Increasing evidence suggests that hidden, low-level inflammation may be the number one cause of modern disease. Shilpa Ravella, an expert in nutrition and the gut, explains why our immune systems are turning against us and what we might do about it. 'Controlling inflammation is the key to good health and this beautifully written and researched book is the best way to understand it' TIM SPECTOR, #1 bestselling author of Food for Life 'A beautiful and authoritative dive into one of the most important scientific frontiers of our time' DANIEL M. DAVIS, Professor of Immunology and author of The Beautiful Cure ___ Inflammation is the body's response to injury and foreign microbes. But as our environments and diets have changed, low-level inflammation, simmering quietly and undetected, has been identified behind everything from heart disease and cancer to mysterious autoimmune conditions. Shilpa Ravella is a doctor at the forefront of this field, specialising in gut transplants, nutrition and the microbiome. In A Silent Fire she interweaves the latest research with unusual case studies from her own practice and the history of immunology to explain what we know about this elusive phenomenon. She debunks common myths about 'anti-inflammatory' lifestyles and explains the simple principles by which we can reform our relationship with food and our microbiomes to benefit our health. ___ 'As gripping as a mystery story and as useful as a self-help book' BEE WILSON, author of First Bite 'Compelling, thoughtful and rigorously researched' The Times

Are you looking for easy, sustainable weight loss for life? Using the latest scientific research, journalist and bestselling author Stephen Perrine reveals how. In his revolutionary Full-Body Fat Fix program, Perrine explains simply and clearly how chronic inflammation and an unhealthy microbiome are the underlying causes of weight gain, and how classic weight-loss strategies – like cutting calories, eliminating certain foods or only eating during specific times – can actually undermine our goals for leaner, healthier bodies. By using the 7-Day Challenge to track and maximize your dietary goals, you’ll soon find yourself eating the recommended 30 different plants per week – and to make it even easier, dozens of recipes are included, each one as enticing as the next. Or try the ‘Fire-Fightin’ Five’ – a brilliant combination of 5 meals and snacks to help heal your gut and cool inflammation in the most delicious way possible. You’re Not Fat, You’re on Fire will give you all the science and strategies you need to understand the problem, extinguish the flames, feel great and, yes, lose weight too.

Aging is stressful for anyone in youth-oriented Western societies. Elderly people encounter difficulties and discrimination, sometimes because of reduced income, transportation and housing problems, and failing health, but often due to the persistent negative stereotypes that color others’attitudes and behavior toward old people. Gay men and lesbians experience these stresses, as well as the numerous additional problems associated with their sexual orientation. Gay Midlife and Maturity is a dynamic and positive volume that challenges the long-held stereotype of the sad and lonely old homosexual. A growing body of international literature, much of which is featured in this book, rejects this myth and illustrates that older gay men and lesbians cope well with the aging process and are comparable to younger homosexuals in social and psychological adjustment. A much-needed and major contribution, Gay Midlife and Maturity contains an enormous amount of information for readers interested in gerontology and homosexuality. Experts, for the first time, examine the relationship between the adjustment of gay people to later life and the age and sequence of the resolution of these typically early developmental processes, raising many questions about traditional theories of gay development. The existing contradictions and debates about gay men and accelerated aging are addressed. Other valuable chapters focus on a theory of successful aging, a comparison of the traditional gay community (pre-Stonewall) versus the organized gay community, the vital role of communication in gay relationships, the sexual attitudes and behaviors of older gay men, and much more. Additional interesting and worthwhile chapters of this thought-provoking new book include an in-depth interview with Don Bachardy about his 33-year relationship Christopher Isherwood, a renowned English writer who was 30 years his senior, and a review of the growing literature on gay aging.

A mid-level U.S. diplomat is sent on a mission to Egypt the day before a military coup that nobody expected. Suddenly, the streets aren’t safe for anyone, especially an American, especially one who mysteriously begins to show fantastic healing powers. Set alternately in Washington DC, Cairo and Alexandria, “Sudden Rivers” takes us into the richly imagined world of a modern Egypt and spins a tale of a complex society in flux told through the eyes of a man in crisis, a man who has given up on nearly everything some time ago. He is Parrish McKenzie, a mid-level diplomat based at the embassy in Cairo whose future is buried in a stultifying bureaucracy where he just can’t fit in. His only joy is following his passion—hunting for black market antiquities on the back streets of the old city, Al-Qāhirah. In Arabic it means “The Victorious.” Though he denies it even to himself, he suddenly begins to exhibit mysterious powers and first heals a young girl shot by Jihadists in a bus hijacking. But when the police question him, he dismisses it and tells them she was never really hurt, they were mistaken. Nevertheless, the story spreads and he attracts a Muslim following. This drives the fundamentalists and the State Department up the wall, it’s the last thing anyone needed in a volatile Egypt. Who knew the General would grab power overnight, a man as famous for his gourmet cooking as he was for his fundamentalism—though soon his feminist daughter, Azhara, would test that faith. It didn’t help that Parrish had rescued her from near death and now they were both on the run caught up in a web of politics and violence. When philandering oil minister al’ Rashid hires a detective to investigate Azhara before risking a proposal of marriage, he sets all his powers after them too. Then a young Russian journalist latches onto the story and realizes it’s her ticket to fame and riches with a worldwide exclusive Now everybody wants Parrish. The junta for murder; Islamists for blasphemy; The State Department just wants him gone, but some Egyptian people desperately want to believe in him. Unexpectedly something bigger is happening, something profound. Parrish is evolving into an enigmatic new person and it sweeps him into dangerous events he never before could have imagined.

This volume presents a wide-ranging selection of Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. It will be the most complete anthology of its sort, bringing together for the first time: (1) a large sample of ultra-orthodox writings, translated from the Hebrew and Yiddish; (2) a substantial selection of essays by Israeli authors, also translated from the Hebrew; (3) a broad sampling of works written in English by American and European authors. These diverse selections represent virtually every significant theological position that has been articulated by a Jewish thinker in response to the Holocaust. Included are rarely studied responses that were written while the Holocaust was happening.

Sunshine is everywhere…Can we wake to each moment? Sunshine is everywhere. We have only to open our hearts to see through the clouds that cover a radiant sun. As we slow down what is deep within has a chance to surface. We realise that all moments are taken care of and nothing is lacking. All feelings of separation and darkness vanish. Today, each passing moment suggests an evolutionary acceleration and movement. Is some radical new intervention taking us towards a newer consciousness and wholeness? Do we sense a mysterious smile that dances moment to moment challenging us? Perhaps we must be awake to these moments and venture on to a sunlit path. This book is a selection of writings from the author’s journals with photographs from his travels. A miscellany, they touch upon a range of issues that challenge, intrigue or amuse—from light-hearted daily occurrences at his rural home in the Kumaon hills to events affecting each of us deeply at multiple levels. They reflect on our individual longings and social interactions and raise questions pertaining to nature and environment, an ever-deepening planetary crisis and a continual quest for the spiritual. ‘…will bring sunshine and light into the heart of readers.’ Tara Jauhar, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch ‘…a wealth of good sense and inspiration. I have pleasure in commending the book to nature lovers wherever they may be…’ Dr Karan Singh, Member of Parliament

Abraham Lincoln is the soul of America, calling us to our best as Americans. Lincoln scholar Duncan Newcomer has hosted more than 200 episodes of the radio series Quiet Fire: The Spiritual Life of Abraham Lincoln. Now, 30 of his best stories provide a month of inspirational reading in a unique volume that invites us to read the stories—or to follow a simple code to hear the original broadcast each day. “Since its beginning, radio has offered a warm medium for connecting the heart, the head, and the imagination. This delightful collection of Lincoln's wisdom was seeded in a creative radio show, Quiet Fire,” writes Sally Kane, CEO of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, where this series was born on WERU, a station in mid-coastal Maine. “Now, Quiet Fire has morphed into a daily companion for readers who connect the dots between time and space to map a new understanding of the chaotic times in which we live. Lincoln's words resonate more urgently than ever, and Duncan has played alchemist in Quiet Fire to one of our country's greatest souls and distilled an essence that can guide and comfort us.” “Duncan Newcomer captures Lincoln’s spirit in every one of these thirty meditations, and I love the fact that these began life on radio since I am a radio guy as well,” Day1 radio host Peter Wallace writes in the book’s Foreword. “By reading these sublime and soulful reflections, possessed—as Duncan puts it—by a quiet fire, you will find inspiration and insight that will make sense in your own life, in your own battles with fear and grief, in your own decisions over the best path to take in a certain situation, in your own yearning for deep meaning and purpose.” In the book, Newcomer reminds readers of Lincoln’s belief that it is “not the land that makes us American. It’s a mindset. Americans are not a race or a tribe. To Lincoln, Americans are a people who have received a great gift: a free nation with self-government.” And, Thirty Days With Abraham Lincoln—Quiet Fire reminds us, writes Newcomer, that “Americans did not create this free nation on their own; in Lincoln’s mind, a divine assistance made it possible.” In these short, daily stories, Newcomer touches repeatedly to the role of the divine in Lincoln’s thoughts, writings and deeds. In one story, Lincoln senses “an abiding presence everywhere for good.” In another, “God acting in history.” “It may just be,” writes Newcomer, “that more than two centuries after the birth of Lincoln, new generations of people are ready to follow Lincoln once again—in order to find a new birth of freedom. This spirit can make the young wide awake and relight the fire inside the old.” Sheryl Fullerton, retired Executive Editor for Religion & Spirituality at John Wiley & Sons, Inc, writes, “Duncan Newcomer gives us the gift of Abraham Lincoln’s wise words and Duncan’s own thoughtful reflections on a side of the great president most of us have not really seen. Read this book every day for a month, and you will not only be heartened and enlightened but also given hope for our own troubled times.” Thirty Days With Lincoln, collects Newcomer’s best stories from the radio series Quiet Fire, presenting them both in text and with a daily link that will play that original broadcast with the click of a smartphone app.

A cup of deceitful Starbucks, let the protagonist and the young lady encounter the grandpa's fortuitous encounter.A trace of sadness and benevolence caused the protagonist to fall into endless trouble.In this book, the protagonist was an adept at stabbing the brain. He was speechless as he became the flower protector of the Lady Qian Jin. It was a story of becoming stronger in the face of danger.

In this book the New Testament scholar Gerhard Lohfink interprets a spectrum of biblical texts, some familiar, others not. He explores them in a spirit of curiosity, questions them insistently, and confronts them with the realities of our present day, from COVID-19 to the inner loneliness experienced by so many. In light of central biblical texts Lohfink asks: What would a life look like today if it were wholly in the world and at the same time wholly in God—sweeping joyously between heaven and earth—aware of the immeasurable breadth of the universe and still able to marvel at the tiniest flower—knowing the depths of the human heart and being comforted by a child’s smile? This book takes up the colorful threads of many Old and New Testament texts and weaves from them a many-hued tapestry of biblical theology. It reveals things unknown, sheds new light on things known, and is full of surprises. It speaks not only to the curious or the “nones” who want to know more about the Christian message; it is addressed to everyone who senses a desire to understand the Bible better and more deeply.