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Fitness and Health, Non-Fiction

Sex at Dawn

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Originally published: June 29, 2010
Authors: Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jethá
Page count: 384
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: United States of America
Subjects: Human sexuality, Anthropology

 

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Humans evolved but primal instincts remain. Men and women are wired to seek different objectives. Sex is viewed differently across societies, cultures and species; chimpanzees, gorilla, orangutan and gibbon. Sex was an expression of friendship, with no coercion and was offered willingly. For some, it is a transaction, a barter trade by sex as a means to gain access to resources and/or social standing. ‘Make love not war’ is especially true for bonobos who have sex to ensure close bondings among the group. A light-hearted book that explores sexuality from then till now across all human and apes.

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Biography/Autobiography, Fitness and Health, Non-Fiction, Self Help

The Art of Happiness – Dalai Lama XIV, Howard C. Cutler

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The Art of Happiness – Dalai Lama XIV, Howard C. Cutler

Nearly every time you see him, he’s laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He’s the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and an increasingly popular speaker and statesman. What’s more, he’ll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that “the very motion of our life is towards happiness.” How to get there has always been the question. He’s tried to answer it before, but he’s never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand. Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. Together with Dr. Cutler, he explores many facets of everyday life, including relationships, loss, and the pursuit of wealth, to illustrate how to ride through life’s obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace.

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Fitness and Health, Non-Fiction

Ten: A Lean and Sculptured Body in Ten Weeks – Vincent Ng

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TEN: A Lean and Sculpted Body in Ten Weeks
TEN: A Lean and Sculpted Body in Ten Weeks
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Vincent Ng’s book Ten

TEN is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow fitness plan that works. Tried and tested by former national athlete and MediaCorp artiste, Vincent Ng, TEN combines the principles of nutrition, weight and cardiovascular exercise into a training system developed to help you burn fat and build muscle in just ten weeks. With unique insights from his sporting and entertainment careers, Vincent shows you what works and what doesn’t, while debunking the many fitness myths that may be stopping you from getting that lean, hard and chiselled body you deserve. Be inspired by Vincent’s candid account of his ten weeks on the programme as he guides you on every step of your journey to fitness. Through TEN, Vincent shows us that with determination and the right techniques, it is easy to achieve results that you can flaunt.

A relatively straightforward book with great photographs for all ages to learn and understand the basic requirements of bodybuilding. ~ BooksAvenue

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