http://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843I am a teacher of English as a Second Language. Previously, I worked in the technology industry for many years. Reading is one of my favorite activities. My show will talk about interesting books and when possible, authors.enCopyright Alan Cohen (C/O Blogtalkradio)Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:30:00 GMTTue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMTBooksBlogTalkRadio Feed v2.0http://www.blogtalkradio.com/img/btrbetalogo.gifhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/feeds@blogtalkradio.comBlogTalkRadio.combooks,cancer,judaism,bible,christianity,classical music,cooking,dealing with terminal illness,food,godacohen843noI am a teacher of English as a Second Language. Previously, I worked in the technology industry for many years. Reading is one of my favorite activities. Myepisodichttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/11/10/the-healing-patch-cuisine-discussionBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/11/10/the-healing-patch-cuisine-discussion/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/11/10/the-healing-patch-cuisine-discussionTue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMTThe Healing Patch Cuisine DiscussionCancer affects all of us. Some unfortunately get the disease, others know somebody that has it. This show is a conversation with Julie and Sarah, the founders of The Healing Patch Raw Cuisine. From their website - www.rawhealingpatch.com/About.html "Julie and Sarah come from different backgrounds and have vastly different experiences, yet they all suit The Healing Patch© perfectly! While Julie has seven years experience in health and nutrition that fuels her interest in The Healing Patch©, Sarah is a survivor of ovarian cancer which fuels her continued interest in health. They are both talented in the visual arts; however Sarah is the multi-media whiz and Julie likes to dabble in fine arts of all sorts. They both come from families who avidly cook. Sarah learned much of her cooking skills through her Sicilian family who seemed to be in the kitchen 24 hours a day! Julie watched her family cook for hours during family gatherings, and was never big on cooking, yet somehow seems to like "uncooking." The challenge of creating flavors of cooked food in a raw format sparked her creative fire." If you do have cancer follow the advice of your doctors. Take the precautions and tests that the American Medical Association and American Cancer Society recommends. As host, I do not endorse this method.01:00:00acohen843nocancer,ovarian cancer,food,Healing Patch,cookingCancer affects all of us. Some unfortunately get the disease, others know somebody that has it. This show is a conversation with Julie and Sarah, the foundershttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/11/08/Walking-the-Bible--A-Journey-by-Land-Through-the-Five-Books-of-MosesBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/11/08/Walking-the-Bible--A-Journey-by-Land-Through-the-Five-Books-of-Moses/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/11/08/Walking-the-Bible--A-Journey-by-Land-Through-the-Five-Books-of-MosesSun, 08 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMTWalking the Bible - A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of MosesFrom the website, book excerpt, www.walkingthebible.com: "In the Land of Canaan The guard eyed me squarely as we approached his post, moving one hand from his belt to his walkie-talkie. His other arm rested on a rifle. He had gel in his hair and three stripes on his sleeve. “Yes?” he said, arching his eyebrows. It was 9:35 on a late-autumn morning when Avner and I strode toward the security checkpoint at the Damia Bridge, an Israeli-Jordanian border crossing about thirty miles north of Jericho. We had driven up from Jerusalem that morning to start the next phase of our journey, visiting sites in the Promised Land associated with Abraham, his son Isaac, and his son Jacob. Together they form the holy triumvirate of biblical forefathers, the patriarchs, from the Greek words patria, meaning family or clan, and arche, meaning ruler. The Five Books describe several forefathers who preceded these men, notably Adam and Noah, as well as many who follow. But the three patriarchs receive special distinction because it’s to them — of all humanity — whom God grants his sacred covenant of territory, and through them that the relationship between the people of Israel and the Promised Land is forged. The story of the patriarchs takes up the final thirty-nine chapters of Genesis and covers the entire geographical spectrum of the ancient Near East, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, and back again, all within several verses. For Avner and me, this scope posed a challenge. Soon after our return from Turkey, we huddled in the living room of his home in Jerusalem and set about devising an itinerary. It was a sunny, comfortable room, with whitewashed walls, bedouin rugs from the Sinai, and pictures of his two children, as well as the two daughters of his second wife, Edie, a Canadian who served as office manager for the Jerusalem bureau of the New York Times.01:00:00acohen843nobible,Judaism,Christianity,Islam,GodFrom the website, book excerpt, www.walkingthebible.com: "In the Land of Canaan The guard eyed me squarely as we approached his post, moving one hand from hhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/11/01/YiddishBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/11/01/Yiddish/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/11/01/YiddishSun, 01 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMTYiddishYiddish is the melting pot of languages! It is a combination of Hebrew, French, German, Polish, Russian, etc. It is a language of humor and beautiful sayings. In this show, I will discuss 2 books, "Yiddish, A Nation of Words" by Miriam Weinstein and "The Story of Yiddish, How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews" by Neal Karem. We will discuss how the language evolved, the politics of the language and more.01:00:00acohen843noYiddish,Judaism,Jewish life,Jewish culture,languageYiddish is the melting pot of languages! It is a combination of Hebrew, French, German, Polish, Russian, etc. It is a language of humor and beautiful sayings.http://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/10/18/Three-Cups-of-TeaBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/10/18/Three-Cups-of-Tea/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/10/18/Three-Cups-of-TeaSun, 18 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMTThree Cups of TeaHow people make the world better is something that interests me. "Three Cups of Tea" is a book that tells one way to accomplish this. From the back cover of the book, "In 1993, Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2 in honor of his younger sister, but when another member of his group got sick, they turned around, and Greg became lost in the mountains of Pakistan. He wandered into a poor village, where the village chief and his people took him in. Moved by their kindness, he promised to return and build a school for the children. Over the next decade, Mortenson built more than sixty schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has endured death threats, a kidnapping, and more to dedicate his life to building literacy and peace, one child at a time." This show will discuss this story, and then listeners and I can talk about other organizations (www.kiva.org, www.modestneeds.org, www.microplace.com, etc.) and social entrepreneurship - using business principles to resolve social issues. For more information about this book, author, and project, please visit these related sites: www.threecupsoftea.com, www.gregmortenson.com, and www.penniesforpeace.org. This show is great for young readers. I will also talk about the young reader's edition.01:00:00acohen843noThree Cups of Tea,Pakistan,literacy,social entrepreneurship,Greg MortensonHow people make the world better is something that interests me. "Three Cups of Tea" is a book that tells one way to accomplish this. From the back cover of thehttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/10/11/the-soloistBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/10/11/the-soloist/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/10/11/the-soloistSun, 11 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMTThe SoloistFrom Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soloist), “The Soloist is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a musical prodigy who develops schizophrenia during his second year at Juilliard School. Ayers becomes homeless in the streets of downtown Los Angeles, while still playing the violin and the cello.” A Bit More About Nathaniel Ayers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Ayers), "Ayers began playing the double bass during middle school. He attended the Juilliard School in New York on a scholarship as a double bassist, but suffered a mental breakdown during his second year and was institutionalized. Ayers was one of the few black students at Juilliard at that time. For some years he lived with his mother in Cleveland, Ohio, where he received electroshock treatment for his illness to no avail. After his mother’s death in 2000, he moved to Los Angeles, California, thinking that his father lived there. Homeless and schizophrenic, Ayers lived on the streets of Los Angeles and made a meager living playing half-broken instruments (such as the violin and cello) on street corners for change." I will discuss the book, and we can talk about mental illness and homelessness, and other related issues.01:00:00acohen843noThe Soloist,Nathaniel Ayers,classical music,mental illness,homelessnessFrom Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soloist), “The Soloist is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a musical prodigy who develohttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/10/04/The-Last-LectureBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/10/04/The-Last-Lecture/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/acohen843/2009/10/04/The-Last-LectureSun, 04 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMTThe Last LectureThis show is a discussion about the book, "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, From www.thelastlecture.com, "On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged. Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to inspire us all, for generations to come." I'll talk about some of the wisdom that Randy provides and we can discuss how to make this wisdom a part of your life. This is one book that everyone should read. It is a story about living life, not dying. However, you can watch a video of the lecture (well worth watching at www.thelastlecture.com.01:00:00acohen843noThe Last Lecture,Randy Pausch,cancer,dealing with terminal illness,lifeThis show is a discussion about the book, "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, From www.thelastlecture.com, "On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Ra