A story that will change your ideas about health and disease. Full of revolutionary and iconoclastic ideas impacting all our lives and the lives of generations of children as yet unborn. 
 * How we are ushered into life will affect how we leave it. 
 * Diseases such as diabetes can be passed transgenerationally from mother to daughter and from daughter to granddaughter by nongenetic mechanisms. 
 * The idea that our health is programmed in the womb is supported by life-time health records of babies born at the beginning of this century which show that birthweight is closely linked to health in later life.

Life in the Womb: The Origin of Health and Disease

Medical Books

Nathanielsz, Peter W.

Medicine

Promethean Pr

It comes from the Greek words meaning "love of wisdom." In English, it is called philosophy - the study of the most important and enduring questions of the human race. Questions like, "What is reality?" "Is there a God?" "What happens when I die?" (among others) have intrigued mankind for millenniums and continue to pique the interest of eager seekers after truth. Perhaps more so than any other discipline, philosophy is best understood as a dialogue between ourselves and the great minds of the past - a dialogue that has endured for thousands of years. Drawing upon Pulitzer-Prize winner Will Durant's essays, as well as never-before-published talks and dialogues on philosophy and philosophers, "An Invitation To Philosophy" presents a magnificent introduction to philosophy with an overview of its major branches, their problems and capabilities, as well as brief profiles of four of the discipline's most inspirational representatives (Confucius, Socrates, Plato and Giordano Bruno). "An Invitation to Philosophy" is a compass and guide to navigating the moral ocean of the human soul, in addition to being the definitive presentation of the philosophy of Will Durant, who makes an eloquent case for the very need of philosophy in our daily life: "Without philosophy, without that total vision which unifies purposes and establishes the hierarchy of desires, we fritter away our social heritage in cynical corruption on the one hand, and in revolutionary madness on the other; we abandon in a moment our pacific idealism and plunge into the cooperative suicide of war; we have a hundred thousand politicians, and but a single statesman. We move about the earth with unprecedented speed, but we do not know, and have not thought, where we are going, or whether we shall find any happiness there for our harassed souls. We are being destroyed by our knowledge, which has made us drunk with our power. And we shall not be saved without wisdom." -- Will Durant (from Chapter Eight)

An Invitation to Philosophy: Essays and Talks on the Love of Wisdom

Politics & Social Sciences

John R. Little

Will, Durant

Philosophy

Throughout their stellar careers, Will and Ariel Durant were often queried on what lessons history had to teach us. Their answers offer a unique window through which to better view the nature of man. The absolute best of these conversations have now been brought together in this volume, offering a profound insight into the Durants' lives, the creation of their greatest books and their own personal philosophy of life.

The Power Of History

History

Durant, Will

World

Although much has been written about Jeet Kune Do, the art of Bruce Lee remains an enigma, spawning endless debate about what constitutes the art and how it should be taught and applied. "Understanding Jeet Kune Do" is vastly different from the books on Bruce Lee's martial art that have preceded it, offering a fresh and simple look at the mystery that is Jeet Kune Do. In "Understanding Jeet Kune Do," author Jason Korol demonstrates: -that Jeet Kune Do is the science of self-defense - not a mere concept or, for that matter, just a conglomeration of other arts. -what the basis for a rationally consistent method of self-defense is and how Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do is consistent with that method. -a logically consistent definition of self-defense and explore its ethical, technical, and strategic corollaries. -why certain aspects of Lee's Jeet Kune Do must be taught as is - as the foundation of the method - or else it ceases to be Jeet Kune Do. "Understanding Jeet Kune Do" will have a unique appeal to Jeet Kune Do enthusiasts and the average martial artist that wants to gain a better understanding about the art of Jeet Kune Do.

Understanding Jeet Kune Do

Sports & Outdoors

Korol, Jason

Individual Sports

Today's advanced bodybuilder stands at a crossroads. Ignorance, deceit and multi-million dollar advertising campaigns cloud the skies of bodybuilding reality, all competing for his attention and all telling him to do the wrong thing. To continue to grow bigger and stronger, the advanced bodybuilder must train harder, which requires extremely brief but intense training, but the magazines, personal trainers and the current crop of bodybuilding champions all advocate training methods that are the exact opposite. The advanced bodybuilder tries these routines, fails at his goal, and then - if he hasn't already - decides that growth drugs are the only solution to his dilemma. Thus begins the end of his legitimate muscle gains and, often, the end of any attempt to lead a normal and happy life. After years of researching the dilemma of the advanced bodybuilder, bodybuilding pioneer John Little (creator of "Max Contraction Training") offers the first scientific and practical solution - the "Omega Set,"an ultra intense variation on the Max Contraction theme, engineered specifically and exclusively for the advanced trainee. Although the data is still preliminary at this juncture, advanced trainees have gained upwards of 26 pounds in 12 weeks employing this revolutionary new protocol. In addition, Little reveals and offers solutions to the physiological and psychological obstacles that await the advanced bodybuilder on the path to his future progress. Unlike most "advanced" bodybuilding books that simply council the advanced trainee to add more and hope for the best, Little clearly and unambiguously reveals precisely the cause and effect relationship between advanced training methods and advancedtraining results. "Max Contraction Training For Advanced Bodybuilders" breaks new ground in bodybuilding training and represents the final (Omega) word in high intensity training.

Max Contraction Training for Advanced Bodybuilders

Little,John

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