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The Intermittent Fasting Revolution: The Science of Optimizing Health and Enhancing Performance
By Mark P. Mattson. 2022
How intermittent fasting can enhance resilience, improve mental and physical performance, and protect against aging and disease.Most of us eat…
three meals a day with a smattering of snacks because we think that&’s the normal, healthy way to eat. This book shows why that&’s not the case. The human body and brain evolved to function well in environments where food could be obtained only intermittently. When we look at the eating patterns of our distant ancestors, we can see that an intermittent fasting eating pattern is normal—and eating three meals a day is not. In The Intermittent Fasting Revolution, prominent neuroscientist Mark Mattson shows that intermittent fasting is not only normal but also good for us; it can enhance our ability to cope with stress by making cells more resilient. It also improves mental and physical performance and protects against aging and disease. Intermittent fasting is not the latest fad diet; it doesn&’t dictate food choice or quantity. It doesn&’t make money for the pharmaceutical, processed food, or health care industries. Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that includes frequent periods of time with little or negligible amounts of food. It is often accompanied by weight loss, but, Mattson says, studies show that its remarkable beneficial effects cannot be accounted for by weight loss alone.Mattson—whose pioneering research uncovered the ways that the brain responds to fasting and exercise—explains how thriving while fasting became an evolutionary adaptation. He describes the specific ways that intermittent fasting slows aging; reduces the risk of diseases, including obesity, Alzheimer&’s, and diabetes; and improves both brain and body performance. He also offers practical advice on adopting an intermittent fasting eating pattern as well as information for parents and physicians.Refugees on the Move: Crisis and Response in Turkey and Europe (Forced Migration #45)
By Erol Balkan, Zümray Kutlu Tonak. 2022
Refugees on the Move highlights and explores the profound complexities of the current refugee issue by focusing specifically on Syrian…
refugees in Turkey and other European countries and responses from the host countries involved. It examines the causes of the movement of refugee populations, the difficulties they face during their journeys, the daily challenges and obstacles they experience, and host governments’ attempts to manage and overcome the so-called “refugee crisis.”Ansiosos por nada (Edición para lectores jóvenes): Superando la ansiedad y la soledad
By Max Lucado, Andrea Lucado. 2022
Escrito para niños de 8 a 12 años para ayudar a los lectores jóvenes a superar la ansiedad y las…
presiones del mundo actual y llegar a una comprensión más profunda de la presencia constante y amorosa de Dios.En esta época caótica de las redes sociales, las agendas repletas y la creciente conciencia de los problemas del mundo, es normal que los jóvenes se sientan a veces abrumados. Pero la buena noticia del Evangelio no ha cambiado. Este libro alentador es la herramienta perfecta para ayudar a los preadolescentes a tomar control de sus sentimientos y elegir centrarse en la verdad de Dios.Este libro tan necesario adapta el contenido de Nunca estás solo y de Ansiosos por nada. Con la autenticidad que lo han convertido en un pastor y escritor muy querido, Max Lucado ofrece a los jóvenes lectores:esperanza bíblica y poderosas estrategias para ayudarles a florecer bajo las crecientes luchas de los años de la enseñanza de escuela mediaverdades que pueden reclamar en los momentos difícilesformas prácticas para trabajar con sus preocupaciones y confiar en la fidelidad de DiosEsta edición especial de Ansiosos por nada también incluye:una nota del autor para los niñospreguntas de aplicación apropiadas para la edad, sugerencias para el diario y actividades que guían a los niños en la atención centrada en Cristonotas e infografías con versículos clave, datos y conclusionesbarras laterales que abordan el estrés relacionado con la tecnologíaPráctico, motivador y con fundamento bíblico, Ansiosos por nada (edición para jóvenes lectores) es un libro oportuno para cualquier preadolescente que a veces se sienta abrumado, solo o ansioso, o que simplemente quiera conocer más la abundante alegría y paz de Dios.Anxious for Nothing (Young Readers&’ Edition)Written for kids ages 8-12, this Bible-based bookhelps young people overcome the anxiety and pressures of today's world and come to a deeper understanding of God's constant, loving presence.In this chaotic age of social media, packed schedules, and an increasing awareness of the world's problems, it's normal for young people to feel overwhelmed sometimes. But the good news of the gospel has not changed. This encouraging book is the perfect tool to help tweens take control of their feelings and choose to focus on God's truth.This much-needed book adapts content from You Are Not Alone as well as from Anxious for Nothing. With the authenticity that has made him a beloved pastor and writer, Max Lucado offers young readers:biblical hope and powerful strategies to help them flourish under the mounting struggles of the middlegrade yearstruths to claim for themselves in difficult momentspractical ways to work through their worries and rely on God's faithfulnessThis special edition of Anxious for Nothing also includes:a note to kids from the authorage-appropriate application questions, journal prompts, and activities that guide kids in Christ-focused mindfulnesscallouts and infographics featuring key verses, facts, and takeawayssidebars addressing technology-related stressPractical, motivating, and biblically grounded, Anxious for Nothing (Young Readers Edition) is a timely book for any tween who sometimes feels overwhelmed, lonely, or anxious, or who simply wants to know more of God's abundant joy and peace.In An American Brothel, Amanda Boczar considers sexual encounters between American servicemen and civilians throughout the Vietnam War, and she…
places those fraught and sometimes violent meetings in the context of the US military and diplomatic campaigns.In 1966, US Senator J. William Fulbright declared that "Saigon has become an American brothel." Concerned that, as US military involvement in Vietnam increased so, too, had prostitution, black market economies, and a drug trade fueled by American dollars, Fulbright decried an arrogance of power on the part of Americans and the corrosive effects unchecked immorality could have on Vietnam as well as on the war effort. The symbol, at home and abroad, of the sweeping social and cultural changes was often the so-called South Vietnamese bar girl.As the war progressed, peaking in 1968 with more than half a million troops engaged, the behavior of soldiers off the battlefield started to impact affect the conflict more broadly. Beyond the brothel, shocking revelations of rapes and the increase in marriage applications complicated how the South Vietnamese and American allies cooperated and managed social behavior. Strictures on how soldiers conducted themselves during rest and relaxation time away from battle further eroded morale of disaffected servicemen. The South Vietnamese were loath to loosen moral restrictions and feared deleterious influence of a permissive wWestern culture on their society.From the consensual to the coerced, sexual encounters shaped the Vietnam War. Boczar shows that these encounters—sometimes facilitated and sometimes banned by the US military command—restructured the South Vietnamese economy, captivated international attention, dictated military policies, and hung over diplomatic relations during and after the war.Ditch harmful fad diets and weight cycling, learn to respect your body, and eat intuitively with this easy-to-use workbook.Have you ever…
felt trapped in the diet cycle? Do you find yourself swinging back and forth between binging and dieting? Does your weight fluctuate regularly? New studies have shown the incredible negative impacts dieting and weight-cycling have on the body. With The Anti-Diet Workbook, you can regain control over your eating habits and get your life back! Inside you&’ll find: Information on the harms of dieting and the weight-loss industry Key principles for intuitive eating Space to track your journey from dieter to anti-dieter And much more! This book is a great first step in reevaluating your relationship with food and taking control of your health. Written by a registered dietician nutritionist and intuitive eating expert, The Anti-Diet Workbook will help you build habits for a lifetime of health, happiness, and food freedom.Fight for Us: Win Back the Marriage God Intends for You
By Adam Davis, Chad Robichaux. 2022
Fight for Ustakes couples on an inspiring journey into the challenges of battling for their marriage, through gut-wrenching times of…
despair, and then finally to the victory of a renewed relationship grounded in Jesus.Fight for Us delivers a compelling marriage challenge of "five rounds" that teach readers how to develop the never-give-up, never-quit mentality every relationship needs in order to combat the enemy's constant attacks.Utilizing narrative elements from the real-life story of Chad and Kathy Robichaux, readers will learn how Chad's deployments to Afghanistan as a Marine--and subsequent career as an MMA fighter--allowed him to disengage from his emotions, his marriage, and his children. Then, when his crippling PTSD brought him to brink of suicide, Kathy's pastor taught him the "five rounds" of fighting that are necessary in the battle for any marriage:Believe that God loves you and has a purpose for your life.Take responsibility for your actions.Accept that you can't change the evils that you've encountered.Access God's power.Put yourself second.At the end of the rounds, readers will discover God's design for marriage, which saved Chad and Kathy's relationship. Today, they aim to pay it forward and share what they've learned with other couples. Fight for Us features application sections, discussion prompts, affirmations, and Bible verses, all designed to help readers apply the book's key marriage principles.Exhuming Violent Histories: Forensics, Memory, and Rewriting Spain’s Past
By Nicole Iturriaga. 2022
Many years after the fall of Franco’s regime, Spanish human rights activists have turned to new methods to keep the…
memory of state terror alive. By excavating mass graves, exhuming remains, and employing forensic analysis and DNA testing, they seek to provide direct evidence of repression and break through the silence about the dictatorship’s atrocities that persisted well into Spain’s transition to democracy.Nicole Iturriaga offers an ethnographic examination of how Spanish human rights activists use forensic methods to challenge dominant histories, reshape collective memory, and create new forms of transitional justice. She argues that by grounding their claims in science, activists can present themselves as credible and impartial, helping them intervene in fraught public disputes about the remembrance of the past. The perceived legitimacy and authenticity of scientific techniques allows their users to contest the state’s historical claims and offer new narratives of violence in pursuit of long-delayed justice.Iturriaga draws on interviews with technicians and forensics experts and provides a detailed case study of Spain’s best-known forensic human rights organization, the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory. She also considers how the tools and tactics used in Spain can be adopted by human rights and civil society groups pursuing transitional justice in other parts of the world. An ethnographically rich account, Exhuming Violent Histories sheds new light on how science and technology intersect with human rights and collective memory.The Destruction of the Canaanites: God, Genocide, and Biblical Interpretation
By Charlie Trimm. 2022
How can a good God command genocide? In this short, accessible offering, Charlie Trimm provides the resources needed to make sense…
of one of the Bible&’s most difficult ethical problems—the Israelite destruction of the Canaanites as told in the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges. Trimm begins with a survey of important background issues, including the nature of warfare in the ancient Near East, the concept of genocide (with perspectives gleaned from the field of genocide studies), and the history and identity of the Canaanite people. With this foundation in place, he then introduces four possible approaches to reconciling biblical violence:Reevaluating God—concluding that God is not good.Reevaluating the Old Testament—concluding that the Old Testament is not actually a faithful record of God&’s actions.Reevaluating the interpretation of the Old Testament—concluding that the Old Testament does not in fact describe anything like genocide.Reevaluating the nature of violence in the Old Testament—concluding that the mass killing of the Canaanites in the Old Testament was permitted on that one occasion in history.The depth of material provided in concise form makes Trimm&’s book ideal as a supplementary textbook or as a primer for any Christian perturbed by the stories of the destruction of the Canaanites in the Old Testament.In Money Matters for Teens, young writers discuss their financial fears and the strategies they've learned to help them spend…
their money wisely, save for the future, and pay for college. The gap between the richest and the poorest Americans has been growing for decades, and experts predict it will continue to widen. Young people bear the brunt of this inequality because it makes it harder to get a job and to pay for the college education you need to move up the ladder. Political changes could help close the gap, but in the meantime, teens can help prepare themselves for financial independence. In this book, teens write about learning to handle money wisely, to manage their own income, to pay for college, and how our larger economic system determines their financial standing. Essays include: Equal Work, Unequal PayThe Rags to Riches MythJob-Hopping to a CareerI Took a Scam JobJob-Hunting TipsA Guide to Drama-Free BankingMy Credit Card Gave Me False SecurityWe Don't Save It for a Rainy DayHow Am I Supposed to Pay for College?Countdown to Independenceand more! Through these essays, teen readers—as well as their parents, teachers, and caregivers—will pick up new tricks to managing their money but will also be provided a much-needed glimpse into how the world looks to our younger generations.Adventism in America: A History
By Gary Land. 1998
Written by Adventist scholars who felt a need to better establish and understand their denominational identity and the foundation of…
their theological beliefs, this book offers a comprehensive, nonapologetic history of the denomination. Accurate in scholarship, comprehensive in scope, and objective in tone, it synthesizes present knowledge of the history of the Adventist church in America, and lays the basis for further investigation.The Big Book of Restorative Justice: Four Classic Justice & Peacebuilding Books in One Volume (Justice and Peacebuilding)
By Howard Zehr, Kay Pranis, Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, Allan MacRae. 2022
The four most popular restorative justice books in the Justice & Peacebuilding series—The Little Book of Restorative Justice: Revised and…
Updated, The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing, The Little Book of Family Group Conferences, and The Little Book of Circle Processes—in one affordable volume. And now with a new foreword from Howard Zehr, one of the founders of restorative justice!Restorative justice, with its emphasis on identifying the justice needs of everyone involved in a crime, is a worldwide movement of growing influence that is helping victims and communities heal while holding criminals accountable for their actions. This is not a soft-on-crime, feel-good philosophy, but rather a concrete effort to bring justice and healing to everyone involved in a crime. Circle processes draw from the Native American tradition of gathering in a circle to solve problems as a community. Peacemaking circles are used in neighborhoods, in schools, in the workplace, and in social services to support victims of all kinds, resolve behavior problems, and create positive climates.Each book is written by a scholar at the forefront of these movements, making this important reading for classrooms, community leaders, and anyone involved with conflict resolution.Religion, Race, and COVID-19: Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic (Religion and Social Transformation)
By Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas. 2022
Examines how the dynamics emerging from the pandemic affect our most vulnerable populations and shape a new religious landscapeThe COVID-19…
pandemic upset virtually every facet of society and, in many cases, exposed gross inequality and dysfunction. The particular dynamics emerging from the coronavirus pandemic have been felt most intensely by America’s most vulnerable populations, who are disproportionately people of color and the working poor, the people whom the Bible refers to as “the least of these.”This book makes the case that the pandemic was not just a medical phenomenon, or an economic or social one, but also a religious one. Religious practice has been altered in profound ways. Controversies around religious freedom have been re-ignited over debates concerning whether government can restrict church services. Christian white supremacists not only defied shelter in place orders, but found new ways to propagate racist attacks, with their White Christian identity fueling their reactions to the pandemic. Some religious leaders, including those in communities of color, saw the virus as an indicator of God’s wrath, or as a divine test, and viewed altering their traditional practices to mitigate the virus’s spread as a weakening of faith.Religion, Race, and COVID-19 argues that there is a religious hierarchy in US society that puts “the least of these” last while prioritizing those who benefit most from white privilege. Yet these vulnerable populations draw on theological and religious resources to contend with these existential threats. The volume shows how social transformation occurs when faith is both formed and informed during crises, offering compelling insight into the saliency and lasting impact of religiosity within human culture.Recovering Our Sanity: How the Fear of God Conquers the Fears that Divide Us
By Michael Horton. 2022
How cultivating a healthy fear of God liberates us from our fear of others, our fear of the future, and…
even our fear of death itself.At times the world feels like it's losing its mind. From politics to the pandemic, we live with an ever-increasing uncertainty, and many of us have grown to fear the rapid disintegration of our society and our own lives.Recovering Our Sanity is not another self-help book about how to beat your daily fears for a better life. It's a book that will show you the gravity and glory of a God who's worthy of our fear. It&’s a book that will reveal how these two biblical phrases—Fear God and Do Not Be Afraid—are not contradictory but actually one coherent message.Michael Horton—Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary—shows us that we cannot fight our fears by seeking the absence of fear altogether, but by living with a fear of God that drives out the fear of everything else. Horton will walk you through the case for the fear of God by:Developing what it means to fear God, biblically and theologically, and what this kind of fear looks like in practice.Categorizing different types of fears—from cultural anxiety to pain and hardship—and what they stem from.Focusing on how to confront our earthly fears with our hope in Christ, rooted in the gospel.Reminding us that God does not exist for us; we exist for God.Humbling, thought-provoking, and hope-igniting, Recovering Our Sanity delivers a timely message that will help you shift your focus from a human-centered obsession with self-preservation to a fixation on Christ and his salvation.Rather than clinging to false securities and promises of immediate gratification, you can gain the lasting joy of knowing the One who has given himself to save us and who says to us, "Do not be afraid."The Mystery of the Last Supper: Reconstructing the Final Days of Jesus
By Colin J. Humphreys. 2011
For hundreds of years, we thought we knew what happened during Jesus' last days. Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter…
Sunday are not only observed by Christians around the world, but are also recognized in calendars and by non-practitioners as commemorating the true timeline of events in the life of Christ. But apparent inconsistencies in the gospel accounts of Jesus' final week have puzzled Bible scholars for centuries. In The Mystery of the Last Supper, Colin Humphreys uses science to reveal the truth about Jesus' final days. Reconciling conflicting Gospel accounts and scientific evidence, Humphreys reveals the exact date of the Last Supper in a definitive new timeline of Holy Week.Every year, the world’s farmers produce a lot of food for people to eat. Yet every night, millions of people…
around the world go to bed hungry. Why are people going without food when the earth is able to produce so much? In this nonfiction graphic novel, Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists go on a fact-finding mission to discover the reasons behind food scarcity. Young readers can join the team to find out why many people deal with food insecurity and learn ways that they can help.Explosive Conflict: Time-Dynamics of Violence
By Randall Collins. 2022
This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and…
how much damage it does. Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Time-dynamics are the time-bubbles when people are most nationalistic; the hours after a protest starts when violence is most likely to happen. Ranging from the three months of nationalism and hysteria after 9/11 to the assault on the Capitol in 2021, Randall Collins shows what makes some protests more violent than others and why some revolutions are swift and non-violent tipping-points while others devolve into lengthy civil wars. Winning or losing are emotional processes, continuing in the era of computerized war, while high-tech spawns terrorist tactics of hiding in the civilian population and using cheap features of the Internet as substitutes for military organization. Nevertheless, Explosive Conflict offers some optimistic discoveries on clues to mass rampages and heading off police atrocities, with practical lessons from time-dynamics of violence.Sit to Get Fit: Change the way you sit in 28 days for health, energy and longevity
By Suzy Reading. 2022
We live increasingly sedentary lives and our lifestyle has radically changed in terms of how we work and naturally move…
throughout our day. While we all know about the benefits of exercise for mental and physical health, what we're not so attuned to are the damaging effects of just how we sit - at our desks, scrolling on our phones, in the car or even on our bicycles.But it doesn't have to be this way. By making small changes to our everyday sitting behaviour, we can experience increased energy, confidence, optimism and openness.Featuring a practical 28 day plan to transform your relationship with sitting, how long you sit at a time, how to add simple breath work and movement into your day and restorative moves for the end of the day.Sit up, sit better and reap the benefits.Sit to Get Fit: Change the way you sit in 28 days for health, energy and longevity
By Suzy Reading. 2022
We live increasingly sedentary lives and our lifestyle has radically changed in terms of how we work and naturally move…
throughout our day. While we all know about the benefits of exercise for mental and physical health, what we're not so attuned to are the damaging effects of just how we sit - at our desks, scrolling on our phones, in the car or even on our bicycles.But it doesn't have to be this way. By making small changes to our everyday sitting behaviour, we can experience increased energy, confidence, optimism and openness.Featuring a practical 28 day plan to transform your relationship with sitting, how long you sit at a time, how to add simple breath work and movement into your day and restorative moves for the end of the day.Sit up, sit better and reap the benefits.Isaiah 1-39 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture #10)
By Thomas C. Oden. 2004
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his…
shoulder and his name shall be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." For the early church fathers the prophecy of Isaiah was not a compendium of Jewish history or theology but an announcement of the coming Messiah fulfilled in the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. As such, the prophet's words were a rich source of theological reflection concerning their Lord and a vital aid in their defense against the objections of the Jews that Jesus was the promised Messiah. The interpretation of Jesus' ministry in light of Isaiah's prophecy was not a theological innovation on their part but rather a following of the path blazed by the New Testament writers and Jesus himself. Among passage-by-passage commentaries cited here are those by Eusebius of Caesarea, Jerome, Cyril of Alexandria, and Theodoret of Cyr, as well as one attributed to Basil of Caesarea. John Chrysostom preached a series of homilies on Isaiah of which most of those extant concern the first eight chapters, though Chrysostom frequently cites Isaiah in numerous homilies on other books. Augustine of Hippo, Gregory the Great, and Bede the Venerable frequently cite passages from Isaiah 1���39, as did many other fathers in defending the Christian faith from Jewish critics. In this Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume, readers will find materials ranging from East to West and from the first through the eighth centuries, some appearing here in English translation for the first time. Within this treasure house are riches to illumine the mind and fire the heart.Theology for Beginners (3rd edition)
By F. J. Sheed. 1981
Theology for Beginners has been acclaimed as one of the outstanding modern introductions to theology. It is a clear, precise,…
and inspiring compendium of the central doctrines of the Christian faith.