Where Trouble Sleeps (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Not Heaven on Earth at Listre, NC
  • Entertaining, but
  • Where Trouble Sleeps is a wonderful book!
  • Humorous scenes illuminate small town story
  • AN AFFECTIONATE LAMPOON OF FOIBLES AND SPOOFS
Where Trouble Sleeps (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Clyde Edgerton
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0345426320
Release Date: 1998-10-20

Book Description

"Side-splittingly funny...Clyde Edgerton is the love child of Dave Barry and Flannery O'Connor....He approaches O'Connor's dark view of human nature often, but in the end he serves up a lot more humor than she does. Just when it looks as though tragedy is going to be the blue-plate special, the laughs start arriving by the skilletful, a fresh batch on every page."
--Raleigh News and Observer

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

"What Garrison Keillor has done for Lake Wobegon, Edgerton has done for Listre, creating a place of battered charms and dog-eared lore."
--The Washington Post


"Here, evil comes to sleepy Listre, N.C., circa 1950, in the form of a stranger with a pencil-thin mustache and a trunkful of dirty movies. Listre is the kind of rustic crossroads where the most exciting event in years was a collision between a mule and a pickup truck, where boys slip over to the Gulf station for a Nehi and a peek at the pinup calendar, and where everybody knows everybody else's secrets. It's the kind of place, in other words, where it seems like nothing ever changes--until the fateful day when everything changes at once."
--Entertainment Weekly


"Hilarious...Wonderful...Edgerton engagingly captures small-town America."
--Atlanta Journal & Constitution


"As much the story of a man who brings random badness into a good place as it is the story of a boy's search for his own salvation."
--Mark Childress, The New York Times Book Review


"His best book since Walking Across Egypt."
--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"A wonderful gallery of comic characters...In Clyde Edgerton, Southern Baptists have found a laureate to uncover their rich humor and humanity and to share without condescension or condemnation."
--The Boston Globe

"THIS MAY BE EDGERTON'S BEST NOVEL."
--Newark Star-Ledger

"Pitch the revival tent and sing hallelujah! Clyde Edgerton has returned to Listre...and for his legions of fans, that's cause for rejoicing.... Where Trouble Sleeps features an array of the wonderfully human, often quirky characters we've come to expect....As always, Edgerton skewers the hypocritical and sanctimonious with hilarious deftness....Beneath the comic flourishes lies a tender, bittersweet view of the world. Edgerton has given us small-town men and women in all their human frailty and splendor."
--Charlotte Observer

"Rollicking...Newcomers and old-time followers alike should...delight in his latest slice of small-town Southern life."
--Southern Living

"When Edgerton's debut novel Raney came out, I was impressed by how clever he seemed, how clearly and completely he was able to inhabit a voice, keep a joke running. Seven novels later, Edgerton hasn't lost that ability to capture a character, a tone, or a situation, but Where Trouble Sleeps is surely a superior, more mature work--clear evidence of his amazing growth as a writer. Without sacrificing humor, Edgerton has delved deeper into his characters; he takes what might have been simply funny or even ridiculous and reveals levels and layers of emotion, pathos, and even darkness. Amusing, engrossing, and insightful, Where Trouble Sleeps is a sublime achievement."
--The Spectator (Chapel Hill, NC)

"ECCENTRIC, FUNNY, AND CHARMING."
--American Way

" Where Trouble Sleeps is sure to win accolades and readers....A story about faith and temptation...Like cubist painters, [Edgerton] is able to write about everyday life as our minds, not just our eyes, experience it: from all sides at once....We're transfixed."
--St. Petersburg Times

"In his wonderful new novel Where Trouble Sleeps, Edgerton strips away the veneer of propriety that [Jesse] Helms and cronies slather over the South like a rancid barbecue sauce to reveal a far more recognizable region characterized by humor, hypocrisy, ignorance, lust, compassion, and the occasional good deed."
--Detour

"Superb...Clyde Edgerton is a first-rate storyteller. [He] has a musician's ear, an artist's eye, and a generous heart. "
--San Antonio Express-News

"Once again Clyde Edgerton proves he's a master of the amiable, truthful, small-town novel."
--Trenton Times

"Religious hypocrites are artfully revealed and the eccentricities of the good, everyday characters are cheerfully described by a writer who understands, remembers, and loves this rural world and the sound of its people's language.... Where Trouble Sleeps will make the reader want to sit in the Listre School grandstand on Friday nights, eat popcorn, and watch the picture show, all for 25 cents."
--North Carolina Libraries

"In the pitch-perfect tradition of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner, Edgerton spins things wildly, masterfully, hilariously out of control."
--Maxim

"Slyly satiric...Whether through cunning, bashful, or averted eyes, Edgerton reveals the innocent, the deluded, and the hypocritical with an unerring sense of humor and truth."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Not Heaven on Earth at Listre, NC.......2006-09-29

This writer had fun remembering the fifties with inspiration and real-life events to draw from in a whimsical way at a stop-in-the-road place which didn't even have one right light. A small town has at least two. Some way, they managed to get a flashing yellow light out in the middle of nowhere. Dominated by the church and its activities, particularly the elderly secretary Dorothea who really thought that Jesus had visited her there in the church one night when she gave him ten dollars.

"Jesus" actually was Jack, a criminal who accidentally found the place and stayed around long enough to cause a bit of mischief at the church and found himself in hot water looking down the barrel of a shotgun. Jesus loves Chuck, but he had a whole of a good time fooling the old woman. Preacher Crenshaw was tempted by a young, shapely woman, a sex kitten of sorts with loose scrumples. He thought foolishly like old men tend to do tht she sorshipped him. In fact, he felt that way about all of the good-looking women, but he tried to deflect the worship of himself toward God and Jesus. Saving lost souls, bringing "lost sheep" to Jesus Christ was dead serious business, involving eternal life in heaven or hell. His onerous plump wife was a burden he had to bear, so as to appear humble. There were lots of prayers and hymn singing as in all tiny churches all over America.

The motel where Jack made his headquarters was identical to one I always wanted to explore in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, birthplace of Senator and actor Fred Thompson. There was an office, and little one-room cabins for the tired and weary to rest. You must read the joke about remembering; it is worth a thousand dollars. "In spite of illness, one can remain alive past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways."

This was the kind of delightful "nonsense" incidents which Sam Venable would write. It takes an expert writer to carry it off. Clyde Edgerton also wrote WALKING ACROSS EGYPT which was turned into a funny, clever movie. He is a native Southerner, which means he's extra special.

2 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but.......2002-05-08

What was the purpose of the story? It kept me entertained on a flight to the UK, but if the in flight entertainment system had been working, I'm not sure if I would have finished it.

The version I read had questions for discussion which I found interesting, unfortunately, my book club was unable to find any meaningful answers to the questions raised.

Throughout the book he wrote little blurbs about characters living in the town or near by. You expect them to have some relevance to the story, but they are never heard from again. It's almost as if these blurbs were put in to meet a page quota.

I'm not usually a book snob, but I would turn my nose up at this one.

5 out of 5 stars Where Trouble Sleeps is a wonderful book!.......2002-03-03

It was great! The characters are so funny and the story is charming. It is easily one of the best books I've read in a long time. I would definitely recommend it!

3 out of 5 stars Humorous scenes illuminate small town story.......2000-12-09

Of all of Edgerton's novels I've read so far, this was my least favorite, although there are portions that entertained me. In small town Listre in the 50's, 7 year old Stephen's life is unremarkable except for occasional oddities, such as his mother taking him and a friend to see the electric chair (for a deterrent) and the arrival of the mysterious "gypsy man," Delbert Jones (re name: Jack Umbaugh) whose slealth gets him into town but can't get him out.

Edgerton's live reading from this book was the most entertaining author reading I have been lucky enough to attend--he read in character, played the banjo, and made the scenes he presented come to life. I was a bit disappointed that the whole novel didn't live up to the promise of the portions he shared aloud.

For a better sample of his work, read Walking Across Egypt, Raney, and The Floatplane Notebooks.

5 out of 5 stars AN AFFECTIONATE LAMPOON OF FOIBLES AND SPOOFS.......2000-09-23

Clyde Edgerton is a first-rate story teller. With well honed wit at the ready he lampoons foibles and spoofs the self-righteous. All of this is done with affection and bemused understanding.

In Raney, his debut novel, Mr. Edgerton displayed a remarkable ability to capture the Southern voice. He continues to do so, much to the delight of his ever growing readership.

Where Trouble Sleeps , Mr. Edgerton's seventh story, returns to Listre, a fictional name for the author's hometown. Inhabited by unforgettable eccentrics, Listre is a North Carolina bump in the road recently bisected by a blinking red and yellow light. The eccentrics come with Edgerton territory; the light is the result of a mule-truck head-on.

With Wednesday evening church meetings and 25 cent Friday night movies, Listre, in 1950, is viewed by its fundamental Baptist citizens as a good place to settle. Their spiritual guide is Preacher Crenshaw, a staunch believer who is sorely tested. First, his young son, Paul, is tempted by the devil. The boy "has misused his sex....in ways that do not respect his body." A pious yet practical man, Preacher Crenshaw leads Paul in prayers of repentance, then orders, "Now son, stand up, pull down your pants and turn around."

Next, his devout secretary, Mrs. Claude T. Clark, who has sprained her ankle, takes up residence in the church office, where she over medicates, thanks God for all His blessings, including the Milky Way, and is visited by Jesus, who needs a little money for "a fruit pie and Pepsi."

These vexations are nothing compared to the specter of lust aroused in Preacher Crenshaw by teenaged Cheryl Daniels. When he prays for release from this temptation, an unresponsive deity does not shake his faith: "He'd not felt an answer from God in the middle of the night, but he expected one the next morning." Listre is a God-fearing town and prayer will prevail.

This crossroads community is seen differently by Jack Umstead who arrives in a stolen Buick Eight. To him, "Whole place looked settled, ripe, timid, kind of stupid. Just right." Deciding to stay for a few days, Jack begins to ingratiate himself with the townspeople, hoping to discover where money might be hidden.

Sitting on a bench outside the gas station called "Train's Place," Jack hears of the Blaine sisters, proprietors of a chicken and ice store. Frightened by thunder storms, the aging spinsters flee their store during heavy rains to seek safety with their married sister. That's an ideal set-up for this mustachioed conman.

As he waits for dark clouds to gather, Jack becomes acquainted with others. He seduces the naive Cheryl, and is attracted to Alease Toomey, 6-year-old Stephen's mother. At her house, in addition to the asthmatic spoiled Stephen, he finds drunk Uncle Raleigh, a World War I veteran, who tears a medicine chest off the wall while battling a bath.

Mr. Edgerton's smooth segues from one narrator to another enrich his story's tapestry. He not only echoes their voices, he inhabits their minds and hearts. There is Mrs. Toomey taking her son and his friend to see the electric chair "so you all can see what will happen if you ever let the Devil lead you into a bad sin." Without seeing the chair with straps on its arms, young Stephen already has things pretty well figured out - after all, his mother reads to him every night from "Aunt Margaret's Bible Stories."

There are more colorful characters who could only spring full-blown from the mind of this greatly gifted author. Mr. Edgerton couples their voices with his considerable narrative skills as he builds to a tragicomic denouement. He has a musician's ear, an artist's eye, and a generous heart. Clyde Edgerton is quite simply superb.
Where Trouble Sleeps
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    Where Trouble Sleeps
    Clyde Egerton
    Manufacturer: Algonquin
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    Binding: Hardcover
    ASIN: B000MS0AJQ
    Where Trouble Sleeps
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      Where Trouble Sleeps
      CLYDE EDGERTON
      Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000OWD7N6
      WHERE TROUBLE SLEEPS.  A Novel.
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        Fantastic Fit For Everybody: How to Alter Patterns to Flatter Your Figure (A Rodale Sewing Book)
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Real results that work
        • Wonderful book!!
        • Almost as good
        • At long last, a better fitting method
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        Fantastic Fit for Every Body

        Nationally known fit expert and educator Gale Griff Hazen shows you a no-fail way to evaluate your unique body shape, how to choose styles and fabrics that will look best on you, and how to alter patterns to fit your individual and three-dimensional body.

        Her students have found consistent success using her fit process, and now, in Fantastic Fit for Every Body, Gale shares that process with sewers everywhere.

        You will see real people with real fitting challenges. Gale Grigg Hazen helps each sewer analyze her body and manipulate her patterns to create garmetns that now only fit but also flatter her figure.

        Gale Grigg Hazen shows you how to create garmetns that not only fit but also complement your individual body--no matter what your shape. Fantastic Fit for Every Body is a celebration of women who create garments that they love to wear. Share that spirit and begin to create garments that you will wear and love!

        Team up with a friend to begin creating your perfect-fitting wardrobe.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Real results that work.......2007-08-01

        This book is fun just to read, but I used it this week and already had terrific results. It's distinctive and maybe a word about who will benefit should guide you. I already know a lot about alterations, including complex ones, and have been making my own clothes since I was a teen. I adjust height and width, relocate darts, change shoulder profile, adjust for posture, change seat width and crotch depth in pants, redraft for the combination of thin arms with large bust and smaller than standard neck... and this book showed me something new. I finally solved the back of neck gaposis. It encouraged me also to continue in some directions that standard books like Vogue don't go in at all. And it emphasizes an important point... standard sizes are cut to look good on hanger for merchadising. A garment that fits you might look funny hanging up.

        So if you have already tried all the usual alterations and still feel something is missing, get this book. I'll bet you find it here. If you don't know alterations yet, but you are adventurous and sew with confidence, get this book. You will love it. If you want seemingly precise directions and no intuition, avoid this book and stick with the Palmer/Pletsch/Vogue systems that view the body one part at a time. And finally, if you want your clothes to make you look great, get this book. Yes, the models are plus sized, but the ideas work on any size. The croquis instructions alone are worth the price of the book. I have a lot of sewing resources and many on fitting and none is as much fun or as useful for the fine tuning as this. The only downside is that it's about fixing problems caused by standard patterns, so doesn't take a pattern drafting view. But since I draft my own in most cases from clothes I like, it still helps.

        4 out of 5 stars Wonderful book!!.......2007-05-11

        The book is detailed so you can see the "before and after." I knit and crochet, so this book will actually guide me on where I should increase, decrease or cut right out !!!

        4 out of 5 stars Almost as good.......2007-02-09

        I would have rated this book higher but then I read "Easy Guide to Sewing Pants". I really think you ought to have both in your personal library as "Fantastic Fit For Everybody" has in detail helps for fitting ALL figures while I think the other one is a bit easier to read.

        5 out of 5 stars At long last, a better fitting method.......2004-01-19

        I used this book to finally make a pattern that fits, as I am unable to buy retail clothing, even though I am of petite size. This book is full of wonderful inspiration and practical wisdom. I noted that one of the customer reviews complained that the book left off before the solution was offered. I couldn't agree more. There is so much in the book that fitting a pattern (and Thank you, Monster Paper!) is done with book in hand and not for the faint hearted, but worth the effort. Only through the princess seaming was I able to get the fit correct. Thank you, Gale grigg Hazen?

        4 out of 5 stars This book is a lesson in self-acceptance.......2003-10-16

        OK, I'll try not to get too touchy-feely here...but what I am going to remember about this book is how it has helped me accept my body the way it is! (protruding outer thighs, and small bust and "handles" on the back out of my thighs...in case you were curious! ; ) ) It has almost been a spiritual experience!
        Ms. Hazen is a "round" woman with sparkle and a big heart. And almost every page there is a quote about how to accept yourself, don't be too critical, etc. etc. Truly, after realizing how NORMAL it is to not be the "norm", and after realizing how hard I've been on myself because I don't have slender lower hips...I have now accepted my body. I am truly grateful to Ms. Hazen for this one gift.
        The croquis exercise was excellent...made the book worthwhile. You really do learn how your body is shaped in a 3-demensional way...wonderful! It is a great experience you should do as a sewer to understand your shape.
        The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because after she explains the need to fit, and the philosophy of fitting...I was left wondering how MUCH to fit and some exact details. I'll get these other details from other books. And the only other criticism is that all of these women used as fitting examples were plus sized. It's great to fit ALL sizes, and I am so glad women of that size can create clothes they feel good in, but it made it harder for me to relate because I am not in that size range. Also, it's harder to see fitting problems in the bigger sizes.
        Even with these small criticisms I still think this is a very worthwhile book and I have only the utmost love and respect for Ms. Hazen. She is a very special woman. Thank you Gail!!! By the way, you look great in the clothes you make!

        We Are What We Ate: 24 Memories of Food ,A Share Our Strength Book
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Enjoyable
        • A deliciously refreshing read
        We Are What We Ate: 24 Memories of Food ,A Share Our Strength Book
        Mark Winegardner
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        From Paul Auster on a Provençal onion tart to Lorrie Moore on a Chinese take-out Christmas dinner, these delectable essays by well-known american writers explore the meaning of food in our lives and our culture. With contributions by Julia Alvarez, Madison Smartt Bell, Gish Jen, Bobby Ann Mason, Richard Russo, Lee Smith, and many others.

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        4 out of 5 stars Enjoyable.......2001-06-11

        This is a pleasant read. It's an ecelctic mix of essays around the subject of food. I have pulled out a few essays for my husband's kids to read, to show them how some other people in the world approach the dinner table. Long after having read it, I still think about some of the essays and I will be sure to pick it up and read it again sometime. If you like this genre of writing, you'll enjoy this little book.

        4 out of 5 stars A deliciously refreshing read.......1999-07-19

        I thoroughly enjoyed We Are What We Ate. With few exceptions, the stories were endearing, funny, and very, very real. I loved the tribute to junk food and the touching memoir of the onion pie. A mouth-watering, heart-touching treasure, profits from this book also benefit Save Our Strength, an anti-hunger organization.
        Power Eating & Fitness Log
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Power Eating & Fitness Log
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        4 out of 5 stars Power Eating & Fitness Log.......2006-07-28

        I have used the log for years and just love it. I can keep track of food, calories and all my exercise on one page. I pre plan my workouts and now adding the pre-plan of the food. It has places for short weekly goals, monthly and of couse the 12 week ones. Great to get you motivated and started on healthy life style.
        Eating Memories
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • Wonderful stories, great imagination
        • A Nibble of Eating Memories
        • Wow
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        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Wonderful stories, great imagination.......2000-09-22

        This collection of short stories is worth reading for several reasons: First, Mrs Anthony covers a wide range of topics with these stories - it's not the same theme repeated over and over again. You are thrown from a boy who remembers the future to a pilot captured by aliens to a ghost story to a virus infection on Mars to your neighbor, the alien, to a city-kid "imprisoned" in a redneck town with Torku to.... do you get the picture? And every time, it's fresh. Creative. The ideas are new. Second, this is not SF where problems are solved with science. No "beam me up, Scotty.", sorry. Most of these stories explore the human condition, human behaviour, human reasoning. Third, P. Anthony has a way with characters and with language - both seem very alive, and she does it with very little words. Fourth, the stories get you (or at least me) thinking. They're not very happy stories, so if you need happy endings, then this book is not for you. But the stories grip you, and they stay with you after you read them. I couldn't stop reading. It was one of these books I finish in a few hours. After reading it, I got Cradle of Splendor, one of her novels, which I didn't really like much. I'll try again with Brother Termite, but what I really wish for is more short stories.

        4 out of 5 stars A Nibble of Eating Memories.......1998-10-02

        This omnibus of some of Pat Anthony's shorts clearly shows her having a versatile imagination. At times she borders on being witty, but seems to forget how to carry the ascerbic wit through to a satisfying conclusion. And like many of today's modern female authors, he seems unable to resist bashing men in some of her short stories, something which is patently adolescent, hence why Pat lost one star from my overall rating.

        5 out of 5 stars Wow.......1998-09-22

        As I write this, I am only part way through this book, but the stories are remarkable. Patricia Anthony is astounding. I can't wait to read everything else she has written.
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          Eating the Indian air: Memories and present-day impressions
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            Eating the Indian air: Memories and present-day impressions
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              Eating the Indian air: Memories and present-day impressions
              John Morris
              Manufacturer: Hamilton
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              ASIN: B000OQ0A3M
              Working memory processing differences as a function of underlying attributes of disordered eating : (Dissertation)
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                Working memory processing differences as a function of underlying attributes of disordered eating : (Dissertation)
                Jennifer Tolman
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                ASIN: B000FIG8EO
                Release Date: 2006-04-21

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                8 ways to control stress eating: these common-sense tips can help you resist the urge to eat when you're feeling anxious, and learn to substitute healthier ... An article from: Mind, Mood & Memory
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                  8 ways to control stress eating: these common-sense tips can help you resist the urge to eat when you're feeling anxious, and learn to substitute healthier ... An article from: Mind, Mood & Memory
                  Gale Reference Team
                  Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Digital

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                  ASIN: B000OIZO4A
                  Release Date: 2007-03-13

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                  This digital document is an article from Mind, Mood & Memory, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 873 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: 8 ways to control stress eating: these common-sense tips can help you resist the urge to eat when you're feeling anxious, and learn to substitute healthier behaviors to calm your nerves.(psychological research)
                  Author: Gale Reference Team
                  Publication: Mind, Mood & Memory (Magazine/Journal)
                  Date: March 1, 2007
                  Publisher: Thomson Gale
                  Volume: 3 Issue: 3 Page: 7(1)

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                  Chocolate cravings are susceptible to visuo-spatial interference [An article from: Eating Behaviors]
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                    Chocolate cravings are susceptible to visuo-spatial interference [An article from: Eating Behaviors]
                    E. Kemps , M. Tiggemann , and G. Hart
                    Manufacturer: Elsevier
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                    Binding: Digital

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                    This digital document is a journal article from Eating Behaviors, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                    The study investigated the specificity of visuo-spatial working memory-based techniques as a means to reduce chocolate cravings. Twenty-four self-identified chocolate cravers and 24 non-cravers formed and maintained images of chocolate-containing foods elicited by pictures, while performing a visuo-spatial task (loading the visuo-spatial sketch pad) or an auditory task (loading the phonological loop). Vividness and craving intensity were rated for each image. Concurrent visuo-spatial processing was found to render chocolate images significantly less vivid and cravings less intense compared to concurrent verbal processing, for both cravers and non-cravers. Chocolate cravers did, however, report higher levels of chocolate craving and intake than non-cravers. It was concluded that visuo-spatial tasks provide an effective craving reduction mechanism for the management of chocolate cravings. Such techniques may be particularly useful in populations for whom eating problems are triggered by chocolate craving.
                    Fruits and vegetables--why more matters: eating more fruits and vegetables can help you ward off heart disease and cancer as well as bone and memory loss.: An article from: Food & Fitness Advisor
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                      Fruits and vegetables--why more matters: eating more fruits and vegetables can help you ward off heart disease and cancer as well as bone and memory loss.: An article from: Food & Fitness Advisor
                      Gale Reference Team
                      Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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                      ASIN: B000O769MC
                      Release Date: 2007-03-09

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                      This digital document is an article from Food & Fitness Advisor, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1373 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: Fruits and vegetables--why more matters: eating more fruits and vegetables can help you ward off heart disease and cancer as well as bone and memory loss.
                      Author: Gale Reference Team
                      Publication: Food & Fitness Advisor (Magazine/Journal)
                      Date: March 1, 2007
                      Publisher: Thomson Gale
                      Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Page: 1(2)

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                      Where Your Treasure Is: Your Attitude About Finances (The Stewardship Series)
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                        Where Your Treasure Is: Your Attitude About Finances (The Stewardship Series)
                        Larry Burkett
                        Manufacturer: Moody Pr
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Paperback

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                        5. Zora Neale Hurston : Novels and Stories : Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of the Mountain / Seraph on the Suwanee / Selected Stories (Library of America)
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