Do you know the difference between acetic & ascetic, or between burgers & burghers, or between bucolic & alcoholic, or among complacent, complaisant & compliant, or among a cassock, a cossack, a hassock, a tussock, a hillock, a hummock & a pillock? This book showcases that difference. ...

Winner of the 2013 Compton Crook Award All over the world people are 'coming up latent'
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Need to get your cholesterol in check? You?ll find the latest information about cholesterol, including treatments, drug information, & dietary advice, in Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies, 2nd Edition, an easy-to-understand guide to cholesterol control. You?ll learn how to lower your numbers & maintain healthy cholesterol levels. You?ll also find out how to eat & exercise properly, use vitamins & supplements, & quit unhealthy habits. You?ll find out cholesterols positive functions & why too much can be a bad thing. You can also assess your cholesterol risk by taking your age, sex, ethnicity, & family history into consideration. Find out what you need to ask your doctor about stress tests, ECBT, & angiograms to check for plaque buildup. Design a cholesterol-crushing diet & understand which foods can help you lower your numbers. Find out how smoking, alcohol, exercise, excess weight, supplements, & prescription medications affect your cholesterol levels Complete with lists of ten important cholesterol websites, ten nutrition websites, ten cholesterol myths, ten landmarks in cholesterol history, ten foods that raise your cholesterol, & ten foods that lower your cholesterol, Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies, 2nd Edition will help keep your cholesterol levels under control for good! ...

Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed & observant. A student in Dublin & an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken

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Written by the author of the international bestseller, Conversations with God, this book takes us further in our questioning & search for answers, while dealing with the universal truths of the highest order, & the challenges & opportunities of the soul. ...

As the delicately painted mummy case moves slowly through the CAT scanner, remarkable images appear. Artificial eyes have been placed in the sockets. Between the bandages lie pieces of jewelry, a gold vulture with outstretched wings, & a stone beetle, a symbol of life after death... Thousands of years ago, their bodies were carefully prepared for the journey to the afterlife. Today, state-of-the-art technology allows researchers to examine more closely than ever before these people who have remained so miraculously preserved through time. Their findings portray the most intimate picture yet available of the everyday lives of ancient Egyptians. In this lavishly illustrated book, internationally acclaimed paleopathologist Rosalie David & writer Rick Archbold guide us through the fascinating world of Egyptian mummies & the international teams who study them. In an absorbing text, we meet ancient people from every walk of life -- from pharaohs to peasants -- & learn how they lived & why they died. High-tech autopsies -- using X-rays, CAT scans, & endoscopes -- uncover the agonizing afflictions that spared no one, from Pharaoh Ramesses II to a temple musician named Djedmaatesankh. & with electron microscopes & DNA testing, scientists can look deeper still, to reveal the secrets hidden inside three-thous&-year-o Id cells -- secrets that may one day help provide cures for modern illnesses. ...

This third of three volumes shows that time is malleable, the future is not set, that the paths are many, & it is our choice which one we travel upon. The regression therapist, Dolores Cannon, has allowed Nostradamus to interpret for today the prophecies he made over 400 years. ...

Details: This is the ideal book, playmat & sit-in toy for toddlers. Parent & child can enjoy reading the simple story
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Details: This is the ideal book, playmat & sit-in toy for toddlers. Parent & child can enjoy reading the simple story
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Details: Perfect for all princesses in the making, this is the ultimate storybook, playmat & toy all rolled into one.
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