Dorian Yates

With six Mr. Olympia title victories, Dorian Yates has dominated bodybuilding in the 90's in the manner that Arnold Schwarzenegger dominated in the 70's and Lee Haney in the 80's. Furthermore he has dominated the sport in a white-hot period of competition when standards have never been higher. He has brought a scientific and precise planning approach to bodybuilding that revolutionized the sport. * The life and training philosophy of the World’s Best Bodybuilder. The ultimate bodybuilding guide from the ultimate bodybuilder. * Packed with training advice and methods.

Surveys by the International Ecotourism Society reveal that more than three-quarters of American travelers feel it is important not to damage the environment they are visiting. Green Earth Traveling Naturally in Spain helps travelers to Spain accomplish that goal. Author Dorian Yates focuses exclusively on where to find things green and alternative in one of the world’s most popular travel local and organic foods, natural health care, ecological businesses, organic vineyards, renewable energy, yoga and meditation centers, national parks, public transportation, and other green places and services of interest.Written in a friendly, accessible style with personal anecdotes, how-to travel tips, and practical information, this second book in the series is aimed at helping travelers leave a smaller footprint wherever they venture. The book rescues readers who are accustomed to a certain level of green consciousness at home but end up compromising their values on vacation. Author Yates shows how to make the most environmentally beneficial choices for basic needs—food, shelter, health, exercise—while enjoying sites of ecological, historical, and natural interest along the way.

Dorian Yates changed bodybuilding forever. A six time Mr. Olympia champion, Dorian ushered in a new era of bodybuilding physiques by showcasing a then unprecedented amount of mass that was previous seen as impossible. He also introduced the world to his Blood And Guts training style, a legendary video training showcase of his hardcore workouts. Dorian Yates kept rigorous and detailed journals throughout his entire bodybuilding career dating back as early as his first bodybuilding competition. For the first time ever, Dorian's journals have now been published highlighting select passages between 1985-1990. The pages contained in this book are the actual writings of Dorian Yates as he trained towards becoming a Mr. Olympia champion and legend.

Written by the founder and publisher of The Alternative Health Guides, a web and print guide for Vermont and New Hampshire, Green Earth Guide is a one-stop reference that provides travelers in France with tips to stay green and healthy even when traveling. Green Earth Guide contains current, comprehensive listings of health food stores and farmers’ markets, public transit information, alternative health care facilities, green businesses, organic vineyards, renewable energy resources, yoga and spiritual centers, national parks, and other green places of interest. Written in a friendly, accessible style with personal anecdotes, how-to travel tips, and practical information, the book offers an insider’s guide to healthy living on the road. With Green Earth Guide, readers don’t have to sacrifice healthy habits and ecolifestyle choices just because they are in a foreign country.Green Earth Guide helps travelers have a wonderful, fulfilling vacation while leaving a smaller footprint wherever they venture in France. Included is a 16-page color insert.

Olive An Olive Oil Lover’s Guide to the Organic Oils of Spain is for any connoisseur or lover of olive oils. Passionate about olive oil, Dorian Yates, author of the award-winning Green Earth Guide series to traveling naturally and ecologically in Europe takes you on a tour of the abundant, fresh olive oils produced organically in Spain. Olive Oil includes historical and cultural information, growing and processing techniques, as well as full listings of over forty oils. Her mouth-watering guide to Spain’s organic olive oils makes you want to break out the dipping bread and start tasting.

Whether you are an avid gym goer, a housewife, in your 40s or 50s, or a young person just wanting to look and feel good, this book will show you how you can achieve your goals.

Traveling Naturally in Venice guides travelers through this enchanting city floating on the sea. Passionate about all things green, Dorian Yates, author of the award-winning Green Earth Guide travel series, takes you on a tour of the hard-to-find green treasures tucked away on Venice’s cobblestone streets including the weekly organic markets and the little-known garden-islands. Yates’ tantalizing full-color guide makes you want to hop on the next train or plane and enjoy all the pleasures Venice has to offer.

Green Earth Guide: Traveling Naturally in Switzerland is the third guide in the ecotravel series to Western Europe. As in the award-winning Green Earth Guides to France and Spain, author Dorian Yates covers where to eat, sleep, shop, relax, do yoga, and sightsee in Switzerland with a focus on local and organic foods, public transport, low-impact recreation, alternative health services, and ecological businesses. Written in a friendly, accessible style with personal anecdotes, how-to travel tips, and practical information, Yates helps travelers leave a small footprint wherever they venture in Switzerland. If you are conflicted about the greenhouse effect of your flight, prefer herbs and vitamins to pharmaceutical drugs, would rather eat local and organic foods, want to practice yoga on your trip, and hope to find cheap bicycle rentals, Green Earth Guides are for you.

The Last Elephant is the post-apocalyptic tale of a seemingly chance meeting between a boy and an elephant who have each lost their families and communities. They do not realize that the world has been destroyed. This is revealed in a story that the boy, Hara, reads to Ahimsa the elephant about how humans and animals lived harmoniously on earth until the cycles of greed, destruction and war ensued.The Last Elephant ends with bittersweet hope for saving the world.From the Introduction, "The idea for The Last Elephant came to me when I saw a photograph of a boy sitting with an open book in front of an elephant. It was part of a spectacular exhibit called Ashes and Snow by photographer, Gregory Colbert. The intent of The Last Flower, a treasured childhood book of mine, coalesced with the image of the boy and the elephant and with a true story about a destroyed island renewing itself..........While The Last Elephant is not a happy tale, it is ultimately a hopeful one, and it is with that hope that I share it with you and hope you will share it with others."