Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Trade Edition – February 10, 2002 PDF

Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Trade Edition Hardcover – February 10, 2002
Author: AAWS ID: 1893007162

About the Author

Anonymous Anonymous is a contributor for Hazelden Publications including Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book 4th Edition.

Hardcover: 576 pagesPublisher: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services; 4th edition (October 2001)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1893007162ISBN-13: 978-1893007161 Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.5 x 8.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #1,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Addiction & Recovery > Twelve-Step Programs #5 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Addiction & Recovery > Alcoholism #12 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Addiction & Recovery > Substance Abuse
I read the AA Big Book and joined Overeaters Anonymous thinking I was a compulsive overeater. Perhaps I would have been an alcoholic, but my body chemistry never tolerated alcohol, smoking or drugs, so I was spared that. It turned out the weight problem was also a body chemistry thing, and the time I spent in diligent application to the 12-step program led me to realize I wasn’t a compulsive overeater after all.

Reading the AA Big Book was fantastic for me, and I recommend it to anyone. If you are not an addict, it will certainly not harm you to try a 12-step program. You are likely to come out, as I did after 10 months, with a deep respect for what these programs do. Miracles are everyday events in these groups.

Some of the people who have written reviews here resisted the tenets of AA because they are unwilling to submit to a higher power. That’s human nature. Anything else is itself a miracle.

My concerns about AA prior to reading the book were the opposite. I am a Christian and I was under the impression that the 12 steps are in conflict with that. Such is not at all the case. No one is going to try to hypnotize you!

Nor is a 12-step program going to tell you to avoid medical help. One of AA’s founders was a doctor, and right from the start AA began saving lives that doctors knew they could not save. It still happens in AA, daily.

If you are ready to be inspired, read this book. You will understand yourself and other people better. If you don’t feel ready to be inspired, maybe you need to read it even more.

I noticed one of the reviews complained about archaic language in the book. It’s not that archaic. You don’t need a glossary to read it, as you do with the King James Bible or Shakespeare!
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60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma Kindle Edition Epub Free

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Andrew Weber Page ID: B004YW6GB2

Done.
File Size: 6553 KBPrint Length: 336 pagesPublisher: Menasha Ridge Press; Second Edition edition (February 1, 2010)Publication Date: February 1, 2010 Sold by:  Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B004YW6GB2Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #518,762 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #37 in Books > Travel > United States > Washington > Seattle #301 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > United States > Regions > West > Pacific #316 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Outdoors & Nature > Hiking & Camping > Excursion Guides
Got this book about an year ago and have since done almost half of the hikes described in this book. Can’t say if these are the 60 best hikes (there are much more than 60 hikes in the covered area), but they’ve definitely all been great hikes so far.

The hikes can all be done as day trips from Seattle: The maximum driving distance from Seattle is 60 miles, except for the Mt Rainier hikes, which are more like 60 miles as the crow flies. Come to think of it, the driving time would be a more relevant criteria than the distance, but of course that wouldn’t make for such a nice title.

The format of the book is quite practical. In particular, I appreciate the trailhead GPS coordinates, the easily accessible and detailed overview map, and the trail elevation profiles. There are more than a dozen criteria for choosing a hike, including trail length, crowdedness and various scenic features. Only, I wish this information was presented in a table rather than in list form, which makes choosing hikes based on multiple criteria a bit tedious.

I wasn’t too enthusiastic about the schematic trail maps that lack topographic information. However all the trails I’ve seen so far were well marked, so this didn’t turn out to be a big issue. On the other hand the book could use more pictures and perhaps less text: In this context, a picture (with a good caption) really can be worth a thousand (or at least a few hundred…) words.

Before you leave on any of the hikes, be sure to check with the WSDOT and the relevant park authorities that the roads to the trail (and the trail itself) are accessible. Look for recent trail reports on the WTA’s site.
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60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma Kindle Edition Epub Free

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Andrew Weber Page ID: B004YW6GB2

Done.
File Size: 6553 KBPrint Length: 336 pagesPublisher: Menasha Ridge Press; Second Edition edition (February 1, 2010)Publication Date: February 1, 2010 Sold by:  Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B004YW6GB2Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #518,762 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #37 in Books > Travel > United States > Washington > Seattle #301 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > United States > Regions > West > Pacific #316 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Outdoors & Nature > Hiking & Camping > Excursion Guides
Got this book about an year ago and have since done almost half of the hikes described in this book. Can’t say if these are the 60 best hikes (there are much more than 60 hikes in the covered area), but they’ve definitely all been great hikes so far.

The hikes can all be done as day trips from Seattle: The maximum driving distance from Seattle is 60 miles, except for the Mt Rainier hikes, which are more like 60 miles as the crow flies. Come to think of it, the driving time would be a more relevant criteria than the distance, but of course that wouldn’t make for such a nice title.

The format of the book is quite practical. In particular, I appreciate the trailhead GPS coordinates, the easily accessible and detailed overview map, and the trail elevation profiles. There are more than a dozen criteria for choosing a hike, including trail length, crowdedness and various scenic features. Only, I wish this information was presented in a table rather than in list form, which makes choosing hikes based on multiple criteria a bit tedious.

I wasn’t too enthusiastic about the schematic trail maps that lack topographic information. However all the trails I’ve seen so far were well marked, so this didn’t turn out to be a big issue. On the other hand the book could use more pictures and perhaps less text: In this context, a picture (with a good caption) really can be worth a thousand (or at least a few hundred…) words.

Before you leave on any of the hikes, be sure to check with the WSDOT and the relevant park authorities that the roads to the trail (and the trail itself) are accessible. Look for recent trail reports on the WTA’s site.
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Dragonwings CD PDF

Dragonwings CD: Golden Mountain Chronicles:1903 Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Laurence Yep Page ID: 0061493368

From School Library Journal

Grades 4-7–Laurence Yep’s Newbery Honor book (HarperCollins, 1975) offers insights into the lives of Chinese-Americans in early 20th century California. The story begins as eight-year-old Moon Shadow Lee journeys across the Pacific to join his proud and clever father at the family-owned laundry in San Francisco. The boy recounts their problems with prejudice, as well as the kindness of uncles and cousins. Father and son must leave the protection of the family to move out of Chinatown, but they find refuge with a generous and friendly landlady. Once they have successfully established a repair business, they turn their attention to making a flying machine. Though it’s a modern invention, part of their motivation is the elder’s belief in his own previous dragon existence. Yep draws heavily on his own heritage, but also includes figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and the Wright Brothers, and historic events such as the San Francisco Earthquake. The result is a heartwarming story set in a familiar time and place, but told from a new perspective. The quiet intensity of B. D. Wong’s narration enriches the text as he creates memorable voices for a large cast of characters. Wafting, ethereal music signals the end of each side of the cassette, and the cover art is attractive. The only problem is the lightweight cardboard package, which is not sturdy enough for heavy circulation. That shouldn’t deter libraries from purchIDg this fine recording which will provide upper elementary and middle school listeners with lessons in history, and a gentle reminder of the value of a loving family and loyal friends.

Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library. Rocky Hill, CT

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

–This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Review

“A fine, sensitive novel . . . that conveys the Chinese American’s cultural heritage.” — —BL

“A fine, sensitive novel written with grace in a way that conveys the Chinese American’s cultural heritage.” — —Booklist

“A triumph.” — —The New York Times –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

See all Editorial Reviews

Age Range: 10 and up Grade Level: 5 and upSeries: Golden Mountain ChroniclesAudio CD: 6 pagesPublisher: HarperFestival; Unabridged edition (September 4, 2007)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0061493368ISBN-13: 978-0061493362 Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #357,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #156 in Books > Children’s Books > Geography & Cultures > Multicultural Stories > Asian & Asian American #235 in Books > Books on CD > Children’s Fiction > General #507 in Books > Children’s Books > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > United States > 1900s
No one melds fact and myth into seamless storylines of historical fiction quite like Lawrence Yep. Like many of his tales, the remarkable, "Dragonwings", reflects on the Chinese experience in America. Says Yep in his author’s note, "I have tried to make some of these dry historical facts become living experiences". The result is a book that certain kids will grow attached to and respect. Admittedly, it is not a book for all children, but for what it offers it is an impressive work.

The plot follows Moon Shadow, a boy sent from his native China to live with his father in the Land of the Gold Mountains a.k.a San Francisco in 1903. While there, Moon Shadow learns a great deal about the ways the white settlers (referred to in this text, without exception, as demons) reacted to the Chinese in California. Yep does not play down the characters’ difficulties, but Moon Shadow and his father, Windrider, learn the ways in which they may live their lives acceptably. They befriend their white employers, survive the great San Francisco earthquake, and finally Windrider follows his dream of making a flying machine just as the Wright Brothers did. This portion of the book is based on the true story of a Chinese immigrant that on September 22, 1909 flew from the hills of Oakland, California. As Yep points out in his author’s note, this book is a historical fantasy and not an actual factual construction. Nonetheless, Windrider’s quest is such that you feel just as caught up in the excitement of the moment as he is when at last he is able to test his creation.

What is so impressive about Lawrence Yep’s writing is how he accepts that there are no hard and fast rules about the ways in which people act and react.
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Dragonwings CD PDF

Dragonwings CD: Golden Mountain Chronicles:1903 Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Laurence Yep Page ID: 0061493368

From School Library Journal

Grades 4-7–Laurence Yep’s Newbery Honor book (HarperCollins, 1975) offers insights into the lives of Chinese-Americans in early 20th century California. The story begins as eight-year-old Moon Shadow Lee journeys across the Pacific to join his proud and clever father at the family-owned laundry in San Francisco. The boy recounts their problems with prejudice, as well as the kindness of uncles and cousins. Father and son must leave the protection of the family to move out of Chinatown, but they find refuge with a generous and friendly landlady. Once they have successfully established a repair business, they turn their attention to making a flying machine. Though it’s a modern invention, part of their motivation is the elder’s belief in his own previous dragon existence. Yep draws heavily on his own heritage, but also includes figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and the Wright Brothers, and historic events such as the San Francisco Earthquake. The result is a heartwarming story set in a familiar time and place, but told from a new perspective. The quiet intensity of B. D. Wong’s narration enriches the text as he creates memorable voices for a large cast of characters. Wafting, ethereal music signals the end of each side of the cassette, and the cover art is attractive. The only problem is the lightweight cardboard package, which is not sturdy enough for heavy circulation. That shouldn’t deter libraries from purchIDg this fine recording which will provide upper elementary and middle school listeners with lessons in history, and a gentle reminder of the value of a loving family and loyal friends.

Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library. Rocky Hill, CT

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

–This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Review

“A fine, sensitive novel . . . that conveys the Chinese American’s cultural heritage.” — —BL

“A fine, sensitive novel written with grace in a way that conveys the Chinese American’s cultural heritage.” — —Booklist

“A triumph.” — —The New York Times –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

See all Editorial Reviews

Age Range: 10 and up Grade Level: 5 and upSeries: Golden Mountain ChroniclesAudio CD: 6 pagesPublisher: HarperFestival; Unabridged edition (September 4, 2007)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0061493368ISBN-13: 978-0061493362 Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #357,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #156 in Books > Children’s Books > Geography & Cultures > Multicultural Stories > Asian & Asian American #235 in Books > Books on CD > Children’s Fiction > General #507 in Books > Children’s Books > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > United States > 1900s
No one melds fact and myth into seamless storylines of historical fiction quite like Lawrence Yep. Like many of his tales, the remarkable, "Dragonwings", reflects on the Chinese experience in America. Says Yep in his author’s note, "I have tried to make some of these dry historical facts become living experiences". The result is a book that certain kids will grow attached to and respect. Admittedly, it is not a book for all children, but for what it offers it is an impressive work.

The plot follows Moon Shadow, a boy sent from his native China to live with his father in the Land of the Gold Mountains a.k.a San Francisco in 1903. While there, Moon Shadow learns a great deal about the ways the white settlers (referred to in this text, without exception, as demons) reacted to the Chinese in California. Yep does not play down the characters’ difficulties, but Moon Shadow and his father, Windrider, learn the ways in which they may live their lives acceptably. They befriend their white employers, survive the great San Francisco earthquake, and finally Windrider follows his dream of making a flying machine just as the Wright Brothers did. This portion of the book is based on the true story of a Chinese immigrant that on September 22, 1909 flew from the hills of Oakland, California. As Yep points out in his author’s note, this book is a historical fantasy and not an actual factual construction. Nonetheless, Windrider’s quest is such that you feel just as caught up in the excitement of the moment as he is when at last he is able to test his creation.

What is so impressive about Lawrence Yep’s writing is how he accepts that there are no hard and fast rules about the ways in which people act and react.
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Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Hardcover – 2005
Author: Visit ‘s Steven C. Hayes Page ID: 1606710516

Self Help book on overcoming depression and resetting the mind.

HardcoverPublisher: Harbinger (2005)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1606710516ISBN-13: 978-1606710517 Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.1 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #94,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #939 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > General
Psychological treatments, like most forms of therapy, have been developing and adapting for centuries. In recent years the best treatment for depression, as well as a host of other psychiatric disorders, has being centered on a combination of medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The behavior therapies largely replaced psychoanalytic theory. The transition from psychoanalysis was not smooth, and as an attempt to ridicule psychoanalytic ideas, some notorious behavior therapists used to train people with mental illness to perform simple actions and then they would watch with amusement as psychoanalytically trained colleagues concocted creative but often bizarre symbolic interpretations of behaviors that had just been created.

We may now be on the cusp another revolution in therapy that could ultimately relegate CBT to the history books, rather in the way that CBT did to psychoanalysis. This new approach has sprung directly from the Buddhist traditions, and revolves around "mindfulness and acceptance". In the Buddhist worldview, each moment is complete by itself, and the world is perfect as it is; That being so, the focus is on acceptance, validation and tolerance, instead of change, and experience rather than experiment as the way to understand the world.

For many patients it feels profoundly liberating to be able to see that thoughts are just thoughts and that they are not "you" or "reality." This realization can free an individual from the distorted reality that they often create and allow for more clarity and a greater sense of control in life.
I suffer of OCD and panic attacks (if Hell exists, and I believe so, I am sure it has to be something like an eternal panic attack). My life had been, for many years -about 15-, all about my obsessions, compulsions and fears. I lived in a continuous reactive mode to my mind. If my mind was over-curious or stressed I felt fear and just followed it. I would be amazed at myself and my continuous, unstopping over-thinking.

I started by reading Tolle’s "The Power of Now". The book, instead of helping me, caused me panic attacks (well, the book and my personal circumstances too). I was feeling like "Well, my thougts are different from myself and my self-identity, but… if I am not my mind, if I am not my thoughts, then who am I?". Afterwards, I read "Brain Lock". Great book! Still, I was living in continuous reactive mode: if an obsessive thought would come, I would react with the book methodology (Realize one is having a thought, realize one has OCD, find something else to do and, finally, stop giving importance to the obsessions). The book was a breakthrough for me into CBT. But, walking down a library some day, prey of a depression after a panic attack had spoiled a relationship, I came across this book (Get out of our mind…) I bought it with a bunch of other books.

What makes this book so great is that it takes you by hand to ACT (a form of CBT) and actually has compassion at yourself. It goes slowly. It repeats the ideas several times and makes amazing analogies. It explains, in plain English, the mind-trap of trying not to think something and how this is a loophole (the less you try to think on an elephant, the more you think of it). It contains plenty of exercises. I did them (Do them!

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life The New Paperback November 1 2005 Hardcover Please retry In Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Commitment Therapy Audible Unabridged Hardcover from 4 58 2005 Steven C Hayes Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life The New Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life and Commitment Therapy Pub Date 11 1 2005 Publisher New Harbinger The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Shop for Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Life The New Acceptance Commitment Therapy whichGet Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

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Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Hardcover – 2005
Author: Visit ‘s Steven C. Hayes Page ID: 1606710516

Self Help book on overcoming depression and resetting the mind.

HardcoverPublisher: Harbinger (2005)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1606710516ISBN-13: 978-1606710517 Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.1 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #94,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #939 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > General
Psychological treatments, like most forms of therapy, have been developing and adapting for centuries. In recent years the best treatment for depression, as well as a host of other psychiatric disorders, has being centered on a combination of medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The behavior therapies largely replaced psychoanalytic theory. The transition from psychoanalysis was not smooth, and as an attempt to ridicule psychoanalytic ideas, some notorious behavior therapists used to train people with mental illness to perform simple actions and then they would watch with amusement as psychoanalytically trained colleagues concocted creative but often bizarre symbolic interpretations of behaviors that had just been created.

We may now be on the cusp another revolution in therapy that could ultimately relegate CBT to the history books, rather in the way that CBT did to psychoanalysis. This new approach has sprung directly from the Buddhist traditions, and revolves around "mindfulness and acceptance". In the Buddhist worldview, each moment is complete by itself, and the world is perfect as it is; That being so, the focus is on acceptance, validation and tolerance, instead of change, and experience rather than experiment as the way to understand the world.

For many patients it feels profoundly liberating to be able to see that thoughts are just thoughts and that they are not "you" or "reality." This realization can free an individual from the distorted reality that they often create and allow for more clarity and a greater sense of control in life.
I suffer of OCD and panic attacks (if Hell exists, and I believe so, I am sure it has to be something like an eternal panic attack). My life had been, for many years -about 15-, all about my obsessions, compulsions and fears. I lived in a continuous reactive mode to my mind. If my mind was over-curious or stressed I felt fear and just followed it. I would be amazed at myself and my continuous, unstopping over-thinking.

I started by reading Tolle’s "The Power of Now". The book, instead of helping me, caused me panic attacks (well, the book and my personal circumstances too). I was feeling like "Well, my thougts are different from myself and my self-identity, but… if I am not my mind, if I am not my thoughts, then who am I?". Afterwards, I read "Brain Lock". Great book! Still, I was living in continuous reactive mode: if an obsessive thought would come, I would react with the book methodology (Realize one is having a thought, realize one has OCD, find something else to do and, finally, stop giving importance to the obsessions). The book was a breakthrough for me into CBT. But, walking down a library some day, prey of a depression after a panic attack had spoiled a relationship, I came across this book (Get out of our mind…) I bought it with a bunch of other books.

What makes this book so great is that it takes you by hand to ACT (a form of CBT) and actually has compassion at yourself. It goes slowly. It repeats the ideas several times and makes amazing analogies. It explains, in plain English, the mind-trap of trying not to think something and how this is a loophole (the less you try to think on an elephant, the more you think of it). It contains plenty of exercises. I did them (Do them!

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life The New Paperback November 1 2005 Hardcover Please retry In Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Commitment Therapy Audible Unabridged Hardcover from 4 58 2005 Steven C Hayes Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life The New Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life and Commitment Therapy Pub Date 11 1 2005 Publisher New Harbinger The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Shop for Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Life The New Acceptance Commitment Therapy whichGet Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

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