If you have seen or heard "I'm the One that I Want" or "Notorious C.H.O." and enjoyed them, then you must listen to Drunk with Power. Some of Margaret's routine from this album is repeated in the other two performances, but it is interesting to see the difference in Margaret's attitude toward her weight, network executives, and other topics over the years. This CD is highly recommended to even the most casual Cho fan!

Forbidden Foods: Diabetic Cooking presents 150 recipes for diabetics and other health conscious eaters. Many traditional comfort foods are transformed to great tasting, flavorful, lower fat versions that are healthful and delicious. Full counts of dietary exchanges, calories, fat and fiber are included with each recipe, as well as prep and cooking times and serving sizes. The introduction contains suggestions for ways to reduce fat, sugar and salt and how to increase flavor. Recipe categories include beverages, snacks, sauces and dressings, faux fried, favorites, pizza and pasta, bread and muffins, and multiple delicious desserts, pies, cookies, puddings and cakes.

It is hard to believe that you can make Eggplant Parmigiana, Banana Cream Pie, Cheesecake, Oven Fried Chicken, French Fries, Buttermilk Biscuits, and salad with Thousand Island dressing and still stay on a balanced reducing or maintainence diet, but you can according to Forbidden Foods. Of course the desserts are fabulous, but it is certainly comforting to know you can have Spaghetti and Meat Balls or Raisin Scones, or Enchilada Casserole in your daily menu. A cookbook like this encourages everyone to find a way to prepare their favorite foods that is within acceptable healthful eating limits.

Being myself a diabetic, I highly recommend Forbidden Foods.

Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer

This is a definitive and well written book on Balinese paintings from the village of Batuan. This book serves as the exhibition catalog for the Batuan Painting exhibition from the collection of Bateson and Mead. Prof. Geertz illusively decribed the relationship between the Balinese culture, tradition and myth, the western influence and the development of Balinese Paintings. Highly recommended for the patrons and the students of Balinese Painting

I thought this a very accurate review of this book and wanted to share it with others.

'In the wake of jenny Angel this picture book explores the concept of death, this time the illness and eventual death of the main character Emma's grandfather. The book is a sensitive, gentle exploration of Emma's coming to terms with her own grief and loss. When Emma's grandfather becomes ill and has to go to hospital, Just Dragon becomes her imaginery friend who helps her to deal with the old man's illness and gradual deterioration. Grandpa's story about a mythical dragon-boat which sails out of the sky ultimately becomes Emma's means of accepting his death.

The whole book has an impression of spaciousness and light, Margaret Power's bold illustrations lending a vibrant, positive quality throughout. Through text and illustrations the presence of the sea provides a symbolic representation of life, continuity and hope, and the release of Grandpa's paper dragon kite at the end of the book is another powerful symbol. This impressive bok is highly recommended for use with children of all ages to explore the difficult issues of love and death. JM'

READING TIME Vol 44 No 4

This is a lovely book about a very difficult subject. The first sentence sets the tone: "Last night I dreamed my mother knew my name." It's honest and right to the point. It helps families of people with Alzheimer's cope with the shifting stages of the process. And it's a fine memoir, even if you're not looking for information about the disease.

Reading this book is like sitting down with the author to gain knowledge and understanding of how to best help children enjoy reading and writing poetry. It's an easy read that compels one to write and facilitate a successful poetry unit. Ruurs references numerous sources (books as well as Internet sites) that will help the reader be successful. This book is a "must read" that is worth every penny spent!

There are still people in this world who listen: anthropologists. After reading less than humble authors who are certain they have most if not all the answers, I found this volume to be a delight. The fifteen articles in this book, each concerning individuals and groups in a particular cultural/historical setting, address the phenomenon of "social suffering". While the dominant American cultural construct holds that virtually every experience is individual, these authors establish that life is, after all, social and individual, and much suffering (another unpopular topic) is created, experienced and coped with socially. The first chapter, by Arthur Kleinman and Joan Kleinman, is alone worth the price of the book. After discussing how we Americans present to ourselves and react to news of dire suffering, usually discretly presented without context and with no way to respond, the authors write, "The American cultural rhetoric ... is changing from the language of caring to the language of efficiency and cost ...." Other essays address Mao's China, modern India, Nazi medicine, terror in Sri Lanka and torture. Paul Farmer's essay regarding the lives of two of Haiti's destitute is particularly unnerving. Some of the essays require close reading, but they are well worth the effort. This is a book that will leave you with a broader and deeper perspective.

Margaret Mark and Carol S. Pearson have wrote a book combining archetypal, mythic figures with modern day marketing. There are many time-tested concepts behind the consumer products we buy and use everyday. At times, we may feel a connection to a product because it's association has been in our archetypal consciousness for many years.

One criticism I have is the book gets into a little too much detail about specific projects and study methods. This happens when the authors talk about clients they have worked with. I don't mean the book is one long advertisement for their marketing consultant services, it is not.

You might appreciate how they relate a core group group of archetypes and how they relate to contemporary consumers. Such as Outlaw, Hero, etc. I found myself comparing these with what is generally called "demographics" and looking for possible fits, depending on the product or services sold.

What I very much appreciate is their mention of those who "manage meaning" have a responsibility to act ethically and think through their advertising and marketing campaigns. Having worked in consumer products and now in advertising, I know this is often not the case.

You'll get a lot out of this read.

Lord of the Rings. That was the first thing I thought of when I read the synopsis about The Hero and the Outlaw.

I was somewhat doubtful about their premise, I must admit. Archetypes are powerful and they sell, undoubtedly, but that's for books and movies. But marketing?

Yet, books and movies are marketed and sometimes quite successfully. Steven King. Tom Clancy. Star Wars.

So, perhaps interweaving some of Jung's ideas and marketing is not such a bad idea, after all.

When I combined these very ancient concepts with some of the more modern strategies suggested in Michael levine's Guerrilla pR: Wired, I did see an impact.

Perhaps, despite claims to the contrary, we should not look to the future for marketing success, but to the past, for ideas that have a proven track record as ageless and as timeless as our dreams.

This book marries one of the most fundamental elements of psychology to market positioning and brand strategy. Using the Jungian archetypes, the authors simplify the development of solid brands. They are replete with wonderful illustrative examples. Since the archetypes are subconscious, it has been difficult for us as marketers to understand how they operate in brand development and giving meaning to brands. The authors offer a very simple method to analyze the brand's archetype and where it fits within the competitive product category.
Even if you are not a marketing person, you will enjoy reading the archetypes, trying to figure out what most appeals to you personally - and no surprise those are usually your favorite brands.
Well written and calls upon many ancient and modern authors who understand how people behave and why.

This is a fairly good book on the subject of Yoruba masks and drumming. Contains good pictures of masks (Gelede) and is very informative with regards to ceremonies performed at the Gelede.

Is recommended reading for any of the followers of the Yoruba religion and to students as well.

I would have liked to have seen a more in depth review of the ceremonies and religious aspects of the Gelede, therefore I have not rated it a 5 Star.

Nonetheless, I would still read it all over again !

I do recommend this nice book to all those engaged in the practice of the Yoruba cult. The author gives a good persp- ective of what is behind the cerimony. Mo juba Iyami Osoronga!

After ploughing my way through the truly dreary "Downing Street Years", this one remained on my shelves for some considerable time. But it is an improvement on that volume: the style is less ponderous, making it a more accessible work. Like all political memoirs, however, I found it lacked balance (politicians tend to recast the past in order to present themselves in a better light) - for example, one is left to wonder whether Mrs Thatcher's criticisms of Harold Macmillan's premiership were coloured by his critique of hers. In addition, it seemed strange that the years 1925 to 1970 were dealt with in a mere 160 pages. I finished the book with a feeling that perhaps the reason why she ran out of steam was that once there was little left to crusade against, she had little constructive to offer (throughout the book, the story is of how she set her mind against things rather than trying to forge a new politico-economic philosophy). Perhaps an objective criticism of Mrs Thatcher's career is best left to the historians.

In this book, the prequel to her more successful (and essentially more interesting) volume entitled 'The Downing Street Years', Margaret Thatcher gives us a glimpse into her life, and the events and people who shaped her, basically, who made her who she is.

You'll learn about her time at university, her early days in politics from a personal standpoint (for instance, she used to do her own ironing to press dresses immediately before going out, as she couldn't afford to have them pressed, and other small details like this abound), early days in the government and then leading up to the time in opposition prior to the elections of 1979.

Thatcher also adds a postscript to this book, completed after the account of her time as Prime Minister, in which she gives her prescriptions for a better Britain and Europe (in some ways, she might agree that her stance on the Eurocurrency is a la Nancy Reagan, i.e., 'Just say No!'). She has a few swipes at John Major, the man she helped into power, perhaps hoping to be able to be an active and effective agent from behind the scenes. Major retaliates a bit in his own autobiography.

In all, unless you're REALLY into British politics or Thatcher personally, this book could be easily missed. Read 'The Downing Street Years', and, as I've seen you can often pick this book up for some bargain-bin price, buy it so as to have the set. And you might peruse a chapter here and there.

It does have a good style of writing, but goes on quite a bit. Historians will appreciate it, but I often wonder if politicians think that most will actually read through all this material, considering they are invariably written when the author is off the centre stage?

Sure, I have a personally inscribed copy, and consider this book one of the greatest treasures of my library, held along with the cherished memory of meeting Lady Thatcher. But, as you know by now, I can remain completely objective. This is a wonderful book.

If you are at all interested in Torys, conservatives, or strong female leadership, this is a must read. I found the discussion fascinating, although, yes, as an attention span challenged American, a tad tedious in spots. However, it's well worth the effort.

Also look for "Downing Street Years", for additional writings by Lady Thatcher.