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The acute powers of observation that marked Jane Austen's brilliant authorial career serve her equally well as a sleuth, as Barron's popular series has demonstrated in five earlier outings. Here, Barron uses Austen's well- documented interest in the Royal Navy as the linchpin of the plot. Jane's brother Frank, an officer who served under Nelson at Trafalgar, can't believe that his friend Tom Seagrave, commanding officer of the Stella Maris, killed the captain of the French frigate Manon moments after he'd surrendered his ship to Seagrave, despite the testimony of a junior officer. Ministering to the French prisoners of war housed at the Wool House of the title, Jane soon discovers another witness to the incident, a dashing and romantic surgeon whose account might save Seagrave from the gallows. As usual, Barron evokes the social, domestic, and cultural scene of England in the glory days of the empire with the wit, charm, and verve that mark her heroine's literary legacy. --Jane Adams
Book Description
In her sixth engrossing outing, Jane Austen employs her delicious wit and family ties to the Royal Navy in a case of murder on the high seas. Somewhere in the picturesque British port of Southampton, among a crew of colorful, eccentric, and fiercely individual souls, a killer has come ashore. And only Jane can fathom the depths of his ruthless mind....
Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House
“I will assert that sailors are endowed with greater worth than any set of men in England.”
So muses Jane Austen as she stands in the buffeting wind of Southampton’s quay beside her brother Frank on a raw February morning. Frank, a post captain in the Royal Navy, is without a ship to command, and his best prospect is the Stella Maris, a fast frigate captained by his old friend Tom Seagrave.
“Lucky” Tom — so dubbed for his habit of besting enemy ships — is presently in disgrace, charged with violating the Articles of War. Tom’s first lieutenant, Eustace Chessyre, has accused Seagrave of murder in the death of a French captain after the surrender of his ship.
Though Lucky Tom denies the charge, his dagger was found in the dead man’s chest. Now Seagrave faces court-martial and execution for a crime he swears he did not commit.
Frank, deeply grieved, is certain his friend will hang. But Jane reasons that either Seagrave or Chessyre is lying — and that she and Frank have a duty to discover the truth.
The search for the captain’s honor carries them into the troubled heart of Seagrave’s family, through some of the seaport’s worst sinkholes, and at long last to Wool House, the barred brick structure that serves as gaol for French prisoners of war.
Risking contagion or worse, Jane agrees to nurse the murdered French captain’s imprisoned crew — and elicits a debonair surgeon’s account of the Stella Maris’s battle that appears to clear Tom Seagrave of all guilt.
When Eustace Chessyre is found murdered, the entire affair takes on the appearance of an insidious plot against Seagrave, who is charged with the crime. Could any of his naval colleagues wish him dead? In an era of turbulent intrigue and contested amour, could it be a case of cherchez la femme ... or a veiled political foe at work? And what of the sealed orders under which Seagrave embarked that fateful night in the Stella Maris? Death knocks again at Jane’s own door before the final knots in the killer’s net are completely untangled.
Always surprising,
Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House is an intelligent and intriguing mystery that introduces Jane and her readers to “the naval set” — and charts a true course through the amateur sleuth’s most troubled waters yet.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews:
Sheer Pleasure!.......2007-06-23
Comprised of a series of journals, lately discovered in the cellar of an old American house, the Jane Austin mysteries have much to offer for history buffs and mystery-lovers alike. One is able to see first hand the author's views on the politics of her time and social responsibilities, as well as the inspirations for her beloved characters in Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and the like. It is a sheer pleasure to peruse the thoughts of Jane's sharp mind and cunning wit as she puts other detectives to shame. These books are a most charming pleasure, both entertaining and "improving the mind through extensive reading." There are 8 titles in the Jane Austen Mystery Series.
Stephanie Baron Fan for life.......2007-03-29
Once I began the first book by Stephanie Baron in this series, I ask my brother, "Do you think she can write faster than I can read? because I cannot put this down." Both he and I read all the books available but now are left starving so to speak, having nothing left but the want for more. Someone call BBC and have them all made into beautiful films like A&E's Pride & Prejudice.
Captive Audience.......2005-12-24
I continue to be impressed with how comfortable Stephanie Barron has made herself in Jane Austen's shoes and world. In her introductions to each of the books, Barron accounts that these tales are 'diaries' written by Austen that she is merely editing. The sixth book in her Jane Austen mysteries is as strong as the previous ones, interweaving facts of Jane's life with the fiction of Barron's mysterious imaginings.
"Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House" finds our beloved heroine in Southampton, 1807, awaiting installation at her brother's new home. Her brother, Frank Austen, is an officer with the Royal Navy, resigned to living on land, but longing to return to sea. He quickly learns that his wish is to be granted, but only at the cost of a friendship. His longtime friend, Captain Tom Seagrave, is accused of murdering the captain of a French ship they overtook in battle. Frank knows his friend to be innocent, and enlists his sister's sleuthing skills to uncover the truth of the matter. Jane soon finds herself ministering to the French prisoners of war, where she meets a man who could clear the Captain's name. But before he can do so, another murder is committed and unexpected happenings confuse the real mystery at hand.
As with her previous works, Barron has totally immersed herself in Jane Austen's world. For Austen fans it is almost as if these fictional mysteries were Austen's recovered diaries, for Barron pays her due justice. "Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House" is a worthy addition to the series, and I look forward to reading the next entries.
Much too serious to be interesting.......2005-10-12
Stephanie Barron has obviously done her homework; after reading biographies of Jane Austen, I believe Ms. Barron has represented the real Jane Austen quite well. However, the book is far too serious and therefore VERY BORING. I only got to the end of this book because it was the recorded version. Reading it would have taken far too much energy.
excellent sixth novel in this delightful series.......2005-04-05
This, the sixth novel in Stephanie Barron's series about Jane Austen as sleuth, takes place in the naval port of Southampton, where Jane's brother's friend has been accused of murdering the captain of a captured French ship.
Barron captures Austen's style and wit admirably and, as with the other novels, has presented us with a believable portrait of Jane's world. The mystery s good -- I thought I had it figured out, but didn't.
The character of Jane is a bit too action-oriented to be plausible, but the book is still enjoyable. Unfortunately, no Lord Harold!
Book Description
Here Tarzan returns to Opar, the source of the gold for lost Atlantis. Ages ago Atlantis sunk beneath the waves -- but the denizens of Opar still mine the gold of this lost colony. Tarzan, following greedy pair -- one Belgian, one Arab -- into the jungle, where they stumble into the lost city. Bad enough -- and then Tarzan injures his head in a fight and loses his memory. That's great news for La, the high priestess for the Flaming God, who's had a serious crush on the apeman since their first encounter. But the priests who work for her have other ideas: they don't intend to allow Tarzan to escape their sacrificial knives a second time. . . .
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Lieutenant Albert Werper had only the prestige of the name he had dishonored to thank for his narrow escape from being cashiered. At first he had been humbly thankful, too, that they had sent him to this Godforsaken Congo post instead of court-martialing him, as he had so justly deserved; but now six months of the monotony, the frightful isolation and the loneliness had wrought a change. The young man brooded continually over his fate. His days were filled with morbid self-pity, which eventually engendered in his weak and vacillating mind a hatred for those who had sent him here - for the very men he had at first inwardly thanked for saving him from the ignominy of degradation. He regretted the gay life of Brussels as he never had regretted the sins which had snatched him from that gayest of capitals, and as the days passed he came to center his resentment upon the representative in Congo land of the authority which had exiled him - his captain and immediate superior.
Customer Reviews:
the Amazing Ape man does it again!.......2005-11-14
I was completely sucked into this book from page one. It has been several years since I read the first four books in this series (tracking down this book proved problematic, to say the least).
After finishing this book I came to the conclusion that this is ERB's version of the classic cursed gold stories of the Norse sagas, (Neibelugileid..if I spelled that right, or the Volsung saga. More modern times, Wagner's Ring Cycle, and Lord of the Rings.)
This book takes place of the course of one or two weeks, the time line is very very energy charged. Except for the few days where Tarzan has his amnesia and decides to loll about the jungle, no idea that he needs to save Jane.
Jane is pretty impressive in this book, she doesn't let herself be a complete damsel in distress, she makes several escape attempts and is remarkably tough when it comes to finding out that her husband is dead. (So she and many others think).
Of course she isn't the imperial seductress that La is designed to be. Who is a very interesting character to see in action, she is a spoiled child for the most part, who's only sympathy can be aroused when Tarzan is around.
None of the bad guys in this are cartoonish, they all have sympathetic moments and times when ERB gives us insight into their character.
I really enjoyed this book, I can't reccomend it highly enough and I really wish it was more widely available.
Tarzan's Jewels shine brightly in Opar.......2005-11-10
Excellent, another exciting installment in the Tarzan series, in which Tarzan's jewels stand out clearly as the main characters. Tarzan again shows his knack for hanging low, almost below his skimpy loincloth, as he dwells among his fellow jungle-folk. Not to say that his phallus is at all diminished by the sheer enormity of the jewels, but somehow Tarzan manages to utilize his incredible pool balls in ways humans simply don't. In all, if paired with some great mood music (I suggest "Possibilities" to get you started) it is a highly arousing adventure. I was rock solid in seconds. I'm sure you'll enjoy this amazingly erotic adventure as much as I did, provided that you are, in fact, a fat homosexual.
Tarzan returns to visit La in Opar in this ERB pot-boiler.......2004-11-04
"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" is the fifth book in the Tarzan series and is generally considered one of the better of Edgar Rice Burrough's tales of the Lord of the Jungle. Tarzan once again returns to Opar, the source of the gold for lost colony of fabled Atlantis. Ever since Atlantis sank beneath the waves, the workers of Opar have continued to mine the gold. Tarzan follows a greedy Belgian and Arab into the jungle, where the evil pair manage to stumble upon the lost city, at which point our hero loses his memory after a fight. This is good news for La, the beautiful high priestess who serves the Flaming God, because she has had that big crush on the apeman since their first encounter.
However, while his amnesia opens the door for her amorous advances, her high priests are vowing that Tarzan will not escape their sacrificial knives a second time. Meanwhile, Jane is in trouble back at their African homestead. As you read "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar," you will pick up on the fact that Burroughs liked the character of La a lot more than he did that of Jane Clayton Greystoke (who he would attempt to kill off in a few books). Of course, this second visit to the land of Opar is not as exciting as the first and the amnesia bit is pretty old hat, even for Burroughs. This is definitely one of the author's pot-boilers and for the pulp fiction era it is pretty solid stuff. Things get a bit predictable, but the tension between Tarzan and La gives the book a bit of bite. You just need to make sure you go through the first four Tarzan books before you read this one, or you are going to be a bit lost.
Tarzan returns to Opar with its gold and high priestess La.......2004-07-23
"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" is the fifth book in the Tarzan series and is generally considered one of the better of Edgar Rice Burroughs' tales of the Lord of the Jungle. Tarzan once again returns to Opar, the source of the gold for lost colony of fabled Atlantis. Ever since Atlantis sank beneath the waves, the workers of Opar have continued to mine all that gold, which means there is a rather impressive stockpile. Tarzan follows a greedy Belgian and Arab into the jungle, where the evil pair manage to stumble upon the lost city, at which point our hero loses his memory after a fight. This is good news for La, the beautiful high priestess who serves the Flaming God, because she has had that big crush on the ape man since their first encounter. However, while his amnesia opens the door for her amorous advances, her high priests are vowing that Tarzan will not escape their sacrificial knives a second time. Meanwhile, Jane is in trouble back at their African homestead and wondering what is keeping her noble husband from once again rescuing her.
"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" first appeared in two issues of "All-Story Cavalier Weekly" in 1916. As you read the novel you will pick up on the fact that Burroughs liked the character of La a lot more than he did that of Jane (who he would attempt to kill off in a few books). Of course, this second visit to the land of Opar is not as exciting as the first and the amnesia bit is going to be one that ERB subjects Tarzan to a couple of more times down the road. This is definitely one of the author's pot-boilers and for the pulp fiction era it is pretty solid stuff. Things get a bit predictable, but the tension between Tarzan and La gives the book a bit of bite. You just need to make sure you go through the first four Tarzan books before you read this one, because you need to know about what happened the first time Tarzan visited Opar.
Book Description
An amnesic Tarzan has been caught plundering the treasure vaults of the lost city of Opar. But a mysterious treasure hunter and a band of thieves have also learned of the hidden wealth. When a bag of jewels Tarzan had taken falls into the hunter`s hands, a game of deadly double- and triple-cross begins--and the winner claims the treasure! This extra-length, classic story is packaged in a handy, compact size (similar to Star Wars MANGA) and completely re-colored using state-of-the-art digital techniques.
Customer Reviews:
Russ Manning's brilliant artwork.......2005-08-02
Only 4 stars because of the "print" problem which the other reviewers mentioned. I still have the original Gold Key comics, so I can verify that this reissue does indeed have a color problem. Nevertheless, if you are a Russ Manning fan these are all worth getting. The color's off, but the detail is still amazing. I have also just ordered the Magnus Robot Fighter volumes which he also drew, and pre-ordered Volume 3. I thank Dark Horse Comics for reissuing these masterpieces, and am hoping Russ Manning's "Korak" series is next. When these came out in 1966 or so, I was 11. I'd get my 25 cent a week allowance and buy a comic book at the little drug store (which had an ice cream counter) and a bag of french fries at the McDonalds across the street ("over a million sold!"). Wonderful memories for me, and to get these reissues is magical. Of all the hundreds of comic books that eventually disappeared from my collection when I was a kid, I still have the Tarzan and Magnus comics - I considered them (even then when I was a squirt) to be works of art.
Another Jewel of an Adaptation from Russ Manning.......2004-01-21
I always loved Russ Manning's artwork when I was a comic collector. It's a shame that he died so young and before he really received the credit for his great artwork that he so deserved. And the problem was, in the sixties and seventies it was often hard to find. "Magnus," his futuristic series was published quarterly and so I could only look forward it four times a year. His Tarzan work was more plentiful, but even so, Gold Key Comics apparently did not have the greatest distribution in the world so I often would miss an issue. Thankfully, Dark Horse is collecting some of Manning's work on Tarzan in this volume and others like it.
This volume contains two adaptations of one of the best stories: "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar." This is an extremely faithful adaptation. My only complaint is that the printing was very dark, which kind of hid the lush, beautiful artwork of Russ Manning. Another reviewer complained of this same problem so it must be common for the entire print run.
GREAT BOOK - POOR REPRINT.......2000-06-28
Having been a big, big Russ Manning fan as a kid I was delighted to find that there were high quality paperbacks of his work available. I ordered Tarzan In The Land That Time Forgot and Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar at the same time. I got a real shock when they arrived because the printing in Jewels Of Opar was very dark. Every page looked like the scene was supposed to be set at night. The Land That Time Forgot was normal, realistic colour. I wrote to Dark Horse and asked them to replace it with a proper copy, but they wrote back and said they didn't have a proper one to supply because the whole print run got screwed up. I am a big dark Horse fan and I think they do exceptional work (Jim Silke's art is priceless) and I have since bought Tarzan of the Apes - Russ Manning's treatment of the first ERB novel - and Tarzan The Untamed - Manning's treatment of the seventh ERB novel. They are all absolutely fantastic (except the flaw in the print job on Jewels Of Opar). Russ Manning's sleek lines, eye for detail, and vibrant dynamism combined with ERB's colourful and exotic imagination are a delight. Queen La of Opar is pretty sexy dressed in a two piece leopard skin outfit and she is very hot for our poor amnesiac hero. She probably would have looked even cuter if her skin had been pink instead of ashen grey.
A definate Jewel.......2000-04-18
The Jewels of Opar is a very well written book, and is a definate must for any Tarzan fan. Tarzan is at peak performance in this book, in which he must revisit Opar. Any Fantasy reader will not be disappointed. Although having read the previous Tarzan novel is helpful, you need not have to enjoy this wonderful book.
Customer Reviews:
Super Reader.......2007-08-04
Tarzan needs some cash, so he is off to look for a source. The Jewels of Opar sound like a good idea. He has a bit of a problem when there, when he loses his memory.
This gives the gorgeous seductress and loopy priestess La a chance to try and get her hands on the muscular King of the Jungle, until he remembers the whole Jane thing.
A pretty good Tarzan adventure.
Tarzan returns to visit Opar and the High Priestess La.......2004-06-14
"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" is the fifth book in the Tarzan series and is generally considered one of the better of Edgar Rice Burroughs' tales of the Lord of the Jungle. Tarzan once again returns to Opar, the source of the gold for lost colony of fabled Atlantis. Ever since Atlantis sank beneath the waves, the workers of Opar have continued to mine all that gold, which means there is a rather impressive stockpile. Tarzan follows a greedy Belgian and Arab into the jungle, where the evil pair manage to stumble upon the lost city, at which point our hero loses his memory after a fight. This is good news for La, the beautiful high priestess who serves the Flaming God, because she has had that big crush on the ape man since their first encounter. However, while his amnesia opens the door for her amorous advances, her high priests are vowing that Tarzan will not escape their sacrificial knives a second time. Meanwhile, Jane is in trouble back at their African homestead and wondering what is keeping her noble husband from once again rescuing her.
"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" first appeared in two issues of "All-Story Cavalier Weekly" in 1916. As you read the novel you will pick up on the fact that Burroughs liked the character of La a lot more than he did that of Jane (who he would attempt to kill off in a few books). Of course, this second visit to the land of Opar is not as exciting as the first and the amnesia bit is going to be one that ERB subjects Tarzan to a couple of more times down the road. This is definitely one of the author's pot-boilers and for the pulp fiction era it is pretty solid stuff. Things get a bit predictable, but the tension between Tarzan and La gives the book a bit of bite. You just need to make sure you go through the first four Tarzan books before you read this one, because you need to know about what happened the first time Tarzan visited Opar.
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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Manufacturer: BiblioBazaar
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1426450672
Release Date: 2007-03-08 |
Book Description
Lieutenant Albert Werper had only the prestige of the name he had dishonored to thank for his narrow escape from being cashiered.
Book Description
TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR
In the forgotten city of Opar the bloodied sacrificial altar of the Flaming God stood above the vaults piled high with the gold destined for fabled, lost Atlantis. There the beautiful high priestess La still dreamed of Tarzan, who had escaped her knife before. But now Tarzan was returning, and the hideous priests were waiting for him. Tarzan was prepared for them, but he could not avoid the earthquake that struck him down in the vaults and left him with only his childhood memories among the savage apes who reared him.
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN
The young Tarzan was unlike the great apes who were his only companions. Theirs was a simple, savage life. But Tarzan had all of a normal boy's desire to learn, and he had painfully taught himself to read from books left by his dead father. Now he tried to apply this book knowledge to the world of the jungle. He searched for the love and affection that every human being needs. But he was alone in his struggles to grow and understand--and the life of the jungle had no room for abstractions.
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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is the fifth installment in the tales of Tarzan and is considered by many to be the best of the series. Tarzan journeys to the gold-mining city of Opar, steeped in myth and legend, to contend with greedy villains and the amorous attentions of La, high priestess of the Flaming God. But the priests who work for her have other ideas; they don\'t intend to let Tarzan escape their sacrificial knives a second time.
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...can be miraculous for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers.-- Health & Healing, Tomorrow's Medicine Today
Customer Reviews:
I Got My Life Back, Too!.......2007-08-02
I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis at 33 years old. I grew up very healthy and active. In September 2005, I had my second child, a girl. I was 32 years old. During both pregnancies I had hyperemesis gravidarum, which means extreme nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. In October and November of 2005, I had two root canals (I ruined my teeth from vomiting during pregnancy). My immune system was down because I had just had a baby (the immune system lowers as to not reject the fetus), I was getting very little sleep with a newborn, and I had just had two root canals, the perfect entrance for bacteria. In December 2005, the balls of my feet began to ache. By the beginning of January 2006, I knew something was wrong. I did some investigating later and found out I had a great aunt with Scleroderma and three second cousins with RA. There are also a lot of allergies and asthma in my family, indicating a pattern of hypersensitive immune systems. (I always thought I was the lucky one in the family who didn't get allergies. It seems my allergies have just manifested themselves in a different manner.) About a week later, I was in extreme pain and I had read a lot about RA and knew that my symptoms matched. I referred myself to a local rheumatologist. My pain had spread to over 35 joints. I was having trouble lifting my newborn baby, opening jars, turning car keys, fastening infant seats, putting on my 4-year-old's socks, brushing my teeth, washing my hair, etc. I required at least 12 hours of sleep at night, and was still tired during the day. I was very depressed. I would cry every day, usually out of frustration because I could not undo my seat belt or put on my son's socks for school. Everything that I read said this disease was progressive, degenerative and crippling. I could not imagine it getting any worse than it was! I was referred to [...] by other RA patients. I read and read. I contacted my local area contact. I told him I was considering starting Enbrel the following week. He e-mailed back that I had a choice to make. I could give antibiotics a try and possibly go into remission or get significantly better; or I could go on potentially harmful immune suppressors, which would usually eventually wear off and I would have to jump from one drug to the next. And what would happen if I ran out of drugs to try? He said there is hope in AP. With AP, I had the hope of getting better. With the other drugs, I was merely suppressing the symptoms, not getting to the root cause of the illness. I ordered the book The New Arthritis Breakthrough and started posting on the roadback board. It made much more sense than the conventional autoimmune wisdom which stated that: One random day my immune system just up and decided to attack my joints for no reason at all. I finally came to the conclusion that I did not want to just suppress my pain and symptoms. I wanted my life back. I knew that in the past I always tended to get side effects of medications and I thought I would probably be one of the 1% of people who got lymphoma, TB, or severe infection from the biologics. I knew I wanted to be alive to watch my kids grow up. It was not like I was NOT going to be treating my RA; I would be treating my RA with an American College of Rheumatology approved DMARD. I decided to try the antibiotic protocol. It was the best decision I have ever made. Within 1-2 months of being on Zithromax, the depression and fatigue had disappeared. Within 3 months, I felt 60% better. After 10 months, I was 98% back to my normal self. 18 months later, and I have only one finger that will not bend all the way into a fist (it is about an inch away). My rheumatoid factor has dropped from 282 to 28 and my CCP has dropped from it's all-time high of 153 to 55. My sed rate is 1.0 and my CRP is .3. I walk two miles a day. My feet, neck, knees, ankles, and shoulders do not hurt at all! I thank God, Dr. Thomas McPherson Brown, Henry Scammell,and The Road Back Foundation for giving me my life back!
The New Arthritis Breakthrough: etc. by Henry Scammel.......2007-07-25
This book gives a very clear and concise description of the Marshall Protocol, an anti-biotic based relief program for Auto-Immune disease.
I have given it to my family Doctor to read and he is convinced.
I am starting the protocol as soon as I have a couple of tests undertaken to check for suitability.
The New Arthritis Breakthrough: The Only Medical Therapy Clinically Proven to Produce Long-term Improvement and Remission ..........2007-05-12
An excellent book for newly diagnosed people with RA who are unaware of alternative treatment available using anti-biotics, instead of current medications perscribed by mainstream doctors, which I believe are destructive to the human body.
Unfortunately doctors do not feel free to administer anti-biotic treatment because it is not approved, yet they can administer drugs that have destructive side effects. I did not feel I could survive the strong drugs being used as the standard of care due to my age. Luckily I found this alternative that has given me hope. Although I have just begun treatment I am experiencing improvement.
The book also has information on The Road Back Foundation, a resource for people affected by arthritis and other diseases.
Great information on Dr. Brown's protocol and beyond.......2007-03-09
Great information on using tetracyclines for what seems to be "auto-immune" disorders but in reality are mycoplasma infestations. Addresses hard to find topics like whether using tetracyclines for extended periods of times is harmful (it's not) and why, the role of inflammation in the rheumatoid arthritis and why the use of anti-inflammatory drugs doesn't work in a long run, also describes a new approach to very serious cases of arthritis in which corticosteroids are given for a limited time to help lift the walls of inflammation and let tetracycline in for a rapid improvement.
The book doesn't talk much about other auto-immune diseases even though Lupus is mentioned in the title. The book is very readable but does have a bit too much water in it.
This Book Was My Inspiration to Begin a Treatment that Works.......2006-04-14
I was diagnosed with RA some 24 years ago. Since that time, I have avoided the conventional treatments for this disease and have kept it in remission by various alternative therapies. However, about four years ago, the RA returned with a vengence and nothing was helping. My doctor at Whitaker Wellness Institute recommended a long term treatment with a form of tetracycline but I was skeptical until I read this book. It was as though it had been written for me. So on May 14, 2005, when my rheumatoid factor had hit 880, I began treatment with 100 mg of minocin twice daily. My latest blood test at the end of March 2006 showed the rheumatoid factor to be 188. I feel a great deal better and have made several lengthy trips during this time, which would have been impossible when I began treatment. I intend to continue this treatment until like others my rheumatoid factor is within normal range. This book is an inspiration with dozens of success stories. Thank God for Dr. Brown's persistence in the face of the scorn and ridicule of his contemporaries. Anyone with an autoimmune condition should read this book. And shame on the doctors who are not letting their patients know of its existence.
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- Burger goes drama
- Elevates the simple burger to an edible art form
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Gourmet Burger, The
Paul Gayler
Manufacturer: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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In The Gourmet Burger, top European chef Paul Gayler presents a delectable range of delicious and imaginative burger recipes.
Customer Reviews:
Burger goes drama.......2005-08-19
Thanks to the online bookshop this fantastic book found its way to Germany. This way we can enjoy a totaly new burger taste. Easy to understand and to cook, espescially the vegi Burgers.
Elevates the simple burger to an edible art form.......2005-03-09
Written and compiled by Paul Gayler (the executive chef of the prestigious Lanesborough hotel of London's Hyde Park), The Gourmet Burger is a cookbook that elevates the simple burger to an edible art form. Full-color photographs by Gus Filgate, and Gayler's methodical instructions teach the reader to create mouth-watering meals, from Bengali Chicken Burger with Cucumber and Tomato Achar, and Asian guacamole, to Pumpkin Couscous Burger in Pitas, to the Big Apple Deli Burger with Swiss Cheese and Barbecue Coleslaw, and so many more. The creations in Gourmet Burger use taste-tested applications of flavor, texture, spices, breads, vegetables and much more to maximum effect, in this recommended high-class kitchen resource for gourmets in general and burger lovers in particular.
Customer Reviews:
Refreshing and Challenging.......2003-03-05
Bill Easum has a truly refreshing perspective on 21st century church life. His challenge to systematically undo any structure of the church that doesn't serve a functional purpose is revolutionary, but much needed. I've bought this book for the entire administrative board at our church and have asked them to read it and share their feelings in the coming month. If you're a pastor of church leader of a church that is stuck in the "way we've always done it," get this book for your entire leadership team and try doing it a different way!
Thought provoking book.......2001-07-29
In this book, Dr. Easum brings to light all the baggage that many Christians carry with them from or may be placed on them by "structured religion and its practices". He tells why Christians are reticent to be apostolic to the world. He shows the existing structures in the Church that keep the members from spreading the message of salvation, and tells how to break out of the old molds and norms to reach people's hearts in our modern world. I always thought it was better to do in Christ's name first and ask for forgiveness later if I was wrong than to seek permission from a church committee or Pastor. This book gives insight into how to be an active Christian in your community as well as in Church.
Discover Your Spiritual Gifts and Get Fired Up!.......2000-10-20
If you feel called to Lay Ministry, you need this book. If you are frustrated with the slow, do-nothing bureaucracy of your church, you need this book. If you or your Pastor spend all of your time "running the church" instead of doing God's Work, you need this book. It will get your wheels turning in the right direction. Easum does a great job of showing how many churches have lost the joy of a spiritual relationship with God and exchanged it for the tedium of overcomplex committee structures. He advocates a new model of ministry by enlightened lay members being nurtured by their clergy, solving problems, setting goals and developing their own strategies to do the work that Christ has led them to do, without the stifling, controlling structures that can hold them back. The idea that it is better to err on the side of being too permissive seems dangerous, because it is. It endangers the inbred fear of change that chokes the spiritual life out of a congregation. Many well established clergy and older church members will be afraid of the ideas that this book offers, they need to be understood, too. Those over fifty will have a hard time understanding how anything can work without a rigid structure. Structure was and is an integral part of their world and served them well, but the spiritual needs of God's people cannot be met by structure. Those needs can only be met by inspired ministry which is free to respond instantly to the pain and suffering that modern society still cannot cure. The only thing that kept me from giving this book 5 stars is that Easum needed a better editor. There are a few inconsistancies and unfinished ideas that should have been cleaned up and some scientific terminology that would have benefitted from more careful review. They are occasionally distracting but can in no way dampen the enthusiasm I have for the great ideas that Easum puts before us. He has given me words to express my frustration with the current state of many "main-line" churches, including my own. We can work out our own solutions if we can find and use our Spiritual Gifts as God intends for us to.
Groundbreaking insights for church leaders.......2000-04-21
Churches ought to be structured to empower rather than to control. This is the idea at the heart of this book. As simple as it sounds, to apply the principles Easum talks about requires a reinvention of the decision-making systems, ministry structures, and atmosphere of the church. He warns that making this change takes a church about five years of sustained effort.
In my work as a church consultant, when I find a church that is ready to take on this challenge, I assign this book (actually selected chapters of it) as reading for the staff and leadership team.
I find this book exhilarating, but it doesn't do everything. Easum admits to not enjoying (actually, to despising) how-to writing. This is not a how-to book. Rather, it outlines the concepts, and some readers are left thinking, "This is great, but how do I do it?"
Well, I think Easum has come upon the right way to answer that question. Recently he has merged his consulting firm with that of Thomas Bandy who is a how-to person. In their seminars, Easum presents the theory and Bandy follows with the nuts and bolts. So, if you like Easum's ideas, follow this book with reading a couple of Bandy's books, and you'll have the practics to go along with the theory.
This is not a book for the timid or traditional, but if you want to unleash God's power through the people of your congregation, reading SACRED COWS is a good place to begin.
The author has a lot of wisdom........1999-09-06
I borrowed the book from my pastor and read it quickly as I could not put it down after I started reading it. I have been a member of a church for about 25 years and have served on committees, attended meetings, and been part of planning committees and have found this book to be so true. "This is the way it's always been done." I like the permission giving idea. We all need to use our gifts to further the kingdom. We need to do ministry as God leads and use the gifts we have been given.
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Lots o fun!.......2004-01-29
Lots of complicated to make but tasty burgers. Most the recipes are very unusual and exotic. But they are good and fun. McNair knows how to pack in the flavor.
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