books about: meridians     books:       The Energy Medicine Kit43 reviews Donna Eden Sounds True, 2005 IMPRESSIVE & AMAZING! Being a Type A personality, my 1st impression was that Donna was a bit flaky & I wasn't sure what I bought into. However, I was so interested in the concept that I continued watching and I am so glad that I did! In the short time that it took to watch the DVD & do the extremely simple techniques I felt wonderful; more energetic & happy with an overall sense of well being! Using what I have ...             Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)12 reviews Giorgio Agamben Stanford University Press, 1998 Homo Sacer is a must read. Agamben's best known work lives up to the hype. One of the most powerful aspects of this book is its shocking predictions about the world to come. Published many years before the initiation of the war on terror, Agamben signals the beginning the of a style of governance built on permanent exception. He insists that the extermination of the Jewx by the Nazis was not simply a horrible enigma that ...             A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America ...25 reviews Houghton Mifflin, 1998 The best just got better! This has always been the reliable and preferred reference for my wife and I. We have worn out two of the paperback version over many years of use. Now, with the revised arrangement of the book it is even easier to use and may cause it to wear out prematurely due to overuse. I might have to buy another so we can both refer to our own copy at the same time.             Notes on Blood Meridian (Southwestern Writers Collection)4 reviews John Sepich University of Texas Press, 2008 I finally got my hands on a copy, and it's great! After years of hearing about Notes On Blood Meridan by John Sepich, but not wanting to pay US$400 for a copy, I finally went down to my local branch of the public library and requested a copy through the inter-library loan department. In a few weeks a copy was delivered and now I have the copy right in front of me. (The inter-library loan fee was $10.00 but that's better than paying someone ...             Four Plays by Aristophanes: The Birds; The Clouds; The Frogs; Lysistrata (Meridian Classics)7 reviews Aristophanes Plume, 1994 Great Ancient Greek Political Parodies I should first point out that I read a different edition of this book, and the one that I had had only two plays - The Birds and The Frogs. I will review only these two. Aristophanes has a "no holds barred" type of approach to controversial political decisions and actions. The Birds is a comedy that ridicules the disastrous Greek expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C. Arisotophanes is a wonderful ...             Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre (Meridian)23 reviews Plume, 1975 The Best Introduction to Existentialism This anthology of Existentialist texts is the best introduction to Existentialism currently available in English. Walter Kaufmann (best known to philosophy readers as the twentieth century's most important translator of Nietzsche) presents a selection of key texts from Kierkegaard, Dostoyevski, Nietzsche of course, Heidegger, Sartre and others, and Kaufmann prefaces the anthology with a ...             Strategy: Second Revised Edition (Meridian)46 reviews B. H. Liddell Hart Plume, 1991 Modern Classic Though I am not sold on Liddell Hart's thesis in this book, it provides such an expansive analysis of historical military accounts that I cannot discount its indelible mark on my future thoughts of military strategy. Clausewitz puts me to sleep, but Liddell Hart kept me awake into the wee hours of the morning. This is recommended to anyone seeking even a minimum knowledge in military strategy. ...             Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West13 reviews Wallace Stegner Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992 Educational but not boring I kept waiting for this book to get boring. It has all the potential to be boring. But it's not. It's an excellent introduction to the history of the West. I learned little tidbits about all sorts of varied subjects - Native American tribes, government, the history of the USGS. Stegner does get a little too wrapped up in the details at a couple points, especially when he gets into all the ...             Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists20 reviews Thomas W. Myers, Leon Chaitow, ... Churchill Livingstone, 2001 Easy Reading A huge topic with tons of minutia that is broken down in an easy reading format. I really liked the way the book is set up. Great way to look at the body as a whole and to start thinking about alternative and complimentary modes of treatment up the kinetic chain that you may not think about before reading this book.             Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West303 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 1992 America's God Blood Meridian is worth reading if nothing else than for McCarthy's multi-dimensional portrayal of Judge Holden. The judge becomes the nexus where the powerful forces which created the American character, the impulse to control, to dominate, to wage genocidal war in the West, to mirror the refinement and accomplishments of Europe, meet, and the results are mesmerizing. There is a part where the ...             Let's Talk an Oil Deal: Your Key to Oil Patch Lingo2 reviews John Orban Meridian Press, 1991 Ideal booket Like any and all industries today, a specialized language serves the oil and gas business. This booket is ideal for landowners, investors and anyone interested in exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources. This is a shortcut and a very handy one at that.             Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West5 reviews Charles F. Wilkinson Island Press, 1993 Excellent, thought-provoking A very scholarly, but accessible, history of the development of the West and the social/political/economic structures that shaped land, water and resource rights there. In particular, Wilkinson is addressing the notorious Hardrock Mining Act of 1872 (still in effect), the distribution of land and grazing rights, the fisheries of the Pacific Northwest, and the timber industry. His analysis of ...             The Practical Application of Meridian Style Acupuncture2 reviews John E. Pirog Pacific View PR, 1996 A ?must have? for practitioners meridian acupuncture As the name implies, meridian based acupuncture places a prime importance on the meridian system in both the diagnosis and treatment of disease and dysfunction in the body. It is often called classical acupuncture because its theory is based on ancient classical texts like the "Ling Shu", the "Su Wen" and the "Nan Jing." Meridian based acupuncture contrasts with the herbalized form of ...             The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian3 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1986 An Iliad of American agony I read all three volumes of the great Shelby Foote's Civil War narrative in the 80s. This volume is yet another of his logically well-integrated, dramatic trio on that war and speaks a soft/loud pianoforte of war from the Southern perspective. It contains many a large gulp of its often hesitantly bitter, prolonged agony from the bloody cup of setbacks and disappointments on both sides of the ...             Meridian17 reviews Alice Walker Harvest Books, 2003 Read into it This is one of the best books I've ever read. I love Alice Walker. Meridian is a book that changed my life. Meridian, the main character, is a woman who feels so deeply and wants so badly to help other people that this feeling comes close to destroying her. Any woman who has ever cared about a cause so much that she felt she'd give her last breath if it would help will understand this book. ...             Blood Meridian (Picador Books)1 review Cormac McCarthy Picador, 1994 A Cormac McCarthy vocabulary quiz As I read Blood Meridian, I jotted down words that were either unusual or new to me or familiar yet not quite recognizable. This is the case with every McCarthy book one reads - astonishment at the writer's extensive vocabulary. I've deliberately left out most of the directly Spanish terms or Mexican off-shoots. So, anyway, here is one list of words you need to know in order to read Blood ...             Money in the Ground-Insider's Guide to Oil and Gas Deals (4th Ed.)7 reviews John Orban Meridian Press, 2001 Good Primer For Anyone Looking At Oil & Gas Opportunities Mr. Orban has penned a very useful guide to the oil business. He covers all the important aspects of the industry and packages it especially for the investor. After reading this book, you'll know most everything you'll need to know in order to enter an intelligent, informed discussion with most anyone on the subject of oil & gas. The book is particularly helpful in directing you to ask the right ...             The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy (Meridian)2 reviews Victor E. Frankl Plume, 1988 Everyone should read at least one of Frankl's books This book and Frankl's other popular book, "Man's search for meaning" offer a great deal of overlap. Yet I fond both extrememlty interesting and helpful. Frankl posits that we all have an innate tendency to mental/spiritual health which he calls the will to meaning. This is similar to the body's hedency to heal after any physical assault. He explains that good counselling focusses the will to ...             Life Energy: Using the Meridians to Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Emotions10 reviews John Diamond Continuum International Publishing Group, 1990 Practical, thought-provoking, inspiring This book has been essential for me in developing a concept of the healing force in myself and in everybody -- Life Energy, as the title succinctly puts it -- and how this force can be activated. The specific details about our emotions -- and how they relate to the acupuncture system -- are fascinating. I particularly find helpful and thought-provoking Dr. Diamond's use of etymology (the origins ...             The Open: Man and Animal2 reviews Giorgio Agamben Stanford University Press, 2003 erudition as art as thought as action A magisterial meditation on the question of the "human" -- used as an adjective. This short book is Agamben's 'Duino Elegies': thalassically poetic and swirling with thought that hovers, indifferent to the gravity of common sense. The title refers to Heidegger's term for the possibility of Dasein but Agamben is not doing a pro-Heidegger critique here. 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