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Exorciza tu alma gorda
By Andrea Cordoniz. 2010
Libro de superación personal que ayuda a las personas con sobrepeso a cambiar de actitud ante la comida, y transformar,…
para bien, su vida. ¿Por qué hay personas delgadas a las que vemos siempre comer chocolate, mientras otras pasan la mayor parte de su vida con dietas que no le permiten bajar ni un mísero gramo? ¿Por qué la vida es tan injusta? Con un humor que te doblará de risa, Andréa Cordoniz explica que todo esto se debe a que hay gente que tiene el "alma flaca" y otras todo lo contrario: poseen una "alma gorda". Por culpa de esta espantosa alma gorda preferimos cenar pasta aunque también haya ensalada; si nos ofrecen una segunda rebanada de pastel la aceptamos con gusto; se nos antoja más un tamal que una manzana; ¡si esa alma gorda sigue con nosotros jamás podremos bajar de peso! No cabe duda: el primer paso para vencer al enemigo es conocerlo. ¡Dile adiós a tu alma gorda!Los niños de la guerra
By Yury Winterberg, Sonya Winterberg. 2009
Los testimonios de la última generación de supervivientes de la Segunda Guerra mundial. Las vivencias traumáticas que no se superan…
se transmiten de padres a hijos. El sufrimiento provocado por la Segunda Guerra Mundial sigue removiendo antiguas heridas y el miedo experimentado se transfiere como una vivencia grabada a fuego en la memoria de todos aquellos implicados de algún modo en ella, generación tras generación. Los niños ven el mundo con distintos ojos que los adultos; también la guerra. No aciertan a entender la verdadera naturaleza de las desgracias que trae consigo un conflicto bélico, las interpretan a su manera y desde una perspectiva que responde solo a la verdad y que por eso resulta aterradora. En este libro no solo hablan los niños de la guerra alemanes, sino también los de Polonia, los de Francia, los de Inglaterra y los de la antigua Unión Soviética. La visión de cada uno de estos pequeños y la fuerza de sus testimonios construyen un nuevo escenario, una nueva perspectiva sobre el panorama europeo de aquellos años, sobre lo que significó ser niño en la guerra. Los padres de Yury y Sonia Winterberg conservan intactos sus recuerdos de infancia, la ignominia de algunas circunstancias, el desprecio de los nazis, el miedo... todavía hoy. En Los niños de la guerra recogen con un estilo periodístico lleno de claridad y franqueza 52 testimonios que describen el conflicto desde el principio hasta el final y gracias a la fuerza de las historias, de las cartas de los padres a los hijos momentos antes de ser fusilados, de las fotografías de los álbumes familiares y de los dibujos infantiles obtenemos el mapa emocional, la intrahistoria, del que sin duda ha sido uno de los acontecimientos bélicos de mayor impacto del siglo XX.Encounters At The Heart Of The World: A History Of The Mandan People
By Elizabeth A. Fenn. 2015
Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for History Encounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic…
Plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the center of the North American universe. We know of them mostly because Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-1805 with them, but why don't we know more? Who were they really? In this extraordinary book, Elizabeth A. Fenn retrieves their history by piecing together important new discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, geology, climatology, epidemiology, and nutritional science. Her boldly original interpretation of these diverse research findings offers us a new perspective on early American history, a new interpretation of the American past. By 1500, more than twelve thousand Mandans were established on the northern Plains, and their commercial prowess, agricultural skills, and reputation for hospitality became famous. Recent archaeological discoveries show how these Native American people thrived, and then how they collapsed. The damage wrought by imported diseases like smallpox and the havoc caused by the arrival of horses and steamboats were tragic for the Mandans, yet, as Fenn makes clear, their sense of themselves as a people with distinctive traditions endured. A riveting account of Mandan history, landscapes, and people, Fenn's narrative is enriched and enlivened not only by science and research but by her own encounters at the heart of the world.Mujeres de la Conquista
By Lucía Gálvez. 2012
La historiadora rescata personalidades memorables e historias fascinantes del período de la conquista. La conquista y el poblamiento de nuestro…
territorio constituyen una epopeya que no siempre ha sido narrada con justeza. Menos aún, el papel relevante que las mujeres han cumplido en ella. Durante esos siglos, españolas, indias y mestizas ejercieron funciones múltiples, soportaron grandes sacrificios y muchas veces fueron silenciadas o padecieron penosas humillaciones. Con el rigor histórico y la solvencia narrativa que la caracterizan, Lucía Gálvez rescata algunas de las personalidades memorables de ese período y nos revela sus historias singulares y fascinantes.Somos lo que comemos: Verdades y mentiras de la alimientación
By Mónica Katz. 2013
Mónica Katz nos introduce en el apasionante mundo de la alimentación. ¿Qué es lo que en verdad consumimos cada vez…
que comemos? Comer es imprescindible para vivir, pero también comemos para obtener placer, por aburrimiento, para calmarnos, para no pensar, para reunirnos con amigos y familia, para celebrar, para seducir. Y vivimos rodeados de estímulos que incitan a comer: programas de TV, publicidades, restaurantes, bares, kioscos y comercios con góndolas rebosantes de alimentos y bebidas, al alcance de nuestra mano. En ese sentido, la industria ha logrado producir alimentos a gran escala, procesados y especialmente diseñados para el consumo, a tal punto que no siempre sabemos qué es lo que en verdad consumimos cada vez que comemos. Mónica Katz nos introduce en el apasionante mundo de la alimentación y descompone en todas sus facetas el prisma de esa actividad humana. ¿Por qué nos gustan tanto ciertas comidas y por qué rechazamos otras? ¿Qué función cumplen los sentidos en la selección y el consumo? ¿Cómo utiliza la industria esos conocimientos? ¿Qué responsabilidad tiene el Estado en el control y la producción de alimentos? ¿Cuáles son beneficiosos para nuestro organismo, cuánto debemos consumir y cómo tenemos que hacerlo para lograr, sin recurrir a ninguna dieta, disfrutar de la comida y ganar en salud?Historias de amor de la historia argentina
By Lucía Gálvez. 2012
Un libro para mirar nuestro pasado con nuevos ojos. Muchas de estas historias fueron transmitidas a través del tiempo en…
relatos susurrados, a escondidas, en reuniones, corrillos y tertulias. Porque la mujer, el sexo y el amor son parte elemental de la historia, pero las convenciones sociales los ocultaron de la publicidad y la historiografía no siempre les otorga la importancia debida. Con relatos sencillos basados en investigaciones rigurosas, Lucía Gálvez contribuye a llenar ese vacío narrándonos historias de amores fundacionales del pasado, desde las que protagonizaron las concubinas indias y las esposas españolas de la conquista y el poblamiento hasta los amores secretos de Rodríguez Peña e Yrigoyen.Monteagudo. Pionero y mártir de la unión americana
By Pacho O'Donnell. 2013
Ambicioso, seductor, déspota, genio político, terrorista por temperamento y por sistema, pluma talentosa, demagogo exaltado, estadista de carácter, trabajador incansable,…
traidor y corrupto, honesto y fiel, oportunista, patriota. Esos y muchos otros juicios contradictorios ha recibido la corta vida pública del jacobino Bernardo Monteagudo. Ambicioso, seductor, déspota, genio político, terrorista por temperamento y por sistema, pluma talentosa, demagogo exaltado, estadista de carácter, trabajador incansable, traidor y corrupto, honesto y fiel, oportunista, patriota. Esos y muchos otros juicios contradictorios ha recibido la corta vida pública del jacobino Bernardo Monteagudo, desde los diecinueve años, cuando se doctoró en Chuquisaca -cuna de revolucionarios como Moreno y Castelli-, hasta los treinta y cinco, cuando una puñalada le atravesó el pecho en una preciosa noche de verano limeña. Dieciséis años intensos, fulgurantes, que lo mantuvieron, tan joven, en el centro de las grandes decisiones políticas; junto a Castelli en el Ejército del Norte; figura clave de la Asamblea del Año XIII cuando gobernaba Alvear; mano derecha insustituible de San Martín y O'Higgins durante las luchas independentistas en Chile y Perú; finalmente ladero y hombre de confianza de Bolívar en la consolidación de la victoria revolucionaria. Siempre fue pobre y fue siempre un gran escritor, revulsivo, provocador, apasionado, convincente, que aún hoy es de lectura fluida, como puede comprobarse en los textos recopilados en el Apéndice de este libro. Un colosal propagandista de las ideas y proyectos que concebía. Entre ellos, como pionero y mártir, la unión latinoamericana. La defensa innegociable de esa causa le otorgó para siempre su lugar en la Historia. Escribía Monteagudo, para el futuro, en 1812: "Nosotros estamos en nuestra aurora, la Europa toca su occidente; y si las tinieblas se apresuran a envolverla, para nosotros amanecerá un día puro y risueño; ciudades numerosas saldrán del seño de estos desiertos inmensos; nuestros buques cubrirán los mares, la abundancia reinará dentro de nuestros muros y no se verán sobre nuestros altares y en nuestros tribunales sino dos palabras: humanidad y libertad". La crítica ha dicho... «Con una prosa clara, rítmica, sin dilaciones y hasta didáctica, O'Donnell se atreve a develar todo sobre este personaje». Dolores Caviglia, La Gaceta (Tucumán)Las mujeres y la patria
By Lucía Gálvez. 2012
Con textos sencillos y cautivantes, cimentados en una investigación histórica rigurosa, Lucía Gálvez nos demuestra que las mujeres siguen siendo…
grandes protagonistas silenciadas de nuestra historia. Una vez más, la historiadora Lucía Gálvez nos demuestra con estas narraciones que, conocidas o no, las mujeres siguen siendo grandes protagonistas silenciadas de nuestra historia. En algunos casos, sus vidas y sus actos permanecen en el olvido; en otros, su fama ha servido muchas veces para ocultar o tergiversar el verdadero sentido de sus acciones. Las mujeres y la patria rescata la importancia histórica de personajes como Micaela Bastidas, Mariquita Sánchez, Remedios Escalada, Encarnación Ezcurra, Delfina Bunge y Victoria Ocampo, entre otras, a través de una recorrida por sus afectos, sus amores, sus sacrificios y sus renunciamientos en el marco de la azarosa evolución de nuestro país.The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Poet's Memoir
By Spencer Reece. 2021
An exquisite memoir of a life saved by poetry.The Secret Gospel of Mark is a powerful dynamo of a story…
that delicately weaves the author's experiences with an appreciation for seven great literary touchstones: Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, James Merrill, Mark Strand, George Herbert, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. In speaking to the beauty these poets' works inspire in him, Reece finds the beauty of his own life's journey, a path that runs from coming of age as a gay teenager in the 1980s, Yale, alcoholism, a long stint as a Brooks Brothers salesman, Harvard Divinity School, and leads finally to hard-won success as a poet, reconciliation with his family, and the fulfillment of finding his life's work as an Episcopal priest. Reece's writing approaches the truth and beauty of the writers who have influenced him; elliptical and direct, always beautifully rendered.The Prophet's Heir: The Life of Ali ibn Abi Talib
By Hassan Abbas. 2021
The life and legacy of one of Mohammad&’s closest confidants and Islam&’s patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn…
Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings and leadership as fourth caliph, Ali nourished Islam. But Muslims are divided on whether he was supposed to be Mohammad&’s political successor—and he continues to be a polarizing figure in Islamic history. Hassan Abbas provides a nuanced, compelling portrait of this towering yet divisive figure and the origins of sectarian division within Islam. Abbas reveals how, after Mohammad, Ali assumed the spiritual mantle of Islam to spearhead the movement that the prophet had led. While Ali&’s teachings about wisdom, justice, and selflessness continue to be cherished by both Shia and Sunni Muslims, his pluralist ideas have been buried under sectarian agendas and power politics. Today, Abbas argues, Ali&’s legacy and message stands against that of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban.A renowned chef and physician shares her secrets to a healthy life in this cookbook filled with healthy recipes that…
will fuel and energize your body and mind."I like to think of a spicebox as the cook's equivalent of a doctor's bag--containing the essential tools to use in the art of cooking. Learning to use spices is the best way to add interest and vibrancy to simple home cooking."—from the Introduction In her first cookbook, chef and physician Linda Shiue puts the phrase "let food be thy medicine" to the test. With 175 vegetarian and pescatarian recipes curated from her own kitchen, Dr. Shiue takes you on a journey of vibrant, fresh flavors through a range of spices from amchar masala to za'atar. With a comprehensive "Healthy Cooking 101" chapter, lists of the healthiest ingredients out there, and tips for prevention, Spicebox Kitchen is a culinary wellness trip you can take in your own kitchen.Award-winning dietitian, bestselling author, and co-founder of the intuitive eating movement, Evelyn Tribole, offers an inviting and practical introduction to…
intuitive eating—which Parade calls the "anti-diet to end all diets."Intuitive Eating is a life-changing path to cultivating a healthy relationship with food, mind, and body. Intuitive Eating for Every Day breaks it down for you with daily guidance. This book will be your ally and solace against a world steeped in diet culture. It will illuminate and encourage your Intuitive Eating journey, with 365 practices and inspirations to help you:• Nurture the ten Principles of Intuitive Eating with 52 Weekly Intentions• Connect with your body in the here and now with Grounding practices• Cultivate gratitude for different aspects of nourishment with Meal Meditations• Identify self-trust disruptors and awaken inner knowingness• Strengthen your mental, emotional, and physical health by setting boundaries• Reflect on emotions and cravings• Practice self-compassion, body appreciation, and self-careThese daily readings—read on their own or as a companion to the author's bestselling Intuitive Eating—make it easy to integrate this revolutionary program into your life. Intuitive Eating for Every Day offers constant support to help you make peace with food and reclaim and reconnect with the pleasure of eating.The perfect book for:• Anti-dieters• Fans of Intuitive Eating and The Intuitive Eating Workbook• Anyone looking for daily guidance on a happier and healthier way to eat• Wellness enthusiasts looking for healthy habits• Nutritionists and other health professionals• Mindfulness and meditation practitioners• Certified eating disorder specialists and anyone in eating disorder (ED) recoveryA little-known moment in colonial history that changed the course of America&’s future.A riveting account of a brutal killing, an…
all-out manhunt, and the first murder trial in America,set against the backdrop of the Pequot War(between the Pequot tribe and the colonists of Massachusetts Bay) that ended this two-year war and brought about a peace that allowed the colonies to become a nation.The year: 1638. The setting: Providence, near Plymouth Colony. A young Nipmuc tribesman returning home from trading beaver pelts is fatally stabbed in a robbery in the woods near Plymouth Colony by a vicious white runaway indentured servant. The tribesman, fighting for his life, is able with his final breaths to reveal the details of the attack to Providence&’s governor, Roger Williams. A frantic manhunt by the fledgling government ensues to capture the killer and his gang, now the most hunted men in the New World.With their capture, the two-year-old Plymouth Colony faces overnight its first trial—a murder trial—with Plymouth&’s governor presiding as judge and prosecutor,interviewing witnesses and defendants alike, and Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony authority, as overseer of the courtroom, his sidearm at the ready. The jury—Plymouth colonists, New England farmers (&“a rude and ignorant sorte,&” as described by former governor William Bradford)—white, male, picked from a total population of five hundred and fifty, knows from past persecutions the horrors of a society without a jury system. Would they be tempted to protect their own—including a cold-blooded murderer who was also a Pequot War veteran—over the life of a tribesman who had fought in a war allied against them? Tobey Pearl brings to vivid life those caught up in the drama: Roger Williams, founder of Plymouth Colony, a self-taught expert in indigenous cultures and the first investigator of the murder; Myles Standish; Edward Winslow, a former governor of Plymouth Colony and the master of the indentured servant and accused murderer; John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony; the men on trial for the murder; and the lone tribesman, from the last of the Woodland American Indians, whose life was brutally taken from him. Pearl writes of the witnesses who testified before the court and of the twelve colonists on the jury who went about their duties with grave purpose, influenced by a complex mixture of Puritan religious dictates, lingering medieval mores, new ideals of humanism, and an England still influenced by the last gasp of the English Renaissance. And she shows how, in the end, the twelve came to render a groundbreaking judicial decision that forever set the standard for American justice. An extraordinary work of historical piecing-together;a moment that set the precedence of our basic, fundamental right to trial by jury, ensuring civil liberties and establishing it as a safeguard against injustice.The Body God Designed: How to love the body you've got while you get the body you want
By Gregory L Jantz. 2007
Many people look in the mirror and are dissatisfied with their bodies. They see a seat too big and a…
chest too small, an enormous nose or beady eyes. Psalm 139 tells us how God feels about our bodies. We get the &“fearful&” part; it&’s the &“wonderful&” we&’re not so sure about.The Body God Designed presents the idea that God Himself made us and has a body intended just for you. This God-intended body may have been altered by our circumstances or by our behaviors but, with His help, we can restore our bodies to the level of health and vitality He planned for us. Jantz provides specific tips for health, including:· Healthy models for each body shape· Differences between healthy and unhealthy fats and where to find each· Principles readers can use for effective, long-term weight loss · How to refrain from secret and mindless eatingJohn Adams (American Presidents Ser.)
By Anne Burleigh. 1969
man for the ages. John Adams, philosopher of the Revolution and early America, and participant in many of the major…
events of that period, strove to fi nd universal patterns in the lives of all men. His life and ideas are as pertinent to our time as they were to his own. We still ponder the nature of the unbreakable bond between liberty and law. As did Adams, we question how to relate the goal of freedom to the authority necessary in political society.Scars Don't Hurt: A Story of Triumph Over Sexual Abuse
By Blake Davidson. 1982
Based on the author&’s compelling true story of being freed from years of sexual abuse by her brother and forgiving…
him, Scars Don&’t Hurt chronicles Davidson&’s battle and ultimate victory over tragic circumstances. Born into a Mennonite family and defiled from the ages of 4 to 13, Davidson writes: &“The greatest gift God has ever given me in my life is a healing so perfect, so miraculous and so complete, that I can rejoice that my abuser&’s been forgiven…There are many people in the world who would wish someone like him a spot in the hottest of hell, but I am glad to know a God who will forgive sins as grave as this.&” Written in an easy-to-read style, Scars Don&’t Hurt is not only the author&’s story of redemption from sexual abuse, it also tells the stories of three generations&’ victory through faith in Jesus Christ over broken relationships, financial ruin, and emotional upheaval. Scars Don&’t Hurt is a must-read for anyone who has faced sexual abuse, childhood trauma or insurmountable odds and looked to overcome them through the power of forgiveness and redemption. About the author: Margaret Davidson lives in St. Catharines, Ontario. Married since 1963, she and her husband, Bill, have three children. Her message is one of love and total forgiveness.Memoir of an Imam: The Extraordinary Spiritual Journey of Moussa Kone
By Moussa Kone. 2013
“One day I asked my father, a respected Imam, a question: ‘If, this evening, you or I died, would we…
go to heaven?’ He replied: ‘Son, I don’t know, and we cannot know before our deeds, good and evil, are weighed on the scale of deeds.’ Thus stirred by an ardent desire for certitude for the fate of my soul, I threw myself into a thorough study of both the Koran and the Bible, the results of which I recount in this book.” Follow Moussa as he relates the turbulent and supernatural events that led to his meeting with Almighty God. His inspiring journey testifies to the extraordinary manner in which the Creator reveals Himself to each and every person who searches for Him sincerely and with all their heart.21 Secrets for A Healthy Gut: Natural Relief for Common Digestive Disorders
By Siloam Editors. 1987
Like many other diseases in our culture, gastrointestinal disorders are on the rise. From ailments as common as heartburn to…
more serious problems, such as ulcers, acid reflux disease, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), your digestive system is under attack. The digestive system is your first line of defense against harmful agents in the world around you. All nutrients in your body pass through the digestive system. It is therefore crucial to maintain gastrointestinal health and protect your body from attack. With expert contributions from Don Colbert, Janet Maccaro, Cherie Calbom, Reginald Cherry, and others, 21 Secrets for a Healthy Gut explores the many causes and cures for:InflammationConstipationCrohn&’s diseaseWheat belly and IBSGERD, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, and much more!End the hormone roller coaster ride for good.Behind the scenes your hormones have played a huge role where your health…
and well-beingare concerned. So much depends on them, just as their functioning depends on many otheraspects of your life. Despite a woman&’s tendency to ruefully bemoan her hormones, God inventedhormones and He knew what He was doing. He designed their intricate dances within your body.He also designed your mind to be able to understand how to live in and maintain a healthy body.Using the wealth of resources from Siloam&’s most popular health writers, including Janet Maccaro,Don Colbert, Reginald Cherry, Cherie Calbom, and Scott Farhart, The Big Book of Hormonesis a comprehensive book on women&’s hormone health that covers topics such as antiaging,weight loss, natural health (supplements, vitamins, superfoods, smoothies, and juices), stressmanagement, and more.WOMEN WILL LEARN:HOW TO IDENTIFY HORMONE IMBALANCESTHE BEST PROTOCOLS FOR RESTORATION, WEIGHT LOSS, SLEEP, MEMORY RECALL AND REGULATING MOOD SWINGSHOW TO PREVENT OTHER DISEASES RELATED TO HORMONE DEPLETION SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, OSTEOPOROSIS, CERTAIN CANCERS, AND MORE!Nutrition and Football: The FIFA/FMARC Consensus on Sports Nutrition
By R. J. Maughan. 2007
Nutrition and Football is a FIFA endorsed book which provides the first formal scientific consensus on players’ energy use fluid, and…
optimal nutritional requirements. Including: nutrition for pre-season, training, match play and in different climates analysis of the energy and metabolic demands of players in different positions water and electrolyte requirements strategies to balance effects of stress, over training and over playing ideal body composition in professional football analysis and interventions to counter late game fatigue supplements and nutrition for optimum training adaptation the effects of alcohol on metabolism, performance and general health. Each contributor to this accessible guide is an internationally recognized expert in their field and the chapters embrace all key aspects of nutrition for football. Presenting cutting-edge research, the book has a practical and applied focus and has been developed with input from practicing sports nutrition club professionals.