Dragon Erica's Magasin

Hello Fans! Ici c'est mon magasin et je voudrai vendre les choses bons! I'm recommending all the books listed on my hair page as well as some killer CD's and vidieos by bjork, DJ Krush and others.

Books

SCHOOL

"Math Review For Standardized Tests (Cliffs Test Prep)" by Jerry Bobrow http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0822020335/dragonericasmaga This book is great! It really helps you improve your math skills; it's all that stuff we learned in grade school and forgot; like dividing with decimals, etc. good stuff!

"The Complete Guide to Hazardous Waste Regulations: RCRA, TSCA, HTMA, EPCRA, and Superfund, 3rd Edition" by Travis P. Wagner http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471292486/dragonericasmaga This is the leading reference in the field of Hazardous Waste Management.

"Is Your Voice Telling On You?: How to Find and Use Your Natural Voice" by Daniel R. Boone http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565938119/dragonericasmaga Is Your Voice Telling On You? is a user-friendly self-help book designed to help people to find and use their natural voices as well as a useful tool for the speech-language pathologist to use with patients with voice disorders. Following the huge success of the acclaimed first edition (translated into the Portuguese language and commended by experts worldwide), this new second edition continues to captivate readers by including a variety of interesting, simple self-tests that lead the reader to 10 easy steps for finding and keeping the natural voice.

"Change Your Voice : Change Your Life : A Quick, Simple Plan for Finding & Using Your Natural Dynamic Voice" by Morton Cooper http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879804416/dragonericasmaga Dr. Cooper provides encouragement and instruction to anyone who is dissatisfied with his or her voice. He encourages a respect for individuality. He urges us not to fret over whether our voices are "too high" or "too low." The voice that sounds best for you is your own "natural voice," which largely means a voice at your natural pitch. Dr. Cooper teaches you how to find your natural pitch. He also stresses the importance of proper breathing. For him, proper "breath support" is achieved through diaphragmatic breathing, as it is generally termed.

"Lonely Planet Brazilian Portuguese" by Marcia Monje de Castro http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1864503807/dragonericasmaga This book is great! It really helps you improve your Brazilian Portuguese;good stuff!

"Let's Learn Portuguese Picture Dictionary (Let's Learn Picture Dictionary Series)" by Editors of Passport Books http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0844246999/dragonericasmaga This book is great! It really helps you improve your Brazilian Portuguese;good stuff!

"A Story, a Story" by Gail E. Haley http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689712014/dragonericasmaga This book is great! I loved it as a child.

"Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale (Reading Rainbow Book) " by Verna Aardema and Beatriz Vidal http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140546162/dragonericasmaga This book is great! I loved it as a child.

"Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale " by Verna Aardema http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140549056/dragonericasmaga This book is great! I loved it as a child.

Immune systems

"The Body Victorious" by Lennart Nilsson

This book is simply fasciating and beautiful! It's cool to see how our bodies actually fight off disease. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385295073/dragonericasmaga

HAIR

"Good Hair, For Colored Girls Who've Considered Weaves When the Chemicals Became Too Ruff" by Lonnice Brittenum Bonner
You can check it out here, read some reviews and buy it! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517881519/dragonericasmaga

This book is great! She really breaks it down for you and relates several stories of hair hatred and abuse. I think this book is terriffic! One of the first of it's kind. It's a wonderful start to blowing the top off the Good Hair Mentality. This was the hair bible for me and Nicole during our Sophmore year in the wet gothic wonderland of North Carolina. Mrs. Brittenum Bonner has great style and treatment reccomendations (Hot oiling, twisting, and gentle treatment of your hair) but, this book is weak on the products side.

"Plaited Glory : For Colored Girls Who'Ve Considered Braids, Locks, and Twists", by Lonnice Brittenum Bonner.
This should be another good one (I'll let you know as soon as I get my next pay check! :P). She gets even more in depth with hair styles.From the uptown micro braid to the simple cornrow, braids, locks and twists have come into their own. Plaited Glory gives the lowdown on everything from choosing a braiding salon to differentiating between styles and their costs. More than a "hair-do" book, this is a hair primer with a cultural twist. Photos. Check it out at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517884984/dragonericasmaga

Also try Lonnice Brittenum Bonner's "The Kitchen Beautician : For Colored Girls Who Dissed the Beauty Standard When It Became Too Ruff". http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517884992/dragonericasmaga

This has gotten good reviews too, "No Lye!", by Tulani Kinard One of the country's leading black hairstylists reveals the pain-free, chemical-free secrets to beautiful hair for African-American women. Included are the secrets to beautiful, safely done braids, twists, and locks; easy recipes for products that clean, strengthen, and condition the hair; methods to heal damaged hair; painless ways to care for children's hair, and more.
See it at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312151802/dragonericasmaga

Try this one: "Let's Talk Hair : Every Woman's Personal Consultation for Healthy Growing Hair", by Pamela Ferrell, Lurma Rackley (Editor)
"FOR TOTAL APPREICATION OF NATURAL HAIR!!! Pam gives details that you can only get from trial and error. This book takes natural hair care to a new level -- educationally and spiritually. The instructions are great and the pictures are beautiful...I've tried a few of the styles, and I am grateful for the thorough instructions. This book is a MUST HAVE if you are a natural hair lover."--A reader from Hartford, Connecticut - Yolanda McMullen , February 20, 1998

"A KEEPSAKE FOR ALL BLACK WOMEN NOW, PRESENT AND FUTURE!!! "Let's Talk Hair..." is a outstanding book that many young Black women should read before they opt to put that next perm or touch in their hair! It gives you great information about the history of Black hair care and the issues Black women were forced to deal with as a collective people. It gives fabulous insight from the maintenance of Black hair, with different textures to beautiful hairstyles and networking. I personally recommend this book to anyone who is thirsty for knowledge of Black hair. Furthermore "Let's Talk Hair..." is a book that all Black women should read because this book holds valuable and vital information for all Black women if our hair is to survive the next millenium."--A reader from usa , September 3, 1998

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0939183021/dragonericasmaga

Try this one: "Brown Skin : Dr. Susan Taylor's Prescription for Flawless Skin, Hair, and Nails", by Susan C. Taylor
"A Flawless Find!In the midst of the summer's challenges for skin and hair,I am thrilled to have found Dr. Taylor's book. Dr.Taylor has included so much valuable information in a very accessible format. She appeals to our common sense which makes her suggestions palatable and easy to follow. The reader does not walk away feeling bad about choices previously made in the area of hair and skin care. Rather you feel motivated to succeed in moving in a new direction. So often advisors in these areas relish giving advice with out regard for the client. Dr. Taylor's approach is quite different. Her specific suggestions along with product names leave the reader feeling capable. Finally, the fact that Dr. Taylor is a physician gives this reader greater confidence in her advice. Additionally as a woman of color and mother of two girls, I know she can relate to my experiences. Thank you Dr. Taylor for walking us through the maze!"--A reader from Montclair, New Jersey- Diana Artis , July 22, 2003

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060088710/dragonericasmaga

Culture Politics

Skin Deep : Inside the World of Black Fashion Models by Barbara Summers

This one is about the image pressures that black women have to deal with. These image pressures reach a boiling point in the fashion and beauty world. This is a great read...it really helps you understand the way that "beauty" is something that is constructed and then force-fed to the world. Here's one reader's review: "L. Holland, Waniehol@aol.com from Washington, D.C. , October 2, 1998 Wonderful! Modeling doyenne Eileen Ford once told the author that a book about Black models would be a short one. Skin Deep is most certainly not. This book is filled with the history of beautiful Black women who have made an impact on the world of style. It was a long time coming. " http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1567430317/dragonericasmaga

Fine Beauty : Beauty Basics and Beyond for African-American Woman by Sam Fine, Julia Chance

This is a great basic book of makeup application and beauty products. This is so wonderful because it takes the unique problems and differences that black skin has into account. A great primer!! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573220957/dragonericasmaga

Booty: Girl Pirates on the High Seas by Sarah Lorimer, Susan Synarski (Illustrator)

This book is awesome! I've always wanted to be a pirate sailing the high seas( that or a mermaid). It's wonderful that this book captures the real and exciting lives of women who actually did it. This book is suitible for all ages. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811832376/dragonericasmaga

Bold in Her Breeches: Women Pirates Across the Ages by Jo Stanley

Another great women pirate book. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0044409702/dragonericasmaga

Chinese Astrology

The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes by Theodora Lau

This book is ultra cool and right on! It is so true for all kinds of people/ animal signs. It has a nice break down of the years, elements, and moon signs. Very accurate and thorough. Even if you don't believe in this, it's interesting to read! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062733702/dragonericasmaga

Here is the fourth Edition. She has revised some predictions, especially for 2001. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062737317/dragonericasmaga

The Silk Road

Stories of the Silk Road by Cherry Gilchrist and Illustrated by Nilesh Mistry

The silk road ran across the Asian continent from China to Persia. This book is beautifully illustrated and contains seven fairy tales from some of the regions through which the silk road ran. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1902283252/dragonericasmaga

Skin

The Wrinkle Cure http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446677760/dragonericasmaga

Hayao Miyazaki

Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, Perfect Collection, Box Set This is incredible! This reviewer put it well: Reviewer: Joanie Aitken (see more about me) from Olympia, Washington United States "I give it 10 stars!!!!! Nausicaa of the valley of wind is a true master piece! It is the best story I have ever read! It truely changed the way I thought about the world. Hayao Miyazaki has a gift for story telling, and Nausicaa is the perfect example! Miyazaki-san is perhaps best known in the U.S. for creating "Kiki's Delivery Service" (Family film)and "Princess Mononoke". While Princess Mononoke easily can be described as a rival for best story, I believe that the morals of Nausicaa far out weigh P.M. The story is captivating and holds true to real life, although the story could be described as "sci-fi". Miyazaki-san has a way of making you feel as if you are right there with the characters,learning the lessons of the earth and trying to prevent the war that could end civilization. While the story seems to take place in the future, it transcends time, as if woven into the very fabric of human nature. Perhaps you might find yourself looking for "the blue clad one" in times of war.(You will understand the reference when you read the books) One warning though: If you buy one book, I guarentee you that the second you finish it, you will be in agony if you don't have the whole series. Do yourself a favor and buy all four! Also: you will not be able to put it down. I stayed up all night once, reading books 3-4 because I couldn't wait to find out what happens next. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED IN THIS BOOK. I GUARENTEE IT." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1569313482/dragonericasmaga

HENRY!!

The Portable Henry Rollins http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375750002/dragonericasmaga
Solipsist http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1880985594/dragonericasmaga
Henry Rollins : The First Five http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1880985519/dragonericasmaga

Music

bjork

I love her! No I don't think she's cute...I think she is strong and powerful and wonderfully creative!

My favorites:

Post http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002HH2/dragonericasmaga

Debut http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002HCO/dragonericasmaga

Homogenic http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002HPV/dragonericasmaga

I've been DJ Krushified. He's great, nice dark melodies that leave you with a sense of loss and future possibliities at the same time.
My two favorites:
Meiso by DJ Krush: Especially the track OCE 9504. It sounds especially good in a Mazda Miata. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003R67/dragonericasmaga
Milight by DJ Krush: The track "Skin to skin" is haunting. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003TSR/dragonericasmaga
Message at the Depth by DJ Krush: Really strong Anti-war Sentiments. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000087J9D /dragonericasmaga

Jaku by DJ Krush

His Latest. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002VEQ0C /dragonericasmaga

1999 [IMPORT] Cassius: This sounds pretty darn cool! You know me..."J'adore la music francais!" I love french music!! Actually this is more chill-grooving ambient stuff, but still tres cool!!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IA5Z/dragonericasmaga

He is incredible!! A truly prophetic writter. He is even well respected by snooty french...Quel suprise!!( In case you haven't noticed I have a love-hate thing with the French.) He's very smooth and has a great sense of rythm, samples and melodies. Try:
Qui Seme Le Vent: This is his first work.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000004C2W/dragonericasmaga
Prose Combat: I love this one! It's so sexy too! If you play this for your honey and you aren't making out with them by the end of this album you're doing something wrong!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005HU2/dragonericasmaga
Paradisque: La troisieme. Incroyable! He just gets better and better!! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000004C3S/dragonericasmaga

This is more ambient stuff. Tres cool! Trip hoppy. Really great album...not too dark not too bright. Great buy! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000I7I6/dragonericasmaga

THE best metal band ever! I have SO much repect for them! They came out with Southern Trend kill when music was all grunge and alternative. They really stayed true to themselves and their style. Thrash on! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004L8DJ/dragonericasmaga

Has anyone expressed the pain and horror of love, life and death better than these guys? It's actually very comforting and haunting. The music rocks, the lyrics rock and the vocals rock. They are very talented; definately artists.
Life Is Killing Me: TON's latest work promises to blend a lot of the old punk/goth/beetles influces back into TON's sound without being slow. I personally enjoyed "World Coming Down" and poo on you who thought it was too slow!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009PJPT/dragonericasmaga

Life Is Killing Me IMPORT w/ extra Tracks http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009Q9AH/dragonericasmaga