Most overweight people have gain their weight very slowly, just a half a pound or sometimes a pound a week. They don't drink a lot of beer, have a lot of second helpings or drink a lot of sugared sodas. For years they were told that fat made you fat and they bought the low-fat and no fat versions of the foods they liked. And still the weight came on month after month. Now, we list some of the diets people turn to when they try to lose weight. Some of them are hilarious. Most of them descri...

When Life Gives You Lemons Written by George Wilson and illustrated by Nick Elmore is a book for people who are wanting to face their fears and need help realizing that it is possible to overcome obstacles no matter how big or small.Although it may seem impossible for many, it doesn't have to be when we stand up to the challenges we face and take them head on.This quick 5 min read will make you realize that nothing is impossible when you put your mind to it.Will Cha...

This book traces the progress of the coronavirus from his start in China to its worldwide spread as a pandemic. It documents the progress of Covid 19, from the first plane loads of people arriving from China, in which nearly everyone on the plane was infected. It then tracks the disastrous infection of people under continuous care in hospitals. Then came the return of students to school and the spread of virus continued. The book tracks the disastrous medical advice from the CDC with presc...

There are hundreds of diet books with long and complicated lists of natural and manufactured foods to eat and avoid. Most people don't overeat a lot - just a pound or two every month. After a few years, and 40 to 100 pounds, or so, they are ready for a diet. But, if your weight gain was due to some processed foods, all you have to do is cut back on the few items to quickly and easily lose your excess weight.

1960 Wow! What a year is the eyewitness account of a year viewed by a newly minted college grad who wanted to see what life was like beyond his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Leaving his longtime girlfriend before the altar was even reserved, he headed west armed with little cash and loads of hope. The hitchhike produced not only miles of travel but a long and winding collection of the curious and remarkable from the devout Benedictine monks to the down-and-almost-out drifter relent...

The Kelly Gang: Or, The Outlaws of the Wombat Ranges was produced by George Wilson Hall, the owner of the Mansfield Guardian in 1879. It is the first and rarest book on Ned Kelly, there being only four copies known to exist, with none in private hands. Hall was close to several informants and appears to have exceptional first-hand accounts of Stringybark Creek and other Kelly encounters. This new edition includes rare photographs of the participants from the period.

Love & War As Never Before is a look at what life was like for a boy living in Pittsburgh from age five to nine during World War II: from that dreary, cold Sunday in December 1941 when the radio reported the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to that sunny day in August 1945 when the city, and the nation, celebrated in the streets long into the night.With that story as a baseline, Love & War As Never Before also reveals the ordeals of the boys aunts, uncles, cousin, and father serving in the...

The Kelly Gang: Or, The Outlaws of the Wombat Ranges was produced by George Wilson Hall, the owner of the Mansfield Guardian in 1879. It is the first and rarest book on Ned Kelly, there being only four copies known to exist, with none in private hands. Hall was close to several informants and appears to have exceptional first-hand accounts of Stringybark Creek and other Kelly encounters. This new edition includes rare photographs of the participants from the period.

Almost everybody has had this experience in life. This is to do with figuring out the map instructions somebody has given you to find a place you have never been to before. If you form a different mental map image in your mind from the instructors you will surely get lost. It is critical that you and the instructor hold the same mental image of the map instructions. This treatise attempts to ensure that we have the same mental image of Gods call for our salvation as what God Himself had an...

Across Depression-era rail lines, wartime Detroit streets, and the quiet refuge of a small lakeshore town, this sweeping saga traces a boy’s hard passage into manhood beneath the shadow of a violent, wounded father and the aching absence of a mother kept at a distance. Hunger, cruelty, prejudice, and abandonment scar his childhood, yet love persists—in a sister’s fragile trust, a brother’s vow, books, friendship, music, work, and the stubborn kindness of ordinary people. Rich in memory and...

Volume 1 of this series focused mainly on small molecules which are intrinsically electroactive. Volume 2 continues to provide current approaches to real time measurements of essential species in the central nervous system. It describes microdialysis, a sampling technique, which facilitates the removal of small volumes of solution containing the analyte(s) of interest which can be subsequently separated by chromatography and analyzed by a range of techniques. These include electrochemistry...

This new volume documents the transition from the development of electrochemical monitoring of brain function, now more than 40 years old, to fundamental neuroscience. This includes the links of molecular neuroscience to biobehavior, to a molecular understanding of neurologically-linked diseases and to the investigation of neuroactive molecules made possible by new detection methodology. This work should be of interest to a broad audience, especially those who are engaged in neuroscience r...