Dr. Mindell knows how to take the confusion out of the many times confusing subject of nutrition. He has an amazing ability to take complex subjects and make them easily understandable and usable by the reader.

And the Vitamin Bible is extremely comprehensive. I've seen this book on the counter of many nutrition stores where proprietor and customer use it as a reference.

If you finally want to resolve your confusions and unanswered questions about nutrition this book is for you.

I have been a Doctor Mindell fan for a long time. He has an incredible ability to make tough science, fun and easy to understand. This book is his best and most up-to-date yet. It is simply the best vitamin/mineral book on the market today.

I am following Dr Akins diet. Vitamins and supplements are a major part. I needed more information and a second opion. The vitamin bible is an excellent choice.The book explains in detail what vitamins and supplements you should use for your perticular health concerns. There is a chapter on the popular diets, with suggestions for additonal vitamins and supplements. Mr Mindell gives his own opions,and cautions through out the book. You know where he stands on every topic. I learned about this book from the pharmacy where I buy some of my vitamins and supplements.

This is the best book on animal-human relations to come out since country vet James Herriot opened the field with his charming "All Things Bright and Beautiful" series. Naysayers of the bond between people and their pets should take a close look at all the new research coming out of medical schools on companion animals and how their owners live LONGER, happier, safer, healthier and more prosperous lives. The pets in our midst give us their unconditional love and we are better people because of it. Their devotion brings out the best in their owners. Don't miss this engaging and uplifting collection.

Heart Songs For Animal Lovers weaves together a perfect mix of funny stories, including Hester Mundis' own hilarious account of raising both a chimpanzee and a German shepherd "with an attitude" in an apartment in Manhattan (which had me convulsed with laughter) and many other stories that brought me to tears.

Ron Van Warmer's unforgettable tale of Peewee and Black Jack, "The Oddest Couple In Town" managed to accomplish both.

There are also great quotes sprinkled throughout the book, from such diverse sources as Walt Whitman and Plato to Elizabeth Taylor.

I think any lover of animals will love this book, and I especially recommend it to anyone who is mourning the loss of a beloved pet. This book will raise your spirits and make you laugh and cry and not feel so alone. The last chapter, "In Loving Memory: Tributes, Epitaphs, and Eulogies" is especially moving.

It's a great comfort to read a book as heart-felt as Heart Songs, and to know that the world is filled with so many people who love and respect and care for animals.

Many thanks to Hester Mundis for collecting their stories!

I'm usually a reader of science fiction, and I tend to get stuck in the idea that meeting members of non-human species is something we'll do tomorrow, in the distant future. This book will remind you that we already share this planet with a whole community of other spieces...and that they have lessons to teach us about love, healing, compassion, humor, and coping with loss. Who knows? If aliens ever really arrive to meet us and read this book, they'll like us...but they may decide that the animals are Earth's real intelligent life. I plan to pass along copies of Heart Songs to family and friends who are dealing with illness, marital strife, and the imminent loss of loved ones, both human and animal. The book has something to say about all these things, and reminds us that we're never alone with our struggles in life as long as there are animals.

This is one of the best books I've ever read! It contains great information on all kinds of pets. Unlike some books, it explains why wild animals do NOT make good pets. I like how the author helps you select a pet by providing pros and cons for each animal. Jack Hanna illustrates a guide to proper pet ownership with humor and warmth. Reading this book was definitely an enjoyable experience.

I haven't read this book in ages, but I well remember my parents giving it to me for a good cautionary read when my own interest in monkey ownership was on the wax.

Here is what I learned from this book: never, ever have an ape for a pet, because it will do many bad things, and you will have to build a special cage for it.

Here is another thing I learned from this book: you know how sometimes monkeys or apes will pull their lips back, and it looks like they are smiling? Well, they're not. If you ever see a monkey or ape doing that, man, you better do something to calm him down, because that's really a sign that the monkey or ape is in fact very, very angry.

So in conclusion: I have nothing but good memories of this book. If you want to get a monkey or ape, or have a kid that wants to get a monkey or ape, or just like reading books in which a monkey or ape does lots of bad things and makes fantastic messes, well, you've hit gold.

Since Amazon hasn't posted an editorial review of this book, here's is the description from the back cover to help you decide if this book is for you: "She didn't know what it was she wanted, but she knew she wanted more .... so Carolyn leaves her husband, finds an apartment, a lover, laughs, cries, goes crazy, uncovers a scandal, date, hates, battles fate, and falls back in love again, a lot." Was a book of the month club selection and was called "Hilarious" by the Arizona Daily Star and "funny, wicked" by the Detroit Free Press.

This author starts out through the forest of New Age philosophies by giving us a test! Yes, you're going to be tested on how you lived your life! That's what reincarnation is really all about. What grade are YOU going to get when you sign-out?

Hester Mundis is determined to teach us all that she knows. Believe me, Hester knows it all! From Astral Plane Reservations thru Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleons to Creative Visualizations for All Occasions to Holistic Housekeeping - that's one of my favorites!

From Entertaining Negatives and Other New Age Gaffes to Why Good things Happen to Bad People to We Are All Food to Utterly Divine Divinations to I Ching, You Ching, We All Ching to Atlantis on $5 a Day & so much more!

Remember, this is humor & Hester Mundis is quite serious about her humor! She's given us a healthy dose of hilarity, good for a 101 laughs at ourselves, our expectations & the crazy way we scurry around hoping to find heaven before we get there!

This is one funny book! The author does a real send-up of all that New Age stuff, so if you're a believer, this isn't the book for you. It's just plain good fun, with every page loaded with laugh outloud lines. I've read this book several times and some of the sayings that stick in my mind are, "I Ching, You Ching, We all Ching" and "Channeling for Dollars." The book cover quotes Joan Rivers as saying that Hester Mundis is one of the funniest women writing today. I have to agree. She's hysterical and every time I read it I find new gems. The best!