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Beyond the Crazy House: Changing the Future of Madness -- This way madness lies *
Psychiatric survivor Pat Capponi has successfully rebuilt her life despite a mental-health system that sees patients as diseases and not as people. [More]

Blood & Guts: A Short History of Medicine: Grand rounds *
Although I have not the slightest expertise in matters medical, I come from a family replete with doctors, dentists and nurses, do not flinch at the sight of blood and take great pleasure in an hour immersed in the internal intricacies of The Merck Manual of Medical Information . [More]

Books on epidemics: Spread the word *
With the SARS fever sweeping the nation, The Globe's ANDREW NIKIFORUK takes a look at books that offer both horror and hope [More]

Consciousness: A User's Guide -- Consciousness confronts itself *
Know thyself!" is the ancient Delphic command that Socrates adopted into the heart of Western philosophy. It is answered these days by countless books on consciousness, for we are conscious beings. Of these books, Adam Zeman's must be among the most thorough -- and the most readable. [More]

DNA: The Secret of Life -- Not so elementary, my dear Watson *
If the American biologist James Watson should someday get the three-volume life he deserves, I would be particularly happy if the first volume more or less hurries through his early years... [More]

Eating for Energy & Ecstasy ****
ISBN:096859610X
Author:Lois Ferguson, RD
Publisher:Malibu Consulting International, $19.95 CAD or USD, 192 pp
What do I like about this book? Well, just about everything!

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Escape from Intimacy ****
While critics may find Schaef's style somewhat controlling, proponents are likely to say it changed their lives -- especially if they see themselves in her work. A 12-step program to getting over your addiction to relationships. [More]

Fueling the Future: It's oil over now *
More than one wag has smartly suggested that the best solution to our energy mess lies in burning studies on the subject. Such tomes are, after all, as thick as logs and as cheap as paper. [More]

Garber Gastronomic: Rose Reisman (Garber interview) *
Rose Reisman is Canada's pre-eminent cookbook author, with more than 750,000 books in print, and she is also a newspaper columnist, product spokesperson, owner of her self-named cooking school, caterer, television personality and mother of four. [More]

Graceful Passages ****
If you have ever had a religious experience you know that it's a tricky thing to explain, to yourself or anyone else. It's simply an indescribable feeling. It's as if God wrote you a blank check, that "I've been chosen" feeling... [More]

Imprisoned physicist allowed to refuse medication *
A brilliant physicist who has spent four years in a pyschiatric institution rather than submit to forcible medication has won his bid to refuse drug treatment. [More]

Keeping the biotech genie in the bottle *
Just two years ago, a couple of artists opened a small boutique called Gene Genies Worldwide in a trendy part of Pasadena, CA. [More]

Madelyn Miller's Guide to Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Books, 2005-2006 ****
Madelyn's picks for the best new books (and cookbooks) on diet plans, lifestyle improvement and improving your body and health! [More]

Nature via Nurture: A genetic truce *
Are humans hard-wired to behave aggressively? Y chromosome could be the culprit in war." Like all of us, the British biologist and popular-science writer Matt Ridley has heard such pseudo-explanatory claptrap too often, hence Nature via Nurture, his attempt to explain why recent discoveries in the life sciences tell us as much about how experience shapes us as about genetic influences. [More]

Promoting Healthy Body Image *
Wondering what you can do to encourage your daughter to develop a healthy relationship with food, an active lifestyle, and a positive body image? [More]

Sanity Savers: The Canadian Working Woman's Guide to Almost Having it All ****
ISBN:0075605392
Author:Ann Douglas
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., $21.99 (CAD)
This comforting and humorous book is full of innovative solutions to help balance busy days. Offers advice from more than 200 diverse professionals plus tips and anecdotes from real life working women. Ready to hit the panic button? This book's for you!

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Science. Fiction *
I am a devotee of fiction about science. Not science fiction, though I occasionally crack a Michael Crichton novel for the dope on dinosaur DNA or nanotechnology. [More]

Spoken Here...Last words? *
Only 30 people speak fluent Mohawk, but Manx is making a slow comeback. Montreal writer Mark Abley has travelled the world in search of the human stories behind dying languages, RAY CONLOGUE writes. [More]

The porn queen's sad epiphany *
When Linda Lovelace, a woman best known for carnal abilities that rivalled Saracen the Sword Swallower's, published Ordeal, her third autobiography, in 1980, she triggered the coining of a phrase in porn circles known as "The Linda Syndrome." [More]

Valentines from the Doghouse *
In the doghouse because you've left Valentine's Day too late? [More]

Well-being and Breast Care *
They used to avoid it, but now masseurs are focusing attention on the breast -- for health reasons, writes JESSICA JOHNSON [More]

What is it with so many children today? *
What is it with so many children today? Sullen and surly, they ignore their elders and live to be with their peers. Two Vancouver specialists have a theory, but grownups won't like it, ALANNA MITCHELL reports. They believe the parental bond is being broken, with harrowing results. [More]

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Cataracts not just an old-age problem: BC Optometrists *
Many parents are not aware that cataracts can occur in newborns and children, warns the BC Association of Optometrists. [More]

David Griffiths -- An Introduction *
This is the first of many columns by UK biologist David Griffiths. Here, he talks about how he got into the fields of preventative health support and longevity. [More]

Forward, into the past *
Why are our imaginations retreating from science and space, and into fantasy? asks SPIDER ROBINSON [More]

Getting To Know You ****
ISBN:0915009307
Author:Jeanne McSweeney & Charlie Leocha
Publisher:World Leisure Corporation, $6.95 (USD); 160 pages 2nd edition (January 1998)
Getting To Know You brings humor and insight to the often-complicated relationships of the new millennium. Buy this book from Powell's:

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Medical Arts Press *
If you are a dentist, doctor, veterinarian, chiropractor, podiatrist, eye doctor or other health practitioner, you will want to shop Medical Arts Press for all of your healthcare office needs. [More]

Sex for Dummies *** 1/2
ISBN:076455302X
Author:Ruth K. Westheimer, Stacy Collins (Editor)
Publisher:Hungry Minds, Inc.; Paperback: 432 pages; 2nd edition (December 2000)
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The Lovers' Guide: The Art of Better Lovemaking ***
ISBN:0312104138
Author:Andrew Stanway
Publisher:St. Martin's Press; Hardcover: 128 pages; February 1994
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The Myth of Ability: John Mighton, educational alchemist *
Does this Toronto playwright have the secret to turning dunces into fraction-cracking mathletes? As TRALEE PEARCE reports, his new book uncloaks the mystery [More]

The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as An Act of Love (hardcover) ** 1/2
ISBN:0060186976
Author:Thomas Moore
Publisher:HarperCollins; Hardcover: 307 pages; May 1, 1998
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The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as An Act of Love (paperback) ** 1/2
ISBN:0060930950
Author:Thomas Moore
Publisher:HarperCollins; Paperback; 336 pages; August 1999
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Who wants salary and benefits when a stroll through the park can bring in minimum wage? *
Perhaps it is the time of life, more likely just the time of year. Or as Joni Mitchell sang it: "Maybe it's the time of Man." [More]