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Macular degeneration: living positively with vision loss
Par Betty Wason, James J McMillan. 1998
Macular degeneration: the complete guide to saving and maximizing your sight
Par Lylas G Mogk, Marja Mogk. 1999
Describes the condition of age-related macular degeneration. Covers treatments and research, preventative measures, and useful tips for family and friends.…
Discusses coping with low vision, dealing with depression, Charles Bonnet Syndrome, visual rehabilitation programs, and sources for help. 1999.Love me true: writers reflect on the ins, outs, ups and downs of marriage
Par Fiona Tinwei Lam, Jane Silcott. 2018
What keeps us together? What breaks us apart? 27 creative nonfiction writers and 15 poets explore the enormity of marriage…
and committed relationships and how they have challenged, shaped, supported and changed them. The stories and poems in this collection delve deep into the mysteries of long-term bonds. The authors cover a gamut of issues and ideas--everything from everyday conflicts to deep philosophical divides, as well as jealousy, adultery, physical or mental illness, and loss. There's happiness here too, along with love and companionship, whether the long-term partnering is monogamous, polyamorous, same-sex or otherwise. From surprise proposals, stolen quickies, and snoring to arranged marriage, affairs, suicide, and much more, these wide-ranging personal stories and poems are sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing, and always engaging as they offer their intimate and varied insights into the complex state that is marriage. 2018.Lost years: confessions of a woman alcoholic
Par Megan Moran. 1985
An account of a 14-year battle with alcoholism. Megan was the daughter of an alcoholic father, who was the son…
of alcoholic parents. Her encounter with a priest who was a recovering alcoholic led her to Alcoholics Anonymous. Some strong language. 1985.Le dernier verre: de l'alcool et du bonheur
Par Daniel Schreiber. 2017
C'est notre histoire à tous : l'histoire d'un penchant pour l'alcool, d'une consommation d'abord sociale et joyeuse qui, de verre…
en verre, de soirée en soirée, dérape vers la véritable addiction. Dans cet essai introspectif convoquant aussi bien Oliver Sacks ou David Foster Wallace que James Bond, Daniel Schreiber interroge avec lucidité notre rapport à l'alcool et s'attaque aux préjugés qui nous empêchent de parler ouvertement des formes les plus banales de cette maladie. 2017." Au-delà du plaisir, du goût et de la convivialité qui font manifestement partie de ce qui se joue autour…
d'un verre, quels effets l'alcool a-t-il sur l'organisme ? Quels risques spécifiques représente-t-il pour les femmes enceintes, les enfants, les adolescents, les femmes, les hommes, les personnes âgées ? Pourquoi l'alcool rend-il ivre ? En quoi une consommation en apparence contrôlée peut-elle se révéler plus nocive qu'elle n'y paraît? Les 100 questions sur l'alcool et l'alcoolisme présentées dans cet ouvrage passent en revue aussi bien des thèmes d'ordre général que des situations cliniques particulières, grâce à l'étude et à la synthèse de données statistiques, physiologiques, psychologiques et sociologiques issues d'organismes de santé, d'instituts nationaux et internationaux, de banques de données statistiques, d'enquêtes sociales, de recherches cliniques et de la littérature spécialisée. " -- 4e de couv.Le livre du voyage
Par Bernard Werber. 1997
"J'ai voulu faire un livre qui permette d'aller mieux. Parler des choses à ne pas oublier quand ça va et…
à réutiliser quand ça ne va pas." C'est ainsi que l'auteur présente ce livre "qui serait votre ami de papier." 1997.Chambre d'hôtel
Par Minou Petrowski. 1998
Sur le thème-titre, un recueil de courts textes (lettres, témoignages, quelques poèmes) écrits par des auditeurs anonymes de l'émission "Paroles…
de stars" sur les ondes de Radio-Canada et plusieurs extraits d'entretiens avec des comédiens, des auteurs, des cinéastes.All children have different eyes: learn to play and make friends
Par Edie A Glaser, Maria R Burgio. 2007
Fresh tracks: writing the western landscape
Par Pamela Banting. 1998
Cataract surgery: a patient's guide to cataract treatment
Par Uday Devgan. 2008
More than 2.5 million Canadians have cataracts, with many needing surgery. This handbook covers the most frequently asked questions, such…
as What type of new lens is implanted in the eye? What type of anesthesia is used? Is there pain after the surgery? and How soon will vision improve? 2008.Conscience be my guide: an anthology of prison writings
Par Geoffrey Bould. 1991
Kobzar's children: a century of stories by Ukrainians
Par Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. 2006
An anthology of short historical fiction, memoirs, and poems written about the Ukrainian immigrant experience. The stories span a century…
of history from 1905 to 2004, and they contain the voices of people who lived through internment as "enemy aliens," homesteading, famine, displacement, concentration camps, and this new century's Orange Revolution. Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2006.In the realm of hungry ghosts: close encounters with addiction
Par Gabor Maté. 2008
Maté describes his patients while looking to the root causes of addiction, applying a clinical and psychological view to the…
physical manifestation and offering some answers for why people inflict such catastrophe on themselves. He takes aim at the ineffectual War on Drugs, and shows how measures such as safe injection sites are more successful at reducing drug-related crime and the spread of disease than anything most governments are doing. 2008.Healing the eye the natural way: alternative medicine and macular degeneration
Par Edward Kondrot. 2000
A look at how to heal and care for your eyes with nutrition, vitamin therapy, mineral therapy, homeopathy, microcurrent stimulation,…
and chelation therapy. Includes exercises and tips for everyday living. 2001.This guide to the prevention, intervention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse gives a step-by-step plan of what to…
say to children and how to say it. Offers suggestions on teaching refusal techniques, and choosing drug treatment programs. 1988.Glaucoma: a patient's guide to the disease, fourth edition
Par Graham E Trope. 2011
How to stop smoking and stay stopped for good
Par Gillian Riley. 2007
Everyone knows how bad smoking is for them, but they just can't seem to give up. If you're really serious…
about giving up smoking then this is the book that will not only help you to stop, but to stay stopped for good. Gillian Riley's techniques allow you to understand your addiction, take control and break your habit. 2007.Ethel Wilson: stories, essays, and letters
Par Ethel Wilson, David Stouck. 1987
Ethel Wilson, best-known for "Swamp angel" (DC00685), did not write her first novel until she was 60 years old. This…
book includes six essays on Canadian literature and writing, nine short stories and Ethel's correspondence to her editor and other writers, such as Earle Birney and Margaret Laurence. 1987. Uniform title: Selections.Selected works by eight diverse postmodern poets. Presents a profile of each author and describes social and literary ties among…
them. Conarroe traces a pattern of mental disturbances, as well as creative genius, that he believes these artists share to varying degrees. 1997, c1994.