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An Almost Zero Waste Life
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Author Megean Weldon, aka The Zero Waste Nerd, gently guides you on an attainable, inspirational, mindful, and completely realistic journey to a sustainable living lifestyle.Find tips, strategies, recipes, and DIY projects for reducing waste in this approachable, beautifully designed and illustrated guide.What is zero waste living? Although the practice has been around for generations out of necessity, it is making a comeback as concerns grow about the fate of our environment. To put it simply: it is attempting to send no waste to landfills. Although you may have read or heard about “zero waste,” “sustainable,” or “green” living, the concept can som...
Urban Pantry
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A modern, sustainable approach for stocking an efficient kitchenUrban Pantry is a smart, concise guide to creating a full and delicious larder in your own home. It covers kitchen essentials, like what basics to keep on hand for quick, tasty meals without a trip to the store, and features recipes that adapt old-fashioned pantry cooking for a modern audience. Avid chef and gardener Amy Pennington demystifies canning and pickling for the urban kitchen and provides tips for growing a practical food garden in even the smallest of spaces. Her more than sixty creative recipes blend both gourmet and classic flavors while keeping economy in mind, and include...
Sew Penguins, Puppies, Porcupines... Oh My!
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Be the star of the baby shower!Appliqué adorable baby animals onto gifts that will be snuggled now, and treasured for years to come. Fans flock to Kim Schaefer's best-selling designs, and 39 new nursery-themed baby animals are sure to roar, tweet, and moo their way into your hearts. Choose your animal adventure, with zoo and farm favorites, underwater creatures, woodland denizens, or animals of the northwest! You can make a darling baby quilt or create an entire layette! Embellish store-bought bibs, burp cloths, onesies, diaper covers, and diaper stackers with these too-cute designs for a personalized gift in no time. Other sweet and simple projects...
Of Princes and Promises
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From the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi comes the second installment in a series set an elite boarding school that’s a contemporary spin on fairy tales, this one a delightful, romantic twist on The Frog Prince.Caterina LaValle is determined to show she’s still the queen of St. Rosetta’s Academy. Sure, her crown may be slightly askew after her ex-boyfriend, Alaric, cheated on her, but she’s a LaValle. She’ll find a way to march right back in there, her hands clutching the strings to the whole puppet show. This time, she’s going to be untouchable.Rahul Chopra knows that moment he shared with Caterina LaValle at the winter f...
Smart Plants
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This book can change the way you think. Literally.“This informative, accessible cookbook will be a boon to health-conscious eaters.” —Publishers WeeklyIf you struggle with focus and memory lapses, mental fog, or stress—or if you simply want to optimize your mental performance and protect your brain health—Smart Plants is a must read. Written by New York Times bestselling author and natural-food chef Julie Morris, whose name has become synonymous with “superfoods” and “wellness,” this groundbreaking book reveals the dietary secrets to better brain performance. Combining scientific research with the wisdom of ancient remedies, Smart Plants showcases a...
CBD Handbook
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An authoritative, approachable, and illustrated guide to the latest trend in wellness: CBD.This is your essential reference to hemp-based cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis that boasts powerful medicinal properties for physical and mental ailments. It breaks down fact from fiction and provides practical, easy-to-understand information on CBD’s benefits. In a comprehensive introduction to CBD, you will learn the history of the cannabis plant; how hemp cannabis differs from marijuana; how to buy, store, and employ CBD oil safely (including dosages); and what federal regulations govern its use. This book will also provide ...
The Feng Shui Bible
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The idea behind feng shui is simple: to improve any aspect of your life, create the right atmosphere to support it. All the strands of this ancient practice come together in this intelligently organized, visual reference that emphasizes feng shuis practical benefits. Real life applications and examples enhance lucid explanations of the fundamental concepts: chi energy, yin and yang, the five elements, and eight trigrams. All the essential tools are laid out, too--everyday objects like mirrors, plants, and fountains that keep the energy flowing smoothly. A comprehensive directory shows how these principles can enhance relationships, finances, creativ...
How to Make a Plant Love You
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Summer Rayne Oakes, an urban houseplant expert and environmental scientist, is the icon of wellness-minded millennials who want to bring nature indoors, according to a New York Times profile. Summer has managed to grow 1,000 houseplants in her Brooklyn apartment (and they're thriving!) Her secret? She approaches her relationships with plants as intentionally as if they were people.Everyone deserves to feel the inner peace that comes from taking care of greenery. Beyond the obvious benefits--beauty and cleaner air--there's a strong psychological benefit to nurturing plants as a path to mindfulness. They can reduce our stress level, lower our blood pr...
Can't Even
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A BEST BOOK OF THE FALL AS SEEN IN: Apartment Therapy • Book Riot • Business Insider • BuzzFeed • Daily Nebraskan • Entertainment Weekly • Esquire • Fortune • Harper’s Bazaar • HelloGiggles • LinkedIn • O Magazine • Time Magazine“[A] razor sharp book of cultural criticism…With blistering prose and all-too vivid reporting, Petersen lays bare the burnout and despair of millennials, while also charting a path to a world where members of her generation can feel as if the boot has been removed from their necks.” —Esquire“An analytically precise, deeply empathic book about the psychic toll modern capitalism has taken on those shaped by it. Can't Even is e...
Foundations of Health
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The Founder of the proven Foundation Training program takes his teaching to the next phase, showing us how to utilize our body’s built-in systems for natural healing and introducing a new program that offers a perpetual inner core of wellness and adaptability.Dr. Eric Goodman’s innovative approach to self-healing―Foundation Training―has helped athletes, first responders, celebrities, and regular folks around the world. The heart of Foundation Training is a unique form of biomechanics and posture correction―a series of postures, poses, and movements designed to teach the body’s individual muscles to act within strong, flexible chains, shifting the bu...
Do Your Om Thing
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YOGA, MEET LIFE.Sometimes an hour-long yoga class is the only chance we get to connect meaningfully with our bodies and our minds during an otherwise hectic week. For a brief moment we’re able to let our worries melt away and feel relaxed, centered, and fully ourselves. Have you ever wondered how it would feel to bring that experience out of the yoga studio and into your everyday life?In Do Your Om Thing, master yoga teacher and creator of the popular blog OmGal.com Rebecca Pacheco shows us how to do just that. The true practice of yoga, she says, goes deeper than achieving the perfect headstand—it is about bringing awareness and intention to every ...
Being-in-Dreaming
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"A woman's gripping tale of self-discovery in present-day Mexico."OLIVER STONE"Donner's tale casts a spell; it is a magic theater of holy actors, a dancing world of fierce angels all sweating their prayers. She offers us a brilliant taste of
How to Grow Your Own Nuts
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A comprehensive guide to growing, harvesting and processing nuts, written by forest gardening expert Martin Crawford.Nut trees are perennials, requiring little maintenance or soil cultivation, so it is no surprise that nuts are such a popular forest garden crop. A crucial source of protein and a delicious snack, nuts also have a number of surprising health benefits. They lower blood pressure, are full of antioxidants, and decrease the risk of heart and neurodegenerative diseases.Filled with gorgeous illustrations of trees and nuts, How to Grow Your Own Nuts contains old favourites like hazelnuts and walnuts alongside less common varieties such as hi...
The Memory Index
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In this electric speculative YA sci/fi novel, the world treats memories like currency, so dreams can be a complicated business. Perfect for fans of Neal Stephenson and Philip K. Dick.In an alternative 1987, a disease ravages human memories. There is no cure, only artificial recall. The lucky ones—the recollectors—need the treatment only once a day.Freya Izquierdo isn’t lucky. The high school senior is a “degen” who needs artificial recall several times a day. Plagued by blinding half-memories that take her to her knees, she’s desperate to remember everything that will help her investigate her father’s violent death. When her sleuthing almost lands h...
Dream Catchers
With the delicacy of a spider's web, the traditional, Amerindian dream catcher traps bad dreams in its weave and lets good dreams slide along its feathers to the sleeper. Dream catchers have become an essential item in decoration, but they remain highly symbolic. With this book, you can create 16 dream catchers, mobiles, wall hangings, and jewelry, from materials such as lace, ribbons, beads, origami-made butterflies, leather feathers, pendants, and driftwood. Fascinated by the Bohemian chic universe and her desire for relaxation, the author made these dream catchers completely unique, each expressing her state of mind as she created each one. They ...
Knowing
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Join SIMRAN as she takes you on this last leg of the journey to self-realization: a return to heart-based, soulful intimacy. An "unknown" YOU has treasures in escrow, locked within your range of humanity. Your soul purpose is to reweave this human experience into the embodiment and humble power of a God on legs. Use this resource for deconditioning and allow your divine courtship to unfold. More than a book, she is a Guide who will breathe into you, cry with you, and stand beneath you, while showing you how to receive seven human graces. Through a multisensory experience of Self, these seven human graces open the way for divine knowing. You are not ...
Don't Be Trashy
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Get beyond the Mason jar and learn how to dramatically reduce the waste you produce over the course of a year—one sanity-saving step at a time—in this super-practical guide from the creator of The Zero Waste Collective. Say goodbye to your bursting toiletries bag, fast fashion, and all the plastic crowding your pantry. It''s time to build less trashy habits for a more sustainable and ethical life. With relatable stories, compassion, and a realistic perspective, Tara McKenna will show you how in this ultimate guide to going zero waste(ish). We''re all trapped in a wasteful convenience-based cycle, but Don’t Be Trashy offers an an approach to reducing...
The Forbidden City
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In this book, Jian begins a brutal and bloody climb up the ranks of the Daechen as the Emperor's long plans near fruition.Sulema is likewise initiated into the ways of Atualon and the power of Atulfah, and finds that her father's bright city is built on a foundation of dark and terrible secrets.Hafsa Azeina begins a trek down paths stranger and more dangerous than even she could have imagined.And the Zeeranim must face not only their traditional, external enemies, but treachery and betrayal from within.
The Burning Shadow
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#1 New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout returns to the world of the Lux with The Burning Shadow, the steamy, shocking second installment of the Origin series that will leave readers reeling.The trade paperback edition of The Burning Shadow includes the exclusive bonus short scene, Like the First Time.When Evelyn Dasher crossed paths with Luc, she was thrown headfirst into the world of the Lux―only to discover that she was already far more involved in their world than she ever suspected.Because the Luxen aren’t the only ones with a hidden past. There’s a gap in Evie’s memory, lost months of her life...
Cannabis: A Handbook for Nurses
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Awarded Second Place in the 2021 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Advanced Practice NursingThe time is now to get grounded in cannabis science and holistic care, with the evidence-based Cannabis: A Handbook for Nurses.This groundbreaking new guide addresses nursing skills and responsibilities in cannabis care, including the physiology of the human endocannabinoid system, cannabis care as it relates to specific disease processes, the history of cannabis, advocacy and ethics, and the ins and outs of cannabis dosing, delivery methods, side effects, and more. Essential for all practice areas, this is a timely, much-needed foundational resource for both st...
Eco-Resin Crafts
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Resin craft is a great way to make beautiful items for your home and gifts for yourself or others.Hazel Oliver is the name behind Badger & Birch, whose eco-friendly practices include using solvent free and non-toxic resin, and incorporating natural waste such as mussel and oyster shells from her local restaurant, as well as natural minerals, gemstones and crystals. In this her first book, Hazel shows you the basics of resin craft, including mixing and pouring, making moulds, and finishing your pieces. The 30 projects include vases, planters, candle holders and other items for the home, as well as moulded decorations in leaf shapes and other natu...
The Comprehensive Cannabis Cookbook
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Cannabis can be one of the most misunderstood herbs that is used in the world today. Unfortunately, within the past century, Cannabis has gotten a bad rap for nothing then rumors started for political gain. However, in the turn of the latest century, Cannabis has been beginning to get is reputation repaired as it has now been found to have many health benefits.Throughout the pages of this Cannabis cookbook you will not only learn what cannabis is and how it can benefit users, but you will also discover over 25 cannabis recipes that you can make within your own home such as:• Cannabis Banana Bread• Cannabis Barbecued Chicken• Carrot and Bran Raisin M...
Scientifica Historica
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Scientifica Historica is an illustrated, accessible review of those books that marked the development of science from ancient civilizations to the new millennium.The book is divided into five eras and explores the leading scientific pioneers, discoveries and books within them: * Ancient World – looks at the beginnings of language, plus the first ever scientific documents produced and translated * Renaissance in Print – explores the effects of the invention of the printing press and the exploration of the seas and skies * Modern Classical – surveys the nineteenth century and the development of science as a profession * Post-Classical – dissects the t...
Superfoods
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Broccoli, blueberries, goji berries, oily fish, wheatgrass, pomegranate juice, green tea and, incredibly, chocolate. These are just some of the superfoods with essential nutrients that can heal our exhausted, stress-wracked bodies, and boost the immune system. This new book offers extensive advice on how and what to buy, grow, prepare and cook for a super-healthy lifestyle.
The Beauty of Black Mermaids Coloring Book
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The Fantasy in Black adult coloring book series celebrates representation. Fairies, angels, mermaids, visual diversity matters.Explore the ocean depths of the Enchanted Kingdom of Reef, where mermen race hippocampi and mermaids commune with water dragons. Enjoy a leisurely swim with graceful marine turtles after visiting Queen Seirus's majestic palace. When the sun's rays stream through the crystalline ocean, you will discover soft clam beds perfect for napping and treasure coves ideal for reading.So, relax and enjoy 17 detailed underwater scenes of merfolk and 8 nautical-themed frames with inspirational quotes. These beautiful Black mermaids and me...
The Shattered Crown
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Age range 14+Leena Edenfrell never dreamed of igniting a war, and her pair bond, Noc Feyreigner, never wanted to set foot on a battlefield again. But when their enemies combine forces, they have no choice but to fight. While Noc makes moves to reclaim his throne, Leena acts as the new Crown of the Charmer's Council, searching for a way to stop the enemy from raising an ancient dragon destined to burn their world to ash.But no matter how hard Noc and Leena fight, the odds are stacked against them, and soon a winged shadow reigns over Lendria. It's then they learn the true price of victory: in order to tame the terrifying beast, Leena will have to sac...
Dirty Gourmet
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"An excellent cookbook, with a huge range of flavors. You'll find recipes like shiitake rice balls, Dutch oven sticky buns, lentil farro salad, hot chocolate oatmeal, buffalo cauliflower wraps and pecan praline fondue. Perusing this book is sure to give you ideas for your next trip―and make you hungry." ― Washington Trails Magazine * More than 120 deliciously modern recipes for day trips, car camping, and backcountry adventures * Offers a fun and easy approach to planning and prepping camp food * The Dirty Gourmet authors were recently featured in Sunset magazine and other national mediaDirty Gourmet is really a lifestyle, one that celebrates delici...
Aromatherapy for Self-Care
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Enhance your self-care routine with essential oilsEssential oils have been used for natural wellness for centuries, and Aromatherapy for Self-Care is bringing this ancient medicine into the modern world. Wherever you're at on your aromatherapy self-care journey, this book will help you harness these powerful plant extracts to start feeling better inside and out.In this guide, you will find more than 100 aromatherapy remedies, rituals, and tips for a wide range of emotional, mental, and physical needs. Learn how to create your own blends, what brands to shop for, and which application methods are the most beneficial for you.Aromatherapy for Self-Care...
Yoga for Better Sleep
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Fight insomnia with simple yoga poses, meditations, and breathwork that will help you sleep better, longer—from a master yoga trainer and the author of Yoga Sequencing and Teaching Yoga.Although modern science has unraveled some of the mysteries of our sleeping, dreaming, and waking states and age-old yoga practices are helping us enjoy better sleep, clearer minds, and healthier bodies, over 65 percent of U.S. adults are still sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation causes and aggravates ailments like stress, heart conditions, high blood pressure, obesity, and depression. Master yoga teacher, trainer, and best-selling author Mark Stephens provides easy-to...
Stoned
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Often humorous, occasionally heartbreaking, and full of counterintuitive conclusions,Stonedoffers a compassionate and much-needed medical practitioner's perspective on the potential of this misunderstood plant.No substance on earth is as hotly debatedas marijuana. Opponents claim it's dangerous, addictive, carcinogenic, and a gateway to serious drug abuse. Fans claim it as a wonder drug, treatingcancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, glaucoma, arthritis, migraines, PTSD, and insomnia. Patients suffering from these conditions need-and deserve-hard facts based on medical evidence, not hysteria and superstition.InStoned, palliative care physician Dr. Da...
A Widow's Guide to Healing
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"Kristin Meekhof's journey is both inspiring and courageous and something we can all learn from." ―Dr. Deepak ChopraAn inspiring, accessible, and empowering grief book for widows on how to navigate the unique challenges of widow grief and create a hopeful future.Are you a widow searching for solace and guidance as you navigate the challenging journey of grief and healing after the loss of your partner or spouse? This heartfelt and empowering book offers gentle support and invaluable advice to help you find strength, find hope, and embrace life once again. Kristin Meekhof, a licensed social worker who lost her husband to cancer, shares her personal j...
The CBD Bible
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Safe, practical advice on how to effectively use CBD from a leading Canadian doctor and international authority on cannabis wellnessFor over a decade, Dr. Dani Gordon has been researching and integrating cannabis into her medical practice, witnessing first-hand how CBD can be used for wellness and self-care and in the treatment of medical conditions. In The CBD Bible, Dr. Gordon helps you understand your body’s endocannabinoid system and how CBD and THC interact with your own natural cannabinoids to help restore balance in your body’s organs.In this comprehensive guide, she dispels common myths, answers frequently asked questions and offers sensible...
Zero Waste Home
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Bea Johnson is “the mother of the zero waste lifestyle movement.” —CNNThe book that started the waste-free living movement, Zero Waste Living—relates Bea Johnson’s inspirational personal story and provides practical tools and tips to help readers diminish their footprint and simplify their lives.In Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson shares the story of how she simplified her life by reducing her waste. Today, Bea, her husband, Scott, and their two young sons produce just one quart of garbage a year, and their overall quality of life has changed for the better: they now have more time together, they’ve cut their annual spending by a remarkable forty percen...
Up From Slavery
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Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slavery in the deep south, to work for the betterment of African Americans in the post Reconstruction period. 'Up From Slavery' is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington's life and work, which has been the source of inspiration for all Americans. Washington reveals his inner most thoughts as he transitions from ex-slave to teacher and founder of one of the most important schools for African Americans in the south, The Tuskegee Industrial Institute. Booker T. Washington's words are profound. Washington includes the address he gave at the Atlanta Cotton Sta...
The Bad Food Bible
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Physician and popular New York Times Upshot contributor Aaron Carroll mines the latest evidence to show that many “bad” ingredients actually aren’t unhealthy, and in some cases are essential to our well-being.Advice about food can be confusing. There's usually only one thing experts can agree on: some ingredients—often the most enjoyable ones—are bad for you, full stop. But as Aaron Carroll explains, these oversimplifications are both wrong and dangerous: if we stop consuming some of our most demonized ingredients altogether, it may actually hurt us. In The Bad Food Bible, Carroll examines the scientific evidence, showing among other things that you...
City of Windows: A Novel
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"City of Windows is moving, breathtaking―a great entertainment." ―The Wall Street Journal“A tough, wise, knowing narrative voice, a great plot, a great setting, and even better characters ― I loved this.” ―Lee Child, New York Times bestselling authorIn the tradition of Jeffery Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme and David Baldacci’s Amos Decker, Robert Pobi's City of Windows introduces Lucas Page, a brilliant, reluctant investigator, matching wits with a skilled, invisible killerDuring the worst blizzard in memory, an FBI agent in a moving SUV in New York City is killed by a nearly impossible sniper shot. Unable to pinpoint where the shot came from, as the storm...
Sexual Justice
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A pathbreaking work for the next stage of the #MeToo movement, showing how we can address sexual harms with fairness to both victims and the accused, and exposing the sexism that shapes today's contentious debates about due processOver the past few years, a remarkable number of sexual harassment victims have come forward with their stories, demanding consequences for their assailants and broad societal change. Each prominent allegation, however, has also set off a wave of questions – some posed in good faith, some distinctly not – about the rights of the accused. The national conversation has grown polarized, inflamed by a public narrative that wron...
The Book of (Holiday) Awesome
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There’s nothing like the holidays. They bring out the best, and sometimes the worst, in everyone. Luckily, Neil Pasricha is here to remind us that not only are the holidays great, but there’s actually even more to celebrate than we realize. From Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, to other holidays throughout the year, such as Mother’s Day and Thanksgiving, The Book of (Holiday) Awesome will show you why holidays are…AWESOME. • Making the first footprint in fresh snow • When the in-laws leave • Waking up and realizing it’s Christmas • Just barely wrapping a gift with that tiny scrap of leftover wrapping paper • When they finally stop p...
An Act of Woman Power
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This is an invaluable book for every man and woman who is ready to understand the origin of their essence; to go beyond the threshold of our self-imposed limitations and begin working on a true and balanced level of attunement with our potential power. An Act of Woman Power goes beyond the normal "how-to" or "self-help" books because the ultimate outcome of the step-by-step guidance is an awakening of all the senses, the rising of potential energy, and a deep merging and connection with our greatest support system: Mother Earth.
The Healing of America
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A New York Times Bestseller, with an updated explanation of the 2010 Health Reform Bill"Important and powerful . . . a rich tour of health care around the world." —Nicholas Kristof, The New York TimesBringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world--France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and beyond--to provide a revelatory tour of successful, affordable universal health care systems. Now updated with new statistics and a plain-English explanation of the 2010 health care reform bill, The Healing of America is required reading f...