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Lisa Carlson, executive director of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, has compiled this 640-page consumer's guide to making funeral arrangements — with or without a funeral director. Included is a state-by-state guide to funeral law.

Today, more than ever before, our society is seeking ways to live more conscientiously. To help bring you the very best inspiration and information about greener, more sustainable lifestyles, MOTHER EARTH NEWS is recommending books to its readers. For more than 30 years, MOTHER EARTH NEWS has been North America’s “Original Guide to Living Wisely,” creating books and magazines for people with a passion for self-reliance and a desire to live in harmony with nature.

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From alfalfa to yellow dock, the more than 100 entries in this useful guide feature popular and practical uses of herbs and spices. Detailed enough for reference use and interest in herbal medicine.

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Health professionals from all disciplines are sharing their skills and expertise to forge a new brand of medicine. Author Michael Castleman calls it blended medicine and says it will redefine health care for the 21st century. This 180-page book explains how to combine mainstream and alternative therapies to treat or prevent disease.

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Ready to live a healthier, more joyous life? Mother's new 112-page Guide to Real Health presents authoritative advice and simple solutions for living longer and living better. Learn more about the fresh, flavorful foods that can satisfy our appetites without super-sizing our portions or our waistlines. Hear from Harvard researcher Dr. Walter Willett as he deconstructs outdated nutrition dogma, showing us a better way to eat, drink and be healthy. For those times when illness does strike, find out when to choose conventional or complementary therapies, and herb or drug treatments. We've found 40 fun ways to fit exercise into hectic lives. Discover healthy, grass-fed meats, cancer fighting fruits and vegetables, heart-healthy Mediterranean cuisine, and more!

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This is one of the first books to replace specific conventional medications with herbal equivalents. As the natural precursors of today's pharmaceuticals, herbs can reduce, even eliminate, dependence on medications. Arranged by ailment, herbal alternatives are offered for more than 500 prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. More than 100 ailments are covered, and an encyclopedia details more than 70 medicinal herbs.

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Snowshoeing is your passport to winter enjoyment. No matter what age or fitness level, you can discover the often-missed beauties of the cold season while becoming healthier and stronger. With this guide, you'll learn how to get started and enjoy this low-cost winter sport.

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News about the rising numbers of childhood asthma, autism and cancers — as well as learning and behavior problems — is being linked to indoor air quality, the health effects of mold, and the overall quality of the buildings we inhabit. Homes that Heal addresses both of these developments, revealing that our own homes may be making us sick. Easy-to-read, solutions-oriented, and humorous, this book is full of advice and stories that empower families to take back their health on a daily basis.

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This newly revised second edition contains more than 250 simple, but remarkably effective recipes for cleansers and scrubs, toners and skin refreshers, creams, lotions, shampoos, conditioners, and nail and lip-care treatments.

Beauty in modern America is a multibillion-dollar industry, and consumers spend hundreds of dollars on beauty products only to discover that they aren't satisfactory or effective. In this new edition, Cox has refined over 20 years' worth of simple and self-indulgent recipes for body and soul.

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This user-friendly, step-by-step guide takes owners through the process of establishing successful bird-watching windows for the enjoyment of their indoor cats. Suggestions for planting natural habitats outside windows, one-way viewing, bird videos, outside speakers and special toys are also included.

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The doctor said you have breast cancer. So now what? Authors Deborah A. Cohen and Dr. Robert M. Gelfand help you deal with the ups and downs of the breast cancer experience — from the shock of diagnosis to getting on with your life.