Pleasantly Plump

The art of mindfulness can transform our struggles with food—and renew our sense of pleasure, appreciation, and satisfaction with eating. Drawing on recent research and integrating her experiences as a physician and meditation teacher, Dr. Jan Bays offers a wonderfully clear presentation of what mindfulness is and how it can help with food issues. Mindful eating is an approach that involves bringing one's full attention to the process of eating—to all the tastes, smells, thoughts, and feelings that arise during a meal. Whether you are overweight, suffer from an eating disorder, or just want to get more out of life, this book offers a simple tool that can make a remarkable difference. In this book, you'll learn how to: • Tune in to your body's own wisdom about what, when, and how much to eat • Eat less while feeling fully satisfied • Identify your habits and patterns with food • Develop a more compassionate attitude toward your struggles with eating • Discover what you're really hungry for Mindful Eating also includes a 75-minute audio program containing guided exercises led by the author.

Vocabulary has been one of the growth areas of language study over the past three decades. In the second edition of this definitive study, Ronald Carter updates progress in key areas of language description and applied linguistics. This new edition includes new material on the relationship between vocabulary, grammar and discourse and the implications of new insights into vocabulary for the study of speech and writing in English. It also has updated chapters on vocabulary and language teaching, dictionaries and lexicography, and the literary study of vocabulary. Vocabulary: Applied Linguistic Perspectiveshas been widely praised since first publication for the breadth, depth and clarity of its approach. This new edition builds upon these foundations and develops further understanding of this key area of applied linguistics.

[Siren LoveXtreme Special Edition: Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Interracial, Ménage a Trois/Quatre, MFMMMMMMM, HFN for MFMM with MM and MMM orgies, HFN] Losing Inhibitions: Sexy in the Sun - A pleasantly plump, over worked and over-stressed mid-thirties manager, Jess needs something other than a sex toy and tub of ice cream to ease her state of mind. Stressed by bullying new management, Jess finds comfort with Jackson, a sexy neighbor and friend of several years, who reveals himself to like men and women, and invites Jess on an all-expenses paid trip to a tropical island. There Jess meets Jackson's "crew", seven sexy studs who have no inhibitions but who all find sanctuary on the island from their tragic pasts. Max, Marcus, Dean, Louis, Raphael, Michael, and Caleb are more than happy to help Jess lose her own inhibitions, and she finds herself falling not only for Jackson, but each of the crew as well. Jess is invited to help set up and manage a Foundation whose aim is to heal people suffering mental trauma as a result of violence. The choice to stay with her studs is easy. Lost Inhibitions: The Next Chapter - The tropical refuge of El Santuario is up and running, helping victims of violence to heal. But the outside world encroaches. Jess and her eight sexy studs’ idyllic island attracts the attention of a psychotic stalker who comes after Marcus. A ruthless gang of poachers want to plunder the island’s fragile bounty and Jess, Jackson, Marcus, Max, Caleb, Michael, Dean, Louis, and Raphael have to fight off the threats to El Santuario. It’s not all bad. Jess has her hands full as she continues to bond and fall further in love with her crew of hunky bi-sexual men. Then the crew dynamic changes. Raphael, uncomfortable in a long term ménage-style relationship finds love with a sexy ex-Navy SEAL named Riley and enters into a monogamous partnership. Jess and her crew are happy that Raphael has found his true love. Sex, studs and stalkers. Not an ideal combination, but Jess will fight for what’s hers and defend her men from danger.

A tough-love approach to weight loss written by a man who lost 60 pounds in just 6 months, with a total weight loss of 85 pounds.

A woman must find out who killed the sister she hated—or face jail herself—in this suspenseful tale by the New York Times–bestselling author of Swimsuit Body. The world loves Monica Vincent, and her sister Anna has always tried to love her, too. Anna’s life is devoted to the Hollywood star; As her sister’s personal assistant, she spends her days answering Monica’s fan mail and catering to her every whim. But Monica is cruel, and when a car accident leaves her in a wheelchair, she treats Anna even worse. All Anna wants is her freedom, but not the way it comes to her. When Monica is found floating facedown in the swimming pool at her mansion, everyone assumes her death was accidental. The police are not convinced, however, and see the star’s sister as the likely culprit. To keep herself from jail, Anna digs for the truth, desperate to learn who killed the sister she hated. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author’s personal collection. Wish Come True is the 3rd book in the Carson Springs Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

A veteran journalist navigates the mother-daughter relationship at its most crucial moment With the eye of a reporter, the curiosity of an anthropologist, and the open (and sometimes wounded) heart of a mother, award-winning author Lauren Kessler embeds herself in her about-to-be-teenage daughter's life. In seventh- and eighth-grade classrooms, at home, online, at the mall, and at summer camp, Kessler observes, investigates, chronicles- and participates in-the life of a twenty-first-century teen. As she begins to better understand and appreciate her mercurial daughter, their relationship-at first a mirror of the author's difficult relationship with her own mother-lurches in new directions. With the help of a resident teen expert (her daughter), as well as teachers, doctors, therapists, and other mothers, Kessler illuminates the age-old struggle from both sides, gracefully interweaving personal experience with journalistic inquiry. Funny, poignant, and insightful, My Teenage Werewolf explores the fascinating and scary world of today's teen as it comes to grips with the single most important relationship in a woman's life.

Dear reader, Thank you for grabbing Dragon Mates 2: The Falk Clan Tales Books 5-7. Inside: In The Dragon’s Treasure, we meet a long lost Falk brother, Castor. He is on a mission to find his brothers before his untimely end, only to meet his mate on the way. Are the Fates so cruel as to show him love only to take it away? She doesn’t believe in fairytales, until a Dragon comes knocking on her door. In The Dragon’s Surprise, Devine Graystone has seen a lot in his 600 years walking this earth, but he’s never seen the likes of her! Will Wolf Shifter Sunny Daye change this grumpy Dragon’s outlook? Nothing can surprise this six hundred-year-old Dragon, except maybe her. The Dragon’s Dream features Nicholas Graystone,a lonely Dragon, trying to find a purpose, and Minerva Lykos, a she-Wolf with a holiday proposition that colors him interested. He’s a hardcore realist until she dares him to dream. I hope you enjoy these fast paced, insta-love, happy ever after tales! Each one was written with a touch of humor and a pinch of sass. del mare alla stella, C.D. Gorri *Find out if these grumpy Dragons can keep the feisty females who steal their Dragons’ hearts in the pages ahead. Keywords: dragon shifter romance book, dragon romance novel, dragon shifters romance ebook, urban fantasy, fantasy romance, HEA paranormal romance, shifter brothers romance, curvy girl best friends romance ebook, paranormal fiction series, strong heroine, curvy girl romance novel, shifter mates, fated mates, instalove romance short, sexy shifter book, sexy paranormal romance book, steamy paranormal romance novel, steamy shifter mates, strangers to lovers, instant attraction, heat level, claiming bite, fated mates novella, soul mates, destined mates, pack fated mates series, shifter mates ebook series, paranormal romance series, dragon and human fated mate series complete, curvy heroine romance, curvy girl reads, bbw romance, alpha dragon hero, dragon shifters, fish out of water trope, instant love, romantic comedy, PNR romcom, romcom series, anthology, boxed set

Is it good for two people--one plain, the other fancy--to fall in love? Laura Meade loves her modern life, yet she fascinated by the Amish culture in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she is studying interior design. Upon their first meeting, she is immediately attracted to Eli Yoder, one of the Plain People, but Laura has no real concept about faith, God's love, and forgiveness of sins. Eli is also enamored with Laura, but to marry outside his faith would be forbidden. What then is the hope for love? Plain and Fancy is book 3 in the Brides of Lancaster County series. Other books in the series include A Merry Heart: Book 1, Looking for a Miracle: Book 2, and The Hope Chest: Book 4.

Author Ann Simanton draws upon her travel adventures to bring post-Mao China, Texas, and the Mexican border to life in this gripping tale of a detective's son, Daniel, forced to grow up fast as he flees for his life in a foreign land. One by one, Daniel's lifelines are disappearing, as the drug smugglers and human traffickers that his father sought to bring to justice exact brutal revenge to keep their operation thriving. Government corruption has tangled the safety nets his family and friends have been taught to trust. The system is not going to bring the perpetrators to justice – so Daniel's feisty and inventive grandmother Alice takes matters into her own hands. Daniel's only hope of survival rests on people around the globe who can break out of their circles of fear and be willing to risk the lives of their own loved ones.