"This wonderfully helpful book is sure to increase the number of happy people with its wisdom." —Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of the #1 national bestseller, When Bad Things Happen to Good PeopleHow to live a happy life—made so simple and doable that you'll actually be able to achieve it.Dr. Dan Baker, director of the Life Enhancement Program at Canyon Ranch, has devoted his life to teaching people how to be happy. And apparently, ...

This book grapples with a basic question: How do you handle food restrictions? Suppose you had been eating pretty much whatever you wanted, and then, many foods that you once enjoyed are no longer “allowed.” My stance is: Don’t panic, you can still enjoy a varied and versatile diet. Beating Arthritis shows you a method of how to prevent and reduce the inflammation of chronic disease and an attitude of never giving up. Alternative Cooking suggests an alternative approach to cooking and of u...

The 2015-16 season marks the 60th anniversary of the Big 5, Philadelphia’s top men’s college basketball teams-LaSalle, Penn, Saint Joseph's, Temple, and Villanova. No other city has schools that participate in a full round robin, which has grown in popularity in such a sports-driven city.Philadelphia’s Big Five highlights the history of these five schools, their basketball programs, and their unique relationship with one another. Author Skip Clayton has interviewed promine...

The director of Canyon Ranch's award-winning Life Enhancement Program draws on the latest discoveries in psychology and gender-specific medicine to help all women enjoy richer, healthier, more fulfilling lives.In this innovative book about what brings women happiness, Dr. Dan Baker focuses on the five traps that can compromise happiness and leave women yearning for a better life.Unlike clinical psychology, which focuses on trying to fix what's wrong with an individual, posi...

Escaping certain death—not once but several times—lies at the core of the riveting, real-life story of an American soldier during World War II. In One Man's War, B-17 pilot Tommy LaMore vividly details his experiences in war-ravaged Germany, from the horrific to the romantic and beyond.LaMore's saga began when his plane collided with another B-17 above France—plummeting to the ground below. He then entered the French Resistance, where he employed his knowledge of explosive...

Delicious and Simple Food for EveryonePlant-Based Cooking for the Absolute Beginner is full of fun, delicious, and gorgeous food made from plants. Each dish is comprised of a variety of colors, flavors, textures, and nutrition! The book features easy-to-read formulas, flow charts, and smart ideas throughout to really help you understand the foundations of cooking, and furthermore how to build up all types of dishes. Moreover, there are the basic recipes you...

A consciousness and dream hacker explains how to use liminal dreaming—the dreams that come between sleep and waking—for self-actualization and consciousness expansion.At the edges of consciousness, between waking and sleeping, there’s a swirling, free associative state of mind that is the domain of liminal dreams. Working with liminal dreams can improve sleep, mitigate anxiety and depression, help to heal trauma, and aid creativity and problem-solving.As we...

An engaging, funny, and introductory guide for anyone whose overactive mind gets in the way of starting a regular meditation practice“My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.”“My mind is so busy, there’s no way I can meditate.”Familiar dilemma? These days just about all of us know we should be meditating, but that doesn’t make it any easier to sit down and face the repetitive thoughts careening around our brains—seemingly pointless, s...

Inspiring stories of 10 urbanites who decided to ‘the simple life’ in the rural mountains of Japan—for anyone interested in sustainable living, Japanese culture, and Eastern spirituality.“Subversive in the best possible way.” —Bill McKibben, New York Times–bestselling authorThe Abundance of Less captures the texture of sustainable lives well lived in these 10 profiles of ordinary—yet exceptional—men and women who left behi...

Plant-Based Comfort Food Classics contains only the best selection of amazingly tasty recipes that will make your family and friends fall in love with all these new yet comforting tastes. Guests at your vegan dinner party will talk about these recipes for years to come! Plant-Based Comfort Food Classics has you covered from soups, salads, and spreads to main dishes and cakes. You can even find a whole selection of dreamy no bake desserts and a barbecue and Christmas speci...

100 plant-based recipes made with just a handful of ingredients!Five ingredients. That's all you need to make a fast, flavorful, foundational recipe. The Plant-Based 5-Ingredient Cookbook shows you how to take five simple ingredients and transform them into delicious plant-based dishes for any occasion.All recipes use just five core ingredients such as pasta, beans, legumes, squash, and mushrooms, making it easy to find dishes based on your favorit...

"[This book] is a vibrant testament to the power of cross-cultural friendships in deepening our understanding of the world. As diverse backgrounds meld in the kitchen, each recipe becomes a dialogue, a celebration of unique cultural heritages, and a bridge between seemingly disparate worlds."—From the foreword by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Academy Award–winning directorIn Gather & Graze, authors Mumtaz Mustafa and Laura Klynstra celebrate the unity that...