AltMed Library
Office Library List by Topic
This is a list of the books I have read and recommended over the years. I would love to have your book recommendations for ongoing explorations.


Aging
- The end of Alzheimers by Dale Bredeson MD
- Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, & Dying – Ram Dass
- Natural Health, Natural Medicine – Andrew Weil M.D.
- Healthy Aging – Andrew Weil M.D.
- The Co-housing Handbook – Chris Scotthanson & Kelly Scotthansen
- You Can Fix Your Brain by Dr. Tom O’Bryan

Allergen Free Cookbooks
- Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook by Alissa Segersten and Tom Malterre
- The Allergen Free Bakers handbook by Cybele Pascal.

Alternative
- Life Between Lives: Hypnotherapy for Spiritual Regression – Michael Newton PhD
- Self-Hypnosis & Other Mind Expanding Techniques – Charles Tebbets
- The Patients Guide to Homeopathic Medicine – Robert Uuman, ND, Judyth Reichenberg-Uuman ND
- Homeopathic Medicine at Home – Maesimund B Panos MD, Jane Heimlich
- Crystal Enlightenment – Katrina Raphaell
- Discovery of Magnetic Health – George J. Washnis & Richard Z Hricak
- The Chinese Way to Healing: Many Paths to Wholeness – Misha Ruth Cohen OMD,L.Ac with Kalia Doner
- Sauna Therapy for Detoxification & Healing – Lawrence Wilson MD

Cancer
- Anti-Cancer: A New Way of Life – David Servan-Schreiber MD, Ph.D. (see June 2011 Newsletter)
- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer – John R Lee MD, David Zava PhD, Virginia Hopkins
- Breast Cancer: What You Should Know (But May Not Be Told) About Prevention, Diagnosis, & Treatment – Steve Austin ND & Cathy Hitchcock MSW
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The Cancer Fighting Kitchen by Rebecca Katz

Energy
- The Therapeutic Touch – Dolores Krieger PhD RN
- Inner Bridges: A Guide to Energy Movement and Body Structure – Fritz Frederick Smith MD
- Zero Balancing – John Hamwee
- Yoga for A New Age: A Modern Approach to Hatha Yoga – Bob Smith
- Yin Yoga: Outline of a Quiet Practice – Paul Grilley
- Awareness Through Movement – Moshe Feldenkris

Life Style
- Blue Zones – Dan Buettner (See February 2011 Newsletter)
- Creating Health: How To Wake Up the Body’s Intelligence – Deepak Chopra MD
- The Fitness Factor – Lisa Callahan MD
- Staying Healthy With the Seasons – Elson M Hass MD
- Pathways: A Success Guide for a Healthy Lifestyle ( Healthwise) – Donald W Kemper, Jim Giuffre, Gene Drabinski
- Listening to the Body: The Psychophysical Way to Health & Awareness – Robert Masters PhD, Jean Houston PhD

Menopause, Women’s Health
- Natural Women, Natural Menopause – Marcun Laux ND & Christine Conrad
- Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom – Christiane Northrup MD
- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause – John R Lee MD, Jesse Hanley MD, Virginia Hopkins
- The Wisdom of Menopause; Creating Physical & Emotional Health During the Change – Christiane Northrup MD
- The Hormone of Desire – Susan Rako MD
- The Silent Passage; Menopause – Gail Sheeley
- Alternate Health Care for Women – Patsy Wescott & Leyardia Black ND
- Menopausal Years; The Wise Woman Way – Susan S. Weed
- Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book – Susan M Love MD with Karen Lindsay
- The Estrogen Alternative; Natural Hormone Therapy with Botanical Progesterone – Raquel Martin with Judi Gerstrung DC
- Womens Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine – Tori Hudson ND
- The Menopause Self-Help Book – Susan M Lark MD

Nutrition
- Prevention Magazines Nutrition Advisor
- What’s For Breakfast – Joan Haynes ND
- The China Study – T.Colin Campbell PhD and Thomas Campbell II
- The Gluten Book – LeArta Moulton
- Recipes for Self-Healing – Daverick Leggett
- Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition & Craft of Live Culture Foods – Sandor Ellix Katz
- Eat Right for Your Type – Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo with Catherine Whitney
- Conversations on Chelation & Mineral Nutrition – H. DeWayne Ashned PhD, FACN
- The Good Goodies Recipes for Natural Snacks n’ Sweets – Stan & Floss Divorkin
- Food & Faith: Justice, Joy & Daily Bread – ed. Michael Schet
- Refined to Real Food: Moving Your Family Toward Healthier Wholesome Eating – Allison Anneser with Sara Thyr N.D
- The Paleo Diet – Loren Cordain Ph.D. (See May 2011 Newsletter)
- Wheat-free, Worry-free – Danna Korn
- Prescription for Nutritional Healing – Janies F Balch MD, Phyllis A Balch CNC
- Healing – Patrick Quillin PhD RD
- The Healing Foods – Hausman & Judith Benn Hurley
- Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine – Murray &Pizzorno

Parenting
- Geselle Institute Series: Your One Year Old, Your Two Year Old, etc. – Louise Bates Ames PhD
- Child of Mine – Feeding With Love and Good Sense – Ellyn Satter R.D.
- Your Baby and Child – Birth to 5 – Penelope Leach
- Children the Challenge – Rudolf Dreikurs
- What Do You Really Want For Your Children – Wayne Dyer M.D
- Your Child’s Self Esteem – Dorothy Corkille Briggs
- Annie Stories – Doris Brett
- The Vaccine Friendly Plan – Paul Thomas, MD and Jennifer Margulis, PHD
- The Vaccine Book – Robert Sears, MD

Pregnancy
- Secret Life of the Unborn Child – Thomas Verney M.D.
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting – Arlene Eisenberg
- Breast Feeding Your Baby – Shiela Kitzinger
- Babyhood – Penelope Leach
- On Becoming a Family – T. Berry Brazelton

Prevention and Toxicity
- Detoxify or Die – Sherry Rogers M.D. At prestigepublishing.com
- The Hundred Year Lie – Randall Fitzgerald
- YOU the Patient – Michael Roizen MD and Mehmet OZ MD
- YOU Staying Young – Michael Roizen MD and Mehmet OZ MD.

Psychology & the Unconscious
- The Fisher King & The Handless Maiden: Understanding The Wounded Feeling Function in Masculine & Feminine Psychology – Robert A Johnson
- The Ravaged Bridegroom: Masculinity in Women – Marion Woodman
- Animal Guides in Life, Myth & Dreams – Niel Russack
- The Cat: A Tale of Feminine Redemption – Marie-Loiuse von Franz
- Aspects of the Feminine – CG Jung
- Animus & Anima: Two Essays by Emma Jung
- The Jungian Experience: Analysis & Individuation – James A Hall MD
- Jung on Evil – Selected & Introduced Murray Steini
- Jung on Active Imagination – ed & intro by Joan Chodorow
- Inner Work – Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert Johnson

Specific Conditions
- The Yeast Connection – William G Crook MD
- Driven to Distraction: Recognizing & Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder From Childhood Through Adulthood – Edward M Hallowell MD, John J Ratey MD
- Family Guide to Asthma & Allergies: How You & Your Children Can Breathe Easier – Norman Edelman MD
- Tired of Being Tired – Jesse Lynn Hanley MD & Nancy Deville
- Sinus Survival: A Self-Help Guide to Allergies, Bronchitis, Colds & Sinusitis – Dr Robert S Ivker
- Diabetes A to Z – American Diabetes Association
- Dr. Bernsteins Diabetes Solution – Dr. Bernstein
- The Inside Tract by Gerard Mullin MD
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Natural Approach – Rosemary Nicol
- Making Sense of Fibromyalgia – Daliel J Wallace MD, Janice Brock Wallace
- Brain Recovery.com: Powerful Therapy for Changing Brain Disorders – David Perlmutter MD
- Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain – Pete Egoscue with Roger Gittines
- The Thyroid Solution: Ridha Arem M.D.

Spirituality & Mysticism
- Arousing the Goddess: Sex and Love in Buddhist Ruins of India – Tim Ward
- Shamans, Mystics & Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry to India & Its Healing Traditions – Sudhir Kakar
- Shamanic Healing Within the Medicine Wheel – Marie Lu Lorler
- The Alphabet Versus the Goddess – Leonard Shlain
- Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness & The Search for Meaning – Jean Shinoda Bolen MD
- Goddess in Every Woman – Jean Shinoda Bolen MD
- The Universe in a Single Atom – his Holiness The Dali Lama
- After the Ecstasy, the Laundry – Jack Kornfield
- Healing & the Mind – Bill Moyers
- The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values & Spiritual Growth – M Scott Peck
- How We Choose to Be Happy – Rick Foster & Greg Hicks
- Paths of Life: 7 Scenarios – Alice Miller
- Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul – Arielle Ford
- Extraordinary Knowing: Science, Skepticism & the Inexplicable Powers of The Human mind – Elizabeth Lloyd mayer PhD
- The Times of Our Lives: Extraordinary True Stories of Synchronicity, Destiny, Meaning & Purpose – ed Jill Kranier
- The Four Agreements

Reference
- A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions (Health Notes)
- Prevention Magazine’s Complete Book of Vitamins and Minerals
- Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine – Michael Murray ND & Joseph Pizzorno ND
- Alternative Medicine; the Definition Guide – The Burton Goldberg group

Vegetarian Cookbooks
- Still Life With Menu – Mollie Katzen
- Moosewood Cookbook – Mollie Katzen
- Enchanted Broccoli Forest – Mollie Katzen
- Feeding the Whole Family – Cynthia Lair
- The Greens Cook Book – Deborah Madison
- Sunset Menus and Recipes for Vegetarian Cooking – Sunset Cookbooks
- Mediterranean Grains and Greens – Paula Wolfert
- Vegetarian Epicure – Anna Thomas
- Recipes for a Small Planet – Ellen Buchman Ewald
- Whole Foods for the Whole Family – Le Leche League Intl.
- The Yoga Way Cookbook – The Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy
- Mexican Vegetarian Cooking – Edith Metcalfe de Plata
- Meatless Main Dishes – Better Homes and Gardens