Da Vinci Books

June 1, 2006

Packing it in the easy way - The inspirational story of one man’s quest to cure the world of smoking

Filed under: Health, Psychology — Julie @ 1:05 pm

by Allen Carr

Published by Michael Joseph, UK, 2004

Hardback with dust wrapper

NZ $16.50

How one man found the will to turn his life around and found the ‘easy way to quit smoking’

Plagues on our doorstep - the threat of infectious disease in New Zealand.

Filed under: Environental Issues, Health, Science — Julie @ 10:22 am

By Jason Eberhart-Phillips, MD

Published by Tandem Press, NZ, 1999

paperback

NZ$10.00

Offering a straightforward framework that explains why infectious diseases appear when & where they do, this book makes sense of the variety of perils we face from the unseen worlds of viruses, bacteria & other agents. It also examines the risks associated with the intentional use of infectious agents by biological terrorists.

Medicines of the Maori - from their trees, shrubs & other plants together with food from the same sources

Filed under: Health, New Zealand — Julie @ 10:14 am

By Christina Macdonald

Illustrations by Lorna McArtney and introduction by Hammond Innes

Published by Collins, NZ, 1973, first edition

Hardback with dustwrapper

NZ$75.00

In this significant contribution to our knowledge of NZ’s social history & botany, Christina Macdonald records for the first time much of the medical lore which has until now only been passed by word of mouth through the generations by the NZ Maori people. A New Zealand classic.

Beyond Basic Health - advanced thinking for the Healing Arts

Filed under: Health — Julie @ 10:03 am

By Bernard Jensen

Published Avery Publishing Group, USA, 1988

Paperback large

NZ$16.50

Bernard Jensen is one of America’s foremost pioneering nutritionists since 1929. This book looks at the deteriorating state of modern man’s health & offers practical advice/insight to those health professionals who must deal with today’s devastating illnesses.

December 28, 2005

The Roots of Health - Romany Lore of Health and Beauty

Filed under: Romany Lore — Julie @ 8:43 am

By Leon Petulengro
Published by Pan Books, UK, 2nd printing 1972
Paperback
NZ$10.00
True Romanies only begin to grow old around their 8oth year, what secrets enabled them to keep their youth and vigour? Not botox that’s for sure!!

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