Thanks to processed and fast foods, being overworked, andfeeling stressed while eating on the fly, it is increasinglydifficult for most of us to eat anywhere near a balanced diet. Wemay not be obviously sick, but may suffer from lack of focus,insomnia, sluggishness, or any host of symptoms caused bynutritional deficiency. Green Smoothie Revolution takes aim at thissilent epidemic by restoring balance to our diets. Combining nutrition and know-how with recipes that pack apowerhouse punch, Victoria Boutenko reintroduces long neglectedfruits, vegetables, and greens in the most persuasive style for ourbusy lives: with fast prep and delicious results. Featuring 200recipes, Green Smoothie Revolution offers both simplicity (4 ripepears, 1 bunch parsley, 2 cups water; blend well) and enoughvariety to keep taste buds happy and nutrients coming from a wealthof options.

For the first time in trade paperback-a classic memoir of NavySEALs in action. In gripping prose, Captain Robert A. Gormly tells about his daysas a leader in the Navy SEALs- taking readers into the night, intothe water, and into battle on some of the most hair-raisingmissions ever assigned. Trained to a fine fighting edge just in time for Vietnam, Gormlyserved two tours of duty and engaged in top-secret missions in thePersian Gulf. Here, he shares his viewpoint and hisexperience-including what is perhaps the most graphic de*ionever of SEAL action in the invasion of Grenada. Gormly takesreaders behind the myth of this awesome team, revealing how theirlives depend on their unprecedented expertise and unparalleledcourage.

在线阅读本书 Women make up almost half of today's labor force, but in corporateAmerica they don't share half of the power. Only four of the Fortune 500 company CEOs are women, and it's only been inthe last few years that even half of the Fortune 500companies have more than one female officer. A major reason for this? Most women were never taught how to playthe game of business. Throughout her career in the supercompetitive, male-dominated mediaindustry, Gail Evans, one of the country's most powerfulexecutives, has met innumerable women who tell her that they feellost in the workplace, almost as if they were playing a gamewithout knowing the directions. She tells them that's exactly the case: Business is indeed a game,and like any game, there are rules to playing well. For the mostpart, Gail has discovered, women don't know them. Men know these rules because they wrote them, but women oftenfeel shut out of the process because they don't know when to speakup, when to ask for responsibi

In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, justa black and perfect silence. Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke todiscover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as theirfamily members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile hadcrashed somewhere deep in the Andes. He soon learned that many weredead or dying—among them his own mother and sister. Those whoremained were stranded on a lifeless glacier at nearly 12,000 feetabove sea level, with no supplies and no means of summoning help.They struggled to endure freezing temperatures, deadly avalanches,and then the devastating news that the search for them had beencalled off. As time passed and Nando’s thoughts turned increasingly to hisfather, who he knew must be consumed with grief, Nando resolvedthat he must get home or die trying. He would challenge the Andes,even though he was certain the effort would kill him, tellinghimself that even if he failed he would die that much closer to hi

DO YOU WANT A LIFE WITHOUT ADDICTION? Whether you are battling drugs, nicotine, alcohol, food, shopping,sex, or gambling, 7 Tools to Beat Addiction is a hands-on,practical guide to overcoming addiction of any kind. If you or aloved one are struggling with addiction but do not find thattwelve-step or other treatment programs work for you, this book canhelp. In , internationally recognized expert Dr. Stanton Peele presents aprogram for addiction recovery based on research and clinical studyand grounded in science. His program utilizes proven methods thatpeople actually use to overcome addiction, with or withouttreatment. 7 Tools to Beat Addiction offers in-depth,interactive exercises that show you how to outgrow destructivehabits by putting together the building blocks for a balanced,fulfilling, responsible life. Dr. Peele’s approach is founded onthe following tools: ?Values ?Motivation ?Rewards ?Resources ?Support ?Maturity ?Higher Goals This no-nonsense guide will put you in charge of your ownrecov

Book De*ion From Haruki Murakami, internationally acclaimed author of TheWind-Up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood, a work of literaryjournalism that is as fascinating as it is necessary, asprovocative as it is profound. In March of 1995, agents of a Japanese religious cult attacked theTokyo subway system with sarin, a gas twenty-six times as deadly ascyanide. Attempting to discover why, Murakami conducted hundreds ofinterviews with the people involved, from the survivors to theperpetrators to the relatives of those who died, and Underground istheir story in their own voices. Concerned with the fundamentalissues that led to the attack as well as these personal accounts,Underground is a document of what happened in Tokyo as well as awarning of what could happen anywhere. This is an enthralling andunique work of nonfiction that is timely and vital and aswonderfully executed as Murakami’s brilliant novels. From Publishers Weekly On March 20, 1995, followers of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyounleashed

From the best-selling author of "The Rise of the CreativeClass" comes a brilliant new book on the surprising importance ofplace, with advice on how to find the right place for you. It's amantra of the age of globalization that where we live doesn'tmatter. We can innovate just as easily from a ski chalet in theAlps or a cottage in Provence as in the office of a Silicon Valleystart-up.According to Richard Florida, this is wrong. Globalizationis not flattening the world; in fact, place is increasinglyrelevant to the global economy and our individual lives. Where welive determines the jobs and careers we have access to, the peoplewe meet and the 'mating markets' in which we participate. Andeverything we think we know about cities and their economic rolesis up for grabs."Who's Your City?" is the first book to report onthe growing body of research on what qualities of cities and townsactually make people happy in their lives. Choosing a place to liveis as important as choosing a spouse or career, but until n

In this astonishing true story, award-winning journalist SoniaNazario recounts the unforgettable odyssey of a Honduran boy whobraves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in theUnited States. When Enrique is five years old, his mother, Lourdes, too poor tofeed her children, leaves Honduras to work in the United States.The move allows her to send money back home to Enrique so he caneat better and go to school past the third grade. Lourdes promises Enrique she will return quickly. But shestruggles in America. Years pass. He begs for his mother to comeback. Without her, he becomes lonely and troubled. When she calls,Lourdes tells him to be patient. Enrique despairs of ever seeingher again. After eleven years apart, he decides he will go findher. Enrique sets off alone from Tegucigalpa, with little more than aslip of paper bearing his mother’s North Carolina telephone number.Without money, he will make the dangerous and illegal trek up thelength of Mexico the only way he c

The Tin Ticket takes readers to the dawn of thenineteenth century and into the lives of three women arrested andsent into suffering and slavery in Australia and Tasmania-wherethey overcame their fates unlike any women in the world. It alsotells the tale of Elizabeth Gurney Fry, a Quaker reformer whotouched all their lives. Ultimately, this is a story of women who,by sheer force of will, became the heart and soul of a newnation.

《芬兰》将向读者讲述芬兰奇迹和荣誉背后那一个个鲜活的故事，引导读者徜徉在如诗如画的美丽国度中。芬兰，一个人口只有530万的北欧小国，却拥有“森林王国”、“欧洲绿色之肺”、“千岛之国”和“圣诞老人故乡”等诸多的美称。2000-2004提。芬兰连续四年被评为世界上腐败程度、廉洁程度高的国家。在世界经济论坛公布的全球竞争力报告中，芬兰三度蝉联榜首。芬兰还是全球移动电话产品市场的头号，2003年诺基亚公司手机的发货量达1.8亿部，占全球市场份额的35％。是什么造就了芬兰的奇迹？是什么使得“小国寡民”的芬兰拥有如此之多的世界桂冠？