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09 - The Diabetes Problem Solver
by Nancy Touchette, PhD, is an outstanding resource book that offers quick answers to questions about treatment and self-care. Includes a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to symptoms. Covers testing, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, insulin, medications, insurance, and how to cope with the variety of physical, emotional, and systemic problems associated with diabetes. Excellent glossary of terms. Comprehensive listing of organizational resources. 511 pages. 1999. $19.95. American Diabetes Association, Alexandria, Virginia. 1-800-232-6733. "Absolutely everything you need to know. This excellent book would still be a value at twice the asking price." AgeVenture News Service, www.demko.com
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10 - Y2K for Seniors
is a self-help video that explains the steps that can be taken to protect the family during any Y2K disruptions in electricity, water, food, health services, and sanitation. The 43-minute video shows how to inexpensively provide adequate water, food, heat, personal sanitation, safety, and light for a period of up to two weeks.
$5 plus $3 S/H. Produced by the not-for-profit "Partnership for Small Cities, Towns and Villages", Springfield, Missouri. Located on the Internet at www.townsusa.org
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11 - Women of Courage: inspiring stories from the women who lived them
is edited by Katherine Martin who captures the many faces of courage as experienced through the lives of extraordinary women. A quote in the book's epilogue captures the theme. "You have to risk stepping outside the circle that has been drawn around you" (Lourdes Saab). Readers will find 41 stories of ordinary people who find the moral strength and grit to face the likes of terminal illness, the vast emptiness of the South Pole, or a race for political office. 384 pages. 1999. $14.95. New World Library, Novato, California. 1-800-97-BOOKS. "Women of Courage" is the first book in a new series called "People Who Dare". "This is one book that could well come with a money-back guarantee of inspiration. I don't think they'd ever need to refund one dime." AGEVENTURE NEWS SERVICE, www.demko.com
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12 - Going to Grandma's Around the World
is a new 3-D computer-animated video that combines music, sound effects, and multi-cultural learning. The 20-minute VHS video, recommended for ages 3-8, takes a lively journey around the globe in order to teach grandkids how to say "I love you grandma and grandpa" in ten different languages. Languages include Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, German, Hungarian, Russian, and Polish. $14.95. WorldKids Press, Troy, Michigan. 1-800-824-2184.
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