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Forks Over Knives Family: Every Parent's Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy Kids on a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet

Alona Pulde · Touchstone
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

From the authors of the Forks Over Knives Plan comes a complete guide to a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle for your entire family, with more than 125 delicious kid-friendly recipes and tips for raising a whole-foods-loving child in a junk-food-laden world.
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Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools

Tom Little · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Noted educator Tom Little and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Ellison reveal the home-grown solution to turning American students into life-long learners.The longtime head of Park Day School, Tom Little embarked on a tour of 43 progressive schools across the country. In this...
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Is It My Fault?: Hope and Healing for Those Suffering Domestic Violence.

Lindsey A. Holcomb · Moody Publishers; New Edition edition
Format: Book

Is It My Fault? is a message of hope and healing to victims who know too well the depths of destruction and the overwhelming reality of domestic violence.At least one in every three women have been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused in their lifetime. The effects of domestic violence...
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A Touch of Farmhouse Charm: Easy DIY Projects to Add a Warm and Rustic Feel to Any Room

Liz Fourez · Page Street Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Create the Home You've Always Dreamed of with Easy, Authentic Farmhouse DécorOpening A Touch of Farmhouse Charm is like taking a breath of fresh, clean country air. With the turn of each page, Liz Fourez leads you on a tour through her family's house, restored to its 1940s rustic farm...
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The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius

Gail Saltz · Flatiron Books
Pages: 247
Format: Hardcover

A powerful and inspiring examination of the connection between the potential for great talent and conditions commonly thought to be "disabilities," revealing how the source of our struggles can be the origin of our greatest strengths. In The Power of Different, psychiatrist and bestselling...
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Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks

Guy Claxton · Yale University Press
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover

If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you'd better think again - or rather not "think" at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal...
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50 Years of Rolling Stone: The Music, Politics and People that Changed Our Culture

Rolling Stone. · Abrams
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

For the past fifty years, Rolling Stone has been a leading voice in journalism, cultural criticism, and - above all - music. This landmark book documents the magazine's rise to prominence as the voice of rock and roll and a leading showcase for era-defining photography. From the 1960s...
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The Civil War Soldier: Includes over 700 Key Weapons, Uniforms, & Insignia

Angus Konstam · Universe
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Specially commissioned photographs of more than 700 key artifacts and military equipment bring to life the experiences of Union and Confederate soldiers of all ranks, by exploring the uniforms, weapons, and objects carried by soldiers on both sides. ?There is an abiding fascination with...
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Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome

Shawn Levy · W W Norton
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

A romp through the worlds of film, fashion, and titillating journalism that made 1950s Rome the sexiest city on the planet. From the ashes of World War II, Rome was reborn as the epicenter of film, fashion, creative energy, tabloid media, and bold-faced libertinism that made "Italian"...
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Just Tell Me I Can't: How Jamie Moyer Defied the Radar Gun and Defeated Time

Jamie Moyer · Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Long-time fans of the National Pastime have known Moyers name for more than 25 years. Thats because hes been pitching in the bigs for all those years. With his trademark three pitches - slow, slower, and slowest - the left-handed Moyer is a pinpoint specialist whose won-lost record actually...
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New Middle Eastern Street Food: Snacks, Comfort Food, and Mezze from Snackistan

Sally Butcher · Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

An excellent collection of recipes presented with infectious humor and charm... Hot on the heels of The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian, Sally Butcher brings us The New Middle Eastern Street Food Cookbook: a fabulous collection of quick, healthy, and easy-to-prepare recipes from Snackistan,...
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Fresh from the Garden: An Organic Guide to Growing Vegetables, Berries, and Herbs in Cold Climates

John Whitman · University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 536
Format: Print book

Fresh is simply best. To get the tastiest, most nutritious produce, you have to grow your own, and in a cold climate this presents unique challenges. Fresh from the Garden will help you extend the growing season to produce the best vegetables, berries, and herbs, right in your own backyard....
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Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year

Kjerstin Gruys · Avery
Format: Hardcover

A scholar fashionista and bride-to-be spends a year without mirrors to get a better view of herself her life and whats really important When Kjerstin Gruys became engaged to the love of her life she was thrilleduntil it came time to shop for a wedding dress Having overcome an eating disorder...
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The Probiotic Cure: Harnessing the Power of Good Bacteria for Better Health

Martie Whittekin CCN · Square One
Format: Print book

In 1982, it was discovered that the vast majority of stomach ulcers are caused by H. pylori, nasty little bacteria found in the gut. In spite of the evidence, it took the U.S. medical community ten years to accept this finding and change their treatment of ulcers. In 2015, scientists have...
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The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera

Adam Begley · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A dazzling, stylish biography of a fabled Parisian photographer, adventurer, and pioneer.A recent French biography begins, Who doesn't know Nadar? In France, that's a rhetorical question. Of all of the legendary figures who thrived in mid-19th-century Paris - a cohort that includes Victor...
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