Sunday, May 6, 2012

Hot Wheels, the Ultimate Redline Guide: Identification and Values

Hot Wheels, the Ultimate Redline Guide: Identification and Values Review



This book covers Hot Wheels cars manufactured between 1968 and 1977 and will keep collectors up to speed. Over 1,200 larger than life color photos complement hundreds of listings. Besides Hot wheels cars, collector buttons are listed and valued, as well as track sets, playsets, cases, sticker sheets, decals, parts, and related merchandise. 2003 values. AUTHORBIO: Jack Clark is a retired specialty retailer and private investigator. His collection of Hot Wheels includes more than 1,200 redline cars. He is interested in 1960s and 1970s toys, and collects G.I. Joe, Captain Action, Johnny West, lunchboxes, hand puppets, Marx playsets, and t.v. character and related toys such as the Munsters, James Bond, Green Hornet, and Lost in Space. He plans to open a toy museum someday. AUTHORBIO: Robert Wicker became reacquainted with his childhood love of Hot Wheels cars in the early 1990s at a flea market, and he has been collecting them ever since. He is a computer programmer/analyst, and also collects 50s & 60s music. REVIEW: Collectors are speeding to the bookstores to pick up this book, the first devoted to the Redline era of Hot Wheels - those cars that were manufactured between 1968 and 1977 with wheels trimmed in red. This book is very colorful with large, detailed photographs depicting all cars from this era. Organized by year, it's easy to follow and superbly organized.


Saturday, May 5, 2012

Twice as Hot (Hqn)

Twice as Hot (Hqn) Review



Belle Jamison is finally starting to feel like a normal girl again. Her job as a paranormal investigator is going well, she's learned to control her supernatural abilities (mostly) and she's just gotten engaged to Rome Masters, the ultra-sexy operative who once tried to neutralize her!

But planning a wedding is never easy, especially when the bride keeps accidentally torching her dress, the groom returns from a dangerous mission with selective memory loss and the man responsible now wants Belle for himself. With Rome's ex determined to win him back and a new band of supervillains on the horizon, it will take all Belle's powers—plus a little help from her trusty empath sidekick—to save the day, salvage the wedding and prove that true love really does conquer all.


Tiger Lillie

Tiger Lillie Review



Always the Wedding Coordinator, Never the Bride.

Fifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of Ted, her childhood sweetheart, gutsy and daring Lillie Bauer–bungee-jumper, book addict, and delightfully offbeat coordinator of “extreme” high-concept weddings–is ready to find love again. Yet as she boldly but reluctantly braves a disastrous dating scene in her search for a husband, quirky Lillie is caught between two contrasting images of married life: the rich, lifelong partnership shared by her parents and the troubled marriage of her younger sister, Tacy.

Faced with long-buried feelings, fears for Tacy, and concerns about her father’s failing health, Lillie finds strength in an unlikely and peculiar community of loved ones, including Cristoff, her epileptic, florist business partner; Pleasance, a sassy African American clothing designer; and Lillie’s strong Hungarian Grandma Erzsébet. But when Lillie stumbles across a danger that threatens those she loves most, she will need more than friends and family–she will need a miracle.


Friday, May 4, 2012

Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body!

Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body! Review



Does it feel as if you re fighting your body to lose even one pound or just to maintain your current weight? Respected health and wellness expert and bestselling author Jillian Michaels has been there, too. So she consulted top experts in the field of metabolism and discovered that she d inadvertently been abusing her endocrine system for years. After fixing her own metabolism, she decided to share what she learned by devising this simple, 3-phase plan that engages all the weight-loss hormones (including the friendly HGH, testosterone, DHEA; and the not-so-friendly: insulin, cortisol, and excess estrogen).

In Master Your Metabolism, discover how to:
REMOVE anti-nutrients from your diet
RESTORE foods that speak directly to fat-burning genes
REBALANCE energy and your hormones for effortless weight loss

Michaels offers a wealth of information throughout, including: shopping lists and online shopping resources, hormone-trigger food charts, how to eat power nutrient foods on a budget, smart strategies for eating out, quick and easy recipes, as well as mini-programs for addressing PMS, andropause, metabolic syndrome, PCOS, and menopause.


Thursday, May 3, 2012

What's the future hold for info pros? Plenty--many think yours is a "hot" job: U.S. News, parade magazine, Kiplinger all say "librarian" is a top ... An article from: Information Outlook

What's the future hold for info pros? Plenty--many think yours is a "hot" job: U.S. News, parade magazine, Kiplinger all say "librarian" is a top ... An article from: Information Outlook Review



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Title: What's the future hold for info pros? Plenty--many think yours is a "hot" job: U.S. News, parade magazine, Kiplinger all say "librarian" is a top career.(INFO VIEW)(Column)
Author: Janice R. Lachance
Publication:Information Outlook (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 11 Issue: 6 Page: 5(1)

Article Type: Column

Distributed by Thomson Gale


Wednesday, May 2, 2012

How to Build Max-performance Mopar Big Blocks (S-A Design)

How to Build Max-performance Mopar Big Blocks (S-A Design) Review



Starting in the early 1960s, Mopar Wedge engines powered a wide range of Chrysler muscle cars, such as the Dodge Charger, Daytona Charger, Super Bee, Challenger, as well as Plymouth Barracuda, Superbird, Road Runner, GTX, and others. Many times these high-powered muscle cars were pursued by equally high-powered Dodge and Plymouth police cars that were also packing Mopar big-block power under the hood. In 1978, the last of the Mopar big-blocks rolled down the production line, but in an odd twist of fate, the popularity of the Mopar surged again in street and strip cars during the 1980s. By the 1990s, the big Mopar engine was more popular than ever.
This book covers how to build Mopar's 383-, 400-, 413-, 426-, and 440-ci engines to power levels of 600 to 900 hp. How to Build Max-Performance Mopar Big Blocks discusses how to properly budget your engine build for a specific performance target and how to select a stock or aftermarket block for the desired performance level. The reciprocating assembly (crankshaft, connecting rods, and pistons) is examined in detail, to help you select the right design and material for durability and performance requirements. Cylinder heads and valvetrain configurations are crucial for generating maximum horsepower and torque. This volume discusses all the stock modification options, the best setups, selecting the right machine work, the latest aftermarket head options for producing huge horsepower, and building stroker engines. The camshafts and lifters chapter compares and contrasts use of hydraulic flat tappet, hydraulic roller, and solid flat tappet cams. In addition, the book explains how to optimize fresh and spent fuel, discussing single- and dual-plane intake manifolds, as well as the exhaust-system design to optimize scavenging. The book also details engine builds at 600, 700, 800, and 900 horsepower levels to provide insight and reveal what can be done with real-world component packages.


Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen

Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen Review



What if there were a land where people lived longer than anywhere else on earth, the obesity rate was the lowest in the developed world, and women in their forties still looked like they were in their twenties? Wouldn't you want to know their extraordinary secret?

Japanese-born Naomi Moriyama reveals the secret to her own high-energy, successful lifestyle–and the key to the enduring health and beauty of Japanese women–in this exciting new book. The Japanese have the pleasure of eating one of the most delicious, nutritious, and naturally satisfying cuisines in the world without denial, without guilt…and, yes, without getting fat or looking old.

As a young girl living in Tokyo, Naomi Moriyama grew up in the food utopia of the world, where fresh, simple, wholesome fare is prized as one of the greatest joys of life. She also spent much time basking in that other great center of Japanese food culture: her mother Chizuko's Tokyo kitchen. Now she brings the traditional secrets of her mother's kitchen to you in a book that embodies the perfect marriage of nature and culinary wisdom–Japanese home-style cooking.

If you think you've eaten Japanese food, you haven't tasted anything yet. Japanese home-style cooking isn't just about sushi and raw fish but good, old-fashioned everyday-Japanese-mom's cooking that's stood the test of time–and waistlines–for decades. Reflected in this unique way of cooking are the age-old traditional values of family and the abiding Japanese love of simplicity, nature, and good health. It's the kind of food that millions of Japanese women like Naomi eat every day to stay healthy, slim, and youthful while pursuing an energetic, successful, on-the-go lifestyle. Even better, it's fast, it's easy, and you can start with something as simple as introducing brown rice to your diet. You'll begin feeling the benefits that keep Japanese women among the youngest-looking in the world after your very next meal!

If you're tired of counting calories, counting carbs, and counting on being disappointed with diets that don't work and don't satisfy, it's time to discover one of the best-kept and most delicious secrets for a healthier, slimmer, and long-living lifestyle. It's time to discover the Japanese fountain of youth….


From the Hardcover edition.


Sunday, April 29, 2012

Sexy Girls: How Hot Is Too Hot?

Sexy Girls: How Hot Is Too Hot? Review



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Every teenage girl wants to be sexy--she wants to be noticed, to be attractive. But what is "sexy," really? Do teen girls know what they are saying about themselves by the way they dress? Popular author Hayley DiMarco wants to help them figure it out.

Sexy Girls is an honest and provocative look at everything sexy--from clothes and self-presentation to body image. With her approachable style and wit, Hayley shows teen girls

- why little things called hormones affect the way guys look at girls
- what girls are really saying by the way they dress
- what God thinks about teens trying to be sexy

With quizzes, sidebars, and questions for reflection, Sexy Girls is the perfect opportunity for girls to figure out who they are and how they are going to present that image to their peers.


Saturday, April 28, 2012

Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis (Disaster Risk Management)

Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis (Disaster Risk Management) Review



Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other natural hazards cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars in economic losses each year around the world. Many billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance, emergency loans, and development aid are expended annually. Yet efforts to reduce the risks of natural hazards remain largely uncoordinated across different hazard types and do not necessarily focus on areas at highest risk of disaster. 'Natural Disaster Hotspots' presents a global view of major natural disaster risk hotspots—areas at relatively high risk of loss from one or more natural hazards. It summarizes the results of an interdisciplinary analysis of the location and characteristics of hotspots for six natural hazards—earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, drought, and cyclones. Data on these hazards are combined with state-of-the-art data on the subnational distribution of population and economic output and past disaster losses to identify areas at relatively high risk from one or more hazards.


Friday, April 27, 2012

Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors Review



Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth.

The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."

For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide--all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.


Thursday, April 26, 2012

Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscapes

Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscapes Review



This collection of photographs depicts active, extinct and dormant volcanoes and geysers. It contains images of active lava exploding into the ocean off Hawaii and the ethereal wonderland of steam and mist in geyser basins in Yellowstone Park. Geological captions on the plates are also included, giving background to the photographs, and anecdotes about the authors' experiences whilst capturing the images are also given.


Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories

Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories Review



No doubt about it: hotel rooms are hot. The minute you slip the key in the door, you want to strip off your clothes and dive naked between the sheets, whether there’s a lover there to share in the indulgence or not. From luxe, five-star lodgings to seedy no-tell motels, hotels offer the chance to unwind, relax, and if given the chance, become someone else altogether. This steamy collection takes readers behind those anonymous closed doors with sexy, scintillating tales of singles and couples frolicking and flaunting themselves for their own naughty purposes. Featuring work from Alison Tyler, Shane Allison, Donna George Storey, Shanna Germain, Saskia Walker, and others, the stories in Do Not Disturb offer the sense that anything can happen — and quite often it does.


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

How to Build High-Performance Chevy LS1/LS6 V-8s: Modifying and Tuning Gen III Engines for GM Cars & Pickups (S-A Design)

How to Build High-Performance Chevy LS1/LS6 V-8s: Modifying and Tuning Gen III Engines for GM Cars & Pickups (S-A Design) Review



In 1997 Chevrolet did the unthinkable: they re-designed the most popular and most modified engine in American history. The Chevrolet small-block V-8 made its debut in 1955, and with its arrival, Chevrolet instantly leaped to the forefront in the minds of hot rodders and performance enthusiasts alike. While the engine grew in displacement and technology over the next 30 years, its basic design remained unchanged . . . until 1997, when the Generation III LS1/LS6 engine design was introduced. The LS1 engine first appeared in the 1997 Corvette, and soon followed in the Camaro Firebird and thousands of full-size Chevy trucks and SUVs. It also powers the hot new Pontiac GTO! This book is essential for the enthusiast who wants to get the most performance out of this new engine design but is only familiar with the older Chevy small-blocks. Covered is everything you need to know about these engines, including the difficult engine removal and installation, simple engine bolt-ons, electronic controls for the Generation III engine, and detailed engine builds at four different power levels.


Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Hot Point Fitness: The Revolutionary New Program For Fast And Total Body Transformation

Hot Point Fitness: The Revolutionary New Program For Fast And Total Body Transformation Review



By studying the body in motion through advanced MRI technology, trainer-to-the-stars Steve Zim has determined that most of us use only 20 to 40 percent of our muscle capability when we work out. Hot Point Fitness introduces readers to over one hundred of Zim's unique super-exercises, demonstrating routines that will exact 100 percent output for leaner and denser muscle in a fraction of the time standard weight training and aerobic exercise take to get results.A complete plan for total body transformation, Hot Point Fitness also advises on the right foods to fuel the body and manipulate metabolism and it instructs on the most efficient way burn stubborn fat and calories. Focusing on precision in movement and on exercise and diet variation, Steve Zim encourages readers throughout with instructive photographs and day-by-day beginner, intermediate, and advanced workout routines. A revolutionary program that has worked wonders for professional and Olympic athletes and Hollywood actors alike, Hot Point Fitness will help readers of all shapes, sizes and ages realize a dramatic physical transformation in far less time than has been possible before.


Monday, April 23, 2012

METAL EDGE April 1998 Volume 42 No. 11 (Magazine, Metallica & Kiss Color Posters, What's Hot for 1998 record & road preview, Anthra, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Van Halen)

METAL EDGE April 1998 Volume 42 No. 11 (Magazine, Metallica & Kiss Color Posters, What's Hot for 1998 record & road preview, Anthra, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Van Halen) Review



Cover story What's Hot for 1998 with previews of Aerosmith, Pantera, Kiss, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Type O Negative, Black Sabbath with Ozzy and many more plus an in-depth article on Anthrax.


Sunday, April 22, 2012

Hot Shot

Hot Shot Review



SHE JUMPED ON THE BACK OF A BAD BOY'S HARLEY AND

FOLLOWED HIS RENEGADE DREAM....

In a single, impulsive act, Susannah Faulconer, the daughter of one of the country's most powerful industrialists, follows her heart and finds herself severed from her family and everything familiar. As a cool San Francisco socialite, she'd known exactly how to behave, but now she's a lone woman in a world of men...and there's no etiquette book in the world that can teach her how to survive.

The men are rebels, determined to take on corporate America with daring and vision, and they aren't going to let her play by good girls' rules. There's Sam, the charismatic visionary, on a rocket-driven ride to glory. And Mitch, the troubled corporate genius with no time for a rich socialite, no matter how beautiful. Together, they will force Susannah into the biggest challenge of her life as she tests her courage -- and her love -- in a bold experiment that will change them all forever.

Come share a glorious, heart-stopping love story, and meet the unforgettable woman called Hot Shot as she discovers a passion so rich, so tender, that she will be utterly and forever transformed.


Saturday, April 21, 2012

Hot Cars of the '70s: The Best Cars from Around the World (Flight Test Lab)

Hot Cars of the '70s: The Best Cars from Around the World (Flight Test Lab) Review



For automobile buffs who can never get enough information on classic cars, here is a book that features the most celebrated cars of the 70s. The 1970s was the era of the supercar. Engineering innovations and outrageous styling gave rise to some of the world's most sought-after automobiles, including the Ferrari Daytona, Lamborghini Countach and Bentley Corniche. Everyday driving underwent a technological revolution too, with vehicles such as the Citroen DS and Volkswagen Golf GTi adding excitement to daily driving. Looking in detail at more than 60 vehicles popular during the 1970s, Hot Cars of the 70s features over 500 color photographs, and explains the technical innovations, styling details, engine design, and everything else you may want to know on the subject.