By Paul M. Valliant Mill City Press, Inc., $16.99, 254 pages Everyone faces aging – although not in the same way. Some fear it – some few others happily embrace it. Some seem to fall apart at a fairly early …
By Christopher Peterson Oxford University Press, USA, $24.95, 368 pages What is positive psychology? Since its inception, psychology has focused primarily on what’s wrong with people. Positive psychology, new even in the relatively juvenile field of psychology, instead examines what’s …
By Rob Coppolillo Zest Books, $12.99, 186 pages Biking folks seem to be entirely different people sometimes. Holy Spokes looks at bikes, including the advantages and problems with the basic types. It also contains advice on racing, from BMX to marathon, as well …
By Cade Courtley Gallery Books, $19.99, 344 pages Cade Courtley spent years as a Navy SEAL, using his intensive training to do various important covert activities. Now he’s putting his knowledge and experience to work for everyone; his new book literally gives …
By Matt Mumber, Heather Reed, Andrew Weil (foreword) New Page Books, $15.99, 235 pages Are you stressed? Who isn’t stressed these days? If you (or someone you know) is battling the stresses of daily life, Sustainable Wellness: An Integrative Approach to Transform …
By Laura Markham Perigee Trade Once we become parents ourselves, nearly everyone is determined to be the best mom or dad they can be. For many, this includes a personal resolution to do things “differently” than their own parents did; …
By Steven M. Southwick, Dennis S. Charney Cambridge University Press, 22.99, 195 pages This is an interesting and important book on bouncing back from change and trauma. The two authors are medical doctors who back up new brain science with …
By Dr. Rick Brinkman, Dr. Rick Kirschner McGraw-Hill, $18.00, 288 pages We all know people who rub others the wrong way; get on our nerves; and make us angry, frustrated or just plain crazy. How do we re-direct the negative emotions evoked …
By Susan Piver (editor) Shambhala, $16.95, 119 pages There’s something about being pregnant, about growing another life inside your own body, that inspires many women to really get in touch with themselves. We eat healthier, give up bad habits, try to maintain …
By Alan Cassels Greystone, $16.95, 177 pages Author Alan Cassels has guts. In his book Seeking Sickness: Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease, he challenges everyone from the bigwigs at major pharmaceutical companies to the optometrist with a small practice …
By Brooks Palmer New World Library, $14.95, 193 pages Brooks Palmer has presented us all with the challenge to “cut the crap – and discover what really matters.” We all live with clutter. Most of us recognize the obvious clutter; catalogs, …
By Carole Brody Fleet Viva Editions, $16.95, 260 pages Circumstances surrounding a woman’s widowhood are unique to her. No one, no matter how supportive they wish to be, knows exactly what an individual widow is feeling. Carole Brody Fleet, however, is a …
By Elizabeth Davis Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 336 pages The field of obstetrics once nearly did away with midwives, but women fed up with the typical hospital birth experience are beginning to turn once more to this time-honored profession to help them …
By C. Norman Shealy Da Capo Lifelong Books, $25.99, 432 pages Jampacked with over one thousand natural remedies, and nicely illustrated, this sourcebook could quickly replace just about every remedy reference book that you have on your shelf now. The Healing Remedies …
By Diane L. Schneider Prometheus Books, $21.00, 491 pages Your skeleton is more than a bunch of bones. Dr. Diane Schneider, a gerontologist specializing in the effects of aging on our bones, has crafted a wonderfully helpful and easy-to-use reference …
