10 Books You Should (Re)Discover

School just ain't what it used to be. Or is it? Some books can take us back to our school days and teach us valuable lessons all over again. Here are some of our favorites.

1. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Ahh, adventures in Paris--what could be better? Madeline and 11 other little girls live "in an old house in Paris," under the care and tutelage of Miss Clavel. This edition captures their exploits in three-dimensional pop-up spreads of selected scenes from the book based on Ludwig Bemelmans's original illustrations.

2. Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
A gentle schoolmaster is ridiculed at first by his rowdy charges, but gradually his dignity and generosity gain the students' respect. Did you have a teacher you tortured, whom you later grew to admire? You're bound to identify your former teacher with Mr. Chips, who over the years has come to represent all beloved teachers, whose lessons extend beyond the classroom.

3. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
An heiress has a difficult time at boarding school after her father suddenly dies, leaving her penniless. No longer a "princess," she endures cruel treatment from the other students. Despite her change in fortunes, she remains determined to maintain her dignity and to give voice to her princess within.

4. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
What happens after Holden Caulfield flunks out of boarding school yet again? The school of hard knocks has some bitter--and often hilarious--lessons in store. Sixteen-year old Holden narrates this classic coming-of-age story, offering wry commentary on the "phoniness" of the adult world around him and hinting at the emptiness inside.

5. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Harriet is a young girl determined to be a famous writer. To gather material, she faithfully writes in her secret notebook everything she sees and hears while walking her daily "spy route." She makes brilliant observations of life's absurdities, and her writing career seems assured--until the notebook is discovered by her classmates who read it aloud. Suddenly, she finds herself a social outcast and the target of her vengeful classmates.

6. The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
The unbelievably popular series about life at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry starts with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. As you must know by now, Harry's unbearable childhood is transformed when an owl delivers a mysterious letter inviting him to attend a school for wizards. The young wizard-in-training encounters one adventure after another, and confronts the great destiny that awaits him. While you're waiting for the next novel in the series, have you reread the first one yet?

7. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
A tale of friendship and betrayal at a private New England school for boys during World War II. One is brainy and lonely. The other is handsome and athletic. The two form an intense bond that draws out both the best and worst in each. A Separate Peace is an unflinching look at the dark side of adolescence and a classic portrayal of the complexity of friendship.

8. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
An eccentric teacher in Edinburgh in the 1930s has a soft spot for all things Italian, including Il Duce. Is she liberating young minds or preaching fascism? A defense of individual thought in the face of unchecked conventionality, the novel explores Miss Brodie's intense, and ultimately dangerous, relationship with six of her students.

9. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
A teenager refuses to be bullied--into selling chocolate--and winds up in a larger battle. Did your school have fundraisers? Did you ever sell raffle tickets or wash cars? Well, things could be worse. When Jerry Renault refuses to sell chocolate for his school's fundraiser, he provokes such divisiveness that the entire social fabric of the school seems to come apart at the seams.

10. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Surviving fourth grade and a rambunctious little brother isn't easy--can Peter do it? His little brother Fudgie is so disgustingly cute and so meddlesome that Peter's often not sure if he'll be able to make it another day. If you have a younger brother or sister, Peter's story may sound all too familiar--but this time it's fun.

Celiac - Discover The Link With The Obesity

By Cinzia Cervellini

Against the common believe, it's seems that there's a connection between the obesity and the celiac, even if today the scientific researchers are trying to find some confirms.

Most probably the causes that link these two diseases are:

genetic predisposition;
the malabsorbtion syndrome that cause a desire of the food, despite having absorbed enough calories. When the caloric amount is excessive the need of continuous eating, carrying the main fat through the body, so the pancreas's activity is reduced damaging the capacity of the cells to burn the fat stored provoking the weight's increase.

Definition:
the celiac is much diffused disease, but still very little known because of the insufficient information's campaign about this issue, a digestive disease of genetic origin that provokes the malabsorption of the food, is caused from chronic inflammation of the tenuous intestine due to the immunity reaction triggered from a mix of proteins – gliadins – contained in the “gluten”, protein that is founds in the grain and cereals.

When it appears:

in pediatric age with the following symptoms:

1.weight loss;2.diarrhoea;3.low growth;4.anaemia;5.herpetiforme dermatitis.

It can show itself also in adult age, in some cases the patient doesn't introduce any symptoms, for this reason it's known of:

Silent celiac:
there are alterations in the patients intestinal mucosa, but the subjects doesn't show the symptoms, because it's interested only one part of the tenuous intestine, but the remaining works regularly. But it's possible that increasing the doses of “gluten” present in the feeding, they trigger the symptoms.

Latent celiac:
the patient shows the genetic sensibility to the disturb but doesn't have neither the intestinal mucosa damaged nor the symptoms. But it's possible that increasing the assumed doses of “gluten” with the feeding, because an important event, like a surgery intervention, pregnancy or childbirth, they trigger the symptoms.

Diagnosis:
a child who doesn't grow must be submitted to a pediatric visit and must have a test verifying the existence of the malabsorption syndrome. Blood exams revealing the responsible antibody presence of the disease. For a confirm of the diagnosis it's necessary to resort the intestinal biopsy and to state the damages provoked by the gluten to the intestinal mucosa.

If the child is too little it's necessary repeating the exam after 6 months of gluten-free diet and after others 6 months of diet containing the gluten. All this to establish that the damages to the intestinal mucosa is provoked from the gluten.

The treatment:
despite this is a disease much diffused that it can have serious consequences for the child's and adult's health, actually is possible to cure it just with a gluten-free diet for lifetime.

Warning:
during the cooking of the meals, avoid accurately, to use the same cutlery stirring food for the family and the celiac subject, because you could contaminate the food of the patient rendering the gluten-free diet inefficient.

If the gluten free diet is not followed exactly it risks to develop the following diseases:

• low height (most of all when the disease is developed in childhood age and so the malabsorption syndrome provokes denutrition);
• abdominal pains;
• delay of development puberal;
• liver's diseases;
• intestinal cancer (intestinal linphom, adenocarcinoma);
• osteoporosis (provoked from a malabsorption of the calcium);
• epileptic convulsions (caused from a deficiency of folic acid);
• type 2 diabetes (youth insulin-dependent).

Advice:

Try to get, through the celiac associations, the “manual” to carry always with you, a product list of which the industries warranty the absolute absence of gluten.

Who says that the celiacs are forced to deprive themselves of the pleasures of the table? The problem, following a gluten-free diet, can be afforded with much serenity without renouncing to the taste and the social life.

No to gluten, yes to the eating pleasures!

Cinzia Cervellini is a private article writer and owner of blog: http://defeat-childhood-obesity.blogspot.com a public space where she loves sharing with the persons who asking and looking forward the responses about childhood obesity, issue of critical and increasing importance.

Discover Munich - The Most Famous Landmarks Of Munich

By Kim D

Munich is the capital city of the state of Bavaria and the third largest city in Germany. It is well known for its culture, architecture and the "Okoberfest" (the annual beer celebration). Getting around is easy because of its modern and efficient public transport system. On all major streets there are bike lanes, so it is safe and easy to travel by bike through the city. In Munich there are several interesting landmarks to visit like a large number of museums, art galleries, concert halls and historical buildings.

The most famous attractions in Munich are:

The Alte Pinakothek is one of the largest museums in Europe. It houses a large collection of paintings. This collection contains 800 paintings by European painters from the 14th century till the 18th century. Famous paintings in the museum are: Dürer's "Four Apostles"; Rogier van der Weyden's " columba-altar "; Altdorfer's "Battle of Alexander at Issus"; Botticelli's "Pieta" and Rubens' "Self-Portrait with his Wife". The Neue Pinakothek is Munich's museum of 19th century painting and sculptures. The collection consists mainly of German Romantics and French Impressionists. Goya, Manet, Renoir and Cezanne are some of the painters which works are on display.

The Deutsches Museum contains over 13 acres of exhibitions containing invaluable original machines and equipment, models and reconstructions, from classical mechanics to telecommunications, from a full-size reconstructed coal mine to space travel technology. Making the museum one of the largest museums of technology and natural sciences in the world. You can see airplanes, submarines and the first X-ray machine among other things. The live demonstrations and hands-on instructional aids are fun and informative for the visitor.

Built for the Olympic Games in 1972 with its tent-roof covering 75,000 square meters,the Olympic Park had become a well known landmark in Munich. This landscaped park contains sport facilities, lakes, bicycle paths, concert venues, restaurants and a football stadium. Don't miss the fascinating BMW Museum across the street, right next to the companies headquarters - which was constructed in the shape of a four-cylinder engine.

The Oktoberfest takes place every year late in September and runs to early October. The duration of the festival is two weeks. Located at "Theresienwiese" you can drink beyond your limits, meeting folks from all over the world. All beer tents close at 11 p.m., so make sure you start your trip early enough. About 30% of the yearly beer production of all the big breweries in Munich are consumed during these two weeks. You can also visit a giant fun fair, side shows and souvenir stands. Every year the Oktoberfest welcomes nearly 7 million visitors. This makes the Munich Oktoberfest the largest festival in the world.

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Discover Greece and the History

By Greg K. Hansward

Greece is one of the best places to travel because it is the one of the oldest countries. You will find that over 15 million tourists travel to Greece every year. The culture today has so much and it is a great place for you to kick back and enjoy a vacation or you may find that it is a way for you to educate your children about all the history that Greece has. You will find that there are lot of things that you will want to see in the Greece countryside.

The first place that you will want to visit in Greece is the Acropolis, which is the most recognized symbol of the culture. You will find that there are a lot of articles that online written about the Acropolis where you can pay your respects to the guardian while exploring the countryside.

You will also want to take the time to visit ancient Agora. The agora is where you will find the philosophers like Socrates and Plato took their time to expand on their ideas and thoughts. You will find this wonderful place for you to go. You will want to make sure that you don’t leave the country without seeing this site.

Also, do not forget about going to Athens. Athens is just one of the places in Greece that you will want to take your time to see. You will want to make sure that you see Athens because it is like Rome to Greece. It has all the history of Greece. You will definitely want to take your time to see Athens just because this city has fought long and hard, there are tons of things that you will want to experience in Greece, but always start with Athens.

There are many other things that you will want to see like a Hellenic National League and the Athens marathon. You will also want to take your time to volunteer for a cause. You will find that there are various skills and many organizations that would like to have help. Volunteer vacations are great because you are able to get away from your daily life, but also you will be doing good for the general public.

There are also many museums that you can go and see and they are many beaches that you can sit on when you go to Greece. It does border the Mediterranean Sea and it makes a lovely day at the beach when you go to the many in Greece. In addition, you will want to think about researching your time and taking part of the many summer events. You will want to check out when the local celebrations are so that you can make a huge difference in the way that you approach relaxing on your vacation in Greece.

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The Top Secret They Don’t Want You To Discover

By Allan Ingledue

Before you read this commentary I must warn you that you will probably be offended. However, if you will listen and learn, this could also may make you extremely wealthy.

I plan on revealing to you, the real dirty secret of the top info marketers.

What is this Dirty Internet Secret?

We know all about our audience – 'YOU'.

This is the number one rule of all sales and marketing. “Know Thy Prospect.”

We know all your innermost feelings, desires and beliefs.

We know that the most prevalent of these are fear and greed.

We know what kind of marketing you want to see and what kind you will buy from.

We know that you want to buy the quick and easy fixes rather than what will actually make you money.

We also know these are the exact same reasons you will fail.

You may be saying this is not you, and it may not be, but for 95% of you it is. This is the same reason why the online failure rate is 95%. Not really that hard to figure out, is it? This has been proven time after time in test after test.

With these facts in hand a great many info marketers have forsaken quality for quantity. Of course they deny this. However look at all the cheap info products that have exploded onto the scene of late.

I will not mention any but I will tell you that most cost seven dollars. I have seen a few variations of this where some are using the same model but selling for $9.97 or $10.97

How many of these so called bargains have you purchased?

Have you made any money from what they show you?

What did you discover?

I’ll tell you what I discovered. Throw together some plr articles to make a quick 15 to 20 page ebook and call it a special report. A quick crappy sales page and sell it for seven dollars.

If you give it a killer title you could possibly make a couple grand in a weeks time. Next week just do it again. This is called rinse and repeat.

That’s all there is to it. These reports are all sold on the principle that anyone serious about their business can spend seven dollars and if you can’t you should give up internet marketing.

I would say if you are going to give up because of what someone selling a seven dollar report told you, then yes, quit internet marketing.

I will also say that, if seven dollars is all you are willing to spend, then yes, you should quit internet marketing.

This is a business my friend and if you will not treat it as such then keep your job and stop wasting your money.

I myself have not reached the point where I am willing to publish or promote this form of information. I’d much rather market amazingly informative products that will actually help you make money.

Allan Ingledue is a freelance copywriter and Infomarketer. his Web site address is http://www.TrustedOpportunities.comVisit Now and upgrade your lifestyle today.