As Dr. Nathan Bryan clearly points out, there's one miracle molecule in your body that is largely responsible for your health and longevity...NITRIC OXIDE. -Lou Ignarro, 1998 Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine

The Secret of Nitric Oxide by Dr Nathan Bryan may be one of the most important books that you will ever read... -Mark C. Houston, M.D., M.S., M.Sc., Director, Hypertension Institute and Vascular Biology, Saint Thomas Hospital

Dr Bryan masterfully unveils the life-changing potential of nitric oxide, from its Nobel Prize-winning discovery to its transformative role in health and disease... -Robert Lufkin M.D., NYT bestselling author of Lies I Taught In Medical Schooland medical school professor

I enthusiastically endorse this book and urge all who care about health and healthy longevity to read it and incorporate this knowledge into your life... -Felice Gersh, M.D., Medical Director, Integrative Medical Group of Irvine

The remarkable discovery of the molecule nitric oxide or NO back in the early 1980s revolutionized vascular biology and the understanding of chronic disease. Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro, and Ferid Murad won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries about nitric oxide. Several years later, one man and his discoveries cracked the code on developing a solid dose form of nitric oxide gas as an oral delivery and also a dual-chamber delivery for topical applications. This book will take the reader through the early life of Dr. Bryan through his education and research that led to these important discoveries and will inspire, motivate and encourage others to follow their dreams and not give up even when it seems the cards are stacked against you.

As Dr. Nathan Bryan clearly points out, there's one miracle molecule in your body that is largely responsible for your health and longevity...NITRIC OXIDE. -Lou Ignarro, 1998 Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine

The Secret of Nitric Oxide by Dr Nathan Bryan may be one of the most important books that you will ever read... -Mark C. Houston, M.D., M.S., M.Sc., Director, Hypertension Institute and Vascular Biology, Saint Thomas Hospital

Dr Bryan masterfully unveils the life-changing potential of nitric oxide, from its Nobel Prize-winning discovery to its transformative role in health and disease... -Robert Lufkin M.D., NYT bestselling author of Lies I Taught In Medical Schooland medical school professor

I enthusiastically endorse this book and urge all who care about health and healthy longevity to read it and incorporate this knowledge into your life... -Felice Gersh, M.D., Medical Director, Integrative Medical Group of Irvine

The remarkable discovery of the molecule nitric oxide or NO back in the early 1980s revolutionized vascular biology and the understanding of chronic disease. Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro, and Ferid Murad won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries about nitric oxide. Several years later, one man and his discoveries cracked the code on developing a solid dose form of nitric oxide gas as an oral delivery and also a dual-chamber delivery for topical applications. This book will take the reader through the early life of Dr. Bryan through his education and research that led to these important discoveries and will inspire, motivate and encourage others to follow their dreams and not give up even when it seems the cards are stacked against you.

As you delve into 'Success!-Grit, Guts, and Integrity, ' you will be drawn into a narrative that is as compelling as it is educational. Marjorie's insights into leadership, perseverance, and ethical conduct are invaluable for anyone seeking to make a meaningful impact in their professional (and even personal) lives. Her story serves as a powerful reminder that true success is not measured solely by financial gains or accolades, but by the strength of character and the positive influence one has on others.

Marjorie's journey is a vivid illustration of how grit-the relentless pursuit of goals despite the obstacles-can propel one to unprecedented heights...

-Gabriel van Aalst, President and CEO, New Jersey Symphony

Excellent book. Marjorie Perry is a trailblazer. She is someone who has never shied away from challenges or allowed obstacles to prevent her from accomplishing her goals, no matter how lofty the aspiration or how difficult the journey.

-Dr. Teik C. Lim, Pres. NJIT

The life's lessons from this humble yet successful business woman is a valuable reminder of the importance of giving back.

-Robert Cohen, President, Stryker's Digital, Robotics and Enabling Technologies

Marjorie Perry, a lifelong resident of New Jersey, is the President and CEO of MZM Construction & Management Company, Inc. Equally as important, she is widely recognized as an innovator, public speaker, writer, and role model for women and minorities in business.

THE SICILIAN DIET is a clinically proven diet and lifestyle plan that helps you restore your intrinsic health and increase your longevity. More good news: you'll enjoy the process.

Written by a noted nutritional cardiologist / integrative medicine physician, with recipes supplied by his wife, also a physician (and a native of Sicily), THE SICILIAN DIET is much more than a credible, delicious way to eat well while losing excess weight and fat; it is a complete lifestyle plan that addresses all the elements essential to physical and mental wellness at any age. In the truest sense of the word, it is the diet for a good long life.

The content of THE SICILIAN DIET presents an appealing, do-able plan. Organized in three parts, the book leads the reader through a fundamental understanding of what shapes our health; the lifestyle steps that put and keep us on track; and the unique 90-day Sicilian Diet Plan, which includes a sampling of can't-wait-to-eat-that Sicilian recipes. Using down-to-earth language, the author condenses his years of study of longevity, diet, and the connection between lifestyle and disease to show us how easy-and enjoyable-is to live long and well.

Internationally recognized medical research shows that the current Standard American Diet (SAD) and lifestyle are the cause of an epidemic of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. But, there is good news coming out of these studies, too: a good diet and thoughtful lifestyle can not only prevent serious disease-it can also reverse it. THE SICILIAN DIET offers you that plan.

Mel Fisher spent over 8,000 days searching to find the $400 million treasure of gold, silver, and rare artifacts from the richest Spanish shipwreck ever recovered, the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, but it cost him the life of his son, daughter-in-law, and another diver in the quest. Finding the treasure was only the beginning of the battle he endured with the state of Florida and the U.S. Federal government in the U.S. Admiralty Courts over ownership, eventually winning in U.S. Supreme Court.

From a small midwestern town in Indiana, Mel, as a member of the Greatest Generation, was a 'Day-2' survivor of Normandy's 'Green Beach.' As a postwar visionary and a pioneer of underwater exploration and equipment, Mel was a fearless and determined leader of many treasure hunting expeditions from California to Florida, and around the world. In pursuit of his dreams, he relocated his entire family from California to Florida in the early 1960s on an adventurous search for sunken Spanish galleons.

Mel Fisher was no stranger to adversity and his fighting spirit and refusal to surrender are timeless examples to everyone who has ever dreamed of achieving the impossible. Even though Mel hunts for and finds treasure, he recognizes that it comes in myriad forms, including the richness of the journey, the people who surround it, the archaeology, and the continuity of life. Mel Fisher's inspiring and motivating attitude about hard work, perseverance and the value of education enabled him to achieve his unprecedented success, one day at a time, always believing that 'Today's the Day!'

Ireland, where Clancy became a professional writer, plays a significant role in this collection of journalism spanning four decades. Clancy has the eye. He froze a moment that captured The Troubles. This was a long time ago in Belfast. He watched a young boy, half a brick clutched in his hand, edge out of an alley, then pitch it through the window of the buffet car of a passing train.

He is a splendid travel writer, from Florence to the Finger Lakes, but never better than when he is in Ireland, where his spirit awoke. In the late 1970s, after several years as a New York cabbie, with meager success as a freelance writer, he and his wife, Mary Lydon, took the $4,000 she had earned as a freelance copy editor and bet it all on Dublin. It was romantic and pragmatic and they won. Ireland gave Clancy another home and the confidence to write a terrific novel, Blind Pilot, and become a successful magazine writer.

Daring, adventuresome, yes, but the reality for freelance writers was forever defined by the American humorist and journalist Robert Benchley, who noted that the freelancer is one who is paid per piece, or per word, or perhaps.

...

Other places represented here in significant numbers are New York City and Long Island. Even though the author hasn't lived there in 20 years, he is a New York City nationalist, and has roots in the East End of Long Island. Other places visited are Britain, Italy and the Netherlands with a few stops in America, and a journey to mountain monasteries set on the coasts of a remote peninsula in Northern Greece.

Also, people, places, events (and a few ghost stories) from Shelter Island, or The Rock, as some affectionally call the place where he has worked for more than a decade.

These pieces to follow are snapshots of times and places, and it's not news that both change, with writer William J. Hogan-quoted in the pages to follow-noting: If any man lives long enough, he becomes a stranger in his own place.

This book begins in New York in 1951 where Olney, a struggling artist, waited tables in Greenwich Village, then moves to Paris and weaves a magical description of food that becomes so real--as if you were actually there with Olney. It is a long-awaited story of the man who brought the simplicity of French cooking to the United States, and a statement about one of the finest and most important food professionals in the world. Mr. Olney's influence in the culinary profession was profound.... -New York Times ...an unparalleled view of French food and wine. -Chicago Tribune Olney was well ahead of his time. He was without doubt, one of the most influential of modern writers about food. He has a very strong claim to be considered the best. -Times, London Richard Olney, one of the first food writers to introduce the simple joys of French cooking to American readers was an American who lived in Europe for almost 50 years. He died unexpectedly July 31, 1999. Author of more than 35 titles and inspiration to hundreds more his works include French Menu Cookbook, Simple French Food, The Good Cook, Yquem, Ten Vineyard Lunches, Roman e-Conti, Provence the Beautiful, Lulu's Proven al Table, Good Cook's Encyclopedia, and French Wine and Food. A resident of Solli s-Toucas, France, Olney was close to his art and family and friends.

In the late 1930s bombshell of a book appeared which told the story of the lords of wealth and their glittering clans. It was called AMERICA'S SIXTY FAMILIES. It rocked the nation and became a classic.

Lundberg showed how America was ruled by a plutocracy of inherited wealth, even under the New Deal. At the time he could only provide a sampling of the economic and political patterns of those families, which, for one reason or another, had come under public scrutiny. In addition to the Sixty Families he dealt with in depth, he was able to outline the probable holdings of a few hundred other families.

The author, in writing THE RICH AND THE SUPER-RICH, had at his disposal infinitely richer data, monographs, Congressional investigations than were available three decades ago. They have made it possible for him to give us a book which is much more than a mere updating of AMERICA'S SIXTY FAMILIES. It is, rather, a systematic study of the entire wealthy class and its familial structure. (In one important aspect it resembles AMERICA'S SIXTY FAMILIES: It is written for the layman to awaken the reader to the real and little-known situation.)

These families have all the old levers of power and wealth plus a whole host of new ones created for them during the intervening decades by the politicians, lawyers and judges who serve them. Although published in 1968 and rocketed to the top of the bestseller list, the wealth managed by these families remains a significant force in today's economy and should not be underestimated.

I have met and worked with many entertainers in my life. The idea of this book came to me one evening while visiting Cuba. I expand on this in the chapter 'Finding a seed inside Havana.' Also, the wonderful actress Doris Roberts came for dinner one evening and wrote a letter that stated, An extraordinary cook who takes pleasure in inviting his friends to his home for an evening of great food, wine and interesting conversation. The table is so beautiful that you hate to sit down to mess it up. The food that he cooks takes time, thoughtfulness and knowledge and he spends hours preparing it. Did I mention the aroma that greets you when you walk into his house?

Havana and Doris's thoughtful letter inspired me to take those generous comments to a new plateau. With all the celebrities that crossed my path through social means or at work, how would I embrace and seduce them with the cuisine I have discovered through a lifetime of preparation? Through my imagination and experiences I have put together recipes that would resonate with these wonderful talents.

With Jacqueline Kennedy with whom I had afternoon tea in my youth, I would have prepared as she was marrying Onassis, a Greek cuisine-Greek lemon soup, Moussaka and the celebratory cookies 'Kourambiedes.' George Clooney, for his love of Italy-Branzino fish. Barbara Streisand and Shirley Maclaine-Rack of Lamb, because they love the best in cuisine. Joan Rivers-Scallops and Vongole, (because it sounds delicate with a vengeance). Omar Sharif-'Lamb Shanks with Couscous' and Champagne with dessert because that's what he always shared when we worked together. For Elizabeth Taylor-Thai Snapper and a special dessert from my family's heritage, because she reigned supreme.

My endeavor is to continue this magnificent expression of life by giving back to those that made a difference.

Ireland, where Clancy became a professional writer, plays a significant role in this collection of journalism spanning four decades. Clancy has the eye. He froze a moment that captured The Troubles. This was a long time ago in Belfast. He watched a young boy, half a brick clutched in his hand, edge out of an alley, then pitch it through the window of the buffet car of a passing train.

He is a splendid travel writer, from Florence to the Finger Lakes, but never better than when he is in Ireland, where his spirit awoke. In the late 1970s, after several years as a New York cabbie, with meager success as a freelance writer, he and his wife, Mary Lydon, took the $4,000 she had earned as a freelance copy editor and bet it all on Dublin. It was romantic and pragmatic and they won. Ireland gave Clancy another home and the confidence to write a terrific novel, Blind Pilot, and become a successful magazine writer.

Daring, adventuresome, yes, but the reality for freelance writers was forever defined by the American humorist and journalist Robert Benchley, who noted that the freelancer is one who is paid per piece, or per word, or perhaps.

...

Other places represented here in significant numbers are New York City and Long Island. Even though the author hasn't lived there in 20 years, he is a New York City nationalist, and has roots in the East End of Long Island. Other places visited are Britain, Italy and the Netherlands with a few stops in America, and a journey to mountain monasteries set on the coasts of a remote peninsula in Northern Greece.

Also, people, places, events (and a few ghost stories) from Shelter Island, or The Rock, as some affectionally call the place where he has worked for more than a decade.

These pieces to follow are snapshots of times and places, and it's not news that both change, with writer William J. Hogan-quoted in the pages to follow-noting: If any man lives long enough, he becomes a stranger in his own place.

Including Advise & Consent

Senator Susan Collins

Constitution & Race

President Barack Obama

This edition of the United States Constitution features the complete text of the Constitution and its twenty-seven amendments in a definitive and easily read version that has been approved by leading congressional and constitutional scholars.

Illuminating this historic document are essays and commentary by some of America's leading statesmen, Former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, and Senator Robert Dole.

Senator Charles McC. Mathias Jr. considered by many to have been the most distinguished senatorial scholar on the Constitution, conveys the fascinating story of the Constitution in an essay that can be enjoyed by all who cherish its freedoms.

In Two Friends-From a Life-Threatening Stroke to a 66-Year-Old Model! Geri Rockstein, shares her deeply inspiring true-life tale of strength over adversity, of discipline and determination over devastation and of the priceless value that comes from genuine friendship to help chart the path. This is a saga anyone facing seemingly unbeatable obstacles can use as a light to show their way forward.

-Gregory Cheadle

This book is an inspiration to anyone going through recovery for a stroke or any other debilitating illness, and for their families as well. I highly recommend it; it will have you laughing and crying, often at the same time!

-Sharon Walder

Reading Two Friends-From a Life-Threatening Stroke to a 66-Year-Old Model! was a great heart-warming read about true survivorship. From being at the will of the body to the body being healed by personal will, Geri describes her experience in the most authentically charming way. I absolutely loved it and highly recommend it to anyone looking to be encouraged.

-Bethel

The remarkable true story of Edward Kretchmer, a young Union soldier who served in General Grant's Army in 1862.

The Union Army under the leadership of General Ulysses S. Grant was having difficulty obtaining information about what was going on inside Vicksburg. The word went out from the general's command that someone was needed to get inside the city of Vicksburg and gather intelligence about the strength and weaknesses of the enemy. In short, a spy was needed, and it was well-known that spies who were caught were summarily executed.

Monica Randall grew up on the Gold Coast of Long Island and was fascinated by the massive estates and their tantalizing stories. Millionaire F. W. Woolworth built Winfield, the grandest of its manors in the 1910s. On a clear day, you can see the New York City skyline from its balustraded roof, yet for nearly a century few have been allowed to enter its gates.

In the 1960s Monica was living in one of the fabled mansions built by a Five-and-Dime heiress. While there, she began a career scouting locations for movies; she used many of the surrounding estates including Winfield. After a brief incarnation as a charm school, Winfield was closed and auctioned off. At the auction, Monica met a mysterious European businessman, who bought the house. After a whirlwind romance, they became engaged, and Monica moved in to Winfield, only to have her suspicions confirmed: Winfield is haunted. Amid magnificent gilded carvings and marble, a labyrinth of secret passageways, hidden chambers, and deserted tunnels help reveal the true nature of its eccentric builder.

Through exhaustive research and countless interviews, Monica gradually uncovered stories of the Woolworths' sad past: the suicide of Edna Woolworth (Barbara Hutton's mother), Woolworth's obsession with Napoleon and the Egyptian occult, and the rumors surrounding the unsolved fire which burnt the first Winfield to the ground. This riveting memoir explores the culture and history of an era gone by, filled with enthralling stories of infamous scandals and breathtaking Gilded Age tales of New York society. Captivating and impossible to put down, this book will enchant readers everywhere.

Throughout the last fifty years the Gold Coast mansions were regularly razed for sub-developments; Winfield is the last of the marble palaces still standing.

Skyrm makes complex financial scenarios accessible to all interested readers in an informative and entertaining manner. We can all learn something from this book. -Thomas Peterffy, Chairman, CEO, and President of Interactive Brokers

Skyrm put together the story of MF Global like no one else could in providing the ultimate autopsy covering destructive financial engineering that's played such a big role in our capital markets. -Lawrence G. McDonald, New York Times best selling author of A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

God is in the details...first come the reporters, then the lawyers. Skyrm's book is the necessary antidote. Only someone who has 'done' it can explain it. Perhaps the best 'counterfactual' rationale for reading The Money Noose: If John Corzine had been able to before, there would likely have been no after. -Stan Jonas, Managing Partner, Axiom Management Partners

In 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. MF Global was bankrupt less than a year after the law's passage. THE MONEY NOOSE is a general accounting of the facts that led to MF Global's collapse, as well as the story of the major players involved. It is a chaotic story, one in which individual actions taken in and of themselves are relatively minor. But the sum of those individual actions equal the same end result. How, then, can investors protect themselves from this outcome? The best answer is education. Investors need to be fully aware of what is involved in the investment process, and that includes an understanding of seg funds. It is, after all, their money. This book is designed to tell the story of MF Global, what went wrong and how things came to an abrupt end. In those regards, it's an incredible story.

Scott E.D. Skyrm is one of the leading figures in the repo and securities finance markets today, and regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Bloomberg News Service, Reuters, Market News, and Dow Jones. He is highly regarded as a former salesman, trader, trading desk manager, and global business head in fixed-income, securities finance, and securities clearing and settlement. He recently left Newedge, where he was their Global Head of Repo, Money Markets, and Fixed Income Clearing. He now is writing commentaries on the repo market, the short-end of the Treasury market, Federal Reserve policy and general Wall Street topics. He has worked on Wall Street for over 22 years and has taken billion-dollar risks on the trading floor, managed a multi-billion dollar balance sheet, and consistently ran one of the most profitable trading groups at every firm where he worked. Prior to Newedge, he managed the repo desk at ING Barings, worked summers at Shearson Lehman/American Express and started his full-time career at The Bank of Tokyo.

Creating a powerful connection with an audience is one of the most guilt-free, indulgent pleasures that the professional world has to offer. It can be satisfying and mood elevating, as well as a career-enhancing experience, to create a strong connection with the audience. I'm going to give you instructions that are easy to follow, show examples of how to make them work, and offer lots of encouragement along the way. My goal is to move you from the feelings of dread, if that's where you are, to feelings of excited anticipation for your next presentation. I've based all of these lessons, tips, and examples on my experiences as a broadcast journalist, media production company entrepreneur, and presentation skills coach. No research, studies, or data were harmed or even consulted in the creation of this book. I'm going to tell you exactly what I see working successfully with my clients every day.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

--Sun Tzu, author, The Art of War

The challenge is this: how can America's fractured democracy and diverse society respond to a centrally orchestrated strategy from China that ultimately may challenge our interests and our values? Some Chinese-Americans and Chinese residents--perhaps only a relative handful--have cooperated in obtaining technology for China. And many Chinese nationals who obtained years of experience working at American companies have returned to China to help competitors there. The Chinese have a nickname for these individuals, haigui, or returning sea turtles who come ashore once a year to lay their eggs. This book outlines the contemporary issues and offers solutions.

In the Eye of the Hurricane:

Winds of Time and Sea Combine...

Alone on a hand-built search tower that he and his crew rigged at sea-west of Key West-Mel Fisher's past, present, and future

came together when the first feeder band winds of a growing hurricane sprang to life around him...

In the masterful oral history tradition of Studs Terkel, where the interviewer is deceptively quiescent and unobtrusive, journalist Wendy Tucker brings to the page the fully realized life story of Mel Fisher. Today's the Day! is Mel Fisher's memoir, in his own straightforward and unfailingly fair and optimistic words. It is many things on many levels: a humbling and touching read, testimonial to the resilient fabric of the human spirit, a paean to family and friendship and loyalty, and a sweet, joyous, and ultimately rocky ride into the heart of the hunt for treasure, both tangible and divine. It is a headlong plunge into a world where the magical and unforeseen are a given. And the quest is not just for any treasure, but for one so immense in its historical value alone, and so seemingly out of reach, that only someone who had truly felt and heard its faint but still clear heartbeat across the centuries could heed and honor as his life's work. That man was Mel Fisher, and it would not be a stretch of the

imagination to say that he was born to find the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha and her sister ship Santa Margarita, lost to a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622.

-Critically acclaimed author Lorian Hemingway (Walking into the River, Walk on Water, and A World Turned Over).

[Eric Wiberg] ...builds a character both attractive and intriguing to the reader. I ended genuinely curious about what might come next, and confident that I was in the hands of an expert story-teller.

-William F. Buckley Jr.

Eric Wiberg's ability, to unearth obscure historical facts, keeps me in a constant state of surprise. I commend his relentless determination to verify every detail, with local sources in Nassau's historical community, for corroboration of his findings.-Capt. Paul C. Aranha, Author, The Island Airman . . . and his Bahama Islands Home.

Eric Wiberg has made a significant contribution to the bibliography of World War II history.

-J. Revell Carr, Santa Fe, N.M.

This book tells one more key part of the big story and is one more piece in the giant puzzle of the history of World War II. Its value for historians cannot be underestimated.

Throughout the stories of the attacks by German and Italian submarines on Allied shipping in the water around the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos, several consistent themes emerge in Wiberg's thorough accounts. Prime among them is the heroism of the merchant mariners who time and again put themselves in danger as they performed the critical task of moving supplies, military and civilian, which were vital to ultimate victory.

We read of numerous instances of sailors having their ships shot out from under them and then continuously going back to sea and having additional ships torpedoed and sunk. We can also recognize what we know today as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which was seldom recognized 75 years ago. Wiberg pays proper credit to the controversial Duchess of Windsor, whose husband was the wartime governor of the Bahamas. Just as she carried out this official duty, this book relates the heartening tales of everyday Bahamians, often poor and on outlying islands, who generously provided for these desperate castaways.

Wiberg also acknowledges the heroism of the Axis submariners as he recounts not only their victories but also their deaths as many of the subs were eventually tracked down and sunk.

History isn't great events, it is the continuum of many small events carried out by real people. U-Boats in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos gives us an intimate glimpse of those events and, importantly, those people.

J. Revell Carr

Santa Fe, N.M.

Eric Wiberg grew up in the Bahamas, the son of the Swedish Consul-General there. A licensed maritime lawyer, his thesis for a Master's Degree in Marine Affairs was published as Tanker Disasters. For three years he commercially operated tankers in Singapore. Over 25 years he has sailed on 100 vessels, most of them sailboats, for 75,000 miles, including voyages across the Atlantic and Pacific and over 30 ocean passages to or from Bermuda. He has published four books, the latest being Round the World in the Wrong Season. A graduate of Boston College, he studied at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, and in Lisbon. Employed in the shipping industry in New York City, he lives with his wife and son in Westport, Connecticut.