Eating Clean: 100 Appetizing Solutions, Wheat-free & Dairy-free [Spiral-bound] Review

This book isn't up to its title. Some of the recipes with "whey protein powder" have a "publisher's update" to use "soy-based protein powder" instead, but don't mention why (whey is dairy). Plus, yogurt is an optional ingredient.

Spelt is a type of wheat, and recipes use spelt flour. Yikes!

We believe that soy that hasn't been fermented is not a healthy food (more info at mercola.com), and this book uses a lot of processed soy.Similar: canola oil. Also, the primary sweetener is xylitol, and we believe stevia to often be a healthier choice (from Dr. J. V. Wright's Nutrition & Healing).

_The Joy of Cooking_ has lots of dairy-free, wheat-free recipes, without false promises.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Eating Clean: 100 Appetizing Solutions, Wheat-free & Dairy-free [Spiral-bound]

Product Description:
This health-restorative collection of menu options was inspired by a liver detox regime as supervised by a naturopathic physician. Would you like to prepare healthy and satisfying foods with ingredients found in your local supermarket? Do you think sawdust when you hear the words health food? Discover how easy and economical it is to prepare delightfully delicious meals in your own kitchen. These 100 wheat-free and dairy-free recipes give a fresh and tasty approach to wholesome, healthy cooking. Includes step-by-step, easy to follow directions and includes key comments from a licensed naturopathic doctor. Learn what foods will benefit your overall health. Add to your culinary repertoire with ethnic favorites from around the world. Whether you're an experienced cook or just starting out with your first hot plate, this cookbook will become your right-hand source of inspiration. Give your meals a new lease on life. Revitalize daily meal planning with fresh and easy-to-prepare ideas that span from breakfast cereal to energy-boosting drinks, mini-meal snacks and main courses. Several baked good recipes call for spelt flour, so if you are Celiac, a gluten-free flour blend should be substituted. In the spirit of flexibility, any of the non-dairy ingredients can be substituted with dairy, if that better suits your lifestyle.

Buy cheap Eating Clean: 100 Appetizing Solutions, Wheat-free & Dairy-free [Spiral-bound] now

RiddleMath : Using Student-Written Riddles to Build Mathematical Power [Paperback] Review

I was fortunate to meet Mr. Sherrill a dozen years ago in California. His enthusiasm and love for children and education excited me. I have been teaching for 40 years and have been searching for ways to make the presentation of math an experience that children would love. When I found this book and realized who had authored it, it all came together. This book is and extension of his love of education and life.
It is rare that an educator is able to present his techniques and skills with such success.

Click Here to see more reviews about: RiddleMath : Using Student-Written Riddles to Build Mathematical Power [Paperback]

Product Description:
If you love helping children make sense of math, this fresh, innovative, professional approach may be just what you're looking for.RiddleMath links children's natural love of riddles and puzzles with important standards-based concepts and basic skills practice. This high-quality program gets results because it sparks interest while it supports understanding.
RiddleMath is a resource book for teachers, parents, and tutors. It includes student-written math riddles, along with guidelines for helping children create new riddles for their classmates and friends to solve.
Because it includes problem sets of varying difficulty, this book is appropriate for children ages 7-11 (grades 2-5). It includes work on place value, money, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, geometry, algebra, and word problems.
The 158-page book includes 100 reproducible pages for use in the classroom or at home. The activities were piloted by teachers at six different schools over a six-year period.

Buy cheap RiddleMath : Using Student-Written Riddles to Build Mathematical Power [Paperback] now

The Backward Day [Hardcover] Review

I love the cover of this book. Sturdy hard cover with red fabric binding.My 5 1/2 year old enjoyed reading it but was left looking for more at the end.Overall, it is a good classic read.

Click Here to see more reviews about: The Backward Day [Hardcover]

Product Description:
Imagine your whole day lived backward, from beginning to end. When you got up, you'd put on your jacket, then your shirt and pants, and over those your underwear, because after all, backward is backward, and on a backward day backward is the way everything has to be. You'd walk downstairs backward and sit on your chair backward with your back to the table, and when your parents greeted you in the morning you'd say, of course, "Good night." But how long can a backward day go on? Just long enough for a smart kid to reverse the spell he's cast on the whole household and return everything to normal. The Backward Day, a delightfully stylish picture book by the Caldecott Prize-winning team of Marc Simont and Ruth Krauss, brings to life a humorous and engaging reversal of ordinary reality that will enchant young children, as well parents.

Buy cheap The Backward Day [Hardcover] now Get 32% OFF

The Inner Journey: Views from the Christian Tradition (PARABOLA Anthology Series) [Paperback] Review

This offering is one of eight in this excellent Parabola series which offers indepth introductions to the world's great religious traditions. The series takes its place alongside Paulist Press' now-famous Clasics in Western Spirituality series. It might be used alongside of the excellent one-volume survey The Study of Spirituality, Cheslyn Jones,et al, eds. (1986). The Inner Journey provides an anthology of 20th Century writers who have practiced and/or deeply studied the classic schools of Christian spirituality.

Its selections offer encouragement and enrichment for those seeking to practice the life of prayer and transformation which is variously described here. For some, perhaps with Protestant or Independent Christian background, it may be an initial invitation to a dimension of Christian life about which they have known only little.

Many 20th Century voices who have become major Christian teachers are to be found here: Paul Tillich, Thomas Merton, Bede Griffiths, David Steindl-Rast, and Thomas Keating. Helen Luke, known for her Christian-Jungian work with Dante's Divine Comedy is accompanied by more recently-emerging female teachers of Christian sprituality, Norvene Vest, Cynthia Bourgeault, Irma Zaleski, Helen Pagels and Kim Coleman Healy. Long-standing contributors to the West's understanding of the Orthodox tradition are included: Alexander Schmemann, Thomas Hopko, and Kallistos Ware. Among others Christopher Bamford, who along with Esther DeWaal and others who have mined the treasures of the Celtic Christian tradition, has two offerings. There is a fine bibliography.

In identifying these contemporary writers, we see how the great tradition of the Jesus Prayer and hesychasm in Orthodoxy and desert sprituality, the ethos and practice of Benedictine spirituality, the Christian stream of contemplative prayer, East-West integrations, as well as the gnostic tradition, are taken up and filtered through the minds and practices of contemporary Christian teachers and spritual masters.

Merton, Healy, and Keating speak with characteristic incisiveness about the transformation of consciousness, that path of dis-identification with the "false self" which must inevitably come with the inner journey. This is in resonance with the classic path of ascesis in both desert spirituality and Western contemplative prayer.

I cite just one piece as an example of the profundity of what these authors are inviting us to explore. James Cutsinger's article The Yoga of Hesychasm, based on Theophanus the Monk's "The Ladder of Divine Graces," will serve as a challening introduction for those readers unfamiliar with the writings of the Philokalia. A shorter, more compact piece that the classic of similar title by John of Climacus, this "ladder" tells of "pure prayer," "a strange holy energy," and the "gift of tears." In perceptive 20th century language, Cutsinger writes: The tears of the Ladder are not tears of selfish regret or refusal. On the contrary; they are the natural result of the ego's liquification.

If you are beginning or continuing the Christian path of transformation, the readings will serve you well.


Click Here to see more reviews about: The Inner Journey: Views from the Christian Tradition (PARABOLA Anthology Series) [Paperback]

Product Description:
For over three decades, those for whom religion is a path of discovery and questioning have found insight in the pages of Parabola. This thoughtful anthology collects the magazine's best writings on Christianity, featuring articles from Thomas Merton, Elaine Pagels, Philip Zaleski, Thomas Keating, and 20 other authors who vividly explore what it means to be a Christian. The collection combines poetry and folklore with incisive interviews and cogent essays on topics such as the search for self, attention and remembrance, transformational knowledge, and worldly and divine works. A lavish, full-color, 16-page set of plates brilliantly conveys the rich variety within the tradition. From full works of great intricacy to passages of pure insight, The Inner Journey: Views from the Christian Tradition spans the tradition's greatest trends. For readers looking for an introduction to Christianity or those seeking to expand their knowledge of it, the journey in this book inspires and enlightens.

Buy cheap The Inner Journey: Views from the Christian Tradition (PARABOLA Anthology Series) [Paperback] now Get 25% OFF

Potluck of Faith (Paperback) Review

She has a gift of writing all her own, an illuminating and peaceful style, full of humor, love and warmth. Her writing is infused with God's Spirit, an instrument of peace.A poignant reminder of the 8 Beatitudes, giving solace to the complexities of life. Gives a deeper understanding of whom Christ is, not only as one to be "feared" (revered), but One Whom wants us to Love Him as He loves us tenderly.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Potluck of Faith (Paperback)

Product Description:
This book contains reflections on scripture and personal experiences, one witnessed miracle, poetry, some very helpful prayers, a fun game for parents to play with their children, one easy craft that focuses on friendship.

Buy cheap Potluck of Faith (Paperback) now

Buzz (Paperback) Review

My children and I truly enjoyed Buzz. The story is a very sweet look at daily happenings that children can directly relate to and the illustrations are verybeautiful--both my three year old and five year old are drawn tothem. This book is a wonderful addition to our family's daily readingrepertoire. I highly recommend it.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Buzz (Paperback)



Buy cheap Buzz (Paperback) now

The Inner Journey: Views from the Jewish Tradition (PARABOLA Anthology Series) [Paperback] Review

We decided to use this book for our monthly bookclub discussion - and we're pelased we did. It's well written, clear, and very interesting.

Click Here to see more reviews about: The Inner Journey: Views from the Jewish Tradition (PARABOLA Anthology Series) [Paperback]

Product Description:
For over three decades, Parabola has used story and symbol, myth, ritual, and sacred teachings to give insight to those for whom religion is a path of discovery and questioning. Following its popular books on the Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu spiritual traditions, The Inner Journey: Views from the Jewish Tradition presents a thoughtful composite picture of this ancient belief system.Here are some of the best writings on the subject, featuring works from a wide range of genres that delve into the spiritual byways of Judaism. Isaac Bashevis Singer, Martin Buber, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, and other important thinkers in the field take on such topics as Kabbalah, the search for self, and divine and worldly works. Featuring beautifully reproduced color artwork, this book is a chorus of passionate voices that explore both the Torah and the Zohar of enduring Jewish mystic thought.

Buy cheap The Inner Journey: Views from the Jewish Tradition (PARABOLA Anthology Series) [Paperback] now