Category - Health & Fitness
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Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States
HardcoverOriginal price $37.99 - Original price $37.99Original price $37.99$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /An innovative recasting of US legal and economic history through the power of clothing for those who lacked power and status in American society. W...
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An Aztec Herbal: The Classic Codex of 1552
PaperbackOriginal price $14.95 - Original price $14.95Original price $14.95$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /"I love that this book is the real deal. A truly unique and informative read." — Texas Kitchen and Garden and MoreOriginally written in the Aztec...
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Working The Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing
PaperbackOriginal price $29.00Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00Original price $29.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /African American traditional medicine is an American classic that emerged out of the necessity of its people to survive. It began with the healing ...
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Surviving Desires: Making and Selling Native Jewellery in the American Southwest
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /In its classic union of gleaming silver and blue turquoise, Native American jewellery of the Southwest is an iconic art form. Internationally rec...
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New Growth: The Art and Texture of Black Hair
PaperbackOriginal price $25.95 - Original price $25.95Original price $25.95$35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /From Frederick Douglass to Angela Davis, "natural hair" has been associated with the Black freedom struggle. In New Growth Jasmine Nichole Cobb tra...
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Secrets of Native American Herbal Remedies: A Comprehensive Guide to the Native American Tradition of Using Herbs and the Mind/Body/Spirit Connection for Improving Health and Well-being
PaperbackOriginal price $23.00Original price $23.00 - Original price $23.00Original price $23.00Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /The modern techniques of holistic and alternative healing and natural remedies have been alive in the "old ways" of Native American medicine for ...
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African American Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Healing Plants and Folk Traditions
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Discover the roots of modern-day herbal remedies, plant medicine, holistic rituals, natural recipes, and more that were created by African American...
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Ta-Lakata: The Tears of Africa
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /Zindaba, "Zindie" Nyirenda was the granddaughter of traditional Zambian heritage and raised in an elite and privileged environment in Zambia during...
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Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't)
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /"A fantastic, informative book… I recommend Evolution Gone Wrong highly to anyone wishing to grasp the mix of biological and cultural forces at w...
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Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex
HardcoverOriginal price $27.00Original price $27.00 - Original price $27.00Original price $27.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /A rollicking, myth-busting history of sex that moves from historical attempts at birth control to Hildegard von Bingen’s treatise on the female o...
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Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal: A Food Science Nutrition History Book
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /From hunting and gathering to GMOs and ultra-processed foods, this expansive tour of human history rewrites the story of our species and points t...
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Why We Swim
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /“A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book." —Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal L...
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Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /The definitive guide to the medicinal plant knowledge of Ashkenazi herbal healers—from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.Until now, the herbal ...
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10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 57 Walking Adventures
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Updated and Expanded Second Edition Features Six New Walking Adventures! 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A. is for urban adventurers with a passion for ...
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Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life: The Dangers of Mouth Breathing and Why Nose or Nasal Breathing is Preferred, Based on the Native American Experien
PaperbackOriginal price $7.95 - Original price $7.95Original price $7.95$12.99$12.99 - $12.99Current price $12.99| /In his search for answers as to why Native Americans had such strong constitutions, longer and more trouble-free lifespans, and none of the normal ...
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Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Born to Run comes a book that inspires us to unleash the extraordinary potential of the huma...
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Dress Cultures in Zambia: Interwoven Histories, Global Exchanges, and Everyday Life
HardcoverOriginal price $110.00 - Original price $110.00Original price $110.00$116.99$116.99 - $116.99Current price $116.99| /Drawing on half-a-century of research in Zambia and regional scholarship, Karen Tranberg Hansen offers a vibrant history of changing dress practice...
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Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /From one of China's most celebrated--and silenced--literary authors, riveting portraits of eight Wuhan residents at the dawn of the pandemic When a...
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Merits of the Plague
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /The preeminent meditation on plagues and pandemics from the Islamic world, now in English for the first time A Penguin Classic Six hundred years ag...
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The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /"An illuminating exploration of the rich and varied history--and myriad health benefits--of fasting." --Wall Street Journal When should we eat, an...
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The Sleeper Agent: The Rise of Lyme Disease, Chronic Illness, and the Great Imitator Antigens of Biological Warfare
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /This book details out the esoteric history of biological warfare in a way that no other book has done, based on only official records, documents, s...
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Behind the Mask: Vernacular Culture in the Time of Covid
PaperbackOriginal price $31.95 - Original price $31.95Original price $31.95$45.99$45.99 - $45.99Current price $45.99| /Vernacular responses have been crucial for communities seeking creative ways to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. With most people locked down an...
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Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations
HardcoverOriginal price $32.99Original price $32.99 - Original price $32.99Original price $32.99Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /A vibrant cultural history investigating pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon SchamaCities and countries engulfed by p...
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Sauna: The Power of Deep Heat
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /In many countries, the sauna is sacred. Nothing beats the camaraderie of congregating in the steam and plunging in an ice bath when it gets too hot...
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