Family and health Books

Book SynopsisAn award-winning nature therapy session for the soul--encounter the benevolence of the living world through 12 essays on the Earth-healing powers of self-compassion and empathy.When healing is needed at the deepest level, nature will always call us back home--not only to the oak woods or water-filled coves, but to the homes within ourselves.In a series of 12 lyrical nature essays, herbalist, writer, and Earth intuitive Asia Suler illuminates the healing power of the living Earth--and gives us permission to nurture self-compassion and empathy as forces for personal and ecological healing.In a time of unprecedented ecological devastation, it’s easy to feel hopeless and disconnected. It’s easier still to mask our inherent goodness--to imagine that our unique and precious gifts simply aren’t enough, or forget the power of our inborn empathy. For those of us who are highly sensitive, innately attuned to the workings and whispers of the natural world, it can be hard to embody the belief that we’re enough as we are--and that can heal the Earth.Here, Suler reveals the opposite: our goodness, our empathy, our intuitive connections, and our capacity for self-compassion are more than personal traits or antidotes to despair: they are, in fact, our most potent vehicles for planetary transformation. And as we learn to more deeply nurture and accept ourselves, we unlock living, healing connections to Earth.Combining poetic nature writing with exercises and reflection prompts at the end of each essay, Mirrors in the Earth coaxes us to come as we are: to discover and tend the inherent brilliance and medicine that lives in each of us. From the manatee-calm springs of wild Florida to the flower-dotted coves of the world’s most biodiverse mountains, Mirrors in the Earth is an invitation and encounter with the benevolence of the living world--and a nature therapy session for the soul.

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Book SynopsisAn inclusive guide for yoga teachers and practitioners to create balanced movement sequences and well-rounded classes for all students.Discover a unified theory for sequencing fresh, contemporary yoga and mindful-movement classes that reflect the diversity of modern practitioners.Yoga instruction innovator Sage Rountree?s approach to teaching grows from a simple truth: bodies feel better when they move in many different ways and directions.But in a social-media fueled yoga scene that over-celebrates acrobatic, unrealistic poses, it?s easy for even the most experienced instructor to lose touch with their students. The fix is clear: Real students need simple lessons taught clearly. Yoga teacher, trainer, and bestselling author Sage Rountree draws on years of expert experience to offer a fresh, contemporary approach to yoga sequencing and mindful movement that reflects the diversity and meets the needs of the modern yogi.The Art of Yoga Sequencing celebrates students of all kinds, styles, and levels. Grounded in exercise physiology while honoring yoga traditions, Rountree?s new offering includes: Adaptable examples, templates, and preset lesson plans 475 inclusive photos demonstrating over 35 full sequences Actionable tips for increasing student accessibility Creative ideas for props, lighting, music, and more Whether you?re a current or aspiring teacher or advanced practitioner, you?ll find here every tool you need to create inspired yoga classes and home practices. Even if you teach in a set format?like at a franchise or strongly branded studio?this yoga tool kit will help you lead students along any path with a clarity that honors all bodies.

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Book SynopsisYour definitive trauma-sensitive guide to working the Steps: skills for understanding your addiction, processing your trauma, and navigating your recovery journey?the anticipated companion to Trauma and the 12 Steps.This addiction recovery workbook from clinicians Jamie Marich, PhD, and Stephen Dansiger offers skills to prevent relapse, enhance recovery, and understand how trauma impacts alcoholism, drug dependency, and even other types of addictions.Working the Steps for the first time can feel scary and unfamiliar?and depending upon the experiences you?ve had at AA or NA, you may question whether the 12 Steps are right for you. Here, Marich and Dansiger help you get to the root of your addiction while offering skills and exercises for an inclusive recovery program.Unlike some 12-Step programs, this workbook is open to all?regardless of your background, history, identity, or spiritual beliefs. It also recognizes that for most of us on recovery or sobriety journeys, each Step isn?t made to be worked through only once: this workbook is designed to support your individual needs, whether that?s practicing one step on a day-to-day basis, revisiting another at different times throughout your recovery process, or using the exercises as part of a yearly check-in.The workbook begins with a self-care inventory, then moves through each of the 12 steps with prompts, meditations, journaling reflections, and body-based exercises. The authors also offer coping skills and an open-minded approach that acknowledges that your recovery is as unique as you are: one-size-fits-all doesn?t apply. Compassionate, trauma-responsive, and grounded in the latest behavioral and neuroscience research, this workbook is your go-to addiction recovery toolkit.

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Book SynopsisTransform your yoga practice into a force for creating social change with this concise, eloquent manual of social justice tools and skills. Skill in Action asks you to explore the deeply transformational practice of yoga as a way to become an agent of social change and work toward a just world. Through yoga practices and philosophy, this book explores liberation for ourselves and others, while asking us to engage in our own agency?whether that manifests as activism, volunteer work, or changing our relationships with others and ourselves. To provide a strong foundation to begin this work, Michelle Cassandra Johnson clearly defines power and privilege, oppression, liberation, and suffering, and invites you to make changes in your life that promote equality and freedom for all. This revised and expanded edition offers journaling practices and prompts in each chapter; includes more material on how power and privilege inform the yoga industry; explains how to integrate justice into teaching the eight limbs of yoga; and offers ways to support people as they move through their resistance and discomfort in the face of injustice. This edition also offers a fuller look at how the yamas and niyamas?the ethical precepts of yoga?can be studied in order to create a more just world, and it offers more support for yoga teachers seeking to radicalize their yoga.

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Book SynopsisAn approachable, user-friendly guide to inversions of all kinds for anyone who wants to try going upside down, featuring 85 practices that explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of yoga.Learn to hop into a handstand, do a forearm stand with blocks⁠—and even appreciate legs up the wall in new ways with this comprehensive and accessible guide to inversions in yoga.Kat Heagberg Rebar offers an easy-to-follow guide with 175 beautiful color photos. For each pose Kat offers adaptations, challenging variations, and everything in between. She also shares options to prepare safely and practices to build strength. In addition to teaching the physical practice of inversions, Rebar addresses the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of this often-challenging practice. Yoga Inversions offers a progressive, biomechanically sound, inclusive, step-by-step approach to anyone who wants to try being upside down, and includes:  Downward dog and dolphin variations to set you up for success Innovative prop tips Handstand preps and drills  Tips for stepping, jumping, hopping, and pressing into handstand  Handstand against the wall and away from the wall Forearm stand, headstand, and shoulderstand variations  Customizable practices to help you reach your goals And much more

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Book SynopsisAdopted as an infant by a naval officer and his wife during the Baby Scoop Era, Diane Wheaton has always heard conflicting versions of the truth of her origins - but it's not until she is forty-seven years old that she begins to search for her biological family in earnest. Amid search and reunion, however, Diane's adoptive parents become ill - and while overseeing their care, she is told about a secret they have kept from her for over fifteen years. This shocking disclosure complicates her already complicated feelings for them, and she finds herself faced with an important decision - one that feels almost impossible to make, but which results in a level of healing she never could have anticipated. A touching memoir of self-discovery, Finding Loretta is Diane's tale of searching for history, roots, and family. Ultimately, she comes to accept the two distinct dynamics of the families who have helped make her who she is today, and in doing so she learns to embrace herself and feel grateful for everything she has experienced - even loss.

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Book SynopsisEver stopped to read the list of ingredients in the products you use every day? In Low Tox Life, activist and educator Alexx Stuart gently clears a path through the maze of mass-market ingredient cocktails, focusing on four key areas: Body, Home, Food and Mind. Sharing the latest science and advice from experts in each area, Alexx tackles everything from endocrine-disruptors in beauty products to the challenge of going low plastic in a high-plastic world, and how to clean without a hit of harmful toxins. You don't need to be a fulltime homesteader with a cupboard full of organic linens to go low tox. Start small, switching or ditching one nasty at a time, and enjoy the process as a positive one for you and the planet.Trade Review'Alexx is the ultimate gentle activist and takes a practical approach to teaching others how to live a low tox life.' MELANIE EAGER, NUTRITIONIST AND GENETICS HEALTH COACH'There has never been a more important time in human history to take control of your own health. We are exposed to literally tens of thousands of chemicals on a daily basis that humans have never been exposed to before ... Low Tox Life is your handbook to making informed choices about reducing your exposure. Alexx provides sensible, achievable and affordable solutions to help you build resilience and be the best you can be.' DR RON EHRLICH, HOLISTIC HEALTH ADVOCATE, DENTIST, AUTHOR'This beautiful book identifies many of the man-made toxins that can cause adverse health effects, and provides lots of practical and easy-to-follow tips on how to reduce your exposure.' NICOLE BIJLSMA, ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE EXPERT, PHD CANDIDATE'This is just the book you need to show you that with a few simple and delicious changes, you can move beyond surviving and indeed, thrive.' JUDE BLEREAU, WHOLEFOOD CHEF, AUTHOR AND TEACHER'Low Tox Life is a comprehensive, inspirational and, most importantly, do-able guide to a healthy, low tox life. It's a book you'll certainly come back to time and time again.' GEORGIA HARDING, NATUROPATH'Future generations will shake their heads in disbelief at the damage we have done to our only home, and ourselves, in these last two centuries ... They'll also be thankful that the tide turned when courageous spirits like Alexx spoke up and reminded everyone there's a better way forward.' MARK J. HENRY, FOUNDER AND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER SOLIDTEKNICS

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Book SynopsisDiagnosed with type-2 or non-insulin dependent diabetes in 1996, Gretchen Becker educated herself on every aspect of this chronic condition by reading medical books, talking with doctors, listening to her own body and using the Internet to communicate daily with other people with diabetes. Now, as a patient-expert, she guides all those newly diagnosed through everything they need to learn and do in the crucial first year after diagnosis. This indispensable guide simplifies but never patronises and offers a wider approach than any so far adhered to by doctors. It answers all the questions that assail the newly diagnosed: How to cope with daily maintenance? How to make sense of the terminology about measurement of blood-glucose levels? How to build self-knowledge and confidence? How, overall, best to adjust to life with diabetes.Trade ReviewThe most practical and useful guide to diabetes that I have ever seen. Gretchen Becker understands how diabetes feels and what diabetics need to know. * Richard Podell, Clinical Professor, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Medical School *

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Book SynopsisNeed inspiration for a great family day out? Here are thirty imaginative and varied walks specially designed to appeal to children, all within County Dublin. Explore some of the county's finest landscapes and historical attractions - including Ardgillan Castle, the Hell Fire Club, Bull Island and Killiney Hill - or enjoy the delights of the city and its suburbs, strolling by the Dodder, the Grand Canal or through Marlay Park.The walks are accompanied by clear directions and packed with ideas for pit stops to keep curious kids excited. Tales of folklore, historical snippets and information about the flora and fauna along the way are sure to keep them enthralled while they stay active. With detailed maps and practical information, you'll have all you need to enjoy a fun, affordable family day out. So open the front door and discover the adventure, history and nature waiting on your doorstep.Trade ReviewExcellent. * MountainViews *Nice, pocket-sized book to get the kids away from the screen and onto the streets, hills and shorelines in and around Dublin. * Books Ireland *Table of Contents1. Ardgillan Castle, Park and Demesne2. Skerries Sli na Slainte3. Donabate Coastal Walks4. Malahide Marina, Estuary and Castle5. Portmarnock to Malahide Coastal Walk 6. Ireland's Eye7. Howth Northern and Eastern Loop8. Howth Southern Loop 9. St Anne's Park10. North Bull Island Loop11. Phoenix Park12. Grand Canal and Dublin City Loop13. Dodder River Walk and Bushy Park14. Marlay Park15. Sandycove Heritage Trail16. Dalkey Quarry and Killiney Hill Circuit17. Rathmichael Woods Circuit18. Lead Mines Chimney and Carrickgollogan19. Barnaslingan Trail and The Scalp20. Prince's William Seat and Raven's Rock from Glencullen21. Three Rock Wood and Three Rock Mountain from Ticknock Lower22. Fairy Castle, Two Rock Mountain and Three Rock Mountain from Ticknock Upper23. Tibradden Mountain24. Cruagh Mountain Loop25. Massy's Woods26. Hell Fire Club27. Glenasmole Reservoirs Loop28. Ballymorefinn Hill and Seahan Circuit29. Saggart Hill

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Book SynopsisThe 5th and final volume in a masterwork for students of herbalism and practicing herbalists Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals is a five-volume set that serves as a comprehensive, practical reference manual for herbalists, physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. Dr. Jill Stansbury draws on her decades of clinical experience and her extensive research to provide an unparalleled range of herbal formulas. Organized by body system, each volume includes hundreds of formulas to treat common health conditions, as well as formulas that address specific energetic or symptomatic presentations. For each formula, Dr. Stansbury briefly explains how the selected herbs address the specific condition. Sidebars and user-friendly lists help readers quickly choose which herbs are best for specific presentations and detail traditional uses of both Western and traditional Asian formulas and herbs that are readily available in the United States. Volume 5 focuses on autoimmune and allergic conditions including allergic rhinitis (hay fever), asthma, hives, and food sensitivities. A chapter on ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and throat includes herbal therapies for eye infections, glaucoma, and other eye conditions; sinus infections, colds, and sore throats; and tooth decay and oral infections. A chapter on the musculoskeletal system covers common conditions such as sore muscles and bruising as well as chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, arthritis, and osteoporosis. Each chapter includes a materia medica section that describes individual herbs with tips on their properties, modes of action, and the specific symptoms each plant best addresses. These formularies are also a tutorial for budding herbalists on the sophisticated art of fine-tuning an herbal formula for the constitution and overall health condition of an individual patient, rather than prescribing a one-size-fits-all treatment for a basic diagnosis. The text aims to teach by example, helping clinicians develop their own intuition and ability to create effective herbal formulas. Previous volumes include Digestion and Elimination (Volume 1), Circulation and Respiration (Volume 2), Endocrinology (Volume 3), and Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pain Management (Volume 4).Trade Review“Jill Stansbury’s Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals reflect not only the maturity of contemporary biomedical herbal medicine but also the mastery gained from years of clinical practice. Throughout the text, a thoughtful integration of traditional context is blended with science-principled herbalism. This therapeutic guide allows the clinician and patient to experience the best of what medical herbalism has to offer in a way that is relevant to healthcare today. If you practice herbal medicine, or want to dive in deeply with a master in the field, these books will be in a prized place on your shelves.”—Bevin Clare, professor, Maryland University of Integrative Health; president, American Herbalists Guild“Over the five volumes of Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, Jill Stansbury has shown us what a remarkable practitioner she is, presenting nuanced therapeutic protocols for a wide array of conditions that exemplify cutting edge medical knowledge and are firmly rooted in a deep understanding of plants and traditional herbalism. Amazingly, all of this is done in a highly accessible manner that conveys the personal knowledge that Jill has gained over decades of practice. There is, quite frankly, nothing else like it, and no one else like Jill.”—jim mcdonald, herbalist and founder, herbcraft.org“There are many herb books, but few address the fine points of clinical herbal prescribing. To remedy this deficiency, Dr. Jill Stansbury, ND, has written perhaps the best herbal formulary since the days of the renowned Eclectic physicians. . . . Each section and page clearly shows the skill, experience, and expertise of the author and will help even the seasoned naturopathic physician or herbalist improve their clinical practice and success in treating their patients.”—David Winston, RH (AHG), dean, David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies; founder, Herbal Therapeutics Research Library“Fabulous! This book is an outstanding resource. Dr. Jill Stansbury, one of the most respected herbalists and naturopathic doctors of our time, has created an up-to-date formulary that combines the best of traditional formulas with modern research and her own extensive clinical experience.”—Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist; founder, Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center“Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals is a gift to all healthcare practitioners seeking to heal their patients through a natural medicine approach. The expertise of Dr. Stansbury is extraordinary. This text is not a simple guide; it is a fascinating educational read and treatment formulary that is practical and evidence-based.”—Mimi Guarneri, MD, president, Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine“Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals is an essential reference set for all practitioners who use, or aspire to use, botanical medicine. The coverage is comprehensive, from the first volume on digestion and elimination through to this ultimate volume on immune, EENT, and musculoskeletal conditions. I appreciate as well the book’s opening chapter on the art of formulation, which provides an excellent description of how to best address the precise presentation of a patient, rather than a general diagnosis or condition. Thank you Dr. Stansbury for providing this much needed reference!”—Linnea Wardwell, cofounder, Herbal Educational Services, BotanicalMedicine.org“Accomplished naturopathic physician Dr. Jill Stansbury brings her vast clinical experience, deep knowledge, commitment, and passion for herbs to this exciting modern-day formulary. There is no other formulary as comprehensive or as accessible to the clinician; this book truly fills an empty space in the list of current herbal clinical education publications.”—Dr. Mary Bove, ND, author of Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants“Jill Stansbury is a quintessential medicine woman in today’s world. Her rich experience as a clinician and professor of naturopathic medicine is palpable, and she writes with a compassionate knowing that the mental health field so keenly deserves. She grounds this formulary through her deep respect and dedication to indigenous wisdom that she has experienced and supported through her work in the Peruvian Amazon as well as with other wisdom keepers. Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals are the texts my clinic students have been waiting for.”—Kat Maier, author of Energetic Herbalism, director, Sacred Plant Traditions“Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, Volume I is simply the best text available for the modern clinical practice of Western herbal medicine. It’s likely to become an instant classic and essential book for any student of herbal medicine, as well as seasoned practitioners.”—Christopher Hobbs, PhD, LAc, fourth-generation herbalist“Esteemed clinical herbalist and naturopathic physician Jill Stansbury shares thirty years of experience with botanical medicines from all over the globe in this incredibly helpful text, which is part guidebook, part materia medica, and part recipe-based formulary, laced with an enthusiastic appreciation of all things herbal. It will no doubt be a frequently referenced text in the library of any herbal practitioner.”—Timothy Miller, ND, MAc, LAc, RA; founder, Naturopathic CE“Dr. Stansbury is a prescient, loving steward of the Standing Green Nation. Deeply loved by herbalists globally, her mentoring and clinical mastery powerfully manifest in this set of formularies. It is at once classic, complete, and enduring, offering herbal medicine savvy and deep research through articulate narratives and formulations for many conditions. The volumes themselves are beautiful objects whose rich content and elegant design are exemplary and respectful of this hard-earned, cumulative wisdom.”—David J. Schleich, PhD, president emeritus, National University of Natural Medicine“Dr. Jill Stansbury’s Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals is a formidable accomplishment and historic contribution to the rapidly developing field of botanical medicine. Herbal Formularies is practical and immediately usable for anyone interested in the applications of herbal medicine. Its depth will satisfy senior clinicians, academic researchers, and medical educators, while its accessibility will greatly further the education of students and the serious lay person.”—David Crow, LAc, founder, Floracopeia Aromatic Treasures“Reading Dr. Stansbury’s formulary has quickly supported us in updating and filling in gaps in our dispensary stock to better serve our customers. I believe this book will similarly inform the dispensing practices of practitioners of all experience levels. Previous efforts have been predominately geared toward licensed acupuncturists or naturopathic physicians, but these volumes will speak to a broader, dynamic audience. This book offers mature templates for improvisation to treat a myriad of complex health conditions with botanical medicines.”—Benjamin Zappin, LAc, herbalist; cofounder, Five Flavors Herbs“Formulation is one of the key elements of a clinical herbalist’s practice. It is also an aspect that intimidates many practitioners, especially those newer to herbal medicine. Jill Stansbury’s book is a valuable guide to formulation that will lend a strong guiding hand for herbalists of all skill levels. Her language is clear, instructive, and easy to read. She gives multiple examples drawn from her extensive practice, and her explanations offer direction for working with individual patients.”—7Song, director, Northeast School of Botanical Medicine; director, Holistic Medicine, Ithaca Free Clinic

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction to Medical Terminology. 2. The Human Body in Health and Disease. Word Part Review. 3. The Skeletal System. 4. The Muscular System. 5. The Cardiovascular System. 6. The Blood System. 7. The Lymphatic and Immune Systems. 8. The Respiratory System. 9. The Digestive System. 10. The Urinary System. 11. The Nervous System. 12. Mental Health. 13. Special Senses: Eyes and Ears. 14. Skin: The Integumentary System. 15. The Endocrine System. 16. The Male Reproductive System. 17. The Female Reproductive System and Obstetrics. 18. Infant and Child Health. 19. Gerontology. 20. Oncology. 21. Diagnostic Procedures and Nuclear Medicine. 22. Pharmacology. Comprehensive Medical Terminology Review. Appendix A: Prefixes, Combining Forms, and Suffixes. Appendix B: Abbreviations and Their Meanings. Appendix C: Terms Related to Diagnosis, Pathology, and Procedures.

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Book Synopsis Everything you need to know to create an intentional community from scratch An intentional community is a group of people who have chosen to live or work together in pursuit of a common ideal or vision. An ecovillage is a village-scale intentional community that intends to create, ecological, social, economic, and spiritual sustainability over several generations. The 90s saw a revitalized surge of interest in intentional communities and ecovillages in North America: the number of intentional communities listed in the Communities Directory increased 60 percent between 1990 and 1995. But only 10 percent of the actual number of forming-community groups actually succeeded. Ninety percent failed, often in conflict and heartbreak. After visiting and interviewing founders of dozens of successful and failed communities, along with her own forming-community experiences, the author concluded that the successful 10 percent had all done the same five or six things right, and the unsuccessful 90 percent had made the same handful of mistakes. Recognizing that a wealth of wisdom were contained in these experiences, she set out to distill and capture them in one place. Creating a Life Together is the only resource available that provides step-by-step, practical how-to information on how to launch and sustain a successful ecovillage or intentional community. Through anecdotes, stories, and cautionary tales about real communities, and by profiling seven successful communities in depth, the book examines the successful 10 percent and why 90 percent fail; the role of community founders; getting a group off to a good start; vision and vision documents; decision-making and governance; agreements; legal options; finding, financing, and developing land; structuring a community economy; selecting new members; and communication, process, and dealing well with conflict. Sample vision documents, community agreements, and visioning exercises are included, along with abundant resources for learning more. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Creating a Life Together; The Successful Ten Percent And why Ninety Percent Fail; Your Role as Founder; Getting Off to a Good Start; Community Vision: What It Is, Why You Need It; Creating Vision Documents; Power, Decision-Making, and Governance; Agreements & Policies: "Good Documents Make Good Friends"; Establishing Your Legal Entity; The Great Land-Buying Adventure; Finding the Right Property; Neighbours and Zoning; Financing Your Property (Loans You Can Live with); Developing Sustainable Human Settlements; Internal Community Finances (Can we Afford to Live There?); Legal Entities for Owning Property; If You Are Using a Tax-Exempt Non-Profit; Communication, Process, and Dealing with Conflict: The Heart of Healthy Community; Selecting People to Join You; Index.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction to Medical Terminology. 2. The Human Body in Health and Disease. Word Part Review. 3. The Skeletal System. 4. The Muscular System. 5. The Cardiovascular System. 6. The Lymphatic and Immune Systems. 7. The Respiratory System. 8. The Digestive System. 9. The Urinary System. 10. The Nervous System and Mental Health. 11. Special Senses: The Eyes and Ears. 12. Skin: The Integumentary System. 13. The Endocrine System. 14. The Reproductive Systems. 15. Diagnostic Procedures, Pharmacology and Complimentary Medicine. Comprehensive Medical Terminology Review. Appendix A: Word Parts: Prefixes, Combining Forms and Suffixes. Appendix B: Abbreviations and their Meanings. Appendix C: Pathology and Procedures. Flash Cards.

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Book Synopsis Ella''s Kitchen: The Easy Family Cook Book is packed with more than 100 mouthwatering recipes from Ella''s Kitchen, the organic baby and toddler food brand. In chapters organized by mealtime, each recipe has been carefully developed to ensure that it''s perfectly balanced and lip-smackingly tasty for little ones and grown-ups alike. Find out which meals are best to adapt for weaning babies, know what to cook for a play- date crowd-pleaser (little friends will go mad for Mamma Mia Meatballs); and see instantly which dinners keep beautifully warm for when mom or dad gets home. Building on the success of the previous three books in the series, this latest addition to the Ella''s Kitchen Cook Book library is an absolute must for busy families with hungry tummies to feed. Including a unique pull-out weekly meal planner, the recipes will bring everyone together to share in life''s foody adventures. Trade ReviewPacked with fun ideas to get the whole family involved with cooking. * Daily Express *

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Book SynopsisMilady's Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary, 4th Edition is more than just a dictionary of cosmetic ingredients; it is a guide to understanding skin types and skin physiology, product formulation and how cosmetic products interact with the skin. For ease of use, this book is split into three parts. Part 1 includes a basic explanation of skin anatomy and physiology, including skin types, conditions and problems. This knowledge is critical for understanding product performance. Definitions of common terms used in skin care formulation are also provided. Part 2 contains an alphabetical listing of more than 2,300 cosmetic ingredients with accompanying definitions that help identify the function and purpose of each ingredient with Part 3 offering a reference of Botanical Latin names for commonly used ingredients. This is an invaluable resource that will assist in making well-informed decisions regarding skin care ingredients and cosmetic products.Table of ContentsPart I: SKINCARE AND COSMETICS. Introduction. 1. Skin Anatomy & Physiology. 2. Skin Types, Conditions & Problems. 3. How Products Work. 4. Definition of Terms. Part II: PRODUCT INGREDIENTS. Part III:BOTANICAL LATIN NAMES

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Book SynopsisHelp your grandfather preserve his life story and pass it down to your family in this beautiful keepsake memory book. Grandpa's Story is a guided journal thoughtfully designed to help grandfathers record their special memories and share them with their grandchildren and family. Created by bestselling author and artist Korie Herold, this keepsake book offers writing prompts and journaling pages to guide grandfathers along as they record their life's most precious moments. This book is the perfect gift for Father's Day, birthdays, or any time of year for your grandfather. Sections and writing prompts include: * Early Childhood: What was your house like growing up? What were your favourite toys or playtime activities? * School Years: What did you think you wanted to be when you grew up? What were you like as a teenager? * Work and Travel: What was your first job? What family vacations do you remember the most? * Love and Family: What's your best relationship advice? How did you feel when you found out you were going to be a grandfather? * Character and Values: What do you value most in life? What family values do you hope to pass down? * Hypotheticals and Curiosities: What's something you wish you had done differently? What's the best advice you ever received? * Words of Wisdom: Additional space to write letters to your family Special features include: * Elegant linen cover * Acid-free and archival paper * Lay flat design allows you to easily write in the book * Carefully developed designs and prompts allow to you reflect and remember

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive anatomy and yoga practice manual for postpartum pelvic healing?a gender-inclusive guide to poses, practices, and exercises for pelvic-floor, pain, dysfunction, and recovery Includes full-color photos, 7 weeks of yoga sequences, and an individualized step-by-step guided self-assessmentPelvic floor pain, injury, and dysfunction are incredibly common among postpartum people?but despite the critical importance of ongoing pelvic support and recovery post-birth, most doctors, physical therapists, and healing professionals simply aren?t equipped to offer helpful, personalized advice to ease postpartum symptoms like postpartum pain, discomfort, urinary incontinence, and painful intercourse.Rebecca Weisman (CIYT, CYT) and Meagen Satinsky (MPT, PYT) offer the first comprehensive anatomy and yoga practice manual geared toward healing postpartum pelvic issues. With full-color images, accessible tools, and step-by-step poses and breathwork exercises, Yoga for Pelvic Floor and Postpartum Health empowers readers to get to know this vital part of their own body?and reclaim agency in caring for their own postpartum recovery, postural support, organ health, and sexual function. Part 1: Anatomy reviews the anatomy of the pelvis and surrounding regions, with a special emphasis on helping you develop a deeper, more knowledgeable, and more loving connection to your own body Part 2: Sequences of Asana for Practice introduces Iyengar yoga and breathwork practices to support pelvic healing?and guides you through a flexible 7-week asana sequence that you can do on your own time and come back to again and again Part 3: Special Topics addresses specific pelvic concerns like painful intercourse, perineal tears, Cesarean delivery, pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis rectus abdominis, urinary issues, pelvic pain during menopause, low back pain, postpartum depression and anxiety, and more Yoga for Pelvic Floor and Postpartum Health is appropriate for any stage of your postpartum journey?whether you gave birth vaginally or by Cesarean, ten days, ten weeks, or ten years ago. With a guided self-assessment, full-color and 3-D layered graphics, and compassionate, expert counsel, readers can return to specific poses and sequences again and again on their pelvic healing journey.

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Book SynopsisTalkabout for Children: Developing Friendship Skills is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties.This resources creates the final level of the Talkabout heirachy, where self-awareness comes before non-verbal skills and non-verbal comes before verbal, with assertiveness coming last.Resources include: an assessment framework planning and evaluation forms a three-term intervention plan for schools over 25 structured activity sessions focussing on friendship skills all the supplementary handouts and images needed to deliver the sessions. This second edition is presented with full-colour illustrations and handouts, and includes a new introduction by Alex Kelly reflecting on her own experiences of using the resources since they were first developed.Table of ContentsIntroductionFormative Assessment FrameworkTopic 1: What is a friend?Topic 2: Friendly behavioursTopic 3: Choosing a friendTopic 4: Starting outTopic 5: Being a good friendTopic 6: Coping with problemsSchool Intervention PlanPlanning and Evaluation Templates

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Book SynopsisTop chef Tom Kerridge shows you how to take control of what you eat, with more than 100 super-tasty, cook-from-scratch recipes to give your family a fresh start. Sustaining, nourishing, family-style recipes'' DeliciousTom is the perfect person to kick us into a fresh start' GQMouth-watering, achievable recipes' Prima_______ I've learned from experience how important it is to take control over what you eat, for the sake of your health and happiness. Now I want to show you that cooking amazing meals really isn't as difficult as you might think.'Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start is not a diet book, but it is about taking control. If you cook from scratch, you know exactly what is going into your food and can take responsibility for everything that you and your family eat. And with Tom's guidance, you know it will taste amazing too. With more than 100 delicious recipes that include: Tom's BLT Trade ReviewHe’s one of our most celebrated chefs, but he’s never lost touch with likes of you and me. Now he’s written a book that advises without lecturing, uses tips and tricks we can all manage, and helps put us back in touch with real cooking * Sunday Times *Tom is the perfect person to kick us into a fresh start this new year * GQ *Sustaining, nourishing, family-style recipes are the name of the game in Tom's latest book. That's something we can definitely get behind -- Delicious magazineCooking from scratch has never been easier - or more tasty * Bella *Mouth-watering, achievable recipes * Prima *

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Book SynopsisâœYou never listen to anything I say!âYesterday, your child was a sweet, well-adjusted eight-year-old. Today, a moody, disrespectful twelve-year-old. What happened? And more important, how do you handle it? How you respond to these whirlwind changes will not only affect your child's behavior now but will determine how he or she turns out later. Julie A. Ross, executive director of Parenting Horizons, shows you exactly what's going on with your child and provides all the tools you need to correctly handle even the prickliest tween porcupine. Find out how other parents survived nightmarish tween behavior--and still raised great kids Break the âœnagging cycle,â give your kids responsibilities, and get results Talk about sex, drugs, and alcohol so your kid will listen Discover the secret that will help your child to disregard peer pressure and make smart choices--for life "This excellent book lets parents peek into the underlying, confusing thougTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. “You never listen to me anymore. I hate my life!” Middle Schoolers: Hormonal, Disorganized, and Defiant2. “You have no idea how much stress I’m under!” The Overwhelmed “Slacker” 3. “OKAY I get it! I’m not a baby anymore.” How To Break The Nagging Cycle And Turn Responsibility Over To Your Middle Schooler4. “But everyone in my grade is doing it!” Peer pressure and Changing Values5. “I’m going in my room and I’m never coming out!!” Dealing with Defiance6. “Just let me finish this ‘level’, ok?” The Computer “Addiction” 7. “I can’t do it. I want you to help me!” Encouraging Self-Esteem and Independence8. “I’m going out: see ya later!” The Push for Independence9. “Why are we talking about this? I mean really, I just ate!” Talking about Sex, Drugs and Alcohol10. “I hate her. She’s the worst sister in the whole world!” Sibling Rivalry: A New Level of Competition11. “I’m so lucky that you’re my mom.” How a relationship approach affects life after Middle SchoolReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisNow in it's third edition, Maurice Lister's Men's Hairdressing is essential reading for existing practitioners as well as those studying towards barbering and men's hairdressing qualifications with all awarding organisations, including City & Guilds, VTCT and ITEC.This book has been developed to equip you with everything that you need in order to plan a career in barbering, gain qualifications as well as continue as a comprehensive guide throughout your career.Table of ContentsPART ONE: WORKING IN THE BARBER���S SHOP 1. Barbering ��� from its origins to the present day 2. Health and safety in the barber���s shop 3. Working effectively in the barber���s shop PART TWO: MENSWORK 4. Client care for men 5. Shampooing and conditioning men���s hair 6. Cutting facial hair using basic techniques 7. Cutting men���s hair using basic techniques 8. Drying and finishing men���s hair 9. Colouring men���s hair 10. Creating basic patterns in hair PART THREE: ADVANCED MENSWORK 11. Advanced men���s hair cutting 12. Shaving services 13. Face massage services 14. Designing facial hair shapes 15. Design and create patterns in hair

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Book SynopsisSimple strategies for a happier home and more cooperative kids.For children aged 3-13.Finally, a revolutionary programme that gives you simple steps to take the daily battles out of parenting. These strategies resolve one of parents'' biggest frustrations: getting your children to listen and do what you ask, the first time you ask. When children are at their best, it is easy to get along with them and enjoy them. However, when they are defiant, argumentative or disrespectful, it is easy to get wound up, to argue back, threaten, nag or shout. If this sounds like the situation in your home too much of the time, then Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting is for you. When you use these strategies, not only will your children become more cooperative, but also more confident, self-reliant and considerate. Learning new skills like Preparing for Success, Descriptive Praise and the Never Ask Twice method can transform your relationship witTrade ReviewIt has taken the stress out of parenting - I'll probably live 10 years longer. * Helena Bonham Carter *

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Book SynopsisFight aging, build strength, and achieve whole-body health in just 30 minutes a day, once or twice a week, with these 30 strength training exercises based on science and mindfulness practices—for people of all ages and activity levels. The mixed messages we’ve received about exercise, aerobics, and mental and physical fitness are all misleading...or at least incomplete. Clinical research shows that we lose muscle mass as we age, and that preventing muscle loss through strength training—more than cardio, stretching, or flexibility—is the key to staying active, healthy, and well. Deep Fitness introduces Mindful Strength Training to Failure (MSTF), a science-based method that reverses muscle loss and improves overall strength in just 1 or 2 30-minute sessions a week. MSTF exercises are simple and effective, and can be done at home with resistance bands and bodyweight, or with the machines at your local gym. Using slow reps, MSTF marries mindful body awareness with proven strength-training techniques to help you become stronger at any age. With more than 30 full-color exercises, Deep Fitness explains the science behind MSTF. It shows how the program boosts longevity and healthspan; aids weight loss and fat reduction; increases overall wellness and mental health; and can improve or reverse symptoms of:  •  Prediabetes and diabetes  •  Cardiovascular disease  •  Metabolic syndrome  •  Alzheimer’s and dementia  •  Chronic inflammation  •  Osteoporosis  •  Other chronic illnessesAppropriate for people of all ages and activity levels, the exercises and techniques in Deep Fitness are effective, straightforward, and sustainable, helping you enjoy the vibrant, fit, whole-body health you deserve.

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Book SynopsisThe emerging science of biotensegrity provides a fresh context for rethinking our understanding of human movement, but its complexities can be formidable. Biotensegrity: The Structural Basis of Life, Second edition - now with full color illustrations throughout - explores and explains the concept of biotensegrity and provides an understanding and appreciation of anatomy and physiology in the light of the latest research findings.The reader learns that biotensegrity is an evolving science which gives researchers, teachers, and practitioners across a wide range of specialisms, including bodyworkers and movement teachers, a deeper understanding of the structure and function of the human body. They are then able to develop clinical practice and skills in light of this understanding, leading to more effective therapeutic approaches, with the aim of improved client outcomes.The second edition provides expanded coverage of the developmental and therapeutic aspects of biotensegrity. Coverage now includes:A more thorough look at life''s internal processesClosed kinematic chains as the new biomechanicsEmbryological development as an evolutionary processThe human body as a constantly evolving system based on a set of unchanging principlesEmergence, heterarchies, soft-matter and small-world networksA deeper look at what constitutes the therapeutic process

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Book SynopsisNow in a new B format edition, PASSAGE TO POWER continues to help thou sands of woemn who fear the menopause or who are suffering from menopausal troubles. A veritable bible, it tackles the science of menopause and scrutinses the practices commonly associated with it. Leslie Kenton questions the benefits of HRT, examines the politics behind such treatment and sets out the principles of natural HRT. The book describes the extraordinary healing powers of natural progesterone and reveals the devastating effects of xenoestrogens -environmental chemicals to which western women (and men) are increasingly exposed. Finally, she shows women how to reconnect with their deepest levels of intuition and instinct on their journey towards individual freedom. Taken as a whole, PASSAGE TO POWER enables all women to face the menopause in possession of all the knowledge they need to live their lives to the full.

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Book SynopsisReiki is a unique system of healing that allows you to harness and transmit energy through your hands, restoring balance and harmony within the body and bringing relief to a wide range of physical and emotional problems. This book, by renowned Reiki teacher Richard Ellis, illustrates all the hand positions used for the first level of Reiki, but it goes much further and shows them in their relation to the seven chakras. Chakras are the main energy points of the body and provide the anatomy of energy healing. These are different for everyone, and so to practise Reiki effectively you need to understand a person''s chakras, which will in turn explain the type of person they are and the health problems they are vulnerable to. For example, one person may have an excessive first chakra, making them prone to obesity or digestive problems, and to pessimism, while another may be deficient, making them vulnerable to anorexia and restlessness. You would therefore approach these two peop

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Book SynopsisRobert Kowalski is an internationally-acclaimed medical journalist. At the age of 35, Robert had already had a heart attack and bypass surgery and then a further bypass surgery six years later. Because of this he decided to find out everything he could about heart disease. The diet and some of the natural remedies he found out about led him to write his book The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure in 1987.Trade ReviewWritten in easy-to-read language, this book offers a way to lower blood pressure in just eight weeks without prescription drugs * Good Medicine *The book is exceptional in its clarity and depth. I would recommend it to anyone with a tendency to hypertension. * Dr Charles Keenan, Associate Professor of Family Practice, UCLA *This book presents simple answers to the questions that arise when people take charge of their own health in partnership with their physician. * Dr Calvin Ezrin, author of Your Fat Can Make You Thin *...offers a comprehensive, nutritionally sound, and easily accessible guide to lowering one's blood pressure safely and effectively. * Kristen Caron, MA, MFT, author of The Everyday Meal Planner for Type 2 Diabetes *Robert Kowalski is...revolutionizing the way we think about the non-pharmaceutical treatment of this important risk factor for heart disease. This well-written, concise book is a must-read for every person suffering from or treating high blood pressure. * Dr Paul Dougherty, Professor of Medicine, UCLA *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A remarkable contribution to the anthropological, ethnographical and political literature." * Contemporary Political Theory *“Pietz’s dazzling investigation of the fetish as an enigma of power—a material artifact and a source of spiritual authority at once—binds together colonial history, merchant capital, anthropological inquiry, and group psychology. His prescient framing of the concept as establishing social value and debt is indispensable reading in our era of disaster capitalism and commodity terrorism.” -- David L. Eng, University of Pennsylvania“Assembling Pietz’s early programmatic texts and later, lesser-known ones, this book discloses the momentum and trajectory of a body of work that changed how we think about the fetish concept and so much more. As the excellent introductory essays make clear, this influence is at once profound and enigmatic, a function of the elusive phenomenon called ‘fetishism’ and of Pietz’s rigorous thinking. The book is a gift—mandatory reading for every critical thinker of the contemporary and its histories.” -- Rosalind C. Morris, Columbia University“In this groundbreaking work of interdisciplinary scholarship, Pietz provides an illuminating genealogy of fetishism, one that is also a fascinating theory of persistent misrecognition—of others and ourselves. Here, at last, the celebrated deployments of the fetish by Hume, Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Freud are put into philosophical and historical context. Fetishism was an essential ideologeme in the European colonializing of the world; this book is an essential tool in its conceptual decolonizing.” -- Hal Foster, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsForeword: William Pietz in the 1980s Francesco Pellizzi An Introduction to the Sheer Incommensurable Togetherness of the Living Existence of the Personal Self and the Living Otherness of the Material World Stefanos Geroulanos and Ben Kafka Editorial Note 1. The Problem of the Fetish The Problem of the Fetish The Truth of the Fetish The Historical Field of the Fetish 2. The Origin of the Fetish Facticius in Christian Theology: Idolatry and Superstition Feitiçaria in Christian Law: Witchcraft and Magic Feitiço in Portuguese Guinea Fetisso: Origin of the Idea of the Fetish 3. Bosman’s Guinea and Enlightenment Discourse The Discourse about Fetissos on the Guinea Coast African “Fetish Worship” and Mercantile Ideology 4. Charles de Brosses and the Theory of Fetishism De Brosses’s Theory of Fetishism: The Hermeneutic of the Human Sciences and the Problem of Metaphor Anti-universalist Hermeneutics The Rhetoric of Fetish Worship in the French Enlightenment 5. Fetishism and Materialism: The Limits of Theory in Marx The Semiological Reading of Marx Marx and the Discourse about Fetishism Religious Fetishism and Civil Society: The Critique of Hegel Economic Fetishism: Marx on Capital 6. The Spirit of Civilization: Blood Sacrifice and Monetary Debt African Fetishism and the Spirit of Civilization Fetishism during the Colonial Conquest and the Problem of Human Sacrifice Fetishism under Colonial Law and the Problem of Fatal Accidents Debt, Fetishism, and Sacrifice as Concepts for Comparative Studies 7. Death of the Deodand: Accursed Objects and the Money Value of Human Life The Unfortunate Death of the Honourable William Huskisson Oliver Wendell Holmes on the Problem of the Deodand The Pious Use Value of Accursed Objects and the Fiscal Body of the Christian Sovereign The Incorporation of Capitalist Debt into the Sovereign Body The Abolition of Deodand: The Money Value of Human Life and Immortal Bodies without Sovereignty Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisYour baby knows more than you think. That''s the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. BABY KNOWS BEST is based on Gerber''s belief in babies'' natural abilities to develop at their own pace, without coaxing from helicoptering or hovering parents. The Educaring Approach helps parents see their infants as competent people with a growing ability to communicate, problem-solve, and self-soothe.BABY KNOWS BEST is a comprehensive resource that shows parents how to respond to their babies'' cues and signals; how to develop healthy sleep habits; why babies need uninterrupted playtime; and how to set clear, consistent limits. The result? More relaxed parents and more confident, self-reliant children.

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Book SynopsisAsha Phillips writes as both a child psychotherapist and a mother, using case studies as well as informal anecdotes from family and friends as illustrations. She strips away the negative associations surrounding the word ''no'' and celebrates change and setting limits as essential ingredients in development. In a new introduction, Asha Phillips explains why the idea of limits and boundaries have become ever more pertinent since the book was first published. Now with a new chapter on illness in the family, Saying No can continue to build confidence and self-esteem in both children and parents.

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