Hurricane Katrina
Edited by John Brown Childs
Price: $10.00
North Atlantic Books
The voices gathered in this book represent critical and personal responses to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. They are a second volley following the immediate journalism, and suggest the kind of dialogue, critical analysis and hopeful spirit that will be necessary in the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast. All essays were...
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Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
Volume Two
Written by Michael J. Shea
Price: $39.95
North Atlantic Books
The first volume of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy presented the basics of craniosacral therapy as a gentle, compassionate healing art that can be used by psychologists, midwives, chiropractors, and massage and physical therapists. In this second volume, author Michael Shea goes deeper into the entire biodynamic paradigm, analyzing the relationship of trauma...
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Creating Peace by Being Peace
The Essene Sevenfold Path
Written by Gabriel Cousens MD
Price: $17.95
North Atlantic Books
Representing a synthesis of the author’s decades of multidisciplinary work in meditation, psychiatry, psychotherapy, and spirituality, Creating Peace by Being Peace guides readers in creating peace on seven levels of engagement, from the body to the ecology to God. Author Gabriel Cousens addresses the increasingly urgent need to transform humankind with...
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Living in the Moment
A Prescription for the Soul
Written by Gary Null, Ph.D.
Price: $23.95
North Atlantic Books
Anecdotal and reflective, Living in the Moment comprises health expert Dr. Gary Null’s lifetime of observation and wisdom. Following Einstein’s belief that “we can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them,” Null offers fresh, paradigm-breaking solutions to living our life to its fullest...
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Poems for New Orleans
Written by Edward Sanders
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
The indomitable spirit of the people of New Orleans is the focus of this powerful suite of poems by counterculture icon Ed Sanders. The book begins with a series of vivid evocations of key events and personalities in the city’s history, then brings this colorful legacy into the present with the...
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The Concise Book of Muscles, Revised Edition
Written by Chris Jarmey
Price: $29.95
North Atlantic Books
A clear, simple guide for students of anatomy as well as an excellent resource for athletes, massage therapists, and anyone interested in the workings of the human body, this user-friendly book is organized around six muscle groups. They include muscles of the face head, and neck; the trunk; the shoulder and...
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Belonging
New Poetry by Iranians Around the World
Edited by Niloufar Talebi
Price: $18.95
North Atlantic Books
Recent political developments, including the shadow of a new war, have obscured the fact that Iran has a long and splendid artistic tradition ranging from the visual arts to literature. Western readers may have some awareness of the Iranian novel thanks to a few breakout successes like Reading Lolita in Tehran...
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Acupuncture and the Chakra Energy System
Treating the Cause of Disease
Written by John R. Cross
Price: $19.95
North Atlantic Books
Acupuncture and the chakra energy system have both become increasingly mainstream in the West, but rarely have the two approaches been joined into one practice. Acupuncture and the Chakra Energy System: Treating the Cause of Disease does just that. By comparing the traditional approaches of Chinese medicine and modern Western acupuncture...
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The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook
Recipes and Stories from a Zen Retreat Center
Written by Nadia Natali, Illustrated by Marica Natali Thompson
Price: $21.95
North Atlantic Books
The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook, based on Cooking Off the Grid, also by Nadia Natali, blends 126 tasty, healthful recipes with lively tales of the Natali family’s adventures living close to the land—in the wilds of California’s Los Padres National Forest. Nadia Natali's varied dishes, suitable for any group or family...
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Health Is Simple, Disease Is Complicated
Written by James Forleo, DC
Price: $22.95
North Atlantic Books
In this breakthrough book, Dr. James Forleo proposes a return to the body as the site of self-healing. The problem, he says, is that we don’t understand the language of signs and symptoms it uses to communicate its healing messages. Health Is Simple helps readers decipher that language and access the...
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Homeopathy for Your Cat
Remedies for Common Feline Ailments
Written by Dr. H.G. Wolff
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
Written for both the cat lover, as well as veterinarians, breeders, and show exhibitors who deal professionally with felines, Homeopathy for Your Cat offers detailed, authoritative information on a wide variety of homeopathic treatments available for common cat ailments. Written in an engaging, empathetic style by a respected German veterinarian, the...
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A Practical Guide to Acu-points
Written by Chris Jarmey and Ilaira Bouratinos
Price: $35.00
North Atlantic Books
An understanding of acu-points is vital not only for acupuncturists but also for bodyworkers. This user-friendly manual contains current, comprehensive information for both groups, with special emphasis on how shiatsu and tuina therapists can best utilize “point knowledge” in their practice. Renowned experts Chris Jarmey and Ilaira Bouratinos use succinct text...
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Guarding Hanna
Written by Miha Mazzini
Price: $15.95
North Atlantic Books
Abandoned at birth because he has the face of a “prize boar,” the unnamed narrator of Guarding Hanna knows only a local Berlin gang as family. Patriarch Maestro acts as surrogate father, employing him to collect debts and perform thuggish tasks. Except for brief moments interacting with the gang, “the beast”...
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The Earthwise Herbal
A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants
Written by Matthew Wood
Price: $32.95
North Atlantic Books
Noted herbalist Matthew Wood brings twenty-five years of clinical experience to this comprehensive book on medicinal plants. The first in a two-volume set, The Earthwise Herbal profiles Old World plants (volume two will treat American plants). Organized alphabetically, the book encompasses all of the major—and many of the secondary—herbs of traditional...
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The Sacred Path Beyond Trauma
Reaching the Divine Through Nature's Healing Symbols
Written by Ellen Macfarland, Ph.D., Foreword by Robert Romanyshyn
Price: $16.95
North Atlantic Books
One of Graham Greene’s characters famously said, “I suffer, therefore I am,” suggesting that pain is an inescapable, and perhaps incurable, part of the human condition. But must this be so? Ellen Macfarland argues otherwise in The Sacred Beyond Trauma. Through the use of mythology, stories from film and fiction, real-life...
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Anatomy of the Moving Body
A Basic Course in Bones, Muscles, and Joints
Written by Theodore Dimon, Jr., Illustrated by John Qualter
Price: $21.95
North Atlantic Books
Learning anatomy requires more than pictures and labels; it requires a way "into" the subject, a means of making sense of what is being shown. Anatomy of the Moving Body addresses that need with a simple yet complete study of the body's complex system of bones, muscles, and joints and how...
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Sacred Commerce
Business as a Path of Awakening
Written by Matthew Engelhart and Terces Engelhart
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
In this timely book, authors Matthew and Terces Engelhart present the idea that love before appearances is the antidote to our spiritual, environmental, and social degradation. Exploring topics such as mission statements, manager as coach, human resources as a sacred culture, and inspirational meetings, they offer a manual for building a...
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The Bardo of Waking Life
Written by Richard Grossinger
Price: $15.95
North Atlantic Books
An avant garde set of improvisational essays, Richard Grossinger’s The Bardo of Waking Life is a meditation on the Tibetan Buddhist bardo realm which, in popular culture, is viewed as the bridge between lives, the state people enter after death and before rebirth. This book examines waking life and its history...
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CranioSacral Therapy
What It Is, How It Works
Contribution by John E. Upledger, Donald Ash, Richard Grossinger and Don Cohen
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
With the troubling side effects and surging costs of medications and surgery, Americans are increasingly turning to CranioSacral Therapy as an effective, drug-free, and non-invasive therapy. A gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the function of the craniosacral system — the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the...
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Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat
The Secret Science Behind Physical Transformation
Written by Ori Hofmekler
Price: $16.95
North Atlantic Books
Diet and fitness books appear at a dizzying rate – and with a wealth of dubious claims – in a culture facing increasing health problems based on a sedentary lifestyle. Ori Hofmekler’s Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat pulls out of the pack by focusing on the biological principles that dictate muscle gain...
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Fresh
The Ultimate Live-Food Cookbook
Written by Sergei Boutenko and Valya Boutenko
Price: $18.95
North Atlantic Books
Cookbooks need not—indeed, should not—involve cooking, say the authors of this authoritative, beautifully illustrated book. And they should know. Sergei and Vayla Boutenko bring fifteen years’ experience to this collection of scrumptious, sophisticated recipes and comprehensive guide to the raw life.
Fresh covers the whole range of recipes, including savory dishes...
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Harmonic Healing
A Guide to Facilitated Oscillatory Release and Other Rhythmic Myofascial Techniques
Written by Zachary Comeaux
Price: $22.95
North Atlantic Books
Connective tissue release, or myofascial release, is a major component of manual therapies, including osteopathic medicine. Most methods involve placing the patient in a passive, relaxed position for diagnosis and treatment. However, many practitioners have intuitively sensed that rhythmic motion should be a component of therapy, and increasingly include it in...
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The Sunfood Diet Success System
Written by David Wolfe
Price: $49.95
North Atlantic Books
Since its first publication, The Sunfood Diet Success System has been the definitive book on the raw food lifestyle. Now after more than seven years, David Wolfe has rigorously rewritten the entire book, beginning to end, in order to offer the most complete, up-to-date nutrition information possible. No where else will...
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Amazing Grace
The Nine Principles of Living in Natural Magic
Written by David Wolfe, Contribution by Nick Good
Price: $16.95
North Atlantic Books
It’s official; embraced by everyone from stars like Uma Thurman and Woody Harrelson to average people who are seeking the best health possible, raw food and the live food lifestyle is “in.” But making that transition can be a challenge. That’s where Amazing Grace comes in. Written by raw-foods authority David...
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Angels Beneath the Surface
A Selection of Contemporary Slovene Fiction
Edited by Mitja Cander and Tom Priestly, Introduction by Ales Steger
Price: $15.95
North Atlantic Books
With a per capita publishing rate of more that three times that of the United States, Slovenia has a long and storied literary history, from the legendary 9th-century Freising Manuscripts to postmodern masterpieces by Igor Bratoz. Continuing that tradition, Angels Beneath the Surface, the first collection of Slovene fiction to...
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