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Gal4design's
review of Super Cleanse: Rejuvenating Detox Treatments for Body, Beauty, and Spirit:
"Lately I have been eating really healthy foods and trying to get more exercise, which caused me to buy this book. I have never tried a cleanse before but the more I read about good health, the more I stumble onto this idea of purging toxins from the ...more "
"Lately I have been eating really healthy foods and trying to get more exercise, which caused me to buy this book. I have never tried a cleanse before but the more I read about good health, the more I stumble onto this idea of purging toxins from the ...more "
by Adina Niemerow
Jack Lalanne has a good juicer at a very reasonable price. here's a link:
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Andrea's
review of Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America:
"loving this "
"loving this "
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Allison Frederick's
review of Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America:
"This is the most remarkable story. It is a historical biography of John and Jessie Fremont. For those who are not familiar with them, they lived in the 19th century. Their lives were filled with adventure, betrayal, the California gold rush, abolit...more "
"This is the most remarkable story. It is a historical biography of John and Jessie Fremont. For those who are not familiar with them, they lived in the 19th century. Their lives were filled with adventure, betrayal, the California gold rush, abolit...more "
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by Shirley Christian
Interesting that you also found that this book could only be digested in small doses. I find the material truly fascinating. But perhaps because it does shatter our conventional understanding of US history, it takes me some time on each page to wrap my mind around new concepts, new information. ]]>
I'm so glad I am reading this book. It is my first real view of the early development of the french colonies on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. I think the most fascinating aspect so far is how intertwined the "upper Louisiana" colonies were with the local native americans. There was true admirable if (on occasion) tentative interdependence among them. The French were generally not interested in farming, but rather in trapping, and in trading with the local natives. The indigenous tribes found this less invasive, more compatible with their way of life relative to the land, and a true interdependence developed over several generations. Intermarriage brought the first real expression of our American melting pot. ]]>