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Like her bestselling debut, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Susan Vreeland's second novel, The Passion of Artemisia, traces a particular painting through time: in this case, the post-Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi's violent masterpiece, "Judith." Although the novel purports to cover the life of the painter, the painting serves as a touchstone, foreshadowing Artemisia's rape by Agostino Tassi, an assistant in her father's painting studio in Rome; the well-documented (and humiliating) trial that followed; the early days of her hastily arranged marriage; and her eventual triumph as the first woman elected to the Accademia dell' Arte in Florence. Although Vreeland makes a bit free with her characters (which she admits in her introduction), attributing some decidedly modern attitudes to people who would not have thought that way at the time, her book is beautifully researched and rich with casual detail of clothing, interiors, and street life. She deftly works history and politics into the background of her canvas, keeping her focus on Artemisia and her family. Beyond the paintings Artemisia left behind, Vreeland's vision may be as close as we can come to understanding the anger and ambition that kept this talented woman at the doors of the Accademia, demanding entrance, in a time when respectable women rarely left their homes. --Regina Marler
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Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" life. Susan Vreeland tells Artemisia's captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at the age of eighteen, and continuing through her father's betrayal, her marriage of convenience, motherhood, and growing fame as an artist. Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, Genoa, and Naples, inhabited by historical characters such as Galileo and Cosimo de' Medici II, and filled with rich details about life as a seventeenth-century painter, Vreeland creates an inspiring story about one woman's lifelong struggle to reconcile career and family, passion and genius.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Beginning, Disappointing Ending.......2007-05-24
This novel starts out wonderfully and I found it difficult to put it down. The language was beautiful and the story intriguing. Unfortunately, after about halfway through, the story began to decline. Each chapter took place in a different city, with an unsatisfying "briefing," and certain subplots were dropped without explanation. Near the end, Artemisia's speech became clichéd and tiring.
Aside from these complaints, I did enjoy the novel. I give it a B and if possible, I would give 3.5 stars.
Who's on trial? .......2007-05-19
In this well written novel, the author gives a good glimpse of Renaissance life in Italy and what life was like for this female painter who chose to work, support a daughter, and create art. The hardest part to read is when Artemisia is "put on trial" herself when she confronts her rapist.(I won't give away any other details.) This is also a poignant mother-daughter story.
A fun read especially for artist types.......2007-04-04
I enjoyed this book. I'll read anything by author Susan Vreeland, after having read a couple of her books and been drawn into her stories fully during that time. A good read.
An inspiring woman I never knew existed.......2007-02-27
In this work of historical fiction, susan Vreeland paints a vibrant portrait (pun intended) of the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, an actual 17th-century woman painter in Italy. Raped by her father's friend Agostino Tassi, who is also her painting tutor, Artemisia is humiliated and her reputation in ruins when Tassi is all but exonerated in the crime. To escape Rome and its cruelty, she arranges to marry Pietro Stiattesi, a Florentine painter. In Florence, Artemisia realizes success in her art, painting biblical figures from a uniquely feminine perspective, and becomes the first woman accepted into Florence's Accademia dell'Arte. However, from her jealous husband Pietro, who has not found equal success in his art, she earns only resentment.
This was a relatively quick read which inspired me to learn more about Artemisia and her contemporaries, and I look forward to trying more of Vreeland's historical works.
passion of artemesia.......2007-01-15
I had heard this was a good book, ...I found it at a library sale...and it is amazing. such colorful descriptions, and historic....full of emotion. loved it.
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From the Publisher In her luminous debut novel, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Susan Vreeland told the story of a Vermeer painting that transformed the lives of its many owners with its beauty. Now, in her stunning new novel, she tells the story of a painter who transformed Renaissance Italy with the beauty of her work. The Passion of Artemisia chronicles the extraordinary life of Artemisia Gentileschi, the first woman to make a significant contribution to art history. At age eighteen, Artemisia Gentileschi finds herself humiliated in papal court for publicly accusing the man who raped her -- Agostino Tassi, her painting teacher. When eve her father does not stand up for her, she knows she cannot stay in Rome and begs to have a marriage arranged for her. Her new husband, an artist named Pietro Stiatessi, takes her to his native Florence, where her talent for painting blossoms and she becomes the first woman to be elected to the Accademia dell'Arte. But marriage clashes with Artemisia's newfound fame as a painter, and she begins a lifelong search to reconcile painting and motherhood, passion and genius. Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, and Genoa, peopled with historical characters such as Cosimo de' Medici and Galileo, and filled with the details of the life of a Renaissance painter, The Passion of Artemisia is the story of Gentileschi's struggle to find love, forgiveness, and wholeness through her art. At once a dramatic tale of love and a moving father-daughter story, it is the portrait of an astonishing woman that will captivate lovers of Gentileschi's paintings and anyone interested in the life of a woman who ignored the conventions of her day and dared to follow her heart.
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Title: Artemisia, pasión por la pintura. (Artemisia Gentileschi, pintora romana)(TT: Artemisia, passion for painting) (TA: Artemisia Gentileschi, Roman painter)
Author: Bibiana Dueñas O'Kelard
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Fem (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 1998
Publisher: Difusion Cultural Feminista, A.C.
Volume: v22
Issue: n185
Page: p40(2)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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This massive collection of original stories and articles inspired by the 'Cthulhu Mythos' created by H.P. Lovecraft was published in Japan in 2002 as a two-volume set under the name Hishinkai. The list of contributing authors is a who's-who of Japanese horror fiction, featuring some of the finest writers in Japan today. In cooperation with Tokyo Sogensha, the Japanese publishers, and the anthology editor, Mr. Asamatsu Ken, we are proud to present these dark visions of the Mythos as interpreted by Japanese authors. You will find some stories that return like old friends, carrying on the Lovecraft tradition, while others will shock you with totally new and unexpected vistas of horror. Each story is accompanied by a thought-provoking introduction by Robert M. Price, the recognized master of the Mythos. The cover is by Yamada Akihiro, who has handled many of the covers for the Japanese-language editions of Lovecraft and other Mythos works, and has established a name for himself in the States as well.
Customer Reviews:
Splat.......2006-06-07
I was intrigued to see what Japanese writers might due with a Lovecraftian inspiration, having enjoyed both HPL's own stories and a smattering of enjoyably pulpy products of Japan's modern pop culture, along with one or two works of actual Japanese literature. However, this book reflects none of the careful atmospheric construction that marks the work of Lovecraft, and of the authors he admired. Instead, it almost immediately descends into graphic, grossout violent and slobbery stuff, with no pause to secure your suspension of disbelief. It's like reading a video game aimed at 12 year old boys. If you're curious about Japanese horror, skip this and try Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Rampo instead.
Even the Japanese know that the Olds Ones shall be again.......2006-03-03
It should be no surprise that the creations of H.P. Lovecraft have stretched across oceans, languages, and yes even time (69 years after his unfortunate passing).
It should also be no surprise that the Japanese have made a name for themselves in the horror genre. Here, we have the first in a possible four volume set of Japanese Cthulhu mythos stories.
These stories are all quite different and have merits of their own. To use the popular expression, there's something for everyone in this book, provided they are familiar with the mythos. But even if one has never heard of "Shub-Niggurath" or the "Unaussprelichen Kulten", the reader will undoubtedly enjoy at least a couple of the seven stories (hopefully with chills crawling up their spines).
The stories range from the visceral horror of "The Plague of St. James Infirmary", with a tip of the hat to Henry Kuttner's and Derleth's mythos stories, to the melancholic and poetic "Love for Who Speaks", which reminds me of French symbolism. Plus, the ever helpful Robert M. Price introduces the book (following Asamatsu Ken's foreward, whetting our appetities for the horrid feasts which shall follow) and each story with some thoughts of his own. There is also an interesting essay on Lovecraft in manga, a bibliography of the manga mentioned, a bibliography of mythos works in Japan, as well as short bios on the authors (and translators). It's a shame that the only translated works English readers have of these authors are perhaps the ones in this very collection.
I can only hope that the subsequent volumes will be just as brilliant as this initial one.
Marvelous and original.......2005-06-06
In summary, Night Journeys, Nights Voices, subtitled Lairs of the Hidden Gods volume one, is urgently recommended to all serious mythos aficionados.
Parenthetically, this book is part of a veritable avalanche of great new mythos and related books that have been popping up on my doorstep. Just in the last few months we have had Horrors Beyond and Lost Worlds of Space and Time, with Tales Out of Dunwich and The Tsathoggua Cycle soon to follow, not to mention the upcoming Arkham anthology, The Dagon Cycle, The Yig Cycle, The Cthulhuian Singularity, Unholy Dimensions and The Black Sutra. Most of the stories in these will be new to me, even
the reprints! It's a golden age, I tell you.
Night Voices, Night Journeys is a publication of Kurodahan Press, and is, I believe, POD. The best way to order it is from Amazon, where it is $20 plus shipping. The page count is a VERY generous 363. However, 14 pages are taken up by introductions by Asamatsu Ken and Robert Price, and each story has its own title page and brief introduction, also by Robert Price. And from page 289 onward the material is factual discussion of
mythos manga and Lovecraftian fiction in Japan, with brief notes about the authors and translators at the end of the book. Production qualities are good. My copy had one printing error on page 301 where a crease led to a flaw in the typesetting, but the print was still readable. The cover has a lovely painting by Yamada Akihiro of a Japanese sea demon hidden amidst flowering plants. This is really quite different than the art style I am used to seeing on mythos books from the western world. I found it quite striking; most mythos novels
illustrations do not depict horror concealed in exquisite beauty. This book was written a number of years previously for the Japanese horror market and I guess the success (or perhaps the quality) was sufficient to prompt an English language version. Hence the anthology was edited by Asamatsu Ken, a Japanese author and HPL fan rather than one of the usual mythos crew here in the west. For such a book to succeed in the west it is extraordinarily important to have an excellent translation, one that can not just change the words into English but can also portray the atmosphere the author was trying to convey, that can appropriately bring off the rhythm of the dialogue and use of slang, puns or other word play. In many ways the translation is an expression of the interpretation of these intangibles by the interpreter, and the work in some ways becomes their own. I know from reading The Iliad that two translators can derive entirely different language out of the
same source work. I confess I have only ever read a few works of fiction written by Japanese authors before (one book Miyamoto Musashi was from my days taking karate), so I don't have a great deal of experience in this forum. The success of this book in the US will stand or fall with the quality of the translation as much as with the stories themselves. Happily these seem to be superb translations. The stories read seamlessly, naturally, allowing us to readily enter the author's worlds. For once I have no complaints about the introductions by Price, which were thoughtful, well written and informative. I would follow his advice, however, and not read the individual story introductions until after you have read the work in question, to avoid spoilers.
In some ways this book is both frustrating and tantalizing. These are new stories, written specifically for this anthology, much like with Horrors Beyond or Dead But Dreaming. This means there are other works already extant in Japan that we know nothing about. Here is an untapped mythos resource that I will only ever see as it is translated. In a way that means I'll probably only see the cream of the crop, but I can't help wondering about jewels known only to Japanese fans. And it makes me wonder about mythos fiction from other countries. We have many stories from the US and the UK, and now we are seeing some
Australian fiction. What about India or China, or any African nations? Heck what about Russia or non English speaking Europe?? One thing HPL fans do is write their own mythos contributions. This has kept the mythos alive and squirming over the years. The tradition dates back to the days HPL first ever wrote a story and his friends leaped over themselves creating new entities and tomes. As we only see fiction
written by English speakers we are missing out!! And this cuts both ways. I would imagine very little mythos fiction beyond the hoary classics is translated into Japanese so the revisionist view of Derleth is not extant in Japan. In fact it is HPL, the Lovecraft circle and Derleth, with of course whatever mythos heritage is native to Japan, that forms
the basis of the Japanese mythos fiction here. I wonder what Asamatsu Ken would think of the stories in Eldritch Blue or Dead But Dreaming.
Fortunately for us English speaking fans this is the first volume of a projected 4 volume series. I fervently hope that they sell well so we do, in fact, get to see all 4 volumes.
Here are the contents:
ASAMATSU Ken - Foreword: "Recollections of Tentacles"
ASAMATSU Ken "The Plague of St. James Infirmary" translated by R. Keith
ROELLER
HISADOME Kenji "The Cthulhu Mythos in Japan" translated by Edward
LIPSETT HOSHINO Satoshi "Cthulhu Mythos Manga List" translated by Ryan
MORRIS
INOUE Masahiko "Night Voices, Night Journeys" translated by Edward
LIPSETT
KAMINO Okina "27 May 1945" translated by Steven P. VENTI
MAKINO Osamu "Necrophallus" translated by CHUN Jin
MURATA Motoi "Sacrifice" translated by Nora Stevens HEATH
SHIBATA Yoshiki "Love for Who Speaks" translated by Stephen CARTER
YAMADA Masaki"The Import of Tremors" translated by Kathleen TAJI
YONEZAWA Yoshihiro "Four Decades of H.P. Lovecraft and Manga"
translated by Ryan MORRIS
I will briefly discuss the stories below, but not the nonfiction. As usual spoilers, small or large, may follow. When I relate my impressions of a story I like to place it in context with other related stories I have read. For reasons alluded to above I cannot do that here; all my very old Derleth paperbacks and books by other Lovecraft Circle authors are hidden away in boxes somewhere. I relied on Price's introductions to place each story in context, but only after
I read it. I must also say that the tenor of the anthology was
intangibly different than other anthologies I have read recently, perhaps relating to the Japanese approach? There was a sort of surreal, almost dreamy feel to many of the stories, even when they were graphic. In some ways the horror was more detached. And many of them were about love and had distinct, sometimes graphic, sexual overtone.
ASAMATSU Ken "The Plague of St. James Infirmary" - This is actually a lengthy novella, setting fire servants of Cthuga against water servant of Cthaat in gangland Chicago (an interesting setting for a Japanese author in a Japanese anthology!). Mr. Asamatsu uses a Japanese word "yoki" to good effect here; I doubt it translates well but it is rendered as gruesome feeling. Yoki suffuses the pages, no doubt as the
author intended. Dreamlike, ghastly and compelling come to mind when reflecting on this story. This is the one work where I did detect a bit of lecturing to Americans. I mean the few paragraphs on the bottom of page 62-63, where American hypocrisy and lack of insight is paraded into the narrative. This is, of course, old hat. It was the only time I ever discerned anything like that, and I only bring it up for the sake of even handedness.
*********spoiler follows!!!***********
One very cool thing about this story was weaving into it some true historical figures and a venerable mythos fiction character of Henry Kuttner. I never would have known about the latter except for Mr. Price's introduction as it has been ages since I read the Book of Iod. Now we know the truth about Elliott Ness and Al Capone. I wonder if the Japanese character Hasegawa Kaitaro is similarly a real person adapted for this novella.
YAMADA Masaki"The Import of Tremors" - Oh what a good yarn this was, about some unspeakable entity trying to acquire a new host in the twilight of WWII. I knew some of the history without prompting, like the Kobe earthquake, but I did not realize that Kobe was fire bombed like Tokyo was.
KAMINO Okina "27 May 1945" translated by Steven P. VENTI - I would gather that the time of the military collapse in Japan in mid 1945 is used to good effect by horror writers in Japan. This time is related to the American assault on Okinawa, and uses it as a smokescreen to a confrontation between Hastur and Cthulhu, very Derlethian!! Also very well written!
INOUE Masahiko "Night Voices, Night Journeys" - Surreal, beautifully written, this story gives the anthology its name. Some night journeys are eternal.
MURATA Motoi "Sacrifice" - In this story a yuppie-type's wife gets caught up in a cult that may use her as a sacrifice to a soil god. Robert Price was right on the money when he compared it to the movie(and novel) The Wicker Man. I was a bit bemused because that is what I came up with myself before I read his remarks. Any way, this was perhaps the weakest story here, not bad just not as powerful as the others were for me.
MAKINO Osamu "Necrophallus" - Oh my, wonderful! For me this is the best story contained in the anthology. And Horror Between the Sheets purports to be about mythos sex. Hah! Makino's work was visionary! "Necrophallus" probably outdoes anything in
Eldritch Blue for combining sex and true mythosian horror.
SHIBATA Yoshiki "Love for Who Speaks" - This is a marvelous tale of what are essentially The Deep Ones. They call to their own. A superb close to the superb fiction in Night Voices, Night Journeys.
The rest of the book is nonfiction.
Need I say that I thought this was a masterful collection?
Congratulations to Mr. Asamatsu and his authors. And thank you to Mr. Lipsett for bringing it to us. Really, everyone should read it.
Beasts from the East!.......2005-05-01
When I think of Japanese monsters, I tend to envision rubber-suited Kaiju fare, or Anime, with its big-eyed schoolgirls with even bigger guns blazing away at tentacled things with lots of eyes and mouths. And fun as they elements may be, they hardly suggest the lurking, brooding terrors of H. P. Lovecraft! But as Robert M. Price's Introduction to this book posits, who but the Japanese could truly understand unsuspected horror pouncing down from the skies in the more-than-half-a-century wake of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? And it shows in these 7 stories -- 6 stories, really, and a short novel -- as the horror is a palpable force lurking behind it all, in these truly incomparable well-written tales. These stories are very original, very well-realized, and damn scary! Editor Asamatsu Ken's "The Plague of St. James Infirmary leads off in fine short pulp novel fashion, utilizing elements from the Mythos works of Henry Kuttner and Brian Lumley, especially, and throwing in Eliot Ness and Al Capone to boot! Yamada Masaki's "The Import of Tremors" is another favorite, as is Murato Motai's "Sacrifice" -- both tales embodying the message: "Watch what you eat!" And the other stories were all good too, ranging from a depiction of Derlethian Great Old Ones' rivalries to a surrealistic sex-tinged odyssey to a graphic (read: cringe-inducing) waking nightmare, and even a touching love story! But make no mistake: Lovecraft's influence is clearly felt throughout it all. And it doesn't end there with the fiction either. We also get Bibliographies of the Cthulhu Mythos scene in Japan and a Manga primer to start us on our way to exploring this most fascinating mileu -- more of which future volumes of LAIRS OF THE HIDDEN GODS will continue to bring us. This is one beautiful book, and all involved can truly be proud (and I'd really be lax in my reviewer duties if I didn't mention the stunning pastels-and-tentacles cover by Yamada Akihiro)! Highly recommended!
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NIGHT VOICES, NIGHT JOURNEYS - LAIRS OF THE HIDDEN GODS VOLUME 1 - TALES OF THE CTHULHU MYTHOS FROM JAPAN
Asamatsu; Robert M. Price (editor) Yamada Asaki, Kamino Okima, Inoue Masahiko, Murata Motoi, Mokina Osamu, Shibata Yoshiki, Yonezawa Yoshihiro, Hoshino Satoshi, Hisadome Kenji, Edward Lipsett, Ryan Morris, Chun Jin, R. Keith Roeller, Kathleen Ta Ken
Manufacturer: Kurodahan Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000P0Y2V8 |
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This book is an open volume about "light" and "darker" emotions. Through poetry and storytelling, the author shows the importance of conquering fear. Just as the title suggests, the poet takes a journey through time, translation and change to explore many different thoughts that most of us hide...
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NIGHT VOICES, NIGHT JOURNEYS - LAIRS OF THE HIDDEN GODS VOLUME 1 - LAIRS OF THE HIDDENS GODS
Asamatsu; Robert M. Price (editor) Yamada Asaki, Kamino Okima, Inoue Masahiko, Murata Motoi, Mokina Osamu, Shibata Yoshiki, Yonezawa Yoshihiro, Hoshino Satoshi, Hisadome Kenji, Edward Lipsett, Ryan Morris, Chun Jin, R. Keith Roeller, Kathleen Ta Ken
Manufacturer: Kurodahan Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VGME48 |
Customer Reviews:
King Arthur with Style.......2002-11-12
The Hawk's Gray Feather is the opening of an unusual and masterful retelling of the Arthurian legends by Ms. Kennealy-Morrison. Her graceful prose style has always reminded me of having my own Celtic bard retelling an ancient Celtic legend. Her use of connections are amazing and completely orginal. Of the 26 different versions of the Arthurian legends I own, this is my all time favorite.
Wonderful new spin..........1999-04-28
The Athurian legend has been done and redone so many times that no one quite knows what's historical or not any more. Ms. Kennealy has built a mythical universe in which the Athurian legend is told with new flavor and color. She mixes traditional elements with aspects of a deeply spiritual nature. I found myself thoroughly engrossed the entire time. It is a mark of her talent, that even though I had foreknowledge of how the story went (it's written as a journal account), I found myself moved to tears in certain points. Her characters are vivid, three dimentional beings and as they move about her universe I feel for them. While I do not think this is quite as good as her Tales of Aeron (there isn't much that is), The Hawk's Grey Feather is a solid beginning to a completely enjoyable trilogy. I highly recomend it.
What?.......1998-11-30
I love tales of King Arthur and I generally like science-fiction. Ms. Kennealy combines the two poorly. The Celts come from outer space. they have psychic powers and faster-than-light-travel. They fight with swords and spears. This probably explains why the Romans beat them... These tales are a wonderous amalgamation of a bit of reading of the poorer end of Arthuriana, New Age literature, a liberal dose of odd drugs, and a sense of light fantasy. The characters are, at times, interesting, but for the most part incomprehensible. Again, this may explain why the Romans drove them off earth...
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The complete guide to early detection and prevention of cancer and with proven safe and nontoxice treatments.
Customer Reviews:
The quintessential reference guide.......2004-08-24
In my six years of research on alternative cancer treatment, this book gave me more information than any other. It is artfully arranged with helpful sidebars (key points, definitions, etc.) and anecdotal stories to reinforce the subject. It is wonderfully documented with a great index and 27 pages of endnotes (references for each chapter).
From treating your teeth to detoxifying to herbs to effective tests to immune system rebuilding, I found nothing in this book to disagree with. This is unusual, because many of the topics they discuss are quite controversial. This is simply a tribute to Dr. Diamond, Dr. Cowden and Burton Goldberg and their comprehensive research and writing skill.
Use this book to give you a comprehensive overview of your cancer and your options. Then, update it with some research on the Internet. I learn something new about cancer treatment every day, so no book can be complete. This one comes closest to being the "bedside reader" that every cancer patient needs.
Cancer Diagnosis: What To Do Next.......2003-02-10
W. John Diamond, M.D., a board-certified pathologist and alternative medicine expert, and W. Lee Cowden, M.D., who is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and clinical nutrition, joined forces with Burton Goldberg, author of numerous books on alternative medicine, to write Cancer Diagnosis: What To Do Next.
Many people don't know where to turn for information when diagnosed with cancer. And the answers they often get from medical professionals include few options. Lack of knowledge causes many people to undergo treatments they don't want.
Goldberg says that "there is no single magic bullet cure for cancer. Many factors contribute to the development of cancer and many modalities and substances must be used to reverse it."
The authors emphasize that never giving up hope is a critical first step in cancer treatment, no matter what therapy is chosen. They then outline some positive steps that patients can take that will help them chose the therapy that's best for them. Included in this section is a simple test that reveals whether a tumor will respond to chemotherapy, and if so, what the smallest effective dosage is.
They also discuss the causes of cancer, and offer suggestions for prevention and early detection. They provide complete information about testing methods used by alternative practitioners that aid in developing effective treatment plans.
Nutrition plays a big role both in prevention and treatment of cancer, and the authors explain how to choose the best diet for you. They also explain the role of supplements, such as vitamins and minerals, in strengthening the body.
Herbs and other nontoxic therapies can be very helpful for many people. All the details are included, as well as complete information on techniques for stimulating the immune system. Detoxification and energy therapies are also explained.
Detoxification is especially important because of all the pollutants in our air, water, and food. According to the authors, "most conventional doctors do not take these factors into consideration when treating cancer."
Each chapter includes "Quick Definitions," which are explanations of medical terms, in the margins, making it easy to understand the text. Whenever a special test or procedure is discussed, contact information is provided.
"Alternative medicine has established the causes of cancer--from radiation and dietary factors and pesticide residues to stress and dental factors and free radicals--and has safe, nontoxic, and effective therapies that can address each one." Cancer Diagnosis gathers all this information into one easy-to-use book. It's an essential reference for anyone desiring full information on treatment options.
Essential, life-saving, quality-of-life enhancing reading........2000-09-07
Cancer Diagnosis: What To Do Next is an indispensable guide to alternative medical approaches to treating cancer, choosing a physician and a course of treatment, the role of sophisticated diagnostic equipment in mapping out a treatment plan, the role of energy in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, non-toxic alternatives to chemotherapy, innovative techniques that fight cancer by boosting the immune system, the role of diet and nutritional supplements in fighting cancer, and the importance of maintaining a hopeful attitude during treatment and recovery from cancer. Cancer Diagnosis: What To Do Next is essential, life-saving, quality-of-life enhancing reading for anyone with the diagnosis of any type of cancer.
Telling the truth.......2000-06-17
This book tells the truth on what is available in the fight against cancer. After speaking to doctors who gave my loved one NO HOPE and said "there is nothing to be done", when they should have said WE DONT know what to do. This book is the American way. Bravo! Shame on the medical industry.
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