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The author does an excellent job of analyzing why the U. S. dollar will crash, explaining very well the factors that will lead to such a crisis. His proposed solutions, unfortunately, recommend the same factors that will cause the crisis in the first place. He is employed by the World Bank and I am sure that his book and its proposed solutions were approved by it prior to its publication.

Winston Churchill is reported to have said of noted academic of his time that "he knows everything and understands nothing." Unfortunately, this book discloses the same tendencies on the part of its author.

This book is really worth the read for anyone trying to make sense of our world economic environment. Mr. Duncan makes many persuasive points as he explains the cause of the boom/bust cycles that have occurred since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods agreement. A major point is that the proliferation of a fiat "dollar standard" has created credit inflation in the banking systems of export heavy nations. This increase in credit created much distortion and malinvestment, and the cycle ended with over-capacity and speculation. Asset bubbles were then created in equities and real estate. He also describes the "boomerang dollar" as the money flowing out of the US, because of our current account deficit, finds it's way back here as foreign nations buy our corporate, federal, and agency debt. Our budget deficit is largely financed by foreigners who then add the dollar denominated assets to their bank reserves. The author's work is well researched and presented.
In part four the author presents his solutions to what he believes is a looming global deflationary depression. He describes a global minimum wage, and the empowerment of the IMF to basically become the world's central bank. It was enough to make the Austrian hairs stand up on the back of my neck. I believe his solutions are thankfully unworkable. The cost and logistics of overseeing the minimum wage compliance would be staggering. We have enough trouble enforcing work laws in our own country. How do we expect some UN knockoff to monitor an employer in Saigon or Calcutta? The author's solution to allow the IMF to use special drawing rights to provide global welfare makes me wonder if he may have written the fourth part of his book as an intellectual exercise, target practice if you will.
Mr. Duncan's book is important in its factual examination of some very troubling global economic developments. I'm glad I read it. But, his solutions are way off the mark. Any real solutions come with much pain, it can't be avoided. We need a sound money system, less government intervention, and more reliance on free market forces.

I have zero backgroud on economic. This books helps me to understand the US trade deficit, its cause and consequence. Now I can look at events from a new perspective. This is an excellent book.

I enjoyed this book very much. I'm a catholic and this book has in no way altered my beliefs about God. On the other hand, it did change my beliefs concerning miracles. Joe Nickell seems to have done a good job by searching out all the info and he seems to know his subject very well. Some of his arguments are very convincing, and some are not convincing at all I have to admit. I don't know if the sources he uses are reliable, but some of them seem to be quite reliable and trustworthy. I didn't check his sources, so in that sense I have to have just about as much faith to believe in his stuff than to believe in the miracles!!! No, I'm exaggerating. His sources are probably credible, but what bothers me a little in this book is his attitude that NO MIRACLES EXIST. It might be true - I don't know, I've never seen one - but he is just looking for proofs that miracles don't exist and he stops there. It doesn't answer all the mysteries that are still around all those alleged "miracles". He does give explanations for some of the "proofs" for miracles, but I've noticed that they are mostly for old miracles and all the "new" miracles are not being delt with enough. That's my feeling. Like Padre Pio. He hardly mentions him. Fatima, Lourdes and all those events: I still can't understand how those kids would do that: to lie in front of thousands of people. I don't know. Plus, his explanations about the sun moving are not conving at all. What about Saint Bernadette? Her body is preserved and yet he doesn't give us any explanations about why. He just assumes that they might have injected her body with some stuff... Very good book nonetheless. Highly recommended.

Insightful and thought-provoking examination of the need of humans to believe in a higher power, even to the point of imagining and making-up miracles. In addition Mr. Nickell shows other less noble ideas of what caused a "miracle" such as greed. I think this book will get some readers to outwardly show anger. However, inside I bet they are questioning their beliefs. Afterall, a good book should give you something to think about for a while even if it scares you. Bravo!!

I am a Catholic, but I loved this book. I am so sick of hearing about Lourdes, Fatima, and other Catholic scams. This book shines the light of truth on these events and on many other odd things.

If the book's title alone is not enough to make you doubt its credibility, take a look at the 100 so-called "case studies". There is no reasonable way to determine if the people in these studies ever had cancer, were cured of cancer -- or if they even exist for that matter. I have tried to find out about these people by calling the book's publisher at the toll-free number on the back cover and got nowhere. If Clark indeed has any kind of effective cure for any cancer you would hear more about it. She would be one of the greatest healers of all time. Instead she is virtually ignored - not condemned by most knowledgeable in medicine. They must feel her book is so obviously lacking in validity that the reader will soon figure out on their own it is flawed throughout. I wish it were true that there were a cure for all cancers, but sadly at this time one has not been found and confirmed with "reliable and verifiable" data. Clark's book might be good for a few laughs if it weren't for the fact it deals with such a serious matter. In the beginning of the book it says, "You may not have time to read this entire book first if you have cancer and are scheduled for surgery, chemotherapy or radiation treatment.". And later on the same page it reads, "Does this mean you can cancel your date for surgery, radiation or chemotherapy? Yes, after curing your cancer with this recipe, it cannot come back.". This is unconscionable and maybe even criminal in my opinion. Please, keep a clear, reasonable and open-mind if you still feel a desire to read this book. It's...based on quackery in my opinon.

Bill Ross

After my chemotherapy for Stage IV, non-hodgkin's lymphoma, and desperate, I heard from friends about the book, The Cure for All Cancer. My oncologist had been "troubled" by a "lesion" remaining on my liver, the size of a fifty-cent piece. I wanted to be completely rid of it, but could not immediately take further chemotherapy. CAT scans clearly showed the lesion after chemotherapy. Desperate, I went information hunting, and soon heard of Dr. Clark's book. The trouble was, none of the bookstores and book-selling health food stores in our nearby city, a prominent medical community, could keep Dr. Clark's book(s) on the shelf. I inquired why in three locations, and was told, and I quote, "All the doctors here are buying it as fast as we get the book." "Doctors?", I replied. "Yes" they said, "They're also buying the herbal materials suggested in the book!" Having been an herb grower and user of herbs for years, I soon got hold of the necessary parasite removing herbs and spices, and followed Clark's suggested regimen, which took over a month. At my next CAT-scan, no trace of the worrisome "lesion" could be found. The radiologist rushed to compare scans, and it was gone, all right! My doctor lamely explained the the "slice" taken by the machine (1/8 inch or less) had obviously "missed" the lesion! I remained in remission for over five years, taking the herbs off and on. When this country gets the dog-kissing and cat-hugging off the daily TV commercial screen and recognizes the danger of kissing an animal that has just been "out" kissing and licking other (infected) animals, and tracking their filth into the house and onto all the furniture, maybe we'll make even more headway in disease and parasitic infection recognition and cure. This area of nation-wide parasitic infection is a national disgrace, unaddressed while we waste time on TV sitcoms in family time. Dr. Clark's simple and effective herbal remedies are the work of longstanding observation and effective treatment, scientifically "valid" or not. By the way, did you know that many, many, longstanding herbal cures for parasites are precisely the same longstanding cures for cancer? Check your herbals! Duh!

I'm really suprised at some of the accusations of quackery. I was introduced to Hulda Clark's work by a friend of mine who was also in grave health. Not only was I able to resume a productive, normal life again, but had other perks. I was one of many women on Long Island, NY who had lumpy breasts, or "fibrocytic type breasts". This is an epidemic pre-cancerous condition that is so common nowadays, they are calling it a breast type. Within three days of making Clark's suggested changes in my personal products, ALL lumps were GONE. During my next OB/GYN exam when my breasts were checked the doctor double checked my chart, then my breasts, then my chart--and like usual kept quiet to cover up what she saw as another doctor's misdiagnosis. Actually, it was just a cure. Breast cancer is optional--if you heed Clark's advice. Also, my skin tone improved to it's natural rosy color, so that a friend of the family mentioned that I had a "sunburn". This had been my normal coloration before my health turned bad. My eye color as well became brighter and more distinctly green--within one week of following Clark's suggestions. My bright hazel-green eyes had become dark and almost completely brown before my health was restored. A number of people have asked if I was wearing colored contact lenses, and I have been confronted in that way when getting a new driver's license. My friend who shared the information she had learned about Clark's book never had the courage to just try to change, even though so much was at stake. Unfortunately, not all people have the courage to change or try something new or be open minded about that which is not endorsed by the AMA and other big-business profit machines. I've met few doctors who can even bother themselves with keeping up to date with the latest mainstream medical journals. It is a busy lifestyle they lead. Hulda Clark's suggestions will change your life if you have the guts to follow them-- you will not necessarily have the support of your doctor, but you will once again have the good health you crave.

This book seemed to be aimed more at other therapists than at average people. The language, though readable, was full of clinical terms that made the content seem less relavent to me. It gave numerous examples of how different people react to different situations, but never really specifies how to solve "abnormal jealousy". The book's sub-title says "Causes, Symptoms, Cures", but I found no cures for my situation. There was only stuff on how to deal with normal jealousy that is caused by situations that are likely to arouse that emotion in most people (like one person cheating on another).

Yes jealousy is normal, I know that, it's a part of caring for someone. But how do you deal with someone who is very possessive? Who sees intimate relationships with others when there is none? This book doesn't deal with any of that. It's chock full of information about jealousy in general, but this book was of no use to me whatsoever.

Jealousy is probably one of the most-asked-about situations on my website. Either guys are jealous of their girlfriends going and talking to other guys, or girls are jealous about the attention their guys get when they're out, or girls are trying to make their guys jealous so they start getting paid attention to ... the list goes on and on.

What makes jealousy so powerful? How can it be such a destructive force in a relationship, when many times it's not even based on any 'real situation'?

This book is a HUGE help when looking at jealousy. Whether you tend to be a bit too jealous yourself, or whether you're dealing with a partner who tends to be overjealous of you, the book gives real life examples of situations, and practical advice on how to deal with them.

Just about every relationship has run into jealousy problems at one point or another. They CAN be worked through. I highly suggest this book as a great way to help improve your own relationship.

I came to this book after reading "Falling in Love," Pines' newest book. I LOVED "Falling in Love" (no pun intended!) so I decided to try this book out. Once again, I was totally shaken and amazed to discover how things she was writing about related to me and my life - they were things that made intuitive sense the minute I read them, but never occured to me before. Reading Pines' books is like one big "Eureka!!" experience. Highly recommended!!

We are all brainwashed since birth that everything your doctor says is correct. Come to find out, very little of what they say is correct. Doctors are good for ocationally diagnosing, or if you have a broken arm they can mend it. But if you are ill and desire to be healed, the last place you want to go is to a doctors office. They know nothing of healing. All they can do is despense drugs that the pharmicudical industry tells them they should. It is a multi-billion dollar industry. That is where this book comes into play. If you have cancer, eventually the doctor will send you home to die, because they have run out of varried poisons, (chemo) to pump into your body. Do you think that something that makes your hair fall out is good for you? After they send you home, stop taking any and all drugs, follow this book and Dr. Hulda Clarks previous books as well, & you have a very good chance of living a long healthy life. There are other protocols, such as raising your ph level, & Dr. Becks protcol that work in conjuction with this, read about them. ...

I haven't read all of this book, nor can I make any claims about some of the cancer statements made by the book. But the liver cleanse stuff has really increased my energy level a whole lot. One thing you do have to be careful of, however, is that in exploring alternative medicine, since it is not totally regulated by the FDA, is that even herbs and pills can have side effects that are not mentioned on the label (ex. herbel laxitives probably helped to contribute to my having hermerroids). I have used the zapper technology that was diagramed in the book (as well as zappers that have been built by independent manufacturers). Like all forms of treatment, this technology will have different effects on different people (and of course, side effects). Long term studies of the effects of this technology are still not done yet and perhaps a more scientific approach to the mechanisms of this alternative treatment should be taken so that more information can be passed to many more people. A lot of this book has a lot of good information in it. I know at least some of it is true, though I don't know if all of it is true. My advice would be to read this book, but don't abandon your doctor because of it (especially if you have cancer or aids).

This book would change the world , if people would just find it in their local book store , turn off the local news, and stop listening to their doctors.
I am living in Moorhead Mn and if anyone is interested in begining treatments for anything from allergies to diabetes to aids and cancer I can promise outstanding results , Not by my own merit , nor the author of this book's , but the author of lifes! .Thats right we can give god the glory and much due praise for this amazing discovery.

If you can give the glory to god , and not me, or Mrs Hulda Clark . I would meet with you after a written letter discribing your condition is recieved . MY name is Dan and all letters of concern can be directed to 418 elm st s Apt#21 Moorhead Mn 56560.Any questions or appointments can also be fielded to (218) 284-0814. Cost will not be outrageous , I Just want to help gods people . I have studied in the field of nutrition for over 13 years and am very fluent in alternative medicine. I will correspond through e-mail as well ---- Sendingletters@hotmail.com
Good day and god bless

well

I tried, I read this book twice, made a big plan etc. etc.

all I lost was my money.

be wary of people who hear voices.

I am a problem drinker.I am not an alcoholic.I have never believed in the disease model of addiction. I was on my way to an AA meeting and found Rational Recovery's website instead. Thank god! The book helped me understand that I like the high I get from drinking, but it is'nt good for me so I must stop. I was reassured that the alcohol was the major cause of my depression and that I was'nt drinking to self medicate. I was in a cycle of depression(shame, self loathing,embarrasment)that was caused by drinking. I learned to hear my addictive voice, the voice I hear in my head that says I deserve a drink for being good,bad,happy,sad, abused,ignored, harrassed etc. I learned to recognise the excuses I used to drink and I thought I was smart!

I have'nt had a drink since.I am not a dry drunk. I dont need to "share". I would have given the book 5 stars, but I thought the author went on a bit too much about AA. I happen to agree with much of what he says, AA people often sound like robots, but some of my best friends are robots, so I try not to be too judgemental and Jack gets me all riled up! I recommend highly for pro-active people who dont have time to waste and want to get on with a great(sober) life!!!! This book is not a come on for Rational Recovery treatment centers.Most people can "get it" just from the book. Just like an AA meeting is good enough for some people,some others need more. I dont remember Betty Ford, Hazeltine or any of the others being free!! So why would Rational Recovery's? I also recommend Rational Recovery's book Taming The Feast Beast.

As a tried and true AA retread, I finally got disgusted enough with myself to quit drinking nearly 4.5 years ago. I thought that since I had never been hospitalized, I would go through an out-patient program. I did, but they insisted I attend AA meetings. I wasn't thrilled with this requirement, and I drew the line at having an "attendance sheet" signed, but I did go to the meetings. I think that I was so thoroughly committed to not drinking, it almost didn't matter where I went, or what the philosophy was, but after a couple of years, the AA dogma was wearing thin. I picked up Jack Trimpey's book "Rational Recovery", and it spoke volumes to me. No more of the disease, powerless, meetings till you die propaganda. This is replaced by understanding the Beast will likely always want you to "join the party, and have a drink", while the person who runs the show has made other plans. I am so glad that there is an alternative, proactive, healthy and responsible way of dealing with alcohol dependance. Thank you Jack Trimpey for having the courage to say so.

Robin Cook's "Fatal Cure" is more of the same from this best-selling author. As is standard, Cook takes a development in health care that is disturbing and expands it into fantastic proportions. In this case, the disturbing element is the increased emphasis on cost at the expense of patients' health--all courtesy of HMO's.

"Fatal Cure" tells the story of two young doctors (Angela and David Wilson) who move to an idyllic Vermont town when they are able to land jobs, one at a hospital and another working for the only HMO in the area. David's patients begin dying at an alarming rate, and the deaths defy diagnosis. At the same time, they turn up the body of a doctor in their basement. The dead man had disappeared relatively recently, and the Wilsons (Angela, especially, as she becomes obsessed with the matter) seek to unravel the mystery surrounding his death. Their efforts, however, do not please the town, which responds with threats, vandalism, and hostility. And as if these two problems are not enough, there's the rapist who has been claiming victims in the hospital's parking lots.

The story is thoroughly transparent, and while the precise identity of the culprit might not be obvious, the reasons behind and causes of the patients' mysterious deaths should not be any surprise (and shouldn't have been a surprise to the Wilsons). The lack of surprise is due largely to the transparency of Cook's political message. The characters' motivations do not seem to be entirely consistent with reality, especially as the two young doctors repeatedly endanger their daughter's life by taking her into high-risk situations. Angela, for example, takes the girl with her when she goes in search of her missing husband rather than leaving the child with her grandparents. That factor, more than the political intrusion, is especially disturbing. Cook does know how to string together dramatic events, but the characters are too dull to figure out what is obvious, and the writing is rather poor. For Cook's fans, though, none of these problems will come as a surprise or present any difficulties. For people in search of realism or intelligent and multi-dimensional characters, look elsewhere.

I enjoyed reading the book because it did have a good idea behind it. What bothered me, though, was how unrealistic the main characters' responses were to what happened to them. What got me the most was when the two characters that the family and the little girl were supposedly so close to died, they didn't even contact their families or attend their funerals! PLEASE! At least mention it in the book for 5 seconds so that we know that you have at least a slight grasp of what would really happen! No wonder everyone in Barlet hated them!!

This is the kind of books that I like of Dr. Cook, of course I am not a doctor so I don't understand many things about medicine, but this book is definitely a medical thrillers, and as all of his books you will think twice before you go to a doctor or a hospital.
The story of the hospital that want to save money instead of save patients is not out of reality, in other words I can believe that these things could happened in a small town or a place that are not to many hospitals.
It has one or two mistakes with their daughter, but that doesn't mean that it couldn't be real.

Anyone who has been to AA meetings and witnessed the prevalence of people falling to their kness in prayer to their Higher Power, mentions of "GOD" and Our Lords Prayer knows that AA is a religion based on spirituality - just like Christianity.
Anyone who has also been to AA meetings and witnessed the sputtering and stuttering of the average meeting attendee reading through the simpleton's English of the Steps and Traditions knows that AA is not exactly a hotbed of intellectualism.
This book is really for the curious, but none the worse for that. Recommended if you want to understand AA's false promises.

Bufe is one of many writers today who are bravely setting the record straight about the new religion known as alcoholics anonymous. Bufe's history of AA is second to none yet I felt he was almost too "soft" on them regarding the cult aspect. go to a meeting and look at all the group prayers, chanting, mindless thought stopping cliches, and proselytizing. the comformity and obediance one sees at an AA meeting (and in their own literature) is simply frightening - they ALL say the same things over and over and over forever...THAT to me are markings of a religious cult! Even reading some of the reviews here by AA members (easy to detect) is like reading a scientologist defending the great faith. After reading Bufe's book, I would recommend anyone interested in AA to read the official AA books like "Alcoholics Anonymous" and the "12 steps and 12 traditions" then you will see some of what Bufe is talking about. it is scary when you realize the entire addiction treatment world is based on AA and most staff members at these facilities are members of AA as well....very scary indeed, it's like being surrounded by invisible (anonymous) cult zealots... Great book, Chaz!

Those who would dismiss this book as simply a diatribe against AA either have not read it thoroughly, or are so entrenched in 12-step dogma as to be impervious to evidence. This book is an analysis, not an indictment, of the tenets of AA and the myriad 12-step groups which have followed it's precepts.

Should virtually anything, watching "teletubbies," for instance, free a single person from the misery which is caused by pathologically heavy drinking, I would not hesitate to recommend it as a possibility to a suffering soul. The facts , however, as Mr. Bufe illustrates so well in this book, show that participation in this program not only is unlikely to result in abstinence, but may well discourage those who are made uncomfortable or who are offended by the unmistakably religious foundation of this paradigm from seeking alternative means of treatment. (For those who would take exception to this assertion, I would direct them to the first paragraph of the fifth chapter of the Big Book, ubiquitous at the beginning of the majority of AA meetings, where the unequivocal statement is made that those who do or will not recover as a result of attendance are "constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves." If you do not, for any reason, agree with AA, you are engaging in self-deception.)

The critical chapter of this book (and the source of the heading of this review) is the one in which Mr. Bufe examines the effect which the various 12-step programs have had on our society in it's influence over our courts, and in the dilution of the popular concept of addiction.

For those interested in the subject, I would highly recommend "The Diseasing of America," by Stanton Peele,and "Heavy Drinking: the Myth of Alcoholism as a Disease," by Herbert Fingarette,both, of course, available at Amazon.com.

This book is somewhat disorganized and repetitive to such a point that rather than being reinforcing, you find yourself flipping ahead to see if anything else of value awaits you.

I found the beginning interesting - by restating the food directives outlined in the old testament, it certainly does indicate that God gave us some excellent diet guidelines right from the start. However, many passages/interpretations used throughout the book are somewhat questionable.

This book discusses spiritual healing through prayer, diet, supplements, traditional and alternative treatments for a variety of health conditions, and includes a few recipes in the back. However, there is not a lot of detail on any one of these issues as the book is only 152 pages.

My first impression of this book is that Cherry's interpretation of some Bible verses is rather suspect. For instance, he claims that the healing recorded in John chapter nine is a case of Jesus using medicinal and spiritual means to heal. But in no means can spit and dirt be considered to be a medicinal cure for congenital blindness! OTOH, most of the supposed spiritual healings Cherry reports could be attributed solely to psychological factors or the medical treatments that accompanied the prayer.

In regards to diet, Cherry believes the Bible teaches a Mediterranean style of eating. And he is probably correct for the most part. But I did scratch my head when he states throughout the book to limit red meat to three or four times per month but then in a chart on page 118 says to eat lean meat 1-2 times weekly. Most people would probably find the former to be rather restrictive.

He promotes a mostly plant based diet but takes a swipe at a full vegetarian diet at the beginning of the book. But his quick dismissal of vegetarianism doesn't do justice to those who have thrived on such a diet. I go into much greater detail on the pros and cons of a vegetarian diet in my book "Creationist Diet: Nutrition and God-given Foods According to the Bible." I also give a lot more details on diet related subjects that Cherry just glosses over.

In regards to supplements, Cherry recommends rather high doses of vitamins and minerals, especially the antioxidant nutrients. He seems to assume the evidence for their benefit is clear-cut. But as I detail in my book, the evidence is actually contradictory.

As for the discussion on the different healings using prayer and medical means, I did find one story to be instructive. A lady with ovarian cancer believed she was "led" by God to first use chemotherapy, but then she felt led to stop after just three treatments and then to depend solely on natural alternative treatments.

And it worked. The three chemotherapy treatments eliminated most of the cancer leaving it more manageable for the natural means. And by stopping after three treatments she didn't experience any of the common side effects of chemotherapy. If the unthinkable happens and I ever come down with cancer, this pattern of treatment will merit serious consideration.

As for the recipes, they are rather basic and seem to be a waste of space in such a small book.

Overall, this book does provide a good introduction to each of the main issues covered. But it is just that, an introduction. For details, one would have to turn to separate books devoted to each subject.

I'm thrilled that "The Bible Cure" has spawned a series of Bible-based health guides, but there's so much potential for other areas. "The Bible Cure for Faulty Power Brakes"? "The Bible Cure for WindowsXP Bugs"? "The Bible Cure for Brownies That Don't Cook Fully in the Middle But Burn at the Edges of the Pan"? Bring them on! There's nothing the Good Book can't fix!

This "review" is to thank the others who've read and reviewed the book. If "Arch" recommends medications for anxiety, then his title has no credibility. Most medications for anxiety are highly addictive, and the one or two that aren't, don't really work very well. But most importantly, these pills AREN'T CURES for anxiety. They're TREATMENTS. When you stop the pills the anxiety comes right back. And as for the Christian perspective -- don't get me started. All I can say is thanks for the warnings!

I bought this book based on the back cover which reads: "...Then he offers practical proven steps you can take to change your lifestyle, without relying on medication and psychotherapy." I found as I was reading the book, however, that Dr. Hart is a huge proponent of the use of medications. There are also many absolutes in the book. He claims that if you don't do certain things or let certain things go too long, you may never get rid of anxiety or worry. This book is definitely not for everyone.

I read Adrenaline and Stress first and I liked that book too. This book is different although it does reference Adrenaline and Stress several times. I would suggest reading both books for a more complete view of the issues of Anxiety, Stress, etc.

As for this book, I have taken away several suggestions (many are common sense) and am putting them into practice. What makes this book so good is Arch Hart's descriptions of why certain suggestions will work and how they affect the brain, body.

Thank you Arch for another great book.