books about: legs

books about: legs

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The Runners' Repair Manual: A Complete Program for Diagnosing and Treating Your Foot, Leg and Back Problems

Murray F. Weisenfeld, Barbara Burr

St. Martin's Griffin, 1981

Succint, Complete
An easy read, short, and has all the information runner's will need about running injuries and preventions. I found information about pretty much everything I went through when I started running recently [ Knee pains, shin splints, arch pains, .....]. Written in a ...

Break a Leg!: The Kid's Guide to Acting and Stagecraft

Lise Friedman, Mary Dowdle

Workman Publishing Company, 2002

The perfect gift book for aspiring young performers
Break A Leg!: The Kids' Guide To Acting & Stagecraft by Lise Friedman (former dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and an Adjunct Professor, new York University) is a charmingly presented, authoritative, resource-filled "how to" book for young actors and ...

If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs: A Guide to Understanding Men

Big Boom

Fireside, 2007

Odd title takes odd title title - Associated Press
Published Saturday, March 29, 2008 2:15 AM Odd title takes odd title title Associated Press LONDON -- Good advice? Maybe. Oddest book title of 2007 -- that's official. If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs has won the ...

Prosthetics and Orthotics: Lower Limb and Spine

Ron Seymour

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002

Excellent text
Well put together. An excellent source for health care professionals in practice or in training!

Peripheral Neuropathy: When the Numbness, Weakness, and Pain Won't Stop (American Academy of Neurology)

Norman Latov

Demos Medical Publishing, 2006

Neuropathy Understandable
Peripheral Neuropathy is a concise, inexpensive volume written in plain English. It will be useful to both neuropathy sufferers and their physicians alike. Dr. Latov's expertise -- as a clinician, teacher, and a founder of The Neuropathy ...

Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining: America's Toughest Family Court Judge Speaks Out

Judy Sheindlin

Harper Paperbacks, 1997

Brutally Honest!
I just finished reading this book and it was amazing! I couldn't put it down. Judge Judy is so honest and has many incredible positions on the justice system that each state should take note. I personally agree with her on all of her stances toward welfare, ...

A Leg to Stand On

Oliver Sacks

Touchstone, 1998

Journey of Healing.
I should stress from the start that this book is extremely well written. It requires a special talent to combine scientific, clinical prose with personal, emotional and philosophical insight. This book is remarkable on many counts, but its value lies in Sacks' honesty, ...

Skinny Legs and All

Tom Robbins

Bantam, 1995

Anthropomorphizing
This was my introduction to Tom Robbins, and while I have read and loved others, this is the best as far as I am concerned. If you are looking for your Robbins starter book, no need to go further - you've found it in Skinny Legs and All.

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (An Evergreen book)

Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain

Grove Press, 2006

Please Kill Me
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain ***** Written and compialed mainly by 'Punk' magazines resident punk Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me is an oral account of the rise and fall of punk. Mind you that this is mainly a focus on New York punk as this is ...

A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano

Katie Hafner

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

deserves the raves
Like several of the other reviewers, I was skeptical that there was a need for another book about Glenn Gould. Before reading 'A Romance on Three Legs', my impression was that Gould is already well-represented on the printed page. After all, his own prolific words are ...

"This business has legs": How I Used Infomercial Marketing to Create the$100,000,000 ThighMaster Craze

Peter Bieler

Wiley, 1996

A "must have" for any budding entrepreneur!
Peter Biehler has written not only a sensational book about infomercials, he has unwittingly written an entertaining and profound book on motivation and persevering to attain one's goals. He provides an indepth understanding of the key components of how to put ...

Clinical Biomechanics of the Lower Extremities

Ronald L. Valmassy

Mosby, 1996

Clinical Biomechanics of the Lower Extremities
Very clear and concise. Good clinical information for the practising clinician combined with a good biomechanical anaysis of the lower extremities.

Little Critter: My Trip to the Hospital (Little Critter)

HarperFestival, 2005

Little Critter Braves a Hospital Trip
It's 2005 and the "Little Critter" series is still going strong. This very new release (as of the writing of this review), part of the "New Adventures of Mercer Mayer's Little Critter" series is written and illustrated by Mercer Mayer and deals with Little Critter ...

At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea

Carl Zimmer

Free Press, 1999

A Whale of A Tale!
This is one of my favourite books. Not just about whales, mind you, but about evolution of life in the oceans, then up onto land and, in some cases, back to sea again. The author takes the reader through a complete yet understandable history of the evolution of ...

The Body Sculpting Bible for Buns And Legs: Women's Edition

James Villepigue, Hugo Rivera

Hatherleigh, 2005

Another Good One
Another great book in the Body Sculpting Bible Series. Jam packed with alot of useful fitness/health information for the serious minded fitness person. If you come across this book, get it. Joey Atlas - The Wizard of Fitness [...]