kinds—performed and recorded, public and private—and looks at music as listened to and performed by all age groups, including church music, club music, and music used in cultural festivals. Moving from traditional folk music to elite and modern music and from the recording industry to pirated tapes, Reyes looks at how Vietnamese in exile struggled, in different ways, to hold onto a part of their home culture and to assimilate into their new, most frequently American, culture.

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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on June 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1020 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: Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free: Music and the Vietnamese Refugee Experience.(Review)(Brief Article) (book review)
Author: Tomie Hahn
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2000
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Volume: 56 Issue: 4 Page: 957

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Sidney Reilly influenced world history through acts of extraordinary courage and sheer audacity. He was a master spy, a brilliant con man, a charmer, and a cad who lived on his wits and thrived on danger, using women shamelessly and killing where necessary—and unnecessary. Sidney Reilly is one of the most fascinating spies of the 20th century, yet he remains one of the most enigmatic. Introducing new evidence gathered from an extraordinary range of sources, Andrew Cook tells the full story of Sidney Reilly’s life. He proves conclusively who Reilly was, where he came from, and the truth behind his most daring exploits.

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A Modern Spy.......2006-11-10

Interesting story of a spy at the beggining of the 2oth century

More Remarkable Than James Bond.......2006-08-07

Real-life British agent Sidney Reilly (he took an Irish professional name for the irony of the act) began life in nineteenth-century Russia, raised in a wealthy Christian household, but secretly the illegitimate son of his neurotic mother's Jewish doctor. Born Sigmund Gregorivich Rosenblum, "Reilly" traveled the world from the oil fields of Baku to the boiling kettle of Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War, representing British interests and creating his own enduring legend. A risk-taker, a daredevil, a master of disguise and first-rate actor, the ruthlessly amoral Reilly, who spoke seven languages and appears to have had a photographic mind, faced death many times over and seemed utterly devoid of fear as he enjoyed success after success in his life of peril. Among the first secret agents of the modern stripe, Reilly routinely disobeyed orders from his superiors in London, men of the old school whose creed regarding espionage was that "gentleman do not open each other's mail." Reilly's career reads like fiction but is cold hard reality. He went undercover in Germany, just before the First World War, to secure German military plans vital to British security. He infiltrated ex-pat European society in the Far East to provide much-needed information to England's Japanese allies. But it was Reilly's forays into Russia itself at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution that stand above all else. Virulently anti-Communist, Reilly's plot to topple Lenin very nearly succeeded and his missions did in fact contribute greatly toward the destabilization of the nascent Soviet state. Lured back into the USSR the proverbial once too often, however, Reilly disappeared in 1924 after undertaking a mission to rescue friends held in Moscow prisons. For many years his exact fate was unknown, but this book reveals the end of this greatest of all spies, and shows that Reilly's final act was a tragedy befitting his reputation and legacy. Truly an amazing man whose life makes for an incredible biography.

Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly.(Book Review) : An article from: Military Review

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Lester W. Grau
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Title: Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly.(Book Review)
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Birth of a Statesman

Why England Slept

Manufacturer: Wilfred Funk
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000E4ALWE

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Later reissue. With a new foreward by Henry R. Luce.

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Birth of a Statesman.......2006-09-24

Young John F. Kennedy wrote a thesis at Harvard that foreshadowed his potential greatness as a statesman. This is a factual look at Britain's actions prior to the Second World War. Interestingly, the book also foreshadows America sleeping prior to September 11, 2001. Britain as a Democracy was unprepared to take on the totaltarian Nazi state. Sound familiar? This book is timely reading in the 21st century. I hope that it is re-released either to the public, or as a text book for students of diplomacy.

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Why England Slept
John F. Kennedy
Manufacturer: Dolphin Books
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ASIN: B000JKO9Y4

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"Watchmen on the walls of world freedom"-JFK
An Insightful Look At The World
A surprisingly insightful view of pre war Europe and America
A great piece of work by a great man!
Poor, ghost-written history

Why England Slept
John F. Kennedy
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ASIN: 0313228744

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Written by John F. Kennedy in 1940 when he was still in college and reprinted in 1961 when he was president, this book is an appraisal of the tragic events of the thirties that led to World War II. It is an account of England's unpreparedness for war and a study of the shortcomings of democracy when confronted by the menace of totalitarianism.

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"Watchmen on the walls of world freedom"-JFK.......2004-02-19

Timeless.

How can I say that? The book is dated, published in1940, originally JFK's senior thesis at Harvard.

I have to admit, as a young girl, part of my attraction to JFK, RFK and others of this family, was their amazing good looks and charisma revealed in so many photographs within a multitude of magazines and film reels of their public speeches.

However, actually reading what they have written and looking at the subject matter that they chose for their published books, I am struck by the depth of their intellect and grateful for their insights into topics of such great importance to our country and for the world. Even if they didn't write a word of their books, which I highly doubt, it can be said at least, that they surely were wise in their instruction and the person(s) they chose to write them.

This book was written to analyze what was happening within England before WWII began for them and in order to explain why they were so ill-equipped for the war when it started. Year by year up to 1940, JFK reveals the major events worldwide, the sentiments expressed by the British political parties and public, and the policies that resulted which affected munitions' numbers. Yet far from being a drab accountant's ledger of munitions numbers, JFK's book reveals his perceptive instinct which is surely a requisite character trait of someone who would receive for 1000 days the greatest power in office from one of the greatest countries in the world.

The title for this review was taken from a speech JFK never delivered as he was to speak at the Dallas Trade Mart that last day. The speech is really beautiful. Here are some excerpts:

"...Ignorance and misinformation can handicap the progress of a city or a company, but they can, if allowed to prevail in foreign policy, handicap this country's security. In a world of complex and continuing problems, in a world full of frustrations and irritations, America's leadership must be guided by the lights of learning and reason --- or else those who confuse rhetoric with reality and the plausible with the possible will gain the popular ascendancy with their seemingly swift and simple solutions to every world problem."

JFK's closing remarks:

"My friends and fellow citizens: I cite these facts and figures to make it clear that America today is stronger than ever before. Our adversaries have not abandoned their ambitions, our dangers have not diminished, our vigilance cannot be relaxed. But now we have the military, the scientific, and the economic strength to do whatever must be done for the preservation and promotion of freedom.

That strength will never be used in pursuit of aggressive ambitions --- it will always be used in pursuit of peace. It will never be used to promote provocations --- it will always be used to promote the peaceful settlement of disputes.

We in this country, in this generation, are --- by destiny rather than choice --- the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of "peace on earth, good will toward men." That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago, "except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."

An Insightful Look At The World.......2003-12-03

First let me say I've been a fan of JFK for many years. And yet I had never read this book. As the 40th anniversary of his death approached, I decided to read this book and was stunned by how wise his analysis was of the British situation prior to WWII. His observations about Churchill were quite right, and his assessment of why England hung back when other parts of Europe were falling was so clear and correct, that I had to keep reminding myself that this was written in 1940. I also could see how he used these observations to craft his own view of foreign policy and defense for when he became President. I'm glad I read this book. It's well worth the time.

A surprisingly insightful view of pre war Europe and America.......2002-04-20

This review will not likely be read by anyone for years or if ever, unless the book receives a new publication, but let's set the record straight, did JFK solely write this book? Who knows and who cares anymore. At least there isn't the plagiarizing charge that accompanies the 21st century's current popular historians. Kennedy put his name on the cover and left himself open for criticism or acclaim.

The book is drably written and without many of the lively anecdotes typical of current nonfiction. The book, though, in analyzing England & Europe's political and economic condition provides a perspective to the often asked question of "Why didn't the world act to stop Hitler before he opened hostilities?" Kennedy nearly prophesizes the later U.S. involvement in the war. Unfortunately, the post war perspective of whether earlier action against Hitler should have been initiated is colored by historians' accepting of Churchill's later self serving reviews of the pre-war years. Kennedy's book gives some perspective to Churchill's role of those pre-war years (e.g., Churchill at first argued to increase armament to keep up with the French, not Germany), and the likelihood of whether more serious action would have been possible at the time (not likely by any single nation). There were things in this book that I had not earlier encountered in my numerous readings of WWII.

A great piece of work by a great man!.......2000-03-22

John F. Kennedy puts some light on his thought process at the time and how it would carry him into the whitehouse. If only we could have another John F. Kennedy.

Poor, ghost-written history.......1999-11-15

First, JFK did not write this book. Rather, it was written for him by a number of people, and one of the writers described it as 'a very sloppy job, mostly magazine and newspaper clippings stuck together', when seen in its original state. Joe Kennedy, the President's father, made it a best-seller by using his influence with publishers like Henry Luce. Old Joe also helped out by purchasing 30,000 to 40,000 copies of the "book" and storing them at the family compound in Hyannisport. See Paul Johnson's A History of the American People for full details... Save your money, and your time.

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WHY ENGLAND SLEPT
JOHN F. KENNEDY
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Why England Slept
Kennedy John F.
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WHY ENGLAND SLEPT.

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Why England Slept
John F Kennedy
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Why England Slept
John F. KENNEDY
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Why England Slept
John F. Kennedy
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Why England Slept
John F. Kennedy
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A reformed dieter and an exbulimic, Laura Fraser traces our fixation with thinness to the images that began appearing a hundred years ago in magazines like Ladies Home Journal and Cosmopolitan. Fraser chronicles the corresponding growth of a $50 billion a year industry that provides false hope in exchange for cash. In this meticulously researched journey through Dietland, Fraser gives the inside scoop on:
Diet drugs, including the controversial phen/fen
Diet gurus Richard Simmons, Susan Powter, and Dean Ornish
Commercial weight loss centers, including Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers
Weightloss products like thigh creams and diet cookies
Provocative, political, and personal, this revealing book is a remarkable work of investigative journalism and an enthralling, compelling story with almost universal relevance.
The hardcover edition of Losing It received major television coverage, including appearances on "NBC Nightly News," the "Today" show, "Home and Family," and "Good Day New York." Excerpts of Losing It and related articles by Laura Fraser appeared in Mirabella, Vogue, Glamour, Fitness, Good Housekeeping, Self, Mademoiselle, and Health.

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Factually Incorrect.......2003-02-27

I have yet to finish reading this book; however I was incensed when I came across a glearing inaccuracy on page 101. This says tons against this 'writer' who obviously did NOT do her homework when writing this book.
It is very hard to find credibility in a book which lacks a factual background.

Further -
Calling Paul Raford a '..public health specialist.." is like calling your family doctor a public health specialist. Dr Raford had written nothing on diet pills before the Wyden hearings. His critique was seriously flawed and poorly written.

Incidentally aspirin has far more adverse effects and overdoses per doses consumed than diet pills ever have. Ms Fraser implies that all overdoses were from PPA. Far from it. A lot more attention should have been paid to products like ephedra way back then!

Sure the diet industry is not perfect. I am horrified at how the public accepts new diets that come on the market; but I am also disappointed with writers who go to the trouble to write a book yet make little effort to check their facts.

Just Finished Losing It.......2003-02-14

She covers nearly everything, doesn't talk much about Type II diabetes, doesn't cover liposuction at all, and she DOES say that losing weight is deleterious to your health (directly negating what a previous reviewer wrote). She talks about dieting causing more fat to be layered on when it fails, but also about how dieting to lose weight actually kills the heart muscle, and can cause heart attacks (John Candy is cited). Her thing is not that it is unhealthy to "lose weight if you are meant to once you start eating healthy and exercising regularly", but that repetitively starving the body's muscles and other tissues is simply bad for your health. She says some people will stay round and plump looking even when eating normally (i.e., not overeating all the time, not undereating all the time, but eating till your satisfied and knowing when you are hungry.)

What I really liked was that she talks about the healthfulness of eating plenty of nutritious calories and getting plenty of exercise, as in "eat your veggies and then go outside and play." Seems so commonsensical, but most of us would rather wait for a pill to solve our problems and to do it fast. We would rather change to fit society than tell society to start accepting ALL sorts of bodies and types. Probably, because this is the USA, we will never get around to letting go of our puritanical viewpoints (part of which is denying the self=godlike), and we will continue to be thrown an onslaught of thin, plastic surgery girls to look at in the media. The only way we can stop feeling bad about ourselves is probably to just get over it and live our lives to the fullest.

I like what she says about living.

Wake-up America!.......2002-05-24

The book goes behind the closed doors of the diet industry and reveals what's really going on in the world of dieting. This book really is a wake-up call to all those who have fallen into the American diet trap. I was astonished at some of the tricks and gimmicks used by the diet industry! The book even gives some steps to becoming a healthy eater by relying on yourself, rather than following someone else's diet.

Freedom from Guilt!.......2002-02-14

Fraser traces the history of what's been considered acceptable weight (surprise, it hasn't always been the Kate Moss figure), as well as debunking all those "diet gurus" out there. Goodbye Richard Simmons, Weight Watchers and Susan Powter! She presents all the negatives associated with gastic bypass (not only do they fail, but they bring about huge health problems). Finally, she offers guidelines on how to live DIET FREE! Yes, she actually promotes how to just eat normally (who's have thought?). BUY THIS BOOK, you will not regret it!

An excellent read for anybody.......2002-01-26

As a fat person, I was particularly interested in this book and it did not disappoint me. The author's engaging style and thorough research draw in the reader and make this book a quick read. I was convinced after reading this book that weight loss surgery would be the absolute worst thing for me and that I should concentrate on living an active life and enjoying myself instead of going on yet another frustrating and difficult diet. There is no "quick and easy answer" to weight loss, which is amply illustrated by this book.

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s a field biologist, Heather Heying has been to some of the most remote, creature-filled places on the globe. But nothing she had previously experienced quite prepared her for the three seasons she spent in Madagascar studying poisonous frogs. An anciet island, it is also a scientists paradisealmost all of the wildlife there is endemic. However, Madagascars society is almost as unique as its nature. Language and cultural barriers, combined with bureaucratic red tape, can make it a scientists worst nightmare. Through anecdotes that are in turn hilarious, insightful, and beautiful, Heather recounts her adventuresfrom run-ins with naked sailors and unusually hostile lemurs to tropical hurricanes and greedy tourist entrepreneurs. As she carefully navigates a path through many obstacles, she not only reaches a gradual understanding of her place as a female Westerner in a foreign society, but reaffirms her intense love for and desire to save the stunning wildlife that surrounds her there.

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Transporting.......2007-08-20

A writer who can transport someone from the hard concrete unnatural world of NYC to a bambo well thousand of miles away in a remote tropical forrest has to be one I love! Really loved the connection to nature this brought for me. I'd love to read another travel log of Ms. Heyings.

A great look at Malagasy culture from a western viewpoint........2005-07-19

This book is focuses on what it's like for a western biologist (herpetologist) to go to Madagascar to study frogs. Heather Heying has a wonderful way with words that creates vibrant images of what she saw, heard, and felt while living there. Most of the focus is on cultural issues, including her own culture shock. Wildlife is used as a means of conveying her experiences and the experiences of the Malagasy people, not as the thrust or purpose of the book. I highly recommend this if you are at all interested in the people of Madagascar. This is a very well-written, engaging account.

A great read.......2003-12-08

Heying is a terrific writer and a keen observer of the world around her. She has traveled to Madagascar to research the behavior of tiny poisonous frogs but finds herself equally challenged by the strange behavior of the island's human inhabitants. The book is a thoughtful exploration of the predicament faced by forest creatures, the Malagasy people, and ultimately, the author herself. For those not lucky enough (or brave enough) to live in a remote tropical forest, this book provides a vivid portrait of the experience.

Antipode: Seasons with the Extraordinary Wildlife & Culture of Madagascar.

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Antipode: Seasons with the Extraordinary Wildlife & Culture of Madagascar.
Heather E. Heying
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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ASIN: B000OTLGH8

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