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Harmony Books
Harmony Books is an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, itself part of publisher Penguin Random House. It was founded by Bruce Harris, a Crown executive, in 1972. The imprint has been used for such books as: *Jill Freedman, ''Circus Days'' (1975, , ). *Mark Lewisohn, ''The Beatles Recording Sessions'' (1988, ). *Leni Riefenstahl, '' Vanishing Africa'' (1982, ). *Stephen Jay Gould, '' Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin'' (1996, ). Harmony Books is currently focused on books about personal transformation, well-being, health, relationships, self-improvement, and spirituality. Books and authors include ''Master Your Metabolism'' by Jillian Michaels, ''Change Your Brain, Change Your Body'' by Daniel G. Amen, '' The Dukan Diet'', Deepak Chopra, ''The 4-Hour Workweek'' and ''The 4-Hour Body'' by Timothy Ferriss, eighteen books with Suzanne Somers, ''Queen Bees & Wannabes'' and ''Masterminds & Wingmen'' by Rosalind Wiseman and multiple books with the Dalai L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However, harmony is generally understood to involve both vertical harmony (chords) and horizontal harmony (melody). Harmony is a perceptual property of music, and, along with melody, one of the building blocks of Western music. Its perception is based on consonance, a concept whose definition has changed various times throughout Western music. In a physiological approach, consonance is a continuous variable. Consonant pitch relationships are described as sounding more pleasant, euphonious, and beautiful than dissonant relationships which sound unpleasant, discordant, or rough. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Counterpoint, which refers to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalind Wiseman
Rosalind Wiseman is an American author and public speaker. She is a multiple New York Times bestselling author, including ''Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence''— that was the basis for ''Mean Girls''. In 2015, Wiseman co-founded Cultures of Dignity. Wiseman is the creator of the Owning Up Curriculum. She lives in Colorado with her husband and two sons. Early life Wiseman grew up in Washington, D.C. with her two younger siblings and parents Kathy, a management consultant, and Steve Wiseman, a real estate developer. After attending Maret School in Washington, DC she attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, where she began studying martial arts with fellow student James Edwards, whom she married in 1996. By the time she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1991, Wiseman had earned a second degree black belt (martial arts), blackbelt in Tang Soo Do karate. Wiseman is Jewis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is ''codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's ''Physics'' is called a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haylie Pomroy
Haley is an English surname. It is based on a place name derived from Old English ''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow",Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. The surname Haley was found in County Sligo (Irish: Sligeach), in the province of Connacht in Northwestern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times. The original form of Haley is ''O hEalaighthe'', which is derived from the word "ealadhach," which means "ingenious." Another Gaelic form of the surname is ''O hEilidhe'', which is derived from the word "eilidhe," which means "claimant". Variant spellings include Heily, Hailey, Hayley, and Healy. The given name Hayley (which has many variant spellings) was derived from it. The family name Haley is also a variant spelling of the anglicized Irish Healy (surname). People with the surname Haley * Alex Haley (1921-1992), African American writer * Andrew Haley (born 1974), Canadian Paralympic swimmer * Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 4-Hour Body
''The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman'' is a nonfiction book by American writer Tim Ferriss. It was published by Crown Publishing Group in 2010. It focuses on diet, with chapters on exercise, sleep, and sexual performance. It debuted at number one on the New York Times Bestseller List and spent three weeks in the top three. The book elicited some controversy for its claims. Book Ferriss said that he spent three years interviewing over 200 people, from doctors to athletes to black-market drug salesmen, in preparing the book. The book advocates what Ferriss calls a "Slow-carb Diet", which imposes three cardinal strictures: eat a very simple set of meals repeatedly; focus on "slow carbs"; and allow one "cheat day" a week when all foods are allowed. The diet prohibits starches and all things sweet (including fruit and all artificial sweeteners), with strong preferences for lean protein and a few specific vegetables. The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jillian Michaels (personal Trainer)
Jillian Michaels (born February 18, 1974) is an American personal trainer, businesswoman, author, and television personality from Los Angeles, California. Michaels is best known for her appearances on NBC, particularly ''The Biggest Loser''. She has also made an appearance on the talk show '' The Doctors''. In fall 2015, she hosted and co-judged a series on Spike titled ''Sweat, INC''. In January 2016, her reality television series '' Just Jillian'' premiered on E!. Early life Michaels was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of JoAnn, a psychotherapist, and Douglas McKarus, a lawyer. She was raised in Tarzana. Michaels attended California State University, Northridge, supporting herself as a bartender and personal trainer during that time. After working briefly as an agent with International Creative Management, in 2002, Michaels opened the sports medicine facility Sky Sport & Spa in Beverly Hills. Career As a personal trainer and black belt holder, Michaels uses a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Amen
Daniel Gregory Amen (born July 1954) is an American celebrity doctor who practices as a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist as director of the Amen Clinics. He is a five-time ''New York Times'' best-selling author as of 2012. Amen has built a profitable business around the use of SPECT ( single-photon emission computed tomography) imaging for purported diagnostic purposes. His marketing of SPECT scans and much of what he says about the brain and health in his books, media appearances, and marketing of his clinics has been condemned by scientists and doctors as lacking scientific validity and as being unethical, especially since the way SPECT is used in his clinics exposes people to harmful radiation with no clear benefit. Amen has studied brain injuries affecting professional athletes and has consulted on post-concussion issues for the National Football League. Early life and education Daniel Amen was born in Encino, California, in July 1954 to Lebanese immigrant par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Myss
Caroline Myss (pronounced ''mace''; born 1952) is an American author of 10 books and many audio recordings about mysticism and wellness. She is most well known for publishing '' Anatomy of the Spirit'' (1996). She also co-published The Creation of Health with Dr C Norman Shealy MD - ex Harvard professor of neurology. Her most recent book, ''Archetypes: Who Are You?'' was published in 2013. Myss describes herself as a medical intuitive and a mystic.Sacred Contracts Caroline Myss on '''', 2002. She was on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' several times including her 2002 appearance. In 2001 she hosted a TV series titled ''The Journey With Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Jo Peltier
Melissa Jo Peltier is a New York-based American producer and author. She produced, wrote and directed the 1994 A&E documentary mini-series '' Titanic: Death of a Dream'' and '' Titanic: The Legend Lives On'', the show ''Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan''. She has also co-authored five books with Millan on the subject of raising and training dogs. In 2013, she published her first novel, entitled ''Reality Boulevard.'' Peltier has won two News & Documentary Emmy awards and received the Humanitas Prize in 1993 for the documentary ''Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse''. Background and career Peltier was born and raised in New England, graduating cum laude from Pomona College in Claremont. She directed and co-wrote the primetime documentary special, ''Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse'', hosted by Oprah Winfrey, released in 1992. The documentary earned her a Humanitas Prize. Later, she directed and wrote the ''Breaking the Silence: Kids Against Child Abus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesar's Way
César Felipe Millán Favela (; ; born August 27, 1969) is a Mexican-American dog trainer. He is widely known for his Emmy-nominated television series ''Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan'', which was produced from 2004 to 2012 and is broadcast in more than 80 countries worldwide. Millan is a ''New York Times'' best-selling author and has his own line of dog products and instructional DVDs. Prior to ''The Dog Whisperer'' series, Millan focused on rehabilitating severely aggressive dogs and founded a rehab complex, the Dog Psychology Center, in South Los Angeles (2002–2008). Millan's first three books, including ''Cesar's Way'', all became ''New York Times'' best sellers, have cumulatively sold two million copies in the United States, and are available in 14 other countries. With Ilusión Millan, his former wife, he founded the Millan Foundation – later renamed the Cesar Millan Foundation and currently called the Cesar Millan PACK Project. The foundation was established to pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gottman
John Mordechai Gottman (born April 26, 1942) is an American psychologist, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington. His work focuses on divorce prediction and marital stability through relationship analyses. The lessons derived from this work represent a partial basis for the relationship counseling movement that aims to improve relationship functioning and the avoidance of those behaviors shown by Gottman and other researchers to harm human relationships. His work has also had a major impact on the development of important concepts on social sequence analysis. He and his wife, psychologist Julie Schwartz Gottman, co-founded and lead a relationship company and therapist training entity called The Gottman Institute. They have also co-founded Affective Software Inc, a program designed to make marriage and relationship counseling methods and resources available to a larger audience. Gottman was recognized in 2007 as one of the 10 most influential therapists o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Marie Somers (née Mahoney; born October 16, 1946) is an American actress, author, singer, businesswoman, and health spokesperson. She appeared in the television role of Chrissy Snow on ''Three's Company'' and as Carol Foster Lambert on '' Step by Step''. Somers later became the author of a series of self-help books, including ''Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones'' (2006), about bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. She has released two autobiographies, four diet books, and a book of poetry. Somers has been criticized for her views on some medical subjects and her advocacy of the Wiley Protocol, which has been labelled as "scientifically unproven and dangerous". Her promotion of alternative cancer treatments has received criticism from the American Cancer Society. Personal life Born Suzanne Marie Mahoney in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno, California, Somers is the third of four children in an Irish-American Catholic family. Her mother, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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