Atlantic Books: 762 books
Jubbs Cell Rejuvenation
Colloidal Biology: A Symbiosis
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
According to David Jubb, who has done the breakthrough work in this realm, life extension and health optimization require protein and antioxidant synthesis. Colloids of life and lifecolloids (spores), he says, are the real primordial building blocks of life, not the body cells. These colloids comprise...
by Martin Suter
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
A thriller and love story that has gripped readers across Europe, filled with culinary exploits and sexual adventures, and includes 16 recipes
As the financial crisis tightens its grip on Europe, the gilded world of Zurich's leading restaurant, Chez Huwyler, seems immune to plunging stock...
The Anatomy of Stretching, Second Edition
Your Illustrated Guide to Flexibility and Injury Rehabilitation
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
The multiple stresses of contemporary life—whether from excessive sports play, overwork, or overuse of technology—are increasingly taking a toll on the body. Symptoms range from muscle soreness and pain to pinched nerves to potentially more permanent disabilities, including serious body injuries....
Blue Mauritius
The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Follow the adventures of the world's most sought-after postage stamps—from a tropical Indian Ocean island to the hushed atmosphere of the modern auction room—in this dramatic and passionate tale of the first stamp hunters. In September 1847 colored squares of paper were stuck on to envelopes and...
The Vital Glutes
Connecting the Gait Cycle to Pain and Dysfunction
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
In The Vital Glutes, author and respected bodywork specialist John Gibbons looks at one of the most neglected areas of the body: the gluteal muscles. Hetakes readers on a fascinating journey of enlightenment, teaching us to recognize pain and dysfunctional patterns that arise from the gluteal muscles....
The Art of Somatic Coaching
Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
The Art of Somatic Coaching introduces the concepts and principles of coaching with practices that include body awareness, bodywork, and mindfulness for both the coach and the client. Author and expert coach, Richard Strozzi-Heckler, PhD, explains that in order to achieve truly sustainable changes...
The Smell of Rain on Dust
Grief and Praise
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martín Prechtel, trained in the Tzutujil Maya shamanic tradition, shares profound insights on the relationship between grief and praise in our culture--how the inability that many of us have to grieve and weep properly for the...
by David Mckie
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
In Bright Particular Stars, David McKie examines the impact of 26 remarkable British eccentrics on 26 unremarkable British locations. From Broadway in the Cotswolds, where the Victorian bibliomaniac Sir Thomas Phillipps nurtured dreams of possessing every book in the world, to Kilwinning in Scotland,...
May I Be Frank
How I Changed My Ways, Lost 100 Pounds, and Found Love Again
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
"What happens when Tony Soprano meets Deepak Chopra? That's how people have described my story. I might throw some Woody Allen in there and a dash of Hunter S. Thompson." So says Frank Ferrante of his amazing journey from obesity and drug addiction to vibrant health and happiness.
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Union Jack
The Story of the British Flag
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Known the world over as a symbol of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack is an intricate construction based on the crosses of St, George, St, Andrew and St, Patrick. Nick Groom traces its long and fascinating past, from the development of the Royal Standard and 17th-century clashes over the precise...
Smart Yoga
Apply the Alexander Technique to Enhance Your Practice, Prevent Injury, and Increase Body Awareness
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
David Moore draws on thirty years of teaching to bring fresh and practical insights into how the Alexander Technique can contribute to a safer and more effective yoga practice. With a wealth of illustrations that support the clear, precise explanations, this book offers comprehensive advice in modifying...
Biokinetics and Biodynamics of Human Differentiation
Principles and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Fifty years ago the field of human embryology was incomplete; prior to that time the anatomy of early human embryos was still unknown, and there was much to be learned about the older stages of human embryonic development. It is now understood that human organs result from step-by-step differentiations...
The Seasons
An Elegy for the Passing of the Year
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomized and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? Will it matter if we no longer hear, even notice, the first...
The Souvenir
A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Louise Steinman’s American childhood in the fifties was bound by one unequivocal condition: “Never mention the war to your father.” That silence sustained itself until the fateful day Steinman opened an old ammunition box left behind after her parents’ death. In it she discovered nearly 500...