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Dr. David Reuben's Quick Weight-Gain Program: Safe, Easy Weight Gain for Every Age and Situation
Bestselling author, practicing physician, and nutrition expert Dr. David Reuben presents the first book for the 26 million Americans who need to gain weight for a variety of medical and cosmetic reasons. In a friendly, accessi ble style, Dr. Reuben shows how a scientific understanding of nutrition--and a few ingenious tips--will enable anyone to bulk up in six months or less.
271 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1996
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David Reuben
24 books11 followersDavid Reuben, M. D., is a Physician and Surgeon with a specialty in Psychiatry. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and served his residency at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago. After internship and residency he served as a Medical Officer with the U.S. Air Force before establishing his own medical offices. He has practiced medicine in Illinois, and California.
His books have been New York Times best-sellers and have been published in more than fifty countries in over fifty languages.
Dr. Reuben is especially known for his first Number One best-seller, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask™, that reached approximately one hundred fifty million readers around the world.
His other eight books have revolutionized scientific concepts of good health in many ways. For example, The Save-Your-Life Diet™ transformed the dietary habits in America as well as in many countries around the world. Just check your supermarket shelves to see how many products now showcase their fiber content.
His books have been New York Times best-sellers and have been published in more than fifty countries in over fifty languages.
Dr. Reuben is especially known for his first Number One best-seller, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask™, that reached approximately one hundred fifty million readers around the world.
His other eight books have revolutionized scientific concepts of good health in many ways. For example, The Save-Your-Life Diet™ transformed the dietary habits in America as well as in many countries around the world. Just check your supermarket shelves to see how many products now showcase their fiber content.
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March 26, 2018I was re-shelving books in my loft (yes, the loft!)
And I was lugging all these heavy tomes around and I naturally wondered exactly which were the biggest books I have. Now, size isn’t any indication of quality, as we know, but if a book is so big it would cripple all but the sturdiest Amazon delivery people it should be pretty good or what’s the point of all those strained lower back regions.
So I got the kitchen scales and I weighed these bad boys. And as a public service to all who may wish to torture a particular relative, I present the top twenty – ask for a couple of these from your aged grandparent and watch the fun.
There are lots of guides to the best travel books, greatest novels, most outrageous alien sex beast manga comix, etc. But this is the only Heaviest Books list I think. Unique to Goodreads!
I know many of you will have the hefty readers’ guide 1001 Books You Must Read Before They Come to Get You – so that one weighs in at 4lb 2oz (1.87 kg). So that will give you a way of comparing. Otherwise you may wish to know that a litre of milk = 1 kilogram.
TOP TWENTY (in reverse order)
20. Simply Beautiful Photographs by Annie Griffiths 5lb 7oz (2.4 kg)
(Horrible title but lovely phot book. Not too surprising, these classy photo books take four spots in the top 20. So my first book is the equivalent of two and a half litres of milk.
19. Reclaiming History by Vince Bugliosi 6 3 (2.8 kg)
If you eliminate all the photo or painting or illustration-drenched books in this list, this recent acquisition is really the NUMBER ONE big book. Hardly any photos! Just 1600 small font pages!
18. The Beatles Anthology by The Beatles 6 3
This shows that page numbers do not tell the whole story. Only 368 pages in this huge book but you would be going straight to the Accident and Emergency Department if you dropped it on your toe.
17. Wide Angle by Ferdinand Protzman 6 4 (2.83 kg)
16. Dylan – All the Songs by Philippe Margotin 6 6 (2.9 kg)
Surely the biggest Dylan book ever – it’s actually almost complete rubbish except for the photos, which are great.
15. Views of Africa by Stefan Shutz 6 6
First of three big Africa photo books.
14. Living Africa by Steve Bloom 6 6
Well, I like big photo books about Africa
13. Exactitude : Hyperrealist Art Today by John Russell Taylor 6 8 (2.94 kg)
My joint favourite art book
12. China : Portrait of a Country by Liu Heung Shing 6 9
11. Victorian Painting by Lionel Lambourne 6 9
My other joint favourite art book
10. The Times Concise Atlas of the World 6 10 (3 kg)
That’s right, this is the concise version!
9. Monty Python : Complete and Annotated (Annotations by Luke Dempsey) 6 10
Now we are in the region of might-need-help-picking-this-up
8. The Universe by Leo Marriott 6 13 (3.1kg)
All the photos in this book are so clearly fake! There is no Universe!
7. Artoday by Edward Lucie Smith 7 2 (3.2 kg)
6. Art of our Century by Yann le Pichon 7 10 (3.4 kg)
Chiropractors will be glad he only goes up to 1989 in this book.
5. Art – the Definitive Visual Guide by Andrew Graham-Dixon 7 10
I don’t even like this one but it’s too big to take to Oxfam!
4. Africa by Olivier Follmi 7 12 (3.5 kg)
3. The Earth from the Air by Yann Arthus-Bertrand 10 4 (4.6 kg)
Truly a fantastic book – every home should have one. Your granny could live in it.
2. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Leslie Klinger 10 10 (4.8 kg)
Maybe this is a kind of a cheat because it’s two books in a case. But heck, it’s so beautiful. The picture shows the third volume which includes the novels.
1. Century by Bruce Bernard 12 8 (5.6 kg
I knew this was going to be the winner, having lugged it around enough times. Wow, it’s 5 ½ litres of milk’s worth of graphic, appalling and fearsome photos, and worth every drop too.
For those of you interested more in fiction, here’s the top ten
TOP TEN FICTION
1. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes 10 10
2. Monty Python : All the Words 6 10
(I guess this has to be classed as fiction – there never was a Mr Smoketoomuch)
3. The New Annotated HP Lovecraft 4 12
4. Moby Dick in Pictures 4 6
This is another sort-of-cheat – it’s a giant graphic version of bits of the novel.
5. Themystery.doc 4 5
6. Divine Days 3 11
7. The New Annotated Dracula 3 9
8. That Glimpse of Truth 3 8
Short story collection
9. City on Fire 3 0
10. Miss MacIntosh, My darling 3 0
TOP TEN FICTION – PURIST VERSION
For those who wish to have no truck with annotations or graphic versions or any of that nonsense.
1. Themystery.doc 4 5
2. Divine Days* 3 11
3. That Glimpse of Truth 3 8
4. City on Fire 3 0
5. Miss MacIntosh, My Darling * 3 0
6. A Naked Singularity 2 13
7. The Instructions* 2 13
8. The Kills* 2 11
9. A Fine Balance 2 6
10. 2666 2 4
The Tunnel 2 4
*The eagle eyed will note that I hated these huge novels. But either I keep them around just to take them out and glare at them every so often, or because I don’t wish to inflict them on any other reader by giving them to Oxfam. Two theories.
And I was lugging all these heavy tomes around and I naturally wondered exactly which were the biggest books I have. Now, size isn’t any indication of quality, as we know, but if a book is so big it would cripple all but the sturdiest Amazon delivery people it should be pretty good or what’s the point of all those strained lower back regions.
So I got the kitchen scales and I weighed these bad boys. And as a public service to all who may wish to torture a particular relative, I present the top twenty – ask for a couple of these from your aged grandparent and watch the fun.
There are lots of guides to the best travel books, greatest novels, most outrageous alien sex beast manga comix, etc. But this is the only Heaviest Books list I think. Unique to Goodreads!
I know many of you will have the hefty readers’ guide 1001 Books You Must Read Before They Come to Get You – so that one weighs in at 4lb 2oz (1.87 kg). So that will give you a way of comparing. Otherwise you may wish to know that a litre of milk = 1 kilogram.
TOP TWENTY (in reverse order)
20. Simply Beautiful Photographs by Annie Griffiths 5lb 7oz (2.4 kg)
(Horrible title but lovely phot book. Not too surprising, these classy photo books take four spots in the top 20. So my first book is the equivalent of two and a half litres of milk.
19. Reclaiming History by Vince Bugliosi 6 3 (2.8 kg)
If you eliminate all the photo or painting or illustration-drenched books in this list, this recent acquisition is really the NUMBER ONE big book. Hardly any photos! Just 1600 small font pages!
18. The Beatles Anthology by The Beatles 6 3
This shows that page numbers do not tell the whole story. Only 368 pages in this huge book but you would be going straight to the Accident and Emergency Department if you dropped it on your toe.
17. Wide Angle by Ferdinand Protzman 6 4 (2.83 kg)
16. Dylan – All the Songs by Philippe Margotin 6 6 (2.9 kg)
Surely the biggest Dylan book ever – it’s actually almost complete rubbish except for the photos, which are great.
15. Views of Africa by Stefan Shutz 6 6
First of three big Africa photo books.
14. Living Africa by Steve Bloom 6 6
Well, I like big photo books about Africa
13. Exactitude : Hyperrealist Art Today by John Russell Taylor 6 8 (2.94 kg)
My joint favourite art book
12. China : Portrait of a Country by Liu Heung Shing 6 9
11. Victorian Painting by Lionel Lambourne 6 9
My other joint favourite art book
10. The Times Concise Atlas of the World 6 10 (3 kg)
That’s right, this is the concise version!
9. Monty Python : Complete and Annotated (Annotations by Luke Dempsey) 6 10
Now we are in the region of might-need-help-picking-this-up
8. The Universe by Leo Marriott 6 13 (3.1kg)
All the photos in this book are so clearly fake! There is no Universe!
7. Artoday by Edward Lucie Smith 7 2 (3.2 kg)
6. Art of our Century by Yann le Pichon 7 10 (3.4 kg)
Chiropractors will be glad he only goes up to 1989 in this book.
5. Art – the Definitive Visual Guide by Andrew Graham-Dixon 7 10
I don’t even like this one but it’s too big to take to Oxfam!
4. Africa by Olivier Follmi 7 12 (3.5 kg)
3. The Earth from the Air by Yann Arthus-Bertrand 10 4 (4.6 kg)
Truly a fantastic book – every home should have one. Your granny could live in it.
2. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Leslie Klinger 10 10 (4.8 kg)
Maybe this is a kind of a cheat because it’s two books in a case. But heck, it’s so beautiful. The picture shows the third volume which includes the novels.
1. Century by Bruce Bernard 12 8 (5.6 kg
I knew this was going to be the winner, having lugged it around enough times. Wow, it’s 5 ½ litres of milk’s worth of graphic, appalling and fearsome photos, and worth every drop too.
For those of you interested more in fiction, here’s the top ten
TOP TEN FICTION
1. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes 10 10
2. Monty Python : All the Words 6 10
(I guess this has to be classed as fiction – there never was a Mr Smoketoomuch)
3. The New Annotated HP Lovecraft 4 12
4. Moby Dick in Pictures 4 6
This is another sort-of-cheat – it’s a giant graphic version of bits of the novel.
5. Themystery.doc 4 5
6. Divine Days 3 11
7. The New Annotated Dracula 3 9
8. That Glimpse of Truth 3 8
Short story collection
9. City on Fire 3 0
10. Miss MacIntosh, My darling 3 0
TOP TEN FICTION – PURIST VERSION
For those who wish to have no truck with annotations or graphic versions or any of that nonsense.
1. Themystery.doc 4 5
2. Divine Days* 3 11
3. That Glimpse of Truth 3 8
4. City on Fire 3 0
5. Miss MacIntosh, My Darling * 3 0
6. A Naked Singularity 2 13
7. The Instructions* 2 13
8. The Kills* 2 11
9. A Fine Balance 2 6
10. 2666 2 4
The Tunnel 2 4
*The eagle eyed will note that I hated these huge novels. But either I keep them around just to take them out and glare at them every so often, or because I don’t wish to inflict them on any other reader by giving them to Oxfam. Two theories.
August 25, 2020
It was really helpful
November 26, 2014
I picked this up for a friend in the middle of weight-training and he absolutely loves it. Advice about selecting carbs, gaining "friendly fat", and the benefits of putting on healthy pounds have him newly inspired and feeling great. Athletes looking to gain weight should definitely pick this book up!
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