Details the first-of-its-kind history of State Troopers, State Police and Highway Patrol nationwide. Includes historical highlights of each states' state police/highway patrol. Features full color photos from each state of their patch, badge, uniform and cruiser. Includes extraordinary personal experience stories with hundreds of photographs. Recognizes troopers killed in the line of duty with a comprehensive listing by state. Contains a summarized history of the National Troopers Coalition. Indexed.

State Trooper: America's State Troopers and Highway Patrolmen

History

Olsen, Marilyn

Americas

Turner

One of the most common genetic disorders in America is also one of the most frequently misdiagnosed. But anyone who has just learned they have hemochromatosis will have lots of questions: How did I get it? Can I pass it to my children? How can I avoid organ damage? The answers are in Living with Hemochromatosis by Dr. Gregory T. Everson and Hedy Weinberg. 
Over 30 million people in the United States carry the gene for hemochromatosis, and almost 2 million have developed the condition. Hemochromatosis, also known as "iron overload" or "bronze diabetes," causes the body to retain much more iron than it should. Because it is often not diagnosed until the patient is over 40 years old, the long-term iron buildup can damage not only cells and tissues, but also larger organs including the heart and liver. 
But there is hope. Living with Hemochromatosis guides patients through the whole spectrum of this condition, from early to delayed diagnosis, and answers their questions. It contains valuable information about recognizing the signs and symptoms of hemochromatosisÐand why it is frequently misdiagnosed. 
Living with Hemochromatosis also offers advice about genetic testing, and how to interpret the results. There is up-to-date information about treatment options, including phlebotomy, liver transplants, and new areas of research. The authors provide patients and their families with guidance on coping with the physical, emotional, and financial issues, as well as nutritional recommendations and much more. 25 b/w photos.

Living with Hemochromatosis

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Everson MD FACP, Gregory T

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Hatherleigh Press

Women Who Risk: Profiles of Women in Extreme Sports

Frostbite. Undertow. Avalanche. Collision. For women in extreme sports, these are all par for the grueling course. If you want to know how they do it—and what on earth possessed them to start—look in Marilyn Olsen1s book, 
Whether in 20-foot swells in the Hawaiian tropics or 24,000-foot mountains in the Alaskan wilderness, sports like surfing, mountaineering, wakeboarding and skydiving are designed to test the limits of human endurance. The women who seek out these challenges are a rare breed indeed—and they are among the most formidable athletes in the world. Women Who Risk provides in-depth profiles of eleven female athletes, each of whom has risen to the top of her sport. Among them: 
 • Lynn Hill, rock climber, who is the only person—male or female—ever to free climb The Nose in Yosemite Park in one 24-hour period. • Sarah Fisher, auto racer, who became at 19 the youngest driver ever to compete in the Indianapolis 500. • DeeDee Jonrowe, musher, who has been competing for 20 years in the Iditarod, a dogsled race across 1,100 miles of frozen Alaska. • Kim McKnight, Arctic Man competitor, who speed-skis down 1,200 vertical feet to the finish line after being dragged along a canyon by a snowmobile going 85 miles an hour. 
In Women Who Risk, you'll learn not only what extraordinary feats its eleven heroines have achieved, but also what got them there. You1ll learn what they eat, what equipment they use, and how they train. You1ll learn what frustrates them, and how they maintain the courageous mindset necessary to face giant mountains, 9,000-foot parachute drops, and grueling all-day triathlons. 
You'll also learn that, in each and every case, what drives women to compete in extreme sports is a desire to do what they love. Every story in Women Who Risk is the story of a woman who works hard and risks her life in order to follow her dream. The women in this book will inspire both men and women to work harder, live better, and know when it's time to leave fear behind.

Biographies & Memoirs

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