Why do some people age in failing health and sadness, while others grow old with vitality and joy? In this revolutionary book, bestselling author John Robbins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span. Through the example of four very different cultures that have the distinction of producing some of the world’s healthiest, oldest people, Robbins reveals the secrets for living an extended and fulfilling life in which our later years become a period of wisdom, vitality, and happiness. From Abkhasia in the Caucasus south of Russia, where age is beauty, and Vilcabamba in the Andes of South America, where laughter is the greatest medicine, to Hunza in Central Asia, where dance is ageless, and finally the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa, the modern Shangri-la, where people regularly live beyond a century, Robbins examines how the unique lifestyles of these peoples can influence and improve our own. Bringing the traditions of these ancient and vibrantly healthy cultures together with the latest breakthroughs in medical science, Robbins reveals that, remarkably, they both point in the same direction. The result is an inspirational synthesis of years of research into healthy aging in which Robbins has isolated the characteristics that will enable us to live long and–most important–joyous lives. With an emphasis on simple, wholesome, but satisfying fare, and the addition of a manageable daily exercise routine, many people can experience great improvement in the quality of their lives now and for many years to come. But perhaps more surprising is Robbins’ discovery that it is not diet and exercise alone that helps people to live well past one hundred. The quality of personal relationships is enormously important. With startling medical evidence about the effects of our interactions with others, Robbins asserts that loneliness has more impact on lifespan than such known vices as smoking. There is clearly a strong beneficial power to love and connection. “We all have the tools to live longer lives, and to remain active, productive, and resourceful until the very end,” Robbins writes. Healthy at 100 strives to improve both the quality and the quantity of our remaining years–no matter how old or how healthy we might currently be–and to reverse the social stigma on aging. After reading this book, we will never think about age–or life–in the same way again. “John Robbins has inspired millions of people with his eloquent, clear, compassionate, and insightful guidance on the path to health and fulfillment. Healthy at 100 may be his finest work to date. If you are interested in extending your health span as well as your life span, read this book! Healthy at 100 is a masterpiece.” –Dean Ornish, M.D., president and director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, author of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease “This is a remarkably open and heartfelt book full of wisdom and love by an extraordinary man who has been teaching us how to live more healthy and compassionate lives for over twenty years now. John Robbins has created a new vision of aging for American society.” –John Mackey, CEO, Whole Foods “John Robbins is one of the most important voices in America today. He cuts through nonsense like no one else does. He gives hope like no one else does. His words are lifelines for both the body and soul. This book can literally save our lives.” –Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love and A Woman’s Worth “Healthy at 100 is a marvelous blend of wisdom, hope, courage, and common sense. John Robbins gives us caring, science, and inspiration–a beautiful diet for the heart.” –Jack Kornfield, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock, author of A Path with Heart “As the low-carb diet craze is gone, John Robbins proposes a far healthier approach that leads not just to a healthy weight but also to a joyful and fulfilled life. Healthy at 100 is packed with informed and heartfelt wisdom.” –Jorge Cruise, author of The 3-Hour Diet, creator of JorgeCruise.com “John Robbins inspires me on every page. His unique experiences and viewpoints were the reasons I wanted him to be in my film Super Size Me. This book only reinforces my faith in him as a thought-provoking humanitarian.” –Morgan Spurlock, producer and director of Super Size Me

Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples

Robbins, John

Reference

Ballantine Books

How do you define the good life? For many, success is measured not by health and happiness but by financial wealth. But such a worldview overlooks the important things in life: personal contentment, family time, spirituality, and the health of the planet and those living on it. A preoccupation with money and possessions is not only unhealthy, it can also drain the true joy from life. In recent years, millions have watched their American Dreams go up in smoke. The international financial collapse, inflation, massive layoffs, and burgeoning consumer debt have left people in dire financial straits—including John Robbins, a crusader for planet-friendly food and lifestyle choices, who lost his entire savings in an investment scam. But Robbins soon realized that there was an upside to our collective financial downturn: Curtailed consumerism could lead us to reassess our lives and values. The New Good Life provides a philosophical and prescriptive path from conspicuous consumption to conscious consumption. Where the old view of success was measured by cash, stocks, and various luxuries, the new view will be guided by financial restraint and a new awareness of what truly matters. A passionate manifesto on finding meaning beyond money and status, this book delivers a sound blueprint for living well on less. Discover how to • create your own definition of success based on your deepest beliefs and life experience • alleviate depression, lower blood pressure, and stay fit with inexpensive alternatives for high-cost medications • develop a diet that promotes better health—and saves you money • plan for—and protect yourself from—future economic catastrophes • cut down on your housing and transportation costs • live frugally without deprivation • follow in the footsteps of real people who have effectively forged new financial identities The New Good Life provides much-needed hope and comfort in a time of fear and uncertainty. Here is everything you need to develop high-joy, low-cost solutions to life’s challenges. Practical and timely, this book equips you with the skills needed not only to survive but to thrive in these challenging times.

The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less

The author of Diet for a New America shows how we can significantly improve ourselves and the world by changing the way we eat. May All Be Fed explains why so few have so much to eat and why so many have so little, and it shows how everyone can make a difference by altering food choices. 8 charts.

May All Be Fed: 'a Diet For A New World : Including Recipes By Jia Patton And Friends

Patton, Gia

Business & Money

Harper-perennial

A guide to improving lives through diet describes how food choices are influenced by commercial interests, how the consumption of animal products leads to heart disease, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, obesity, and cancer, and more. 250,000 first printing. $185,000 ad/promo. Tour.

May All Be Fed: Diet for a New World

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Patton, Jia

Diets & Weight Loss

William Morrow & Co.

Amid a booming market for third-party software debugging tools -- evidence that bugs and defects are a pernicious fact of everyday programming life -- there exists no single guidebook that adequately addresses the topic of debugging as a programming discipline. But with the upcoming publication of ""Debugging Microsoft Windows Applications,"" developers finally get the practical, Windows-focused reference they need for finding and correcting costly coding errors. The book takes a holistic approach to debugging -- redefining ""bugs"" not just in terms of crashes and high-profile calamities, but including everything from user interface problems and performance issues to incomprehensible product manuals.
The first section introduces the ""Zen of Debugging, "" outlining what developers need to know both before and during product development Section two demonstrates how to maximize the vastly under-utilized built-in debugging capabilities in the Visual Studio ""RM"" product family. The last section of the book steps readers through specific debugging situations and their solutions, covering such topics as multithreaded debugging, crash handlers, and automated regression testing. Throughout, the book focuses on practical, tested techniques -- ready for work -- in the tradition of the award-winning Microsoft Press ""RM"" Best Practices series.

Debugging Applications (DV-MPS Programming)

Computers & Technology

Operating Systems

Microsoft Press

You get huge development advantages with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003—but you need a new bag of debugging tricks to take full advantage of them in today’s .NET and Win32 development worlds. Learn lethally effective, real-world application debugging techniques for .NET Framework 1.1 and Windows with this fully updated programming guide. Debugging expert John Robbins expands the first edition of his classic debugging book with all-new scenarios and bug-killing tools, tips, and techniques. You’ll see every .NET and Windows debugging scenario here—from XML Web services and Microsoft ASP.NET to Windows services and exceptions. Along with John’s expert guidance, you get more than 6 MB of his battle-tested source code—for the tools and tactics you need to ship better software faster! Topics covered include: <ul>
<li>Where bugs come from and how to think about solving them</li> <li>Debugging during coding</li> <li>Operating system debugging support and how Win32 debuggers work</li> <li>Advanced debugger usage and .NET debugging with Visual Studio .NET</li> <li>Advanced native code techniques with Visual Studio .NET and WinDBG</li> <li>Extending the Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment</li> <li>Managed exception monitoring</li> <li>Flow tracing and performance</li> <li>Finding source and line information with just a crash address</li> <li>Crash handlers</li> <li>Debugging Windows services and DLLs that load into services</li> <li>Multithreaded deadlocks</li> <li>Automated testing</li> <li>The Debug C run-time library</li> <li>A high-performance tracing tool for server applications</li> <li>Smoothing the working set</li> <li>Appendixes: Reading Dr. Watson log files, plus resources for .NET and Windows developers</li> </ul>
CD-ROM features: <ul>
<li>6+ MB of professional-level source code samples written in Microsoft Visual C++, Visual C#, and Visual Basic .NET</li> <li>Debugging Tools for Windows</li> <li>Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SDK</li> <li>Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)</li> </ul>

Debugging Applications for Microsoft® .NET and Microsoft Windows® (Pro-Developer)

Computer Science

Get the essential, straightforward information you need—and master the core topics for debugging applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Debugging expert John Robbins offers practical answers to real-world development questions, including code samples in Microsoft Visual C# and Visual Basic. You’ll learn the debugging techniques and tools to debug more efficiently and help ensure top-quality code. Discover how to: <ul>
<li>Arm yourself with tools and techniques that contribute to long-term success in the debugging battlefield</li> <li>Implement John’s practical debugging process to sniff out bugs—including “freak” bugs</li> <li>Catch bugs during development with assertions, tracers, and comments</li> <li>Set advanced breakpoints in your debugger to specify exact trigger conditions</li> <li>Use the Watch window, Data Tips, and Visualizers to see key data quickly </li> <li>Employ other debugging tools, such as WinDBG, SOS, and ADPlus</li> <li>Write macros and add-ins to extend the Visual Studio integrated development environment</li> <li>Debug with Code Analysis—and learn to write your own rules</li> </ul>
PLUS—Get code samples on the Web

Debugging Microsoft .NET 2.0 Applications

John Robbins takes on the self-fulfilling fears of ageing and shows readers that the illnesses (heart disease, Alzheimer's, etc.) that we assume are inevitable are in fact not a natural part of ageing and can be avoided with healthy diet and lifestyle choices.Presenting the secrets of four of the world's healthiest and longest-living peoples, together with the latest medical research, Robbins helps readers live longer and live healthier. As he shows in this paradigm shifting book, we can prolong our health span along with our life span. Widely considered to be one of the world's leading experts on the dietary link with the environment and health, John Robbins is the author of Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth, which has sold more than one million copies.

Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the Word's Healthiest and Longest-lived Peoples

Self-Help

Blackstone Pub

The best-selling author of Diet for a New America introduces a new paradigm of aging that examines four native cultures distinguished by their longevity and good health to determine those factors--including diet, exercise, and emotional well-being--that can add years to one's life. Simultaneous.

Blackstone Audiobooks

The bestselling, Pulitzer Prize nominated author of Diet for a New America challenges listeners to give up bad habits and adopt smarter routines concerning food, exercise, and work. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.

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Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples

The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less

May All Be Fed: 'a Diet For A New World : Including Recipes By Jia Patton And Friends

May All Be Fed: Diet for a New World

Debugging Applications (DV-MPS Programming)

Debugging Applications for Microsoft® .NET and Microsoft Windows® (Pro-Developer)

Debugging Microsoft .NET 2.0 Applications

Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the Word's Healthiest and Longest-lived Peoples

Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples

Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples