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Review Essays of Academic, Professional & Technical Books in the Humanities & Sciences

 

 

The Power of Yoga by Vimla Lalvani (Basic Health Publications) Vimla Lalvani is an acclaimed yoga expert and teacher with several bestselling videos and books, including Yogacise, Classic Yoga, Yoga for Stress, and the Complete Book of Yoga. Now she looks at bringing the power of yoga into one's life using yoga for health, exercise, stress relief, and relaxation, feeling its effects on the body and the mind and spirit.  More

Diversity in Health Care Research: Strategies for Multisite, Multidisciplinary, and Multicultural Projects edited by Joellen W. Hawkins and Lois A. Haggerty (Springer Publishing Company) The new gold standard in health care research is conducting studies that are truly representative of the general population – and not limited to a narrow range of cultural, gender, geographic, or socioeconomic groups. Diversity in Health Care Research provides a how-to approach to planning, implementing, and conducting such studies. More

The Art of Frenzy: Public Madness in the Visual Culture of Europe, 1500-1850 by Jane Kromm (Continuum) is a masterful analysis of public madness from the Renaissance to the Industrial Age. Frenzy - the most flagrant and political form of madness - is the madness of warrior-heroes, kings, scolds, and the possessed. Its representation incorporates a range of traditional characters and figures, from Hercules and Orlando to Medea and Britannia.   More

 

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