I am a fellowship-trained interventional pain management physician, and I purchased this book with high hopes after reading the first review and the editorial summary. I received it, and promptly returned it. It really falls short in my opinion. The positioning pictures uses three pictures that really add very little to the basic knowledge of positioning the fluoroscopy unit. It does not make the effort to explain nuances of using the C-arm to open up the facet joints, etc. The pictures of the blocks performed show only the final placement of the needle, without any guidance on how to get it there, which is what is really needed in a text such as this. Furthermore, the image quality is remarkably poor in some of the shots. I think anyone interested in a guide on using fluoroscopy for pain management is better off waiting for Prithvi Raj's book, which is due in fall, 2002. His book on Pain Management is excellent and I expect nothing less with his upcoming book, which I have pre-ordered.

We have been using this amazing, comprehensive manual in our pain practice for 4 months. The time that is saved by ustilizing the author's concise explainations of correct patient and flouroscope positioning has cut out time per procedure down and increased the quality of images 3-fold.

Included, are flouro images of each simple and complex procedure performed.

I highly recommend this manual to any radiologic technologist, interventional pain management physician, orthopedist, neurosurgeon and physical medicine and rehabilitation physician.

Radiology departments everywhere should have at least one copy for those technologists who are asked to participate in any injection or implantation procedure.

The cost of this easy-to-use book is paid for in a few days of using it!

This book was quite broad in covering many issues of solar energy. From Heating your house, pool, food, and even providing electricity. It also gave many contacts to seek further information about legal issues, financial incentives, or more information. This is a great beginners book to learn about Solar energy if you know little to nothing about it. If you are looking for detailed infromation on a particular aspect of solar energy, however, this is not the book. Good little reference book though especially for the price.

This book gives an introduction to some of the ways solar energy can be used in everyday applications. If you have no knowledge of solar energy this is an OK place to start. It covers everything from solar water heating to solar ovens. The price is right.

As a person who knew the Doctor directly, I would like to say that the author has done a very bad job, which includes several misquotes. Please don't buy this book for you will get a very biased view of Dr.KNN's life...he's a greater person than the author makes him out to be...

Although tough to read at times, this book allows the reader to understand the author's points of view and experiences in India. A clear love-hate, mentor-brother relationship between KNN and the author helps the reader to consider views not usually associated with "Indians." Controversial, opinionated, passionate, and spiritual, this book is not for the weak of heart or faith. Anyone willing to leave personal or religious predudices at the proverbial door will find this book an enlightening read.