Anne Leclaire:Leaving Eden (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
- Paperback 2008, ISBN: 9780345445759
Berkley, June 1979. Paper Back Paper Back. Good. Good Softcover. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers. Spine has small bit of wrinkling. Inside covers and pages yellowed, but clean … More...
Berkley, June 1979. Paper Back Paper Back. Good. Good Softcover. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers. Spine has small bit of wrinkling. Inside covers and pages yellowed, but clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984., Berkley, 2.5, Allergies: Your Hidden Enemyby Theron G Randolph & Ralph W MossPublisher: Turnstone Press Ltd., 1981ISBN is 9780855001513 / 0855001518Paperback5.25 x 8.5 inches, 270 pagesTheron Grant Randolph (July 7, 1906 September 29, 1995) was a physician, allergist, and researcher from the United States. He studied food allergies, chemical sensitivities, and preventive care. Randolph, along with some other American allergists, objected to the definition of allergies as arising from serological abnormalities; this definition, common among European allergists of Randolph's day, excluded from consideration the kinds of non-immunological adverse environmental reactions that Randolph studied.Randolph authored four books and over 300 medical articles and is considered the "Father of Clinical Ecology". According to his obituary in the New York Times, "traditional medical bodies ... which contended there was no scientific basis for his approach, are sharply skeptical of Dr. Randolph's unorthodox therapies". The obituary then goes on to note a, "small but discernible shift in attitude toward the issue of chemical sensitivity. In 1991, a workshop of the National Academy of Sciences agreed on a definition, designating as a syndrome cases in which patients react to chemicals at levels far lower than what is normally tolerated."Randolph was an allergologist who graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School, was a research fellow in allergy and immunology at the Harvard Medical School, and then taught at the Northwestern University Medical School until, as he put it, he was forced out because of his unorthodox teaching. He wrote extensively about his clinical research into multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), a controversial condition at that time that has slowly grown in acceptance.The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences definition of MCS as a "chronic, recurring disease caused by a person's inability to tolerate an environmental chemical or class of foreign chemicals" is consistent with Dr. Randolph's writings. The general prevalence of MCS in the U.S. is considered to be approximately 15% of the population. However, the 2008 Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses confirmed that at least 25% of previously healthy young soldiers suffered from MCS, having become sensitized during their tours of duty. Demonstrating that Theron Randolph was a man before his time, the committee wrote, "It is well established that some people are more vulnerable to adverse effects of certain chemicals than others, due to variability in biological processes that neutralize those chemicals, and clear them from the body."Randolph wrote four books and over 300 articles, many of which were about clinical ecology and environmental medicine, two non-recognized medical specialties:--------------------------Ralph Walter Moss (born May 6, 1943) is an American author whose writings promote complementary and alternative cancer treatments. In 1974, he earned a PhD in Classics from Stanford University. Moss served as a science writer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the 1970s. He was fired in 1977 by Sloan-Kettering after publicly accusing the institution of suppressing information on laetrile, a now-discredited alternative cancer treatment. He has subsequently served on the advisory board of the Office of Alternative Medicine, and he markets Moss Reports covering various forms of alternative medicine., Turnstone Press Ltd, 1981, 3, -: Ebury Press, 1998. None. Small Paperback. Good. -. THE LITTLE BOOK OF CALM is a publishing phenomenon, with total world-wide sales of 1. 8 million, including 750, 000 in the UK trade alone. Now, Ebury Press brings you the perfect antidote to all that serenity. Rohan Candappa, a former copywriter turned film-maker, believes it`s time to admit that stress is good. Because without stress, we would all be very, very nice. And stomach-churningly contented. And in all honesty, who wants to live in a world like that. The many and hilarious tips for increasing your own stress levels and stressing out the people around you include gems like the following: *Learn to snore *Choose friends you don`t like *Put empty milk cartons back in the fridge *Become a politician. And always remember, worrying is just medication for realists., Ebury Press, 1998, 2.5, "The promise of beautythe kind of real, personal beauty that can transform a person's lifearrived in Eden, Virginia, on the fourth Thursday in June." That's the day Tallie Brock sees the sign at the Klip-N-Kurl, the beauty parlor where she works part-time, sweeping the floor and refilling shampoo bottles, among other chores. (What she really enjoys is listening to the women chat, gossip, and buzz like a beehive.) The sign in the front window announces GLAMOUR DAY. For twenty dollars, a woman can receive a complete professional makeoverand a glossy nine-by-twelve-inch picture of the result.For Tallie, the glam shot just may be her ticket out of Lovettsville. She dreams of someday going to Hollywood and becoming a Star. Her mother, who was the spitting image of Natalie Wood, used to say "the sky's the limit." In fact, her mother once left home to make a movie in Los Angeles. But she returned six months later without whispering a word about itand tried to pick up her life right where she left off. Tallie noticed something different, though. And her mother's best friend, Martha Lee, the plainest woman within miles, knew the secret that soon the whole town would discover. At the time, Tallie was just afraid her mother would get antsy and disappear again. She was only half right.But that was four years ago, and now Glamour Day is fast approaching. While jotting down observations in her Rulebook for Living (such as "Women with fat faces shouldn't wear bangs" and "Beetles signify change"), Tallie finds herself changing in unexpected waysas she tests the limits of trust, explores her growing attraction to a boy from a family as rich as her imagination, and reaches for the sky like she has never done before.By turns funny and tender, joyous and poignant, bestselling author Anne LeClaire has written a winning, stylish novel of small-town Southern life and what it means to be a mother, daughter, best friend, wife, and lover., Ballantine Books, 3<
