NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"For Chopra fans only--as such, likely to become a best-seller."
A mixture of recent research in the neurosciences and spiritual wisdom passed down through generations.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"Joyful reading about a groundbreaking study and its participants."
A fascinating account of the 268 individuals selected for the Harvard Study of Adult Development (the "Grant Study"), which "began in 1938 as an attempt to transcend medicine's usual preoccupation with pathology and learn something instead about optimum health and potential and the conditions that promote them."
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"A life-affirming, must-have morsel for Tolkien's colossal fan base."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"Meticulously researched, suspenseful and engrossing."
A comprehensive examination of hot, competitive yoga, its cultlike following and the author's immersion into the practice.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"Especially recommended for readers who enjoy historical context with their great books."
A doctor looks at symptoms afflicting writers from the Elizabethan era to the mid-20th century.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"Given the author's prolific output, there is bound to be some overlap in material, but it's disheartening to find such repetition within one work."
An internationally renowned and controversial spiritual leader writes on the physical and spiritual components of fear, but the book suffers from a particularly narrow definition of the term.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 8, 2012
"Many readers will find the New Age platitudes tiring, but these intimate stories will draw the attention of New Age seekers and those interested in alternative medicine."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"A clear, insightful vision of a health care system that could bring about a better, healthier world."
Two doctors envision a future in which many illnesses could be prevented, where "disease, not death…will be the medical failure."
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"A harsh view of current efforts to battle cancer, certain to alarm patients and anger many researchers and clinicians."
Despite recent advances in the understanding of cancer at the molecular level, a radiologist argues that the war on cancer as presently waged is unwinnable.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"Keith does not exaggerate its historical significance but delivers an admirable account of a Southern city doing its best to deal with a frightening, incomprehensible epidemic."
The story of the devastation caused by the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis in 1878, which blighted the city for a generation.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"A useful introduction to sources on both sides of the science-philosophy divide."
A look at why both science and philosophy are necessary to "approach the perennial questions concerning how we construct the meaning of our existence."
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2012
"An engaging exploration into living fully."
The director of the Institute for Extraordinary Living at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health inquires into the dharma--vocation or calling--of a selection of both illustrious and ordinary individuals.
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