As a psychologist specialising in court assessments, David Roland often saw the toughest, most heartbreaking cases. The emotional trauma had begun to take its toll — and then the global financial crisis hit, leaving his family facing financial ruin. So when he found himself in a local emergency ward with little idea of where he was or how he got there, doctors wondered if he had had a nervous breakdown — if the strain of treating individuals with mental-health problems had become too much. Eventually they discovered the truth: David had suffered a stroke, which had resulted in brain injury. He faced two choices: give up or get his brain working again. Drawing on the principles of neuroplasticity, David set about re-wiring his brain. Embarking on a search that brought him into contact with doctors, neuroscientists, yoga teachers, musicians, and a Buddhist nun, he found the tools to restore his sense of self: psychotherapy, exercise, music, mindfulness, and meditation. How I Rescued My Brain is the story of David’s neurological difficulties and his remarkable cognitive recovery. It is also an account of a journey to emotional health and wellbeing. In the tradition of Marc Lewis’s Memoirs of an Addicted Brain and Jill Bolte Taylor’s My Stroke of Insight, this is an amazing tale of one man’s resilience, and his determination to overcome one of the most frightening situations imaginable — the fear that he had lost his mind, and might not get it back.

Did you know that there is a time tested, safe, non-surgical method of removing arterial blockages without side effects? Severe arterial blockages do not have to lead to coronary bypass surgery or heart attacks. Inside this book is a complete program for successfully reversing and preventing hardening of the arteries.

A Companion to the piano, one of the world's most popular instruments.

"Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David Rowland Francis is a biography of a fascinating man, and a long-needed major reassessment of a controversial and important figure in U.S.-Soviet Relations."--BOOK JACKET.

How was the universe created? How were inert chemicals transformed into living things? How did some of these living beings acquire consiousness? Science's answers to these questions are incomplete and misleading.Physics cannot answer the question as to why there is physics. Chemistry cannot create biology. Biology cannot create consciousness.Science has mistaken consciousness for an effect, when in truth it is a cause. Consciousness is the fundamental principle of existence.We live in a consciousness based reality. Consciousness is at the root of existence, gravity, light, quantum mechanics, life, DNA, and evolution.

"David Rowland is the foremost expert in holistic nutrition, author of 12 highly acclaimed health publications, innovator and publisher of Nutritiapedia, creator of NutriBodyassessment, founder of The Canadian Nutrition Institute and the Edison Institute of Nutrition. Rowland has cut through the noise and offers a plethora of no-nonsense nutritional solutions in his latest work, 'Nutritional Solutions for 88 Conditions'. ...He is a trailblazer and trendsetter. "This book is the most relevant, useful and comprehensive compilation of contemporary holistic information I have read to date. In these pages you will find all of David Rowlands best research and clinical experience complete with new and innovative programs to naturally address -- and in many cases prevent disease altogether. "Nutritional Solutions for 88 Conditions' is incisive and iltuminating. There is something for everyone in this book. If you believe your health is an investment and not an expense, turn the page," (Bryce Wylde, B.Sc., DHMHS - Medical Advisor Dr. OZ show)

Shared Land/Conflicting Identity: Trajectories of Israeli and Palestinian Symbol Use argues that rhetoric, ideology, and myth have played key roles in influencing the development of the 100-year conflict between first the Zionist settlers and the current Israeli people and the Palestinian residents in what is now Israel. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is usually treated as an issue of land and water. While these elements are the core of the conflict, they are heavily influenced by the symbols used by both peoples to describe, understand, and persuade each other. The authors argue that symbolic practices deeply influenced the Oslo Accords, and that the breakthrough in the peace process that led to Oslo could not have occurred without a breakthrough in communication styles. Rowland and Frank develop four crucial ideas on social development: the roles of rhetoric, ideology, and myth; the influence of symbolic factors; specific symbolic factors that played a key role in peace negotiations; and the identification and value of criteria for evaluating symbolic practices in any society.