books about: resistance     books:       The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles130 reviews Steven Pressfield Grand Central Publishing, 2003 A must-have book for everyone! I cannot rate this book highly enough. It is one to read over and over again. I stumbled upon a copy years ago and each time I pick it up, I learn something new. Many thanks to Steven Pressfield for writing this very valuable, uplifting, "meaning of life" book.             A Week in the Zone: A Quick Course in the Healthiest Diet for You59 reviews Barry Sears, Deborah Kotz Collins Living, 2004 How I am becomming the person I used to be Reading and applying this book to my life helped me change dramatically my lifestyle. I am a different person after reading Dr. Sear's book. My doctor had highly recommended I read this book and she was not wrong. I have the cure of my hormone unbalance. I have no mood swings and feel younger. If you are overweight and have tried everything you will find the help you need with this book. Try ...             Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life38 reviews Robert Fritz Ballantine Books, 1989 You can create the life experience you desire... if you define it. Upon first glance you might think that this book is just another typical self-help book, but it is actually much more than that. You might think that what the author discusses, that you need to determine what you want and decide upon the steps is overly simplistic, and you might be oversimplifying it. Fritz is first and foremost and artist. He is a musician and composer and his work deals ...             The Insulin-Resistance Diet--Revised and Updated116 reviews Cheryle R. Hart, Mary Kay Grossman McGraw-Hill, 2007 Easy to understand and follow. The Insulin Resistance Diet is very easy to read, understand, and follow. After getting the book I began reading first and then my "official" start date was June 1st, 2008. According to my doctor's scale, I lost 4 lbs in the exactly two weeks between my last visits. That's about 2 lbs. per weeks, which is a good rate according to my doctor. I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, insulin resistance, ...             The Human Side of School Change: Reform, Resistance, and the Real-Life Problems of Innovation (Jossey-Bass ...7 reviews Robert Evans Jossey-Bass, 2001 An excellent review of change and leadership A staggeringly good book.Easily the best analysis of the change process in education that I've read-and I've 'force-read' a few. Evans' adopts a holistic approach concentrating on why real innovation is so difficult to achieve successfully. However,there is much sage advice and many cogent observations that are enormously thought-provoking. Although ostensibly about change it is also a ...             The Sugar Solution: Weight Gain? Memory Lapses? Mood Swings? Fatigue? Your Symptoms Are Real - And Your ...23 reviews Editors of Prevention Magazine, Ann Fittante Rodale Books, 2006 grandma I got a lot of closure as well as information from this book. the day that I read it helped me to understand what my grandmother had just gone through. I read it at work. By the time I got home she had just died. So then I ordered this the book. Yes she was a diabetic.             Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future (Expanded and Updated 33 ...166 reviews James Wesley Rawles Xlibris Corporation, 2006 A great novel and manual rolled into one This novel is a real page turner, good characters and a great plot. The book is loaded with information on preparing for such a situation. Reading some of the other reviewer's complaints about character development makes me wonder what they were expecting. I found Rawls' writing very well paced and provided adequate character buildup. The story could be easily mistaken for being based on actual ...             Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training7 reviews Mark Vella McGraw-Hill, 2006 Very good reference I find this book useful on two levels. On one level, I have used it to deepen my own knowledge and make sure that I am targeting where I wish. On another level, it has allowed me to show my teenage son exactly which muscles are being worked by which exercises. I like the author's emphasis on functional strength.             The Fat Resistance Diet: Unlock the Secret of the Hormone Leptin to: Eliminate Cravings, Supercharge Your ...64 reviews Leo Galland Broadway, 2006 DON'T LET YOUR FAT INFLAME YOU This is an interesting book full of healthy foods and recipes. The author, Dr. Galland, explains the interrelationship of hunger, inflammation, and body weight. The premise of the diet is that if you become leptin-resistant so that your body does not respond to the hormone leptin, you will have difficulty losing weight. Leptin suppresses appetite and stimulates metabolism thereby assisting ...             The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle: Lifestyle Center of America's Complete Program to Stop Diabetes, Restore ...39 reviews Franklin House, Stuart Seale, ... Perigee Trade, 2008 30 DAY DIEBIETES MIRACLE BY HOUSE I FOUND THE BOOK VERY WELL WRITTEN TOUCHED ON EVERY THING THAT MIGHT GET THAT PERSON OFF THE FENCE AND START DOING THE RIGHT THING TO HELP THEM SELVES. I PURCHASED ABOUT EIGHT COPIES FOR TWO OF MY BROTHERS AND FRIENDS WHO WOULD NOT TREAT THERE CONDITION WITH GOOD DIET AND EXERCISE.             Wild Grass: Three Portraits of Change in Modern China13 reviews Ian Johnson Vintage, 2005 An excellent book about my homeland I've lived in China since 1999, and I often read stories about China in the Western media that I simply don't believe. Others report on abuses that do occur here without giving a reader any understanding of why. So, China remains "inscrutable." (I'm rolling my eyes...) China is a complex subject. How can a Westerner who has never been here know what's happening? China is so far away and ...             Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam5 reviews Mark Levine Three Rivers Press, 2008 Rock (and Rap) the Casbah American and Western rockers like to pretend they're revolutionaries who are sticking it to the man and changing the world. But in Muslim nations, metalheads and rappers fight the sting of real political, cultural, religious, and military harassment. LeVine is both a working musician and an academic expert who has travelled extensively through the Middle East and North Africa, and he delivers a ...             Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts5 reviews James C. Scott Yale University Press, 1992 James C. Scott's Domination and the Arts of Resistance Spanning the entire globe and covering over 1000 years of human history, James C. Scott's Domination and the Arts of Resistance is an intellectual odyssey into the relatively new field of subaltern studies. It is also an intellectual oasis for historians and general readers of history who have become disillusioned with the traditional historiography of power relations and resistance among ...             Ending Our Resistance to Love: The Practice of A Course in Miracles5 reviews Kenneth Wapnick Foundation for a Course in Miracles, 2004 A gem KW pulls no punches in this lucid exposition of the way the ego will use everything, including the study of A Course in Miracles, to confuse and sidetrack our efforts to choose a different perception. This book is small enough to slip in a side pocket: it can be read and reread whenever one needs a dose of clear sighted compassion.             Zero Resistance Selling7 reviews Maxwell Maltz Prentice Hall Press, 1998 Influence Agreement Zero Resistance Selling is a process that must be honed, just as you would hone your public speaking skills, or any other skills that are part of your self-definition. And to master your sells closure, that is, being influential, even in the most adversarial situations, here are 10 tenets to follow: 1. Show No Fear This does not mean avoid or deny it. Recognize it, process it, and choose ...             The Glycemic-Load Diet24 reviews Rob Thompson McGraw-Hill, 2006 not five, 6 stars! Don't let the title turn you off, though I could've come up with something better: perhaps The Slow-Twitch Shuffle? Nonetheless -- I want to give this book 6 stars! I am no longer confused about food -- fat, protein, and carbohydrates -- or calories, colesterol, glucose, insulin, starch, refined sugar, how stored fat is gained and lost, the type and amount of exercise most people need, or ...             Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance7 reviews James C. Scott Yale University Press, 1987 Indispensible to anyone interested in social change I picked this book up in order to write my Master's thesis on dissidence and collective action in rural China. The last thing I expected to be was entertained, but most of this book is actually very good and fun reading. True, the other part is highly academic, but still accessible and absolutely essential to understanding the dynamics of change in authoritarian societies. Before Scott ...             The Resistance Band Workout Book3 reviews Ed McNeely Burford Books, 2006 An excellent primer. The Resistance Band Workout Book advocates workout routines using the resistance band - and reinforces theory with almost a hundred exercises using this accessory. The blend of general workouts and sports-specific, goal-oriented exercises comes with illustrations and makes for an excellent primer. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch             Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II22 reviews Douglas W. Jacobson McBooks Press, 2007 "Historical Fiction At Its Best" "Historical fiction at its best." These were the words used by award-winning author Homer Hickam in his review of NIGHT OF FLAMES, and he is right on the mark. In this outstanding debut novel we are presented with the drama of World War Two from a new and fresh perspective - through the experiences of a Polish university professor and her cavalry officer husband. The story is extremely well ...             The Kommandant's Girl31 reviews Pam Jenoff Mira, 2007 Great Book!!!! I loved this book and could not put it down. I felt like I was there and loved the characters. You could feel the personal conflict of the Kommandant and still loved him! Best read in a long time.              search for books collapse, complete, diabetes, domination, education, eliminate, everyday, glycemic-load, healthiest, inflammation, innovation, insulin-resistance, jossey-bass, kommandant, lifestyle, metabolism, miracles, patriots, portraits, problems, real-life, reprogram, resistance, solution, strength, supercharge, surviving, symptoms, transcripts, turbulent books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen cell phone: Nokia 6270 Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, MiniSD ... home  impressum - about us