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  The Historical Atlas of the...

  Ian Barnes

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  A visual history of the many peoples who’ve inhabited and shaped Britain, from hunter-gatherers to Celts, Vikings, Normans, and modern immigrants.   This atlas covers the history of the British Isles from earliest times to the present day. The first hunter-gatherers, who crossed into what would become the United Kingdom by the land-bridge, and later followed by more familiar peoples the Celts, Angles, Saxons, Vikings, and Normans, who together would create Britain’s unique history.   Each of these groups contributed ideas that shaped the lands, languages, and thoughts at the core of British identity. This story is illustrated with 150 full-color maps and plans that range across many topics, such as agricultural, political, and industrial revolutions. The expansion of the islands’ peoples across the oceans left a lasting legacy on the world, and on Britain itself. The book shows the fluctuating fortunes of the states by which Britain currently identifies itself, from an Anglo-Scottish imperium to devolved power, independence, and the often-painful process by which the modern map evolved.   The forces of history and religion have often divided the islands’ peoples, but DNA unites them much more than most would realize as they continue to embrace new cultures arriving in search of refuge, opportunity, and equality.

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  Love Your Gut - An...

  Megan Rossi

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  If you ask Dr. Megan Rossi about the best investment you can make in your future, she’ll tell you: Look after your gut. Seventy million Americans suffer from gut-related issues, diagnosed or otherwise. But it’s not just about gut symptoms: Whatever our wellness goals are—weight management, improved fitness, healthier skin, stronger immunity, or even happiness—gut microbes can be our best allies. Dr. Rossi opens Love Your Gut with easy-to-follow questionnaires that will help listeners discern their current health status and craft a personal action plan. She follows with evidence-based strategies on everything from sleep to yoga; expert advice on dealing with IBS, food intolerance, and other challenges; and over fifty delicious meal ideas: from Banana, Fig, and Zucchini Breakfast Loaf to Creamy Pistachio Pesto Pasta. (Did you know your gut microbes crave variety? Ideally thirty different plant-based foods each week!) Love Your Gut makes it fun and easy to supercharge your digestive health and transform your well-being—from the inside out.

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  Chasing the Intact Mind - How...

  Amy S.F. Lutz

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  The concept of the intact mind, first described in a 2006 memoir, refers to the idea that inside every autistic child is an intelligent, typical child waiting to be liberated by the right diet, the right treatment intervention, the right combination of supports and accommodations. The sentiment itself is not new. Though the idea gives hope to parents devastated by a child's diagnosis, Amy Lutz argues that it has also contributed to widespread dismantling of services badly needed by severely disabled children and their families.In Chasing the Intact Mind, Lutz traces the history of the intact mind concept, explaining how it influences current policy and practice affecting those with autism. Lutz provides a historical analysis of the intact mind narrative and describes how the concept—originally unique to autism—has come to inform current debates at the heart of intellectual and developmental disability practice and policy in the United States. Lutz argues that focusing on the intact mind and marginalizing those with severe disability reproduces historic patterns of discrimination that yoked human worth to intelligence, and that it is only by making space for the impaired mind that we will be able to resolve these ongoing clashes—as well as even larger questions of personhood, dependency, and care.

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  Tinnitus Masking Tinnitus Relief...

  Tinnitus Research Center,...

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  Certified soundscapes from tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT)Tinnitus describes unpleasant sounds in the ear that do not come from an external source. Everyone affected hears a different personal "sound". Some may hear whistling while others hear buzzing or roaring. What all these noises have in common is that they are perceived as a nuisance and impair the sufferer's quality of life. Tinnitus is usually triggered by stress, increasing age, or tense neck and jaw muscles. Wet weather, stress, and certain head movements can make the buzzing and whistling in the ear even worse.One thing applies to every type of tinnitus: The more attention you pay to the noise, the louder and more annoying it gets – and the more deeply entrenched it becomes in the brain's auditory cortex. Systematic acoustic distraction is therefore almost always an important factor in recovery.Most tinnitus sufferers find sounds aimed at masking the tinnitus much more pleasant than the constant whistling in the ear. This is because covering, or "masking" the sounds with specially composed soundscapes relaxes the entire nervous system and breaks down the highly detrimental fixation on the irritating noise.Based on tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT), the certified applications were developed by researchers, doctors, and sound engineers. These pieces (each lasting 60 minutes) make use of groundbreaking neuroscientific knowledge from the Tinnitus Research Center to facilitate a systematic healing process. The underlying principle is quite simple: The soundscapes minimize the volume of the tinnitus in the auditory system and make the brain block out the disruptive noise. This enables you to ignore the tinnitus, which ceases to be a nuisance or may even disappear altogether. All you need is:- Your smartphone, tablet, or notebook;- One of the six soundscapes in outstanding audio quality that were specially developed for treating tinnitus;- Stereo headphones: Wherever possible, please use high-quality products with good sound.This simple method allows you to push the tinnitus into the background and counteract any fixation on the noise. At the same time, you minimize the stressful physical and psychological "alarm reaction" that makes tinnitus such a problem.Get well soon!--Keywords: tinnitus masking, tinnitus relief, tinnitus music, relieving tinnitus, tinnitus meditation, tinnitus hypnosis, masking tinnitus

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  Conquer Your Chronic Pain - A...

  Peter Abaci

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   An “empowering guide on how to win the battle against chronic pain and put an end to America’s epidemic of pain killer addiction.”—Vijay B. Vad, MD, author of  Back RxConquer Your Chronic Pain offers the millions of chronic-pain sufferers throughout the world a transformative model for pain management. Dr. Abaci is a pioneer in understanding the biopsychosocial aspect of chronic pain and patients’ demands for a more holistic and personal approach to pain management.   Dr. Abaci details his own struggle with injury, surgery, and conventional recovery and pain management, then offers a wide variety of case studies and clear explanations of the latest scientific research to reveal how chronic pain creates a brain-based disease that will only respond to integrated therapies.   For two decades, Dr. Abaci’s approach has helped transform the lives of thousands of people devastated by pain.   If you are suffering from chronic pain and are tired of failed treatments and too many pills, relief starts here!   “A must-read for anyone living with pain. Following Dr. Abaci’s simple steps, you will learn important tools to not only manage (and heal) pain, but also reclaim happiness, purpose, and overall wellness in life.”—Paul Gileno, founder & president, U.S. Pain Foundation “A powerful tool for pain patients who don’t understand why the pain management system needs changes.”—Barby Ingle, president, Power of Pain Foundation “The book will show people in pain how to change their lives for the better, and gives physicians, practitioners of complementary therapies, and caregivers insight into how to more fully help those in their care.”—Foreword

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  Jellyfish - A Natural History

  Lisa-ann Gershwin

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  An introduction to these bizarre and beautiful creatures of the sea, filled with color photos and illustrations: “Fascinating.”—Boing Boing   Jellyfish are the oldest multi-organed life form on the planet, having inhabited the ocean for more than five hundred million years.  With their undulating umbrella-shaped bells and sprawling tentacles, they are compelling and gorgeous, strange and dangerous. In many places they’re also vastly increasing in number, and these population blooms may be an ominous indicator of the rising temperatures and toxicity of the oceans.Jellyfish presents these aquarium favorites in all their glory. Fifty unique species, from the purple people eater to black sea nettles, are presented in stunning photos along with the most current scientific information on their anatomy, history, distribution, position in the water, and environmental status. Foremost jellyfish expert Lisa-ann Gershwin provides an insightful look at the natural history and biology of each of these spellbinding creatures, plus a timely take on their place in the rapidly changing and deteriorating condition of the oceans.   Learn about immortal jellyfish who live and die and live again—as well as those who camouflage themselves amid sea grasses and shells, hiding in plain sight. Discover the jellyfish that’s the world’s most venomous animal, and the jellyfish that helped scientists win the Nobel Prize. They’re all here and more in this delightful volume. “A thorough coverage of jellyfish history, biology and ecology. Gershwin, a marine biologist who has discovered over 200 new species of jellyfish, does an excellent job of combining a compelling narrative of 50 different jellyfish with luscious, I-can’t-believe-they’re-real photos.”—Boing Boing

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