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Retraining the Brain: A 45-Day Plan to Conquer Stress and Anxiety
by Frank LawlisFrom the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The ADD Answer" comes this work that explains the neurological factors that make stress so traumatizing and lays out a powerful plan for changing the brain to improve coping skills.
Retreat: Sanctuary and Self-Care for Every Day
by Sally BrockwayRelax. Refresh. Restart.Amid the commotion of everyday life, finding a few precious moments of “me time” can be challenging. With so many demands on our attention, knowing how to get the most out of our limited downtime is more important than ever.Discover new ways to take some time out with this invaluable guide to finding and creating sanctuary. Whether you’re searching for serenity at home or seeking solace in the great outdoors, this book is packed with self-care tips, calming crafts and delicious recipes to help you relax, recharge and rejuvenate.
Retrolental Fibroplasia and Autistic Symptomatology: An Investigation into Some Relationships Among Neonatal, Environmental, Developmental and Affective Variables in Blind Prematures
by Joan B. ChaseIn this monograph, based on a study of 263 subjects with RLF (Retrolental Fibroplasia-- an eye condition caused by excessive incubator oxygen), the author examines selected variables which may significantly affect subsequent development.
Return To Ithaca: A Woman's Triumph Over The Disabilities Of A Severe Stroke
by Barbara NewbornWhen she was 21 years old Barbara Newborn's dreams of teaching English and getting married were cruelly shattered when she suffered a severe stroke. Her world changed overnight. One day she was an independent, happy and carefree young woman, the next she was paralyzed, had lost the ability to think or communicate, and was a stranger even to herself.
Return of the Bird Tribes
by Ken Carey“The priceless wisdom of Native America . . . If we are to survive, we must adopt it . . . Return of the Bird Tribes illuminates the path.” —Whitley Strieber, #1 New York Times–bestselling authorExploring the transformative impact of Native American spirituality on contemporary events, this is the third book in Ken Carey’s bestselling Starseed series, which concluded with The Third Millennium, the book Marianne Williamson calls “a kind of millennial Bible.”“A profound and thought-provoking account of many enlightened connections . . . Let’s hope that it will enlighten many and help thousands to plant a tree of love, peace, and understanding.” —Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, author of On Death and Dying“The poetic, spiritual wisdom of Return of the Bird Tribes resonates deeply in my heart.” —Ram Dass, author of Grist for the Mill“A timely and thoughtful rendering of Native American spiritual teachings whose universal and prophetic input encompass an understanding of our current global crisis and the promise of earth reawakened.” —José Argüelles, author of The Mayan Factor“A book that captures the spirit of my ancestors and makes the reader know that each of us is the marriage of the Sky Nation and the Earth Mother.” —Jamie Sams, author of Sacred Path Cards
Return of the Children of Light: Incan and Mayan Prophecies for a New World
by Judith Bluestone PolichA personal exploration of the conjunction between ancient Mesoamerican prophesy and New Age higher consciousness. • Selected by the Independent Publisher's Book Awards as one of the top two New Age books of the year. • Explores ancient prophesies and their relevance in the contemporary world. The Incan and Mayan cultures saw themselves as “children of light”--descended from celestial realms--and their prophecies foretell a time of great spiritual awakening. They prophesied a time when the gateways to higher consciousness would open once again. That time is now. Award-winning author Judith Bluestone Polich draws on her extensive research in quantum physics, archeoastronomy, holography, cosmology, and pioneering studies of human consciousness to show how science and contemporary thought are consistent with this ancient knowledge. As the ancients predicted, the human god-seed is beginning to awaken, and modern civilization is finally beginning to perceive human potential in ways that the ancient cultures accepted as truth. Polich introduces techniques for awakening our own human potential through dreaming, meditations, and the power of sacred sites.
Return of the Golden Age: Ancient History and the Key to Our Collective Future
by Barbara Hand Clow Edward F. MalkowskiThe truth behind ancient myths and the return of the celestial conditions for a Golden Age of peace and abundance • Reveals the events preserved in myth that launched humanity into 12,000 years of struggle, selfishness, and false beliefs • Explores how we can initiate a new Golden Age through ancient Egyptian teachings on the creative power of our imaginations • Explains how our world system of economics, which benefits a few at the expense of the many, arose as a reaction to global catastrophe in prehistory Since the beginning of recorded history humanity has been in a continuous struggle over land and resources. It continues today despite the abundance we have created through scientific innovation and technology. Why such a struggle for resources exists has never been explained. Neither has the human drive to own, accumulate, and hoard. Edward Malkowski reveals that the answer lies in recognizing the reality behind humanity’s earliest myths. He shows that the opportunity is at hand to transcend these inherited selfish traits and return to a Golden Age of peace and abundance. Malkowski explores the hidden meaning behind stories such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, Plato’s Atlantis, and myths of a new sky and a new sun, of great floods and the death of the gods, and of the preceding Golden Age. He connects these myths to a real extinction event that occurred 12,000 years ago. He explains how the survivors--our ancestors--were catapulted from utopia into a world of scarcity, scarring the collective mind of humanity and initiating the struggle for resources in an attempt to regain our lost paradise. He shows how our world system of economics, focused on ownership and based on the false belief of separateness--benefitting a few at the expense of the many--arose as a reaction to this catastrophe. Drawing on the pre-catastrophe teachings preserved by the ancient Egyptians, Malkowski reveals that we are returning to a celestial configuration parallel to that of the past Golden Age. Through our collective DNA memory and the creative power of our imaginations, we can end our 12,000-year quest to regain paradise lost and launch a new Golden Age of unity, abundance, and equality for all humanity.
Return to Beauty: Old-World Recipes for Great Radiant Skin
by Narine NikogosianReturn to Beauty offers regimens made from fresh ingredients that can be found right in your kitchen. With recipes for winter, spring, summer, and fall, you can look beautiful throughout the year. Narine Nikogosian's natural and inexpensive products can be whipped up in less than ten minutes. Have a jar of honey in your pantry? Mix it with a few crushed walnuts to create a sensual, aromatic scrub for oily skin. Use dabs of cottage cheese to lighten undereye circles, or almond oil to rehydrate cracked lips. Narine also provides recipes based on astrological signs, such as for Scorpio, a Gracious Grapefruit Mask made of grapefruit, egg yolk, and soothing honey to rejuvenate your skin even after a late night. Narine is from a long line of Armenian women who have been harnessing the powers of nature to create everlasting beauty. For the first time, she reveals her secrets so that you can have star-worthy skin.
Return to Center: 52 Weekly Strategies for Peace, Strength, and Joy
by Juliet MadisonImagine feeling more balanced, grounded, peaceful, and happy in your daily life, no matter what challenges are going on around you. Ask yourself, What would it take to be living a life I love? Reclaim your inner peace, fortify your strength, and rediscover joy, one week at a time, from the inside out. This insightful guide offers 52 weeks of "centering" techniques and practical strategies to connect to your inner core and feel more empowered, helping you manifest your true potential. Author Juliet Madison's expertise as a qualified naturopath and self-care coach makes her a trusted guide on the road toward self-empowerment and tranquility for mind, body, and spirit. Return to Center is the ultimate journey in self-care. Cultivate positivity, resilience, and fulfillment, and find the calm you crave by discovering the strength and power that already exist inside you.
Return to Fitness
by Bill KatovskyBill Katovsky was a two-time Hawaii Ironman finisher, a guy who bicycled solo across the U. S. , an endurance athlete who competed in a three-day race mountain bike race across Costa Rica. But through a series of misfortunes, including depression, losing his dog, death in his family, and debilitating health problems, Katovsky went from being a multisport junkie to complete couch potato. He stopped working out. For almost ten years! By the time he hit fifty, he decided it was time for a change. How he fought his way back to fitness is not only a riveting, brutally honest, and ultimately inspiring story, it is also a hands-on guide to help anyone reclaim health and well-being. Katovsky supplements his personal story with those of others successfully making a return to fitness-an astronaut who spent five months in space; a former Wall Street trader who lost seventy-five pounds and became Hawaii’s Fittest CEO; a retired two-time world-champion Hawaii Ironman triathlete with a bum hip that needed replacing, a Yosemite park employee who broke her spine in a hiking accident and is now back on the trails; and a sixty-something business educator who’s had six heart bypasses but still backpacks and goes to the gym. With the advice of personal trainers, fitness experts, and multisport coaches, Katovsky offers a wealth of useful information, including: · Diet and nutrition-what you need to know for a healthy body · How aging, body fat, and motivation affect physical and mental health; and why exercise is good for depression · Successfully building a proper aerobic and strength base –workouts you can do at home! · Tips for injury prevention – from avoiding overtraining to why stretching isn’t recommended· Learning the right way to run and getting back on the bike
Return to Fitness
by Bill KatovskyBill Katovsky was a two-time Hawaii Ironman finisher, a guy who bicycled solo across the U.S., an endurance athlete who competed in a three-day race mountain bike race across Costa Rica. But through a series of misfortunes, including depression, losing his dog, death in his family, and debilitating health problems, Katovsky went from being a multisport junkie to complete couch potato. He stopped working out. For almost ten years! By the time he hit fifty, he decided it was time for a change. How he fought his way back to fitness is not only a riveting, brutally honest, and ultimately inspiring story, it is also a hands-on guide to help anyone reclaim health and well-being. Katovsky supplements his personal story with those of others successfully making a return to fitness--an astronaut who spent five months in space; a former Wall Street trader who lost seventy-five pounds and became Hawaii's Fittest CEO; a retired two-time world-champion Hawaii Ironman triathlete with a bum hip that needed replacing, a Yosemite park employee who broke her spine in a hiking accident and is now back on the trails; and a sixty-something business educator who's had six heart bypasses but still backpacks and goes to the gym. With the advice of personal trainers, fitness experts, and multisport coaches, Katovsky offers a wealth of useful information, including: · Diet and nutrition--what you need to know for a healthy body· How aging, body fat, and motivation affect physical and mental health; and why exercise is good for depression· Successfully building a proper aerobic and strength base -workouts you can do at home!· Tips for injury prevention - from avoiding overtraining to why stretching isn't recommended· Learning the right way to run and getting back on the bike 10 fitness and health facts found in this important new book:1. Dieting without exercise leads to an increase in body fat and even more weight gain once the dieting ends.2. An active overweight person is healthier and lives longer than an inactive, skinny person.3. You can not spot-reduce belly fat (something the weight-loss and ab-gizmo infomercials won't tell you); and why the "plank" is better than situps or crunches for strengthening the core.4. Exercise can lessen stress and curb depression with no side-effects, unlike taking anti-depressants.5. There is no scientific or medical evidence that body detoxification or all-juice fasting is either healthy or safe.6. Most running injuries are caused by the overly built-up running shoe that forces runners to land on their heel, not middle of the foot.7. It's cheaper to pay as you go at the gym, and not buy a monthly or annual membership; gym members attend on average only four times a month!8. The best thing for a muscle or joint injury is not bed rest, but physical activity!9. Who is the queen of Hollywood workouts? Answer: Renee Zellweger who swims, practices yoga, jogs up to five miles several times a week, and regularly hits the gym with circuit training.10. The best measurement of body fitness is not the bathroom scale, since fat weighs less than muscle, but waist size.
Return to Fitness
by Bill KatovskyBill Katovsky was a two-time Hawaii Ironman finisher, a guy who bicycled solo across the U.S., an endurance athlete who competed in a three-day race mountain bike race across Costa Rica. But through a series of misfortunes, including depression, losing his dog, death in his family, and debilitating health problems, Katovsky went from being a multisport junkie to complete couch potato. He stopped working out. For almost ten years! By the time he hit fifty, he decided it was time for a change. How he fought his way back to fitness is not only a riveting, brutally honest, and ultimately inspiring story, it is also a hands-on guide to help anyone reclaim health and well-being. Katovsky supplements his personal story with those of others successfully making a return to fitness--an astronaut who spent five months in space; a former Wall Street trader who lost seventy-five pounds and became Hawaii's Fittest CEO; a retired two-time world-champion Hawaii Ironman triathlete with a bum hip that needed replacing, a Yosemite park employee who broke her spine in a hiking accident and is now back on the trails; and a sixty-something business educator who's had six heart bypasses but still backpacks and goes to the gym. With the advice of personal trainers, fitness experts, and multisport coaches, Katovsky offers a wealth of useful information, including: · Diet and nutrition--what you need to know for a healthy body· How aging, body fat, and motivation affect physical and mental health; and why exercise is good for depression· Successfully building a proper aerobic and strength base -workouts you can do at home!· Tips for injury prevention - from avoiding overtraining to why stretching isn't recommended· Learning the right way to run and getting back on the bike 10 fitness and health facts found in this important new book:1. Dieting without exercise leads to an increase in body fat and even more weight gain once the dieting ends.2. An active overweight person is healthier and lives longer than an inactive, skinny person.3. You can not spot-reduce belly fat (something the weight-loss and ab-gizmo infomercials won't tell you); and why the "plank" is better than situps or crunches for strengthening the core.4. Exercise can lessen stress and curb depression with no side-effects, unlike taking anti-depressants.5. There is no scientific or medical evidence that body detoxification or all-juice fasting is either healthy or safe.6. Most running injuries are caused by the overly built-up running shoe that forces runners to land on their heel, not middle of the foot.7. It's cheaper to pay as you go at the gym, and not buy a monthly or annual membership; gym members attend on average only four times a month!8. The best thing for a muscle or joint injury is not bed rest, but physical activity!9. Who is the queen of Hollywood workouts? Answer: Renee Zellweger who swims, practices yoga, jogs up to five miles several times a week, and regularly hits the gym with circuit training.10. The best measurement of body fitness is not the bathroom scale, since fat weighs less than muscle, but waist size.
Return to Fitness
by Bill KatovskyFrom the coauthor of "Bike for Life" and founder of "Tri-Athlete Magazine," comes an indispensable guide to regaining health and fitness after illness, inactivity, or injury
Return to Life Through Contrology
by Joseph H. Pilates William John Miller2014 Reprint of 1945 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. <p><p> "Return to Life Through Contrology" is essential Pilates reading. In this one small book, Joseph Pilates conveys the breadth and power of the Pilates method. Covering philosophy and technique, Pilates outlines the effective and enduring approach to whole body health that is one of the fastest growing fitness trends in the world. "Contrology" related to encouraging the use of the mind to control muscles, focusing attention on core postural muscles that help keep the body balanced and provide support for the spine. In particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and of alignment of the spine, and strengthen the deep torso and abdominal muscles.
Return to Sex and Intimacy: For Cancer Survivors and Their Partners
by Michael Russer Jacqueline LopezWhat can a fully impotent, chemically castrated, survivor of two cancers and his post-menopausal partner possibly share about sex, intimacy and relationships? Everything! - including a world of extraordinary emotional, sexual and spiritual intimacy most couples cannot even fathom possible. <p><p> Whether your relationship is impacted by impotence, cancer or not, this groundbreaking book is your proven guide to profound relationship fulfillment on all levels that only gets better over time, regardless of circumstances.
Return to the Brain of Eden: Restoring the Connection between Neurochemistry and Consciousness
by Tony Wright Dennis J. Mckenna Graham GynnAn exploration of our fall from the pinnacle of human evolution 200,000 years ago and how we can begin our return • Explores recent neurological and psychological research on the brain and the role of plant biochemistry in human brain expansion • Explains how humanity’s prehistoric diet change led to a neurodegenerative condition characterized by aggression and a fearful perception of the world • Outlines a strategy of raw foods, tantric sexuality, shamanic practices, and entheogens to reverse our mental degeneration and restore our advanced abilities Over a period of a million years the human brain expanded at an increasingly rapid rate, and then, 200,000 years ago, the expansion abruptly stopped. Modern science has overlooked this in order to maintain that we are at the pinnacle of our evolution. However, the halt in brain expansion explains not only recently uncovered anomalies within the human brain but also the global traditions of an earthly paradise lost and of humanity’s degeneration from our original state of perpetual wonder and joy. Drawing on more than 20 years of research, authors Tony Wright and Graham Gynn explore how our modern brains are performing far below their potential and how we can unlock our higher abilities and return to the euphoria of Eden. They explain how for millions of years early forest-dwelling humans were primarily consuming the hormone-rich sex organs of plants--fruit--each containing a highly complex biochemical cocktail evolved to influence DNA transcription, rapid brain development, and elevated neural and pineal gland activity. Citing recent neurological and psychological studies, the authors explain how the loss of our symbiotic fruit-based diet led to a progressive neurodegenerative condition characterized by aggressive behaviors, a fearful perception of the world, and the suppression of higher artistic, mathematical, and spiritual abilities. The authors show how many shamanic and spiritual traditions were developed to counteract our decline. They outline a strategy of raw foods, tantric sexuality, shamanic practices, and entheogen use to reverse our degeneration, restore our connection with the plant world, and regain the bliss and peace of the brain of Eden.
Return to the Sacred: Ancient Pathways To Spiritual Awakening
by Jonathan EllerbyAre you looking for inner peace? Do you seek a deeper understanding of yourself and the spiritual world? Have you followed the popular prescriptions for enlightenment and still found yourself unsatisfied? <P><P>Return to The Sacred is a fascinating guide that will help you understand the importance of spiritual practice and the great diversity of paths that are available to you. This is a book that does more than provide philosophy and inspiration; it gives you the freedom to find a path that works for you and the knowledge to experience the answers for yourself. You’ll learn about the time-tested tools of spiritual growth that will help you discover extraordinary depths of wisdom, power, and peace. <P><P> Return to The Sacred will introduce you to the 12 Master Paths and Practices that have transformed the lives of countless saints, mystics, masters, and sages since the beginning of history. In this book, you’ll find what you need to discover your spiritual personality and choose the path that will lead you toward the realization of boundless joy and a lifelong journey of meaning. Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D., weaves threads of personal growth and comparative religion into captivating true tales of spiritual adventures with teachers and healers around the world. <P><P>Through colorful stories and clear reflections, he presents a perspective that reveals the rewards of spiritual practice, and a realistic understanding of the deep commitments and challenging steps along the way. Return to The Sacred is an inspiring journey around the globe and into the furthest reaches of Spirit.
Returning Home to Our Bodies: Reimagining the Relationship Between Our Bodies and the World--Practices for connecting somatics, nature, and social change
by Abigail Rose ClarkeFor readers of adrienne maree brown, Staci K. Haines, and Robin Wall KimmererA body-based healing model that interrogates what we&’ve been wrongly taught about hierarchies of nature and the body—and pushes back against the white supremacy, colonialism, patriarchy, and capitalism embedded in modern embodiment practices.Pushing back against a consumerist, pleasure-centric somatics industry that privileges product over process, Abigail Rose Clarke reminds us that truly meaningful embodiment practice nurtures our relationships among self, nature, and community.Combining the rigor of the scientific method with the poetry and lyricism of movement and somatic studies, Clarke&’s somatic learning system—The Embodied Life Method—centers the body as a guide through today&’s most seemingly intractable social and environmental challenges, reclaiming the body as a source of liberatory comfort in times of great uncertainty and yet, possibility. With tools and practices to help us better understand and dismantle the many ways our bodies are weaponized to serve domination systems, topics covered include:Harnessing the vitality of curiosity and experimentationUsing nature as a guide to possibilityEmbracing the necessity of differenceExposing the lie of universal isolationDismantling the fallacy of hierarchyUncovering the truth of endless capacityAwe as a driving force for transformationWith methods honed over decades of inquiry, teaching, and practice, Returning Home to Our Bodies provides a lucid, body-based model of healing and restoration—one that imagines a world beyond systems of domination, marginalization, and isolation to nurture embodied, whole-community liberation.
Returning to the Source: Han Dynasty Medical Classics in Modern Clinical Practice
by Professor Z'Ev Rosenberg Ken Rose Dr Sabine Wilms Blair ThornleyChinese Medicine constantly refers back to its sources in order to initiate the new. Its source code is in the Han Dynasty medical classics, and in this handbook esteemed practitioner and educator Professor Z'ev Rosenberg shares the knowledge from his study of these classic texts and his experiences treating difficult cases. In the tradition of the scholar-physician commentaries, Z'ev Rosenberg comments on the Simple Questions that introduce the core principles of the Inner Canon; explaining how these inform his methodology of diagnosis and advising on how biomedical diseases can be retranslated into sophisticated Chinese medical diagnoses including patterns of differentiation, sequential diagnosis, synchronicity, season, climate and environment. He discusses how Chinese medicine can use unique diagnostic parameters to rebalance the landscape and chronobiology of the body and address the greatest clinical challenges of our time, including the contemporary epidemic of autoimmune disorders.
Revealing Heaven: The Eyewitness Accounts That Changed How a Pastor Thinks About the Afterlife
by John W. PriceIn Revealing Heaven, Reverend John W. Price makes the case for how near-death experiences can be gifts from God and are fully compatible with Christian spirituality and the Bible. As a pastor open to near-death experiences, he has heard more than 200 personal accounts of this phenomena.Todd Burpo's bestelling book Heaven Is for Real, the story of a young child’s near-death experience, has validated the existence of heaven and of God for many. Yet there are Christians who remain uncomfortable with the idea of near-death experiences; they wonder if these events are in line with the Bible and Christian teaching.In Revealing Heaven: The Christian Case for Near-Death Experiences, Reverend Price shares compelling testimonies that prove that Christians can not only trust near-death experiences as valid and consistent with Biblical teaching, but he demonstrates how they can help us understand death, grief, and what happens after this life is over, and provides ample reasons for us to be open to these amazing stories and to hope for what we’ve always dreamed about.
Revealing The New Age Jesus: Challenges To Orthodox Views Of Christ
by Douglas GroothuisThe New Age movement spreads more and more confusing ideas about the identity of Jesus Christ. Now Douglas Groothuis examines the claims of leading New Age thinkers, comparing their picture of Jesus with the teachings of biblical Christianity. Meeting New Age beliefs about Jesus head-on, he demonstrates how the Bible gives a trustworthy record of the man who forever changed world history. This compelling book is the first to consider both Orthodox and New Age views of Jesus. It is an understandable introduction to the claims and work of Jesus Christ for all seekers. It appeals to anyone who wants to know more about the Jesus of Scripture and history.
Revelaciones para sanar con Medicina China: La sabiduría milenaria a tu alcance
by Lina Rubiano"Esta lectura te ayudará a ser tu propio médico en el área del autocuidado preventivo, de tal forma que puedas ayudar a tu médico a proteger y mejorar tu salud". Dra. Elsa Lucía Arango ¿Tienes espasmos musculares, ojos secos y acné? ¿Tus menstruaciones son abundantes y dolorosas? ¿Se te cae el pelo, te duelen las rodillas y sufres de fatiga? ¿Estás irritable, tienes insomnio y te cuesta bajar de peso? En la medicina occidental cada síntoma debe tratarlo un especialista diferente, mientras que la Medicina China demuestra que el origen de la enfermedad está en el desequilibrio de un órgano o víscera y los trata directamente. La Medicina China, con 5.000 años de antigüedad, nos enseña que el cuerpo, la mente y las emociones están interrelacionados y son indivisibles: somos un todo y no la suma de las partes. Por eso, los pensamientos y las emociones afectan al cuerpo de la misma forma como los alimentos afectan a la mente. La doctora Lina Rubiano recoge las enseñanzas que recibió de sus maestros en China y capítulo a capítulo revisa las funciones de cada órgano, los síntomas que revelan fallas y las herramientas para revertir el daño a través de terapias milenarias. Con este conocimiento será más fácil despertar la sabiduría de tu cuerpo y su capacidad de sanar.
Revelación a Baron A. Deschauer
by Baron Alexander DeschauerDESCRIPCIÓN DEL LIBRO Este libro establece el secreto de estar contento y feliz. Establece el significado de la vida. Establece las infinitas posibilidades disponibles para todos nosotros. Este libro está escrito de una manera que todos puedan entender sin referencia a personas vivas o muertas ni que requieren años de estudio filosófico o teológico. Presenta ideas que trascienden barreras sociales, económicas y académicas. Como un espejo refleja la imagen del espectador, este libro reflejará los pensamientos y experiencias del lector. El objetivo de este libro es tener una mayor comprensión por parte del lector de sí misma y su conexión absoluta con todos los seres vivos. Para tener un mayor efecto, se recomienda leer los capítulos en voz alta.
Revelações a Baron A. Deschauer
by Baron Alexander DeschauerEste livro define o segredo de ser feliz e contente. Ele define o significado da vida. Ele define as infinitas possibilidades que estão disponíveis para todos nós. Este livro é escrito de uma maneira que todos possam entender, sem referência a pessoas vivas ou mortas, nem exigindo anos de estudo filosófico ou teológico. Apresenta idéias que transcendem as barreiras sociais, econômicas e acadêmicas. Como um espelho reflete a imagem do espectador, este livro refletirá os pensamentos e experiências do leitor. O objetivo deste livro é oferecer ao leitor uma maior compreensão sobre si mesmo e de sua conexão absoluta com todas as coisas vivas
Revenge of the Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance is Undermining the Antibiotic Miracle (ASM Books)
by Brenda A. Wilson Brian T. HoRevenge of the Microbes “What is antibiotic resistance, and why should I care?” Two decades after the first edition of Revenge of the Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance Is Undermining the Antibiotic Miracle warned of the looming threat of antibiotic resistance, it is now upon us. Not only has the spread of antibiotic resistance continued unabated, but the emergence of multidrug-resistant “superbugs” is poised to set medical progress back centuries. Several distinct biological, social, economic, and technological factors have resulted in us only barely keeping pace with these new threats. In this edition of Revenge of the Microbes, the authors detail the intricacies of the antibiotic-microbe arms race. Beginning with a historical perspective on antibiotics and their profound impact on both modern medicine and present-day society, they review our current arsenal against infectious diseases and the various ways pathogens evade or overcome them. The authors examine the practices and policies driving the discovery and development of new antibiotics, what happens to antibiotics once they are released into the environment, how antibiotic-resistant bacteria evolve and spread, and the urgency for finding alternative approaches to combating infections. This discussion of the controversies surrounding antibiotics will empower readers—citizen scientists, policy makers, pharmaceutical researchers, and medical professionals alike—to generate informed opinions on antibiotic usage and stewardship as we contend with fewer effective antibiotics. Reader-friendly and comprehensible, this new edition of Revenge of the Microbes engages a diverse audience of scientists, clinicians, educators, students, lawyers, environmentalists, and public health advocates as it explores the ever-changing landscape of the antibiotic resistance crisis. For anyone interested in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), this is a completely approachable 360-degree view of a very complex topic. The authors don’t dilute the science but manage to deliver it in language and examples that everyone can digest. Don’t miss the “Points to Ponder” at the end of each chapter. These thought-provoking nuggets will inspire creative thinking even in the most experienced AMR authorities. — JEAN B. PATEL, PhD, D(ABMM), Principle Scientist, Scientific Affairs, Microbiology, Beckman Coulter; former Science Team Lead, Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit, CDC