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The end of diabetes: the eat to live plan to prevent and reverse diabetes
By Joel Fuhrman. 2012
The New York Times bestselling author of "Eat to Live" and "Super Immunity", and one of the country's leading experts…
on preventive medicine, offers a scientifically proven, practical program to prevent and reverse diabetes - without drugs. Bestseller. 2013, c2012.Comment se débarrasser du diabète de type 2 sans chirurgie ni médicament
By N Mousseau. 2016
Après qu'on lui eut diagnostiqué un diabète de type 2 en mai 2013, Normand Mousseau a refusé de s'en tenir…
aux recommandations de son médecin et a cherché la voie de la guérison. En s'appuyant sur les travaux de Roy Taylor, physiologiste britannique, il a décidé de suivre une voie thérapeutique nouvelle, fondée sur une diète hypocalorique très stricte. Aujourd'hui, il ne souffre plus du diabète. Il partage ici son expérience personnelle, tout en proposant au lecteur une explication scientifique aussi bien des causes de la maladie que des raisons pour lesquelles cette thérapie peut réussir à éradiquer celle-ci. Enfin, il indique clairement les différentes étapes à suivre pour atteindre cet objectif. 2016.Diabetes in adults: Cma Your Personal Health Series
By Śarah Meltser, Anne Belton. 2008
For most people, a diagnosis of diabetes is an unwelcome and overwhelming shock, meaning lifestyle changes and potentially difficult complications…
in the long run. However, a role can be played in delaying or even preventing such complications. Complete with useful sidebars and real-life stories, this guide presents easy-to-understand information to help anyone with diabetes learn about the disease and how to deal with it. 2008.Diabetes: the biography (Biographies of disease)
By Robert Tattersall. 2009
Tattersall, a leading authority on diabetes, describes the story of the disease from the ancient writings of Galen and Avicenna…
to the recognition of sugar in the urine of diabetics in the 18th century and the identification of pancreatic diabetes in 1889. With the discovery of insulin in the early 20th century, optimism ensued, which eventually waned due to the increasing complexity of the disease, and the increasing number of young patients. c2009.Littérature et société québécoise: histoire, méthode et textes
By Marie-Claude Waymel, Claude Lizé. 1991
L'ouvrage trace un portrait dynamique de la littérature du Québec des origines jusqu'à nos jours. Pour ce faire, les auteurs…
ont organisé la matière en deux champs d'étude: la réflexion sur le littéraire comme phénomène social - y sont abordées des notions comme celles de corpus, d'horizon d'attente, de réception, d'idéologie, d'esthétique, etc. - et l'histoire littéraire, c'est-à-dire la constitution du corpus à travers le temps, sa diversification en des genres ayant connu et connaissant une évolution propre, etc. 1991.Agatha Christie's secret notebooks: fifty years of mysteries in the making
By Agatha Christie, John Curran. 2009
Literary advisor to the bestselling queen of crime's estate describes, excerpts, and discusses the seventy-plus notebooks discovered at Christie's family…
home after her daughter's 2004 death. Includes notes about Christie's books, alternative plot ideas, and two previously unpublished stories featuring her long-running protagonist Hercule Poirot. c2009.Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004-2021
By Margaret Atwood. 2022
NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays--funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient--which seek answers to…
Burning Questions such as:Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?How can we live on our planet?Is it true? And is it fair?What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism?In over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at the world, and reports back to us on what she finds. This roller-coaster period brought the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump, and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better guide to the many and varied mysteries of our universe.Why not Catch-21?: the stories behind the titles
By Gary Dexter. 2007
Based on the author's long-running column in London's Sunday Telegraph, this diverting book offers literary history in bite sizes, presenting…
surprising details on each of 50 classic work's genesis and composition. Emphasizing books that are literally inexplicable without this background knowledge, the book covers iconic works from Thomas Moore's Utopia to Joyce's Ulysses. Along the way readers learn what Wordsworth's Prelude was a prelude to, the identity of the original Jeeves, why A Clockwork Orange wasn't A Robotic Banana, and much moreGood dog, stay (Thorndike Nonfiction Ser.)
By Anna Quindlen. 2007
The author tells of her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. She reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem…
with Beau's and on the lessons she's learned by watching himStranger faces (Undelivered Lectures)
By Namwali Serpell. 2020
Professor of English at Harvard University presents five essays--intended for lectures--meditating on faces, the presentation of self in physical and…
digital spaces, and perceptions of meaning. Topics include Joseph Merrick, Hannah Crafts, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Grizzly Man, and the term e-faced. Some violence and some strong language. 2020American originality: essays on poetry
By Louise Glück. 2017
Collection of twenty essays by the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of Poems 1962-2012 (DB…
79850). Essays examine poetry and poets. The title essay deconstructs the relationship between creativity and white America's myth of itself. Some strong language. Nobel Prize. 2017Midnight assassin: a murder in America's heartland
By Thomas Wolf, Patricia L. Bryan. 2005
In December 1900, a prosperous Iowa farmer was murdered in his bed--killed by two blows of an ax to his…
head. Four days later, the victim's wife, Margaret Hossack, was arrested and charged with the crime. The community was split by the trial which was covered by young journalist Susan Glaspell, later an acclaimed writer. Co-author is Thomas Wolf. Unrated. 2005A chime of windbells: a year of Japanese haiku in English verse
By Harold Stewart. 1969
No-fuss diabetes recipes for 1 or 2: 125 healthy & delicious meals and desserts
By Jackie Boucher, Jane Stephenson, Marcia Hayes. 1999
125 recipes for diabetics -- most of which make only one or two servings and use ten ingredients or less.…
Each recipe includes nutritional information, including carbohydrate choices. Co-authors are Marica Hayes and Jane Stephenson. 1999Step-by-step guide by a physician explains how to reverse elevated blood sugar levels and in the process improve cognitive performance…
and avert memory loss. Lays out a four-pillar diet-and-lifestyle approach to improving brain health, focusing on food, nutrients, exercise, and stress management. Includes recipes. Includes supplemental material. 2018Dr. Gavin's health guide for African Americans: How to Keep Yourself and Your Children Well
By James R. Gavin, Sherrye Landrum. 2004
President of the Morehouse College School of Medicine offers guidelines for controlling health problems common among African Americans such as…
obesity, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and kidney disorders. Advocates making incremental lifestyle changes to eat healthier, exercise more, and reduce stress. An American Diabetes Association publication. 2004Sing a song of seasons: A Nature Poem For Each Day Of The Year
By Frann Preston-Gannon, Fiona Waters. 2018
Nature-inspired poems for every day of the year created by a variety of poets including Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston…
Hughes, Beatrix Potter, and more. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 2018The crucible: and related readings (Literature connections)
By Arthur Miller, McDougal Littell Publishing Staff. 1997
Crazy brave: a memoir
By Joy Harjo. 2012
The first Native American poet laureate recounts her creative journey. Describes her early years in Oklahoma with an abusive stepfather,…
finding sanctuary in her imagination, spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Some strong language. 2012The good neighbor: the life and work of Fred Rogers
By Maxwell King. 2018
Biography of the creator and star of the children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Traces the personal, professional, and artistic…
life of Rogers (1928-2003), drawing on interviews, oral histories, and archival documents to show a man fiercely devoted to helping children. 2018