Drop Dead Healthy

Drop Dead Healthy
Title Drop Dead Healthy PDF eBook
Author A. J. Jacobs
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 416
Release 2012-04-10
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1439110158

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From the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All comes the true and truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in the world. Hospitalized with a freak case of tropical pneumonia, goaded by his wife telling him, “I don’t want to be a widow at forty-five,” and ashamed of a middle-aged body best described as “a python that swallowed a goat,” A.J. Jacobs felt compelled to change his ways and get healthy. And he didn’t want only to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far greater: maximal health from head to toe. The task was epic. He consulted an army of experts— sleep consultants and sex clinicians, nutritionists and dermatologists. He subjected himself to dozens of different workouts—from Strollercize classes to Finger Fitness sessions, from bouldering with cavemen to a treadmill desk. And he took in a cartload of diets: raw foods, veganism, high protein, calorie restriction, extreme chewing, and dozens more. He bought gadgets and helmets, earphones and juicers. He poked and he pinched. He counted and he measured. The story of his transformation is not only brilliantly entertaining, but it just may be the healthiest book ever written. It will make you laugh until your sides split and endorphins flood your bloodstream. It will alter the contours of your brain, imprinting you with better habits of hygiene and diet. It will move you emotionally and get you moving physically in surprising ways. And it will give you occasion to reflect on the body’s many mysteries and the ultimate pursuit of health: a well-lived life.

The Know-it-all

The Know-it-all
Title The Know-it-all PDF eBook
Author A. J. Jacobs
Publisher Random House
Pages 402
Release 2006
Genre Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISBN 009948174X

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On leaving school or university, you feel pretty pleased with yourself. You've learnt a lot, your'e well-read and you know a whole bunch of obscure facts guaranteed at some point to appear in the questions on Mastermind or University Challenge. Then you get a job, and ten years later youre more eloquent and eager to argue about Britney and Big Brother than Beckett and the Brontes. Sound familiar? Well it happened to AJ Jacobs too. As an editor at Esquire, Jacobs had built up a rather impressive knowledge of celebrity trivia - and the cure was going to take a long time. While others might take to reading a broadsheet at the weekend, Jacobs chose to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica. All 33,000 pages of it. Bill Bryson meets Schott's Original Miscellany meets Woody Allen. Part assemblage of fascinating trivia, part journey through adulthood, all laugh-out-loud funny.

The Year of Living Biblically

The Year of Living Biblically
Title The Year of Living Biblically PDF eBook
Author A. J. Jacobs
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 416
Release 2008-09-09
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0743291484

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The bestselling author of The Know-It-All takes on history's most influential book.

Huckleberry

Huckleberry
Title Huckleberry PDF eBook
Author Zoe Nathan
Publisher Chronicle Books
Pages 294
Release 2014-09-09
Genre Cooking
ISBN 1452132380

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“Filled with entertaining behind-the-scenes stories and technical tips . . . this cookbook will thrill meticulous bakers and Huckleberry's devotees” (Library Journal). “Everything in generosity” is the motto of Zoe Nathan, the big-hearted baker behind Santa Monica’s favorite neighborhood bakery and breakfast spot, Huckleberry Bakery & Café. This irresistible cookbook collects more than 115 of Huckleberry’s recipes and more than 150 color photographs, including how-to sequences for mastering basics such as flaky dough and lining a cake pan. Huckleberry’s recipes span from sweet (rustic cakes, muffins, and scones) to savory (hot cereals, biscuits, and quiche). True to the healthful spirit of Los Angeles, these recipes feature whole-grain flours, sesame and flax seeds, fresh fruits and vegetables, natural sugars, and gluten-free and vegan options—and they always lead with deliciousness. For bakers and all-day brunchers, Huckleberry will become the cookbook to reach for whenever the craving for big flavor strikes.

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drop Dead Gorgeous
Title Drop Dead Gorgeous PDF eBook
Author Kim Erickson
Publisher McGraw-Hill Companies
Pages 0
Release 2002
Genre Beauty culture
ISBN 9780658017933

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Exposing the truth behind the cosmetics industry, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" reveals that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified many ingredients found in modern cosmetics as hazardous.

Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead

Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead
Title Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead PDF eBook
Author Dave Barry
Publisher Rodale
Pages 100
Release 1985
Genre Humor
ISBN 9780878575701

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Dave Barry tackles the fitness industry in this classic spoof of health and diet books everywhere.AUTHORBIO: DAVE BARRY is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami Herald journalist whose articles appear in hundreds of newspapers each week. He is the author of more than 20 books and lives in Miami, Florida.

Egg Drop Dead

Egg Drop Dead
Title Egg Drop Dead PDF eBook
Author Vivien Chien
Publisher St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pages 212
Release 2020-02-25
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1250228336

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In the fifth in Vivien Chien's Noodle Shop delectable mystery series, Egg Drop Dead, the Ho-Lee Noodle House takes its business to the next level—only to end up in hot water. It was supposed to be a fancy, intimate dinner party by the pool. Instead, Lana Lee’s first-ever catering event turns into full-course madness when a domestic worker is found dead. Is the party’s host Donna Feng, the sweet-and-sour owner of the Asia Village shopping plaza where Ho-Lee is situated, somehow to blame? That’s what Lana—whose plate is already plenty full with running the restaurant, pleasing her often-disapproving mother, and fretting over her occasionally-serious boyfriend Detective Adam Trudeau—must find out. Before the police arrived at the crime scene, Donna had entrusted an odd piece of evidence to Lana: a thumb drive shaped like a terra-cotta soldier. Now it’s up to Lana to lead her own investigation, digitally and in real life, into a world of secrets involving Donna’s earlier life in China, whether the victim had a dark agenda, and if the killer is still out there. . .and plans to strike again. “Endearing...will appeal to fans of Chris Cavender’s Pizza Lovers mysteries.”—Booklist