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This one's hard to describe, but it's what happens when you cross a fascination with maps with an overactive imagination. For instance, what if you took a map of the 50 U.S. states and instead of putting on the state names, rename each state with the country whose Gross Domestic Product most closely matches that state? California would be France; Colorado, Finland. Texas (sorry, eh?) would be Canada. Another one: a heat map of Europe in 2071 ...if global warming continues at the current rate. It's fun, interesting, maybe even educational. From This is True for 17 June 2007 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: John La PumaRebecca Powell Marx List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $16.47 Editorial Review: What Dr. Andrew Weil is to herbal medicine and Dr. Phil is to TV psychology, Dr. John La Puma is to culinary medicine. At thirty-five, after eating too much of the Standard American Diet (SAD, isn’t it?), Dr. La Puma had become SADly paunchy. So he decided to research the science of nutrition while also going to culinary school to learn to cook. He created the revolutionary new concept of “culinary medicine”–recipes, foods, and meals that prevent or control common health conditions without sacrificing restaurant-quality taste. Now you can use culinary medicine too. In ChefMD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine, you’ll learn to stock the medicine chest in your kitchen, use the doctor inside of you, and create dishes that give you lifesaving benefits and truly dazzling flavor. Dr. La Puma serves up a step-by-step eight-week plan to motivate you and help you change your life. Try Saffron Scallop, Shrimp, and Chickpea Paella. Or Sicilian Pasta with Swiss Chard, Goat Cheese, and Basil. Or Spicy and Rich Sausage and Kidney Bean Chili. Anyone who loves food, wants to have more energy, wants to reverse his or her family health history, or wants to know what to eat to get and stay healthy should read this book. Its recipes, meals, and menus can work within minutes of eating them. Experience food you can’t wait to make, and grab the energy and good health to reclaim your life. Doctor, What Do I Eat for That? Your kitchen needs a ChefMD. Renowned physician and professionally trained chef Dr. John La Puma has just the person for the job–you! By following the ChefMD Eight-Week Plan, you’ll find your inner doctor and learn to eat for optimal health and maximum satisfaction. Use ChefMD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine to: • Discover what and how to eat for forty health conditions–starting with Acne, ADD, Alzheimer’s, Arthritis, and Asthma • Build a “culinary medicine chest” with fifty amazing foods that prevent or control common health conditions without sacrificing restaurant-quality taste • Conquer fatigue, supercharge your immune system, and look and feel younger • Get the most nutrition from the foods you eat • Find the ChefMD Essentials–thirty-six healthful and flavorful brand-name foods in boxes, bags, and cans • Fall in love with food again with fifty easy ChefMD recipes–and no guilt! Eat and cook the ChefMD way and discover just how delicious life can be!  By: Ed Slott List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: $10.85 Editorial Review: Corporate pensions are disappearing. Social Security is in trouble. And the sizable postwar generation is reaching retirement age. With the futures of millions of Americans at stake, Ed Slott, the country’s foremost retirement planning adviser, now offers expert advice on weathering the perfect storm of financial instability that looms on the horizon. Your Complete Retirement Planning Road Map provides clear step-by-step directions through the highways and byways of IRAs, 401(k)s, 403(b)s, and other major accounts. In five focused sections, Slott combines crucial facts with checklists and questionnaires to teach investors and beneficiaries alike the best way to save and to maximize an inheritance. Inside you’ll discover • an overview of every retirement savings account you own–from what it is and where it is to who gets it and how, plus where to put important data • how to properly fill out retirement account beneficiary forms so that money goes to whomever you choose and not to relatives who pop up out of nowhere • what to do when you inherit so that you won’t lose any tax benefits or make a mistake that could wipe out an inherited fortune that took years to build up • how to handle out-of-the-box issues such as divorce or incapacity; tax issues for unmarried partners; decisions about trusts • how to determine whether your professional retirement adviser is really up to the task of preserving and protecting your money • the most up-to-date information on tax laws, including the Pension Protection Act, which provides major new retirement incentives that you can take advantage of Your Complete Retirement Planning Road Map is an indispensable planning solution that is sure to become the standard how-to on a complex subject that is becoming relevant to more people every day. “IRA savant Ed Slott [helps] you make the most of your retirement earnings or inherited account.” –USA Today “Ed Slott knows more about the care and feeding of IRAs than anybody else.” –Newsday  By: Michael Brown List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $7.95 Editorial Review: Streetwise Paris Map - Laminated Center City Street Map of Paris, France - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated metro map including lines & stations This map covers the following areas:  By: The Onion List Price: $27.99 Amazon Price: $18.47 Editorial Review: Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of The Planet Earth, 73rd Edition features incorrect statistics on all of the Earth's 168, 182, or 196 independent nations. It also features maps, including a fold-out world map at actual size. Readers will learn about every country from Afghanistan, "Allah's Cat Box," to the Ukraine, "The Bridebasket of Europe." Today's news-parody consumer cannot possibly understand made-up current events without the context of fake world history and geography. That is why The Onion is publishing a world atlas: to help us. Our Dumb World is an invaluable tool for any reader interested in overthrowing a weakened government in East Asia, exploiting a developing nation in Africa, or for directions to tonight's party at Erica's. It is a reference guide to 250,000 of the world's most important places, such as North Korea's Trench of Victory, the Great Human Pyramid of Egypt, and Saudi Arabia's superhighway, the Mohammedobahn.  List Price: $7.99 Amazon Price: $7.99 Editorial Review: This is the State Series Quarters Collector Map by WhitmanŽ. FEATURES: A beautiful, 4-color, oversized 3-fold folder with snap latch. Color-coded map of the United States will showcase one of each state quarter design. Each coin opening located on the map has the state's logo. Educational details of each state including their statehood date, capital, state bird, flower, etc. Made in the USA! INCLUDES: (1) Folder SPECS: Folded Size: 12.5"" x 13.5"" Open Size: 37.5"" x 13.5"" kr11/6/06 |
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