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Pumping Insulin: Everything You Need for Success With an Insulin Pump
Published in Paperback by Torrey Pines Pr (2000)
Authors: Ruth Roberts M.A., John T. Walsh P.A. C.D.E., and Barb Schreiner
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Great learning tool and reference
On the advice of my PA, I read the book before going on the pump in October 2001 (22 years after my diagnosis with Type I diabetes). The book is written extremely well and provides clear and concise coverage of the almost every aspect of pump therapy. The authors highlight considerations to make before going on the pump, as well as circumstances you will encounter after beginning pump therapy. The book offers explanations and calculations to figure total daily dosages and advice on how to change dosages for exercise, patterns of high and low bg's, etc. The material included in the book is really valuable when you begin working with your doctor, PA, etc, to help you know what questions to ask. I felt like I had more confidence and knowledge in the transition to pump therapy. "Pumping Insulin" helped me to better manage the pump and my diabetes as soon as I walked into the doctor's office for my initial pump appointment. And for those that have already started pumping, the book's a great reference tool to have on hand.

Must-have reference for pumping.
We got this book in late March, 2001, shortly after our then-6 year old son who has Type 1 diabetes started pumping insulin. This reference explains so well how short-acting insulin is used in the body, how to calculate for it during exercise, how to make adjustments to the basal rates....it save our pump trainer many late night calls. It was a lifesaver in helping us get through the insulin pump learning curve faster. Only thing it doesn't handle in-depth enough is "surprise" infusion set changeouts & sensitivity to Humalog. This book helped us understand how to take better care of our son.

a book to change your future
This book is the best I have read on pumping, having taken us(my son aged 10 and I) from very little knowledge on the subject, to convincing us it was for him, and to using it as an essential handbook and support tool now he is on the pump. Umlike some other books, it is so easy to read and understand, without having to read and re read it to get the meaning. The tables in it are so useful and much of the information is not easy to find altogether in one place in any other books. As in car repair books, this one is a 'dirty finger' book - you use it as you go along, and can never know more than the book or outgrow it. I have bought several copies for other people now, and everyone has been pleased with it.A must if you have a pump or are thinking about getting one.


The Greatest Christmas Adventure Story Ever
Published in Paperback by Xlibris Corporation (01 September, 2000)
Author: Robert J. Walsh
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a future classic in the making
a book that really lets the imagination go. has all the makings to be a great classic movie takes you to places you've never been to before !! a must read

The Greatest Christmas Adventure Story Ever
It is indeed the greatest Christmas adventure story I have ever read. It is funny, adventurous and I couldn't put it down. My kids wanted me to read it again to them. I'm certain that any child would have a wonderful time reading it. I hope the author continues to write books of this nature. I would recommend it to anyone from 7 to 107 years old! Don't pass it up.


On the Line: The Creation of a Chorus Line
Published in Hardcover by William Morrow (1990)
Authors: Robert Viagas, Baayork Lee, and Thommie Walsh
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This book is a MUST for any "A Chorus Line" enthusiast.
Viagas, Lee and Walsh, together with the rest of the original cast have made an insightful book which documents the life of this great musical. Filled with remembrances by the cast and with a good collection of photographs by several photographers their book is a treasure chest of facts and memories of Broadway's "Singular Sensation". It is nice to know that author Baayork Lee continues her association with the show after twenty five years, still directing companies of the show and now opening up a website dedicated to the show... I only hope that some day they will provide an updated version concluding with the gala final performance.

A must for any fan of the show (or Broadway in general)
This book captures the show perfectly from people who were there: The Original Cast. This book never ceases to amaze, and move.


Back of the Yards
Published in Paperback by Xlibris Corporation (30 November, 2000)
Author: Robert J. Walsh
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Back of the Yards - Review
The book is a hard hitting realistic slice of life about growing up in Chicago in the 1950s. I felt as if I was there. The book is not meant for children and contains graphic adult material. It is a book that you will never forget.


The Common Symptom Guide
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill Professional (28 January, 2002)
Authors: John Wasson, B. Timothy Walsh, Mary C. Labrecque, Harold C. Sox, Robert Pantell, and Timothy Walsh
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best for csa review
This book has common complain plus what to ask in addition to that complain with D/D and superficial physical diagnosis.


From Atoms to Angels: Spiritual Forces Shaping Your Life
Published in Paperback by Gateway Books (2001)
Author: Paul Walsh-Roberts
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Scientific Details Not Needed
This book on elementary metaphysics seems too short to be useful...but it turns out to be the first handbook you need to explore this subject (and, for many, the last as well).

When I first read this book, I was AMAZED...because I found it to be 100% in keeping with my own experiences, experiences I had been trying for years to convey to others. I had been able to get through to some people who didn't mind my scientific explanations and support information; but a lot of my friends just don't care about that...they are only interested in results.

This is a book about the results, and techniques to get them. If you want the science behind it, you'll need to look further; but "From Atoms to Angels" is a heck of a good introduction to by applying metaphysical principles to your life to make it work.


Damage Them All You Can: Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia
Published in Hardcover by Forge (01 November, 2002)
Author: George Walsh
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Walsh does a superb job chronicling Lee's Stalwart Army!
Strolling through the Mall I decided to stop in for a brief visit to the mass market oriented bookstore. Thumbing through the Civil War offerings I picked up this outstanding book. I did not recognize the name of George Walsh. He is a Yankee writing on the army whose story has been so well told from Southern superstars such as Douglass Southall Freeman, Clfford
Dowdey and Shelby Foote. Why plunk down a Visa card to purchase it?
Curiosity satisfied is the answer! Walsh writes in a personal style introducing the men and the units making up Lee's fabled Army of Northern Virgnia. Even an old Civil War buff such as I learned new things about the Victorian warriors of Dixieland who lend the forces of Lee against the enemy.
This book is an excellent survey of the war in the Eastern theatre. It is a valuable additon to my Civil War library. I highly recommend Walsh's book to anyone even casually interested in learning more about the American Illiad that is our Civil War!

Excellent One Volume Treatment of ANV
George Walsh hit a grand slam with DAMAGE THEM ALL YOU CAN: ROBERT E. LEE'S ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. Told almost exclusively from the point of view of the Confederate side this book does a wonderful job of getting into the hearts and minds of the men who fought for the Confederacy. The stereotypes of the lost cause or southerners as a pack of racists are replaced by a very human portrait of the men (and sometimes their loved ones too) who fought and died for what they believed in. Walsh has done a very real service to the memory of the Army of Northern Virginia. The battle narratives are really good as is the analysis of Lee's thoughts, decisions and occasional frustration with his subordinates. An excellent treatment!

Damage Them All You Can: R.E. Lee's Army of No. Va.
"Damage Them All You Can:" Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia written by George Walsh is quite frankly one of the best accounts of The Army of Northern Virginia that I've ever read. General Robert E. Lee assembled the best army to ever, to this point in time, fight on American soil. In fact, The Army of Northern Virginia man for man, out Generaled, out fought all that the North could throw against it.

Walsh's book is a true delight to read, the principles in the book seem to come alive as you read on in the book. The prose is written with vivid descriptions and the author gives the reader insights albeit shrewd of how the battles were fought.

I got the inpression that I was there with the incisive insights the author gives the reader, from the Generals, to the commanders, right down to the trenches, told with deeply moving detail. I encourage anyone interested in reading about the Civil War or the "Yankee War of Aggression" to read this book.

I've read Foote, McPherson, and Catton's writings about this time in American History, but Walsh's account here is the best and most personal one that I've ever read, with a probing into the character and the battles that made them feel like they were fought right before your eyes.

This book is, by all accounts, for a single volume the best book written about one of the best fighting armies the Confederacy ever had... the Army of Northern Virginia. This book is worthy of a place in your library on American History.


Stop the Rollercoaster: How to Take Charge of Your Blood Sugars in Diabetes
Published in Paperback by Torrey Pines Pr (1996)
Authors: John Walsh, Ruth Roberts, and Lois Jovanovic-Peterson
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Needs updating
This book would have been EXCELLENT several years ago, but it apparently was written before Humalog becamse available and doesn't include this very useful insulin in the control techniques. As a result, it is not very useful. A Second Edition with all the latest techniques would be very worthwhile.

This book would be helpful, but badly needs to be updated
There is a lot of great information here, but a lot of it is sadly out of date. In particular, there's almost nothing related to using Humalog insulin, and I don't know anyone who uses Regular anymore. (In fact, I never did, I used Semi-Lente when they still manufactured it ages ago) At the very least, I was expecting that there would be more detailed discussions of other insulins, but the assumption is that you'll be using regular. Since the information on insulin duration, etc. permeate the information on exercise and most other chapters, I was disappointed that so much of the information is a bit dated. I'd recommend waiting for an update.

a great book.
This is a one of a kind book for anyone with type 1 diabetes.It teaches how to do carbohydrate counting, how to account for exercise, illness, and unexpected highs and lows.

I hope the authors write an updated version of this book because it is really necessary. It is surprising that there are so few books like this available to diabetics who really have to take care of their disease all by themselves. It is lonely out there and books like this really help.


Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies
Published in Paperback by DaCapo Press (1998)
Authors: Manny Farber and Robert Walsh
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Manny is likeable, but not really a good writer
A cult book. Not being in on the cult, let me say that Farber had pretty good taste in movies, liking hard-boiled masculine shoot-em-ups in the Forties. And he is, apparently, a very good painter, still having one man shows today in his late eighties. Still, he was a hideously disorganized writer. Reviews seem to start and end at random points in his chain of thoughts. There are some good phrases, but I'd be hard pressed to recount many coherent ideas from his book. It's not that he's lacking good ideas -- in fact, he has too many. He's just not very good at putting them into a comprehensible form. If you are a fanatic for either forties tough guy directors or late sixties artsy directors, you'll no doubt benefit from grinding through the book, but for the general reader, it's a struggle.

I'm hardly surprised that he gave up reviewing over 25 years ago for painting. Writing just doesn't seem to be his strong suit.

extraordinary
Farber found the best metaphor for his inclinations as well as his work: the termite, who burrows, chews, and undermines. Just as Thelonious Monk's solos softly undermine the themes on which they are constructed, so the bits of outrageous reality peeping into the Walsh films Farber so much admires undermine the fictional world Walsh has so carelessly constructed, and the critiques Farber savagely launches at film festivals and white elephant movies undermine their subjects by his relentless burrowing.


Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes
Published in Hardcover by Hyperion (2003)
Authors: Kenneth T. Walsh and Robert Dallek
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An Enjoyable, Light Book
This book could have been subtitled: "A History of Presidential Character as Revealed through Their Planes." Beginning with FDR and ending with the current main passenger of Air Force One, George W. Bush, Kenneth Walsh details the history and experiences of U.S. presidents who have taken to the air on the world's most famous jet, providing a fascinating angle by which to view them.

Walsh is careful to weave basic information about the presidents into the book. If you already know a good deal about the modern U.S. presidents, you will find much of this information either simplistic or repetitive. If you don't know very much about the modern presidents, however, but you want to know more about Air Force One, then you won't get lost here.

Walsh usually introduces each president with a brief history, and then shows convincingly that the planes they flew had a way of revealing the character of that president in a way that other places - the Oval Office, for example - did not. Reporters and staff, if they are fortunate enough to be allowed on board the jet, have access to a president that they do not have anywhere else. Presidents also seem to open up more when they fly Air Force One. Both of these circumstances allow a unique opportunity to see the usually powerful and distant man unfiltered.

While the historical moments that took place on Air Force One are all here (LBJ's swearing in as president just after the assassination of JFK; George W. Bush's long flight around the country after the terror attacks on 9-11, etc.), I personally found the trivial or less famous information more interesting. I had never heard, for example, that Nixon's Air Force One had to take evasive maneuvers during a trip to the Middle East after it appeared Syrian fighter jets might attack it (they were mistakenly sent up to welcome the Presidential jet). I also had no idea that secure communications on the president's hi-tech plane are often disrupted while it is in flight.

This is a light book that can be finished in an evening of reading. My only disappointment with it was the lack of basic drawings of the interior setup of Air Force One or drawings of the insides of previous presidential jets. I don't think the information is classified (since Walsh describes it in words), so it would have been interesting to see the various layouts.

Presidents in Private: An Engaging Look
Getting on Air Force One is like being a kid in a candy store, whether you're a new president or a seasoned journalist. And only a seasoned journalist could combine technical details, a sense of history and the gossip we're really looking for.

The theme of the book is that Air Force One is more than a plane. It's a symbol of the US and of presidential power. Most important, AF One offers presidents a chance to be alone -- and a chance to take off their suits and reveal themselves in jeans, sweats and Boxer shorts.

Some presidents come alive more than others in this account. We get a feel for Nixon, Clinton and Ford, but less for Kennedy and the present Bush. The Carter chapter surprised me: the public persona contrasts with the private man and Amy turns out to be a spoiled brat. Ford was the most decent and caring of all past presidents. And we learn that Reagan was far more disciplined than most of us realized.

We begin to realize that Bill Clinton, the first Baby Boomer president, brought a new era to the Presidency as well as the plane: he was actually comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt, and his open expressions of emotion are contemporary. His predecessors seem stiff by comparison. Wisely, the author remains carefully neutral when writing about the current president.

I'd have liked to learn more about the crew who serve AF One. How are they chosen? Do they get special training? What's it like to be a flight attendant or a steward? And I'd like to hear more about some of the notable reporters, such as Barbara Walters, who gets mentioned only for her dismay at being served a spam sandwich.

And Walsh's journalistic role has a downside. I'd have liked to see a chapter with some insights that cut across individual presidents rather than straight reporting. As a reader, I found myself astonished at the ordinary qualities of the leaders of the free world. Some were not accustomed to being served. Others seemed so ill-suited to the presidency that I wondered how they got so far.

Overall, they're downhome, at least a little chauvinistic, insulated from much of the rest of the world because they're too busy with the president to develop a broad exposure. They play cards and watch light movies. Most have a roving eye: Kennedy, Johnson and Clinton are well-known but apparently Nixon liked to look, too.

Reading this book is like going to Epcot: you feel as though you're getting educated when you're really being entertained, and you can't help enjoying the experience. For an eerie contrast, read The Ship Who Sang, a classic sci fi novel by Anne McCaffrey.

First Class Ride!

I have just finished reading Kenneth T. Walsh's newest book, "Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes". This book, I am happy to report, is as informative and articulate a reading experience as I have had in a long time. Mr. Walsh's long-time "insider" status as well as his exhaustive research and crisp, concise style of writing made this a thoroughly enjoyable read, start to finish.

The short history of aviation and it's effect on American history is truly remarkable, as Mr. Walsh reports. Over the few years it has taken for the jet age to develop, our executive branch has been relatively quick to recognize and tap the potential for extending democratic values and influence. Between FDR's first tedious and exhausting hop-scotch to Casablanca and George W. Bush's incredible split-second decision on board Air Force One the day of September 11, 2001, this book gives the reader some wonderful minute-by-minute reporting from the key people involved, right up to the presidents themselves.

Each of our presidents has approached the Ait Force One experience in their own unique way, thereby revealing a closer insight into their hearts and minds. This book details each, from Clinton's relatively relaxed and homey flying style, Johnson's bullying, to Nixon's brooding and self-obsessed genius. And for me personally, the detailed descriptions of each airplane's awesome power and capabilities imparted a sense of certainty and reassurance that our leadership is just as secure and in command at 35,000 feet and 700 mph as it has ever been in the White House or Camp David.

These airplanes and the phalanx of people who fly them have known more history than one could ever have even imagined. With this book, Mr. Walsh has brought American history buffs as well as casual readers like myself a slice of flying knowlege and experience not soon to be forgotten.


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