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Baldness unveiled
Catherine Lord's book exemplifies the move towards a biting, honest cultural criticism that takes its power from its visceral link to personal trauma. Amazingly enough, Lord manages to explore and perform her battle with breast cancer with humor and pathos without lapsing into self-indulgence. This is a deeply moving book but alsoan instructive one, subtly instructing the reader in essential emotional strategies of survival.

Bravo for her baldness!
Catherine Lord has written what may well bethe most complex, multi-layered account of the day to day drama, fear, anxiety and exhaustion that are all part of going through a major illness, in this case, breast cancer.Simultaneously full of rage and love, biting wit and medical detail, this book, by a sophisticated art critic and writer, is a must for any woman ( and some men) who desires more specifics of life after initial diagnosis. Although very real, it reads like a great novel.Her baldness doesnt pull any punches but will be a great companion. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Breast    6. Cancer    7. Cancer in women    8. General    9. Lord, Catherine    10. Patients    11. Women    12. Biography: general    13. Coping with illness    14. Social Science / Gender Studies   

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"If life is a joke, I wanted to resign."
Marek van der Jagt is a pen name for iconoclastic Dutch novelist Arnon Grunberg, whose novel Blue Mondays won the Netherlands' 1994 Anton Wachter Prize for a Debut Novel. After publishing additional successful novels, Grunberg created a literary controversy when he invented "Marek van der Jagt," an author who was supposedly a Viennese philosopher, and with whom Grunberg engaged in a bitter "rivalry," heavily covered in the European press. When The Story of My Baldness, "van der Jagt's" first novel, unexpectedly won the 2000 prize for Best First Novel, a prize Grunberg had already won, the true identity of "van der Jagt" was discovered and the prize withdrawn.
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Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. Fiction - General    3. General   

Subjects:  1. Baldness    2. Care and hygiene    3. Growth    4. Hair    5. Prevention   

Subjects:  1. Alopecia areata    2. Animal models    3. Dermatology    4. Inflammation    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Physiology    8. Skin    9. Medical / Dermatology    10. Medical research    11. Zoology & animal sciences   

Subjects:  1. Beauty & Grooming - General    2. Beauty & Grooming - Hair    3. Consumer Health    4. Men's Health    5. Personal Growth - Self-Esteem    6. Self-Help   

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Nicely enhanced throughout with supportive artwork
Winner of the Gold Triangle Awards 2000 of the American Academy of Dermatology, Princess Alopecia by Yaacov Peterseil is the story of Alopecia, a young woman with long, beautiful hair. Yet when her hair suddenly begins to fall out Alopecia feels horrible about herself, and about losing her chance to play Princess Rapunzel in the school play! Her teacher sees what is happening and calls a class meeting to make Alopecia feel better. A heartwarming story written especially for children ages 6 through 10 who find themselves having to deal with the condition of alopecia, Princess Alopecia is nicely enhanced throughout with the supportive artwork of Avi Katz. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baldness    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Preschool    4. Concepts - Alphabet    5. Fiction    6. Hair    7. Health & Daily Living - General    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Religious - Jewish    10. Children's All Ages   

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Necessary Read
If you have any form of hair loss, this is a helpful book.It was written in 1992, and she made sure that she didn't cover medical treatments so that it wouldn't be out of date. I studing a hair loss and a folliegraft
Iam a plastic surgeon and Iam studing a hair loss and a procedure for a hair replacement, i.e: folliegraft. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health/Fitness    2. Alopecia    3. Baldness    4. Hair loss   

Subjects:  1. Baldness    2. Beauty & Grooming - Hair    3. Chemotherapy    4. Consumer Health    5. Diet / Health / Fitness    6. Drug therapy    7. Finasteride    8. General    9. Health & Fitness    10. Health Care Issues    11. Health/Fitness    12. Health & Fitness / General   

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Offers solid information and practical advice
Alopecia is a medical condition that causes severe hair loss in men and women. The collaboration by psychologists Nigel Hunt and Sue McHale, Coping With Alopecia offers solid information and practical advice about the different types of alopecia, causes and treatments, and how to cope with the social consequences of hair loss, from getting along with peers to the strain that losing one's hair can put on relationships. Personal anecdotes along with medical and psychological wisdom create a balanced guide to living with the effects of and successful recovering from alopecia.
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Subjects:  1. Diseases    2. Diseases - General    3. General    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Self-Help    6. Coping with illness    7. Health & Fitness / Reference    8. Popular medicine   

Subjects:  1. Dermatology    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Medical / General   

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less hair & happy
the book gives the reader insight to practical wis"dome" &sensitive humor to a non-hair raising experience. denial of thinning hairfor many years, this book was received as a gift. it has given me arealistic & positive perspective how to accept this natural maturationi am passing through. This perspective really makes 'headway' fun and unique.
Met Dave Beswick head-on at the 25th. Annual Bald Is Beautiful Convention in Morehead City, NC with a smile as shinny as his bald head.He has capsuled the advantages of baldness, promoted the acceptance and placed apositive attitude on those who find themselves hairless.His candidapproach to baldness helps one make a smooth entrance into those who aremaking headway. Relaxing and fun reading with the guarantee you'll notlose a hair over this insightful look at baldness. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Baldness    3. Form - Parodies    4. General    5. Humor    6. Humour   

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Dan Brown's wife
Blythe Brown is the wife of Dan Brown, author of "The DaVinci Code." He's credited her for his conclusions about art, calling her an "art historian and painter" in his on-line bio. Well, he did until a couple of weeks ago, when he downgraded her to an "art history buff and painter." This is the only work of hers that can be found on Amazon.com, and in its 61 pages it reveals her talents as a painter truly capable of giving us the critical readings of Leonardo found in her husband's book. Perhaps his comic gift (revealed in his attempts at telling history) came from Blythe as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Baldness    3. Caricatures and cartoons    4. Comics & Cartoons    5. Comics & Graphic Novels    6. General    7. Humor   

Subjects:  1. Alopecia areata    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. General    5. Health & Daily Living - Diseases    6. Juvenile Health Sciences    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature   

Subjects:  1. Baldness    2. Dermatology    3. Form - Essays    4. General    5. Humor    6. Popular works   

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Covering a Big Problem
A bright and funny book, _Hair!Mankind's Historic Quest to End Baldness_ (AtRandom.com) by Gersh Kuntzman takes up the causes, stigma, and above all the treatments for baldness.It has a hilarious and scary section on the quack cures for the "loathsome disease," but concentrates on the real cures or crutches.There are now treatments for baldness, the "drugs" part of the amusingly named trilogy of cures: drugs, rugs, and plugs.Drugs available now for baldness are Rogaine and Propecia, and they both work in a limited way.There is a peculiar difficulty for researchers in field of baldness treatment.They can publish small, tentative, preliminary reports in the most obscure technical journals.All of a sudden they are inundated by requests from bald men who want to get the treatment, and if there is no treatment ready, they want to get into the test groups immediately, and if they can't get into the test groups, they accuse the investigators of being in a large, undefined conspiracy against bald men.The volumes of mail and complaints about treatments that are not yet in existence have meant that researchers had no time for research, having to spend it all on public relations. Humor and History
This is an informal, funny, but informative view of baldness.It convers the history, psychological and sociological aspects of this common condition.Where Kuntzman really shines is when he introduces the reader to the true characters in the hair business.These visits include scientists working on treatments for baldness, including gene therapist Ron Crystal; the radio show host who has a support group for the bald; the "proud to be bald conventioneers"; the hair tansplanters; and even the president of the hair club for men.These interviews are insightfull, informative, and hilarious.

A Wonderful Book
This cogent, piercing analysis of the causes and cures of baldness kept me riveted throughout. Kuntzman mixes wit, irony, and just a plain old appreciation for the wacky with some very sharp and thorough reporting. I have seen a picture of him and he has a full head of hair, which is what makes his sympathy for poor balding schlumps like myself all the more impressive. My only criticism of this book is that I wish it was longer. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baldness    2. Beauty & Grooming - Hair    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Hair    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. History    9. Men's Health    10. Health & Fitness / Men's Health   

Subjects:  1. Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, e    2. Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc    3. Baldness    4. Beauty & Grooming - General    5. Diet / Health / Fitness    6. Hair    7. Humor   

Subjects:  1. Baldness    2. Prevention    3. Treatment