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I'm not slowing down: winning my battle with osteoporosis
Par Ann Richards. 2003
Former Texas governor describes her battle to arrest osteopenia, an early stage of osteoporosis often triggered by hormonal changes in…
postmenopausal women. Along with coauthor and physician Richard Levine, she describes dietary measures, medication, and exercise aimed at controlling the condition. Also includes information on hormone replacement therapy. 2003The rural life
Par Verlyn Klinkenborg. 2003
Collection of essays celebrating the simplicity of country life in successive months over the course of one year. The selections--which…
previously appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, and other publications--depict seasonal changes in settings ranging from Klinkenborg's own upstate New York farm to rugged landscapes in the American west. 2003Sixpence House: lost in a town of books
Par Paul Collins. 2003
Memoir of American author's relocation to Hay-on-Wye, or "Town of Books," a Welsh village boasting fifteen hundred inhabitants and forty…
antiquarian bookstores. Finding work in the largest one, Collins describes his pleasure in poring through endless dusty book stacks. He also recounts attempting to buy Sixpence House, a tumbledown pub in the town's center. 2003Hysterectomy: exploring your options (A johns Hopkins Press Health Book Ser.)
Par Edward E Wallach. 2004
Gynecologists explain the female reproductive organs, problems that can occur, and options for treatment. Describes three types of hysterectomies (involving…
surgical removal of the uterus), benefits and risks of each operation, postoperative issues, and medical alternatives. 2003Horatio's drive: America's first road trip
Par Dayton Duncan. 2003
Account of the first cross-country automobile trip in the United States. In 1903 Horatio Jackson, a thirty-one-year-old Vermont doctor, bet…
fifty dollars that he could drive from San Francisco to New York despite only 150 miles of paved roadway in the entire nation. Introduction by Ken Burns, maker of a companion PBS documentary. 2003Tales of a female nomad: living at large in the world
Par Rita Golden Gelman. 2001
Children's author and self-proclaimed "modern-day nomad" recounts her travels since 1986 when, on the verge of divorce at age forty-eight,…
she abandoned her upscale California existence. Gelman's serendipitous lifestyle takes her around the world--from the Galápagos to Thailand and beyond--where she connects with locals, learns their customs, and shares their lives. 2001Cent jours sous le ciel de la Mongolie
Par Jean-Étienne Poirier. 2001
Recueil de souvenirs et impressions de voyages de l'auteur dans ce pays un peu mystérieux qu'est la Mongolie et dont…
on sait peu de choses, sinon qu'il fit partie de l'empire de Gengis Khan et qu'il survit aujourd'hui tant bien que mal par lui-même. Le recueil parle surtout du choc culturel de l'auteur et de ses rencontres avec les gens. Peu de commentaires sur la Mongolie, tout juste quelques données historiques en introduction. [SDMThe Yale guide to women's reproductive health: from menarche to menopause
Par Mary Jane Minkin, Carol V. Wright. 2003
City of the soul: a walk in Rome (Crown Journeys Ser.)
Par William Murray. 2002
Longtime resident presents an intimate walking tour of this ancient city. Murray's tour illuminates the history and legend behind famous…
sites like the Pantheon, the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, and the Piazza di Spagna. The guide also connects past to present by revealing modern Rome's hotels, shopping areas, restaurants, and cafes. 2002The rise of the new woman: the women's movement in America, 1875-1930 (American ways series)
Par Jean V Matthews. 2003
A social and political history of the suffrage movement in the critical years leading up to and after ratification of…
the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 that gave women the right to vote. Discusses the role of feminist pioneers in changing public attitudes and the ideas and values engendered by their debates. 2003Martha Washington: first lady of liberty
Par Helen Bryan. 2002
Presents the life of the first United States president's wife, Martha Washington (1731-1802), in the social, political, and economic context…
of early America, especially colonial Virginia. The chronicle depicts Martha as her husband's "active, indispensable partner," who "commanded respect in her own right," and reflects her instrumental role in George's success. 2002Breast cancer Q & A: insightful answers to the 100 most frequently asked questions
Par Charyn Pfeuffer. 2003
Elle dort dans la mer: document
Par Louise Longo. 1996
Récit émouvant d'une survivante d'un naufrage. Louise Longo raconte comment elle a survécu sur un radeau de fortune, mais surtout…
comment elle a perdu sa petite fille pratiquement quelques minutes avant d'être secourue. [SDMDe l'Argentine au Zimbabwe (Collection Vers L'inconnu)
Par Jacques Noël. 2001
L'auteur, journaliste et globe-trotter, a parcouru 104 pays. Des plaines de Mongolie aux déserts d'Australie, des cols de l'Himalaya à…
la jungle du Guatemala, l'auteur a choisi de voyager à la dure...Il en a tiré les histoires savoureuses qu'il nous propose, dans l'ordre alphabétique des pays qu'il a visitésSoliah: the Sara Jane Olson story
Par Sharon Darby Hendry. 2002
Biography of Minnesota soccer mom Sara Jane Olson, arrested in 1999 for terrorist activities in the 1970s when she was…
a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army--notorious for the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Olson changed her name from Kathleen Soliah and remained underground for decades. Some strong language. 2002Baghdad diaries: a woman's chronicle of war and exile
Par Nuha Radi. 1998
A western-educated Iraqi artist depicts her life in Baghdad during the 1991 Gulf War and her virtual exile in the…
years thereafter. Al-Radi records the everyday struggles of her relatives and friends to keep going in the face of bombing raids, the subsequent UN embargo and other fallouts of the warL'île aux moines danseurs
Par Nadine Delpech. 2006
"Ce livre est à la fois un récit de voyage initiatique, un document inédit sur une congrégation religieuse inconnue en…
Occident et enfin une histoire d'amour cachée. L'auteur nous livre son étonnante aventure sur une île du Brahmapoutre où vivent mille moines hindous inconnus en Occident : des hommes superbes voués à l'art de la danse et qu'il est impossible de toucher, des moinillons remplis d'affection pour les plus vieux, si pleins de bonté. Pour la première fois de leur histoire qui dure depuis cinq siècles, ces religieux ont accepté qu'une femme seule vive avec eux dans leurs monastères, au coeur de l'État Indien de l'Assam, resté longtemps fermé au monde. Pour la voyageuse agnostique commence alors une plongée savoureuse dans le monde du sensible, du mystique, et aussi ... une histoire d'amour avec Gopal, le séduisant moine danseur aux cheveux longs. [...]" -- 4e de couvSummarizes the Harvard University medical study, which began in 1976, of nurses and their health. Discusses lowering the risk of…
common cancers, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, age-related eye disorders, asthma, arthritis, and Alzheimer's disease. Includes advice on changing behaviors and making decisions. 2001The snow geese: a story of home
Par William Fiennes. 2002
In this combination travelog and memoir, Fiennes reflects on the metaphorical aspects of a journey from Houston northward into Canada,…
following the annual migration of snow geese. Convalescing after several operations, this young British author read Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose (BR 14168) and developed his therapeutic plan to track the birds' flight. 2002Oaxaca journal
Par Oliver Sacks. 2002
Record of the author's observations while on a botanical tour with the American Fern Society in southern Mexico in 2000.…
Describes his travel companions, his impressions of this first trip to the area, and the foliage of particular plants. 2002