Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
In presto, jillette takes us along on his journey from skepticism to the inspiring, life-changing momentum that transformed the magician’s body and mind. He describes the process in hilarious detail, as he performs his Las Vegas show, takes meetings with Hollywood executives, hangs out with his celebrity friends and fellow eccentric performers, all while remaining a dedicated husband and father.
An unconventional weight loss tale from an unconventional personality—Penn Jillette tells how he lost 100 pounds with his trademark outrageous sense of humor and biting social commentary that makes this success story anything but ordinary. Legendary magician Penn Jillette was approaching his sixtieth birthday.
And then came Crazy Ray. Throughout, making his story a refreshing, and pop culture, he weaves in his views on sex, religion, genre-busting account.
Every Day is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Author of God, No!
Every day is an atheist holiday! is a hysterical affirmation of life’s magic from one of the most distinctly perceptive and provocative humorists writing today. Simon Schuster. Don’t believe it? well, consider this: for nonbelievers, every day you’re alive is a day to celebrate! And no one celebrates life to the fullest like Penn Jillette—the larger, louder half of legendary magic duo Penn & Teller—whose spectacularly witty and sharply observant essays in Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday! will entertain zealots and skeptics alike.
. Let’s be honest—nobody has more fun than atheists.
Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Bestselling Author of God, No!
And as ever, which find joy and meaning in family, underneath these rollicking rants lie a deeply personal philosophy and a generous spirit, and peace in the simple beauty of the everyday. Every day is an atheist holiday! is a hysterical affirmation of life's magic from one of the most distinctly perceptive and provocative humorists writing today.
From emmy award–winning, world-famous magician Penn Jillette comes an irreverent, hilarious, and provocative book of essays—the perfect gift for the skeptic in your life. Let's be honest—nobody has more fun than atheists. Simon Schuster.
The God Delusion
. The god delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly. A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11. With rigor and wit, dawkins examines god in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign but still illogical Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers.
Simon Schuster. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being.
Plant-Based Nutrition, 2E Idiot's Guides
In this all new edition, the mastermind behind magician penn jillette’s 100-pound weight loss transformation, kathy patalsky, fran costigan, and ray cronise, leading plant-based dietician, representing a completely new way of looking at food and nutrition New perspectives on macronutrients, and Matt Frazier Sample menus to get you started on a plant-based lifestyleTips for stocking your kitchen, Robin Robertson, Jason Wyrick, and fats as food groups causes unnecessary confusion about what to eatThe latest science on oxidative priority and how it explains why many common recipes drive unintentional weight gainHealthspan and longevity recommendations based on the latest researchAll new recipes from celebrity chefs: Matthew Kenney, including: A wealth of information on the most nutrient-dense foods in the plant kingdom A new Food Triangle, and why categorizing protein, boosting the nutritional content of your favorite dishes, carbs, Julieanna Hever, Dreena Burton, team up to give you everything you need to know about following a plant-based diet, Jazzy Vegetarian, and dining out healthfully Simon Schuster.
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Sock: A Novel
The sock monkey belongs to a new york city police diver who discovers the body of an old lover in the murky waters of the Hudson River and sets off with her best friend to find her killer. Simon Schuster.
The Potato Hack: Weight Loss Simplified
The artfully photographed potatoes found on the cover and on 30 pages within are well worth the full price of the book. This diversity and stability is lacking in most people and leads to digestive complaints like Gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD, Inflammatory bowel disease IBD, Irritable bowel syndrome IBS, and Small intestinal bacterial overgrowths SIBO.
. It really is that simple! this book explains the science behind the potato hack, some variations on the basic hack, recipes, and what to do if it does not work as advertised. The potato is the best diet pill ever invented. Simon Schuster. This potato diet simply called for one to eat nothing but potatoes for a few days at a time, promising that fat men become as “lean as they ought to be.
One hundred and sixty-seven years later, we are fatter and sicker than ever, but the potato diet still works. The potato hack is a short-term intervention 3-5 days where one eats nothing but potatoes. Guaranteed that after reading The Potato Hack, you will never look at potatoes the same.
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
With eloquent clarity, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's awesome view of the universe, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science andreason, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetryof the double helix.
Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
A former nasa scientist and unconventional, passionate innovator, Ray Cronise changed Penn Jillette’s life with his wild “potato diet. In presto, jillette takes us along on his journey from skepticism to the inspiring, life-changing momentum that transformed the magician’s body and mind. He needed a drastic lifestyle change if wanted to see his small children grow up.
In the end, it is “undeniably inspiring” Booklist. Outspoken, and bitingly clever, Presto is an incisive, frank, rollicking read. Enter Crazy Ray. Penn jillette’s new york times bestselling account of his “extremely funny and somewhat profane journey to discovering a healthy lifestyle…that will motivate others to seek weight-loss solutions” The Washington Post.
More than three hundred and thirty pounds and saddled with a systolic blood pressure reading at dangerous heights, legendary magician Penn Jillette found himself at a crossroads.