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1) The body book: the law of hunger, the science of strength, and other ways to love your amazing body
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Language
English
Description
The Hollywood star shares her formula for becoming happier, healthier, and stronger in this positive guide that is grounded in science and inspired by personal experience.
Publisher
Hearst Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
At Home with Town & Country opens the doors to 30 distinctive dwellings, providing rare glimpses of lives being lived in sleek urban showplaces and luxurious rural retreats alike-and offering advice and inspiration for creating stylish, soul-sustaining spaces of your own.
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Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Sticking to a fitness routine has never been this much fun! Jump start your best life with dozens of fun, healthy and creative fitness challenges for every month of the year. We all know we should be getting some level of physical activity every day. But it's hard to decide which kind. And it's even harder to find the time. Packed with fun fitness ideas, this creative and colorful book offers over 60 month-long challenges that solve both those issues....
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Publisher
Chronicle Prism
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Wellness and travel journalist Annie Daly will take readers way off the beaten path to explore five little-known wellness practices from across the globe. She will travel to Jamaica, Brazil, Japan, India, Norway, and Hawaii to learn why their inhabitants are so much healthier than Americans, and what we can learn from them. And while these traditions may appear to have little in common, at their root is an essential truth: living well isn't a trend...
8) Make yourself better: a practical guide to restoring your body's wellbeing through ancient medicine
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Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Bringing ancient Eastern and Western medical traditions into a modern world, this guide, devoted to the importance of good nutrition, detoxification, activity and physical exercise, empowers readers to make more informed choices to lead healthier lives.
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Publisher
Atria/Enliven Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"ECOrenaissance provides inspiring tips and tricks for how to live and shop in harmony with nature without sacrificing style or luxury, and how best to benefit from the current renaissance--a global rebirth of sustainable economics, progressive ethics, and green culture--through the wisdom of eco-entrepreneurs, green fashion designers, organic food purveyors, and innovative leaders of this new movement. Gone are the days of boxy hemp shirts and gritty...
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Language
English
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“An in-depth and compelling account of diverse Americans living off the grid.” —Los Angeles Times
The radical search for the simple life in today’s America.
On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound for a homestead...
The radical search for the simple life in today’s America.
On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound for a homestead...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the follow-up to the successful Van Life, Foster Huntington shares his experiences -- and those of others -- living by his own rules in this aspirational book filled with awe-inspiring photographs of unique homes in unexpected places"--
"The hundreds of photographs of unique homes, including tiny houses, shipping containers, yurts, boathouses, and vans, in unexpected places from all around the world, invite you to slow down, read about the dwellers'...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The anchor of CBS evening news collects the best life tips from a host of accomplished leaders, thinkers, artists and others, including Chelsea Handler, Malcolm Gladwell, Mario Batali, Colin Powell, Barbara Walters, Google's Eric Schmidt, and Mike Bloomberg.
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Language
English
Description
All her life, Mitchell had eaten lustily and mindlessly. Food was her babysitter, her best friend, her confidant, and it provided a refuge from her fractured family. But when she stepped on the scale on her twentieth birthday and it registered a shocking 268 pounds, she knew she had to change the way she thought about food and herself; her life was at stake. She tells us how she discovered balance in an off-kilter world, finding beauty in acceptance...
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Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Low Morrison is not your average teen. You could blame her hippie parents or her looming height or her dreary, isolated hometown on an island in the Pacific Northwest. But whatever the reason, Low just doesn't fit in-and neither does Freya, a once-famous social media influencer who now owns the pottery studio in town. After signing up for a class, Low quickly falls under Freya's spell. And Freya, buoyed by Low's adoration, is compelled to share her...
Author
Publisher
Running Press, an imprint of Perseus Books LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Explains how to live "lagom," or a balanced life, by cherishing relationships, improving work-life balance, freeing the home from clutter, and savoring good food.
Lagom (pronounced 'lar-gom') has no equivalent in the English language but is loosely translated as 'not too little, not too much, just right'. It is widely believed that the word comes from the Viking term 'laget om', for when a mug of mead was passed around a circle and there was just...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"As the first generation of gay men enters its autumn years, these men's responses to the physical and emotional tolls of aging promise to be as revolutionary as their advances in AIDS and civil rights activism. Older gay men's approaches to friendship, caregiving, romantic and sexual relationships, illness, and bereavement is upending conventional wisdom regarding the aging process, LGBTQ communities, and the entire field of gerontology. QUEER AGING...
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