(Updated March 2003)
Our library is based at Krystyna Solarski’s house. All enquiries from members wishing to borrow anything listed and donations of books, tapes, videos or useful information to:
Krystyna Solarski, 44 Ashness Gardens, Greenford, Middlesex, UB6 ORN.
Tel: 020 8903 0195.
This is a free service to members of Network MESH only. Please re-use jiffy bags and try to return books etc. within six weeks, or call Krystyna if you want to keep things longer. Many thanks to all those who have helped to expand this service by donating books and tapes to the group.
CASSETTES
1) ‘Breathe to Live’ by Angela Stevens
2) Harmonic meditation and resonance workshop by Chris James (mediation using sound and colour)
3) ‘Yoga Nidra’ deep relaxation (45 mins) plus American visualisation exercise and ‘Palatial’ by the Love Corporation (visualisation to music)
4) ‘Inner peace’ relaxation by Angela Thompson plus ‘Mantric sound’ by Janet Shine
5) ‘Meditation for absolutely everyone’ (based on the breath) by Subagh Singh Khalsa, 2 copies, one with a book
6) ‘Just Relax’: exercises for day and evening by Matthew Manning plus ‘Release’ relaxing visualisations by Jean Taylor
7) ‘Sleep Better’ relaxation plus a short introduction to meditation using the five senses
8) Affirmations to boost self-esteem plus ‘I find love’ - a journey of self-awareness
9) Yoga for M.E. - a taped session by Joy at Ickwell Bury plus Chopin’s nocturnes
‘Yoga the gentle way’ and ‘A journey in the imagination’ by Angela Stevens plus ‘Sleep Better’ relaxation
10) ‘Fighting Back’ - coping with stress and chronic illness by Matthew Manning
11) ‘The way of the dolphin’ and ‘Out of the Depths’ new age style music
12) ‘Sacred Spirit’ - native American chants set to music
13) ‘Brother Sun, Sister Moon’ new age music by Nigel Shaw plus various new age tunes
14) Complete introduction to meditation (4 cassettes) by Patricia Carrington, plus workbook to accompany the course
15) Hyperventilation tape
16) Chakra balancing (humming with colour visualisations) and various different relaxation techniques - a recording of MESH relaxation workshops, updated at each session
17) Tony Butler’s song for ME Awareness ‘One day to the Next’
18) Talk by Dr David Smith on his views about ME management - this is ‘Prozac Man’ (2 cassettes)
19) Two new age music relaxation tapes - details from Janet
20) Tape aimed at improving self-esteem.
21) AfME director in hour-long LBC discussion on ME and the new working party - very positive stuff
22) Radio 4 Checkup program with MESH members Janet, Catriona and Judy
23) Neuro Linguistic Programming: Health and Wellbeing by Joseph O’Connor
25) Coping with allergies, candida and ME by Jo Hampton
26) Coping with Chronic Fatigue by Trudie Shalder (read by Carolyn Appleby)
27) Coping with Pain
28) Sleep Well by Jane Madders
29) Life Skills – Control your tension by Dr Robert Sharpe
30) Sea of Dreams – relaxation music
31) Illuminations – Terry Oldfield – relaxation music.
32) Lecture by Doctor Ian Hyams to Network M.E.S.H. April 2000.
33) Talk by Dr Anne MacIntyre to Somerset ME Group-March 1991 (Two copies)
34) . Bali oriental relaxation music and the secrets of the pan pipes
35) Audrey Howe, Nutritionist (recorded October 1999)
36) Bali - Oriental Relaxation Music/Secret of the Panpipes (cassette) **
37) Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius by M Forstater (book & cassette)**
38) Insomnia Kit by Dr Chris Idzikowski (book & cassette)**
39) Victoria Wood (humour)**
BOOKS
1) Excellent book of fact sheets on all aspects of M.E. by Action for M.E. medical advisor Dr. Sarah Myhill (2 copies)
2) What’s the Alternative? - an A-Z of health problems with drug-free solutions by health columnist Hazel Courteney with Dr. John Briffa
3) Better recovery from Viral illness by Dr. Darrell Ho-Yen
4) The Practical Guide to Candida and directory of UK practitioners by Jane McWhirter
5) Nutritional health - the drug-free guide to better health by Dr. Steven Davies and Dr. Alan Stewart
6) The Back - relief from pain by Dr. Alan Stoddard
7) Dictionary of Bach Flower remedies by T.W. Hyne Jones plus The story of Mount Vernon (history of Bach flower remedies) by Judy Howard
8) The Jokes on M.E. - cheer yourself up with cartoons by Martin and Yvonne Arber, as seen in InterAction
9) Siberian Ginseng, by Betty Kamen, PhD
10) ME - The New Plague with lots of information for young sufferers by Jane Colby
11) Energy in the Red by Jacqueline Finch, (donated by Ivy Chalk whose daughter wrote several chapters in it)
12) Betrayal by the Brain (the neurological basis of CFS and fibromyalgia) by J. Goldstein
13) Depression and How to Survive it by Spike Milligan and Anthony Clare
14) Coping with CFS - a management plan by Trudie Chalder
15) The Complete Guide to Food Allergy and Intolerance (new edition) by Dr. J. Brostoff with Linda Gamlin
16) Candida Albicans by Leon Chaitow (Thorsons 1991)
17) Recovering from ME - a guide to self- empowerment by William Collinge (1993)
18) Knowing ME, edited by Caiea March
19) The Natural Way - CFS
20) Lifetime - A mutual biography of disabled people by Chris Davis
21) Laughter, the Best Medicine by Robert Holden
22) A Research Portfolio on Chronic Fatigue edited by Robin Fox for the Linbury Trust
23) Running on Empty by Dr Katrina Berne – strategies for coping with ME
24) Winter Blues (Seasonal Affective Disorder) by Dr Norman Rosenthal
25) ME and the Healer within by Nick Bamford
26) Climbing out of the pit of life by Dr Darrell Ho-Yen
27) Stress, Anxiety and Insomnia by Michael T Murray
28) Aromatherapy – introduction by S Nichols
29) Bach Flower Remedies – Q’s & A’s – John Ramsell
30) Healing with Homeopathy – Chappell and Andrews
31) The Liver Cleansing Diet by Sandra Cabot
32) Living with ME by Dr Charles Shepherd, 1999 edition
33) From Fatigued to Fantastic by Dr Jacob Teitelbaum
40) Coping with Candida by Shirley Trickett
41) Candida Albicans by Shirley Trickett
42) Sugar Free Receipes by Natalie Wing
43) Zoe’s win by Jane Colby
44) Coping with Chronic Fatigue– Trudie Chalder;
45) Energize Yourself-Vera Peiffer;
46) Self-help for your Nerves– Dr. Claire Weekes;
47) Coping with Anxiety and Depression-Shirley Trickett.
48) Kombucha-Miracle Fungus (Essential Handbook)-Harald Tietze.
49) Understanding M.E.-Dr. David G. Smith.
50) Disability rights handbook 27th edition April 2002 - April 2003
51) Breathing Free-Theresa Hale
52) Melatonin, The Anti-aging Hormone-Suzanne Le Brat
53) Healing Nutrients-Patrick Quillin
54) Candida Albicans. Could Yeast Be Your Problem?-Leon Chaitow
55) Special Diet Cookbook-Candida Albicans-Richard Turner and Elizabeth Simonsen
56) The Allergy Cookbook-Stephanie Lashford
57) Recipes For Health. Low Blood Sugar-Martin and Maggie Budd
58) The Do’s and Don’ts of Low Blood Sugar-Roberta Ruggiero
59) Evening Primrose Oil-Judy Graham
60) Overload-Beating ME- Jacqueline Steincamp
61) The Candida Albicans Yeast Free Cookbook-Pat Connolly
62) Overload (beating M.E.) by Jacqueline Steincamp
63) Coping with Chronic Fatigue by Trudie Chalder (Second copy)
64) Juices: Nature's Cure-All for Health & Vitality by J Castorina & D Stais**
65) Thyroid Power by Richard L Shames MD & Karilee Halo Shames PHD**
Fiction books
1. A vicious circle - by Amanda Craig
2. The road less travelled - by M Scott Peck
3. Thyme out - by Katie Fforde
4. Part of the furniture - by Mary Wesley
5. Natasha's will - by Joan Lingard
6. Wild mountain thyme - by Rosamunde Pilcher
7. Good behaviour - by Molly Keane
8. Writing home - by Alan Bennett
9. Marrying the mistress - by Joanna Trollope
10 The Partner by John Grisham**
11. Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories**
12. The Summons by John Grisham**
13. Morning, Noon & Night by Sidney Sheldon**
Fiction audio books
1. Next of kin - by Joanna Trollope
2. Down Under by Bill Bryson
3. Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag**
4. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje**
5. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby**
6. The Breaker by Minette Walters**
7. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen**
8. The Sculptress by Minette Walters**
9. The Man on Platform Five by Robert Llewelleyn**
10. The Eye of the Storm by Jack Higgins**
Non Fiction books
1. Notes from a small island - by Bill Bryson
2. Great feeling and reeling in the Borough of Ealing - by Dennis Fitzgerald
3. Secrets of Yoga by Jennie Bittleston**
FACTSHEETS AND USEFUL INFORMATION
Action for M.E.’s new therapy information pack, including fact sheets on aromatherapy, graded activity and exercise, allergy and food intolerance, candida, diet, vitamins and minerals, allergy desensitisation, stress, meditation and relaxation, osteopathy, homeopathy, probiotics and colon cleansing, magnesium and Efamol (Evening Primrose Oil), anti-depressants, pain control, acupuncture, yoga and M.E. and visiting an alternative practitioner (available together or separately)
1) Hyperventilation factsheet by Dr. Sarah Myhill
2) ‘If you are unhappy with your GP…’ Action for M.E. factsheet
3) ‘When someone has M.E.’ - guidelines for family, friends and carers by Action for M.E.
4) How to fill in the ‘All Work Test’ by Anna Ravetz from InterAction 20 (Spring ’96)
5) ‘Where to find an alternative practitioner’ - an A-Z guide of contact bodies in the U.K.
6) M.E. and the thyroid gland, by Dr. Gordon Skinner
7) Action for M.E.’s list of local support groups, special interest groups and contacts around the U.K.
8) Critique of the Royal Colleges’ Report on CFS ‘Insidiously biased and potentially harmful’ by Terry Hedrick, PhD from the American CFIDS Chronicle
9) Information about residential yoga courses for ME people at the Yoga for Health Foundation at Ickwell Bury in Bedfordshire, general leaflets about the Action for ME charity and leaflet about residential stays at the Tyringham naturopathic clinic in Bedfordshire
10) Ealing LETS (local Exchange Trading System) information and application form
11) Action for ME’s information for doctors factsheet
12) Action for ME’s diagnostic guidelines for GPs factsheet (based on London criteria)
13) Folder of ME/CFS research files from ME-IT (donated by Peter Coe)
14) The definitive A-Z of useful addresses and phone numbers, from benefits advice to stress management to counselling to allergies - you name it, it’s in here
15) Door to Door’ transport guide for disabled people
16) ME - A Survival Guide (allergies, diet, depression, alternative therapies, useful contact addresses) by recovered sufferer Michael Lamprell
17) BT Guide to phone use for disabled people
18) BMJ (Feb ’98) Guide to diagnosing allergy for GPs (testing is available on the NHS!)
19) Incapacity Benefit ‘scores’ for each activity and advice on application
20) Four AfME Benefits info packs - filing in form for All Work Test and for Severe Disablement Allowance plus tribunal packs for Incapacity Benefit, DLA, and DWA (Disability Working Allowance)
21) The role of the endocrine system in ME – article
22) ME and hypothyroidism - various articles
23) The Disability Rights handbook (April ’99 – 2000)
24) Action for ME pregnancy network info pack providing advice, information and membership list to mums-to-be or new mums with ME.
25) Cognitive Behaviour therapy article, especially in relation to depression
26) Cold Water therapy - two articles from the European newspaper (1993) by Dr Vijay Kakker, giving a full account of the benefits and methods of undertaking this therapy.
27) Transcendental meditation – experimental study, 1989, American Psychologist Assoc.
28) Hyperbaric oxygen info
29) Kim Nye relaxation
30) Magnotherapy (info and advert)
31) Simple hydrotherapy – Kneipp method
32) Sleep – articles from Interaction
33) Dr Dowsett – review of Linbury Trust research on CFS
34) Interview with Dr Hyams – Dec 1999, transcript with Theresa Coe
35) Information pack for The London Clinic Of Integrative Medicine (Dr. Hyams).
36) M.E. Association fact sheet-Anti depressants
37) M.E. Association melatonin-Melatonin.
38) M.E. Association melatonin-MS compared with M.E.
39) M.E. Association muscle-Muscle Twitching.
40) M.E. Association pain-Pain Relief.
41) M.E. Association sleep-Sleep disturbance in M.E./CFS.
42) M.E. Association thyroid-Thyroid Problems and ME/CFS.
43) ME/CFS/PVFS. An Exploration of the Key Clinical Issues.
44) Action For ME review of the Chief Medical Officer’s Working Group into ME/CFS**
45) Interaction magazines (issues - No.34 Aug 2000, No.35 Nov 2000, No.36 Mar 2001, No.37 June 2001, No.38 Sept 2001, No.39 Jan 2002)
46) CMO working group report on CFS/ME a guide (5 copies)
47) National M.E. Centre - The management of patients with M.E. - by Dr Darrel Ho-Yen
48) *What is M.E.? (translated into Urdu) - factsheet produced by Peterborough M.E./CFS self help group. *Please note the contact numbers on this factsheet are for the Peterborough group but nevertheless the info contained within gives a concise definition of M.E., in the Urdu language.
49) AfME Guidance on the management of CFS/ME
50) Metanoia Institute (of counselling and psychotherapy) Referral Directory issued June 2001
51) Info about Ability Net (a charitable organisation whose aim it is to make the benefits of computers available to disabled people
52) List of foods for a Vata Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle
53) What is ME? What is CFS? Information for Clinicians & Lawyers**
54) CFS/ME: Trusting Patients' Perceptions of a Multi-dimensional Physical Illness by Richard Sykes PHD (collaborative report from Westcare UK)**
55) The Physical & The Mental in CFS/ME Principles of Psychological Help by Richard Sykes PHD (collaborative report from Westcare UK)**
VIDEOS
1) Misshapen red blood cells in ME sufferers talk to Network MESH, 20/3/96 by Dr. Les Simpson (2 hrs)
2) The Society for the Promotion of Nutritional Health conference 1995 - new developments in ME research with speakers Brian Ashworth, Doris Jones, Dr. Anne MacIntyre and Dr. Jean Munroe (4 hrs)
3) The Society for the Promotion of Nutritional Health conference 1996 - talks on testing for allergies, mercury toxicity and food malabsorption etc. Speakers include Dr. Jean Munroe and Dr. John Howard of Biolab (2x 2 ½ hrs)
4) Professor Mowbray’s talk on graded exercise and M.E.
5) Post-polio syndrome and M.E. by Dr. Richard Bruno, 11/4/95 (2 ½ hrs)
6) M.E. overview, links to polio plus her recent research on young people and M.E., talk by Dr. Betty Dowsett, 11/5/95 (2 hrs)
7) Dr Teitelbaum’s lecture on effective treatment for CFS/FM, 1999
8) The Society for the Promotion of Nutritional Health – Liver detox. tests, 1997
9) Russell Lane – talk to Staines ME group, 1996
10) Dr Sarah Myhill – ME management, 1998
11) House of Commons debate on ME, 12.5.99 (written version too)
12) Lecture by Doctor Ian Hyams to Network M.E.S.H. April 2000.
13) Medical Channel debate on M.E. with Theresa Coe;
Colin Parratt (tel. 020-8995 5609) has all the back issues of the ME Association’s journal Perspectives.
NB ** denotes new additions to the library
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