about the book Standing alone as the first definitive and comprehensive book on the subject, this guide describes the most recent studies on the brain-gut connection and psychosocial issues related to patients experiencing visceral pain. Bringing together leading experts from the top-tiers of the science, this source provides 33 engaging ch

For many years, it has been said that a mind is a terrible thing to waste. However, what happens when a person doesn't even realize that he or she is wasting something so valuable? What happens when a person believes that what he or she is doing is beneficial and not detrimental to his or her happiness and growth?In Mental Clutches, Willie Gene Williams Jr. supplies us with various examples, problems, and solutions that men and women of any ethnic background can relate to. He exten...

This book is for young boys and teens to navigate through the maze of life to reach what we call ManTown. ManTown is not a Geographical Locaton but a Mental Destination. It is a way of thinking, discerning and behaving. The purpose of the "Mantown Training Program" is to help boys leave their "Little Boy Thinking" and do "ManTown Thinking." Boys are introduced to the time-tested life Principles and encourage to embrace the value of Wisdom. They are shown how these principles can change the...

Environmental politics becomes a matter of sensual passion rather than political correctness in this rich, colorful mosaic of thoughts on wildness, landscape, animals, and humans. It sparkles with gems of insight mined from Williams' own profound sense of belonging in nature and includes the voice of the late Edward Abbey, maverick environmentalist and friend of hers.

Williams tells the story of her initiation by the living land when she was 7 years old. While taking a school trip she ended up alone, in the dark, in Mount Timpanogos Cave. For a brief but powerful moment she felt the beating heart of the mountain. She says, “For the rest of my life I’ve been trying to retrieve that sacred space I felt inside that mountain alone. I have been searching for that moment when you’re part of something so old, so deep, so true.” Take a tour with Williams and fi...

William Caruthers was a retired newspaperman who spent 25 years listening to stories told by the inhabitants of Death Valley. This 1951 book collects those stories; the printed version has many interesting pictures. ''Of the actors who made the history of the period, few remain. It was the writer’s good fortune that many of these men were his friends. It is the romance, the comedy, the often stark tragedy these men left along the trail which you will find in the pages that follow.'' (Prefa...

In 1967, when this brave book was first published, Myrlie Evers said, “Somewhere in Mississippi lives the man who murdered my husband.”Medgar Evers died in a horrifying act of political violence. Among both blacks and whites, the killing of this Mississippi civil rights leader intensified the menacing moods of unrest and discontent generated during the civil rights era. His death seemed to usher in a succession of political shootings—Evers, then John Kennedy, then Martin Luther Kin...

The New York Times bestseller that's "a celebration of sport fishing in America, its history, locales, and impact" ( New York Times Book Review ).An essential book for everyone who loves casting a line into our nation's waters, The American Fisherman, by outdoorsman Willie Robertson (CEO of Duck Commander and star of A&E's Duck Dynasty) and historian William Do...

From the Duck Dynasty star and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a rollicking popular history of fishing in America.American Fisherman traces the impact fishing has had in shaping America’s history, and reveals the influential role it has played in defining our lives. Willie Robertson persuasively argues that America became what it is today in no small part because of the anglers that call it home. From harvesting New England cod to fly fishing f...

Watch the drama unfold as a love triangle between a vengeful wife, her conniving husband, and his naivemistress comes to blows …Destiny Clarke is out to claim what’s rightfully hers—Hassan Clarke and his money. Sick and tired of lies andbetrayal, Destiny decides to take matters into her own hands by creating havoc in the lives of the people who’ve doneher wrong.Engulfed in his deceitful ways, Hassan is oblivious to the fact that his life and his freedom...

How does one tell the story of energy production, use, or conservation in a manner sufficiently convincing to influence policy, behavior, and design? Energy Accounts explores potential answers to this question through compelling images, data visualizations, narratives, and other examples of accounting for energy. Organized into a collection containing both examples of best practices and critiques, this impressive array of projects and contributors combines text and graphic materia...

Heaven is multiethnic. Are you ready for that?The Bible tells us that the congregation gathered around God's heavenly throne will be "a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language," all singing the praises of the Lamb. God's intention has always been to delight for all eternity in a redeemed community of ethnic diversity.But this diverse community shouldn't have to wait until eternity to begin! It can be a reality in our own local churches...