Books

Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Gerald Posner traces the heroes and villains of the trillion-dollar-a-year pharmaceutical industry and uncovers how those once entrusted with improving life have often betrayed that ideal to corruption and reckless profiteering—with deadly consequences. Relying on thousands of pages of government and corporate archives, dozens of hours of interviews with insiders, and previously classified FBI files, Posner reveals how and why American drug com­panies have put earnings ahead of patients.

We are told that medical interventions have increased our lifespan and single-handedly prevented masses of deaths. But is this really true? With throughly researched facts and figures from long-overlooked medical journals, books, and other sources, Dissolving Illusions reveals that vaccines, antibiotics, and other medical interventions are not responsible for the increase in lifespan and the decline in mortality from infectious diseases.

Juliet Blankespoor has created the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the wonders of herbalism into their lives. Packed with sumptuous photography, this book covers from how to create your own herbal garden, the foundational principles of herbalism, and how to make your own medicine. It includes 30 must know plant profiles and 70 recipes for teas, tinctures, oils, salves, syrups, and more.

In this introductory guide, Rosemary Gladstar shows you how easy it can be to make your own herbal remedies for life’s common ailments. Gladstar profiles 33 common healing plants and includes advice on growing, harvesting, preparing, and using herbs in healing tinctures, oils, and creams.

Rosemary Gladstar provides 175 proven therapeutic and herbal remedies that are easy to prepare and safe enough for children. Offering a potent and effective alternative to commercial pharmaceuticals, Rosemary will inspire you to nurture yourself and those you love with nature’s healing herbs. 

In this indispensable new resource both for the home apothecary and clinical practitioners, a celebrated herbalist brings alive the elemental relationships among traditional healing practices, ecological stewardship, and essential plant medicines.

Hailed as a “classic” by leading herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, this botanical compendium provides a wide-ranging history of herbalism and useful guidance for healing with herbs.

This book includes Dr. Bach’s two most famous writings: The Twelve Healers and Heal Thyself, which discuss the true cause of illness and unhappiness and the 38 flower essence remedies to help.

Dog and cat owners are becoming increasingly concerned about the saftey of processed pet food and the possible side-effects of over-use of antibiotics and hormone treatments. This book covers Natural Rearing, herbal medicine, and disease prevention.

In what is her most famous book, famed herbalist, Juliette de Bairacli Levy, covers natural feeding and herbal care, including natural remedies for common ailments, of our beloved farm animals, that promote a disease free animal.

Former New York State Teacher of the Year, John Taylor Gatto, reveals how compulsory schooling creates dependent workers instead of independent thinkers, replacing natural curiosity with rule-following conformity. Over 30 years of classroom experience led to his revolutionary discovery: genius is as common as dirt, but conventional education systematically destroys it. This book is a compilation of his essays and speaking engagements.

Former New York State Teacher of the Year, John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills.

This thought-provoking collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living a simple, yet beautiful, life in harmony with nature and those around us.

Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, Tribe explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. It explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how this can be achieved even in today's divided world.

More than 13 million copies of this daily devotional have been sold, and with good reason—Oswald Chambers wanted all people to have a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ. Chambers could take the Scriptures, ask probing questions, and ignite in others a passion to know God better.