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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction

When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run "Quiet War" in Laos. The Hmong, traditionally a close-knit and fiercely people, have been less amenable to assimilation than most immigrants, adhering steadfastly to the rituals and beliefs of their ancestors. Lia's pediatricians, Neil Ernst and his wife, Peggy Philip, cleaved just as strongly to another tradition: that of Western medicine. When Lia Lee Entered the American medical system, diagnosed as an epileptic, her story became a tragic case history of cultural miscommunication.

Parents and doctors both wanted the best for Lia, but their ideas about the causes of her illness and its treatment could hardly have been more different. The Hmong see illness aand healing as spiritual matters linked to virtually everything in the universe, while medical community marks a division between body and soul, and concerns itself almost exclusively with the former. Lia's doctors ascribed her seizures to the misfiring of her cerebral neurons; her parents called her illness, qaug dab peg--the spirit catches you and you fall down--and ascribed it to the wandering of her soul. The doctors prescribed anticonvulsants; her parents preferred animal sacrifices.
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By Gordon Goodwin Learn the art of ensemble playing. You will learn style, phrasing, tone, dynamics, technique, articulation, playing in time, Latin grooves, and a variety of swing styles as you play along and listen to the players of Gordon Goodwin's "Big Phat Band". Each CD contains a "Demo" track and a "Play-Along" track. Contains performance notes by Gordon Goodwin and Walter Bergeron.

Contents: Swingin’ For The Fences, La Almeja Pequena, Hunting Wabbits, Whodunit?, Count Bubba’s Revenge, Get In Line, Horn Of Puente, The Jazz Police, High Maintenance, Cut ‘N Run.
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Anyone dreaming about owning an affordable sailboat will be attracted by this book which provides a good introduction to trailer-sailing. The author shows how cruising on a small boat that can be kept at home and towed behind the family car is a satisfying and not very costly exercise..
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By Gordon Goodwin Learn the art of ensemble playing. You will learn style, phrasing, tone, dynamics, technique, articulation, playing in time, Latin grooves, and a variety of swing styles as you play along and listen to the players of Gordon Goodwin's "Big Phat Band". Each CD contains a "Demo" track and a "Play-Along" track. Contains performance notes by Gordon Goodwin and Eric Marienthal.

Contents: Swingin’ For The Fences, La Almeja Pequena, Hunting Wabbits, Whodunit?, Count Bubba’s Revenge, Get In Line, Horn Of Puente, The Jazz Police, High Maintenance, Cut ‘N Run.
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A comprehensive collection of over 150 classic, old time favorites, including: After The Ball * Amazing Grace * Anchors Aweigh * Auld Lang Syne * The Bells Of St. Mary's * Danny Boy * (I Wish I Was In) Dixie * The Entertainer * Give My Regards To Broadway * How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm? (After They've Seen Paree) * I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now * Little Brown Jug * The Merry Widow Waltz * Over There * Ragtime Cowboy Joe * Sidewalks Of New York * Stars And Stripes Forever * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It) * You're A Grand Old Flag * and more..
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By Gordon Goodwin. Learn the art of ensemble playing. You will learn style, phrasing, tone, dynamics, technique, articulation, playing in time, Latin grooves, and a variety of swing styles as you play along and listen to the players of Gordon Goodwin's "Big Phat Band". Each CD contains a "Demo" track and a "Play-Along" track. Contains performance notes by Gordon Goodwin and Andy Martin. Contents: Swingin’ For The Fences, La Almeja Pequena, Hunting Wabbits, Whodunit?, Count Bubba’s Revenge, Get In Line, Horn Of Puente, The Jazz Police, High Maintenance, Cut ‘N Run..
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