Genovese, Vincent J. The Angel of Ashland: Practicing Compassion and Tempting Fate. Prometheus, 2000. First Printing. 150 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Very good+ condition. The biography of Dr. Robert D. Spencer, whose medical practice in the coal-mining town of Ashland, Pennsylvania, began in 1925. This courageous and principled doctor went on to become an expert on black lung disease and mine-related injuries. He also performed thousands of safe, reliable abortions long before Roe v. Wade became the law of the land. $10.00
Hearing Before the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight - House of Representatives - 105th Congress, 1st Session. Gulf War Syndrome: To Examine New Studies Suggesting Links Between Gulf Service and Higher Rates of Illnesses. Committee on Government Reform & Oversight, 1997. 8 1/2" x 11", 332 pp. Softcover in ring binding. A little wear from handling; very good condition overall. Report of hearing held January 21, 1997, includes statements of physicians, veterans, and accounts of published results concerning the roles of toxic exposures and stress in causing "subtle neurological damange and delayed, chronic health effects." $25.00
West, Paul. Words for a Deaf Daughter. Harper & Row, 1970. 4th printing. Very good in good+ price-clipped dustjacket with some wear & tear to edges. A little glue & remainder stamp to bottom edge. $6.00
Young, Ellen P. Between Two Worlds: Special Moments of Alzheimer's & Dementia. Prometheus Books, 1999. First printing. 207 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Very faint spotting to top edge, otherwise both book and jacket are in close to fine condition. An attempt to explore, through personal accounts and revealing vignettes, those precious moments of humor and lightheartedness found while ministering to those with debilitating Alzheimer's and related dementias. $12.00