books about: longest     books:       America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)11 reviews George C Herring McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2001 A Great Account of American Grand Strategy in Vietnam Like many people here, I read this book for a college class concerned with providing an explanation of the numerous questions that arise whenever one ponders America in Vietnam, like why it was there, and why it lost. Any student or curious reader should find this work a great tool for this task. The book is fairly short, numbering less than 400 pages. By that restraint alone, no reader should ...             The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest30 reviews Dan Buettner National Geographic, 2008 excellent I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There are a handful of books I have read that have immediately affected my life, caused a change in behavior, or redirected me down a new path. This is one such book. Blue zones are those areas across the globe where pockets of longevity can be found. In blue zones, there are an unusually high number of centenarians living compared to other populations. In The ...             Health Policymaking in the United States, Fourth Edition2 reviews Beaufort B. Longest Health Administration Press, 2005 Health Policy The book is brand new as described! Thanks for great service. Fast shipping. Great seller will do business anytime.             Managing Health Services Organizations and Systems6 reviews Beaufort B. Longest, Kurt Darr Health Professions Pr, 2008 Enjoying this book so far!! This is the required book for my Health Service Administration course. It is well written and has excellent case studies with each unit.             The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health--And How You Can Too64 reviews Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, ... Three Rivers Press, 2002 Best book! This is such a good book. When I first got it I read much of it to my young children and they loved hearing about the Okinawan life and elders. My 10 year old son wanted us to move there! I have bought more copies of this book than any other because I keep giving mine away. Now I just keep a stash to give. This should become your textbook for living.             The GenoType Diet: Change Your Genetic Destiny to live the longest, fullest and healthiest life possible43 reviews Peter J. Dr D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney Broadway, 2007 EXPLORE IT Dr. D'Adamo's Eat Right 4 Your Type identified foods for my blood type that make me feel better. Eat Right 4 Your Type was a revolutionary work. The GenoType Diet is an evolution of Eat Right 4 Your Type that integrates genetic identity with nutrition, and creates individualized diets. He separates us into six separate genetic types - Hunter, Gatherer, Teacher, Explorer, Warrior, and Nomad - and ...             Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples13 reviews John Robbins Ballantine Books, 2007 Just Buy It, Then Read It Hands down the best book I ever read on the subject. I used to think that with disease running rampant in my family, I was a goner. Now I know that lifestyle, especially diet, directly affects health and quality of life. I have changed my eating habits - limit animal products (did not realize I was eating so much when you include eggs, butter, cottage cheese, cheese, etc.) and incresed ...             The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir5 reviews John Grogan William Morrow, 2008 How to be a Good Father I loved John Grogan's first book, 'Marley & Me'. I also love this second book, 'The Longest Trip Home'. John Grogan is a wonderful writer. I really enjoyed reading about a loving, functional family. His parents were very strict while being very loving. I think 'The Longest Trip Home' will help console people after the death of a parent. There are also many funny parts to the book.             The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day75 reviews Cornelius Ryan Simon & Schuster, 1994 It Started Two Genres Cornelius Ryan invented two genres with his ground-breaking history-The Longest Day. On the one hand, he started a trend to personalized history. His book relies heavily on the recollections of those who fought on both sides. In this he anticipates Ken Burns' The War - A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and also The Second World War the more scholarly John Keegan. His other innovation, a brisk ...             The Longest Ride: My Ten-Year 500,000 Mile Motorcycle Journey15 reviews Emilio Scotto Motorbooks, 2007 The Longest Ride: Words can not give this book justice. I bought it to read about a ride and I was given an in-depth geography and political lesson. This is a fun book but with tremendous insight and humor. One of the few books about motorcycle travel I could not put down. It is real and revealing not only about the man but the peoples and human nature of the world. If you can't take a trip like this, this is one ...             Beach to Bluegrass: Places to Brake on Virginia's Longest Road1 review Joe Tennis Overmountain Press, 2007 A great book for Virginians This book was a gift for my husband and he couldn't put it down when he first opened it.             Cases in Health Services Management1 review Health Professions Press, 2003 Cases in Healthcare Services Management Outstanding product. A number of cases that illustrate problems in the administration and delivery of healthcare in a wide range of differing facilties makes this very useful and thought provoking. Perfect for any MHA capstone program.             Aircraft Accident Analysis: Final Reports6 reviews James M. Walters, Robert Sumwalt McGraw-Hill Professional, 2000 Aircraft Accident Analysis: Final Reports It was exactly what it stated it would be. Perfect Service. Thank you!! Bree Whittle             The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing18 reviews Thomas Mcguane Vintage, 2001 The examined life (and fly fishing, too). Well crafted, clean prose. A delight and a high spot in this year's reading.             Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples38 reviews John Robbins Random House, 2006 Health at 100 John Robbin's book Health at 100 is one of the finest books I've read on living a healthy, vibrant life. Based on his own life experience and more particulary on the extensive research around the longest lived and healthiest, happiest people on the planet it is a must read for any person, at any age and stage of life, seeking sound,commensense input on living a healthy life. Very well written and ...             Getting into Guinness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the Most Famous Record Book39 reviews Larry Olmsted Collins, 2008 Full of surprises on any page I found that I could open this book to any page and enjoy reading as much or as little as I wanted...and looked forward to picking it back up. Full of surprises and unbelievable feats and failures. The Guinness Book editors are painted as mysterious, all powerful, invisible judges who determine the acceptable course of pop culture and reward those it deems worthy. There is more to the book than ...             Trans-Siberian Handbook: Seventh Edition of the Guide to the World's Longest Railway Journey (Trailblazer ...16 reviews Bryn Thomas Trailblazer Publications, 2007 Preferable to the Lonely Planet guide. Indeed, one of the best travel guides I've ever encountered For passengers on traveling on all or most of the Trans-Siberian Railway and visiting the cities along it, there are only two English-language travel guides. The Lonely Planet guide appeared in 2003 with a second edition in 2006, while Bryn Thomas updates his guide almost yearly and in 2007 it reached its seventh edition. I'm a two-time veteran of the Trans-Siberian, using the 1st edition of the ...             50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes (Marlowe Diabetes Library)2 reviews Sheri R. Colberg, Steven V. Edelman Da Capo Press, 2007 Read this if you or a family member has type 1 diabetes As the mother of two young daughters with type 1 diabetes, I've read a lot of websites and books with highly technical medical information about diabetes. It was refreshing to sit down and read a book full of stories. When's the last time you read a book about diabetes that was actually hard to put down? This is a book like that. One can't help but be encouraged by stories like those of the ...             The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon54 reviews Alex Kershaw Da Capo Press, 2005 Great story told well. This book is a bit slow getting started, but becomes a real page-turner in no time. A great example of what made this country's finest generation so great. An absolute must-have for any WWII buff. This book is on the "top shelf" of my collection, and I have let many friends read it. Highly recommended.             Richard Scarry's Longest Book Ever!9 reviews Simon Spotlight, 1995 Fantastic book! If you're looking for a great train book or even just a lift the flap book, then be SURE to get this one! It's absolutely adorable! Poor Bananas gorilla has lost his bananas somewhere on the train and he has everyone looking for him. I just love all the little details in the drawing of this book - there's a worm driving a tractor on top of one of the train cars, frogs jumping into a big kettle ...              search for books 1950-1975, accident, aircraft, america, analysis, bluegrass, decorated, diabetes, everlasting, genotype, guinness, handbook, healthiest, longest-lived, management, managing, marlowe, motorcycle, organizations, peoples, policymaking, possible, scientifically, secrets, services, siberian, ten-year, trailblazer, trans-siberian, virginia books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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