The Lives of Dwarfs

Dwarfs' Journey from Public Curiosity

Toward Social Liberation

By BETTY M. ADELSON

A Little Person

Historically, they have borne the labels "freaks" and "oddities"; they have been collected as pets, displayed as spectacles, and treated as comic relief Now, for the first time, in this elegant and comprehensive volume, the lives of dwarfs are explored in all their fullness and humanity.

What is Dwarfism

Spanning the centuries from ancient Egypt to the present, this unique social history chronicles the various ways this population has been exploited, describes their strategies for coping, and notes the persistent influence of mythology upon perceptions of them by others. The narrative also highlights the lives of eminent individuals and contains a thought-provoking account of the representation and participation of dwarfs in the arts, enhanced by outstanding color photographs. Betty M. Adelson, the mother of a daughter with dwarfism, brings special insight and sensitivity to the research. She traces the widespread mistreatment of dwarfs over the centuries, engendered by their being viewed as curiosities rather than as human beings capable of the same accomplishments as people of average height, and deserving of the same pleasures. For much of their history, dwarfs have resorted to exhibiting them themselves: because of social stigma no other employment was available.

Not Just a Little Person

Only in recent years have short-stature individuals begun to challenge their position in society. Medical advances, new economic opportunities, and disability legislation have led to progress, mainly in Western nations. Advocacy groups have also formed in countries as diverse as Chile, South Korea, and Nigeria. Adelson compares what she refers to as the "small revolution" to similar social and cultural awakenings that women, African Americans, gays and lesbians, and persons with disabilities experienced when they identified themselves as a community with shared goals and obstacles.

Treatment of Dwarfism

Written with passion, grace and the dignity that the subject deserves The Lives of Dwarfs will not only revolutionize current perceptions about the historically misrepresented dwarf population, but also offer pause for thought on issues of disability, medical treatment, height, beauty and identity.

"The Lives of Dwarfs is extraordinary in its range and vision. Beautifully written. Totally absorbing."
-Ursula Hegi, author of Stones from the River

''As a little person, husband, and father of a little person, I dream of the day when dwarfs attain full acceptance in society. The Lives of Dwarfs provides a giant step in that direction.”
-Rick Spiegel, former president of Little People of America

"This important book makes it possible for both average-and short-statured people to challenge our collective understanding of dwarfism as a synonym for diminishment or as an array of cute and evil fairy-tale figures. The libratory work of this book is to invite us all to re-imagine dwarfism as a livable experience and tenable way of being in the world."
-Rosemarie Garland Thomson, author of Extraordinary bodies: Figuring Physical disability in American Culture and Literature

"A Work of compassionate Scholarship. A unique contribution to the literature of physical deformity and social isolation and a gift to the individuals whose personal struggle this is." -Linda Hunt, actor

Betty M. Adelson

is a psychologist, formerly on the counseling staffs of New York University's School of Education and Queens College. She has spent most of her career as a psychotherapist in private practice in Brooklyn. After her daughter, Anna, was born with achondroplasia thirty years ago, Dr. Adelson became active in the dwarfism community. Since her retirement, she has focused on doing research for this volume and for Dwarfism: Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Profound Short Stature, to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2005.

• Title: The Life of Dwarfs
  
• Author: Betty M. Adelson
  
• Format: Hardcover
  
• ISBN: 0-8135-3548-4
  
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  
• Pages: 432
  
• Publication Date: Copyright© 2005 by Simon Brown

History/Culture Studies

MACROBIOTICS for LIFE, by Simon Brown

MACROBIOTICS FOR LIFE

by SIMON G. BROWN

North Atlantic Books
Berkeley, California

A Practical Guide to Healing for Body, Mind, and Heart

Macrobiotics for Life presents a complete, holistic approach to health that can be applied to the body, mind, and soul. Combining the concept of a healthy, natural foods lifestyle with a philosophy of self-love, macrobiotic expert Simon Brown explains how food, exercise, and bodywork can create greater physical health. He takes readers through simple steps that show how to bring macrobiotic practice into everyday life by suggesting ways to heal the mind (letting go of assumptions and judgments), heal the heart (listening to one's emotions), and heal the body (caring for one's skin, energizing one's organs, and creating a healthy digestive system).

The book also offers extensive information about macrobiotic foods-tips for eating out, saving time in the kitchen, dealing with food cravings-and a variety of menu plans to help readers get started. A range of recipes- snacks, entrees, desserts-provides essential resources for enjoying macrobiotics and striking color photographs illustrate meals that are both nutritious and delicious.

"This comprehensive guide to natural living is perfection. Simon Brown gives readers a great place to begin their transformation, with understanding and clear, gentle examination of the theories that are the foundation of macrobiotics. He has left the dogma behind and placed his focus on the beautiful wisdom that makes macrobiotics one of the most powerful life journeys you can imagine. This book is for anyone and everyone with an interest in creating their best life."
- CHRISTINA PIRELLO, Emmy Award-winning host of Christina Cooks, best-selling cookbook author, and macrobiotic teacher

"In Macrobiotics for Life, Simon Brown speaks with a gentle, personable voice and offers readers practical wellness strategies that inspire and educate. He also includes delicious, easy-to-follow recipes by Dragana Brown and takes a much-needed body, mind, and spirit approach."

- VERNE VARONA, author of Macrobiotics for Dummies

Wow! What a fantastic book. It's inspiring, thought provoking, and practical. Simon Brown takes macrobiotic living to a new realm."
- MELANIE WAXMAN, macrobiotic teacher and author of:
Eat Me Now!: Healthy Macrobiotic Cooking for Students and Busy People

Further praise for Macrobiotics for Life

"In Macrobiotics for Life Simon Brown presents macrobiotics from his own perspective as well as the different viewpoints of the major world teachers and what the practice means to them. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about macrobiotics and anyone who has been practicing it for many years. Macrobiotics for Life conveys an open and embracing attitude toward macrobiotics and life in general. Brown is a prolific writer who has once again done an excellent job."

-FRANCISCO VARATOJO, macrobiotic teacher, author, and consultant, and director of the Macrobiotic Institute of Portugal

"In Macrobiotics for Life, Simon Brown provides a non-dogmatic, holistic view of healing. From beginning to end, his conversational style allows readers to view him as a fellow traveler down life's road- a trusted friend providing gentle guidance. The sections on emotional healing provide a significant addition to macrobiotic literature and fill a long-standing void. The depth of understanding and the numerous analogies, examples, practical exercises, and useful summaries at the end of each chapter make this book a must-have for anyone interested in health and well-being."
-CARL FERRE, president of the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation
and author of Pocket Guide to Macrobiotics and Acid and Alkaline Companion

"At last-a book that in a very clear and direct, simple and sincere way leads you into the depths of the macrobiotic way of life. This is 'the best of' the most precious insights and experience gained from a lifetime of macrobiotic philosophy and practice. Simon Brown has shown us the wholeness of a macrobiotic approach to life, the indisputable bond that exists between emotions, attitude, eating habits, breathing, exercising, and healing on all levels of our lives. He fills the void in literature on macrobiotics and provides an excellent compass for anyone who wants to take a healthier and happier road to a great life."
-JADRANKA BOBAN, macrobiotic teacher and award-winning cookbook

"Simon Brown brings macrobiotics into the twenty-first century. By emphasizing the mental, emotional, and spiritual areas of our life, he shows how these intersect for each of us, especially in our way of eating. By inviting you to reflect on these issues, he helps lead you to a profound level of self-discovery. He gently educates you on the key concepts of macrobiotic principles so that you will find them easy to embrace. There is no dogma of good versus bad; instead, Simon provides the tools to understand balance through your experience. This book excels by opening the door wide for lifestyle changes that will influence you, your family-especially children-and your relationships in new, exciting, and healthy ways.
-MICHAEL ROSSOFF, LAc, macrobiotic teacher, counselor, and founder of Macrobiotics Today

"Simon Brown has created a broad and highly accessible platform by eliminating much of the conceptual dogma and rigidity that has plagued macrobiotics for so many years. He has opened a new front by examining the role that our emotional life plays in terms of overall health. To his credit, he is also unafraid to venture outside the artificial constraints of macrobiotics by citing other bodies of work that can complement one's practice. This book is equally useful for those wanting to launch their own macrobiotic practice and more seasoned practitioners."
-GREG JOHNSON, macrobiotic teacher and director of the Concord Institute, London

"Living a healthy life is quickly becoming a revolutionary act. Simon Brown's book brings practical insight and broad vision to the transformative study and practice of macrobiotics."
-BILL TARA, macrobiotic teacher and counselor

Best-selling author Simon Brown

has been practicing a macrobiotic lifestyle for nearly thirty years. In the early 1980s, he studied under leading macrobiotic experts Mishio and Aveline Kushi and Shizuko Yamamoto and, from 1986 to 1993, ran the Community Health Foundation in London, where he organized macrobiotic cooking classes, courses, and international seminars. This led to a successful career as a macrobiotic teacher and consultant.

Currently the chairperson of The Macrobiotic Association of Great Britain and the Feng Shui Society, the author also runs a thriving macrobiotic clinic that offers a range of courses and is part owner of a macrobiotic health food store and cafe. He is the author of Modern-Day Macrobiotics and has written several best-selling hooks on feng shui, face reading, and natural health. Inaddition, he is a highly regarded practitioner of shiatsu and a feng shui consultant who has advised thousands of individual clients as well as corporations like The Body Shop, British Airways, and various airports. Brown lives with his life partner, Dragana, and four sons in London, where he runs a popular international macrobiotic discussion group.

• Title: Macrobiotics for Life
  
• Author: Simon Brown
  
• Format: Paperback
  
• ISBN 978-1-55643-786- 1
  
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
  
• Pages: 353
  
• Publication Date: Copyright© 2009 by Simon Brown

Health/Macrobiotics

The Oxygen Revolution Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

The Oxygen Revolution
by Paul G. Harch, M.D., and Virginia McCullough

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy:
The Ground Breaking New Treatment for Many Diseases

Hope for Many “Hopeless” Diseases, From One of the Foremost Researchers in the Field

When Randy, the sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster, finally walked out of the hospital to rejoin his family, it was in part due to the success of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is based on a very simple, yet brilliant, idea: Oxygen can be used therapeutically for a wide range of conditions where tissues have been damage by oxygen deprivation. Simply restore that oxygen and you can restore much of the lost function.

It seems too good to be true, but Dr Paul G. Harch’s research and clinical practice has shown that this noninvasive and painless treatment can help the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from a brain injury or disease, such as:

• Stroke
  
• Autism and other learning disabilities
  
• Cerebral Palsy and other birth injuries
  
• Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple Sclerosis, and other degenerative neurological diseases
  
• emergency situations requiring resuscitation, such as cardiac arrest. Carbon monoxide poisoning, or near drowning

It can also improve conditions in which inflammation is the culprit, such as arthritis and asthma; promote healing in infections, burns, and skin grafts, such as diabetic foot wounds; and slow the aging process. For the millions of Americans suffering from these seemingly “hopeless” Diseases, here finally is the hand book of hope. Inspiring and informative, The Oxygen Revolution is the definitive guide to the miracle of HBOT, from a pioneer in the field.

PAUL G. HARCH, M.D.

- Is a hyperbaric medicine, diving, and emergency medicine physician who is a Diplomat of the American Board of Hyperbaric Medicine. The first President of the International Hyperbaric Medical Association and a semi-finalist for the National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award, he has seen the positive effects of HBOT firsthand through the treatment of family members with stroke, dementia, and learning disability. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Louisiana State University school of Medicine’s Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship Program, Dr. Harch currently divides his time between international consulting, lecturing, and his practice and research in the New Orleans area. Visit him at www.harchhyperbarics.com.

VIRGINIA MCCULLOUGH

-Is the author of many books including Coping with Chemotherapy and Radiation and Testing and Your Child. She is a native of Chicago and currently lives in Wisconsin. Visit her at www.virginiamccullough.com.

Product Information

• Title: The Oxygen Revolution
  
• Author: PAUL G. HARCH, M.D. and VIRGINIA MCCULLOUGH
  
• Format: Hardcover
  
• ISBN 978-1-57826-237-3
  
• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
  
• Pages: 250
  
• Publication Date: 2007

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy:
The Ground Breaking New Treatment for:

Diabetes	Asthma
Arthritis	Dementia
AIDS	Birth Injuries
Parkinson’s	Vision Loss
Alzheimer’s	Cerebral Palsy
Stroke	Heart Disease
Learning Disabilities	Alcohol Abuse
Autism	Multiple Sclerosis
Brain Injuries	Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Lyme Disease	Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	and More

Competency-Based Interviews by Robin Kessler

Competency-Based Interviews by Robin Kessler

Master the Tough New Interview Style and Give Them the Answers That Will Win You the Job

Have you ever wondered why you didn’t get a job offer after an important interview?

People interviewing for jobs today often fail because they are using yesterday’s strategies. They haven’t realized that the best employers have changed the way interviews are done, and it now takes a different strategy to succeed. Competency-Based Interviews shows today’s candidates a new, more targeted way to prepare for the tough interviews based on the competencies that the most sophisticated employers are looking for.

Preparing for a competency-based interview will give you the strategy you need to:

• Be selected for the most competitive positions.
  
• Win the best job at a new organization.
  
• Get a great first job or internship.
  
• Be chosen for that critical promotion in your current organization.
  
• Take control of your career path.
  
• Increase your salary.
  
• Get more interesting assignments and more interesting work

Competency-Based Interviews shows you how to emphasize the knowledge, skills, and abilities that you have and employers need. Most sophisticated U.S. and international employers are using competency-based systems to recruit, interview, and select employees. Corporations such as American Express, Energizer, IBM, Pfizer, and Federal Express are all looking for specific competencies.

Competency-Based Interviews will teach you what you need to master this tough new interview style and give the interviewers the answers they are looking for from their next employee, YOU!

“Ms. Kessler’s book Competency-Based Interviews gives job seekers a valuable road map for navigating the increasingly merit-based interview process.”
–John A. Challenger, CEO, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

“This book Competency-Based Interviews will provide any candidate with a successful game plan to tackle even the most difficult competency-based interview.”
--Dennis Donovan, Executive VP of HR for Home Depot

Robin Kessler -

-Is the president of The Interview Coach, a human resources and career consulting firm based in Houston, Texas. She has more than 20 years ezperience improving interviews, resumes, presentations, and organizational communications. Robin co-authored Competency-based Resumes. She received her B.A. and M.B.A. from Northwestern University.

Product Information

• Title: Competency-Based Interviews
  
• Author: Robin Kessler
  
• Format: Paperback
  
• ISBN-13: 978-1-56414-869-8
  
• ISBN-10: 1-56414-869-6
  
• Publisher: Career Press
  
• Pages: 255
  
• Publication Date: 2006 First Edition

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48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller

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48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller

A Step-by-step process of creating a better Life

48 Days to the Work You Love is not about finding a new job. It is about discovering what you are going to “be.” According to Dan Miller, failing to make that fundamental discovery is why so many people find themselves in jobs they hate. But the great news is this book will lead you to the vocation you will love.

Dan Miller will help you see clear patterns form from which you can make successful career and job decisions by understanding your God-given skills and abilities, personality traits, values, dreams, and passions. These patterns create a compass for you. Finding the work you love is finding the fulfillment of your calling.

48 Days to the Work You Love provides a step-by-step process of creating a Life Plan and translating that plan into meaningful and fulfilling daily work. The book also includes information for basic career search tools such as designing a resume, writing letters, negotiating salaries, interviewing, and information on nontraditional work models.

Let the Countdown Begin!

“Few categories of our lives define us and grow us spiritually, emotionally, relationally, and as people. Our work is one of those powerful defining areas. Sadly, a j-o-b is what most people settle for, but as Dan Miller so powerfully points out . . . a calling lights up you life.
The following pages lead you to implement a step-by-step plan to show the world your purpose and your heart in a way that is most satisfying . . .because you will have the tools to discover a key part of the plan God has for your life . . .by opening the next few pages you are lighting a fire. The wood may be old and wet, but it has the capacity to become a raging bonfire! This book is about implementation, so do it!
-From the Foreword by Dave Ramsey, Nationally Syndicated Radio Host

Dan Miller -

-Is the president of The Business Source, which specializes in creative thinking for personal and business development. Although he holds a master’s degree in psychology, he feels much of his success in helping others find life direction draws heavily from his background in business. As a coach, speaker, and frequent radio and TV guest, Dan shares his process for developing a focused, balanced, and truly successful life. He believes that a clear sense of direction is the first step in becoming all that God has designed us to be. Dan and Joanne have been happily married for thirty-six years and live in Franklin, Tennessee.

Product Information

• Title: 48 Days to the Work You Love
• Author: Dan Miller
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN 0-8054-3188-8
• Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers
• Pages: 224
• Publication Date: 2005 First Edition

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Long Way Home by Bill Barich

Long Way Home by Bill Barich

On the Trail of Steinbeck’s America

Inspired by John Steinbeck, one of our most celebrated writers illuminates the heart of America at a moment of historical change.

“We do not take a trip: a trip takes us,” John Steinbeck noted in his 1962 classic, Travels with Charley. In the summer of 2008, Bill Barich stumbled on a used copy of Travels with Charley in Ireland, where he had lived for the past eight years, and it inspired him to return to the United States and explore the mood of the country as Steinbeck had done almost a half century before. With a hotly contested election looming, and in the shadow of an economic meltdown, Barich set off on a 5,943-mile cross-country drive from New York to his old hometown of San Francisco via U.S. Route 50, a road twisting through the American heartland.

Long Way Home is the stunning result of his pilgrimage, a revealing and perceptive portrait of America at a dramatic Point in its history. Where Steinbeck returned from the road depressed about the country’s future prospects, Barich—while not uncritical of our occasional narrow-mindedness and incivility—finds brightness among the dark and rekindles his belief in the long view, as exemplified by the unbridled optimism of some high school kids in Hutchinson, Kansas, and by the undaunted spirit of an eighty-year-old barber in Jefferson City, Missouri. “The world truly does renew itself while we’re looking the other way,” Barich observes.

From Maryland’s Eastern Shore through the spectacular landscape of the spectacular landscape of the Colorado Rockies to Steinbeck’s own Salinas Valley, filled with memorable encounters and rich in local color, Long Way Home is a truthful, moving account of the country in the early days of a new century. “Heh highway snakes into a tunnel,” Barich writes about a stretch of U.S. 50 in Utah, “then erupts into the light with the force of a revelation.”

“A wonderful writer. His angle of vision is his own, his prose is a delight.” –Larry McMurtry

“Barich is a splendid prose stylist. I will continue to look forward to anything he writes.” –Jim Harrison

“Few writers are as lucid and evocative as Barich, and no one provides more pleasure and insight page for page.” –Robert Stone

Bill Barich -

-Is the author of eight books, among them A Pint of Plain, Crazy for Rivers, Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California, and the racetrack classic Laughing in the Hills. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and has written extensively for the new Yorker and many other publications. He lives in Dublin and California.

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• Title: Long Way Home
  
• Author: Bill Barich
  
• Format: Hardcover
  
• ISBN 978-0-8027-1754-2
  
• Publisher: Walker & Company
  
• Pages: 240
  
• Publication Date: 2010 First Edition

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When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner

When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner

For Anyone Who Has Ever Been Hurt by Life

“I knew that one day I would write this book. I would write it out of my own need to put into words some of the most important things I have come to believe and know. And I would write it to help other people who might one day find themselves in a similar predicament. I would write it for all those people who wanted to go on believing, but whose anger at God made it hard for them to hold on to their faith and be comforted by religion. And I would write for all those people whose love of God and devotion to Him led them to blame themselves for their suffering and persuade themselves that they deserved it.” --Harold S. Kushner

“This is a book that all humanity needs. It will help one to understand the painful vicissitudes of this life and stand up to them creatively” --Norman Vincent Peale.

“When Bad Things Happen to Good People offers a moving and humane approach to understanding life’s windstorms. It raises many questions that will challenge your mind and test your faith regarding the ultimate questions of life and death.” –Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“Almost every great novelist has dealt with the theme of inexplicable illness… Harold Kushner deals with this question with deep insight and provides invaluable reassurance.” –Norman Cousins

“A touching, heart-warming book for all those of us who must contend with suffering, and that, of course, is all of us.” –Andrew M. Greeley

The Bestseller That has Brought Peace to Millions

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• Title: When Bad Things Happen to Good People
  
• Author: Harold S. Kushner
  
• Format: Paperback
  
• ISBN 0-380-67033-X
  
• Publisher: Avon Books
  
• Pages: 149
  
• Publication Date: 1989