In a society with epidemic levels of disease, it is sensible to practice the principles of health, and prevent disease. Otherwise you are left treating the symptoms of disease--again--and again--and again. The body is an interrelated system. Except for life threatening situations, the body should be treated as a whole unit--simply--and with recommendations that balance all body functions.Some excellent health-oriented books deal with individual subjects, like nutrition in one book, elimination in another, exercise in another, and personal development in still another....

Despite the dramatic circumstances of its founding, Israel did not inspire sustained, impassioned public discussion among Jews and non-Jews in the United States until Leon Uris's popular novel Exodus was released in 1958. Uris's novel popularized the complicated story of Israel's founding and, in the process, boosted the morale of post-Holocaust Jewry and disseminated in popular culture positive images of Jewish heroism. Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story examines the phenomenon of Exodus and its largely unrecognized influence on post-World War II...

A milestone in modern Jewish history and American ethnic history, the sweeping influence of Louis Marshall s career through the 1920s is unprecedented. A tireless advocate for and leader of an array of notable American Jewish organizations and institutions, Marshall also spearheaded civil rights campaigns for other ethnic groups, blazing the trail for the NAACP, Native American groups, and environmental protection causes in the early twentieth century. No comprehensive biography has been published that does justice to Marshall s richly diverse life as an impassioned defender of Jewish...