The book examines what diabetes is and how it comes about. It describes many changes you can make to your diet, and looks at physical activity and how exercise can be used to maintain and improve health. Also covered are the best ways to control your weight, blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and avoiding complications.

Red wine is good for us. Alcohol is bad for us. Cut out sugar. Eat less fat. Eat more fat.Every day we’re bombarded by often-contradictory advice on what to do to keep ourselves healthy. How can we separate fact from fad?Written by a medical clinician, this is the ultimate myth-busting guide to what will really help us live a long and healthy life. Professor Thomas looks at each item on the ‘longevity list’ in turn, analysing why it’s come to be considered a health priority...

Diabetes is the world’s modern pandemic. But it needn’t mean a world of frustration, restrictions and complications. Most people with diabetes are able to live full, free and healthy lives. It just takes clear understanding and good management. In ‘Understanding Type 2 Diabetes’, Professor Merlin Thomas of the renowned Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute clearly explains: • What diabetes is and how it comes about. • What is the right diet for someone with diabetes, and how to achieve it...

Sin nombreSin recuerdosSin hogarUn mar embravecido arroja a un niño a la costa del antiguo Gales. Aunque no lo sabe, algún día se convertirá en el mago más grande de todos los tiempos. Abandonado a su suerte, y decidido a averiguar quién es y a conocer la verdad sobre sus misteriosos poderes, se adentra en una tierra ignota y encantada. Una tierra a la que su destino está profundamente ligado.

UN RETO INESPERADOUNA CARRERA CONTRA EL TIEMPOUN DESTINO INCIERTOEl joven Merlín ha liberado a Fincayra, la isla encantada que se oculta entre la tierra y el cielo, de una espantosa plaga. Aun así, esta tierra mística continúa estando en peligro y las verdaderas pruebas que Merlín debe superar apenas han comenzado. A fin de salvar a su madre enferma, Merlín habrá de dominar los Siete Cantares de la Hechicería. Durante el viaje, se enfrentará a una tarea imposible: d...

En esta, la tercera historia de su epopeya artúrica, T. A. Barron añade una nueva y emocionante dimensión a la leyenda de Merlín.Alas de Fuego, el dragón dormido, ha despertado amenazando con desatar su terrible ira sobre toda Fincayra. Solo el joven Merlín, nieto del gran Mago Tuatha, puede detenerlo, auque el precio puede ser la vida del joven mago. Pero antes de que pueda enfrentarse a los fuegos del dragón, Merlín debe soportar fuegos de otros tipos, incluidos los de su interio...

Danmarks redningshelikopter og de mennesker, der betjener den, spiller en livsvigtig rolle i både ind- og udland. Denne bog giver et unikt indblik i de dramatiske missioner, helikopteren og dennes besætninger er involveret i. “Ground extraction – ground extraction,” lød det fra højttalerne på basen. Det var sort nat, og jeg befandt mig i Mazar-e Sharif i det nordlige Afghanistan. Jeg var klarmelder på en EH101 Merlinhelikopter, som var udstationeret på mission i landet. Sådan begynder en f...

Danmarks redningshelikopter og de mennesker, der betjener den, spiller en livsvigtig rolle i både ind- og udland. Denne bog giver et unikt indblik i de dramatiske missioner, helikopteren og dennes besætninger er involveret i. “Ground extraction – ground extraction,” lød det fra højttalerne på basen. Det var sort nat, og jeg befandt mig i Mazar-e Sharif i det nordlige Afghanistan. Jeg var klarmelder på en EH101 Merlinhelikopter, som var udstationeret på mission i landet. Sådan begynder en f...

Seit fast fünfzehn Jahren prämiert Deutschlands größte Online-Publikation für Phantastik, das Corona Magazine, in jeder Ausgabe eine von einer wechselnden Jury ausgewählte Kurzgeschichte. In der Reihe Phantastische Gutenachtgeschichten veröffentlicht der Verlag in Farbe und Bunt ungekürzte Fassungen dieser wunderbaren Kleinode - vertont von im Genre bekannten Sprechern. Umrahmt von Musik zum Träumen bieten die sechs Geschichten die ideale Unterhaltung vor dem Zubettgehen, in der entspannte...

A study of the little-known career of Germany's Panther, perhaps the greatest tank of World War II, in foreign hands both during and after the war.The Panther was arguably the most successful medium tank design of World War II. While some were used by the Western Allies, the Russians used the greatest number of captured Panthers against Nazi Germany, though they did not find much favour thanks to their mechanical unreliability and difficulty in acquiring spare part...

Destiny calls when you least expect.After five harrowing years in the Hundred Halls surviving dangerous supernatural threats, our group of young mages have each taken their own paths away from the university. But the recently returned Head Patron, Invictus, has need of their skills. Brought together under the banner of The Order of Merlin, these mages must survive everything their teacher throws at them—and each other—to become the team the world needs. Otherwise t...

Allies can be found in unlikely places.The threat against the Hundred Halls grows clearer by the day—the barrier between Invictus and the demonic realm is breaking down. In hopes of stopping the invasion before it begins, the Order of Merlin must court alliances with powerful beings who have their own suspect motives. The mages will also have to come to terms with the demons of their own pasts, solve the conflicts within the Hundred Halls, and put themselves and their futures at ri...