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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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The Pet Loss Companion: Healing Advice from Family Therapists Who Lead Pet Loss Groups

Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 134
Format: Paperback

Video trailer for The Pet Loss Companion and Making Love, Playing Power - vimeo.com/104627183Everyone who's ever loved an animal companion will find wisdom and solace in this book. The authors share stories drawn from decades of experience leading pet loss groups and practicing family...
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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,...

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Keto Diet: Your 30-Day Plan to Lose Weight, Balance Hormones, and Reverse Disease

Josh Axe · Little, Brown Spark
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the national bestseller Eat Dirt, a 30-day healthy plan -- including more than 80 delicious recipes -- to burn fat, fight inflammation, and reverse disease using the keto diet.

Today, the ketogenic diet is the world's fastest growing diet, and with...
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ATI TEAS Secrets Study Guide: TEAS 6 Complete Study Manual, Full-Length Practice Tests, Review Video Tutorials for the Test of Essential Academic Skills, Sixth Edition

TEAS Exam Secrets Test Prep Team · Mometrix Media LLC
Pages: 377
Format: Print book

Attention: This guide is for the new ATI TEAS®, Sixth Edition, for students testing on or after August 31, 2016. If you are taking your test before August 31, try our Secrets of the TEAS V Exam Study Guide. ***The Only Guide with 3 Complete Practice Tests and 74 Step-By-Step Tutorial Videos***...
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You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty

Michael F. Roizen · Scribner; 1 edition
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The body is the most fascinating machine ever created, and nobody talks about it in ways that are as illuminating and compelling as Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Most people think of the aging of our bodies the same way we think of the aging of our cars: the older we get, the more...
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Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code

Matthew Cobb · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Everyone has heard of the story of DNA as the story of Watson and Crick and Rosalind Franklin, but knowing the structure of DNA was only a part of a greater struggle to understand life's secrets. Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code,...
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker PhD · Scribner
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert - Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab - reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better.

Sleep...
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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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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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The Alzheimer's Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age

DEAN SHERZAI · HarperOne
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A revolutionary, proven program for reversing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline from award winning neurologists and codirectors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center

Over 47 million people are currently...

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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...
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Betty Ford: First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer

Lisa McCubbin · Gallery Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and insightful biography of Betty Ford, the groundbreaking, candid, and resilient First Lady and wife of President Gerald Ford, from the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Presidents and Mrs. Kennedy and Me.

Betty Ford: First Lady,...
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