Bøger af Bennett Alan Weinberg

When Simon Magus, a magician with Messianic ambitions and a rival of St. Peter who is mentioned in the New Testament, gives orders to have himself buried alive, he promises to arise as a god. Instead, he awakens as an immortal being with terrible powers and a thirst for human blood. SIMON MAGUS: THE FIRST VAMPIRE unfolds his adventure of self-discovery and quest for asylum and power, as he is pursued by the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. SIMON MAGUS: THE FIRST VAMPIRE is the fast-moving, magical, horror story of a Middle Eastern sorcerer and cult leader from Biblical times. Simon cuts a picaresque swathe through the world, turning a chosen few into his companion vampires, and running afoul of the established powers of the magical and conventional worlds, all the while exchanging his continued life for the blood of those he kills. The sweeping story takes him through the centuries, from Rome, to Transylvania, to Basque, and finally to England Populated by a colorful assembly of vampire friends and consorts, heroic Churchmen, Roman generals, magicians, and even witches, demons, and goddesses, SIMON MAGUS: THE FIRST VAMPIRE is filled with surprises, building to a tense, thrilling blow off in which Simon Magus escapes from a showdown with the forces of the Church by outracing the rising Sun.

The authors of The World of Caffeine return with additional information on how caffeine can be used to your advantage to healthily sharpen your mind, improve physical performance, and help you achieve your goals. Beyond keeping you awake and alert, what are the benefits of daily caffeine intake? The award-winning authors of The World of Caffeine, Bennett Alan Weinberg and Bonnie K. Bealer, have created an authoritative self-help guide to the little-known practical secrets and benefits of caffeine. This step-by-step program demonstrates how caffeine can improve your IQ, memory, mood, athletic ability, physical condition, and performance at work, all while debunking the myths and misconceptions about caffeine. The Caffeine Advantage delivers a comprehensive program for working smarter, not harder by ingesting the powerful antioxidant known as caffeine as it helps you feel younger and provides you with the little boost necessary to achieve success from day-to-day.

How much do we really know about our number one drug? This natural, cultural, and artistic history of our favourite mood enhancer tells us more, by looking at how caffeine was discovered, its early uses, and its unexpected role in medicine, religion, painting, poetry, learning and love.