Theres More to Life than Just Living or Breathing Space

There's More to Life than Just Living: A Personal Story about Cancer Survival

Author: Bruce Guilmett

What do you do when according to modern medical science your only option is how you will die? The choices are limited. The time is painfully short. This is when it hits home, There is More to Life Than Just Living. Dr. Guilmette faced that very moment in time by looking beyond the accepted way of doing things. Through hours of research and diligent study, he created a new paradigm for defeating his cancer. There is More to Life Than Just Living is his story about cancer, death, life, and encouragement.

Interesting book: Green Tea or The Dessert Bible

Breathing Space: How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes

Author: Gregg Mitman

Allergy is the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in the United States. More than fifty million Americans suffer from allergies, and they spend an estimated $18 billion coping with them. Yet despite advances in biomedicine and enormous investment in research over the past fifty years, the burden of allergic disease continues to grow. Why have we failed to reverse this trend?
Breathing Space offers an intimate portrait of how allergic disease has shaped American culture, landscape, and life. Drawing on environmental, medical, and cultural history and the life stories of people, plants, and insects, Mitman traces how America’s changing environment from the late 1800s to the present day has led to the epidemic growth of allergic disease. We have seen a never-ending stream of solutions to combat allergies, from hay fever resorts, herbicides, and air-conditioned homes to numerous potions and pills. But, as Mitman shows, despite the quest for a magic bullet, none of the attempted solutions has succeeded. Until we address how our changing environment—physical, biological, social, and economic—has helped to create America’s allergic landscape, that hoped-for success will continue to elude us.

Table of Contents:

Preface     ix
Introduction     1
Hay Fever Holiday     10
When Pollen Became Poison     52
The Last Resorts     89
Choking Cities     130
On the Home Front     167
An Inhaler in Every Pocket     206
Epilogue     251
Notes     255
Index     297