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When it comes to losing weight, the false beliefs most of us cling to could fill a book - this one! As a medical doctor, medical journalist, and veteran of the diet wars, Nancy L. Snyderman knows better than almost anyone what really works and what sabotages your best efforts to shed pounds and keep them off. Do you believe any of these prevalent diet myths?

We are a people of stories. We use them to entertain, to teach, and to instruct. Sometimes they warn us of the dangers of wandering too far into the woods, or they can be a detailed story to explain how magnificent landscapes came to be. Story has always been the way we pass time, the way we connect to each other, and most importantly, how we promote our values. Parables, especially, have a dual purpose. Not only do they keep us entertained, but they also make a point. Consider Aesop’s fables—tales of talking animals who learn valuable life lessons.

Haunted by her student's disappearance for more than a decade, Elaine finally stumbles onto a vital clue, only to discover someone will do anything to keep the truth buried. When her life is threatened, she allows the one person she trusts to whisk her away to Texas for safety. But assuming a false identity and hiding among the quirky residents of a nursing home is not what she had in mind.

Lady Camilla Veltre is wealthy, arrogant and spoiled beyond belief. Her stature leaves her to believe she could ask and want for nothing, and she does. When her brother Jaylon marries and leaves her alone, she has a sudden sense of abandonment and she begins to re-evaluate her mere existence.That is until the fateful day she is accosted and taken by two men who have specific plans for her future. Dominic and Hester, advisors to the Royal Prince Viktor. They had been assigned a definitive check-list and believed the blonde haired beauty filled every slot. But they find out too late, that she...

Anne is adopted by the Cuthberts even after a great mistake at the orphanage. But the frail red-headed young girl stays, even though not wanted at first. She is raised strictly but lovingly by the Cuthberts whose world is set upside down by her wonderful, creative and sometime crazy and eccentric ways. In the end, she gives them endless joy as she grows into womanhood.

Leaving Sacramento after her divorce, Avery Nolan retreats to Tahoe with her golden retriever, Basil, looking for change. After Basil discovers a hidden clearing with three standing stones, everything that Avery thinks she knows is suddenly upended. Each move she makes brings her closer to a world imagined only in fairy tales and to unraveling the secrets her family has guarded for decades - secrets that will give Avery more adventure than she ever thought imaginable.

The history of the world is in jeopardy in this science fiction about the earth’s dark future. The year is 892 NE, nearly nine hundred years after the Black Sun Era—a catastrophic event that reduced the human population and left the world in darkness. Author and Magi Sadiyeh Mhalabiyeh’s greatest idea came to her while she was in the emergency room bleeding to death from self-inflicted wounds. But new laws prevent her from publishing her book about space. When the leader of the werewolf mafia agrees to publish her work, Sadiyeh must decide who she can trust.

When rock star Joshua Ravensong is accused of murder, Peyton must pit her professional reputation against a growing attraction for the legend. Although the evidence is solid against him, Peyton can't deny this is one bad boy she wants to save.

Get ready for Book 2 in the thrilling River Run Series by M.L. Bullock—Blood Run! The saga continues where the first book left off, diving even deeper into America's dark past and the mystery surrounding Mary Sanford and the infamous Fairfield Witches. In the first book, Mary Sanford, a young woman caught in the web of witchcraft accusations that turned her life upside-down. Along with her husband Andrew, she fought to clear her name, facing unimaginable hardships and heartbreaking loss. The story didn't end there; it came alive again when Sophia and Mike Boyson moved into River Run, the ...

Some abuse is dangerously obvious, while other types of abuse creep into our family DNA in covert ways. Keeping family secrets, intimidation, the “silent treatment” and “cyberbullying” are just a few examples of many forms of abuse with troubling outcomes. Often victims ask, “Why did this happen to me?" Or “What can I do?”. While abusers will excuse their behavior asking, “Why do you make me do this"? Victims and abusers can rewrite their stories, improve their relationships, and break the cycle for their future generations.

Sooner or later, the thirst always wins...After a thousand years, Lucian had given up any interest in the world. His only concern that night was finding his next drink, preferably from a flavoursome 20-something with loose morals and no expectations. Then he saw her...Kate is just a girl from the country, who came to the city with her brother to find a life away from their parents’ car crash. That is until the police came knocking on her door one morning and ripped her new life apart. Now she has nothing and no one, with only one on her mind...

Tess is a threat to everything. Her existence threatens a balance that has been in place since the beginning of time. A powerful entity has decided he can’t risk her existence being known, and will do anything to keep her a secret, even if that means he has to kill his only daughter.

It wanders through space in fiery temperatures that make Hades look like a vacation spot by comparison. The first planet in our Solar System that races around the Sun once every 88 days. Named after the Roman god of commerce, eloquence, messages, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves, he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld. These, then, are the tales of Mercury.

These are the stories of Uranus. Stories of new beginnings and creation. Stories of the mysterious seventh planet in our solar system and of the God of the sky that it was named after.

It's so easy to focus on writing and marketing because that’s what builds a writing career. But if you don’t plan on what will happen to your books after your death, everything you’re doing right now won’t matter. This book will help you get your affairs in order and create an estate plan so that you can create a legacy that will continue making money for your family long after you're gone. From passwords to bank accounts to book retailer accounts, this book will hold your hand through the process of getting your ducks in a row.

Now available in one volume - the seventh through ninth books in the year of discovery in one box set. Get books seven through nine in the Year of Discovery series in one box set: July, August, and September. Three audiobooks of tragedy, tribulation, and triumph in one volume. Twelve women connected by the death of another, realizing what they most want from life and reaching for it - this is the year of discovery, the year of new beginnings.

Learn the anti-aging approach for treating your hemorrhoids! Then every system in your body will have improved health. It is not the easy way, but it is the only way to a true return of health. The main goal of this audiobook is to teach you how to heal hemorrhoid pain and other common rectal disorders permanently. Let’s find out not only how to temporarily resolve the symptoms, but to dig deeper and remove the underlying causes at the bottom of your gastrointestinal (G.I.) tract. Empower yourself with the knowledge to prevent hemorrhoid pain from ever coming back in the future.

Rilla is Anne and Gilbert Blythe’s youngest daughter, an excitable 15-year-old who is unaware of how the world works, and is only interested in having fun. But the world is on the brink of a global war, and soon Rilla’s family and life are turned upside down, as several of her brothers enlist in the army and are sent to fight overseas. The book follows Rilla’s life through the duration of World War I, as she grows up quickly from the responsibilities put on young women in this time.

Unlikely friends Mallory and Beth embark on a landmark paranormal investigation--they will explore and document Derby Hill's notorious Spook House. Surrounded by forest and cut off from the modern world, the ghost hunters slowly begin to uncover the terrifying secrets behind a macabre series of murders. Unearthly forces come against the women as they uncover a legendary room and the ghosts that call it home. Will they allow the living to enter? Beth's attempts to connect with the dead residents leads her down a dangerous path--one she may not come back from if she refuses to let go of the ...

Kirby Cornell needs a break from everything; most of all, her slobbish housemates and the terrible thing they all did. Luckily, that hasn’t caught up with her just yet. Until a new message on their old group chat pops up: Everyone in the group chat will die. It’s the first text her ex-flatmate and social-media sleuth Esme has sent for ages, but that’s not the really weird thing. The really weird thing is, Esme died twelve months ago…