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Show EooL you ni9k oCihe to lecul . . . "Light From Many Lamps" Selected and with commentary by Lillian Eiclder Watson The treasury of inspiration selected sel-ected from the wisdom of ages and presented in a fascinating new way, offers the modern reader in our troubled times the foundations from the past, for a happier, more confident living today and hope for the future. A single inspiring quotation quo-tation from among the hundreds in this book may change the entire course of one's life, it states. It may give it new purpose and direction, direc-tion, new meaning, new hope. It is a book of infinite richness and abiding values, a book to keep at the bedside or on the living-room living-room table, to dip into as needed, to brouse in now and then, to enjoy en-joy in small stimulating portions. It is a book for the hour, for the years, a book to turn to over and over, as to a friend, a book of moral, spiritual and ethical guidance. guid-ance. Look Younger, Live Longer by Gaylord Hauser Every man or woman, young or old, will find in this book sane and sound advice that should make the mature years of life a healthier health-ier and happier time. t Authorer, lecturer and "newspaper "news-paper columnist, Gaylord Hauser is widely known for his many books on diet and health. His interest in-terest in dietitics began in his youth when he was suffering from a serious disease which surgery could not cure. He studied nutrition nutri-tion in Europe and America, became be-came a pioneer in the field of scientific eating and conducted one of the first schools of dietetics. So many people came to him that he was obliged to talk to large groups at a time. This proved the beginning beginn-ing of his lecturing and writing career. Look Younger, Live Longer, covers cov-ers your good health, stressing the ideal diet for long life and resistance resis-tance to disease. Your good looks with methods of relaxation and overcoming fatigue, how diet can keep you youthful, other aids to beauty, such as make-up, bathing and sunbaths. The final section gives many valuable recipes, raen-ues raen-ues and diets. "Double Date" by Rosamond du Jardin Double trouble or double fun? A twinship composed of one popular, popu-lar, vivacious Para and one serious quiet Penny, should have started out even when the Howard family moved to a new town and the twins attended a new high school. But spite of Pam's generosity in arranging ar-ranging double dates, the boys seemed .soon to be tagged, "Pam's Keep Off." Even Mike, boss of the school paper, which Penney joined to prove that she wasn't a pale carbon copy of her twin, preferred Pam for fun and dates. Girls will like the grown-ups in the story; the twins charming mother mo-ther who enjoys her job as interior inter-ior decorator and Gran, wise and sympathetic who provides one of the surprises of the story. Reader's Digest, condensed books "Adventures in Two Worlds" by A. J. Cronin In tho selection from "Adventures "Adven-tures in Two Worlds," presented in this volume, A. J. Cronin tells the story of the trials and successes suc-cesses of his early life. With the publication of Hatter's Castle in 1931, a new world opened up for him. Many of his nine subsequent novels have been out-standing best sellers, fulfilling the promise critics crit-ics saw in his first novels. "The Gabriel Horn" by Felix Holt "Gabriel Horn" is a rare, true and captivating story of the American Amer-ican frontier as has appeared in years ... a book with a fresh tang and flavor to it of irrestible charm. An enchanting story of two comrades who believed that love and freedom were the most important impor-tant things in life a man can have. Their wonderful adventures on the Kentucky frontier are certain to delight you. "Duveen " by S. N. Behrman Joseph Duveen, art dealer extraordinary extra-ordinary and the greatest salesman of his time, was one of the most ! colorful personalities of that daz- zling era when art-conscious American Am-erican tycoons were cooly buying old masters for $300,000 apiece and up. Though Duveen's highhanded high-handed ways often infuriated even his best customers, he persuaded some of America's wealthiest men to buy millions of dollars worth of great paintings and then give them to public museums where everyone could enjoy them. "Out of Africa" by Isak Dinesen The dramatic tale of his family's fam-ily's rise from a Dutch blacksmith shop to the British peerage, have combined to make S. N. Behrman's Duveen one of the most absorbing and widely discussed books of '52. "East Side General" by Frank G. Slaughter "East Side General." The normal tension of a big city hospital is supercharged at East Side General during the 24 hours covered by this story, when disaster threatens from the outside. For the small group of doctors and nurses who knew the sinister nature of the threats and for the patients who only sensed the danger, the hospital hos-pital is a proving ground, a citadel under attack. For the brilliant young surgeon, Dr. Andy Gray, and nurse Julia Talbot, there is a tormenting choice to bo made a choice which will determine the whole course of their lives. Frank G. Slaughter, a distinguished disting-uished surgeon himself, has brought to his book, as to his many previous best-selling novels, his intimate knowledge of men and women in white, and his story teller's art. The result is a rare combination of authentic background back-ground and high excitement. |