Archive for the ‘Diet & Health’ Category

Facing the End

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Jane Brody, the NYT‘s health columnist writes movingly today about her husband’s death.

Brody notes that this “Personal Health” column is very personal,

When I wrote Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond, I had no idea that I’d be putting its precepts into practice in my immediate family within a year of publication. But as I said in the book, “You never know.” You never know when your time will be up, and so it is best to prepare for the end sooner rather than later.

Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life
Jane Brody
Retail Price: $26.00
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Random House – (2009-02-17)
ISBN / EAN: 1400066549 / 9781400066544

She also mentions Francine Russo’s “excellent new book,” They’re Your Parents, Too!

They’re Your Parents, Too!: How Siblings Can Survive Their Parents’ Aging Without Driving Each Other Crazy
Francine Russo
Retail Price: $26.00
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Bantam – (2010-01-26)
ISBN / EAN: 0553806998 / 9780553806991

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Heavy Holds Alert: FOOD RULES

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Michael Pollan’s paperback original title, Food Rules, has been on the Amazon top five since Jan. 5, It got a boost to #1 from a recommendation by Jane Brody in the New York TimesHealth” column on Monday,

In the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutritional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than the 64 principles outlined in a slender, easy-to-digest new book called Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, by Michael Pollan.

Libraries are showing holds as high as 420 on 45 copies.

Here’s a rare thing; an inexpensive bestseller. It’s a great opportunity to buy more and make your customers happy.

Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
Michael Pollan
Retail Price: $11.00
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) – (2009-12-29)
ISBN / EAN: 014311638X / 9780143116387

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FOOD RULES Jon Stewart

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Michael Pollan appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. The appearance sent his new book, Food Rules, to #5 on Amazon sales rankings.

Libraries that own the book show heavy holds. Several do not; it was not reviewed prepub.

An original paperback, the book is described by the publisher as a “pocket compendium of food wisdom.” Some of the pieces of wisdom? “Avoid foods you see advertised on television” and “Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.”

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Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
Michael Pollan
Retail Price: $11.00
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) – (2009-12-29)
ISBN / EAN: 014311638X / 9780143116387

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