Descriere: The Diet Everyone's TalkingFor years, cardiologist Arthur Agatston, M.D., urged his patients to lose weight for the sake of their hearts, but every diet was too hard to follow or its restrictions were too harsh. Some were downright dangerous. Nobody seemed to be able to stick with low-fat regimens for any length of time. And a diet is useless if you can't stick with it.So Dr. Agatston developed his own. The South Beach Diet isn't complicated and it doesn't require that you go hungry. You'll enjoy normal-size helpings of meat, poultry, and fish. You'll also eat eggs, cheese, nuts, and vegetables. Snacks are required. You'll learn to avoid the bad carbs, like white flour, white sugar, and baked potatoes. Best of all, you'll lose that stubborn belly fat first Dr. Agatston's diet has produced consistently dramatic results (8 to 13 pounds lost in the first 2 weeks ) and has become a media sensation in South Florida. Now you, too, can join the ranks of the fit and fabulous with The South Beach Diet.
Autori: Arthur Agatston | Editura: HarperAudio | Anul aparitiei: 2006 | ISBN: 9780060877262 | Categorie: Abridged
Sides, Hampton
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
New York Times" bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm currents sustained a verdant island at the top of the world. National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores. James Gordon Bennett, the eccentric and stupendously wealthy owner of "The New York Herald," had recently captured the world's attention by dispatching Stanley to Africa to find Dr. Livingstone. Now he was keen to re-create that sensation on an even more epic scale. So he funded an official U.S. naval expedition to reach the Pole, choosing as its captain a young officer named George Washington De Long, who had gained fame for a rescue operation off the coast of Greenland. De Long led a team of 32 men deep into uncharted Arctic waters, carrying the aspirations of a young country burning to become a ...
Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman: The Leaphorn and Chee Trilogy: Skinwalkers/A Thief of Time/Coyote Waits
Three of New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman's most popular novels--a must-have anthology from one of the great masters of suspense.Audio includes: Skinwalkers: Three shotgun blasts explode into the trailer of Officer Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. Chee survives to join partner Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn in a frightening investigation that takes them into a dark world of ritual, witchcraft, and blood--all tied to the elusive and evil "skinwalker." A Thief of Time: A noted anthropologist vanishes at a moonlit Indian ruin where "thieves of time" ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Leaphorn and Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind a mystifying series of horrific murders.Coyote Waits: It wasn't the car fire that killed Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez. A bullet did. Ashie Pinto is quickly arrested for homicide, but Pinto won't utter a word of confession or denial. Leaphorn and Chee must unravel a complex plot involving an historical find, a lost fortune...and the mythical Coyote, who is always waiting, and always hungry. ...
Janet Evanovich
She's been called "side-splittingly funny" ( Publishers Weekly ), "a blast of fresh air" ( Washington Post ), and "a winner" ( Glamour ). She is, of course, Janet Evanovich, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum mystery series. Now available for the first time in more than a decade comes Love Overboard , the hilarious story of a sinfully handsome schooner captain and the spirited woman who agrees to work on his cruise ship. It's a classic novel of comic mayhem from the incomparable Janet Evanovich.