Where the Air is Clear
Where the Air is Clear

Author: Carlos Fuentes

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9781564783448

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"Where the Air Is Clear," Carlos Fuentes's first novel, is an unsparing portrayal of Mexico City's upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes overlays Mexican myths onto contemporary settings, showing that even the rich and powerful must succumb to the indomitable spirit of Mexico, which undermines all institutions and shapes all destinies. First published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1988, Dalkey Archive Press in 2004, now available again.

Let's Clear the Air
Let's Clear the Air

Author:

Publisher: Lobster Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781897073667

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(ages 9 - 12) This collection of stories and interviews is the result of a simple question: "Why won't you start smoking?" Readers won't feel like they are being preached to, because the anti-tobacco message is being delivered by kids just like them. The stories, based on life experiences and observations, are diverse, personal, and smart – sometimes painful, sometimes funny. The ten reasons include the poor health of parents who smoke, addiction, self-image, the environment, and relationships. Our young contributors also bring up issues that kids might not consider, such as how cigarettes affect one's personal appearance, athletic performance, and bank account. The media's portrayal of smoking and the unscrupulous marketing tactics used by tobacco companies are also discussed. The stories are complemented by edgy illustrations, examples of anti-tobacco activism, quotes from nonsmoking celebrities, a foreword by Christy Turlington, important health facts, "instant history facts," and other sidebars which present the ugly truth about cigarettes.

Air Is All Around You
Air Is All Around You

Author: Franklyn M. Branley

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2006-06-13

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 0060594152

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When it's not windy, it can be easy to forget about air. But air is everywhere–it fills your house, your car, and even your empty milk glass. In fact, a regular room holds about 75 pounds of it! This Level 1 book, reillustrated with John O'Brien's clever, eye–catching illustrations, tells you how to discover the air that's all around you.

Going Clear
Going Clear

Author: Lawrence Wright

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0385350279

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower comes “an utterly necessary story” (The Wall Street Journal) that pulls back the curtain on the church of Scientology: one of the most secretive organizations at work today. • The Basis for the HBO Documentary. Scientology presents itself as a scientific approach to spiritual enlightenment, but its practices have long been shrouded in mystery. Now Lawrence Wright—armed with his investigative talents, years of archival research, and more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former Scientologists—uncovers the inner workings of the church. We meet founder L. Ron Hubbard, the highly imaginative but mentally troubled science-fiction writer, and his tough, driven successor, David Miscavige. We go inside their specialized cosmology and language. We learn about the church’s legal attacks on the IRS, its vindictive treatment of critics, and its phenomenal wealth. We see the church court celebrities such as Tom Cruise while consigning its clergy to hard labor under billion-year contracts. Through it all, Wright asks what fundamentally comprises a religion, and if Scientology in fact merits this Constitutionally-protected label.

When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air

Author: Paul Kalanithi

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2016-02-04

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1473523494

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**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER** 'Rattling. Heartbreaking. Beautiful,' Atul Gawande, bestselling author of Being Mortal What makes life worth living in the face of death? At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father. Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both. 'A vital book about dying. Awe-inspiring and exquisite. Obligatory reading for the living' Nigella Lawson

Take a Deep Breath
Take a Deep Breath

Author: Nina L. Shapiro

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 981434379X

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Section 1. Newborn to three months. ch. 1. Nose-breathing a must!. ch. 2. Throaty gurgles: the low-down on the lazy voice box. ch. 3. Newborn breathing issues related to feeding. ch. 4. Back to sleep and beyond: SIDS prevention. ch. 5. Wheezing: can a newborn have asthma?.ch. 6. Respiratory infections in newborns. ch. 7. Clear the air for your newborn -- Section 2. Three months to one year. ch. 8. Stuffy nose in babies: what's up there?. ch. 9. Throaty noises and stridor. ch. 10. Feeding issues for healthy breathing. ch. 11. Sleepy breathing in the first year. ch. 12. Respiratory illnesses in babies: croup and crud. ch. 13. Nebulizers: what's in them?. ch. 14. Clear the air for the first year -- Section 3. One to five years. ch. 15. Stuffy nose/runny nose/sinusitis - From friends and foes. ch. 16. Snoring: what's that noise?. ch. 17. Choking hazards: what is safe to eat? ch. 18. Hoarseness in toddlers and preschoolers: shhhhh! ch. 19. Wheezing and coughing: when is it asthma? ch. 20. Respiratory illnesses in toddlers and preschoolers: Yuck! ch. 21. Clear the air for your child

Clear Air Turbulence, a Bibliography, 1950-1967
Clear Air Turbulence, a Bibliography, 1950-1967

Author: Dorothy E. Bulford

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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Clear air turbulence encounters can occur unexpectedly without any visual evidence or warning. As operations of higher altitude aircraft increase, the phenomenon is encountered more often. Clear air turbulence is defined as 'all turbulence in the free atmosphere of interest in aerospace operations that is not in or adjacent to visible convective activity (this includes turbulence found in cirrus clouds not in or adjacent to visible convective activity).' This bibliography consists of 578 references to technical reports, articles in periodicals, and books published during the past 17 years. References about other forms of turbulence such as that occurring with storms and airplane wake vortices are not included. (Author).