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Book Publishing Company 2017 Spring/Summer Catalog Book Publishing Company 2017 Spring-Summer Catalog Table of Contents New Titles Cookbooks 3 Healthy Living 4 Live Healthy Now 5 PathFinders Hi-Lo Novels 6 Featured GroundSwell Books 7–8 Healthy Living 9–12 Live Healthy Now 13 Vegan Cookbooks 14–16 Raw Food Nutrition 17 PathFinders Hi-Lo Novels 18–19 First Nations 20–21 Health/Diet DVDs 22 Backlist 23–26 Index 27–31 Ordering Information 32 Canadian Authors RECOGNIZING VESANTO MELINA 2016 Ryley-Jeffs Memorial Lecture Award Recipient Vesanto Melina, MS, RD, was honored by Dietitians of Canada’s board of directors as the recipient of the 2016 Ryley-Jeffs Memorial Lecture Award. This award is given to a DC member who exemplifies the ideals of dedication to the profession and has a proven ability to chart new directions in the field of dietetics. Vesanto has had an extensive and varied dietetics career spanning five decades— and she shows no signs of slowing down. She is an internationally recognized speak- er; a consultant to individuals, government (BC Corrections), and industry; a pop- ular media personality; coauthor of award-winning nutrition books; and a writer of peer-reviewed journal articles. Vesanto’s work has always been a source of tremendous personal fulfillment and growth, and she’s delighted her profession encourages the full expression of human potential. She is a passionate supporter of Dietitians of Canada. Vesanto is the coauthor (with Brenda Davis) of a series of books on plant-based nutri- tion: Becoming Vegan: Express Edition, Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition, and Becoming Raw. She also coauthored Food Allergy Survival Guide and Food Allergies (with Dina Aron- son, RD, and Jo Stepaniak, MSEd) and The Raw Food Revolution Diet (with Brenda Davis, RD, and Cherie Soria). 2 800-565-9523 Cookbooks New Titles ANTI-INFLammatorY FOODS AND RECIPES Using the Power of Plant Foods to Heal and Prevent Arthritis, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Chronic Pain Alan Roettinger Inflammation is the body’s response to an injury, and it’s an essential part of the healing process. However, chronic inflammation caused by the effects of poor diet, smoking, obesity, stress, and environmental toxins can instigate or exacerbate a wide range of illnesses, including arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and even Alz- heimer’s. Anti-Inflammatory Foods and Recipes presents a science-based dietary approach that helps protect against this hidden danger to health. Professional vegan chef Alan Roettinger presents an overview of acute and chronic inflammation and explains how antioxidants and other nutrients found in whole plant foods can reduce inflam- mation safely and effectively. Featured are 75 of Roettinger’s favorite recipes, which contain an array of delicious inflammation superfighters, including avocados, berries, citrus, greens, nuts, seeds, and a host of herbs and spices. These easy-to-prepare dishes offer plenty of options for incorporating a variety of power-packed foods into everyday meals. $22.95 / 978-1-57067-341-2 / 128 pages / 8 x 9 paper / full color / available May Author bio: Alan Roettinger has cooked in private homes, catered parties, and provided specialty desserts for a broad spectrum of high-profile clients, from entertainers to presidents. A world traveler, he absorbed elements from many cuisines to synthesize a unique, creative style of his own. Throughout his years as a private chef, Alan developed a reputation for working within the limitations of restricted diets to create delicious food tailored to the specific tastes of each per- son. He is also the author of Extraordinary Vegan, Speed Vegan, Paleo Smoothies, and Paleo Vegan (with Ellen Jaffe Jones). Visit Alan at alanroettinger.com. [email protected] 3 New Titles Healthy Living HERBAL ANTIVIRALS Strengthen Your Immunity Naturally Sorrel Davis It seems that almost every year a new viral epidemic emerges, leaving people around the world feeling frightened and helpless. In many instances, no vaccine or medicine exists to prevent or treat the outbreak, and developing a virus-specific antidote, if one can even be found, may take many years. In the meantime, what are we to do? Natural-health advocate Sorrel Davis explains the nature of viruses in terms laypeople can understand and explains why these often pathogenic organisms are so tenacious and difficult to defend against. She also discusses established treatments and prevention methods and provides simple techniques available to everyone to guard against viral infections. The heart of the book covers the promising herbs being studied for their antiviral capacities and how they’re currently being used by herbal practitioners and alternative healers. The naturally active antivirals in these plants may help fill the gaps in conventional medicine by boosting human immunity against harmful microbes and lessening the severity or duration of an infection. $16.95 / 978-1-57067-344-3 / 160 pages / 6 x 9 paper / available May Author bio: Sorrel Davis, a natural health researcher, is a fan of kite flying, horror films, spicy foods, Little League baseball, and dancing as if no one is watching. 4 800-565-9523 Live Healthy Now New Titles EHRET’s MUCUSLESS DIET Professor Arnold Ehret Over a century ago, health visionary Arnold Ehret developed a logistical course in healing the body that has since helped untold numbers of people achieve their health goals. Ehret’s under- standing of dietetics and his multidimensional system based on faith and science was decades ahead of its time. In this abridged edition of his original work (see page 9), Ehret identifies health-destructive foods and proposes a diet based on the laws of nature to cleanse, repair, rebuild, and maintain a healthy body. Special menus help readers replace harmful foods with health-supporting alternatives. Ehret also provides a detailed explanation of the therapeutic value of fasting and includes several recipes that prevent mucus. $7.95 / 978-1-57067-347-4 / 48 pages / 5½ x 8½ paper / available May Author bio: Arnold Ehret was a German philosopher, nutritionist, teacher, and healer, and among the first to advocate fasting and a raw vegan diet as healing therapies. His classic teachings, based on the theory that health, happiness, and longevity can only be achieved by living in complete harmony with the laws of nature, have been heralded for over 100 years. NORMAN WALKER’s COLON HEALTH Dr. Norman W. Walker Raw-foods pioneer and best-selling author Norman Walker was passionate about the rela- tionship between a healthy colon and a healthy body. Even though it’s one of the body’s most vital organs, the colon is often ignored unless constipation, gas, colitis, or prostate trouble occur. Dr. Walker gives readers a tour of the large intestine and explains the intricate workings of our internal waste-disposal system. From cathartics and laxatives to enemas and colonic irrigations, readers will learn how to cleanse and maintain a healthy colon so it can effectively eliminate waste products from the body. Through proper care of the colon, it’s possible to pre- vent and experience relief from not only constipation and digestive problems but also asthma, colds, allergies, and respiratory disorders. $7.95 / 978-1-57067-348-1 / 48 pages / 5½ x 8½ paper / available May Author bio: Dr. Norman Walker, a pioneer in the field of juicing and nutritional health, designed the Norwalk Hydraulic Press, which continues to be produced and sold today. He wrote extensively on nutrition and healthful living and advocated drinking juices made from fresh, raw vegetables and fruits and eating a diet based solely on vegetables, fruits, and nuts. [email protected] 5 New Titles Pathfinders Hi-Low Novels DANNY BLACKGoat: DANGEROUS PaSSAGE Tim Tingle During the Civil War, the United States Army imprisoned thousands of Navajos in unsafe conditions at Fort Sumner. Through the eyes of teenager Danny Blackgoat, readers experience how the Diné people struggled to survive. In the concluding novel of the Danny Blackgoat trilogy, the major char- acters appear in a final scene of reckoning. Danny Blackgoat must face the charge of stealing a horse from Fort Davis––or reveal that his old friend, Jim Davis, stole the horse to help Danny escape. The penalty for horse theft in the 1860s? Death by hanging. Only the word of a Navajo woman can save both Danny and Jim Davis, but will she arrive at Fort Sumner before the bugles sound and the hanging begins? Danny Blackgoat: Dangerous Passage is filled with history-based action, as the Diné people leave their imprisonment and return to Navajo country. $12.95 / 978-1-939053-15-2 / 160 pages / 4½ x 7 paper Ages: 12 to 16 / Reading level: 4.0 / available March Author bio: Tim Tingle is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a frequent speaker at tribal gatherings and storytelling festivals. Tim turns historical events into adventure novels featuring young Indian heroes struggling to survive. He has traveled to Navajo country every year since 1993, and the Danny Blackgoat series emerged from his travels through the mountains and canyons of New Mexico and Arizona. The author of 12 books, Tim is a four-time winner of the American Indian Youth Liter- ature Award for House of Purple Cedar (2016), How I Became A Ghost (2014), Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner (2014), and Crossing Bok Chitto (2008). He was also the recipient of the 2015 Wordcraft Circle Native Writers Award for his PathFinders novel No Name. For more information, visit timtingle.com. For details about the first two books in this series, plus Tim Tingle’s other PathFinders novel, No Name see page 18. 6 800-565-9523 GroundSwell Books Our new imprint, GroundSwell Books, is dedicated to environmental education and inspiring readers to create a healthy, sustainable planet for future generations.

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