2012/10/08 Five Books Redux

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In Occupational Therapy, Cynkin observes that "we are also in the midst of a conscious rebellion against a series of prescribed activities patterns that for many years were taken as the norm" (1). That seems pretty innocuous without context.

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Mark Twain: the Fate of Humor is a book written by James Cox about Samuel Clemens, his Mark Twain pseudonym, and his critics. At one point, Cox contrasts Clemens and his pseudonym: "but the Snodgrass letters confined Clemens to the ignorant and illiterate utterances of Snodgrass, whereas the literate Mark Twain allowed him a full range of style and expression" (2).

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At the Eleventh Hour explains the viewpoints of those living in Europe at the time the first World War ended. In the book, Cecil found that "France, for example, was obsessed with her vulnerability to Germany, economically, in demographic terms, and in geographical position, a situation unalterable unless she could succeed in wresting the Rhineland away from Germany and under France tutelage" (3).

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Women and Stress Research is another aptly named book. In it, Humphrey believes that "some persons become unable to cope with the physical and emotional trauma generated by the demands on their energy, emotions, and time" (4). That certainly seems like a plausible explanation as to why some people either snap or shutdown due to stress.

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Thailand is a aptly named book about Thailand published in 2008. Its author, James Cox, notes that "the average temperature in Bangkok in December is 77°F (25°C), but it usually feels much hotter because of high humidity, and there are plenty of fine days in the rainy season" (5). That does not seem bad; I have lived in worse: summertime in New Orleans.

Works Cited

1. Cynkin, Simme. Occupational Therapy: Toward Health Through Activities. Boston: Little, Brown, 1979. Print.
2. Cox, James. Mark Twain: the Fate of Humor. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1966. Print.
3. Cecil, Hugh. At the Eleventh Hour: Reflections, Hopes and Anxieties at the Closing of the Great War, 1918. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Leo Cooper, 1998. Print.
4. Humphrey, James Harry. Women and Stress Research. New York: Novinka Books, 2005. Print.
5. Jones, Roger. Thailand. London: Kuperar, 2008. Print.