Younger Next Year for Women

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Young at heart

Younger Next Year for Women

Encouraging book!!

I enjoyed every minute of it!

Great Book!!

Younger Next Year for Women
Chris Crowley , and Henry S. Lodge
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

You're coming into the peak of your life. And because you’re already more attuned to your physical and emotional needs, and more inclined to commit to a healthier lifestyle, you're poised to live brilliantly for the thirty-plus years after menopause. All you need now is the program outlined in Younger Next Year for Women—which, for starters, will help you avoid literally 70 percent of the decay and eliminate 50 percent of the injuries and illnesses associated with getting older.

How? Drawn from disciplines as varied as evolutionary biology, cell physiology, experimental psychology and anthropology, the science behind Younger Next Year is clear. Our bodies are programmed to do one of two things: either grow or decay. Sitting in front of a screen all day tells the body to decay. Taking a walk or doing yoga tells the body to grow. Loneliness and stress trigger decay; love and laughter trigger growth.

Just as clear as the science is the goal: Become the active gatekeeper of your own body and gain the power to control those signals of growth and decay. Seven simple rules show the way, from #1 Exercise six days a week for the rest of your life, to #6 Care, to #7 Connect and commit.

You're coming into the peak of your life. And because you’re already more attuned to your physical and emotional needs, and more inclined to commit to a healthier lifestyle, you're poised to live brilliantly for the thirty-plus years after menopause. All you need now is the program outlined in Younger Next Year for Women—which, for starters, will help you avoid literally 70 percent of the decay and eliminate 50 percent of the injuries and illnesses associated with getting older.

How? Drawn from disciplines as varied as evolutionary biology, cell physiology, experimental psychology and anthropology, the science behind Younger Next Year is clear. Our bodies are programmed to do one of two things: either grow or decay. Sitting in front of a screen all day tells the body to decay. Taking a walk or doing yoga tells the body to grow. Loneliness and stress trigger decay; love and laughter trigger growth.

Just as clear as the science is the goal: Become the active gatekeeper of your own body and gain the power to control those signals of growth and decay. Seven simple rules show the way, from #1 Exercise six days a week for the rest of your life, to #6 Care, to #7 Connect and commit.

They’re called Harry’s Rules, named for the doctor and coauthor—Henry S. Lodge, M.D.—who formulated them, and who explains the precise science behind each one. But since it’s one thing to know something’s good for you and quite another to put it into practice, Dr. Lodge, the scientist, is joined by Chris Crowley—coauthor, exhorter and living example—whose brusque charm and infectious enthusiasm will actually have you living by the rules. So, congratulations. You’re now about to get younger.

Customer Reviews:

Young at heart.......2007-10-06

This is a good addition to the authors' previous book. It isn't the usual blah, blah, blah, but scientific information which amount to common sense. I am grateful to the authors for keeping me and my wife young at heart. I was happy to buy for my wife this book as "her own" copy, after we both extensively studied the original "Younger Next Year". Another great book that I highly recommend is "Can We Live 150 Year". In fact these two titles should be sold in one package as they complement each other

Younger Next Year for Women.......2007-09-28

Excellent arguments for doing all the right things you know you should do. Different approach in understanding how we age. Very comprehensive coverage of things we need to know. Down to earth, doable steps we can take to add healthier years to our lives. (Mrs. J. T.)

Encouraging book!!.......2007-09-28

This book gives advice and encouragement to women who have falsely come to believe that deterioration comes with age and there is nothing we can do about it. I truly enjoyed it and recommend it, but still want to make the following comments: it belabored the value of exercise to the point where I felt like shouting "OK, I get it, I get...we need to exercise!". In a way, I kept waiting for the book to also talk about OTHER things too, but really this was the total focus of the book. I also thought that it would have been nice if the authors included some women doctors' perspectives too (it was weird getting all that advice on how we women should live our lives from two men). And lastly, I felt that the recommendation (strongly and repeatedly given) to exercise for HOURS a day, every day preferably, was fine for the retired author of the book who, as another reviewer also mentioned, was spending ALOT of time doing things that are not easily affordable by the average woman, nevermind the huge amount of vacation/play time he had to enjoy that high-end exercise, like biking trips and skiing trips...not realistic for the kinds of lives most women, age 50-60 at least, really live in today's world (lives filled with the time demands of jobs combined with children, homes, elderly parents, grandchildren, etc.). It may be that this much exercise is what is really needed to turn back the clock, but I'm hoping that's not true- since so few of us have THAT much time to devote to exercise (the authors seemed to think that if you had your priorities straight, you'd find the time). In summary, however, the authors did convince me that I need to add strength training to my cardio training, so all-in-all, I felt it was worth reading this book and I do recommend!

I enjoyed every minute of it!.......2007-09-09

This book will make you look younger! Another bestseller that I love and highly recommend - How to be a Super Hot Woman: 339 Tips to Make Every Man Fall in Love with You and Every Woman Envy You

Great Book!!.......2007-09-07

This book is great reading! It's easy and entertaining. It offers excellent insights into our aging process and how to be healthy as we age. Each time I finish reading, I feel motivated to get out, exercise and get healthy!!

Science of Sexy: Dress to Fit Your Unique Figure with the Style System that Works for Every Shape and Size

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So Helpful!!!
so worth it!
Some good info but....
Excellent source of information for all figure types
Enjoyable and helpful read

Science of Sexy: Dress to Fit Your Unique Figure with the Style System that Works for Every Shape and Size
Bradley Bayou
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A celebrity fashion designer gives every woman the red-carpet treatment in this foolproof guide to choosing clothes that make you look fabulous—with tailor-made tips for forty-eight body types.

The average American woman is 5"4' tall, weighs 160 pounds, wears a size 14, and bears no resemblance to the typical runway model. Yet the runway model sets the standard for “ideal” wardrobes. Top L.A. designer Bradley Bayou has dressed women of all shapes and sizes and knows that every woman has her own natural combination of silhouette shape, height, and weight. Style is not about fitting into the size you think is sexy, it is about picking clothes that fit your body correctly and that create balance. Perfect balance is perfect style.

In The Science of Sexy, Bayou helps readers identify their silhouette shape (triangle, inverted triangle, rectangle, or hourglass) and combines that information with a height/weight chart to determine which of forty-eight “fitting rooms” to go to in the book. Each fitting room has Bradley's specific advice for that woman on the clothes and accessories to wear and avoid, and how to create balance using color, scale, proportions, and fabric.

With a fabulous design and instructive and fun four-color illustrations throughout, The Science of Sexy takes the fear out of shopping and gives all women the gift of confidence that they deserve.

Customer Reviews:

So Helpful!!!.......2007-10-05

Okay, I have to admit I was a bit skeptical about this book. After all, most of us probably think we already know what looks good on us or not, especially if we (as I do) read fashion magazines religiously. However, I was surprised by some of the advice. For instance, my "section" told me to stay away from pencil skirts. What? I LOVED pencil skirts! But I decided to live by these rules for one week and see if anyone noticed a difference. Not only did I feel better about my shape, but in one week, three unrelated people asked me if I lost weight!! So, since buying this book about three weeks ago, I have bought another edition to give as a gift, and loaned out my copy to four other women. I've photocopied my pages and taken them shopping with me. Per the advice in the book, I've decided not to worry about the tag size and instead focus on the fit. I've also taken quite a few items to the tailor, which completely transformed them and made them so much more flattering! I LOVE this book.

so worth it!.......2007-10-03

I realize there are only 4 pages per body type to explain the dos and don'ts, but its the quality not the quantity. I used the tips and share them with all my girlfriends, family, coworkers - everyone! and the response is fantastic. So many little mistakes we never knew we did, yet are SO easy to fix. I love the glossary in the back for the not so fashionistas, it makes the vocabulary much easier. Buy this book and have yourself a science of sexy party with your girlfriends!

Some good info but...........2007-09-20

It had good info on how to dress for your body type, however half of the book is a break down of all the different body types. So half the book is useless to me, becuase I only need the summary on MY body type. I saw the book on the TYRA show, I like it though, very informative.

Excellent source of information for all figure types.......2007-09-12

As a women's clothing retailer, I found this book to be "coffee table material" in my shop. I leave a tape measure on the book to invite women to investigate the contents. So many women have difficulty selecting the right clothing for their figure types. This book offers the best visual and written information that is easily understood and appreciated. Bravo to the writers. I have a library full of books on the subject and have never seen one that is so informative, well written and assists all figure types and personalities.

Enjoyable and helpful read.......2007-07-27

I really got excited when I saw this book. It looked like it had lots of photos and covered a topic with which I am very concerned. What I found was an interesting book that did help me determine my body type (I was always confused about whether I was an inverted triangle or a rectangle - I'm a rectangle) and offered a few tips to help dress in a style more flattering to me.

I thought he offer useful fashion tips to help address each body's assets and how to highlight them without drawing attendion to its "flaws". I also like that he offered celebrities who shared that body type - it made it a little easier to visualize how certain fashions work or don't work on that type.

I think my biggest complaint is that I wish it had more photos, especially photos of the celebrities who shared the body types listed in fashions that work or don't work for them. That would have been really helpful. Especially since some of the plus size celebrities don't usually get included in typical magazines "week in fashion" reviews. I also would have liked it if the author could have included more than one example of celebrities who fit the various body types.

Overall I like this book and would recommend it to others.

Suzanne Somers' Slim and Sexy Forever: The Hormone Solution for Permanent Weight Loss and Optimal Living

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Suzanne Somers' Slim and Sexy Forever: The Hormone Solution for Permanent Weight Loss and Optimal Living
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Suzanne Somers may forever be ingrained in American minds as the ditzy blond from Three's Company, but her five past bestselling diet books prove that her fit figure is admired by millions. Now in her 50s, Somers has endured what she calls the "Seven Dwarves" of menopause—Itchy, Bitchy, Sweaty, Sleepy, Bloated, Forgetful, and All Dried Up. She claims that until one tames the hormonal roller-coaster of menopause, there's little hope of losing weight: "If your hormones are out of balance, no weight-loss program will work for you." She recommends supplementation with "natural, bioidentical hormones" available from a compounding pharmacist, or an endocrinologist specializing in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). The synthetic hormones so widely prescribed, she says, cause the body to "mimic pregnancy," and result in a "high-insulin state," both of which lead to weight gain and bloating.

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While finding these natural hormonal supplements may be difficult for some readers, as the majority of BHRT-prescribing endocrinologists practice in the Los Angeles area, Somers stresses it's worth making the trip for a BHRT appointment. Moreover, readers may balk at a major side effect of taking bioidentical hormones: the return of one's menstrual period. "To me, having a period is a small price to pay for great health, increased vitality, and a slim figure," she says. Somers adds to her hormonal advice a detailed menu plan, which includes limited amounts of whole grains, and plenty of fruits and vegetables. She also recommends a few "high-glycemic" foods to avoid at all costs. The recipes are mostly drool-worthy, with dishes including Chicken Parmigiana and Warm Chocolate Soufflé Cakes, with the less labor-intensive dishes requiring some of her packaged Somersize-brand sauces, spices, and sweeteners. While the hormone supplementation in her plan may be hard to come by, her dietary advice is much more sensible than what you'll find in the majority of weight-loss books these days.--Erica Jorgensen

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Suzanne Somers lifts the veil on her upcoming books, Somersize Appetizers and Somersize Cocktails, revealing two mouthwatering recipes that will get your party started, the Somersize way.
Chili Braised Pork with Pocatello Salsa in Butter Lettuce Cups
From Somersize Appetizers - PRO/FATS & VEGGIES - LEVEL ONE
Serves 8
This spicy and delicious appetizer is perfect alongside a cool and refreshing mojito. For Level Two serve on crispy-fried whole-wheat tortilla triangles.

CHILI BRAISED PORK:
1 3-pound pork butt, cut into small chunks
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
I red bell pepper, seeded and medium dice
1 red onion, medium diced
3-4 jalapeno chilies, sliced
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup chopped tomatoes
2 cups chicken broth
16 small butter lettuce leaves (to use for cups)
JICAMA GARNISH:
½ jicama, julienned finely
½ red onion, sliced thinly
2 teaspoons olive oil
Juice of ½ lime
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
TOMATILLO SALSA:
6 tomatillos, cut in half
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

For Pork:
Season pork liberally with salt and pepper. In a braising pan (or stock pot) over medium high, add olive oil and pork. Sear on both sides. Add peppers, onions, chilies and sauté for about 10 minutes, until golden and caramelized. Add tomato paste, tomatoes and chicken stock. Bring to a boil and cover. Reduce heat to low. Cook until pork falls apart, about an hour. Remove from heat. Remove pork, reserving the liquid and allow pork to cool. Pull pork into small pieces. Place pulled pork into a bowl and add 4-6 ounces of the liquid. Set aside.
For Jicama Garnish:
Toss all ingredients into a nonmetallic bowl until well combined. Allow flavors to combine for at least 30 minutes.
For Tomatillo Salsa:
Preheat oven to 400. Place tomatillos onto a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in oven until caramelized and soft, about 35-45 minutes. Remove from oven and while still warm, chop until they become the texture of chunky salsa.
To assemble:
Place a spoonful of pulled pork into each butter lettuce leaf. Top with jicama garnish and a dollop of salsa. Serve immediately.

Somersize Mojito
From Somersize Cocktails - ALMOST LEVEL ONE
This Cuban drink is light and refreshing with a burst of fresh mint and lime. Normally it's sweetened with sugar, but I use SomerSweet instead. I have to say, I actually like the taste of SomerSweet better! Sugar can leave a bubbly film in your mouth but SomerSweet is so clean and fresh tasting. Traditionally this drink is made with rum, but I much prefer the taste of vodka. Make it either way you like. This is the perfect summer drink and if I had to pick only one cocktail in the entire book, this would be it. There are many different preferences when it comes to this drink. I tend to like mine with strong lime and mint flavor. Some like it less intense with more club soda. Adjust to your liking.
1 1/2 oz light rum
4-6 fresh mint leaves
1 ½ Key lime (preferred) or 1 regular (Persian) lime
¾ teaspoon SomerSweet (or 1 tablespoon sugar)
2-4 oz soda water
Add mint leaves, lime juice, pressed limes, and SomerSweet into a highball glass. "Muddle" ingredients with a wooden stick or handle to release mint flavor. Add ice, rum, and soda water. Serve with limes and leaves in drink.

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Book Description

Who says you can’t sizzle in the second half of life?

At last, a solution! In Slim and Sexy Forever, Suzanne Somers outlines a program speci?cally designed to address the needs of women and men who want to lose weight and replace the lust for life that naturally wanes with age. In this “baby boomer’s recipe for the fountain of youth,” Suzanne shows you how to:

• melt away the unwanted pounds

• reinvigorate your sex drive

• capture youthful vitality

• develop a more positive outlook on life

• sharpen memory

• eliminate hot flashes

• achieve optimum health from the inside out

In her runaway New York Times bestseller The Sexy Years, Suzanne changed the way we look at our health and hormones, showing how replacing hormones lost in the aging process with natural bioidentical hormones can eliminate symptoms associated with aging.

Now, in Slim and Sexy Forever, Suzanne combines her cutting-edge information on natural hormone replacement with her successful weight loss program, Somersize, for a one-two punch that is the only proven solution to the problems associated with aging. Working with innovative doctors, Suzanne has created a program that alleviates symptoms such as mood swings, sleepless nights, hot flashes, and diminished sex drive that are so common as we get older. Simultaneously, her phenomenally successful Somersize program shows you how to beat a stalling metabolism and stay lean and trim while eating remarkably delicious food. With millions of people losing weight on the program, it is a proven formula for success.

Suzanne makes clear in this fascinating new book that if your hormones are out of balance, you will not be able to lose weight. Weight loss must be approached with a twofold strategy as you get older: balance your hormones the bioidentical way and eat correctly. One doesn’t work without the other.

In Slim and Sexy Forever you’ll also learn:

• The truth about carbs: Depriving yourself of too many carbs will lead to hormonal imbalance and weight gain. Eat the right carbs to lose weight!

• Plateau-busting tips: Suzanne explains why you hit plateaus and exactly how to push past them to achieve your goal weight.

• The connection between adrenals and weight gain: If you blow out your adrenals trying to be Superwoman, you are going to gain weight and feel fatigued. Find out how to prevent that from happening.

And, as always, Suzanne makes losing weight easy with more than 100 delicious new recipes, including Crab Bisque with Sweet Corn and Crab Relish, Somersize Tex-Mex Chicken Drumettes and Meatballs, Peppered Pork Chops with Fried Sage Leaves, Warm Chocolate Soufflé Cakes, and Wild Berry Crostada. These are Suzanne’s best recipes yet!

Customer Reviews:

good information.......2007-08-23

Suzanne is very into taking care of herself and offers sound advice in this book. Diet, exercise and nutritional supplements are explained. If you want to improve your health this is good resource material.

Very Educational.......2007-06-09

This book is very educational and I would suggest every woman read. Our bodies are very complex and understanding it is a step in a very positive direction. You will begin to understand why you act or feel certain ways and what you can do to live a healthy balanced life.

Informative and Upbeat.......2007-04-11

Suzanne writes an energetic book and very information, I am enjoying it.

THIS BOOK WAS A BOMB!.......2007-03-06

I didn't think very much of this book. I really thought it was a bomb and a big waste of my money.

Putting Forth the Effort to Change My Life.......2007-02-13

As a follower of the Sommersize lifestyle for several months now, I have reaped the rewards of smaller clothing sizes, a better night's sleep, more energy, and confidence in the kitchen. The health benefits of this program have allowed me to free myself of the long lines at the drug store. The recipies alone are worth the purchase of the book even if you are not following the program.

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Yummy! A great start to this series
Pretty good....but
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Smart and Sexy
Jill Shalvis
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Yummy! A great start to this series.......2007-08-23

Noah Fisher is one of the three pilots and co-owner of Sky High, a fancy, expensive charter airline. Six months ago he piloted a trip that ended badly. Now, on his first flight since that fateful flight, he finds himself highjacked by no other than Bailey Sinclair, the woman he's been fantasizing about for a long time.

Bailey Sinclair is on a mission to find money - a whole pile of money. Her late husband, Alan, swindled a lot of money from some unsavory characters and they expect Bailey to give them the money. The only problem - she doesn't have it and doesn't know where it is. But she believes that the money is in one of the resorts that Alan was developing. The goons who want the money have threatened Bailey - she doesn't have a lot of time, so she needs a way to get to one of Alan's resorts quickly. What better way than to fly?

What follows is Noah and Bailey's odyssey of trying to find the money while the bad guys are hot on their heels - Noah and Bailey try to out maneuver the bad guys while falling in love.

So how is this book different from all of the other books that have some variation of this theme - the heroine in danger and the hero coming to help? Wonderful characters and terrific writing. I loved Noah (and ok, I did like Bailey, but I really loved Noah!). Great secondary characters - I enjoyed reading about the other owners of Sky High (and each pilot will be a book in this series). No, it's not intense and the mystery is light, but Smart and Sexy is a fun read from page one - I couldn't put it down. If you've never read any novels by Jill Shalvis, this is a great book to start...If you're a Jill Shalvis fan like I am, you're really enjoy this book.

Pretty good....but.......2007-06-28

I liked this book as an easy, quick romp, but that is all. The suspense and adventure were lukewarm at best while the sex and passion were hot!

I enjoyed reading it because it was fast paced and took little concentration. It was a good "in-between" book, in that it let my mind rest from the intense action and suspense of other books.

If you're looking for fun, sexy and quick (Mr. Right Now, he, he) pick this one up...

AMAZING AUTHOR.......2007-06-08

This book is part of a series, I can't wait for the other books to come out. Ms. Shalvis' expertise in dialogue is unsurpassed. I love all her characters! I highly recommend this book - also her blog is great!

Fun, Fast-Paced Romance!.......2007-04-08

I think every reader has authors whose books they really enjoy. One of those authors for me is Jill Shalvis. Not surprisingly, I read and loved her latest book, Smart and Sexy.

The tone of the back cover suggested Smart and Sexy would be a light-hearted romp. It isn't. Instead, it's a gripping romantic suspense novel with characters who lingered in my mind long after I finished the book.

Speaking of the characters, the way Shalvis sets up the situation is perfect. Noah and Bailey aren't strangers--in fact, Noah's had a weak spot for Bailey for some time. This makes it all the more believable that he would want to help with her quest. Bailey is equally drawn to Noah; it is no accident that she tags along on a flight where he is the pilot.

I loved Noah. He's a well-rounded character with strengths and insecurities. His connection with and protection of Bailey is wonderful to watch. Bailey is initially secretive; trust comes slowly for her. The way her trust grows is realistic and compelling.

These two characters generate a lot of heat together. This book includes some of the best love scenes Shalvis has written.

The mystery is also excellent, and I loved that it complemented rather than overshadowed the romance. Smart and Sexy is the start of a series, and I can't wait to read the next one!

wild zany soaring contemporary romance .......2007-04-01

Bailey Sinclair knows they are coming for her so she needs to pull off a Hail Mary ploy before she goes after her late husband's fortune. Noah Fisher knows he needs time away from his California based charter service Sky High so he is heading to Mammoth Mountain in the Sierras for a weekend of rest.

Bailey hijacks Noah's flight to Mammoth Mountain, but realizes as they are sky high she is attracted to the calm pilot who used to call her late spouse a customer. As they soon share kisses, her adversaries, her spouse's "Investors", continue their pursuit. Having killed her husband, she knows unless a miracle occurs, Bailey expects to join her spouse in the afterlife at a time she is falling in love. However, what really bothers her is that she may have caused Noah's death too.

SMART AND SEXY is a wild zany soaring contemporary romance that is fun to fly with though the lead couple chooses sexual encounters at seemingly dangerous moments. The story line is fast-paced as the Investors chase Bailey and Noah who take time outs to join the mile high club during the pursuit. Fans of lighthearted romps will enjoy Jill Shalvis' second sexy stratospheric saga (see AUSSIE RULES).

Harriet Klausner

The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker: An Erotic Memoir

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This book has NO point or resolution
Putting excitement back into your sex life
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Suzanne Portnoy
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Original trade paperback: An erotic memoir of self-discovery and sexual awakening. The true-life story of a successful business woman whose marriage falls apart in her mid-forties. Suddenly on her own, a single-parent, she meets a sexy New Yorker on-line, and begins a 3000 mile odyssey of perversions, including exhibitionism, group sex, fetish clubs and hours of pornography.

Customer Reviews:

This book has NO point or resolution.......2007-05-13

It's pretty evident that Suzanne Portnoy has been having a great time discovering her "sexual self" in this tome. The book however, has no redeeming value at all. By the end of this book it's pretty clear that she hasn't learned ANYTHING and will continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. Yes, she f*#@s and s)&#s her way around London, but after the first couple of stories, it just seems to be the same thing OVER AND OVER ad nauseum. The writing isn't even erotic. I'm no prude. I like porn as much as the next guy. But the way this woman writes is REALLY annoying.

A memoir, yes. Erotic, no.

She should stick to PR.

Avoid at all costs.

Putting excitement back into your sex life.......2007-03-23

There are a number of recent books on a very similar theme: putting excitement back into your sex life, especially once you've reached middle-age. The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker covers the erotic journey of a woman after she is freed from the shackles of her prior life, where she had spent years as the dutiful wife and mother. For those who have reached a crossroads in their life and are looking to recapture their sexuality and their physical sensuality while they still can, this may be an eye opening book. This book covers the journey of a suddenly single mother. Others, such as 16 Keys to a Wild and Exciting Sex Life: A Couple's Guide for Couples, Swinging: Shared Pleasures Between the Covers and Doin One for the Team: Years in the Swinging Lifestyle cover the same topic for married couples. All were written by real people about their real experiences and reflect a very current phenomena in society. I recommend this book as an interesting view into a very real happening in the world today, as many people in their 30's, 40's, 50's and beyond have refused to relinquish their sexuality and retire to a rocking chair and watch life pass them by.

yikes, look out.......2006-10-28

This is the kind of journey of self-discovery through sex that makes (Sex and the City's) Samantha look like a downright prude! But it's so easy to get drawn in by Suzanne Portnoy's upbeat personality and frank voice, you forget that you're reading about someone steaming up the windows in a VW or bending over in the bathroom of a London club. In fact, you might find yourself recalling moments of revelation in the book that have nothing to do with sex: an internet liaison, once a far-flung fantasy who serves spaghetti on paper plates, the anxiety of awaiting phone calls from a war zone, the death of a lover. This is a rollicking read. It could make women feel more empowered. As for men, they'll just get h*rny.

Instant Enlightenment: Fast, Deep and Sexy

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Instant Enlightenment
Hits the Mark!
A Joyful Cartoon Mallet To The Head!!
simple, practical and fun
yeah!

Instant Enlightenment: Fast, Deep and Sexy
David Deida
Manufacturer: Sounds True
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Does enlightenment have a dark side? It does, explains David Deida, "but instead of closing to what seems unloving, we can learn to open as what we would rather avoid." In Instant Enlightenment, this maverick author and teacher offers a "rude awakening" through a collection of daring exercises and practices intended to provoke, challenge, and immediately reveal the ever-present "love that lives all things." What's the filthiest thing you can say that still feels like, "I love you"? Can you "wear" the mood and shape of everyone and everything around you without fear or reservation? Which imagined action--sleeping, sexing, or dying to save another--most feels like liberation and unbound love? These are just some of the unconventional questions raised in Instant Enlightenment. Each pithy chapter encourages readers to blast the light of consciousness on the taboos we hide in shadow, from our ideas about sex and money to emotions and spirituality. "The secret to gifting your life's deepest purpose is to open through what you most resist, so your love's mission can bless the world," writes David Deida. Instant Enlightenment will surprise and possibly offend you--but it will lead you "fast and suddenly" to the realization of the sacred entirety of your experience.

Customer Reviews:

Instant Enlightenment.......2007-06-27

It was Ok not what I expected form this author . All his other books had a WOW factor for me.

Hits the Mark!.......2007-06-10

This very fun & useful book by an extraordinary author, skips over the garbage and gets down to key aspects of reality. Its title is a bit flashy but its apt. Stands out among many (quite a few perhaps overly basic ones) from this prolific psychologist.

A Joyful Cartoon Mallet To The Head!!.......2007-05-21

Sometimes shocking, sometimes radical, but always humorous and entertaining, this little yellow book by David Deida contains very profound insights for dealing with many foibles of mundane existence. Quoting or describing it would only dilute the experience. I recommend a non-linear approach to reading this tome: scan the table of contents for a relevant topic and devote yourself only to that section for the duration of one sitting. It will work wonders!

simple, practical and fun.......2007-05-20

Since the 'Way of the Superior Man' I think this is my favourite of Davids books. A series of very practical, short and simple observations and exercises expanding ones perception of realtiy. Fun and easy, it is a great book to carry with you to read an exercise on the train, during a pause at work or any time you have a spare moment during the day. If you are looking to open to and move into something larger than yourself in your everyday life this book is for you. Recomended for anyone of any spiritual inclination including fatalists and athiests.

yeah!.......2007-05-12

In this book Deida reminds us that there is nothing outside of the sacred. Truly, in any moment and any situation, we can choose to be fully present, and thus, more fully alive.

Loved this book. An easy read with powerful, cut to the core exercises.

The Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection: The Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men

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Empowering and Informative
It changed my life
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Menopause and HRT
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The Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection: The Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men
Suzanne Somers
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Menopause is a complicated business. Medical issues vary widely and treatment options seem endless--especially in the wake of bad news about hormone replacement. While The Sexy Years isn't meant to supply you with a specific program of daily supplements, Suzanne Somers does offer an excellent inspiration to march forth and take control of this stage of health. Much of the book covers her own experience of menopause, including some detail on her breast cancer ordeal. She advocates the use of natural, bioidentical hormonal replacement, available through a variety of creams and supplements--it's a rare page that doesn't gush about the power of these substances or raise negative issues about the use of synthetic hormones. Introductory medical information is included on how estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone work together to keep people healthy and active; the vocabulary is understandable and generally entertaining rather than overwhelming. She provides interviews with a variety of doctors and women in various stages of menopause. These will give women a good place to start with topics to address with their own medical providers. While a short index of doctors and compounding pharmacies is provided, most women will have to do their own research to find local natural hormone specialists. But if you're looking for a boost of courage to bring up these treatments with your doctor--or simply want to investigate more natural alternatives to the standard synthetics--this is a fine place to get started. --Jill Lightner

Book Description

Getting older can be brutal—women gain weight, lose their sex drive, experience hot flashes, suffer memory loss, become short-tempered, find it difficult to sleep, and on and on. It’s not so easy for men, either—they start to lose energy and stamina as they age, too (and they have to live with women going through menopause). After years of being thin and fit and full of energy, Suzanne herself encountered the “Seven Dwarfs of Menopause”—Itchy, Bitchy, Sweaty, Sleepy, Bloated, Forgetful, and All-Dried-Up. Instead of living out the rest of her life cranky, sleep-deprived, and libido-less, Suzanne set out to discover how she could get her mind, body, and life back and banish those pesky dwarfs for good.

The result is The Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection—The Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men. In this passionately argued and enormously practical book, Suzanne supports her own research and experiences with the expertise of leading doctors in the field of women’s and men’s health and sexuality to create an inspiring, accessible call-to-arms to women to radically rethink how they approach life after fifty, and give them the tools to turn their lives around.

Suzanne has discovered that the second half of life has been more rewarding, fun, and purposeful than her younger years. The key to her happiness? Taking natural bioidentical hormones. Natural hormones, which mimic the hormones produced in our own bodies that are almost completely lost with aging, are the answer to the symptoms of menopause that plague women. Recent findings from the medical community show that synthetic hormone replacement therapy
(HRT) may be harmful to women—thus, thousands of women are looking for what else they can do to alleviate their symptoms. In The Sexy Years, Suzanne comes to the rescue with a step-by-step plan and detailed information about how women can take control of their health, for themselves and for their men, including:

• What the differences are between synthetic and bioidentical hormones, and why bioidentical hormones help women lose weight, reinvigorate their sex lives, and fight the symptoms of aging
• How doctors do not receive adequate training about hormones and are slaves to the pharmaceutical industry, and what questions every woman must ask her physician about hormone replacement therapy and her health
• How Suzanne turned her life around, with information about how often she visits her doctor, blood work, what hormones she takes, how to get these hormones, and more
• What male menopause, or andropause, is and how men can also take bioidentical hormones and regain the energy they had in their youth
• What a variety of specialists think about natural hormones, health, and sexuality—Suzanne shares the best advice from these doctors and provides a resource list of physicians and pharmacies

With bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, Suzanne has found the fountain of youth, the elixir that has made her feel thirty years old again. In combination with her Somersize diet and fitness plan, which she also writes about here, Suzanne has never felt better. The beauty of growing older, she maintains, is that you can combine the wisdom of age with the vitality of youth. Suzanne makes it perfectly clear how women and men can regain their zest for life at any age. These really are the sexy years!

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

Empowering and Informative.......2007-08-04

After visiting doctors about my new (and related) health issues and becoming more confused and scared than ever, this book has helped me understand that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It's a load off my mind just knowing that these issues can be resolved, and that I will be healthy again. But, as said in this book, finding the right doctor (for you) is key. I believe that my mother experienced the very same issues that I am now beginning to experience, only she didn't have resources like this book to help her. She showed the classic signs of estrogen dominance and it sadly affected her quality of life, too. I now understand exactly how dangerous this is for women, and am taking actions to resolve this situation for myself. I am empowered and informed. Thank you, Suzanne.

It changed my life.......2007-05-08

I tried to follow the advice of this book and ended up in the hospital for a week with near fatal blood clots. The blood clots were not hereditary; they were due to an increase in Estrogen according to my blood tests. While I believe that for a number of woman this book is right on track, it does not do nearly a good enough job of warning women about potentially life ending or life threatening side effects. If you follow the advice of this book, you should research the downside and monitor your health constantly. In my case, my calves hurt (and not much); fortunately, my traditional doctor caught that this was a sign of blood clots whereas my new doctor didn't.

Must read book.......2007-04-05

I only hope that with the right doctor's help I can live a life with great health, vitality and fabulous sex!

Menopause and HRT.......2007-04-01

An informative book explaining the menopause, hormone treatments and bioidentical hormones to help you find the perfect plan for you.

A WASTE OF MONEY!.......2007-03-06

WOW! This book was a total waste of my money. I can't say one good think about it. Don't waste your money like I wasted mine.

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*HOT HOT HOT*
three fun erotic romantic fantasies
YUM YUMMMMM!!!!!
MMMMMM

Sexy Beast II (Aphrodisia)
Kate Douglas , Noelle Mack , and Kathleen Dante
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*HOT HOT HOT*.......2007-05-08

OKAY, I LOVED THIS BOOK! THREE QUICK STORIES WITH LOTS OF SEX! WHAT CAN I SAY!

three fun erotic romantic fantasies .......2007-04-21

"Chanku Fallen" by Kate Douglas. In New Mexico, shape-shifting Chanku wolves A.J. and Mik rescue gang-raped Tala. The trio soon shares a heated ménage de trois enhanced by a fervent sensuous telepathic link.

"Fantasie" by Noelle Mack. In France, Tanya enters a mysterious castle where she meets Jean Claude and a seemingly feral lion. She wanders the castle where she observes lovers enjoying each other. Jean Claude seems to be one of them each time. Tanya wants to be his co-star in every room, but wonders if he is showing her reality from his past as a time traveler and perhaps their future or is he providing her with a master deception to bed her in the present?

"Call of the Wild" by Kathleen Dante. Wolf-shifter deputy sheriff Graeme Luger rescues Deanna Lycan, who makes him hot just looking at her as he believes his mate has arrived. She is unaware of the wolf blood that flows inside her, but he plans to heat that blood with passionate lovemaking bestial style.

These three fun erotic romantic fantasies will provide plenty of pleasure to the audience. Although the sexual encounters differ, each contains full blooded hot hunks and the sirens who send them beyond boiling.

Harriet Klausner

YUM YUMMMMM!!!!!.......2007-04-11

TRULY EROTICA @ WORK !!!
WITH A SWEET TWIST OF ROMANCE....

MMMMMM.......2007-04-06

Chanku Fallen: For those who have followed the Chanku series, you will be happy to know that Mik and AJ finally get their own story! They are searching for Baylors sister and find there bond mate. The story is very sensitive to the love between Mik and AJ but allows them to become a happy menage with their female Chanku mate. Very hot and sexy as heck!

Fantaisie:Interesting concept about immortality and love. Voyeurism and acrobatics abound.

Call of the Wild: Deanna is seeking her heritage and finds it with Graeme. The sex is hot and be warned that his wolf makes an uxexpected appearance during sex...may be a little too off the charts for some more sensitive readers. But if you have the craving for anything hot and sexy this story will rock your world!

Fit and Sexy For Life: The Hormone-Free Plan for Staying Slim, Strong, and Fabulous in Your Forties, Fifties, and Beyond

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Heather
Heidi
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Fit and Sexy For Life: The Hormone-Free Plan for Staying Slim, Strong, and Fabulous in Your Forties, Fifties, and Beyond
Kathy Kaehler
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Who says you can’t stay sexy forever? Kathy Kaehler’s breakthrough fitness plan shows you how to look and feel your best at any age.

Celebrity trainer, career woman, and mom Kathy Kaehler knows first-hand how women’s bodies change as they get older. Suddenly you don’t have as much energy as you used to and the numbers on the scale are creeping up. Maybe you’re feeling moody for no reason, or experiencing the first signs of menopause. But you can take control of your body and your life! In her new book, Kathy presents the first ever fitness-based program for managing this transition—and shows how to maintain your shape, your sparkle, and your sizzle through your forties, fifties, and beyond.

Until now, women haven’t had a good option for coping with menopause—and hormone replacement therapy, natural or not, comes with a host of risks and side-effects. But Kathy’s Fit and Sexy regimen provides a hormone-free way to fire up your metabolism, boost your energy, stave off hotflashes, and start feeling fabulous. With daily workouts that focus on cardio and strength conditioning, and a simple eating plan tailored to women over forty, her program gives you everything you need to melt pounds, build muscle, and decrease your risk of heart disease, osteoporosis, breast cancer, and other health concerns. Kathy also shares her special “Take Five” workouts—five-minute blasts that offer a quick-fix cure to:

Boost your libido
Find more energy
Stop a hot flash
Sleep like a baby
And more

Packed with the very latest information on women’s health, Fit and Sexy for Life offers a completely natural way to look and feel healthy and sensational for years to come.

Customer Reviews:

Heather.......2007-05-31

I loved this book. Especially since I will soon be entering the 40 generation and there is so much anxiety and uneasiness of what will happen during the menopause period that it was very refreshing to read such a healthy, happy, and natural way of looking at menopause/perimenopause period... It helps ease the anxiety..... And the exercises are good refreshers and easy to incorporate into everyday life...Great book

Heidi.......2007-05-31

This is a great book with tons of information. It really helps put together a way to fit in exercise with all of our busy schedules!! Not to mention how to continue it thought out your life.

Real Life Fit Living - That I can use everyday.......2007-05-30

Fabulous book that has good solid information on fitness and nutrition for life. Honestly and frankly discusses the physical and emotional problems many of us experience in our forties and beyond; including discussion on ways to alleviate those symptoms. The exercises are easy to follow and can be done in your own home without buying lots of expensive equipment. This is a great lifetime plan!
Jean, BS;Medical Technology, MS;Health Science Administration

Same old same old.......2007-05-26

I had high hopes for this book, and was disappointed. It offers nothing new, just rehashes the same information that can be found in countless other health/fitness books. It might be helpful to you if you've never bought a book on this subject matter before, but if you've already read and/or owned books on health and fitness for women, save your money. I only wish I'd had the time to really look closely at this book before my 30 day window of opportunity to return it had passed.

Fabulous after forty.......2007-05-20

Great book! This should be a staple for women over forty who want to stay fit and feel great. Being a personal trainer and pilates instructor myself,
I found the information regarding exercise and nutrition to be very practical, and easy to fit into any lifestyle, which is key to staying with any program. Kathy Kaehler is role model for us all; balancing family, career, and womanhood. Hurrah!

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Silly but fun sexy romp
A very sexy book that is out of this world!
A True Winner!
excellent romantic science fiction
Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind-A Joyfully Recommended Read!!

Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind
Karen Kelley
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Silly but fun sexy romp.......2007-09-02

The planet Nerak is perfect--perfectly boring for Mala. When her android valet suggests one more hormone smoothie to deal with her boredom, she decides to follow her explorer-grandmother's example and visit Earth. After all, she is something of an expert on Earth. She's viewed the fascinating XXX documentary, Callie Does the Sheriff a number of times. Although the elders have banned space travel (they've also banned males as that sex created wars and problems, something tiny and resource-poor Nerak couldn't support), Mala decides to hijack a spaceship and head for Earth. She leaves her valet, Barton behind to cover for her.

Sure enough, Mala finds a sheriff--sexy Mason McKinley. But Mason is the kind of guy who only believes what he sees--and insists he doesn't see anything he doesn't want to believe in. What he does want to believe in is Mala, though. Fueled by chocolate (there's no chocolate on Nerak), Mala is a sexual dynamo and Mason enjoys every minute. The only problem he has is her strange delusion that she is an alien. When Barton arrives, sorting out problems for the town of Washboard, Texas's single female, everything seems to have fallen into place. Unfortunately, though, Mala's ship was seen and tabloid reporters want to make Mala a story--a story none of them believe to be true.

Author Karen Kelley goes completely camp in this novel of alien love. Mistaking an XXX-rated movie for a documentary is only the first in a series of mistakes and blunders as Mala explores a huge and different world, determines that bigfoot (Hypotronds to those of Nerak) have survived on Earth, mistakenly believes she is dying when the sun sets (Nerak has two suns and never gets dark), and spends three thousand dollars of Mason's money on sex toys to make sure her seduction of the local sheriff goes off on schedule. Barton, rejected on Nerak, is precisely what Mason's friend Carol needs--and would be pretty much a treasure to any woman.

Modern Science Fiction requires development of plausible explanations for such details as having a tiny planet with gravity equal to Earths, parallel development of the English language, sexual compatability between alien species, faster than light space travel, and a breakdown in the law of conservation of energy (at one point, Mala admits to generating a gigawatt or so of energy through sex--the equivalent of a nuclear power plant). Harking back to an earlier time in SF, Kelley simply goes for the romp. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE SEXY KIND isn't Science Fiction to make you think, it's paranormal romance to make you smile--and guess what, it works.

A very sexy book that is out of this world!.......2007-07-03

Mala was tired of her bored and perfect life. She wanted something different that her present. Her grandmother had told her stories about life in another planet called Earth. According to her grandmother life on earth was not like it was in Nerak. So Mala decided to travel to earth and see for herself. When Mason McKinley was elected to be sheriff of the small town of Washborn, Texas he didn't know that he would have to deal with crazy reporters searching for Bigfoot or Aliens! But here he was answering a call of a supposedly flying saucer crashing near his property. Instead of finding an alien he found a woman who must have been in an accident since she had a nasty bump on her head. Boy even with the bump she was sexy as hell! Since she apparently has amnesia he decides to take her to his place and care for her. After all is his duty as sheriff, right? Ha! The electric currents between them have lights flickering every time they are together! Literally! Karen Kelley keeps getting better and better! This is the kind of book that you can't put down! The characters are unique, the story have romance, heat and a funky sense of humor that will have you laughing out-loud! The secondary story is great too. I just love the way she heats up a sex scene and weaves the humor and heart in it. This is my first "alien" paranormal and I hope she has a sequel. Now if you are out at night and see color lights flickering in the sky, watch out, there must be a Nerakian having really good sex nearby!

A True Winner!.......2007-04-04

Mala is tired of sex with her perfect man. In fact she's so sick of it...it's been three years, twenty-one days, fourteen hours, and twenty-two minutes and nine seconds...but who's counting? Well, Barton, Mr. Perfect is and that's half the problem. Mala longs to experience all the wondrous things her grandmother did in her intergalactic travels. This means sneaking away and flying to Earth. Imagine her surprise when she arrives she runs into Sheriff just like in the holographs her grandmother had. But this Sheriff is a little different but in a good way. And life on earth is not exactly what she expected...at first.

Sheriff Mason McKinley is tired and not in the mood for another UFO sighting but goes to investigate anyhow. Instead of a flying saucer and little green men he comes across Mala and her head injury seems to have caused amnesia, leaving him feeling protective and unusually drawn to his guest. But will he believe her when she tells him the truth and how on earth can there be a happy ending when they come from different worlds literally?

Karen Kelley has hit a homerun with her latest contemporary romance. One thing I'm thrilled to see included is Ms. Kelley's entertaining wit. Be prepared to laugh out loud at the antics of all of the characters. Mala and Mason are great protagonist and this is a touching opposites attract romance. If you haven't read a Kelley yet...your missing out. I highly recommend this writer and suggest you add her to your must read list!

excellent romantic science fiction .......2007-04-01

On planet Nerak, Mala finds her perfect life too perfectly boring as the Coalition of Elders know what is best for everyone. Her only fun in life is her grandmother's illegal contraband including a journal about her travels on earth where the best lovers in the universe can be found. Having not obtained an orgasm in over three years, Mala is envious as she covets having an earth male make love to her.

When the opportunity surfaces Mala flees Nerak with the hot journal and an erotic western "documentary" starring the "Sheriff". She makes it to earth where Sheriff Mason McKinley has just put down a Bigfoot rumor has to deal with a UFO rumor that turns out to be Mala. As they make love and fall in love, the irate Coalition of Elders arrives to bring home the recalcitrant youngster.

Karen Kelley provides one of the top romantic science fiction tales of the year with this delightfully jocular gender bending merging of Close Encounters of the Third Kind with Earth Girls Are Easy. Mala is a delight as she explores every inch of the Sheriff in ways he never imagined. Fans will appreciate this amusing hot close encounter of the first kind as the heroine learns earth sheriffs are easy to love.

Harriet Klausner

Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind-A Joyfully Recommended Read!!.......2007-03-29

Mala is bored. Bored with the peaceful, perfect male-free life on her planet. Although she and her cousin have created the perfect male robot to cater to all their needs, something is missing. She finds herself constantly watching her grandmother's documentary on the planet Earth featuring Sheriff and a young woman. Now that is the kind of man she wants to have sex with. Even knowing she's breaking all the rules, she quickly heads off for Earth determined to find "Sheriff". As sheriff, Mason thought that he had seen it all with the tabloid reporters running through the woods looking for big foot, but after finding Mala in the woods life keeps getting weirder and weirder. Mason doesn't hold up long under Mala's determined seduction and the passion quickly explodes between them. But with the passion comes love, something neither of them expected. When the reporters lurking around find out the truth about Maya, Mason must protect her. Just when things couldn't seem to get any worse, the Elders show up determined to take Maya home.
I COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING!! Karen Kelley has written a definite winner with Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind. One moment I was giggling and the next moment I was sweating from the steam generated between Mala and Mason. Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind is a wonderfully funny and sexy romance that readers will not want to miss!

Melissa
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