Eat Yourself Young is a practical guide to help you look feel & live younger. Forget Botox fillers & face-lifts
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The Eaters of the Dead is a brilliant stirring tale of historical adventure which deserves a place on readers bookshelves alongside Michael Crichton's bestselling techno-thrillers. It is AD922 & Ibn Fadlan is sent north from Baghdad as a peaceful ambassador. But before he reaches his destination he falls in with some Vikings & when they are attacked by mystical bloodthirsty creatures in the midst of a terrible fog he reluctantly agrees to become the prophesied 13th warrior in order for them to survive. Later turned into a major Hollywood film Eaters of the Dead is an imaginative & breathlessly exciting retelling of the Beowulf myth that rescues the story from dry academic analysis & resurrects it as an action-packed story of adventure. ...

Written with investigative vigour provocative & controversial but always accessible Eating" is a hard-hitting exploration of our eating habits making us look at what we eat as a moral issue. Organic foods are the fastest growing section of the food industry & it is estimated that vegans are now almost as common as vegetarians. Veal consumption in the US has fallen by more than 75 per cent since 1975 & in the UK sales of free-range eggs have now passed in value sales of eggs from caged hens. Evidently we are concerned. But how concerned should we be about where our food comes from? Does the food we buy really affect the world around us? & what can we do? In " Eating" philosopher Peter Singer & environmentalist Jim Mason follow three families with varying eating habits from fast-food eaters to vegans to explore how the food we eat makes its way to the table & at what expense. The authors peel back each layer of food production & examine how they ought to factor into our buying choices. Recognising that we are not all likely to become vegetarian or vegan they go on to offer ways to make the most ethical choices within the framework of a diet that

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This is a fresh accessible guide to eating & drinking in Sydney. With sections on high quality restaurants cheap & cheerful restaurants & the bars of the moment this guide is a comprehensive compendium of the best places to go on any budget in Sydney. Characterised by a fresh & breezy style it evokes the ambience & atmosphere of the places under review. ...

Eating Animals" is Jonathan Safran Foers eye-opening account of where meat comes from I simply wanted to know
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In the fourth edition of this accessible & comprehensive book Bryan Lask & Rachel Bryant-Waugh build on the research & expertise of the previous three editions. First published in 1993 this was the first book of its kind to explore eating disorders in children & young adolescents a population that is very different from those in their late teens & adulthood. The contributors experience & knowledge have increased & the field has moved forward over the past 20 years. This fully revised edition offers a distillation of current information relating to the younger population & contains brand new chapters on areas of experience research & practice including: The perspective of a young person going through an eating disorder Experiences of a parent Updated information regarding advances from neuroscience Therapeutic engagement Cognitive remediation therapy Eating Disorders in Childhood & Adolescence offers the reader knowledge insight & understanding into this fascinating but challenging patient group. It has both a clinical & research focus & will be an essential text for a wide range of professionals as well as being readable for parents of children suffering from eating disorders. ...

When it comes to dealing with pupils suffering from an eating disorder school staff admit they lack knowledge & confidence. Unsure whether they can do anything to help theyre afraid of making matters worse. However they can help. As one young sufferer remarked: I dont think its going too far to say my teacher saved my life. This Pocketbook is suitable for anyone working in a school setting & will be of interest to parents too. It contains ideas information & practical advice for supporting pupils with eating disorders. It explains what an eating disorder is focusing particularly on anorexia bulimia & binge eating disorder. After identifying risk factors & warning signs the author looks at encouraging pupils to share their concerns & at how to respond when a student confides. The emphasis shifts to a whole-school approach in a chapter about setting up a recovery team involving parents peers individual staff outside agencies etc. It stays practical & relevant to all staff however with day-to-day support strategies & how to keep things on track eg monitoring progress & re-integrating students whose eating disorder has led to periods of absence. There is advice on what to say what not to say & exactly how to help. Cartoons diagrams bullets & other presentational devices support the text throughout. A recovered anorexic herself author Pooky Knightsmith specialises in the prevention & management of eating disorders. She has interviewed over 500 young people with eating disorders & 800 teachers for a Ph D in this field. She works in teacher education currently at the TES where her job is to engage with learn from & share with a worldwide network of more than 1.8 million teachers. ...

The evolution of Margaret Atwoods poetry illuminates a major literary talent. Through bus trips & postcards wilderness & trivia she reflects the passion & energy of a writer intensely engaged with her craft & the world. In this volume two previous selections Poems 1965-1975 & Poems 1976-1986 are presented together with Morning in the Burned House. Detached ironic loving by turns.. .poems that sing off the page & sting Michele Roberts ...

Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater's multi-award-winning food memoir ' Toast' this is a celebration of the glory humour eccentricities & embarrassments that are the British at Table. The British have a relationship with their food that is unlike that of any other country. Once something that was never discussed in polite company it is now something with which the nation is obsessed. But are we at last developing a food culture or are we just going through the motions? ' Eating for England' is an entertaining detailed & somewhat tongue-in-cheek observation of the British & their food their cooking their eating & how they behave in restaurants with chapters on
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- dinner parties funeral teas Indian restaurants dieting & eating whilst under the influence. Written in Nigel Slater's trademark readable style ' Eating for England' highlights our idiosyncratic attitude towards the fine art of dining.

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More & more of us are living alone. We create a hectic life for ourselves & we dont eat as we ought to eat most of the time! Sound like you? I will show you how to plan forward to enjoy delicious simple meals from fresh ingredients every day. You wont spend more than 20 minutes
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- in preparation & cooking. & they are the most important minutes in your day because they produce much better health.

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