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The End of Illness David B. Agus 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. |
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SMART SCHOOL TIME RECIPES: The Breakfast, Snack, and Lunchbox Cookbook for Healthy Kids and Adults Alisa Marie Fleming This e-cookbook was created to encourage whole foods living for families, while offering ample alternatives to prepackaged meals and snacks.
Within you will discover 125 healthy recipes and over 100 full color photos for quick breakfasts, on-the-go snacks, and portable lunch items. And of course, the recipes are kid-friendly (and adult-friendly!), easy, and delicious. The chapters include:
Morning Muffin Mania
Sensational Smoothies
Easy Freezin’ Waffles, Pancakes, and French Toast
More Smart Starts
Dips, Fillings, and Spreads
Soups and Stews
Salad-Style
More Lunchbox Love
Sweet Snackin’
Craving Cookies
Essential Extras
Please download and enjoy, and let others know about this fabulous eCookbook! Share it, Tweet it, Buzz it, and Email it to help spread the word about the easy and delicious world of whole foods for the entire family.
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The Secret Garden [Illustrated] Frances Hodgson Burnett 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?
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The Bridge Never Crossed-A Survivor's Search for Meaning George Burk “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.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons—as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions.
Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.
Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia—a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo—to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.
Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah, who was devastated to learn about her mother’s cells. She was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Did it hurt her when researchers infected her cells with viruses and shot them into space? What happened to her sister, Elsie, who died in a mental institution at the age of fifteen? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance?
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences. |
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The Call of Sedona: Journey of the Heart Ilchi Lee 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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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Spiral) Details on the corrections to the first printing of the APA Publication Manual, as well as corrected papers are available athttp://apastyle.org/ The first printing of the manual is no longer being distributed, and the second printing has these corrections included. If you have any other questions, please contact customer service at 1-800-665-1148 Book Description:The "Publication Manual" is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators. Although it is specifically designed to help writers in the behavioral sciences and social sciences, anyone who writes non-fiction prose can benefit from its guidance. The newly-revised Sixth Edition has not only been rewritten. It has also been thoroughly rethought and reorganized, making it the most user-friendly "Publication Manual" the APA has ever produced. You will be able to find answers to your questions faster than ever before. When you need advice on how to present information, including text, data, and graphics, for publication in any type of format - such as college and university papers, professional journals, presentations for colleagues, and online publication - you will find the advice you're looking for in the "Publication Manual". When you purchase the Publication Manual, you are purchasing more than a book. You are also gaining access to an extensive Web site totally devoted to your writing concerns. The site is updated regularly, so the latest information will be always at your fingertips. The Sixth Edition proffers the latest thinking on providing reference formats for new technologies and online sources, essential to today's research process.The extent and severity of the errors in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual have been greatly exaggerated. The first printing of the manual is correct, accurate, and fully functional in all areas except for 4 sample papers which have been corrected and are posted on the web for download. |
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Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is commonly referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis" and his work has been highly influential, popularizing such notions as the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, defense mechanisms, Freudian slips and dream symbolism. |
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Think & Be Happy: 365 Empowering Thoughts to Life Your Spirit Shadonna Richards # 1 KINDLE BESTSELLER IN MEDITATION # 1 KINDLE BESTSELLER IN SELF-HELP/MOTIVATION A gift book filled with more than 365 happy thoughts to empower you and get you through each day. REVIEWS "I love this great new book… Shadonna has searched and found the secret of happiness and is sharing it with us in this valuable book.…This is a perfect book to buy for a friend because you will be helping to spread happiness to the ones you love.” ~LIONEL KETCHIAN, AUTHOR OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND FOUNDER OF THE HAPPINESS CLUBS Written with humor and wisdom, Shadonna Richards has produced a book that is both fun to read and loaded with techniques for helping all of us achieve true, deep, lasting happiness." ~BOB NOZIK, MD, CO-FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN HAPPINESS ASSOCIATION AND AUTHOR OF HAPPY 4 LIFE “Shadonna Richards shares her words of wisdom in a way that will have you telling your friends to get their own copy…We need more books like this one!” ~CATHERINE PULSIFER, EDITOR, WWW.WOW4U.COM (WORDS OF WISDOM 4 U) Also by Shadonna Richards AN UNEXPECTED BRIDE (ROMANTIC COMEDY) Kindle Top 10 Bestseller in Romance “Shadonna is a wonderful author!...It’s a sweet and romantic story that will sweep you off your feet.”-REVIEWS BY MOLLY |
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Eat To Live: The Amazing Nutrient Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss (Abridged Version) Joel Fuhrman M.D. In this completely revised and abridged video book version of Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s book "Eat To Live: The Amazing Nutrient Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss", Dr. Fuhrman offers his healthy, effective and scientifically proven plan for shedding radical amounts of weight quickly and keeping it off. Download it now to try an abridged version of Dr. Fuhrman's original book. This video book offers even more insight from Dr. Fuhrman complete with 13 videos in which he works with patients on losing weight and improving their lives by reversing disease and adopting healthier eating habits.
Get inspired by Dr. Fuhrman, who takes us into his own kitchen to prepare his favorite high-nutrient foods and to the gym where he demonstrates easy to adopt workout techniques.
The key to this revolutionary diet is the idea of nutrient density, as expressed by the simple formula: Health = Nutrients/Calories
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