Showdown with Diabetes
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Showdown with Diabetes
Deb Butterfield
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0393047539

Book Description

A compelling personal account of living with diabetes from diagnosis to cure, with a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in treatment. Deb Butterfield was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of ten, in the days before blood glucose monitors. In Showdown with Diabetes she writes about the world of diabetes from within that world, telling the story of her life with diabetes, through progressive debilitation, until she was finally freed of restrictions and needles with a pancreas transplant. If you have diabetes this book will help you to know your options. For the families of people with diabetes and the medical professionals who care for them, it also offers a rare and frank insight into the life of a diabetic person beyond the day-to-day physical management of the disease. Going further than the clinical language of blood tests, diets, and insulin regimens, it shows diabetes as a force that molds a person's personality and profoundly shapes his or her life. Most important, Showdown with Diabetes is the first book about this disease to embrace the era of cures, and to urge its readers to reach beyond short-term coping strategies to find long-term solutions.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I finished this book in one sitting!.......2001-07-11

For anyone affected by diabetes, especially those of us with type 1 - this book should be a real fast and insightful read. Having personally lived with type 1 for the past 25 years, this is the first book I've seen which doesn't try to perpetuate the prevailing myth that the patient is ultimately responsible for his or her condition, or that this illness is nearly as "manageable" as the medical profession, the media or society in general would have us believe. I suspect that much of the first part of the book, which takes the reader through Deb's own struggle with diabetes, is so familiar that it could have been written by anyone who has lived with this illness. The second part closes on a positive note outlining the breakthoughs that will impact finding a cure. But it also serves as a message to the diabetic community that they must do better in advocating for a cure (including funding and policies) which are required to get there. A really good book.

5 out of 5 stars I didn't know anyone understood.......2000-05-21

Deb was looking back at me from my mirror! What an incredibly insightful, hopeful, powerful story of diabetes ... Showdown really tells it like it is ... unbelievable refreshing and cathartic! THANKS!

5 out of 5 stars Of all my readings, none was as important as your book.......2000-05-12

Before a few months ago I did not have a detailed knowledge of diabetes, although I have worked for academic medical centers for over twenty years.

I did a good deal of research when I was asked to consider the position of President and CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Foudation. Of all my readings, none was as important as Showdown with Diabetes. Most important of all, it enabled me to understand the passion for a cure that has driven JDF's volunteers and staff for over 30 years.

Thankyou Deb for sharing your experiences. I hope that, in my new position, I can help to accomplish the goals you have so articulately described in Showdown with Diabetes.

5 out of 5 stars It's the best thing I've read in a long time!.......2000-05-12

... you just HAVE to check out Deb Butterfield's book "Showdown With Diabetes"! In her book she tells about her life with diabetes and her transplant! In the second part of her book, she talks about the progress over the years that pancreas and islet transplants have made! What impressed me is how she takes all the MANY researchers' information and discusses it all in an easy to understand and positive manner! I'm just so impressed and just had to share this book with you! It's the best thing I've read in a long time!

5 out of 5 stars It's the best thing I've read in a long time!.......2000-05-12

... you just HAVE to check out Deb Butterfield's book "Showdown With Diabetes"! In her book she tells about her life with diabetes and her transplant! In the second part of her book, she talks about the progress over the years that pancreas and islet transplants have made! What impressed me is how she takes all the MANY researchers' information and discusses it all in an easy to understand and positive manner! I'm just so impressed and just had to share this book with you! It's the best thing I've read in a long time!
The Diabetic Pancreas
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    The Diabetic Pancreas

    Manufacturer: Springer
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0306310112
    Artificial pancreas implanted in type 1 diabetics. (Functions well in Experiments).(Brief Article): An article from: Internal Medicine News
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      Artificial pancreas implanted in type 1 diabetics. (Functions well in Experiments).(Brief Article): An article from: Internal Medicine News
      Timothy F. Kirn
      Manufacturer: International Medical News Group
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Digital
      ASIN: B0008F1XQ2
      Release Date: 2005-07-30

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      This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on March 15, 2002. The length of the article is 417 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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      Title: Artificial pancreas implanted in type 1 diabetics. (Functions well in Experiments).(Brief Article)
      Author: Timothy F. Kirn
      Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
      Date: March 15, 2002
      Publisher: International Medical News Group
      Volume: 35 Issue: 6 Page: 16(1)

      Article Type: Brief Article

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      Citing improved health outcomes, CMS will cover pancreas only transplants in type I diabetics.(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) : An article from: Transplant News
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        Citing improved health outcomes, CMS will cover pancreas only transplants in type I diabetics.(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) : An article from: Transplant News
        Jim Warren
        Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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        Binding: Digital

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        Release Date: 2006-05-16

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        This digital document is an article from Transplant News, published by Thomson Gale on April 30, 2006. The length of the article is 818 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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        Title: Citing improved health outcomes, CMS will cover pancreas only transplants in type I diabetics.(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
        Author: Jim Warren
        Publication: Transplant News (Newsletter)
        Date: April 30, 2006
        Publisher: Thomson Gale
        Volume: 16 Issue: 8

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        Diabetics receiving pancreas transplants have slightly lower survival rates than those on conventional therapy.: An article from: Transplant News
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          Diabetics receiving pancreas transplants have slightly lower survival rates than those on conventional therapy.: An article from: Transplant News
          Michele Grygotis
          Manufacturer: Transplant Communications, Inc.
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          Binding: Digital

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          ASIN: B00097394S
          Release Date: 2006-07-14

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          This digital document is an article from Transplant News, published by Transplant Communications, Inc. on December 15, 2003. The length of the article is 995 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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          Title: Diabetics receiving pancreas transplants have slightly lower survival rates than those on conventional therapy.
          Author: Michele Grygotis
          Publication: Transplant News (Newsletter)
          Date: December 15, 2003
          Publisher: Transplant Communications, Inc.
          Volume: 13 Issue: 23

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          Higher mortality with pancreas-only transplants: diabetic patients.(Clinical Rounds): An article from: Internal Medicine News
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            Higher mortality with pancreas-only transplants: diabetic patients.(Clinical Rounds): An article from: Internal Medicine News
            Miriam E. Tucker
            Manufacturer: International Medical News Group
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Digital
            ASIN: B0008248CG
            Release Date: 2005-06-01

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            This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on January 15, 2004. The length of the article is 2327 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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            Title: Higher mortality with pancreas-only transplants: diabetic patients.(Clinical Rounds)
            Author: Miriam E. Tucker
            Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
            Date: January 15, 2004
            Publisher: International Medical News Group
            Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Page: 28(1)

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            Intensive insulin Tx may kick-start pancreas in adolescents with diabetes.(News): An article from: Family Practice News
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              Intensive insulin Tx may kick-start pancreas in adolescents with diabetes.(News): An article from: Family Practice News
              Kate Johnson
              Manufacturer: International Medical News Group
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Digital

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              ASIN: B00081WYGY
              Release Date: 2005-08-01

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              This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on December 1, 2004. The length of the article is 637 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

              Citation Details
              Title: Intensive insulin Tx may kick-start pancreas in adolescents with diabetes.(News)
              Author: Kate Johnson
              Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
              Date: December 1, 2004
              Publisher: International Medical News Group
              Volume: 34 Issue: 23 Page: 5(1)

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              Isolated pancreas transplantation does not improve survival in diabetes: controversial procedure.(Clinical Rounds): An article from: Family Practice News
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                Isolated pancreas transplantation does not improve survival in diabetes: controversial procedure.(Clinical Rounds): An article from: Family Practice News
                Miriam E. Tucker
                Manufacturer: International Medical News Group
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Digital
                ASIN: B000826ZA4
                Release Date: 2005-06-01

                Book Description

                This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on February 15, 2004. The length of the article is 7127 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

                Citation Details
                Title: Isolated pancreas transplantation does not improve survival in diabetes: controversial procedure.(Clinical Rounds)
                Author: Miriam E. Tucker
                Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
                Date: February 15, 2004
                Publisher: International Medical News Group
                Volume: 34 Issue: 4 Page: 38(1)

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                Worldwide research effort begins on new technique for transplanting pancreas cells in type I diabetics.(Brief Article): An article from: Transplant News
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                  Worldwide research effort begins on new technique for transplanting pancreas cells in type I diabetics.(Brief Article): An article from: Transplant News

                  Manufacturer: Transplant Communications, Inc.
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Digital
                  ASIN: B0008IY6VI
                  Release Date: 2005-07-28

                  Book Description

                  This digital document is an article from Transplant News, published by Transplant Communications, Inc. on July 29, 2000. The length of the article is 464 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

                  Citation Details
                  Title: Worldwide research effort begins on new technique for transplanting pancreas cells in type I diabetics.(Brief Article)
                  Publication: Transplant News (Newsletter)
                  Date: July 29, 2000
                  Publisher: Transplant Communications, Inc.
                  Volume: 10 Issue: 14 Page: NA

                  Article Type: Brief Article

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                  DIABETIC PANCREAS 2/E (HB)
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                    DIABETIC PANCREAS 2/E (HB)
                    Volk/arquilla
                    Manufacturer: Springer
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Paperback
                    ASIN: B000OSR9VQ

                    All the Colors of the Earth (Mulberry Books)
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                    • All the Colors of the Earth
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                    Celebrate the colors of children and the colors of love--not black or white or yellow or red, but roaring brown, whispering gold, tinkling pink, and more.

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                    5 out of 5 stars Creating Community.......2007-04-10

                    This title is a must for educators of young children. The illustrations are beautiful and the language is understandable even for the youngest of school children. Reading and discussing this book with a classroom will help children discover that differences are what make us special and differences are a reason for celebration. Love builds the bridges that create community within any and all societies.

                    5 out of 5 stars This is a beautiful book........2007-03-14

                    I was fortunate enough to receive this as a prize in a local contest for my kids; they love it! The text, the images, and the meaning are all wonderful. It promotes tolerance without the heavy-handed approach that some books take by simply presenting the reality that children are all different, and yet are bound by love and youthful innocence, and that *that* is a beautiful thing. I highly recommend this book.

                    5 out of 5 stars Beautiful. Simple. Stunning. .......2007-02-09

                    Buy this book if you love all people.

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                    5 out of 5 stars Heirloom quality book!.......2007-01-15

                    Recently a close friend with mixed race toddlers appealed to me for advice on how to respond to her children's questions about color and difference. She lives in 'monocultural' rural Spain and thought that based upon my own experiences I could share some insight. We chatted for a bit, and then after we hung up I started to search through the old forgotten children's books belonging to my (now teenage) sons for appropriate ones to send her. My boys were happy to part with the picture and early years storybooks I'd found until,that is, I showed them this book 'All the Colors of the Earth'. Individually they both said a categorical "No way!" to the idea of parting with it, and I was both shocked at the level of affection they held for this gorgeous but seemingly discarded book, and secretly proud that in their new worlds of computer games and Manga and loud music that they still harbored a secret place of childhood memories where this fabulous book holds such a special place. My eldest surprised me further by speaking of wanting to share it with his own children in the future-imagine! So I had to buy my friend her own copy and have it shipped to us in the UK, so that we could give it as a present when they came to visit us. The moist-eyed smiles and gasps of delight that both she and her partner gave while flicking through the pages said it all. Looks like yet another family has an heirloom for future generations.

                    5 out of 5 stars All the Colors of the Earth.......2006-08-28

                    This book relays the differences of people in a simplistic way with beautiful artwork. When teaching, this book can be used with different age groups. It can be used as a story-starter for writing with students.
                    All the Colors of the Rainbow (Rookie Read-About Science)
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                    • A must Read book for a kid of 4-8 age group
                    All the Colors of the Rainbow (Rookie Read-About Science)
                    Allan Fowler
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                    5 out of 5 stars A must Read book for a kid of 4-8 age group.......2001-03-11

                    After reading this book my kid who is just five can explain all about rainbow.Which color is on the top of rainbow and which one is at the bottom .What makes rainbow?,how many colors is in it?,What is the shape of rainbow?Where and when can we see itwhy can't we touch it,How does a white sunlight makes a rainbow.They got their questions answered by this book.They got introduction about prism,color wheel.Now they know why orange lies in between red and yellow and green lies in between yellow and blue.Basically it is a perfect book for a kid who wants to know all about rainbow.
                    All About Our Earth (An All Color Fact Book)
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                      The All Color Book of the Earth
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                          George S Fichter
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                                Bad Publicity: A Novel
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                                Jeffrey Frank
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                                Sharp elbows, professional mischief, and ribald double-talk abound in this novel about the mad scrambles and the inglorious ends that enthrall our nation's capital.

                                It is Washington in the autumn of 1987, a tranquil time in America. As the Reagan era ends -- and prospects appear bright for a Dukakis administration -- the lawyers, publicists, strategists, and lobbyists of the city are making plans for the year ahead. Among them is a cast of players whose fortunes prove to be intertwined in unexpected and not always pleasant ways.

                                Charlie Dingleman, a former congressman, finds himself pursued by an increasingly unsavory rumor, while Judith Grust, an associate at Charlie's law firm and the source of this rumor, has a few dark secrets of her own. Hank Morriday, who feels trapped inside a think tank, keeps trying to finish a book on social policy in which he's lost interest, and Candy Romulade, a public relations executive paralyzed by her meager client list, is losing heart. Then there is Reynolds Mund, a veteran local anchorman, who has formed some very peculiar theories about the news business.

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                                Customer Reviews:

                                5 out of 5 stars A Cold, Cruel World.......2007-01-05

                                Jeffrey Frank is a brilliant novelist specializing in acid portraits of a totally loveless world, one in which people bump into each other but never connect--either emotionally or sexually. In a Frank novel one always feels that one is observing the world through the wrong end of a telescope; the characters are infinitely distant from us, and from the narrator. We identify with these characters only at our own risk.

                                Frank has for some reason disowned his own early novel, *The Creep*, which I recall (very well) reading in high school, circa 1968. This novel is in the same mold; the only difference is in the specificity of the portrayal of the Washington D.C. lobbyist/think tank/legal milieu. But the utter alienation of the male characters, and the frigid but caustically funny style through which they are depicted, remains unchanged.

                                If you enjoyed, or were obsessed by, *The Creep*, check out this novel; it's like meeeting a dysfunctional friend, 30+ years later, and finding out where he's been.

                                5 out of 5 stars Funniest book ever on our train-wreck national dialectic.......2006-11-01

                                In the last weeks of the Reagan administration, clueless ex-congressman Charles Dingleman, dumped by his district's voters and by two ex-wives, is now floundering in a private sector law firm. A ray of hope arrives in the form of a possible appointment to the prospective Dukakis White House. But over lunch, Dingleman offends an over-reactive young associate, Judith Grust--first by leering at an underdressed woman, then unaccountably trying to recover via a piece of movie repartee that once worked out great between Broderick Crawford and Virginia Mayo. (If I were a dog and you were a steak, I wouldn't care, Dingleman remembers the line--"or something to that effect.") Dingleman's bungled rendition is actually even worse than that (I worry that if I were a mangy dog and you were roast beef. . .). Worse still is how Judith's ear memorializes it ("Something about raw meat").

                                She complains to an inept founding partner, whose reflex for putting out the fire is to lie to her that Dingleham knows he has a disorder and is getting treatment for it. Grust, though, is still haunted by the violation she's been through, and convinces herself that in the national interest she must forward the information to network news anchor Reynolds Mund. (The dull welfare reformer she's begun dating, while gazing at Judith's bare upper leg, agrees to make the actual phone call.) Dingleman is soon a jobless pariah, and enlists the blundering, high-priced publicity firm Big Tooth to restore his good name.

                                The locus of this firm brings into play a whole third-person world of losers and climbers, all fatally human, many of whom will eventually fail upward in what seems to be a sort of train-wreck historical dialectic. ("Put the lazy bastards to work is my thought," Dingleman eventually says about welfare reform, and the former liberal theorist he's talking to feels "a sort of primal agreement.") Everyone is basically in over his head; everyone but Dingleman bluffs having slightly more connections than he really does. Poor slobs are undone by their concealed masturbation fantasies--and in a different book we would feel that a brave, timely statement about forgiveness, hypocrisy and human nature might be made.

                                The book's only frustration is that Frank's comedy is so smart, one suspects this could have been just as funny and possibly more serious as well. The farce is all too believable, and the humanity Frank draws with his left hand is better than most of us could do with our right. But the book pulls up somewhat abruptly, in a world that bumbles forward without real breakthroughs or breakdowns.

                                Frank's voice is acid but somehow weirdly sympathetic. Each biographical sketch lingers on the perfect note of self-importance, each physical description contains the perfect repellant flaw. The Russian Expert Suzanne Smule "smiled a wonderful smile, and Hank understood her charm at once. She wore a dark green suit loose enough to hide her stocky body. She was also wearing a perfume he'd never smelled before, a mixture of lilac and olive oil, and he noticed a long scar along the base of her neck." A mediocre couple "had not had many serious conversations, although now and then they talked about having a child. Many of the people they saw at their offices had children, and sometimes, when they watched television, they would imagine how nice it would be to watch television with their child."

                                When Gorbachev visits Washington, the elderly lecher Alfred Schmalz tells Judith excitedly "that he'd seen the Russian outside the Soviet embassy and had never felt so hopeful about the future; he could imagine his grandson on a playground with little Russian children, jumping rope in a peaceful world."

                                In case the point has not been driven home, most, if not all, the characters are betting on plum jobs or profitable connections in the wrong candidate's administration.







                                5 out of 5 stars STAYED AWAKE, LAUGHING IN BED.......2004-02-22

                                I lived in Washington D.C. once upon a time, but that --- or the fact that I was once married to a washed up politico -- has absolutely nothing to do with why I LOVED this hilarious novel. Well, perhaps a tiny bit. But personal experience of the various and dreadful games in the Nation's Capital, or even your basic lobbying law firm, isn't necessary in order to enjoy this wicked, wicked book. You'll scream with laughter. I did.

                                4 out of 5 stars Ahead of the pack.......2004-01-13

                                In this period of anxious anticipation of the 2004 presidential campaign and general election, we can learn a great deal from those political campaigns of the past and that includes the late '80s. Or maybe we can't. I'm not sure.

                                Since Jeffrey Frank's earlier novel, "The Columnist," was a big hit at our house, not to mention our whole neighborhood -- okay, maybe the entire Washington, D.C. area -- we are really looking forward to reading his new book.

                                We would have done so already, but we're waiting for it to arrive in shipment from Amazon.com.

                                We gave it four stars, only because we haven't actually read it yet. Who knows? After reading it, maybe five stars. We'll see.

                                Books:

                                1. Signalling from Internalised Growth Factor Receptors. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, No. 286
                                2. Sliding Filament Mechanism in Muscle Contraction: Fifity Years of Research (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
                                3. Small Scale Constructed Wetland Treatment Systems: Feasibility, Design Criteria and O&M Requirements (Werf Report)
                                4. Sociobiology and Conflict: Evolutionary perspectives on competition, cooperation, violence and warfare
                                5. Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants (Adaptations of Desert Organisms)
                                6. Taxonomy and Biogeography of West African Beach Ostracods (Verhandelingen Der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen, Afd. Natuurkunde)
                                7. The Art of Becoming: A Blend of Science With Spirituality, a Theoretical and Practical Guide to Personal Transformation. Book 1
                                8. The Biological Chemistry of the Elements: The Inorganic Chemistry of Life
                                9. The Jewelry Design Source Book
                                10. The Louisville Guide

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