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Book Reviews: 11 Sept - 16 Sept 2006

Yoga for Living
Signing - How to Speak With Your Hands
Life Without Ed
1,801 Home Remedies

1) Yoga for Living

The book outlines Yoga as a practical method of achieving all round good health. It provides a long-term programme for living positively. The combination of physical postures, breathing practices, relaxation, medication and lifestyle guidance can help one to stay physically fit and mentally alert and to live more positively and mindfully.

Authors: Peter Falloon Goodhew
Publishers: Doring Kindersley
Date of Publication: 2002
No. of pages: 128

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2) Signing - How to Speak With Your Hands

This guide outlines how to communicate with deaf children and adults. A silent language of hands, face and body that is rich with nuance, emotion and grace. The book encourages self-expression and creativity as it serves the essential, everyday function of a living language that families, individuals and professionals need to communicate effectively with deaf. This is a beautifully designed and illustrated guide.

Authors: Dr. Elane Costello
Publishers: Bantam Books
Date of Publication: 1983
No. of pages: 24

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3) Life Without Ed

This book is inspiring, compassionate and filled with practical exercises to help overcome one's personal Eating Disorder. The author provides new hope for the disorders that plague millions of women and young girls. This book combines a patient's insights and experiences with a therapist's prescriptions for success to help one live a healthier, happier life without ED.

Authors: Jenni Schaefer & Thom Rutledge
Publishers: McGroq-Hill
Date of Publication: 2004
No. of pages: 188

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4) 1,801 Home Remedies

This book contains more than a thousand remedies at your fingertips. One doesn't have to run to the doctor for every bruise, backache, cut or cold. The book lists down remedies for 100 health complaints including bee stings to bunions, heat rash to hiccups, warts to wrinkles. The remedies are doctor-approved treatments that are easy, safe and effective.

Publishers: The Readers's Digest Association, Inc.
Date of Publication: 2003
No. of pages: 448

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