Twelve-year-old Storm West is so done after a hideously boring sixth-grade school year. Kicking off the summer by working at her family's Crimson Creek Resort in the mountains of Wyoming feels like a welcome change . . . until freaky things start happening. The animals are acting weird, a thief's on the loose, and the ghost from a legend communicates with Storm through her dreams. Storm's mysterious grandmother, K?ú??i, even warns her to be on the lookout for a ?i?íye, the Lakota word for bogeyman.As Storm and her new friend IQ begin to uncover the dark secrets of Miner's Mountain, they find that abandoned mine shafts, shadowy woods, and tall reeds make perfect hiding spots for frightful creatures. Suddenly, boredom doesn't seem so bad.

Join us on a journey of discovery through the wines and spirits of the Old and New World with From Ground to Glass. This book is not a textbook, but rather a guide for those who already have a love of alcoholic beverages and want to learn more about them. With over 65 years of experience in the industry, the author shares their knowledge and insights, highlighting the best quality wines and spirits at user-friendly prices, made with environmentally sound practices and minimal intervention. Follow along as we explore the world of alcohol, from the UK to the Middle East, Far East, Australia, South America, Europe, and India, and learn from the author’s experiences, including the founding of the Hong Kong Wine School. Join us and Alfie the cat as we delve into the delicious world of wine and spirits.

Two thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese. That staggering statistic drives an insatiable appetite for solutions -preferably ones that are quick and easy. Although the HCG diet has been around for years, it's only in the past year that it has gained the attention of millions of dieters. Promising to lose a pound a day without hunger or exercise it sounds like a dream. Yet that's just what dieters across American have experienced. A diet with amazing weight loss results and no hunger, fatigue or weakness. Dr Richard Lipman, a board certified internist and endocrinologist updated the HCG diet from the 1954 protocol of its originator, Dr. A. T. Simeons in his e-book, The New Pounds and Inches. This book is based on modern research and what has worked for Dr Lipman's HCG patients during the past two years. Dr Lipman's NEW Pounds and Inches protocol is based on a 700-800 calorie a day diet, limited carbs and fat, protein for all three meals, numerous snacks, unlimited vegetables and many fruits. It's the 1950's diet updated with today's great products! More than 100 exciting recipes based on many of these new products are present in this guide book. Recognizing that more and more food is eaten out of the home, Dr Lipman has reviewed most of the common restaurants Americans eat at. From McDonalds to Panera Bread to Bonefish Grill there are hundreds of HCG friendly meals in a restaurant near you. You just need to know what to look for and what to avoid. Dining out and preparing new recipes as offered in the Guide to Restaurants and Recipes on the HCG Diet, makes the HCG diet fun, prevents boredom and guarantees your success.

A gynecologist and her chef husband have put together a book filled with great advice and more than 125 recipes to add estrogen naturally to any diet regime.

“Straightforward recommendations for healthy eating that easy on the gut… Hopeful and helpful.”—Publishers Weekly In this completely revised and updated edition of his classic book on treating "bad gut" diseases, Dr. James Scala presents a new dietary plan that has been proven to help inflammatory bowel disease go into remission. Scala firmly believes that nutrition is preventative medicine and food is the vehicle of its practice. His drug-free food and lifestyle program offers relief from the pain and embarrassment of living with these mysterious and chronic ills while providing reassuring step-by-step guidance on: · Developing a personal testing program to identify foods that cause, aggravate, or relieve flare-ups · Keeping a food and lifestyle diary · How food allergies affect IBD · What to do if you are lactose, alcohol, or sugar intolerant · Reducing inflammation through complex carbohydrates, proteins, dietary fiber, and the omega-3 oils found in fish and leafy vegetables · The do’s and don’ts of food selection · Techniques for stress reduction and overall fitness · Vitamin and mineral supplements, and their recommended dosages · Specific cooking methods that can prevent flare-ups · Medicinal foods that bring flare-ups into remission · The role stress, anger, fear, and other emotions play · The healing power of vitamin E · IBD and children The New Eating Right for a Bad Gut offers a solid program for health that is uniquely focused on an area of major concern to a wide segment of the population.

Accompanying book to Diet trials, a BBC TV series, that addresses how effective all the different weight-loss approaches really are.

2012 IPPY Bronze Award in the Cookbook category (Independent Publisher Book Awards) ForeWord Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Award Finalist (TBA) 2013 James Beard Foundation Book Awards, Nominee Finalist Born from the principles of the local food movement, a growing number of people are returning to hunting and preparing fish and game for their home tables. Afield: A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish is at once a manifesto for this movement and a manual packed with everything the new hunter needs to know. Wild foods, when managed responsibly, are sustainable, ethical, and delicious, and author Jesse Griffiths combines traditional methods of hunting, butchering, and preparing fish and game with 85 mouthwatering recipes. Afield throws open the doors of field dressing for novice and experienced hunters alike, supplying the know-how for the next logical step in the local, sustainable food movement. Stemming from a commitment to locally grown vegetables and nose-to-tail cooking, Griffiths is an expert guide on this tour of tradition and taste, offering a combination of hunting lessons, butchery methods, recipes, including how to scale, clean, stuff, fillet, skin, braise, fry and more. Fellow hunting enthusiast and food photographer Jody Horton takes you into the field, follows Griffiths step-by-step along the way and then provides you with exquisite plate photograph of the finished feasts. Filled with descriptive stories and photographs, Afield takes the reader along for the hunt, from duck and dove to deer and wild hog. Game and fish include: Doves, Deer, Hogs, Squirrel, Rabbits, Ducks, Geese, Turkey, Flounder, White Bass, Crabs, Catfish, and more.