The Costco Connection - January/February 2008

book previews

WHETHER IT’S

TRAVEL TIPS

Healthy bodies and wallets

NON-FICTION The Last 15: A Weight Loss Breakthrough, by Joey Shulman. In this sequel to The Natural Makeover Diet, Shulman uses the same tools to arm any dieter who is struggling to lose those last 15 pounds. The book details a life-changing plan designed to boost energy levels, improve overall appearance and chip away at those stubborn last pounds.

Your Family Health Organizer, by Jodie Pappas. This organizer has separate sections for each family member, with an emphasis on the youngest members. Keeping good medical records is easy, with places to record wellness checkups, immunizations, growth and development milestones, hospital visits, dental appointments and the family medical history of both parents.

Joey Shulman

HELEN TANSEY

ment. Focusing on the personal impact of aging and the coming reality for boomers and their families, Cooper explains what it will take to achieve a successful retirement as boomers remain active in mind and body.

STRESS-
BUSTING TIPS

French Women Don’t Get Fat, by Mireille Guiliano. Now available in trade paperback, this non-diet book could change the way people think and live. Despite the fact that French women don’t get fat, they do eat bread and pastry and drink wine. In this book, Guiliano unlocks the secret of this paradox— explaining how one can enjoy food and stay slim and healthy. —Stephanie E. Ponder

The Taxman Is Watching: What Every Canadian Taxpayer Needs to Know and Fear, by Paul and Phillipe DioGuardi. Since 2004, more and more Canadians have been under tax surveillance. The trick is to know how the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) works—along with learning simple and effective strategies to avoid tax traps. This book is an ideal guide for investors, the self-employed and small-business owners. It also debunks myths about the CRA, offers advice on when to get a tax lawyer and identi-fies red flags that may cause a return to be audited.

Buyer’s pıck

OR TIPS ON
PERSONAL
GROWTH

Ten Years Thinner, by Christine Lydon. What if you could have slimmer hips, firmer thighs and clearer, younger-looking skin in just six weeks? Based on years of research, Lydon has developed a regimen to burn fat and alter one’s body chemistry. With more than 35 delicious recipes and 65 easy-to-follow exercise photographs, this book is a simple, sustainable road map to the physique you’ve always wanted.

Sleep-Easy Investing: Your Stress-Free Guide to Financial Success, by Gordon Pape. Finding the next hot stock and making huge profits are good goals, but Pape believes every investor’s number-one goal should be to sleep comfortably at night. It may sound simplistic, but personal-finance expert Pape explains how adopting the sleep-easy philosophy as a basic credo benefits health and wealth.

WE HAVE IT ALL!

The New Retirement, by Sherry Cooper. One of Canada’s leading economists, Cooper returns with a book that zeroes in on how baby boomers will radically redefine retire-

THIS ISSUE’S Buyer’s Pick
is Syrie James’ The Lost
Memoirs of Jane Austen.
Author Jane Austen
has captivated readers for
nearly 200 years. This book is built
on the premise that Austen’s memoirs
are discovered and reveal an untold
story of a life-changing love affair.

After giving up writing, Austen meets charming Mr. Ashford—her intellectual match. Inspired by her surroundings and Ashford’s faith in her, Austen revises Sense and Sensibility, hoping to be published at last.

“This is a clever little romance for a cold Sunday afternoon, to be read by the fire,” says Costco Book Buyer Catherine Bergeron. “I found it to be well researched and convincing. It’s just perfect for all the Jane Austen fans out there looking for more.”