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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Michael Murray, Joseph Pizzorno</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>The Naturopathic Bible</p>This book was my text book for my Naturopathy class. I found it to be very informative about pretty much any natural remedy or therapy out there. I've heard it referred to as the Naturopathy bible and I feel like that sums it up perfectly. I would recommend it to anyone interested in natural medicines ie. herbs and dietary supplements. It also goes through all of the systems of the body just like an anatomy text book would and explains all of the bodily processes in a very easy to understand   language. I enjoyed the class and the book as a part of the class although I don't know that I would have the patience to read the book outside of school.It was definitely the most comprehensive book on alternative medicine I have read thus far. I also think that it would inspire anyone who read it to want to live a healthier life.It covered the material it was designed to wonderfully and for that I give the authors credit. I also think that this would be a good read for anyone in the medical field, seeing as complementary and alternative therapies are rapidly gaining popularity in this country. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>There Is No Key to Happiness, the Door Is Always Open by Marc Gohres</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>Nothing Special</p><p>I would like to start off my saying when I first heard about the book and heard the title I was really excited to read it. I usually like a good self help book as long as it presents some new ideas to me.</p>

<p>I liked the idea of the book and how it talked about the powers of positive thinking and how you shouldn't feed into other people's negativity. I understood the principles behind the book and I thought they were good. But I didn't like the book for a number or reasons. </p>

<p>Firstly, I found it hard to concentrate when there were grammatical errors throughout the book. I understand that maybe this version is a little rough around the edges since I don't believe the book has been released yet. But aside from just the grammatical errors I just didn't feel like any of the suggestions presented in the book were anything more than common sense. I know that may sound harsh but it's honestly how I feel. In my mind what makes a good self help book is the author presenting their own unique ideas (usually something the average person wouldn't think to be common sense) in a way that helps the reader to essentially gain a new insight or outlook on live. I found the chapter on meditation to be the best one in the book but even that I found to be very simplistic in style.</p>

<p>I don't know what else to say. I wanted to like the book and I tried, unfortunately I can't say I succeeded. I don't know that I could recommend the book with a clean conscience although I'm sure there is someone who would like the book. It just didn't do anything for me personally.</p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Stand Clear Doors Closing by Shane Conroy</title>
            <link>http://www.revish.com/reviews/0980331803/silentdesperation/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>A Strange Collection of Stories</p>I would like to start out by saying that I read the whole book in one setting because I felt like it all tied in together somehow. I will admit that it wasn't a typical writing style and at times not an easy read but after completing it I felt a sense of accomplishment and there were many things I enjoyed about the book. The first story I really liked was, &quot;Batman's a Junkie and Gotham City's Fucked&quot;. I liked the whole story but especially the part that talks about his wondering why the girl wasn't in school listening to the teacher and learning about Pythagorus' theorem or maybe that was exactly why she wasn't there. I don't know why but that made sense to me. The next story I took a liking to was &quot;'il faut&quot;. I liked the part about Hemmingway, although I'm not sure why. I found &quot;This is Not a Love Song&quot; to be a descent read but I didn't quite get the mannequin part. I mean I understood it but I don't know why he chose to use a mannequin. I liked the story, &quot;Murder Your Darlings&quot;. There wasn't any part in particular just the story as a whole. My favorite story by far was, &quot;Another Happy Monday&quot;. I liked the whole story from beginning to end but my favorite part was when he talks about,&quot;a writer once said he saw suicide like a door in his head. The door was closed but if things got really bad you knew you could always walk through it.&quot;&quot;He said it was comforting to think about the door.&quot; I really liked that part. The last story I liked was, &quot;Sometimes NoWhere is the Only Place&quot;. I liked the image  I got from reading this part, &quot;There were plenty of empty seats in the carriage, but the boys heeded the filthy stares of the Respectable Commuters and tool their place on the dirty stairs, neither totally included or excluded from the tired majority comfortable on the blue vinyl trenches. A dirty grey no man's land of nowhere.&quot; Overall, I liked the book, although at times I felt a little challenged by the different writing style. I wouldn't read it more than once but I would recommend it to someone who was looking for a less than conventional read. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Junior by Macaulay Culkin</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>A Mess of a Book </p><p>Macualay Culkin's &quot;junior&quot; was a train wreck of literature. There wasn't any plot per say, it started out with what were said to be excerpts from an unfinished memoir titled the life and times of monkey-monkey boy. These snippets are assumable bits and pieces of storys from Macualay's youth.</p><p>Intermittently thrown in there are hand drawn comics that look like they were drawn by a young child. The comics were neither pleasing to the eye or funny.</p><p>There are a number of letters written to his father on various subjects, most of them revolve around his father's abuse to him and his mother. There are some poems but they too were very poorly written. There was also a section of letters to his mother, father, ex-girlfriends, and ex-friends that he said he wrote but never intended to send.</p><p>Beyond that there were some bad knock knock jokes thrown in there and a number of lists of things he wanted to do before he died.</p><p>All and all the book was just a big mess. There was no plot at all, nor did there seem to be any point to the book either. It was a difficult read not because of any complexity but simply because it was bad writing. I would not recommend this book even if it were given to someone for free. </p>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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