Winning by Losing or Animals in Translation

Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life

Author: Jillian Michaels

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Animals in Translation

Author: Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin's Animals in Translation speaks in the clear voice of a woman who emerged from the other side of autism, bringing with her an extraordinary message about how animals think and feel.

Temple's professional training as an animal scientist and her history as a person with autism have given her a perspective like that of no other expert in the field. Standing at the intersection of autism and animals, she offers unparalleled observations and groundbreaking ideas about both.

Autistic people can often think the way animals think — in fact, Grandin and co-author Catherine Johnson see autism as a kind of way station on the road from animals to humans — putting autistic people in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." Temple is a faithful guide into their world, exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and, yes, even animal genius. Not only are animals much smarter than anyone ever imagined, in some cases animals are out-and-out brilliant.

The sweep of Animals in Translation is immense, merging an animal scientist's thirty years of study with her keen perceptions as a person with autism — Temple sees what others cannot.

Among its provocative ideas, the book:

• argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness — and that animals do have consciousness

• applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity" to animals, showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they "can't see the forest for the trees" — a talent as well as a "deficit"

• explores the "interpreter" in the normal human brain thatfilters out detail, leaving people blind to much of the reality that surrounds them — a reality animals and autistic people see, sometimes all too clearly

• explains how animals have "superhuman" skills: animals have animal genius

• compares animals to autistic savants, declaring that animals may in fact be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people do not possess and sometimes cannot even see

• examines how humans and animals use their emotions to think, to decide, and even to predict the future

• reveals the remarkable abilities of handicapped people and animals

• maintains that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is to make it feel afraid

Temple Grandin is like no other author on the subject of animals because of her training and because of her autism: understanding animals is in her blood and in her bones.

Publishers Weekly

Philosophers and scientists have long wondered what goes on in the minds of animals, and this fascinating study gives a wealth of illuminating insights into that mystery. Grandin, an animal behavior expert specializing in the design of humane slaughter systems, is autistic, and she contends that animals resemble autistic people in that they think visually rather than linguistically and perceive the world as a jumble of mesmerizing details rather than a coherent whole. Animals-cows, say, on their way through a chute-are thus easily spooked by novelties that humans see as trivialities, such as high-pitched noises, drafts and dangling clothes. Other animals accomplish feats of obsessive concentration; squirrels really do remember where each acorn is buried. The portrait she paints of the mammalian mind is both alien and familiar; she shows that beasts are capable of sadistic cruelty, remorse, superstition and surprising discernment (in one experiment, pigeons were taught to distinguish between early period Picasso and Monet). Grandin (Thinking in Pictures) and Johnson (coauthor of Shadow Syndromes) deploy a simple, lucid style to synthesize a vast amount of research in neurology, cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology, supplementing it with Grandin's firsthand observations of animal behavior and her own experiences with autism, engaging anecdotes about how animals interact with each other and their masters, and tips on how to pick and train house pets. The result is a lively and absorbing look at the world from animals' point of view. (Jan.) Forecast: Anyone who's enjoyed the work of Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson-and especially those who liked it but felt it a bit warm and fuzzy in spots-should appreciate this valuable, rigorous book. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

How do animals think? How do people think? How do people with autism think? Why do these three groups have so much trouble communicating? This wonderful book throws together humorous animal stories, personal anecdotes, and scientific data to provide some intriguing answers. Grandin is autistic and a well-known expert on animal behavior; she argues that animals are detail thinkers, most humans are "big picture" thinkers, and individuals with autism fall somewhere in between. There are insights into animal behavior, practical advice on animal discipline, and even some examples of jobs for which being autistic is an advantage. Obviously written for the nonscientist, this work clearly defines technical terms and breaks down the most complicated information into simple, easy-to-understand sentences. Shelley Frasier gives a low-key reading that is entirely appropriate to the authors, text, and subject matter. Already a best seller in print, the audiobook deserves the same status. Recommended for all libraries.-I. Pour-El, Des Moines Area Community Coll., Boone, IA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	My story	1
Ch. 2	How animals perceive the world	27
Ch. 3	Animal feelings	69
Ch. 4	Animal aggression	131
Ch. 5	Pain and suffering	179
Ch. 6	How animals think	241
Ch. 7	Animal genius : extreme talents	285
	Behavior and training troubleshooting guide	309

The Sex Life of Food or Get Stronger Feel Younger

The Sex Life of Food: When Body and Soul Meet to Eat

Author: Bunny Crumpacker

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Get Stronger, Feel Younger: The Cardio and Diet-Free Plan to Firm Up and Lose Fat

Author: Wayne Wescott

As women age, their metabolisms slow, and over a 20-year period, the average woman packs on about 30 pounds of fat. So, in order to lose weight, women turn to diet plans that not only restrict calorie consumption, but also are very difficult to maintain.

Now, with Get Stronger, Feel Younger, you can shed the fat that you've accumulated over the years, while regaining and maintaining a healthier body composition and a faster metabolism-without depriving yourself of the foods you love.

Acclaimed fitness experts Dr. Wayne Westcott and Gary Reinl present their proven strength training program that has helped over 3,000 research participants shed fat, regain atrophied muscle, and experience dramatic increases in resting metabolic rate. Using cutting-edge exercises and brief high intensity workouts, in as little as 10 weeks you can experience a 15-pound improvement in body composition and physical appearance: up to 12 pounds of fat loss, 3 pounds of new muscle, and a 6 percent increase in resting metabolic rate.

There are two programs: the Standard Strength Training Program, which requires only 20 minutes for completion in 2 days a week, and the Advanced Strength-Training Program, which requires 30 minutes 3 days a week. Dr. Westcott and Reinl also provide a natural nutrition plan that not only may enhance your results, but also is realistic and easy to follow. They explain how using brief high-intensity workouts and strength training can transform your body-as well as help prevent diabetes, heart disease, stroke, osteoperosis, low back pain, arthritis, and several types of cancer.

Big Book Unplugged or Mindful Eating 101

Big Book Unplugged: A Young Person's Guide to Alcoholics Anonymous

Author: John Rosengren

What does a teen addicted to, say, marijuana, have in common with an adult alcoholic from almost 70 years ago? Plenty, according to The Big Unplugged. This book helps youth find common ground in Alcoholics Anonymous-a book which may sometimes seem remote to today's teens. The author summarizes each chapter of the Big Book, and in fresh, frank language, addresses issues faced and roadblocks erected by teens- invincibility, surrender, spirituality, and more.

Publishers Weekly

The author, a chemical dependency counselor, is a member of Alcoholics Anonymous with more than 20 years of sobriety. He has targeted this guide specifically toward teenagers and young adults in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, with the hope of demystifying the basic text for young people who may be put off by the length or language. Alcoholics Anonymous, more familiarly called The Big Book, was published in 1939 and is now in its fourth edition. The Big Book describes the basic AA 12-step program, including the personal story of Bill W., credited with founding AA. In this clearly written manual, John R. devotes an interpretive chapter that corresponds to each of the 11 chapters in The Big Book. Although many of the chapters will be useful to adolescents in recovery, chapter four, "We Agnostics," will be particularly helpful to those who are uncomfortable with AA's spiritual component. John R. includes eight personal stories of recovering alcoholics from the 42 in the original text that, according to him, speak most directly to young people. He strongly suggests reading a chapter or a personal story in The Big Book before turning to the guide for assistance with the meaning or information provided. In addition to those in recovery, this guide will also be useful to their family, friends, counselors and teachers. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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Mindful Eating 101: A Guide to Healthy Eating in College and Beyond

Author: Susan Albers

Each year, thousands of young men and women show up at college unprepared for many of the challenges and experiences they will encounter for the next four years of their lives. And while parents, friends and teachers will always have advice to offer on the dangers of drugs & alcohol, tips for good hygiene and better work habits, how to do laundry and the importance of quickly making friends with someone who has a car, one vital area is often overlooked.

In this book, Dr. Susan Albers brings her unique approach to college students, their parents, and college staff. Using the principles of mindfulness, Dr. Albers presents a guide to healthy eating and self acceptance that will help readers navigate the weight obsessed, diet-crazed, high pressured, fast-food-saturated college environment, establishing patterns of eating that will form the groundwork for a healthier life well beyond college.

The aim of this book is to help the reader empower herself to make mindful choices about what, when, where, and how to eat in order to avoid the dreaded "freshman fifteen" without falling into dangerous patterns that could lead to the development of an eating disorder. Written in a light, engaging style that should appeal to college students, parents, counselors and college staff alike, this book has the potential to help people change their eating habits for the better. More than a new diet book or collection of superficial self-affirmations, this book gets at issues such as the importance of making informed choices and the value of self acceptance and good health.

What People Are Saying

Emme
"Let Mindful Eating 101 allow you the freedom to enjoy one of the most incredible times of your life without the confusion and frustration that mindless eating can bring!"
—supermodel, television host, best-selling author, lecturer, and plus-size clothing designer

Beth Shaw
"An insightful guide to a very sensitive issue. Dr. Albers does a wonderful job of guiding college students to a healthier life style and positive self esteem. I wish this book had been available when I was a college student."
—founder and president of YogaFit Inc.

Jamie-Lynn Sigler
"Mindful Eating 101 is the perfect resource for the incredibly difficult obstacle of learning to trust ourselves when it comes to a relationship with our bodies and food. I hope that this book becomes MANDATORY reading for anyone entering into that phase of their life."
—star of The Sopranos, author of Wise Girl: What I've Learned About Life, Love, and Loss

Kathleen Burns Kingsbury
"Written in an accessible and practical manner, readers learn life lessons about their relationship with food, their bodies, and their spirit that will last long after their final semester ends. Mindful Eating 101 should be required reading for students of all ages!"
—LMHC, co-author, Weight Wisdom: Affirmations to Free You from Food and Body Concerns

Jessica Weiner
"Susan Albers's incredibly thoughtful book reminds us that self-care and self-love are necessary tools in our everyday lives. She guides us gently to a place of greater understanding and ignites in readers a sense of true empowerment."
—author of Do I Look Fat in This? and A Very Hungry Girl

Denise Lamothe
"Dr. Albers has done a brilliant job targeting both obvious and subtle issues specific to college life and outlining ways to recognize, prepare for, and overcome mindless overeating pitfalls. This vitally important work should be required reading for every student stepping onto a college campus!"
—Psy.D., HHD, author of The Taming of the Chew: A Holistic Guide to Stopping Compulsive Eating

Meg Lyons
"Mindful Eating 101 is an accessible guide to lifetime eating that speaks to our generation as it approaches eating holistically-through the mind and soul. This is not just another self-help book; it's a work that truly wants to better women's approaches to eating in college and forevermore."
—Colgate University senior

Marcia Herrin
I find the chapter titles appealing and would suspect they would be of interest to college students. There is a place for this book in its field of study. The author ... seems to know the college scene. (Marcia Herrin, Ed.D., MPH, RD, LD, author of Nutrition Counseling in the Treatment of Eating Disorders)

Table of Contents:

	Preface : the mindful eating syllabus
	Introduction : the food fight	1
Pt. I	Mindless eating in college
1	Sex, drugs, and rocky road ice cream : opening up awareness	15
2	Mindless eating vs. mindful eating	31
3	College equals mindless eating?	49
4	The urban legend of the freshman fifteen : fact or fiction?	61
5	Your "relationship' with mindless eating	71
6	The body image blues	87
7	Supersizing : sizing up self-esteem	105
8	Swallowing feelings : food and emotion	119
Pt. II	Mindful eating
9	Using the F-word (fat) : twelve "body language" statements that encourage mindless eating and the fear of fat	133
10	Mindful eating : fifteen ways to eat more mindfully in dorms and cafeterias	149
App. A	When it's more than just mindless eating	165
App. B	Eating mindfully at work	175
App. C	Ten ways for campuses to be more mindful	179

Strength Training for Women or Asian Faces

Strength Training for Women

Author: Lori Inceldon

Ready for an individualized approach to working out for better results? Strength Training for Women delivers with information tailored to the way your body works and responds to training, and the specific tools you need to reach your goals.

More than simple descriptions of exercises and training programs, this book shows you why the exercises are important and which training program is right for you. You'll gain insight into how the female body responds to training and come away with sample programs and more than 102 exercises to train every area of the female form. In addition to the strength-training programs provided, fat-burning circuits, bone-building regimens, and competition programs are also presented. Maximize your genetic makeup and unique physiology to build muscle that will add strength, boost metabolism, improve bone density, and give you the lean, muscular look you want without the big, bulky look you don't. Strength Training for Women is exactly what you need to break through plateaus and cater to the needs of your body.

Table of Contents:

Part I: Designing Women

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Asian Faces: The Essential Beauty and Makeup Guide for Asian Women

Author: Taylor Chang Babaian

A celebrity makeup expert shares her secrets in the first beauty guide for all Asian women.

Professional makeup artist Taylor Chang-Babaian shares her beauty secrets in Asian Faces-the first beauty book created specifically to focus on the techniques and styles that enhance the skin tones and facial features of Asian women of all ages and ethnicities. This fully illustrated, step-by-step guide includes advice on:

- Makeup products and tools for the right skin tone
- How to work with one's face shape
- The differences between day and evening makeup
- Creating the illusion of flawless skin

With more than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations, Asian Faces covers costume makeup and favorite looks from past decades with a modern edge-as well as looks from top American style meccas including New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.

The Spectrum or New Womans Dress for Success

The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health

Author: Dean Ornish

From the author of the landmark bestseller Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease comes an empowering new program that enables you to customize a healthy way of eating and living based on your own desires, needs, and genetic predispositions.

Dr. Dean Ornish revolutionized medicine by directing clinical research proving–for the first time–that heart disease and early-stage prostate cancer may be stopped or even reversed by his program of comprehensive lifestyle changes, without drugs or surgery. His newest research was the first to show that changing your lifestyle changes your genes in men with prostate cancer–“turning on” disease-preventing genes, and “turning off” genes that promote breast cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses, and in only three months. This study documented, also for the first time, that these lifestyle changes may significantly increase an enzyme that lengthens telomeres–the ends of your chromosomes that control how long you live. As your telomeres get longer, your life gets longer. Your genes are not your fate.

The Spectrum features one hundred easy-to-prepare, delicious recipes from award-winning chef Art Smith. Whether you want to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, reverse a major disease, or find a sustainable, joyful lifestyle, The Spectrum can make a powerful difference in your health and well-being.

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New Womans Dress for Success

Author: John T Molloy

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the New York Times bestselling author and expert on power dressing has completely updated and revised his classic guide for women scaling the corporate ladder. Molloy examines how "dress down days" and other changes in dress codes affect the way women are perceived and offers solid advice for achieving a professional, polished--yet relaxed--look.

Textbook of Natural Medicine or The Art of Aging

Textbook of Natural Medicine

Author: Joseph E Pizzorno Jr

Unsurpassed in its authority and scope, the 3rd Edition of the most thoroughly researched and carefully referenced text on natural medicine has been revised to include the most up-to-date information on its application to specific health problems. With over 90 well-known contributors and 10,000 citations of peer-reviewed research literature, practitioners will find accurate, detailed pharmacologic information on herbs and supplements, and crucial knowledge for making recommendations to patients.
• Clearly organized into 6 distinct sections and written by the leaders in complementary and integrative medicine for an easy-to-reference, authoritative text.
• Covers in-depth, evidence-based natural medicine approaches on over 75 specific diseases for the most comprehensive information on the actual practices and recommendations of naturopaths and complementary practitioners.
• A glossary of Section V clarifies and defines terms allowing botanical information to be read with ease.
• Every chapter has been updated to include the latest research and knowledge on natural medicine.
• Natural medicine interventions in Section V include a section on Drug Interactions to help practitioners avoid adverse interactions between natural and conventional medicines.
• 36 chapters have been added to sections on Philosophy of Natural Medicine, Therapeutic Modalities, Syndromes and Special Topics, Pharmacology of Natural Medicines, and Specific Health Problems to bring readers up to speed on newly emerging and important treatments.
• Four appendices have been added — Current Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescriptions, Glycemic Index, SeligmanAttributional Style Questionnaire, and The Optimal Food Pyramid.

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The Art of Aging: A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being

Author: Sherwin B Nuland

In his landmark book How We Die, Sherwin B. Nuland profoundly altered our perception of the end of life. Now in The Art of Aging, Dr. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships. Melding a scientist’s passion for truth with a humanist’s understanding of the heart and soul, Nuland has created a wise, frank, and inspiring book about the ultimate stage of life’s journey.

The onset of aging can be so gradual that we are often surprised to find that one day it is fully upon us. The changes to the senses, appearance, reflexes, physical endurance, and sexual appetites are undeniable–and rarely welcome–and yet, as Nuland shows, getting older has its surprising blessings. Age concentrates not only the mind, but the body’s energies, leading many to new sources of creativity, perception, and spiritual intensity. Growing old, Nuland teaches us, is not a disease but an art–and for those who practice it well, it can bring extraordinary rewards.

“I’m taking the journey even while I describe it,” writes Nuland, now in his mid-seventies and a veteran of nearly four decades of medical practice. Drawing on his own life and work, as well as the lives of friends both famous and not, Nuland portrays the astonishing variability of the aging experience. Faith and inner strength, the deepening of personal relationships, the realization that career does not define identity, the acceptance that some goals will remain unaccomplished–these are among the secrets of those who age well.

Will scientists one day fulfill the dream of eternal youth? Nuland examinesthe latest research into extending life and the scientists who are pursuing it. But ultimately, what compels him most is what happens to the mind and spirit as life reaches its culminating decades. Reflecting the wisdom of a long lifetime, The Art of Aging is a work of luminous insight, unflinching candor, and profound compassion.

Publishers Weekly

The septuagenarian surgeon whose brutally honest demythologization of death in How We Die garnered a National Book Award offers a mushier, platitude-filled treatise on aging, calling it a "gift" that establishes boundaries in our lives, making everything within those boundaries all the more precious. Brief, frank descriptions of droopy penises, declining hormone levels and loss of hearing and bone density are accompanied by reminders that stroke is not a normal consequence of aging and that our bodies are like cars and taking good care of parts extends their usefulness. A gushing tribute to pioneering cardiac surgeon Michael DeBakey, now aged 98, teaches the importance of knowing one's limitations and learning to function within them, while now-80-year-old actress Patricia Neal recalls how sheer stubbornness and a browbeating husband enabled her recovery from a debilitating stroke at 39. Nuland learned life lessons from two fans, a cancer survivor who understands that it's her response to adversity, and not the adversity itself, that shapes her future, and a formerly depressed octogenarian who now doesn't allow herself the "luxury" of despair. Although some of Nuland's devotees will be comforted by his hopeful if familiar advice, others seeking more of the bracing, defiant insights that made him famous will be disappointed. (Mar. 6)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Karen McNally Bensing - Library Journal

Americans are living longer but not necessarily better lives. Late life is often filled with pain as well as physical and mental disability, much of which, argues National Book Award winner Nuland (surgery, Yale Univ.; How We Die), is a result of the "current biomedical campaign against the natural process of aging." Aging itself is not a disease but an important risk factor for many debilitating disorders of old age, he asserts. In an informal study of older adults, the author, now 77, observed individuals (himself included) who live active, fulfilling lives often despite serious health challenges or extreme age. He identifies three key practices for a rewarding late life (which he applies to his own life): developing satisfying personal relationships, maintaining physical abilities, and being creative. The book also casts a critical eye on life-extension research, suggesting that work on preserving physical and mental function as long as possible is far more valuable. "We must study how to be old," Nuland writes. This literate, thoughtful book—an excellent "textbook" for successful aging—is highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ10/15/06.]

Table of Contents:

An Incident in the Subway     3
How We Age: Body and Mind     19
Approaching a Century: Michael DeBakey     61
Making Choices     87
Three Who Overcame     116
A Friendship in Letters     143
Adding Centuries to Our Years     181
Drinking from the Fountain of Youth     217
Wisdom, Equanimity, Caring-Principles for Every Age     251
A Coda for Aging     275
Acknowledgments     287
Index     291

Embracing Your Big Fat Ass or Embracing Your Big Fat Ass

Embracing Your Big Fat Ass

Author: Laura Banks

Life is short -- too short to spend most of it worrying about what you look like from behind. That fact hasn't stopped women everywhere from obsessing over their weight -- specifically, that portion of it resting on their asses. In this gleefully frank new book, Janette Barber and Laura Banks lampoon society's obsession with the gluteus maximus while offering solidarity, support, and inspiring advice to fellow B-FABs (Big Fat Ass Babes). Embracing Your Big Fat Ass encourages readers to accept and love every inch of themselves -- including the lumpier parts.

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Section I The Birth of the B-FABs (Big Fat Ass Babes)

What's in a Word?
Embracing Your Big Fat Ass
Born to Be a B-FAB
Self-Image -- A Snapshot from Behind
It's All My Mother's Fault
Big Beautiful Fat Ass Babe Society

Section II Your Life as a Basket Case

Your Family, a Heavy Matter
The Annoying Little Voice Inside Your Head
The Local Fix
Addictions and Compulsions of a B-FLAB (Big Flabby Ass Babe)
Checking Out

Section III Romance and Your Big Fat Ass

Romantic Moods and Moves
That Asshole Todd
Your Backside in the Bedroom
The D-List Boyfriend

Section IV Clothing, Friendship, Shopping, and Other Distractions

Fashion -- Not Just for Skinny Babes
Counter Intelligence
Bonding with Your Fellow B-FABs
The Secrets of a Fat Ass Date

Section V A Working Woman with a Waddle

Your Job with a Bouncing BFA
How My Big Fat Ass Paid the Bills
Working for Food

Section VI Attempted Health and Weight Loss Projects

Dieting Sucks Because Baby's Got Back
My Life in Diets
Exercising Your Big Fat Ass

Section VII Leaving It All Behind

Managing Fat Ass Sprawl on Trips of Any Kind
Getting Frisked at the Airport
Pooling Around at the Holiday Inn
Happy Holidass
Christmas Eve Chronicle

In Conclusion The Art of Masstery

The Asstrological Reader
Acknowledgments

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Embracing Your Big Fat Ass

Author: Laura Banks

Life is short -- too short to spend most of it worrying about what you look like from behind. That fact hasn't stopped women everywhere from obsessing over their weight -- specifically, that portion of it resting on their asses. In this gleefully frank new book, Janette Barber and Laura Banks lampoon society's obsession with the gluteus maximus while offering solidarity, support, and inspiring advice to fellow B-FABs (Big Fat Ass Babes). Embracing Your Big Fat Ass encourages readers to accept and love every inch of themselves -- including the lumpier parts.

All You Need to Be Impossibly French or Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge

All You Need to Be Impossibly French: A Witty Investigation into the Lives, Lusts, and Little Secrets of French Women

Author: Helena Frith Powell

The allure of the Frenchwoman-sexy, sophisticated, flirtatious, and glamorous-is legendary. More than an eye for fashion or a taste for elegance, the French je ne sais quoi embodies the essential ingredients for looking and feeling beautiful.

With wit, whimsy, and wonder, British expatriate Helena Frith Powell uncovers the secrets of chic living in All You Need to Be Impossibly French, a cheeky guide to releasing your inner Frenchwoman. Delving deep into a mysterious realm of face creams, silk lingerie, and shopping- as-exercise, Powell reveals how French women stay impossibly thin and irresistibly sexy by achieving the maximum effect from the minimum amount of effort. Forget diet and inspiration books and style guides-this is all you need to embrace the wisdom of French living, and learn how to turn every day into la petite aventure.

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Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge: At the Gym, on the Mat, and on the Move

Author: Brooke Siler

In this remarkable new program, Pilates instructor Brooke Siler once again revolutionizes the world of Pilates, reinventing how and where Pilates is performed, to take your fitness to a whole new level. Elegantly designed and beautifully illustrated, Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge takes a fresh approach to Pilates, challenging readers to rethink the way they move and to incorporate Pilates-conscious movements into every aspect of life:

At the Gym: Siler takes you through a fun, rapid-fire circuit of machines that gets and keeps you in your cardio target zone. For the first time ever, you will learn how to use powerful Pilates techniques to maximize your workouts on standard gym equipment (StairMaster, treadmill, stationary bike, etc.).

At Home: Siler steps up the at-home basics by applying Pilates' principles to work with weights, bands, and non-accoutrement-based exercises.

On the Mat: As so many readers and clients have requested, Siler has created four brand-new mat routines specifically to target abs, lower body, posture, and flexibility, and designed to take experienced practitioners and beginners alike to new levels of body-sculpted accomplishment.

Sports: Siler offers insight into secrets of the world's best athletes, explaining how to move with Pilates form in individual and team sports. With core strength created in Pilates you can hit better golf shots, ski with less fatigue than ever before, and bring more power to your tennis game.

Everyday Life: Using her trademark "Invisible Workout," Siler shows you how incorporating Pilates-based awareness and movements into everyday activities -- such as restocking the pantry, working at the computer, climbing stairs, or picking up the baby -- can tone and strengthen your body.

You will be amazed at how much better you feel when your carriage, breathing, posture, and movements are done Pilates-style. This dynamic book shows how Pilates can actually be the basis for total-body transformation -- by simply challenging you to get the absolute most out of everything you already do.

Color Stories or No Beach No Zone No Nonsense Weight Loss Plan

Color Stories: Behind the Scenes of America's Billion-Dollar Beauty Industry

Author: Mary Lisa Gavenas

For everyone who's ever slicked on lipstick, flirted with eye shadow, or browsed the bewildering array in any store's beauty de-partment, Color Stories offers an insider's view of all the brainstorming, bickering, and bitchery that go into those little sticks of color and pans of powder.

Former beauty editor Mary Lisa Gavenas takes us behind the scenes during the nine months that culminate in the launch of a season's all-important "color stories." We discover how one shade becomes the "must have," why makeup artists never use the same products as the rest of us, and exactly how easy—and impossible—it is to start a million-dollar makeup line.

Backstage at the runway shows, we're swept into the catty, chaotic work world of makeup mogul Bobbi Brown and supermodel Gisele Bündchen. At Estée Lauder headquarters, we see the achingly chic Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer spin societal trends into a lipstick lineup. We watch magazines cheat to make makeup work for layouts, find out how Cindy Crawford got to be worth every penny of her $10 million contract, and make the pilgrimage to Dallas as 35,000 of the Mary Kay faithful assemble for the fabled annual Seminar. Along the way, we also learn about marketing, media, and the manipulation of aesthetics, about the codification of physical beauty, and how this industry revolutionized the role of women in business.

Through its often funny, sometimes poignant scenes of seduction, courtship, and consummation, Color Stories reveals why women become besotted by beauty products—and why that love affair will never end.

Publishers Weekly

Following a year in the life of a product from concept to counter, former Glamour, Mirabella and InStyle beauty editor Gavenas offers a curious peek behind the closed doors of beauty editors' offices. She exposes the symbiotic relationship between manufacturers and magazines: advertising pays editors' salaries, while casual mentions by editors sell product. Gifts to editors abound for these much coveted credits and range anywhere from flowers to Cartier watches, depending on the quality of the product placement. Though Gavenas touches on some of the darker days of the business, such as blinding chemicals in Lash-Lure, a 1930s mascara substitute that went unregulated for years, most of her book praises the willful self-empowerment of some the country's earliest women entrepreneurs and self-made millionaires. Biographical sketches of make-up moguls include those of Helena Rubenstein, Mary Kay, Elizabeth Arden and Est e Lauder. Disappointingly, Gavenas pays highly successful African-American businesswomen Annie Turnbo and Madame C.J. Walker much less attention, squeezing their stories together into barely two and a half pages. Other than moving from door-to-door distribution to department store counters, the industry has changed very little over the years, according to Gavenas. "A century ago, beauty companies were pushing products with the same kind of romantic stories, pretentious promotions, and inspired goofiness that are still working so well." Gavenas effectively captures the attitude of the industry with her descriptions of photo shoots, runways and fabric shows, making this a well-crafted story of a booming industry. (Dec. 3) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

A snappy tour of the method behind the cosmetics industry's madness, from the former beauty editor of Glamour, Mirabella, and InStyle. In cosmetics, Gavenas explains, "the most successful companies are the ones that spin the fantasies that the most women want to hear. And anyone with a good enough story can still make it big in the beauty business." That's big—as in $29 billion in sales last year in the US—and though the Revlons and Lauders and Mary Kays dominate, smaller entrepreneurs have also dipped into this bottomless paint pot. Create your own color story: if the big houses say, "For spring, the story [is] pink," then start your own line, call it Urban Decay, and push your shades of Roach, Smog, and Mildew with the slogan "Does pink make you puke?" Count $6 million to $9 million in sales the first year. The basically democratic nature of cosmetics strikes the author's fancy—a few dollars for some atmosphere, makeovers free and fun at the beauty counter—and she reminds us that early fighters for women's rights saw makeup as a badge of courage: "Painting your face meant writing your own story, independent of whatever your husband or father had drawn up." On a more cynical note, Gavenas declares: "Forget feminism. There's nothing like making money off other women to prove how powerful sisterhood can be." And women are powerful in this industry because "men just don't get it." The author revels in the dialectic of fabulism and the simple act of applying lipstick, the overstatement and the understatement, the rags to riches. Histories of cosmetic houses and the process of making cosmetics provide welcome doses of reality, but Gavenas really prefers the conjuring fromthin air: "Makeup will spin storylines for clothes that have none." Fundamentally, the beauty business is all about yearning and fantasy, promises and possibilities, fashioning the mood of the moment, and Gavenas explicates the fantasy so well that—yes—even men will get it.

Table of Contents:

	Preseason: What's in Store	1
	November: Product Development: Once Upon a Time	15
	December: Manufacturing: The Mother of Invention	43
	January: Packaging: All Wrapped Up	73
	February: The Runways: Tellers of Tales	97
	March: Advertising: Every Picture Tells a Story	123
	May: The Magazines: Truth is Stranger Than Fiction	147
	July: Sales Training: The Parable of the Pink Cadillac	171
	September: At the Counters: Another Happy Ending	197

Books about: The Essential Difference or Coyote Medicine

No-Beach, No-Zone, No-Nonsense Weight-Loss Plan

Author: Jim Johnson

Created for the dieter who would rather follow science than the latest fad or celebrity, this book synthesizes years of research to present one dependable weight loss plan that really works. Using a combination of consistently proven diet and exercise strategies that require no special props or aids, readers are shown reliable ways to get weight off and keep it off. Information on calculating calorie needs, determining BMI (body mass index), and working out percentages of fats, carbs, and proteins in a diet are offered. The author leaves nothing to hypothesis, giving the truth about cellulite and how to tell when one's weight is a health risk. Fact is better than fiction where successful weight-loss is concerned and this book delivers all the scientific findings concisely in a convenient format.

Parkinsons Disease or The Bible Cure for Candida and Yeast Infections

Parkinson's Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families

Author: William J Weiner

Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people with Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, medical, emotional, and physical challenges remain. The second edition of this accessible and comprehensive guide provides crucial information for managing this complex condition, including details on the use of medications, diet, exercise, complementary therapies, and surgery.

The second edition includes new information about:

• The genetic and hereditary pattern of the disease

• Medications and uses of established medications

• Other approaches to treating the symptoms of Parkinson's

• Juvenile-onset Parkinson's disease

• Normal pressure hydrocephalus

• The effects of fluctuating hormones on disease symptoms

• Fetal cell transplants and porcine cell transplants

• The nutritional supplement Co-Enzyme Q10

William C. Koller

There is a definite need for this timely book. It is one of the best I have seen for people with Parkinson's disease and for their families.

Publishers Weekly

As a result of actor Michael J. Fox's disclosure that he has Parkinson's disease, public discussion about both the symptoms and treatment of this illness has heightened. This attention is important, according to these authors, all specialists in the treatment of Parkinson's and other neurological disorders, because it is a progressive, chronic disease whose symptoms including trembling, uneasy gait and loss of dexterity mimic those of other diseases, which can often lead to misdiagnosis. One of the most frustrating aspects of Parkinson's is that it manifests itself differently in each of its victims, which makes coping with this disease particularly challenging. Nonetheless, what is most important, aver the authors, is that both Parkinson's patients and their families have access to the most up-to-date treatment including new drugs, surgery and other therapies (diet, speech therapy, acupuncture), and with compassionate, clear writing, they provide an excellent overview. Leaving no stone unturned, Weiner, Shulman and Lang also advise patients about less clinical but equally important matters such as dealing with health insurance companies and informing employers. Particularly useful for readers are the Q&A section and a comprehensive resource directory. Obtaining an accurate diagnosis is the first step, after which patients and their loved ones will find this practical guide the perfect complement to a physician's care. Illus. (May 19) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Daniel B. Hier, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description: This is a compact well-written introduction to Parkinson's disease written for patients and their families.
Purpose: The authors have set out to provide patients with a useful guide to Parkinson's disease.
Audience: It is aimed at patient with Parkinson's disease and their families.
Features: Using a question and answer format, the authors have created a general market book that addresses many important issues related to Parkinson's disease including diagnosis, treatment, and disease complications.
Assessment: This is a useful book for patients with Parkinson's disease and their families. It is written in a clear fashion by experts in the field. Although technical terms are used, they are carefully defined and explained. The book is quite readable. Physicians taking care of Parkinson's disease patients can recommend this book to their patients with confidence.

Library Journal

Parkinson's disease affects over one million Americans and has recently has received notoriety thanks to actor Michael J. Fox's diagnosis. Weiner, director of Maryland Parkinson's Disease Center, presents known facts and clarification about this degenerative neurological disease. Physical, behavioral, and psychiatric signs and symptoms exhibited during mild, moderate, and advanced stages of the disease are examined, as are diseases that can mimic Parkinson's. The author emphasizes the questions patients should ask and the tests they should undergo before a diagnosis is made, and he outlines drug and surgical treatments, including alternative and complementary therapies. Somewhat clinical in tone, this title is more comprehensive than the American College of Physicians' Parkinson's Disease (DK, 2000), but it is not as effective as Caring for the Parkinson Patient, 2d ed., edited by J. Thomas Hutton and Raye Lynne Dippel (Prometheus, 1999), in providing information on daily coping skills and psychological adjustment to the disease. Still, the guide is excellent for its current medical and research information for the newly diagnosed. Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans' Hosp., Tampa, FL Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Introduction
1	What Is Parkinson's Disease?	3
2	Who Gets Parkinson's Disease?	18
Pt. II	Signs and Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
3	Early Symptoms	31
4	Moderate Parkinson's Disease	42
5	Advanced Parkinson's Disease	58
6	Behavioral Changes and Psychiatric Symptoms	73
7	Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease	85
Pt. III	Diagnosing Parkinson's Disease
8	How a Diagnosis Is Made	95
9	Types of Parkinsonism	108
10	Diagnosing Other Neurologic Problems	117
Pt. IV	Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
11	How the Brain Works and How Treatment Works	131
12	Choosing the Correct Medications	143
13	Drug Therapies	156
14	Diet, Exercise, and Complementary and Alternative Therapies	186
15	Surgical Treatments	197
Pt. V	Other Issues
16	Illness, Hospitalization, and Parkinson's Disease	213
17	Parkinson's Disease Research	219
18	Questions and Answers	230
	Resources	243
	Index	247

Book about: In an Instant or Nickel and Dimed

The Bible Cure for Candida and Yeast Infections

Author: Don Colbert

How can tiny single-celled organisms in the body become such a problem? Explore your body's defenses as it battles for balance. In this concise, easy-to-ready booklet you'll learn how to keep the yeast syndrome in check as you build your immune system. With these biblical secrets on health and the latest medical research, you can be free from Candida/Candidiasis and yeast infections. This book contains findings that your doctor may never have told you!

• Depression and stress are two of the worst things for your immune system.
• Eating yogurt provides the body with good bacteria.
• Throwing out leftovers after two days can protect your digestive track from dangerous organisms.
• Candida is present in all people.
• A good belly laugh massages your organs from the inside out.

You want to be healthy. God wants you to be healthy. Now at last here's a source of information that will help you become healthy-body, mind and spirit.

Author Biography: Dr. Don Colbert is board certified in family practice and specializes in alternative therapies. He graduated from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine where he received a doctorate of medicine. He attended the University of Mississippi and Christ for the Nations. Dr. Colbert completed his internship and residency at Florida Hospital, Orlando, Florida. He expanded his career with extensive training in nutritional medicine. He has his own practice and has helped thousands of people discover the joy of walking in "divine health" and living pain free after years of suffering. He has written a total of 18 Bible Cure booklets that are steadily gaining in popularity. They all deal with ancient biblical truths, natural remedies and the latest findings for complete health-body, mind and spirit.

Mother of all Pregnancy Books or Knocked up

Mother of all Pregnancy Books

Author: Douglas

The ultimate guide to conception, birth, and everything in between.

Unlike all those otherbossy, tell-you-what-to-do titles, this funny, entertaining guide presents expectant parents with all the facts on such perennial hot topics as pain relief during labor, episiotomy, and circumcision, and empowers them to make informed personal choices. It's packed with tools you won't find anywhere else, including:

• Charts highlighting the risks of using various over-the-counter drug productsduring pregnancy
• Lists of the ten best -- and worst --baby products
• A set of emergency childbirth procedures
• Forthright discussions of difficult topics like infertility, high-risk pregnancy, and pregnancy and infant loss that other books are loathe to tackle

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	Are You Really Ready to Have a Baby?	7
	A Question of Timing	8
	What it really costs to raise children	11
	Career considerations	14
	The age issue	16
	Other health considerations	23
	Emotional readiness	24
	When you and your partner don't agree	25
	When Mother Nature has other plans	28
Chapter 2	Your Pre-Game Plan	31
	Training for the Big Event	32
	Watch your weight--but not too carefully	32
	Do a nutrient check	40
	Kick your smoking habit	45
	Skip that glass of wine	48
	Just say no to drugs	49
	Get your partner on the program	49
	Kick your coffee habit	51
	Don't douche	52
	Keep your stress level down	52
	Watch out for workplace hazards	53
	What to Expect from Your Preconception Checkup	54
Chapter 3	Sperm, Meet Egg	73
	The Numbers Game	74
	The Science of Conception	75
	A tale of two phases	77
	The sperm connection	81
	What You Can Do to Increase Your Odds of Conceiving Quickly	84
	Know thy cycle	85
	Make love on the right days	95
	Have unbelievably great sex	95
	Don't get too much of a good thing	96
	Create a "sperm-friendly" vaginal environment	97
	Get your partner on board	98
	Can You Choose Your Baby's Sex?	98
Chapter 4	Missed Conceptions	101
	Do You Have a Fertility Problem?	102
	The infertility workup	103
	The Major Causes of Infertility	104
	The Brave New World of Assisted Reproduction	125
	Damned lies and statistics	127
	Reading between the lines	128
	Money talk	129
	How to Stay Sane	132
Chapter 5	Winning at Baby Roulette	135
	A Little Bit Pregnant	136
	Testing, testing	137
	How you may feel about being pregnant	143
	Sharing your news with the world	146
	Sharing your news at work	147
	Finding Dr. Right	150
	Hospital or home birth?	157
	Your First Prenatal Checkup	162
	What your due date really means	164
	Multiple pregnancy	166
	The Incredible Growing Baby	168
Chapter 6	Operation Healthy Baby	175
	The Weighting Game	176
	Nutrient Check: The Sequel!	180
	The deprivation trap	187
	Special diets	188
	Food safety	190
	Exercising During Pregnancy	192
	Sex During Pregnancy	199
	Working During Pregnancy	202
	Other Things You Need to Know to Keep Your Baby Safe	207
Chapter 7	The Worry Zone	221
	The Top Ten First-Trimester Worries	222
	The Top Ten Second-Trimester Worries	237
	The Pregnancy Discrimination Act	246
	The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993	247
	Maternity wear	249
	Baby gear	253
	The Top Ten Third-Trimester Worries	258
Chapter 8	The Complaint Department	269
	What's Normal and What's Not	270
	Pregnancy Complaints from A to Z	270
	Abdominal muscle separation	275
	Acne	276
	Backache	276
	Belly button soreness	277
	Bleeding gums	278
	Bleeding and spotting	279
	Braxton Hicks contractions	279
	Breast tenderness and enlargement	280
	Breathlessness	281
	Carpal tunnel syndrome	282
	Constipation	282
	Cramping	283
	Cravings	283
	Eye changes	284
	Faintness and dizziness	284
	Fatigue	285
	Food aversions	286
	Gassiness and bloating	286
	Headaches	287
	Heartburn	288
	Hemorrhoids	289
	Hip soreness	290
	Insomnia	290
	Itching	292
	Leg cramps	292
	Linea nigra	293
	Mask of pregnancy	293
	Morning sickness	294
	Perineal aching	299
	Public-bone pain	300
	Rashes	300
	Restless legs syndrome (RLS)	302
	Rhinitis	302
	Round ligament pain	303
	Sciatica	303
	Skin changes	304
	Smell, heightened sense of	306
	Stretch marks	306
	Sweating	307
	Swelling and fluid retention	307
	Thirstiness	308
	Urinary incontinence	308
	Urination, increased frequency of	309
	Vaginal secretions, increased	309
	Varicose veins	310
	Weepiness	312
	Yeast infections	312
	The Joys of Being Pregnant	313
Chapter 9	To Test or Not to Test?	317
	What Prenatal Testing Can--and Can't--Tell You	318
	Is Prenatal Genetic Testing the Right Choice for You?	319
	Types of Tests	321
	What to Do If the Test Brings Bad News	328
Chapter 10	Lights, Camera, Action!	331
	Prenatal Classes: Who Needs Them?	332
	Decisions, Decisions	335
	Doulas are a girl's best friend	336
	Writing a birth plan	338
	Episiotomy: The unkindest cut of all	341
	Pain relief during labor	343
	The circumcision decision	348
	Breast or bottle?	351
	Eight Months and Counting	353
	How to Tell if It's the Real Thing	356
	Prelabor symptoms	357
	True versus false labor	359
	When to call your caregiver	364
	When to go to the hospital	365
	What Labor Is Really Like	366
	The three stages of labor	367
	What other pregnancy books won't tell you	373
	What to expect during a cesarean delivery	377
	Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)	381
	Going Overdue	382
	Is my baby at risk?	384
	To induce or not to induce?	386
	What to expect during an induction	387
	Meeting Your Baby	389
	How you may feel about meeting your baby	390
Chapter 11	When Pregnancy Isn't Perfect	393
	What Does the Term "High-Risk Pregnancy" Really Mean?	394
	Surviving bedrest	403
	The Unique Challenges of a Multiple Pregnancy	409
	Premature Birth	413
	Possible health problems	414
	Risk factors	416
	Prevention	417
	Welcoming a premature baby or a baby with special needs	418
	When a Baby Dies	421
	What can go wrong	422
	Miscarriage	423
	Ectopic pregnancy	430
	Molar pregnancy	432
	Stillbirth	434
	Intrapartum death	437
	Infant death	437
	Grieving the Loss of Your Baby	443
	Preparing for Another Pregnancy	450
	Physical healing	451
	Emotional readiness	451
Chapter 12	Life After Baby	455
	Your Postpartum Body: What to Expect	456
	Cesarean recovery	467
	Getting Back into Shape: What's Realistic and What's Not	468
	How You May Feel About Becoming a Mother	473
	More than the baby blues?	476
	How Your Relationship with Your Partner May Change	479
	The Postpartum Survival Guide	482
	Appendixes
Appendix A	Glossary	489
Appendix B	Birth Plan	511
Appendix C	Emergency Childbirth Procedures	517
Appendix D	Directory of Organizations	521
Appendix E	Web Site Directory	541
Appendix F	Statistics at a Glance	549
Appendix G	Recommended Reading	559
	Index	563

Look this: Practical Project Management with CD ROM or Microeconomics

Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-be

Author: Rebecca Eckler

Rebecca Eckler is a popular newspaper columnist who lives the fabulous life and gets paid to write about it. So when a tipsy romp with her fiancé on the night of their lavish engagement party leaves her unexpectedly expecting, she is utterly at a loss. How will a woman who loves nothing more than a night out on the town sipping cocktails with her fellow party girls survive the pregnant life?

Knocked Up is the witty, engaging and refreshingly frank chronicle of a modern woman’s journey into motherhood. We follow Eckler from the first trimester (a.k.a. the longest three months of her life), through the “fat months” of the second trimester, on to the "even fatter months" of the third. Flipping the pages of this Bridget-Jones-style diary, we share in Eckler’s discovery of prenatal vitamins and nursing bras, ultrasounds and obstetricians. And we experience her growing horror at the physical symptoms of pregnancy: all-day “morning” sickness, fatigue, varicose veins, and cravings. And the weight gain, oh the weight gain. Who knew the day would come when she could no longer put on her own socks?

Along for the ride is a cast of characters as comical as any met in fiction. There’s the Sexy Young Intern, a Sophia Loren look-a-like with her skinny eyes set on Eckler’s job; the glamorous friends who continue to drink Manhattans, while Eckler sips Perrier; and the Cute Single Man who knows just when she needs a carton of ice cream or a game of Scrabble. And then there’s the fiancé, living in another city, who, thanks to the miracle of long-distance phone lines, appreciates better than anybody the highsand lows of the hormonal rollercoaster pregnant Eckler is on.

Lighthearted, intimate, and very funny, Knocked Up is the diary of a modern mother-to-be determined not to let pregnancy and motherhood change her life. Not. One. Little. Bit.

Publishers Weekly

Canadian journalist Eckler was a young hipster covering club openings, trends and the minutiae of yuppie life for a newspaper when a "whoopsie" moment after her engagement party (later dubbed the Conception Party) left her pregnant. The 29-year-old author and her fianc , who lived far away and whom she planned to marry and move in with at some point, were initially shocked but later accepting. This wasn't exactly in Eckler's plan (though what was in the plan isn't quite clear, either). She becomes cautiously excited about her vague perception of parenthood, but repeatedly horrified by what pregnancy brings: weight gain, a ban on alcohol, stretch marks. Eckler writes, diary-like, about each of these revelations as well as more than anyone would want to know about both her weight and her daily trips to McDonald's. Eventually, she and her fianc move in together and seem genuinely excited about the baby's arrival, which may comfort readers unimpressed with some of Eckler's other decisions (she doesn't completely stop smoking; she schedules a C-section for nonmedical reasons). Sometimes this mommy memoir feels like a humorous crash course in maturity, though at other points the author's attitude comes dangerously close to that of one who has a baby as a chic accessory. Agent, Denise Bukowski. (Apr. 5) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

This is the type of book that Bridget Jones would write if she suddenly discovered that Mark Darcy had gotten her pregnant. Whether it succeeds wholly depends on the reader's tolerance for self-absorbed neurosis as occasion for humor. At 29, Eckler, a columnist for Canada's National Post, and her fianc unexpectedly conceived their daughter, Rowan, and this diary-style memoir details the author's thoughts and feelings as she changes from boozing, big-city scribe to mother of an infant. While she fortunately avoids the usual clich s of discovering the "real" meaning of life, her aforementioned self-absorption can be tedious rather than hilarious. This could hit the mark among twenty- and thirtysomething mothers; for larger memoir collections in urban areas. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

The art of navel-gazing carried to a new high (or low) in a sometimes whiny and exasperating, yet very funny diary of a pregnancy from six hours after conception to two weeks after C-section. Eckler, a lifestyle columnist for Canada's National Post, a job that involves interviewing celebrities and covering film and bar openings, is sure she's pregnant when she wakes up the morning after her engagement party. A couple of weeks later, she confirms it with no fewer than four home pregnancy tests. When she proposes writing about it for the National Post, her boss agrees and gives the story a front-page headline. A minor celebrity in her own right, and an unabashed fan of celebrities ("Kate Hudson is pregnant! I'm so excited. It's so much better when you live your life alongside a celebrity's. It makes what you're going through all the more relevant"), Eckler is determined that pregnancy and motherhood won't change her glamorous, party-girl life. She divides her diary, based on her columns in the Post, into trimesters, "The Longest Three Months of My Life," "The Fat Months" and "The Even Fatter Months." Appearance is clearly paramount. While pleased when her breasts grow fuller, she is appalled when her eating-for-two diet of Big Macs and fries shows up on her hips. "Is my ass fat?" she asks again and again and again of the nameless father-to-be, referred to throughout as simply "the fiance." Meanwhile, she worries that a certain "Sexy Young Intern" is after her job, acquires an attentive new friend, "Cute Single Man," and struggles to keep up with her single, designer-clad, still slim, barhopping girlfriends. Not to be mistaken for a pregnancy guide, Eckler's chronicle offers little advice,unless you count the recommendation to get a bikini wax and a pedicure before going to the hospital. The self-absorption can be off-putting, but the frankness, quirky style and light touch are a winning combination even so.

Body Mind Balancing or La dieta South Beach

Body Mind Balancing: Using Your Mind to Heal Your Body

Author: Osho

Many everyday discomforts and tensions arise from the fact that we are alienated from our bodies. With the help of Body Mind Balancing, readers will learn to talk to and reconnect with their bodies. After just a short time, readers will begin to appreciate how much the body has been working for them and supporting them, and from this new perspective one can find new ways to work with the body and create a more harmonious balance of body and mind.

The guided meditation and relaxation process, "Reminding Yourself of the Forgotten Language of Talking to Your BodyMind" is a CD that accompanies the text. Developed by Osho, this meditative therapy guides the listener in reconnecting with his or her body and creating a new and greater sense of well-being.

The voice on the CD belongs to meditation teacher Anando Hefley.

Book about: Pathologies of Power or Personal Memoirs of U S Grant

La dieta South Beach (The South Beach Diet)

Author: Arthur Agatston

Durante años, el cardiólogo Arthur Agatston urgía a sus pacientes a perder peso por el bien de sus corazones, pero las dietas resultaron demasiado difíciles de seguir o muy severas. Algunas eran hasta peligrosas. Aparentemente nadie podía seguir los regímenes bajos en grasa durante mucho tiempo. Y una dieta no sirve para nada si uno no la puede seguir.

Por lo tanto, el Dr. Agatston inventó su propia dieta. La dieta South Beach no es complicada y tampoco requiere que se pase hambre. Disfrutará porciones normales de carne, aves y pescado. También disfrutará huevos, queso, frutos secos y verduras. Las meriendas (refrigerios, tentempiés) también son de rigor en esta dieta. Aprenderá a evitar los carbohidratos malos como la harina blanca, el azúcar blanca y las papas al horno. Lo mejor de todo es que a medida que adelgace, ¡perderá esa terca grasa abdominal primero!

La dieta del Dr. Agatston ha producido resultados que han sido constantemente impactantes (¡una pérdida de entre 8 y 13 libras durante las primeras 2 semanas!) y ha creado un furor en los medios de comunicación del sur de la Florida. Ahora usted también puede unirse a las filas de los que ahora ostentan figuras fabulosas gracias a la dieta South Beach.

Bernadette Lopez-Fitzsimmons, O'Malley Lib., Manhattan Coll., NY - Criticas

Searching for an easy and effective meal plan for his patients, Agatston, a renowned cardiologist and pioneer in noninvasive coronary artery disease, came up with a three-phase dieting plan based on high-fiber foods, lean proteins, and healthy fats. His best-selling plan promises to target waistline fat, put an end to cravings, lower cholesterol and the risk of heart disease, and reverse diabetes II. All this without worrying about portion sizes, calories, or exercise. The first phase of the diet, which lasts two weeks, cuts breads, rice, potatoes, pasta, fruit, sweets, and cereals. Patients will lose weight rapidly and their cravings will disappear within a few days, Agatston claims. The next phase slowly reintroduces carbohydrates like fruit, whole wheat breads, and cereals while dieters continue to shed pounds. Finally, patients enter a weight-stabilization period. Because they have embarked on a healthy new lifestyle, dieters will no longer crave bad fats and sugars and, according to Agatston, they will feel healthier due to chemical modifications in their blood. The book is divided into two parts: an introduction to the plan, which includes useful boxes and tips about how to dine properly in restaurants and how to succeed on a diet, and a section on the diet's three phases and their appropriate recipes. A glossary of medical terms and an index are also included. This user-friendly volume can be read in its entirety or simply used to refer to a table or recipe. Highly recommended for public and health libraries. Considering the strong publicity campaign behind this title, it should prove popular in Spanish-language bookstores.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a divisionof Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

What People Are Saying

Linda Richman
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(Linda Richman, autora de I'd Rather Laugh (Prefiero reнrme) )

Dr. Randolph P. Martin
Dr. Randolph P. Martin, director de cardiologнa no invasiva en el Hospital de la Universidad Emory en Atlanta
"El Dr. Agatston es un destacado cardiуlogo que ha hecho muchas aportaciones, pero la dieta South Beach bien podrнa ser la mejor de todas. Que conste que no se trata de otro 'libro de dieta mбs'. Se trata de un libro acerca de la salud y el bienestar".

Linda Richman
He probado todas las dietas-- entre ellas Weight Watchers, La Zona, Atkins, Jenny Craig-- y me ha costado mucho trabajo seguirlas. La dieta South Beach es fecil, sencilla y deliciosa. (Linda Richman, autora de I'd Rather Laugh (Prefiero reerme))

Dr. Randolph P. Martin
El Dr. Agatston es un destacado cardielogo que ha hecho muchas aportaciones, pero la dieta South Beach bien podrea ser la mejor de todas. Que conste que no se trata de otro 'libro de dieta mes.' Se trata de un libro acerca de la salud y el bienestar. (Dr. Randolph P. Martin, el Hospital de la Universidad Emory en Atlanta)

Table of Contents:

	Agradecimientos	ix
Parte 1	Introduccion a la dieta South Beach
	Pierda peso y gane vida	3
	Carbohidratos buenos y malos	7
	Una breve historia de las dietas populares	25
	Un dia haciendo la dieta South Beach	37
	Grasas buenas y malas	52
	Les presento al pan	66
	No es solo lo que se coma sino como se coma	87
	Por que comer da hambre	101
	Sera diabetes?	118
	Como comer en un restaurante	133
	Regresemos a la cardiologia	145
	Por que la gente a veces fracasa con esta dieta?	159
	El plan para caminar South Beach	170
Parte 2	Planes dieteticos y recetas
	Fase 1: plan dietetico	181
	Fase 1: recetas	198
	Fase 2: plan dietetico	255
	Fase 2: recetas	272
	Fase 3: plan dietetico	315
	Fase 3: recetas	330
	Creditos	367
	Glosario	369
	Indice de terminos	383
	Sobre el autor	405

Living Well with Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders or Darkness Is My Only Companion

Living Well with Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders: An Expert Explains What You Really Need to Know

Author: Carl W Bazil

Treatment options, lifestyle strategies,and emotional support for two million Americans.

Epilepsy, once mistakenly associated with demonic possession, has for centuries been a poorly understood illness. Today, though it affects nearly one out of every one hundred Americans, little comprehensive information can be found on bookshelves regarding this common and complex neurological disease. Until now!

Using his expertise in pharmacology and neuroscience, Dr. Carl Bazil demystifies epilepsy and other seizure disorders and offers medical, practical, and emotional support to patients and their families. He explains how and why seizures occur, and thoroughly discusses treatment options, the pros and cons of surgery, experimental and alternative treatments, strategies for daily living, and much more.

Substantiated with case examples, this useful book provides a much-needed window into epilepsy so that patients can achieve the full life they deserve.

Book review: Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England or Americas Inadvertent Empire

Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness

Author: Kathryn Greene McCreight

Where is God in the suffering of a mentally ill person? What happens to the soul when the mind is ill? How are Christians to respond in the face of mental illness? In Darkness Is My Only Companion, Kathryn Greene-McCreight confronts these difficult questions raised by her own mental illness--bi-polar disorder.

With brutal honesty, she tackles often avoided topics such as suicide, mental hospitals, and shock therapy. Greene-McCreight offers the reader everything from poignant and raw glimpses into the mind of a mentally ill person to practical and forthright advice for their friends, family, and clergy. Her voice is a comfort to those who suffer from mental illness and an invaluable resource for those who love and support them.

Publishers Weekly

Shortly after the birth of her second child, Greene-McCreight fell into a deep depression that lasted on and off for several years. Five years later she was diagnosed as bipolar, "a disease that scuttles between depression and mania." With mental illness so severe that she was hospitalized five times, she nevertheless continued to work as an Episcopal priest and theologian, wrestling with questions that therapists rarely broach but that Christian sufferers can't help asking: If all of God's intentions for us are good, why do we suffer? What is the relationship between mental illness and sin? Is the "dark night of the soul" different from depression? Will God forgive suicide? By means of personal story, theological reflection and practical suggestions for caregivers, Greene-McCreight takes readers into her mind as she plunges from frantic ecstasy ("Gorgeous exotic turbulent swirls of snow. Magic. The world tingles. My brain sparkles, all things connect") to profound despair ("the absence-so present you can feel it, taste it, sometimes even heaven forbid, see it and hear it-of the good"). With firm but never facile faith, she offers hope to Christians with mental illness and understanding to those who live and work with them. (Apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

1	Darkness	19
2	Mental illness	36
3	Temptation to suicide	44
4	Mania	50
5	Darkness, again	56
6	Hospital	69
7	Feeling, memory, and personality	87
8	Brain, mind, and soul	94
9	Sin, suffering, and despair	102
10	Dark night, discipline, and the hiddenness of God	112
11	Health and prayer	128
12	How clergy, friends, and family can help	137
13	Choosing therapy	144
App. I	Why and how I use scripture
App. II	A brief checklist of symptoms and resources

RealAge Diet or Cortisol Connection Diet

RealAge Diet

Author: Michael F Roizen

Do some foods accelerate againg and others reverse it? Science says yes! Dr. Michael Roizen, who showed Americans how to stop getting biologically older by changing their lifestyle choices, now reveals his authoritative anti-aging diet.

Dr. Roizen starts with the simple premise, "If it doesn't taste good, don't eat it." Then he solves everyday dining dilemmas. Eating out? Simple guidelines make meal selection a cinch. Eating in? Cooking tips and 84 fabulous recipes pack meals with age-lowering ingredients. Trying to lose weight? Dr. Roisen analyzes today's popular diets for their impact on aging—and reveals the shocking resluts. A perfect follow-up volume for Roizen's bestseller RealAge, The RealAge Diet is the delicious way to live longer and younger.

Publishers Weekly

Roizen, a physician and author of the bestselling RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be?, teams up with La Puma, also a physician and a professionally trained chef, to offer a new approach to eating based on the premise that, by making even small changes (e.g., starting every dinner with an ounce of nuts), we can become biologically younger than our chronological age (e.g., Roizen is 55 years old but has calculated his "RealAge" to be 38). Roizen and La Puma begin with a variety of quizzes so readers can assess their current diet and determine where they need to make changes. While many of the self-assessment tests are in the book, the authors frequently refer readers to their Web site for more detailed quizzes and additional nutritional information, which limits the book's value. On the other hand, this work does an excellent job of analyzing specific foods and explaining their benefits or risks to readers. Less appealing and comprising a large section of the book is the analysis of other well-known diet programs (e.g., the Atkins diet, the Carbohydrate Addicts diet, the Zone) and how to modify them using the RealAge principles. Although there is a reassuring validity to Roizen and La Puma's criticisms, readers may also find them somewhat smug. Overall, though, the RealAge diet is a refreshing and accessible approach to an age-old problem. (May) Forecast: Given the huge success of RealAge, readers' continual concern with dieting (particularly in pre-bathing-suit season) and a five-city author tour, this book should reach bestseller status. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

New interesting textbook:

Cortisol Connection Diet: The Breakthrough Program to Control Stress and Lose Weight

Author: Talbott

In his best-selling The Cortisol Connection, Dr. Shawn Talbott explained how elevated levels of the cortisol hormone, when triggered by stress, will increase appetite, enhance fat storage, disrupt blood sugar control, and eventually lead to obesity that can cause diabetes and other serious conditions. This concise follow-up puts Talbott's cortisol control, diet, and exercise ideas into an accessible format. The Cortisol Connection Diet shows beleaguered dieters how to eat for quality and for quantity at every meal. It focuses on the quality of carbs, fats, and proteins as well as the quantity, and explains how to use food, exercise, and dietary supplements to control cortisol and blood sugar. Most importantly, the book shows readers how to change their metabolic response to food and shed those seemingly impossible last 20 pounds. Included are a three-week log to chart diet, exercise, and supplements; and a sample regimen for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and supplements.