Lies My Doctor Told Me is a survival kit for both patients and doctors alike. This is not a book about “doctor bashing” as much as a resource for all parties to create an open discussion regarding healthy options. Patients want and need to be better informed, and doctors need to be able to discuss […]
On my seventh birthday, January 17, 1961—three days before my uncle, John F. Kennedy, took his oath of office as United States President—his predecessor, President Dwight Eisenhower, appeared on national television to deliver his farewell address, which history increasingly regards as one of the most important and prophetic speeches in American history. In the councils […]
About this Book to chapter topics and the strategies used to address those challenges. See Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8. Many The 13th edition of Content Area Reading: Literacy and instructional examples have been replaced and up- Learning across the Curriculum continues to reflect an dated throughout the text. ever-expanding knowledge base grounded […]
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MINISTRY for as long as I can remember. I was born and raised in the church. I received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior as a college student and have been serving Him faithfully ever since. Over the years, I’ve served in various offices and capacities of ministry: Sunday school […]
This book was somewhat unplanned. I didn’t think I’d ever write another 5 Ingredients, but I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked to do so, especially by my wife, Jools. She told me to stop thinking about anything else: ‘It’s where people are at, when our lives are so incredibly busy […]
We are pleased to present this eighth edition of Nutrition for Health and Health Care, which provides a solid foundation in nutrition science and the role of nutrition in clinical care. Health professionals and patients alike rank nutrition among their most serious concerns, as good nutrition status plays critical roles in both disease prevention and […]
Your body isn’t what you think it is. Or, to be more precise, your real body isn’t what you think it is. That’s because your real body cannot be seen in the mirror. It doesn’t get sick or grow old. It doesn’t fit inside the package of flesh and bones that occupies a few cubic […]
I wasn’t with Finny on that August night, but my imagination has burned the scene in my mind so that it feels like a memory. It was raining, of course, and with his girlfriend, Sylvie Whitehouse, he glided through the rain in the red car his father had given him on his sixteenth birthday. In […]
Palo Alto is nice. The weather is temperate; the people are educated, rich, healthy, innovative. Remnants of a hippie counterculture synthesized with high technology and big finance to produce the spiritually and materially ambitious heart of Silicon Valley. In some circles the small city—population near 70,000, as of this writing—has acquired the mythical reputation of […]
How much money does my boss make? Where is my great-grandmother buried? Who did my college girlfriend marry? How many other card stores are there in the town where I want to open mine? How can I change careers at the age of fifty? What companies would want to buy what my company produces and […]
WELCOME! As you embark on your journey toward self-love, I am excited to help you navigate by introducing you to a road map that will lead you toward a better relationship with yourself. I want to praise you for taking this big step forward. As women, we often struggle to set aside time for ourselves. […]
I stared at my ceiling, sleepless in San Francisco, knowing that I would have to fight my battles all over again tomorrow, even more exhausted. “What’s wrong with me?!” That was the question that haunted me in my mid-40s. I hated my life, partly because every piece of it was falling apart. Yet I clung […]