Wednesday 28 December 2011

Otherland : River of Blue Fire (Otherland Series)


Tad Williams began his Otherland series with the massive City of Golden Shadow and continues it with the equally hefty River of Blue Fire. Williams says it will require four (big) books to tell his complex, multifaceted tale, and at the rate that the plot of this second novel moves, readers will see what he means. Not that the book is a slow read; in fact, River of Blue Fire is as much a suspenseful page-turner as the first book.

As it opens, we join up again with the ragtag bunch of searchers trapped in an astoundingly detailed and frightfully dangerous virtual world known as Otherland. Lurking in disguise among the group is the brutally vicious serial killer Dread, trying to find information that will help him overthrow his Grail Brotherhood masters. The group follows a ubiquitous river through world after world, unable to go offline, and subject to the increasingly terrifying certainty that things in this supposedly virtual place are all too real. Meanwhile, Paul Jonas, an amnesiac (but somehow pivotal) character fleeing from two sinister beings, finds more and more of his memory as he does his own Huck Finn river trip. As in the first novel, each new world that the characters enter, from Palaeolithic Ice Age to something suspiciously like Oz, is fully realized and completely unpredictable.

Williams is a master at parcelling out information to the reader in dribs and drabs, which is frustrating yet tantalizing, like a particularly good computer game. When the group is split up and the adventure divides further, the reader senses the author as a puppet master, following some incredibly complex flows of information. The best course is just to hang on and enjoy Williams's deft characterizations, lush descriptions and wildly divergent plot. If you've ever been white-water rafting, you'll recognize the feeling. --Therese Littleton

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The Last Thane (Dragonlance: the Chaos War Series)




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Monday 26 December 2011

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)


The first volume in the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' trilogy which tells of the treachery, greed and war threatening the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall. In a world scarred by battle and catastrophe, it describes the deeds of a people locked in conflict and the legacy they will leave their children.

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A Tremor in the Bitter Earth (Tor Fantasy: The Tielmaran chronicles)




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Friday 23 December 2011

PABA - Para-amino benzoic acid - 1000 mg - 60 Tablets


Contents: 60 tablets

Para Amino Benzoic Acid * 1000 mg


PABA, or para-aminobenzoic acid, is generally classified with the B-vitamin family, although it is not itself a vitamin. Its best known role is as a precursor for folic acid production. Folic acid is important in cell division and the healthy development and structure of red blood cells.

Key features:

- Precursor for folic acid production.
- Important in cell division.
- For a healthy development and structure of red blood cells.
- Helps protect the skin against ultra-violet radiation.
- Assists with breaking down of protein.


PABA is often thought of as only an ingredient used in sunscreens, while it is in actual fact a nutritional ingredient as well. Since it is a moiety of PGA, a form of folic acid, some health professionals do not consider it a vitamin, but only a B-complex factor.

PABA is used to improve the protein used in the body, it relates to red blood cell formation as well as assisting the manufacture of folic acid in the intestines. Para-aminobenzoic acid is used in sunscreen preparations since it can help protect the skin against ultra-violet radiation.

It has been linked to hair growth as well as reversing the graying of hair, but these results are disappointing. People suffering from vitiligo, over-pigmentation of skin, or without pigment in some spots, have reported an improvement of the skin after more PABA was ingested.

PABA also assists with breaking down of protein, the formation of red blood cells and maintaining intestinal flora.

When PABA is in short supply fatigue, irritability, nervousness and depression might manifest itself as well as constipation. Weeping eczema has also been noted in people with PABA deficiency as well as patchy areas on the skin.



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Source Naturals Alpha Lipoic Caps, 30 Caps 300 mg


Alpha-Lipoic Acid is a powerful antioxidant that is soluble in both fat and water. It directly recycles vitamin C and indirectly recycles vitamin E, providing additional antioxidant protection. It is also an important component in the energy production process in the cells. Alpha-lipoic acid is a coenzyme that assists in the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-coA. Acetyl-coA is the beginning point for the Krebs cycle, one of the body's main energy production cycles, which produces the high-energy

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Thursday 22 December 2011

Boswellia Extract - 50 - Tablet


Contents: 50 tablets

Bosewellia Extract - Yields 262 mg of Boswellic Acids


Source Naturals Boswellia Extract is concentrated from the specially processed resins and gums of the Boswellia serratta tree. The benefits of boswellia are due to the presence of four triterpene acids, especially â-boswellic acid. This Boswellia Extract is carefully standardized to contain at least 70% boswellic acids.

Key features:

- Contains four triterpene acids.
- Possesses anti-inflammatory action.
- Does not have any side effects.
- Prevents the breakdown of connective tissue.
- Potent anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic effects.
- Improves blood supply to the joints.
- Restores integrity of vessels weakened by spasm.
- For treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, with no side effects.


Boswellia is found though out Western and Central India. Boswellia has attracted a lot of attention in the world medical community because it possesses anti-inflammatory action that is just as effective against most types of induced arthritis as most prescription medication, yet Boswellia does not have any side of the side effects. Research conducted in India found that an extract of Boswellia was more beneficial, less toxic, and more potent than the standard drug of choice for rheumatic disorders, Ketoprofen (benzoyl hydrotropic acid). Ketoprofen is preferred over other anti-inflammatories such as indomethacin, phenylbutazone or acetylsalicylic acid. Boswellic acids (BA) are believed to suppress the proliferating tissue found in the inflammed areas and also prevents the breakdown of connective tissue. The mechanism is similar to the action of non-steroidal groups of anti-arthritic drugs with no side effects, gastric irritation and ulcerogenic activity.



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Wednesday 21 December 2011

Source Naturals Beta Carotene, 100 Softgel, 25000 Iu


BETA CAROTENE is converted by the body to vitamin A as needed, relieving a toxic build-up of this nutrient. Vitamin A is essential for vision, growth, cellular differentiation and proliferation, and the integrity of the immune system. Beta carotene is also a major component of the bodyâ?TMs natural antioxidant defenses against free radicals.

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Magicool Hot Weather Cooling Spray 200ml




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Tuesday 20 December 2011

Source Naturals No-Flush Niacin, 60 Tabs 500 MG


No Flush NIACIN plays an essential role in the activities of various enzymes involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats, the functioning of the nervous and digestive systems, the manufacturing of sex hormones, and the maintenance of healthy skin. Inositol hexanicotinate functions as No Flush Niacin without the characteristic flush.

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