The popular narrative of "globesity" posits that the adoption of Western diets is intensifying obesity and diabetes in the Global South and that disordered metabolisms are the embodied consequence of globalization and excess. In Metabolic Living Harris Solomon recasts these narratives by examining how people in Mumbai, India, experience the porosity between food, fat, the body, and the city. Solomon contends that obesity and diabetes pose a problem of absorption between body and e...

"Neurosyphilis" by Harry C. Solomon and Elmer Ernest Southard is a seminal work that delves into the complex relationship between syphilis and its neurological manifestations. The authors meticulously explore the pathophysiology of the disease, detailing how the treponema pallidum bacterium can lead to severe neurological complications if left untreated. Their comprehensive analysis includes case studies and clinical observations that highlight the importance of early diagnosis and treatme...

It is a privilege to be allowed to write a word of introduction to a textbook which so richly fulfils its function as does this volume on the manifold disorders classified under Neurosyphilis, a subject of which the importance for the welfare of society is found to loom the larger the more deeply its mysteries are probed. The case histories with which its pages are so amply stocked are carefully analyzed in accordance with a broadly chosen plan, and the generalizations that precede and fol...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION“This masterpiece is the novel of the decade, if not the century... The Disappearers places [James] near the front of the line, a decade or two from now, for the Nobel Prize.” –The New York Times“Harrowing, hilarious, magnificent …this novel will be read decades from now, pored over in seminars and bookm...

Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century provides readers with a comprehensive survey of topics, methodologies, and theories in the discipline, drawing on contributions from leading anthropologists around the world. As a discipline, medical anthropology provides situational analysis of health, disease, and disability to show how the experiences of medical experts, patients, and their broader communities are informed by their social and cultural contexts. Adopting ...

Bestselling author Dr. Andrew Weil presents his revolutionary approach to peak emotional wellness and finding lasting happiness.Everyone wants to be happy. But what does that really mean? Increasingly, scientific evidence shows us that true satisfaction and well-being come only from within.Dr. Andrew Weil has proven that the best way to maintain optimum physical health is to draw on both conventional and alternative medicine. Now, in Spontaneous Happiness, ...

Have you ever wondered how one day the media can assert that alcohol is bad for us and the next unashamedly run a story touting the benefits of daily alcohol consumption? Or how a drug that is pulled off the market for causing heart attacks ever got approved in the first place? How can average readers, who aren't medical doctors or Ph.D.s in biochemistry, tell what they should be paying attention to and what's, well, just more bullshit?Ben Goldacre has made a point of exposing quack...

The bestselling author of Diet for a New America shares the scientifically proven secrets of the world’s healthiest and longest-lived people and shows how understanding their unique lifestyles can influence and improve our own longevity.“Healthy at 100 is a masterpiece.”—Dean Ornish, M.D.“This is a remarkably open and heartfelt book full of wisdom and love. John Robbins has created a new vision of aging for America...

"A science-based, spiritually inspired, time-tested guide to weight loss. Fascinating!" —Kim Barnouin, co-author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Skinny BitchThere's a lot you probably don't know about the Buddha. For one, the real Buddha was thin. And before he became the "Enlightened One," he was a pampered prince named Siddhartha. He tried dieting once and didn't like it any more than yo...

Ho'oponopono means to "make right" and is the Hawaiian expression for forgiveness.Performing Ho'oponopono restores your light or energy body and your e-motion, or energy in motion.Through your light body you are connected with all of life. Through your e-motion you are always affecting everyone around you by your thoughts, words, feelings and actions.Learn all about the complete purpose of performing Ho'oponopono, exactly what it is, what it does, and the best times...

This essay aims to show that veganism follows from our own core values. The essay is divided into two parts: the first part presents a simple argument for veganism based on a widely shared ethical principle, while the second part argues that veganism follows from a basic commitment not to discriminate against beings based on their external appearance.

Combining 6000 year-old Eastern wisdoms of Ayurvedic medicine, ancient spiritual teachings, natural health secrets, and the latest modern science, you will be reminded of 7 of the most timeless (yet commonly forgotten) secrets of health & happiness. Based on the age-old science of Ayurveda and the world's healthiest & longest-living people, any 25 pages will change your life forever.You will learn how to;i) experience the 'natural high' state of happiness, vitality and flow...