Green for Life

Green for Life Review

The book is outstanding. The recipes are great, quite varied, and certainly nutritious. We are just starting with major improvement in our diets, and "raw green" seemed like a step we would not end up liking, given some of the things we've seen people use for green smoothies - kale, spinach, lettuce, even dandelion greens. But we took a chance, tried it (specifically with the help of this book), and we've been amazed at just how good her recipes really are - and yes, we've used everything except the dandelion greens. This is a must-have book for anyone starting out, and probably for those who're already relatively experienced at this kind of eating, if nothing else just for the variety the author has in the book. We just WISH our "uncorrected galley proofs" edition that frequently is used by the Vine program had an index. There is not doubt that one will be in a retail copy purchased on the shelf or through Amazon, because there's a page marker for it and the table of contents also lists an index starting on the otherwise blank index page. Do we recommend it highly none the less? Absolutely. It makes eating super-healthy very enjoyable. Our rating is obviously shared by a large number of other people for the author's previous books, too.

NOTE: For those not familiar with the Vine program, books that are new or updated are sometimes sent to Vine program members for review before the final publication copies are printed, so sometimes they lack an index, or some other feature. If we had any suspicion that an index would not be included in the retail version, we would have rated it 4 stars, not 5 stars.

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Green for Life Overview

In search of the perfect human diet, Victoria Boutenko compares the standard American diet with the diet of wild chimpanzees. Chimpanzees share an estimated 99.4% of genes with humans, but their diet is dramatically different from ours. The most glaring difference is that chimpanzees consume significantly more green leaves than humans. Victoria developed a series of greens smoothies that enable anyone to consume the necessary amount of greens in a very palatable way.

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Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America

Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America Review

Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America Overview

The dramatic story behind the most audacious power grab in American history
 
The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The stunning rise, fall, and rescue of Wall Street in the bubble-and-bailout era was the coming-out party for the network of looters who sit at the nexus of American political and economic power. The grifter class—made up of the largest players in the financial industry and the politicians who do their bidding—has been growing in power for a generation, transferring wealth upward through increasingly complex financial mechanisms and political maneuvers. The crisis was only one terrifying manifestation of how they’ve hijacked America’s political and economic life.

Rolling Stone’sMatt Taibbi here unravels the whole fiendish story, digging beyond the headlines to get into the deeper roots and wider implications of the rise of the grifters. He traces the movement’s origins to the cult of Ayn Rand and her most influential—and possibly weirdest—acolyte, Alan Greenspan, and offers fresh reporting on the backroom deals that decided the winners and losers in the government bailouts. He uncovers the hidden commodities bubble that transferred billions of dollars to Wall Street while creating food shortages around the world, and he shows how finance dominates politics, from the story of investment bankers auctioning off America’s infrastructure to an inside account of the high-stakes battle for health-care reform—a battle the true reformers lost. Finally, he tells the story of Goldman Sachs, the “vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity.”

Taibbi has combined deep sources, trailblazing reportage, and provocative analysis to create the most lucid, emotionally galvanizing, and scathingly funny account yet written of the ongoing political and financial crisis in America. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the labyrinthine inner workings of politics and finance in this country, and the profound consequences for us all.

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Thuvia, Maid of Mars [UNABRIDGED-MP3 CD]

Thuvia, Maid of Mars [UNABRIDGED-MP3 CD] Review

I think this may be the best of the Mars series. Although Thuvia's emotions are discussed like a man's, she is a character in her own right. She is also given the tough choice between her life and embracing another ruler. The romance in this story also seems more enchanting than the rest of the Mars series, but perhaps it's because we see Burrough's attempt at the woman's point of view through her own thoughts instead of the abstractions he uses to describe previous character's desires, like those of Dejah Thoris. Granted, Burroughs isn't perfect in that his women think and react like slightly more feminine versions of his male characters and do what is expected of them, but the attempt makes his women certainly seem more human than before. In short, this novel is one I would recommend to anyone reading Burroughs for the first time, especially a female reader, because it has both the adventure and fighting his novels always have and realistic characters which they often lack.

Thuvia, Maid of Mars [UNABRIDGED-MP3 CD] Overview

Unabridged Audiobook. 1 MP3-CD - 4 hours: 48 minutes. Performed by John Bolen.

Mars has become divided by love. Not one, but two princes and a Jeddak are vying for the love of Thuvia of Ptarth. When she is mysteriously kidnapped, treachery threatens to throw Barsoom into bloody war. Now Cathoris must follow in the footsteps of his father, John Carter, and overcome phantom armies, dangerous spies and savage beasts as he attempts to save his true love and reunite Mars. Mars series #4

This audiobook is on one CD, encoded in MP3 format and will only play on computers and CD players that have the ability to play this unique format.

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Examkrackers MCAT: Complete Study Package (Examkrackers)

Examkrackers MCAT: Complete Study Package (Examkrackers) Review

I have used many of the different MCAT study books/sets (Kaplan, Princeton Review, etc.), but none of them even compare to the Exam Krackers set. It puts everything into easy to understand terms, and it only includes the things you NEED to know. It definitely worked for me...I'm in medical school now. I only had to take the MCAT once thanks to these study books! This package contains 5 books: Org. Chemistry, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Verbal Reasoning. It also comes with a complete practice test. GET THIS SET!

Examkrackers MCAT: Complete Study Package (Examkrackers) Overview

Five-volume set includes: Verbal Reasoning, 5th edition, c2003; MCAT Organic Chemistry, 5th edition, c2003; MCAT Chemistry, 5th edition, c2003; MCAT Physics, 5th edition, c2003; MCAT Biology, 5th edition, c2003; and one full-length MCAT practice exam. All softcover in display case. Previous edition: c2003.

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The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal Review

Picking up "The Accidental Billionaires" after seeing "The Social Network," I was shocked how closely Aaron Sorkin followed Mezrich's fictionalized account of the founding of Facebook. Every scene is there. In the book, Zuckerberg is slightly more human, slightly less self-absorbed, but not by much. Eduardo Saverin serves as the main source of credited information, along with undoubtedly interviews with the Winklevoss twins that are not on the record. The social dynamic revealed in the book is that life is now to be lived online, something that might not be as positive a development as thought by many. Friendships actually suffer. Character is not built up. Everything is made too easy. In that sense, "The Social Network" trumps the book in that you leave the theater sure that isn't good in the long run.

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal Overview

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“The Social Network, the much anticipated movie…adapted from Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires.” —The New York Times

Best friends Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg had spent many lonely nights looking for a way to stand out among Harvard University’s elite, comptetitive, and accomplished  student body. Then, in 2003, Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s computers, crashed  the campus network, almost got himself  expelled, and was inspired to create Facebook, the social networking site that has since revolutionized communication around the world.
 
With Saverin’s funding their tiny start-up went from dorm room to Silicon Valley. But conflicting ideas about Facebook’s future transformed the friends into enemies. Soon, the undergraduate exuberance that marked their collaboration turned into out-and-out warfare as it fell prey to the adult world of venture capitalists, big money, lawyers.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Amazon Exclusive: Kevin Spacey on The Accidental Billionaires

Kevin Spacey’s films include Superman Returns, Beyond the Sea, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Swimming with Sharks, Seven, L.A. Confidential, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Negotiator, Hurlyburly, K-Pax, and The Shipping News. He will next be seen in Men Who Stare at Goats opposite George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Jeff Bridges, as well as Nick Moran’s film Telstar opposite Colm O’Neil and Pam Ferris. Read his exclusive Amazon guest review of The Accidental Billionaires:

I first met Ben Mezrich when I produced and starred in 21, the film adaptation of his great bestseller Bringing Down the House. Ben has a gift for finding high-energy, strange-but-true tales and The Accidental Billionaires is no exception.

You may think you know the story of the Facebook phenomenon, but you haven’t heard the whole story and never like this. Recreating the unbelievable rise of the world's biggest social network—not to mention the planet's youngest billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg—Ben tells a captivating story of betrayal, vast amounts of cash, and two friends who revolutionized the way humans connect to one another—only to have an enormous falling out and never speak again.

Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were two geeky, socially awkward Harvard undergrads who wanted nothing more than to be cool. While Eduardo chose the more straightforward path of trying to gain acceptance into one of the school's ultra-posh, semi-secret Final Clubs, Mark used his computer skills by hacking into Harvard's computers, pulling up all the pictures of every girl on campus to create a sort of "hot-or-not" site exclusive to Harvard. Though the prank nearly got Mark kicked out of college, he and Eduardo realized that they were on to something big. Thus, the initial concept of Facebook was born; what happened next, however, was right out of a Hollywood thriller.

The Accidental Billionaires is the perfect pairing of author and subject. It's pure summer fun—a juicy, fast-paced, unputdownable Mezrich tale that adds to his canon of lad lit. And Hollywood has come calling again: I'm currently working with Dana Brunetti, Scott Rudin, Mike Deluca, and Aaron Sorkin on the movie adaptation of The Accidental Billionaires. If the book is any indication, the film is going to be a must see.—Kevin Spacey

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The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things Review

This is the classic text on design. All players in the tech industry need to read this. An early quote," Each time a new technology comes along, new designers make the same horrible mistakes as their predecessors. Technologists are not noted for learning from the errors of the past. They look forward, not behind, so they repeat the same problems over and over again."

Norman spent a lot of time in Apple's early days as VP Advance Products Group, and the rest is history. A fascinating easy to read writer, he fills the book with concrete examples of horrid mis design, drawn from all around us. And he is right, present wireless devices are horrid. While reading this you will become sensitized as to how bad design permeates our life. From the huge (Chernobyl and Challenger) to the almost trivial (bathroom taps), you will start to see what he sees. Computer programs of course come in for a lot of abuse. (My favorite is the brutal treatment we receive from telco and Revenue Canada voice mail systems. Enjoy. (He has other books , Emotional Design, The Design of Future Things and Living With Complexity) By the way his website [...] is a bit of a surprise. a sample of his writing [...]

The Design of Everyday Things Overview

Donald Norman's best-selling plea for user-friendly design, with more than 175,000 copies sold to date, is now a Basic paperback.

First, businesses discovered quality as a key competitive edge; next came service. Now, Donald A. Norman, former Director of the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of California, reveals how smart design is the new competitive frontier. The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how--and why--some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them.

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Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans--from physical objects to computer programs to conceptual tools--must read this book, and it is an equally tremendous read for anyone who has to use anything created by another human. It could forever change how you experience and interact with your physical surroundings, open your eyes to the perversity of bad design and the desirability of good design, and raise your expectations about how things should be designed.

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Golden Buddha (Oregon Files)

Golden Buddha (Oregon Files) Review

I love this book. If you don't like it, try the books co-written by Jack DuBrul. I find that those are better.

Golden Buddha (Oregon Files) Overview

The New York Post called him "just about the best storyteller in the business." Now, Clive Cussler, creator of the bestselling NUMA(r) and Dirk Pitt(r) series, presents his latest and most intriguing high-seas action hero: the enigmatic captain of the Oregon, Juan Cabrillo.

Only Cabrillo could convert the interior of a nondescript lumber hauler into a state-of-the-art spy ship -- and only he could take the helm on the dangerous covert missions it carries out for whichever US agency pays the price.

In this first feature-length adventure, Cabrillo and his crew of expert intelligence and naval men must put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and Chinese. His gambling chip is a Golden Buddha containing records of vast oil reserves in the disputed land.

But first, he'll have to locate -- and steal -- the all-important artifact. And there are certain people who would do anything in their power to see him fail . . .

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