The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash
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The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash
Johanna Brand
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ASIN: 1550284223
Release Date: 1993-01-01

Book Description

In February 1976, the body of a woman was found on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The official autopsy attributed her death to exposure. Both hands were severed and sent to Washington for fingerprinting, and the body was hastily buried without legal documents.

When the FBI identified the woman as Anna Mae Aquash, a Canadian Mi'kmaq active in the American Indian Movement, her family and friends demanded a second autopsy. It revealed that Anna Mae had been killed by a bullet fired execution-style into the back of her head.

Anna Mae Aquash worked alongside Leonard Peltier and other leading members of the American Indian Movement. Like Peltier, whose case is now a cause célèbre, Aquash was targeted by the FBI. No serious investigation has ever been undertaken to determine the identities of her murderers, but evidence points to the involvement of American law enforcement officials.

In this second edition of this book, former federal Member of Parliament Warren Allmand contributed a foreword, explaining the links between Peltier and Aquash's cases.

Though some of the information in this book has become outdated as more information became available in 2001 and later about the complex facts surrounding Aquash's death, this book stands as the only publication that tells the story of her life and the puzzling circumstances of her murder.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars amazing.......2000-05-10

i think that its about time the true story of anna is told. i think this book is a real eye opener. i recommend it to everyone.

4 out of 5 stars A fine book about a concerning subject.......1999-02-23

Unfortunately, this is the only book that deals with completely with the death of Anna Mae Aquash. Very informative and very disturbing at times, it will leave you demanding justice and wanting to know more. By itself, this book is slighlty incomplete. However, along with the absolutely necessary "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" and along with the Anna Mae Aquash sites at Dickshovel.com, you will begin to truly appreciate the direness of the situation, even 25 years after Anna Mae's death. Peace be with you.
Death in High Heels
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • An intricate little puzzler!
Death in High Heels
Christianna Brand
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ASIN: 0862207371

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4 out of 5 stars An intricate little puzzler!.......2007-06-29

Brand writes a very detailed and interesting little puzzle in this book. I love the name of the book too. The title tells a lot. This book is about women, and the friendships, jealousies, and petty issues that occur among a group of women. It is a little dated because the book was written in 1969, but nothing about the essence of women has really changed from what is portrayed here. You might find the investigating police officer a bit too precious, but he does get there in the end. The book is about the employees at an exclusive dressmakers shop where an employee is poisoned. There are lots of red herrings and extraneous details, but the book will keep you guessing.
The Strange Death of American Liberalism
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The Strange Death of American Liberalism
H. W. Brands
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ASIN: 0300098243

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This compelling book focuses on the sea change in American politics from the 1960s to the present-from a time when liberals created bold government programs to solve important social problems, to contemporary distrust of government and rejection of liberal ideals. H. W. Brands delineates the intimate connection between the rise of postwar liberalism and the emergence of the Cold War. When the Cold War ended and Americans ceased to feel dependent on their government for protection, the fate of liberalism was sealed.

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2 out of 5 stars Unconvincing.......2007-06-24

This polemical short book is the prolific Brands' effort at explaining the failure of liberalism in recent American history. By liberalism, Brands' means primarily the idea that government can be a positive, constructive force in American life. Brands' has a relatively simple idea to explain both the appeal and failure of liberalism; it was a product of the Cold War. In Brands' model, the default attitude of Americans towards government in a libertarian one. Liberalism became attractive because a major external threat legitimated strong central government because national defense has always been a function of the the Federal government. Liberalism collapsed in the aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate because Vietnam became a plebiscite on the ability of liberal administrations to handle the Cold War.
This idea has some attractive aspects. It certainly contains an element of truth, and certainly some aspects of the Cold War had propulsive force in American life. It was difficult, for example, for Americans to advocate human rights abroad while denying them to minorities here in the USA. It is likely this fact provided real impetus to liberal advocacy of racial equality.
Brands, however, ignores some crucial facts. One obvious one is the experience of WWII. The relatively liberal Roosevelt administrations emerged from WWII triumphantly and the experience of national mobilization in WWII under Federal direction undoubtedly greatly boosted the status of liberalism. The subsequent postwar economic success and expansion of the American middle class went hand in hand with liberalism. Liberalism worked, and this was recognized clearly by the many Americans who recalled the pre-Roosevelt period. Brands also implicitly associates liberalism with a larger role for the Federal government. This is correct but incomplete. The last 50 years saw not only an expansion of Federal government but a parallel expansion of state and local government, something that cannot be attributed easily to national defense concerns.
Brands' explanation of the failure of liberalism as a political movement in the aftermath of Vietnam has more power. Vietnam and its sequelae certainly eroded trust in government. Even here, however, one has to be careful. What would have happened if there hadn't been significant economic stagnation and the oil price shocks of the 70s? A signficant factor which Brands doesn't mention is the limitations of popular historical memory. By the end of the 1960s, the events of the Depression and WWII were fading in the minds of those who lived through them and many, many Americans had no direct experience of the events that prompted the transformations of the Roosevelt and Truman administrations.
Brands has, however, identified something that might be important. The idea that major wars and foreign policy events act as de facto plebiscites for major political movements is an interesting one. If the experience of WWII and Vietnam mark great triumphs and defeats for liberalism, what of subsequent events? Certainly, the collapse of the Soviet Union, occurring during the Reagan-Bush I years, was a huge political windfall for conservatism. And not an entirely merited one either, as the foundation for American success in the Cold War was the containment policies of the Truman administration. We now have another significant external threat and a situation in Iraq with legitimate analogies to Vietnam. This time, however, its a conservative administration, arguably the most conservative administration since the Hoover years, that bears the opprobrium of failure. Will Iraq have the impact on conservatism that Vietnam had on liberalism? The next few years may provide a test of the most insightful part of Brands' argument.

1 out of 5 stars It Ain't over until its over.......2005-03-29

Annotation: [ book-13] H. W. Brands is a distinguished professor and author of American History at Texas A &M University, and any person such as myself, to put it politely, `without portfolio' should well shiver in his boots to criticize a author of distinction but what is an honest man to do. Yet it seems undeniable, that not much knowledge of history or of logic I must add, leads one to find the central theme of this book far beyond the provocative or "even perverse" as the author fears, but soundly absurd. He asserts, even possibly without a smile on his face, that Liberalisms created the Cold War. The word `created' is mine because he seems unsure. Did the chicken come before or after the egg? He states that "... American Liberalism was an artifact of the Cold War.," and that "It is also likely to annoy many liberals by reminding them that the Cold War was originally their idea." Holy artifact Bat Man is that a cause or effect?

An `artifact' is something that is not naturally present but nonetheless present because it is `caused' by something else. In some sense, it seems not to matter, whether we conclude the author believes Liberalism caused the Cold War or that the Cold War caused Liberalism. Either choice seems equally absurd. Certainly, politicians as he points out did use the Cold War to further their particular agenda. Does he seek to investigate the nature of Liberalism or politics? Unfortunately, I find a rather poorly reasoned argument that actually does neither.
Because two events are associated in time, is very little evidence that one caused the other or the other caused the one. Here, for a `historian' to proffer that Liberalism caused the Cold War or that the Cold War caused Liberalism is an apparent and unfortunate incognizance of a whole lot of history. We should not be surprised then, to find that the other shoe has dropped but somehow not hit the floor. And we are even unable to award the author a classic error of logic award, such as ad hoc post hoc ergo propter, which says because one thing followed another the first in time must have create the second. Here, I guess, we'd be saying that the author is saying that because the cold war followed the creation of liberalism then liberalism must have created the cold war. Well, sound oxymoronic but looks like that's what he sayin'.
He proposes that because Liberalism caused (or was caused by) the Cold War, and because the Cold War is over, Liberalism must be, well, over.
Such reasoning is Johnny Carson logic. During some of his bits, the audience would hiss and he might turn to them and say something to the effect, "Look folks you buy the premise, you buy the bit." Johnny Carson was at the very least one of, if not the best comedians in the history of theatrical arts and I miss him every time I turn the damn thing on. But it ain't logic folks and that's the stop sign here.
Mr. Brands book is so filled with poor reasoning it's a hill over which we can not see. Certainly, there is most likely some functional relationship between the Cold War and the `politics' of its time. Yet we must ask, has he chosen the correct struggle. Had he chosen the class struggle between the rich and the poor, between those with and those without privilege, could we dare remind Mr. Brands of two fundamental ideas: (1) it ain't over, and (2) it ain't over `til it's over.

3 out of 5 stars Liberalism and Big Government.......2004-04-12

Brands attaches liberalism to big government like most conservatives, yet notes repeatedly how conservatives have embraced big government when the times suited them. The book is less an autopsy on liberalism than it is a study how big government has evolved, gathering mass like a snowball until it became a behemoth no one wanted to claim responsibility for.

He notes how the growth in big government has corresponded with each of the major wars, dating back to the American Revolution, but once the wars were over a skeptical public generally demanded that government be reduced. Not so after WWII, when Truman initiated the Cold War which stretched nearly 40 years and saw the most substantial growth in liberal policy, which Brands attached almost exclusively to the dawn of the Nuclear Age. What began as the Truman Doctrine was expanded under successive presidents, including Eisenhower, which saw sweeping reforms in domestic policy more or less tied to national security interests. I think Brands stretches the connection a bit too far, but he makes many salient points as to how Cold War ideology and Liberalism were intertwined, most notably in the Kennedy-Johnson years.

Many of the federal programs became institutionalized, such as welfare and social security, reaching the status of sacred cows that later conservative presidents were afraid to touch. But all that came crashing down with the collapse of the Cold War, which Brands noted began with our withdrawal from Vietnam. Even when Reagan tried to revive the Cold War in the 80's, he found little support among the electorate or in Congress. Instead, Reagan focused on delimiting the domestic policies of the federal government by reducing the tax base which supported them. Yet, the Reagan years saw a soaring of the federal deficit, as he continued to pour money into National Defense, and was unable to get all the cuts he sought in domestic spending.

While this book provides an interesting recap of the growth of big government, it offers very little into the contemporary liberal ideology beyond the Cold War paradigm. Brands sees these two as inextricably intertwined, and I think here is where his argument unravels as he tries to tie too many loose strings together in what is a rather short book on the subject.

3 out of 5 stars A starting place for beginners.......2004-03-18

One need not be an astute observer of public life in America to note the ascendance of the conservative perspective in politics, religion, and education. As a mid-life convert to liberal thought, I approached this book in hopes of finding insight into contemporary trends. With broad brush strokes, Brands paints a historical frame that provides an interesting start.

Liberalism - champion of the downtrodden, advocate of egalitarianism, conveyor of compassion - is reduced in Brands analysis to the barest essentials of its American expression. Liberalism so conceived is for making big changes in big ways. Discontent to await progressive evolution of social life, liberalism advocates pro-federalist accretions of power and money to be expended on the behalf of those who lack power and money of their own. While such a picture of liberalism may rankle a few, there seems to be ample evidence in Brands discussion to support such an interpretation of 20th century American liberalism (e.g. - Johnson's Great Society).

Why, then, is this liberalism all but dead? Brands' explanation is simple and elegant. He contends that the American public has always maintained a high level of distrust of government. This distrust is overcome only during periods of national emergency. The prolonged dominance of liberalism (from World War II to Great Society and briefly beyond) is best explained as an aberration during which the public distrust of government was temporarily suspended during the hot war and cold war "emergencies." Nixon's détente and pre-resignation shenanigans ended the prolonged national emergency, and with it, liberalism's dominance.

This book is a quick read, has only eight pages of footnotes, and contains a short annotated bibliography. I consider it appropriate for undergraduate students as an introduction to historical analysis, but found it a bit light for my personal tastes.

4 out of 5 stars An Interesting if Sketchy Argument.......2002-12-25

H.W. Brands has developed an interesting thesis in his recent book "The Strange Death of American Liberalism" that neither liberals nor conservatives will much like.

Liberalism, Brands argues, is a centralized political arrangement that can only thrive in the U.S. during wartime. Because of the depth of Americans' distrust of the central government, the natural political fallback position of Americans is conservatism. Only during war do Americans drop this instinctual distrust of the federal government and allow it to take over new responsibilities.

So why do some Baby Boomers think that liberalism is a natural and permanent condition in U.S. politics, simply in need of resuscitation? Brands says the duration of the Cold War fooled them. Whereas wars involving the U.S. had been relatively short in the past, the length of the Cold War allowed for a more sustained intrusion of the central government into Americans' lives than ever before.

As Brands' book is only 170 pages long, he merely breezes through U.S. history (surprising for a historian), but nevertheless gives an interesting historical sketch as a preliminary test of his hypothesis. He argues, for example, that the basic nature of both progressivism in the early 20th century and the New Deal in the 1930s were both fairly conservative. On the other hand, he also buttresses his thesis by showing the solid advances in power made by the federal government during WW1 and WW2.

One of the more surprising bits of data that Brands gives is a poll in 1939 that asked Americans whether the U.S. federal government was spending too much money, not enough, or just the right amount. 61% answered that the government was spending too much. Only 10% said too little. And throughout the 30s, even with unemployment rates never dipping below 10%, and once going as high as 25%, most Americans thought it should be a priority for the government to balance its budget and reduce its debt. On the eve of FDR's second administration, 50% of Democrats and 80% of Republicans said they hoped it would be more conservative than his first administration.

Conservatives are probably gleeful to read this. Is there any more palatable thesis to conservatives than that their political philosophy is the natural state for Americans? But while Brands' interpretation of U.S. history is likely to provide some succor for conservatives, his reading of the importance of Reagan will probably turn their stomachs. Reagan, according to Brands, could not overcome the public's distrust of the federal government to enlist its support for new foreign adventures beyond Grenada, or for a more general support of the Cold War beyond increased defence spending.

It's here that Brands' argument becomes strained. Aren't huge increases in defence spending still a sign of American trust in the central government in at least one regard? Brands' book is so short that he never gets around to properly answering these kinds of questions. He says that others must take up his hypothesis to test its explanatory power. Brands should have spent the time to answer these questions himself.

"The Strange Death of American Liberalism" was published just prior to 9-11, but if its hypothesis is correct, such an event might prove to be the resurrection of liberalism as Americans turn once again to the federal government for solutions to problems that only it can provide. But whatever its relevance to current events, this book gives an interesting twist to the traditional conservative/liberal divide.
Death Brand
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wizards! Crime! Injustice! Revenge!! My kind of book! Good debut novel!
  • Excellent story line!
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Death Brand
Scott C. Ristau
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ASIN: 1413773001

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An evil seed has been sown in the kingdom of Gairloch. Torrin Murgleys, a young wizard and grandson to Gairloch's Queen Bryana, is witness to a heinous crime perpetrated by his father. He reports the crime but is not believed. Compelled by a need for justice, Torrin takes the law into his own hands. For his vigilante justice, Torrin is exiled from Gairloch and expelled from the wizard Prelature. Adding to Torrin's punishment, the boy's mother and brother are banished with him. However, the queen's edict cannot permanently suppress the malice she sees harbored within her grandson. And grievous events ultimately conspire to force Torrin's return. Chronicling Torrin's exile and his psychological transformation into a malicious tyrant, Death Brand is a look inside the heart and mind of evil. It is a tale of corrupted justice, hateful revenge, and redemptive love set in a world of fantasy.

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5 out of 5 stars Wizards! Crime! Injustice! Revenge!! My kind of book! Good debut novel!.......2006-06-27

Wizards! Crime! Injustice! Revenge!! And a young boy seeking justice in the face of evil ... a brave boy who starts out good but learns to fight evil with evil, and in the process changes for the worst. But that's the essence of the spell-binding magic of this book ... a book that clutched my emotions on page one and didn't let go until the satisfying ending where the necessary love and redemption triumph.

A very exciting, suspenseful book that will have you weeping when things go wrong for your favorite characters and jumping for joy when the bad guys get what's coming to them.

The main thing that keeps me reading any book is how it grabs me up front and keeps me in suspense. Another thing is believable characters. This new author certainly has a mastery of those skills ... and much more.

I'm not one to give a plot away, so all I can say is to read it for yourself. Scott Ristau is off to a rolicking good start with his first novel. I will follow his career with interest and look forward to many more books from him. Congratulations!

4 out of 5 stars Excellent story line!.......2006-02-27

VERY well written, especially for a first effort! I was hooked on the storyline from the start, and can't wait for the next book! Scott has a way of pulling the reader right into the story, and making you feel almost a part of it. Let's get the next one done! I'm ready to read it now!

5 out of 5 stars A new experience.......2006-02-22

Normally I would not read this type of book. But a good friend recommended it to me. Couldn't put it down. Good character development with unexpected twists. Looking forward to the sequel.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Book can't wait for the next one.......2006-02-17

Great story, excellent work. One of the best fantasy books I've read.

5 out of 5 stars A Must Read.......2006-02-16

This was one of those books you just can't wait to get back to. I know there is a sequal coming, but not fast enough for me.
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      Death in High Heels.
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        Death of Jezebel
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          Christianna Brand
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            Christianna Brand
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            FANTASY FICTION - Volume 1, number 1 - May 1950: She Said "Take Me if You Dare"; The Strange Loves of Beatrice Jervan; The Flying Eye; The President's Daughter; The Benevolent Ghost and Capt. Lowrie; The Moose That Talked; Speak to Me of Death
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              The Perfect Fit Diet: Combine What Science Knows About Weight Loss with What You Know About Yourself
              Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
              • Another dreaded diet book!
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              • Knowledge and variety are the keys!!!
              • A great approach!
              • Weight Watchers, in other words
              The Perfect Fit Diet: Combine What Science Knows About Weight Loss with What You Know About Yourself
              Lisa Sanders
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              Over the past 5 years, Lisa Sanders, M.D., has analyzed more than 700 weight-loss programs and has uncovered the ultimate scientific truth about dieting: Sustainable weight loss is only possible on a diet that fits your food preferences, satiety signals, lifestyle, and medical profile. Acting on her research, Dr. Sanders has designed the first science-based method for creating a customized weight-loss plan that works for you-for life! The key to her plan is a questionnaire covering everything from your family and medical history to the foods that relieve stress, trigger feelings of satisfaction, and tickle your taste buds. The scoring process enables you to identify the personal factors that contribute to your weight gain and points you to your most effective diet. Dr. Sanders then reveals how to customize that diet to reflect your food preferences-whether it's a passion for chocolate, T-bone steak, or green, leafy vegetables. Dr. Sanders also offers sensible, easy-to-adopt advice to control behavior patterns and keep you thin forever.

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              3 out of 5 stars Another dreaded diet book!.......2004-11-06

              Let me begin by saying I am glad I am not the author Lisa Sander's sister. Poor Shelley must be gnashing her teeth over Lisa's willingness to share sister Shelley's personal weight loss problems. But share she does and Shelley is one of the few real life examples given in the book. Which makes one wonder if the author successfully tested her theory and followed up to see if lost weight stayed lost.

              The author claims that different people lose weight on different types of diets. The goal then is to find the correct diet for you. After journaling and answering questions you will be given your "perfect fit" diet.
              The diet may be a counting calories diet, low carb diet or low fat diet. This diet is then tailored to suit your needs.

              I have several problems with the book. The first is that she categorizes diets according to how weight loss is accomplished on pp 28-29. For example Dr. Ornish's diet helps people according to Sanders because they eat low fat. Sugar Busters limits carbs as does Dr. Atkins. Then she says that American Heart Association and Weight Watchers are low calorie. BUT here the author misses the point. ALL OF THE DIETS WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE LOW CALORIE. Not because they are low fat or low carb..but because you are eating less. So to say you can lose weight because you are eating low carb is inaccurate. To say you can lose weight because you are eating less calories because you are eating low carb and hence cutting calories is accurate.

              So then we get to the type of diet themselves. Yes Atkins may help you lose weight but is it a healthy diet long term? Yes the Ornish plan of VERY limited fats will help you lose weight but fat free is a pretty joyless plan. Yes the Zone plan can help you shed fat but can you stick to it long term.
              So here Dr. Sanders advocates picking one of these diets and she helps you choose it BUT can you do it LONG-TERM?

              And if you are going to go on a low carb diet or low fat diet, why not just pick up the ORIGINAL diet book which will have more recipes and information? Because Sanders thinks you don't know what type of diet will work for you. But most of us have been around the diet block and know what works for us and what doesn't. And most of us know that most of these plans don't work long-term because they are hard to stick too. Who wants to count calories the rest of their life?

              My thought is make small changes in your diet. Eat less of what you eat now. If you eat a lot of sugar cut back so you don't get the strong sugar urges. Walk more. Make simple changes. Weight loss will be slow but it will stay off!

              2 out of 5 stars Not for the Well Informed. Beginners Will Enjoy.......2004-10-18

              I was really excited about purchasing this book but ultimately very disappointed.

              I have read many diet and nutrition books so this particular item was not impressive. The questionairre may be enlightening for someone who has either: never been on a diet, or never really thought much about their motivations behind food.

              When I completed the questionairre it told me to Count Calories which I know from past experience does not work for me.

              It does have some good information for a beginner. Maybe someone who just needs to take off 25 pounds of recent weight gain but I would not suggest this for anyone who has tried multiple diets. It won't tell you anything new.

              5 out of 5 stars Knowledge and variety are the keys!!!.......2004-03-16

              I've got at least a dozen diet books under my belt (not to mention just a few extra pounds) and finally I have found one that describes a world I understand. I am a veteran of the Zone diet (too hard to figure out), the Atkins diet (too dull and I felt awful), the carbohydrate addicts diet (managed to make up for all the missed carbs of the day in my one free meal)
              and a whole bunch of others. When they didn't work I just figured it was me. I knew these diets had worked for friends. I couldn't figure out why they didn't work for me. This book tells me what I should have known all along: one size doesn't fit all. And none of them were working for me. Now I understand why. Dr. Sanders book helped me recognize that the best diet for
              me is one that lets me get the variety I need by looking at calories rather than carbs. And while I still eat fewer carbs that I used to, I understand now that I can't be happy on a diet that makes bread completely off limits.I wanted a low carb diet because my friends told me I'd never be hungry and it wasn't true. But on this diet, I'm never hungry and I feel free to eat the foods I love and I'm losing weight like crazy.

              Another aspect of this book that I think makes it so great is that the author explains how all this works. I'm no dummy I am pretty well informed about food and nutrition, but there was alot of info in this book that I just didn't know.
              For me, knowing how something works helps me figure out how to do it my way. For instance, now I know it's protein that makes me feel full and variety that makes me feel satisfied. I can choose meals and snacks that I'm sure will hit the spot -- make me feel full and keep me full until
              the next meal or snack. And feeling full, and knowing that I'm going to feel full, makes it easy for me to stick to this diet.

              One thing you need to know about this book -- and I was prewarned so let me pass it on to you -- is that you won't be able to start the diet the day you buy the book. Dr. Sanders makes you keep a diary of what you eat for one week before
              you start. Writing all that down isn't easy and yet doing it was probably the best investment I've made in my health in quite a long time. Maybe ever.

              This may be the last diet book I'll ever need to buy.

              5 out of 5 stars A great approach!.......2004-03-15

              I've been on tons of diets and when they didn't work -- or at least not for long -- I just figured it was me. But it wasn't just me; it was me on those diets. They didn't fit me and I didn't know why. Now I have a much better understanding and I've started a new diet (counting calories) and I get it. I really get it. And I'm losing weight, just to prove it. The test will be if I can maintain the loss but I feel confident that I am designing a diet that's going to fit me and that I can stick to forever. I love this book! And I bet you will too.

              1 out of 5 stars Weight Watchers, in other words.......2004-02-29

              Sanders makes the grandiose, erroneous claim that hers is the first diet that allows you to eat what you like. She writes, "Unless your diet reflects your individual food preferences, it can't be sustained -- because it won't be satisfying. The Perfect Fit Diet is the first weight-loss program that respects this immutable law of human nature."

              NEWS FLASH to Sanders and anyone else living on Mars: basing a diet on the foods you like is Weight Watchers' philosophy and has been for years.

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              6. The Youngest Hero
              7. Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.0 Fantasy Roleplaying)
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