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A Celebration of Wellness

A Celebration of Wellness

James Levin

A magnificent vegan uncookbook providing non-fat, healthy dishes with tastes and flavors that are outstanding.

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A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography

A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography

Helen Caldicott

The memoirs of a mother of three, physician-activist and fighter for life and peace who blessed this world.

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A Gift for Healing: How You Can Use Therapeutic Touch

A Gift for Healing: How You Can Use Therapeutic Touch

Deborah Cowens

Will put readers in touch with powerful healing abilities that lie untapped in most people so they may learn to sustain and energize the force that is the source of life and health.

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A Spirituality Named Compassion

A Spirituality Named Compassion

Matthew Fox

A work urging that holistic spirituality embrace compassion as the heart of life.

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A teen's guide to going vegetarian

A teen's guide to going vegetarian

Judy Krizmanic

Much more than a guide to modifying diet, this book takes pains to explain why vegetarianism is beneficial both to the individual and to the planet.

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Angel Foods: Healthy Recipes for Heavenly Bodies

Angel Foods: Healthy Recipes for Heavenly Bodies

Cherie Soria

Raw food delights.

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Animal Liberation

Animal Liberation

Peter Singer

This book will continue to inspire people to take action against the cruelty against and exploitation of animals.

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Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth

Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

A facinating self-portrait of possibly the greatest soul of this century.

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Awareness through movement

Awareness through movement

Moshé Feldenkrais

Provides a modern-day, practical program for the perennial ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body integrating physical and mental development into a new, invigorating wholeness.

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Becoming Vegetarian

Becoming Vegetarian

Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis

A comprehensive and up-to-the minute guide to achieving a healthful vegetarian lifestyle written by three highly qualified dietitians.

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Body Awareness in Action

Body Awareness in Action

Frank Pierce Jones

Remains one of the best books on this system of bodywork.

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Body learning

Body learning

Michael Gelb

By unlearning common bad postural habits and ways of using the body, people can alleviate tension, fatigue, back pain, neck stiffness, asthma, headaches, depression, and many other ailments - photography for this book was done by Laura Huxley.

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Buddha Stories

Buddha Stories

Demi

Filled with wisdom and insight, this beautiful collection of fables will continue to educate and entertain for years to come.

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Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes

Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes

Claudia Miller

Explains how day-to-day variations in chemical exposure can cause unusual and seemingly unpredictable symptoms (e.g. headache, breathing problems, anxiety, fatigue), including many that have in the past been termed psychosomatic.

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Confessions of a Medical Heretic

Confessions of a Medical Heretic

Robert S. Mendelsohn

For anyone who has doubts about the benevolence of the AMA, pharmaceutical companies and the allied health industries or has suffered from drug interactions, side effects, long-term effects, misdiagnoses, botched treatments, apathy or arrogance on the part of medical providers.

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Confronting Environmental Racism

Confronting Environmental Racism

Robert D. Bullard

Exposing a not-so-obvious aspect of racism and the 'environmental oppression' endured by minorities.

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Conscious Eating

Conscious Eating

Gabriel Cousens

A book with uniqueness in that it addresses the subject of eating within the context of how it affects our spiritual development, our health and happiness.

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Conscious Evolution

Conscious Evolution

Barbara Marx Hubbard

A pivotal turning point in human history, leading us into an era of heightened creativity, environmental accountability, and spiritual development.

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Convict Conditioning

Convict Conditioning

Paul Wade

A sensibly comprehensive book on fitness through bodyweight work within a creative framework. Train as if your life depended on it!

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Critical Path

Critical Path

R. Buckminster Fuller

A summation of a life devoted to the betterment of all humanity and based on the premise that one individual can make a difference if he or she takes care of the things that need to be done.

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Diet for a New America

Diet for a New America

John Robbins

One of the most profound studies ever written of how our eating habits affect our lives, and indeed all of life on our planet.

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Dr. Attwood's Low-Fat Prescription for Kids

Dr. Attwood's Low-Fat Prescription for Kids

Charles R. Attwood and Benjamin Spock

A practical guide to changing children's high-fat eating habits from one of America's leading pediatricians debunking 12 common myths about low-fat diets and mapping out a realistic, four-stage switch to a meatless, complex-carbohydrate-based diet.

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Eat Smart: A Guide to Good Health for Kids

Eat Smart: A Guide to Good Health for Kids

Dale Figtree

A way to open a child's mind to the cause and solution of their weight problems.

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Enzyme Nutrition: The Food Enzymes Concept

Enzyme Nutrition: The Food Enzymes Concept

Edward Howell

Lays out the role that "enzymes" play in our life process - is a must read for anyone who's interested in improving their health.

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Faces of Environmental Racism

Faces of Environmental Racism

Laura Westra

A collection of essays on dealing with many issues surrounding racist actions on an environmental scale.

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Fitness Without Stress

Fitness Without Stress

Robert Rickover

A guided tour from the beginning years of the Technique to its present.

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Great Indian Epics: Ramayana and Mahabharata

Great Indian Epics: Ramayana and Mahabharata

John C. Oman

A volume combining the two great Hindu sagas.

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Hands of Light

Hands of Light

Barbara Ann Brennan

A former NASA scientist and atmospheric physicist provides the first in-depth study of the human energy field--known in lay terms as "aura" presenting techniques on the leading edge of new consciousness and new medicine.

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Healthy Healing: A Guide to Self-Healing for Everyone

Healthy Healing: A Guide to Self-Healing for Everyone

Linda Rector Page

An encyclopedia-style reference with over 350 alternative healing remedies, and addresses alternative health care, over 150 specific ailments with recommendations, women's, men's, children's and even pet health issues, and more.

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Healthy Home Handbook

Healthy Home Handbook

John Warde

This book tells homeowners everything they need to know about the dangers of carbon monoxide, how to assess old wiring and safeguard electrical systems, silence unwanted noise, reduce and eliminate household allergies, and more.

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How can I help?: stories and reflections on service

How can I help?: stories and reflections on service

Ram Dass

Support and inspiration for members of the helping professions providing strength, clarity, and wisdom.

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How to Live Green, Cheap, and Happy

How to Live Green, Cheap, and Happy

Randi Hacker

A win-win approach to living.

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How to Raise a Healthy Child: In Spite of Your Doctor

How to Raise a Healthy Child: In Spite of Your Doctor

Robert S. Mendelsohn

A renowned pediatrician and author advises parents on home treatment and diagnosis of colds and flu, childhood illnesses, vision and hearing problems, allergies, and more.

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If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth

If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth

Helen Caldicott

The renowned nuclear activist focuses her attention on ecological issues, providing solutions to ozone depletion, excess energy consumption, pollution, and global warming.

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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Richard Bach

Discover the ageless truths that give our souls wings: that people don't need airplanes to soar...that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them... and that messiahs can be found deep within ourselves.

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Immunization

Immunization

Walene James

A book that explores the dangerous vaccination issue from political, ethical,psychological, aesthetic, and spiritual perspectives supported by the scientific discoveries of researchers who have received little recognition in orthodox medical literature.

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Island

Island

Aldous Huxley

Huxley's utopian masterpiece, this book is more than a novel - it is a philosophy and more than anything it is a book about hope, about what we as humans can achieve with just the right viewpoint.

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

It is every gull's right to fly, to reach the ultimate freedom of challenge and discovery, finding the greatest reward in teaching younger gulls the joy of flight and the power of dreams - a spiritual classic!.

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Lasker's Manual of Chess

Lasker's Manual of Chess

Emmanuel Lasker

World chess champion Emmanuel Lasker's great work covering every aspect of chess.

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Living Downstream

Living Downstream

Sandra Steingraber

A touchstone for generations, reminding us of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the integrity of our air, land, and water.

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Love, Medicine and Miracles

Love, Medicine and Miracles

Bernie S. Siegel

The runaway bestseller that shows patients how to influence their own recovery, including a new introduction by the author who proves that love heals and miracles happen every day.

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Natural Hygiene: The Pristine Way of Life

Natural Hygiene: The Pristine Way of Life

Herbert M. Shelton

A presentation of this system of health by one of its greatest advocates.

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Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do

Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do

Helen Caldicott

Completely revised, updated, and expanded version of the 1978 classic, spotlighting the insidious influence of the nuclear power industry and calling on us to accept the moral challenge to fight against it, both for our own sake and for that of future generations.

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On Playing the Flute

On Playing the Flute

Johann Joachim Quantz

An exceptional treatise written by a master virtuoso that goes far beyond being a flute method illuminating the art of music and musicianship as a whole.

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Our Children's Toxic Legacy

Our Children's Toxic Legacy

John Wargo

An expert in pesticide policy traces the history of pesticide law and science, focusing on the special hazards pesticides have presented to children past and present, and suggesting urgent reforms are necessary to protect them.

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Our Stolen Future

Our Stolen Future

Theo Colborn

This groundbreaking book first revealed that chemicals in the environment have affected human reproductive patterns in way that may threaten the survival of the species.

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Pregnancy Children and the Vegan Diet

Pregnancy Children and the Vegan Diet

Michael Klaper

Nutritional information and recipes - a wonderfully informative book.

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Prescriptions for a Healthy House

Prescriptions for a Healthy House

Paula Baker-Laporte

Very useful information in a nitty-gritty reference manual that covers everything from theory to specification language in a way that can be applied to any construction type.

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Raw - The Uncook Book New Vegetarian Food for Life

Raw - The Uncook Book New Vegetarian Food for Life

Juliano

Gourmet raw cuisine - you'll be amazed by the creativity of the recipes in this book.

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Reiki Energy Medicine

Reiki Energy Medicine

Libby Barnett

Explains the body's energy system, and describes how Reiki can be used in a variety of settings to balance energy and create the conditions needed for healing.

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Rereading America

Rereading America

Gary Colombo

Every essay is enjoyable and enlightening revealing the experiences of women, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, working people and many other groups through their voices.

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Reverence for Life

Reverence for Life

Albert Schweitzer

The classic by one of the world's great humanitarians.

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Slaughter of the Innocent

Slaughter of the Innocent

Hans Ruesch

A must for whoever considers himself a human being dealing both with moral issues and clinical issues.

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Somatics

Somatics

Thomas Hanna

A gentle program that reverses or avoids many of the effects associated with aging.

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The Animal Rights Crusade

The Animal Rights Crusade

James M. Jasper

Revelation of the movement to treat animals with the dignity of living creatures.

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The Case for Animal Rights

The Case for Animal Rights

Tom Regan

Very welcome to anyone who wants a "scientific" defense of animal rights.

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The Dhammapada: Sayings of Buddha

The Dhammapada: Sayings of Buddha

Thomas F. Cleary

Buddha's beautiful, concise, and accessible aphorisms profoundly illustrate the serenity and unalterable dignity of the Buddhist path of light, love, peace and truth.

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The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Swami Nikhilananda

Truly one of the spiritual treasures of the ages containing over 1,000 pages of dialogue capturing the words and essence of a man beloved not only in India but around the world as a pure expression of the divine.

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The Handbook of Self-Healing

The Handbook of Self-Healing

Meir Schneider

Self-healing techniques that work on all parts of the body.

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The Healthy Home Environment Guide

The Healthy Home Environment Guide

Raymond O'Connor

Provides the most up-to-date information on such in-home hazards as lead, asbestos, radon, formaldehyde, and electromagnetic fields, explaining how to measure theirpotential threats and make the home environmentally sound.

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The Healthy House

The Healthy House

John Bower

For people trying to reduce toxic or irritating materials from their home, this book provides comprehensive coverage and thorough research.

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The History and Principles of Natural Hygiene

The History and Principles of Natural Hygiene

Herbert Shelton

The Naturopathic Teachings of Doctors Jennings, Graham, Trall and Tilden.

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The Inner Game of Tennis

The Inner Game of Tennis

Tim Gallwey

Much more than tennis - a book on life itself.

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The New Natural House Book

The New Natural House Book

David Pearson

A very comprehensive and up-to-date book providing cutting-edge information to transform our homes into havens for the body, mind and spirit.

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The Science and Fine Art of Food and Nutrition

The Science and Fine Art of Food and Nutrition

Herbert Shelton

The second volume from Shelton's work The Hygienic System.

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The Secret Power of Music

The Secret Power of Music

David Tame

A delightfully biased argument on what is the right music spanning various cultures and cults.

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The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Abelson and Sussman

A wonderful book that enables one to understand more than just computer programs. It is available for free thanks to the generosity and vision of the authors ... but you can buy it too!

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The Tellington TTouch

The Tellington TTouch

Linda Tellington-Jones

Solid how-to advice that anyone can use on dogs, cats, horses, birds, even reptiles and exotic animals to show how to release the pain, fear, and tension so many animals suffer.

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The Touch of Healing

The Touch of Healing

Alice Burmeister

The means to greater health, vitality, and self-understanding through the practice of an ancient oriental healing art and practical holistic philosophy.

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TheVegSource

TheVegSource

George Zuwala

Our own BigG's book with information to assist vegfolk everywhere!

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Therapeutic Touch: A Practical Guide

Therapeutic Touch: A Practical Guide

Janet MacRae

Comprehensive instruction guide to the gentle, powerful, non-invasive healing technique being used increasingly both inside and outside the medical profession.

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Through a Window

Through a Window

Jane Goodall

Dramatic saga of 30 years in the life of Gombe, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, where the principal residents are chimpanzees and one extraordinary woman.

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Walking With the Great Apes

Walking With the Great Apes

Sy Montgomery

A sensitive and revealing contribution to the legend of a unique sisterhood telling of three women who each gave her mature life to the love, study, and defense of another primate species.

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You Can Save the Animals

You Can Save the Animals

Ingrid Newkirk

From one of the great peacemakers of our day--the real ones who demand nonviolence to all species--Ingrid Newkirk is among those whose deeds and words should be honored, studied, and put into practice.

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Zen Comics

Zen Comics

Ioanna Salajan

Zen teachings through comics - a most appropriate presentation of profound simplicity.

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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Shunryu Suzuki

A remarkable book on Zen meditation - simplicity at it's best, and that is what makes it beautiful.

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