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A guide that presents the solution for taking control of diet and fitness, guaranteeing healthy changes for life. It breaks down the detailed plan into four cycles, providing supportive guidance for gradually altering eating habits and eliminating harmful substances that promote weight gain.

American Adam Nowak has been dropped into Poland by British intelligence as an assassin and Resistance fighter. During the Warsaw Uprising he meets Natalia, a covert operative who has lost everything--just as he has. Amid the Allied power struggle, Adam and Natalia join in a desperate hunt for the 1940 Soviet order authorizing the murders of 20, 000 Polish army officers and civilians.

Why the buzz about Finger Lakes food? New York's Finger Lakes area is on the cutting edge of the regional food movement. It has become a hotspot for delicious, healthful eating by incorporating fresh foods from the region's scores of specialty farms, as well as locally produced delectables derived from these superb fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy products. Overflowing with fascinating stories, gorgeous photography, and an exciting collect...

1797: Britain stands alone against the forces of Revolutionary France. A victorious French Army, led by the youthful Napoleon Bonaparte, is poised to invade Britain. And in his country's darkest hour, Captain Nathan Peake finds himself imprisoned by his own side on the Rock of Gibraltar charged with treason. To prove his innocence Nathan must uncover the great deception that masks the French war aims. Is the great armada being assembled in Tou...

Singapore, November, 1941 . . . They called it the "Gibraltar of the Far East" - a British rock that could not be taken. But suddenly, in a lightning blow, Singapore may be defeated. Call it incompetence or call it false pride. It doesn't really matter. Just as the warplanes of the Rising Sun take command of the skies. Lt. Ralph Trewin, who was a proud recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, arrives at Singapore as second-in-command of t...

William Seymour grows up on shipboard in the Royal Navy, after his father is hanged during the mutiny at the Nore (1797), and later, he is impressed into the crew of a daring smuggler. This amusing and exciting novel blends in the classic true tale of an English captain who deliberately lost his frigate on a lee shore, in order to wreck a French line-of-battle ship.

Privateers were essentially freelance ships, sanctioned during wartime to sail and do battle on behalf of adversary governments, and this tale follows Alexander Musgrave, a privateer-turned-adventurer, across three continents and into the arms of a beautiful woman.

A series of frightening murders plagues San Francisco. To solve the crimes, Homicide Inspector Clemson Yao enlists the help of Angie Strackan, a realtor who once tried -- and failed -- to become the city's first female homicide inspector. The two face off against a ghoulish, black-humoured serial killer who whimsically refers to his grotesque murders as "messies". Gripped by macabre obsession for a decade, he's evolved into a grandmaster of sl...

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After the murder of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Blackwood, Ross Blackwood finds himself assigned to the Far East, taking on rebels and illegal-arms dealers in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Along the way he meets another Blackwood, his cousin Steve, who has made a life for himself in the Corp, as an explosives expert. The two Blackwoods uphold the honor of their family and their chosen profession while negotiating the fallout of Britain's pos...

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Four men swim for their lives from the senseless wreck of the American sealing ship Dove: Thomas, a headstrong young sailor, Harrison, the affable, inventive ship's carpenter, Mr. Morgen, the Dove's pedestrian first mate, and the aging Captain Tobit--a short-sighted bungler. Battered, empty-handed, and stripped naked, they wash up on an isolated and uncharted yet bountiful volcanic island rich with all they need to survive and thrive. But almo...

The Crimean War has ended at last, and Phillip Hazard finds himself in China, serving under the fiery Commodore Keppel. The British pull off a rousing victory against a Chinese junk fleet at Fatsham Creek, but later Hazard is dismayed to hear of the Great Mutiny in India. Worried that his two sisters are caught up in the brutal conflict, he joins British relief forces fighting to reach the besieged northern Indian towns of Cawnpore and Lucknow.

With the Sepoy Mutiny still threatening British lives in India, Commander Phillip Hazard volunteers to accompany a special army force to rescue the besieged British garrison at Ghorabad. Hazard and the men of the Shannon's Naval Brigade are put under the command of Colonel Cockayne, a cavalry officer whose own wife and daughter are among those caught in the siege.

A brutal sea captain, an inhuman chief mate, and an indignant crew set out to sea together-an obvious equation for disaster. This is the gripping tale of this voyage, and of Mr. Royle, the mild second mate who rises to the occasion, overcoming mutiny and shipwreck in an attempt to save the lives of two innocent civilians.

In the final book in the acclaimed series Biggins takes us back to the sea-and back in time, to the early years of Otto's career, when he was a cadet in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Never before published in America, the fourth book is eagerly awaited by fans.

The memoirs of a respected referee of boxing. Covers the Golden Days of the sport, spanning half a century. Includes thrilling and touching stories about all the great boxers from Dempsey to Ali to Tyson.

This first Matty Graves novel takes place in the early years of the US Navy. Has an ironic first-person viewpoint and more character development, clever quips, and social background than the usual nautical fiction. Brims with action and historical detail as well.

Copenhagen, 1800. After seven years of cruel war against France, Britain's longstanding ally, Denmark, poses a threat. The scene of battle shifts to the Baltic where the British navy encounters the hardship of blockade duty.