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Books & Videos: Reviews & Information
The Alexander Technique Workbook
Richard Brennan, Collins & Brown, 6 January 2011, pbk,
160pp, ISBN 978-184340-594-8, 218x180x12mm. Available
from Amazon.
(First
published in STATNews, May 2011)
Review by
Anthony Kingsley
Free Yourself from Back Pain
A guide to the Alexander Technique
Noël
Kingsley, Kyle Cathie Ltd, February 2011, pbk, 160pp,
ISBN 978-1-85626-956-8, 250x210mm, £14.99.
45% discount
&
free
postage
to STAT
members, contact Lisa Brown:
tel. 020 7 692 7224,
lisa.brown@kyle-cathie.com
(First
published in STATNews, May 2011)
Review by
Roger Kidd
CRPS Awareness
Moving Against Pain
Sunny Boshoff, Rightime Books, 8 August 2010, hbk, 240pp,
ISBN 978-095663-600-3, 248x20x178mm. £17 from Amazon. See
also www.crps-selfhelp
(First
published in STATNews, May 2011)
Review
by Dr Miriam Wohl
Golf Sense
Practical Tips On
How To Play Golf In The Zone
Roy Palmer, illustrated by Sophie Webber, FrontRunner
Publications
2010, pbk, 153pp
ISBN 978-0-956259-30-1
(First published in STATNews, January 2011)
Review by Martyn Jones
The
Well-Tuned Body:
Banish Back
Pain With Gentle Exercises Based on the Alexander Technique
Penny Ingham
& Colin Shelbourn, Summersdale, pbk, 192pp, 129x198 mm, ISBN
978-184024578-3, £6.99.
(First published in STATNews, January 2010)
Review by
Anna Cooper
Thinking Where I Am
Thinking About A Smile
Thinking About Space
A set of self-published
books for children by Janette Costin, AUSTAT. AU$9.95
each from
www.alexandertechniqueknowledge.com
(First published in STATNews, September 2010)
Review by Jeannie MacLean
with thanks to Charlie Haden
The Master and his Emissary
The
Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Iain
McGilchrist, Yale University Press, 2009; hbk, 597pp,
ISBN 978-0-300-14878-7, £25.00; pbk available in
October, ISBN 978-0-300-16892-1, £10.99.
(First published in STATNews, September 2010)
Review by
Ron Colyer
New and Forthcoming Publications
Golf Sense
Practical Tips On How To Play
Golf In The Zone
Roy Palmer, illustrated by
Sophie Webber, FrontRunner Publications, 2010, pbk, 153pp,
ISBN 978-0-956259-30-1, available from Amazon.
Integrated Practice:
Coordination, Rhythm & Sound
Pedro De Alcantara, Oxford
University Press, UK, USA, by December 2010.
What Every Singer Needs to Know About the Body
Melissa
Malde, MaryJean Allen, Kurt-Alexander Zeller, Plural
Publishing Inc, 232pp, Ill. (B/W), pbk, 8.5 x 11", ISBN10:
1-59756-324-2, ISBN13: 978-1-59756-324-6, $49.95. (First
published in STATNews, January 2010)
Review by Patrick Gundry-White
The
Thought Propels The Sound
Janet Madelle Feindel, Plural Publishing Inc, 288pp,
Ill. (B/W), pbk, 6 x 9", ISBN10: 1-59756-206-8, ISBN13:
978-1-59756-206-5, $45.00. (First published in STATNews,
January 2010)
Review by Penny O’Connor
New Publications
The Integrated Musician
Pedro De
Alcantara, Publ. Oxford University Press, UK, USA. June
2010.
The Practice of Presence
Patty de
Llosa, Publ. Morning Light Press, USA, March 2006.
http://www.practiceofpresence.com.
Now
available as a downloadable audio and in Spanish.
Original
version reviewed in Statnews, June 2006.
Spring Term 2003
at Lansdowne Road
Walter Carrington at Work
DVD-R,
121 minutes, produced by Hella Linkmeyer. €37.00. Available
in UK from Bernard Vetter Tel: 0207 226 2158; available in
other countries from Hella Linkmeyer, e-mail
hella.linkmeyer(at)freenet.de
Review by Clarissa Palmer
Alexander Technique
Workshop
With Rivka Cohen
Two-DVD
boxed set: each DVD c. 82 mins. NTSC format. $35.00 + $3.00
S&H. Available from http://www.rivkacohen.com.
Review by Jean Clark
Backtracked
Pedro de Alcantara
Publ. Delacorte Books for Young Readers, US, March 2009,
eBook or hbk, 272 pp, ISBN 978-0-375-89200-4 (eBook),
978-0-385-73419-6 (hbk), US$15.99.
Review by Judith Kleinman
Earlier Reviews
Forward and Away: A Memoir
Elisabeth Walker. Publ. Gavin R Walker, UK, August 2008, pbk,
232pp, ISBN 978 09 559493 0 2. £15.00 + p&p: UK £2.00,
Europe £4.50, USA $40.00 total. Available from Gavin R
Walker, ‘Columba’, 4 South Parade, Seascale, Cumbria, CA20
1PZ. Tel. 019467 29463. E-mail
gavinstaffa@btinternet.com
Review by Francesca Greenoak
The Up within the Curve
Topics in
the Alexander Technique
Rivka Cohen, Published privately 2008, pbk, 99pp,
$20.00 + $3.00 S&H . Available from http://www.rivkacohen.com,
cohen.rivka@gmail.com
Review by Malcolm Williamson
Body, Breath and Being
A New Guide to the Alexander
Technique
Carolyn Nicholls, D&B
Publishing, UK. US Oct 2008, Europe Sept 2008. ISBN
190446842X, pbk, 192pp.
Review by Anne Battye
Mind and Muscle and Music:
A companion to
Mind and Muscle: an owner’s handbook
Elizabeth Langford, Publ.
Alexandertechniek Centrum vzw, Leuven, 2008, pbk, 227pp,
ISBN 978 90 808491 3 6, €25. http://www.alexandertechniekcentrum.be.
Tel/fax +32 (0)16 25 12 89.
Review by Elisabeth
Waterhouse
From Stress to Freedom
with the Alexander
Technique
Revised and re-issued in DVD World Format,
Produced and Presented by Anthony Kingsley. Available from
Alexander Books, Amazon, or
www.qleap.co.uk, £15.99.
Review by Grant Dillon
Release Into Balance
An Introduction to the Alexander Technique
Robin John Simmons, audio CD and booklet, 52
mins, 20pp, £15 + £2 p&p, 2-5 copies £3.50 p&p. David Reed
Media, St Christopher House, Ridge Road, Letchworth Garden
City, Herts, SG6 1PT.
http://www.davidreedmedia.co.uk
Review by Anna Cooper
How You Stand, How You Move, How
You Live
Learning
the Alexander Technique to Explore Your Mind-Body Connection
and Achieve Self-Mastery
Missy
Vineyard, Publ. Marlowe & Company, 3 July 2007, price
US$18.95, 336pp, 60 B&W illustrations, ISBN-10:
1-60094-006-4, ISBN-13: 978-1-60094-006-4.
Review
by Anthony P Kingsley
(first published in Statnews, September 2007).
Live Better: Alexander Technique
Skills
and Inspirations for Well-being
Joe
Searby, Publ. Duncan Baird, 2007, pbk with flaps, 128pp,
170x140mm, price £4.99, ISBN: 978-1-84483-389-4
Review
by Marjorie Hodge
(first published in Statnews, September 2007).
Dare To Be Wrong
The Teaching of Judith Leibowitz
Ed. Kathryn Miranda, Publ.
Mornum Time Press, Berkeley CA, June 2007, hbk, 146pp, ISBN
0-9644352-8-4, £15.50 from Mouritz, www.mouritz.co.uk
Review by
Ruth Diamond (first published in AmSAT
News, Issue No. 74, Summer 2007, adapted for Statnews
September 2007).
Conscious Control
A Journal of the F. M. Alexander
Technique
Vol. 1 No. 1, Spring 2007, Publ.
Mouritz, ed. Jean M. O. Fischer, 96pp, ISSN: 1753-853X,
www.mouritz.co.uk
Review by Stephen Cooper
(first published in Statnews, September 2007).
BodySense
Revolutionise Your Riding with
the Alexander Technique
Sally Tottle, 16:9 widescreen
PAL DVD, 55 mins, price £19.99
Review by Clare Adams
(first published in Statnews, September 2007).
Master the
Art of Working Out
Raising your
performance with the Alexander Technique.
Malcolm Balk and Andrew Shields,
Publ. Collins & Brown, 8th January 2007, pbk with flaps,
176pp, 175x220mm, price £12.99, ISBN 978-1-8434-0350-0
Review by
Christine Brown
(first published in Statnews, May 2007).
How Are We Living Our Lives
Viewpoints on the Alexander Technique in relation to
living and child education.
Grethe Laub. Interview and talks 1982-1988. Publ. Novis Publications, Denmark,
3rd October 2006. Compiled and edited by Chariclia Gounaris, pbk, 152pp,
illustrated, 148 x 210 mm, price £16.50 + p&p. ISBN 87-89389-11-5. Order from
www.novis.dk
Review by Joshua Enkin
(first published in Statnews, February 2007)
Befiddled
Pedro de Alcantara
Publ. Delacorte Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House. November
2005, hbk, 192 pages, ISBN 0-385-73265-1. $15.95. Available from Amazon.
Review by Judith Kleinman
(first published in Statnews, February 2007)
The Alexander Technique:
Freedom in Thought and Action
Tasha Miller and David
Langstroth. A hyperlinked, searchable digital book. 129pp
with illustrations & colour photos, ISBN 0-9739786-0-0. CD
ROM in PDF format, CAD $20+p&p from Nous Publishing, 219
Sambro Creek Road, Halifax, NS, Canada B3V 1L8. Tel. +1
902-346-2065,
enquiries@alexandertechniqueatlantic.ca
Review by Jonathan Drake
(first published in Statnews, February 2007)
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