Manic Episodes and the Dark Side - a Memoir of a Bipolar Life

Did you know that the U.N. recently designated 2013 as the “International Year of Quinoa?”

You may have heard about the health benefits of Quinoa(keen-wah) by now, but how do you incorporate it into your diet? Easy.

In this book, you'll learn about the many health benefits of Quinoa! It acts as an anti-oxident among other things.

You cook it just like rice, but unlike rice Quinoa is a superfood rich in protein and amino acids and is naturally gluten free. Eating quinoa can aid in losing weight, reducing cholestoral and help you get you super healthy.

This book contains lots of flavorful recipes such as: Healthy Vegetable & Quinoa salad, Blueberry & Cinnamon Breakfast Quinoa, Spinach, Lentil & Quinoa soup, Quinoa stir fry, Berries and Quinoa salad, and many more!

All EASY, DELICIOUS, QUICK, AND GOOD FOR YOU!
 

Keeping a journal is easy. Keeping a life-altering, soul-enlightening journal, however, is not. At its best, journaling can be among the most transformative of experiences, but you can only get there by learning how to express yourself fully and openly. Enter Samara O'Shea.

O'Shea charmed readers with her elegant and witty For the Love of Letters. Now, in Note to Self, she's back to guide us through the fun, effective, and revelatory process of journaling. Along the way, selections from O'Shea's own journals demonstrate what a journal should be: a tool to access inner strengths, uncover unknown passions, face uncertain realities, and get to the center of self. To help create an effective journal, O'Shea provides multiple suggestions and exercises, including:

• Write in a stream of consciousness: Forget everything you ever learned about writing and just write. Let it all out: the good, bad, mad, angry, boring, and ugly.
• Ask yourself questions: What do I want to change about myself? What would I never change about myself?
• Copy quotes: Other people's words can help you figure out where you are in life, or where you'd like to be.
• It takes time: Don't lose faith if you don't imme­diately feel better after writing in your journal. Think of each entry as part of a collection that will eventually reveal its meaning to you.

O'Shea's own journal entries reveal alternately moving, edgy, and hilarious stories from throughout her life, as she hits the party scene in New York, poses naked as an aspiring model, stands by as her boyfriend discovers an infidelity by (you guessed it) reading her journal, and more. There are also fascinating journal entries of notorious diarists, such as John Wilkes Booth, Anaïs Nin, and Sylvia Plath.

A tribute to the healing and reflective power of the written word, Note to Self demonstrates that sometimes being completely honest with yourself is the most dangerous and rewarding pursuit of all.

Everything is in here, from the proverbial soup to nuts: Avocado Soup with Josefina, Caribbean Watermelon Rum Slush, Watermelon Slush, Watermelon Sorbet, Watermelon Sorbet -, Watermelon, Cucumber, and Jicama Salad, Watermelon-Blueberry Banana Split, Winter Melon Soup, Simplified (Doong Gwah Ton ...and much much more!

This is a very satisfying book, however I would recommend you eat something before you read this book, or you won't be able to make it through without reaching for a skillet or saucepan!

Watermelon Greats is packed with more information than you could imagine. 54 delicious dishes covering everything, each employing ingredients that should be simple to find and include Watermelon. This cookbook offers great value and would make a fabulous gift.

This book will also give you enough inspiration to experiment with different ingredients since you'll find the extensive index to be extremely helpful.

The recipes are superb. Wonderfully easy to put together and you don't have to make or purchase a ton of condiments before you have a chance to play with them.

Originally meant as a small Christmas gift for friends and family in 2002, Burn This blazed out of control into a one-stop cooking guide with something for everyone. Burn This is full of recipes from easy-to-make staples from mom's kitchen, to one-of-a-kind dishes that will be referred to in story form for years to come.

Each recipe is complete with a (tried to be) witty reference that includes Prep Time, Cooking Time, who you should Serve To, a Taste Factor, and the Kit Factor (the equivalent to a Lazy Factor) that explains how much effort each dish really takes.

Whether you're a gourmet chef or a utensil-challenged bachelor, this book has everything you need for the penthouse cocktail party, the barbeque behind Earl's trailer, and even the occasional practical joke.