The Knopf Canada Book of Healing Foods is a guide for everydayliving, and the fastest way to understand how the foods you eat canhelp to heal, and help you remain healthy. There's a healing food for almost every common health problem -from colds, stress, insomnia and high blood pressure to morecomplicated illnesses - and most are as close as your local grocer.Healing Foods is an indispensable guide to choosing the best foodsfor an active life - a bright and friendly market of knowledge thatmakes the time you spend at the dinner table an investment inspirited living. In beautiful colour, it also highlights health-giving foods andtheir nutritional and medicinal benefits. Information on buying,storing and preparing healing foods is clearly listed, and eachitem - from pineapples and chilies to almonds and apricots - islinked to delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes from around theworld. A questionnaire helps you assess your diet and general health topinpoint problem areas, while a section on
The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychologymovement, revolutionized psychotherapy with his concept of"client-centered therapy." His influence has spanned decades, butthat influence has become so much a part of mainstream psychologythat the ingenious nature of his work has almost been forgotten. Anew introduction by Peter Kramer sheds light on the significance ofDr. Rogers's work today. New discoveries in the field ofpsychopharmacology, especially that of the antidepressant Prozac,have spawned a quick-fix drug revolution that has obscured thepsychotherapeutic relationship. As the pendulum slowly swings backtoward an appreciation of the therapeutic encounter, Dr. Rogers's"client-centered therapy" becomes particularly timely andimportant.
An intimate account of the Royal couple, featuringbreathtaking photos from the April 29th Royal Wedding. LIFE has covered all of the lavish royal weddings since evenbefore Queen Elizabeth II wed in 1947, and of course the magazinedocumented in splendid, intimate detail the "wedding of thecentury," that of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, years later. NowLIFE celebrates the royal engagement of Prince William and KateMiddleton. This book includes intimate pictures of William and Kate as theygrew to be the splendid adults they are today. The best photographs of royal weddings that have already been,including those of Charles and Diana, Grace Kelly and Rainier ofMonaco, Fergie and Andrew, and many others. A detailed look at the Middletons and the Windsors-thelatter,royal family dating back to Queen Victoria. Photography from Buckingham Palace insiders, including picturesfrom Litchfield and Lord Snowdon.
"Calm Birth is a sublime gift to all of us. It contains theblueprint for reconnecting with birth wisdom on all levels. Readingthough this book and doing the practices will transform the birthprocess and imprint a peaceful beginning on both mother and child.The positive impact of this on society can’t beoverestimated."-Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Mother-DaughterWisdom, The Wisdom of Menopause and Women’s Bodies, Women’sWisdom"Calm Birth: New Method of Conscious Childbirth successfullybridges ancient feminine healing wisdom and meditation tocontemporary birth practices…This book is a must for anyoneinterested in childbirth."- Barbara Findeisen, MFT, president ofthe Association fo Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health
A young wife is home alone when the phone rings in "So Help MeGod." Is the strange voice flirting with her from the other end ofthe line her jealous husband laying a trap, or a stranger who knowsentirely too much about her? In "Madison at Guignol" an unhappyfashionista discovers a secret door inside her favorite clothingstore and insists the staff let her enter. But even her feveredimagination cannot anticipate the horror they have been hiding fromher. In these and other gripping and disturbing tales, women areconfronted by the evil around them and surprised by the evil theyfind within themselves. With wicked insight, Joyce Carol Oatesdemonstrates why the females of the species--be they six-year-oldgirls, seemingly devoted wives, or aging mothers--are by naturemore deadly than the males.