This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America by Ryan Grim

Publishing by Wiley - July 09

Stock up on munchies and line up your water bottles: in This is Your Country on Drugs, journalist Ryan Grim will take you on an oh-so-trippy tour of illicit drug use in the US - from agony (the huge DEA bust of an acid lab in an abandoned missile silo in Kansas) to ecstasy (hallucinogens at raves and music festivals). Along the way Grim discovers some counterintuitive truths...

Experimental Man: What One Man’s Body Says about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World by David Ewing Duncan

Wiley - July 2009

In Experimental Man, bestselling author David Ewing Duncan takes the ultimate high-tech medical exam, investigating the future impact of what's hidden deep inside all of us. Taking "guinea pig" journalism to the cutting edge of science, he examines his genes, environment, brain, and body, exploring what they reveal about his and his family's future health, traits, and ancestry, as well as the profound impact of this new self-knowledge on what it means to be human.

1959: The Year Everything Changed

1959: The Year Everything Changed

By Fred Kaplan
Publishing by Wiley - July 09

ISBN: 9780470387818; Hardback; £18.99, EUR 23.30

Conventional historical wisdom focuses on the sixties as the era of pivotal change that swept the nation, yet, as Fred Kaplan argues, it was 1959 that ushered in the wave of tremendous cultural, political, and scientific shifts that would play out in the turbulent decade that followed.

Flirting For Dummies by Elizabeth Clark

Published by Wiley, June 2009

Did you know that 80% of people make a snap judgement about you in the time it takes you to walk from one side of a room to another? And that forming their actual opinion of you then takes between three and five minutes? Interestingly, it can then take up to 21 further meetings before a person changes that opinion…
 
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of “Get your coat darlin’, you’ve pulled!”, or worse-still use this as your normal chat-up line and don’t know why you’re rewarded with an icy stare instead of a smile, then you’ll know that flirting can feel like a bit of a mine-field.  Written by renowned flirting and charisma expert, Elizabeth Clark, Flirting For Dummies provides indispensable advice to boost self-confidence and help you to engage with people in a natural and charming way – with no cheesy one-liners in sight!

Click here to check out Elizabeth's Top Tips for Flirting your way to a fab Summer Romance

Want company this Valentine's? Click here for Elizabeth's flirting tips

 

New Wiley Consumer Books Round-Up: June - September '09

Please read the full post for information about each of these titles.

• Built for Britain: Bridges to Beach Huts by Peter Ashley

• This is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America by Ryan Grim

• 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan

• The Cave and the Cathedral: How a Real-Life Indiana Jones and a Renegade Scholar Decoded the Ancient Art of Man by Amir Aczel

• Collider: The Search for the World’s Smallest Particles by Paul Halpern

• Boosting Self-Esteem For Dummies® by Rhena Branch & Rob Willson

• The Gastrokid Cookbook: Feeding a Foodie Family in a Fast-Food World by Hugh Garvey & Matthew Yeomans

• The Painspotting Handbook: The Recession Years – A Field Guide to the 50 Most Frightful Characters You’ll Meet in a Financial Crises by Andrew Holmes

• Madoff with the Money by Jerry Oppenheimer

• 300 Unmissable Events and Festivals Around the World by Whatsonwhen.com

For a review copy of any of the books featured please contact Alicia Barker via the Media Form.

Please read on for full info about each of these titles...

Pillsbury Fast Slow Cooker Cookbook

Pillsbury Fast Slow Cooker Cookbook:
15-minute prep and your slow cooker does the rest!

 978-0-471-75310-0 | £13.99, €16.70

What's even better than coming home to a savoury, slow-cooked meal..? Spending as little time as possible preparing it!

100-CALORIE SNACK COOKBOOK by Sally Sampson

100-CALORIE SNACK COOKBOOK
by Sally Sampson, Foreword by Kathy McManus, M.S., R.D.

£12.99 | Paperback Original | 978-0-470-45198-4

Are you hit by a ‘snack attack’ at the same time each day and find yourself forking-out for ‘low-calorie’ snacks at extortionate prices? Or, worse, do you always cave-in to an afternoon sugar dip and end up eating chocolate bars and sweets, only to feel guilty later on? Do you wish you had a host of tasty snacks to reach for when the biscuit cravings hit but find yourself lost for ideas?

BETTY CROCKER’S PARTY COOKBOOK

BETTY CROCKER’S PARTY COOKBOOK

For Immediate release

£11.99/€12.20   |   ISBN: 978-0-470-38625-5

This faithful reproduction of Betty Crocker's Party Book will be a treat for anyone who lived through the 1960s--or wished they had!

COFFEE LOVE: 50 Ways to Drink Your Java by Daniel Young

Coffee Love by Daniel Young

For immediate release

978-0-470-28937-2 | £11.99/€13.90

From Milan to Mexico City, Budapest to Bangkok, nothing both unites and divides people like coffee.

CBT expert, Avy Joseph advises us on how to cope with depression

Depression

‘People are not disturbed by events but by the view they hold about them.’ Epictitus

 

This principle is at the heart of nearly all emotional and behavioural change. It can be challenging particularly if at the moment you are feeling depressed.

Skinnytinis: ALL THE FUN FOR HALF THE CALORIES

Skinnytinis: ALL THE FUN FOR HALF THE CALORIES by Teresa Marie Howes

Are you watching the calories …
but long for that after-work
cocktail … or weekend
tipple? The answer is
Skinnytinis !

- Tips on the best ingredients for low calorie cocktails
- For both traditional and modern recipes, from a Skinny Mojito to a Strawberry Cheesecake Skinnytini, you can cut your drinks to an average of 142 calories!

Wiley Photo Contest Invites Photographers to Enter their Best Travel Photos

Wiley is partnering with SmugMug.com to host the Wiley Photo Challenge, a series of photography contests that will run from May 1, 2009 – July 31, 2009. Photographers with all levels of experience are invited to submit photos for a chance to win cash and other prizes.

About the Contests

The Wiley Photo Challenge will consist of three themed contests, each with a one month duration.

 

 

CBT expert, Avy Joseph advises us on how to be protected against the emotional upheaval of the recession

Emotional Recession

“People are not disturbed by events but by the view they hold about them”

This principle is at the heart of nearly all emotional and behavioural change and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.  It can be challenging when you first allow yourself to be open to the fact that we are responsible for our own emotions.  Many people believe that what is about to happen or what has happened ‘make you feel how you feel and do what you do’.
   

Give Peace a Chance: John & Yoko’s Bed-in For Peace

By Joan Athey, Paul McGrath and Gerry Deiter

Published by Wiley, For Immediate Release
ISBN: 9780470160442 – Hardback - £14.99

A new book featuring previously unseen photos of John & Yoko’s ‘bed-in for peace’.

Wiley to publish A Gift to my Children by Jim Rogers

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced that it plans to publish the book A Gift to my Children: a Father’s Lessons for Life and Investing, by the co-founder of the Quantum Fund, Jim Rogers.  The book’s scheduled publication date is 12 May 2009.

A Gift to my Children is a heartfelt, indispensable guide written for his daughters to find success and happiness in life.  The book has a wide appeal among those who are keen to secure their financial futures as well as investors.  In A Gift to my Children, Jim Rogers offers advice with his trademark candour and confidence, but this time he adds paternal compassion, protectiveness and love.  Rogers reveals how to learn from triumphs and mistakes in order to achieve a prosperous, well-lived life.