Alternative Medicine

Can we live robustly until our last breath? Do we have to suffer from debilitating conditions and sickness? Is it possible to add more vibrant years to our lives? In The End of Illness, David B. Agus, MD, one of the world’s leading cancer doctors, researchers, and technology innovators, tackles these fundamental questions, challenging long-held wisdoms and dismantling misperceptions about what “health” means. With a blend of storytelling, landmark research, and provocative ideas on health, Dr. Agus presents an eye-opening picture of the human body and all of the ways it works—and fails—showing us how a new perspective on our individual health will allow each of us to achieve that often elusive but now reachable goal of a long, vigorous life.

When Dr. Agus decided to pursue a career in oncology, many of his mentors questioned his choice. Why, they asked, would a promising young doctor want to enter a field known for its inescapably grim outcomes? But it was precisely the lack of progress that inspired Dr. Agus to join the war on cancer. He moved away from the modern methods of the medical establishment, which aim to reduce our afflictions to a single point. Instead, as he does in this book, Dr. Agus argues for the adoption of a systemic view—a way of honoring our bodies as complex, whole systems. This outlook informs how we can avoid all illnesses—not just cancer. Dr. Agus empowers us to take charge of our individual health in personal, customized ways we could not have imagined before.

This indispensable book is not only a manifesto—a call for revising the way we think about health—it’s also filled with practical but impossible-to-ignore suggestions, including:

• How taking multivitamins and supplements could significantly increase our risk for cancer over time.

• Why sitting down most of the day, despite a strenuous morning workout, can be as bad as or worse than smoking.

• How sneaky sources of daily inflammation—from high heels to the common cold—can lead to a fatal heart attack, and even rob us of our sanity.

• How three inexpensive medications—aspirin, statins, and an annual flu vaccine—can substantially change the course of our health for the better.

• How taking shortcuts to health via blending fruits and vegetables, and sometimes even by purchasing what we think is “fresh,” could be shortchanging our health.

• The single most important thing we can do today to preserve our health and happiness that costs absolutely nothing.

Dr. Agus also offers insights and access to breathtaking and powerful new technologies that promise to transform medicine in our generation. In the course of offering recommendations, he emphasizes his belief that there is no “right” answer, no master guide that is “one size fits all.” Each one of us must get to know our bodies in uniquely personal ways, and he shows us exactly how to do that so that we can individually create a plan for wellness.

The End of Illness is a bold call for all of us to become our own personal health advocates, and a dramatic departure from orthodox thinking. This is a seminal work that promises to revolutionize how we live.

A Timeless Children’s Classic

The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, is one of the great classics of children’s literature, although now much more admired than when it was first published in 1910 as it is now. One of the central themes of the novel, that good health comes from healthy food, physical exercise, and a positive attitude towards life, is increasingly obvious to many of us, and has now, or is being, being confirmed by medical research. ‘Organic’ foods, ‘free-range’ chickens, and growing concern for our physical and community environments are becoming common wisdom now, and many diseases – as seemingly unrelated as childhood myopia and rickets (both associated with lack of time spent in the open air and sun) – have been found to be more closely-related to how gracefully we live than to "germs." What we do is sometimes as important as what happens to us, and ‘being brave’ in the face of adversity sometimes turns out to be a life-saver, just as it does in the book.

This edition includes the original four color plates and a color reproduction of the 1911 hardcover edition and is fully-linked to make navigation easy. Select any chapter title to link to the table of contents, which is functional, unlike many inexpensive e-books one sees. Although today’s Kindle doesn’t display color, many Kindle apps on other devices do, and who knows what the future holds for the Kindle itself?

“The Bridge Never Crossed is the incredible story of George Burk’s survival of a tragic plane crash, the unlikely series of events that saved his life, and his inspirational refusal to die . . . George has spent the balance of his life sharing what he has learned about work, leadership, faith, and the true meaning of ‘quality of life’. He believes that angels walk among us. I believe that George is one of them.”
Joe Howard, Fire Chief, Rowlett, Texas
“[George Burk‘s] determination and professionalism are examples for all of us to follow.”
A. M. Gray, General, U. S. Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps
“Thank you, George, for sharing your journey with us. You do make a difference in people’s lives . . . I know, because you’ve made a difference in mine.”
Helen L. Campbell, Executive Director, State Firemen’s & Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas
“Reading his book will rekindle your emotions, enhance your perspective, and very possibly change your life.”
Buck Riley, Basketball Coach, Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan

Let me introduce myself. My name is Captain George Burk, USAF (Ret). It’s only now, after nearly thirty years, that I can reflect on a period of my life which was both tragic and inspirational. Yet try as I may, I still cannot logically account for my humble presence upon this planet. I can only be thankful to a power greater than all earthly powers and to those who befriended, helped and guided me.
Sometimes during the darker moments of my reflection I wonder why, apart from so many fine colleagues, my life was spared to endure the se-quence of events and horrendous consequences that began that morning.
It was a West Coast spring morning that dawned foggy and overcast like so many other Northern California spring mornings. It was May 4, 1970, and there was never a hint or omen in that salt-laden sea mist billowing westward from the steamy Pacific Ocean to herald that day which so dramatically changed the remainder of my life and the lives of so many others.
After surviving an event as horrifying as a plane crash, one might spend considerable time and energy reviewing every detail of that day to determine if a safer path or course of action might have been taken. Another course or choice which would alter events; a different decision to avoid the physical and emotional pain and psychological torture of burns and disfigurement which left me, at its worst, wishing I would die.
Well, I didn’t die, and my life since the crash has been full of adventure, excitement and, yes, even a few disappointments.
God has blessed me with a second chance at life, to travel and share my journey with others and have family and friends who love me.
Given pain, we can make the choice to wallow in our grieving, or we can take what is left to us as a gift, and build from there. Like so many others, I found in my pain a new source of determination and a new beginning. I feel I am a stronger person for it, and I am grateful for what I have learned.

Several million visitors arrive in Sedona, Arizona, each year, captivated by her remarkable scenery, and majestic sunsets. They are also enticed by a hidden quality-the uplifting healing energy and sacred vibrations of Sedona's spiritual vortexes. Here Ilchi Lee shares his Sedona experiences in an intimate, heart-expanding exploration of natural and spiritual mysteries. Through the profound meditations the author was guided to create in Sedona, anyone anywhere can experience the deep peace, joy, and messages of hope, healing, and guidance that Sedona offers. This is a guidebook like no other.

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• This edition contains illustrations and links to chapters for a pleasant reading experience on your device.

The Book of Tea was written by Kakuzo Okakura in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times.

In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. Kazuko addressed The Book of Tea to a Western audience and wrote it in English, not Japanese. The fact that it was originally written in English instead of being translated makes this a great English Tea classics. He had been taught at a young age to speak English and was proficient at communicating his thoughts to the Western mind. In his book, he discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of tea and Japanese life. The book emphasizes how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyu and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony.

When tea is more than a drink and the tea ceremony is understood and practiced to foster harmony in humanity, promote harmony with nature, discipline the mind, quiet the heart, and attain the purity of enlightenment, the art of tea becomes teaism. It can be used to describe tea ceremony as the interests in tea culture and studies and pursued over time with self-cultivation. Teaism is mostly a simplistic mode of aesthetics, but there are subtle insights into ethics, and even metaphysics. Teaism is related to teamind. A sense of focus and concentration while under the influence of great tasting tea. Teaist is a person who performs or enjoys the art of tea and teaism. In Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultures, they all have well developed teaism.

As a Man Thinketh is a literary essay of James Allen, published in 1902. The title is influenced by a verse in the Bible from the Book of Proverbs chapter 23 verse 7, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”

Techniques and routines for all levels of practice and holistic lifestyle guidelines. Some practical benefits of regular superconscious meditation practice: stress is reduced, the body's immune system is strengthened, thinking becomes well-ordered and rational, intellectual and intuitive powers improve, biologic aging processes are slowed, appreciation for living is enhanced, spiritual growth progresses naturally.

When you read this groundbreaking book, you come to understand how you can resolve and transform the challenges of your life through the greatness of your own Wise Mind. Filled with expanded loving energy, this book opens you to your true magnificence and power. You explore the Superconscious or higher mind, and you also learn the Wise Mind Process, an original, simple and powerful way to resolve your challenges moment by moment. Experience your life transforming as you read and move to higher levels of consciousness. The Wise Mind Process will amaze you in its ability to help you to move your worries, troubles and issues into peace, comfort, and love.


Through this altered perception, you can handle fears and negative thoughts, relationships, sadness, anger, stress, losses, self-deprecation everything that you perceive to limit you -and you can experience huge shifts in well-being, health, work, relationships, and spiritual growth. You'll learn specific ways to release obstacles so that you can experience love, wisdom, compassion, and peace and find new knowledge and spiritual wisdom.


“The Wise Mind is filled with practical wisdom that gives you tools for resolving the challenges of life.”

- John Gray, Author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus


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