CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE YOUR SHAPE, CHANGE YOUR LIFE 28 By Sam Wood combines quick, simple, delicious meals with a daily 28 minute exercise program. In just a year of the program, personal trainer and The Bachelor favourite Sam Wood and his team have transformed more than 100,000 people's lives. Now, for the first time, the best of 28 by Sam Wood has been brought together in a book. Including 100 of Sam and nutritionist Steph Lowe's popular recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. All based on their philosophy that we should turn the healthy food pyramid upside down - and prioritise real food with as little human interference as possible. Alongside satisfying, achievable recipes for every time of the day, 28 By Sam Wood includes a monthly meal planner, a regime of tough but achievable exercises for every level, and advice on taking control of your weight, your health and your life today.
*A New York Times bestseller* ----------------------------------- Will the dam hold? Julie Wallace has always wanted to write. Trying to escape the Great Depression, Julie’s father buys the Alderton Sentinel, a small-town newspaper in flood-prone Alderton, Pennsylvania, and moves his family there. As flash floods ominously increase, Julie’s investigative reporting uncovers secrets that could endanger the entire community. Julie, the newspaper, and her family are thrown into a perilous standoff with the owners of the steel mills as they investigate the conditions of the immigrant laborers. As the Alderton Sentinel and Julie take on a more aggressive role to reform these conditions, seething tensions come to a head. When a devastating tragedy follows a shocking revelation, Julie’s courage and strength are tested. Will truth and justice win, or will Julie lose everything she holds dear?
Men's Health magazine's #1 personal trainer delivers cutting-edge, high-intensity workouts to help you pack serious muscle and become unstoppably fit. From the man responsible for the gym that trained the actors in the movie 300 comes cutting-edge fitness strategies, 100 workouts, and a training plan that has successfully transformed A-list actors and actresses, elite special-forces soldiers, all-star athletes, and everyday men and women. With Bobby Maximus’s guidance you too can become one of the most insanely fit people the world has ever seen. The diets and workouts that promise easy results in minutes per day have tricked masses into wasting their money on false promises. Supplements, smoothies, and 4-minute workouts aren’t getting people any fitter. Getting that shredded body requires real commitment and real work—and Bobby can show you how. Maximus Body features circuit-style workouts that will push you to your limits and work your whole body. With a plethora of exercises like “Don’t Ask Me About Your Abs,” that work your core with a combination of sit ups, push ups, pull ups, and even leg raises, you can develop an exercise routine that fits your needs. Whether you are overweight and trying to get back into shape, or a high-level athlete trying to gain that extra edge, Maximus Body offers up thousands of once-secret ways to burn fat, add lean muscle, reveal a shredded 8-pack, and build mind-bending physical fitness.
In Miracles All Around Me ? The Unexpected Gifts of My Mother's Alzheimer's, the author choronicles her role as primary caregiver to her mother who struggled with early onset Alzheimer's the final decade of her life while also confronting the challenges of her father's stroke and her brother's suicide. Help and guidance appeared along the way and surprisingly revealed silver linings to the dark clouds of emotional pain that is involved in end-of-life issues. This is a candid, gritty, and often witty account of negotiating nursing homes, hospice, funeral homes, doctors, lawyers, the Veterans Administration and Social Security. Marsha Burris? array of experiences prompted an interest in Reiki and other alternative medicine approaches and produced a growth in the maturity of her spirituality.
About the Book This book is about a life I have lived as a refugee—a painful yet joyful life. It’s about my parents' struggle in exile, their struggle to live and stay alive. It’s about the savage killings of Tutsis in 1959 and the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, but it’s also about the triumphs that we endured as a family. It’s a book about my mother and her love, hope, faith, and forgiveness. It’s a testament to the resilience of a refugee child and a family going through so much yet always remaining hopeful. It’s a book about a stranger’s patience, empathy, and generosity and about the gift of life and what it has taught me—endurance, courage, persistence, and a belief in my dreams as they have become big dreams. It is a book about my wounds and scars and how they remind me of a future yet unknown. Over the years, I have walked through my share of thorny, muddy lands. Blades of grass have cut my feet, and my tender heels have been drilled into by nasty critters. I’ve faced more than my portion of cruel and evil-spirited human intent on breaking me down. To forgive all that tried its best to cut me down, chew me up, and spit me out, I’ve learned to forgive. For me, forgiveness has become the most unique and beautiful part of me as my learned compassion always reminds me of how my past has influenced me to embrace my future. To become entangled in the negative of the past would have only slowed me down and left me bitter. I do not want nor do I need either. For I am a warrior who will charge forward and leave my mark on this land we call home. I will not tire, tarry, nor will I falter. Nothing negative will slow me down. I embrace my constant search for love and hope and keep my faith close while I continue to forgive a noisy and thorny world. In the end, I chose the light of day rather than the darkness of night. Love, hope, faith, and forgiveness are the paths of virtue I choose to walk. About the Author Edwin Sabuhoro, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania. He works with local communities in the Virunga Mountains, home to endangered Mountain Gorillas. Over the past fifteen years, Edwin has established integrated conservation and community development programs that have addressed the challenges of indigenous communities, promoted socio-economic development, and led to improved conservation outcomes for mountain gorillas and their habitats. His efforts have been recognized through numerous awards, including the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2008 Young Conservationist of the Year Award, the 2015 UN-GRASP-Ian Redmond Conservation Award in 2015, and the 2016 eChievement Award, among others. He was selected and invited by President Obama to participate in the 2010 Young African Leaders Forum in Washington D.C. His work with Mountain Gorillas and indigenous people was featured on the 2015 CNN African Voices, and he was recognized among the 2015 CNN Heroes.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A family returns to their hometown—and to the dark past that haunts them still—in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers “The dread, the scope, the pacing, the turns—I haven’t felt all this so intensely since The Shining.”—Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LIBRARY JOURNAL Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his family what happened there. Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t have—and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures. Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania. Now, Nate and Maddie Graves are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver. And now what happened long ago is happening again . . . and it is happening to Oliver. He meets a strange boy who becomes his best friend, a boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic. This dark magic puts them at the heart of a battle of good versus evil and a fight for the soul of the family—and perhaps for all of the world. But the Graves family has a secret weapon in this battle: their love for one another.
"You’d think a Miss America swimsuit winner would feel completely confident about her body, right? Not always! So I decided to write the book I wish I’d had as a teen and in college—an honest, funny, practical, medically accurate, totally reassuring guide to how women’s bodies actually look, smell, feel, behave, and change. Alongside real-deal photographs of women just like you and me (no airbrushing, no supermodels, no kidding) you’ll find medical pictures of things you need to be able to recognize, true confessions by yours truly, and the encouragement you need to appreciate the uniqueness, strength, and beauty of your body. What are you waiting for?"—Nancy Redd From fashion magazines to taboo Web sites, curious young women have access to tons of old wives' tales about and thousands of airbrushed and inaccurate images of the female body—misinformation and harmful portrayals that can lead to low self-esteem, self-destructive acts, or even disturbing plastic surgery procedures. Teaming up with a leading physician specializing in adolescent health issues, Harvard graduate and former Miss Virginia Nancy Redd now offers a down-to-earth, healing, and reassuring response to those damaging myths. In Body Drama, Redd gives girls insight into the issues they're often too ashamed to raise with a doctor or parent. She also reveals her own experiences with the culture of "American beauty," and shows readers all the many versions of "normal." From body hair and bras, to acne and weight issues, along with crucial issues such as the importance of a healthy self image, Body Drama is a groundbreaking book packed with informative fast facts, FYIs, how-tos, and moving personal anecdotes as well as hundreds of un-retouched photographs. A highly visual book, it’s the first of its kind for women: filled with real information and real photographs of real bodies, to celebrate all our different shapes and sizes. Named by Glamour magazine as one of America’s top-ten college women "most likely to succeed—at anything," Redd has spent the most recent years of her life on a mission to tackle the issues least discussed but most significant in young women’s lives. Celebrating the many versions of "normal," and replacing seriously erroneous information with the honest, medically proven truth in a language all girls can understand, Body Drama dares to empower a new generation—with facts instead of fantasies, and the priceless gift of self-knowledge.
A groundbreaking book that examines all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lens While the health of aging men has been a focus of biomedical research for years, evolutionary biology has not been part of the conversation—until now. How Men Age is the first book to explore how natural selection has shaped male aging, how evolutionary theory can inform our understanding of male health and well-being, and how older men may have contributed to the evolution of some of the very traits that make us human. In this informative and entertaining book, renowned biological anthropologist Richard Bribiescas looks at all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lens. He describes how the challenges males faced in their evolutionary past influenced how they age today, and shows how this unique evolutionary history helps explain common aspects of male aging such as prostate disease, loss of muscle mass, changes in testosterone levels, increases in fat, erectile dysfunction, baldness, and shorter life spans than women. Bribiescas reveals how many of the physical and behavioral changes that we negatively associate with male aging may have actually facilitated the emergence of positive traits that have helped make humans so successful as a species, including parenting, long life spans, and high fertility. Popular science at its most compelling, How Men Age provides new perspectives on the aging process in men and how we became human, and also explores future challenges for human evolution—and the important role older men might play in them.
In this sequel to Justice: Do Not Approach Her, former high school student Justice Marshall and her teacher Bryce Grills are still on the run from the police for crimes they’re both guilty of committing. Lorna and her father Gareth Godley will do whatever it takes to find them before anybody else does. But now that Lorna has possession of Justice’s diary, she’s using it to write her own story, and it’s not so very different from Justice’s...
Lose Fat, Build Muscle, Reverse Aging, and Inspire Your Kids. Yes, you CAN get ripped in your 40's AND beyond. Learn how you can transform your body into a toned, fat-burning machine. Read on! **Newly updated with muscle-chiseling 12-week exercise program and fat-blasting ketogenic meal plan!** Take dead aim at the Dad Bod and earn some kudos from your kids while you're at it. Worthy provides a scientific, yet easy-to-follow approach to getting ripped in middle age. His no-excuses strategy covers all angles of attack: resistance training, how to intelligently implement cardio, diet, supplementation, and clearing mental hurdles. Fully cited and expertly researched, even the intermediate fitness guru will find new, valuable tips for busting through frustrating plateaus. Worthy cuts through jargon and locker room "bro science" to unlock the Hollywood hunk in every dad. Remember, the battle to getting shredded doesn't just take place in the gym. Matt Worthy was your average 44-year-old father who, after one too many jokes about his unathletic physique, vowed to exceed the energy, build, and mental attitude of his twenties. Two years later, he's in the best shape of his life and is sharing his secrets to a six-pack lifestyle. He successfully conquered the Dad Bod and so can you. "Ripped Dad" Shares Battle-Tested Secrets: * Learn how to get started and smash early obstacles * Discover the most efficient workout techniques for building muscle * Build a customized workout schedule * Eat to get shredded without fad dieting * Slow down aging at the cellular level * Get the final word on CrossFit * Start turning heads as the Hot Dad without counting calories * Learn how hitting your fitness goals benefits the whole family * Discern which supplements to consider and which to toss aside * Learn how to combat age-related muscle loss and turn back the clock Worthy cites over 200 of the most up-to-date research articles on getting fit in middle age--a powerhouse of tips, secrets, and strategies. Forget What You've Overheard at the Gym: * Form and control is more important than weight * Diet alone can beat any workout * You're spending too much time on the treadmill * Variety is a magic ingredient to getting ripped * If you're obsessing over reps, you're missing the point * You need to learn the concept of Time Under Tension ("TUT") * Discover how to calculate your Aerobic Zone ("AZ") for maximum fat loss * Harness the power of High Intensity Interval Training ("HIIT") * Learn how adding a fitness regimen means MORE bonding time with the kids * You can break plateaus with a good night's sleep * Put down the scoop: you're taking too much protein powder * How to meld popular diets at each stage in your transformation * When to add creatine and other supplements to your diet And discover much, much more!
