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Book Review - Lose Weight in 20 Minutes

Posted by Rahul Singh Parihar on

After years of limited exercise combined with a love of fine food, Alex Buckley was known to his friends as Fat Al. He followed a number of diet plans to no effect before coming up with his own solution, which is outlined in this book. His message is basically an extended version of the long standing sound advice that to lose weight you need to eat less and exercise more. Buckley's suggestions break this broad truth down into achievable micro steps. He provides tips on ways of sustaining weight loss by very gradually changing your behaviour. The book does not...

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56 Sherlock Stories in 56 Days - Day 2 - The Red Headed League

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56 Sherlock Stories in 56 Days - Day 2 - The Red Headed League

To celebrate the release of her novel Barefoot on Baker Street, Charlotte Anne Walters undertook the task of reading and reviewing one of the original Sherlock Holmes short stories every day until she had completed all 56.  The reviews were posted daily on her blog and attracted viewers from all over the world. The reviews are full of humour and Holmesian insight, ending in a score out of ten for each story.  The book contains all 56 blogs plus additional material including reviews of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s four Holmes novels.  Although it was a pleasure for a life-long Holmes admirer...

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56 Sherlock Stories in 56 Days - Day 1 - A Scandal In Bohemia

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56 Sherlock Stories in 56 Days - Day 1 - A Scandal In Bohemia

To celebrate the release of her novel Barefoot on Baker Street, Charlotte Anne Walters undertook the task of reading and reviewing one of the original Sherlock Holmes short stories every day until she had completed all 56.  The reviews were posted daily on her blog and attracted viewers from all over the world. The reviews are full of humour and Holmesian insight, ending in a score out of ten for each story.  The book contains all 56 blogs plus additional material including reviews of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s four Holmes novels.  Although it was a pleasure for a life-long Holmes...

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Book Review - The 73 Rules of Influencing the Interview

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Book Review - The 73 Rules of Influencing the Interview

"If you want real change to take place in your life and your career, you need this book. Study every principle before going into your next interview. The difference will be amazing. I now teach these methods to all my students. I am highly recommending to all of my students to purchase and devour this book before they go to one more interview. If you want to go for a new career or just move up where you are, you need this book. I highly recommend it. It has had a dramatic influence on my students." Roy Harris, Dynamic Career Coaching...

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Sherlock Book Review - Sherlock Holmes and The Baker Street Legacy

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Sherlock Book Review - Sherlock Holmes and The Baker Street Legacy

“These eight stories are presented by our Watson’s nephew, Christopher Henry Watson MD, writing in 1948, and are to be accepted as “overlooked gems” from the older Watson’s collection. Mark Mower works hard to capture the elusive atmosphere of “1895 and all that”, and largely succeeds. The plots are varied and ingenious, and there are plenty of allusions and references to our beloved Canon. The final one of these stories is a particularly nice sequel to the affairs of a certain builder from Norwood. In conclusion, this book is a pleasing and entertaining read, and a worthy contribution to the...

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