Hello Cruel World or Unspeakable Losses

Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws

Author: Kate Bornstein

Celebrated transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein has, with more humor and spunk than any other, ushered us into a world of limitless possibility through a daring re-envisionment of the gender system as we know it.

Here, Kate bravely and wittily shares personal and unorthodox methods of survival for navigating an often cruel world. A one-of-a-kind guide to staying alive outside the box, Hello, Cruel World is a much-needed unconventional approach to teenage suicide prevention for marginalized youth who want to stay on the edge, but alive.

Hello, Cruel World features a catalog of 101 Alternatives to Suicide that range from the playful (Moisturize), to the irreverent (Disbelieve the Binary), to the highly controversial (Get Laid. Please). Designed to encourage readers to give themselves permission to unleash their hearts' harmless desires, the book has only one directive: "Don't be mean." It is this guiding principle that brings its reader on a self-validating journey, which forges wholly new paths toward a resounding decision to choose life.

Tenderly intimate and unapologetically edgy, Kate is the radical role model, the affectionate best friend, and the guiding mentor all in one kind and spirited package.

A celebrated pioneer for the LGBTQI community, transsexual author and performance artist, Kate Bornstein is the author of the wildly successful books My Gender Workbook and Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and The Rest of Us.

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Unspeakable Losses: Healing From Miscarriage, Abortion, And Other Pregnancy Loss

Author: Kim Kluger Bell

This comforting and healing book is a must--not only for women who have at one time experienced pregnancy loss but also for their parents, sisters, daughters, brothers, and friends. Kim Kluger-Bell's extensive fieldwork as a therapist specializing in the psychodynamics of reproductive crises strips away the shrouds of silence surrounding pregnancy losses and abortions, giving new voice to these "unspeakable losses."

Filled with in-depth stories of those who have experienced losses and solid, practical advice with mourning rituals and services, Unspeakable Losses is a necessary companion to all those who have experienced pregnancy loss and those who care about them.

This soothing book is a must--not simply for women who have experienced pregnancy loss, but also for their partners and those who care about them. Kim Kluger-Bell, a therapist specializing in the psychodynamics of losing a child before birth--whether to abortion, miscarriage, or other loss--strips away the shrouds of silence surrounding this unique pain. She gives new voice to these "unspeakable losses," in a culture that has rendered its discussion taboo.

Combining in-depth stories with solid, practical advice, Unspeakable Losses articulates the myriad emotional stages that arise from pregnancy loss and validates what can otherwise be a terribly lonely experience. This book is a vital companion for women and men in comprehending--and recovering from--their own experience with reproductive crisis.This soothing book is a must--not simply for women who have experienced pregnancy loss, but also for their partners and those who care about them. Kim Kluger-Bell, a therapist specializing in thepsychodynamics of losing a child before birth--whether to abortion, miscarriage, or other loss--strips away the shrouds of silence surrounding this unique pain. She gives new voice to these "unspeakable losses," in a culture that has rendered its discussion taboo.

Combining in-depth stories with solid, practical advice, Unspeakable Losses articulates the myriad emotional stages that arise from pregnancy loss and validates what can otherwise be a terribly lonely experience. This book is a vital companion for women and men in comprehending--and recovering from--their own experience with reproductive crisis.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	11
	Preface	13
Chapter 1	Silent Suffering	17
Chapter 2	The Broken Promise: Early Losses	29
Chapter 3	A Grief Delayed: Later Losses	51
Chapter 4	The Dilemma of Choice: Abortion--Elective, Genetic, and Multifetal Reductions	69
Chapter 5	Lost Fathers: Men's Experience of Pregnancy Loss and Abortion	99
Chapter 6	Living with Loss	119
Appendix A	Common Experiences Shared by Those Coping with a Reproductive Crisis	135
Appendix B	For Family and Friends Whose Loved Ones Are Dealing with a Reproductive Crisis	141
Appendix C	Special Notes for Mental Health and Medical Professionals	144
	Resources
	Pregnancy Loss	148
	Abortion and Genetics	151
	Infertility	153
	Internet	154
	Notes	156
	Bibliography	161

Firefighters Workout Book or Guided Imagery for Self Healing

Firefighter's Workout Book: The 30 Minute a Day Train-for-Life Program for Men and Women

Author: Michael Stefano

Each day, New York City firefighters are placed under extreme physical demands. For them, getting and staying fit can mean the difference between life or death. So how do the world's busiest firefighters find time to get in shape? Fire Captain and Certified Personal Trainer Michael Stefano came to the rescue by developing a powerful and effective program that his unit could accomplish without spending endless hours at the gym.

The Firefighter's Workout Book covers all aspects of fitness, including aerobic, strength, and flexibility training that can be tailored to meet individuals' varying fitness levels. Readers are shown how to set reasonable and attainable goals to help them stay motivated and focused. To further inspire readers, Stefano intersperses examples of firefighters who've attained the ability to rise above great challenges due to their new-found levels of fitness, The guide also features a detailed, illustrated exercise program with photos of firefighters to demonstrate safe form and effective routines.

Library Journal

The stereotypical firefighter is strong and healthy: a hero working to save lives. So what better way for an average person to get in great physical shape than to follow a firefighter's diet and exercise regime? Stefano, a New York City fireman for 17 years and a personal trainer, leads the reader through a variety of exercises that cover all aspects of fitness, including aerobic, strength, and flexibility training. The author, who was decorated for bravery three times, urges readers to set goals for themselves and to make the time to exercise. His advice is safe and inspiring, and the workout is easy to follow. Stefano even urges readers to be wary of exercise programs that promise quick results--yet he does promise that by following this workout readers will see a noticeable difference in their bodies within three months. This book will be a solid addition to any public library's fitness section. Highly recommended.--Marianne Fitzgerald, P.L. of Charlotte & Mecklenburg Cty., NC Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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Guided Imagery for Self-Healing: An Essential Resource for Anyone Seeking Wellness

Author: Martin L Rossman

Using techniques he's taught to thousands of patients and healthcare professionals, Dr. Rossman presents an overview of imagery and then provides readers with specific scripts that can be used to achieve deep relaxation and healing. "As clear and pragmatic a manual as one will find on the subject." - Library Journal

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This revised, updated second edition of a 1987 winner provides the latest research and information on new methods of using guided imagery techniques in healing processes. Guided Imagery for Self-Healing surveys various relaxation methods, and provides solid advice on learning from symptoms, resistance and successes. An excellent guide for any interested in effectively using guided imagery techniques.

The AARP Guide to Pills or The Secrets of Skinny Chicks

The AARP Guide to Pills: Essential Information on More Than 1,200 Prescription & Nonprescription Medications, Including Generics, Side Effects & Drug Interactions

Author: MaryAnne Hochadel

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The Secrets of Skinny Chicks

Author: Karen Bridson

Now you can find your inner thinner chick with the exercise, diet, and image secrets of the most enviable bodies

In The Secrets of Skinny Chicks, award-winning women's health journalist Karen Bridson profiles 25 svelte women--including models, actors, athletes and regular folks--to reveal exactly what it is each one does to look so great. These women share with you their tips for planning menus, exercising, and staying motivated as well as advice on boosting metabolism. You will learn how to adapt these secrets into your own life safely and realistically.

Karen Bridson is a certified personal trainer and award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in Runner's World, Active Woman Canada Magazine, The Globe and Mail, and other major publications.

Mad Bad and Sad or Adaptogens

Mad, Bad and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors

Author: Lisa Appignanesi

A brave and brilliantly researched intellectual history of the relationship between women and mental illness since 1800.

This is the story of how we have understood extreme states of mind over the last two hundred years and how we conceive of them today, from the depression suffered by Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath to the mental anguish and addictions of iconic beauties Zelda Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe. From Mary Lamb, sister of Charles, who in the throes of a nervous breakdown turned on her mother with a kitchen knife, to Freud, Jung, and Lacan, who developed the new women-centered therapies, Lisa Appignanesi's research traces how more and more of the inner lives and emotions of women have become a matter for medics and therapists. Here too is the story of how over the years symptoms and diagnoses have developed together to create fashions in illness and how treatments have succeeded or sometimes failed. Mad, Bad, and Sad takes us on a fascinating journey through the fragile, extraordinary human mind. 5 illustrations.

The New York Times - Kathryn Harrison

One of the consistently fascinating and disturbing aspects of Mad, Bad and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors is Lisa Appignanesi's assiduous tracking of the modishness of what might be mistaken for a sui generis discipline. Of course, as anyone who has visited a psychiatric hospital—or ridden the subway—can attest, crazy is what we call people who refuse to conform to accepted norms of behavior. And the definition of nonconformity must change in step with styles of conforming…While Mad, Bad and Sad echoes and enlarges upon Elaine Showalter's book The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980, Showalter's perspective is more exclusively feminist, arguing that psychiatry as practiced on women is a history of their subjugation and control by men. But as Appignanesi makes clear, women have had no little role in creating and fulfilling the definitions of their madness.

Publishers Weekly

Award-winning British novelist Appignanesi (The Memory Man) has written a fascinating if somewhat diffuse study of how, over the past two centuries, women's ability to live creative lives has been controlled by culture, and how their unsuccessful attempts to rebel frequently lead to mental illness-itself a slippery, ever-evolving cultural concept. Appignanesi's sources are wide-ranging but largely literary, based upon letters, diaries, articles and fiction from feminist writers such as Betty Friedan, historians like R.D. Laing and Jacque Lacan, psychologists such as Melanie Klein, and troubled subjects like Zelda Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe. Beginning with the lives of mentally ill women in the 19th century, Appignanesi moves chronologically through the history of psychology-as ideas like schizophrenia replace earlier notions of hysteria-and its relationship to the creative woman, using in-depth profiles of Virginia Woolf, Alice James and others. Looking at the complex cultural, political and familial circumstances under which mental illness emerges, and their implications for the present (in which depression and eating disorders have become major problems), Appignanesi convincingly asserts that "symptoms and diagnoses... cluster to create cultural fashions in illness and cure," suggesting provocatively that "what is at issue here is not psychic disorder so much as social deterioration of a radical kind."
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Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief

Author: David Winston

The definitive guide to adaptogenic herbs, formerly known as “tonics,” that counter the effects of age and stress on the body

• Reveals how adaptogens increase the body’s resistance to adverse influences

• Provides a history of the use of these herbal remedies and the actions, properties, preparation, and dosage for each herb

We all deal with stress every day, and every day our bodies strive to adapt and stay balanced and healthy. In Adaptogens, authors David Winston and Steven Maimes provide a comprehensive look into adaptogens, non-toxic herbs such as ginseng, eleuthero, and licorice, that produce a defensive response to stress in our bodies. Formerly known as rejuvenating herbs or tonics, adaptogens help the body to “adapt” to the many influences it encounters. They increase stamina and counter the normal effects of aging and thus are becoming important tools in sports medicine and in the prevention and treatment of chronic fatigue and other stress-related disorders.

Winston and Maimes present the historical uses of these herbal remedies in India, Russia, China, and the Americas and explain how they work and why they are so effective at combating stress-induced illness. Monographs for each adaptogen also present the latest scientific research and include the origin, traditional use, actions, properties, preparation, and dosage for each herb.

Coming to Term or Its Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Coming to Term: Uncovering the Truth about Miscarriage

Author: Jon Cohen

After his wife lost four pregnancies, Jon Cohen set out to gather the most comprehensive and accurate information on miscarriage – a topic shrouded in myth, hype, and uncertainty. The result of his mission is a uniquely revealing and inspirational book for every woman who has lost at least one pregnancy – and for her partner, family, and close friends.

Approaching the topic from a reporter's perspective, Cohen takes us on a surprising journey into the laboratories and clinics of researchers at the front, weaving together their cutting-edge findings with intimate portraits of a dozen families who have had difficulty bringing a baby to term.
Couples who seek medical help for miscarriage often encounter conflicting information about the causes of pregnancy loss and ways to prevent it. Cohen's investigation synthesizes the latest scientific findings and unearths some surprising facts. We learn, for example, that nearly seven out of ten women who have had three or more miscarriages can still carry a child to term without medical intervention. Cohen also scrutinizes the full array of treatments, showing readers how to distinguish promising new options from the useless or even dangerous ones.
Coming to Term is the first book to turn a journalistic spotlight on a subject that has remained largely in the shadows. With an unrelenting eye and the compassion that comes from personal experience, Jon Cohen offers a message that is both enlightening and surprisingly hopeful.

Publishers Weekly

Frustrated by wildly differing explanations for his wife's four lost pregnancies, award-winning science writer Cohen (Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine) set out to understand miscarriage, a subject fraught with misunderstanding, controversy and emotional pain. Writing in an impressively sensitive and balanced tone, Cohen describes the dynamics of human female egg production, the signs of an impaired fetus, the impact of odd numbers of chromosomes, the relevance of a woman's age and the efficacy of a range of medical interventions designed to help women carry a baby to term. Integrated into this highly readable narrative are the moving stories of numerous couples whose hopes for a child have been repeatedly thwarted by miscarriage. Cohen also gets candid scientific opinions from leading researchers in the field and provides intelligently skeptical and illuminating guidance on some of the more controversial treatments, from lymphocyte immune therapy to the use of progesterone to treat luteal phase deficiency. Looking back, he draws cautionary lessons from the popular miscarriage treatment of the 1950s, diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen now known to cause cancer in female offspring. This enlightening and comprehensive study is a must read for any woman battling the emotional roller coaster of miscarriage and for all those interested in an underexplored area of pregnancy and women's health. Agent, Gail Ross. (Jan 11) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

After his wife suffered four miscarriages before achieving a successful birth, award-winning science writer Cohen (Shots in the Dark) decided to delve into the mysterious causes of this reproductive problem. Relying on clinical data, medical interviews, research papers, and case studies of couples who had endured numerous miscarriages, he found little evidence available to pinpoint the exact cause of this disorder. Numbers show that almost seven out of ten women with three or more miscarriages still manage to carry a baby to term without medical intervention. Besides evaluating the science of miscarriage, Cohen also deeply probes its human element, revealing how this reproductive failure affects the emotions, decisions, and lives of typical couples. While some of the research reports are fairly technical for the average reader, Cohen's chronicle will interest couples who have suffered the anguish of miscarriage, if only to learn that this malady is more common than thought and that remedies are almost nonexistent. Suitable for public and academic libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 9/15/04.]-Rita Hoots, Woodland Coll. Lib., CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A deft melding of what researchers are learning about miscarriage, persistent misconceptions about it, and deeply personal stories of women who have repeatedly miscarried. Science writer Cohen (Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine, 2001) began delving into the subject of miscarriages after his wife had four in a row. Besides exploring the scientific literature, he interviewed and observed doctors working with their patients at clinics (in Boston, Vancouver, and London) that specialize in recurrent miscarriage; he also interviewed nearly one hundred women and their partners about the experience of miscarrying. In "Mother Nature," Cohen looks at the biology of the female reproductive system, focusing on the mechanisms of miscarriage. Abnormal chromosomes, he reports, are the cause half the time or more, and, as women age, the frequency of abnormalities in their eggs increases. As for other causes, science has few clear-cut answers. In "Mysteries," Cohen examines and rejects various ideas about causes, including a woman's faulty immune system and contaminants in the environment. Fetuses, he says, are more rugged than we think, and the environment provided by the female body is remarkably protective. He also offers a warning tale about abortion interventions: the drug diethylstilbestrol, known as DES, once given to women to prevent miscarriage, turned out to cause grievous harm to pregnant women and their daughters. In "Hope," Cohen tells the stories of couples seeking help in carrying babies to term and provides a close-up look at clinicians who are trying to help them. The success stories of women who carried to term after repeated failures puts a human face on astatistic Cohen uncovered early in his research: those who have had three or more consecutive miscarriages and become pregnant again will, with no treatment, carry to term 70 percent of the time. While revealing a disconcerting dearth of scientific knowledge about its causes, Cohen's work on miscarriage is a worthwhile addition to the literature and his reassuring message welcome. Author tour. Agent: Gail Ross/Gail Ross Literary Agency

Table of Contents:

contents

Foreword by Sandra Ann Carson, M.D. ix

part one: mother nature
1: Not Viable 3
2: Through a Glass, Clearly 18
3: Scrambled Eggs 35

part two: mysteries
4: Rejection 57
5: Black Swans 83
6: The Cycle of Life 97
7: Really? 116
8: Anatomically Incorrect 130


part three: hope
9: The Sky Isn't Falling 149
10: Expert Care 175
11: Miracle Babies 201

Acknowledgments 227
Notes 231
Glossary 263
Index 267

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It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals

Author: Suparna Damany

This guide offers computer users who suffer from repetitive strain injury an effective program for self-care. It explains the symptoms, prevention, and treatment of RSIs and also addresses the often-overlooked root causes of RSIs. This holistic program treats the entire upper body with ergonomics, exercise, and hands-on therapy, increasing the likelihood that surgery and drugs may be avoided.

Eat More Weigh Less or Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day

Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly

Author: Dean Ornish

The phenomenal New York Times bestseller -- now revised and updated for a new century.

Eat more, weigh less? How is this possible? Because as this groundbreaking work clearly shows, it's not just how much you eat, it's primarily what you eat.

Most diets rely on small portion sizes to reduce calories sufficiently. You feel hungry and deprived. Dr. Ornish's revolutionary program takes a new approach, one scientifically based on the type of food rather than the amount of food. Abundance rather than hunger and deprivation. So you can eat more frequently, eat a greater quantity of food-and still lose weight and keep it off. Simply. Safely. Easily. With 250 delicious low-fat recipes by some of the country's most celebrated chefs.

Dr. Ornish's program is a medically proven approach that can help you improve your health and well-being, not just lose weight. It's also about learning how to begin healing emotional pain, loneliness, and isolation in your life, providing nourishment not only for your body but also for your soul. His program has given millions of people new hope and new choices.

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Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day: 250 Recipes from the Culinary Institute of America

Author: Weight Watchers

Learn to cook like a pro, from the pros!

Team up with Weight Watchers, the foremost authority on weight loss, and the chefs from The Culinary Institute of America, the country’s premier cooking school, to make flavorful, imaginative–and healthy–dishes with ease.

Learn how to be creative without being complicated when you sample the more than 250 enticing recipes collected here. Roasted Vegetable Lasagne, Thai Beef Salad, Spicy Chicken-Peanut Dumplings, and Almost-Fudge Truffles–these and dozens of other delectable dishes are offered up by leading chefs intent on bringing out the full natural flavors of food. In addition to delicious and healthy recipes, you’ll also discover chefs’ tips and secrets for great food, step-by-step illustrations of cooking techniques, and advice on the art of plating food. Complete with Weight Watchers POINTS® information, full nutrition information, and 30 color photos showcasing finished dishes, this is a book everyone who appreciates great food will want to own.

Enjoy Delectable Dishes:

Simple but Special

Clams Steamed in Beer

Lentil, Olive, and Orange Salad

Lamb Shish Kebab

Favorites with Pizzazz

Pizza with Wild Mushrooms and Goat Cheese

Bolivian Beef Stew

Lemon-Ginger Grilled Chicken

Fresh Ideas

Whiskey-Glazed Smoked Turkey Breast with Orange Herb Conserve

Seared Salmon with Moroccan Spice Crust

Berry Coulis

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1	Healthy eating in the twenty-first century	1
Chapter 2	Appetizers and hors d'oeuvres	9
Chapter 3	Salads	27
Chapter 4	Soups	53
Chapter 5	Pizzas, sandwiches, and wraps	73
Chapter 6	Pasta	95
Chapter 7	Fish	119
Chapter 8	Shellfish	141
Chapter 9	Poultry	155
Chapter 10	Meat and game	179
Chapter 11	Grains	207
Chapter 12	Eggs, beans, and tofu	227
Chapter 13	Vegetables	241
Chapter 14	Fruits	269
Chapter 15	Breads	285
Chapter 16	Desserts	299
	Index	327

The Complete Book of Garlic or Writing as a Way of Healing

The Complete Book of Garlic: A Guide for Gardeners, Growers, and Serious Cooks

Author: Ted Jordan Meredith

An essential element in cuisines around the world, garlic enjoys near mythic status among cooks, chefs, foodies, and enthusiasts of natural remedies. Worldwide, garlic cultivation occupies over 2 million acres of farmland, an area that has more than doubled since 1970. Yet even garlic fanciers may be unable to tell hardneck from softneck, or Purple Stripe from Rocambole, not to mention the hundreds of cultivated varieties grown today, many with distinct differences in taste and character.

In fact, the wealth of garlic varieties in nearly a dozen horticultural groups rivals that of corn, carrots, apples, and peaches. This book is the most comprehensive and in-depth guide available to what surely should be the next gourmet frontier. From 'Ajo Rojo' to 'Zemo', Meredith presents illustrated profiles of nearly 150 cultivars. Detailed chapters cover natural history, the history of garlic in cultivation, the nuances of cuisine and culture, therapeutic benefits, plant structure, how to cultivate, curing and storage, taxonomy, pests and diseases, and chemistry.

Especially useful are the Quick Guides, which summarize information on growing and buying garlic and provide recommendations for the best-tasting cultivars for specific uses and climates. Lists of garlic sources and organizations are a boon to the aficionado. Whether you share Ted Jordan Meredith's "garlic affliction" or just find the pungent bulb indispensable, you'll understand it as never before with this meticulously researched, lovingly written exploration.

Bonnie Poquette - Library Journal

Meredith modestly refers to himself as a "gatherer and assembler" of information rather than an expert. But he's a garlic aficionado whose verve and thoroughness are evident in this outstanding work, much the way his skills were clear in his Bamboo for Gardens, which won the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Literature Award in the general interest category. A passionate home grower and consumer of garlic, Meredith cites not only his personal experience but also numerous scientific studies while writing of garlic's natural history, structure, cultivation, taxonomy, diseases, and chemistry. He highlights garlic's influence on economics and various cultures; there are chapters on its importance as both a medicine and as a food (though this book does not supplant garlic cookbooks). A directory organized by horticultural groups includes 150 cultivars widely available in North America. "Quick Guides" list the author's favorite cultivars for specific needs like "early harvesting" or "exceptionally large cloved." Beautifully illustrated, and one of the most comprehensive garlic books in recent years, this is highly recommended for larger public libraries and for all horticultural libraries.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments 7

Pt. 1 All About Garlic

1 Garlic, Economics, and Culture 13

2 Natural History 17

3 Cuisine 29

4 Therapeutic Benefits 53

5 Structure and Function 63

6 Cultivation 101

7 Taxonomy and Diversity 153

8 Diseases and Pests 191

9 Composition and Chemistry 199

Pt. 2 The Essentials

10 Garlic Groups and Cultivars 207

11 Quick Guides 299

Garlic Sources, Organizations, and Newsletters 307

Bibliography 311

Index 325

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Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives

Author: Louise A DeSalvo

Highly acclaimed author and teacher Louise DeSalvo offers the first detailed writing program designed for healing. DeSalvo shows how anyone can use writing as a way to overcome the emotional and physical wounds that arn an inevitable part of life. She culls journals, diaries, letters, and works of dozens of famouns writers and students of the craft to illustrate how people "change physically and psychologically when they work on projects that grow from a deep, authentic place." With insight and with, she illuminates how the writing process has transformed authors such as Virginia Woolf, Henry Miller, Audre Lorde, and Isabel Allende. WRITING AS A WAY OF HEALING gives valuable advice and practical techniques to guide and inpsire both experienced and beginning writers.

Library Journal

A professor of creative writing at Hunter College and a frequent guest on National Public Radio, DeSalvo (Vertigo: A Memoir, LJ 7/96) brings 20 years of writing experience to this work. She recommends writing in spare moments, uncensored, and asks her students to write five pages per week. She advises writing every detail as a reporter to move beyond a trauma. Writing links feelings of pain, grief, and loss to an event and speeds healing. DeSalvo presents seven stages of writing, from preparation/germination to completion/going public. She suggests writing a process journal so the work flows smoothly and warns against self-sabotage in the form of missed deadlines and last-minute scrambling. When the writing is completed, sharing stories in a group with other empathetic writers will sharpen the narrative. DeSalvos work is similar to Julia Camerons The Right To Write (LJ 1/99), though more academic. Camerons work is recommended for public libraries, while DeSalvos is better for higher-level writing classes.Lisa S. Wise, Broome Cty. P.L., Binghamton, NY

Kirkus Reviews

How writing can be used to recover from trauma and as a tool for personal growth: encouragement and suggestions from a professor of literature and creative writing. DeSalvo (Hunter Coll.) is working here from her own experience: a tumultuous childhood, the loss of her mother and sister in adulthood, and severe health problems left her in turmoil that began to calm when she wrote about her experiences (Vertigo: A Memoir, 1996). Years of seeing her students find similar succor has further convinced her of the special value writing holds as a therapeutic tool. It's cheap, doesn't take much time, is self-initiated and flexible, can be private (or public), is easily portable, can be done in sickness or in health; "writing to heal requires no innate talent, though we become more skilled as we write, especially when we pay careful attention to the process." DeSalvo is careful to caution throughout, howeever, that writing mustn't become a substitute for medical care. DeSalvo refers extensively to James W. Pennebaker's Opening Up; he and colleagues studied in depth the relationship between writing about difficult feelings and improving health, and then specifically what kind of writing led to healing after traumatic experiences. DeSalvo especially cites Virginia Woolf, Isabel Allende, and Alice Walker as practitioners of therapeutic writing. She argues strongly that writing "is a very sturdy ladder out of the Pit to reach freedom and safety." Her guide is a reasonable starting point for those who hope she's right.

What People Are Saying

Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Louise DeSalvo's courageous passion for binding the soul's wounds through the mystical alchemy of words and paper always moves me deeply. Both challenging and comforting, WRITING AS A WAY OF HEALING is an exquisite gift of grace. It will help you write yourself out of the widerness of pain and denial into Wholeness."

Arnold M. Ludwig
"Louise DeSalvo makes a convincing case for the therapeutic value of writing in her new book WRITING AS A WAY OF HEALING. I suspect that after reading this book many inspired readers will choose to abandon the psychiatrist's couch for the writer's desk, and do so with benefit."

Come to Your Senses or What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Getting Pregnant

Come to Your Senses: Demystifying the Mind-Body Connection

Author: Stanley H Block

In this newly revised edition of the award-winning Come to Your Senses: Demystifying the Mind-Body Connection, Dr. Stanley Block offers his Ten-Day Plan to optimize your life -- a breakthrough program that has helped people all over the world heal from post-traumatic stress syndrome, combat trauma, substance abuse, mental illness, pain, and depression.

The easy-to-apply method uses Identity System "resting" techniques that enable you to recognize and defuse the self-defeating mental tug-of-war that exists in all of us. Learn how stress, fear, and thought activate the sympathetic nervous system with increased tension, pain, insomnia, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. By literally "coming to your senses" of taste, touch, smell, sight, and sound, you begin to control negative responses, free yourself from a paralyzed state of mind, and live a happy, balanced life.

The response is amazing because the results are immediate -- ten days is all it takes -- Dr. Block's techniques take no time out of a busy schedule, they are simply incorporated into whatever activity you are engaged. Bridging the Identity System empowers you to work from your own strength and wisdom to deal with situations that arise in your life.

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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Getting Pregnant: Boost Your Fertility with the Best of Traditional and Alternative Therapies

Author: Raymond Chang

If you're struggling to conceive, you may be surprised to learn that there are many simple fertility-enhancing strategies that are painless, health-promoting, and inexpensive—and can result in pregnancy. In this practical guide, internationally renowned fertility expert Dr. Raymond Chang offers individualized strategies for those who want to increase their odds of getting pregnant. Combining research-based Western medicine with holistic Eastern practices, Dr. Chang offers groundbreaking methods you can use alone or in combination with modern conventional procedures. Innovative and easy-to-understand, this book serves as a step-by-step resource for boosting fertility.

Discover:

• The possible causes for your difficulty conceiving
• The best times to conceive, dietary changes, and other simple steps to increase your chances of getting pregnant
• Information on traditional Western approaches: surgery, hormone therapy, IVF, and assisted reproductive technology
• A guide to the most effective alternative therapies such as acupuncture, herbs, and supplements
• A breakthrough approach to nutrition and exercise
• Powerful mind/body techniques to prepare for conception.

Diabetic Gourmet Cookbook or In My Skin

Diabetic Gourmet Cookbook: More Than 200 Healthy Recipes from Homestyle Favorites to Restaurant Classics

Author: Editors of The Diabetic Gourmet magazin

Scrumptious, healthy, crowd-pleasing recipes for people with diabetes and their loved ones

The editors of Diabetic Gourmet Magazine understand that although people with diabetes must carefully monitor their eating habits, they still crave their favorite sweets and savory dishes. Now, with this all-new collection of healthy recipes that are perfect for everyday meals as well as for entertaining, you can enjoy making tasty dishes for yourself, your friends, and your family that are as good for you as they are delicious.

The Diabetic Gourmet Cookbook features more than 200 original gourmet recipes complete with detailed nutritional information and diabetic exchanges for easy meal planning. By featuring healthy versions of traditional favorites–from pot roast to macaroni and cheese to banana cream pie–this mouthwatering collection shows how you can safely and effectively eat well if you have diabetes or special dietary needs and still enjoy wonderful food. You’ll find easy-to-prepare recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, breads, desserts, sauces, and more along with a host of healthy cooking techniques–which makes The Diabetic Gourmet Cookbook essential for every health-conscious cook’s kitchen.

Pecan Winter Waffles • Huevos Rancheros • Blueberry Blintzes Topped with Lime Crema • Cranberry Apple Muffins • Baked Onion Rings • Brazilian Smoked Black Bean Soup • French Onion Soup • Refreshing Spring Tabbouleh • Spicy Thai Chicken • Crisp Cornmeal-Coated Catfish • Greek Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce • Chicken Francese • Creamy Coleslaw • Ginger-Lime Sugar Snap Peas •Cranberry-Orange Biscotti • Key Lime Cheesecake Squares • Georgia Peach Pie • Baklava • And many more tasty recipes!

Table of Contents:

	Preface	vii
1	Diabetes Basics	1
2	The Diabetic Pantry and Kitchen	6
3	Healthy Cooking Techniques	19
4	Meal Planning	23
5	Breakfast and Brunch	28
6	Appetizers, Soups, and Salads	50
7	Entrees	92
8	Side Dishes	149
9	Desserts and Snacks	177
10	Sauces and Condiments	203
Appendix A	Health Care Professionals	218
Appendix B	Organizations and Resources	222
	References	225
	Recipe Index	226
	Index	228

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In My Skin: A Memoir of Addiction

Author: Kate Holden

Called "Quite simply in a class of its own . . . the work of a stunningly talented writer who both graces and surpasses her material" (Guardian), this is the frank, harrowing, and true story of one young woman's descent into heroin addiction and prostitution and the long, arduous struggle to redeem her life that made her stronger. A shy, bookish college graduate from a solid middle-class home, Kate Holden was uncertain of her way in life. When she decided to try her first hit of heroin as a one-time adventure with friends, she did not anticipate that the drug would take over. She lost her job and apartment and stole from her family. Desperation drove her first to offer her body on the streets and then in high-class brothels, where she discovered hidden strengths as well as parts of herself that frightened her. With the acceptance and unyielding love of a family that never abandoned her, Kate Holden ultimately defeated the drug and left her netherworld behind.

About the Author: Kate Holden was born in 1972 and graduated from the University of Melbourne with an honors degree in classics and literature. She won the Judy Duffy Award for literary excellence for a draft manuscript of this book. She lives in Melbourne and is working on a novel.

Publishers Weekly

What happens when a bright, well-loved young woman gets hooked on heroin and turns to prostitution to keep up her habit? Hopefully, she eventually shakes free, as Australian Holden does, but most likely a lot goes wrong first. In this vivid and riveting account of her own sudden fall and slow recovery, Holden describes the slow pull toward heroin as her friends and her lover are hooked. Mild, almost bored temptation turns into obsession after she gives it a try. As the drug and the life compromises it encourages take over Holden's universe, she loses her job and rarely sees her family and clean friends. Eventually, desperate for cash for the daily fixes for herself and her inept boyfriend, she starts turning tricks on the street. When, one night, a john turns out to be a scout for temps at a brothel, Holden's story turns. The relative stability of the brothel, and the accompanying relationships with sister prostitutes and even some johns, revives Holden's sense of self and self-worth. Throughout, she tells it like it is. Her depictions of the dark realities she lived through are at times graphic, especially in some of the more difficult scenes with johns, but always clear-eyed. She lets the readers see and judge the situation for themselves. (Nov.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

The elevated, poetic language of Aussie writer Holden's debut memoir vibrates with passion as she tells the story of the small victories and great obstacles she encountered as a heroin addict who turned to prostitution as a way of supporting her habit. The middle-class Holden, a carefree, artistic bohemian who scraped by selling books, is introduced to the drug in her early twenties by her boyfriend in the small Australian town of St. Kilda at a time when the grunge band Nirvana reigned and heroin was at the peak of its glamour. Holden finds the strength to recover through the help of her supportive family and, ironically, through her struggle with the very hardships she finally escapes. Her acutely vivid prose is a revelation, even if the subject matter is not. Recommended for all public libraries. [Holden's draft manuscript of this book won the Judy Duffy Award for literary excellence. Ed.] Elizabeth Brinkley, Granite Falls, WA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A startling debut memoir about sex, work and smack. A bookish, piano-playing homebody, Holden grew up middle-class in Melbourne, Australia. At college, her heart was broken, and she discovered alcohol. She began reading (and dressing like) Ana‹s Nin. She lived in a trendy neighborhood, partied all the time and eventually tried heroin. Soon, her life narrowed to three activities: getting money for smack, scoring and shooting up. To finance her addiction, she stole money from the bookstore where she'd worked for years; after getting sacked, she began turning tricks, first on the street and then in a series of high-class brothels, which are legal in Australia. After only a few months, Holden grew accustomed to using a pseudonym and having sex with eight men a night. The work was degrading, but it had some glamorous aspects, ranging from velvet dresses to the sensation of being "beautiful and desirable." She felt genuine affection for some of her clients, though she had the sense (most of the time) not to see them outside the brothel. Eventually, thanks to her mother and to methadone, she got clean and left the sex trade. Holden's prose is subtle and elegant. She has a knack for unusual, revealing phrases, like "baffled by weariness" or "the organized hauteur of the true professional." If memoirists must make a choice between simply recreating the past and editorializing about it, this writer chooses the former. Her descriptions of the brothels are vivid, but there is something disconcerting about her almost total refusal to interpret her years as a prostitute. Early on, she acknowledges the debate about whether sex work exploits or empowers women, bur she never weighs in explicitly on eitherside. Too bad, since an analysis based on firsthand experience would be worth any number of distanced women's-studies treatises. Beautiful and discomfiting: The words sing, but the singer never reveals her innermost thoughts. Agent: Christian Dittus/Paul & Peter Fritz Literary Agency

Living Time or Atkins Diabetes Revolution

Living Time

Author: Bernadine Healy

Living Time is at once a personal odyssey, an intimate doctor-patient communication, and a prescriptive guide for patients and their families. Writing with wit and humility, Dr. Bernadine Healy shares the hard-won insights that transformed her own struggle with a deadly cancer more than seven years ago, affirming her identity as patient and doctor with the many who share this journey.

Together with more than ten million survivors in the United States alone, Dr. Healy, former director of the National Institutes of Health, is a close witness to the medical advances that have brought us to a turning point in the war on cancer. This quiet revolution is curing a growing number of cancers and transforming many others from a death sentence to a chronic illness, one that calls for vigilance but not despair.

Beginning with her own compelling story, Dr. Healy interweaves it with one of the most lucid narratives ever written of what cancer is, how it works in our bodies, and how we can defeat it. She explains how genetic research and other new approaches are radically altering diagnosis and treatment, and she offers precise and empowering ways for patients and their families to access the information and support they need to secure the best in modern cancer care. She also underlines the urgency of accelerating the pace of research that could map out and destroy cancer in the twenty-first century.

Dr. Healy is forthright about the rigors of treatment and the toll cancer still takes, but readers will come away from her book with the information, resources, and heartfelt encouragement they need to look forward to a future with hope.

Interesting textbook: The Breast Health Cookbook or Sauces for Seafood

Atkins Diabetes Revolution: The Groundbreaking Approach to Preventing and Controlling Diabetes

Author: Robert C Atkins

The statistics are staggering. Thirteen million Americans have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes; another 5.2 million don't know that they have it. During the past thirty years the diabetes rate has tripled, and each year about 200,000 people die from complications of the disease. The Centers for Disease Control project that one out of every three children born in the year 2000 will develop the disease. But Type 2 diabetes is largely preventable. Find out how you can avoid becoming a statistic.

As a respected physician and pioneer in the field of complementary medicine, Dr. Robert C. Atkins recognized early on that diabetes and obesity are twin epidemics, and that the way to reverse both is to permanently change the way people eat. Yet much of the mainstream medical establishment continues to advocate the treatment of diabetes with insulin and other drugs, while recommending a diet high in carbohydrates including sugar which raises your blood sugar. What you'll learn from reading Atkins Diabetes Revolution is that rather than correcting your metabolism, such a diet can actually increase your risk of developing diabetes -- and heart disease.

The Atkins Blood Sugar Control Program (ABSCP) helps you identify the metabolic signposts that indicate trouble long before the onset of Type 2 diabetes so you can stop it in its tracks. If you already have the disease, the ABSCP offers you and your physician a strategy for weight management and blood-sugar control, while minimizing your exposure to drugs.

Atkins Diabetes Revolution presents a comprehensive lifestyle program, including diet, exercise, and nutrient supplementation. The book also containsmeal plans, recipes, a fitness routine, and case studies. This groundbreaking book, a fitting tribute to Dr. Atkins, tackles one of the greatest health challenges you and your family may ever face.

Publishers Weekly

Having been marketed to millions as a weight-loss solution, the Atkins diet is now presented as a means of preventing type 2 diabetes, a disease whose rates are skyrocketing, thanks to the prevalence of risk factors such as obesity and high lipid and blood sugar levels. The authors clearly outline their interpretation of the path to diabetes, arguing that carbs cause blood sugar spikes, triggering the release of more insulin-the hormone that regulates blood sugar-than the cells need. Blood sugar ends up stored as fat and the body's cells start responding more slowly to the insulin, which leads to elevated blood sugar levels. But the tone the authors adopt when touting their low-carb, high-protein, high-fat approach may arouse some skepticism and even fear. "In the end, only you can decide what's best for your health," they warn. "You can choose the Atkins approach and improve your health, or you can choose the ADA [American Diabetes Association] approach and descend into more and more medications and poor health." While studies now demonstrate low-carb dieting can lead to weight loss and cholesterol control over the short term, experts tend to agree that diets that demonize one food group aren't easy to stick to over the long haul. Still, the work includes valuable nutritional information and sounds a needed alarm about the diabetes epidemic. (On sale Aug. 3) Forecast: With national TV, radio and print ads, as well as online promotions, this latest Atkins guide should have no trouble climbing bestseller lists. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1	Blood sugar and your health	1
1	The diabetes crossroads	3
2	Wrong turn : the long road to diabetes	13
3	Weighing in : the number one risk factor	25
4	A deadly quintet : meet the metabolic syndrome	35
5	Warning : prediabetes!	53
6	Diagnosis : diabetes	59
7	Managing your diabetes	76
8	Twin peaks : high blood pressure and high blood sugar	85
9	The cardiac connection	102
Pt. 2	Taking charge of your health	123
10	The Atkins blood sugar control program	125
11	Take action	140
12	The importance of good fats	154
13	The importance of protein	166
14	The Atkins glycemic ranking	180
15	Fiber facts	193
16	The bountiful harvest	199
17	Controlling your carbs - and liking it	214
18	Sugar nation	222
19	Drink to your health	234
20	Getting extra help : supplements for blood sugar control	244
21	Getting extra help : supplements for heart health	261
22	Walking away from diabetes	273
23	Your personal exercise program	286
24	It's not just baby fat	300
25	Type 2 diabetes and your child	321
Pt. 3	Living the program	333
26	Meal plans	335
27	Recipes for success	402
	Scientific studies that validate the Atkins nutritional approach
App. 1	Acceptable induction foods
App. 2	Moving beyond induction
App. 3	The power of five and ten
App. 4	The Atkins glycemic ranking
App. 5	The Atkins lifestyle food guide pyramid
App. 6	Drugs for hypertension

When Painkillers Become Dangerous or The Secret History of the War on Cancer

When Painkillers Become Dangerous: What Everyone Needs to Know About OxyContin and Other Prescription Drugs

Author: Drew Pinsky

Americans, it seems, have a history of self-medicating for pain. The high profile and increasingly widespread cases of prescription pain medication abuse that we're seeing today serve as the latest chapter in America's long-standing love/hate relationship with painkilling drugs. In this fascinating, informative, and timely book, Dr. Drew Pinsky and other leading experts in the fields of addiction and recovery discuss why Americans are using drugs such as OxyContin and Vicodin, how American's used and abused other painkillers in the past, what makes some people vulnerable to addiction, and how to get help for yourself or a family member in trouble with drugs.

Interesting book: Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training or Fight Fat after Forty

The Secret History of the War on Cancer

Author: Devra Davis

From the National Book Award finalist, author of When Smoke Ran Like Water, a searing, haunting and deeply personal account of the War on Cancer.

The War on Cancer set out to find, treat, and cure a disease. Left untouched were many of the things known to cause cancer, including tobacco, the workplace, radiation, or the global environment. Proof of how the world in which we live and work affects whether we get cancer was either overlooked or suppressed.

This has been no accident.

The War on Cancer was run by leaders of industries that made cancer-causing products, and sometimes also profited from drugs and technologies for finding and treating the disease. Filled with compelling personalities and never-before-revealed information,

The Secret History of the War on Cancer shows how we began fighting the wrong war, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies-a legacy that persists to this day.

This is the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain.

A portion of the profits from this book will go to support research on cancer prevention.

The Washington Post - David Oshinsky

While much of this may sound familiar to a moderately informed reader, Davis puts it together in a way that illuminates the underbelly of medical research…the best watchdogs are often the most obsessive, using shock and alarm as a prelude to discussion. And for many readers of The Secret History of the War on Cancer, I suspect, Devra Davis is a natural for this role.

Kirkus Reviews

Cancer remains such a prolific killer, says the author, because the medical community focuses on treatment rather than prevention of the root causes. Davis (When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution, 2002, etc.), an epidemiologist and director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at University of Pittsburgh's Cancer Institute, offers a detailed history of workplace and environmental carcinogens that predates Nixon's "war" on cancer in the '70s. She reminds us of Sir Percival Pott's observations of scrotal cancers in English chimney sweeps, the radiation-induced cancers that followed the discovery of X-rays, the Curies' work with radium and, less well-known, the research of Nazi scientists who linked tobacco to cancer and led officials to discourage Germans from smoking during World War II. The German scientists were pioneers in the new field of epidemiology, which even today is denigrated by some since it involves methods like surveys (unreliable) and statistics (suspect). Much of the text makes for grim but fascinating reading as Davis reviews the tobacco story and describes conditions in steel mills, copper smelters, chemical factories and plastics plants, where workers are exposed to insidious and lethal solvents and agents such as asbestos, benzene, formaldehyde and dioxin. She also immortalizes the many poor people in small towns next to waste dumps or downstream from hugely polluted rivers who died from cancer or whose children suffered birth defects. In almost every case, the offending corporation lied, denied, delayed or bought-off complaints, recruiting the best legal talent and, sad to say, even highly respected scientists.Rather than engage in what has been a fruitless battle of litigation, vengeance and counterproductive legislation, Davis proposes a kind of truth-and-reconciliation approach to get industry and public-health experts mutually involved. But she notes that, unfortunately, it's simply not happening fast enough, and she goes on to raise her own concerns about cell phones, Ritalin and aspartame. One can hope, however, that Davis's book will assure that proper attention is paid.

The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea or Yoga for Children

The Woman Who Walked into the Sea: Huntington's and the Making of a Genetic Disease

Author: Alice Wexler

A groundbreaking medical and social history of a devastating hereditary neurological disorder once demonized as “the witchcraft disease”

When Phebe Hedges, a woman in East Hampton, New York, walked into the sea in 1806, she made visible the historical experience of a family affected by the dreaded disorder of movement, mind, and mood her neighbors called St.Vitus's dance. Doctors later spoke of Huntington’s chorea, and today it is known as Huntington's disease. This book is the first history of Huntington’s in America.

Starting with the life of Phebe Hedges, Alice Wexler uses Huntington’s as a lens to explore the changing meanings of heredity, disability, stigma, and medical knowledge among ordinary people as well as scientists and physicians. She addresses these themes through three overlapping stories: the lives of a nineteenth-century family once said to “belong to the disease”; the emergence of Huntington’s chorea as a clinical entity; and the early-twentieth-century transformation of this disorder into a cautionary eugenics tale. In our own era of expanding genetic technologies, this history offers insights into the social contexts of medical and scientific knowledge, as well as the legacy of eugenics in shaping both the knowledge and the lived experience of this disease.

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Yoga for Children

Author: Mary Stewart

Physical activity is natural to children and vital for their healthy development. But in today's mechanized society--with TV, computer games and competitive sports--it is becoming difficult for some children to get the exercise they need in a natural, healthy, and enjoyable way.

Yoga for Children provides simple exercises and games you and your children can do together that can help your kids:

• become stronger and more flexible
• develop good coordination and posture
• learn how to relax and concentrate
• let out their energy in a safe, health-promoting way

Suitable for kids from age three and up--no matter what their physical abilities, Yoga for Children is a safe, healthy, and fun way for families to exercise, play, and grow together.

Just Take a Bite or Dr Robert Greenes Perfect Balance

Just Take a Bite: Easy, Effective Answers to Food Aversions and Eating Challenges

Author: Lori Ernsperger

A long-awaited critically needed book, Just Take A Bite, deals with a subject common to children with autism/Asperger's, offering a step-by-step comprehensive plan to address food aversions and food selectivitities. This book provides insight as to the causes of eating challenges and specific techniques for increasing food selections and assisting children in eating a balanced diet. This is a "must- have" book for parents, therapists, and teachers.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	vii
	Acknowledgements	ix
	Introduction	xi
Chapter 1	Who Are Resistant eaters?	1
	Identifying a Resistant Eater	2
	Common Characteristic of a Resistant Eater	4
	Food Neophobia Scale	10
	Other Assessment Tools	12
Chapter 2	Oral-Motor Development	15
	In Utero	19
	Newborns: 0-3 Months	19
	4-6 Months	21
	7-9 Months	22
	10-12 Month-Old	23
	13-15 Month-Old	24
	16-18 Month-Old	25
	19-24 Month-Old	26
	25-26 Month-Old	27
	Food Texture and Eating Skills	28
Chapter 3	Environmental and Behavioral Factors Contributing to Problems with Eating	33
	Food Neophobia	34
	Environmental Factors and Eating	37
	Cultural Roadblocks	39
	Resistant Eaters and Developmental Disabilities	48
Chapter 4	Sensory-Based and Motor-Based Problems Affecting the Resistant Eater	55
	Sensory Integration Dysfunction	55
	Proprioceptive Sensory Information	57
	Vestibular Sensory Information	59
	Tactile Sensory Information	66
	Gustatory Sensory Information (Taste)	69
	Olfactory Sensory Information (Smell)	71
	Visual Sensory Information	74
	Auditory Sensory Information (Hearing)	76
	Modulation	78
	How to Use and Organize the Information We Have About the Resistant Eater	81
Chapter 5	Motor-Based Eating Problems vs. Sensory-Based Eating Problems	83
	Reflux and Other Gastrointestinal Problems	85
	Abnormal Sucking Pattern	89
	Nasal Reflux	90
	Aspiration	90
	Gagging	91
	Drooling	92
	Tooth Grinding	93
	Limited Upper-Lip Movement	94
	Immature Spoon Feeding Skills	95
	Immature Cup-Drinking Skills	96
	Immature biting and Chewing Skills	98
Chapter 6	Designing and Implementing a Comprehensive Treatment Plan	101
	Guidelines for Writing a Treatment Plan	108
Chapter 7	Part 1: Environmental Controls	113
	Snack and Mealtime Schedules	114
	Guidelines for Creating the Meal/Snack Schedules	114
	The Mealtime Setting	117
	Guidelines for Selecting a Setting	117
	Create a Supportive and Nurturing Environment	119
	Guidelines for Creating a Supportive Mealtime Environment	119
	Portion Size and Food Selection	122
	Guidelines for Implementing Appropriate Portion Sizes	122
	Food Selection	124
	Guidelines for Food Selection	125
	Food Jags	127
	Guidelines for Addressing Food Jags	128
	Appropriate Behavior During the Mealtime	129
	Guidelines for Implementing Appropriate Mealtime Behaviors	129
Chapter 8	Part 2: Gastrointestinal, Physical and Oral-Motor Development	135
	Gastrointestinal Comfort	136
	Physical Development	140
	The Upper Body	140
	The Lower Body	143
	Postural Control Activities	144
	Goals for Postural Control	145
	Physical Development Lessons 1-5	145
	Oral-Motor Activities	155
	Goals for Oral-Motor Programs	156
	Oral-Motor Lessons 1-8	157
Chapter 9	Part 3: Stages of Sensory Development for Eating	171
	Guidelines for Implementing the Stages for Sensory Development	173
Stage 1	Acceptance	175
	Guidelines for Implementing Stage One-Acceptance	176
	Stage One-Acceptance Lessons 1-8	177
Stage 2	Touch	183
	Guidelines for Implementing Stage Two-Touch	184
	Stage Two-Touch Lessons 1-6	185
Stage 3	Smell	188
	Guidelines for Implementing Stage Three-Smell	189
	Stage Three-Smell Lessons 1-5	190
Stage 4	Taste	193
	Guidelines for Implementing Stage Four-Taste	194
	Stage Four-Taste Lessons 1-7	196
Stage 5	Eating New Foods	200
Chapter 10	A Recipe for Success	203
	Cultural Factors	206
	Medical Issues	206
	Older Children	207
	Gluten, Casein and Other Allergy-Related Diets	207
	Appendix	209
	Cue Card Applications	215
	References	231

Books about: Internet Marketing or Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning

Dr. Robert Greene's Perfect Balance: Look Younger, Stay Sexy, and Feel Great

Author: Robert A Green

In this breakthrough book, world-renowned hormone specialist Dr. Robert Greene explores the connection between two of the least understood—and yet most important—physiological factors: hormones and the brain. In Perfect Balance, Dr. Greene presents a comprehensive program for reaching hormonal balance, including how to:

•craft a personalized hormone therapy program that’s unique to your body and your symptoms

•avoid forgetfulness, moodiness, sexual dysfunction, and even the advance and progression of Alzheimer’s disease

•understand the pros and cons of the latest cutting-edge hormone therapies

•establish your individual hormone profile, gauge your progress, and determine when and how to target lingering problems

•recognize “good” and “bad” estrogen—and how to balance the two types

•troubleshoot your symptoms, including migraines, hot flashes, sleeplessness, and depression

•implement the Perfect Balance Diet and Exercise Program, designed for optimal hormonal health

Dr. Greene explains that hormones play a role in every aspect of your health, from quality-of-life issues to the onset of certain diseases, and he shows how righting your hormonal balance can bring about sweeping improvements to your overall health. Sure to become a trusted resource, Perfect Balance is the most groundbreaking book on women’s health in decades.

Cortisol Connection or The Coming Plague

Cortisol Connection: Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - and What You Can Do about It

Author: Shawn Talbott

The hormone cortisol, activated by the fight-or-flight (stress) response, is emerging as a major culprit in a variety of health problems. The Cortisol Connection explores the documented relationship between elevated levels of this hormone, chronic stress, and such health conditions as obesity, depression, suppressed immune system, osteoporosis, and hypertension. This new edition describes the results of the latest research about the connection between cortisol and HSD, and cortisol and testosterone.

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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

Author: Laurie Garrett

Unpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics. Local warfare. Massive refugee migration. Changing social and environmental conditions around the world have fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases--HIV, Lassa, Ebola, and others. Laurie Garrett takes you on a fifty-year journey through the world's battles with microbes and examines the worldwide conditions that have culminated in recurrent outbreaks of newly discovered diseases, epidemics of diseases migrating to new areas, and mutated old diseases that are no longer curable. She argues that it is not too late to take action to prevent the further onslaught of viruses and microbes, and offers possible solutions for a healthier future.

Publishers Weekly

Documenting the plausible threat of major new worldwide epidemics, as well as eruptions of recently discovered diseases, Garrett's gripping and frightening report sounds a wake-up call to the planet. Wars, sexual promiscuity, inept public-health efforts and development schemes that disrupt ecosystems are some of the factors she says contribute to the alarmingly rapid mutation of viruses, the pandemics sweeping through the animal world, and the spread of human diseases to new areas. Health and science writer for New York Newsday, Garrett discusses the tremendous increase in AIDS and HIV infection across Asia, outbreaks of the incredibly lethal Ebola virus in Africa, and the spread of diseases via human technologies (such as tampons contributing to toxic shock syndrome). Her first-rate investigation concludes with a call for a global early warning system to rapidly detect new diseases and drug-resistant strains. BOMC, QPB and Natural Science Book Club selections.

Library Journal

Medical journalist Garrett presents a history of epidemiology in a format that is educational, moving, and terrifying. She skillfully illustrates the role of ecology, politics, and economics in worldwide healthcare and uses numerous examples to emphasize the need for a global perspective in the management of disease. Yellow fever, malaria, ebola, lassa fever, AIDS, legionnaires' disease, toxic shock syndrome-she discusses in depth the search for the causes of these and many other diseases. The tranquil days following the discovery of antibiotics are gone as drug-resistant strains of disease-causing organisms continue to reappear. The message is clear: we must drop our complacency and learn from past epidemics or face the consequences. An extremely readable style and exhaustive notes make this fascinating reading for general readers and scholars alike. Highly recommended. [See also Richard Preston's The Hot Zone, LJ 8/94.-Ed]-Tina Neville, Univ. of South Florida at St. Petersburg Lib.

Booknews

Based on international field research and extensive interviews with experts in virology, molecular biology, disease ecology and medicine, Garrett (health and science writer and former science correspondent for National Public Radio) investigates newly identified viruses such as HIV, HIV-II and the mysterious Ebola; old viruses in new locations, such as hantavirus and dengue; and mutant strains of old diseases--and examines the relationship between the spread of disease, sociology, politics and science. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD or Living Well with Autoimmune Disease

10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD: How to Overcome Chronic Distraction and Accomplish Your Goals

Author: Stephanie Moulton Sarkis

People think of ADD as a kid's problem. But kids grow up. Many adults also struggle with ADD. There are book resources on the market for these folks. But they are often too long. Or too complicated. Or too dry and clinical. Adults with ADD need straightforward tools for coping with real experiences. This book offers exactly what they need.

Each chapter takes up an issue pertinent to adults with ADD: "My mind wanders" "I'm always misplacing things." "I have trouble keeping friends." "I have a hard time getting started." In no more than five to seven pages, the book outlines strategies for each problem that are simple to put into practice. If you're struggling with adult ADD, the information in this book offers you immediate and lasting rewards: better concentration, sharper memory, enhanced focus, and greater self-confidence.

A professional ADD coach offers simple tools and tips for adults with ADD on how to heighten concentration and memory retention, lessen anxiety, cope with anger and frustration, deal with social situations, handle finances, and perform successfully at work.

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Living Well with Autoimmune Disease: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know

Author: Mary J Shomon

A complete guide to understanding the mysterious and often difficult-to-pinpoint disorders of the immune system--and finding the keys to diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.

An estimated fifty million people suffer from symptoms including fatigue, joint pains, depression, or heart palpitations — signs that the immune system has turned on itself, causing conditions such as thyroid disease, hepatitis, or multiple sclerosis. And while doctors may prescribe treatments to relieve these surface ailments, when asked about the life-long health implications of an autoimmune condition, they often just shrug their shoulders. Yet much like cancer, having one autoimmune disease puts you at high risk for developing another, and understanding the underlying immune process can reverse a patients approach to a dysfunction--for the author, it changed the way she ate, the vitamins and supplements she took, and the types of doctors she visited. Living Well with Autoimmune Disease is the first book that goes beyond the conventional treatments by showing you how to work on your underlying autoimmune dysfunction with natural and alternative therapies.

Publishers Weekly

It took physicians two years after the author complained of weight gain, depression and fatigue to diagnose her with the autoimmune disease Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Autoimmune disease, which includes such conditions as multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome, are estimated to afflict at least 8.5 million Americans. According to Shomon (Living Well with Hypothyroidism), because of the difficulty of diagnosis and tendency of some physicians to prescribe treatments that may have serious side effects, those with autoimmune illnesses are being shortchanged by the medical establishment. Since those who suffer from one are more vulnerable to other autoimmune disorders (not to mention that they may have a genetic predisposition toward a disorder), this informative self-help manual is badly needed. Drawing on extensive research, as well as doctor-patient anecdotes, Shomon's guide is designed to empower patients to participate in their own care. In addition to a detailed discussion of every type of autoimmune disease, the author provides advice on how to choose an appropriate medical team that will work to integrate conventional and alternative therapies. Based partly on her own experience, Shomon advocates an integrative approach to treatment that may include meditation, herbs, exercise and dietary changes along with antibiotics and hormones that together will minimize symptoms and maximize health. (Oct.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

It takes a unique combination of knowledge and skill to present complex medical information accurately and make it understandable to the average nontechnical reader; unfortunately, this book does not meet that expectation. Shomon, who wrote Living Well with Hypothyroidism after her own diagnosis, is a self-described patient advocate and editor in chief of several newsletters for patients. Nowhere in the book does it indicate that she has a professional clinical background, yet she feels competent to interpret autoimmune diseases, which are highly complex and comprise between 50 and 100 different illnesses, such as type 1 diabetes, Crohn's disease, and lupus. Many of these illnesses defy cure, and clinicians and patients alike hope to be able to manage symptoms and minimize organ or joint destruction. Yet Shomon claims that her guide will go beyond symptom management to "discover cutting-edge approaches that can actually reduce and even reverse the autoimmune response [and] even cure autoimmune conditions entirely." Relying on interviews with patients and various practitioners, her own experience, and a mix of research sources, she discusses conventional and alternative approaches to more than 25 autoimmune conditions. Unfortunately, many of her references are not drawn from peer-reviewed resources but come from newswire services, electronic journals, newsletters, web sites, or press releases. Throughout, Shomon frequently interchanges IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) and IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), though the treatment and course of these two entities are completely different. And there are other such errors. Shomon has a deep personal interest in the topic, but is she the best person to interpret and present this highly important and complex information. This reviewer thinks not. Not recommended; a better choice would be Simone Ravicz's Thriving with Your Autoimmune Disorder.DLisa McCormick, Jewish Hosp. Health Sciences Lib., Cincinnati Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Super Healing or IMP of the Mind

Super Healing: The Clinically Proven Plan to Maximize Recovery from Illness or Injury

Author: Julie K Silver

At this moment, 90 million Americans are in the process of healing from an illness or injury. Many will start out in the hospital, receiving immediate and perhaps life-sustaining treatment. Once they're through this critical phase, they may be left to their own devices to "finish" healing.

These patients may not realize it, but they've entered a special time between acute sickness and optimal health--what Julie Silver, MD, calls the Healing Zone. Capitalizing on the dynamic power of the Healing Zone is what Super Healing is all about.

Over the years, Dr. Silver has taught thousands of patients how to Super Heal by utilizing key principles of rehabilitation medicine, proven through evidence-based research. She has distilled these principles into a self-guided program with the following core components:

-Exercising in a therapeutic manner

-Eating a healing diet

-Obtaining proper rest and sleep

-Alleviating pain

-Avoiding mood problems

-Using the mind to heal the body

-Improving loving relationships and social connections

-Harnessing spiritual energy

Collectively, these components can facilitate recovery from illness or injury far beyond what any one can do alone. It's not just healing--it's Super Healing.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction     ix
You Can Super Heal
The Power of Super Healing     3
A Ticket to the Healing Zone     10
A Plan to Heal     30
A Time to Heal     42
Your Super Healing Plan
Exercise to Build Strength and Endurance     61
Eat to Heal Your Body     82
Rest to Recover     104
Alleviate Pain     122
Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body     136
Monitor Your Mood     146
Surround Yourself with Loving People     165
Harness Your Spiritual Energy     186
Fine-Tuning Your Super Healing Plan
Revisit Your Goals and Persevere     205
Cope with Setbacks and Plateaus     215
Continue the Healing Journey     227
The Super Healing Shortcut Plan     237
Where to Find Help     239
Reading List     244
Index     249

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Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts

Author: Lee Baer

In The Imp of the Mind, a leading expert on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) explores a hidden epidemic that afflicts millions of Americans. In the first book to fully examine obsessive bad thoughts, Dr. Lee Baer combines the latest research with his own extensive experience in treating this widespread syndrome. Drawing on information ranging from new advances in brain technology to pervasive social taboos, Dr. Baer explores the root causes of bad thoughts, why they can spiral out of control, and how to recognize the crucial difference between harmless and dangerous bad thoughts.

Publishers Weekly

Specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychologist Baer (an associate professor at Harvard) turns the spotlight on a little-known but common form of obsession, "bad thoughts." According to Baer, these "intrusive" thoughts fall into a few basic types: violent, sexual and blasphemous words, and images of a religious nature. Borrowing from Edgar Allan Poe, Baer blames such mental torment on "the imp of the perverse," that little devil inhabiting all human minds, cross-culturally and across time, "who makes you think the most inappropriate thoughts at the most inappropriate times." For most people, the imp proves no more than a "fleeting annoyance" most of the time, but for Baer's patients, these impish thoughts create extreme fear, guilt and worry. Attempting to suppress them only makes them stronger, leading the afflicted to avoid places, people and situations that provoke them. A new mother who obsessively thinks about harming her infant, for example, may increasingly avoid daily caretaking activities. Tending to be perfectionist and "overly conscientious," these people are highly unlikely ever to act on their bad thoughts, Baer explains. The most successful treatment, he says, involves desensitizing individuals by increasingly (and safely) exposing them to the situations that provoke their "bad thoughts"; cognitive therapy is also helpful for many patients. Finally, such prescription drugs as serotonin reuptake inhibitors, like Prozac, have also proved highly effective in the treatment of this disorder. With an easy-to-read style, Baer offers a comprehensive and accessible look at this fascinating topic. (Jan. 15) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer from excessive concerns about germs, appearance, or the possibility of doing harm to themselves or others. To combat these fears, they develop rituals such as checking and rechecking locks, hoarding goods, washing constantly, or pulling out hair. A conservative estimate is that one in 40 adults is afflicted with OCD, which until recently was considered almost untreatable. However, new antidepressants and behavioral therapy techniques have led to great improvements in the condition of sufferers of this biologically based illness. Psychologist Penzel has written a do-it-yourself guide that outlines in great detail procedures for a self-administered program of behavioral therapy. While it seems doubtful that such a program would be of much use to anyone as seriously disabled as some of the people described here, Penzel reminds us that many sufferers either won't seek help or can't obtain it because they are poor or live in an area underserved by the medical community. He even discusses programs that provide medications to people who can't afford them. For those of us out in the boondocks, a book on mental health acknowledging that many sufferers have, at most, only a general practitioner to whom they can turn is most welcome. This title is the most useful of the recent books on OCD and is highly recommended to all public libraries. Baer (psychology, Harvard Medical Sch.) presents a more narrowly focused work that concentrates on those whose primary problem is disturbing thoughts. It covers much the same ground as Penzel's work but in less detail. While The Imp of the Mind would make a useful addition to larger public libraries, Ian Osborn's Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Pantheon, 1998) is a better companion to Penzel's title and should be a higher purchase priority.--Mary Ann Hughes, Neill P.L., WA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Lost in the Mirror or Changing the Course of Autism

Lost in the Mirror: An Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder

Author: Richard A Moskovitz

From the Author:
Lost in the Mirror peers into a black and white world of extreme emotions and turbulent relationships. The inhabitants of this world experience their lives from moment to moment, grasping for shreds of identity to connect each fragment of experience to the next. Because they have little awareness of the texture and flow of human emotions, painful emotions, such as loneliness and fear, may seem endless and intolerable. Their need to escape this pain leads to desperate, impulsive, and frequently self-defeating behaviors.

Lost in the Mirror explores the origins of Borderline PersonalityDisorder and offers its sufferers a framework for beginning to heal. While the first edition focused on the dynamics of the psychotherapeutic relationship that underlies all good treatment, this edition elaborates on the kinds of psychotherapy that are practiced today. It describes mainstream approaches,such as psychoanalytic psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, and behavior therapy, as well as innovative treatments, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

EMDR, a technique for neutralizing the emotional impact of traumatic events, has infused my own practice of psychotherapy with new vitality and has expanded my understanding of the connections between past experiences and current emotions and behavior. DBT, a comprehensive treatment approach designed specifically for patients with BPD, offers to restore balance to a world of extremes and to help patients learn to regulate emotions and control self-destructive impulses.

For those of you who are new to Lost in the Mirror, I welcome you to learn about what it feels like to live with this painful condition. For those who have returned to learn more, I invite you to explore the most recent innovations in pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments and to explore the abundant resources now available for continuing your education about Borderline Personality Disorder.

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Changing the Course of Autism: A Scientific Approach for Parents and Physicians

Author: Bryan Jepson

This book shows that autism can be treated by reducing the neurological inflammation that is part of the disease process, rather than simply masking the symptoms with drugs like Ritalin and Prozac. The authors have have seen autistic behaviors improve dramatically or disappear completely with appropriate medical treatment. The book reviews the medical literature regarding the biological nature of the disease, including the potential connection between vaccines and autism. The foreword is by Katie Wright, whose parents--Bob and Suzanne Wright--founded Autism Speaks.