It is the desire of everyone to live a healthy and long life. The steps required to meet these conditions are fundamentally a matter of independent choosing. The Mediterranean diet is an amazing option to embrace. It will make you a healthier person and enables you to live a long and happy life.It is not about counting calories, or eating a low-fat high carb diet or depriving you of eating delicious meals. The diet is simple in that it allows you to include things that you like and ...

What happens in space that causes the body to change? Learn about life in space from astronautsIs the human body built for Mars? NASA’s studies on the International Space Station show we need to fix a few things before sending people to the Red Planet. Astronauts go into space with good vision and come back needing eyeglasses. Cognition and DNA expression could be affected for years. And then there’s the discomfort of living in a tight space with crewmates, depress...

The NASA way: lessons on leadership, teamwork, and corporate culture. How does NASA take on seemingly insurmountable challenges, recover from tragedy and continue to attract the best and brightest talent?Space exploration is as much a story of leadership and teamwork as it is a story of exploration and discovery. Leadership Moments from NASA delves into the culture of the famed organization and examines the leadership styles and insights of NASA senior exe...

Understand how ancient biblical prophecies are coming to pass in our day, how coming prophetic events will impact you, and how there is hope for all followers of Christ. Today there is a tremendous interest in Bible prophecy, particularly because end-time events prophesied long ago are coming to pass in an extraordinary manner.Hope in the Last Days reveals, based on prophecy fulfilled and yet to be fulfilled, that very shortly the world will reel into its d...

Inspired by the talent and passion Australian Test cricketing great Nathan Lyon has for the game, this is the story of an ordinary kid with an extraordinary gift.'Nice one, Garry!'Ten-year-old Garry Keenan is about to discover he has a special cricketing ability, which is a dream come true, right? Well, it is, except that sometimes being first rate comes with all sorts of new challenges ...

An inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada’s most accomplished astronauts.I had dreamt about becoming an astronaut from the time I watched Alan Shepard launch on the first American sub-orbital flight on May 5, 1961. Eleven days before my seventh birthday, I committed to a new goal: one day, I would fly in outer space.Dr. Dave has led the sort...

“Life begins when you do.” Hugh Downs Whatever your chronological age, this book is written to encourage, inspire, and motivate you to touch the very essence of your being. By not dealing with an unfulfilling marriage, I fell to the temptations that come with working in high-end environments with all the beautiful people. Equipped with an expense account, I became a womanizer and partier, eating and drinking in all the finest restaurants in Los Angeles. I lied to everyone: my wife, my kids...

Moving out of home for the first time is one of life's biggest milestones — exciting, overwhelming, and full of questions nobody thought to warn you about.How do you cook rice? What's a bond? How do you get rid of mould? What do you do when the toilet breaks at midnight?Help, I'm Moving Out of Home is the handbook every young person needs and every parent wishes they'd had. Written by a dad who has rented across multiple states, made plenty of mistakes, and learned from eve...

For all the people who believe they are this ‘sort of person’, and wonder why, with some types of people, in certain situations, they become someone else? This pithy little book is for you.I know myself I’ve suddenly sworn at another car driver, when usually I’m a polite person. And I can remember when I got nervous in front a crowd, when normally I’m a confident person. We all do this in different ways. One moment we’re being our usual selves, the next moment we’re over or under r...

Really “high” tech to inspire us for sustainable solutions on Earth.Who could imagine an idea born on a space station would help sustain our planet? Astronauts, living on the International Space Station, have to protect their resources because their lives depend on it. They learn to conserve water, air, food, energy, and waste.These efforts have in turn lead to amazing and innovative ideas for air quality, food production, and water purification here on Ear...

Sam and Bansi are excited about exploring their new school library - until they are joined by two cheeky aliens! Will they be able to stop the aliens from messing up the library? Will they be able to prevent an alien invasion? Find out what happens in this humorous playscript. Aliens in the Library is part of the Galaxy range of books from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy provides captivating fiction and non-fiction for Pink A to White band. The rich collection of highly decodable books...

Galaxy reading books are a wonderful collection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to capture the interest of every child, helping to develop a life-long love of reading.When Sam and Bansi go to collect supplies from the school art cupboard, the shelves are bare! Something, or someone, has eaten all the paper, glitter and glue! Could it be monsters?! Find out in this amusing playscript, designed for reading or performing.Reading age: 5-6 years