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|  | Dear Mrs. Roosevelt by Robert Cohen
Impoverished young Americans had no greater champion during the Depression than Eleanor Roosevelt. As First Lady, Mrs. Roosevelt used her newspaper columns and radio broadcasts to crusade for expanded federal aid to poor children and teens. She was the most visible spokesperson for the National Youth Administration, the New Deal's central agency for aiding the needy young, and she was adamant in insisting that federal aid to young people be administered without discrimination so that it reached blacks as well as whites, girls as well as boys. This activism made Mrs. Roosevelt a beloved figure among poor teens and children, who between 1933 and 1941 wrote her thousands of letters describing their problems and requesting her help. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt presents nearly 200 of these extraordinary documents to open a window into the lives of the Depression's youngest victims. In their own words, the letter writers confide what it was like to be needy and young during the worst economic crisis in American history. Revealing both the strengths and the limitations of New Deal liberalism, this book depicts an administration concerned and caring enough to elicit such moving appeals for help yet unable to respond in the very personal ways the letter writers hoped. AUTHOR: Robert Cohen
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body 
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 | Formula 101 by Gene Daoust
Description not available.The groundbreaking companion to the best-selling book The Formula provides detailed meal plans, a nutrition cookbook filled with scrumptious gourmet recipes, a wealth of practical nutrition tips and techniques, and a self-motivational personal nutrition journal and daily planner. Reprint. AUTHOR: Gene Daoust
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Rolling along by Jamee Riggio Heelan, Nicola Simmonds
A boy with cerebral palsy describes his life. Mixed-media illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Jamee Riggio Heelan, Nicola Simmonds
PUBLISHER: Peachtree Publishers, Limited
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Magic & Medicine of Plants by Reader's Digest Editors
Description not available.Combines a field guide to finding and preserving medicinal plants with a detailed home advisor to their uses in cooking, cosmetics and health AUTHOR: Reader's Digest Editors
PUBLISHER: Reader's Digest Association, Incorporated, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Prime by Bob Paris
One of the most celebrated fitness experts in the world, Bob Paris has a new life-changing message for the millions of men over 40 who want to get in shape: It isn't too late! No intimidation, no impossible goals, no unreasonable demands--this book is so simple and so effective, it's revolutionary. Paris's step-by-step, day-by-day self-improvement regimens get results that men can see and feel in a relatively short time. AUTHOR: Bob Paris
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Eleven Seconds by E. M. Swift, Travis Roy
Description not available.Presents the inspirational, personal story of Boston University freshman Travis Roy, who suffered a paralyzing injury while playing his first college hockey game, and the strength and courage he exhibited while trying to lead a normal life after the accident. AUTHOR: E. M. Swift, Travis Roy
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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