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■ REVIEW: The Do-Able Diet
Not a miracle cure but still inspiring

Author Barbara Wimhurst lost a whopping half of her body weight without fad diets, potions or expensive programmes. She did it the old-fashioned way — by not eating junk. She’s lost 45kg while eating six times a day, having dessert every night and exercising just a few times a week. Her book isn’t a miracle […]

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■ REVIEW: Come Yesterday
Lots of twisty fun in fast-paced tale

General fiction

After living in relative peace for 15 years, Jill Nelson’s world is falling apart. In the tradition of Desperate Housewives, our intrepid heroine in this delightful story discovers that she’s not the only one with secrets and it seems her deep, dark, hidden past doesn’t want to stay in the past. On top of all

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■ REVIEW: Stuart: A Life Backwards
Looking back to the beginning

General non-fiction, People

Proving that the rules are sometimes made to be broken, and that sometimes it isn’t always best to begin at the beginning, this book tells the life story of Stuart Shorter backwards. Shorter was a homeless man who had a tough life as the illegitimate son of gypsy and a barmaid who he inherited his

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■ REVIEW: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Building good habits

Advice, guides & self-help

Self-help books are a dime a dozen but there seems to be a general acceptance that Stephen R Covey’s offerings are among the best. Covey’s latest book – The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness – takes up where the international best-seller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People left off. The world has changed

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■ REVIEW: The Road to Dune
Must-have for Dune fans

Sci-fi & fantasy

In a companion piece to the hugely popular Dune series of science fiction books readers are taken back to the creation of the Dune novels. Brian Herbert, son of the late Frank, and Kevin J Anderson have already told the story of the years before Dune began in the three volumes that made up Prelude

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■ REVIEWS: The Low GI Diet | Low GI Eating Made Easy
Explaining carbs

Advice, guides & self-help

These days it seems like everyone is on some sort of diet and carbohydrates are being billed as the evil fat-causing gremlins of the food world. A good number of those trying to drop a bit of weight have had a crack at the incredibly restrictive low-carb regimen known as the Atkins diet. While some have

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■ REVIEW: What Can I Do?
How to make a difference

Advice, guides & self-help

Do you want to change the world? Then this inspirational book with give you the tools to do just that. What Can I Do? shows you how to use the internet to help the environment. It’s packed with hundreds of websites and practical ideas and tools to help our environment and improve the health of

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■ REVIEW: Conquer Your Email Overload
Nicely put together guide to controlling your email

Advice, guides & self-help

Without a doubt, one of the most useful things about being online is e-mail. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the worst things about being online. While e-mail has revolutionised the way we keep in touch, becoming an important means of communication in today’s world, it is a double-edged sword. The unpleasant side effect of being

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■ REVIEW: Cold Kill
Stephen Leather delivers again

Mysteries & thrillers

What’s even deadlier than terrorists? According to this book, it’s the men who’ve got them in their sights. Cold Kill kicks off with the Asian Boxing Day tsunami and the action just builds up from there, with everything from people-smuggling to attempted murder to hold your attention. Once again author Stephen Leather has come up

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■ REVIEW: Your Complete Guide to Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
Your guide to personal panel-beating

Advice, guides & self-help

So, tell me what you don’t like about yourself? Fans of TV series Nip/Tuck may think they know all there is to know about the world of silicone implants and brow lifts but there’s so much more than all the glitz and glamour on the small screen. Thinking about getting some work done?Something lifted, smoothed

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