Health, Fitness & Dieting 

With more than 1,000 years of tradition and use to recommend it, the Finns are quite confident that their version of the dry stream bath -- Sauna -- is one of the best of all ways to vigorous health and long life. Tens of thousands of sauna baths in the U.S. and Canada testify to the way it has taken hold in America. Not only are public, resort and gymnasium installations multiplying but more and more families are making sauna a part of their everyday lives at home.

Sauna: The Finnish Bath, the standard Finnish work on the subject, has been published in many languages, including English. This, however, is the first American edition, completely rewritten, revised, and newly illustrated.

It tells the history of sauna, describes the delights of these baths, their health-giving benefits, and how to build a sauna in your own home. The contents include a directory of manufacturers and suppliers of sauna stoves, equipment, and accessories in this country.