Health & Fitness
Discover the best fitness and health books, including top titles on wellbeing and physical fitness. Find the best workout books and best-selling health reads
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The Joy of Laziness: Why Life Is Better Slower and How to Get ThereThis surprise bestseller in Germany will change work and play habits -- and lives. It contradicts much popular thinking about how to lead a long, healthy and happy life, and it does so based on scientifically grounded arguments and research which shows that the...
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Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: SouthThe South's best day hikes on the Appalachian Trail! Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: South details 45 hikes along the AT from the trail's southern terminus atop Georgia's Springer Mountain north through North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. These superlative treks visit overlooks, waterfalls,...
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Dhanwantari: A Complete Guide to the Ayurvedic LifeA guide to living the Ayurvedic way from one of its most celebrated practitioners. - A vast and practical presentation of Ayurvedic principles addressing diet, breathing, meditation, bathing, sleeping, exercise, medicine, jewelry, and sex Over the past 20 years Harish Johari's books and workshops...
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Swimming Dragon: A Chinese Way to Fitness, Beautiful Skin, Weight Loss, and High EnergyFor therapists, healers, and lay practitioners, this superb guide covers every aspect of the ancient healing art, from its basic functions and the energetic principles underlying its practice to a detailed history of the method and its practitioners. Most important, it offers an explicit...
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Natural Progesterone CreamUsed to treat PMS, migraines, osteoporosis, and more.Author: C. ShealyPublisher: McGraw-Hill CompaniesPublished: 09/01/1999Pages: 64Binding Type: SpiralWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 8.41h x 5.38w x 0.21dISBN: 9780879838898About the AuthorShealy, C.: - McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers,...
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Leaky Gut SyndromeWhat you can do about faulty digestion.Author: Elizabeth LipskiPublisher: McGraw-Hill CompaniesPublished: 10/11/1998Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.16lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.54w x 0.17dISBN: 9780879838249About the AuthorLipski, Elizabeth: - McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and...
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Gardener's Fitness: Weeding Out the Aches and PainsA practical, easy-to-follow manual, Gardener's Fitness includes conditioning exercises, postural guidance for moving correctly and safely, therapeutic stretches to relieve discomfort, and a variety of gentle exercises designed to relax tired muscles and restore energy after laboring in the garden.Author: Barbara PearlmanPublisher: Taylor Trade...
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Womens Shoes in America, 1795-1930"Many a man's heart has been kept from wandering by the bow on his wife's slipper."--Demorest's, 1883 In an engaging narrative history, the beautifully illustrated Women's Shoes in America investigates an aspect of American material culture not previously examined and provides a detailed reference...
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Advanced First Aid AfloatSince its first publication in 1972, more than 30,000 blue-water sailors have looked to this book when injury or illness struck at sea. Virtually every accident or ailment that might occur when professional medical care is unavailable is squarely faced and dealt with, using...
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The Elderberry Book: Forage, Cultivate, Prepare, PreserveYour go-to guide for everything from cultivation to wine-making with one of humanity's oldest plant friends Spanning history and geography, The Elderberry Book takes you on an adventure, deepening your appreciation of a plant that has played a crucial role across the world for...
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Yogavataranam: The Translation of Yoga: A New Approach to Sanskrit, Integrating Traditional and Academic Methods and Based on Classic Yoga Texts, forThe traditional Indian method of learning Sanskrit is through oral transmission, by first memorizing texts and then learning their meaning. The Western academic approach methodically teaches the alphabet, declensions, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary building. Zo Slatoff-Pont 's Yogavataranam integrates the traditional and academic approaches...
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How to Drink Without Drinking: Celebratory Alcohol-Free Drinks for Any Time of the DayFiona Beckett is the author of more than 10 books including Fiona Beckett's Cheese Course and Food, Wine & friends (Cico) and How to Match Food and Wine (Mitchell Beazley). She is the wine writer for the Guardian and her Matching Food and Wine...
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Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing [With CD]Mandala will guide readers of all levels through simple mandala exercises and easy-to-follow drawing techniques, incorporating meditation and guided visualization with lavish illustrations. By exploring the tradition of the sacred circle, readers will learn how to create their own unique and powerful works of...
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Fast Facts for the Antepartum and Postpartum Nurse: A Nursing Orientation and Care Guide in a NutshellAll aspects of safe, effective, holistic care for birthing mothers, newborns, and their families are included in this easy-access guide for new antepartum and postpartum nurses and their preceptors during the orientation period. Presented in the convenient, easy-to-use Fast Facts format, the book provides...
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The Myeloma Survival Guide: Essential Advice for Patients and Their Loved OnesThe Myeloma Survival Guide makes sense of the difficult questions myeloma patients face, dealing with every aspect of life after diagnosis, from creating a wellness team to navigating treatment options to building a financial safety net. Jim Tamkin, MD, who lived with myeloma for...
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Medicinal Plants: Promising Future for Health and New DrugsThis book highlights the importance of traditional medicines, focuses on the standardization of herbal medicine and evaluates opportunities for advancing drug research. It addresses issues in utilization of medicinal plants and shares the importance of herbs in neutraceutics. It provides most competitive techniques being...
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Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and DepressionA psychiatrist provides an insider account on the controversial use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) Prozac. Paxil. Zoloft. Turn on your television and you are likely to see a commercial for one of the many selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on the market....
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Drag: A History of Female Impersonation in the Performing ArtsA concise history of the drag tradition--from 13th century to today Men have been dressing as women on stage for hundreds of years, dating back to the thirteenth century when the Church forbade the appearance of female actors but condoned that of men and...
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Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social InequalityCurricula in U.S. public schools are often the focus of heated debate, and few subjects spark more controversy than sex education. While conservatives argue that sexual abstinence should be the only message, liberals counter that an approach that provides comprehensive instruction and helps young...
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The Art of Aging: A Doctor's Prescription for Well-BeingIn his landmark book How We Die, Sherwin B. Nuland profoundly altered our perception of the end of life. Now in The Art of Aging, Dr. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships. Melding...
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