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The Conversation Piece will make you think twice about theeveryday opinions you take for granted. What instrument is notmusic to your ears? If, for one day, you could have anything toyourself--any object or place--what would you choose? What food andbeverage combination is your personal favorite? What moviecharacter is most like you? The Conversation Piece provides more than three hundredopportunities to explore creatively your thoughts about the worldyou live in. It's a book about you, about your friends--abouteveryone you know! If you were an entry in the dictionary, underwhich word would people find you? Ask yourself today. . . . You maychange your mind tomorrow!
Stirring reflections on the human condition from a warrior andemperor provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and personalityof a highly principled Roman of the 2nd century. Recognizing thatsuffering is at the core of life, he counsels stoic detachment inthe face of inevitable pain, loss and death.
How would you like to look and feel ten years younger in justten weeks time? Studies show that Americans on the whole are aging faster thanever with conditions like diabetes, cancer, and heart diseaseoccurring increasingly earlier on in life—along with everyday ageindicators like wrinkles and love handles. Now, Dr. Steven Masley,former medical director of the prestigious Pritikin LongevityCenter and a pioneer in anti-aging medicine, delivers abreakthrough plan to turn back the clock, inside and out—no matterwhat your age! Originally featured on the Discovery Channel, the Ten YearsYounger Program is designed to combat the roots of acceleratedaging. Poor nutrition, toxins in the environment, stress, andexposure to free radicals all make us old before our time, alongwith a little-known aging culprit: low- and no-carb diets. As Dr.Masley shows, low-carb diets deprive the body of anti-agingphytonutrients and fiber, accelerate osteoporosis, and damage braincells. So the first secret of turni
She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earthpersonality as she campaigned for her husband, thenvice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions asshe valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosedonly days before the 2004 election. She touched hundreds ofsimilarly grieving families when her own son, Wade, died tragicallyat age sixteen in 1996. Now she shares her experiences in SavingGraces, an incandescent memoir of Edwards’ trials, tragedies, andtriumphs, and of how various communities celebrated her joys andlent her steady strength and quiet hope in darker times. Edwards writes about growing up in a military family, where shelearned how to make friends easily in dozens of new schools andneighborhoods around the world and came to appreciate theunstinting help and comfort naval families shared. Edwards’reminiscences of her years as a mother focus on the support she andother parents offered one another, from everyday favors to theultimate test of her
Praise for Deepak Chopra, M.D.: "A new medicine is in the making, one in which mind,consciousness, meaning, and intelligence play key roles. One of thearchitects of the new medicine is Dr. Chopra, a credentialed,respected physician who has 'paid his dues' as a moderndoctor." Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words "Deepak Chopra is being hailed as a modern-day Hippocrates forhis novel approach of combining ancient healing traditions withmodern research." Irv Kupcinet, Chicago Sun-Times "We can't help wishing he lived close enough to make housecalls." Judith Hooper, New York Times Book Review "Dr. Chopra's writing has great beauty, great power, greatdelight, and much common sense" Courtney Johnson, author of Henry James and the Evolution ofConsciousness "Dr. Chopra presents us with information that can help us livelong, healthy lives." Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine and Miracles
