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Monday, March 5, 2012
Reader's Digest (OCTOBER 1995, VOLUME 39, NO. 232) (Single Issue Magazine)
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Women in Midlife Crisis (Mass Market Paperback)
By Jim Conway
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Jim and Sally Conway have learned, from observing many women they have pastored and counseled, that the majority of women in midlife suffer a bewildering and crushing array of physical, emotional, and spiritual stresses. Only in recent years has the midlife crisis been identified and addressed by counselors, pastors and doctors. Now available in mass paper, Women in Midlife Crisis is a carefully researched, compassionate volume of encouragemant and direction for women coping with midlife. Read more
Monday, February 13, 2012
Still Born First: A Thanksgiving Day Miracle (For My Child) (Kindle Edition)
By Seth Ellsworth
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It all happened in 7 minutes. From the unforgettable excitement of anticipating the routine delivery of your firstborn to the fear of losing your child seconds before he takes his first breath.
In those seven minutes, there was always room for a miracle, because God is good.
Praise for Still Born First:
Beautifully written. What a great story of pray, faith and miracles for your family.
- Shari T.
"Seth you are a great writer! We really felt like we were right there with you guys.
Thanks for making us cry this morning (really though–very touching story)."
- Lindsey C.
"I am seriously speechless at the miracle you have experienced. God surely does work in mysterious ways. I know, without a doubt, that we have angels among us. Congratulations to you both!"
- Kersten E.
"THANK YOU! THANK YOU! for sharing this tear filled, heart breaking, faith strengthening, spiritual story of the birth of Warren. I love how you write, you definitely laugh and cry, and cry and cry some more. It is amazing and I love how God works miracles in our lives. All of those little things that took place in order for little Warren to be with us now. HE IS TRULY A MIRACLE."
- Shanae J.
"Thank you for sharing such tender sweet moments of your life. You need to consider being an author. Between this and your engagement story, I felt as though I was there watching it. You have a special boy with you."
- Chelsea E.
It all happened in 7 minutes. From the unforgettable excitement of anticipating the routine delivery of your firstborn to the fear of losing your child seconds before he takes his first breath.
In those seven minutes, there was always room for a miracle, because God is good.
Praise for Still Born First:
Beautifully written. What a great story of pray, faith and miracles for your family.
- Shari T.
"Seth you are a great writer! We really felt like we were right there with you guys.
Thanks for making us cry this morning (really though–very touching story)."
- Lindsey C.
"I am seriously speechless at the miracle you have experienced. God surely does work in mysterious ways. I know, without a doubt, that we have angels among us. Congratulations to you both!"
- Kersten E.
"THANK YOU! THANK YOU! for sharing this tear filled, heart breaking, faith strengthening, spiritual story of the birth of Warren. I love how you write, you definitely laugh and cry, and cry and cry some more. It is amazing and I love how God works miracles in our lives. All of those little things that took place in order for little Warren to be with us now. HE IS TRULY A MIRACLE."
- Shanae J.
"Thank you for sharing such tender sweet moments of your life. You need to consider being an author. Between this and your engagement story, I felt as though I was there watching it. You have a special boy with you."
- Chelsea E.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Paperback)
By Rebecca Skloot
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Review & Description
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons—as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions.
Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.
Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia—a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo—to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.
Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah, who was devastated to learn about her mother’s cells. She was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Did it hurt her when researchers infected her cells with viruses and shot them into space? What happened to her sister, Elsie, who died in a mental institution at the age of fifteen? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance?
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2010: From a single, abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And from that same life, and those cells, Rebecca Skloot has fashioned in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a fascinating and moving story of medicine and family, of how life is sustained in laboratories and in memory. Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five in Baltimore, a poor African American migrant from the tobacco farms of Virginia, who died from a cruelly aggressive cancer at the age of 30 in 1951. A sample of her cancerous tissue, taken without her knowledge or consent, as was the custom then, turned out to provide one of the holy grails of mid-century biology: human cells that could survive--even thrive--in the lab. Known as HeLa cells, their stunning potency gave scientists a building block for countless breakthroughs, beginning with the cure for polio. Meanwhile, Henrietta's family continued to live in poverty and frequently poor health, and their discovery decades later of her unknowing contribution--and her cells' strange survival--left them full of pride, anger, and suspicion. For a decade, Skloot doggedly but compassionately gathered the threads of these stories, slowly gaining the trust of the family while helping them learn the truth about Henrietta, and with their aid she tells a rich and haunting story that asks the questions, Who owns our bodies? And who carries our memories? --Tom Nissley
Amazon Exclusive: Jad Abumrad Reviews The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Jad Abumrad is host and creator of the public radio hit Radiolab, now in its seventh season and reaching over a million people monthly. Radiolab combines cutting-edge production with a philosophical approach to big ideas in science and beyond, and an inventive method of storytelling. Abumrad has won numerous awards, including a National Headliner Award in Radio and an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Journalism Award. Read his exclusive Amazon guest review of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks:
Honestly, I can't imagine a better tale.
A detective story that's at once mythically large and painfully intimate.
Just the simple facts are hard to believe: that in 1951, a poor black woman named Henrietta Lacks dies of cervical cancer, but pieces of the tumor that killed her--taken without her knowledge or consent--live on, first in one lab, then in hundreds, then thousands, then in giant factories churning out polio vaccines, then aboard rocket ships launched into space. The cells from this one tumor would spawn a multi-billion dollar industry and become a foundation of modern science--leading to breakthroughs in gene mapping, cloning and fertility and helping to discover how viruses work and how cancer develops (among a million other things). All of which is to say: the science end of this story is enough to blow one's mind right out of one's face.
But what's truly remarkable about Rebecca Skloot's book is that we also get the rest of the story, the part that could have easily remained hidden had she not spent ten years unearthing it: Who was Henrietta Lacks? How did she live? How she did die? Did her family know that she'd become, in some sense, immortal, and how did that affect them? These are crucial questions, because science should never forget the people who gave it life. And so, what unfolds is not only a reporting tour de force but also a very entertaining account of Henrietta, her ancestors, her cells and the scientists who grew them.
The book ultimately channels its journey of discovery though Henrietta's youngest daughter, Deborah, who never knew her mother, and who dreamt of one day being a scientist.
As Deborah Lacks and Skloot search for answers, we're bounced effortlessly from the tiny tobacco-farming Virginia hamlet of Henrietta's childhood to modern-day Baltimore, where Henrietta's family remains. Along the way, a series of unforgettable juxtapositions: cell culturing bumps into faith healings, cutting edge medicine collides with the dark truth that Henrietta's family can't afford the health insurance to care for diseases their mother's cells have helped to cure.
Rebecca Skloot tells the story with great sensitivity, urgency and, in the end, damn fine writing. I highly recommend this book. --Jad Abumrad
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What To Expect When Expecting: Your Ultimate Pregnancy Guide (*Special Edition*) (Kindle Edition)
By Phyllis Ramey
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Handbook of Therapy for Unwanted Homosexual Attractions (Kindle Edition)
By Philip J. Henry Ph.D
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Handbook of Therapy for Unwanted Homosexual Attractions:
A Guide to Treatment
Handbook of Therapy for Unwanted Homosexual Attractions:
A Guide to Treatment
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The Complete Breastfeeding Book: How To Make More Milk - Breastfeeding Diet, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Weaning - The Ultimate Guide For Nursing Mothers, Breast Feeding Made Simple - Limited Edition (Kindle Edition)
By Emma Lockhart Breastfeeding Manual
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"Breast Feeding": The Ultimate Guide For Nursing Mothers
This book is an essential guide for pregnancy and childbirth, nursing mothers, newborn baby, dieting and more.
"Breastfeeding Diet" Tips And Secrets To Making More Milk is packed with tips and practical advice from a real mother.
They say breast is best, however, your newborn usually doesn't arrive with a breastfeeding manual. That's where this "breastfeeding" guide may just come in handy. You want to supply your baby with the best nutrition possible, but might not be aware of things like proper latching techniques or the foods which are best for any "breastfeeding mother". Therefore, here is just about everything you need to know about breastfeeding, from birth to when it's time to wean.
Breastfeeding Tips And Secrets To Making More Milk Will Help You To:
. Produce more nutrition for yourself and your baby
. Positioning During Breastfeeding
. Your Nursing Area
. Foods to avoid while breastfeeding
. What to do if you believe that you have a poor milk supply
. When you should use a breast pump
. How to use a breast pump
. How to deal with complications that may arise
. Starting solid foods
. How to wean from breastfeeding
"Breastfeeding" is truly one of the most wonderful and special things you can do for your child. It allows for you to bond with them in a way that is remarkable, and provide them with vital nutrients that will give them a head start in life. It is, most assuredly, worth every bit of time and effort that you put into it. And, even if your child might never thank you for giving them this precious gift, you'll always know that you gave them the best by providing them with nature's perfect food. Best Seller - A Must Read!
About The Author
Emma Lockhart is a mother of a beautiful baby boy, who she adores daily. She has worked as a nurse for 12 years and has also been a midwife and breastfeeding counselor."Breast Feeding": The Ultimate Guide For Nursing Mothers
This book is an essential guide for pregnancy and childbirth, nursing mothers, newborn baby, dieting and more.
"Breastfeeding Diet" Tips And Secrets To Making More Milk is packed with tips and practical advice from a real mother.
They say breast is best, however, your newborn usually doesn't arrive with a breastfeeding manual. That's where this "breastfeeding" guide may just come in handy. You want to supply your baby with the best nutrition possible, but might not be aware of things like proper latching techniques or the foods which are best for any "breastfeeding mother". Therefore, here is just about everything you need to know about breastfeeding, from birth to when it's time to wean.
Breastfeeding Tips And Secrets To Making More Milk Will Help You To:
. Produce more nutrition for yourself and your baby
. Positioning During Breastfeeding
. Your Nursing Area
. Foods to avoid while breastfeeding
. What to do if you believe that you have a poor milk supply
. When you should use a breast pump
. How to use a breast pump
. How to deal with complications that may arise
. Starting solid foods
. How to wean from breastfeeding
"Breastfeeding" is truly one of the most wonderful and special things you can do for your child. It allows for you to bond with them in a way that is remarkable, and provide them with vital nutrients that will give them a head start in life. It is, most assuredly, worth every bit of time and effort that you put into it. And, even if your child might never thank you for giving them this precious gift, you'll always know that you gave them the best by providing them with nature's perfect food. Best Seller - A Must Read!
About The Author
Emma Lockhart is a mother of a beautiful baby boy, who she adores daily. She has worked as a nurse for 12 years and has also been a midwife and breastfeeding counselor. Read more
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