Mississippi Bridge
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Mildred D. Taylor
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ASIN: 0553159925
Release Date: 1992-06-01

Book Description

Jeremy Simms watches from the porch of the general store as the weekly bus from Jackson comes through his town. His neighbor Stacey Logan and Stacey's brothers and sister are there to see their grandmother off on a trip. Jeremy's friend Josias Williams is taking the bus to his new job. But Josias and the Logans are black, and in Mississippi in the 1930s, black people can't ride the bus if that means there won't be enough room for white people to ride. When several white passengers arrive at the last minute, the driver sends Josias and Stacey's grandmother off the bus. Then comes a terrifying moment that unites all the townspeople in a nightmare that will change their lives forever.

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4 out of 5 stars mississippi bridge.......2006-10-07

the book in,nt the best the best book I have read but the book is good .I like the part when the bus falls in the river and they have to rescew the people out of the water and take care of grandma. this is the part that almost made me saub!!!!!!!!!

4 out of 5 stars Mississippi Wonders.......2006-05-04

Mississippi Bridge is about Stacy Logan, her brothers and sisters, and Josias Williams. Josias Williams is taking the bus to a new job because a flood coming through the town ruined his last job. In the 1930s black people were not treated equally because of their skin color. But then Stacy Logan, her brothers and sisters, and Josias Williams and Stacey's grandmother get on the bus but something happens and the town has a horrifying nightmare that will change the townspeople's lives forever.
The book takes place in Mississippi in the 1930s during the time of the great depression.
The problem is really about how Jeremy Simms always watches as the weekly bus comes from Jackson and goes through his town. But one day on the way from the stop the bus goes over a bridge and a flash flood sweeps the bus into the rivers. The bus ride becomes more than just a daily routine, it becomes a situation between life and death.
The theme of the story is about four kids always being told you can't try this on unless you are going to buy it because they are black. But one day they get on the bus and their friend Josias and Stacy's grandmother get kicked off the bus and the four kids are left alone. The bus driver doesn't know that a flash flood has occurred. Something happens that changes their lives forever.
The main characters are Josias Williams, Stacy Logan, her brothers and sisters, and Jeremy Simms who is trying to find a job.
The mood of the story is very adventurous and can be at some times mad, scary, and sad at one time.
The grade and age group for this book is for 5th grade and from 11-13 years old students/kids.

By Josh

4 out of 5 stars Mississippi Bridge.......2006-04-22

The main characters in this story are Jeremy Simms, Josias, and Stacey, Cassie, Christopher-John, and Little-Man. It was a hard rainy day by the Wallace's General Store when Stacey, Cassie, Christopher-John, and Little-Man were watching their grandmother off on a trip on the weekly bus. Then Jeremy Simms' friend Josias is taking the bus to find his new job. But in Mississippi in the 1930's, black people can't ride the bus if there is not enough room for the white people. Then when other white passengers arrive at the last minute, the driver sends off Josias, and Stacey's grandmother. Then when the bus slides off the bridge into the Rosa Lee creek, a terryfiying thing happens. The bus floods, flips over and most everyone dies.

5 out of 5 stars Mississippi Bridge.......2006-02-07

Stacey, Cassie, Christopher-John, and Little Man Logan are at the general store watching their grandmother leave for a trip. At the general store also waiting on the bus is Jeremy Simms friend Josias Williams taking the bus to his new job. All of this is taking place in the 1930s the time were black people can't ride the bus if their is not enough room on the bus for whites. When it is time to leave from the general store all of a sudden white people coming all at once. Meaning Josias and Stacey's grandmother have to get off the bus and give up their seats to the other passengers. It is a good thing that they did or they would have been in alot of trouble.

5 out of 5 stars Mississippi Bridge.......2006-02-07

Stacey, Cassie, Christopher-John, and Little Man Logan are at the general store watching their grandmother leave for a trip. At the general store also waiting on the bus is Jeremy Simms friend Josias Williams taking the bus to his new job. All of this is taking place in the 1930s the time were black people can't ride the bus if their is not enough room on the bus for whites. When it is time to leave from the general store all of a sudden white people coming all at once. Meaning Josias and Stacey's grandmother have to get off the bus and give up their seats to the other passengers. It is a good thing that they did or they would have been in alot of trouble.
Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge: Minnesota (Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge)
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  • An utterly fascinating work
Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge: Minnesota (Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge)
Mary Charlotte Aubry Costello
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ASIN: 0964451824

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5 out of 5 stars An utterly fascinating work.......2000-02-16

This is an incredible book. The author sketched each bridge on the Mississippi River from New Orleans all the way up to Luling, Iowa (pretty much most of the navigable waterway). The book has proved to be a valuable resource to my own research on the river's bridges.
Rails across the Mississippi: A HISTORY OF THE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE
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Rails across the Mississippi: A HISTORY OF THE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE
Robert W. Jackson
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ASIN: 0252074092

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An absorbing tale of grand dreams, shady politics, daring engineering experiments, greed, ambition, and westward expansion, Rails across the Mississippi is the first book-length history since 1881 to document the planning, financing, and construction of the first bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, a national engineering landmark completed in 1874 that is now known as the Eads Bridge. Robert W. Jackson takes a fresh look at this monumental project, dispersing the myths and filling in the gaps left by earlier scholarship.

When James B. Eads outlined his plan for a bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, critics said that the genius did not exist in the country capable of erecting such a structure. Instead of the tried-and-true iron truss bridge, Eads--who was not a trained engineer and had no experience designing or building bridges--proposed a radical design that shattered engineering precedent: an arch bridge longer than any in existence using steel, a material thought unsuitable for long-span bridges by virtually every engineer in America and Europe.

Rails across the Mississippi explores how Eads took on the task of building the bridge as he envisioned it and how he met the obstacles presented by his tenacious fidelity to that vision. Jackson describes the incredible process of sinking the river piers using pneumatic caissons, which were essentially inverted boxes that burrowed down through the riverbed. Workers, sometimes fatally afflicted with "caisson disease," or decompression sickness, descended through the vertical, torchlit access shafts into the caisson air chambers to clear away the accumulated sand and silt, using innovative pumps designed by Eads. The superstructure, consisting of an upper deck for pedestrian, wagon, and streetcar traffic and a lower railroad deck, was erected by use of an ingenious new method of cantilever construction.

Parallel to the construction of the bridge, Andrew Carnegie and other ambitious capitalists engaged in a shell game of bond sales, multiple mortgages, and deferred interest that provided just enough capital to keep the project moving forward. Jackson brilliantly depicts the slick local politicking, international negotiations, and egregious conflicts of interest that were the hallmark of the Gilded Age of unregulated business.

A marvel of innovative engineering, the bridge was a fiasco as a business venture. Its success as an investment depended on its heavy use by railroads, which required not only a commitment from railroads terminating in St. Louis and East St. Louis but also the construction of a mile-long tunnel under downtown St. Louis, passenger and freight terminal facilities, and tracks connecting the bridge to these facilities. Completed three years late and more than $6 million over budget, the St. Louis Bridge never recovered its costs. Nonetheless, Eads's bridge still stands at the gateway to the West, a testament to the determination and resourcefulness of its chief engineer.

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4 out of 5 stars St. Louis vs Chicago in the Railroad Era.......2003-01-27

In the steamboat era, St. Louis, Gateway to the West, was the fourth largest city in the US, while Chicago was little more than a crossroads. If one were to write a history, the first chapter would be the story of the railroad system built by the State of Missouri. It included a network of roads--Missouri Pacific, Frisco, Iron Mountain, and North Missouri (Wabash)-designed to fan out across the state bringing all traffic to St. Louis. Stock was sold to land owners and county governments, who hoped railroads would increase the value of land-locked land. Bonds were guaranteed by the state.

But Chicago interests, unencumbered by threats of Civil War, won the competition. Backed by Boston financiers, they completed the Hannibal and St. Joseph (CB&Q) across the state before completion of any of the state railroads. Along the way, 43 were killed on the inaugural run of the Missouri Pacific when a bridge over the Gasconade River collapsed. Those killed included some of the most progressive boosters in the state. The state railroads went bankrupt. The state assumed their debts. Missourians paid twice for their railroads. Costs that were scandalous in construction of the Transcontinental Railroad through mountainous terrain, were paid quietly by Missourians for railroads built through their rolling hills.

In the second chapter, Missouri interests hoped that Kansas City or St. Joseph would be selected as the Eastern terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad. Possibly a Southwestern route would be built from Kansas City that would avoid the difficulties of keeping a railroad passable through the mountains in Winter. Again Chicago interests won. Omaha was selected (and railroad building across Iowa took off with vigor).

Jackson's volume describes the third chapter. Chicago had built a drawbridge across the Mississippi at Davenport, IA, in 1855, but it was destroyed by a steamboat collision and fire in 1856. A young Abraham Lincoln represented the railroad in a lawsuit filed against the bridge company (and supported by St. Louis interests). He won the argument that bridges must permit free passage of both railroads and steamboats. Now forces were building to build more Iowa bridges. St. Louis needed a bridge to compete, but the Mississippi in St. Louis is a much more formidable obstacle and bridge building was still a primitive art. Enter James Eads, not really an engineer, but a charismatic, accomplished, doer of projects. He had backing from Pennsylvania Railroad interests (the leading US railroad, whose tracks ended on the East side of the river at St. Louis). Active in the bridge project were president, J. Edgar Thompson, vp Thomas Scott, and Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie is best known as the builder of what became US Steel in Pittsburgh, but he began his career at the Pennsylvania Railroad, where his business skills were noted. He was protege to Thomas Scott. In the Eads' Bridge story, he was present as representative of Keystone Bridge, a private company founded by Pennsylvania Railroad interests to specialize in the construction of iron bridges especially for railroads. Keystone constructed the bridge to James Eads' design.

Author Jackson notes the Pennsylvania Railroad's interest in the Texas Pacific and the Northern Pacific as well as the Atlantic and Pacific (Frisco) and North Missouri (Wabash) in Missouri and suggests this indicates a desire to build a transcontinental railroad system. Its more likely the Pennsylvania thought it important to take care of its feeder lines. Railroads make their money on ton miles. Freight that runs the length of the system is most profitable. Therefore, its important for an East-West system like the Pennsylvania to maintain relationships with lines to the West so they can swap traffic. They do this with personal relationships, and by lending management expertise (as board members) and prestige to assist with financing-preferably without investing the railroad's own capital.

In an age of Enron and Adelphia, its interesting to see the ethics involved in some of the transactions. Robber barons like Jay Gould are known to have bled railroads dry while operating them in bankruptcy. Usually this was accomplished by executives personally owning businesses that sold key supplies to their own railroad-coal, railroad ties, bridges, etc. Profitable construction companies was the device used in the Credit Mobile scandal related to the Transcontinental Railroad. The book suggests that executives of the Pennsylvania Railroad also engaged in these self-dealing practices, practices that would be considered unethical today.

The book tells the full details of the construction of the bridge including the use of caissons to sink the pier foundations to bedrock and the discovery of the bends as the affliction of workers who worked in high air pressure and decompressed quickly. The bridge is mostly iron but used some of the first steel, and fabrication of this steel was troublesome. Numerous difficulties were encountered. The book includes copious illustrations. Its well written and tells the story well.

The book ends in chapter four of our railroad history. Jay Gould becomes the owner of most Missouri railroads and leasee of the Eads' Bridge. He assembled the structure (after years of delay) that finally created a terminal railroad association to construct the first Union Station and the necessary trackage to connect the bridge and the railroads of St. Louis. Other sources indicate Jay Gould's railroad empire in Missouri was assembled to force admission to the Iowa Pool, a revenue sharing arrangement for the lines that connected with the Transcontinental Railroad. He failed in that aspect, but succeeded in being a robber baron, though his empire collapsed soon after his death.

In the end, Eads' Bridge probably came too late to have much impact on the St. Louis-Chicago competition. It did alleviate a serious bottleneck that otherwise might have been a limitation, but the bridge was expensive, and the tolls charged by Jay Gould were high. According to Jackson, the bridge still had $5MM in bonded indebtedness recently-even now long after it is obsolete, but it still is a much deserved landmark to the Spirit of St. Louis.
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                The Witch's Grave: A Fever Devilin Mystery (Fever Devlin)
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                Fever Devilin was raised amongst the hill-country folk of the deep Georgia Appalachians and their seemingly simple folk ways are in his blood and his soul. Having left it behind when he was sixteen to go to college, ultimately becoming one of the most noted folklorists and academics of the region, Devilin has now fled city life and academia to return to the deceptively quiet life amongst his people. But nothing is ever as it seems from the outside. So when a local girl goes miss-ing, the mortician turns up dead, and Devilin's cousin is suspected of killing them both, Fever finds himself in the midst of a very difficult situation. And it's up to him to unravel the mystery and how it all relates to the old folk story of the witch's grave.

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                5 out of 5 stars Can't put it down.......2005-11-30

                Outstanding book. Great mystery and plot. The cemetary is so detailed that it is like you are standing there. The same way with dinner, you can almost smell the home cooking. Fever is a interesting charactor. Depoy has a great since of humor in the aftermath of chaos. The ongoing changes in the story line keeps if from being a boring "who done it" book.
                Would highly recommend to mystery readers.

                5 out of 5 stars Welcome to Fever's world........2005-11-12

                Fever Devilin, a folklorist, has returned to his home deep in Appalachia Georgia. Truevine Deveroe, a local girl considered to be a witch, goes missing; the mortician Harding Pinhurst, one of Fever's least favorite people, turns up murdered and Truvine's fiancé, Able Carter, is the suspect. Fever, his friend, houseguest and Shakespeare scholar, Dr. Winton Andrews, and childhood friend Deputy Sheriff Skidmore Needle, need to find Truevine and Able, and Harding' killer.

                It's hard to resist a protagonist who is in his 30's, is almost 7 feet tall, has snow-white hair and sees ghosts. Or a story that's filled with music, folklore, literary quotes, southern food, humor, unique characters, an excellent sense of place, suspense and twists along the way. My recommendation is, don't try. Sit back and enjoy the world of Fever Devlin. I certainly did.

                5 out of 5 stars ENJOYABLE READ - WELL WRITTEN.......2005-06-19

                This was a fun read and I admit to enjoying it cover to cover. I love folk lore, food and the region in which the story took place. The author's character developement was good, the story moved well and was not only entertaining, but informative. There was obviously much research that went into this one and it shows. The story did have some twists and turns but not the sort that were so unrealistic that it made the story bad (like so many books of this genre suffer from). Note to author: I have to say that the character of Andrews was one of the most annoying characters I have ever encountered in fiction. That being said, the character of Andrews did work as I suspect that is how and why you developed him. Had he, Andrews, be a guest at my house, he would have been packed on the first flight to Atlanta after the first evening. All in all, I enjoyed this one and do recommend it.

                4 out of 5 stars learning about folk lore and a mystery too!.......2005-04-28

                a mystery and learning about folk lore all in one book. so interesting. a must read for people who love old cemeteries and the stories they tell.

                4 out of 5 stars highly entertaining.......2004-08-04

                Who doesn't relish a good witch/ghost story? Phillip DePoy delivers this in fine form. His new book is a good choice to take to the beach. There in the bright sunlight you'll find chills comes over you as you read this wonderfully entertaining, at times light-hearted, tale of strange goings-on in the Georgia Appalachians.
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                  Chains of Darkness, Chains of Light: Book Four of The Sundered (Sundered, Bk 4)
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                  Chains of Darkness, Chains of Light: Book Four of The Sundered (Sundered, Bk 4)
                  Michelle M. Sagara
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                  Release Date: 1994-04-02

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                  2 out of 5 stars Weak ending and no emotional payoff!.......2007-05-20

                  As another reviewer has noted this is a very difficulty series to read...lots of loss and death and very little hope for the victory of the hero. However, if you slog through the depressing interludes there is a fairly interesting love story. Seen as a whole, the series details the path of this star-crossed romance (for it is very much a Romeo and Juliet make-over) as well as the struggle our heroine endures as she seeks the will of her god.

                  In this struggle between good and evil (and believe me, the author presents the extremes of both) there is little doubt in the reader's mind who the victorious party should be. The heroine is the embodiment of good trying to triumph over darkness, and her god is all that is loving and generous. The antithesis of the light, the "darkheart", is nothing but suffering, torture, blood sacrifice, and slavery. Yet after 4 books of presenting this dichotomy Ms Sagara wraps it all up in some cosmic "two-sides of the same coin" jargon. In the end she brings the light and dark gods together to form a gray-god and the reader is supposed to be satisfied. All the suffering and all the death of the faithful, good people is suddenly made right by this divine fusion.... I don't think so! The new god that the end of the book reveals is equal parts good and evil...where is the triumph in that? He is nothing more than a glorified, middling man.... and that is nothing but a disappointment. It might have worked if Ms Sagara had not spent 4 long books extolling the virtues of the Light and condemning the wickedness of the Dark. But as it is, the reader can only feel cheated and thwarted.

                  Lastly, the author tries to make up for this appalling lack of closure by uniting the doomed lovers. She strips them of all the hindrances to their love (in essence, their loyalty to and power from the Light and the Dark), and as common humans they can have the love formally denied them. As an ending it lacks conviction...what people who had experienced the MORE of divine patronage and power that these two had would be content with a lesser existence? I am not convinced that any love would be balm enough to make it right.

                  In fairness, I liked the books up until the very end. But I get the feeling that Ms Sagara had come as far as she could without beating the horse to death, and she reached an impasse. It is my opinion that there was no logical or graceful way for her to wrap her story up and she chose the easiest route possible. Otherwise there is no explanation for the lengthy efforts she went to to convince us of the indelible goodness of the light and the absolute perfidy of the dark, if she intended all along to unite them into one grey, disappointing god.

                  5 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars for a worthy ending, 5 stars for the entire saga........2007-05-19

                  Imagine God "sundered" in two, one side dark, one side light. Man is caught in the middle. That is the basis of the Sundered series, and in the first three books you are invited to watch as the "good" side loses the war with only a small contingency of good remaining. The only tiny ray of hope left is that the chief villain, Stefanos, has a spark of love for Erin (Sara), the only remaining warrior of the light. Both are chained to their separate sides of the conflict, neither can give in to their feelings without destroying their followers, betraying their "God" and losing the war. This is their final battle, and the outcome is not easy.

                  Be warned, this is a difficult series to read. Very dark, very emotional, a good vs evil epic saga where the good guys rarely win. Evil is always stronger, simply because they have no rules. Virtue being its own reward will generally get you killed. Ironically, a clear winner will be a loss for both, pure evil can't sustain itself without an enemy, without the darkness, light becomes superfluous.

                  This is not a standalone book, the preceding three books need to be read to understand the depth of the conclusion. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, horrific torture scenes, mild sex, and you may have to put the books down several times or risk serious depression.

                  5 out of 5 stars A marvelous fantasy.......2000-04-04

                  Michelle Sagara brings her series of four books on the Sundered Lands to a close with an unexpected ending. The complex relationship between the Lord of Empire and the Sarillorn of Elliath brings the conflict between the forces of Light and of Darkness to conclusion. The characters are rich and entrancing. The world and cultures Sagara creates sparks the imagination. The whole series of four books make for four wonderful weekends of fantasy reading!

                  Wisdom in the Body: The Craniosacral Approach to Essential Health
                  Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                  • Amazing book
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                  Wisdom in the Body: The Craniosacral Approach to Essential Health
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                  4. Craniosacral Therapy and the Energetic Body: An Overview of Craniosacral Biodynamics Craniosacral Therapy and the Energetic Body: An Overview of Craniosacral Biodynamics
                  5. Stillness: Biodynamic Cranial Practice and the Evolution of Consciousness Stillness: Biodynamic Cranial Practice and the Evolution of Consciousness

                  Accessories:
                  1. RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device
                  2. Airborne Effervescent Health Formula, Original Orange, 10 Tablets (Pack of 3) Airborne Effervescent Health Formula, Original Orange, 10 Tablets (Pack of 3)

                  ASIN: 1556435592
                  Release Date: 2005-08-31

                  Book Description

                  Accumulations of life stresses—physical injuries, emotional and psychological stresses, birth traumas, and toxicity—can become imprinted in the tissues, acting like a videotape that is replayed whenever stimulated. Biodynamic craniosacral therapy aims to resolve the trapped forces that underlie and drive these trauma-based patterns of disease and suffering in body and mind. Wisdom in the Body teaches practitioners to develop the finely tuned skills of hands-on palpation and perception to sense the body’s subtle rhythms and patterns of inertia or congestion, with the goal of ending trauma and facilitating the expression of the breath of life. A comprehensive introduction to this practice, the book draws on the insights of pioneers like Drs. W. G. Sutherland and Franklyn Sills to explain the key principles about the body’s natural intention to heal and how this capability can be encouraged. A valuable resource for students, practitioners, and the lay reader, the book also includes a foreword by Dr. Franklyn Sills.

                  Customer Reviews:

                  5 out of 5 stars Amazing book.......2007-09-28

                  I couldn't have put it better than the last reviewer. This is by far, my favorite book that I've read on the subject of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. Kern has an amazing ability to put things into laymans terms, and because of that, this book is an incredible joy to read. Franklyn Sills, while a brilliant mind, doesn't really know how to break it down into terms a common person can understand. Upledger, who is clinically and medically gifted, also tends to overcomplicate the subject of cranialsacral work in his writings. Pick this book up, it's a must as a starting point.

                  5 out of 5 stars Wisdom in the body, Michael Kern.......2007-01-06

                  Book Review
                  Wisdom in the body. The Craniosacral approach to Essential Health. Michael Kern

                  I love this book. It is my all time favorite cranial text book. It is a strait forward introduction to Cranio-sacral work. It reads well, the concepts are in a logical way laid out and discussed. Kern is extremely knowledgeable about the subject. He has a unique gift in translating complex subject matters into easily understandable and digestible language. The illustrations are very clear. You get a sense of the scientific benefits of this form of therapy AND the beauty of it. If there ever was a cranial book that you could read beneficially before bed time, this is it. I recommend this book to all professionals who want to know more about this modality. It will help you decide if you want to study cranial work. It will also give you clear guidance to which of your clients would benefit from this form of therapy. Ursula Popp
                  Libro Completo de terapia craneosacral / Wisdom in the Body: La Sabiduria del cuerpo y la salud esencial, en teroria y practica / The Craniosacral Approach ... Essential health (Cuerpo-Mente / Body-Mind)
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                    Libro Completo de terapia craneosacral / Wisdom in the Body: La Sabiduria del cuerpo y la salud esencial, en teroria y practica / The Craniosacral Approach ... Essential health (Cuerpo-Mente / Body-Mind)
                    Michael Kern
                    Manufacturer: Gaia
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Paperback

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