I eat out 7 days a week, at least 2 meals a day. Being something of an amatuer cook myself, I know how much butter is lavished on restaurant meals (even the italians use it) -- enough to earn you a coronary bypass by the age of 12. So what a lifesaver (literally) to find this book! Jones and company have done exhaustive reasearch to find the healthiest food in L.A. Not a lot of attention is paid to outlying areas (Torrence, Lakewood, Norwalk and the like; but there probably isn't much there anyway), but most restaurant guides stick to L.A. Proper (Downtown/Wilshire/Bev Hills/Hollywood/Ventura Blvd etc.). There are also great tips for eating at restaurants of which I'm already a patron -- fat-free lunch at Chin Chin! Included are many coupons to set you on your course of healthy dining. I hope this books sells well enough to merit a yearly update.

Theophane's writings of full of piercing insights into the human condition and the path to union with God. Theophane is a guide along the Bhakti path, pointing out it's pitfalls and the essentials needed for success. I have read this book over and over again and each new reading I glean many new insigts.

This is a short book, only 64 pages, with large print and lots of photos, so it is quick to read. Although I think the book could be longer, I still give it 5 stars because any book that makes people, especially the younger generation, aware of what happened during the Holocaust is an important contribution. The book is designed to inform teens as it relates the stories of several people who were teenagers at the time they were in hiding during WWII. Because the stories are short, young people who might not ordinarily take the time to read historical text, will find it easy to become generally informed about what these survivors went through, and the circumstances of their persecution by the Nazis.

Each of the biographies in this book tells a unique story...some teens were hidden in private houses, often moving from place to place, and one 12-year-old girl survived in the forest, eating insects and raw rats. Once she had hidden in a haystack with other refugees, but they were discovered and attacked by anti-Jews who stabbed the haystack with pitchforks. When all was quiet, she climbed out and found the others' mutilated bodies lying on the ground.

The book ends with updates about those teens' lives today.

This book and the other seven in the series (Teen Witnesses to the Holocaust) would be useful for a quick study on the Holocaust.

I remember this children's book from when I was little. Actually it was one of my little sister's books then but I loved reading picture books, so I remember reading it out loud to myself. A city makes a hill with a pile of dirt and it snows and all the kids have fun! After reading that, I wanted my own hill that would grow!

I think this is a great book for people of all ages to learn about Del Norte County . It would be great for book reports , essays ,or just for fun.

A must read for anyone that has to work with people, which is everyone. I am now using this book with my training of new co-workers. It is great.

,Soc. Sci. Med. Vol. 47. No. 12. pp2139-21471998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain 0277-

I Can't Remember: Family Stories of Alzheimer's Disease, edited by Esther Strauss Smoller. Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1994. 134 pp. $24.95 (cloth).

The power of photography is revealed in this book of 4 photo essays about families who suffer from Alzheimer's Disease (AD). As the author makes clear in pictures and narrative. it is families and not just the Alzheimer's victim who experience the anxiety, fear, denial, uncertainty, pain and myriad losses that go hand-in-hand with AD. Smoller. a psychotherapist turned photographer. takes us into the lives of Lillian, her mother-in-law; Jim who has early onset AD; Sherry, Jim's wife and Jean, caregiver for her mother Louise. The four stories, told in the first person, provide narratives of the health problem; AD in a family fraught with discord; AD in a fairly young, large, active family who were able to live reasonably comfortably with Jim's AD; and AD in a family of two, mother and daughter, who counted their long-time good friends, another mother with AD/daughter combination, as family. In spite of the marital problems of Lillian and her husband and the un-camouflaged stress and strain of the other families. the story line of family love, dedication and devotion predominates. As good photo journalism should be able to do. the photos and the narrative can stand alone. each revealing a perspective on AD. The stories and photos form a mosaic and as a whole provide a clear and accurate view of AD and its effects on victims and their families. Particularly poignant are the words of Lillian and Jim, AD victims, as they struggle with the pain of losing their minds. It is rare that the victims themselves have a voice. Smoller invites us to see and feel both the victims' and the caregivers' pain and love. This book. whose proceeds go to the St. Louis Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, should be appreciated by professionals and families alike. The sights and sounds of AD speak to all of us.

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Sally Hutchinson

Temple University Press

This book has great activities to use with students that will keep them interested. They are hands-on and activity-based. They'll get them up and moving - and they're fun!

Information Literacy Instruction: Theory And Practice is an exhaustive textbook (450 pp.) with a CD-ROM supplement. Educator Esther Grassian and Librarian Joan Kaplowitz's purpose is to provide the reader through an in-depth discussion of the theory and practice of library instruction. Chapters range from basics to advanced studies. The basic topics in parts I and II include the history of user education, the psychology of active learning as applied to library teaching, critical thinking skills. The advanced topics of part III include assessing needs, setting goals, selecting instructional modes, handling copyright issues, designing electronic teaching materials, dealing with local politics on campus or elsewhere, and much more. The CD-ROM has a wide variety of useful materials: instructional mode web pages, an interactive database to select among modes, PowerPoint presentations, handouts for training or personal use, checklists and more. Information Literacy Instruction is very highly recommended for students of library science and practicing librarians, especially in our contemporary age where technology marches ever on!

este pequeno libro, ofrece una ligera introduccion a la literatura norteamericana,vista desde la perspectiva de borges. es el unico libro que he leido de el en ingles y me parecio algo liviano, como para estudiantes. en el no brilla borges el erudito, sino el critico y este muy poco. el final del libro hay cortas biografias de los mas importantes autores norteamericanos.

LUIS MENDEZ