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This book asnwers all the questions about nutritional and herbal medicine for optimum health during pregnancy. Beginning with God's design for health and nutrition, the following is covered in detail: how to eat for a healthy baby, which herbs are safe and which are dangerous during pregnancy, and the best ways to minimize those times of nausea and discomfort. Shonda Parker provides information to guide the pregnant mom and her baby to good health with a balanced approach to herbal and traditional medicine.
A broad range of information and research, coupled with years of experience has emerged to create this health and nutrition book that encompasses far more than the health needs of present and future pregnant women. The author's warm, personal style, combined with an educational powerhouse of information makes The Naturally Healthy Pregnancy essential to a healthful, joy-filled pregnancy. A treasured gift!
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The best all natural pregnancy book.......2005-11-08
I have read about six different all natural pregnancy books, and this one is the best. First of all, if you are looking to birth in a hospital and are against the use of herbs, this book is not for you. Shonda is very well educated in the use of herbs for she is a family herbalist and a certified childbirth educator. This definately comes through in this book.
Shonda breaks the book into sections: before conception; and the importance of diet, during pregnancy; all the discomforts and herbs that will ease these things, during labor, and postpartum. She even has a section on if there is a miscarriage. she is very sensitve to this issue having experienced these herself. She also lists some herbs to help with previous miscarriage.
At the end, you can find tips on good family planning if you choose to go that route. Our family believes that God is our birth controller. Excellant book if a homebirth or a midwife is what you desire. God bless you and your future deliveries!
A must for the pregnant woman!!.......2001-05-25
I love both of Shonda's books. She not only gives very good recommendations but also backs them up with sound research. This book contains a listing of potential "problems" a pregnant woman may experience during pregnancy and then she gives many possible solutions. In addition, there are sections about infertility, after baby care and miscarriage. I would highly recommend this book and Shonda's other book, "Mommy Diagnostics".
A wonderful women's resource.......2001-02-04
I found this book to be a great help to me before my pregnancies as well as during and after. The Naturally Healthy Pregnancy has a great deal of information about herbs and natural methods for dealing with women's health issues and especially those of pregnant women and being a new mommy.
I particularly like the way the author writes, very warm and personal and easy to read and I enjoyed the personal pictures. I like the way the book is laid out and the information is easy to find.
My own midwife buys this book by the case and gives it to all her pregnant clients. I think this book is a must!
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The book (and inside) displayed is the original July, 2003 version not the current July, 2007 revision. There is only one body, therefore only one way to eat. There are only two nutrients, foods: building and cleansing. There are only two symptoms, diseases: OVERBUILT (high cholesterol, high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, cirrhosis, gout, warts, tumors, heart attack, cancer, anger, fixed pain, etc.) and UNDER-BUILT (anemia, pallor, fatigue, coldness, amenorrhea, infertility, miscarriage, short term pregnancy, autoimmune illnesses, ADD, edema, cellulite, fear, depression, etc.). Three diets can prevent and or cure most disease. Everything, food, herbs, spleen, stomach, bones, thoughts, etc. builds up and breaks down.
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Good introduction to the topic.......2007-07-03
This isn't an indepth study on the topic of herbs in pregnancy, but it is a nice introduction if someone is considering doing so. There are other more indepth works out there from Rosemary Gladstar and Amanda McQuade. But if someone is just thinking about the possibilities, this is a good way to get your feet wet, so to speak.
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Before September 11, 2001, one terrorist group had killed more Americans than any other: Hezbollah, the “Party of God.” Today it remains potentially more dangerous than even al Qaeda. Yet little has been known about its inner workings, past successes, and future plans–until now.
Written by an accomplished journalist and a law-enforcement expert, Lightning Out of Lebanon is a chilling and essential addition to our understanding of the external and internal threats to America. In disturbing detail, it portrays the degree to which Hezbollah has infiltrated this country and the extent to which it intends to do us harm.
Formed in Lebanon by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in 1982, Hezbollah is fueled by hatred of Israel and the United States. Its 1983 truck-bomb attack against the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut killed 241 soldiers–the largest peacetime loss ever for the U.S. military–and caused President Reagan to withdraw all troops from Lebanon. Since then, among other atrocities, Hezbollah has murdered Americans at the U.S. embassy in Lebanon and the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia; tortured and killed the CIA station chief in Beirut; held organizational meetings with top members of al Qaeda–including Osama bin Laden–and established sleeper cells in the United States and Canada.
Lightning Out of Lebanon reveals how, starting in 1982, a cunning and deadly Hezbollah terrorist named Mohammed Youssef Hammoud operated a cell in Charlotte, North Carolina, under the radar of American intelligence. The story of how FBI special agent Rick Schwein captured him in 2002 is a brilliantly researched and written account.
Yet the past is only prologue in the unsettling odyssey of Hezbollah. Using their exclusive sources in the Middle East and inside the U.S. counterterrorism establishment, the authors of Lightning Out of Lebanon imagine the deadly future of Hezbollah and posit how best to combat the group which top American counterintelligence officials and Senator Bob Graham, vice-chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, have called “the A Team of terrorism.”
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Islam on the march.......2006-11-10
This is one of the many books available which describes the many ways in which the Islamic world is at war with the West. Israel in the midst of Islamic countries is under constant attack. Until the origen of Israel Jews were living in moslem countries for centuries but only as "dhimmies" a hated and persecuted minority. Moslems simply can not accept the fact that Jews could defeat them in battle. They believe that American soldiers in Israeli uniforms have defeated them, certainly not Jews.
Lightening Out of Lebanon is only one of many good books which explain the Middle East and what we can expect to get even worse.
Highly Readable, Penetrating Look into Hezbollah's U.S. Presence .......2006-08-24
The leafy suburbs of Charlotte, N.C. seem an unlikely place for a Hezbollah base of operations. Yet it was there that a group of Shia Lebanese emigres gathered in a home to watch videos proclaiming "death to America."
Readability is a hallmark of this book, which recounts how U.S. federal and local law enforcement collaborated to break up the Hezbollah Charlotte cell. Members were using seemingly innocuous cigarette smuggling and other illicit activities to raise massive amounts of funds for Hezbollah. U.S. investigators arrested several members in July 2000, with guilty verdicts being handed down in late June 2002.
Authors Barbara Newman and Tom Diaz present the legal and bureaucratic obstacles that investigators faced when trying to prosecute the Hezbollah cell. One was the FBI's "Chinese Wall," a series of restrictions that prevented information sharing between agents working on criminal cases, and those dealing with terrorism. In the Charlotte case, aggressive investigators were able to craft innovative means to skirt these obstacles and break up the cell.
The authors argue that tough, aggressive measures are needed to combat terrorists on American soil, and believe that these can be effective without damaging the liberties that Americans hold most dear.
They make a number of other important claims, some of which were corroborated in the U.S. government's 9/11 Commission report. One is that notwithstanding sectarian differences, there is extensive cooperation between Sunni and Shia terror groups, including Al Qaida and Hezbollah.
Beyond alerting Americans to the presence of terrorists on our soil, this book is a valuable contribution to the debate on how we should deal with the problem. U.S. government officials at home and abroad would do well to read it, and reflect on it.
Obviously the vast majority of Arab-Americans, Muslims included, are peaceful, upstanding citizens who make a vital contribution to American diversity, in-tune with our immigrant heritage. Yet this book is an eerie reminder that hostile groups do exist, retaining a lethal ability to strike. Hezbollah's strong ties to Iran make this an especially disturbing possibility. As the authors note, Hezbollah's 1992 and 1994 Argentina attacks on Jewish interests also sent a clear message to the U.S.: we can do in America what we did here.
Those who want to do us harm will always have the advantage of exploiting our society's freedoms. Yet one hopes that the lessons of the Charlotte case and the 9/11 attacks will lead American authorities to increase their vigilance and aggressiveness without destroying civil liberties. Barbara Newman and Tom Diaz believe this balance is possible.
This book would have been stronger, and more credible, with more substantiation. To take one example, the authors assert that Hezbollah perpetrated the 1996 Khobar Towers attack in eastern Saudi Arabia. While this is a highly probable claim, there is no definitive proof that establishes Hezbollah's involvement, as far as I know. If there is documentation or testimony that would lend weight to the claim, the authors should have cited it. Otherwise, they should have acknowledged the ambiguity involved.
Scare Tactics, Volume 2 million.......2006-03-15
While I respect the authors and the research which they did in order to complete this book, I feel that it is yet another "Scare Tactic" type book which not only perpetuates this sense of fear and of "demons lurking around every corner" that is so prevalent in America today, but it also demonizes Arabs, Muslims and Arab countries.
The book mentions frequently a village named Bourj-al-Birajneh, and describes it to be a very dirty, horrible village, that is filled with smells of stale urine and garbage. It makes this village seem barbaric,filthy and uninhabitable. This is completely false and is nothing more than pure propaganda designed to paint an image for the reader of a demon barbaric "Other" who should be feared.
I have BEEN to this village, and spent time visiting family in Beirut, which is nearby Bourj-al-Birajneh. I have traveled extensively throughout the entire Middle East,and in every village, city, and country which I have visited, I have met the most giving, generous, and hospitable people.
Yes, this village mentioned in the book is very impoverished.... but usually, places that have very little money and have experienced a decade+ long civil war usually are run down. Note my sarcasm and eye roll. However, unlike the authors would like us to believe, the people of this village are not barbarians. They are some of the most hospitable people that I have ever met. People who do not even know you welcome you into their homes, and offer you of what they have to drink and to eat.
As far as the mentions of Hezbollah terror cells on American soil,I think this is just another scare tactic meant to make the average American afraid of anyone Muslim or Arab. And do you realize what happens when you give in to this fear? You allow people/groups such as Al-Qaida to accomplish their goals, and that is to instill fear in people.
I am more afraid to go into any inner-city American city than I am to walk in Bourj-al-Birajneh, or any Arab town for that matter.
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Sensationalist Schlock.......2005-10-11
Are there individuals in the U.S. who sympathize with and support Hizballah? Yes.
The authors of this wild-eyed sensationalist work make the jump from this to warning that around every corner, or rather behind every Arab-owned business, is a terror cell ready to unleash a second 9/11 on American soil.
I'm happy to eat my hat if there's a terrorist attack in the U.S. that can be CLEARLY TRACED BACK to Hizballah. Until that time, though, I'd say that this book does more to blur the lines than connect the dots.
A timely, objective, eye-opening look at Hezbollah.......2005-09-18
I was particularly interested in this book because I live reasonably close to Charlotte, North Carolina, and I remember being pretty surprised at the news in 2000 that a cigarette-smuggling ring of Hezbollah operatives had been broken up in the Queen City. My interest waned fairly quickly, though, as I thought of the suspects as criminals rather than terrorists. Back before 2001, you just didn't think about terrorists planning to take their murderous jihad to American soil - especially North Carolina. Of course, such perceptions changed after 9/11, and the story of law enforcement's success in crippling this particular terror cell is of paramount interest to me now. Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil is a real eye-opener. Besides making an unassailable case that Hezbollah terror cells are operating within numerous United States cities right now, it shows just how lax and inefficient our counterterrorism efforts were and still are, how uncooperative "friendly" governments can be in terrorist matters, and how obscenely easy it has been for terrorists to gain illegal entry into the country and establish themselves here. The ring leader of the Charlotte Hezbollah cell even secured a government small business loan to aid him in his money-raising efforts. The book is also inspirational and hopeful, however, as it shows how effective our law enforcement and security agents can be when they work together as equals.
This is not just the story of the Charlotte Hezbollah cell; Lightning Out of Lebanon gives an insightful overview of Hezbollah itself - its history, tactics, and deadly potential. According to the authors, Hezbollah is potentially much more dangerous than Al Qaeda because it is much more efficient, disciplined, and organized. And Hezbollah is most certainly here in America - in numerous cities from coast to coast. Today, these terrorists may only be engaging in criminal activities as a means for raising blood money, but tomorrow, at just a word from their bosses in Lebanon and Iran, they could awaken and commit terrible acts of mass murder and destruction in our very heartland.
It is infuriating to see just how easily a Hezbollah cell such as the one in Charlotte could prosper. These terrorists' secret has always been to fly under the radar and to engage in criminal activities that, in and of themselves, don't seem to be all that substantial. Smuggling cigarettes from North Carolina to tax-happy Michigan was unlikely to generate much more than a slap on the wrist (or to generate too much concern from potential Tarheel juries). Immigration Services were so prostrate and overloaded that the bad guys didn't even have to make fake IDs and personal documents - they could easily get them from agencies such as the DMV and Social Security themselves. The Charlotte ring leaders had multiple IDs provided by these official agencies. Multiple fake marriages were rarely discovered, providing terrorists with an easy way to remain in the country. The whole situation would be funny if it weren't so disastrously pathetic. In many ways, the Charlotte cell ran its operations from a Domino's Pizza establishment and even got a number of unscrupulous American acquaintances to take part in their nefarious crimes - Mohammed Hammoud's American wife, for example, came to serve as the true mastermind behind the group's highly profitable criminal schemes.
Fortunately, a number of dedicated law enforcement officials and prosecutors weeded out the true nature of Hammoud's organization - but it wasn't easy. It is always shocking to go back and see just how hamstrung our nation's defenders were before 9/11 thanks to the "China Wall" erected between criminal investigators and intelligence agents. You can't win many games when your own teammates aren't allowed to speak to one another. It took a man of daring and vision to get around that wall and get something done. FBI man Bob Clifford was such a man, and his strategy of deliberate aggressiveness proved very successful in the Charlotte case (despite Janet Reno's great concern over violating the civil rights of the terrorists). Clifford and his team even managed to secure the cooperation of Canadian law enforcement in developing evidence for the trial in question. Winning foreign cooperation was and is a rare achievement. This book recounts a number of cases where supposedly friendly governments such as France and Italy not only protected wanted terrorists from American justice, they actually let them escape to kill another day. One of the Charlotte Hezbollah cell members is sitting fat and happy in Vancouver because the Canadians won't extradite him. With friends like these, who needs enemies?
This book really is a history of both Hezbollah terrorism and recent counterterrorism efforts of the United States. Both the culture of the Lebanese hotbed of Hezbollah recruiting and the culture of US intelligence/law enforcement agencies are penetrated with great insight and objectivity by the authors. For every murderous terrorist in this story, there is a determined American hero who overcame great obstacles (most of which were put in place by the U.S. government itself) to truly save the day and make America a little bit safer.
This book is a less than gentle reminder of the incredible threat terrorists still pose to Western democracies, especially the United States. Hezbollah, the authors pretty much prove, may well be a bigger threat than Al Qaeda - and that's a pretty disturbing revelation. Having revealed all of the weaknesses of past counterterrorism efforts, the authors conclude by putting forth a number of recommendations on how to better reform a system that is still broken. There could not be a more timely and perhaps more important read than Lightning Out of Lebanon - especially for those who unwittingly aid the terrorists by putting the civil liberties of fanatical Islamist killers over the security concerns of this country in a time of war. This book provides ample evidence that we must do more, not less, to protect ourselves from the bloodthirsty killers of Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, and other terrorist groups.
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Generation and Degeneration: Tropes of Reproduction in Literature and History from Antiquity through Early Modern Europe
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This distinctive collection explores the construction of genealogies—in both the biological sense of procreation and the metaphorical sense of heritage and cultural patrimony. Focusing specifically on the discourses that inform such genealogies, Generation and Degeneration moves from Greco-Roman times to the recent past to retrace generational fantasies and discords in a variety of related contexts, from the medical to the theological, and from the literary to the historical.
The discourses on reproduction, biology, degeneration, legacy, and lineage that this book broaches not only bring to the forefront concepts of sexual identity and gender politics but also show how they were culturally constructed and reconstructed through the centuries by medicine, philosophy, the visual arts, law, religion, and literature. The contributors reflect on a wide range of topics—from what makes men “manly” to the identity of Christ’s father, from what kinds of erotic practices went on among women in sixteenth-century seraglios to how men’s hemorrhoids can be variously labeled. Essays scrutinize stories of menstruating males and early writings on the presumed inferiority of female bodily functions. Others investigate a psychomorphology of the clitoris that challenges Freud’s account of lesbianism as an infantile stage of sexual development and such topics as the geographical origins of medicine and the materialization of genealogy in the presence of Renaissance theatrical ghosts.
This collection will engage those in English, comparative, Italian, Spanish, and French studies, as well as in history, history of medicine, and ancient and early modern religious studies.
Contributors. Kevin Brownlee, Marina Scordilis Brownlee, Elizabeth Clark, Valeria Finucci, Dale Martin, Gianna Pomata, Maureen Quilligan, Nancy Siraisi, Peter Stallybrass,Valerie Traub
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