Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel

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In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, “old same,” in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending Lily a silk fan on which she’s painted a poem in nu shu, a unique language that Chinese women created in order to communicate in secret, away from the influence of men. As the years pass, Lily and Snow Flower send messages on fans, compose stories on handkerchiefs, reaching out of isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. Together, they endure the agony of foot-binding, and reflect upon their arranged marriages, shared loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their deep friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.

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Lisa See is the author of Flower Net (an Edgar Award nominee), The Interior, and Dragon Bones, as well as the critically acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain. The Organization of Chinese American Women named her the 2001 National Woman of the Year. She lives in Los Angeles.

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.......2007-10-03

I thought this book was very informative as to the life and habits of the Chinese around the turn of the 20th century. Relationships have changed little since that time, people are always misunderstanding situations. It was beautifully described and written.

True friendship.......2007-10-02

This book is not a "feel good" book, in fact you will be choking back the tears by the end of it. The book goes deep into the relationship between two friends starting with early days of footbinding and on to through the ups and downs of life. It is well worth your time to read!

So-So.......2007-10-02

Based on all the reviews, I had expected this book to be much better than it was. I found the chapter on the feet-binding process well-written and interesting, but the rest of the novel was fairly uneventful for me. I thought a lot of the messages the women were writing to each other were too "sappy". I really felt no emotional connection to any of the women - except maybe for Auntie (Beautiful Moon's mother). I'm glad I read the book, but I think it's overrated.

Easy Read.......2007-10-01

Easy read but distrubing to learn of the cultural practices that young chinese girls had to endure.

Everyone I Know Loves This Book.......2007-09-29

Once I read Snow Flower, I passed it on to a friend, who passed it on, and on, and on. Everyone has loved this book. For myself, I found it engaging and endlessly entertaining. It has a beginning, a middle and an end that are all wonderful. The writer has a beautiful way of telling the story of an enduring friendship. I highly recommend.

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health

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Needs to be on every book shelf
very informative - great read!
Fascinating!
You can heal yourself if you EAT SOMETHING ELSE!!!!
The China Study

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health
T. Colin Campbell , and Thomas M. Campbell II
Manufacturer: Benbella Books
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Referred to as the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" by The New York Times, this study examines more than 350 variables of health and nutrition with surveys from 6,500 adults in more than 2,500 counties across China and Taiwan, and conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. While revealing that proper nutrition can have a dramatic effect on reducing and reversing these ailments as well as curbing obesity, this text calls into question the practices of many of the current dietary programs, such as the Atkins diet, that are widely popular in the West. The politics of nutrition and the impact of special interest groups in the creation and dissemination of public information are also discussed.

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Needs to be on every book shelf.......2007-09-29

This is the study so many health books reference, and it simply can't be ignored. Dr.Sanjay Gupta mentions it in his book, and there are a host of other ones, mainly about HEALTH not weight, that state that this is an extremely important and pertinent study. So many doctors agreeing on one study tells me to take note, and after reading it, I must say it has changed my thinking on diet and nutrition and health in general.
Dr. Campbell concludes that the most healthy diet is a vegan one by the end of the book. However, that is not to say that even reducing the meat you eat, along with other animal products won't garner significant health benefits. In the last year I have made two diet changes, and this was one of them. I reduced the amount of animal product in my diet, and though I have not completely cut them out, I have seen significant health benefits. My autoimmune symptoms that I have had for years are gone, and I am off of all lupus medication. This is not a scientific study, this is purely anecdotal, but it means a lot to me, and I will continue to pursue reducing animal products in my diet until, perhaps, I am meat/dairy, etc... free. It seems to me that if we are in the grip of any disease, the least we can do is take note of Dr. Campbell's massive study and try changing our diet. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. And, if we are healthy, we might want to do what we can to stay that way.

very informative - great read!.......2007-09-29

This book was very informative and gives you a lot to think about. Interesting and brings up a lot of points about diet and disease. A great read for anyone who thinks about what they eat and wants to live a healthy lifestyle.

Fascinating!.......2007-09-29

I've known for many years that eliminating animal products from my diet would give me better health, but I still chose to eat meat because I liked the taste of it. You only live once right? Why not enjoy yourself and eat what tastes good? This was the way I used to rationalize my eating habits.

The China Study has literally changed my life. Dr. Campbell lays out the differences between 'Diseases of poverty' and 'Diseases of affluence'. We in the United States are definitely suffering from the diseases of affluence. After seeing all the scientific information laid out regarding human nutrition, I could no longer rationalize eating animal products.

The information Dr. Campbell shows between animal products and cancer rates is very hard to believe. If these studies are indeed accurate, there is definitely some type of conspiracy going on to keep them out of the public's eye. The amazing thing however, is that the he also lays out almost every other disease of affluence and ties each and everyone to animal product consumption and/or refined sugars. Most of this scientific information has been published widely, but it is easy to ignore until you read it all consolidated in one book.

Since reading this book about two months ago, I've completely changed my diet. I now have heightened senses of smell and taste, and I had forgotten how good fresh fruits and vegetable tasted. I've now gone from being obese to the point of moderately overweight, all while eating MORE food. I have no doubt that my weight loss will continue until I'm considered a normal weight now that I'm eating real food. One drawback is that I've already had to buy new clothes as my old ones were too big.

You can heal yourself if you EAT SOMETHING ELSE!!!!.......2007-09-27

Groundbreaking work. Backed by hard western science, the author offers new insights and a lot of common sense. This information will save my life. MUST READ for anyone who is not yet well!

The China Study.......2007-09-27

This is a life changing book. The facts presented are thoroughly documented & frightening. In the interest of avoiding America's diseases of affluence:heart disease, diabetes, cancer, & obesity, I became vegan overnight. I now read other diet/weight loss books with a jaundiced eye since, for the most part, they only present the author's undocumented opinion.
This book clears the confusion surrounding protein requirements & sources,taking pharaceutical supplements, highlights the dangers of eating dairy [casein],peanut butter & corn [afflotoxins]
Amazing!

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Great info on plants
WARM AND REWARDING
I'm still waiting
very enjoyable read
A standout in the series

Spanish Dagger (China Bayles Mystery)
Susan Wittig Albert
Manufacturer: Berkley Hardcover
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ASIN: 0425213943

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Between the herb shop, the catering business, and a weekend paper-making class, China Bayles has her work cut out for her. And now China's half-brother is opening up old wounds, trying to investigate their father's supposedly accidental death, and her husband is taking on the case-meaning she's just bound to get involved.

To put the unsavory business out of her mind, she's gathering supplies for making paper. But in a patch of yucca plants, she finds a body-cause of death unknown. Many residents of Pecan Springs live seemingly simple lives that hide complex and dangerous pasts, and it appears the victim was one of them. Now, while unraveling secrets that hit close to home, China must set the record straight-and find a killer.

Customer Reviews:

Great info on plants.......2007-09-19

I can't say I like the busybody characters or the mawkish female bonding, but the info on Yucca plants and some of the recipes made the book worth reading. After getting a copy from the library I ordered one for myself just to keep the info on hand! Must say, Rambo was the best character in the book, with Howard running a close second.

WARM AND REWARDING.......2007-07-17

If you like comfortable, home spun mysteries (No, that's not a contradiction in terms), Susan Wittig Albert is the author for you. She laces her China Bayles series with little known facts about plants and herbs as well as recipes. One has such a warm feeling when reading this book that it's easy to forget China has stumbled across a very dead body and a killer is on the loose.

Ms. Albert's fans will remember China leads a busy life - she has an herb shop, a catering business and oversees a weekend paper-making class. What do you need to make paper? Yucca, of course, and it's among those plants that she finds the body.

While this would stun most, China has been around. As she says, "I was a criminal attorney in Houston before I moved to Pecan Springs, single, on the scary cliff of forty and desperately soulweary......" Now that she's married to a retired private investigator and has so many irons in the fire her body is the part of her that's weary.

As Albert's readers know, China will find out who dun it and why. Subplots include her half-brother wanting to revisit the circumstances of their father's death, and best pal Ruby dealing with a difficult, albeit ill, mother.

Descriptions of local vistas and small town goings-on add to the Southwestern flavor of "Spanish Dagger" (which, I've learned, is a folk name for a rather large yucca plant. Actually, I've learned quite a bit more about said plant, but that's Ms. Albert for you!)

Enjoy!

- Gail Cooke

I'm still waiting.......2007-06-25

I have read every book and I wait anxiously for each new one. This one didn't quite live up to my expectations. It was fun to learn more about Sheila, but keeping Ruby AND her husband away and acting so immature about the situation with her half-brother didn't help this story at all. I enjoyed this one the least. The only enjoyable feature is the dog. If she kills him, I am finished. I am afraid that is she is getting tired of the series, and she might start using worn techniques. I don't think that she should close the herb shop as one reviewer suggested because this series has too much potential. I will be here next year when the new book comes out.

very enjoyable read.......2007-06-01

I always enjoy reading books from the China Bayles series. If you haven't read any of them you could probably read this as a stand alone without getting to confused, but you are missing out by not reading the entire series in order and I suggest you put that on things to do list! Recommended.

A standout in the series.......2007-05-22

As an avid China Bayles fan, I look forward to each volume. I admire the way Albert has allowed her heroine to grow, yet remain independent and adventurous. Marriage hasn't slowed China down, even with a teenage stepson as part of the package, nor has the store's success.

Albert's characters and setting are so vivid it's easy to forget that she's also a gifted suspense writer. Here the plot seems to twist and turn: we're not sure who the "good guys" are till the very end.

We also have some good subplots. Ruby remains out of the action for most of the tale, while she cares for her aging mother. McQuaid goes off to help China's half-brother shake the family tree.

A good read. I'm anxious to learn more about China's colorful family - hopefully coming up next volume.

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Adventure!
SHOULD BE MUST READING FOR ALL WRITERS' GROUPS
I dont get it...
An Expensive Thrill
Stupid Heroine

China Lake
Meg Gardiner
Manufacturer: Hodder Paperback
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 034082249X

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Adventure!.......2007-09-15

This book rocks. There is no dallying around, you are submerged in adventure and suspense from the first page. If you are looking for a thriller that keeps you turning pages, read any of Meg Gardiner's books. I've read three now and they've all been like this.

SHOULD BE MUST READING FOR ALL WRITERS' GROUPS.......2007-06-14

I'm a literary fiction-type reader/writer myself. Or thought I was until I recently discovered Stephen King (yes, I know, I'm the only person in existence who hasn't read his stuff) and loved it. When he talked about what a good writer Meg Gardiner was and how silly it was for her not to be published in the US, I thought, "Why not take a chance?"

Wow. This is the kind of writing instructors talk about when they say, "Show me, don't tell me." As someone who's been in writing groups longer than I care to admit and the author of two national award winning books, I found her craftsmanship breathtaking. Meg doesn't waste a word. Every single word she uses moves the story along. Her language is dead on, verbs have punch, similes and metaphors are crisp and appropriate. The book is a perfect balance of action, characterization and plot.

I found its story-line terrifying--a radical religious cult trying to tear a child from his family, while generally destroying the world. And yes, the heroine does stupid things. If she was the sort who stayed home and called 911, not only would her loved ones be toast, the story would fizzle. This is a thriller.

It's also set in Santa Barbara CA, near where I live. She perfectly describes the city and almost uses it as a character in her book.

I could not put this book down and have just ordered the rest of Meg's books. Stepping Off the Edge: Learning & Living Spiritual Practice

I dont get it..........2007-05-28

What did everyone see that I didn't? I thought this book was less than marginal. The heroine goes to the cult's worship center--alone. She confronts members--alone. She goes to their isolated compound--alone. She is competent with a gun and knows the baddies are circling, yet refuses the one her brother offers. She leaves her nephew, who is in danger, with a woman she hasnt spoken to since high school. She gets huffy with her brother's best friend but turns to a guy she met in a gas station. Then the bad guys expect her naval officer brother to steal them a missile with biological weapons and a) think he will do it and b) think no one will notice? Argh...I kept waiting for something clever or intriguing but it never came. Oh yeah, the cops were all idiots who never once believed her no matter what happened. Nor did they arrest any members of the cult for trashing a block, attempting to kidnap the nephew AND they let them visit the brother in jail--while there was a manhunt out for them. Plus, the female cult leader and the brother are supposedly the same age, yet she poses as his wife's mother? One of the characters says she wants to have Stephen King's baby, so maybe thats why he said he liked it...No-- even that doesn't wash...

An Expensive Thrill.......2007-05-09

It seems like everyone else writing reviews for this that I tried out this first Evan Delaney thriller based on the glowing recommendation of Stephen King. Here's my thoughts: The heroine who lives in the near bucolic Santa Barbara, feels very reminicent of Sue Grafton's plucky Kinsey Milhone. There were times when I almost thought this could've been one of the alphabet mysteries with a few character changes. The plot is timely and freakish enough with a religious fudamentalist in the vein of the Reverend Roy Phelps preparing to save the world from eternal damnation with Evan and her brother getting tied up with his cult. Ultimately the book is entertaining enough in a summer movie kind of way: Big action, a smattering of romance, a child in peril, and some silly plot devices you just have to go with in order to enjoy the ride. That's all fine, except at the end of the day it wasn't worth the near thirty bucks I shelled out to get it. I'd suggest looking for a used copy, and saving yourself some bucks until it's publshed by an American publisher.

Stupid Heroine.......2007-04-07

I read King's review in EW and decided to give this one a try. The dialogue is clever and the plot skips along, but I was continually frustrated by the stupid decisions that each character makes. Evan Delaney makes Stephanie Plum look like a rocket scientist.
I hope the author will infuse her characters with a few more smarts - this series could get really boring really fast if we have to keep reading about people who make stupid choice after stupid choice.

China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America

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MBA Mom
Well written, informative book
A Journalist's Eye
All Shook Up
China Shakes the World

China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America
James Kynge
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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Binding: Hardcover

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"Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." Napoleon's words seem eerily prescient today, as the shock waves from China's awakening reverberate across the globe. In China Shakes the World, the former China bureau chief of the Financial Times, James Kynge, traces these tremors from Beijing to Europe to the Midwest as China's ravenous hunger for jobs, raw materials, energy, and food -- and its export of goods, workers, and investments -- drastically reshape world trade and politics.

Delving beyond mere recitation of by-now-familiar statistics, Kynge's on-the-ground reporting provides alternative explanations for China's explosive transformation, revealing many of the usual reasons given for its growth to be myths. Most important for the future, he details China's deep, systemic weaknesses -- rampant fraud, crippling environmental crises, a corrupt banking system, faltering government institutions, a rapidly aging population -- that threaten even greater global disruptions. And he demonstrates the profound consequences of those weaknesses for American manufacturers, oil companies, banks, and ordinary consumers.

Through dramatic stories of entrepreneurs and visionaries, factory workers and store clerks at the heart of this global phenomenon, China Shakes the World explains how China's breakneck rise occurred, the extraordinary problems the country now faces, and the consequences of both for the twenty-first century.

Customer Reviews:

MBA Mom.......2007-07-15

I am full time Mom and just recently visited Beijing with my 2 young children and husband. As a result of our travels, all the news in the media regarding China, and my own personal experience with respect to my shopping purchase power and selection in the last many year, I was very interested in the "China story." This book is an easy read, and provides a good big picture. It reminds me of the center column in the Wall Street Journal... Too boot, well written, and excellent use of vocabulary.

Mom

Well written, informative book.......2007-06-01

This book is money and time well spent if you're interested in a contemporary survey of China.

Kynge really does an outstanding job with a complex topic. He has a journalist's nose for a story, is well connected in China, and the length of time he lived in the country allows him to really portray his observations in a sophisticated cultural and historical context. He nicely weaves in statistics and facts throughout the book without distracting from the narrative.

A Journalist's Eye.......2007-05-24

I've loved the lyrical quality of this book. It looks at the many problems facing China from the ground up and individual journalist's eyes. For a big picture view that is based more on economic analysis, see my own book: The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won

All Shook Up.......2007-05-12

The incredible economic momentum in China necessitated by the rush of the population to the cities is creating economic tidal waves throughout the world. However, their economic surge is not without problems, such as widespread pollution. An excellent and informative read.

China Shakes the World.......2007-02-28

China Shakes the World is a brief anecdotal survey of China's rise as a great economic power. I took three major themes from the book:

- Many of the Chinese government's current policies are forced upon it. China's people have come to expect sustained high growth rates, and a failure to meet this expectation would have severe consequences for China's rulers. To encourage high growth rates, and because they are not democratically accountable, China's leaders simply ignore the adverse consequences of rapid growth, such as environmental damage. Yet the long-term consequences are inescapable. In the realm of foreign policy, China's most urgent need is access to natural resources. This need forces China to engage with some unsavory regimes and use its influence in the United Nations to protect them from international pressure.

- Much of China's current economic strength is the result of starting from a low base: while China has been at least a regional power for millennia, it has not done a good job of providing for its people. As a result, its rural population in particular is willing to undergo almost any hardship to escape grinding poverty. China's rapid economic growth can also be explained, in part, as a reaction to the loosening of artificial restraints on growth: e.g., totalitarian controls that prohibited any type of private enterprise until 1978 and China's isolation from the rest of the world during much of its history.

- China is pursuing the development strategy pioneered by Japan and the Asian tigers of climbing the technology ladder from relatively undemanding manufactures that rely on cheap labor (e.g., textiles) to more capital-intensive manufactures, specifically targeting machine tool manufacturing as a strategic industry. Because of China's extremely inexpensive, disciplined, and well-educated work force, and because its manufacturers emphasize market share over profit, there is little that the West can do to compete with China in many manufacturing sectors.

On these points, I found author James Krynge, a Financial Times reporter, to be convincing and reasonably entertaining. I found him to be less so when he indulges in some Lou Dobbs-style populism in decrying the effect of China's manufacturing prowess on U.S. manufacturers.

Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, Third Edition

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Chinese Herbal Medicine
Daunting at first, but then easier to come to terms with later
The Internet is a nice source of Information, too
Exactly what I wanted
Essential Reference Material

Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, Third Edition
Dan Bensky , Steven Clavey , and Erich Stoger
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The new 3rd edition of Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica is designed to give practitioners the information they need to practice Chinese herbal medicine with greater understanding and confidence. It provides a wealth of new information -- more than twice the content of the previous edition -- and practical insight into more than 530 of the most commonly used herbs in the Chinese pharmacopoeia.

Drawing from a wide range of sources, both classical and modern, this edition provides unparalleled perspective and detail that goes far beyond what is available elsewhere to the Western practitioner.

Herbs are grouped in chapters by function, with expanded summaries and tables for contrast and comparison. Each herb is identified by its pharmaceutical, pinyin, botanical, and family names, as well as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and English common names.

Key characteristics are provided at the beginning of each entry, along with dosage, properties, channels entered, and relevant cautions and contraindications. This provides a quick overview of essential information.

Actions and indications are integrated with important combinations that illustrate the range of an herb's functions, with references to appropriate formulas. This presents a more three-dimensional picture of how each herb is actually used.

Expanded commentary offers in-depth analysis and places each herb in its clinical context through rich historical references. The mechanisms of action underlying important combinations, and comparisons with similar herbs, provide a broader context for understanding how the herb can be used with optimal effect.

A section devoted to nomenclature and preparation describes the most important methods of processing and preparing each herb, and the advantages of each method. It also provides information about other commonly-used names and historical background.

Safety is an important focus of this edition, with an emphasis on proper herb identification. Issues concerning standardized products, desirable qualities, variants, and adulterants are explained for each herb. There is also extensive information on toxicity, as well as chemical constituents.

The utility of this book is enhanced by its wide range of appendices, among which are color photographs comparing the standard and adulterant forms of over 20 common herbs; tables of herbs that are indicated for specific pathologies of the five yin organs; and extensive cross references of the herbs by taxonomy, pinyin, pharmaceutical name, and other East Asian languages. There are also comprehensive indices of both herbs and formulas, as well as a general index.

Customer Reviews:

Chinese Herbal Medicine.......2007-09-12

This is by far the best Chinese Herbal Medicine referral book I have come across in my studies.

Daunting at first, but then easier to come to terms with later.......2007-05-29

Well, what can you say about this book? This is a hefty, giant book, and could certainly induce some kind of cerbral damage if dropped out of a third story window. :) No, in all seriousness, this is a great, concise book, and as the title of this review implies, it becomes more manageable after you get used to it. Used solely by itself, it will probably not help the student of Chinese herbology to ace any exams, but used in accordance with other study techniques, it will furter deepen and reinforce the studying of the herbs.

The Internet is a nice source of Information, too.......2007-04-23

Well,

Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMS), with the generous support from the Macao SAR Government and University of Macau, was founded in 2002.

Dan Bensky is a graduate of the Macau Institute of Chinese Medicine (Oriental Medicine Diploma, 1975)

Exactly what I wanted.......2007-03-09

My book arrived sooner than expected and in perfect shape. Thank you!

Essential Reference Material.......2007-03-08

Bensky's herbal reference texts are industry standards. Buy this book or risk ridicule.

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Improved Graphics
Necessary for any practitioner
One of the bibles of TCM
First Point Location Experience
Great text

A Manual of Acupuncture
Peter Deadman , Kevin Baker , and Mazin Al-Khafaji
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Once in a great while an extraordinary book is published that sets an entirely new standard in its field. A Manual of Acupuncture, published by Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications, is just such a book. Painstakingly researched over many years by Peter Deadman, editor-in-chief of The Journal of Chinese Medicine, and colleagues Mazin Al-Khafaji and Kevin Baker, this book is certain to become the primary reference in the West for the study of acupuncture points and channels.

Introductory chapters describe and illustrate the channels and collaterals, the various categories of points, and methods of selection, location, and needling. Ensuing chapters present each of the points of the 14 channels as well as the extra (miscellaneous) points, identified by their English and pinyin names, and Chinese characters. Each point is located in accordance with the most exacting anatomical standards to be found in any Western textbook.

For each point there is a dedicated drawing, followed by regional body drawings. The quality of the 500 drawings is far superior to those in any other TCM text. There are also practical pointers for finding and needling the points, and cautionary information about what to avoid. In addition to point indexes by their English and pinyin names, there is an index identifying every part of the body reached by each of the channels, and separate indexes of point indications listed according to both TCM and biomedical symptoms.

Customer Reviews:

Improved Graphics.......2007-08-29

The Deadman text is required by most TCM schools. If you have the previous version and already know your points this version might not be needed, you can always get the new CD when it comes out. If you are still learning then the illustrations are improved, making it easier to locate the exact location of a point.

There have been some corrections made to known errors in the previous edition.

Other than that the biggest difference is that the cover is now orange instead of black.

Necessary for any practitioner.......2007-08-06

I teach at a college of Oriental medicine where this book has become the primary text in acupuncture point location. It is very useful for learning functions and inter-relations among meridians and points. If this book had been available when I was first studying, my learning curve would not have been so steep. Although both CAM and the Shanghai texts have more information on theory, diagnostics, and treatment, A Manual of Acupuncture brings a focus to point location that is lacking in other works. In the clinic, this text continues to be a primary reference; my partner has essentially worn her book out. I feel that Deadman's text is a necessary primary reference for any practitioner. Look elsewhere for deep exposition of meridian theory; look here for application in practice.

One of the bibles of TCM.......2007-03-01

Concise, yes. However, "combinations" and "indications" should definitely be taken with a grain of salt.

Practitioners must take in affect aspects of the wuxing, sanjiao energetics, the liuqi, weather, season, jingshen, etc... before properly diagnosing and then treating.

acupuncture = not a cookbook modality of medicine

First Point Location Experience.......2007-02-18

This is a required book for my Master's in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. I have only one point location book to compare it to (CAM). I find the Deadman to be very clear and concise. It is easy to read, easy to locate info in the book and the diagrams are very clear and easy to understand as well. I do recommend this book.

Great text.......2007-01-11

Its required for my studies but I do think it is a very clear easy to use text book. The Deadman cards are realy helpful for studying as well-nice to have a portable way to study points.

Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World

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Intriguing book about a historic event
Everything included
Only Nixon could go to China
The book to read about Nixon's visit to China
Really Did Change the World

Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World
Margaret MacMillan
Manufacturer: Random House
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ASIN: 140006127X
Release Date: 2007-02-13

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With the publication of her landmark bestseller Paris 1919, Margaret MacMillan was praised as “a superb writer who can bring history to life” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Now she brings her extraordinary gifts to one of the most important subjects today–the relationship between the United States and China–and one of the most significant moments in modern history. In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for the complex relationship between China and the United States that we see today.

That monumental meeting in 1972–during what Nixon called “the week that changed the world”–could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon himself, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless. They were assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. Surrounding them were fascinating people with unusual roles to play, including the enormously disciplined and unhappy Pat Nixon and a small-time Shanghai actress turned monstrous empress, Jiang Qing. And behind all of them lay the complex history of two countries, two great and equally confident civilizations: China, ancient and contemptuous yet fearful of barbarians beyond the Middle Kingdom, and the United States, forward-looking and confident, seeing itself as the beacon for the world.

Nixon thought China could help him get out of Vietnam. Mao needed American technology and expertise to repair the damage of the Cultural Revolution. Both men wanted an ally against an aggressive Soviet Union. Did they get what they wanted? Did Mao betray his own revolutionary ideals? How did the people of China react to this apparent change in attitude toward the imperialist Americans? Did Nixon make a mistake in coming to China as a supplicant? And what has been the impact of the visit on the United States ever since?

Weaving together fascinating anecdotes and insights, an understanding of Chinese and American history, and the momentous events of an extraordinary time, this brilliantly written book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century and casts new light on a key relationship for the world of the twenty-first century.

Margaret MacMillan is the author of Women of the Raj and Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History, a Silver Medal for the Arthur Ross Book Award of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Governor General’s Literary Award for nonfiction. It was selected by the editors of The New York Times as one of the best books of 2002. Currently the provost of Trinity College and a professor of history at the University of Toronto, MacMillan takes up the position of warden of St. Antony’s College, Oxford, in July 2007. She is an officer of the Order of Canada, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a senior fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto.

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Intriguing book about a historic event.......2007-07-09

Margaret MacMillan, previously known for her book on the Paris peace negotations ending the first world war, has given us an interesting look at Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.

The trip was only a week in duration, and hardly seems worthy of an entire manuscript unless the historian is able to provide a comprehensive analysis of the ramifications of Nixon's visit. MacMillan, however, does not provide us with this evaluation.

She writes a rich story, filled with wonderful images and colorful characters, but fails to fully analyze the significance of Nixon's journey. Her book provides us with a nice portrait of Mao Tse-Tung, the Chinese leader whom Nixon met with (only once) during his journey to China, Henry Kissinger, Nixon's national security advisor, and Chou En-Lai, Kissinger's primary contact in Beijing.

MacMillan's details about the trip are amazing, and certainly indicative of strong research abilities - she profiles Nixon in such a way that his paranoia and self doubt are on full display (see chapters 1 and 2 for a nice discussion on how nervous Nixon was as he prepared for the meetings). She also throws in lively quips to remind us just how human the participants were (giving us an image of Nixon parading around his hotel room in his undergarments, or a request made by Nixon for the phone number of ladies in a black book - not for himself, but for Kissinger). This is the highlight of her writing, and she does a fantastic job of giving us the details that allow us to remember the participants as people rather than just politicians.

Overall, however, the book is incomplete - it just does not explain why the meetings changed the world in enough depth to justify the title ("Nixon and Mao: The Week that changed the world"). I recommend the book to anyone looking for a biographical evaluation of the participants in these historic talks, but if one is seeking a profound scholarly analysis of the topic, this is not the right book to read.

Everything included.......2007-06-15

The book is quite complete and covers all the aspects of nixon's trip to china. She remains however a litle too factual.
Very interesting details and anecdotes.

Only Nixon could go to China.......2007-06-04

This is Margaret MacMillan's second book about an event that "Changed The World", and one hopes that she's going to find a new subtitle soon. How long before she runs out of signature 20th century events, and resorts to chronicling more frivolous historical footnotes like "Coolidge Goes To Havana"?

All kidding aside, MacMillan does a worthy job of recreating the mid-Cold War and late Vietnam era of President Nixon's first term, which is perhaps less well known than events that occurred in and after June 1972. "Nixon and Mao" takes place during Nixon's trip to China in February 1972, while frequently stepping back in time to chronicle four decades' worth of Sino-American relations, as well as goings-on in China, Indochina and the Soviet Union during the earlier decades of the Cold War.

The four principals here are Nixon and Kissinger on the U.S. side, and an ailing Chairman Mao as aided by the more vibrant Chou En-Lai for the Chinese. It's Chou who benefits the most from this analysis, and he's the most interesting character in this book: both beholden to and smitten with a failing political system, yet shrewd and quick-witted enough to arguably get the better of Kissinger, his U.S. counterpart, during the week-long debating sessions.

As a writer not from the U.S., MacMillan brings a different perspective than had this book been written by an American historian or ideologue. For example, her elevation of President Clinton as a model of foreign policy isn't necessarily wrong -- it's just not an idea that's going to catch on here in the U.S. until both the current set of prevailing political beliefs, and the overtly opinion-driven nature of current TV journalism, have a chance to evolve and turn over.

The book's structure is logical, and therefore a bit frustrating. The author can't tell her story in a straight timeline beginning with the Long March -- otherwise Nixon wouldn't get to China until page 250. Therefore, she chooses to open each chapter with a two-page description of events during Nixon's week in China, before jumping back in time for the rest of the chapter to explain how the two countries and their principals got to the that point. This means that it takes a long while to generate any momentum from the 1972 scenes. I wonder if MacMillan first tried to write this book in alternating chapters before settling on her final approach.

The book's conclusion is also perhaps a bit too quick, as the author touches on but doesn't really highlight China's ongoing emergence on the international and financial scenes. Spending more time on China in 2007 rather than on Nixon's well-chronicled disgrace would have been an effective counterpoint to the earlier scenes showing how technologically backward and ideologically stunted China really was in 1972.

However, there's little doubt that without Nixon's trip in 1972, China would not be where it is today. What forces would have prevailed in China had Mao and Chou both died before opening up their country to the West? MacMillan, amusingly, shows how much the world was changed by Nixon's trip, by concluding her narrative 500 years from now, with a quote from the post-Cold War science-fiction movie "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country".

The book to read about Nixon's visit to China.......2007-05-31

Richard Nixon's trip to the Peoples' Republic of China in 1972, after nearly 25 years of silence between the US and Communist China, was a worldwide historic event. Of course, it started the long thaw between the US and the PRC, but it also had repercussions around the world: it worried the Soviets, who pursued SALT and détente with more interest in the aftermath, it terrified the leadership on Taiwan who rightly believed they were being abandoned by the US, it emboldened the North Vietnamese, who felt they had been betrayed by their ally. It raised Nixon's approval rating significantly and contributed to his landslide reelection in 1972.

It's also a story that has never been fully told because of security concerns in both the US and the PRC. But now we have Margaret MacMillan's detailed history of Nixon's visit with lots of historical context to make it understandable: the careers of Nixon, Kissinger, Mao, and Zhou Enlai are profiled in some detail; the state of US opinion in the aftermath of WWII is described, and the history of China in the 19th and 20th centuries is explained. There's also a concluding chapter that follows the story after the visit through full normalization of relations with the PRC in the late 1970s and even beyond.

The author's research appears to have been very detailed, although of course the American point of view is more fully explicated, since access to Chinese source materials is still restricted.

I do have a few minor complaints: the book skips back and forth between Nixon's visit and the historical context repeatedly, making it hard to follow the logic of events in a few spots. And, the author seemed to repeat herself when describing the Chinese obsession with Taiwan, although the repetition did bring home the fact that Taiwan was far more important to the Chinese than Nixon and Kissinger believed initially.

Nixon has said that he will be remembered for 2 events: Watergate and his opening of relations with China. This is the book to read if you want to find out about the second of these.

Really Did Change the World.......2007-05-25

Very interesting - highly recommended. An inside view of a diplomatic event of far reaching significance for the 21st Century.

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition

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First most lifechanging book I've ever read
Understandable at Last
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the tibetan book of living and dying
Thoughts inspired by Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition
Sogyal Rinpoche , Patrick D. Gaffney , and Andrew Harvey
Manufacturer: HarperOne
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In 1927, Walter Evans-Wentz published his translation of an obscure Tibetan Nyingma text and called it the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Popular Tibetan teacher Sogyal Rinpoche has transformed that ancient text, conveying a perennial philosophy that is at once religious, scientific, and practical. Through extraordinary anecdotes and stories from religious traditions East and West, Rinpoche introduces the reader to the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism, moving gradually to the topics of death and dying. Death turns out to be less of a crisis and more of an opportunity. Concepts such as reincarnation, karma, and bardo and practices such as meditation, tonglen, and phowa teach us how to face death constructively. As a result, life becomes much richer. Like Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Sogyal Rinpoche opens the door to a full experience of death. It is up to the reader to walk through. --Brian Bruya

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This acclaimed spiritual masterpiece is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written. A manual for life and death and a magnificent source of sacred inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition, The Tibetan Book Of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation, to the nature of mind, to karma and rebirth, to compassionate love and care for the dying, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path.

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First most lifechanging book I've ever read.......2007-10-02

I reviewed the second most life changing book I've ever read, so I figured I should come back and review the first most life changing book I've ever read, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. After my husband died, I wanted to know what happened after you died. He was my one and only true love. When I read this book, I realized that Sogyal Rinpoche had some knowledge of what he was talking about, and this book had all the answers to the mystery of life and death for those with the wisdom to recognize it, and the determination to study and practice it. I read the book 3 times in a row right away right after I bought it.

A few years later after reading the book I joined Rigpa and took the classes they offered. After few years of practice, the cube farm way of life no longer made sense to me. So, much to the chagrin of all my relatives, I ditched my 6 figure Silicon Valley job to go work on a horse ranch by the beach!

Maybe the book should come with a warning label. Warning, this book could be hazardous to your income! Don't feel bad for me tho because I have a sweet IRA which I invest myself so I'm all set for retirement. You can feel jealous instead :-)

Actually, after some years of Buddhist practice, my clarity of mind has improved so I think if I ever had to go back to my old work, I would get all those enterprise-wide IT projects done better, faster, and everyone would have a lot more fun along the way.

Understandable at Last.......2007-08-23

This book makes a complex Buddhist belief understandable for most. The author illustrates principals with examples from his own life. Interspersed with poetry and songs, it is an insightful study on a most important subject.

Nice book.......2007-05-21

A well written book by an author who understands the Tibetan teachings of impermanence. This book is an easy read for the novice student of Budhism, but I wouldn't recommend picking it up as a complete beginner. The book is best suited for early students who are at the least familiar with Tibetan teachings and philosophies.

It is an excellent companion to the Tibetan Book of the dead as it will help clear up some of the things explained in that text in an easy to read and understand fashion. The author makes good use of personal stories, and conventional teachings, and helps to simplify a very demanding aspect of Buddhist study.

the tibetan book of living and dying.......2007-05-14

I find it hard to fully express how important this book is.
The subject may seem morbid but the contra is true, like the bardol thodol it stands alone in spiritual writings.

Thoughts inspired by Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.......2007-05-07

This book is informative, inspiring and fascinating. It can make the most skeptical reader rethink matters of life and death. This book is impressive because nowhere does it smack of insincerity, pious claptrap, or rehearsed, self-serving platitudes that seem to plague books of this type. It is full of love for life and compassion for all living beings. It confirmed for me what I felt to be experiencing during the last month of my mother's life, when it seemed she was literally transformed from a physical being to a spiritual one. When she died she left only the purest form of love.

Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies

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Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies
Bensky's Formuales & Strategies
No contenders
Still the Standard
Strategy and Formulas, Dan Bensking

Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies
Dan Bensky , and Randall Barolet
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The companion volume to Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, this book of Chinese medicinal formulas in English serves as both a textbook for students and a major reference source for practitioners. Included are nearly 600 Chinese medicinal formulas arranged in 18 functional categories.

For each of the 250-plus principal formulas there is a discussion of its therapeutic actions and indications, analysis of the functions and interactions of the ingredients, method of preparation, and a list of modifications to customize the formula in the clinic. Commentary explains different interpretations of the formulas, compares them with related formulas, and discusses their application in treating biomedically-defined disorders. Almost 350 variations and associated formulas offer additional options for the practitioner in the clinic. An informative introduction traces the historical evolution of the formulas, and provides practical pointers for their preparation and use.

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Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies.......2005-11-08

As a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine I can attest to the value of this book's information. It is a fantastic reference book and provides practitioners with detailed formulae descriptions, analysis of formulae and is invaluable to any Chinese medicine practitioner.

I would not recommend this book to non-practitioners as it is very in-depth and does assume an detailed understanding of traditional Chinese medicine.
I have used this book extensively in my own practice for many years and still use it on a very regular basis.

Bensky's Formuales & Strategies.......2004-09-26

This is a classical book about Herbal Formulaes. I have read it several times and consult it often. I believe Strategy refers to how an herbologist will be able to use the book to add or modify ingridient and dosage. Unlike the review I wrote for "Material Medica", I find this is a useful book with much needed information to come up with a prescription. Needless to say the translation of this book is choppy in many places. The authors can keep the terms more to the point. These flowerly terms used is a minus.

The original source of these prescriptions are of interest to the medical historians only as modern pharmacologist are more concerned with the chemical interactions and its function. The lack of modern Chinese and western sources also shows this is just a compilation of old sources. In that respect there are many formula prescription books out in Chinese which can be translated nicely into English. The book does have IDs showing important formulas required for certain state or national examinations. However, these required formulas are not always detailed enough or exist to explain in details what they really are. Similar to Material Medica it also has PinYin flaws in many places showing its obvious lack of proof reading capability using modern Chinese word processors. All in all, this is still an authorative English language source on the subject of Formulaes.
Reviewed by Sam Shueh, medical librarian

No contenders.......2004-01-30

The fact that no real contenders have emerged in more than 13 years since this book's publication is sufficient testimony to its quality.

Formulas and Strategies is used in virtually every formal program in Chinese herbal medicine in the English-speaking world. It is by no means exhaustive, but it is more than sufficient as basic classroom text, and the quality of the content, while inconsistent, is on balance very high indeed. The book has not been updated in a while, so some information about herb-drug interactions is not reflected here, but there is not enough new information of that sort that its absence detracts in any major way from the book's value as a textbook. Any good teacher will be able to fill in those few blanks, and numerous journal articles have been written about the errors and omissions in Formulas and Strategies. To summarize, there are few errors and omissions for a work of its size, and the ones that are present are minor.

Some disagree with Bensky over translational matters, but it should be pointed out that he did provide a glossary of terms as an appendix. It is possible, with some effort, to get back to most of the Chinese terms he has translated.

A strength and a weakness of Formulas and Strategies is that Bensky chose, whenever possible, to go back to the original source where each formula first appears in history. This is actually very interesting in some ways and difficult in others, because many formulas have been used in different ways over the course of their history. It would have been nice to see more of that type of information, but the book is already quite large, and it is clear that some editorial decision had to be made. A much larger work would have been too expensive too produce and would not have sold well.

Formulas and Strategies has so far stood the test of time admirably. While it would be nice to see more competition in this area, Formulas and Strategies is just the sort of book you like to see in a market that is dominated by just one book. It is much better than it has to be to be the only one out there.

Still the Standard.......2002-04-03

Regardless of its very few flaws, this is still the standard reference for basic chinese herbal formulas. Many books have formulas with herbs and dosages, but none speak so extensively of how each herb within the formula works. This is an indispensable tome for the OM student. As for whether the general public will appreciate it, I doubt it. This is the kind of book needed by those who aspire to writing personalized modifications of classical formulas... but no one else except the extremely curious patient will find it worth the price.

Strategy and Formulas, Dan Bensking.......2000-04-03

Is excellente book very usefull for practitionars and for any herbalist one to know about CHM.

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