[bookshare-discuss] Re: Book submitted: Old Wive' Tales
- From: Brenda Mueller <brendin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 07:49:02 -0400
Now this sounds like a very interesting book. I guess validation takes a few
weeks or something so I'll wait until around my Thaksgiving break to look for
those two new books I want to read.
Brenda Mueller
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:23:35 -0400
>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Book submitted: Old Wive' Tales
>Book submitted under the .rtf section of the website.
>Old Wives Tales The Truth Behind Common Notions
>By Sue Castle
>>From the book jacket:
>Will a little warm milk really help you sleep? Should you put butter on a
>burn? Does turning a light off for a few minutes use more energy than it
>saves? Will chicken soup cure your cold? If you pick a baby up every time
>she cries, will she get spoiled?
> Here is the book that will set the record straight on the received wisdom
>and commonly accepted notions we've routinely followed for generations. The
>result of years of research, accumulated facts and a healthy dose of
>suspicion, Old Wives' Tales will entertain as it informs, offering not
>only the real basis in fact but also the origin and purpose of Mom's or her
>friends' sometimes dubious counsel, along with comments from a wide variety
>of experts, bona fide and otherwise.
> Understanding that today's up-to-the-minute advice may be tomorrow's old
>wives' tale, Sue Castle challenges this new wisdom with some penetrating
>questions and astute observations that will lead you to take at least some
>of the health gurus with a grain of salt.
> If you're still holding your breath trying to cure the hiccups or putting
>sugar on a cut and wondering why, here is a reference book you can't afford
>to be without.
>Sue Castle is an award-winning television producer and the author of seven
>books on parenting and other topics. She lives in New York.
>This should be a really easy validation. I read it thoroughly before
>submitting and fixed all the errors I caught while reading.
>Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
>juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
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>stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
> -- Vance Havner
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