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The 24-Hour Turnaround by Jay Williams, Ph.D., Debra Fulghum Bruce
ReganBooks, May, 2002
Hardcover, 408 pages
ISBN: 0060394315
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The 24-Hour Turnaround
by Jay Williams, Ph.D., Debra Fulghum Bruce

Dr. Jay Williams, the noted exercise physiologist and trainer to the rich and famous, works out of the beautiful Mauna Lani Resort in Hawaii. In her latest book, Dr. Williams shares her secrets for helping you to improve your health, lose weight and reduce your biological age. Her novel techniques include a quick 24-hour turnaround to get you on the right track to looking and feeling great. Williams' advice is both traditional (to always eat breakfast and drink lots of water) and unorthodox (high intensity exercise is actually bad for you), and she provides the scientific backup for each of her propositions. Her approach is holistic, and urges the reader to incorporate diet, exercise and spirituality into her life in order to achieve the best results. Her absolute insistence that what you eat determines your health is very interesting, and there's no question that you will feel much better after just a week or so on her program. Her tone is encouraging, and also humorous at times (she recognizes, for example, the extreme reluctance many will feel at being told to lay off the alcohol). Her section on osteoporosis and menopause is especially timely and useful. So what are you waiting for? Let Dr. Williams help you start turning back the clock.

Bacchus & Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar by Jay McInerney
Vintage Books, April, 2002
Trade paperback, 278 pages
ISBN: 037571362X
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Bestselling novelist Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City) claims that he is not a wine expert; the many readers of his wine column in House and Garden would disagree with him. This collection of his columns is one of the most witty, irreverent and entertaining wine books ever written. Taken from the point of view of an American yuppie, the book explains the basic California and French wines (and a few Italian ones), as well as what wines go with what food, how to choose a wine, and what all those wine terms mean. The chapter headings alone make for funny reading: "Zin Went the Strings of My Heart," "Overachievers of Macon: White Burgundy on a Budget," "Schramsberg: Don't Make Me Crazy," and "Attitude? Non!," just to name a few. His writing is hip, irreverent and self-deprecating, making it a perfect read for the novice wine lover who is nervous about the world of wine, but longs to learn what all the fuss is about.

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