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Covering twenty questions most often asked about lice, a handbook explains the most up-to-date, effective, and safe treatments for head lice, how lice are transmitted, the difference between head and body lice, and more. ... Read more

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There is no reason to be ashamed of having head lice. Itis not an indicator of poor hygiene. Still, of the estimated 13million cases of head lice each year, most are children. And, althoughlice are not physically harmful, the tiny insects can be very damagingto a childs self-esteem and sense of well-being. With this inmind, comes a great resource for fighting head lice. Those Itsy-BitsyTeeny-Tiny Not-So-Nice Head Lice is an invaluable tool for parents,providers, and teachers that raises the awareness of the problem,demonstrates methods to avoid the contraction of lice, and offers waysto prevent reinfestation.

Those Itsy-Bitsy Teeny-Tiny Not-So-Nice Head Lice was designed to aidin the prevention and treatment of head lice in an environment that isconducive to the rapid spread of such problems.Imaginative and fun,this resource was designed to show children, with the use of colorfuland creative illustrations, how head lice are spread and how importantit is to get rid of them to ensure good health.It is bilingual inboth English and Spanish and makes a great accompaniment to thehandwashing book, Those Mean Nasty Dirty Downright Disgustingbut...Invisible Germs and the toothbrushing book, Those Icky StickySmelly Cavity-Causing but...Invisible Germs. ... Read more

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Winner of the Carl Sandburg Award for nonfiction.Amazon.com Review
Jan Novak took his family to Prague for a year, and one of theresults is this delightful book. Casting an ironic eye on the country in which hegrew, Novak remembers the Iron Curtain country of his childhood andobserves the farcical contradictions of post-Communist Prague. Witty,astute, erudite, and willing to share his humiliations for the sake ofhonesty and a good story, Novak touches on Prague lore (the Jewish golem,the clockmaker whose eyes were poked out by a jealous king), Prague history(including the Velvet Revolution martyr who didn't exist), and the Pragueof 1992, where an encounter with a pickpocket on Charles Bridge marks themoment they stop being tourists and Prague becomes home. Insightful andvery funny, Commies, Crooks, Gypsies, Spooks, & Poets is for anyone who's ever, or never, been toPrague. ... Read more

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More an insider's view than a travelogue
Novak's strength lies in his ability to choose the right anecdote for his message. In a few pages about a Skoda car dealer, for example, he tells you much more about post-communist economics, Czech character, and the slippery negotiations needed as an Eastern bloc society adapts the mannerisms of the West. As a returned emigre, he's in the ideal position to contrast his decades in Chicago with his decades in a provincial town in the Czech republic. His bilingual skills allow him to be a stealth Czech--his attitude has become American, but his mother tongue lets him "spy" on how his compatriots "really" act out of earshot of tourists.

While I would have liked more on how his wife (also Czech-born) fared with him on his year in Prague, or how he worked with Milos Forman on the director's "auto"biography, this book does capture fluidly in two hundred easy-to-read pages what denser tomes and more superficial visitor's accounts labor to convey.

Two examples from the book: "In writing this book, I took heart from the fact that memory itself is a kind of an imagination." That is, Novak in short chapters within the book, and then briefer vignettes, in a mosaic fashion pieces together his impressions of his own hometown, his friends, his stay in Prague, and his encounters on a daily basis to build up undramatically the shifts in his own life and that of his homeland. Unassuming, Novak gives a personal perspective without getting wrapped up in his own self-importance.

After a failed interview with the Prague-based outpost of Reader's Digest, Novak reflects: "the Number One Print Publication in the Free World banged on the Bell of Liberty out front while peeping through the keyhole out back, and maybe what it finally boiled down to was this: in the West, people often weren't what they said they were, while in the post-Communist East, in a more forgivable and tragic way, people often weren't what they thought they were."

Novak's own humility and Everyman stance shows here, as well as his rather annoying tendency to Capitalize Important Archetypes or Stereotypes to Make a Point. He does this throughout the text to draw together many of his disparate themes, and his ablility to do this succeeds in small portions (he gives a great chapter on Prague's legendary past) but this distracts over the course of the book.

My only other caveat: this will teach you little (except for that chapter) about Prague itself; it's more a study of the current (as of 1992) Czech psyche as found mostly in Prague than a tour through the nation or an introduction to recent history or culture. Best read for those who have a grounding in the context already, and who wish to delve deeper than guidebooks or visitor's impressions. ... Read more

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Elizabeth Blum Goldstein, one of eight children, was born in Kisar, Hungary, in 1926. Her parents had a general store, orchards of fruit trees, and fields of wheat. In 1944 Elizabeth's peaceful family life was destroyed when the Nazis invaded Hungary. The family was sent for several weeks to the ghetto in Mateszalka, Hungary, and then deported to Auschwitz where Elizabeth was separated from everyone but her sister Ibolya. Eventually Elizabeth and Ibolya were in six concentration camps—Auschwitz, Poland; Plaszow, Poland; Hundsfeld, Germany; Gross-Rosen, Germany;Mauthausen, Austria; and Bergen-Belsen. Germany, where Elizabeth was liberated in 1945. Because Elizabeth was emaciated and ill, she was sent to Sweden to recover. In 1948, Mrs. Goldstein immigrated to the United States.Elizabeth Blum Goldstein was interviewed by her granddaughter, Shana Fogarty, over a number of weeks for an independent study with Dr. Carol Rittner, RSM, Distinguished Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Although telling her story was painful for Mrs. Goldstein, she was determined to share her experiences so that Shana would better understand what happened to her during the Holocaust. Her inspiring story will appeal to young and old. ... Read more

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A moving account of a survivor's experience
I met the author, Shana Fogarty, at a book signing at the Holocaust Memorial Museum. After chatting with her, I bought the book for my son, who had just finished watching a production on the story of Anne Frank a few days before. I read Shana's interview with her grandmother, Elizabeth Blum Goldstein, and was very moved not just by what she experienced, but how she tried to insulate her family from the horrors of her youth and the loss of so much of her family. The matter of fact descriptions are truly harrowing. I am happy to think that she has found peace with letting her family know what she and other victims endured, and that her account is further testimony about why the world must fight man's inhumanity to man. I would caution that some aspects of the book may be too intense for young readers (my son is 11) unless really read and put in context with adult supervision. What Mrs. Goldstein endured, and the fact that she subsequently went on to to live a relatively normal family life with all this trauma in her background, is remarkable.

Survivor still shows courage
This is a story of a women who kept the terrible secret of her life in concentration camps for over 50 years.It took courage to survive and perhaps more courage to share this story with her grandaughter. As she retells her story still her concern is not for herself but for the sadness she must expose to her family.
Shana Fogarty has been able to share her grandmothers story with us in a beautiful book.
This proved to be a interesting to me and my grandchildren as well.
Thank you for this wonderful and very important book.

Excellent Read
A halocaust's survivor's story told to her granddaaughter.What a writer this author is. I applaud this excellent book. ... Read more

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Many different kinds of animals have adopted a parasitic life style on the skin and gills of marine and freshwater fishes, including protozoans, flatworms, leeches, a range of crustaceans and even some vertebrates (lampreys). There is a parasitic barnacle, described first in the 19th century by Charles Darwin, fish lice that change sex and bivalve molluscs parasitic only when young. This book explores for the first time in one volume, the remarkable biology of these little known and frequently bizarre animals.

The following closely interwoven themes are considered for each group of parasites: how they find their hosts, how they attach, feed and reproduce, the damage they inflict and how the host’s immune system retaliates. Based on the British fauna, but extending where appropriate to examples from North America, Australia and elsewhere, the book is essential reading, not just for the professional parasitologist, but also for anyone interested in fishes and in this neglected field of British natural history.

With the enquiring naturalist in mind, terms and concepts are explained as they arise, backed up by a glossary, and the text is liberally illustrated. An introductory chapter on fish biology sets the scene and common fish names are used throughout, as well as scientific names.

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Describes the characteristics and habitats of wood lice and millipedes and discusses how to collect and keep them temporarily for observation. ... Read more

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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Washing, Govt. print. off.; Publication date: 1914; Subjects: Jumping plant-lice; Syllidae; Nature / Insects ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Lice," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Lice in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Lice when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Lice, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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I am She-ra!!!! oh loving the 80s.....
This book is one of the original She-ra Golden books with the basic "how she-ra came to be" type story.Princess Adora becomes She-ra for the first time and the premise for the Hasbro toy line and She-ra story line begins-
Great item and must have for all Masters of the Universe collectors! ... Read more