November 2007 Non-Fiction and Biography Book Reviews

Welcome to our November 2007 non-fiction book and biography reviews archive. Non-Fiction stimulates, entertains, and enlightens. We work hard to find non-fiction books - biographies, science books, art books, etc. to review each month that we feel are worth your time and your hard-earned dollars. We hope you'll enjoy this backissue of our November 2007 non-fiction book reviews.

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Parenting After Divorce: Resolving Conflicts and Meeting Your Children's Needs

by Philip Michael Stahl

Impact Publishers
Paperback
ISBN# 1886230846
Suggested Retail Price: $17.95 or as low as $11.27 from Amazon.com!

Most Americans have some personal experience with the terrible damage that divorce can do to children. One of my family went through a bitter divorce in which the son was forced to undergo years of psychotherapy just to satisfy the ego of one parent, and which ended up doing much more harm than good to everyone concerned. So, while I take personal advice books with a large grain of salt, I did find some pearls of wisdom to latch on to. The best advice from Dr. Stahl was, essentially, to avoid making a battleground out of the kids' childhood. Amen to that.

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The Nature of Home: Taking Root in a Place

by Greta Gaard

University of Arizona Press
Paperback
ISBN# 978-0-8165-2576-8
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Greta Gaard takes on a naturalist's journey of hiking and mountain climbing while simultaneously examining the world she faces as a bisexual, and how old traditional methods that societies have used to measure the worth of people have changed as America has been changed by an influx of immigrants from the most incongruous of backgrounds. Leaning heavily on her relationship with Nature, Gaard's self-examination leads her to try to recapture some of the life-goals she'd compromised on for the security she got through her work at universities, only to come to realize that her search was for a place she could call home.

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The Acupressure Atlas

by Bernard C. Kolster, Astrid Waskowiak

Healing Arts Press
Paperback
ISBN# 978-159477207-8
Suggested Retail Price: $24.95 or as low as $15.64 from Amazon.com!

According to author Bernard Kolster, MD, the goal of accupressure is regulating life energy and creating a harmonious balance in the body. It is a technique of massage that originated in China which, much like the better-known methods of accupuncture, seek to find critical energy junctions in the body and bring them into balance to help alleviate disorders. This giant paperbound book is filled with detailed photos and illustrations that will teach you the fundamentals of accupressure, with frequent references to its origins in the ancient lore of Chinese medicine. As a skeptic of homeopathy and holistic medicine, I'm not a fan of such books, but I know that western medicine is exploring these methods to see if they can be helpful. So, for those seeking relief from chronic conditions, accupressure might well be helpful and this book is a comprehensive guide for the beginner.

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