Book Publishing Company Healthy Living t GroundSw ell t Native Voices 2016 2016Fall-Winter Spring / Summer Catalog Book Publishing Company 2016 Fall-Winter Catalog Table of Contents Remembering Steve “Sproutman” Meyerowitz 2 New Titles Healthy Living 3 Live Healthy Now 4 GroundSwell Books 5–8 Featured Healthy Living 9–11 Live Healthy Now 12 Vegan Cookbooks 13–15 Raw Food Nutrition 16 PathFinders Hi-Lo Novels 17–18 First Nations 19–20 Backlist 21–23 DVDs 24 Title Index 25–28 Author Index 29-30 Ordering Information 32 Canadian Authors As a member of The Green Press Initiative, the Book Publishing Company has com- mitted to print a growing number of our titles on 100 percent postconsumer recycled paper, processed without chlorine. FRIEND, MENTOR, PUBLISHING PARTNER In 2015, we unexpectedly lost our dear friend and publishing partner Steve Meyerowitz, a pio- neer in the sprouting and wellness community. The journey he took to heal from chronic illness taught him valuable lessons about the power of diet to fight disease. Steve spent four decades sharing these lessons with thousands of individuals across the world through his books, speak- ing engagements, and online classes. We’ll miss Steve’s endless enthusiasm, positive spirit, and great compassion for others. The knowledge he imparted will serve to help health-seekers for many years to come. His growing legacy will be continued by his sons Noah and Ari, the Sprout Brothers. Steve, we dedicate this catalog to you. 2 800-565-9523 Health Living New Titles VEGAN FITNESS FOR MORTALS Eat Your Veggies, Be Active, Avoid Injury, and Get Healthy for Life Ellen Jaffe Jones Anyone who wants to be more active but doesn’t think they’re athletic enough to pull it off will rejoice over Vegan Fitness for Mortals. Packed with practical information and achievable pro- grams for both aerobic and weight-bearing exercise, this book provides enough great tips to motivate even the most avowed couch potato. Acclaimed athlete, trainer, and nutrition consultant Ellen JaffeJones describes how to develop basic routines for walking, running, biking, swimming, weight lifting, and yoga. She also explains how and why to employ warm-up and cool-down exercises into a workout, gives advice on which gadgets and gear will help improve performance, and shares important tips on how to stay inju- ry-free. There are additional ideas for utilizing the everyday environment—from walls to furniture—to instantly fit in exercise anywhere, anytime. A committed vegan for many years, Jones conquered serious health challenges by becoming a runner and adopting a plant-based diet. She makes a powerful case for why atinge vegan can augment the benefits of exercise and help prevent exercise-related injuries. Included is information on how to transition to a nutritious vegan diet, along with some of Jones’s favorite quick meal ideas. $18.95 / 978-1-57067-340-5 / 224 pages / 6 x 9 paper / available September Author bio: Award-winning television journalist Ellen Jaffe Jones has followed a plant-based diet for more than thirty years. She credits her diet with helping her dodge the breast cancer and other terminal diseases that afflicted her mother, aunt, and sisters. Certified as a Personal Fitness Trainer by the Aerobics and Fitness Asso- ciation of America and as a Certified Coach by the Road Runners Club of America, Ellen offers in-person and online personal training sessions. Whether consulting about weight loss, fitness, or a vegan diet, Ellen exudes enthusiasm and energy. Her goal for her clients is to enjoy lifelong health, vigor, and well-being. Ellen is also the author of the best seller Eat Vegan on $4 A Day and Kitchen Divided and is the coauthor of Paleo Vegan. [email protected] 3 New Titles Live Healthy Now SUGAR DETOX Defeat Cravings and Restore Your Health Ann Eugene According to data compiled in 2014 by the market research firm Euromonitor International, the average person in the United States consumes over 126 grams of sugar per day (about 26 teaspoons), which is more than twice what the World Health Organization recommends as the daily intake limit. In Ireland, about 97 grams of sugar is consumed per day; in Australia, about 95.6 grams; and in Canada, about 89.1 grams. Among the chronic health conditions associated with excess sugar intake are anxiety, depres- sion, fatigue, fatty liver disease, high cholesterol, hypothyroidism, irritable bowel syndrome, metabolic syndrome, migraine headaches, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. This guidebook by Canadian author Ann Eugene provides all the tools needed to transform our relationship with sugar. Learn how to decipher product labels, implement a jump-start plan to eliminate sugar cravings, and easily maintain a new style of eating centered on nourishing plant-based proteins, wholesome carbohydrates, and healthful sources of fat. Armed with the strategies in this guide, we can drop our reliance on that insidious sweet stuff once and for all. Also included are a few delicious recipes to make it easy to get started on the right track. $7.95 / 978-1-57067-343-6 / 48 pages / 5½ x 8½ paper / available September Author bio: Ann Eugene is a Canadian author who thrives on encouraging others to embrace life fully. Her experience as a fitness instructord healthan professional has pro- vided her with the opportunity to help others through exercise and nutrition. She is devoted to creating easily accessible lifestyle changes using a plant-based protocol that eschews deprivation. 4 800-565-9523 GroundSwell Books New Titles We are proud to announce our new imprint, GroundSwell Books, dedicated to environmental education and inspiring readers to create a healthy, sustainable planet for future generations. THE RESTORE-OUR-PLANET DIET Food Choices, Our Environment, and Our Health Patricia Tallman, PhD Are you an environmentalist who champions wise water usage, clean oceans, and a reduction in greenhouse gases? Or are you a health-savvy individual interested in permanent weight loss, disease prevention, and optimal nutrition? Regardless of your perspectives and inten- tions, you’ll discover through this book how a plant-based diet can directly address all of these concerns. Dr. Patricia Tallman explains why the most effective action you can take to mitigate climate change, water pollution, rainforest destruction, and water shortages also will enable you to combat diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Side-by-side comparisons of plant-based recipes versus animal-based recipes chart their envi- ronmental impact in terms of water usage, manure production, and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as their nutritional content. For example, by simply replacing beef in a Sloppy Joe rec - ipe with a plant-based protein, you can save the following per serving: 1,670 liters of water; 4.4 kilograms of manure; and enough greenhouse gas to drive 10.7 kilometers. Included is a vast array of more than 65 easy- to-make recipes that are as appetizing as they are nutritious. “With easy to understand information, graphs and topics, (here) is a great tool for anyone looking to improve their health and the health of the Earth’s ecosystems.” —Keegan Kuhn, filmmaker, codirector of Cowspiracy $25.95 / 978-1-50848-762-3 / 192 pages / 7 x 10 paper / charts, graphs / available September Author bio: Patricia Tallman has a doctorate in Water Resources Engineering (University of British Columbia, Canada) and a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering Sciences (California Institute of Technology). In 2003 she became a vegan for ethical and environmental reasons. She has written a number of editorial articles for The Vancouver Sun, some of which have appeared in the Calgary Herald, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star, Star Phoenix, and the Examiner. [email protected] 5 New Titles GroundSwell Books WATER STORAGE Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use Art Ludwig This do-it-yourself guide is an invaluable resource for designing, building, and maintaining water tanks, cisterns, and ponds, and sustainably managing groundwater storage. It will assist you with handling your independent water system, fire protection setup, and disaster preparedness plan, while keeping costs low and incorporating ecological sound designs. It also includes building instructions for several styles of ferro-cement water tanks. “A guide to water systems that explores every facet of designing water resources wisely, efficiently, and in concert with nature.” —Richard Freudenberger, executive editor, Back Home Magazine “All sorts of alternatives to your standard plastic water tank, accessible by anyone from homeowner to builder to civil engineer.” —Amy Wynn, Builders Booksource “Practical design solutions, comprehensive illustrations, and plenty of photos—a thorough treatment of a topic that’s vital to our survival.” —Claire Anderson, Home Power Magazine, and Mother Earth News $25.95 / 978-0-96434-336-8 / 125 pages / 8½ x 11 paper / available September Author bio: Art Ludwig is an ecological-systems designer whose mission is to develop systems and share information for a higher quality of life with reduced ecological impact. Designing optimal, integrated processes has been Art’s day job since 1980. His specialty is complex, deep-green “sys- tems of systems” for water, wastewater, energy, shelter, and transportation. He takes a serious engineer’s eye to developing simple, mostly DIY solu- tions that work long term. Art has studied and worked in 27 countries, attaining fluency in five lan- guages. He has consulted for the states of New York, California, and New Mexico on water-reuse policy and building codes and has given dozens of lectures and workshops. Many of Art’s innovations have been adopted worldwide and incorporated into building codes. All of his work is available in the public domain, including his “laundry to landscape” and “branched drain” greywater systems.