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The DASH diet stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. It is a lifelong approach to healthy eating which aims at treating or preventing high blood pressure and hypertension. The diet encourages you to reduce the intake of sodium in your diet and to eat a variety of food items rich in nutrients that lower blood pressure, like potassium, calcium, and magnesium.

When Leta’s sister Lyrinn disappeared after the Blood Trials, there was only one thing for Leta to do: seek solace in the arms of Prince Corym, the most powerful mortal in Kalemnar. For months, she’s been living in the palace and reveling in a life of wealth and luxury. The prince wants to marry Leta. The king approves. On the surface, life is almost perfect. So why, all of a sudden, does Leta want more than anything to flee the palace?

In 2019, emotionally lost foster teen Philo Nockby is suddenly told his dead parents were time-traveling agents and is whisked away to the year 3451. In this complex future, some humans evolved to have triple helix DNA and civilization expanded to live below oceans, in the skies, and rule over Antarctica. Philo and his new friends Raelyn, Alani, and Xendo must investigate human history and the ancient martial art of kineoka at the same academy that destroyed his family, to defend the world's future from the devastating secrets his parents fought to reveal.

Blame it on Hawaii’s rainbows, sparkling beaches, fruity cocktails, and sensuous breezes. For Heather Diamond, there for a summer course on China, a sea change began when romance bloomed with Fred, an ethnomusicologist from Hong Kong. One night under a full moon, Fred tells Heather the story of Chang’e, the moon goddess. He points out how the shadows form a rabbit pounding an elixir of immortality, but all Heather sees in the moon is a man’s face. Returning to her teaching job in Texas, Heather wonders if the whirlwind affair was a moment of madness.

There is nothing better than being able to laugh uncontrollably at the silliest things. This book is jam packed with loads of silly puns and "dad jokes" for all ages that will have even the most serious person smiling and giggling. These jokes are based on the wonderful mysteries of space, and make the unknown galaxy a bit more relatable through simple humour that will leave every listener feeling the need to re-tell everything they have heard to the nearest person. With a mixture of puns, jokes, and dry humour, there is a variety of humour for everyone to enjoy!

Planets in our solar system have so many cool facts about them that scientists have made very complicated to understand. This book has taken some of the most amazing facts and repackaged them in a way that makes it easy for kids to understand. From the most basic facts right through to some of the most amazing and not well know ones, this book covers everything a child would love to know.

Space is such an amazing part of our worlds existence, but it can seem complicated to explain to adults, let alone kids! This book will trigger the natural curiosity within young children with amazing facts about the mysteries of space. From the very basics of what the galaxy is, right through to the name of the first man on the moon, this book relays the complexity of space into really easy and understandable explanations.

This book will serve as an examination of a diet that has become a trend with celebrities and the main stream public. This book will provide the uneducated with a lot more information regarding the alkaline diet, which should be regarded as a lifestyle. This book will begin with a discussion about the facts surrounding this diet and will then examine how the alkaline diet has the ability to repair the immune system.

Has that air fryer you’ve gotten yourself been lying unopened in your kitchen? Have you been too intimidated by this seemingly high-tech contraption that you’ve avoided using it? If you want to fully utilize your air fryer and get the maximum benefits from it, then this guide is perfect for you. In This Air Fryer Book Is Not a Cookbook, you will discover: how to get started with the air fryer from taking it out of the box to using it for the very first time; how to choose the right air fryer based on your budget, needs, and cooking preferences; and more.

Has anyone ever questioned your choice to be vegan? How many times have you engaged in an argument and just not had the right comeback? Armed with the facts and evidence provided by this guide, you’ll soon be on your way to "one-up" anyone who is trying or has been trying to discredit your choices.

Four romance writers. Four failed marriages. Can they create the perfect man? Romance writers should be experts on love, but that’s not the case with Libby Day and her friends. Although they can come up with great stories on the page, their relationships in real life are all miserable failures. While on a writing retreat in the mountains, they decide to try to pen the perfect man—the kind that only exists in a novel.

This bundle encompasses really interesting facts about space and the planets in the galaxy that will not only blow your mind but also provide some great knowledge. The books were designed to be straightforward and easy to consume, with some context around each fact and explanations that make some hard to believe facts understandable and most of all fun!

The month of Darkness is quickly approaching. It is a time when the denizens of the night roam the land freely and the citizens of Arkdale lock themselves behind their high walls seeking refuge. This cycle has repeated itself for centuries. Now the world is changing. An ancient secret buried deep beneath the land mournfully sings of the approaching chaos. Now Walt, Rainna, Mallek, and Lucas must race to solve the enigmas of their ancestors before all that they know and love is plunged into eternal darkness.

An unexpected ruler will rise in the kingdom of Azulyria. The selection process is a test of worthiness and is quite painful. Ivyssa searches for help and accidentally interrupts a sacred ritual. Because of her interference, an innocent loses their life. A building desire for revenge takes an unprecedented turn as a spell goes horribly wrong, taking all of Azulyria with it. Decades later, it is now up to an ex-FBI agent and a Stone Walker to reverse the tragic fate that had befallen a land full of elemental powers and intrigue. 

Isabel is having an existential crisis. She’s three years into high school, and everything she’s learned has only shaken her faith in humanity. Late one night, she finds herself drawn to a niche corner of the internet—a forum whose members believe firmly in one thing: that there are indeed people out in the world quietly performing impossible acts of heroism. You might even call them supers. No, not in the comic book sense—these are real people, just like each of us, but who happen to have a power or two.

Samantha Barnes is ready to get out of her comfort zone. Preparing to study abroad, she wants to enjoy a final fling with frat brother Dylan Hunter before departing for Japan. But when Dylan demands more, she struggles to find a way to end their relationship without hurting them both. When love becomes a tightrope walk between control and fear, sometimes the worst thing that can happen isn’t breaking things off. It’s continuing on, especially when the consequences could be deadly.

I'm Kira Fairwood, rogue kitsune and couch-surfer extraordinaire. Three months after disowning my pack, I'm still trying to find a way home. Then a way home finds me. All I have to do is follow the advice of a murderer, trespass on an enemy alpha's territory, and nab a stranger who shares my fox heritage. Thom thinks it's a terrible idea, but he puts his not-quite-pack on the line to help anyway. Now, if I fail, I'll drag my new friends down with me. What could possibly go wrong?

Samantha Barnes is ready to break out of her comfort zone. After a disastrous fling with a frat brother, she leaves for a semester abroad in Japan in hopes of an international adventure. But even when she meets a charming Scottish rugby player who feels like her soulmate, she allows her former mistakes to keep him at arm's length. Taking the time to find herself in the Land of the Rising Sun, Samantha starts to fall for the sexy university athlete. But when tragedy strikes back at home, she fears unresolved trauma will prevent her from chasing the happiness she deserves.

On the night of Bel’s birthday, at the stroke of midnight, her world goes black. When she wakes, she is thrust into a new and frightening world—the underground Onyx City. It is a place rife with magic and creatures of the night. It is also a place of dark beauty, dangerous intrigue and ruled by a beast—the ruthless vampire prince, Ezra Blade. When Bel makes a desperate attempt to escape her captors, she trespasses through the royal gardens, and is caught by the prince himself. Now, her fate is in his hands.

I'm Kira Fairwood, fox shifter and reluctant heir to a cut-throat old werewolf. As this week's annoyance, he forces me to attend a series of contests that often turn bloody.