After enduring more than her share of codependent relationships, author Jacqueline Williams knew she needed to change her behavior patterns. Through a great deal of soul-searching, therapy, and prayer, Williams came to understand her codependency and how to eradicate it from her relationships. Written especially for women, "Confessions of a Codependent: How to Identify and Eliminate Unhealthy Relationships" defines codependent relationships, explains why they are so self-destructive, and explores why these relationships can at times lead to physical violence. "Confessions of a Codependent"...

Pioneer temperaments, Jacqueline Williams shows, were greatly influenced by that which was stewable, bakable, broilable, and boilable. Using travelers' diaries, letters, newspaper advertisements, and nineteenth-century cookbooks, Williams re-creates the highs and lows of cooking and eating on the Oregon Trail. She investigates the mundane--biscuits and bacon, mush and coffee--as well as the unexpected--carbonated soda made from bubbling spring water; ice cream created from milk, snow, and peppermint; fresh fruits and vegetables.

Understanding what and how the pioneers ate, Williams...

Food historian Jackie Williams describes our eating habits from the earliest years of settlement to the time when railroads brought the latest ingredients and implements to regional cooks. As in her earlier acclaimed volume, Wagon Wheel Kitchens: Food on the Oregon Trail, Williams sheds important light on a little-understood aspect of our past.

The International Society of Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT) was founded in 1973 to provide a forum for bioengineers, basic scientists, physiologists, and physicians to discuss new data, original theories, new interpretations of old data, and new technologies for the measurement of oxygen. At each annual meeting all posters are presented orally along with plenary lectures, and all presentations are given in a general session attended by everyone. Each meeting has had a specific focus, ranging from neonatology to physical chemistry to cancer biology. The Society has helped to build many...

Explodes the myths of many popular diets and tells you the facts you need to know. This book includes the following tips: wearing clothes to flatter your shape; sticking to your diet; turning a shopping trip into a workout; finding food with zero calories; and, eating out without pigging out.