What to take--and what not to take--when you're expecting or nursing Is it safe to take aspirin during pregnancy? What about cold medicine? If you're expecting, at some point during pregnancy, these questions may come up. Common cold medications and drugs can have harmful effects on a developing baby. Likewise, natural and herbal treatments can adversely affect a nursing baby. The Expectant Mother's Guide offers moms-to-be a comprehensive resource to clear up confusion regarding prescription and over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, supplements, and home remedies. Keep this guide close at hand for important information, including: An A-to-Z listing of prescription and nonprescription drugs and their FDA safety class ratings for pregnant women Specific drug dosages and precautions for the first, second, and third trimesters Which drugs and supplements may be safe or unsafe for use while breast-feeding Guidance on the use of vitamins and herbal supplements during pregnancy Which common household products, such as paint and hair dyes, may be dangerous to your fetus or newborn
Ancient documents taken from the Secret Archives of the Vatican are sought by the Church, CIA and unknown conspirators who believe their revelation could lead to apocalypse."--Back cover
This is a historical fiction novella about the Taino people before, during, and after the arrival of Columbus. It tells of Migua and Surani, a young Taino couple of Kiskeya (Hispaniola); and Anoki and Aiyana, a young Taino couple of Boriken (Puerto Rico) and the many adventures, dangers, and hardships they must face. It also tells of an affair between a young member of Columbus's crew and a Taino girl, and how their affair intertwines with Migua and Surani. The book also touches on the culture and history of the Taino, about whom we know so little.
Al Rice awakens one morning with super psionic powers. While trying to find what happened to him, he learns that three groups of space aliens are observing Earth. Two groups are competing with each other for control of planet Earth. The third group sympathizes with Earth, however their own laws forbid them from any kind of interference with other cultures. Al tries to warn Earth, but his attempts are met with derision. He and a small group of UFO investigators are left with the impossible task of dealing with the powerful space alien forces. To make matters worse, one of the hostile groups has kidnapped and holding as hostage the girl that Al loves, while the other group has perfected a machine that nullifies Al's psionic powers.
Working in collaboration with the American Pharmaceutical Association (AphA), pharmacist Donald Sullivan has compiled this reference guide covering approximately 1,000 of the most commonly prescribed drugs. Organized in an accessible format, and written in straightforward terms for easy reading and comprehension by people without medical expertise, each drug listed includes both brand and generic names, principal uses, dosages, average prices, and advice on when to use and when to avoid certain drugs. A handy reference guide for anyone who wants to know the facts about prescribed medication.
A Tom Clancy-type international thriller, this book is the story of the theft of a nuclear warhead which, by treaty, is not supposed to exist; the discovery of the theft threatens to expose an international conspiracy that could trigger a nuclear holocaust. On the other hand, failing to recover the warhead might lead to nuclear terrorism. For what seemed good political reasons, shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia and the U.S. allowed newly independent Ukraine to secretly retain Soviet tactical nuclear warheads in violation of the START arms reduction treaty. When Anatoly Kubitsky, ex-KGB agent, discovers that one of these weapons is missing, the Ukraine government refuses to acknowledge the theft. His conscience impels him to track down the warhead but soon finds himself branded a criminal and narrowly escapes assassins. On the run, Kubitsky alerts Dan Stern, Assistant Director CIA, an old Cold War adversary. Stern finds that the U.S. too, is reluctant to acknowledge the theft of a Ukraine Nuclear warhead, thereby exposing the treaty violation conspiracy. When Stern insists on pursuing the truth, he too becomes the target of assassins. A midnight phone call from Tatiana Romanov, a brave young Ukrainian woman, reveals a plot to detonate the warhead somewhere in Russia. If successful, war between Russia and the Ukraine seems inevitable = which would likely draw in the US. Can Kubitsky and Stern - both fugitives from their own governments - stop the conspirators or will the first nuclear war envelop the world?
Eight tales of fantasy, a world of elves, space aliens, magic gone awry, mysterious beasts, a death curse, a stolen unicorn, a dream world, and a wand that belonged to Merlin
A young wife and her husband inherit a house in the mountains of North Carolina. Locals believe a werewolf roams the valley, and they believe her husband was bitten by the werewolf while hiking in the forest and will become one himself. When the night of the full moon arrives, she is in dire peril. A Voodoo practitioner, Dr. Thibault, is creating an army of zombies. The Frankenstein monster falls into his hands and he revives it using Voodoo. A teenage couple working for the doctor, discover his activities, putting them in grave danger.
This easy-to-use, fast-moving tutorial introduces you to functional programming with Haskell. You'll learn how to use Haskell in a variety of practical ways, from short scripts to large and demanding applications. Real World Haskell takes you through the basics of functional programming at a brisk pace, and then helps you increase your understanding of Haskell in real-world issues like I/O, performance, dealing with data, concurrency, and more as you move through each chapter.
One of the great intellectual achievements of the 20th century, Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces is an elaborate articulation of the monomyth: the narrative pattern underlying countless stories from the most ancient myths and legends to the films and television series of today. The monomyth's fundamental storyline, in Campbell's words, sees "the hero venture forth from the world of the common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons to his fellow man." Campbell asserted that the hero is each of us--thus the monomyth's endurance as a compelling plot structure. This study examines the monomyth in the context of Campbell's The Hero and discusses the use of this versatile narrative in 26 films and two television shows produced between 1960 and 2009, including the initial Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983), The Time Machine (1960), Logan's Run (1976), Escape from New York (1981), Tron (1982), The Terminator (1984), The Matrix (1999), the first 11 Star Trek films (1979-2009), and the Sci Fi Channel's miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003).
Discovering Eden is a story of exciting adventure in the remote Montana mountain landscape known as the Crown of the Continent. It is the true story of city people who, in 1965, venture into Glacier National Park where they encounter a land of soaring mountains, icy lakes, racing rivers and emptiness. Don and Sue Sullivan learn the ways of wilderness, experience unexpected awe and joy, even survive a grizzly attack. This mountain wilderness calls them back again and again and in the process, transforms their lives. Discovering Eden is a book for those who have not had a taste of adventure in the back country, giving a glimpse of what the world was like ten and twenty thousand years ago before ipads and smart phones. That world remains a world of the "here and now" where tomorrow doesn't matter much and today does. This book conveys at least a hint of the "nourishment of the soul" that vast vistas across empty landscapes can provide. When, in 1981, the Sullivans buy an original homestead in the North Fork Flathead Valley next door to the Park, they learn to live "off the grid" - without electricity, phone or much else. There they encounter grizzly and black bears, mountain lions, Canadian lynx, moose, elk - even the rare wolverine. They find that the few people who live along the 65 mile dirt road bordering the Park tend toward characteristics more prevalent, perhaps, a century ago; self-reliance, toughness, courage, patience, with time to give their neighbor a warm smile and a helping hand. The Sullivan family learns the incredible story of Tom Reynolds, previous owner of their homestead and one of the North Fork Valley's early settlers. An Englishman orphaned at age 6, Tom finds in the Sullivans the family he has longed for all his life. During the following three decades, Don and Sue encounter threats to the unspoiled North Fork environment posed by mining, oil and gas exploration and encroaching civilization. With those few hardy, self-reliant, adventurous souls who live in the North Fork, they fight to preserve a land that remains as it has been since it left the hand of its Creator. Discovering Eden is, in many ways, a story of how the world was in the past; a simpler time in a more peaceful world. The remote northwest corner of Montana remains a place where there is time to look at a wildflower, skip stones over an alpine lake and listen, really listen to a friend.
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