John Hastings, Author, Reader's Digest, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author with Peter Jaret and Mindy Hermann. Reader's Digest $27.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0419-2
This illustrated spiral-bound diet book relies on encouraging those who want to lose weight to cut amounts rather than to radically change their food preferences. Based on a daily 1,300- to 1600-calorie range, depending on body size and level of...
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Jennie Bond, Author, Reader's Digest, Author, Jenny Bond, Author Reader's Digest Association $26.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0369-0
Two attractively illustrated volumes mark Queen Elizabeth's golden jubilee this year. Elizabeth: Fifty Glorious Years is by Jennie Bond, who has covered the tumult at Buckingham Palace for the last 25 years as BBC royal correspondent. In this ...
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Robert J. Dolezal, Author, Reader's Digest, Author Reader's Digest Children's Publishing $28.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0860-2
Profiling a series of birdwatching excursions within reach of 35 major cities and population centers, Dolezal presents a practical rundown of road trips for bird-loving city-dwellers and those who may be visiting. Following a cleverly-designed table
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Reader's Digest Reader's Digest Editors, Author, Pat Harper, Author, Reader's Digest, Author with William A. Petit Jr. Reader's Digest $27.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0590-8
Type 2 diabetes, a disease strongly influenced by diet and lifestyle, affects 13 million Americans and threatens 16 million more whose blood sugar levels are above normal. In 2003, Reader's Digest
published a book on its "ChangeOne"...
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Reader's Digest Reader's Digest Editors, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author, Reader's Digest, Author Reader's Digest Association $30 (384p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0580-9
The beauty of the open road is captured in this exquisitely illustrated guide to America's best driving routes. Newly revised and updated since its first publication in 1997, this volume is complete with tourist information, maps and breathtaking...
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Robert Dolezal, Author, Reader's Digest, Author Reader's Digest Association $29.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0523-6
Did you know that Cleopatra's legendary looks were actually nothing to write home about? Or that the blood-sucking, malaria-bearing mosquito may have abetted the downfall of the once ironclad Roman Empire? The Reader's Digest editors cover these...
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Robert Dolezal, Author, Reader's Digest, Author, Reader's Digest, Editor Reader's Digest Association $29.95 (416p) ISBN 978-962-258-306-1
From the birth of the stars to the paths of rivers, the art of the cocoon to the science of symbiosis, this big, heavily illustrated volume offers a wealth of information about our natural world. Though it's organized into thematic chapters (""The...
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Robert Dolezal, Author, Reader's Digest, Author, Of Readers Digest Editors, Author . Reader's Digest $19.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0275-4
As part of their Great Healthy Cooking series, Reader's Digest offers a variety of poultry dishes for every appetite and occasion. In this case, poultry does not just mean chicken and turkey, but includes all manner of fowl and game birds, such...
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Reader's Digest, Author Readers Digest (Australia) Pty Ltd $32.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-949819-64-2
Ice-covered Antarctica remained largely unexplored until 1956. In this pictorial overview, some 38 contributors, each a specialist on the area, provide essays on the fauna and flora, geography, climate and history of this mysterious continent. The...
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Reader's Digest, Author Reader's Digest Association $35 (528p) ISBN 978-0-89577-378-4
This complete revamping of what is perhaps the champion of do-it-yourself guides, surveying almost everything under your roof and some of what lies beyond, has managed to retain all of its classic virtues without adding unnecessary pages. Rewritten,
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Reader's Digest, Author, Reader's Digest, Manufactured by . Reader's Digest $29.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0429-1
The stunning photographs, fresh ideas and step-by-step guides offered here will inspire beginners and experienced gardeners alike to exploit the advantages of containers. Imagination abounds, from professional designs to visits to private gardens...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Reader's Digest, Manufactured by . Reader's Digest $29.95 (544p) ISBN 978-0898215281
Fans of home-baked sweets need look no further than this massive collection of more than 700 recipes submitted by Taste of Home
readers, which covers everything—and its variations (Apple Coffee Cake, Zucchini Oat Muffins, etc.). Designed with the
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Reader's Digest, Author, Brenda Jackson, Author, Ronald L. McDonald, Author Reader's Digest Association $30 (382p) ISBN 978-0-89577-646-4
Nostalgia not nouvelle is the rule in this handsome, comprehensive assemblage of recipes for traditional American family fare. Most of the 450 recipes are updated with reduced-fat ingredients: the dressing for Waldorf Salad uses reduced-fat versions
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Reader's Digest, Author, Brenda Jackson, Author, Ronald L. McDonald, Author Reader's Digest Association $40 (400p) ISBN 978-0-89577-819-2
Seldom have Native American culture and history been recreated with the immediacy and panoramic scope given by this breathtakingly illustrated volume. Beginning with the waves of Asian migrants to North America at the end of the last ice age, and...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author Reader's Digest Association $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0565-6
With the world's largest population inside its borders, it's easy to imagine China as an urban wasteland swarming with people. This overview of some of the country's most magnificent sights, updated from a 1989 edition, shows that nothing could be...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author Reader's Digest Association $32.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-276-42014-6
Illustrated with more than 500 photos and drawings, this is a compendium of facts that well-read individuals already know. A wide range of knowledge is covered (albeit sketchily and fragmentarily) in chapters on inventions, cosmology, geology,...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author . Reader's Digest Books $35 (356p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0358-4
Plant lovers who don't have the time (or the green thumb) to do much gardening will appreciate this guide to easy-growing flora. The book features encyclopedia-style entries on no-fuss annuals, perennials, vines, bulbs, shrubs and trees. Each...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author, Of Readers Digest Editors, Author . Reader's Digest $30 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0330-0
Tackling the field of home decorating, the editors of Reader's Digest
provide a comprehensive, well-thought-out book whose five sections—planning, style, color, decorating options and practical instructions—cover everything needed...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author, Of Readers Digest Editors, Author Reader's Digest Association $27 (432p) ISBN 978-0-88850-198-1
Maybe the cat ``chose to become domesticated, just as it chooses to do as it pleases today,'' suggests the Reader's Digest editorial team in this attractive, double-columned compendium of facts and a few whims. You can find out, if you want, about...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author, Of Readers Digest Editors, Author Reader's Digest Association $28 (480p) ISBN 978-0-89577-416-3
Offering a strong focus on prevention, this is a well-thought-out, upbeat look at how one can achieve a healthier style of living. By way of example, see comprehensive chapters on smart eating and keeping fit, even self-care. The editors did not...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author, Of Readers Digest Editors, Author Reader's Digest Association $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-89577-321-0
This illustrated survey of calamities takes in the Ice Age, Europe's Black Death epidemic of the 14th century, the Chicago fire of 1871, ``pea souper'' fogs in London from the 17th to the 19th centuries, and current droughts, crop losses and famines
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Reader's Digest, Author, Robert Dolezal, Author, Of Readers Digest Editors, Author . Reader's Digest Books $29.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7621-0342-3
This comprehensive, beautifully illustrated volume thoroughly lays out a food arsenal for a healthier life. The first section contains a list of 50 "super foods" that range from apples to winter squash and are described as the foods that...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Design Eye Publishing, Illustrator Reader's Digest Association $17.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-88705-960-5
BOOKS YOU CAN PLAY WITH The main attraction of Go To Bed, Fred: A Good Night Book & Muppet Puppet is, of course, the Muppet: pale-blue Fred has a wild tuft of bright yellow hair, a lime-green nose and a wide mouth. The board book, by Alison Inches,...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Reader's Digest Children's Books, Manufactured by Reader's Digest Association $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7944-0444-4
The back cover of the Disney Princess Music Player Storybook holds a plastic music box shaped like a portable CD player and an array of songs from four popular Disney movies (e.g., ""Be Our Guest"" from Beauty and the Beast). Each corresponds to a...
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Reader's Digest, Author, Reader's Digest Children's Books, Manufactured by Reader's Digest Association $14.99 (64p) ISBN 978-1-57584-989-8
My World: A First Picture Encyclopedia from Reader's Digest offers some 1,400 words and 1,000 images in more than 30 categories including ""Colors,"" ""What We Eat and Drink"" and ""Amazing Wild Animals."" The oversize volume brims with big, ...
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