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The compelling, funny story of a high-powered professional’s life-changing journey from Manhattan big cheese to Vermont goat cheesemaker

In the tradition of food memoirs like Under the Tuscan Sun and A Year in Provence, Hay Fever tells the story of New York City literary agent Angela Miller and how looking for tranquility on a Vermont farm turned into an eye-opening, life-changing experience. Seeking solace in the midst of midlife strife brought on by family stress and a high-stakes career, Miller and her husband bought a farm in rural Vermont.

But what started as a part time “project” turned into a full-blown obsession and culinary passion that not only changed their lives forever, but also resulted in some of America’s best cheeses, prestigious awards, and media fame. Today, cheeses from Consider Bardwell Farm are featured at some of the country’s best restaurants, including Jean Georges, Daniel, and The French Laundry.

•    For cheese lovers and would-be farmers, it’s an inside look at the everyday operation of a successful and growing dairy farm
•    Author Angela Miller, literary agent in New York City, has won prestigious awards for her cheeses and has been featured in such publications as the Boston Globe, the New York Times, Travel & Leisure, and Martha Stewart Living
•    More than a memoir—the book includes recipes from the author and top food personalities like Mark Bittman and Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Hay Fever is an inspiring and entertaining memoir that will whet the appetite of food lovers and would-be farmers from coast to coast.

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Not what I was expecting, very disappointed!
I was very much looking forward to this book arriving and after finishing it today am disappointed in this book.I felt the author was overly negative in this book.From talking negatively about her staff in first part of the book or complaining about a guest who stayed at her farm in the end, I just felt the author and her husband were perfect and everyone else was/is not! I didn't really get the impression that the author's true intentions where to start a farm to "get away from it all in VT." Right from the start the author starts taking about making a profit and balance sheets.I didn't really get how this farm "changed" her life. I wish the library had this book, for the first time in while, I am not happy to have spent money on book.

A much better book, in my opinion, is Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese by Brad Kessler.Much more enjoyable, down-to-earth, book about wanting to connect with the land, animals and food.

Too much about irritations
I'm afraid the author spends way too much time on her employee-hiring problems and how hard she has to work balancing her publishing job in New York and her farm work in Vermont. Perhaps if you want to get into goat farming and expect it will be a really hard life choice, this book might help you. As a window into what happens on a goat farm for us non-farm people, it is rather tedious.

Revelation
Hay Fever is, on one hand, an interesting first-hand account of making artisanal cheese.The author and her co-writer reveal the long path from milking goats, buying cow's milk, the creation of different types of cheeses, marketing and distributing cheeses from a small business in Vermont.The details are laid out not in dry, scientific prose, but in the writer's natural, autobiographical description of her experience.The author, Angela Miller, had achieved a successful Manhattan career as a literary agent before embarking on a dream in middle age of starting a creamery for cheese making.The story, from buying the land with its old Consider Bardwell farm, acquiring the goats and milking machinery, the vagaries of staffing, the challenges of maintaining dual careers and finding a place to belong in the Vermont countryside provide reading which both inspires and edifies.The author knew very little about the farm life of goats when she purchased the old farm, and she imparts much of what she learned to her readers, from milking to mating, having offspring, veterinary maintenance, and the goats' general nature.The reader learns about invidual goats in her herd, and though they exist to serve a dairy purpose, an overriding affection for the animals is an earmark of the memoir.The business experience of the Consider Bardwell enterprise is described against the real-life backdrop of the American economy's terrible dip in 2008, and the memoir ends on a note of hopefulness that the business will survive and prosper.Miller's autobiographical style is pleasant, descriptive of family and friends, and often witty, though ranging to dramatic and tense in troubled times for the farm.As often in autobiographies, there is as much to learn about the author as the subject, and Ms. Miller emerges as a very human and capable individual.

Hay Fever - Cheesy Success
I totally agree with George.There is obviously a personal agenda with regard to the two people who belittled Angela Miller & her Husband's efforts to introduce and renovate a farm which had not been working for sometime, and bring jobs to the area.She certainly pays credit to those on her team, and sets out the reasons for having to let people go, or why they can no longer do business with her.I thought the book was interesting, and she allowed the reader to see not only her great business accumine, but also her weaker moments when dealing with her goats, who she obviously loves. I would like to compliment angela, her Husband, and her great team of workers for making this not only an informative book, but an insight into the workings of a small, but successful venture.

If you want to accomplish something in life, don't wait
With a successful career as a literary agent in New York, this restless mid-life renegade follows her yearning to run a farm in rural Vermont.Despite being a novice to the farm fields, she impetuously responds to a calling to raise goats and to specialize in cheese making.This remarkable woman, a multi-tasker in the richest sense of the word, enters into the cheese making enterprise starting with the mud and sludge.She spends three days a weeks in Manhattan dealing with demanding clients, then makes the long drive to Vermont to tend to her goats and their milk. Meanwhile, the author is learning how to make gourmet cheeses that eventually become menu items at select restaurants and sell out at farmers markets.While she is managing all the details of her cheese industry, she opens a local town cafe, constantly hosts guests, and interacts with the fascinating individuals who share her passion for goats and cheese making.Here is a female role model displaying the courage, stamina, determination, and resolve to follow her dreams.Fortunately, she has a supportive husband and the financial security to realize her fantasy.Read the book and you too will be dreaming of cuddly goats and mouthwatering cheeses.

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Great Item
I loved the plays in this collection of Noel Coward, but the condition of the book I received was not brand new as stated by the seller.

He was brilliant
I got this book because I wanted to read the play Blythe Spirit.I don't even remember why now.I know I saw it as a young child as an old movie starring Rex Harrison; maybe it arose out of a moment of nostalgia.

In any case, I almost put the book aside after reading the play itself.It seemed rather a bore, all things considered. I'd expected more witty conversations, double entends, and awkward moments. Instead I found a rather misogynistic attitude that was more annoying than funny.I also found that the play would have made a better Agatha Christie murder mystery.What if the central character wasn't just a haunted and beset husband but a serial killer of his wives?Many of the attempts at comedy came across as lame, and I couldn't help but feel that I, steeped in TV from childhood, had "seen it all before."After all, Laugh In, Saturday Night Live, stand up comedians, and the late night talk shows had pretty much done what there was to be done.

The only thing that brought me back to the book was the knowledge that Noel Coward had been regarded in his time as a very witty and irreverent playwright, and I felt I should give him a fairer trial.I was glad I did, because both Hay Fever and Private Lives were quite amusing.Oddly enough, they were also much earlier plays.Perhaps the 1920s and 30s had more in common with the culture of the late 20th and early 21st centuries than with that between 1940-1990.

I can almost visualize the manic comings and goings of the characters in Hay Fever and their equally insane comments and quarrels.Sitting in the audience of such a production must have been great fun, and the synergy between audience and actors must have made it even greater.The interaction partakes a great deal of standup comedy, with a slightly off-the-wall comedian paired with his or her "straight man."Here the off-the-wall and straight man types appear in abundance, and their activities on the stage generate a feeling of total pandemonium.It is no wonder that the guests sneak off, leaving their oblivious hosts to themselves.Here the dialogue is used to make a clear dividing line between the two types of individual, the conventional person and the totally unconventional.Much of what is said and what it means is known only to the unconventional set and the audience.The audience becomes part of the play by virtue of knowing what some of the characters on stage do not; that much of what the unconventional characters are saying are lines from a particularly bad play that one of them had appeared in at a previous time.

Private Lives was less frenetically active, but it made its own great use of the stage.(For those who've never read a play, there are stage directions included at the beginning and throughout the play which lets the reader know when and where a character enters or leaves the stage, etc.)It also made wonderful use of the inanities of casual conversation, especially the repetition of statements ad absurdum.Some of them are really funny, even though the play is quite old, almost 80 years old.I suspect most of our conversations are still repetitive and inane!Again the author is pitting the conventional and the unconventional personality against one another.The utter confusion and total helplessness of the two individuals trying to be "normal" are the foils--or straight men--for the two who are total egotists.(Imagine a very young Lawrence Olivier, who played the role both on Broadway and on the London stage, as the confused and "stiff-upper-lip" young husband of the crazy Gertrude Lawrence, who also originated her role in both venues!) In short, the audience and its notion of doing the right thing become part of the play by virtue of their understanding of the confused couple.We'd all be in the same place if we'd been faced with the same situations.We can't help but sympathize with the confused couple, but we also can't help but root for the crazy couple.

In general, I'd have to agree with his critics, Noel Coward was a genius at understanding society, it's affectations, and its behaviors.

Great words, interesting people juxtaposition
I studied drama at Princeton because normally plays are shorter, but I never read this author.His words are fabulous and the inter persona tension he creates is fabulous.

The Blythe Spirit was so rich that I've had to read a novel before tackling another play.

God Save The Queen
This is an important author, although poor Noel lived to see himself both scorned and forgotten. He got the Tennessee Williams treatment in spades. Suddenly, the clouds lifted and he was once again the toast of London, got knighted, and will live again evidently until the next round of purging. It all sounds terribly Soviet, doesn't it? But this seems to be how theater critics go about exciting the audience to new things. First they have to eviscerate the old. Coward could take it because he was a tough old sod. The British theater seems to produce little monsters, like Peter Sellers, Lawrence Olivier, and Noel Coward. Monsters as in gila monsters, with reptile-tough skin. Evidently one needs it. Coward exists in a time warp, somewhat like P. G. Wodehouse. His world is long gone if it ever existed. What is key is that once in it, you believe it did once exist and you hope it will last forever. The plays are addictive. Women love the roles in the same way they love to play Williams. I would venture to say that there will be a production of "Private Lives" some where on this earth every year until the last days of mankind. The editor is also Coward's most recent biographer. I happen to have this same volume, edited by Edward Albee with a nifty introduction.

Three Brilliants By The Great English Wit
Noel Coward's talent for spinning gossamer plots into rapier-sharp comedy assures his reputation in theatre, and his comedies have such timeless appeal that they remain staples of both English and American theatre.This volume collects three of his most memorable scripts: the fantasy BLITHE SPIRIT, the farce HAY FEVER, and the razor-wicked PRIVATE LIVES.

Of the three, BLITHE SPIRIT and PRIVATE LIVES are best known to the general public through various film versions and frequent revivals.BLITHE SPIRIT concerns a novelist who invites a medium to give a seance that he might learn tricks of the trade for the book he is writing--but the medium is no fake, and she unintentionally summons up the ghost of his first wife, who promptly moves in and makes his second wife's life a living hell.PRIVATE LIVES offers the story of a divorced couple who unexpectedly meet while honeymooning with their new spouses--whom they quickly abandon in order to resume their torrid passion for each other.Trouble is, although they love each other desperately, their personalities are about as compatible as two scorpions in a bottle.HAY FEVER, one of Coward's earliest successes, presents the story of visitors to an eccentric family who are very nearly driven mad before they are able to escape.

Coward was reknowned for his sophistocated and often acid turn of phrase, and all three of these plays contain enough outrageous situations and sharp-tongued lines to make even the worst sourpuss laugh loud enough to annoy the neighbors.Although those unused to reading playscripts may find HAY FEVER a bit hard to grasp, both BLITHE SPIRIT and PRIVATE LIVES read extremely, extremely well--so much so that you're likely to find yourself acting them out as you read!Wonderful fun, and strongly, strongly recommended. ... Read more

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When Max Regnery, manager at Pine Hollow Stables, begins acting strangely, Lisa, Carole, and Stevie decide to find him a new girlfriend, but Max is not exactly pleased to be the focus of one of the girls' schemes. ... Read more

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Wonderful
Hi! We're the Stirrup Stars. We're a horse-lovers club and we love these books! They're full of interesting events having to do with horses. We thought it was awesome when Stevie chased the bus by horseback! Ahorse-lover's must! (stirrup_stars@hotmail.com)

Great book!!
I think this book was great, #1 Horses #2 It was really good, you'd neverwant to put it down since it's exciting #3 humorous #4 Well, it's theSaddle Club! I really think people should read this book!! It says it's forages 9-12, but it's for all ages, I think. 8 years old, or 13 years old!

Max is in Love
The saddle club is at it again.This time they seek to help Max find a suitable girl.With a show coming up at Pine Hollow the girls invite any and all the available women they know in efforts that Max might like one of them.Little do they know Max has already found someone.Carole, Stevie, and Lisa realize this a little too late and must stop her from leaving. ... Read more

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This book explains the Chinese Theory on the cause of allergic conditions. it offers many low-or no cost home therapies to prevent and heal this widespread disease, including self-massage, Chinese patent medicines, and herbal teas. ... Read more

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The Only Book of its Kind
This is the only book in print I know of that attempts to discuss allergies from the point of view of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and for that reason alone it is a valuable contribution. This book makes a valiant attempt to explain the theories of TCM as they relate to hayfever, in a way that laypeople can understand.I believe it succeeds.TCM can only be understood on its own terms, not in relation to Western allopathic or any other medical system.This book makes that point beautifully clear.All of the TCM theory in the book is solid and well-worded, including a very helpful glossary of TCM terms.Bob Flaws has written and translated numerous texts on TCM in his many years as a doctor of TCM.

If you suffer from hayfever, I can generally recommend implementing the advice in this book, much of which can be done by yourself.However, I take issue with the fact that little mention is made of adverse reactions to Chinese herbs, especially allergic reactions to the herbs, their constituents, toxins present such as fungicides sprayed on herbs when they are exported from China, pesticide residues, possible non-herbal additives, and even toxic packaging.Reactions to these things is on the rise, especially in the population of people with other allergies, such as food allergies.Chinese herbs are, of course, safer than Western pharmaceuticals, but they have their drawbacks and I have seen many patients with problems from "natural" and "herbal" remedies because of allergies to those remedies, or as is more often the case, to the fumigants and pesticides on the herbs and the plastic bottles some natural medicines are packaged in.I also am not sure that laypeople can safely learn to use such techniques as moxa, cupping, and plum blossom from a book alone.It is far better to get a hands-on lesson from a professional if you want to do these techniques yourself.

Despite his years of experience, and his own personal experience with allergies, Dr. Flaws does not really mention any way of actually "curing" hayfever, as the book title suggests.This book is all about harm reduction, about symptom management.To this end, the book is thorough and I'm sure the advice he gives is very effective.But it won't make you stop being allergic, which he claims is impossible.(It's not impossible!)As Bob Flaws makes clear, it is up to you to manage your own lifestyle in healthy ways and not to rely on doctors or experts to fix you.However, many people who do lead healthy lives and have tried a great deal of natural medicine still have allergies, and may still have symptoms that trouble them a little or a lot.Following the advice in this book may help a great deal, but may be only a starting point.There are TCM methods beyond the scope of this book that can help when the advice in this book is not enough, and when seeing an acupuncturist or herbalist is not enough, or actually makes the problem worse.The cure is possible within the system of TCM, but not through the methods mentioned here.The methods I'm referring are more esoteric.

Though Dr. Flaws emphasizes that TCM is holistic (it is), there is little mention of spiritual causative factors or spiritual solutions to allergies.He advises the use of guided relaxation tapes, and that is as close as he gets to spiritual.There is more to spiritual healing than relaxing your body.Spiritual esoterica is really beyond the scope of this book, but spiritual esoterica of TCM is exactly where the real cure lies.Without the spiritual element, TCM is no longer "holistic."

This book also neglects the modern toxic world, beyond the mention of the hazards of diet soda.There are reasons why allergies have become so common, and for some, so severe.Many of the causes, be they spiritual and/or modern problems, are not addressed in this book. "Faulty diet, lack of adequate exercise, and too much stress," are causes of health imbalances in general, to be sure, but often really just aggravate a situation that already exists.

Many of the limits of this book are simply limits in scope.The concepts lacking may or may not be suitable for lay people, or may be beyond the understanding of Bob Flaws, who may be an expert on TCM but not necessarily an expert on allergies.On the other hand, the detailed herbal formulas, the acupoint-specific massage section, and the chapter on research are all fairly technical even to the point of being tedious, and may not be very helpful to laypeople either.All in all, the book is a good starting place, but not really about a "cure."

The Only Book of its Kind
This is the only book in print that I know of that attempts to discuss allergies from the point of view of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and for that reason alone it is a valuable contribution. This book makes a valiant attempt to explain the theories of TCM as they relate to hayfever, in a way that laypeople can understand.I believe it succeeds.TCM can only be understood on its own terms, not in relation to Western allopathic or any other medical system.This book makes that point beautifully clear.All of the TCM theory in the book is solid and well-worded, including a very helpful glossary of TCM terms.Bob Flaws has written and translated numerous texts on TCM in his many years as a doctor of TCM.

If you suffer from hayfever, I can generally recommend implementing the advice in this book, much of which can be done by yourself.However, I take issue with the fact that little mention is made of adverse reactions to Chinese herbs, especially allergic reactions to the herbs, their constituents, toxins present such as fungicides sprayed on herbs when they are exported from China, pesticide residues, possible non-herbal additives, and even toxic packaging.Reactions to these things is on the rise, especially in the population of people with other allergies, such as food allergies.Chinese herbs are, of course, safer than Western pharmaceuticals, but they have their drawbacks and I have seen many patients with problems from "natural" and "herbal" remedies because of allergies to those remedies, or as is more often the case, to the fumigants and pesticides on the herbs and the plastic bottles some natural medicines are packaged in.I also am not sure that laypeople can safely learn to use such techniques as moxa, cupping, and plum blossom from a book alone.It is far better to get a hands-on lesson from a professional if you want to do these techniques yourself.

Despite his years of experience, and his own personal experience with allergies, Dr. Flaws does not really mention any way of actually "curing" hayfever, as the book title suggests.This book is all about harm reduction, about symptom management.To this end, the book is thorough and I'm sure the advice he gives is very effective.But it won't make you stop being allergic, which he claims is impossible.(It's not impossible!)As Bob Flaws makes clear, it is up to you to manage your own lifestyle in healthy ways and not to rely on doctors or experts to fix you.However, many people who do lead healthy lives and have tried a great deal of natural medicine still have allergies, and may still have symptoms that trouble them a little or a lot.Following the advice in this book will probably help a great deal, but may be only a starting point.There are TCM methods beyond the scope of this book that can help when the advice in this book is not enough, and when seeing an acupuncturist or herbalist is not enough, or actually makes the problem worse.The cure is possible within the system of TCM, but not through the methods in this book.The methods I'm referring are more esoteric, and beyond the scope of this book.

Though Dr. Flaws emphasizes that TCM is holistic (it is), there is little mention of spiritual causative factors or spiritual solutions to allergies.He advises the use of guided relaxation tapes, and that is as close as he gets to spiritual.There is much more to spiritual healing than relaxing your body.I understand that spiritual esoterica is really beyond the scope of this book, however, but spiritual esoterica of TCM is exactly where the real cure lies.TCM is holistic because it includes spiritual healing--without the spiritual element, it cannot be holistic.

This book also neglects the modern toxic world, beyond the mention of the hazards of diet soda.There are reasons why allergies have become so common, and for some, so severe.Many of the causes, be they spiritual and/or modern problems, are not addressed in this book. "Faulty diet, lack of adequate exercise, and too much stress," are causes of health imbalances in general, to be sure, but often really just aggravate a situation that already exists.

Many of the limits of this book are simply that the book is limited in scope.The concepts lacking may or may not be suitable for lay people, or may be beyond the understanding of Bob Flaws, who may be an expert on TCM but not necessarily an expert on allergies.On the other hand, the detailed herbal formulas, the acupoint-specific massage section, and the chapter on research are all fairly technical and even tedious, and may not be very helpful to laypeople either.All in all, the book is a good starting place, but not really about a "cure." ... Read more

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allergy self help book
ALLERGYSELFHELPBOOK Outstanding.A book that was way ahead of it's time (progressive and ahead of the masses) when it was written.It is accurate helping you understand the many day to day products that can be making you allergic.HIGHLYRECOMMENDTHIS! A must read for anyone with allergies or stuffed up nose all the time.

Allergy Self Help Book
This is a great book! It simplifies allergies so that the layperson can start doing something about allergy problems. Just the list of allergy symptoms helps educate patients about how they are being influenced by their allergies. I suggest that all of my TMJ and Orthodontic patients purchase the Allergy Self Help Book.
The book shows non invasive common sense methods for controling allergy problems. Unfortunately, many physicians and dentists are not aware of the severe effects allergies can have on their patients so patients have to educate themselves fully.
It is especially important that parents protect their children from the harmful effects of allergies such as decreased nasal breathing and neck problems.

A very educational book on allergies!
I got this book from the library after a friend of mine had gotten it and knows of my anxiety trouble.She begged me to get this book and knowing of my many allergies including shots as a child I got this book and low andbehold - I have seen the light.I'm trying to purchase one as I have toreturn this to the library but I recommend this book to anyone havinghealth trouble, it willreally open up your eyes to things you would neverdream of. ... Read more

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Hay Fever
A delightful story as relevant today as it was when Noel Coward first wrote it and had it performed in London.
CLM

"Do you think they know they are mad?"
Written when Coward was only twenty-four, and produced shortly after, in 1925, Hay Fever is a broad, manic farce which takes place in the country house of a self-absorbed, artistic family. The Blisses, each of whom is creative and spontaneous, ignore the stultifying conventions of society--Judith, an extravagant stage actress, who pursues her own whims whenever it pleases her; her husband David, an author, who enjoys his own spotlight and camp-followers; and their adult children, Simon and Sorel.When Sorel announces that she has invited a weekend guest and would like to be able to use "the Japanese room," she quickly discovers that each of the other family members has also invited a guest for "the Japanese room."

In the course of the weekend, all the guests--conventional people attracted by the exciting lives these non-conformists have created for themselves--find themselves at the mercy of their more confident and assertive hosts.Guests who arrive thinking themselves in love with one person find themselves unexpectedly engaged to marry someone else.No one listens to them, no one recognizes them as individuals, and no one cares about their dashed expectations.As the Bliss family controls the activity during the weekend, the farce borders on absurdity.Outrageous scenes and emotional confrontations, part of their "normal" lives, prove too much for their guests.

The fast-paced interaction one sees on stage constitutes the only "plot," and there are no background stories to add complexity.What you see is obvious--what Coward has intended you to see. Far less subtle than some of his later work and lacking the cynicism and clever repartee for which Coward later became known, the play nevertheless incorporates many of Coward's trademark themes--the sense of entitlement by artists (some of which, he hints, is because they really are superior), their flamboyant behavior, the casual attitudes toward marriage and sex, their egotism and insensitivity to "ordinary" people, along with their sense of fun as they pursue their own pleasure.

These themes are all set into sharp relief by the behavior and attitudes of the guests, who gain no audience sympathy for their predicaments because they are decidedly dull.Though some believe that this is one of Coward's best plays, others will prefer the clever repartee, wit, and irony of the later plays, which tend to have a more intimate focus and smaller cast of characters.n Mary Whipple

Noel Coward's First Great Comic Success
Noel Coward (1899-1973) is best recalled for his sparkling yet acid-etched comedies, and the 1925 HAY FEVER is among the best, easily ranking alongside such titles as BLITHE SPIRIT, DESIGN FOR LIVING, and PRIVATE LIVES.Among his earlier successes, Coward received inspiration for the play when he visited the home of the great American actress Laurelette Taylor--and found both her and her family shockingly eccentric in an unexpectedly theatrical way.

Unlike most other Coward scripts, HAY FEVER relies less on plot and Coward's talent for sharp wit than it does upon character.Judith, directly based on Laurelette Taylor, is the lynchpin of the piece: recently retired from the stage, she is an intensely theatrical woman who enjoys dramatizing her life.She has invited a much younger man to be a weekend guest, never dreaming that her husband David, son Simon, and daughter Sorrel have each invited a guest as well.

The four guests soon discover that the maid is down with a toothache, there aren't enough rooms, and there is scarcely enough food to go around.To make matters worse, Judith plays every scene that presents itself.It is a habit in which she is not alone; her novelist husband and their two children are every bit as adept at theatrical hysteria as she, and before the weekend concludes the guests are treated to astonshing exhibitions that alternately annoy, confuse, and frighten them out of their wits.

Plays are written to be performed, not read, and HAY FEVER is a good example of the difficulties that can arise when a non-theatre person tries to visualize how it would be on the stage.On the page, it reads as clever and amusing, but only mildly so; on the stage, however, it is easily one of the most hilarious comedies of the 20th Century.Recommended for those who have the imagination required!

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

Hay Fever
I was not aware that this was a live stage play.It was hard to follow on the audio tape. This was not really a 'story' being told. You really had to visualize who the characters were and what they were doing. This is not good for an audio book content.
I am an avid audio book listener.

Hay Fever
I was not aware that this was a live stage play.It was hard to follow on the audio tape. This was not really a 'story' being told. You really had to visualize who the characters were and what they were doing. This is not good for an audio book content.
I am an avid audio book listener. ... Read more

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A step-by-step guide to understanding and coping with hay fever, perennial rhinitis, and other allergic reactions.
* Helps to determine whether you really suffer from hay fever and how to deal with it on a year-round basis.
* Shows how to lessen your symptoms without drugs and how to avoid reactions in the first place.
* Explains how to minimize the development of allergies in your children.
* Includes appendices on pollen seasons around the world, air pollution, and useful products and resources.

Almost everyone has thought that they may be suffering from hay fever at one time or another. But what is hay fever? And what are the most effective treatments? Hay Fever: The Complete Guide looks at these questions and provides the scientific background on the causes and types of hay fever and related sinus conditions and how to treat them for the most effective results. The authors explore all the issues of respiratory allergies, including the links between asthma and hay fever and the related issue of preventing allergies in children. They also discuss the role of food allergies and allergens and review the common myths surrounding them. The most effective treatments, both drug-based and homeopathic, are analyzed and weighed against one another. Helpful Appendices offer a summary of the causes, symptoms, and possible treatments for hay fever as well as various sources for further information. ... Read more

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Chapters: 1924 Musicals, 1924 Plays, Hay Fever, the Life of Edward Ii of England, Dracula, Juno and the Paycock, Lady, Be Good, I'll Say She Is, Desire Under the Elms, the Wrecker, Beggar on Horseback, Handkerchief of Clouds, the Valiant, the Watched Pot, They Knew What They Wanted, Outward Bound, Hell-Bent Fer Heaven. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 61. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Laura Hope Crews played the role in New York. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in an English country house in the 1920s, and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behaviour when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. The self-centred behaviour of the hosts finally drives their guests to flee while the Blisses are so engaged in a family row that they do not notice their guests' furtive departure. Some writers have seen elements of Mrs. Astley Cooper and her set in the characters of the Bliss family. Coward said that the actress Laurette Taylor was the main model. Coward introduces one of his signature theatrical devices at the end of the play, where the four guests tiptoe out as the curtain falls, leaving disorder behind them a device that he also used in various forms in Present Laughter, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit. In 1921, Coward first visited New York City, hoping that American producers would embrace his plays. During that summer, he befriended the playwright Hartley Manners and his wife, the eccentric actress Laurette Taylor. Their "over-the-top theatrical lifestyle" later inspired him in writing Hay Fever. Coward wrote the play in three days in 1924, intending...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=448860 ... Read more

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Chapters: 1924 Musicals, 1924 Plays, Hay Fever, the Life of Edward Ii of England, Dracula, Juno and the Paycock, Lady, Be Good, I'll Say She Is, Desire Under the Elms, the Wrecker, Beggar on Horseback, Handkerchief of Clouds, the Valiant, the Watched Pot, They Knew What They Wanted, Outward Bound, Hell-Bent Fer Heaven. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 61. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Laura Hope Crews played the role in New York. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in an English country house in the 1920s, and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behaviour when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. The self-centred behaviour of the hosts finally drives their guests to flee while the Blisses are so engaged in a family row that they do not notice their guests' furtive departure. Some writers have seen elements of Mrs. Astley Cooper and her set in the characters of the Bliss family. Coward said that the actress Laurette Taylor was the main model. Coward introduces one of his signature theatrical devices at the end of the play, where the four guests tiptoe out as the curtain falls, leaving disorder behind them a device that he also used in various forms in Present Laughter, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit. In 1921, Coward first visited New York City, hoping that American producers would embrace his plays. During that summer, he befriended the playwright Hartley Manners and his wife, the eccentric actress Laurette Taylor. Their "over-the-top theatrical lifestyle" later inspired him in writing Hay Fever. Coward wrote the play in three days in 1924, intending...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=448860 ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Publisher: Philadelphia, W.B. SaundersPublication date: 1902Subjects: Contagion and contagious diseasesNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more