Cooking the RealAge Way: Turn back your biological clock with more than 80 delicious and easy recipes

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Looking for meals that are delicious, healthy, and easy to make? How does Shiitake Mushroom and Asparagus Frittata with Smoked Salmon sound? Or a Roasted Red Pepper and Kalamata Olive Sicilian Salad? Or Pistachio Pilaf with Butternut Squash and Gingered Cranberry Sauce? They sound very tasty, but would you believe they can also actually help you control your genes, making your RealAge younger? You don't have to be at the mercy of heredity. It's true: These recipes and many more have been developed and tested by Dr. Michael F. Roizen, author of the bestselling RealAge, Are You as Young as You Can Be?, and Dr. John La Puma, who is also a professionally trained chef. With his RealAge program, Dr. Roizen has already helped tens of thousands of people turn back the clock. Now he and Dr. La Puma are cooking things up in the kitchen in Cooking the RealAge Way.

Cooking the RealAge Way offers more than eighty easy, healthful, and scrumptious recipes, all of which prove that nutritious meals don't have to be time consuming, filled with hard-to-find ingredients, ortaste like they're good for you. These recipes explode in flavor and are low in aging fats and sugar and high in Omega-3 oils, flavonoids, and antioxidants. Each recipe provides a detailed description of that meal's age-reducing benefits, and every meal of the day is covered -- from breakfast's melt-in-your-mouth Golden Banana Pancakes with Fresh Raspberries to the after-dinner pièce de resistance Chocolate Strawberry Sundae. The meals are so appetizing, you'll forget that they are good for you and make them again and again.

Cooking the RealAge Way also features:

The Kitchen IQ test -- use it to find out if your kitchen is aging you and how to stock your kitchen to make yourself younger with what you eat

The benefits of using fresh produce in season

The advantages of using the best herbs and spices -- and how to grow them in your garden

Tips on improving your family's eating habits

Easy culinary techniques, from blanching to grilling

Finally, a cookbook that both your nutritionist and inner gourmand will love.

Customer Reviews:

an old dog, new tricks1.......2007-09-27

I've been a cook for 'bout 40 years.
However in this book I learned a lot.
My husband is an Internist in Medicine,
so our family has been into healthy
eating for a lifetime.
You certainly make my healthy cooking
easy.
s. daugherty

Unreasonable format.......2007-05-14

A total waste of my money.

The format of the cookbook was confusing and frustrating--organized according to the season of the year, which may seem like a nice idea, but unrealistic. Trying to find something nice to cook for the evening's meal meant searching thru each season and then searching the dinners-only for that season. Finally, there just weren't many recipes offered.

I wish I could have returned the book, but then I'd have to pay shipping again and it just wasn't worth the time & effort.

Very Good recipes.......2007-05-09

This has a lot of great ideas for recipes that I intend to try. Very good book.

Great if you like Tofu!.......2007-05-07

The book looks great on the outside however many of the recipes are vegan style or tofu related.

REAL EASY AND YUMMY.......2007-04-17

The recipes in this book are indeed delicious and easy and I feel better when I eat the RealAge way. In fact, since eating this way I have more energy and my arthritis seems better. I only really have time to cook on weekends and one night a week but thankfully my husband helps on the other days. I just wish I had more time to cook but when I do I turn to this book as a guide! Pamela D. Blair, Author The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Mid-Life And Beyond

The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat

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LIFE IS WODERFUL....
I've found it to be tremendously helpful.
The Real Age Diet
Great book!
Great food tips

The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat
Michael F. Roizen , and John La Puma
Manufacturer: Collins
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0060086122
Release Date: 2002-06-04

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Food Can Make You Younger!

Dr. Michael Roizen presents his program for eating the RealAge way: a diet that is good for your overall health, plus works to delay or even reverse aging. If there's one thing you will learn from this book, it's that no matter who you are, if you eat foods that are high in nutrients and low in calories you will be on the road to renewed health and vitality.

The RealAge Diet Shows You How To:

Use foods to regain the energy of your youth
Eat nutritiously while still enjoying delicious food choices
Choose the right vitamins and supplements to keep you young
Modify various popular weight-loss diets to maximize their age-reducing benefits
Read between the lines of restaurant menus to find the most healthful options
Make your RealAge younger with every bite

Customer Reviews:

LIFE IS WODERFUL...........2006-11-05

THIS BOOK IS SO HELPFUL FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A WEIGHT PROBLEM OR NEEDS A HEALTHY WAY OF EATING

I've found it to be tremendously helpful........2006-08-16

This book is your own manual for your own body. To be healthy you have to understand all of the various bodily functions, how they work, and what you need to do to keep everything running smoothly and in a healthy state. But it is difficult to please everyone when presenting a book like this. The summary information is useful. This book provides the necessary information in simple terms as a guide to take care of your body from your internal organs point of view. This manual tells you the type of food that will help your body run well. The main focus of the book is the heart and digestive system which I've found to be tremendously helpful.

The Real Age Diet.......2006-08-08

This is a very practical and easy to understand book. It is not another "diet" book, rather, it encourages a life style change. I have recommended to to many of my friends who have expressed similar thoughts about it. I like that it addresses supplements and foods it terms of value and amount.

Great book!.......2006-03-10

Full of pratical information and easy to understand. I liked the details about the foods and typical diet trends and thier affects on our bodies. Recommended to anyone trying to live a clean lifestyle.

Great food tips.......2003-06-17

The author does a great job sharing healthy eating ideas. I love most of this book, however I could have done without the comparisons of major trendy diets. The book is a good purchase.

If I Don't Pass the Bar I'll Die: 73 Ways to Keep Stress and Worry from Affecting Your Performance on the Bar Exam

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Read This Before the Bar!!!

If I Don't Pass the Bar I'll Die: 73 Ways to Keep Stress and Worry from Affecting Your Performance on the Bar Exam
Rosemary La Puma
Manufacturer: Rosemary's Review - A Comprehensive Bar Tutorial
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0972489207

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Taking the Bar Exam?

*Have you ever finished reading a test question only to find that you have no idea what you just read?

*Have you ever been so worried about finishing a test in time that you wrote gibberish?

*Have you ever put off studying for exams until the last minute?

*Have you ever been unable to answer a question and had it dog you for the rest of the test, interfering with your concentration?

*Have you ever marked an unintended multiple-choice response or written an exam answer in the wrong booklet?

If you answered YES to some or all of these questions, then stress and worry have affected your academic performance in the past and will likely affect your performance on the bar exam.

This book can prevent that from happening.

This book is the only book that addresses the psychological aspects of taking the Bar Exam. The book provides practical suggestions for dealing with stress and worry and their relatives: distractive thoughts; procrastination; and poor habits in planning, managing time studying and test taking.

Customer Reviews:

Read This Before the Bar!!!.......2005-05-03

As a law student about to start my bar studies, I loved this book because it goes where many bar-related books don't - into the mental obstacles that tend to go hand-in-hand with the bar exam, in particular, doubting your own capabilities. The book is like having a mini psychologist, giving you the tools to deal with stress and that annoying instinct to freak out.

It's a really easy read; full of pictures and drawings, and will probably only take you about 45 minutes on the elliptical trainer at the gym. Also, it's interspersed with great little stories about other people's stress (including the author's), which reminded me that every law student is dealing with the same fears that I am. The successful ones are those who manage these fears the best. But the book is more than about stress management. It also gives you practical study skills for improving your writing and multiple choice skills, and even contains a study schedule to help keep you on track.

I realized that I needed to listen to my angst over the bar exam instead of avoiding it, hoping that it would go away. It's tough to see your fears on paper, in this book, but somehow the author knows all of them, and gets you to confront them. WELL worth the $16 or so off of Amazon.

Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart (Pura Belpre Medal Book Illustrator (Awards))

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Away out west they've got a name for rain and wind and fire
The captivating tale of a giant lady who lives in a tiny village in the American Southwest

Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart (Pura Belpre Medal Book Illustrator (Awards))
Pat Mora
Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0375823379
Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Doña Flor is a giant woman who lives in a puebla with lots of families. She loves her neighbors–she lets the children use her flowers for trumpets, and the families use her leftover tortillas for rafts. So when a huge puma is terrifying the village, of course Flor is the one to investigate.
Featuring Spanish words and phrases throughout, as well as a glossary, Pat Mora’s story, along with Raúl Colón’s glorious artwork, makes this a treat for any reader, tall or small. Award-winning author Pat Mora’s previous book with Raúl Colón, Tomás and the Library Lady, received the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, an IRA Teacher’s Choice Award, a Skipping Stones Award, and was also named a Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List title and an Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature commended title. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Customer Reviews:

Away out west they've got a name for rain and wind and fire.......2006-02-06

Who doesn't like a good gigantic woman tall tale? From to Anne Isaacs', "Swamp Angel" to Lynne Bertrand's, "Granite Baby", I would dare say that there isn't a single poorly written picture book out there featuring a huge female. "Dona Flor" is no exception to that rule. Illustrated by the truly original Raul Colon and written by the prolific Pat Mora the story is not a wholly original one, but it's just well-written enough to deserve the praise it's received. A winner of the 2006 Pura Belpre Medal for Illustration and the Pura Belpre Honor for Narration, the story is a lovely series of small adventures by a larger than life gal.

If a person grows large plants by singing to them, then shouldn't the same logic apply to babies? Sure enough, when Dona Flor's mother sang to her little girl, that same babe grew and grew and grew. Our first image is of Flor washing her face with the snow of a nearby mountain. Able to speak to animals of every kind, she may have been considered different from the other kids but when it came to getting to school on time there was no one better to catch a ride on. When she was grown up she allowed everyone in her home, whether animal or person. One day the villagers are scared out of their wits by the deafening roar of a mountain lion. When the wind starts making a fuss as well Flor gets him under control with a big old hug. Finally, Flor finds the source of the giant cat's cries. Seems a puma has set up a somewhat clever hollow log device that blasts its voice over the countryside. Flor befriends the little kitty (little to her) then she and all her animal friends settle in for the night on some comfy fluffy clouds.

It takes one or two reads of the book to really get a feel for Mora's style of writing. At a first glance I found the wording to be a little herky jerky. Then, as I eased into it, I found that Mora was just following the standard tall tale format already so familiar with other folk heroes. There's also no denying that it is singularly satisfying to see a hero who is a beautiful, strong, woman of Hispanic heritage. Flor's both lovely and ultimately capable. In this way, Raul Colon has undoubtedly created his nicest book yet. It's obvious that nobody draws like Raul Colon. His style of watercolor washes, etching, and colored and litho pencils offers us images with an amazing amount of depth and texture. You wouldn't think texture would be all that important in a picture book done with colored pencils, but when Colon combines all his different techniques the result is simultaneously dreamlike and yet somehow realistic too. His Dona Flor, for her part, is truly lovely. I can only imagine the delight Pat Mora must have felt when she saw Colon's illustrations for the first time. She's a lucky woman indeed.

There are some fun parallels that you can draw between this book to other tall tales. For example, there's a moment when Dona Flor is making tortillas. The tortillas are so large that the children are able to punt them down the pond for fun. If you wanted to do a storytime with stories of the same ilk, consider grabbing Steven Kellogg's, "Paul Bunyan" which (if I'm not too much mistaken) includes a similar instance with pancakes. Flor's handling of the wind (as featured on the book's cover) would also pair beautifully with "Mirandy and Brother Wind" by Patricia McKissack. It occurs to me that Pat Mora does tireless work for librarians in her spare time. Logically then, "Dona Flor" is her gift to those librarians constantly searching for new storytime material that deals with tall tales. Definitely add it to your own personal collection and seriously consider pairing it with the aforementioned tall tales I've already brought up. A pleasure to the eye and ear.

The captivating tale of a giant lady who lives in a tiny village in the American Southwest.......2005-12-14

Good reading skills or parental assistance will lend a wider age range to the lovely tale Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About A Giant Women With A Great Big Heart by Pat Mora. Raul Colon's gorgeous drawings lend to the captivating tale of a giant lady who lives in a tiny village in the American Southwest. A friend of kids, she plays and reads with them and even protects her beloved neighbors when a terrifying animal threatens the village. Spanish words and phrases pepper the story.

Mountain Lion: An Unnatural History of Pumas and People

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A book you will be proud to own
One of the best books I have read about a wildlife species.
Lyric writing and hard facts combined

Mountain Lion: An Unnatural History of Pumas and People
Chris Bolgiano
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0811728676

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Mountain lion, panther, puma: whatever the name, this powerful big cat has inspired both fear and reverence in the minds of Americans. Chris Bolgiano traces the compelling history of this elusive creature, focusing on its interactions with human beings throughout the years. Now available in paperback, this book offers a concise natural history of the mountain lion, a fascinating discussion of the mythological significance of the animal to Native Americans and early white settlers, and insight into the culture of lion hunting. Other highlights include the lore of panther sightings in the Northeast and analysis of the puma's new role as a symbol of the wilderness.

Customer Reviews:

A book you will be proud to own.......2000-03-25

Mountain Lion was a wonderful book to read. I had been looking everywhere for a comprehensive book or video on the Mountian Lion of North America and I feel I have hit the jackpot. This book tells you "everything you ever wanted to know" about the Mountain Lion and more. From it's origins and how it relates to Natives all the way to it's current situation. Chris Bolgiano writes with a sympathetic eye and makes you realize how important preservation is not only for the Mountain lion and other animals but for humans too. She speaks about Mountain Lion sightings in places where logging and building houses have eliminated the big cat from these areas. She feels people still see sightings because of their phycological need for wilderness. She made me think more about preservation and the importance of saving our wilderness. I would recommend this great book for any Cat and Animal lovers out there. It could also be interesting for conservationists and anybody who is active or interested in enviromental issues.

One of the best books I have read about a wildlife species........1999-03-13

This is Ms Bolgiano's first book. I happened to read her second book, The Appalachian Forest, first. I liked that book so much, I had to try this one. I am glad I did.

Ms Bolgiano is both a thorough and accurate researcher and an excellent writer. The text of Mountain Lion benefits greatly from both these talents. It is clear that the author traveled widely and spent much time and money in gaining a deep and expansive understanding of cougars and their dealings with our species before writing Mountain Lion.

Once she started writing, Ms Bolgiano wove a tale of this most illusive and truly wild of our wildlife species that is fascinating and a real joy to read. I have only a short time each day to read. I repeatedly found myself looking forward to my daily reading time as I read this book. Finally, I sacrificed large sections of a few nights of sleep and devoured and gorged until I came to the final page. Once done, I mourned the fact that it was over.

To anyone who has even a tiny interest in wild creatures and how we interact with them, I recommend Mountain Lions most highly. It is like taking a tour of a large portion of our land and gaining a much deeper understanding of the people and wildlife of each area. Equally beneficial, one comes to a better knowledge of and a deeper respect for our great, wild, American cat. Reading Mountain Lions, An Unnatural History of Pumas and People, is time extremely well spent.

Lyric writing and hard facts combined.......1998-06-16

The reader can tell that a great deal of research went into this book. It is also obvious that the author loves and respects her subject. If a myth about this animal needs to be broken she does so- but graciously. It was especially hard to read about the state of the Florida panther and how they are now so inbred it really is better to bring in the Texas animals to breed. Most of all it is Bolgiano's writing that carries the book- wave after wave of clear, precise prose.

The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature

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Beast in the Garden
I loved this book.
The Beast is Brilliant
A Cautionary Tale for Garden Dwellers

The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature
David Baron
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0393058077

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The true tale of an edenic Rocky Mountain town and what transpired when a predatory species returned to its ancestral home.

When, in the late 1980s, residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their yards, it became clear that the cats had repopulated the land after decades of persecution. Here, in a riveting environmental fable that recalls Peter Benchley's thriller Jaws, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles Boulder's effort to coexist with its new neighbors. A parable for our times, The Beast in the Garden is a scientific detective story and a real-life drama, a tragic tale of the struggle between two highly evolved predators: man and beast. 3 illustrations, 2 maps.

Customer Reviews:

Beast in the Garden Review.......2007-09-19

Extremely well written. I've recommended this book to all my friends and family.. not only is it intriguing and interesting, but its also incredibly informative. It opens your eyes to issues that you probably have not ever thought of. I'd give this book 10 stars if I could.

Beast in the Garden.......2007-06-27

I read this book because a friend at work had it.
I bought two copies from Amazon after reading it: one for me, and one for a friend researching/photographing mountain lions in South Dakota. I've already loaned out my copy to another friend who lives in Colorado and Nebraska and he said he remembers when the Idaho Springs incident happened.
This book is well written and does read like a detective story - but the reality is chilling. I couldn't stop reading it. I can't wait to read it again.
Thanks to Mr. Baron for such excellent work.
Tim Reigert

I loved this book........2007-03-08

"Beast in the Garden" was an extremely interesting book. It was full of facts and entertaining, although although a bit disturbing, at the same time. I live in an area where there are bears in many back yards and this book really takes a very informed look into the suburban/wildlife dynamic. I would definitely recommend it. My daughter is reading it now.

The Beast is Brilliant.......2007-01-09

This is a simply brilliant exposition of the Boulder that I grew up in. Baron examines the situation well and pays attention to the wildlife issues that were relevant at the time and are still relevant now. A few historical problems do come up, but they are merely anecdotal and hardly detract from the story.

Two things really make this a great book:
-if you're from Boulder or the Front Range, you'll be saying "Oh, I've been there" or "Hey, I know that guy" throughout the whole book.
-this book is action-packed. If they could make a movie out of it, they should.

Most of all, Baron pays attention to the characters and really goes in depth with who they are. I'm mostly interested in wildlife, however I found his portrayal of the people the most exciting.

A Cautionary Tale for Garden Dwellers.......2006-11-03

A fitness freak teenager, Scott Lancaster, skips his lunch period to run - his track a mountain trail just upslope from his Idaho Springs, Colorado, high school. The track lies within a few hundred yards of I-70, not far from Colorado's gambling towns, Central City and Black Hawk, about 40 miles west of Denver. Not unusual behavior for a youngster who often cut classes to go running.

But Scott Lancaster did not come back to school or to home. Two days later, a search team including many of Scott's fellow students, about ready to give up looking, found his brutally assaulted body in heavy underbrush, just off his trail.

A Beast in the Garden killed Scott.

The book tells the tale in a readable way. How the Garden came to be. How the wilderness areas at the edge of human development along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains were set aside as nature preserves in which the Beasts could live undisturbed. How the Beasts' natural predators were driven off. How the Beasts adapted to co-existence with the humans at the edges of the Garden. How the Beasts were seen moving further and further into developed areas like Boulder and Idaho Springs. How the Beasts showed their killer instinct with dogs and cats and sheep and other smaller animals. How the Beasts changed their ways, hunting in broad daylight, killing animals people said it feared. How the Beasts repeatedly attacked humans, even though it was said they would not. How a Beast treed Lynda Walters. How Andy Peterson saved himself by gouging out another Beast's eye. How a Beast killed Scott.

The Beasts in the Garden were mountain lions.

The book is the story of a killing and the hunt for the killer. It is also a story of a young naturalist, Michael Sanders, then of the Boulder County Parks and Open Space District, helping humans learn to live with the raccoons and other small invaders from the Garden. Mountain lion sightings piqued Sanders' fascination for big animals. Sanders and others began to build a systematic knowledge base of verified mountain lion sightings. They showed how the population of mountain lions appeared to be growing. How the sightings were of behaviors that proved more and more dangerous to domestic animals, even to humans. How Sanders warned that mountain lions posed significant danger - and was often ignored.

Finally, the book is a study in eco-sociology. Of the forces that created and still maintain the Garden as a preserve for wilderness creatures. Of the conflicting values of those living on the edge of the Garden, those who would remove mountain lions from the Garden, those whose saw humans as the intruders onto the mountain lions' natural home. It is a story that pits neighbor against neighbor. More instructively, it pits Sanders and his friends against the State and Federal park and wilderness managers. It pits emerging reality against common wisdom.

David Baron is a reporter on science and the environment for National Public Radio who first became interested in the behavior of mountain lions in developed areas while doing a 1996 story on a hiker who was killed by a mountain lion near Auburn, CA. His interest took him to the Garden that is the wilderness near Boulder and to Scott Lancaster's and Michael Sanders' stories. Beast in the Garden is a very good read, a well-written mystery that would be thoroughly satisfying were it not for the macabre reality.

The reality is not unique to Colorado's Front Range. My local newspaper has reported many sightings in the town north of my community, sightings and attacks on sheep, goats, and other small animals. A cashier at the local supermarket lost her dog to a mountain lion that is a frequent visitor in the community 15 miles south of mine. A nearby vineyard owner reports a female that has given birth to twin kits annually for several years. The regional paper has reported mountain lion sightings in urban areas, one just a few blocks from the county's community college. On a recent ten-day swing through the Pacific Northwest, there were reports of mountain lion sightings in developed areas in the Tacoma News Tribune, the Vancouver Sun, the Lewiston, Idaho, Tribune, and the Portland Oregonian.

So reality reminds us that my community, a former sheep ranch of about 3000 acres that has been developed with 2300 properties and more than 1500 acres of common land - forests and meadows - is a Garden, too. We, too, are seeing mountain lions. Not just in the forests, but in our meadows, close to the trails along the ocean bluff. Deer kills are reported routinely. We, too, have lost some of the sheep we keep to reduce fire risk, and there are musings about pets that have gone missing. No attacks on humans - yet.

The lessons in Beast in the Garden do not stop at the Front Range; they are applicable in my community - and maybe yours.

Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the Americas

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Excellent treatment

Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the Americas
N. Saunders
Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0415153271

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Felines have had a profound effect on human sensibilities since the beginning of time. Throughout history, they have inspired fear, respect and emulation as the embodiment of supernatural power. In the Americas the jaguar and the puma were invoked in art, religion and mythology of Amerindians, from Amazonia and the Andes, to Meso- America and North America. Depicted in gold, pottery and stone, and conjured up in shamanistic visions, they were associated with sacrifice, cannibalism and war, and employed in the subtle symbolism of metaphor as icons of power and prestige.

In Icons of Power, contributors from the fields of anthropology, archaeology and art history discuss the role and meaning of the feline symbol in North, Central and South America. This volume not only advances our understanding of how different societies retained and adapted such symbols in a varied contexts, it offers to the reader critical insights into the issues of representation and identification.
Contributors include Elizabeth P. Benson, Richard Cooke, Alan Cordy-Collins, Tom D. Dillehay, James H. Gunnerson, George R. Hamell, Anne Legast, Peter G. Roe and Nicholas J. Saunders

Customer Reviews:

Excellent treatment.......1999-12-08

In this book the author treats the symbolism of feline prowess in america espcially well. One of the most intriguing aspects of this work is how the author juxtaposes the feline symbolism with that of other religious and cultural imagery. Highly recommendable.

Blaze and the Mountain Lion (Billy and Blaze)

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Ideal First to Second Grade Reading Material
Great adventure with Billy and Blaze
Billy & Blaze to the Rescue!

Blaze and the Mountain Lion (Billy and Blaze)

Manufacturer: Aladdin
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0689717113

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Billy and Blaze head west again in another classic adventure from C. W. Anderson. This time, the loyal friends come face-to-face with a ferocious mountain lion. But fortunately, they're able to chase the wild cat into it's den and save a frightened calf from near death. Billy and Blaze help capture the cat before it can emerge, and, heroes once again, ride the range in search of new adventures!

Blaze and the Mountain Lion is part of the classic Billy and Blaze series. Sensitive drawings and easy-to-read words capture the warmth and understanding between a boy and his horse.

Customer Reviews:

Ideal First to Second Grade Reading Material.......2007-07-28

We purchased all of C.W. Anderson's Billy and Blaze series books for our homeschool. The story and the illustrations make this book a real "page turner". Each left-hand page has large text for easy reading, while each right-hand page has a full-page illustration to complement the story.

The sentence structure and vocabulary is fairly good. This particular story is about a horse riding pre-teen boy who is on the lookout for a mountain lion who is attacking livestock. The setting is in rural America (probably midwest), and in the 1930's or early 1940's.

Great adventure with Billy and Blaze.......2004-03-07

This time Billy and Blaze set out west (for a family holiday) and encounter great boy adventures and make a new cowboy friend.

Billy and Blaze books teach courage and responsibility and consideration for others. These things do seem to be lacking in a lot of children's literature these days.

If you want a classic story with good values and a great storyline, this is for you and your boys.

Billy & Blaze to the Rescue!.......2002-01-01

I love this book on Blaze and the Mountain Lion part of the Billy & Blaze series.

This is when Billy and Blaze are on the ranch and his parents had come west and taken a ranch house for the summer and the had Blaze along too.

Billy & Blaze to the Rescue! So they are able to chase the wild cat into its den and save a frightened calf from near death. So Billy has an old rope he used as a lasso and he roped the calfs belly and he pulled him up.

Jim their new cowboy friend kills the mountain lion and Billy got a new lasso.

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In one of those odd, unplanned moments of fate, David Raber paid a couple of thousand dollars to liberate a depressed and frightened cougar cub from a pet-shop cage. He took Cougar, the eponymous big cat, home, introduced him to the more compact cats that already lived with him, and watched as the household adjusted, bit by bit, to the unlikely newcomer. Everyone eventually did. So, too, did the neighborhood dogs, and most of the neighbors--though a few, Raber writes grumpily, behaved in less than friendly ways when Cougar went out for a stroll or kept vigil in the bushes. All the while, Raber observed his new housemate's behavior, learning how to interpret Cougar's growls and purrs, and how to give Cougar the freedom to act naturally in an unnatural setting.

Bringing Cougar into his home, Raber writes, "would refocus my priorities and change what I had considered important." He recounts that transformation and his changing view of wildlife and the environment, as well as the accidental fame that befell Cougar as the residents of one crowded Florida town after another came to appreciate his company. A kind of modern rejoinder to Joy Adamson's Born Free, Raber's memoir of his sentimental education in the ways of Felis concolor will interest animal enthusiasts of all kinds. --Gregory McNamee

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David Raber first saw Cougar when he was an eight-week-old kitten locked up in a toaster-sized cage, being put on display and poked and prodded by the crowd.Raber took him out, held him, and just couldn't put him back.He made four promises that day: one, no more petting, out of respect for Cougar; two, no more cages; three, he would educate people against exotic animal ownership, and four, he would make Cougar happy, and this has become a 24-hour-a-day learning process and a duty that he adores.Being the only large cat in the country who is federally licensed without a cage, Cougar strides down streets, roams hotel lobbies, enters speedboat competitions, and even films a Puma Sportswear ad with several Olympic gold medalists.Together, Raber and Cougar are a team, and in this book, Raber recounts their many adventures together - he teaches Cougar about elevators, switches, and doors while saving him from bullets and speeding cars; and Cougar teaches him about deer, oppossum, and squirrels while rescuing him from alligators and raging rivers.In helping each other, they share their weaknesses and become strong.As the official poster model for the IAMS company, Cougar has been seen by millions.Beautiful and touching, entertaining and provocative, Through Cougar's Eyes is a love story that dispels the prevalent and presumptuous thinking that mankind and wildlife can't get along and depicts sacrifice and dedication with a message: relating to animals will set you both free.AUTHORBIO: DAVID RABER graduated from DePauw University with a pre-med degree and went on to become a distinguished Naval graduate.His previous occupations include Naval aviator and the owner of an aircraft management charter business.He is currently employed as the loyal servant and devoted friend to his companion, Cougar.

Customer Reviews:

For lovers of wild cats.......2002-07-15

David Raber tells a unique story -- one which many animal lovers might wish to relive. His accounts of life with this amazing cougar are worth the read. But an animal expert he is not. He may know volumes about raising a cougar in his home, but he called an opossum a rodent. Other misstatements were less obvious but inexcusable. Still, the story was fun.

One Amazing Animal.......2001-12-07

Ever since I was a young kid I wanted to own a big cat. I have lived with a house cat ever since I was born, 21 yrs. It doesn't need to be said how happy I was to find a book detailing big cat ownership. How interesting is this book? Well, I read all 200+ pages in 2 days. While not the most professionally written, it is packed with tales of Cougar that at times seem almost to amazing to be true. When finished, I didn't want it to be. I want to hear more about Cougar's adventures. Although David is against big cat ownership, I think this book also shows possibilities with the right committment. I hope to someday meet Cougar and David to share in the joy that this great cat brings wherever he takes David. My best to Dave and Cougar

If you love your cat, you will love the stories about Cougar.......2001-05-19

I suppose it is every cat lovers dream to "own" a big cat like a cougar. But most people never get that chance, and if they did would quickly realize what an all consuming job it is to care for a tamed wild cat - time, money, emotion, legalities, not to mention the fact that you want to do the best for the animal. Well the author of "Through Cougar's Eyes" knows exactly what it is like to live with a big cat. And although he never in his wildest dreams ever even considered adopting a cougar he tells in touching detail how they came to be together for life.

I love cats and I love hearing cat stories. This is a humdinger of a cat story that chronicles the adventures of a man, his wife and a very large cat. It is simply amazing what David and Linda Raber were and are still willing to do to care for this beautiful animal. Are their efforts worth the sacrifices they have made? You bet they are. This animal lives a wonderful life because he is so loved and in return the Rabers have received so much joy.

I just love this story. If you love cats or if you love animals you are going to love this book and besides since Cougar is the national spokes-cat for Iams cat food you can actually meet him and his human family in person as they travel the country together, which I highly recommend it is such a treat, just like this book.

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Incas : Book One: The Puma's Shadow

A sharp drop off from the first novel . . .

Part3: Light of Machu Picchu + a general view of the trilogy

A Welcome Book about an Obscure Subject

Cheezy but somewhat interesting!!

Incas : Book One: The Puma's Shadow
A.B. Daniel
Manufacturer: Touchstone
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0743432746

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A sweeping tale of splendor and savagery unfolds as an ancient Incan civilization is haunted by omens, shaken by civil war, shattered by European conquest...and transformed through the power of destined love.

Since childhood Anamaya has lived as a captive, waiting to learn how and when she will be offered as a sacrifice. But when the dying emperor, Huayna Capec, summons her, she is granted destiny, not death. Her eyes, as blue as the sacred waters of Lake Titicaca, are a powerful sign that she was sent by Quilla, the Moon Goddess, to ensure the emperor's passage to the Other World -- and she is entrusted with the emperor's last words: the secrets of the past and the future of the Incan empire.

Anamaya's new role as guardian of the emperor's Sacred-Double plunges her into the intrigues of Incan politics, the complexities of war...and the passions of a handsome Spanish nobleman, Gabriel Montelucar y Flores -- a stranger marked with the puma, a symbol of Incan spirituality and power. Traveling with the great conquistador Don Francisco Pizarro, Gabriel hungers for grand adventure, exotic wonders, great wealth, and a new life. The entwined fate he discovers with Anamaya will change both of their worlds forever.

Customer Reviews:

Incas : Book One: The Puma's Shadow.......2007-05-09

Good, but not great. Very good historical information, but a bit too mystical for my taste. Interesting characters; however, there were references to events that were not previously covered in the book. Otherwise worth reading.

A sharp drop off from the first novel . . ........2005-01-20

The first novel read more like a descent work of historical fiction. The second read more like a bad love story.

In "The Puma's Shadow" you were introduced to the Inca culture and lands and the events leading to their demise. Atahualpa and Pizarro came to life and the chapters detailing the events that took place in Cajamarca took me back to a place I visited years ago.

"The Gold of Cuzco" took me no where. The story line was in short, totally unbelievable. The "setting up the scene" was not much better. I was especially disappointed in the descriptions of Sacsayhuaman and Coricancha. It was almost as if the authors had never visited Cuzco, a place from which I had just returned.

Read it if you want to finish the trilogy but don't expect to enjoy it too much.

Part3: Light of Machu Picchu + a general view of the trilogy.......2004-03-17

After reaching the end of the third book of this trilogy, I was left with the following impressions:

1. The most interesting thing about this trilogy is that it focus on a subject that is almost forgotten in historical fiction: the Inca civilization. That alone is reason to buy the trilogy, for those who are interested in the subject.

2. The books are a blend of accurate history and a somewhat corny and water-and-sugar clicheed love story; there are better books on similar subjects, like Gary Jennings' "Aztec" and Collen MacCullough's "First man in Rome" series.

3. The authors chose to portrait too many characters, sometimes confusing the readers, especially when concerning Inca characters. Excluding the Sapa Incas, the other native pre-columbian characters are almost always variations on the same one.

4. When Gabriel, the spanish central character, is not part of the plot, the chapters just drag along, many times boring and tiresome. Anamaya, the main Inca character, lacks strenght.

5. As I read the books, I realised the trilogy starts very well, but ends badly. This should not be a trilogy, but only one book, better edited, with a better-developed plot. The authors focused too much on dead-end fictional characters, while historical figures, when they appeared, were always portraied as evil people.

The third part is very similar to the first two, and the three books should be read as one.

After closing this third book, I felt I liked the trilogy, but could have enjoyed it more, due to the reasons stated above. But as this is the only (as far as I know) fictional account of the Inca civilization, it should get the attention of historical-fiction addicts.

Grade 8.0/10

A Welcome Book about an Obscure Subject.......2004-01-25

I have always been fascinated with the Incas, so I have been eagerly devouring this trilogy.

There is no shortage of historical fiction about, say, Victorian England...or Celts...or other Europeans. As for South Americans, and other non-white peoples...they are virtually untouched. It's about time someone gave the Incas the shelf-space they deserve.

The plot has been covered in several other reviews, so I'll be brief. Gabriel is torn between his loyalty to the conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his love for Anamaya, a beautiful Indian woman who is a sort of supernatural advisor to the Inca Emperors. She in turn loves Gabriel but is sworn to support the Emperor Atahualpa, taken hostage by the Spaniards...and then the newly crowned Manco, who swears to throw the Spaniards from his land.

It is probably the oldest plotline in the world- "man from conquering tribe loves woman from soon-to-be subjugated tribe"... and occasionally "A. B. Daniel" resorts to corny cliche. Example: when Gabriel and Anamaya lay eyes on each other, they instantly fall in love and know that their destinies are linked. Anamaya, who comes from a remote jungle tribe, has blue eyes, which makes the Incas view her as supernatural. I think this is a genetic impossibility, even if her father happened to be a wandering white explorer. In basic genetics we are taught that a child with blue eyes must have two parents with at least one recessive blue-eye gene. This crude plot device is jarring to me.

The pacing of these books could use some improvement. The author(s) don't seem to know what to leave in and what to cut. So there are some sections which are draggy and confusing. Characterizations are less focused than I would like, and motivations for some events remains murky.

On a positive note, these books are very well researched, and they provide a richly textured view of life in Inca times. The spiritual life of the ancient Peruvians is well portrayed. In general I am enjoying these books and finding them passionate, gripping and well worth the effort. I am glad that "A. B. Daniel" finally brought this awesome and neglected culture to life.

Cheezy but somewhat interesting!!.......2003-10-11

I've read this first part of the trilogy. And i think the book was okay, but did rather poorly in dragging me into the inca world and mythology.. I Certainly didn't like to have to flip to the end of the book to find out what "Ushnu" means.

The story is somewhat romanticizing the conquest, which doesnt make it any REAL to the reader (so to speak). G. Jennings had alot of real shocking elements in a story about a shockingly cruel yet poetic and complex civilization. But when it came to Human Sacrifices in this book it was entirely averted (we know they sacrificed people... lets not sidestep the issue to make it comfortable to readers!). It has a bad romantic story involving the two main characters of the story in what can only be described as a typical french passion, which can only be a story to target the female reader. Alot of the side characters come in and out of the story in a flimsy uninformative manner and they feel kind of left out. They should also have studied more on other tribes surrounding the empire, as Jennings laid out in his book, before the spanish arrived. Either that or the Andes was a real boring place to visit before the conquest.

But i'll read the next 2 parts as i've already bought them, and they kill time at work..

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