Tweakers or The Easy Fitness Workbook

Tweakers: How Crystal Meth Is Ravaging Gay America

Author: Frank Sanello

Drawing upon conversations with addicts as well as experts in the gay community and at drug treatment centers, journalist Frank Sanello examines how crystal-meth abuse is reaching epidemic levels among gay men, and how almost one-third of the new cases of HIV are caused by the decreased mental capacity associated with crystal. Tweakers get a quick, cheap high, an exhilarating loss of inhibition and increased stamina at the price of permanent behavioral changes, brain damage and death.

Frank Sanello is a Los Angeles-based journalist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe and the New York Times Syndicate. He is the author of Opium Wars, The Knights Templar and To Kill a King.

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The Easy Fitness Workbook: The Complete Fitness Class in a Book

Author: Lorna Lee Malcolm

Get all the benefits of a personal trainer—in a book! This unique spiral-bound workbook and CD set presents a complete fitness program that targets three key areas: cardiovascular health, muscle strength, and suppleness. The twenty exercises that make up the plan’s core can be done in isolation, to focus on specific areas or train for a particular sport, or as part of a general full-body workout. And they can easily be modified to suit any level of ability. The 60-minute audio CD features spoken instructions for all the exercises in sequence, plus the warm up and cool-down: the result is an expertly guided, safe workout. Additionally, there’s an enlightening explanation of the basic principles of fitness and anatomy, and advice on creating a regime you can stick with.