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The author explains the nature of obesity caused by poor eating habits and teaches the reader to "learn to eat." "La obesidad es un mal de nuestro tiempo que origina numerosas enfermedades y que afecta cada vez a un mayor número de personas. Principalmente está causada por una conducta alimentaria caracterizada por comer mal, sin control, sin placer y a destiempo. Cuando el origen de la obesidad está causada por ese tipo de conducta alimentaria,...

Manuel Pino Toro was one of the first journalists on the site after the 2010 Chilean mining accident. Here Toro writes a gripping account of the disaster and its aftermath, and relays intimate interviews with the survivors who were buried underground for 69 days before being rescued. Estuve con Dios y estuve con el diablo. Se pelearon y ganó Dios, me agarre de la mejor mano", relató el minero Mario Sepúlveda una vez rescatado desde las profundidades...

Cuando sufrimos dolo por la pérdida de un ser querido, la mayoría de nosotros no sabemos cómo canalizar las emociones y nos hallamos desolados preguntándonos: Cómo sanar la culpa que me mata?" "Cómo hacer frente al dolor emocional?" "Habrá algo más allá de la muerte?" In Lo que llamamos muerte, Balboa draws from her sons' dealing with the death of their close friend to illustrate the inner journey of all who mourn. A unique, essential tool,...

Terry McGowan was a beat cop, a Marine captain, and an FBI Special Agent before retiring at age fifty. But after September 11th, 2001, McGowan was in Iraq, serving as a member of a team of high-ranking retired and active duty military working for the highest level of Marine military intelligence. McGowan's success in Iraq led to a position as a Law Enforcement Professional with the Marines in Afghanistan. There he found himself the oldest member of...

What happens when a man lives his life backwards, or a family owns a diamond as big as the Ritz Hotel? How can a boring girl become more popular, a careless young woman become more sensible, or a cut-glass bowl destroy a married woman's life? What does a young man do to save the girl that he likes from an evil ghost, or to forget old feelings for a woman when she marries another man? Read this collection of short stories by one of America's finest...

"This third and final volume crowns and completes [Twain's] work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. Created from March 1907 to December 1909, these dictations present Mark Twain at the end of his life: receiving an honorary degree from Oxford University; railing against Theodore Roosevelt; founding numerous clubs; incredulous at an exhibition...

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series. Its spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman...

Provides a fresh, timely look at how we have reached a point where thousands of companies have greater power than all but a handful of states. It follows the rise and fall of kings and empires, the making of great fortunes, and the chaos of bloody revolutions -- right up to today's financial crises, growing inequality, broken international system, and battles over the proper role of government and markets. The author argues that these developments,...

"NPR lets the dogs out with this delightful pack of canine tales, stories of the sometimes imperfect, always endearing creatures with which we share our lives. These tales of noble animals and their devoted human friends are comical, touching and ultimately unforgettable."--Container.

Learn words that will make you sound smart, eloquent, and persuasive. But knowing which words to use is only half the battle: Once you've found the perfect words, you need to know how to put them together. This all-in-one Word Smart & Grammar Smart program was created to help you cover all the bases. Learn to speak and write with clarity and confidence -- without being bored to tears.