Customer Reviews:
Most helpful book.......2002-06-04
This is probably the most helpful, useful book I have ever read related to losing weight and maintaining the loss. I have read SO many books on dieting and on exercise but this is the one book that really prepares you mentally for obstacles that you might face and gives you strategies to help you cope. The author covers everything from eating in social situations to self-sabotage to dealing with saboteurs that you encounter in friends, co-workers and even family. She gives helpful stratgies for keeping your motivation going. I have highlighted the heck out of the book and copied many of the tables Joyce Nash provides for tracking success, nutritional intake, and eating behavior patterns. I would love for all of my friends to read this book but there is NO WAY I am going to loan mine out! If you want to lose weight safely and SANELY, help yourself out and buy this book!
Good advice for practical people.......1998-03-03
The New Maximize Your Body Potential offers sound advice for anyone thinking of a weight loss, including journal assignments and other nontraditional approaches to long term goal setting. Reading this book will help you not only get motivated for a regular exercise program, it will also help you manage stress and think about your eating in whole new ways. The book might benefit from more personal examples or personal stories but as a weight management primer, you will get results as you begin to internalize its message. For those of you looking for an alternative to Oprah's Make the Connection, give this book a try.
Customer Reviews:
Interesting, but also quirky and out of date........2006-02-12
Burne's writing is clear, but his 1940s English attitude makes for some odd turns of phrase. More troublesome, his penchant for creative interpretation of primary sources leads to some unfounded conclusions. For example, his assertion that English archers were deployed in "wedges" within the overall battle line has been repudiated by historians including David Nicolle and Matthew Bennett. Regardless, Burne ofters an entertaining if not fully accurate read.
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A renowned Washington, D.C.–based psychoanalyst examines George W. Bush's public persona–and asks serious questions about whether he is fit for the office he holds.
In Bush on the Couch Frank offers a comprehensive psychological profile of President George W. Bush using the principles of Applied Psychoanalysis, the discipline of psychoanalyzing public and historical figure pioneered by Freud. With an eye for the subtleties of human behaviour sharpened through thirty years of clinical practice, Frank traces the development of Bush's character from childhood to present day, identifying and analyzing Bush's patterns of thought, behaviour and communication. A thorough and authoritative examination of Bush's public appearances and speeches, along with historical, biographical, and journalistic records, Bush on the Couch is a compelling portrait of George W. Bush, filled with controversial and disturbing revelations about our nation's leader.
Insightful and accessible, courageous and controversial, Bush on the Couch sheds startling new light on the Bush psyche and its impact on the way he governs, tackling head–on the question no one seems willing to ask: Is our president psychologically fit to run the country?
o With the wild popularity of Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, his #1 New York Times bestsellers Stupid White Men and Dude, Where's My Country?, and anti–Bush reads by writers like Al Franken and Molly Ivins, the Bush–sceptical audience is more engaged and highly motivated than ever.
o From the contentious presidential election of 2000 to 9/11, from the War in Iraq to the War on Terrorism at home and abroad, Bush's presidency is one of the most controversial in the history of the U.S. In Bush on the Couch, Dr. Frank dissects the psyche of President Bush and unearths shocking revelations about the mind of the leader of the free world. With three decades of experience, Dr. Justin Frank is an expert in the field of psychoanalysis. He has written and lectured widely on psychoanalysis and politics. A former columnist for Salon.com, the recipient of numerous teaching awards, co–director of the Metropolitan Centre for Object Relations in New York, a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at George Washington University Medical Centre, and a teaching analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, Dr. Frank's copious credentials speak for themselves.
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Bush On The Couch Review.......2007-10-09
Clearly I am not a Bush fan. I bought this book to shed some light on this madman's approach to politics. While the beginning was good the book gradually turned me against the author. The author goes on to state how he doesn't take anyone seriously that is not a member of AA, yet he also says it only has a 10% success rate. He goes on ad nauseum to state that AA is the only way out, and if you don't choose this route you are in for many problems even if you have stopped drinking for decades. In the next chapter the author contradicts himself because AA is based on believing in a Higher Power. In this chapter the author tells how Bush is using his religion as a "crutch". So what is it, belief in a higher power or not? I found the author had similar problems as Bush, in that he was very stubborn on his beliefs and made generalizations. I would not recommend this book to anyone as it is very biased with the author's beliefs. Perhaps author and Bush should be evaluated/analyzed by another person.
It doesn't take a book.......2007-10-02
Although the author who clearly has impeccable credientials makes excellent points about the President and the entire Bush dynasty regarding the psychological motivations for all of their behaviors, particularly W's, this could have all been covered in a long article. The author did offer very intersting biographical information to flesh out the story but the end result was still very repetitious.
Oedipus Wrecks.......2007-09-12
Like some Grimm's Fairy Tale, you know not to open the door - but you do anyway. And what you find behind it confirms your worst suspicions. To sum the book in one sentence: We, the United States of America, are George W Bush's extended family and we are getting the fatherhood from him that he got from his biological father. (Bush's father was never home and his mother was a cold disciplinarian.)
Bush on the Couch is a well-written nicely paced read. The book could easily descend to becoming a hit piece, but it appears to retain a clinical objectivity throughout. While mildly ponderous with Freudian theory, for anyone unfamiliar with basic Freudian concepts that is a plus. The presence of such theory makes it plain, page after page, that Dr Frank is avoiding flights of imagination as far as possible and sticking close to theory and the facts at hand. The facts at hand are seven years of televised speeches, interviews, press conferences, and as much of the Bush family's biography as is known.
The dramatis personae playing upon the psyche of the world's most powerful man, according to Dr Frank, read like a Who's Who from the Seven Deadly Vices of some medieval morality play: Lust (for power), Envy (due to lack of nurturing), Sloth (woeful academic and professional performance), Gluttony (alcoholism), Pride (political power combined with amoral behavior), Anger (sadism), and Greed. For good measure, ADHD, Religious Inflation, and False Witness make cameo appearances. Meantime, the brain that these Vices inhabit works out its childhood traumas on a global stage.
"His behavior is what psychoanalysts call ego-syntonic, meaning that his actions - the lies he tells and the harm he inflicts on others - don't appear to cause him much conscious anxiety" (page 232).
Dr Frank suggests that this steaming cauldron of psychological witch's brew overspills its edges in Bush's repeated Freudian slips: "I am a person who recognized the fallacy of humans".
A good read that pulls together everything you ever wondered about the president - and leaves you wanting no more of it. Recommended.
Life long Republican - USMC veteran.......2007-09-09
I couldn't agree more with this books apparent conclusions. Most of the things I suspected now are clearer to me about our president. he simply seems incapable of doing the right thing ever. Almost like a contrarian. Seemingly just happy being an obstacle to just about anything positive. This book explains it clearly, the guy is a psycopath, you know it, i know it, hell only another wacko couldn't see it. I am as conservative as the come but i can spot a wolf in sheep's clothing a hundred miles away.
Nation now on the couch.......2007-08-18
I would have given a higher rating if the author interviewed Bush. But the analysis of Bush's thinking (or lack of) and his simplified all or nothing way of looking at the world along with a heavy dose of narcissism beginning in his formative years shows the reader why we are in the mess we find ourselves in. I would have liked to have more information about his relationship with his wife Barbara. Overall, an interersting book about the worst president to date.
Book Description
With the Bush administration in permanent crisis, a renowned Washington psychoanalyst updates his portrait of George W.'s public persona—and how it has damaged the presidency.
Insightful and accessible, courageous and controversial, Bush on the Couch sheds startling new light on George W. Bush's psyche and its impact on the way he governs, tackling head-on the question few seem willing to ask: Is our president psychologically fit to run the country? With an eye for the subtleties of human behavior sharpened by thirty years of clinical practice, Dr. Justin A. Frank traces the development of Bush's character from childhood through his presidency, identifying and analyzing his patterns of thought, action, and communication. The result is a troubling portrait filled with important revelations about our nation's leader—including disturbing new insights into:
- How Bush reacted to the 2006 Democratic sweep in Congress with a new surge of troops into Iraq
- His telling habits and coping strategies—from his persistent mangling of English to his tendency to "go blank" in the midst of crisis
- The tearful public breakdown of his father, George H. W. Bush, and what it says about the former president's relationship to his prominent sons
- The debacle of Katrina—the moment when Bush's arrogance finally failed him
With a new introduction and afterword, Bush on the Couch offers the most thorough and candid portrait to date of arguably the most psychologically damaged president since Nixon.
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Title: 'Bush on the Couch'.(BOOKS, THE CHILDREN OF THE BRAIN)(Book Review)
Author: Rodrigo A. Munoz
Publication:
Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32
Issue: 10
Page: 68(1)
Article Type: Book Review
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Like gardening, bird watching is a fast-growing regional hobby. Now, Cool Springs Press brings its proven method of successful state-specific gardening approach to bird watching guides. In collaboration with Bird Watcher's Digest, these bird watching guides provide accessible, credible advice.
The birds that frequent the backyards of Mississppi differ from the birds that frequent the backyards of Tennessee. In addition to unique descriptions, each bird profile includes a range map to identify each bird's North American distribution. One hundred birds are profiled, each with a color photograph, to ensure accurate identification. A seasonal section informs the reader of:
Migrating birds that can be seen during that season
The foods and plants that can attract those birds
Where to go to view year-round and migrating birds
Cool Springs Press's partner, Bird Watcher's Digest, has sold more than 4 million copies of their booklets on bird species, bird habitat, feeding, and other related topics.
This series of books from Cool Springs Press targets the beginning bird watchers for ten states.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2006-03-25
My husband and I recently moved to Mississippi and seen that we have alot of different species of birds in our backyard. We hung up a few birdfeeders and needed this book to help identify all the different kinds of birds. This book was a real help! It not only lists the birds but also what they eat, their nesting habits, if they migrate and so much more. "Mississippi Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide" was well worth the money. I ended up buying another one for a friend. If you are a beginner birdwatcher I'd highly recommend this book.
Book Description
Each year a wide variety of birds and numerous birders flock to Mississippi's Gulf Coast, making it one of the most exciting bird watching locations in the U.S. In this definitive guidebook, three seasoned Mississippi birders lead the reader through the area's swamps, forests, and beaches, dispensing plenty of insider advice along the way. Maps and bar graphs illustrating monthly probability of occurrence ensure that, no matter what time of year, visitors will find a trip to the region to be a rewarding birding experience. Includes listings for all coastal species and the months in which they appear as well as detailed maps for Lamar, Forrest, Perry, Greene, Pearl River, Stone, George, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties.
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12 folded panels, laminated, features over 125 color illustrations
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The nests and eggs of all the common birds found west of the Mississippi are covered in detail - 520 species in all. More than 400 photographs show the nests and eggs in their typical habitats. Descriptive text includes color, shape, and number of eggs for each species, plus information on nesting materials, construction, and dimensions.
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A Guide to the Birds of the Southeastern States: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, And Mississippi
John H. Rappole
Manufacturer: University Press of Florida
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Customer Reviews:
Don't waste your time with this.......2007-02-23
This book tries to do too many things, and does none of them well.
It is not suitable for identification, since it only includes one very small picture of each species. The Purple Finch is only barely recognizable and certainly of no help in separating male Purple and House Finches. In fact, none of these photographs would be very useful for identification purposes except for the most obvious species.
There is also a list of birding sites - 189 in all. But the descriptions and directions are very brief. Each individual species has one or more of these sites listed in a "where to find" section. This maybe a good introduction into where to look for the species, but you would be much better off with an actual bird finding guide for the individual states.
Beginners would likely be frusterated with the photos. They are too small, poor, and few in number to be much good. And there is nothing here at all to recommend this to more advanced birders. You probably already have most of the info here in other books and resources.
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A Guide to Bird Finding West of the Mississippi
Olin Sewal Pettingill
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 019502818X |
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Here the inimitable Pettingill offers the definitive guide to birdwatching in the Western United States, illustrated with deft drawings by George Sutton. Like the companion volume on the eastern states, this book offers complete coverage of the best watching sites, the species, and much helpful information.
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All About Mississippi Birds
Fred Alsop
Manufacturer: Sweetwater Pr
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Birder's Guide to Alabama and Mississippi (Birder's Guide)
Ray Vaughan
Manufacturer: Gulf Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
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Book Description
Ramble through the varied habitats and remarkable scenery of Alamba and Mississippi with this terrific birding location guide. Vist more than 125 parks, forests, shores and lakes, including spectacular Dauphin Island --one of the most impressive migration hot spots in the United States.
Customer Reviews:
Birds of Mississippi.......2007-09-18
There is good information in the book but there are few color pictures. Not what I expected. I had hoped for each bird to have a color description. This book is all black and white. With a few pictures in the center of the book.
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