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Book SynopsisNumber-one New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst helps readers stop the dysfunction of unhealthy relationships by showing them biblical ways to set boundaries--and, when necessary, say goodbye--without losing the best of who they are.

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Book SynopsisIn this breathtaking new title, artist Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou uses her characteristically intricate style to give 46 familiar scenes from nature an extraordinary twist. From an hourglass containing the shifting sands of a desert habitat to a bathtub overflowing with the wonders of the ocean, Enchanted Earth celebrates the magic and intrigue of the natural world. Incorporating unusual perspectives, interesting shapes and otherworldly elements makes for a truly awe-inspiring colouring book.Also by Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou:Circle of Life 9781912785278Nature Mandalas 9781912785520

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Book SynopsisCharlotte Joko Beck is one of the most popular Zen teachers currently teaching in the West.This beautifully written book is a Zen guide to the problems of daily living, love, relationships, work, fear and suffering. Beck describes how to be in the present and living each moment to the full.Trade Review‘Deals with the most important spiritual practice of all – how we can live awakened in our daily life.’Jack Kornfield

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Book SynopsisOne of the most inspiring spiritual teachers of our time offers simple, practical advice for living with less fear, less anxiety and a more open heart. Bought in a hotly contested auction, The Places That Scare You is now available in massmarket, taking Pema Chödrön 's spiritual teachings to a wider audience.We always have a choice, Pema Chödrön teaches: we can either let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kind.This unique book shows us how to awaken our basic goodness and connect to others. In her lively, contemporary voice, Chödrön translates the wisdom of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for the layperson.Her wisdom cuts across all traditions and religions appealing to everyone from the Dalai Lama's followers to ordinary people trying to make sense of their lives.This title has gone straight onto the bestseller lists in the USA, where it has just been published. Recently profiled in Oprah's O magazine, Pema Chödrön is a spiritual teacher for anyone whether they have a spiritual path or not. Her heartfelt advice and wisdom (developed in her 20 years of practice as a Tibetan Buddhist nun as well as her years previously as a normal housewife and mother') give her a wide appeal. Particularly in these difficult times, this advice strikes just the right note, offering us comfort and challenging us to live deeply and contribute to creating a more loving world.Trade Review‘It's short, and so beautifully written that the reading is a pleasure – speaks to people of all religious persuasions. The clearsighted practicality of Chödrön's approach to the practice of meditation is a persuasive introduction to its benefits in our daily lives. Her voice is , understanding, gently humorous, always kind and seemingly infinitely wise.’ The LA Times ‘As one of Pema Chödrön’s grateful students, I have been learning the most pressing and necessary lesson of all: how to keep opening wider my own heart.’ Alice Walker ‘It is a lively and accessible take on ancient techniques for transforming terror and pain into joy and compassion.’ O, the Oprah Winfrey magazine

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Book SynopsisAre we healed through our wounds or do our wounds themselves get healed by some other source? In this 2025 Lent Book, Erik Varden starts by examining the New Testament where it spells out why Christ's wounds were efficacious for the healing of humankind. Indeed, why they were necessary for the purpose. This austere way of thinking is indispensable but they have never really satisfied the effective needs of believers or the intuitions of the heart.Bob Dylan once said, tongue in cheek, Pain sure does bring out the best in people.' The philosopher Donald MacKinnon said, Suffering never ennobled anyone.' These are questions people wrestle with today in many fields of life with counsellors, therapists, philosophers, and spiritual directors. But the conundrum remains and in this book Varden sets out to resolve it.

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Book SynopsisFind answers fast with The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 9th Edition—your go-to resource for the effective medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. Using the proven 5-Minute format, it provides rapid access to information on diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and associated factors for more than 530 diseases and conditions. The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult is designed to help you make quick, accurate decisions every day … helping you save time and offer every patient the best possible care. Provides quick access to all-new topics, including COVID-19 and its accompanying multisystem inflammatory syndrome, plus thoroughly updated content throughout Features an intuitive, at-a-glance format, with concise, bulleted text; more images to support the text; FAQs; and much more Includes five practical appendices that complement the main text: 5-Minute Educator, Cardiology Laboratory, Syndromes Glossary, Tables and

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Book SynopsisA milestone in the history of popular theology, The Screwtape Letters' is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil.This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways and is lost' to the young devil.Dedicated to Lewis's friend and colleague J.R.R. Tolkien, The Screwtape Letters' is a timeless classic on spiritual conflict and the invisible realities which are part of our religious experience.Trade Review‘The book is sparkling yet truly reverent, in fact a perfect joy, and should become a classic.’ The Guardian ‘Excellent, hard-hitting, challenging, provoking.’ The Observer

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Book Synopsis''The thing about having a second baby is it''s likely to differ a lot from your first experience. Sarah Ockwell''s Smith''s guide looks at the challenges you might face along with some practical tips to consider. The book offers a friendly feel that reminds us issues and all, we''ll be just fine'' Mirror, Best Baby Books for Parents 2020Having a second baby is a very different experience from having your first, yet there is little recognition of the wide range of issues that need to be considered when bringing a second child into the family. In this incredibly helpful book, Sarah Ockwell-Smith helps parents feel more positive and prepared for life with two children.The book begins with the obvious question: when is the right time to add another member to the family? It then goes on to examine the specific issues that can arise with a second pregnancy and birth; the common concerns about siblings, such as how to prepare your firstborn for what''s to come; how to cope with the practicalities of life with two young children (aka actually managing to get anything done!); and the feelings parents are likely to experience, too.The Second Baby Book examines all the questions and issues Sarah herself faced second time around, as well as sharing the experiences of the many parents who have sought her advice. It also highlights what scientific studies reveal about such issues as the spacing of children and the differences between first and second births. Practical, insightful and honest, this book will help you understand the challenges ahead but, more importantly, it will equip you to meet them with knowledge, confidence and a sense of excitement for the future.

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Book SynopsisHave you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing? Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving one's own body. Humans have always sought such life-changing visions, and for thousands of years have used hallucinogenic compounds to achieve them. In Hallucinations, with his usual elegance, curiosity, and compassion, Dr Oliver Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital pTrade Review‘Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator’ Observer‘Sacks writes, basically, adventure stories, accounts of voyages into the unexplained territory of the brain. In doing so, he reveals a landscape far more complex and strange than anything we could infer from our daily interactions’ Sunday Times‘Sacks is above all a clinician, and writes with compassion and clarity . . . The result is a sort of humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us’ Daily Telegraph‘In measured prose with a blessed lack of jargon, Sacks explores the ingenuity with which individuals cope with bizarre neurological conditions . . . humane, empathic, he is the doctor you would want’ Independent‘Oliver Sacks has become the world’s best-known neurologist. His case studies of broken minds offer brilliant insight into the mysteries of consciousness’ Guardian'Sacks is at his most engaging when he brings the ostensibly strange into the realm of normality . . . This is where Sacks triumphs. Not just in the clarity with which he teaches us about the obscure phenomology of the human brain, but in the light his writings casts on even our most ordinary experiences.' Daily Telegraph‘The king of pop-neurology reveals how almost all of us have hallucinations’ GQ‘It’s a feat to bring any specialty in medicine vividly to life, and to do so without relinquishing the sensitivity and empathy that characterise the best doctors is something that few achieve. Oliver Sacks has managed it throughout his career . . . Affable, affectionate, respectful and smart, Sacks could be the David Attenborough of the human mind.’ Independent on Sunday'An enthralling, often guiltily comic insight into the pecularities the brain can conjure.' Irish Examiner'Oliver Sacks is a graceful, lucid and elegant prose stylist. Though perhaps above all, he is the witty, warm, humble and deeply compassionate explorer of how our brains influence our world . . . fascinating.' Lady'Hallucinations is an absorbing study of an exotic subject . . . Hallucinatory literature is either transgressive or presented as a search for enlightenment. This new volume sits elegantly between the two extremes and is more rewarding than either - a continuing investigation into what makes us human.' Literary Review'The greatest living ethnographer of those fascinating tribes qho live on the outer and still largely unchartered shores of the land of Mind-and-Brain.' Observer'A very human insight into what happens when our brains go awry.' Psychologies'Sacks writes in the the great tradition of literary doctors. He is humane, relaxed and amused, and loved a good anecdote.' Spectator'Startling and intriguing' Sunday Times‘No more enlightening science book has appeared this year . . . Miss this at your peril.’ Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 'A superb synthesis of the literature on these arresting, disturbing and sometimes terrifying phenomena, and a profound work of humanity.' TLS'Fascinating' * The Times *‘Wide-ranging, compassionate and ultimately revelatory . . . Hallucinations is the keystone of the amazing edifice that is this remarkable thinker’s oeuvre.’ Will Self, GuardianSacks's trip through the world of hallucinations - and his own LSD experiences - explains some of the mesmerising ways our brains can deceive us -- Best Books of 2013 * Sunday Times *

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Book SynopsisNEW UPDATED VERSION NOW SUITABLE FOR ALL DEVICESA third of the population sleep badly, but now THE SLEEP BOOK''s revolutionary five-week plan means that you don''t have to be one of them.Using a blend of mindfulness and new ACT therapy techniques, Dr Guy shares his unique five-week plan to cure your sleep problem whether it''s a few restless nights or a lifetime of insomnia. Most people who have trouble sleeping invest a huge amount of time, effort and money into fixing the problem, but Dr Guy has discovered the secret lies not in what you do, but what you learn not to do. In fact, as you will have discovered, the more frustrated you become only serves to push sleep further away.Dr Guy''s pioneering methods at The Sleep School clinic have been an unprecedented success. By popular demand, his highly effective and 100% natural insomnia remedy is now here in this book. THE SLEEP BOOK is the sum of a doctorate degree in sleep and well over 12,000 hours speTrade ReviewThis book teaches you to snooze like a natural good sleeper. One tip is mindfulness - notice the worries that won't be able to sleep. learn to see them as just thoughts, and watch them drift away again. * HEALTH & FITNESS *The Sleep School skilfully resets you back into a healthy sleep pattern. A must for those suffering insomnia * TATLER about THE SLEEP SCHOOL *A dream come true for insomniacs * THE DAILY MAIL on THE SLEEP SCHOOL *The Sleep Book by physiologists Dr Guy Meadows uses a blend of mindfulness and behavioural therapy techniques to create a five-week plan to cure insomnia... The basic premise is to teach you how to stop fearing sleep, since an apprehension of suffering can actually make it happen. * ELLE DECORATION *I suggest anyone with insomnia reads THE SLEEP BOOK, which is clear an practical, with lots of stories. * YOU MAGAZINE, MAIL ON SUNDAY *This book teaches you to snooze like a natural good sleeper. One tip is mindfulness - notice the worries that won't be able to sleep. learn to see them as just thoughts, and watch them drift away again. * HEALTH & FITNESS *The Sleep School skilfully resets you back into a healthy sleep pattern. A must for those suffering insomnia * TATLER about THE SLEEP SCHOOL *A dream come true for insomniacs * THE DAILY MAIL on THE SLEEP SCHOOL *The Sleep Book by physiologist Dr Guy Meadows uses a blend of mindfulness and behavioural therapy techniques to create a five-week plan to cure insomnia...The basic premise is to teach you how to stop fearing sleep, since an apprehension of suffering can actually make it happen. * ELLE DECORATION *I suggest anyone with insomnia reads The Sleep Book, which is clear and practical, with lots of stories. * YOU MAGAZINE, MAIL ON SUNDAY *

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Book SynopsisIn The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodiesThis ground-breaking book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. From an evolutionary perspective, if normal is defined as what most people have done for millions of years, then it''s normal to walk and run 9 -15 kilometres a day to hunt and gather fresh food which is high in fibre, low in sugar, and barely processed. It''s also normal to spend much of your time nursing, napping, making stone tools, and gossiping with a small band of people. Our 21st-century lifestyles, argues Daniel Lieberman, are out of synch with our stone-age bodies. Never have we been so healthy and long-lived - but never, too, have we been so prone to a slew of problems that were, until recently, rare or unknown, from asthma, to diabetes, to - scariest of all - overpopulation.The Story of the Human Body asks how our bodies got to be the way they are, and considers how that evolutionary history - both ancient and recent - can help us evaluate how we use our bodies. How is the present-day state of the human body related to the past? And what is the human body''s future? ''Monumental. The Story of the Human Body, by one of our leading experts, takes us on an epic voyage'' - Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish''Riveting, enlightening, and more than a little frightening'' - Christopher McDougall, author of Born to RunDaniel Lieberman is the Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and a leader in the field. He has written nearly 100 articles, many appearing in the journals Nature and Science, and his cover story on barefoot running in Nature was picked up by major media the world over. His research and discoveries have been highlighted in newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Discover, and National Geographic.Trade ReviewMonumental. The Story of the Human Body, by one of our leading experts, takes us on an epic voyage that reveals how the past six million years shaped every part of us - our heads, limbs, and even our metabolism. Through Lieberman's eyes, evolutionary history not only comes alive, it also becomes the means to understand, and ultimately influence, our body's future -- Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner FishNo one understands the human body like Daniel Lieberman or tells its story more eloquently. He's found a tale inside our skin that's riveting, enlightening, and more than a little frightening -- Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run

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Book Synopsis''This is a brilliant, shocking book ... also witty, painfully self-critical and humane ... it is a work of great literature'' Tim Whitmarsh, Guardian ''The Kingdom, already a huge bestseller in France, is thrilling, magnificent and strange'' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday TimesThe sensational international bestseller from one of France''s most fêted writers - an epic novel telling the story of Christianity as it has never been told before, and one man''s crisis of faith.Corinth, ancient Greece, two thousand years ago. An itinerant preacher, poor, wracked by illness, tells the story of a prophet who was crucified in Judea, who came back from the dead, and whose return is a sign of something enormous. Like a contagion, the story will spread over the city, the country and, eventually, the world. Emmanuel Carrère''s astonishing historical epic tells the story of the mysterious beginnings of Christianity, bringing to life a distant, primTrade ReviewBrilliant, shocking... also witty, painfully self-critical and humane... it is a work of great literature -- Tim Whitmarsh * Guardian *Emmanuel Carrère is said by many to be one of the best writers in France, if not Europe... The Kingdom, a huge bestseller in France, is thrilling, magnificent and strange -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *An utterly brilliant book... Carrère is a vivid guide and a knowledgeable one -- Catherine Nixey * The Times *A novelised memoir that vividly captures the drama of the Christian experience... A celebration of religious imagination - Catholic, French, Judaic, Hellenic - The Kingdom has been a runaway bestseller in France. In Britain, it may succeed as a relief and an antidote -- John Cornwell * Financial Times *There are few great writers in France today, and Emmanuel Carrère is one of them * Paris Review *

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Book SynopsisFully revised for its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine continues to be the essential resource for all expedition medics and well-informed travellers, as well as nurses, paramedics, medical students, and other expedition members travelling in remote, wilderness areas of the world. Now containing more guidance about caving medicine, the third edition includes revised and additional illustrations and essential maps of the spread of diseases. Clear and concise, readers can rely on this handbook to provide the key knowledge and practical advice they need. It enables efficient preparation and planning before the journey, advises on camp logistics, risk management, and medical problems during the expedition, as well as highlighting rare but important risks to those visiting remote areas. Focusing on preventative measures, it also contains chapters dealing with crisis management, emergency care, and evacuation from challenging environments, with guidance about the obligations of a clinician joining an expedition, ethical approaches to such work, and medicine in various extreme environments. This edition will give you the confidence and skills you need to travel to any extreme or remote environment. Incorporating the combined knowledge and experience of a team of experienced clinicians and expeditioners, this is a practical, easy-to-use guide to all aspects of expedition and wilderness medicine.Table of Contents1: Expedition medicine 2: Preparations 3: Caring for people in the field 4: Ethics and responsibilities 5: Crisis management 6: Emergencies: diagnosis 7: Emergencies: trauma 8: Emergencies: collapse and serious illness 9: Treatment: skin 10: Treatment: head and neck 11: Treatment: dental 12: Treatment: chest 13: Treatment: abdomen 14: Treatment: limbs and back 15: Treatment: infectious diseases 16: Psychological and psychiatric problems 17: Risks from animals 18: Plants and fungi 19: Anaesthesia in remote locations 20: Cold climates 21: Mountains and high altitude 22: Inland and coastal waters 23: Offshore 24: Underwater 25: Hot, dry environments: deserts 26: Hot, humid environments: tropical forest 27: Caving 28: Medical kits

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Book SynopsisAndrew Chevallier FNIMH, MCIPP is a medical herbalist, healer, and author of books on botanical medicine, including the Herbal Remedies Handbook (DK, 2018). He is a fellow and former president of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, and a member of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction to Health Care 2. The Person's Rights 3. The Nursing Assistant 4. Ethics and Laws 5. Student and Work Ethics 6. Communicating with the Person 7. Health Team Communications 8. (NEW) Medical Terminology 9. Body Structure and Function 10. The Older Person 11. Safety Needs 12. Preventing Falls 13. Restraint Alternatives and Restraints 14. Preventing Infection 15. (NEW) Isolation Precautions 16. Body Mechanics 17. Moving the Person 18. Transferring the Person 19. The Person's Unit 20. (NEW) Bedmaking 21. (NEW) Oral Hygiene 22. Daily Hygiene and Bathing 23. Grooming 24. (NEW) Dressing and Undressing 25. Urinary Needs 26. Urinary Catheters 27. Bowel Needs 28. Nutrition 29. (NEW) Meeting Nutrition Needs 30. Fluid Needs 31. Measurements 32. Exercise and Activity Needs 33. (NEW) Comfort and Rest Needs 34. Collecting Specimens 35. Wound Care 36. Pressure Injuries 37. Oxygen Needs 38. Rehabilitation Needs 39. Hearing, Speech, and Vision Problems 40. Common Health Problems 41. Mental Health Disorders 42. Confusion and Dementia 43. Emergency Care 44. End-of-Life Care 45. Getting a Job Review Question Answers Appendix A The Patient Care Partnership - Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities (A Summary) Appendix B National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP®) Written Evaluation Content Outline and Skills Evaluation Appendix C Minimum Data Set: Selected Pages Glossary

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Book SynopsisBeloved author Derek Prince shows readers the secret to leading a dynamic prayer life, how to receive what they ask for, and how to align themselves with the heart of God. Includes practical strategies such as fasting, biblical study, discipline, and consistency, illustrated by powerful testimonies.

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Book SynopsisMedicine of the Prophet is a combination of religious and medical information, providing advice and guidance on the two aims of medicinethe preservation and restoration of healthin careful conformity with the teachings of Islam as enshrined in the Qur''an and the hadith, or sayings of the Prophet. Written in the fourteenth century by the renowned theologian Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751AH/1350AD) as part of his work Zad al-Ma''ad, this book is a mine of information on the customs and sayings of the Prophet, as well as on herbal and medical practices current at the time of the author.In bringing together these two aspects, Ibn Qayyim has produced a concise summary of how the Prophet''s guidance and teaching can be followed, as well as how health, sickness and cures were viewed by Muslims in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The original Arabic text offers an authoritative compendium of Islamic medicine and still enjoys much popularity in the Muslim world. This English translation is a more complete presentation than has previously been available and includes verification of all hadith references.Medicine of the Prophet will appeal not only to those interested in alternative systems of health and medicine, but also to people wishing to acquaint themselves with, or increase their knowledge of, hadith and the religion and culture of Islam.

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Book SynopsisBacked by Barna Research, Jon Tyson offers practical steps to help men raise sons of consequence whose lives will be marked by honor, courage, self-discovery, and community.

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Book SynopsisTHE BRAND-NEW UPGRADE OF THE WORLD''S BEST-SELLING STOP SMOKING BOOK OF ALL TIME. Allen Carr''s Easyway method is a global phenomenon - a clinically proven and 100% drug-free treatment for nicotine addiction. This book is the most up-to-date, cutting-edge, best-practice version of this method. It now includes advice on important contemporary issues such as vaping, cannabis, JUUL, the association between smoking and self-harm & anxiety, the dopamine issue, and more advice about habitual triggers. It also features a hypnotherapy track, offering an additional way to process the method. Through following this method, you will not only be set free from your smoking or vaping addiction but you will also find it easy and even enjoyable to quit. • Without using willpower, aids, substitutes, or gimmicks • Without gaining weight • Without suffering anxiety, depression, or unpleasant withdrawal symptoms • Without envying partners, friends

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Book SynopsisCombining the best and most recent evangelical Christian scholarship with the highly regarded ESV text, the ESV Study Bible is the most comprehensive study Bible ever published.

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Book SynopsisThe world's most popular Bible translation in modern English, presented in paperback as a literary classic.

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Book SynopsisA clarion call about the dangers of medicine for women, as well as a manual for how women can get the right care for their bodies.Sex Matters tackles one of the most urgent, yet unspoken issues facing women's health care today: all models of medical research and practice are based on male-centric models that ignore the unique biological and emotional differences between men and women - an omission that endangers women's lives. The facts surrounding how male-centric medicine impacts women's health every day are chilling: in the ER, women are more likely to receive a psychiatric diagnosis with regard to opioid use, while men are more likely to be referred for detoxification; the more vocal women become about their pain, the more likely their providers are to prescribe either inadequate or inappropriate pain relief medication; women often present with nontraditional symptoms of stroke, which causes delays in recognition by both them and their health professionals; and a government accountability study found that 80% of drugs that are withdrawn from the market are due to side effects that happen to women (a result of testing drugs mostly on men).Leading expert on sex and gender medicine Dr Alyson McGregor focuses on the key areas where these differences are most potentially harmful, addressing:· Cardiac and stroke diagnosis and treatment in women; · Prescription and dosing of pharmaceuticals;· Subjective evaluation of women's symptoms; · Pain and pain management;· Hormones and female biochemistry (including prescribed hormones); · How economic status, race, and gender identity are additional critical factors.Not only does Dr McGregor explore these disparities in depth, she shares clear, practical suggestions for what we can do. A work of riveting expose, revelatory insights into the medical establishment and actionable guidance for putting this information to use, Sex Matters is an empowering roadmap for reinventing modern medicine - and for self-care.(P)2020 Hachette AudioTrade ReviewI have worked with Dr Alyson McGregor as a national leader in the area of sex and gender in medicine and healthcare--I commend her on this book. * C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, Director, Barbara Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai *Alyson McGregor is a persuasive and intelligent advocate for the unique health care needs of women. The two sexes are significantly different in all the tissues of the body--even to the way the same genes are expressed. An expert in emergency medical care, her deep and informed knowledge of the way disease presents itself in women ensures their prompt and accurate diagnosis and treatment. She is a powerful force in gender-specific health care. * Marianne J. Legato, MD, PhD (hon. c.), FACP, Emerita Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University *Sex Matters is highly learned, readable, and inspiring. A call to action-we learn exactly how women are understudied and misdiagnosed. We must all insist that medical schools and funding agencies do better. We must all support research in sex and gender medicine so that ultimately your doctor can do right by you! * Londa Schiebinger, professor of History of Science, Stanford University, and Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment *Well-researched, riveting, and insightful, Sex Matters is a triumph for women's health. Dr. McGregor exposes the gender, racial, and economic biases in medicine and puts the spotlight back where it belongs--on the needs of individual patients. * Wendy S. Klein, MD, MACP, Medical Director, Health Brigade and co-founder, VCU Institute for Women’s Health *Enraging and clearly written, this book is a must-read for all women, who have to deal with ourbiased medical system. A call to arms for those who always suspected that women's pain and symptoms were dismissed and minimized, it also provides practical suggestions for getting better care. * Maia Szalavitz, New York Times bestselling author of Unbroken Brain *From the frontlines of the medical establishment, McGregor offers a bold indictment of a status quo that's failing women. Ultimately hopeful, Sex Matters combines actionable advice for individual patients navigating a health care system built for men with an urgent call for revolutionary collective change. * Maya Dusenbery, author of Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick *I learned so much from this new book. I am grateful to Dr. McGregor for her insight and wisdom. We need to spread the word: sex differences are about much more than ovaries and testicles! * Leonard Sax MD PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences *Artfully relayed through storytelling, Dr. McGregor brings several familiar stories from the emergency department to your living room, showcasing the many ways men and women are different and why each requires tailored medical care. Her personal experiences of a tortuous path of advocacy are the foundation of action steps to help readers to take charge of their own health and change the future of medicine * Basmah Safdar, Associate Professor, Yale University, Sex and Gender Medicine Expert *Sex Matters is highly learned, readable, and inspiring. A call to action-we learn exactly how women are understudied and misdiagnosed. We must all insist that medical schools and funding agencies do better. We must all support research in sex and gender medicine so that ultimately your doctor can do right by you! * Londa Schiebinger, professor of History of Science, Stanford University, and Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment *This book is addictive! You will not be able to put it down until you have read it from cover to cover and then want start all over again. The sheer wealth of information is an eye opener for the intelligent lay person and a great source of up to date information for health care workers * Marek Glezerman, MD, Immediate Past -President, International Society for Gender Medicine *Dr. Alyson McGregor sounds the alarm for the state of women's health in this country. Her excellent, evidence-based book reveals that women's health is still in its infancy and needs significant research to ensure that women are receiving the best possible medical care. The fact that most drugs that were approved in this country did not even have enough women included in the studies that got them approved to know if the effects in women were the same as in men is just one of many concerning findings. Her book shows that there is much work to do in this area (much more even more than we thought) and that we can count on this call to action to spur us onward! This book will be appreciated by medical and lay people alike given its excellent readability. I am thrilled that this book is out there to provide benchmarks and goals so that we can ultimately transform women's health * Judy Regensteiner, MD, Director of the Center for Women’s Health Research at the University of Colorado *Dr. McGregor makes a clear and compelling case that women, particularly women of color, in the United States time after time receive inadequate or even harmful medical care. Dr. McGregor also explains how cultural stereotypes about women are frequently used by physicians to justify a dismissive approach to women's symptoms even when these symptoms herald conditions with potentially dire outcomes. Taking it one step further, Dr. McGregor provides the reader with suggestions on how to cut through a physician's ability to dismiss her symptoms, encouraging her to find another provider if necessary. * Molly Carnes, MD. *I have worked with Dr. Alyson McGregor as a national leader in the area of sex and gender in medicine and healthcare-I commend her on this book * C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, Director, Barbara Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai *[McGregor's] book is unashamedly activist; a how-to guide for obtaining better treatment... the core content is hair-raising and potentially life-saving * The Times *Picking up the hardback book, one could be tempted to ask, "how bad could it really be?" Within a chapter, the answer is clear: much worse than you ever imagined * Irish Independent *Her seminal work on the urgency of acknowledging sex differences comes at a time when political leaders across the globe are being compelled to state that sex does not exist * The Critic *

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Book SynopsisThe Vital Psoas Muscle presents an in-depth look at the most important yet abused skeletal muscle in the human body. Located deep within the front hip joint and lower spine, the psoas is critical for optimal postural alignment, movement, and overall well being. Its function and importance extend beyond anatomical mechanics to the nerve complex and energy systems. Taking a uniquely holistic approach, this book explores how the psoas affects the health of the body, mind, and spirit: Physically, as the only muscle that connects the upper and lower body Emotionally, as a messenger to and from the brain and a vessel of deeply rooted feelings Spiritually, as an integrator within the root of the lower chakras, subtly affecting the flow of life energy throughout the body Understanding and working with the psoas can help: Alleviate lower back pain Strengthen the core Correct posture Reduce trauma Open energy channels No matter our level of fitness or flexibility, how we use the psoas and take care of it is crucial to our life experience. With detailed illustrations and key stretching and strengthening exercises, including complete chapters on the role of the psoas in Pilates and yoga, The Vital Psoas shows readers how to release this muscle to create balance, harmony, and freedom of movement.Trade Review"This book has enlightened and assisted me in my own personal and professional evolutionary process, and I feel that any reader, after taking this journey with the author, will be able to add a layer of knowledge and enlightenment on their own path to a better understanding of optimal health and function." --Gary Mascilak, D.C., P.T., C.S.C.STable of ContentsAnatomy and Biomechanics of the Psoas Area, Maintaining A Healthy Psoas, The Strain of Lower Back Pain, The Psoas and Pilates, The Connections, When the Psoas Strikes Back, What Do We Know?, The Psoas and Chakra 1 "Kinesthetic Balance", The Psoas and Chakra 2 "Flow Like Water", The Psoas and Chakra 3 "Function Meets Breath"

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Book SynopsisThere's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of this rapid shift in oral evolution and the health risks posed by obstructed airways? Sandra Kahn and Paul R. Ehrlich, a pioneering orthodontist and a world-renowned evolutionist, respectively, present the biological, dietary, and cultural changes that have driven us toward this major health challenge. They propose simple adjustments that can alleviate this developing crisis, as well as a major alternative to orthodontics that promises more significant long-term relief. Jaws will change your life. Every parent should read this book.Trade Review"Paul Ehrlich is the world's best-known and most distinguished ecologist, and one of the best known figures in any field of science. Now, teaming up with Sandra Kahn, he offers us his most personal and practical book to date. You'll discover the widespread consequences of how you carry out such seemingly mundane, automatic, and repetitive acts as breathing, smiling, and sleeping—and how your ways of doing those things affect peoples' perceptions of you. Read, enjoy, learn, and prepare to be astonished!"—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel "The specialty of orthodontics has the potential to lead the way out of this epidemic of chronic disease (including malocclusion). We need only read and understand this book first."—Barry Raphael, Head of the Raphael Center for Integrative Orthodontics"People have some power to protect their children from this serious and cryptic environmental problem. Jaws lays out both causes and cures."—Gretchen C. Daily, Bing Professor of Environmental Science, Stanford UniversityJaws is a must read for every parent on this planet. It addresses the causes of our chronic health crisis and tells us how to prevent it while correcting our faces, jaws and airways. Airway health will give the most added value for this generation's overall wellness."—Michael Gelb DDS, MS"Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic is a well-researched book providing unique overview and insight in to a healthcare problem frequently overlooked by child healthcare professionals. Sleep is likely as important to health and well-being as food, but receives little attention. This book is an important read for all professionals who care for children. It also asks questions for possible future research in the field of pediatric obstructive sleep disordered breathing."—Stephen H. Sheldon, author of Principles and Practice of Pediatric Sleep Medicine"Drs. Kahn and Ehrlich's cogent narrative describing the structural, functional and behavioral changes in the human species truly challenges the cultural and educational orthodoxies in the West's disease management healthcare system. It begs the question, 'why did it take so long to bring this enlightened insight into mainstream thought with all the available evidence presented?' The answer to this question is meticulously answered in the very readable pages of this important work; read on!"—Mark A. Cruz, DDS, The Airway and Facial Development Collaborative"Elucidation of what can be called a classic public health risk factor for a little understood disease, one with heavy influence of both social determinants and individual behaviors as well as their interactions."—Kirk R. Smith, University of California, Berkeley"Your Oral Posture is your future."—John Mew, Head of the London School of Facial Orthotropics"Every parent wants their child to grow strong and healthy. Orthodontics chosen for your child can be the most important choice to give a structural foundation to health. Sandra and Paul present important information that any parent should know about in order to give their children the cranial facial structure for beauty and health. This is a brilliant work by two brilliant scientists."—Mark Abrahamson, Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine"This manuscript looks beyond the flashy smile that so many of us pay our orthodontists for and asks the hard question: Why is it we are almost all born with the faces of angels, yet so few maintain that face value of our innate and inborn beauty? The answer revealed is intriguing, thought provoking and a much needed call to action to fight for the fullest physical potential for all our children. A must read!"—Simon Wong, BDSc., London School of Facial Orthotropics"Everyone who is concerned about health needs to have this information."—William M. Hang DDS, MSD"About 90 percent of our children have bite problems. When more than 50 percent of a population has a problem it is an epidemic. Sandra Kahn and Paul Ehrlich present the causes and consequences of this epidemic affecting our young generations. This book educates the public and dental community on treating and preventing the underlying problem, instead of just aligning teeth."—German Ramirez-Yañez DDS, MDSc, MSc, PhD"Every new parent should chew on this book. Who knew that how we suckle, chew and breathe as an infant can set us off on a course toward serious orthodontic treatment, a life of sleep apnea, cardiovascular problems and sudden death while sleeping? Kahn and Ehrlich clearly and comprehensively describe a hidden epidemic that impairs the health of far too many people, young and old. They explore the causes of the epidemic, and crucially, provide practical advice that helps you prevent the epidemic from affecting your child, or amazingly, how its progress can be reversed in childhood if it has already started. This book should be in every new mom's care package when she leaves the hospital."—John Peterson Myers, Chief Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences"Sandra Kahn and Paul Ehrlich clearly define and explain the hidden epidemic that exists around us. Emphasizing prevention and cure rather than symptom management, this book is a must read."—Dror Aizenbud, DMD, MSc, Rambam Medical Campus, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel"This epidemic has important consequences for heart health. I'm delighted Jaws is bringing it home to both citizens and health care professionals."—Dr. John S. Schroeder, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford UniversityTable of Contents1. Primitive Big Mouths to Modern Malocclusion 2. Mostly Chewing 3. The Diet, Posture, and Housing Revolutions 4. Appearance 5. Development and Oral Posture 6. Disorders of Breathing and Sleep 7. What Can You Do? 8. Orthodontics, Dental Orthopedists, Orthotropists, and Forwardontists 9. Changing Culture, Improving Health

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Book SynopsisOffering safe and practical nutritional and healthcare advice this book is vital for all women wishing to overcome the pain of endometriosis.Endometriosis is the condition in which the lining of the womb grows on other organs outside of the uterus, frequently causing intolerable pain. In some cases it may lead to problems conceiving or infertility. However, there is relief for this condition as Dian Shepperson Mills illustrates in this book.Endometriosis is a detailed, insightful look at a disease which affects approximately one in ten women worldwide. Drawing upon years of research, Dian Mills and Michael Vernon show how the right diet can provide the key to optimum health in overcoming endometriosis.This book contains:An explanation of how endometriosis affects the body and advice on how to cope with it.An account of the key role played by nutritious and healthy food.Information on foods that are harmful and foods with healing qualities.Delicious recipes and practical menu suggestio

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Book SynopsisIn this ground-breaking approach to golf instruction, Dr Joseph Parent, both a noted PGA Tour coach and a respected Buddhist teacher, draws on this natural connection to teach golfers how to play with more consistency and less frustration, and consequently how to lower their scores.When body and mind are synchronized, we can uncover our inherent dignity and confidence. The ultimate goal is not just to help people become better golfers, but better human beings.'Zen Golf offers a fresh perspective for golf and for life. Instead of focusing on what''s wrong with us what''s broken, flawed or missing we can take the attitude that there is something fundamentally, essentially right with us.In chapters such as How to Get from the Practice Tee to the First Tee', You Practice What You Fear', and How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf', author Joseph Parent shows how to make one's mind an ally rather than an enemy: how to stay calm, clear the interference that leads to bad shots, and eliminate bad hTrade Review‘The lessons in Zen Golf make the mental game seem so simple’ Vijay Singh, current World No 1 Golfer ‘Soothing and enlightening, Zen Golf exposes us to the storm-tossed waters of the golfer’s psyche’ Golf Digest ‘In Buddhism, if you want to achieve enlightenment, you have to do it through meditation and self-improvement through the mind. That’s something my mother passed on to me: to be able to calm myself down and use my mind as my main asset’ Tiger Woods

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Book SynopsisContinuing the tradition of centuries, The Divine Office is the Catholic liturgy for morning prayer, prayer during the day, and evening prayer, for every day of the year.Volume One of the Divine Office covers the period from Advent up to the start of Lent, and includes all the prayers, as well as readings. This edition contains an updated table of moveable dates.This edition comes in an attractive binding with ribbon marker.The Divine Office is the official text for the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, as well as various countries across Africa and Asia.

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Book SynopsisIt all began in June 2005 when Bobby Henderson wrote an open letter to the Kansas School Board proposing a third alternative to the teaching of evolution and intelligent design in schools.Bobby is a prophet of sorts, the spiritual leader of a growing, world-wide group of followers who worship the teachings of The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM).The FSM appeared to Bobby as a giant ball of spaghetti, with meatballs for eyes, and touched Bobby with His noodly appendage resulting in the revelation that the FSM is the real creator of the universe. The FSM faithful look to Bobby as their prophet and spiritual leader. Shortly after Bobby's revelation a website (www.flyingspaghettimonster.org) came into existence to promote the word. Then came the articles, which were worldwide: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian (UK), Die Welt (Germany), Surprise (Austria), and many others chimed in to report the existence of the FSM. Bobby received letters of support from academics and Ka

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Book Synopsis Ben Goldacre’s wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Trade Review‘From an expert with a mail-order PhD to debunking the myths of homeopathy, Ben Goldacre talking the reader through some notable cases and shows how to you don’t need a science degree to spot “bad science” yourself.’ Independent (Book of the Year) ‘His book aims to teach us better, in the hope that one day we write less nonsense.’ Daily Telegraph (Book of the Year) ‘For sheer savagery, the illusion-destroying, joyous attack on the self-regarding, know-nothing orthodoxies of the modern middle classes, “Bad Science” can not be beaten. You’ll laugh your head off, then throw all those expensive health foods in the bin.’ Trevor Philips, Observer (Book of the Year) ‘Unmissable…laying about himself in a froth of entirely justified indignation, Goldacre slams the mountebanks and bullshitters who misuse science. Few escape: drug companies, self-styled nutritionists, deluded researchers and journalists all get thoroughly duffed up. It is enormously enjoyable.’ The Times (Book of the Year)

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Book SynopsisSpecial 65th Anniversary EditionOne of the most popular and beloved introductions to the concept of faith ever written, Mere Christianity' has sold millions of copies worldwide.The book brings together C.S. Lewis's legendary radio broadcasts during the war years, in which he set out simply to explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times'.Rejecting the boundaries that divide Christianity's many denominations, Mere Christianity provides an unequalled opportunity for believers and nonbelievers alike to absorb a powerful, rational case for the Christian faith.Trade Review‘He has quite a unique power for making theology an attractive, exciting and fascinating quest.’ Times Literary Supplement ‘Lewis seeks in Mere Christianity to help us see religion with fresh eyes, as a radical faith whose adherents might be likened to an underground group gathering in a war zone, a place where evil seems to have the upper hand, to hear messages of hope from the other side.’ Kathleen Norris

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Book SynopsisDiscover the 8 steps you can take to optimise your brain for better mood, memory, sleep and stress resilience. The results are in: our mental health, memory and intelligence are deteriorating. One in six children is now diagnosed with mental health issues, anti-depressant prescriptions have sky-rocketed, and the incidence of Alzheimer''s and dementia, with are largely preventable, are on the rise. But we can take action to stop this decline in its tracks.In Upgrade Your Brain, Patrick Holford, founder of the Good for the Brain Foundation, takes a deep dive into why this is happening, and more importantly, what you can do to improve your brain function.Through his work at the foundation, Patrick has tested the cognitive function of nearly half a million people, assessing and improving their dementia risk, as well as interviewing world-leading professors and brain-health experts. In this book, he unravels how and why our modern diet and lifestyle have inevitable led to a brain-health mel

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Izabella has healed herself and thousands of others and compiled her evidence-based approach in this must-have manual for reversing symptoms. Filled with success stories, personalized approaches, recipes and more, HASHIMOTO'S PROTOCOL is the book that all those suffering from thyroid symptoms have been waiting for." -- Dana Trentini, founder of the thyroid advocacy blog hypothyroidmom.com "Dr. Izabella Wentz is my go to resource for thyroid disease. Her new book, HASHIMOTO'S PROTOCOL, is a user-friendly guide that will help you take charge of your health and heal from Hashimoto's." -- JJ Virgin, CNS, CHFS Celebrity Nutrition & Fitness Expert and author of the NYT bestsellers The Virgin Diet and Sugar Impact Diet "Discover effective protocols, success stories, and recipes that you can use to get your health back. HASHIMOTO'S PROTOCOL lets you take charge of your health!" -- Dr. Sara Gottfried M.D., NYT bestselling author of The Hormone Cure and The Hormone Reset Diet "Dr. Izabella Wentz guides you through the HASHIMOTO'S PROTOCOL to reduce symptoms and improve your health - reducing or removing the need for medication and, in some cases, eliminating the autoimmune attack completely! This book offers real solutions, and hope, to those suffering from thyroid disease." -- Katie Wells, Founder of WellnessMama.com and award-winning blogger, author, podcaster and real food crusader "I wish Dr. Izabella Wentz's HASHIMOTO'S PROTOCOL was in my hands when I was hacking my own Hashimoto's. Dr. Wentz spent years researching and perfecting her treatment on herself and thousands of patients. There is simply no better guide to Hashimoto's than this book." -- Dave Asprey, founder and CEO of Bulletproof, author of The Bulletproof Diet "Izabella has healed herself and thousands of others and compiled her evidence based approach in this must-have manual for reversing symptoms. Filled with success stories, personalized approaches, recipes and more, HASHIMOTO'S PROTOCOL is the book that all those suffering from thyroid symptoms have been waiting for." -- Dana Trentini, founder of the thyroid advocacy blog hypothyroidmom.com "HASHIMOTO'S PROTOCOL is an essential book for anyone with Hashimoto's. Dr. Wentz has created a 90-day program from her clinical training, personal experience, careful research, and feedback from thousands of fans. I've seen countless people follow her advice and regain energy, improve autoimmunity, lose weight, and regrow hair." -- Alan Christianson, NMD, NY Times bestselling author of The Adrenal Reset Diet and founder of the Integrative Health Clinic "In HASHIMOTO'S PROTOCOL, Dr. Wentz presents an evidence-based, practical approach to treating Hashimoto's 'from the inside out'. Instead of just suppressing symptoms with drugs. Dr. Wentz will show you how to address the underlying causes so you can truly heal." -- Chris Kresser, MS, LAc, founder of Kresser Institute for Functional & Evolutionary Medicine, creator of ChrisKresser.com and Revolution Health Radio, NY Times bestselling author of The Paleo Cure "Dr. Wentz brings a focused study of Hashimoto's to her latest book, and a sensible, achievable plan born of her own experience as a Hashimoto's patient who has gone from struggling to thriving. With her unique vantage point, she is leading the way for others to do the same." -- Aviva Romm, MD, author of The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution and Botanical Medicine for Women's Health

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Book SynopsisExperience a deeper prayer life through this fresh take on ancient liturgy for believers today. Designed to help individuals, families, and congregations pray together across denominations, this book of common prayer will help you and your community join together each day with the same songs, scriptures, and prayers. Composed under an advisory team of liturgy experts, these three influential and inspiring authors have created Common Prayer--a tapestry of prayer that will help the church be one as God is one.This universal prayer book allows readers to greet each day together, remembering significant dates and Christian heroes in church history, as well as important historic dates in the struggle for freedom and justice. There are morning prayers for each day of the year, evening prayers for each of the seven days of the week, a midday prayer to be repeated throughout the year, and prayers for special occasions. In addition, there are morning p

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Book SynopsisA companion guide to the New York Times bestseller Boundaries, this updated and expanded workbook by Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend provides practical, non-theoretical exercises that will help the reader set healthy boundaries with parents, spouses, children, friends, bosses, coworkers, and technology.

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Book SynopsisDiscover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other.You long for tender moments with your children--but do you ever find yourself too busy to stop, make eye contact, and say something you really mean? Daily habits are powerful ways to shape the heart--but do you find yourself giving in to screen time just to get through the day? You want to parent with purpose--but do you know how to start?Award-winning author and father of four Justin Whitmel Earley understands the tension between how you long to parent and what your daily life actually looks like. In Habits of the Household, Earley gives you the tools you need to create structure--from mealtimes to bedtimes--that free you to parent toddlers, kids, and teens with purpose. Learn how to:Develop a bedtime lit

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Book SynopsisIn LIVING LIKE YOU MEAN IT, author Ronald J. Frederick, does a brilliant job of describing why people are so afraid of their emotions and how this fear creates a variety of problems in their lives. While the problems are different, the underlying issue is often the same. At the core of their distress is what Dr.Trade Review"Finally, someone is helping us get closer to our emotions and who we are—instead of further away from our power. A moving and inspirational read for anyone in the challenging times we're all going through." —Melody L. Beattie, NY Times bestselling author of Codependent No More "What a joy it is to read Dr. Ron Frederick’s Living Like You Mean It. Well informed, accessible and engaging, this wonderful book is full of powerful strategies that will enliven your soul, enrich your relationships, and help you have a more deeply meaningful life. I recommend it with enthusiasm!" —John Bradshaw, NY Times bestselling author of Healing the Shame that Binds You "With compelling insight into the way emotion shapes our lives, Living Like You Mean It invites us on a tremendously useful journey into the mind and brain and shows us how the day-to-day ways we defend against feeling our feelings keeps us from living the lives we really want. But no more! Through practical suggestions, compelling stories, and powerful insights, this book dishes up a readily accessible plan to free us from the prison of our own fear of feeling. Frederick is a liberating guide—and after joining him on this trek, you’ll be ready to feel fully alive!" —Daniel J. Siegel, MD, director, the Mindsight Institute, and author of The Mindful Brain "Brimming with heart and soul, and scientifically sound, Living Like You Mean It is a brilliant book for anyone wanting to get unstuck and live a happier, more fulfilling life." —Marci Shimoff, NY Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason "Ron Frederick is a master therapist and a gifted teacher. With energy and passion, he guides the reader through the vibrant inner landscape of the emotions. The tools and insights he offers can help prevent depression and anxiety. Even more, they point the way toward a vital and engaged life—a life fully lived." —Henry Emmons, MD, author of The Chemistry of JoyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction xiii Part One: Preparation 1 To Feel or Not to Feel 3 2 How the Heck Did I Get This Way? 23 Part Two: Taking Action 3 Step One: Becoming Aware of Your Feelings 45 4 Step One, Continued: Becoming Aware of Your Defenses 64 5 Step Two: Taming the Fear 87 6 Step Three: Feeling It Through 108 7 Step Four: Opening Up 131 8 Putting It All Together 151 Conclusion: Making a Choice 170 Appendix: Seeking Professional Help 173 Notes 175 The Author 179 Index 181

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Book SynopsisThis student-friendly introduction to the archaeology of ancient Egypt guides readers from the Paleolithic to the Greco-Roman periods, and has now been updated to include recent discoveries and new illustrations.Table of ContentsList of Plates ix List of Figures xi List of Maps xv Abbreviations xvii Preface xix Acknowledgments xxi 1 Egyptian Archaeology: Definitions and History 1 1.1 Introduction: Ancient Egyptian Civilization and Its Prehistoric Predecessors 3 1.2 Egyptian Archaeology 3 1.3 Egyptology 5 1.4 History of Egyptology and Egyptian Archaeology 5 1.5 Archaeological Methods 14 1.6 Archaeological Theory 21 1.7 Ancient Egypt and Egyptian Archaeologists in Fiction and Films 22 2 Hieroglyphs, Language, and Pharaonic Chronology 25 2.1 Language of the Ancient Egyptians 27 2.2 Origins and Development of Egyptian Writing 27 2.3 Scripts and Media of Writing 31 2.4 Signs, Structure, and Grammar 31 2.5 Literacy in Ancient Egypt 33 2.6 Textual Studies 34 2.7 Use of Texts in Egyptian Archaeology 36 2.8 Historical Outline of Pharaonic Egypt 38 2.9 The Egyptian Civil Calendar, King Lists, and Calculation of Pharaonic Chronology 39 3 The Environmental Background to Pharaonic Civilization: Geography, Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources 47 3.1 Geography: Terms and Place Names 49 3.2 Environmental Setting 53 3.3 Environmental and Other Problems for Archaeology in Egypt 56 3.4 The Seasons and the Agricultural System 58 3.5 The Ancient Egyptian Diet 60 3.6 Other Useful Animals and Plants 62 3.7 Building Materials 63 3.8 Other Resources: Clays, Stones, Minerals 64 3.9 Imported Materials 66 4 Egyptian Prehistory: The Paleolithic and Neolithic 69 Paleolithic 71 4.1 Paleolithic Cultures in Egypt 71 4.2 Lower Paleolithic 73 4.3 Middle Paleolithic 74 4.4 Upper Paleolithic 79 4.5 Late Paleolithic 80 4.6 Epipaleolithic (Final Paleolithic) 82 Neolithic 84 4.7 Saharan Neolithic 84 4.8 Neolithic in the Nile Valley: Faiyum A and Lower Egypt 87 4.9 Neolithic in the Nile Valley: Middle and Upper Egypt 90 5 The Rise of Complex Society and Early Civilization 93 Predynastic Egypt 95 5.1 The Predynastic Period: Egypt in the Fourth Millennium BC 95 5.2 Lower Egypt: Predynastic Culture 95 5.3 Upper Egypt: Naqada Culture 99 5.4 Lower Nubia: A-Group Culture 110 5.5 State Formation and Unification 112 The Early Dynastic State 117 5.6 Organization and Institutions of the Early Dynastic State 117 5.7 Early Writing and Formal Art 129 5.8 The Expanding State 130 5.9 Who Were the Ancient Egyptians? Physical Anthropology 131 6 The Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period 133 6.1 The Old Kingdom: Overview 135 The Early Old Kingdom 140 6.2 The 3rd Dynasty: Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara 140 6.3 The 4th Dynasty’s First King, Sneferu, and His Three Pyramids 145 6.4 Khufu’s Great Pyramid at Giza 147 6.5 The Great Sphinx and Khafra’s Pyramid Complex 153 6.6 Menkaura’s Giza Pyramid and Its Remarkable Valley Temple Finds 155 6.7 Giza Pyramid Towns 156 6.8 Giza Mastabas, Queen Hetepheres’s Hidden “Tomb,” and the Workmen’s Cemetery 160 The Later Old Kingdom 166 6.9 Sun Temples of the 5th Dynasty 166 6.10 Later Old Kingdom Pyramids and the Pyramid Texts 168 6.11 An Expanding Bureaucracy: Private Tombs in the 5th and 6th Dynasties 170 6.12 Egypt Abroad 174 The First Intermediate Period 176 6.13 The End of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period: Causes of State Collapse 176 7 The Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period 181 The Middle Kingdom 183 7.1 The Middle Kingdom: Overview 183 7.2 Pre-Unification 11th Dynasty: Saff Tombs at Thebes 190 7.3 Mentuhotep II’s Complex at Deir el-Bahri 190 7.4 Model Workers and the Deir el-Bahri Tomb of Meketra 192 7.5 12th-Dynasty Temples 194 7.6 12th- and 13th-Dynasty Pyramids 198 7.7 Towns and Domestic Architecture: Kahun and South Abydos 202 7.8 Nomarchs in Middle Egypt: The Beni Hasan Tombs 206 7.9 Mining in the Sinai and a Galena Mine in the Eastern Desert 207 7.10 Egyptian Forts in Nubia and Indigenous Peoples There 208 The Second Intermediate Period 211 7.11 The Second Intermediate Period: The Hyksos Kingdom in the North 211 7.12 The Kerma Kingdom in Upper Nubia 217 7.13 The Theban State during the Second Intermediate Period 223 8 The New Kingdom 225 8.1 The New Kingdom: Overview 227 The Early New Kingdom 234 8.2 Early New Kingdom Architecture: Ahmose’s Abydos Pyramid Complex, the Thutmosid Palace and Harbor at Tell el-Daba, and the Theban Mortuary Temples of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III 234 8.3 Amenhotep III’s Malkata Palace 238 8.4 Tell el-Amarna and the Amarna Period 240 8.5 The Amarna Aftermath and Tutankhamen’s Tomb 247 New Kingdom Temples 254 8.6 Restoration of the Traditional Gods: Sety I’s Abydos Temple 254 8.7 The Temples of Karnak and Luxor in the New Kingdom 255 8.8 Ramessid Mortuary Temples 260 Royal and Elite Tombs 264 8.9 Royal Tombs in the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens 264 8.10 Elite Tombs at Thebes and Saqqara 270 State Towns and Settlements 275 8.11 The Workmen’s Village and Tombs at Deir el-Medina 275 8.12 Nubian Temple Towns 281 9 The Third Intermediate Period and Late Period 285 9.1 The Third Intermediate Period: Overview 287 9.2 The Late Period: Overview 291 9.3 Tanis: A New City with Royal Tombs 294 9.4 Napata/Gebel Barkal and Sanam 296 9.5 el-Kurru and Nuri: The Kushite Royal Tombs 299 9.6 Saqqara: The Serapeum and Animal Cults 302 9.7 Some High-Status Tombs of the Third Intermediate Period and Late Period 306 9.8 Tell el-Maskhuta and Tell el-Herr 308 10 The Greco-Roman Period 311 Greco-Roman Egypt 313 10.1 The Ptolemaic Period: Overview 313 10.2 The Roman Period: Overview 317 10.3 Alexandria 321 10.4 Greco-Roman Settlements in the Faiyum 323 10.5 Two Greco-Roman Temple Complexes in Upper Egypt: Dendera and Philae 325 Sites Outside the Nile Valley 328 10.6 The Western Desert: Bahariya and Dakhla Oases 328 10.7 The Eastern Desert: Roman Ports, Forts, Roads, and Quarrying Sites 332 Nubia 336 10.8 Qasr Ibrim 336 10.9 Meroe: The Kushite Capital and Royal Cemeteries 338 11 The Study of Ancient Egypt 345 Glossary of Terms 351 Suggested Readings 355 Appendix 1: Additional Readings in French, German, and Italian 399 Appendix 2: Websites 409 Chapter Summaries and Discussion Questions 411 Index 427

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Book SynopsisIn the past three decades, archaeologists have made great strides in recovering the lost world of the Old Testament. Dozens of digs in Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon have changed experts'' understanding of ancient Israel and its neighbours- as well as their vision of the Bible''s greatest tales. Yet until now, the public has remained almost entirely unaware of these discoveries which help separate legend from historical truth. Here, at last, two of archaeology''s leading scholars shed new light on how the Bible came into existence. They assert, for example, that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob never existed, that David and Solomon were not great kings but obscure chieftains and that the Exodus never happened. They offer instead a new historical truth: the Bible was created by the people of the small, southern nation of Judah in a heroic last-ditch attempt to keep their faith alive after the demise of the larger, wealthier nation of Israel to the north. It is in this truth, not in the myths of the past, that the real value of the Bible is evident.Trade ReviewBaruch Halpern author of The First Historians: The Hebrew Bible and History The boldest and most exhilarating synthesis of the Bible and archaeology in fifty years.John Shelby Spong author of Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love, and Equality A bold and provocative book, well researched, well written, and powerfully argued. It challenges many of the assumptions developed by the literal religious minds of the ages, opening traditional possibilities to new conclusions.Jonathan Kirsch Los Angeles Times A brutally honest assessment of what archaeology can and cannot tell us about the historical accuracy of the Bible...presented with both authority and panache.Table of ContentsContentsPrologue: In the Days of King JosiahIntroduction: Archaeology and the BiblePART ONEThe Bible as History? Searching for the Patriarchs Did the Exodus Happen? The Conquest of Canaan Who Were the Israelites? Memories of a Golden Age? PART TWOThe Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel One State, One Nation, One People? (C. 930-720 BCE) Israel's Forgotten First Kingdom (884-842 BCE) In the Shadow of Empire (842-720 BCE) PART THREEJudah and the Making of Biblical History The Transformation of Judah (C. 930-705 BCE) Between War and Survival (705-639 BCE) A Great Reformation (639-586 BCE) Exile and Return (586-C. 440 BCE) Epilogue: The Future of Biblical IsraelAppendix A: Theories of the Historicity of the Patriarchal AgeAppendix B: Searching for SinaiAppendix C: Alternative Theories of the Israelite ConquestAppendix D: Why the Traditional Archaeology of the Davidic and Solomonic Period Is WrongAppendix E: Identifying the Era of Manasseh in the Archaeological RecordAppendix F: How Vast Was the Kingdom of Josiah?Appendix G: The Boundaries of the Province of YehudBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisLao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way) is the classic manual on the art of living. In 81 short, poetic chapters, the book looks at the basic predicament of being alive and teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao, or the basic principle of the universe.

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Book SynopsisA pioneering guide to the range of psychosomatic disorders, describing their psychology and showing how knowledge and awareness can have a restorative impact.Trade Review‘The crowning achievement of Dr John E. Sarno's distinguished career as a ground-breaking medical pioneer’ Psychology Today‘Brilliantly explores the chasm between the conscious and unconscious minds where psychosomatic ailments originate’ Dr Oz, co-author of You: The Owner's Manual‘In my opinion, the most brilliant doctor in America... I have recommended Sarno’s books to dozens of friends and acquaintances experiencing chronic pain’ Edward Siedle, Forbes'Will change the way we think about health and illness... [It] is the crowning achievement of Dr Sarno's distinguished career' The Watkins Review'My life was filled with excruciating back and shoulder pain until I applied Dr. Sarno's principles, and in a matter of weeks my back pain disappeared. I never suffered a single symptom again... I owe Dr. Sarno my life' Howard Stern

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Book SynopsisBeautifully written, accessible and provocative, THE END OF FAITH is an impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith.

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Book SynopsisReimagining the story of Eve, Sarah Jakes Roberts draws lessons from Scripture and from her own life that show women how to use the mistakes of their past to overcome the challenges of today.

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Book SynopsisLouie Giglio helps you find encouragement, hope, and strength in the midst of any valley as you reject the enemy voices of fear, rage, lust, insecurity, anxiety, despair, temptation, or defeat.Trade Review'All of us know what it's like to feel trapped in endless loops of self-defeating thoughts and the frustration of not knowing how to interrupt the circuit on them. This wise and practical book provides the guidance we need to break free from the tyranny of negative thinking and reclaim joy. Highly recommended!' --Ian Morgan Cron Author of The Road Back to You'Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table is a gift! This wonderful book shows us how to access and exercise the resources we have in Christ so that we can restore peace and rest to our minds.' --Dr. Crawford W. Loritts, Jr. Author, radio host, and senior pastor of Fellowship Bible Church'Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table is a reflection and outpouring of fire-forged resolve and wisdom, accompanied by the grace-gift of the tools Louie has been able to so practically articulate.' --Brooke and Scott Ligertwood'Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table is a world-changing, paradigm-shifting message straight from Scripture.' --Earl McClellan Pastor of Shoreline City Church'Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table is undoubtedly a 'now' word for this season, full of truth and encouragement to help you take back every inch of ground the enemy has stolen from you and fully step into the peace, freedom, and victory Jesus died to give you.' --Cody Carnes and Kari Jobe Carnes Grammy-nominated worship artists'Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table reminds us of the identity that we have in Christ--that every battle He has won we have won also! Louie shows us how God invites us into relationship with Him and gives us a seat at His table, all the while winning the battle of your mind.' --Christian and Sadie Huff'Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table will equip you with practical tools to align your thoughts with God's truth so that you can fulfill your God-given purpose with passion and joy.' --Christine Caine Bestselling author and founder of A21 and Propel Women'Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Tableis a triumphant guide to finding the transformational hope sought by every hurting heart.' and shy;--Katherine and Jay Wolf Bestselling authors of Suffer Strong and Hope Heals'I'm confident that Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table will not only clarify your faith but strengthen it. Jesus has already won the greatest victory--now it's our turn to fight to think rightly and fix our eyes on our Good Shepherd.' --Tim Tebow Professional athlete, commentator, author, keynote speaker, and philanthropist'If you are wrestling with discouraging thoughts, pastor Louie Giglio's book, Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table, will help you discover the biblical truths that will help free your mind so you can live the life God intended you to live.' --Craig Groeschel Pastor of Life.Church and New York Times bestselling author'In the banquet of your heart there are two seats--one for you and the other for Jesus--and three is a crowd. That is the paradigm-shifting message of this important book, Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table. To the extent that you allow the devil to tag along and be a third wheel in your thought life, you will be derailed from your destiny. Let Louie show you how to tell the enemy, 'Seats taken,' and you will watch your life change.' --Levi and Jennie Lusko Lead pastors of Fresh Life Church and bestselling authors'Louie Giglio is a prophetic gift for our time. And Psalm 23 is a resounding truth for all time. Put them together and you have a clarion call to attune our mindstream to life in the kingdom. As someone who starts every morning by praying Psalm 23, this book struck a deep chord in my heart.' --John Mark Comer Pastor of vision and amp; teaching at Bridgetown Church; author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry'Louie writes with hope and speaks freedom to our weary hearts that need the victory available to us through Jesus. This book is a treasure you'll return to again and again. I can't wait for you to read it and see your life transformed!' --Lysa TerKeurst #1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries'Louie's new book, Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table, is for anyone who's been letting the enemy occupy space in their mind. Whether it's anger, loneliness, insecurity, or shame, it's time to kick the enemy out of your mind and take back your seat at the table.' --Steven Furtick Pastor of Elevation Church and New York Times bestselling author'The greatest war of our lives centers around the battle of the mind. I am grateful for work like this that floods our spiritual artillery with gospel ammunition. Thank you, Louie G (that's the rap name I gave him), for giving us the kind of depth and accessibility we need to hold the line for the glory of God in the war zone of our minds.' --KB Artist'There are few voices in Christendom who are able to speak so pointedly to the realities of the spiritual life. These pages are not just inspiration; they are preparation to do battle with darkness!' --John Lindell Lead pastor of James River Church and author of Soul Set Free

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