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“It’s a challenge to create transformative moments with books, but [Masson] does it.”—Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times In this revelatory work, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson shows how food affects our moral selves, our health, and our planet. Masson investigates how denial keeps us from recognizing the animal at the end of our fork and urges readers to consciously make decisions about food. …. More >>

The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food

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The first cookbook from best-selling author Jonny Bowden!Jonny Bowden’s The Healthiest Meals on Earth contains recipes for more than sixty dishes and drinks that use nutritious and healthy cooking methods. Forty of these dishes will combine to create ten different “poly-meals”, specially crafted meals that contain key nutrients found to promote long-term health. They include Sweet and Thai Spicy Shrimp and Fruits, Persian Chicken with Autumnal Accompaniments, and the “iron booster” of Tender Calf’s Liver and Sweet Beets. A “Healthiest Holiday Meal” features Citrus Stuffed Turkey, Zippy Fruit Salsa, and Sweet Potato Pie. The poly-meals are designed to be eaten three-to-five times a week.Another ten recipes are not part of the poly-meal structure; instead they are one-pot meals that include Slow-Cooker Chicken Curry, Miso Bean Soup, and Venison Stew. A chapter on drinks will include nutritious smoothies, so-called “green drinks”, and others. Jonny wil… More >>

Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What Meals to Eat and Why

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Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother’s life, giving voice to the universal unarticulated truth that we are grateful not to be our mothers

In Not Becoming My Mother, bestselling author Ruth Reichl embarks on a clear-eyed, openhearted investigation of her mother’s life, piecing together the journey of a woman she comes to realize she never really knew. Looking to her mother’s letters and diaries, Reichl confronts the painful transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly unhappy older one and realizes the tremendous sacrifices she made to make sure her daughter’s life would not be as disappointing as her own.

Growing up in Cleveland, Miriam Brudno dreamed of becoming a doctor, like her father. But when she announced this, her parents said, “You’re no beauty, and it’s too bad you’re such an intellectual. But if you become a doctor, no man will ever marry you.” Instead, at twenty, Miriam opened a b… More >>

Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way

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      The Secret Pleasures of Menopause is a groundbreaking work that is long overdue! Christiane Northrup, M.D., delivers a breakthrough message that will help millions and millions of perimenopausal and menopausal women just like you understand that at menopause . . . life has just begun! It is the beginning of a very exciting and fulfilling time, full of pleasure beyond your wildest dreams! Dr. Northrup believes that it’s time for you to step forward and learn to enjoy the best years of your life! Even though studies show that menopause doesn’t decrease libido, ease of reaching orgasm, or sexual satisfaction, the majority of menopausal women aren’t experiencing the pleasure and sexual satisfaction that is their birthright. It is a long-held misconception that menopause signals “the beginning of the end,” and nothing could be further from the truth. In this fascinating work, Dr. Northrup candidly guides you toward experiencing lif… More >>

The Secret Pleasures of Menopause 3-CD

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The Yogi Masters are hot satisfied if the Candidate forms merely a clear intellectual conception of this Actual Identity, but they insist that he must feel the truth of the same¿must become aware of the Real Self¿must enter into a consciousness in which the realization becomes a part of his everyday self¿in which the realizing consciousness becomes the prevailing idea in his mind, around which his entire thoughts and actions revolve…. More >>

Raja Yoga

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The Naked Truth! An honest and forthright look at why Americans are overweight, overwhelmed, and confused, and what can be done to change this ever growing epidemic…. More >>

The Naked Truth

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In this authoritative, easy-to-read book, Glenn Gaesser, an exercise physiologist, challenges the conventional wisdom that excess body fat poses a danger to health. He explains that it is the fat in your diet — not your weight — that is harmful, and presents scientific evidence of the benefits of body fat. In addition, Gaesser presents a “20/20 program” for achieving optimal health and metabolic fitness through 20 minutes of daily moderate exercise and a complex-carbohydrate eating plan. This edition includes a new introduction and updated research. “Challenges the common beliefs that ‘thin is best’ and ‘weight loss improves health.’ ” — Pat Lyons, author of Great Shape Amazon.com Review
If you’ve ever looked at height-weight tables in your doctor’s office or calculated your body-mass index from a formula in a fitness magazine, and realized that you’re technically overweight, this book is for you. Not only does it expose… More >>

Big Fat Lies: The Truth about Your Weight and Your Health

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In May 2001, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) will break a major pizza story on the ABC television program 20/20 and once again capture front-page headlines, just as it did when it released studies on movie popcorn and take-out Chinese food. Published to coincide with this story is RESTAURANT CONFIDENTIAL, in which Dr. Michael F. Jacobson and his CSPI team do for sit-down meals what their Fast-Food Guide-with 247,000 copies in print-does for fast food. Belgian Waffle or Rib-Eye Steak?* Bloomin’ Onion or Mrs. Fields’s Double-Fudge Brownie?* Americans are now eating almost one-third of their meals outside the home, spending $222 billion annually doing so-and watching their waistlines balloon. What’s in this food? To answer, CSPI performs across-the-board restaurant profiles that give straight-shooting scientific data on the fat, sodium, and calorie content of the most popular dishes. The information is organized by type of cuisine-Chin… More >>

Restaurant Confidential: The Shocking Truth about What You’re Really Eating When You’re Eating Out

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Losing weight is all in your head! Imagine if the first step to losing weight were as simple as listening to a CD. The truth is, simply imagining a fit and healthy you while in a deeply relaxed state will lay the foundation for lasting change. With two 30-minute self-hypnosis programs on CD, Listen and Lose Weight and its accompanying audio hypnosis CD will help you learn to reprogram your mind on a deep, subconscious level. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle becomes second nature when you: Create new positive patterns of behavior Form a lasting desire to eat healthily and remain fit Build strong self-esteem and inner confidence Program your mind to achieve your weight-loss goal without struggle… More >>

Listen and Lose Weight: The Breakthrough Hypnosis Program for Permanent Weight Loss

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As a drug chemist for a leading pharmaceutical company I made a startling discovery: you do not have to be dependent on FDA approved drugs to avoid heart disease. In fact, research clearly shows the opposite. You don’t need a single prescription drug to avoid this killer. Consider this: FDA approved drugs, used as prescribed, are killing over 125,000 people every year. Nationally, this makes prescription drugs the fourth leading cause of death after cancer, heart disease and stroke. That does not count death by medical error, which adds 98,000 deaths to this atrocity. Hypnotized by drug ads, the general public is oblivious to the deaths caused by prescription drug use. This is evidenced by their willingness to swallow whatever “the doctor ordered”. This is especially true for drugs targeting heart disease. The best selling drugs of all time are the cholesterol-lowering drugs knows as “statins”. They procure drug makers and their shareholder… More >>

Hidden Truth about Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs