Jeffrey Stephens: 6 books

Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases remain the number one cause of death in developed countries and their prevalence is increasing rapidly in developing nations. This book brings together the recent information on these disorders and the links that exist between them in order to provide a complete...

The issue of spiritual growth has been a cloudy one for many believers. If you were to ask them how to grow spiritually, they are apt to say, Read your Bible, attend church, and pray, as if spiritual growth happens by osmosis. So what does it take to cultivate spiritual growth? What do believers need...

How does the Book of Mormon, keystone of the LDS faith, stand up to data about DNA sequencing that puts the ancestors of modern Native Americans in northeast Asia instead of Palestine? In Who Are the Children of Lehi? Meldrum and Stephens examine the merits and the fallacies of DNA-based interpretations...

 Scientists discover more every day about how life developed on Earth. Details that stream in from the new field of molecular biology rival the ongoing findings of paleontologists as they fill in the missing pieces in the fossil record. Professors Stephens and Meldrum, aided by the perspective of...

When one of Randi Conway's psychotherapy patients is found dead of a gunshot wound, the investigation is turned over to Detective Anthony Walker. A former New York City cop, Walker now serves on the police force of an affluent community in Fairfield County, Connecticut. He lives among the privileged...

From bookshelves overflowing with self-help books to scholarly treatises on neurobiology to late-night infomercials that promise to make you happier, healthier, and smarter with the acquisition of just a few simple practices, the discourse of habit is a staple of contemporary culture high and low....