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Screwtape or Tai Chi Chuan

2009-12-05T22:07:00.000-08:00

Screwtape: : Letters on Alcohol

Author: Ira W Hutchison

Adapting C.S. Lewis's classic allegory, this book is a gathering of 33 instructional letters written between demons. With wit, insight and a fearless honesty, this book shows how alcohol addiction ravages human lives and relationships.

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T'ai Chi Ch'uan: The Internal Tradition

Author: Ron Sieh

T'ai Chi Ch'uan: The Internal Tradition is a clear and insightful approach to T'ai Chi, weaving mindfulness and body presence through stages of training and development of technique. Sieh's inquiry into the "fighting" aspect makes the emphasis on the internal or feeling style a powerful tool for bringing more integrity and clarity into our lives.

When Illness Strikes or Her Healthy Heart

2009-12-04T17:56:00.000-08:00

When Illness Strikes: Let Edgar Cayce Help You Manifest Your Healing Response

Author: Elaine Hruska

What do you do when you get sick? Believe it or not, the answer can determine your recovery. Elaine Hruska has written a clear, concise book on healing and what it really means. While many books on health and healing are geared toward those who are not ill but trying to prevent illness, this book speaks directly to those who have been diagnosed with a sickness. It covers topics including the alternative causes of illness, such as attitudes or emotions; the modalities and treatments for illness ranging from homeopathic to conventional medicine; the thought that if we nourish the mind, the body will follow; and the belief that the choices we make can either help us in our healing or hinder our progress in getting better.

	Introduction	vii
Chapter 1	Preparing the Soil: Understanding the Basics	1
Chapter 2	Sowing the Seeds: Holistic Concepts from the Cayce Readings	10
Chapter 3	Nurturing the Soul Body: Spirit Is the Life	28
Chapter 4	Nurturing the Mental Body: Mind Is the Builder	48
Chapter 5	Nurturing the Material Body: The Physical Is the Result	80
Chapter 6	Reaping the Harvest: The Fruits of Our Choices	117
Chapter 7	Being Channels of Blessing: Advice for Caregivers and Practitioners	154
	Appendix	175

Her Healthy Heart: A Woman's Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease Naturally

Author: Linda Ojeda

With more women dying of heart disease than from all types of cancer combined, it is astonishing that the medical community understands far less about heart disease in women than it knows about the same condition in men. Because most of the available data on heart disease is based on research conducted on men, women and their doctors are forced to look for symptoms and risk factors that may be different or not charted in traditional medicine. Linda Ojeda's book is a valuable resource, telling women how to prevent heart disease without hormone replacement therapy or other medications.

Her Healthy Heart provides detailed information on how women can reduce their risk of heart disease by making changes in diet, increasing physical activity, and managing stress. It is designed for women who wish to combine Western medicine with complementary natural options. Individual chapters discuss fat, fiber, protein, B-vitamins, and antioxicants (which Ojeda refers to as "The Secret Weapon"). The book features Ojeda's 50-item lifestyle questionnaire so women can evaluate their current physical and emotional health and pinpoint areas to begin working on.

Stress and Your Child or I Remain in Darkness

2009-12-03T13:45:00.000-08:00

Stress and Your Child

Author: Archibald D Hart

Stress can make kids moody, resentful, insecure, and even sick. This book is an invaluable resource for stress-management that will enhance kids' lives today-and may save their lives tomorrow. It offers insight on dealing with everyday stress and provides examples of simple things that can be done to safeguard against stress overload and the mental and health problems that come with too much stress.

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I Remain in Darkness

Author: Annie Ernaux

Written in journal form, Annie Ernaux's account of her mother's steady decline spans a period of nearly three years. When her mother first becomes ill, Ernaux takes her in. Soon, it becomes painfully obvious that professional help is needed. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, her mother enters a nursing home, never to leave. As it explores the complexities of death and parent-child role reversal, Ernaux's latest work takes its place on the shelf beside John Bayley's Elegy for Iris and Roger Kamenetz's Terra Infirma. "As revealed by Ernaux, the details of a loved one's deterioration have such emblematic force and terror that the particular becomes universal." - The New York Times Book Review

Library Journal

Unlike Aaron Alterra's The Caregiver (LJ 10/15/99), this slim volume by noted French writer Ernaux (Simple Passion) is not a straightforward medical account of her mother's death from Alzheimer's; instead, it is a collection of the notes, in their original form, that Ernaux jotted down at the time of her mother's illness. "When I write down all these things, I scribble away as fast as I can (as if I felt guilty), without choosing my words." Here in their raw, uncensored form are the "vestiges of pain"--the anger, guilt, and grief that Ernaux felt during her mother's two-year decline. Here are the graphic images of her once-powerful mother wearing diapers, the woman in the next bed peeing on the floor, a drawer in the bedside table filled with a human turd. Because the notes have not been edited, there is a choppy, unpolished feel to the book, which is perhaps Ernaux's intention--as a possible counterpoint to A Woman's Story (1991), her fictionalized memoir of her mother's life and death. For literary and Alzheimer's collections.--Wilda Williams, "Library Journal" Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A small, powerful, and overwritten memoir of a mother's slow deterioration and death in a nursing home. Ernaux is a prize winning author (A Man's Place, 1992, also translated by Leslie) whose mother had been strict, controlling, but loving. When her aging, widowed mother first fell ill, Ernaux took her home. However, as her mother's senility turned into mind-wasting Alzheimer's disease, the author had her placed in an old-age home, where she visited and wrote this journal. This emotionally charged scenario has been handled before, notably in Rodger Kamenetz's Terra Infirma (1998). Erneaux's memoir is at its most effecting when describing details, such as her mother losing her glasses, dentures, modesty, posture, and possessiveness—rather than telling us she's losing her mind and body. Too often, however, poignant scenes are dampened by the memoirist's insistence on spelling things out. She precedes the heartbreaking realization that her mother "thinks that I have come to take her away and that she is going to leave this place" with the neon signs indicating that "it's beyond sadness" and promising "painful moments." Her disheveled mother is soiled with excrement, has to be spoon-fed, her right hand "grasping the left like an unknown object," yet Ernaux remarks: "I have no idea what she thought of sex or how she made love." The author is either in deep trouble or is French. Readers of all nationalities will sympathize with Ernaux's having to be her mother's mother, the good and bad memories of her girlhood evoked by these horrific scenes and emotions, and her tortured feelings of guilt in moments when she hates this former provider for draining her so. The pain doesn't ease atjournal's end, when Ernaux's mother abruptly passes away. The impact of this courageous, sometimes unsubtle little book is sure to not pass away quickly.

Meals That Heal for Babies and Toddlers or Dr Earl Mindells Unsafe at Any Meal

2009-12-02T09:34:00.000-08:00

Meals That Heal for Babies and Toddlers

Author: Eileen Behan

For most childhood illnesses, rest and sound nutrition are the best medicine. When your little ones are ill, the foods you serve can alleviate their symptoms and even speed their recovery. But how do you know what to feed your ailing baby or toddler? What best soothes a sore throat, eases nausea, or relieves your baby's teething pains? Here Eileen Behan, registered dietitian, professional nutritionist, and mother of two, provides the answers. You'll discover:

Comfort food classics like rice pudding and cinnamon toast
Nutritious fluids and soups to soothe the symptoms of a common cold
Easily digestible foods that can relieve an upset stomach
Imaginative, no-sugar-added snacks for healthier teeth
Iron-rich dishes, and foods that aid iron absorption
High-fiber muffins, breads, dips, and desserts for regularity
Fun foods with the right amount of cholesterol for growing bodies
Just the right home remedies for fevers and flus
Calming recipes for a good night's sleep

Eileen Behan explains the connection between food and common childhood illnesses from asthma to ear infections to headaches to vomiting—and gives you recipes for simple, delicious, kid-pleasing dishes that will actually help your child feel better faster.

Library Journal

Written especially for parents/care givers, this is another excellent book on the value of nutrition that will be highly useful when children are ill. Behan, a registered dietitian and mother (Cooking Well for the Unwell, LJ 5/1/96), has provided home-remedy nursing suggestions as well as recipes to use for common childhood illnesses, such as colds, nausea, ear infections, vomiting, sore throats, teething, asthma, upset stomachs, irregularity, fevers, and flus. This is an expansion of Cooking Well, which had a chapter on sick children. Included are tempting, low-cholesterol, low-sugar, low-fat, iron-rich, easily digested, high-fiber, and fun foods that will please kids and help make them well. Highly recommended for all health collections. [Index not seen.]Loraine F. Sweetland, Rebok Memorial Lib., Silver Spring, Md.

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Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal: How to Avoid Hidden Toxins in Your Food

Author: Earl Mindell

The ultimate health-defense guide for eating wisely and safely

Food manufacturers rely increasingly on the use of chemicals to produce larger crops and livestock and to extend the shelf lives of products. Foods once considered safe are being tagged as potential health hazards on a regular basis. Contaminated beef, orange juice carrying salmonella--the list continues to grow. The nearly 3,000 additives being concealed in food products can cause everything from asthma and headaches to heart problems, miscarriages, cancer, and more. Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal, a bestseller in its previous edition, is the consumer's best weapon against the hidden hazards in food, drink, herbs, and medicines.

Dr. Earl Mindell, one of America's leading nutrition experts, exposes the food industry's chemical cover-ups and provides crucial information on what to look out for when shopping, cooking, and taking medications. This thoroughly revised, updated edition includes coverage of genetically modified foods as well as foods designed to provide specific health benefits.

Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., has written extensively on health. A popular lecturer, he is an authority on nutrients, supplements, and natural health.

Hester Mundis is the author or coauthor of 26 books. She is a four-time Emmy nominee for outstanding achievement in writing.

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	A Note to the Reader
1	The Lowdown on Labels	1
2	Those Unpronounceable Additives	25
3	Genetically Modified Food Fright	53
4	Is This Any Way to Start a Day?	65
5	Coffee, Tea, or Milk?	91
6	The Lunch Crunch	107
7	Scary Snacks	117
8	Think Before You Drink - Anything	141
9	For Whom the Dinner Bell Tools	157
10	The Hazards of "Health" and Healthy Foods	173
11	Cautions a la Carte	201
12	The Disease and Wellness Connection	229
13	May I Help You?	243
	Afterword	247
	Glossary	249
	Bibliography and Recommended Reading	261
	Index	265

Good End or American Cancer Society Consumers Guide to Cancer Drugs

2009-12-01T05:23:00.000-08:00

Good End: End-of-Life Concerns and Conversations about Hospice and Palliative Care

Author: Michael Appleton

The prospect of dying can be overwhelming, whether it's happening to you, a family member, or a friend. In Good End, Dr. Michael Appleton addresses questions about hospice care and end-of-life issues with compassion and honesty. This is a must read for patients and families who are on hospice or considering hospice care.

American Cancer Society Consumer's Guide to Cancer Drugs

Author: Gail Wilkes

Current knowledge of the drugs used in cancer care is critical for today's practicing nurse. Drugs covered are described in terms of their mechanism of action, metabolism, drug interactions, laboratory effects/interference, and special considerations. Potential toxicities, side effects, and the nursing process are detailed.

Changing Habits or Tai CHI as a Path of Wisdom

2009-11-30T01:12:00.000-08:00

Changing Habits: The Total Caregivers' Workout

Author: Debbie Mandel

If you are or know a stressed-out caregiver, this book provides sensible and usable suggestions to help you find the balance between giving and receiving. Debbie Mandel, caregiver extraordinaire, addresses the whole person—body, mind and spirit—so that you will soon feel happier, more self-confident and energized. Heeding the wisdom of leading experts and other caregivers will show you the way to better health, peace of mind, and trust in God and yourself for a bright future. Packed with sound nutritional advice and self-care mantras, complete fully illustrated, do-at-home exercises conclude this holistic program. With a Foreword by Bernie Siegel, M.D.

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T'ai Chi as a Path of Wisdom

Author: Linda Myoki Lehrhaupt

Unlike most t'ai chi books, which focus strictly on how to do the t'ai chi forms, T'ai Chi as a Path of Wisdom presents a personal, practical view of this intriguing martial art. Lehrhaupt shares illuminating stories from her own life and the lives of her students that show how t'ai chi can be a vehicle for profound self-discovery and spiritual growth. In learning to master each body posture, t'ai chi students often confront self-doubt, frustration, and the desire to compete and compare themselves to others—problems that also arise in daily life. Lehrhaupt shows how these and other obstacles provide valuable opportunities to deepen awareness and recognize the striking continuities between practice and everyday life. Each section of the book includes practical exercises designed to enhance students' understanding of t'ai chi movements, and a helpful appendix answers many frequently asked questions about t'ai chi training such as how to find a teacher and how to balance practice with family life. Full of useful insights and guidance, T'ai Chi as a Path of Wisdom will be a valuable companion for all students of this increasingly popular martial art.

Publishers Weekly

Martial artist and ordained Zen priest Linda Myoki Lehrhaupt offers T'ai Chi as a Path of Wisdom, an anecdotal description of how t'ai chi is more than just a martial art, but a way of life. The book contains some advice on technique, as well as useful exercises for readers to practice their methodology, but its core is a personal story of how the author came to understand chi as a life force. It's surprisingly well-written for a debut book. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Soap Water and Sex or Manual de la terapia de los pies

2009-11-28T21:01:00.000-08:00

Soap, Water and Sex: A Lively Guide to the Benefits of Sexual Hygiene and to Coping with Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Author: Jacob Lipman

In addition to a frank discussion of the signs and symptoms of more than thirty diseases that can be associated with sexual activity - including AIDS and herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and many more - Soap, Water, and Sex offers explicit instructions regarding how to avoid them as well as a glossary of technical terms and an extensive bibliography to improve the odds that sexually active couples will safely navigate the minefield of modern intimacy. Despite the widespread media attention to sex, surveys have repeatedly shown that the public is quite ignorant of how to engage in a sexual life that maximizes joy and minimizes frustration, pain, and disease. In addition to offering methods for avoiding STDs, Dr. Jacob Lipman's provocative new book discusses common, often neglected areas of sexual hygiene that frequently stifle sexual pleasure. This book will help dispel many misconceptions while promoting happiness and health.

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Manual de la terapia de los pies

Author: Hanne Marquardt

Un manual completo pensado:

---para los principiantes, como una guía fiable en su trabajo práctico con los pacientes.

---para los que ya están practicando esta terapia, a fin de que puedan utilizarlo como libro de consulta y punto de comparación respecto de sus propias experiencias terapéuticas

---para ambos, como un desafío que los lleve a verificar en la práctica diaria la validez y aplicabilidad de cualquier tipo de afirmaciones, a fin de que sean capaces de desarrollar, en el tratamiento de cada caso, su propia diligencia y creatividad personal.

The Bach Remedies Workbook or A Cut Above

2009-02-20T18:24:00.000-08:00

The Bach Remedies Workbook

Author: Stefan Ball

Here is a complete, self-contained course in the selection and use of the Bach Flower Remedies. The course begins with first principles, then in seven progressive sections covers all 38 of the remedies and their uses.

Charles William Daniel (1871-1955) was a maverick free-thinker whose tiny publishing house had august links with many of the most influential thinkers and movements of the 20th century. To wit, copies of Daniel's books could be found in the library at Ghandi's ashram. This spirit lived on after his death, and the company maintained its niche by publishing definitive texts on a variety of spiritual and esoteric subjects. Many of these titles, notably those on Aromatherapy and Bach Flower remedies, have become standard works on the subject. When the C.W. Daniel list went looking for a new home, the Vermilion and Rider imprints were the natural place for this wonderful collection of authors.

A Cut Above: How the Man Who Gave the World the Afro Made $$ Millions!

Author: Cornell McBrid

It's a fantasy many of us have: invent a product and make a million dollars. Cornell McBride, Sr., did just that- twice. By inventing one of the most famous hair-care products in history, Cornell created on of the country's most successful African-American -owned companies.

Cornell's creation was Sta Sof Fro, a revolutionary hair-care formula that would eventually give the world the "Afro" Starting with an investment of $500, his M&M Products Company exploded onto the scene as sales skyrocketed. Cornell was a millionaire by age 35.

This is Cornell's story, packed with the lessons learned for creating and recognizing opportunities and overcoming obstacle placed in his path. A cut Above shares the steps this great American leader followed on his road to success and embodies his corporate motto: "Always giving back."

Life as a Sideshow Tattoo Artist or Natural Obsessions

2009-02-19T14:13:00.000-08:00

Life as a Sideshow Tattoo Artist: Stoney Knows How

Author: Alan B Govenar

Step into the world of carnival freaks... and meet a man who lived and loved it. Leonard "Stoney" St. Clair, associated himself with various sideshow acts, and bestowed his talents on any willing flesh. Alan Govenar retells Stoney's story as it was told to him, accompanying his text with more than 150 amazing photographs of Stoneys flash and his subjects . This fascinating book delves into this subject more than any other of its kind, with only the fictional tale The Elephant Man coming close in comparison. For designers, flash fans, tattoo artists, and even carnival enthusiasts alike, this classic book has been brought back in print to delight and inspire a whole new generation.

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Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell

Author: Natalie Angier

As dramatic as The Double Hex and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgettably portrays some of the best young scientists in the world, the rewards and discouragements of scientific research, and the very process of scientific inquiry.

Publishers Weekly

Two rival teams of eminent biologists studying oncogenesthe coils of DNA that control cancer growth in cellsare the focus of this overlong, detailed report by a New York University Graduate School instructor. One group, at the MIT-affiliated Whitehead Institute, is led by molecular biologist Robert Weinberg, portrayed here as the father figure of a bickering but close-knit tribe of underpaid graduate students and ``postdocs.'' Michael Wigler, a flamboyant, eccentric prodigy, heads the other team at the Cold Spring Harbor laboratory in New York. The significance of cancer-fighting discoveries tends to get lost here amid soul-searching, petty rivalries and tentative experiments. Scientific research, we learn, is an enterprise beset by ridiculous mistakes and false results. A fondness for solving puzzles seems to motivate these scientists more than a desire to help suffering humanity. Photos not seen by PW. (June)

Library Journal

In recent years, molecular biology has developed so rapidly and become so complex, it is difficult even for a scientist to follow the latest manipulations of genetic material and related discoveries, such as the role of oncogenes (mutant genes, apparently triggering the development of cancer). Journalist Angier spent several months at two laboratories that are in the forefront of this research, observing the work of graduate students, postdoctorate fellows, and technicians, all under the command of senior scientists. Her involvement with their lives, work, triumphs, and failures overshadows her attempts to colloquialize and clarify the scientific results of the research, so the reader eventually abandons the science being done for Angier's vivid and absorbing portrayal of the people doing it. Recommended for this reason, rather than for its exposition of the oncogene search. Eleanor Maass, Maass Assocs., New Milford, Pa.

Encienda la Chispa Para Adelgazar or 3 Hour Diet

2009-02-18T10:01:00.000-08:00

Encienda la Chispa Para Adelgazar: Un Plan Que Potenciara Su Metabolismo Para Quemar Grasa las 24 Horas Del Dia

Author: Robert K Cooper

New In Spanish from Rodale!

Discover how easy it can be to drop those unwanted pounds by flipping the switch that revs up metabolism to maximize fat burning all day long

Could losing weight really be as simple as flipping a switch? Absolutely, says Dr. Robert Cooper, one of America’s leading weight-loss researchers. The trouble with most popular diet-and-exercise programs is that they boot up the metabolic thermostat, or Meta-Stat (an area in the brain that regulates metabolism), for only short spurts. The rest of the time the body is in fat-storing mode. But if our Meta-Stat stays on 24 hours a day, we burn fat constantly—and build energy as well.

In Flip the Switch, Lose the Weight, Dr. Cooper reveals scientifically proven strategies that enable us to turn on our Meta-Stat and maintain optimum metabolism all day long.

This groundbreaking book:

• provides an easy 20-minute exercise plan that gently works the body differently on successive days for maximum fat-burning, energy-generating effect

• allows readers to customize their weight-loss programs based on individual goals and lifestyle preferences

• provides an exclusive "Success Map" for readers to chart their progress

• includes complete meal plans and over 100 recipes, all designed to fuel the Meta-Stat for maximum fat burning

Agradecimientos     ix
Introduccion: Aprenda a encender la chispa     xi
La Chispa y el Metastato
La nueva ciencia del adelgazamiento     3
Hormonas: las reguladoras principales del metastato     23
Aproveche la chispa para ganarle a la grasa y frenar la fatiga     38
Como Encender la Chispa
Encendedor N[superscript o]1: Levantese con el pie derecho     49
Encendedor N[superscript o]2: Eche a andar su energia natural     66
Encendedor N[superscript o]3: Alumbrese para aumentar su nivel de energia     81
Encendedor N[superscript o]4: Obtenga mas oxigeno     86
Encendedor N[superscript o]5: Consuma la cantidad ideal de liquidos     91
Encendedor N[superscript o]6: Perfeccione su postura     103
Encendedor N[superscript o]7: Reduzca el calor y aumente su vigor     114
Encendedor N[superscript o]8: Mejore su equilibrio hormonal, hora tras hora     117
Encendedor N[superscript o]9: Conserve la calma en un mundo estresante     128
Encendedor N[superscript o]10: Detenga la respuesta del estres     147
Encendedor N[superscript o]11: De noche, suba el metastato     164
Encendedor N[superscript o]12: Carguese las pilas al descansar bien     181
Ejercicios que Encienden la Chispa
Aerobicos que activan     193
Tonifiquese en todo momento     197
Fuerza fundamental: abdominales y piernas     212
Tonifique su torso: pecho, espalda, hombros y brazos     224
Equilibrio y flexibilidad     231
Como Comer Con Chispa
Coordinar sus comidas es clave     237
Principios proteinicos     250
Los carbohidratos correctos en el momento correcto     260
Las grasas buenas no engordan     275
Las calorias aun cuentan     285
Encaminese Hacia el Exito
El Diario del Exito Metastatico     291
Seleccione las metas que mejor le convengan     302
Guiese por sus instintos de exito     311
Recetas que Encienden la Chispa
Entremeses y meriendas     319
Panes y productos panificados potentes     329
Ensaladas espectaculares     337
Sopas sabrosas     355
Platos fuertes -y fabulosos- de aves     377
Manjares del mar     390
Acompanantes que abren el apetito     406
Dulces divinos     414
Glosario     431
Notas     441
Indice de terminos     473

3-Hour Diet: How Low-Carb Diets Make You Fat and Timing Makes You Thin

Author: Jorge Cruis

Following the amazing success of his New York Times bestseller 8 Minutes in the Morning, America's #1 online weight loss specialist, Jorge Cruise, is back with a revolutionary diet book that keeps with his trademark hassle-free, time-friendly approach.

It's a fact: the low-carb craze is everywhere. Another fact: two-thirds of Americans are still overweight, and no one is getting thinner. Although low-carb diets produce short term weight loss, the results are not sustainable in the long term. Dieticians, fitness experts, and medical publications are slowly awakening to the fact that the low-carb diet isn't the answer to weight loss nor a solution to the obesity epidemic.

What is the solution? Jorge Cruise's The 3-Hour Diet reveals that timing is the revolutionary weight loss element that has been kept secret until now.

Finally -- a diet plan that lets you eat what you really want and that actually works long-term! Jorge Cruise introduces a revolutionary diet and lifestyle plan that will shed the pounds for good. The answer is not in a grapefruit diet, a cabbage-soup diet, and certainly not in a low-carb diet. Losing weight and keeping it off is not only about what you eat but when you eat. Knowing when to eat resets the body's metabolism and turns off its "starvation protection mechanism," ensuring that fat is released and fat-burning muscle preserved. So get ready to lose two pounds every week using The 3-Hour Diet™ -- with no carb counting, no calorie counting, no starvation, no deprivation, and no exercising. The 3-Hour Diet™ includes:

A recipe guide with options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and delicious treats from a range of homemade, frozen, and fast-food choices
A 28-day visual eating planner to promote organization and accountability in meal planning
Tips and advice from Jorge's clients on managing time and making meals on the go
A sample mini-week of "8 Minute Moves®" for those who want to take health and fitness to the next level

With his trademark easy-to-follow instructions, accessibility, and client success stories, Jorge Cruise's The 3-Hour Diet™ is a dynamite combination of proven success and medical innovation. Losing weight and keeping it off has never been easier!

Publishers Weekly

Cruise promises to help readers lose two pounds every week, without counting calories or depriving themselves of carbs. It's all about timing, says the USA Today fitness columnist, whose diet advice has been featured everywhere from O and Prevention to the Today show and Good Morning America. Cruise theorizes that if a person allows more than three hours to pass between eating, a body turns on its natural "starvation protection mechanism," which causes the body to consume muscle. When this happens, one's resting metabolism is adversely affected. In an attempt to eliminate his main competition, Cruise dedicates an entire chapter to debunking low-carb diets. He claims they actually cause people to gain more weight in the long run. Along with an explication of his recommended diet and exercise plans, Cruise provides readers with 30 "timelines," charts they should fill out every morning at breakfast. These visual aids include space to write down what time each meal (or snack) will take place that day and what each will consist of (every meal must contain a balance of carbohydrates, fat and proteins). To help readers determine which foods fall into which categories, and how much of them they must eat, Cruise, who is also AOL's weight loss coach, provides recipes and "The All New Cruise Down Plate," a twist on the food pyramid. Although Cruise tends to oversimplify, this is overall one of the best diet books to hit the market in recent years, brimming with success stories, photos and plenty of optimistic energy. Agent, Ben Gage. (Apr. 1) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Weight Training Fundamentals or Yoga Made Easy

2009-02-17T05:49:00.000-08:00

Weight Training Fundamentals: A Better Way to Learn the Basics (Sports Fundamentals Series)

Author: David Sandler

Get into the weight room! In Weight Training Fundamentals you learn by doing. Sequential instructions and accompanying photographs guide you to perform the basic exercise techniques that will tone and strengthen your muscles. Weight Training Fundamentals is a better way to learn the basics safely, effectively, and in less time. With this book, you will experience the benefits of weight training instead of just studying about it.

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Yoga Made Easy: A Personal Yoga Program That Will Transform Your Daily Life

Author: Howard Kent

In today's high-pressure world, more and more people are turning to yoga as a way of countering the growing stresses and strains of daily living. It is ideal for people of any age, build, or fitness level, and offers an integrated approach to improving your body and relaxing your mind.

In Yoga Made Easy, internationally known yoga expert Howard Kent provides a complete guide to the carefully structured, practice of yoga. This carefully structured, fully illustrated yoga course offers a 12-month program of yoga postures together with detailed visualization and meditation techniques that are well suited for beginners and more experienced students. As you follow the course, you'll learn how to develop a personalized program to suit your needs, experienced level. And the time you have available - whether you have ten minutes or an hour.

Aromatherapy or El arbol del yoga

2009-02-16T01:37:00.000-08:00

Aromatherapy

Author: Kevin Hudson

Innovative natural and holistic methods of healing are the subjects of these handy, portable guides to an improved body, mind, and spirit. From advice on how vitamins, minerals, and herbs can soothe the body, to information on the ability of plant oils, flowers, colors found in nature, and crystals to remedy both physical and emotional stress, these essential guides provide a fresh approach to self-healing.

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El arbol del yoga

Author: B K S Iyengar

Clear, concise, and illuminating, this book helps yoga beginners get the most of out of it—from spiritual and philosophical aspects to its physical benefits. Explaining how yoga deals with issues such as health, love, death, mystical experiences, masters, and teaching, this reference guide details the interpretation of one of the most respected yoga masters of today.

Claro, conciso e iluminador, este libro guía a los lectores principiantes del yoga que buscan sacarle provecho tanto espiritual como físico. El reconocido maestro Iyengar habla de cómo el yoga afronta temas como la salud, el amor, la muerte, las experiencias místicas, los maestros y la enseñanza. Esta guía de referencia explica, en términos sencillos y claros, la interpretación de uno de los grandes maestros del yoga.

Healing Your Body Naturally or End of Life Care in Nephrology

2009-02-14T21:24:00.000-08:00

Healing Your Body Naturally: Alternative Treatments to Illness

Author: Gary Null

Null asks the hard questions about the most effective current alternative treatments for a wide range of diseases including heart disease, mental illness, cancer, arthritis, allergies, diabetes, back and leg ailments, and digestive disorders. The answers he receives, distilled here into one volume, will thrill and surprise anyone suffering from the symptoms of any of these conditions who has been frustrated by the conventional approaches of traditional Western medicine. Also included is an extensive resource guide to alternative practitioners nationwide, as well as a full chapter on chelation therapy, an alternative treatment used to reverse and prevent many disease processes, including strokes, Alzheimer's, and heart disease.

Interesting book: 365 Fish or The Wild Olive

End of Life Care in Nephrology: From Advanced Disease to Bereavement

Author:

There is an ever increasing awareness that all patients are entitled to a good quality death and that diagnosing end of life is as important as diagnosing a chest infection. This is particularly true for renal patients where dialysis can be continued and complications treated even when the patient is dying. End of Life Care in Nephrology provides practical guidance on all aspects of this difficult field; the clinical state of dying renal patients, how to control their symptoms, and how to help patients and their medical teams discuss difficult issues such as dialysis withdrawal and death. The book highlights how to facilitate good communication between renal and palliative care teams and the theory is illustrated by case histories.
Written by a palliative care physician who has worked closely with renal patients for many years, a nephrologist, and a counsellor, this handbook will be ideal for doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals working in renal medicine and palliative care.

Moving Inward or The Prozac Alternative

2009-02-13T17:12:00.000-08:00

Moving Inward: The Journey to Meditation

Author: Rolf Sovik

Provides illustrated instructions and guidelines for starting a new meditation practice or enhancing and existing one.

New interesting textbook: Natural Food Cookery or Tassajara Dinner and Desserts

The Prozac Alternative: Natural Relief from Depression with St. John's Wort, Kava, and Other Alternative Therapies

Author: Ran Knishinsky

• A comprehensive guide to the use of St. John's wort and other alternative therapies for treatment of depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders

• Offers a comprehensive look at St. John's wort--the most significant natural remedy for depression--including its history in herbalism, current clinical uses, safety, and side effects

• Discusses other natural alternatives such as Kava, Melatonin, and 5-HTP as treatment options to depression

In the early 1990s the sale of Prozac exceeded the sale of all other antidepressant drugs in both American and world markets. But today St. John's wort is recommended 3 to 1 over Prozac as a primary treatment for depression in European countries such as Germany--and its sales continue to skyrocket in the United States. Safe, all-natural, and less expensive than synthetic drugs, St. John's wort is the ideal natural therapy for many people's depression, anxiety, and other related mood disorders.

The Prozac Alternative offers a comprehensive look at St. John's wort, including its history in herbalism, current clinical uses, and safety and side effects, as well as how it compares with other natural alternatives such as Kava, Melatonin, and 5-HTP. It also discusses other uses of these natural substances as treatment alternatives to Western medicine for a variety of medical conditions.

The Midwest Book Review

The first guide to consider a range of herbs and alternative therapies for depression.

Artemisia or Depression The Way out of Your Prison

2009-02-12T13:00:00.000-08:00

Artemisia

Author: Colin W Wright

A comprehensive overview of this genus, Artemisis examines all aspects of the herbs uses and applications, its mode of action and clinical importance. Following a comprehensive introduction to the genus, the book discusses the botanical, phytochemical and biological aspects of a number of important species of Artemisis. Considering that the discovery of artemisinin, a highly active antimalarial agent from the Chinese herb A. annua is of considerable importance, this volume devotes several chapters to the traditional uses, cultivation and phytochemistry of this species and to the development of artemisinin-derived antimalarial agents, their mode of action and clinical use.

Go to: A Regulação de Comércio Internacional

Depression: The Way out of Your Prison

Author: Dorothy Row

"This book has saved my life," say thousands of people who have changed their lives forever after reading Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison over the past decade. Depression is the experience of a terrible isolation, of being alone in a prison. But by understanding how we build the prison of depression we can dismantle it forever.

Dorothy Rowe gives us a way of understanding depression, allowing us to take charge of our lives. She shows it is not an illness requiring drugs but a defense we use to hold ourselves together when we feel our lives falling apart. This best-selling book, now in its second edition, contains the stories of people who have changed their lives by conquering depression for good.

De Lo Fisico a Lo Sutil or Food for Thought

2009-02-11T08:48:00.000-08:00

De Lo Fisico a Lo Sutil

Author: Inmaculada Nogues

This book is written in Spanish. La constituciуn del ser humano. Comъnmente vemos al ser humano como un ente fнsico, pero olvidamos nuestra constituciуn mбs sutil, la constituciуn energйtica, sin la cual no se puede explicar multitud de aspectos del comportamiento y la funcionalidad biolуgica humana. Aspectos que sн han sido contemplados por los conceptos orientales, y recogidos hoy por las ъltimas tendencias de la fнsica y la medicina cuбnticas. De lo fнsico a lo sutil nos introduce en el estudio y la comprensiуn de nuestro organismo fнsico y, principalmente, del sistema energйtico del ser humano, el cuerpo emocional, los chacras, los nadis..., y su relaciуn con la dimensiуn espiritual. De lectura y comprensiуn fбcil nos muestra la globalidad del hombre.

FROM PHYSIC TO SUBTLE De lo fнsico a lo sutil introduces us into the study of our body, the energetic system of human beings, the emotional body, chacras, nadis, etc. and its relationship with the spiritual dimension.

New interesting textbook: Soups and Stews or First Impressions

Food for Thought

Author: Steven F Sapontzis

Do animals really suffer in the production of meat? Does the pleasure of eating animal flesh outweigh any pain that might be involved for the animal? Is a vegetarian diet innately healthier than a diet that contains animal products? Do religious traditions teach that humans have a God-given right to sacrifice animals for our benefit or that we have a special responsibility to care for God's creations? For anyone who has ever wondered about the ethics of killing animals for food, this is the definitive collection of essays on the issue. Written by internationally recognized scholars on both sides of the debate, the provocative articles included in Food for Thought will provide both vegetarians and meat eaters with a thorough grounding in all aspects of this controversial topic.

After an introduction to the nature of the debate by editor Steve F. Sapontzis, seven sections examine the finer points of the subject. The first section reviews the history of vegetarianism. The discussion in the second section highlights the health issues and what anthropology has to tell us about human diet. Section three includes classic cases for and against vegetarianism and new essays rebutting these classic arguments. The fourth section examines religious teachings about eating animals drawn from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as Native American and Eastern traditions. Finally, in the last three sections, the authors debate the ethics of eating meat in connection with feminism, environmentalism, and multiculturalism.

The contributors to this insightful volume include Carol J. Adams, Neal Barnard, John Berkman, Stephen R. L. Clark, Carl Cohen, Randall Collura, Gary L. Comstock, Deane Curtin, Daniel Dombrowski, Johanna T. Dwyer, Jennifer Everett, Frederick Ferre, Richard Foltz, R. G. Frey, James Gaffney, Kathryn Paxton George, Lori Gruen, Bart Gruzalski, Ned Hettinger, Roberta Kalechofsky, Marti Kheel, Kristine Kieswer, Andrew Linzey, Franklin M. Loew, Evelyn Pluhar, Val Plumwood, Rod Preece, James Rachels, Tom Regan, Roger Scruton, and Peter Singer. Containing virtually a Who's Who of philosophers, social critics, environmentalists, feminists, and religious scholars who have participated in the vegetarianism debate over the past quarter century, this accessible collection provides the latest thinking on a subject that has provoked intense reaction among individuals and interest groups alike.

Spirituality and Chemical Dependency or Woman Thou Art Loosed

2009-02-10T04:35:00.000-08:00

Spirituality and Chemical Dependency

Author: Robert J Kus

Spirituality and Chemical Dependency shares current thinking on how spirituality is used in recovery from alcoholism and other forms of chemical dependency. The 12-Step programs have been the most successful form of treatment thus far; you will find the insight in this book to be revealing as to why.

Each of the contributors has devoted a significant part of his or her life to help those suffering from chemical addiction. In each chapter, the author gives ideas on specific aspects of spirituality in the 12-Step context and answers the ever-important question “So what?!” to provide guidelines for healthy spirituality in the addicted person.

Booknews

Also published as the Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment v.5, no.2, 1995, the collected essays discuss each step of the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program focusing on how spirituality is used in recovery. Additional contributions examine chemical dependency treatment in the field of art therapy, and specific issues for gay, lesbian, and Native American populations. Paper edition (1-56023-069- X), $14.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Books about: Stress Free Traveler or Principles of Gender Specific Medicine

Woman, Thou Art Loosed!: Healing the Wounds of the Past

Author: T D Jakes

With words that stand the test of time, T.D. Jakes' three books cross denominational lines, racial barriers, and gender biases to reach into the heart of the reader. With the compassion of Jesus Christ, he touches the hidden places of every woman's heart to bring healing to past wounds with the phenomenal best-selling Woman, Thou Art Loosed! With the same intensity he calls all men, women, and children to stop being afraid to reveal what God longs to heal in Naked and Not Ashamed. Only when we drop our masks and facades can we be real before our Lord and others. And with Can You Stand to Be Blessed? T.D. Jakes, a man of many accomplishments and life goals, shares personal insights that will help all people survive the peaks and valleys of daily living out God's call upon their lives. This classics gift set is sure to become a special part of every reader's personal library!

1	Infirm Woman	11
2	Broken Arrows	25
3	That Was Then	41
4	The Victim Survives	51
5	Walk Into the Newness	61
6	Origins of Feminity	71
7	A Womb-Man	81
8	Anoint Me...I'm Single!	93
9	A Table for Two	101
10	Daughter of Abraham	115
11	A Woman Without Excuse	131
12	The True Beauty of a Woman	139
13	Every Woman Needs a Sabbath	147
14	Winter Woman	155
15	Breaking the Chain	171

Medicine in China or Geriatric Sleep Disorders

2009-02-09T00:23:00.000-08:00

Medicine in China: A History of Pharmaceutics

Author: Paul U Unschuld

Unschuld provides a description and analysis of the contents and structure of traditional Chinese pharmaceutical literature. Unschuld has selected some one hundred titles in this far-reaching study.

Interesting book: Software Engineering Project Management or Fundamentals of Financial Management Concise 4E with Xtra CD ROM and InfoTrac Access Card

Geriatric Sleep Disorders

Author: Alon Y Avidan

More than half of the elderly have insomnia, and most times this affliction goes overlooked and untreated. Sleep disorders do not have to be an inevitable part of the aging process, and with correct diagnosis and treatment, sleep disorders are highly manageable. Basing its information on the most current medical science Geriatric Sleep Disorders focuses on diagnosis and management of sleep disorders in the elderly.

Geriatric Sleep Disorders:

Yoga and the Sacred Fire or Awesome Foods for Active Kids

2009-02-07T20:11:00.000-08:00

Yoga and the Sacred Fire: Self-Realization and Planetary Transformation

Author: David Frawley

Yoga and the Sacred Fire explores the evolution of life and consciousness according to the cosmology and psychology of Fire, viewing Fire not only as a material but also as a spiritual principle. It shows how Yoga's deeper fire wisdom can help us move forward to an enlightened planetary age, where humanity and nature can again be one in a higher awareness.

Books about: Fraude de Cuidado de Saúde e Abuso:o Guia de um Médico de Complacência

Awesome Foods for Active Kids: The ABC's of Eating for Energy and Health

Author: Anita Bean

Improving a child's diet can improve mood, health, and concentration, helping even the most energetic child get the most out of life and do his or her best in sports or other activities. Awesome Foods for Active Kids contains all the information and suggestions needed to ensure any active child from 5 to 16 is getting a healthy diet. Author Anita Bean explains the basics of nutrition, with notes on how to easily incorporate optimal nutrients into the diet. Tables and charts show how much of each nutrient children need, and where they can get it from. There are notes throughout on what youngsters will need if they are particularly active. Monthly menu plans are included, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian, plus a list of healthy after school snacks, lunchbox treats, and after-sport snacks. Separate chapters cover overweight children, children in sports, fussy eaters, and eating at school, making this a book useful for every parent.

Acknowledgments....................ix
Introduction....................1
CHAPTER 1: Kids' Food and Health....................5
Does It Matter What Children Eat? How Do Kids' Diets Measure Up? Why Should You Change What Children Eat? So How Can I Influence Children's Eating Habits? Television and Advertising How Can You Combat Advertising Pressure? Looking at the Labels What to Avoid CHAPTER 2: What Should Active Children Eat?....................14
How Does the Food Pyramid Work? How Many Servings? How Big Is a Portion? Building the Pyramid Looking after Children's Teeth CHAPTER 3: Protein Power....................25
What Happens to Protein in the Body? Will Extra Protein Make Stronger Muscles? How Much Protein? How to Get Enough Protein What about Vegetarian Diets? What about Protein Supplements? CHAPTER 4: Carb-Charging....................30
Why Do Kids Need Carbs? How Much Carbohydrate? Which Types of Carbohydrate Are Best? Carbohydrates and the Glycemic Index CHAPTER 5: Fat Matters....................37
Why Is Fat Needed? What's the Difference Between Saturated and Unsaturated Fats? What Are the Essential Fats? What Is Hydrogenated Fat? How Much Fat Should Children Eat? CHAPTER 6: Vitamins and Minerals....................43
What Do Vitamins and Minerals Do? How to Get Enough Vitamins and Minerals How Can You Get Children to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables? Guide to Vitamins and Minerals Do Active Children Need More Vitamins and Minerals? Should Children Take Vitamin Supplements? Phytochemicals Antioxidants CHAPTER 7: Eating for Action....................59
How Much Food Should My Child Eat? What Should Children Eat Before Training orCompetition? Timing the Pre-Exercise Meal Eating Before an Event What Should Children Eat During Exercise? What Should Children Eat after Exercise? Traveling and Competing Away from Home CHAPTER 8: Drinking for Action....................70
Why Is Drinking Important for My Child? Dehydration Check-Up How Much Should Children Drink? How to Fit It All In How to Make Children Drink while Exercising What Should Children Drink? CHAPTER 9: Overweight Kids....................78
What Are the Dangers for Children of Being Overweight? Heart Symptoms in Obese Children How Can I Tell If a Child Is Overweight? Why Do Children Become Overweight? How Should I Deal with Children's Weight Problems? What Practical Help Can I Give? How Can Children Be Encouraged to Be More Active? How Much Exercise Should Children Get? How Much Exercise Do Children Really Get? How Can Children Adopt Healthier Eating Habits? How Can I Avoid Mealtimes Becoming a Battleground? Should Children Lose Weight for Sports? How Can I Discourage Television Viewing? CHAPTER 10: Underweight Kids and Fussy Eaters....................93
Thin or Underweight? Why Are Some Children Thin? Feeding Children with Small Appetites Feeding Fussy Eaters Feeding Very Active Children Strength Training for Children CHAPTER 11: Eating at School....................102
Packing a Healthy Lunch What's in School Meals? What Should I Encourage Children to Eat for School Lunch? What Can I Give Children after School? CHAPTER 12: Eating Disorders....................113
What Are Eating Disorders? What Are the Causes of Eating Disorders? Why Are Eating Disorders Common among Young Athletes? How Do I Know If a Child Has an Eating Disorder? How Will an Eating Disorder Affect a Child's Health and Performance? What Can I Do If I Think a Child Has an Eating Disorder? Preventing Eating Disorders CHAPTER 13: Kids' Menu Plans....................120
CHAPTER 14: Main Meals....................131
CHAPTER 15: Meatless Main Meals....................145
CHAPTER 16: Salads....................159
Salad Dressings CHAPTER 17: Super Soups....................164
CHAPTER 18: Fast Food....................170
CHAPTER 19: And to Finish....................184
CHAPTER 20: Kids' Snacks....................193
CHAPTER 21: Delicious Drinks....................202
Notes....................207
Resources....................209
Online Resources Useful Addresses Recommended Reading Index....................211

Starting Over or Pressure Ulcers a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

2009-02-06T16:00:00.000-08:00

Starting Over: Using Torah and the Twelve Steps of Recovery to Find Happiness

Author: Sima Devorah Schloss

The Twelve Steps of recovery are invaluable not only as a method to overcome addictions, but as a way of coping with many of life's stresses. Those who may not have availed themselves of these steps for fear that they are incompatible with Torah should be pleased with Sima Schloss's exposition, which shows how the Twelve Steps may aid in implementing the teachings of Torah. -Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski Sima Schloss wrote this book after her own moving personal journey. By bringing together the disciplines of Jewish thought and the Twelve Step process, Mrs. Schloss discovered a marvelous formula for personal change. A must read for anyone who wants to improve their life!

Books about: On Time within Budget or Social Work Experience

Pressure Ulcers - a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: Icon Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to pressure ulcers. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to pressure ulcers.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Forward
Chapter 1. Studies on Pressure Ulcers
Overview
The Combined Health Information Database
Federally Funded Research on Pressure Ulcers
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Chapter 2. Nutrition and Pressure Ulcers
Overview
Finding Nutrition Studies on Pressure Ulcers
Federal Resources on Nutrition
Additional Web Resources
Chapter 3. Alternative Medicine and Pressure Ulcers
Overview
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Additional Web Resources
General References
Chapter 4. Dissertations on Pressure Ulcers
Overview
Dissertations on Pressure Ulcers
Keeping Current
Chapter 5. Patents on Pressure Ulcers
Overview
Patents on Pressure Ulcers
Patent Applications on Pressure Ulcers
Keeping Current
Chapter 6. Books on Pressure Ulcers
Overview
Book Summaries: Online Booksellers
Chapters on Pressure Ulcers
Chapter 7. Multimedia on Pressure Ulcers
Overview
Video Recordings
Chapter 8. Periodicals and News on Pressure Ulcers
Overview
News Services and Press Releases
Academic Periodicals covering Pressure Ulcers
Chapter 9. Researching Medications
Overview
U.S. Pharmacopeia
Commercial Databases
Researching Orphan Drugs
Appendix A. Physician Resources
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
Appendix B. Patient Resources
Overview
Patient Guideline Sources
Finding Associations
Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
PRESSURE ULCERS DICTIONARY
INDEX

Herbal Tonic Therapies or The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth Research and Practice

2009-02-05T05:42:00.000-08:00

Herbal Tonic Therapies

Author: Daniel Mowrey

Written by one of the most respected researchers in the field,Herbal Tonic Therapies looks at preventative herbal medicine,explaining how each system of the body can be strengthened and supported by herbal treatments. This truly holistic approach will appeal to health-conscious consumers who understand that the secret to being well is staying well.

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth Research and Practice

Author: Lawrence Calhoun

Posttraumatic growth is an area in which investigations are now being undertaken in many different parts of the world. The view that individuals can be changed--sometimes in radically good ways--by their struggle with trauma is ancient and widespread. However, the systematic focus by scholars and clinicians on the possibilities for growth from the struggle with crisis is relatively recent. There are now a growing number of studies and scholarly papers on the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of posttraumatic growth, and there are also theoretical models that can help guide the research further. It is clear, however, that this phenomenon is not yet well understood.

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth: Research and Practice provides both clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive and up-to-date view of what has been done so far. In addition, it uses the foundations of what has been done to provide suggestions for the next useful steps to take in understanding posttraumatic growth. The book offers contributions of important and influential scholars representing a wide array of perspectives of posttraumatic growth. This volume serves as an impetus for additional work, both in the academic aspects and in the possibilities for clinical applications of posttraumatic growth.

This Handbook will appeal to students, practitioners, and researchers working in a broad array of disciplines and human services.

1	The foundations of posttraumatic growth : an expanded framework	1
2	Relationships between posttraumatic growth and resilience : recovery, resistance, and reconfiguration	24
3	Measurement issues in assessing growth following stressful life experiences	47
4	Re-storying loss : fostering growth in the posttraumatic narrative	68
5	Schema-change perspectives on posttraumatic growth	81
6	Posttraumatic growth and other outcomes of major loss in the context of complex family lives	100
7	Spirituality : a pathway to posttraumatic growth or decline?	121
8	Posttraumatic growth after cancer	138
9	Bereavement and posttraumatic growth	176
10	Posttraumatic growth after war	197
11	Positive changes attributed to the challenge of HIV/AIDS	214
12	Posttraumatic growth in disaster and emergency work	225
13	Growing out of ashes : posttraumatic growth among Holocaust child survivors	248
14	Resilience and posttraumatic growth in children	264
15	Expert companions : posttraumatic growth in clinical practice	291
16	The link between posttraumatic growth and forgiveness : an intuitive truth	311
17	Posttraumatic growth and psychotherapy	334
18	Resilience and posttraumatic growth : a constructive narrative perspective	355

The Gift from My Son or Getting the Best for Your Child with Autism

2009-02-04T01:30:00.000-08:00

The Gift from My Son

Author: Keli Lindelien

When Keli Lindelien's son Benjamin was diagnosed with autism, her life was turned upside down. No longer could she function as a family law attorney or juvenile prosecutor. Now she had a new full-time job: taking care of Benjamin.

But she wanted to do more than merely use behavior-modification therapies to make him fit in. She wanted to understand him and help him. The diagnosis proved to be the beginning of an extraordinary journey.

Combining external research and inner work to enhance her understanding of autism, she searched for and discovered natural medicines and therapies that reversed many symptoms. In the process, she learned to communicate with Benjamin at his own level.

Watching carefully, she discovered that Benjamin's condition included not only disabilities but also unsuspected abilities. Ultimately, her observation and experience led her to develop a new theory about the role of left versus right brain dominance in autism.

This breakthrough view of autism, told by the mother of an autistic child, includes a comprehensive chart of the progression and reversal of Benjamin's physical symptoms that resulted from a course of natural therapies, tips to parents of autistic children on toilet training and travel, and a description of other resources available.

Book about: Ten Natural Remedies That Can Save Your Life or Massage and Bodywork

Getting the Best for Your Child with Autism: An Expert's Guide to Treatment

Author: Bryna Siegel

Each child on the autism spectrum has a unique set of special needs. That's why their parents deserve a smart, caring advocate to help zero in on proven interventions that are right for their child. Bestselling author Bryna Siegel, one of the world's leading authorities on autism, deftly guides parents through the complex maze of treatment options. She shows how to obtain an accurate assessment of a child's strengths and weaknesses, and then provides step-by-step guidance to help parents develop a plan of action tailored to their child's individual learning style, verbal abilities, and social skills. Like no other book on the market, Getting the Best for Your Child with Autism will help parents maximize all of the resources available to help their kids reach their full potential.

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction     1
Mapping the Road to the Best Treatment
Off to a Good Start: Timely Screening Will Set You on the Path to Help     9
Getting Your Footing: What a Diagnosis Can (and Should) Do for You and Your Child     27
Setting a Course: Navigating the Diagnostic Process to Emerge with a Plan     46
Outfitting Yourself to Help Your Child
The Balanced Family: "Adjust Your Own Face Mask before Attempting to Help Others"     73
Becoming an Informed Consumer: Getting Your "Personal Best" in Services and Providers     99
Putting it Together
Learning Deficits, Learning Styles: What Does Your Child Need?     123
Core Treatments for Autism: Which Interventions Will Meet Your Child's Needs?     140
The Customized Course: Additional Strategies That Target Specific Needs     178
On the Road
Navigating the Legal Byways: Entitlements That Foster Learning   Kathryn E. Dobel     205
Sharing the Driving: The Rights and Responsibilities of a Collaborative Parent     240
Resources     263
Index     269
About the Author     280

My Office Is Killing Me or Users Guide to Heart Healthy Nutrients

2009-02-02T21:19:00.000-08:00

My Office Is Killing Me!: The Sick Building Survival Guide

Author: Jeffrey C May

Bacteria and mold may lurk undetected in carpets or in the heating or cooling system of your office or school. When inhaled, the by-products of these organisms can cause allergy and asthma symptoms. Chemical vapors emitted by office furniture and equipment may also foul the air we breathe indoors, causing headaches, eye irritation, or other symptoms. Here the author of the best-selling My House Is Killing Me! and co-author of The Mold Survival Guide turns his attention to indoor air quality in public buildings. Blending his extensive professional experience with scientific explanations, May helps us see these buildings through the eyes of a building scientist, microscopist, and organic chemist. He offers a step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling, and often eliminating the sources of indoor air pollutants and allergens. Whether it's a case of mold in an elementary school or inadequate ventilation in a high-rise office building, this valuable guide can help people cope when the air they breathe indoors is making them sick.

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Reviewer:J. Thomas Pierce, MBBS PhD(Navy Environmental Health Center)
Description:Jeffrey May previously authored My House Is Killing Me!, a similar self-help manual. It is somewhat surprising that self-help manuals have not become more popular in a field such as indoor air pollution. May's series is something different and one that is needed.
Purpose:This is intended to serve as a guide for people coping with air pollution problems they believe are originating with so-called indoor air. In sections where the author presents new material of a technical nature (usually chemistry concepts) he makes a special plea for the reader to be objective regarding why special terms are necessary. His blend of technical information with explanations for a broad readership is somewhat unique.
Audience:The book is a fun little read and I think a wide variety of individuals will enjoy it. Beyond its curbside appeal, it may well be a book of first resort when individuals search the Internet for a reasonably priced book in this area. Its secondary audience is the author's peer group, other indoor air pollutant consultants, who could borrow some of his protocols and explanations, both of which are really quite good.
Features:The information is organized in three major parts: basics (poor indoor air, shelter in the storm, diseased dйcor, and sea of air); daily life (schools, 9-to-5, infirmaries and courthouses, retail spaces and recreation); and final test (do-it-yourself, professionals, and more technical data). The conclusion is very brief but it is complemented by a resource guide, a list of abbreviations, notes, and anindex.
Assessment:I liked this book and will likely spend a weekend afternoon with it again. Don't be put off by the title. This little book has a lot to offer.

What People Are Saying

John Spengler
'Millions of us experience poor indoor air quality without having any idea why, or what can be done about it. In My Office Is Killing Me! Jeff May explains how a building operates, what building materials are made of, how air circulates, and what kinds of indoor contaminants we may inhale-and more. Thank you, Jeff May, for making the complex and diverse field of indoor air quality accessible and entertaining, and for giving us the information we need to improve the air we breathe."
—Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health

Paul Enright
"The best source of information on sick buildings that I've ever read. If you suffer from sinusitis, asthma, or other symptoms when you go to work, buy this book."
—M.D., College of Public Health, University of Arizona

Jay M. Portnoy
"This easy-to-read book is scientifically accurate and practical for anyone and everyone concerned about the air we breathe."
—MD, Chief, Section of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City

Books about: Easy Invitations Announcements and Personalized Stationery or Windows

User's Guide to Heart-Healthy Nutrients

Author: Michael Janson

In this concise User's Guide, Michael Janson, M.D., describes the best nutritional and herbal supplements for preventing and reversing heart disease. Some of these supplements, such as coenzyme Q[subscript 10] and hawthorn, may be less well known than others, but they are still powerful, natural health-promoting substances. Dr. Janson also provides clear guidelines for how to safely use these supplements.

Olive Oil Cookery or New Fathers Panic Book

2009-02-01T17:07:00.000-08:00

Olive Oil Cookery: The Mediterranean Diet

Author: Maher A Abbas

With its emphasis on fresh vegetables, legumes, grains, and olive oil, this cookbook presents 150 easy-to-prepare dishes in true Mediterranean style. Not only a delight to the palate, these recipes will help you stay healthy longer.

Go to: Giù e fuori nella Grande Depressione: Lettere dall'uomo dimenticato

New Father's Panic Book

Author: Gene B Williams

What's A Father To Do ?

New fathers have come a long way from a generation ago when they were shut out of the delivery room. Today's new father is encouraged to participate in his child's birth by offering support and comfort to his wife, yet little has been done to prepare him for the total process of becoming a father. This book will tell Dad everything he needs to know about pregnancy, delivery, and infant care and give him the confidence to experience all the joys of getting to know his new baby. Get Straight Answers About:

What to expect at every stage of pregnancy
What you'll learn in birthing classes
Helping her through morning sickness, mood swings, and stress
Making informed choices about doctors, hospitals, delivery and new baby care
What you need before you bring the baby home
Why your wife needs you in the delivery room
Feeding and caring for your baby
What to do in an emergency
How to tell if it is an emergency
How to be a truly great dad -- right from the beginning

Don't Panic...All The Help You Need Is Here!

	Introduction	1
1	Some Basic Anatomy	16
2	The Beginnings	33
3	Doctors, Hospitals, and Alternatives	52
4	Other Preparations	73
5	Old Wives' Tales (and Other Advice)	89
6	The First Few Months	103
7	Middle Pregnancy	122
8	The Last Months	138
9	Is It Time?	155
10	Labor and Birth	169
11	Problems	187
12	Mom's Recovery	208
13	Dealing with the Newborn	226
14	Doctors and More Doctors	246
15	The New Father	261
16	To Mom	275
Appendix	Message	283
	Glossary	292
	Index	313

Heinermans Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices or Ultimate Fitness through Martial Arts

2009-01-31T12:55:00.000-08:00

Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Herbs and Spices

Author: John Heinerman

In the tradition of his other bestselling health guides, Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Juices and Heinerman's New Encyclopedia of Fruits and Vegetables, renowned medical expert John Heinerman, Ph.D. now shows you how to harness the amazing healing power of common herbs and spices to reverse illness and restore vitality! From Agave for stomach problems and Allspice for toothaches to Yohimbine to rejuvenate your sex life and Yucca for arthritis relief, you'll discover hundreds of all-natural remedies for over 100 health conditions. Best of all, these herbs and spices are completely safe, effective, and readily available from your local grocer or health food store. In fact, you may find many of them in your kitchen cabinets right now. Plus, the Encyclopedia also includes scores of intriguing case histories that illustrate the many uses of these healers in a variety of cultures through the ages ... listings of herbs and spices and the conditions they offer relief from ... and step-by-step recommendations for using these natural remedies most effectively.

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"John Heinerman is a world-traveled researcher, author and lecturer who seems to know more about his subject than most of his colleagues. His large size paperback bustles with fascinating anecdotes, personal observations and quotes from experts. . . . It's a well-organized lively book for believers.

Interesting book: Healing Power of Hado or Self Help Way to Treat Colitis and Other IBS Conditions Second Edition

Ultimate Fitness through Martial Arts

Author: Sang H Kim

Ultimate Fitness through Martial Arts is a one-stop reference for martial arts students, instructors and coaches that includes over 200 new and traditional martial arts exercises, games and drills for developing speed, power, flexibility, timing, coordination, agility, balance, and mental strength. Save hours of workout time by doing only the exercises that produce maximum results. Learn to plan your personal workout and track your progress in every area.

* Variations for individuals, partners and groups
* Detailed explanations of fitness concepts
* Injury prevention
* Diet and nutrition
* Beginner, intermediate and black belt workout plans
* Exercise cautions
* Martial arts applications for all exercises
* Instructor guidelines
* Organized for easy reference
* over 200 photos

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This book provides exercises geared toward all ability levels in the martial arts. The author, who boasts 30 years of experience in this discipline, contributes chapters on balance, speed, endurance, strength, and coordination and timing. While some of the routines can be performed individually, a number of exercises require a partner. The consistently arranged listings for each routine include correct execution, main benefits, martial arts benefits, and cautions. Recommended for general exercise and sports collections.-- J. Sara Paulk, Concord P.L., N.H.

Gary Nulls Ultimate Anti Aging Program or Hot Plants

2009-01-30T08:43:00.000-08:00

Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program

Author: Gary Null PhD

Anti-aging theories may look good on paper, but is it possible to reverse or stop the aging process in real people? Gary Null, America's leading expert on alternative health, wanted results that could be measured by actual life experience, and could make individuals look and feel young and energtic. So he asked over 1,000 volunteers to help him try out his comprehensive four-part anti-aging program based on the most recent scientific findings on staying young. Three years later, the same men and women who participated in his study experienced dramatic results that were documented in the PBS special, How To Live Forever.

In concise clear language, Gary Null brings you the same plan that changed the bodies and mental outlook of the participants who used it first. Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program begins begins by teaching you the very best and safest ways to detoxify your body from the poison's that accumulate and force it to age. You'll then learn how to fortify your immune system through nutrition and diet, to fight cancer, arthritis, heart disease and dozens of other ailments -naturally and without prescription drugs. Next, instead of losing your hight or becoming dangerously frail, you will find out how to effectively build body mass and strengthen bones. Finally, Gary Null explains how to use the mind-body connection to conquer stress, banish depression, and find joy in each new day.

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Though not a medical doctor, Null (Get Healthy Now) has authored many health books on subjects ranging from allergies to Native American healing. Central to this program is the author's conviction that aging results from the toxic effects of free radicals, molecules that have unpaired electrons that damage the body when they try to steal electrons from other cells. Eliminating or reducing toxins and stress from one's diet and environment can lessen the number of free radicals and thus slow, and even reverse, the aging process. Null advocates an exercise program and an organic vegetarian diet in conjunction with herb and vitamin supplements to detoxify the body. Lacking in both scientific data to support many of his claims and step-by-step directions to implement them, Null's "program," narrated by Robert Deyan, is mostly a description of the possible ways to treat a copious number of medical conditions. Also, an annotated listing of the supposed medical benefits of various natural substances and treatments, included on the last two tapes, is quite unsuitable for audio. Not recommended.--Beth Farrell, Portage Cty. Dist. Lib., OH Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Interesting textbook: Consultar Processo em Ação

Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women

Author: Chris Kilham

In the wake of Viagra's enormous popularity, the international market has been inundated by a blizzard of purported natural sex enhancers. Some of these products are nothing but hype, yet others contain proven agents that enhance libido, improve sexual function, and increase pleasure. These bona fide sex-boosters can be found in Hot Plants.

From the ancient rainforests of Malaysia, to remote mountains in Siberia, medicine hunter Chris Kilham has scoured the globe in search of effective, sex-enhancing plants. Hot Plants, Nature’s Proven Sex Boosters For Men And Women, contains a lively account of those adventurous travels, with valuable information that you can use to boost your sex life.

These natural agents of desire include Tongkat Ali, maca, yohimbe, catuaba, ashwagandha, horny goat weed, zallouh root, Rhodiola rosea, Red ginseng, Siberian ginseng and chocolate. Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham draws upon history, legend and keen research, as he weaves tales of remarkable people, exotic locations, and his extensive investigations into the science and uses of the hot plants. Learn which plants increase libido in both men and women, improve erectile function in men, put more fire into your sex life, and significantly boost your pleasure.

	Acknowledgments	xi
	Foreword	xiii
	Introduction: Nature's Agents of Desire	1
	The Oldest Forest: Tongkat Ali	7
	From Russia with Love: Rhodiola rosea	31
	Heart of Darkness: Pausinystalia yohimbe	51
	The Ferocious Yin Yang: Horny Goat Weed	71
	The Gods Make Love: Ashwagandha	89
	Hot and Damp Places: Catuaba	109
	The Perfumed Garden: Zallouh, Ferulis harmonis	127
	High Plains Aphrodisiac: Maca	145
	Tao of Sex: Siberian Ginseng and Red Ginseng	165
	The Love Drug: Chocolate	181
	Hot Plants Resources	199

Green Barley Essence or Body Wisdom

2009-01-29T04:31:00.000-08:00

Green Barley Essence (Good Health Guide)

Author: Yoshihide Hagiwara

The all-natural "fast food".

Books about: Desperation Entertaining or Pig Perfect

Body Wisdom: Light Touch for Optimal Health

Author: Sharon Giammatteo

Sharon Giammatteo teaches readers a self-healing method that can return life to areas deadened by shock or trauma. The technique is based on the Neurofascial Process, a calculated laying on of hands and subsequent release of emotional and physical pain. The author widens her scope to include any pain, strain, or fracture, and extensive illustrations make the process simple and rewarding.

Yoga Zone Introduction to Yoga or The Uses of Wild Plants

2009-01-28T00:19:00.000-08:00

Yoga Zone Introduction to Yoga: A Beginner's Guide to Health, Fitness, and Relaxation

Author: Alan Finger

Let the modern authority on yoga guide you on the most important journey you'll ever take.

As people search for inner peace amid increasingly hectic lives, the practice of yoga continues to gain popularity. Yoga means to yoke, or to bring together, the various aspects of the self—body, mind, and spirit—and while the physical and mental benefits of yoga are truly astounding, to many people the idea of yoga is intimidating. In fact, nothing could be easier than starting a yoga practice, and Yoga Zone Introduction to Yoga is the perfect guide.

In the first section, Yoga Master Alan Finger offers a brief history of the different types of yoga and how they are practiced in the West, including an explanation of the ISHTA yoga that Alan created and that is taught at Yoga Zone. You'll learn about the benefits of yoga and how to prepare for a practice with different breathing exercises. Next Alan outlines two series of beginner postures, accompanying each pose with detailed instructions on how to achieve it, along with tips and modifications for various fitness levels. All the exercises are fully illustrated and the text is instructional yet friendly, in the tradition of a Yoga Zone studio class. Following the postures, there's a special section on relaxation and meditation, cornerstones of any yoga practice. Packed with personality and full of valuable information, Yoga Zone Introduction to Yoga will introduce you to a life of unlimited possibilities and infinite joy.

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These two titles address the benefits of practicing yoga. Finger's Yoga ZoneR Introduction to Yoga takes a broader approach. Creator of the ISHTA yoga taught at his New York City-based Yoga ZoneR studios, Finger explains his program and offers a brief history of different types of yoga. Outlines of two series of beginners' programs are well illustrated with photos of poses and accompanied by detailed instructions, tips, and variations. A section covers relaxation and meditation and breathing techniques. Healing Mudras has a much narrower focus. Mudras, in Buddhism and Hinduism, are symbolic gestures involving hands, fingers, and arms that are used in ceremonies and dance or seen in artwork. Mesko, a former dancer and certified yoga therapist, takes a mindful and introspective approach combining movement with chants in order to achieve specific self-affirming goals. All 52 mudras are demonstrated with photos of the author, along with instructions for breathing, eye movements, and mantras, which spoken aloud impart greater mental and physical energy and a healing quality. Experienced yoga students seeking to move beyond the basic postures or individuals with physical limitations will find this guide useful. Both titles are easy to follow and understand. However, since a number of introductory yoga books are already available, Finger's is an optional purchase. Because it concentrates on a very specific aspect of yoga practice, Mesko's guide is a preferred choice for a wellness collection or public library with a limited budget seeking to round out its yoga collection.--Deborah Anne Broocker, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Dunwoody Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

The Uses of Wild Plants: Using and Growing the Wild Plants of the United States and Canada

Author: Frank Tozer

A must-have for foragers, botanists, herbalists, gardeners, permaculturists, and anyone who wants to learn more about wild plants, this insightful guide provides interesting and valuable uses for more than 1200 species in 500 genera of wild plants found throughout North America and beyond.

The Uses of Wild Plants provides a survey of how plants have been used for food, drink, medicine, fuel, clothing, intoxicants, and more throughout history. Each listing includes a detailed description and drawing to aid in identifying these valuable plants in your garden and in the wild.

Greenthumbs will learn cultivation techniques for the most significant of these plants, and their uses in the garden. Tozer foresees a future where plants are an integral part of an ecologically sustainable society. They will provide renewable sources of energy, fertilizer, chemicals, building materials, and more, and will give us the means to clean our waterways and groundwater, desalinate soil, recover valuable nutrients from waste, and maybe even help to slow global warming.

Mind Your Heart or Diabetes Survival Guide

2009-01-26T20:07:00.000-08:00

Mind Your Heart: A Mind/Body Approach to Stress Management, Exercise, and Nutrition for Heart Health

Author: Aggie Casey

Prevent, Control, and Manage Heart Disease with This Personalized Mind/Body Program.

Based on the innovative Cardiac Wellness Program at the world-renowned Mind/Body Medical Institute, founded by pioneering physician and researcher Herbert Benson, M.D., Mind Your Heart offers a balanced and holistic approach to heart health that combines lifestyle changes with cutting-edge medical procedures. With this program, you can lower your blood pressure and cholesterol, lose weight, increase physical fitness, and help prevent and manage heart disease.

Diabetes Survival Guide: Understanding the Facts about Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Author: Stanley Mirsky

“This is a must-read book or all diabetics.”
–Derek LeRoith, M.D., chief of endocrinology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

The number of diabetics in the United States has increased 61 percent in the last decade. Now this classic, accessible guide has been completely revised with the latest medical findings and facts on diagnosis and treatment. Written by a leading diabetes specialist, Diabetes Survival Guide provides invaluable support, answers a variety of questions, and includes new information on

• prediabetes: early warning signs for the millions at high risk for developing the disease
• the Metabolic Syndrome: risk factors that, along with genetic predisposition, sow the seeds of diabetes
• prevention: good news about the benefits of cinnamon, coffee, chocolate, black pepper, and other common foods and drinks
• diet: sensible, easy—to-follow suggestions about what, when, and how much to eat (and the choices are delicious!)
• new drugs: inhaled insulin powder, combination pills, insulin that lasts twenty-four hours, fast-acting “designer” insulin, and other milestones
• cutting-edge equipment: state-of-the-art insulin pumps, glucose monitors, and pen injectors
• complications: innovations for preventing heart disease, kidney failure, neuropathy of the feet and legs, and loss of vision
• stem cell research: the imminent possibility of using stem cells as a source of insulin-producing beta cells
• surgical options: transplantation techniques

If you’re a diabetic or care about someone who is, this comprehensive guide and daily companionbelongs front and center on your bookshelf and in your life.

“In this succinct and thoughtful volume, Dr. Mirsky provides useful lessons to all patients struggling to understand diabetes and live long, healthy lives.”
——C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., president, the Joslin Diabetes Center

“This book contains all the right questions and superb answers from the expert who happens to by my physician.”
——Mary Tyler Moore

Fundamentals of Pap Test Cytology or Sports Nutrition

2009-01-25T15:56:00.000-08:00

Fundamentals of Pap Test Cytology

Author: Rana S Hoda

Fundamentals of Pap Test Cytology is intended as a practical primer on the Pap test. Using bold text, tables, and highlighted areas, this book offers readers a user-friendly text on Pap test fundamentals so readers may find specific information effortlessly. This book begins with a basic dictionary of terms, principles, and anatomy before detailing such issues as the Bethesda System, liquid-based and physiological cytology, reactive changes, human papillomavirus, and atypical squamous cells. The authors also discuss low-grade and high-grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions, invasive squamous carcinoma, endocervical and endometrial lesions, metastatic tumors, therapy-related changes, and the newest techniques in screening and managing Pap tests.

Fundamentals of Pap Test Cytology will be an incredibly useful tool for cytotechnologists and cytopathologists, as well as those in training. Readers preparing for various proficiency and licensing examinations will also find helpful information throughout this volume.

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Reviewer:Xiao Yun Wang, BS, MD(University of Kansas Medical Center)
Description:This concise and compact paperback details the clinical and laboratory aspects of the Pap test as it is used today. It employs an outline format with interspersed black-and-white images, tables, and figures, to present the topic in a user-friendly manner.
Purpose:As stated in the preface, the authors intend this to be a basic practical primer of the Pap test that also functions as a quick reference guide. Clinical information, such as the diagnostic implications of various lesions, is provided. In addition, the authors hope that the book may help those who plan to take proficiency and licensing examinations.
Audience:The audience includes all who are involved in evaluating the Pap test, cytotechnologists and cytopathologists, as well as those who are in training.
Features:The book is divided into brief chapters, each only 3 to 17 pages long. Traditional topics, such as the Bethesda System, liquid-based and conventional cytology, human papillomavirus and molecular identification techniques, and squamous and glandular lesions of the cervix, make up the bulk of the book. Each chapter is organized into sections that feature clinical information, diagnostic cytologic features and variations, benign and neoplastic mimickers, differential diagnosis, and management issues. Images, some with histologic correlation, and tables and figures are placed appropriately throughout. Although the images are black and white, they are of high quality and illustrate the topic with clarity. Two novel chapters ("A Short Dictionary of the Pap Test" and"Analogies in the Pap Test: Of Cornflakes and Raisins") may benefit those new to the subject. They succinctly define key words and phrases that are often thrown about by veteran cytologists. Another strong point is Appendix 1, which is an image overview of the cells of the Pap test. These are different from the slides in the main text; thus providing a second view.
Assessment:This is an excellent quick reference for anyone involved or interested in gynecologic cytology. It is packed with useful information, organized in a very accessible manner, which makes it an ideal benchside reference for cytopathologists and cytotechnologists at all levels of training.

Interesting book: O Manual de Meios de comunicação:um Guia Completo de Publicidade de Seleção de Meios de comunicação, Planejamento, Pesquisa, e Compra

Sports Nutrition: Fats and Proteins

Author: Judy A Driskell

Sports Nutrition: Fats and Proteins is a nuts and bolts reference guide to help athletes, coaches, and trainers make educated dietary choices to yield optimal performance. Written by experts from several disciplines, this volume addresses the quality, quantity, and type of fat and protein intake as it relates to exercise and sports. It presents comprehensive information on lipids and fatty acids, including omegas-3 and -6 and alpha-linoleic acid; protein and amino acid supplements such as creatine, glutamine, and whey, and soy proteins; and other beneficial compounds. It also provides the recommended dietary proportions of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, making it a valuable reference guide.

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Reviewer:Jamie A. Cooper, MS(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Description:This book provides information about how fats, proteins, and select protein supplements impact physical performance.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide information about how these nutrients may or may not be beneficial for physical performance. Proper nutrition and macronutrient intake is an essential component for optimal physical performance and this book provides scientific and research-based information that is essential for people interested in the sports nutrition field.
Audience:According to the editor, this book is intended to provide information for professionals in sports medicine, fitness, and sports nutrition, as well as researchers, students, dietitians, and other health practitioners. While there is useful information for athletes and coaches, the scientific nature of this book makes it more appropriate for researchers and those in a health or science-related profession.
Features:This book focuses on different types of fats and proteins and some supplements. For each type of nutrient, the authors address the digestion, absorption, and function in the body. In addition, published research and literature is used to examine how these nutrients affect physical performance in terms of aerobic capacity and endurance and muscle mass and strength. Finally, they provide recommendations for amount and timing of nutrient intake to obtain optimal physical performance. While some supplements are covered, this book is not designed as a supplement guide for the many ergogenic aids available on the market today.
Assessment:Whilesome of the nutrients covered do not appear to have a huge impact on physical performance, this book does provide a comprehensive overview of any beneficial or negative impact the nutrients may have on physical performance.

Preface     xi
The Editor     xiii
Contributors     xv
Introduction
Introduction to Sports Nutrition: Fats and Proteins   John J.B. Anderson     3
Fats
Total Fats, Saturated Fats, and Cholesterol   Heather E. Rasmussen   Ji-Young Lee     15
Medium-Chain Triglycerides   Wayne E. Billon     37
Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids   Karina R. Lora   Nancy M. Lewis     63
Conjugated Linoleic Acid   Celeste G. Koster   Martha A. Belury     89
Octacosanol and Wheat Germ Oil   Susan H. Mitmesser     99
Proteins
Protein: Quantity and Quality   Mark A. Tarnopolsky   Brian W. Timmons     109
Whey, Casein, and Soy Proteins   Brian S. Snyder   Mark D. Haub     143
Creatine   Richard B. Kreider     165
Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate   Catherine G.R. Jackson     187
Carnitine   Sara Chelland Campbell   Robert J. Moffatt     201
[beta]-Hydroxy-[beta]-Methylbutyrate   Steven L. Nissen     221
Branched-Chain Amino Acids   Michael Gleeson     243
Glutamine   Satya S. Jonnalagadda     261
Other Individual Amino Acids   Neal F. Spruce   C. Alan Titchenal     279
Recommended Intakes of the Energy-Yielding Nutrients
Recommended Proportions of Carbohydrates to Fats to Proteins in Diets   Henry C. Lukaski     357
Index     373

Men and the War on Obesity or A Fit and Well Way of Life

2009-01-24T11:43:00.000-08:00

Men and the War on Obesity: A Sociological Study

Author: Lee F Monaghan

According to official statistics, nearly two thirds of men in Britain are overweight or obese. Men and the War on Obesity offers a timely, critical and original take on the obesity debate, bringing male bodies into the frame and questioning the claim from public health that millions of people are unhealthy because they are 'overweight' or 'obese'. It focuses upon everyday men, who, according to medicalized ideas of appropriate weight for height and like most men in developed nations, are too heavy.

This challenging work redresses the gender bias in the existing literature and questions the degradation of big bodies as part of the widely declared war on fat.

Interesting book: Cyberethics or Simply Visual Basic 2008

A Fit and Well Way of Life

Author: Gwen Robbins

Offering twelve chapters with brief coverage of health Topics, this book is designed for course that is primarily classroom lecture; students are expected to pursue self-guided fitness outside of class, such as seep activity logs and complete lab assignments. Complements a fitness course that is broader in scope and incorporates self-management principles and stress management to build healthy habits. Ideal for a fitness or wellness course with limited credit hours. Offers behavior change strategies throughout and many lab activities offered in the book and even more available online.

1: Understanding Wellness

2: Changing Behavior

3: Developing and Assessing Physical Fitness

4 : Maximizing Cardiorespiratory Fitness

5: Developing Flexibility

6: Developing Muscular Fitness

7: Exploring Special Exercise Considerations

8: Preventing Common Injuries and Caring for the Lower Back

9: Maximizing Heart Health

10: Coping with Stress

11: Eating for Wellness

12: Achieving a Healthy Weight

Promoting Self Change From Addictive Behaviors or Control Your Blood Pressure

2009-01-23T07:29:00.000-08:00

Promoting Self-Change From Addictive Behaviors

Author: Harald Klingemann

Many are addicted. Few are treated. Yet many who are not treated recover. Promoting Self-Change from Addictive Behaviors examines natural recovery as a clinical phenomenon, a field of inquiry, and a vital component of therapy. It also brings clinicians and counselors to a new understanding of addiction and recovery.

One of the few books on the topic, this updated edition offers alternatives to disease models of addiction by exploring personal pathways to recovery. Focusing on alcohol and drug problems, it provides a literature review of 40 years of studies on self-change with particular emphasis on the current decade and methodological issues (starting with how much or how little treatment constitutes "treatment"). The 24 experts keep the coverage consistently readable, and dozens of brief narratives from individuals who have successfully recovered from an addictive behavior without formal help lend valuable personal perspectives.

More of the book's key features: Core factors in self-change, from cognitive processes to social issues; Case examples of natural recovery from smoking, binge eating, problem gambling, and criminal behavior; Redefining the role of treatment in changing addictive behaviors; Cross-cultural, community, and prevention perspectives on promoting self-change; "Self-change toolbox" chapter offering assessment tools, recovery strategies, web links, and other online resources.

With Promoting Self-Change from Addictive Behaviors, health care professionals and researchers (from psychologists and social workers to nurses, sociologists, and physicians) can find more effective methods to fit client needs, and develop new insights into therecovery process. Public health workers and policymakers will also find informative strategies for tapping this rich therapeutic resource.

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Reviewer:Gary B Kaniuk, Psy.D.(Cermak Health Services)
Description:This discussion of how individuals recover from addictive behaviors using self-change strategies delves into what actually constitutes &quto;treatment,&quto; and how addicted people have recovered on their own without a formal program.
Purpose:According to the editors, this book &quto;examines natural recovery as a clinical phenomenon, a field of inquiry, and a vital component of therapy. It also brings clinicians and counselors to a new understanding of addiction and recovery.&quto; In the foreword, Howard J. Shaffer, Harvard Medical School, notes that the earlier book (Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Abuse (Springer, 2001)) was a landmark in the field, &quto;and this book updates, integrates, and solidifies the best science on this topic.&quto;
Audience:It is intended for use as a reference by researchers, healthcare practitioners, public health specialists, and alcohol and drug policy makers. The editors and contributors represent institutions of higher learning and addiction centers from countries around the world, including the U.S., Sweden, Germany, Canada, Poland, and Spain.
Features:After chapters presenting an overview and a review of the literature, the book ends with a &quto;Self-Change Toolbox,&quto; which provides information regarding assessment instruments and relevant websites. Throughout the book there are excerpts from those who have recovered using self-change methods, a powerful addition. Interesting tables and figures also enhance the presentation. One of the editors, Linda Carter Sobell, notes: &quto;Ifsubstance use problems are viewed as lying along a continuum ranging from no problems to mild problems to severe problems, rather than as dichotomous (i.e. alcoholic versus not alcoholic, drug addict versus not drug addict) it has profound implications for how one views and treats such individuals. One implication is that there are multiple pathways to recovery, including self-change, a pathway that has largely been ignored by the addiction field.&quto;
Assessment:This excellent book highlights an approach that is not talked about much in the addictions field. Given that there are many people struggling with addiction, it is important to learn different ways of changing and overcoming. This book provides just that.

Control Your Blood Pressure (52 Brilliant Ideas)

Author: Rob Hicks

High blood pressure affects nearly one in three women and two in five men. It is a major contributor to strokes and heart disease, yet rarely presents any symptoms-and one may not even know there is a problem until it's too late. With practical advice and sensible solutions, Control Your Blood Pressure will help readers learn how to recognize risk factors, lower their numbers, and increase their health.

Total Heart Health for Women or Bugs Bites and Bowels

2009-01-22T03:18:00.000-08:00

Total Heart Health for Women: A Life-Enriching Plan for Physical and Spiritual Well-Being

Author: Ed Young

In the age of the "extreme makeover," women have a unique set of pressures and expectations, but more often than not, it's about transforming the ouside in a vein attempt to heal the inside. Obviously, women are not being healed. Total Heart Health for Women explores the undeniable link between ourphysical bodies and our spiritual state of mind. Women need to reclaim their identities in Christ and learn to be cherished and wholly loved by their Maker. In Total Heart Health for Women, well-known author and pastor, Ed Young, and his wife, Jo Beth Young, team up with two of the country's leading physicians for the world-renown Texas Heart Institute, Dr. J. Michael Duncan and Dr. Richard Leachman, to bring women the guidance they so desperately need to achieve total heart health in their lives. With practical health and fitness tips, smart recipes and strategies for an authentic spiritual life, women will learn to get heart healthy by honoring Christ physically and spiritually with their total hearts.

Introduction: Woman to Woman You can have a healthy heart lifestyle in 90 days!....................vii
1. The Heart of the Matter It's your total heart, not just the parts, that matters....................1
Part 1: The Unique Beauty of a Woman's Heart 2. The Wonder of a Woman's Heart Your heart isn't on your sleeve; it's everywhere!....................13
3. What's So Special About Your Heart? It pumps blood just like a man's but is affected by different hormones....................23
4. Your Heart Connection with God You have the same spiritual capacity as a man but a different concept of God....................33
Part 2: The Enemies of a Woman's Heart 5. Your Heart Is a Target God wants you to enjoy a rich, full life; but someone else has other plans....................45
6. Heart Health-A Real Life-and-Death Matter If you're not heart savvy, "love handles" are just the tip of the iceberg....................53
7. Resist the Assault on Your Spiritual Heart Turn from fear and resignation, and your life will light up with hope....................63
8. Are You Eating to Live or Living to Eat? The path to a healthy physical heart goes through your stomach....................75
9. Calories: Are They Friend or Foe? Achieving healthy energy balance is all about healthy calorie balance....................87
10. Four Health Trends That Can Hurt Your Heart Just because "everybody's doing it" doesn't mean it's right for you....................97
11. Five Fears That Will Erode Your Faith If you can trust God for anything, why can't you trust Him for everything?....................107
12. Unblocking the Flow to YourSpiritual Heart Five areas where you may be in need of "spiritual angioplasty."....................117
Part 3: The Ongoing Health of a Woman's Heart 13. Energy from the Proper Fuels How to get more bounce in your step with less jiggle everywhere else....................129
14. Adding Fire to Dietary Fuels Cholesterol, fiber, vitamins, minerals-and what they mean in your daily diet....................141
15. Spiritual Energy for Every Hour of the Day Enjoy God as you never have before, no matter how tough your life is....................151
16. Heart Exercise for Fun and Personal Profit Careful planning and variety are the keys to your "energy-out" program....................161
17. Are You Getting Daily Spiritual Workouts? A healthy spiritual heart needs exercise as much as it needs fuel....................175
18. Be Your Own Diet Guru Which of today's flashy pop diets are best for you? None of them!....................185
19. Get Your Guidance from the Guardian of Your Heart Which of today's pop psychologists should you follow? None of them!....................193
20. Are You Ready for the 90-Day Challenge? Is "next Monday" a good time for you to start transforming your life?....................201
Total Heart Health Journal....................208
21. Physical Energy In: Menus and Recipes Twenty-one days of easy, healthy weight-loss menus for you and your family....................211
22. Spiritual Energy In: 90 Days with God's Word Bible passages you can "feed on" during your 90-Day Challenge....................235
Notes....................237

Look this: Northwest Homegrown Cookbook Series or Simple Cuisine

Bugs, Bites and Bowels: The Essential Guide to Travel Health

Author: Jane Jane Wilson Howarth

This exhaustive travel health manual is written by Dr. Jane Wilson- Howarth, a doctor, mother, intrepid traveler and widely published journalist. She gives helpful advice on all aspects of traveling, from what to expect and pre-trip vaccinations to the hazards of heat and sun in deserts and jungles and of cold and exposure in mountains and caves. In this fully updated edition, there is information on the latest Malaria treatments, on growing concerns for travelers such as deep vein thrombosis, or "economy class syndrome," and sections covering travel health for groups with special requirements, such as epilepsy sufferers, diabetics, families with children and the elderly. The usefulness of natural remedies is assessed, and in a feature unique among travel health guides, responsible tourism is covered. Tables help readers match disease to country, while special sections cover skin infections, the risks of sunburn, and even the psychological effects of becoming an expatriate. There is advice on how to treat bites and stings and information on accidents, first aid, common ailments and what to do if travelers get home and need treatment. It's invaluable on any trip, be it a drive to a local beach or a trek through the Sahara.

If Your Child is Bipolar or Dairy Free and Delicious

2009-01-20T23:06:00.000-08:00

If Your Child is Bipolar: The Parent -to-Parent Guide to Living with and Loving a Biopolar Chid

Author: Cindy Singer

This extremely practical and supportive guide empowers parents as they struggle with a child who may be bipolar. The authors' own family experiences, stories from hundreds of other parents of bipolar children, and input from a wide range of mental health professionals provide parents with specific information to deal with the everyday but incredibly challenging issues confronting the entire family. Among the helpful topics included are how to explore the possibility that a child's problem behaviors are a sign of mental illness; finding a mental healthcare professional who can make a diagnosis; understanding what a diagnosis is and isn't; learning parenting strategies to control a child's behavior at home, at school, and in social situations; and balancing the needs of a bipolar child with the needs of everyone else in the family.

Author Biography: Cindy Singer is the founder of MASK (Mothers of Asperger's Syndrome Kids) and an active participant in Mothers of Bipolars (affectionately known as "The MOB"). Sheryl Gurrentz is the author of The Guilt-Free Guide to Your New Life as a Mom, a National Parenting Publications Gold Parenting Resource Award winner. They both live in Denver, Colorado.

Interesting textbook: Radical Son or Culture War

Dairy-Free and Delicious

Author: Brenda Davis

If you suffer from lactose intolerance or a milk allergy, this book will show you how to enjoy all the richness and flavors of your favorite comfort foods—without dairy products. Acclaimed vegan cookbook authors, Joanne Stepaniak & Bryanna Clark Grogan, present over 100 easy-to-prepare, delicious recipes. Nutrition expert Brenda Davis, R.D., explains the cause and symptoms of lactase intolerance and milk allergy, with home tests to determine whether you have an allergy and your level of sensitivity. Includes new sources for calcium, tips on building strong bones, and tables listing the lactase content of foods.

LA Shape Diet or Gestational Diabetes

2009-01-18T13:00:00.000-08:00

L.A. Shape Diet: The 14-Day Total Weight Loss Plan

Author: David Heber

Change your shape for life -- with a new breakthrough personalized protein prescription that has worked for thousands of people!

Dr. David Heber's groundbreaking book What Color Is Your Diet? introduced us to the Color Code -- building a healthy diet based on colorful fruits and vegetables. Now, his life-changing book The L.A. Shape Diet combines the sound nutritional basis of the Color Code with his newest research from the UCLA Center for Nutrition, which shows you how to analyze your body shape, personal protein needs, and metabolism not only to lose weight -- but also to change your body shape.

Dr. Heber maintains that everyone is born with a particular shape -- and this shape makes a huge difference in how you should approach weight loss. He teaches the difference between the shape you can change and the shape you cannot, and how to do this with the right amount of dietary protein (and most Americans, women especially, eat too little protein). Then Dr. Heber helps you build your own ideal diet, starting with protein, then 7 colorful servings of fruits and vegetables (providing 25 grams of filling fiber), and finally whole grains.

In a world of dietary fads and "one size fits all" pseudo-miracle diets, The L.A. Shape Diet is the most effective, easy-to-follow, scientifically sound dietary plan you'll find.

Gestational Diabetes: What to Expect

Author: American Diabetes Association

Gestational diabetes is a rare and little-understood form of diabetes. It only appears in pregnancy and usually disappears afterward, but proper self-care during pregnancy is still crucial. Gestational Diabetes: What to Expect, a comprehensive guide for the woman with gestational diabetes, explains the proper elements of self-care, including nutritious meal planning, proper insulin therapy, and accurate blood sugar monitoring.

Healthy Kids or SuperFoods

2009-01-18T01:49:00.000-08:00

Healthy Kids

Author: Marilu Henner

We all want our children to be fit and healthy, but the current invasion of fast food, sugary snacks, and oversize portions are creating an epidemic of overweight, inactive, and unhealthy kids. The powerful influences of the fast-food industry, omnipresent junk food advertising, and the vicious cycle of TV, computer games, and Internet addictions only make our children more susceptible to a sedentary lifestyle and a lifetime of bad habits and obesity. Now, health pioneer and dedicated mom Marilu Henner says it's time to say good-bye to sugarcoated cereals, artificially colored cheese puffs, oceans of sugary soft drinks, nutritionally deficient school lunches, and fastfood supermeals!

As Marilu explains, parents who want the best for their children need to feed them fresh, whole foods to grow by. In Healthy Kids she shows you how to create a healthy, balanced lifestyle for your kids and how to make the transition from dairy-, fat-, sugar-, and chemical-laden foods to the vibrant, natural, nourishing foods we were all meant to eat.

Healthy Kids offers a proven plan to help parents and kids alike learn to eat healthier and feel better. Inspiring and enjoyable to read, it features:

More than 100 mouthwatering recipes your children will love

Helpful, creative suggestions on getting your child into the habit of exercise

Scores of tips on transitioning from dead food to live food

A special For Kids Only section with fabulous food-based puzzles, games, and challenges

Age-specificrecommendations for what foods your children might like

Timesaving shopping lists and helpful food preparation charts

Expert advice from pediatricians, physical trainers, teachers, and expert nutritionists on all aspects of nourishing your family

As Marilu says, Healthy Food = Healthy Children. And Healthy Kids provides the essential information on creating a lifetime of nutritional eating habits for your growing children.

Interesting textbook: Wests Business Law with Online Research Guide or Reforming Infrastructure

SuperFoods: Nutrient Dense Foods to Protect Your Health

Author: Michael Van Straten

The cookery book that combines recipes using delicious natural ingredients with a guide to the therapeutic properties of common foods to improve your health. A range of common disorders (allergies, cancer, circulatory, digestive and respiratory problems, fatigue, stress, skin conditions etc.) and the foods which have been shown to assist each of these conditions is described. The system of 'harmonious eating' will be useful to those who need to control their weight. Michael Van Straten is Britain's leading practitioner of alternative medicine.

The Potent Self or 365 Activities for Fitness Food and Fun for the Whole Family

2009-01-17T16:38:00.000-08:00

The Potent Self: A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion

Author: Moshe Feldenkrais

Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc., a visionary scientist who pioneered the field of mind-body education and therapy, has inspired countless people worldwide. His ability to translate his theories on human function into action resulted in the creation of his technique, now known as the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. In The Potent Self, Feldenkrais delves deeply into the relationship between faulty posture, pain, and the underlying emotional mechanisms that lead to compulsive and dependent human behavior. He shares remarkable insights into resistance, motivation, habit formation, and the place of sex in full human potential. The Potent Self offers Feldenkrais' vision of how to achieve physical and mental wellness through the development of authentic maturity. This edition includes and extensive Forward by Mark Reese, a longtime student of Feldenkrais, in which Reese discusses many of the important ideas in the book and places them in the context of Feldenkrais' life and the intellectual and historical milieu of his time.

Book review: L'essentiel de Soins infirmiers du Leadership & la Direction

365 Activities for Fitness, Food, and Fun for the Whole Family

Author: Julia Sweet

365 Activities for Fitness, Food, and Fun for the Whole Family features activities that will hoist young spuds off the couch and get them participating in games, exercises, and healthy recipes they will love. Best of all, the activities are designed to be fun for the whole family, strengthening family bonds as well as improving everyone's health.

Julia E. Sweet is a certified aerobics instructor, children's fitness instructor, personal trainer, and weight training instructor. She performs in fitness videos and is the mother of two.

MS Workbook or Intuitive Wellness

2009-01-17T04:26:00.000-08:00

MS Workbook: Living Fully with Multiple Sclerosis

Author: Robert T Fraser

Multiple sclerosis (MS) can be a terrifying diagnosis for anyone to face. But, as with many other potentially devastating problems, MS can be best controlled and best lived with when sufferers balance prudent lifestyle changes with effective treatment-and these sorts of choices require sound and current information. This workbook, written by a team of doctors and psychologists from the renowned Western MS Center at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is the first available for people with MS. It covers a wide variety of problems, everything from symptom management to sexual function to career opportunities to spirituality.

A team of doctors and psychologists from the Western Multiple Sclerosis Center, the largest MS rehabilitation center in the country, offer this groundbreaking workbook for helping people with MS manage every aspect of their lives, covering topics ranging from managing medical and psychological symptoms to improving their sex lives, from budgeting their finances to exploring employment opportunities.

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	Optimizing Your Medical Management	3
Chapter 2	Getting Things Done: Managing Your Time and Energy	23
Chapter 3	Perspectives on Psychotherapy	35
Chapter 4	Health-Promoting Behaviors	47
Chapter 5	Managing Depression, Anxiety, and Your Emotional Challenges	65
Chapter 6	Alternative Therapy Considerations	87
Chapter 7	Employment Strategies and Community Resources	95
Chapter 8	Disclosure to Employer and Using Job Accommodations	105
Chapter 9	Dealing with Health Insurance and Financial Concerns	117
Chapter 10	Help with Cognitive Problems: Using Neuropsychological Information Effectively	129
Chapter 11	Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income: How to Jump Through Hoops Without Stumbling	143
Chapter 12	The Caring Experience: Developing a Partnership	159
Chapter 13	Living with Multiple Sclerosis: The Connection to Spirituality	173
Chapter 14	Optimizing Your Love and Sex Life	181
Chapter 15	Tapping Available Community Resources	193
Appendix A	Work Experience Survey	203
Appendix B	U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards	209
Appendix C	Employer Incentives for Hiring a Worker with a Disability	213
Appendix D-1	Important Federal Regulations Relating to Multiple Sclerosis and Claims for Disability Benefits from the Social Security Administration	215
Appendix D-2	General Considerations for Medical Reports in a Social Security Claim	219
Appendix D-3	The Daily Activity Questionnaire	223
Appendix D-4	Document the Impact of Your Multiple Sclerosis with Diary and Worksheets	229
	Resources	237
	References	239

New interesting book: At A Glance Nutrition Counter or Yoga in Bed

Intuitive Wellness: Using Your Body's Inner Wisdom to Heal

Author: Laura Alden Kamm

Twenty years ago, Laura Alden Kamm recovered from a near-death experience with the amazing new ability to telepathically scan the structure of a person's body and see inner disturbances in intricate detail. Kamm also had the ability to see Kirlian fields -- the electromagnetic energies that pulse around all organic matter. She has since created educational programs to train others in the intuitive way to prevent or reverse disease.

Kamm shows us how to become our own healers by both preventing disease before it manifests physically and treating existing conditions. Clearly explaining both ancient and newly developing philosophies that guide her work, she offers quick, simple, and practical exercises that help readers learn about their unique energy systems, develop confidence in their intuition, and resolve emotional and physical pain.

When Youre a Parent With Diabetes or New Light on Alcoholism

2009-01-16T19:15:00.000-08:00

When You're a Parent With Diabetes: A Real Life Guide to Staying Healthy While Raising a Family

Author: Kathryn Gregorio Palmer

Finding the time and energy to maintain a healthy diet and exercise program is a challenge for any parent–but it can be a matter of life and death for parents with diabetes. Diabetes in pregnancy, if poorly controlled, can increase the risk of miscarriage, birth defects, and prematurity. Mood swings and personality changes during a parent’s spells of low blood sugar can frighten young children. And even on good days, it can be difficult for a parent to remember to check their glucose levels in the haste of getting the kids off to school.

From the psychological to the medical to the purely practical, Kathryn Gregorio Palmer guides parents with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes through the ups and downs of staying healthy while raising a family. Helpful for adoptive and stepparents as well as moms and dads, the book

answers questions such as:

• What are the risks of being pregnant with diabetes?

• Will I have the energy to handle a rambunctious child?

• Where can I hide my juice boxes so the kids don’t accidentally drink them all?

A mother of two, Palmer blends her own experience with expert advice and tips from other parents to create a compassionate and useful handbook that parents with diabetes will find indispensable.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Florence M. Brown, MD

Preface by Jane K. Dickinson, RN, PhD, CDE

Introduction

Chapter 1: Preparing for Parenthood

Chapter 2: Becoming a Parent

Chapter 3: The First Year of Parenthood

Chapter 4: The Preschool Years

Chapter 5: The School Years and Beyond

Chapter 6: At Any Age

Chapter 7: Keeping Your Eye on the Prize

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New Light on Alcoholism: God, Sam Shoemaker, and A.A. (Second Edition)

Author: Dick B

A comprehensive history and analysis of the all-but-forgotten specific contributions to A.A. spiritual principles and practices by New York's famous Episcopal preacher, the Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr.--dubbed by Bill W. a "co-founder" of Alcoholics Anonymous and credited by Bill as the well-spring of A.A.'s spiritual recovery ideas.

This title is particularly vital to an understanding of A.A.'s spiritual program of recovery. In the earliest days of A.A., Bill Wilson defined spirituality as dependence upon our Creator. And this is precisely what the pioneers did to recover. They prayed to God, using the Lord's Prayer in Matthew, Chapter 6. They sought God first, following the teachings in Matthew 6:33. They accepted the necessity for doing the will of God, as mandated in Matthew 6:10 and Matthew 7:23. And there was no more dedicated Bible teacher for Bill Wilson and for other AAs through his books than the Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in New York. You can find Shoemaker language in the Twelve Steps of A.A. You can find Shoemaker language in A.A.'s Big Book. You can hear it in the meetings. Yet few know that it came from Shoemaker. This book shows the specific items A.A. borrowed, covers the books and teachings of Sam, describes in detail the relationship between Bill Wilson and Sam, and shows the direct impact that Sam had on A.A. as he spoke at two of its International Conventions, wrote for its Grapevine, and kept in regular touch with Wilson from the very first of Bill's sobriety. It is not without accuracy that Bill called Sam a "co-founder" of A.A. and a wellspring of its ideas. They were close friends and mutually respected each other. To the extent that Bill actually asked Sam Shoemaker to write the Twelve Steps. Thus if you wish to understand A.A. talk, ideas, and literature, you will profit from reading this much-revised book about Sam and A.A. It is the up-dated product of 9 years of extensive research.

What People Are Saying

Norman Vincent Peale
Study the impact of Sam Shoemaker on the early years of AA-...a great communicator, an excellent preacher, a talented counselor - loved & respected by all.

Steal My Art or Homeopathic Methodology

2009-01-16T08:04:00.000-08:00

Steal My Art: The Life and Times of T'ai Chi Master

Author: Stuart Alve Olson

Now 101 years old, Master T. T. Liang came to the U.S. from Taiwan in the 1960s to introduce t'ai chi to America. His life story is full of the stuff that makes a great martial arts adventure: a career as a high-ranking government official, street fights and shootouts, opium dens and prostitutes, mystical martial arts masters and monks—the story of a life lived to the absolute maximum. Twenty-five photographs add to the captivating life story of this great t'ai chi master.

Interesting textbook: Methods of Moments and Semiparametric Methods for Limited Dependent and Variable Models or Race Class Gender

Homeopathic Methodology: Repertory, Case Taking, and Case Analysis -- An Introductory Homeopathic

Author: Todd Row

As one begins to learn the homeopathic methodology, repertorising is a difficult, if not ominous endeavor. This book helps to sort out the many nuances of old, and clarify much of the "older" jargon. It explains to the novice homeopath just how to begin taking a case and using the Repertory in practical terms. The author presents the subject in a very logical and understandable sequence. A subject that is normally difficult to master is easily grasped with the help of this book.

Nursing Homes or Mindbody Prescription

2009-01-15T21:51:00.000-08:00

Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey

Author: Peter S Silin

Being the family member of someone in a nursing home is part of a difficult and painful process that begins long before a loved one enters the home. Focusing on the psychological, emotional, and social aspects of that process, Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey gives family members important practical advice and emotional support, and it explains the intricacies of care and nursing homes.

Peter S. Silin approaches his subject with compassion and sensitivity, guiding readers through the entire process. Section one helps caregivers cope with difficult decisions and deal with the emotional issues that arise. Section two describes nursing homes and how they work, and it outlines how to choose a home. Section three explains how to prepare for the day a relative moves into a nursing home and suggests ways to help the resident settle in. The fourth section focuses on the family member's role in solving problems, obtaining quality care, and visiting, and it offers advice about how to deal with death and dying. After each chapter are real-life vignettes written by caregivers which help validate and support the reader.

In assisting their loved ones through the transition to life in a nursing home, one of the greatest obstacles families face is a dearth of practical information and sympathetic experience. This book will help fill the gap for family members and their infirm relatives, as well as for social workers and family therapists. It will also be a valuable tool for nursing home administrators and care staff.

Los Angeles Times

Among the most valuable chapters in this book is one titled "Making a Home Better", which includes wonderful advice on how a loved one can influence what goes on inside a nursing home...His inclusion of real-life stories from the families he's encountered over 20 years anchors the book compassionately.

Booknews

...Gives family members practical advice and emotional support when facing the decision to place a relative in a nursing home and presents voices and stories of family caregivers struggling with the nursing home decision. There is material on talking about care with the relative needing care, caring at home versus finding a nursing home, and a detailed overview of a typical day in a nursing home. There is also discussion of guilt, loss, and grief, visiting, and working with other families to improve a nursing home. Includes a list of US state ombudsperson offices, and a questionnaire for assessing a nursing home. Silin is a geriatric social worker and principal of a geriatric care management company in Canada.

Peter S. Belson

This is a terrific book that will be of immense comfort and benefit to those who read it. Families dealing with aging and chronic illness need concrete information, decision support and clear, empathic guidance to face and accept the storm of emotions that accompany these issues. Peter Silin's book does all of that, in a calm, forthright and sometimes humorous manner that goes directly to the often unspoken pain that complicates the process of choice. The inclusion of the stories from support group members is invaluable. I enthusiastically recommend this work to clients and fellow care management professionals.

William H. Thomas

These true stories speak with power and passion.

Lilian Wells

The information in Nursing Homes is of excellent quality. The vignettes are a powerful supplement to each section. Silin's style is informal and easy to read but based on sound theoretical principles, research, and 'best practices' in gerontology.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Myra A Aud, PhD, RN (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Description: This book speaks directly to families who are faced with decisions about nursing home placement. It discusses a variety of issues related to nursing home placement decisions and supplements that discussion with narratives from family caregivers of their experiences.
Purpose: The purpose is to assist family caregivers who are faced with the prospect of nursing home placement for an elderly relative. The book includes information about choosing a nursing home, making the transition into the nursing home, and assuring quality care after admission. This information is needed by family caregivers who are often simply told by healthcare providers to "go and find a nursing home." The author has provided important information to help them in that search and also to cope with the feelings surrounding the placement of a relative in a nursing home.
Audience: Throughout the book, the author is speaking directly to family members: spouses, sons, daughters. Although this book is written especially for families, it would be valuable reading for geriatric social workers, clergy, nurses, and long-term care administrators. The author's experience as a geriatric social worker establishes his credibility. In the preface he describes listening to family members in a support group setting and at other times as they described their experiences placing relatives in nursing homes.
Features: The book includes topics related to making decisions about care for an elderly relative, choosing a nursing home, making the actual transition into the nursing home, and assuring quality care after admission. In addition to providing factual information about long-term care and the process of decision making, the author addresses the feelings that family members experience and how to cope with those feelings. The attention to the feelings of the family members, and the author's concern for the family members, are especially valuable features of this book. The size of the potential audience is increased by the author's inclusion of information about both the Canadian and U.S. long-term care systems. The appendixes include questionnaires to assist families in evaluating different nursing homes.
Assessment: I was very impressed with the insertion of narratives from family members between the chapters. Hearing directly of the experiences of family caregivers reinforces the material and makes the chapter's information more immediate and less didactic. The content of the chapters is excellent and should be useful for families. Reading it I could identify advice that I have shared with families struggling with decisions about nursing home placement. Although I have read other books about nursing home placement and nursing home quality, this book stands out for its focus on the feelings of the families at this stressful time.

Booknews

Gives family members practical advice and emotional support when facing the decision to place a relative in a nursing home and presents voices and stories of family caregivers struggling with the nursing home decision. There is material on talking about care with the relative needing care, caring at home versus finding a nursing home, and a detailed overview of a typical day in a nursing home. There is also discussion of guilt, loss, and grief, visiting, and working with other families to improve a nursing home. Includes a list of US state ombudsperson offices, and a questionnaire for assessing a nursing home. Silin is a geriatric social worker and principal of a geriatric care management company in Canada. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

5 Stars! from Doody

Look this: Sandra Day OConnor or God in the White House

Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

Author: John E Sarno

Pain disorders have reached epidemic proportion in the United States. At the same time, pioneering physicians like Dr. Sarno have identified the primary role emotions play in causing illness. As a result, we stand on the brink of beign able to understand and treat many disorders withou drugs, physical therapy, or sugery.

The Mindbody Prescription teaches you:

How emotions stimulate the brain to produce physical symptions
How TMS -- Tension Myositis Syndrome -- a a major cause of back, neck, shoulder, and limb pain

Your mind and body are one, inextricably linked. You are stronger than you know and have more power over your body than you probably realize. But you must learn how to tap that wonderful potential. That is the goal of The Mindbody Prescription: to provide you with a powerful weapon in the war on pain and disability.

What People Are Saying

Anne Bancroft
"John Sarno has changed my life and the lives of all the people to whom I have recommended him. He was healing patients with the mindbody connection long before anyone else I know. He is a true miracle worker."

Howard Stern
"My life before Dr. Sarno was filled with excruciating back and shoulder pain. For twenty years I also suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder and thought my back pain was due to my height or some sort of spine problem and that my OCD was a chemical imbalance and only treatable with medication. But all my thoughts were wrong. Imagine the miracle in my life when in a matter of weeks my back pain disappeared. Imagine my shock when I applied Dr. Sarno's principles and never suffered a single symptom again. Quite simply -- I owe Dr. Sarno a lot."

John Stossel
"For fifteen years, my life revolved around my back. I took time off from work, conducted meetings lying on the floor, and slept with ice bags. Could this be psychogenic? I had considered Dr. Sarno's idea preposterous, but ten years ago I was talked into seeing him. I haven't had back problems since. If Dr. Sarno is right about other psychogenic pain, America is wasting billions of dollars. What a tragedy." -- Correspondent, 20/20

Benjamin J. Sadock
"Dr. Sarno describes in clearly written and understandable language how emotions influence and cause illness... He has cured thousands with debilitating chronic back pain and now offers curative approaches to other painful conditions... I recommend this book highly." -- Professor and vice chairman, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center

The Fashion System or Chronic Pain and the Family

2009-01-15T12:36:00.000-08:00

The Fashion System

Author: Roland Barthes

In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine--the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion--Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who don't calculate; if clothing's producers and consumers had the same consciousness, clothing would be bought (and produced) only at the very slow rate of its dilapidation."

Go to: Contabilidad de Colegio:unos Capítulos de Acercamiento Prácticos 1-12 con Guía de Estudio y Papeles de trabajo

Chronic Pain and the Family: A New Guide (Family Health Guides Series)

Author: Julie K Silver

Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting as many as 48 million people in this country alone. It can demoralize and depress both patient and family, especially when there is no effective pain control and no hope for relief. Improperly managed, chronic pain can lead to substance abuse (usually painkillers) and to acute psychological and emotional distress. Pain begets stress and stress begets pain in a wretched downward spiral.

Silver reviews the causes and characteristics of chronic pain and explores its impact on individual family relationships and on the extended family, covering such issues as employment, parenting, childbearing and inheritance, and emotional health. Silver treats aspects of chronic pain not covered in a typical office visit: how men and women differ in their experience of chronic pain, the effect of chronic pain on a toddler's behavior or an older child's performance in school, the risks of dependence on and addiction to pain medications, and practical ways for relatives beyond the immediate family circle to offer help and support to the person in pain.

1	What is chronic pain?	1
2	Effect on the couple	20
3	Intimacy and sexual activity	35
4	Work issues	45
5	Childbearing and inheritance	57
6	Growing up with a parent in pain	64
7	Chronic pain in children	75
8	The extended family	86
9	Emotional changes and depression	95
10	Medication dependence and addiction	104
11	Diagnosing chronic pain conditions	118
12	Traditional treatment options	124
13	Complementary and alternative medicine	139

The Patient from Hell or The Great Physicians Rx for Depression and Anxiety

2009-01-15T00:23:00.000-08:00

The Patient from Hell: How I Worked with My Doctors to Get the Best of Modern Medicine and How You Can Too

Author: Stephen Schneider

Threatened with a rare and life-threatening cancer, a scientist works with his doctors to make decisions in the face of uncertainty

Journal of the American Medical Association

"Compelling...offers a number of positive and useful messages for patients enduring chemotherapy, radiation, and other cancer treatment."

MacLean's

"An emotional account of the pain and fear [Schneider] felt while he was ill."

Publishers Weekly

Schneider, a climate scientist at Stanford and a MacArthur fellow, brought skills rooted in the uncertainty of his own field to bear on the treatments he received for mantle cell lymphoma, a rare condition for which treatments were relatively new. With his wife, Terry, also a scientist, he learned as much as possible about the protocol he had been assigned and read up on his oncologist, a leader in this type of cancer, Dr. Sandra Horning. Schneider gives a detailed account of the painful and otherwise unpleasant side effects of the chemotherapy, radiation and bone-marrow transplant he endured in a determined effort to arrest the disease. From the beginning, the author researched probabilities and outcomes and sought to modify decisions made by his physicians. Most importantly, after some resistance, Dr. Horning agreed to use Rituxan for Schneider as maintenance therapy to prolong his remission. Although the author's scientific language can be daunting, patients will relate to his arguments for the importance of patient advocates, individualization of treatments and the negative role bottom-line accounting plays in medical judgments made by HMOs. (Oct.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Look this: Imperial Hubris or Who Let the Dogs In

The Great Physician's Rx for Depression and Anxiety

Author: Jordan Rubin

A total lifestyle program for the health of the spirit, mind, and body.

According to the latest government statistics, around 19 million Americans suffer from clinical depression. Depression and anxiety affect your thoughts, moods, feelings, behavior, sleep, eating habits, career, sex life, and relationships with your family and friends. Why are so many people depressed and anxious about the present or the future?

The yoke around our necks these days is our complicated, hyper-speed, shop-until-we-drop, always-on-the-go lives. Too many physicians, when facing a patient complaining about feeling depressed, reach for their prescription pads to solve the problem. Instead, this total lifestyle program for the health of the body, mind, and spirit is more comprehensive than a prescription for antidepressants. This plan is based on the Seven Keys to unlock your God-given health potential from The Great Physician's Rx for Health and Wellness but targeted specifically for depression and anxiety.

Introduction: Down for the Count....................v
Key #1: Eat to Live....................1
Key #2: Supplement Your Diet with Whole Food Nutritionals, Living Nutrients, and Superfoods....................32
Key #3: Practice Advanced Hygiene....................41
Key #4: Condition Your Body with Exercise and Body Therapies....................48
Key #5: Reduce Toxins in Your Environment....................57
Key #6: Avoid Deadly Emotions....................63
Key #7: Live a Life of Prayer and Purpose....................69
The Great Physician's Rx for Depression and Anxiety Battle Plan....................74
Notes....................97
About the Authors....................101

The First Year Parkinsons Disease or Endometriosis

2009-01-14T14:12:00.000-08:00

The First Year Parkinson's Disease: The Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Author: Jackie Hunt Christensen

Parkinson's disease—a chronic disorder that causes a progressive loss of nerve cell function in the part of the brain that controls muscle movement—is an incurable neurological condition with debilitating symptoms. Over 1.5 million Americans are affected, and the numbers continue to grow. From the first moment of her Parkinson's diagnosis, author Jackie Christensen took charge and educated herself on every aspect of her condition. Now, as a "patient-expert," she guides those newly diagnosed step by step through their first year with Parkinson's. She provides crucial information about the nature of the disease, treatment options, diet, exercise, charts and tables, social concerns, emotional issues, networking with others, and much more. The First Year—Parkinson's Disease will be an invaluable guide for all those who want to be an informed, active participant in the management of their condition.

Library Journal

These two volumes continue the "First Year" series written by the diagnosed for the newly diagnosed (see also Type 2 Diabetes, Hepatitis C, and Fibroids). Chapters are chronologically arranged: days one through seven after the diagnosis, the remaining weeks of the first month, then monthly for the remainder of the year. Each chapter contains a learning section (factual aspects of diagnosis, treatment, nutrition, support, and clinical trials) and a living section (practical tips and anecdotes on family/social issues, diagnosis and treatment, and financial matters). Both books are written accessibly and compassionately and stress patient empowerment. Although their content is medically sound and fairly comprehensive, it is more shallow than introductive in that it glosses over topics without giving much indication of their complexity or depth. For instance, in Prostate Cancer, there is no mention of how and why biopsies are not 100 percent accurate. While both books have a table of contents and plans for an index, topics are often scattered (e.g., "PSA testing" in Prostate Cancer and "caregivers" in Parkinson's Disease). Unfortunately, too, glossary definitions tend toward the technical, with terms like genetic transmission and biochemical changes, and resource sections lack effective organization and key governmental resources (e.g., MedlinePlus). These are marginal purchases for consumer health collections, especially those that have Nutan Sharma and Elaine Richman's Parkinson's Disease and the Family: A New Guide and American Cancer Society's Complete Guide to Prostate Cancer, edited by David G. Bostwick and others. (Indexes, illustrations, and diagrams not seen.)-Janice Flahiff, Medical Univ. Lib. of Ohio, Toledo Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Interesting textbook: Delivering Carrier Ethernet or Enterprise Service Bus

Endometriosis: The Complete Reference for Taking Charge of Your Health

Author: Mary Lou Ballweg

Bestselling health authors present must-have information for managing endometriosis

Endometriosis is a serious disease associated with pain, immune dysfunction, infertility, cancer, and autoimmune diseases that can be managed only through active, informed decision making. Developed by the Endometriosis Association, Endometriosis provides new information on treatments and lifestyle changes that gives women with endometriosis and their families the tools they need to successfully manage the disease.

This authoritative guide contains groundbreaking new discoveries on endometriosis and its relationship to autoimmune problems, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and other poorly understood diseases.

Endometriosis also includes new information on:

Cutting-Edge Therapies for Pain Relief
New Information on Nutrition and Alternative Treatments
The Latest Research on Medical Therapies
Special Sections on Menopause, Teens with Endo, Cancer, and Environmental Toxins

Mary Lou Ballweg is the founder, president, and executive director of the Endometriosis Association and was the lead author on its two previous books on the subject. The Endometriosis Association was founded 23 years ago and now has groups and members worldwide.

The Art of Getting Well or Managing Chronic Illness

2009-01-14T03:00:00.000-08:00

The Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health and Well-Being When You Have a Chronic Illness

Author: David Spero

A majority of chronic illnesses have no medical cure. The best therapy, asserts the author, is self-care. This comprehensive guide suggests healthy behaviors and holistic approaches while acknowledging the barriers people face in applying them.

Publishers Weekly

Spero, a practicing nurse who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis over a decade ago, presents an accessible, practical and encouraging self-care manual for the chronically ill. Spero's five-step plan for assisting with physical recovery slowing down, making positive changes, maintaining a support network, learning to value one's body and taking some responsibility for improvement may well be useful for the healthy and ill alike. Each step is presented in detail and is interwoven with both the author's personal experiences and those of other patients. Spero describes how a 53-year-old woman diagnosed with severe hypertension made two job changes in order to find work that not only was less stressful, but also gave her greater satisfaction. He provides many examples of the benefits of building a wide support network: relying on several rather than one "helper" actually gave patients more independence. Of particular interest is the list of "twenty-four reasons to live," which suggests creative ideas to lift depression, such as getting a pet, spending more time in nature and developing new hobbies. The author is careful to stress the importance of health professionals but is convinced that caring for oneself emotionally enhances medical treatment. (May) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Foreword....................vi
Important Note....................vii
Preface....................viii
Chapter 1 Studies Show Life Is Hard....................1
Chapter 2 Slow Down or Crash....................18
Chapter 3 Make a Change, Any Change....................33
Chapter 4 All the Help We Can Get....................50
Chapter 5 Twenty-Four Reasons to Live....................73
Chapter 6 Growing Up Under Fire....................90
Chapter 7 Your Body-Love It or Leave It....................108
Chapter 8 The Art of Getting Well....................124
Chapter 9 Your Self-Care Plan....................139
Chapter 10 Beyond Self-Care....................156
Self-Help....................169
References....................181
Resources....................202

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Managing Chronic Illness: Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach: A Mental Health Professional's Guide to Helping Chronically Ill People

Author: Patricia A Fennell

A pioneering book to help maximize the quality of life for chronically ill patients Written by a leading authority on chronic illness treatment and management, Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach provides evidence-based practice guidelines for clinicians to help their clients with debilitating health problems embrace a new "normal," understand the cyclical nature of their illness, and function at the highest level possible.
Patricia Fennell's groundbreaking model for understanding chronic illness identifies and describes four broad phases experienced by the chronically ill: crisis, stabilization, resolution, and integration. Using a broad array of case histories, Fennell vividly illustrates what clients need at each phase and how to assess and respond to them compassionately. Fennell also suggests how clinicians may best use their own changing experiences in their work to help clients transition through the four phases.
The goal of the "Four-Phase Model" is to maximize a client's quality of life without offering false hope for a cure, making it an effective treatment strategy for diverse client populations, including people with physiological diseases; patients whose lives are being prolonged by modern medicine; and people who suffer from addiction, post-traumatic stress syndrome, intractable pain, and post-rape and abuse conditions.
Complete with detailed treatment protocols for documenting a client's symptoms and quality of life at each phase, Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach is a highly practical book for everyone working with chronically ill clients.

Freedoms after 50 or Robotics in Urologic Surgery

2009-01-13T17:49:00.000-08:00

Freedoms after 50

Author: Sue Patton Thoel

Freedoms After 50 is a lighthearted yet meaningful exploration of the liberties women over 50 have gained through experience, awareness, and lives well lived. Inspirational and even provocative, it delivers Sue Patton Thoele's simple yet profound human truths with warmth, whimsy, and power.

Robotics in Urologic Surgery

Author: Joseph A Smith Jr

This new reference is devoted to the exploding area of robotic-assisted urologic surgery. It covers setting up robotics and instrumentation, as well as adapting laparoscopic equipment to this exciting new technology. It also guides you through a full range of robotic procedures including prostatectomy, which is experiencing significant success and patient satisfaction by using robotic technology, as well as nephrectomy, adrenalectomy, vasovasostomy, and pediatric procedures. Full color illustrations help familiarize you with the latest surgical techniques and instrumentation.

Learn about the indications for robotic urologic surgery and the potential improvements in patient outcomes.
Covers all urologic procedures that are adaptable to robotic technology with chapters on cystectomy, nephrectomy, prostatectomy, vasovasostomy, and adrenalectomy.
Offers full color images of procedures to enhance surgical concepts.

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Reviewer:Edouard Trabulsi, MS(Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College)
Description:The 20 chapters in this book, written by prominent minimally invasive surgeons from the U.S. and Europe, highlight the field of robotic surgery in urologic practice.
Purpose:The authors wish to expose readers to the breadth of experience of robotic surgery for urologic procedures, and to explain the history and development of the currently available technologies. The chapters explain technical aspects of robotic urologic procedures, with significant graphics, including drawings and operative photographs. The authors also highlight the published literature demonstrating functional results as well as operative parameters and complications of the various procedures. The book appears all-inclusive, covering all aspects of this exploding field, as well as projected future developments.
Audience:Novice robotic surgeons, as well as trainees in medical school, their residencies, and fellowships are the intended audience. The book describes the steps necessary to start a successful program, including the importance of a dedicated surgical team, and devotes several chapters to specific, technical operating room nuances to help novices succeed.
Features:The majority of the book focuses on robotic prostatectomy, accounting for 12 of the 20 chapters. This is not surprising, considering robotic prostatectomy is the most commonly performed robotic procedure in urology. The remaining chapters cover the history of robotics in urology, the use of robotics in surgical procedures of the kidney and bladder, and pediatric robotic surgery andnonurologic robotic surgery. The final chapter highlights some of the financial considerations of this expensive technology. The chapters on the whole are well written and comprehensive, and the illustrations are a strong point, with excellent color pictures. There is considerable overlap among the chapters, however, particularly with the robotic prostate chapter. Additionally, the quality of the chapters is uneven, with some very brief, and others redundant.
Assessment:The book works well as a snapshot of the available technology and its current and future applicability to the practice of urology. The field of robotic surgery is exploding, and this book captures the growth curve we are witnessing before our eyes.

100 Blessings Every Day or Miladys Professional Instructor for Cosmetology Barber Styling and Nail Technology

2009-01-13T05:37:00.000-08:00

100 Blessings Every Day: Daily Twelve Step Recovery Affirmations, Exercises for Personal Growth and Renewal Reflecting Seasons of the Jewish Year

Author: Kerry M Olitzky

Recovery is a conscious choice from moment to moment, day in and day out. In this helpful and healing book of daily recovery meditations, found in the Bible and Jewish tradition, Kerry Olitzky gives us words to live by day after day, throughout the annual cycle of holiday observances and special times of the Jewish calendar. Its "exercises" help us move from thinking to doing.

"The calendar may not always be in sync with the seasons of our own life. We have crises, passages, get stuck along the way....For all of us, our lives re_ect the calendar of the Jewish people wandering through the barren desert, the midbar, laboring to the way home to the Promised Land." - from One Hundred Blessings Every Day

"I love the format of One Hundred Blessings Every Day and the way you have tied recovery principles to use on a day-to-day basis." - Harriet Rosetto, Director, Gateways Beit T'shuvah

Interesting textbook: Russias Economy of Favours or Business and Information Systems

Milady's Professional Instructor for Cosmetology, Barber-Styling, and Nail Technology

Author: Linda J How

This specialized book was designed to aid instructors in better preparing themselves for effectiveness, successful teaching in the cosmetology field. Designed for use in all teacher training courses, this manual provides up-to-date, valuable tips for successful teaching. ALSO AVAILABLE Workbook, ISBN: 1-56253-232-4 Exam Review, ISBN: 1-56253-315-0 INSTUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Guide, ISBN: 1-56253-233-2

Diabetic Meals in 30 Minutes Or Less or Mens Health Total Body Workout Poster Book

2009-01-12T20:25:00.000-08:00

Diabetic Meals in 30 Minutes--Or Less!

Author: Robyn Webb

Quick and Nutritional Meals for People with Diabetes

This new edition shows you how to prepare great-tastingmeals specifically for people with diabetes, in 30 minutes or less.Each recipe now adheres to the new nutrition guidelines of theAmerican Diabetes Association and is guaranteed to be low insaturated fat. Whether you're looking forappetizers, desserts, soups, salads, or entrees, Diabetic Mealsin 30 Minutes—Or Less! offers more than 140 great-tasting andfast recipes.

Books about: China or Silence on the Mountain

Men's Health Total Body Workout Poster Book: Sculpt an Amazing Physique in as Little as 20 Minutes a Day

Author: Mens Health

Men's Health Total Body Workout Poster Book

Sculpt an Amazing Physique in as Little as 20 Minutes a Day!

A different kind of pinup

Men's Health magazine's legendary workout posters have appeared on some of the finest walls in America, from the home gyms of the rich and famous to the dorm rooms of the young and ambitious. Wherever muscle is built, wherever a man's thoughts turn to exercise and self-improvement, that's where you'll find these posters.

Now, for the first time, Men's Health has collected 24 posters in one book. Inside, you'll find:

• Super-effective total-body muscle-building routines for both beginner and advanced exercisers

• A total-body fat-loss workout to take inches off your waist in just 4 weeks

• Turn on the Power!, a 6-month program to add hundreds of pounds to your bench press, squat, and deadlift

• Six 20-minute workouts showing you how to pump up, lean out, or even fix a bad back in less time than it takes to watch your favorite sitcom

• An all-ab workout featuring eight unique exercises we bet you've never tried

• Our Total-Body Workout series, with 10 posters full of fresh, innovative exercises to add solid muscle to your chest, back, shoulders, and biceps

Every fully illustrated poster features easy-to-follow, simple-to-understand exercise routines designed by the top trainers and strength coaches in the world.

So what are you waiting for? With 24 classic workouts to choose from, you'll never run out of exciting, effective new routines to help make you leaner, stronger, and healthier--guaranteed!

Staying Power or Nurturing Yourself Through IVF

2009-01-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

Staying Power: Maintaining Your Low-Carb Weight Loss for Good

Author: Mary Dan Eades MD

The ultimate 365-day lifestyle plan

You've done the diet. Now find out how to maintain your optimal weight and health—for life!

With their 4-million-copy bestseller Protein Power, the Eades were among the first to bring you news of the low-carb revolution. Now, with this groundbreaking new book, they offer you a total step-by-step program for making the new you a lifelong success story.

If you've achieved or nearly achieved your weight-loss and health goals following the Eades' plan or any other low-carb diet plan, Staying Power supplies you with everything you need to take the big leap from low-carb dieting to a satisfying lifestyle. Staying Power arms you with a gold mine of clinically proven tools and strategies, including:

• A transition-to-maintenance program that helps you make the transition from dieting to maintaining—including two weeks of transitional meal plans

• A month's worth of delicious maintenance meal plans

• The 7-Day Low-Carb Boot Camp for when you've slipped or plateaued

• Almost sixty pages of answers to all your low-carb questions

• Indispensable advice on how to stick to your low-carb plan during holidays and special events, at restaurants, and while traveling

• A 365-day fill-in planner, including tips, motivational quotes, and other valuable resources

• Insights, advice, and inspiration from people who've made the transition to a low-carb lifestyle

• And more!

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Are You Ready for Maintenance?

Chapter 2: Transition: The Journey Begins.

Chapter 3: Maintenance: One Size Fits You.

Chapter 4: Maintenance: The Balancing Act.

Chapter 5: Answers to All Your Low-Carb Questions.

Appendix A: Protein Requirements.

Appendix B: Protein and Carbohydrate Servings Lists.

Appendix C: Meal Planner Worksheet.

Appendix D: The Staying Power LifePlanner.

Index.

Look this: Fresh from the Garden Cookbook or History of Wine in America Volume 1

Nurturing Yourself Through IVF: Improve Your Experience, Maximize Your Odds of Success

Author: Lynn Daley

In vitro fertilization (IVF) offers tremendous hope for couples struggling with infertility. It also presents significant challenges.

Many women find that by the time they reach an IVF cycle, they are tired of waiting, wondering and putting on a brave face for others. Very often, they feel alone and powerless.

In this warm, encouraging book, Lynn Daley returns some power to her readers. Drawing on the principles of the mind-body connection and the practical advice of more than one hundred women going through IVF, Daley offers simple, helpful ways to make the most of an IVF cycle.

What People Are Saying

Randine Lewis
"Many are searching for the right way to approach IVF, yet no two people will find the perfect approach in any externally defined method. Nurturing Yourself Through IVF empowers you to find your own way. A handbook, a companion, a reminder that you are not alone in this, Lynn Daley brings her hard earned compassion to help others take out the suffering in this trying journey toward parenthood."
—Ph.D., author of The Infertility Cure

Shelley C.
"This book was right on the money for me - I feel understood and definitely more hopeful."
—IVF Patient

Lisa B.
"Finally, a book that gets it. I'm beyond reading about the ABCs of infertility - I want to know how to improve my chances of getting pregnant with IVF"
—IVF Patient

4 Week Ultimate Body Detox or The Handbook for Health Through Drugless Therapy

2009-01-11T23:00:00.000-08:00

4-Week Ultimate Body Detox: A Program for Greater Energy, Health and Vitality

Author: Michelle Schoffro Cook

"Michelle shares her compelling story of healing with wisdom and compassion as she gently guides you through this exceptional book. Read her book carefully and put into practice her simple, straightforward, commonsense principles, and you will be glad you did for the rest of your long and healthy life."
—Harvey Diamond, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Fit for Life

"Michelle's detox plan is an elegant, gentle, yet life-saving methodology, well conceived through personal experience and thoroughly grounded in research. I heartily recommend it."
—Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, Editor in Chief of American Fitness

"At last, a well-researched, simple, and manageable purification plan for our bodies and our souls."
—Linda Kavelin Popov, founder of the Virtues Project and author of A Pace of Grace and The Family Virtues Guide

Imagine waking up without an ache or pain, going through your day with energy, and ending it by enjoying a refreshing night's sleep. Then imagine waking up to do it all over again. Think it's impossible? Think again. The key is eliminating toxins in your body and your life. The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan shows you how to get rid of toxins using a simple and effective step-by-step approach. Toxins can leave you feeling sluggish, achy, heavy, and out of shape. They can also lead to disease in the form of cancer, arthritis, diabetes, allergies, and many other serious illnesses. This book explains how herbs, foods, juices, aromatherapy, exercise, breathing techniques, and other natural therapies can help you to feel better than ever. You will learn how to eliminatetoxins from your respiratory system, liver, gallbladder, kidneys, urinary tract, and more. Based on a decade and a half of research and experience, The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan helps your body rebuild. If you want to feel great, this plan will show you how.

Acknowledgements.

1: How Toxic Are You?

2: You Are What You Eat and Drink.

3: You Are What You Breathe, Think, and Do.

4: Th e Gentle Detox Solution.

5: Th e 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan.

6: Power-Packed Detoxification.

7: Emotional Detox Strategies.

8: Targeting the Kidneys and Intestines.

9: Targeting the Lymphatic System (and Cellulite).

10: Targeting the Liver and Gallbladder.

11: Targeting the Blood, Lungs, and Skin.

12: Complementary Detox Therapies.

13: Th e Ultimate Body Detox Plan Recipes.

14: Th e 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan Lifestyle.

Resources.

Bibliography.

Index.

Interesting book: Secret Life of Water or The Spiritual Self

The Handbook for Health Through Drugless Therapy

Author: Harold Reilly

Edgar Cayce's natural, drug-free techniques for restoring a healthy body, mind, and spirit often anticipated the discoveries of modern medical research for decades. Now, for the first time, a world-famous medical practitioner with forty-five years' experience in the Cayce therapies combines the renowned psychic's wisdom with his own experience.

Chinese Nutrition Therapy or The Itinerary of a Breakfast

2009-01-11T13:49:00.000-08:00

Chinese Nutrition Therapy

Author: Joerg Kastner

Chinese Nutrition Therapy shows how a daily diet in tune with the seasons and the body's requirements can maintain health and help heal medical problems; from the common cold and flu to cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, OB-GYN, skin, immune system, respiratory and eye disorders, just to name a few.

Key features:
• Part I introduces the principles of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese dietetics, outlines the causes of diseases, and introduces the energetics of foods
• Part II and Part III describe Chinese dietetics in practice and introduce important dietary factors such as times of day, seasonal adaptations, pathogenic factors, as well as the different dietary requirements of children and seniors
• Part IV gives practical tips for successful implementation of Chinese nutrition therapy, and provides food classifications for the most common food categories: vegetables, grains, spices and herbs, fruit, meat, fish/seafood, dairy products, eggs, oils and fats, nuts and seeds and other foods
• Part V lists many clinical examples and treatment suggestions
• Part VI, as a handy reference, lists the healing characteristics of foods from A—Z

Chinese Nutrition Therapy is a "must read" for physicians, TCM practitioners, nutrition therapists, and all others concerned with healing and staying healthy. Written by an M.D. and long-time practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it bridges Western allopathic medicine and Chinese syndrome diagnosis.

The Itinerary of a Breakfast

Author: J H Kellogg

Dr. J. H. Kellogg, who, along with his brother, invented the corn flake, here offers a "popular account of the travels of a breakfast through the food tube and of the ten gates and several stations through which it passes, also the obstacles which it sometimes meets." At the time he wrote this book, Dr. J. H. Kellogg was the medical director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Kellogg was a committed Adventist who was very interested in proper diet and health, which led to his medical vocation, but also to a keen interest to find natural remedies for disease. Among other things, he promoted vegetarianism, which led to the development of the corn flake and other breakfast cereals. He was the author of more than fifty books.

Alvin Ailey Dance Moves or Cholesterol Counter

2009-01-11T01:37:00.000-08:00

Alvin Ailey Dance Moves!: A New Way to Exercise

Author: Lise Friedman

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is among the premier modern dance companies in the world. One of the hallmarks of an Ailey-trained dancer is a supremely versatile, strong, beautifully toned body—the result of deep immersion in an array of dance and movement techniques. Now there's a dynamic exercise book that brings those benefits home.Alvin Ailey Dance Moves! draws from the many disciplines taught at The Ailey School—from classical ballet to West African and Indian dance to yoga. Created for people of all abilities, the program helps to improve posture and increase strength, stamina, flexibility, and muscle tone, relieve aches and pains, and support relaxation and well-being. Featuring leading dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, and students from The Ailey School in stunning color photographs paired with lucid, step-by-step instructions, the program is easy to learn and easy to stick with. Alvin Ailey Dance Moves! is for anyone who loves dance, and for everyone who is committed to personal health and wellness.

Author Bio: Lise Friedman, a former dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, writes frequently about the performing arts. She was editor of the award-winning quarterly Dance Ink and is the author of First Lessons in Ballet and Break a Leg! The Kid's Guide to Acting and Stagecraft. She lives with her family in Brooklyn.

Library Journal

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is known for incorporating the elements of ballet, modern dance, West African and Indian dance, and yoga into its performances. Friedman (First Lessons in Ballet), who was formerly with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, here draws on techniques taught at the Ailey School to create a different kind of workout book. Friedman explains step by step 52 basic moves and positions, which can be combined in long or short workouts. The elements include movements designed to build balance, strength, stretching ability, and good posture, as well as warmups and cool-downs. In 250 color pictures that are an inspiration in themselves, dancers from the Ailey company clearly delineate the proper execution of each exercise, showing their grace and strength in each shot. This is just the ticket for those who prefer dance to standard aerobics-and in between workouts, it's a terrific coffee-table book. With a foreword by Ailey alumna Judith Jameson.-Susan B. Hagloch, formerly with Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, OH Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Look this: Entender Sem lucro e Imposto Organizações Isentas (2006)

Cholesterol Counter: Lower Cholesterol the Easy Way

Author: Kate Santon

With a clear introductory section on what cholesterol actually is and how you can lower it, followed by fat and cholesterol counts for all common foods, this indispensable pocket-sized guide is the easy way to monitor cholesterol. Interspersed with interesting factoids this book dispels myths and gives practical advice on how to sensibly lower cholesterol. Factual information is clearly laid out in table format, making it quick to compare similar food products and adopt simple dietary changes to help reduce the chance of heart attacks, strokes, and blood vessel problems. This is the perfect book for those following a diet plan who have previously had a high fat intake and are looking to lower their cholesterol.

I Need an OperationNow What or Having Faith

2009-01-10T15:25:00.000-08:00

I Need an Operation...Now What?: A Patient's Guide to a Safe and Successful Outcome

Author: Thomas R Russell

A patient's guide to a safe and successful outcome

I Need an Operation . . . Now What? gives patients the information they need to boost their chances of having a successful surgical experience, with the best possible results. Written in patient-friendly, non-technical language, this book is designed to help patients understand the process of having an operation from start to finish. Inside this complete and compassionate manual, patients will learn:
• How to find a qualified surgeon who is right for their situation
• When to get, and how to go about finding a second opinion
• How to ask about the risks and benefits of having an operation...and much more!

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Reviewer:Carol EH Scott-Conner, MD, PhD(University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)
Description:This slender paperback contains a wealth of information for anyone facing surgery. Unique features include boxes addressing "Things to Ask the Surgeon," "Insiders Tips," and "Patient Perspectives.""
Purpose:The purpose is to make having an operation "an easier experience" for the reader. The author believes that informed patients will be better able to participate actively in their care, which will lead to better communication and better outcomes. The book succeeds admirably at these simple and worthy objectives.
Audience:The book is written for anyone who needs an operation. The author is a surgeon, a surgical leader, and a person who has undergone surgery himself. He is thus triply qualified.
Features:An introductory chapter is designed to put readers at ease with asking difficult questions and ascertaining the need for the procedure and the qualifications of the surgeon. It then progresses naturally through decision for surgery, choice of surgeon, preparation and day of surgery, postoperative phases (both in hospital and after discharge). Three appendixes provide additional information and names of authoritative web sites.
Assessment:There is an amazing amount of information in this book. Specific procedures are not discussed in detail, but rather used (through the patient vignettes) to illustrate particular points. The author does not hesitate to call a spade a spade, counseling patients, for example, "Make sure all health care providers wash their hands before..."in one of the "Insider's Tips." I hope this book is widely distributed; it fills a needed gap in patient education material.

What People Are Saying

Along with your love and support, the greatest gift you can give a loved one or friend facing or weighing the benefits and risks of surgery is a copy of this book. With his thoughtful, clear, very accessible writing, Dr. Russell, with the American College of Surgeons, provides a wealth of informational resources that every patient can draw on. He gives excellent advice on how to ask good questions and become an informed, empowered consumer. Most importantly, he urges you, the patient, to "take control and become fully informed about your options." This book will help you do that, prepare you for the effects of surgery and how to deal with them and give you confidence as you navigate through the health care system.
—Helen Darling, president of the National Business Group on Health

Like a true professional, Dr. Russell gives surgical patients-to-be all the information and support needed to make decisions that meet their needs as only they can know them. This book is not only practical, but also highly respectful, most educational. Patients can use this book to navigate through their surgical experience while we all push for a better organized health care delivery system.
—Richard J. Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association

Every year millions of Americans face the prospect of surgery with a great deal of fear and uncertainty. Dr. Thomas Russell's book provides patients and their families with critical information on such questions like "Do I need this surgery?" to "How do I protect myself from medical errors?" and "When can I go home?" Written in clear English, the book can allow people to undergo surgery with all of the information they need to help make it a safe and successful operation.
— Margaret E. O'Kane, president, National Committee for Quality Assurance

Via this well-crafted book and other expressions of his national leadership, Thomas Russell shows remarkable empathy for patients seeking to minimize their surgical risk. His practical suggestions embed great sensitivity to the public's right to know about a surgeon's prior results, to be told when unexpected events occur, and how difficult it is for many patients to advocate for themselves. Buy this book for your parents......and be prepared to borrow it back from them.
—Arnold Milstein MD, Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health

Books about: Hope Recovery or Explosive Running

Having Faith

Author: Sandra Steingraber

As an ecologist, Sandra Steingraber spent her professional life observing how living things interact with their environments. Now, 38 and pregnant, she had become a habitat-for a population of one.

Having Faith is Steingraber's exploration of the intimate ecology of motherhood. Using her scientist's eye to study the biological drama of new life being knit from the molecules of air, food, and water flowing into her body, she looks at the environmental hazards that now threaten pregnant and breastfeeding women, and examines the effects these toxins can have on a child. Having Faith makes the metamorphosis of a few cells into a baby astonishingly vivid, and the dangers to human reproduction urgently real.

Economist

Intelligent, thoughtful and beautifully written, Steingraber's book...deserves to be called a classic.

Mothering Magazine

Very well written ... a persuasive call to action.

Toronto Star

[Having Faith] is invaluable...Its content informs as the language sings.

Earthmatters

Lyrical...Read it to find out why [Steingraber] is being called the next Rachel Carson.

Brain Child

With the ear of a poet...Steingraber weaves the personal and the political in a startingly fresh, wholly convincing way.

Publishers Weekly

Steingraber (Living Downstream) offers the commonest of stories how she got pregnant, gave birth and fed her baby in a most uncommon way. A cross between the quirkily thorough detail of Natalie Angier's science-writing and the passionate environmental advocacy of Rachel Carson, Steingraber's style would have been insufferably heroic if the pregnancy had been smooth, mind-over-matter. Instead, it's one long tale of everywoman's worst moments from the urge-to-pee problem to the terrible nausea of morning sickness followed by "round ligament pain" (these are "the bungee cords that anchor the uterus in place"), Braxton-Hicks contractions (which "rehearse the body for labor") and the general nuttiness of each trimester of pregnancy. Readers can identify with being ideologically opposed to, say, episiotomies, but then agreeing to one under the duress of childbirth. The climax, however, is not her daughter Faith's birth, but the dilemma over the safety of breastfeeding. The medical benefits of breast milk are compelling: it provides excellent nutrition and important immunities. But with rising environmental pollution, biomagnification implies that deadly toxins like DDT and dioxin will concentrate in human milk, the top of the food chain. The only answer: fight this pollution and make the world safer for nursing babies. With humor Steingraber compares childbirth to rocking a car out of a snowdrift or angling big furniture through a small doorway to leaven the scientific forays, this is a positively riveting narrative. Parents-to-be or anyone concerned with environmental pollution will want to read and discuss this and act. (Nov.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

According to many popular guidebooks, pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting are happy experiences that proceed smoothly to bliss and contentment. Wolf and Steingraber beg to differ. Both feminist writer Wolf (The Beauty Myth) and Steingraber (Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment), an ecologist at Cornell University, feel that consumer guides do not offer women enough information about the reality of the birth process. They argue that childbirth preparation classes make medical intervention seem harmless, normal, and expected. This leads women to stop trusting themselves and their bodies, allowing physicians to take control. But while the two authors agree about some issues, their respective books look at their own pregnancies from different points of view. Wolf focuses on how the psychological and social aspects of pregnancy and impending motherhood changed her sense of self. Coming from a generation of women who identify themselves as independent, equal, and entitled to power, she felt a sense of loss despite having wanted a child. She also began to reexamine some of her basic beliefs about a woman's right to choose and the balance of power in relationships. Wolf concludes that society neither values nor supports parents despite its emphasis on family values. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Booknews

The author of (1997) interweaves musings on her first pregnancy with information on new scientific discoveries and environmental threats to child development. Steingraber (Cornell U.) includes a list of further resources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kirkus Reviews

A terrifying tale of pregnancy and birth that sounds an alarm about the growing dangers of environmental toxins to parents and their babies. Biologist and ecologist Steingraber (Living Downstream, 1997) became pregnant at age 38, and determined to tell the story of the birth of her daughter, Faith, from an ecological point of view. Moving gracefully between hard science and tender personal anecdotes, she analyzes and explores the effects on her developing baby of the uterine environment, a "habitat . . . for a population of one." Describing studies on the development of the embryo, in which all the body parts are assembled and ready to grow by about week ten, her concentration on this "fantastical" process is interrupted by morning sickness. Research reveals that nausea in pregnancy remains a female mystery, like PMS and hot flashes, because "the tools of medical research have never been fully deployed to demystify it." Nor has research moved quickly to examine damage to the fetus from a deteriorating environment. For instance, the famously protective placenta is not a barrier against damage caused by pesticides, nicotine, PCBs, and other chemicals. A long and moving section on babies born with gross birth defects as a result of mercury in the food chain in Minamata, Japan, and the resistance of both government and industry to remove it, illustrates a recurring theme: that we live in a society that doesn't know enough or care enough about fetal health. Steingraber carries her concerns past delivery (complaining in passing about the emphasis on medical intervention-like routine episiotomies-in childbirth) to breastfeeding. The rewards are undeniable, but the risks are growing ascontaminants in the environment increase, finding their way to mother's milk and affecting, in particular, the further development of the baby's brain. An afterword offers a list of organizations active in struggling for a healthy environment and reducing birth defects. A convincing case that the increasing numbers of babies born with barriers to optimal development are a consequence of environmental insults. Should send parents and would-be parents to the barricades. Author tour

Fibroids or Toxic Faith

2009-01-10T04:13:00.000-08:00

Fibroids: The Complete Guide to Taking Charge of Your Physical, Emotional and Sexual Well-Being

Author: Johanna Skilling

One out of every four women in the United States has uterine fibroids. Yet all too often they're left with more questions than answers. In this fully revised and updated edition of Fibroids, Johanna Skilling, who suffers from fibroids herself, offers a total resource for women with the condition. Skilling covers the full range of issues related to fibroids, including testing and treatment options, emotional issues, diet and lifestyle, and alternative therapies, and features new information gleaned from the latest clinical studies and interviews with experts. Filled with true stories from other women with fibroids who share their experiences, Fibroids remains the most comprehensive source of information available about treating and living with this condition.

Toxic Faith: Experiencing Healing Over Painful Spiritual Abuse

Author: Stephen Arterburn

Experiencing Healing from Painful Spiritual Abuse

When religion becomes a means to avoid or control life, it becomes toxic. Those who possess a toxic faith have stepped across the line from a balanced perspective of God to an unbalanced faith in a weak, powerless or uncaring God. They seek a God to fix every mess, prevent every hurt, and mend every conflict.

Toxic Faith distinguishes between a healthy faith and a misguided religiosity that traps believers in an addictive practice of religion. It shows how unbalanced ministries, misguided churches, and unscrupulous leaders can lead their followers away from God and into a desolate experience of religion that drives many to despair. Toxic Faith shows readers how to find hope for a return to genuine, healthy faith that can add meaning to life. In the words of the author, “I want to help you throw out that toxic faith and bring you back to the real thing.”

Internet Book Watch

In Toxic Faith: Experiencing Healing From Painful Spiritual Abuse, Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton effectively collaborate to show how personal disappointments, loss, betrayal, distortion of religious concepts and scriptures, as well as unrealistic expectations of God, can damage faith. They then show how to heal distorted views of God as weak, distant, or uncaring; find release from striving to earn God's love; break free from an unhealthy dependency on religion at the expense of a personal relationship with God; and how to rediscover the reality of true faith in a loving God and move beyond the suffocating, distorting, spiritually impairing limits of a "toxic faith".

Faith Healers or The Quest for Peace Love and a 24 Waist

2009-01-09T19:00:00.000-08:00

Faith Healers

Author: James Randi

In this book, James Randi, internationally known as a magician and investigator of claims of alleged paranormal abilities, has compiled a strong indictment of such charlatans. It is a story of deception and greed on the part of many "healers" and evidence of the gullibility and misplaced faith of their victims. Astonishingly clever tricks used by some of the subjects of this book are revealed for the first time, and these disclosures are supported by strong evidence gathered by Randi and a team of colleagues over four years of careful investigation.

The Faith-Healers lays bare the practices of leading televangelists--among them Peter Popoff, W. V. Grant, Pat Robertson, and Oral Roberts--and other so-called "healers." In this expose, Randi stands up for the millions of believers who continue to be victimized and makes a strong case for legal action to end the chicanery.

Toronto Sun

A fascinating look at a world of misplaced faith and blind trust that seems more appropriate to the Dark Ages than to the end of the 20th century.

School Library Journal

YA Are there people chosen by God to heal bodily ailments through the power of prayer alone? Randi's answer is ``maybe,'' but on the basis of his three-year investigation into faith heal ers, he hasn't found any evidence of it and suggests it may be nothing more than a religious con game. The author, a professional magician, has made it a sideline to expose fraud and miscon ceptions in the realm of the paranormal. Leading evangelists such as Oral Rob erts, Peter Popoff, W. V. Grant, Pat Robertson, and others are all shown to use tactics that are at best misleading, to guide the faithful into believing that they have been supernaturally cured by prayer alone. At worst, some of these men are shown to be cynical frauds preying on the desperation of the seri ously ill. The book is not tightly writ ten, but it can be read for enlighten ment. Karl Penny, Houston Pub . Lib .

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The Quest for Peace, Love and a 24 " Waist

Author: Deborah Low

Stop fighting with your body and lose weight joyfully with this enlightening book about self-esteem and body image.

When it comes to body image and dieting, millions of women want the same thing-to lose weight. Yet somewhere along the path to that goal, women begin to equate happiness with the size of their waistline, and then an innocent plan turns into the Holy Grail...The Quest for Peace, Love and a 24" Waist.

Now, Deborah Low, a certified weight loss consultant, helps women navigate through the maze of restrictive diets and their punishing beliefs, and to focus on self-awareness. By focusing on the larger picture-of living well and fully-the emotional battle with food ends and the greater desires of happiness and health can be realized, including weight-loss. Complete with health information, physical exercises, and workbook space to record your goals and achievements, The Quest for Peace, Love and a 24" Waist will help you both lose weight and gain health and happiness.

Deborah Low is an A.C.E. certified weight management and lifestyle consultant who holds a degree in psychology from the University of Victoria, B.C. Low has previously worked at the Chopra Center for Well-Being in California and continues to lecture on inspiring health in mind, body, and spirit. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.

The Wounded Storyteller or Depression and Hope New Insights for Pastoral Counseling

2009-01-09T06:49:00.000-08:00

The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics

Author: Arthur W Frank

In At the Will of the Body, Arthur Frank told the story of his own illnesses, heart attack and cancer. That book ended by describing the existence of a "remission society," whose members all live with some form of illness or disability. The Wounded Storyteller is their collective portrait.
Ill people are more than victims of disease or patients of medicine; they are wounded storytellers. People tell stories to make sense of their suffering; when they turn their diseases into stories, they find healing.
Drawing on the work of authors such as Oliver Sacks, Anatole Broyard, Norman Cousins, and Audre Lorde, as well as from people he met during the years he spent among different illness groups, Frank recounts a stirring collection of illness stories, ranging from the well-known—Gilda Radner's battle with ovarian cancer—to the private testimonials of people with cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, and disabilties. Their stories are more than accounts of personal suffering: they abound with moral choices and point to a social ethic.
Frank identifies three basic narratives of illness in restitution, chaos, and quest. Restitution narratives anticipate getting well again and give prominence to the technology of cure. In chaos narratives, illness seems to stretch on forever, with no respite or redeeming insights. Quest narratives are about finding that insight as illness is transformed into a means for the ill person to become someone new.

Library Journal

At the conclusion of At the Will of the Body (LJ 3/15/91), Frank (sociology, Univ. of Calgary) wrote that "remission society is new." Members of this group are those who, like himself, all live with severe illness or disability and know firsthand "the value of the everyday." In his latest work, Frank expands his narrative from the particular to the universal, from the heart-wrenching story of illness to a sociological theory of illness and ethics. By analyzing the works of authors such as Anatole Broyard, Norman Cousins, Audre Lorde, and Oliver Sacks, as well as the narratives of countless chronically ill, Frank evolves a theory that sick, or "wounded," people tell their stories to make sense of their suffering and to find healing...thus becoming a "moral witness" in society. Frank's structured theorizing may become a landmark in academic sick-role research studies and medical studies. For academic medical collections.-James Swanton, Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, New York

Booknews

Frank (sociology, U. of Calgary) follows the story of his own battles with heart disease and cancer, as told in At the Will of the Body, with insights on people with life-threatening illnesses and the common themes in their personal narratives. For general readers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Depression and Hope: New Insights for Pastoral Counseling

Author: Howard W Ston

Depression is second only to marital difficulties as the most common reason for individuals to seek pastoral counseling.

For centuries, spiritual writers have probed melancholia, as it has been traditionally termed, to articulate the problem of meaning and the trustworthiness of existence. Today, however, depression is increasingly treated with drug therapies. Depression and Hope is an authoritative guide to appropriate ways of thinking about and treating depression for pastoral counselors. In his characteristically no-nonsense fashion, Stone explains the latest understandings of depression and its patterns, as well as the pros and cons of various drug treatments (including Prozac). Throughout he keeps before the reader the larger life questions posed by depression and its treatments. He places depression in the larger context of family and society and shows how proper handling of depression by clergy can increase the likelihood not only of a person's strong recovery, but also of a strengthened faith.

The Womans Day Guide to Lasting Weight Loss or Home Enlightenment

2009-01-08T21:37:00.000-08:00

The Woman's Day Guide to Lasting Weight Loss: 10 Simple Steps to a Healthier You at Any Stage of Life

Author: Kathy Keenan Isoldi

No gimmicks, no banned foods, no quick fixes, just lasting results. This female-friendly program helps women create and maintain a healthier lifestyle in order to lose weight and keep it off. Kathy Keenan Isoldi, a registered dietician and nutritionist with more than two decades of experience, developed what has become the most popular weight-loss plan ever published by Woman's Day. Friendly and upbeat, she guides readers to a better understanding of their bodies and the physical and psychological triggers that lead to overeating at every life stage -- from college to the full-house years to the pre- and post-menopausal stages. Covering health facts and risks; nutrition and calorie needs; menus, recipes, and meal-planning ideas; exercise guidelines; and tips for incorporating physical activity into even the most hectic schedule, the plan provides women with the tools and knowledge they need to look and feel great at any age.

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Home Enlightenment: Create a Nurturing, Healthy, and Toxin-Free Home

Author: Annie B Bond

An informative, practical, and inspirational guide, Home Enlightenment examines the environmental impact of the choices we make each day and addresses how common, everyday chemical exposures have a subtle but profound impact on our well-being and quality of life. You'll learn how to detoxify your home one product at a time, choose environmentally friendly furnishings over products that off-gas, and establish day-to-day practices that bring healing and natural spirituality to your body and soul. Once you start to develop a natural and nontoxic lifestyle, you can transform your home into a sanctuary of health, comfort, and rejuvenation.

Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief or Essential Chemistry for Safe Aromatherapy

2009-01-08T10:25:00.000-08:00

Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief: Healing Therapies

Author: Peter Van Houten

Headaches are one of the most common and aggravating health problems we experience. More than 40 million Americans suffer from serious or chronic headaches sometime during their lives, and Americans consume over 30,000 tons of over-the counter painkillers each year! Co-written by an experienced medical doctor and an acclaimed professional yoga teacher, Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief is the first book that uses yoga as a comprehensive, permanent alternative solution to the standard-often only marginally effective-treatments.

Topics covered include: the different types of headaches and how to tell them apart; how yoga can help them; two safe, effective routines-one short, the other longer -detailing which yoga postures to use for best results; additional alternative techniques that may be helpful; other prescription and non-prescription medical therapies worth considering; and a bibliography for further reading.

Effective Solutions for Overcoming Headaches Yoga Therapy is a revolutionary new approach to working with some of the most common physical and mental ailments. Combining yoga postures with the latest in conventional and alternative medical treatments, each book in the Yoga Therapy series presents a fresh, effective approach to healing.

Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief contains extensive information on how to use yoga postures as an aid in healing, useful conventional and alternative treatments to supplement your practice, plus a variety of additional tips, techniques, and tools. Yoga Therapy is easy-to-use, succinct, and requires no prior knowledge or practice of yoga.

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Essential Chemistry for Safe Aromatherapy

Author: Sue Clark

This book provides a straightforward and accurate account of the key theoretical aspects of chemistry and their application into the safe practice of aromatherapy. For readers with a limited science background, this book offers a clear and concisely written guide to essential information in chemistry. For practitioners, the book applies chemistry to the practical and therapeutic use of essential oils, and leads to a better understanding of composition, properties and technical data related to essential oils.

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	Fundamentals of chemistry	7
2	Organic chemistry	25
3	Families of compounds that occur in essential oils	41
4	Processing, extraction and purity	77
5	Analytical techniques	91
6	Composition of essential oils	111
7	Handling, safety and practical applications for use of essential oils	165
	Bibliography and sources of information	199
	Glossary	203
	Index	223

Rosen Method Bodywork or Diabetes Meals On 7 A Day Or Less

2009-01-08T00:12:00.000-08:00

Rosen Method Bodywork: Assessing the Unconscious Through Touch

Author: Marion Rosen

In this long-awaited description of the body-centered therapy developed by Marion Rosen, the reader begins to understand how emotional and physical ailments can be addressed through the gentle touch of the Rosen practitioner. Rosen explains how the practitioner identifies tensions in the body that point to the source of a problem and how that awareness guides the healing process. With the help of psychotherapist Susan Brenner, the director of Rosen Center East and one of Marion's first students, she describes the origins of her method; how people reveal their emotions in body postures; barriers they set up to love, self-expression, and intimacy, and how Rosen work enables a client to move beyond these barriers. Treatments for asthma, migraine headaches, heart problems, weak immune systems, and psychosomatic illnesses are chronicled. Essays by doctors, psychologists, and Rosen practitioners describe how this method of touch, words, and acceptance guides their work, and complete this remarkable tribute to a visionary woman.

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Diabetes Meals On $7 A Day--Or Less!

Author: Patricia Bazel Geil

Completely updated, recipes are now lower in fat, saturated fat and cholesterol

This second edition of an American Diabetes Association classicis better than ever with updated recipes, all-new information,and the same low price that you want. Almost adecade after the first edition was published, youcan still enjoy Diabetes Meals on $7 a Day—or Less!

Acknowledgments     V
Introduction: Healthy Eating: A Blue-Chip Investment     1
Diabetes Nutrition Guidelines: Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise     5
Economy Gastronomy: Penny-Wise Meal Planning, Cost-Wise Cooking     15
Cart Smarts: Shopping to Win the Grocery Store Game     33
Penny Pinching: The Cost-Wary Consumer's Food Pyramid     45
Nature's Bounty: How does Your Garden Grow?     59
Eating Out on a Lean Budget     67
About the Recipes     73
Recipes
Grains, Beans, and Starchy Vegetables     75
Vegetables     103
Fruits     123
Milk     135
Meat and Others     143
Fats and Sweets     169
Index     191

Reiki Card Deck or Goddesses and Angels

2009-01-07T15:01:00.000-08:00

Reiki Card Deck: 50 Guided Energy Techniques to Heal Body, Mind, and Spirit

Author: Anne Schneider

With distinguished packaging and beautiful card production qualities, it is a great gift

Reiki is a Japanese healing technique that promotes relaxation and stress reduction and eases illness and chronic pain. Using simple techniques that allow you to tap into universal healing energy, Reiki is a simple, natural, and safe method of healing that anyone can use to treat specific health issues or for general wellness. Each individual card in this deck identifies a Reiki technique and tells the reader what specific benefit it has. On the flip side, the card explains how to do the technique and expands on the benefits. Introduction cards explain the history of Reiki and the philosophy behind it.

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Goddesses and Angels

Author: Doreen Virtu

As you read this fascinating book, you'll find that you can heal yourself and others; rapidly manifest your heart's desires; and commune with angels, goddesses, fairies, and ascended masters! In this true spiritual adventure story and reference book, Doreen writes about the enlightened beings who can unlock the magical gifts within you.

In Part I, you'll travel with Doreen through a Sedona sweat lodge, the Polynesian island of Moorea, a goddess temple at the Isle of Avalon, and other exotic locations. You'll read the powerful messages she received from Mother Mary while visiting Lourdes, and you'll peek over Doreen's shoulder as she gives psychic readings and receives information about Lemuria, merpeople, and the new Rainbow Children.

Part II alphabetically lists and describes the attributes of goddesses and angels in an easy-to-use guide that will help you awaken your innate spiritual abilities.

About the Author:
Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., is a spiritual doctor of psychology and fourth-generation metaphysician who works with the angelic, elemental, and ascended master realms. She is the author of 22 books on mind-body-spirit themes, including Healing with the Angels, Divine Guidance, Angel Therapy, The Lightworker's Way, and Archangels & Ascended Masters. Dr. Virtue is the founder and former director of WomanKind Psychiatric Hospital at Cumberland Hall Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, and she served as an administrator at Woodside Women's Hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. Both all-women psychiatric hospitals specialized in treating women's psychological issues. Dr. Virtue also directed three outpatient psychiatric centers, including an adolescent drug & alcohol abuse center. Dr. Virtue has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Good Morning America, The View with Barbara Walters, Donny & Marie, Roseanne, and many others.

Guiding Yogas Light or How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food Medicine and Crafts

2009-01-07T02:49:00.000-08:00

Guiding Yoga's Light: Lessons for Yoga Teachers

Author: Nancy Gerstein

Guiding Yoga's Light: Lessons for Yoga Teachers moves beyond the anatomical aspects of asanas to help instructors present the deeper concepts of yogic philosophy to their students and offer insight into the integration of yogic teachings into everyday life.

Now in an updated, expanded edition, Guiding Yoga's Light presents 74 easy-to-follow, succinct lesson plans offering instruction in hatha yoga, including asana, pranayama, the yamas and niyamas, the chakras, creating mindfulness, and understanding emotions. The text also includes three new, teacher-requested chapters: Salutations in Motion, Lessons of the Heart Center, and Relaxation. For convenient reference, teachers and students can also refer to the vocabulary of Sanskrit pronunciations included in the glossary.

Lesson plans progress from basic yogic concepts important for beginning students to more advanced material. Each lesson plan offers a written script for use in class. For beginning teachers, these scripts provide a helpful structure and set the stage for mindful yoga instruction. More advanced teachers may use these lessons and scripts as a creative departure point for expanding on the wellness effects of asana or focusing the day's practice. For ease of planning and organization, each lesson follows a six-part outline:

The intention provides the focus for the day's yoga class.

Approximate time offers the length of each lesson script to help yoga teachers manage class time.

The lesson embodies the essence of the day's teaching, which is expanded on in the following three sections.

Asanas for deepening illustrate and incoporate the lessonthroughbody stretch, movement, and sensation.

Practice off the mat helps students integrate the lesson into their daily lives by providing an assignment, a reminder, or a discussion topic.

To end each lesson, wise words offer selected quotes, suggestions, or proverbs to remind students of the lesson as they engage in their practice outside the class.

The text takes beginning students and teachers on a journey through the various aspects of yoga to understand the foundations of hatha practice. Beginning with basics of breathing, Guiding Yoga's Light progresses to the physical and spiritual philosophy of the asanas and salutations and ends with lessons to bring clarity, calmness, and relaxation into daily life.

Guiding Yoga's Light: Lessons for Yoga Teachers interprets yoga's 5,000-year-old philosophy in an effort to inspire, delight, and empower yoga students to enrich their physical, emotional, and spiritual lives both on and off the mat. With each lesson, Guiding Yoga's Light demonstrates how the strength, balance, and stretching of the physical practice can inspire a healthy, complete, and joyous existence.

How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine, and Crafts

Author: Frances Densmor

A renowned ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution offers a fascinating wealth of material on nearly 200 plants that were used by the Chippewas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The volume provides an emphasis on wild plants and their lesser-known uses. "A fascinating, well-illustrated study." — Grand Rapids Gazette. 33 plates.

Fitness After 50 or Life without Bread

2009-01-06T16:37:00.000-08:00

Fitness After 50

Author: Walter H Ettinger

It's never too late to get fit! Fitness After 50 shows you exactly how to get there, addressing all of your questions about exercise-and more. Whether you are completely new to exercise or are looking to fine-tune your existing program, this information-rich book will show you how to get started, stay on track, and have fun as you meet your fitness goals.

This easy-to-understand manual also serves as a self-paced workbook, which teaches you what to ask your doctor about physical activity, how to exercise safely, and how to fit activity into your busy schedule. If you have an existing medical condition such as heart disease, osteoporosis, or diabetes, you will also find ways to adapt your activity level to your condition. Sample aerobic, muscular fitness, and combination programs are provided, along with lifestyle strategies for fitting activity into your daily routine.

Fitness After 50 offers reliable advice you can trust. Authors Walter H. Ettinger, MD, Brenda S. Wright, PhD and Steven N. Blair, PED are among the most highly regarded experts in the field of physical activity and health. And since all of them are over 50, they understand your needs and concerns firsthand. Easy to use and full of more than 50 forms, lists, and other learning tools, Fitness After 50 is the one-stop source for fitness information that you'll reach for again and again.

Kirkus Reports

The authors, doctors all, explore the merits of physical activity pass the 50-year mark, providing plans and fine-tuning existing programs.

Regardless of age, say the authors, everyone should feel the exhiliration of exercise and derive the health benefits from a solid workout. They understand it's never easy to start: You have to get motivated, find time, assess risk and safety issues and develop an individualized plan. Since this can be daunting, the authors start from the beginning getting started, then preparing, acting and maintaining the program. They stress the importance of keeping things interesting and challenging, and they give special emphasis to lifestyle changes that use everyday activities to help you keep fit: take the stairs, walk the dog, forget drive-up windows, don't use anything remote. Stage by stage, the authors provide the mental, emotional and behavioral skills necessary to keep active, and the workbook format is a useful tool.

A simple, encouraging guide to maintaining fitness after the age of 50.

Library Journal

For readers over 50 who have contemplated increasing their level of physical fitness, gerontologist Ettinger, Brenda S. Wright (director, behavioral science & health promotion, Cooper Inst., Dallas), and epidemiologist Steven N. Blair (president & CEO, Cooper Inst.) have written just the book to aid them in getting started and succeeding. What makes this resource different from the many others on the market is the "stages of change" theory underpinning the authors' approach. A short questionnaire helps determine a person's readiness to change. Based on that measurement, different chapters in the book (e.g., "Explore Aerobic Fitness," "Add Strength, Balance, and Flexibility") are suggested. With more than 50 forms, lists, and other learning tools, this edition updates the decade-old Fitness After 50: It's Never Too Late To Start. The information on nutrition has been deleted, and enough new, practical, and better-organized material has been added so that purchase of this edition can be recommended for public, academic, and consumer health libraries.-Beth Hill, Univ. of Idaho Lib., Moscow Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Life without Bread: How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life

Author: Christopher Allen

Based on more than 40 years of clinical research, this illuminating book unravels the mysteries of nutrition and shows that changing the way we eat can help us feel better and live longer.

Hashimotos Thyroiditis or PMDD

2009-01-06T05:25:00.000-08:00

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: ICON Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to Hashimoto's thyroiditis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to Hashimoto's thyroiditis.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Forward
Chapter 1. Studies on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Overview
Federally Funded Research on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Chapter 2. Nutrition and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Overview
Finding Nutrition Studies on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Federal Resources on Nutrition
Additional Web Resources
Chapter 3. Alternative Medicine and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Overview
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Additional Web Resources
General References
Chapter 4. Books on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Overview
Book Summaries: Online Booksellers
Appendix A. Physician Resources
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
Appendix B. Patient Resources
Overview
Patient Guideline Sources
Finding Associations
Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS DICTIONARY
INDEX

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PMDD: A Guide to Coping

Author: James E Huston

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe and debilitating premenstrual mood disturbance that affects five percent of American women of childbearing age. In this pioneering guide, a gynecologist and a psychologist provide valuable, up-to-the-minute information on PMDD including the criteria for diagnosis, aggravating factors, and a host of strategies to reduce hypersensitivity to the interaction of hormones.

Mountain Rescue Doctor or The Ultimate New York Body Plan

2009-01-05T20:12:00.000-08:00

Mountain Rescue Doctor: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature

Author: Christopher Van Tilburg

Christopher Van Tilburg, MD is an emergency room physician, ski patrol doctor, emergency wilderness physician, and member of the Hood River Crag Rats, the oldest mountain rescue team in the country. When Dr. Van Tilburg's beeper goes off, the call may take him racing up a mountain peak to rescue an injured hiker, into a blizzard to search for missing skiers, or to a mountain airplane crash scene for body recovery.

Dr. Van Tilburg's work requires a unique combination of emergency medicine, survival skills, agility, and extreme sports. In Mountain Rescue Doctor, Van Tilburg shares personal stories of harrowing and suspenseful rescues and recoveries, including the recent Mount Hood disaster, which claimed the lives of three climbers. Mountain Rescue Doctor is an exhilarating tour through the perils of nature and medicine.

Publishers Weekly

A resident of Hood River, Ore., an emergency room physician and a member of Crag Rats ("the first official volunteer mountain rescue group in the nation"), Van Tilburg (Emergency Survival: A Pocket Guide) has divided his fast-paced account of Mt. Hood rescues by season. In the winter, he explains the dangers of tree wells, patches of loose snow that can snare skiers and snowboarders. One hot Fourth of July, he takes a trek through icy black water in a box canyon, engineering the tricky retrieval of a cliff jumper with a back fracture. Detailing each rescue operation from the first call mobilizing teams of volunteers to grateful notes from the families of those rescued, Van Tilburg also offers snippets of environmental history and outdoor law. For readers who are unfamiliar with the rugged and beautiful Hood River area, he balances its undeniable perils with the joys of its scenic wonders, noting that "the thrill of risk is an inseparable aspect of adventure sport." 8 pages of color photos not seen by PW. (Nov. 13)

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In this fast-paced book, Van Tilburg recounts his experiences as a member of the Crag Rats, a mountain search-and-rescue team operating out of the Mount Hood, OR, area. Started in 1926, the Crag Rats are made up of extremely skilled, highly organized volunteers who face blizzards, darkness, freezing water, and other extreme conditions to help rescue sports enthusiasts who have become lost or injured in the mountains. As a medical doctor, a previously published author (Backcountry Snowboarding; Introducing Your Kids to the Outdoors), and an adventure-sports devotee himself, Van Tilburg is uniquely qualified to describe the fears, excitement, frustration, and rewards of these searches. He examines the high costs of search-and-rescue operations and provides an interesting overview of the debate on whether victims should be held responsible for some of these costs. Young adults will likely enjoy this introduction to the field of wilderness medicine. Filled with adventure and good advice, it is recommended for high school and public libraries.

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The Ultimate New York Body Plan: 2 Weeks to a Total Transformation

Author: David Kirsch

David Kirsch, personal trainer and a fitness guru of the TV show "Extreme Makeover," has whipped into shape some of the most famous bodies in America. Supermodels Heidi Klum and Linda Evangelista, as well as celebrities such as Liv Tyler, have turned to David Kirsch for his foolproof training regimen when they needed to get to their level of optimum fitness--fast. Now in The Ultimate New York Body Plan, Kirsch shows you how to burn fat and get fit in only two weeks--just in time for that class reunion or anniversary cruise.

This program includes:

Easy-to-master lessons on which body parts to target and get the shape you want
A customized "ABCDEF" diet--banning alcohol, bread, starchy carbs, dairy, extra sweets, fruits, and most fats--with delicious recipes and menus
A high-powered exercise plan combining fat-burning moves with cardio-sculpting workouts
The fastest way to build muscle mass and boost metabolism

Publishers Weekly

Manhattan fitness trainer and wellness coach Kirsch (Sound Mind, Sound Body) has expertly sculpted the bodies of Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista and worked his fitness miracles on ABC's Extreme Makeover. Now he tends to readers seeking a fast way to slim down before that big wedding or bikini season. Normally, Kirsch says, he eschews "get fit quick" schemes, but he claims his combined focus on mind, body, nutrition and exercise will help followers shed unwanted pounds in just 14 days. Make no mistake, however: the regimen is strict ("when you are looking for extreme results you must make extreme sacrifices"), and one must be in fairly good shape even to attempt it (the author includes a pre-program to get readers ready). In addition to a rigorous, cardio-sculpting workout-90 minutes daily, using a stability ball, medicine ball and lightweight dumbbells (photos of the moves included)-Kirsch provides a nutrition plan that prohibits alcohol and limits carbs and unhealthy fats. For those who don't consider a protein shake a sufficient meal, he suggests "real food," such as egg whites, salad and lean proteins, and includes such tempting recipes as Roasted Red Pepper Frittata, Mediterranean Chicken Stir Fry, and Turkey and Spinach Burgers. Kirsch's plan requires "150 percent" commitment, but those desiring near-instant gratification will no doubt be rewarded. The real payoff, Kirsch concludes, is that by maintaining the basic principles even after the initial two weeks (though somewhat toning down the regimen), his followers will be healthy and trim for life. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

In his second book (after Sound Body, Sound Mind), Kirsch, owner of New York City's Madison Square Club, presents an intense two-week fitness and nutrition regimen that may help people achieve the aesthetic results required for special events like a high school reunion or wedding; it is the same program that he developed for television's Extreme Makeover. While clearly written for women, it may also benefit men owing to its strict guidelines and no-nonsense presentation. For each day, Kirsch sets out five meals to be eaten between seven a.m. and seven p.m. (no alcohol, bread, carbohydrates, dairy, sweets, fruits, or fats!) and fat-burning exercises involving dumbbells, a medicine ball, and a stability ball. He emphasizes that this program is just a starting point and that a lifestyle change will be necessary to maintain results. Fitness is hard work and if done properly and safely takes time. Those who need quick results can take a chance on this book, but they should be prepared for a mental and physical challenge; those with more than two weeks to get in shape will benefit more from Kirsch's first book. Recommended for public libraries.-Howard Fuller, Stanford Health Lib., Palo Alto, CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

How to Live with Schizophrenia or A Way to Quit Gambling

2009-01-05T08:00:00.000-08:00

How to Live with Schizophrenia

Author: Abram Hoffer

In clear, simple language, the noted doctors cut through the confusion, misconception, and myths that have surrounded schizophrenia, obscuring its reality and compounding its tragedies, and offer help to sufferers and their families. **Lightning Print On Demand Title

A Way to Quit Gambling: (For Problem Gamblers)

Author: John Chin

Although gambling is enjoyable entertainment and can provide unparalleled excitement, it can financially drain and ruin some people. This manual is a roadmap and workbook for the problem gambler or potential problem gambler, who can not control the amount of money he/she loses, to seriously give up on gambling. This work is based on over 25 years of experience in gambling by the author, who shares his insight with the reader. While attending college, the author began gambling at 18 in local New York City OTB parlors and New York horse racing tracks. Then he got caught up in casino gambling, when it debuted in Atlantic City. He also dabbled in most other forms of gambling, in lotto, poker, and sports betting. As much as the author loves to win, he hates to lose in gambling. So, after 25 years and losing a small fortune, he decided to give up on his quest of becoming a consistent winner. This book describes the way he finally coped with and quit gambling. There is also ample space for the reader to write down his/her own thoughts on how to quit gambling to personalize the manual for his/herself.

Fast Track or Cell Level Healing

2009-01-04T22:49:00.000-08:00

Fast Track: Training and Nutrition Secrets from America's Top Female Runner

Author: Suzy Favor Hamilton

As she prepares for the 2004 Summer Olympics, our best hope for middle-distance gold tells young women runners where they go wrong--and shares the training and nutrition secrets that put her own career on the fast trackSuzy Favor-Hamilton is the premier female middle-distance runner in the United States, whose many honors include 6 U.S. National Championships, 9 NCAA Titles, and 4 Big Ten Athlete of the Year Awards (now called the Suzy Favor award). In this book, she teams up with Jose Antonio, Ph.D., one of the pre-eminent exercise and sports nutrition scientists in the country, to show young female runners how to improve at their favorite sport.Currently there are 4.6 million women in the United States who run 100 days or more each year. In Fast Track they will discover:- How much, how hard, and when to train (and rest)- The pros and cons of strength training, cross-training, stretching, and other non-running exercises- How to avoid the top ten mistakes runners usually make- Why Suzy's diet program is very different than is generally recommended-and how this program has led to dramatic improvements in her running and in her life off the trackSuzy's real-world experience competing at the highest level in athletics combined with Dr. Antonio's in-depth knowledge of exercise and nutrition science will make this book a 'must read' for all female runners-both competitive and recreational-who want to go faster, play harder, and minimize the risk of injury.

Books about: The End of History and the Last Man or Underground

Cell-Level Healing: The Bridge from Soul to Cell

Author: Joyce Whiteley Hawkes

After a shattering near-death experience, Joyce Whiteley Hawkes left her career as a biophysicist and embarked on a study of indigenous healing practices.

Living and working with priests and shamans in the Philippines, South India, and Bali, she explored the previously uncharted territories that divide biology from spirituality -- and discovered that emotional, mental, and spiritual feelings can have a profound and positive impact on our bodies at the cellular level.

Cell-Level Healing shows how our thoughts change the functioning of our cells to repair and renew the body. With profound yet simple exercises, this book provides a guide to tap your innate healing abilities by showing that healing is a basic part of human nature.

Filled with thought-provoking stories and photographs, free of jargon, and thoroughly grounded in Dr. Hawkes's decades of experience in laboratory science and practical, hands-on healing, Cell-Level Healing invites you to explore your intrinsic powers of transformation and regeneration to attain new levels of spiritual and bodily health.

Library Journal

If the body's energy level can be compared to a savings account, then we could all use some sound advice for building and maintaining a healthy balance. Fortunately, two new books are appropriate for responsible energy investors and spendthrifts alike. After a near-death experience, biophysicist Hawkes peered into her microscope with the new awareness that healing begins, as illness does, at the cellular level. In Cell-Level Healing, she offers lucid explanations of energy flow and basic cellular biology, guiding readers through exercises in body awareness, the identification and clearing of blockages, and the application of cell-level healing to specific conditions. One of her most profound insights is that the human body at the cellular level mirrors the cosmos in its endless cycles of creation and destruction. In addition to charts on color attributes, cell structure, and traditional energy centers, this book also includes photographic visualization and meditation aids. Healer and spiritual counselor Hansen presents a broader (or at least less microscopic) perspective by addressing nutrition, sleep, exercise, and bodywork. Her clear meditation instructions and thoughtful discussions of various spiritual principles, such as forgiveness and gratitude, make her book especially useful to readers who may be new to self-healing. The chapter on releasing limitations introduces effective strategies for overcoming self-hatred and the need for external validation. A CD-ROM of audio meditations (not heard) provides further guidance to readers. Both titles are recommended for large public and consumer health libraries, but smaller libraries with the funds for only one would be better served by Hansen's book, which recalls the works of Judith Orloff.-Blanche Angelo, Oakland P.L., CA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Inflammation Syndrome or Feeding Baby

2009-01-04T11:37:00.000-08:00

Inflammation Syndrome: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Allergies, and Asthma

Author: Jack Challem

"Challem’s new book hits a home run — with the latest research on what to eat and take to defeat our real number-one cause of health problems — inflammation. It’s a message of the utmost importance."
–Jean Carper New York Times bestselling author of Stop Aging Now! and Your Miracle Brain, columnist for USA Weekend magazine

What is the Inflammation Syndrome? It’s the cumulative effect of low-grade inflammation–including the aches and pains we all experience–that grows into chronic debilitating disease. This book, the first major book on the syndrome, reveals the powerful role that inflammation plays in a wide variety of common health conditions–from simple aches and pains to heart disease, obesity, diabetes, Syndrome X, arthritis, asthma, and athletic injuries. Drawing on cutting-edge research conducted around the world, Jack Challem provides a revolutionary approach to healing inflammation-related problems through an easy-to-follow nutrition and supplement program. He also shares the latest information on C-reactive protein, one of the marker s o f serio us inflammation. This book, quite simply, shows you how to feel better for life.

"Many of our most debilitating diseases can be traced to an inflammatory cause. The program Jack Challem outlines in The Inflammation Syndrome is a great first step in ridding your body of this deadly problem."
–Fred Pescatore, M.D., author of Thin for Good, The Allergy and Asthma Cure, and The Hamptons Diet

"In a scientifically accurate and easy-to-understand manner, Jack Challem lays out the basic nutrition plan for good health and weightloss."
–Loren Cordain, Ph.D., author of The Paleo Diet

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Meet the Inflammation Syndrome	9
2	Your Inflammation Triggers	19
3	The Dietary Causes of Inflammation	26
4	Balancing a Diet That's Out of Balance	34
5	What's Wrong with Anti-Inflammatory Drugs	49
6	Fifteen Steps to Fight the Inflammation Syndrome	59
7	Anti-Inflammation Syndrome Menu Plans and Recipes	78
8	Good Fats That Rev Up Your Body's Natural Anti-Inflammatories	103
9	Vitamin E to Extinguish the Flames of Inflammation	116
10	Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and Vitamin C to Rebuild Your Tissues	128
11	B Vitamins and More to Reduce Inflammation	136
12	The Inflammation Syndrome, Diseases, and Specific Conditions	155
	Afterword: Staying Healthy for Life	217
	App. A: Medical Tests to Assess Inflammation	219
	App. B: Sources of Anti-Inflammatory Products	220
	Selected References	231
	Index	247

Interesting textbook: The Art of Cakes or Alice Lets Eat

Feeding Baby: Everyday Recipes for Healthy Infants and Toddlers

Author: Joachim Splichal

For parents who want to start their babies off eating fresh, nutritious foods, Feeding Baby offers easy-to-prepare tastes, nibbles, bites, and meals that retain the vitamins and minerals missing from conventional bottled and heat-treated baby food. Delightfully simple yet nuanced flavors of recipes like Roasted Acorn Squash Puree and Banana Peach Compote introduce children's impressionable palates to the myriad tastes and pleasures of food, setting them on a path of healthy eating for a lifetime.

"I wish that this informative and nutritionally sound cookbook had been around when my daughter was born. The recipes are so delicious, I wish it had been around when I was a baby! Anyone brought up on the food from this book is sure to become an adult with an instinctive knowledge of what healthy food is all about."
-Daniel Boulud, author of Cafe Boulud Cookbook

The Bible Cure or The BalleCore Workout

2009-01-04T01:25:00.000-08:00

The Bible Cure: Recipes for Candida

Author: Don Colbert

You want to be healthy. God wants you to be healthy. At last, here's a source of information that will help you live in health - body, mind and spirit.

Books about: George Washington and Benedict Arnold or Grub

The BalleCore Workout: Integrating Pilates, Hatha Yoga, and Ballet in Innovative Workouts for All Fitness Levels

Author: Molly Weeks

BalleCore is unique in that it combines three tried-and-true disciplines into one optimal workout. Pilates strengthens and stretches the major muscles, activates your core (the band of muscles below your chest), and energizes your body. Hatha yoga helps quiet the mind through breath, fortifies the nervous system, builds stamina, and produces mental equilibrium. Ballet increases blood flow, develops poise, promotes good posture, and improves balance.

Fitness dynamo and faculty member of the Boston Ballet for the past seven years, Molly Weeks is the woman behind BalleCore. She has chosen an array of effective exercises from each of these three disciplines to create a fulfilling workout that can easily be done in your own home and in under an hour. The results?

• Reduce backaches and stress
• Develop stature, support the spine, and feel steady on your feet
• Sculpt your arms, legs, hips, and core-and look trimmer than ever
• Loosen those tight spots in the shoulders, neck, and joints
• Gain an incredible sense of ease throughout your body
• Experience inner calm, self-confidence, and renewed optimism

With step-by-step instructions and profusely illustrated with helpful photographs, The BalleCore Workout® is the ultimate path to good health, longevity, and mind/body wellness. Remember: 50 minutes a day can change your life!

RealAge Makeover or Stretching

2009-01-03T16:14:00.000-08:00

RealAge Makeover: Take Years off Your Looks and Add Them to Your Life

Author: Michael F Roizen

Why not live at 60 feeling like you did at 35?

Thousands of Americans are younger today than they were five years ago. How is that possible? By following the specific recommendations that reverse aging in Dr. Michael Roizen's bestselling book RealAge®: Are You As Young As You Can Be?, people who were previously much older than their chronological age have now taken up to twentynine years off their biological ages. Since that first publication, more than 10 million people have taken the RealAge® test in one form or another, and thousands of people have thanked Dr. Roizen for helping them make simple changes in their lives -- changes that have made them healthier, younger, and more vibrant.

In the last several years, Dr. Roizen and his team have learned much more about the aging process. The RealAge® Makeover makes sense of recent critical medical findings -- mportant new research on inflammation in your arteries, stress reduction, chronic disease management, hormone replacement therapy, and other choices you can make to keep aging at a distance. You'll also find the latest on vitamins and other supplements, which are age-reducing, which are aging, and which ones to avoid if you are taking certain medications. Roizen then offers more than seventy ways to reduce or even prevent 80 percent of the diseases that make you feel older. For example, coffee or the right kind of chocolate in moderate amounts can help reduce inflammation, preserving your arteries, joints, and memory. But the wrong choice can lead to needless aging and loss of energy, such as taking too much Vitamin A. And The RealAge® Makeover tells you how much (in years)each choice is worth so you can make the choices that are meaningful to you.

More potent than any statistic or finding are the personal stories interwoven throughout -- success stories from readers who followed the RealAge program, became biologically younger, and are living happier, healthier lives. With this book, readers have more opportunity than ever to turn back their biological clock to look, feel, and actually be many years younger.

Join the RealAge® Revolution and give yourself a RealAge® Makeover!

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Stretching: The Stress-Free Way to Stay Supple, Keep Fit, and Exercise Safely

Author: Suzanne Martin

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The Essence of Tai Chi or Makeup Makeovers

2009-01-03T04:02:00.000-08:00

The Essence of T'ai Chi

Author: Waysun Liao

The deepest benefits of T’ai Chi cannot be realized without an understanding of its underlying principles. This book presents these principles through translations of three core classics of T’ai Chi that are often considered the “T’ai Chi Bible,” accompanied by the author’s insightful commentary. Master Liao demonstrates how to increase the body’s inner energy (ch’i) and transform it into power, health, and well-being. By reading the clear and precise explanations of the fundamental principles of T'ai Chi, students can develop a more complete understanding of the art and philosophy of this traditional martial art.

See also: Scarred Soul or Widening Circles

Makeup Makeovers: Weddings: Stunning Looks for the Entire Bridal Party

Author: Robert Jones

This book is for all the brides and fans of Makeup Makeovers who want more specific tips on bridal makeup.

A complete guide to wedding beauty by a well-known makeup artist and beauty consultant. The author travels all over the country every month speaking to real women just like you. If you have always wanted to learn from a makeup artist that knows how to make a bride look her most beautiful then this is the book for you.

This stunning book is a full-color guide to applying wedding makeup, with countless stunning before-and-after pictures of regular women throughout. It is highly instructional and does not just show model perfect women, instead it focuses on the girl next door, your best friend and you. Every woman can be beautiful on her wedding day, no matter what her age or ethnic background, with Robert's makeup techniques. Every women will be able to find women that she can relate to in this book. Makeup Makeovers: Weddings features special makeup techniques for morning, midday, afternoon and evening weddings; because with each time of day you will photograph differently and as we all know one of the most important things to think about is how you will photograph. There is also chapters on more makeup tricks for wedding photos, and, of course, makeup for bridesmaids and matrons of honor.

This is THE book for every bride wether you are buying it for your self or as a gift, it will tell you everything you ever needed or wanted to know about bridal makeup.

Jamba Juice Power or The Whole Pregnancy Handbook

2009-01-02T17:51:00.000-08:00

Jamba Juice Power

Author: Kirk Perron

Jamba, from the African word "jama," meaning to celebrate, is the philosophy of Jamba Juice, a nationally known chain of smoothie and juice stores. Reasons to celebrate include good health, happiness, and of course, delicious, nutritious, all-natural energizing smoothies.

In Jamba Juice Power Jamba Juice founder Kirk Perron shares dozens of his easy-to-prepare smoothie recipes (a blender is the only equipment required), his nutrition advice (developed with a team of scientists and physicians), and his twenty-one-day lifestyle-changing plan with daily tips for mind, body, and spirit and a relevant smoothie recipe. Jamba Juice Power is filled with Jambaisms-"Do unto your body as you would have it do unto you" (Jambaism #3), health fast-fact sidebars, illustrations, and testimonials, all delivered with the hip, irreverent attitude that has made Jamba Juice a phenomenon.

Author Biography: Kirk Perron is the founder of Jamba Juice, a chain of 350 stores nationwide. Each day, Jamba Juice stores serve up nutritious, all-natural smoothies and juices to thousands of customers. Last year, sales topped $200 million. Perron is the recipient of numerous business awards, has been the subject of a cover story in Inc. magazine, and has been profiled in dozens of newspapers from the San Francisco Chronicle to The Washington Post.

Stan Dembecki is an Emmy-nominated freelance writer.

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The Whole Pregnancy Handbook: An Obstetrician's Guide to the Wise Use of Traditional and Holistic Medicine Before, During and after Pregnancy

Author: Joel M Evans

At last, everything you need to know about the latest in alternative and conventionalhealthcare before, during, and after pregnancy—in one comprehensive, jargon-free guide. Whether you embrace the philosophy that mind, body, and spirit work together to promote good health or you're just looking for a way to have the healthiest, most comfortable pregnancy possible, The Whole Pregnancy Handbook has the information you need to make educated decisions and take charge of your prenatal care. The Whole Pregnancy Handbook features

* Complementary treatments and techniques to improve your pre-conception health and fertility, such as nutritional medicine, mind-body medicine, acupuncture and herbal medicine
* Comprehensive and compassionate information about genetic and prenatal testing
* Techniques such as massage, accupressure, herbal medicine, and mind-body exercises to help you relax and feel more comfortable as your pregnancy progresses
* A fully illustrated chapter on prenatal yoga with pose variations for all three trimesters.
* How your pregnancy unfolds month by month and how you can connect with your baby while you're expecting
* The best practices of doulas and midwives
* The pros and cons of giving birth in a hospital, birthing center, or at home
* Effective pain management for your labor—from epidurals to hypnotherapy
* Everything you need to know about inductions, assisted deliveries, and C- sections
* What happens postpartum—physically and emotionally
* Candid recollections and insights from other moms and patient stories from Dr. Evans's practice, The Center for Women's Health

The Whole Pregnancy Handbook is an informative and reassuring guide that will empower you to combine the best of conventional and alternative medicine with confidence at every stage of pregnancy.

Author Biography: Dr. Joel M. Evans is a practicing integrative OB/GYN and Founder and Director of the Center for Women's Health in Darien, Connecticut. He is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a faculty member at the acclaimed Center for Mind/Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. A leader in the holistic medicine movement who lectures extensively on the subject, Dr. Evans is also a founding diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine.
Robin Aronson is the former editor-in-chief of Parents.com, the website for Parents magazine.

Publishers Weekly

As any pregnant woman knows, there are an overwhelming number of books on the pregnancy resource shelves, and choosing the right one can be trying. Two forces are at work: one conventional, one alternative. Which road to take? Evans has found a solution to the problem by offering a volume that nicely combines both approaches. The author, founder and director of an integrative holistic health center in Fairfield County, Conn., has written a thorough, supportive and comforting pregnancy book that covers preconceptions about health, mind-body medicine and fertility options; the emotional and physical impacts of pregnancy; nutritional needs, exercise, prenatal testing; medical complications, labor and birth (including vaginal births and cesareans); and postpartum. Appendixes suggest books for further reading and music for relaxation and meditation, list Web sites that sell nutritional supplements and botanical medications, explain terms like acupressure and vinyasa, give yoga poses for pregnant women and present readers with the opportunity to record their food, beverage, physical activity and symptoms during pregnancy. This thoughtful book lays out the numerous options available to pregnant women, and is essential reading for those who want to thoroughly savor one of the most fulfilling and transforming phases of life as a parent. Agent, Janis Donnaud. (Apr.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Coauthored by an obstetrician who came to holistic medicine several years into his career and a former editor of Parents.com (the web site for Parents magazine), this carefully planned addition to the pregnancy and childbearing literature also includes contributions from a doula, a nurse midwife, and a practitioner of craniosacral therapy and Reiki. The book's perspective, although grounded in obstetrics and a safety-first approach, is informed by the holistic ethic of treating the whole person, including spiritual and emotional aspects. The idea is to allow the patient to lead the way in care and the natural wisdom of the body to lead the way through childbirth. Alternative treatments, such as herbal medicines and acupuncture, are considered. Oddly, home birth-which many people consider the most important "alternative" approach to mainstream childbirth practice-receives very brief and cautious treatment. Expectant mothers will enjoy this readable and reassuring book and can rely on it for accurate information. Recommended for public libraries. [Deepak Chopra and others' recent Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives offers a more metaphysical perspective on the childbirth experience.-Ed.]-Noemie Maxwell, King Cty. Lib. Syst., WA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Foreword vii
Introduction ix
Contributors xv

Part One
1: Holistic Medicine 3
2: First Steps: Preconception Health 13
3: Moving Toward Optimal Preconception Health 22
4: Getting Pregnant 37
5: When Pregnancy Is Delayed: Fertility Tests, Treatments, and Technologies 47
6: Mind-Body Medicine and Fertility 61

Part Two
7: The First Trimester 75
8: First Things: Early Prenatal Care 91
9: The Emotional and Physical World of Early Pregnancy 104
10: A Pregnancy Timeline 126
11: Pregnancyнs Effects 149
12: How to Treat Everyday Illnesses 200
13: Prenatal Nutrition 215
14: Exercise and Pregnancy 249
15: Prenatal Tests 280
16: Living and Working 308
17: Medical Complications of Pregnancy 333
18: Pregnancy Loss 367
19: Preparing for Labor and Birth 388
20: The Last Weeks of Pregnancy 424
21: The Stages of Labor 444
22: Assisted Vaginal Births and Cesareans 472
23: Postpartum 487
Afterword: Personal Reflections 515

Appendices: 1. Resources 521
2. Glossary of CAM Terms 525
3. Prenatal YogaссAdditional Sequences 530
4. BMI Table and Pregnancy Food Journal 535
Acknowledgments 543
Index 545
About the authors 553

The Everything Pregnancy Organizer or Obsessive Love

2009-01-01T09:24:00.000-08:00

The Everything Pregnancy Organizer: Monthly Calendars, Charts, Checklists, and Schedules

Author: Paula Ford Martin

Getting ready to welcome your new baby into the world is an exciting adventure, but also a lot of work! The Everything Pregnancy Organizer, 2nd Edition is just what you need to enjoy the next nine months in control and on track. Monthly charts, checklists, and worksheets make it easy to remember appointments, record medical information, maintain nutrition, purchase the right baby supplies, and more. The perfect companion for first-time moms-to-be, The Everything Pregnancy Organizer, 2nd Edition is your guide from the day you find out you're pregnant until you begin a new life with your baby! This all-new edition of The Everything Pregnancy Organizer features:

Space each month to record your reflections on the pregnancy journey and questions to ask your doctor
A user-friendly format for taking notes and holding papers
Information about childbirth classes and choosing a healthcare practitioner
A ten-month calendar to record appointments and checkups
Plenty of space for recording important contact information and notes
A month-by-month rundown of what to expect and how to prepare for the arrival of your baby

Paula Ford-Martin is the author of the bestselling The Everything Pregnancy Book, 2nd Edition and the mother of two daughters. She has written for radio, corporate video, investor relations publications, nonprofits, newsweeklies, and special interest consumer magazines. Ford-Martin has a master's degree in writing from DePaul University and lives in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

New interesting book: The Pact or River of Doubt

Obsessive Love: When It Hurts Too Much to Let Go

Author: Susan Forward

Is it impossible to let go — despite the pain?

• Do you yearn for someone who is not physically or emotionally available to you?
• Do you believe that if you love him enough he will have to love you?
• When you feel insecure, does it drive you only to want her more?
• Do you find yourself phoning repeatedly or waiting long hours for the phone to ring?

Do you wish someone would let go of you?

• Does an ex-lover or ex-spouse refuse to believe that it’s over?
• Do you receive unwanted phone calls, letters, presents, or visits?
• Is this pursuit of you creating so much anxiety that it affects your physical or emotional well-being?

In this invaluable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward presents vivid case histories as well as the real-life voices of men and women caught in the grip of obsessive passion.

Whether you’re an obsessive lover or the target of such an obsession, here is a proven, step-by-step program that shows you how to recognize the “connection compulsion,” what causes it, and how to break its hold on your life so that you can go on to build healthy, lasting, and pain-free relationships.

Library Journal

Addressing those consumed by their obsessive propensities, Los Angeles therapist Forward dramatically describes the effects and consequences of out-of-control passions. Drawing on her extensive practice, she uses vignettes to illustrate a variety of smothering, volatile relationships. She portrays situations where one partner seeks to completely dominate the supposed object of his or her affection, and highlights unrealistic expectations that can turn unrequited love into violent anger. Forward devotes her third and most important section to ``Freeing Yourself from Obsession.'' While self-help may be inadequate for a person suffering from these destructive behavior patterns--indeed, professional therapy is most likely required--Forward has a following and this book will undoubtably be popular.-- Carol R. Glatt, VA Medical Ctr. Lib., Philadelphia

Mens Health Maximum Muscle Plan or Magic Menus for People with Diabetes

2008-12-31T23:12:00.000-08:00

Men's Health Maximum Muscle Plan: The High-Efficiency Workout Program to Increase Your Strength and Muscle Size in Just 12 Weeks

Author: Thomas Incledon

The science of muscle building has changed, and this pioneering workout book—packed with new discoveries that cannot be found in other books—shows how lifters today can get bigger, stronger, and more ripped

Forget everything you ever learned about strength training. Whether you're just an occasional lifter or a gym rat who lives next to the dumbbell racks, there's a good chance that nearly everything you're doing is wrong. This program replaces outdated myths with the newest findings at the vanguard of the strength-training world. Readers will discover:
   • how to add as much as 50 pounds to their bench press in just 12 weeks, with no single workout session taking longer than 30 minutes
   • hundreds of exercise variations and information on tailoring workouts to one's body type, lifestyle, and goals
   • definitive answers to dozens of fitness debates, such as: Can you get an aerobic workout by lifting faster? Does the "slow burn" technique work? What's the best time of day to lift?

In addition to exercises for each muscle group, there are sections devoted to flexibility, cardio workouts, nutrition, and sports performance.

Magic Menus for People with Diabetes: More than 200 low-fat, calorie-controlled diabetic meals

Author: American Diabetes Association

Here is a calorie/carbohydrate-controlled collection of delicious, hassle-free meals to make meal planning a breeze. Based on a 1,500-calorie-a-day menu, every breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipe balances the reader's meal plan perfectly. Every mealspecific recipe includes the same number of carbs no matter which one readers pick--they get 45-60 grams for every breakfast, 60-75 grams for every lunch, and 70-85 grams for every dinner--which helps keep blood sugar levels stable. Readers can mix and match recipes to their tastes. Includes more than 50 breakfasts, 50 lunches, 75 dinners, and 30 snacks. This new edition includes complete nutrition analysis and carbohydrate counts for every meal and recipe.

Bootcamp 360 for Brides or Take the Fight out of Food

2008-12-31T14:00:00.000-08:00

Bootcamp 360 for Brides: A Complete Fitness Program: The Few, the Proud, the Fit

Author: Tamara Kleinberg

You are cordially invited to get your butt in gear! Bootcamp360 for Brides is a health and fitness program that will whip any woman into sultry shape in time for her wedding, and prepare her for a healthy lifestyle even when the honeymoon's over.

"Do you want to look stunning in your wedding dress?"

"YES, SIR!"

"Would you like to impress family members you've never met before with toned arms, sculpted back, and flat abs?"

"YES, SIR!"

Bootcamp360 for Brides is a popular extreme fitness program geared for the woman who wants to look buff in time for her wedding. "Be his better half, not his better three–quarters," says Tamara Kleinberg, whose program focuses on weight loss, nutrition, and shaping up those areas that all eyes will be on that special day, especially the arms, shoulders, and back. Every bootcamp trainee will set time–oriented goals for herself, building an exercise regimen that includes both challenge and variety. The book will also include "tips from the trenches" advice; inspirational success stories and before–and–after photos from bootcamp graduates; and practical nutritional guidelines and "mess hall" recipes; and progress charts to keep brides–to–be focused on their fitness goals.

The Bootcamp360 program has been extremely successful in New York City and in Denver (its two outposts), and Kleinberg is in the process of building a franchise. We think this book, and the program, is going to be a great success.

Library Journal

Sleeveless wedding gown? Honeymoon in a bikini? It can be done! Kleinberg, a certified personal trainer, means business. Requiring a PT ball, dumbbells, and resistance bands, these exercises are demanding, at Basic, Advanced, and Hard Core levels. Although there is a chapter on nutrition and several recipes, the book's main focus is on exercise. Several before-and-after pictures are sprinkled throughout, with tips from brides who've survived the course. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Book about: Thomas Jefferson or Operation Valkyrie

Take the Fight Out of Food: How to Prevent and Solve Your Child's Eating Problems

Author: Donna Fish

All foods are good. That is the message of this commonsense book that helps parents speak to their kids about food and nutrition. It is a message that is long overdue, especially when you consider that 81 percent of ten-year-olds are afraid of being fat -- half are already dieting -- and twelve million American children are obese. There is a disease gripping our nation's children and it strikes early. Take the Fight Out of Food offers a cure.

This practical guide is filled with hands-on tools and in-depth advice for putting a stop to unhealthy eating habits before they begin. In Take the Fight Out of Food parents will learn how to:

• Understand their own "food legacy" and how it affects their children

• Keep their children connected to food in a positive way

• Talk to their kids about food and nutrition

• Recognize and deal with the six types of eaters --

including the Picky Eater, the Grazer, and the Beige Food Eater

With guidance, inspiration, and encouragement, this invaluable book helps parents to teach their children to eat for life in a positive and healthy family environment.

Library Journal

Fish, a licensed social worker specializing in eating disorders, aims to help children develop a positive relationship with food. A critical part of her approach involves parents appraising their own attitudes and hang-ups about food and eating. Once that is accomplished, adults can become better role models and instill good eating habits in their children, e.g., differentiating physical feelings of hunger from emotions. In a confident tone that will reassure readers, Fish notes that children who are so mentored are more likely to have self-control in all areas of life. She also groups children into six different types of eaters-"The Food Demander," "The Trouble Transitioner," "The Picky Eater," "The Beige Eater," "The Spurt Eater," and "The Grazer"-up to about age nine. Though she includes some tools and tips for resolving their issues, this is less the problem-solving manual the title suggests than an "eat for life" manual for the family. If it's recipes you're after, consider instead Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Meals for Kids: Cooking Rocks! Recommended for large public libraries and child-rearing collections.-Douglas C. Lord, Connecticut State Lib., Hartford Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Overcoming Thyroid Problems or The Gleasons Gym Total Body Boxing Workout for Women

2008-12-31T01:49:00.000-08:00

Overcoming Thyroid Problems

Author: Jeffrey R Garber

A complete guide to understanding, treating, and living with thyroid disease, from Harvard Medical School

More than 13 million people in the United States suffer from some form of thyroid disease, and that number is expected to rise precipitously as the baby boomer generation approaches its sixties.

Written by an internationally respected authority on thyroid disease, Dr. Jeffrey R. Garber, The Harvard Medical School Guide to Overcoming Thyroid Problems is an up-to-the minute, authoritative source of practical information for thyroid patients and those who think they may have a thyroid problem. Working from the belief that "being informed is your best cure," Garber:

Explains how the thyroid works, what can go wrong and why, and how to work with a doctor
to feel better and stay healthy
Dispels common myths and misconceptions about thyroid disease and describes the best diagnostic tests and both conventional and alternative treatment approaches
Covers the most common forms of thyroid disease in detail, including Graves' disease, Hashimoto's disease, and thyroid cancer

Jeffrey R. Garber, M.D., is an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and chief of endocrinology at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a Harvard-affiliated independent practice. He is affiliated with both Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital, two world-renowned Harvard teaching hospitals, and he is a director on the executive council of the American Thyroid Association.

Sandra Sardella White is an award-winning freelance health writer and coauthor of The Children's Hospital Guide toYour Child's Health and Development.

The Gleason's Gym Total Body Boxing Workout for Women: A 4-Week Head-to-Toe Makeover

Author: Hector Roca

Defined arms; sleek shoulders; flat, tight abs; lean, firm legs -- this is the shape that women want to get from their workouts. World-renowned trainer Hector Roca and owner Bruce Silverglade bring Gleason's Gym's boxing secrets to your home with The Gleason's Gym Total Body Boxing Workout for Women, outlining a step-by-step program that gets any woman into knockout shape -- fitter, faster, and firmer than ever in just four weeks!

Boxing is not only a dynamic fitness program but also a powerful addition to other fitness routines. Using unique combinations of muscle groups and both aerobic and weight training movements, boxing works out the entire body at one time. You'll lose weight; build lean, toned muscle; improve cardiovascular fitness; and feel physically and emotionally stronger all at once.

Roca and Silverglade break down all the boxing basics, from how to make a fist and how to stand, to more advanced boxing moves and various ways of jumping rope and include a nutritional plan to maximize results. The Gleason's Gym Total Body Boxing Workout for Women offers the ultimate workout for women who want to look their best, feel their best, and be their best.

Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals or Healthy Life Kitchen

2008-12-30T15:37:00.000-08:00

Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Author: Ian Osborn

Obsessive-compulsive disorder has been called the "hidden epidemic": only a very few of the many people who have it reveal their condition. Dr. Osborn discusses the various forms OCD takes andusing the most common focuses of obsession - presents detailed and dramatic cases whose objects are filth, harm, lust, and blasphemy. He explains how the disorder is currently diagnosed, and how it differs from addiction, worrying, and preoccupation. He summarizes the recent findings in the areas of brain biology, neuroimaging, and genetics that show OCD to be a distinct chemical disorder of the brain. He contrasts OCD with other "OCD spectrum disorders" such as anorexia nervosa and hairpulling, and he provides a historical overview that traces the development over the centuries of both behavior therapy and medications.

Healthy Life Kitchen

Author: Marilu Henner

If you're like most people, 70 percent of what's in your kitchen right now is unhealthy and has to go. Now the good news...there are healthy and tasty alternatives to everything in your refrigerator and pantry, and the transition is easier than you think.

When it comes to food, most of us go through a constant tug-of-war between the foods we love and the foods we feel we should be eating. But what if we didn't have to give up our favorite foods? What if we could take recipes from our childhood or our favorite cookbooks and find healthier ways to enjoy them?

Marilu Henner's Healthy Life Kitchen shows you a new way, a better way, to create a "health factory" in your home. Out go the red meat, dairy, and refined sugar products, and in come the freshest fruits, vegetables, grains, soy, seafood, poultry, and seasonings imaginable-and, in a few easy steps, you've created a Healthy Life you!

After inspiring legions of readers with Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover and The 30-Day Total Health Makeover, Marilu presents the first cookbook in her bestselling series, introducing tantalizing dishes that fit perfectly into her life-changing health plan. Marilu has collected her best-loved recipes of the last twenty years and mixed in her distinctive warmth and humor. With pioneering health advice, helpful kitchen tips, and plenty of gusto, she serves up a magical array of hearty meals for your nourishment and pleasure.

Only Healthy Life Kitchen features:

175 delicious recipes, such as Blueberry Crunch Muffins, Savory Squash Soup, Thai Shrimp and Asparagus Salad, Upside-Down Garlic Chicken, Sierra Stew, Miso-Glazed Sea Bass, Coconut Sorbet, and Killer Brownies.
A virtual tour of a health food store to help you select the healthiest brands and products.
Secrets for steaming, boiling, poaching, grilling, roasting, baking.
Easy-to-use conversion tables for modifying your favorite foods and recipes to achieve maximum health benefits.
Helpful suggestions on what to cook for kids.
Extensive lists of the harmful chemicals and preservatives in your food and under your sink, and the healthy alternatives to these kitchen hazards.
14 easy-to-make entrees using soy, America's fastest-growing food product, including EZ Sloppy Joes, Tofu Tacos, Hunter's Tofu, and Santa Fe Wrap.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Kitchen 101: Evaluating Your Kitchen	1
Ch. 2	Out with the Bad Stuff!	11
Ch. 3	In with the Good Stuff!	45
Ch. 4	Healthy Conversions	67
Ch. 5	Preparation, Cooking, and Presentation Methods	77
Ch. 6	What You Will or Will Not Find in These Recipes	87
Ch. 7	Recipes	99
	Appendix	319
	Glossary	327
	Additional Recipe Categories	332
	Index	339

Second Year Sobriety or The Pharmacology for Massage Therapy

2008-12-30T04:26:00.000-08:00

Second Year Sobriety: Getting Comfortable Now That Everything Is Different

Author: Guy Kettelhack

This second volume in Kettelhack's series takes on the "terrible twos. " Here people in recovery share their experiences and insights in dealing with long-suppressed feelings of anger, loss, guilt, love, and self-acceptance. Kettelhack shows how "sticking with it"--persevering with the struggle to deal with new feelings and refusing to give in to addictive impulses--ultimately creates the sense of life as an ongoing adventure, one more vivid, exciting and sustaining than had ever been thought possible.

Guy Kettelhack has written seven books on recovery. He is completing a Master's degree in psychoanalysis, and is an analyst-in-training at the Boston and New York Centers for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. A graduate of Middlebury College, Kettelhack has also done graduate work in English literature at Bread Loaf School of English at Oxford University. He lives in New York City.

New interesting textbook: Design for the Environment or Investments

The Pharmacology for Massage Therapy: Procedures and Quick Reference

Author: Jean M Wibl

Written specifically for massage therapists, this excellent text makes the basics of pharmacology easy to understand. It explains the biochemical and physical effects and actions of a wide variety of drug classes, explores how they move throughout the body, and addresses the use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases. This cutting-edge text also introduces a deductive reasoning process that can be used to develop safe individualized bodywork protocols for clients receiving drug therapy. Readers will learn a practical method for assessing the effects of drug therapies on their clients and the implications for massage therapy.

15 Minute Total Body Workout or Everything Gluten Free Cookbook

2008-12-29T19:14:00.000-08:00

15 Minute Total Body Workout

Author: Joan Pagano

No time to exercise? No problem! DK's new 15-Minute Fitness series gives you all the tools you need to squeeze regular exercise into your life. This fantastic new format offers: four detailed gatefolds for easy, step-by-step instruction; a DVD to walk you through each routine; and a fully-illustrated, fully-annotated book to help you perfect your technique. Choose one of four complete mini-workouts each day to target a specific part of the body, and to strengthen, stretch, and build your way to a more toned, more healthy you.

Book review: Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 1933 or Why We Want to Kill You

Everything Gluten-Free Cookbook: 300 Appetizing Recipes Tailored To Your Needs!

Author: Rick Marx

If you're one of the millions of people affected by Celiac Disease or a gluten/wheat allergy, The Everything GlutenFree Cookbook is your complete resource for greattasting, glutenfree meals. Complete with 300 recipes especially created with your needs in mind, you'll find many options for healthy, tasty eating. From pasta casseroles and creamy soups to cakes, cobblers, and vegetarian fare, The Everything GlutenFree Cookbook offers instructions on preparing meals perfect for family dinners and special occasions.

Features recipes for:

Yellow Squash and Apple Soup

Shrimp and Lobster Salad

Spicy Cornbread Stuffed with Chilies

Curried Lamb Grilled on Skewers

Turkey and Fruit with Wild Rice

Chocolate Mint Swirl Cheesecake with Chocolate Nut Crust

In addition to these mouthwatering meals, you'll also find resources for buying glutenfree ingredients, suggestions for parentapproved kids' snacks, and entertaining tips for sitdown dinners, children's birthday parties, and more. Whether you're planning everyday meals or cooking for a crowd, The Everything(r) GlutenFree Cookbook is packed with a flavorful variety of foods to tantalize your taste buds and fit your dietary needs!

Rick Marx is the author of The Everything Grilling Cookbook . He currently edits two monthly magazines, The Westchester County Times and The Fairfield County Times , serving audiences in New York and Connecticut, respectively. Informally known as "The Grillmaster," he was featured on CNBC and The Discovery Channel for his "everyman" attitude and facility behind the grill. He resides in Katonah, NY.

Nancy T. Maar has written about food, health and nutrition for more than twenty years. She has written for magazines and newspapers on food, events, business, and restaurants. For four years she wrote internationally syndicated, weekly columns"Now You're Cookin'!" on food, and "Caring Well for Your Older Loved Ones," for caregivers. Nancy Maar lives with her husband in South Norwalk, CT

Athletic Fitness for Kids or Cracking the Metabolic Code

2008-12-29T07:03:00.000-08:00

Athletic Fitness for Kids

Author: Scott Lancaster

Finally, here is a conditioning program designed to fully develop a young athlete's physical skills without dropout, injury, or burnout.

Athletic Fitness for Kids enhances athletic skills for young athletes using a fun, self-directed, and self-tested system. Gamelike activities help young athletes develop seven key sport skills:

Flexibility
Coordination
Balance
Stamina
Strength
Speed
Agility

Athletic Fitness for Kids includes drills, games, and exercises that cross over with popular sports such as baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and tennis. Sport-specific drill suggestions are also included.

Developed by Scott Lancaster, founder and CEO of Youth Evolution Sports, and Radu Teodorescu, fitness adviser, Athletic Fitness for Kids will maximize athletic potential and open doors to a lifetime of fitness and sport participation.

Cracking the Metabolic Code: 9 Keys to Optimal Health

Author: James B Lavall

Doctors traditionally prescribe a pill for every ill. But for most people, these single solutions don't work. The truth is, most chronic health problems, including stubborn weight gain, unbeatable fatigue, intestinal distress, high blood pressure, creeping cholesterol, and high blood sugar, are not found in simply one organ, but in several parts of the body (oftentimes in twos and threes). This is the result of years of slow, subtle challenges to your metabolism, which is as unique as you are. Your diet, lifestyle habits, stress level, prescription drug use, and relationships, as well as the genes you inherit and the environment in which you live -- in effect, the sum total of your life experience up to this day -- determine your personal metabolism and, in turn, your current state of health. Using a step-by-step, easy-to-implement system of diet, lifestyle strategies, and state-of-the-art nutrients and supplements, Dr. James LaValle will help you create an individualized program for reclaiming your metabolism and health. At long last, this book provides readers with the information and tools that have been used successfully by thousands of Dr. LaValle's patients over the last twenty years to help them take charge of their diets, their health, and their lives.

Nordies at Noon or Body Mind and Sport

2008-12-28T21:51:00.000-08:00

Nordie's at Noon: The Personal Stories of Four Women Too Young for Breast Cancer

Author: Patti Balwanz

The true story of four friends diagnosed with breast cancer before they were thirty, and the monthly luncheon that lifted their spirits.

A diagnosis of breast cancer before the age of thirty had brought Patti, Jana, Jennifer, and Kim together for a monthly lunch at their local Nordstrom's café, but it was a desire to provide hope to others that would make them friends for life.

The fruit of their lunchtime labor, Nordie's at Noon shares the personal stories of each of these courageous women. A source of humor, strength, inspiration, and education, the book is a celebration of friendship and of living life to the fullest. "A rare book that has the saddest of endings and yet still manages to be life affirming,"* it encourages women everywhere to be proactive with their health-and to realize that no one is "too young" for breast cancer. (*People Magazine)

People Magazine

...this is a rare book that has the saddest of endings and yet still manages to be—yes—life affirming.

Bette-Lee Fox - Library Journal

They took a department store café and turned it into a metaphor for support and strength in the face of a disease for "older women." Now in paperback. (LJ9/1/06)

Library Journal

Most women go to Nordstrom for the shopping. These four Midwestern women-Balwanz, Kim Carlos, Jennifer Johnson, and Jana Peters-met weekly at the store's cafe to share information and perspectives on the disease that came into their lives at an all-too-tender age. Ranging from 24 to 30 at diagnosis, they merged their experiences and diverse personalities into this funny, poignant, and exceedingly valuable resource. Each believed that her breast cancer helped to strengthen her relationship with God and moved her into advocacy and areas of support for other women confronting the same challenge. Some statistics: breast cancer affects one out of every 229 women in their thirties and one out of 3000 pregnancies. A superb text for all health collections, especially those serving younger women. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Interesting book: Logbookone or Share the Care

Body, Mind, and Sport: The Mind-Body Guide to Lifelong Health, Fitness, and Your Personal Best

Author: John Douillard

Until recently, the effortless "Zone" of peak performance was only within the reach of serious athletes. Now, with Body, Mind, and Sport, anyone can reach the Zone, regardless of fitness level.

Designed to accommodate a variety of individual fitness needs, the Body, Mind, and Sport program is split into two levels. Level 1 is for non-athletes who want to improve overall fitness; Level 2 is for those who want to train for competitive or recreational purposes. Your own unique mind-body type is taken into account to guide you in achieving your personal best without stress or strain. In this revised and updated edition of Body, Mind, and Sport, fitness expert and trainer John Douillard outlines a program in which your individual seasonal constitution -- Winter, Spring, or Summer -- determines what exercises or sports are best suited to your mind-body type and what foods you should eat for optimum results.

Using the Body, Mind, and Sport approach you can decrease heart and breath rates while improving both fitness and performance. Dozens of world-class athletes, including Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King, have used John Douillard's expert breathing techniques, dietary recommendations, and seasonally balanced workouts. Now you can, too!

Marie Claire Makeup or The Competitive Runners Handbook

2008-12-28T10:39:00.000-08:00

Marie Claire Makeup

Author: Marie Clair

You can apply makeup like a professional—let the experts and Marie Claire show you how. From the most accessible techniques to the most sophisticated tricks, this beautiful guide features the secrets of such cosmetic industry insiders as Bobbi Brown, Olivier Échaudemaison from Guerlain, and James Kaliardos from L’Oréal Paris. Offering page after full page of informative color photos, everything from head to toenails is covered in striking close-up. Marie Claire Makeup is filled with lessons that will give you great results: find the freshest palettes for each season and smart ways to camouflage the effects of stress and exhaustion on your skin; see how to enhance facial structure, contour and highlight eyes with Technicolor brilliance, put on false eyelashes, shape brows, and create luscious lips in shades ranging from near-natural to the sexiest red. It’s a step-by-step guide to creating the right look for every face and any occasion.

The Competitive Runner's Handbook: The Bestselling Guide to Running 5ks through Marathons

Author: Bob Glover

For both runners entering that first neighborhood race and elite marathoners, trainers Bob and Shelly-lynn Florence Glover's completely revised guide is the book on training to compete. A book that's already sold close to 200,000 copies, The Competitive Runner's Handbook will now offer all the latest information needed to design basic training programs; special workouts to increase strength, endurance, and power; schedules and worksheets to develop individual goals; and specifics on preparing for all kinds of races--with an emphasis on the 10K and the marathon.

Informed by their over thirty years of coaching experience, the Glovers give winning tips on alternative training, footwear and diet, and common injuries and illnesses, as well as sensible advice on balancing running with work and home life.

Kick!

A fresh revision of a classic....Does the remarkable job of improving on an already thorough and impressive resource....For understanding the logic that undergirds sensible, effective training, this book is a gem.

Library Journal

As anyone who has ever run competitively knows, there's more to it than putting one foot in front of the other as fast as possible. The Glovers here provide a full range of advice and instruction on all aspects of running, including diet, exercise, training, strategy, and footwear. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Kick!

A fresh revision of a classic....[D]oes the remarkable job of improving on an already thorough and impressive resource....For understanding the logic that undergirds sensible, effective training, this book is a gem.

	Introduction: The Challenge of Competitive Running
Pt. I	Basic Training
Pt. II	Speed Training
Pt. III	Planning your Training
Pt. IV	Specific Training for Racing
Pt. V	Marathon Training and Racing
Pt. VI	Mental Aspects of Competitive Running
Pt. VII	Running Form and Shoes
Pt. VIII	Food and Drink for Health and Performance
Pt. IX	The Running Environment
Pt. X	Specific Competitors
Pt. XI	Illness and Injury
Pt. XII	Special Training
Pt. XIII	Balance
	Appendix
	Index

The Essential Difference or Coyote Medicine

2008-12-28T00:28:00.000-08:00

The Essential Difference: Male and Female Brains and the Truth about Autism

Author: Simon Baron Cohen

We all know the opposite sex can be a baffling, even infuriating, species. Why do most men use the phone to exchange information rather than have a chat? Why do women love talking about relationships and feelings with their girlfriends while men seem drawn to computer games, new gadgets, or the latest sports scores? Does it really all just come down to our upbringing? In The Essential Difference, leading psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen confirms what most of us had suspected all along: that male and female brains are different. This groundbreaking and controversial study reveals the scientific evidence (present even in one-day-old babies) that proves that female-type brains are better at empathizing and communicating, while male brains are stronger at understanding and building systems-not just computers and machinery, but abstract systems such as politics and music. Most revolutionary of all, The Essential Difference also puts forward the compelling new theory that autism (and its close relative, Asperger's Syndrome) is actually an example of the extreme male brain. His theory can explain why those who live with this condition are brilliant at analyzing the most complex systems yet cannot relate to the emotional lives of those with whom they live. Understanding our essential difference, Baron-Cohen concludes, may help us not only make sense of our partners' foibles, but also solve one of the most mysterious scientific riddles of our time.

The Washington Post

He has come up with a fascinating crazy-quilt of studies to prove our sexual differences...I thank Simon Baron-Cohen more than I can say for having written this book. It has explained a good part of my own life to me; it's made men achingly human to me.—Carolyn See

Publishers Weekly

Should the title fail to express Baron-Cohen's certainty about gender differences, the Cambridge Univ. professor of psychology and psychiatry lays out his controversial thesis on page one: "The female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy. The male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems." Defending this bold view is a tough but engaging battle, one that's alleviated by Baron-Cohen's disclaimer that his conclusions refer to statistical majorities rather than "all men" and "all women," but exacerbated by his habit of simultaneously skirting and employing gender stereotypes. His copious evidence ranges from the anecdotal to the anthropological, and from the neurological to the case study (the author and his research team conducted many of these studies). Not all his support fully convinces: e.g., the music-classifying habits of novelist Nick Hornby's High Fidelity protagonist isn't confirmation of the male brain's predisposition to systems-building. After acknowledging cultural and social influences on gender differences, Baron-Cohen "surfs the brain" (and offers evidence from a number of studies, both human and animal) to establish a biological link. But if male rats navigate their way through mazes more easily than female rats, does that mean men are better at directions than women? His speculations on how binary brain types have evolved over the eons, which have the male brain co-opting traits like power and leadership, leaving the female brain with gossip and motherhood, may ruffle a few feathers. Perhaps the most refreshing section of this cerebral volume is devoted to what he calls "extreme" examples of the male brain-autism and its cousin, Asperger's syndrome. The author of previous autism books, including Mindblindness, Baron-Cohen offers curious lay readers a provocative discussion of male-female differences. (July) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

In this engaging collection of letters, Pipher (Reviving Ophelia; Another Country) writes about her 30 years as a psychotherapist and what she has learned about people. Far more than just career advice for young therapists, however, she offers insights that could be subtitled Life 101 for Laypeople. The correspondence, based on the seasons, reflects Pipher's outlook on life (it's hard), childhood (never idyllic), family relationships (vital), and healing (often best through play, music, and travel). As a therapist, she agonizes over clients she can't help and injects plain thinking into complex problems. Families are not dysfunctional, she insists; parents may be quirky or incompetent, but clients should hang on to family relationships. Pipher concludes that what is dysfunctional is our society, through the pressures of time, expectations, suburban lifestyles, and jobs. "We therapists are small potatoes," she writes, though readers will feel richer and more competent for having read the wisdom she shares. For all collections.-Linda Beck, Indian Valley P.L., Telford, PA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

	List of Figures
	Acknowledgments
1	The Male and Female Brain	1
2	Boy Meets Girl	13
3	What Is Empathizing?	21
4	The Female Brain as Empathizer: The Evidence	29
5	What Is Systemizing?	61
6	The Male Brain as Systemizer: The Evidence	69
7	Culture	85
8	Biology	95
9	Evolution of the Male and Female Brain	117
10	Autism: The Extreme Male Brain	133
11	A Professor of Mathematics	155
12	The Extreme Female Brain: Back to the Future	171
App. 1	The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" Test	187
App. 2	The Empathy Quotient (EQ)	201
App. 3	The Systemizing Quotient (SQ)	209
App. 4	The Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)	217
	References	223
	Bibliography	235
	Index	265

Interesting book: Learning to Program with Alice or Photoshop

Coyote Medicine: Lessons From Native American Healing

Author: Lewis Mehl Madrona

Inspired by his Cherokee grandmother's healing ceremonies, Lewis Mehl-Madrona enlightens readers to "alternative" paths to recovery and health. Coyote Medicine isn't about eschewing Western medicine when it's effective, but about finding other answers when medicine fails: for chronic sufferers, patients not responding to medication, or "terminal" cases that doctors have given up on. In the story of one doctor's remarkable initiation into alternative ways to spiritual and physical health, Coyote Medicine provides the key to untapped healing methods available today.

Publishers Weekly

"My own twin journeys through the worlds of medicine and the spirit" is how Mehl-Madrona describes this well-written, if uneven, account of his odyssey from the orthodox halls of Stanford Medical School in the early 1970s to his Cherokee-Lakota Sioux roots and on to a career in holistic medicine in the 1980s. While still a medical student on rotation, horrifying examples of incompetence and the power of ego-driven doctors to silence protest, plus their refusal to listen to pleas for change, prompted Mehl-Madrona to delve into his memories of the different healing methods practiced by his grandmother, a Cherokee, and to investigate the methods of other Native American healers. Soon, he was learning about sweat lodges, medicine men, shamans, peyote and curanderas, in addition to Western medical techniques. Predictably, Mehl-Madrona quickly ran into trouble with the medical establishment. Mehl-Madrona breaks little new ground here in this memoir, and his chronology is sometimes confusing. His descriptions of Native healing procedures are vivid and illuminating, however, as are his details of life in the medical profession. A worthy complement to the work of Larry Dossey and other forward-thinking physicians, this should appeal to students of Native American culture as well as to those interested in alternative healing. (Feb.)

Library Journal

With all the recent books on Native American healing and numerous accounts of how physicians are combining both alternative and traditional medicine, librarians might think there is no room for another. But they would be wrong if they did not add this title to their collection. Mehl-Madonna, a "half-breed Cherokees Injun," was only 21 when he graduated from Stanford University's medical school in the mid 1970s. Originally planning to go into family practice and psychiatry, where he could use his knowledge of Native American healing gleaned from his grandparents, he was either thrown out of or resigned from three different residency programs because he could not hold his tongue about what he often thought of as modern medicine. He considered giving up orthodox medicine but finally completed his residency. All readers, from those with a casual interest in Native American healing to health providers who want to learn more about alternative medicine, will enjoy and learn from this book. Recommended for most collections.-Natalie Kupferberg, Ferris State Univ. Lib., Big Rapids, Mich.

Kirkus Reviews

A treatise on "half-breed" medicine that partakes of both Anglo and Native American traditions but is at home in neither.

Mehl-Madrona, who now teaches family-practice medicine at the University of Hawaii, offers two books in one. The first is an account of the education of a doctor, one that often veers into self-importance ("I have always believed I have a mission on earth") but that may prove instructive for anyone tempted to enter medical training. The second is a look at Native American healing practices, and it is even less satisfying. The literature of Native American medicine is already peppered with naive and uncritical texts that suggest that healing techniques can be divorced from their cultural contexts and readily adapted elsewhere. Mehl-Madrona contributes to this notion of mix-and-match doctoring: "The medicine passed in a dipper around the circle," he writes in a description of a healing ceremony. "Everyone took a sip. Then we passed the dipper again, pouring water on our heads to open the crown chakras." (Hanta yoga, anyone?) The author, who claims Cherokee ancestry, is clearly a longtime student of Native American traditions, and he discusses some of them with welcome clarity. He inclines, however, to a mysticism that will discomfort some readers, as in his description of an encounter with a curious rattlesnake during healing ceremonies in the Arizona desert ("its head rested on my shoulder, and its rattle massaged my foot"). Elsewhere Mehl-Madrona writes, "Native American spirituality is a gift to us from North America itself. . . . Native American people have been preservers of this spiritual path for centuries, but they do not own it."

This position is likely to appall cultural purists, but it will comfort browsers in the great department store of spiritual salves that is the New Age.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	When Bodies Need Voices	1
2	The Body's Problem with Illness	27
3	Illness as a Call for Stories	53
4	The Restitution Narrative	75
5	The Chaos Narrative	97
6	The Quest Narrative	115
7	Testimony	137
8	The Wound as Half Opening	169
	Notes	187
	Index	209