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Cancerland: A Medical Memoir

DAVID T M D SCADDEN · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A doctor's riveting story of loss and hope in the world of cancer.What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread?From the diagnosis of his childhood friend's mother to his poignant memories in the lab, David Scadden's...
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A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia

Sandra Allen · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Dazzlingly, daringly written, marrying the thoughtful originality of Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts with the revelatory power of Neurotribes and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, this propulsive, stunning book illuminates the experience of living with schizophrenia like never before.Sandra...
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Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About

Kevin Trudeau · Alliance Publishing; Updated edition
Pages: 572
Format: Hardcover

This is an amazing journey through the behind-the-scenes world of corporate-sponsored 'nutrition' and 'health' as well as providing essential information on natural cures that can change for the better the way you live the rest of your life.
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Eat This Not That! The Best

David Zinczenko · Rodale
Pages: 420
Format: Hardcover

Did you know that choosing one fast-food milk shake over another can save you 2,000 calories? That's right. The difference is an entire day's worth of calories. Make a swap like that once a week and you'll save nearly 30 pounds in one year. And that's just the beginning....
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Atchafalaya Houseboat: My Years in the Louisiana Swamp

Ansgar Steland · LSU Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

In the early 1970s, two idealistic young people -- Gwen Carpenter Roland and Calvin Voisin -- decided to leave civilization and re-create the vanished simple life of their great-grandparents in the heart of Louisiana's million-acre Atchafalaya River Basin Swamp. Armed with a box of crayons...
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100 Perfect Hair Days: Step-by-Steps for Pretty Waves, Braids, Curls, Buns, and More!

Jenny Strebe · Chronicle Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Loose waves, chic low ponies, natural curls, elegant updos, classic braids, and more! Expert hairstylist Jenny Strebe presents 100 fabulous looks in this essential beauty guide. Illustrated step-by-step instructions and inspiring fashion photographs make it easy to replicate professional-level...
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The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline

DALE BREDESEN · Avery
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking plan to prevent and reverse Alzheimer's Disease that fundamentally changes how we understand cognitive decline. Everyone knows someone who has survived cancer, but until now no one knows anyone who has survived Alzheimer's Disease. In this paradigm shifting book,...
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The Biggest Loser Fitness Program: Fast, Safe, and Effective Workouts to Target and Tone Your Trouble Spots--Adapted from NBC's Hit Show!

Maggie Greenwood-Robinson · Rodale
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback

Thanks to The Biggest Loser, NBC's unscripted hit show, dozens of overweight contestants have improved their health with dramatic weight-loss transformations. Thousands of inspired fans of the show have undergone personal weight-loss journeys, using the tools and tips provided by the show's...
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The Food Pharmacy: Dramatic New Evidence That Food Is Your Best Medicine

Jean Carper · Bantam
Pages: 367
Format: Paperback

Carper offers dramatic new evidence to support the concept of food as medicine. Features a pharmacopeia of more than 50 foods and their therapeutic uses, nutritional benefits, and adverse affects.
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Natural Prescriptions Natural Treatments and Vitamin Therapies for Over 100 Common Ailments

Dr. Robert Giller · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 370
Format: Hardcover

A medical doctor identifies 100 common health problems, from hay fever to heart disease, and shows how to treat them safely and easily with vitamin supplements, dietary changes, and behavior modification--and without drugs. Line drawings.
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Don't Eat This If You're Taking That: The Hidden Risks of Mixing Food and Medicine

Madelyn H Fernstrom · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 233
Format: Print book

NBC Today Show nutrition and health guru Madelyn Fernstrom presents the ultimate guide to food and medicine interaction.While no one wants to take medication to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, or other ailments, for millions of people, this is a daily reality. Seven...
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist

William R Maples · Broadway Books
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback

From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, prominent forensic anthropologist Dr. William Maples can deduce the age, gender, and ethnicity of a murder victim, the manner in which the person was dispatched, and, ultimately, the identity of the killer. In Dead Men Do Tell...
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Live Long And . . .: What I Learned Along the Way

William Shatner · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age."I have always felt," William Shatner says early in his newest memoir, that "like the great comedian George Burns, who lived to 100,...
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