A Prescription For Peace


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Peace has eluded men and women for all time. This book provides a road map to begin the peace process. The approach is a nuts and bolts simple methodology to achieve peace and to save the planet. Humanity hangs in the balance. If everyone does his or her part we can turn the tide and usher in an era of peace never before known.




The Peace of Mind Prescription


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Prescription for Survival


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Tells the story of how a group of Soviet and American doctors came together to stop nuclear proliferation and ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize and influencing the course of history. This book also sheds light on what really drove and still drives the nuclear arms race, and the importance of citizen involvement in social change efforts.




Prescription for Peace of Mind


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In Prescription for Peace of Mind, Yakov Saacks invites you on a transformative journey of healing and self-discovery. Initially penned as personal journal entries to process his own emotional turmoil, this deeply resonant guide is a beacon of hope for anyone seeking solace amidst life's trials. With over three decades of pastoral wisdom and spiritual insight, Yakov transcends religious boundaries, offering universal insights to overcome inner strife. He shares his remarkable journey from being trapped in chronic negative thoughts to discovering mental and emotional freedom. Through thirteen practical steps, Prescription for Peace of Mind charts a path toward healing from trauma and emotional distress, seamlessly blending spiritual wisdom with actionable advice. Infused with humor, wisdom, and compassion, this book offers a unique blend of spiritual and practical guidance from one man who has walked the path. It offers a universal message of hope and resilience for anyone seeking inner tranquility and lasting happiness.




Keeping the Peace


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What strategies can a government use to end violent ethnic conflicts in the long term? Under what conditions do these strategies work best? Daniel Byman examines how government policies can affect the recurrence of violent ethnic conflict.




Joy for the Journey-A Prescription for Worry


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Philippians has been called The Epistle of Joy, but when Paul wrote to the Christians in Philippi, they were going through difficult times. Opposition to the Gospel confronted these first-century Christians daily. His letter is one of encouragement and gentle proddings. Again and again Paul implores them to rejoice. The Christian life is a journey of faith. Paul reminds God's people that we have something to rejoice about, in spite of adverse and worrisome circumstances. Joy for the Journey presents an absolutely wonderful possibility for the Christian who worries. It presents a prescription for worry that works! It is possible for you to exchange your doubts, fears, and worries for joy in the Lord! Because our journey home is filled with trials and tribulations, our faith in God must be an active, dynamic reality for us. Our profession of faith must equate to active trust in our heavenly Father. In prayer we give Him our worries. He gives us His peace. It turn, this peace beyond description gives us Joy for the Journey! Larry Hamblen serves as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Coronado, California. He holds a degree in Bible and Pastoral Ministries from California Christian College. He has served as a full-time pastor for over thirty-six years. In his leisure time, he writes Christian praise music and researches his family's history. He is the author of Our Hamblen Heritage (1990). He and his wife, Leigh, have six children.




Why Peace


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Guttman explores aggression and the evolutionaryNand revolutionaryNprocess to peace. Through the insights of men and women from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives, he presents stories of wars, invasions, and political repressions down to the most basic levels of authoritarianism.




Find Your Peace


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Your best prescription goes beyond science. This book will help transform your way of thinking and give you tools to change your life and even your eternity. It will help you cope with stress and others and change the world around you. Despite health care professionals’ constant efforts to educate, entice, advise, convince, indoctrinate, and persuade patients with smooth talk, bribes, guilt, and manipulation to make people understand and follow medical advice, the results are often minimal. People continue to suffer from various diseases and chronic conditions. Many still die prematurely from high levels of stress caused by fear, worry, anxiety, and depression. Even with so much knowledge, the gaps in the way people manage stressors in their daily lives needs to be addressed. In Find Your Peace, Dr. Rodica Malos tackles this universal topic head-on. Brimming with medical research, basic brain chemistry, and scriptural wisdom, this powerful, encouraging book reveals how the divine design of the human body functions most perfectly when a person’s thought life aligns with God’s instructions (prescriptions beyond science). God’s divine prescriptions and timeless truths will transform, comfort, sustain, and heal. Readers will learn to confront their fear, anxiety, and depression with supernatural resources and develop a healthier lifestyle full of blessings and peace.




On the Origins of War


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A brilliant and vitally important history of why states go to war, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Peloponnesian War. War has been a fact of life for centuries. By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome and Carthage with the two calamitous World Wars of the twentieth century, renowned historian Donald Kagan reveals new and surprising insights into the nature of war and peace. Vivid, incisive, and accessible, Kagan's powerful narrative warns against complacency and urgently reminds us of the importance of preparedness in times of peace.




Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace


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Mediation and negotiation, personal transformation, non-violent struggle in the community and the world: these behaviors – and their underlying values – underpin the United Nations’ definition of a culture of peace, and are crucial to the creation of such a culture. The Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace addresses this complex and daunting task by presenting an accessible blueprint for this development. Its perspectives are international and interdisciplinary, involving the developing as well as the developed world, with illustrations of states and citizens using peace-based values to create progress on the individual, community, national, and global levels. The result is both realistic and visionary, a prescription for a secure future.