Carol Alt

Model, Incorporated
$13.99
MAC is back and ready for her close-up.

After nine months full of turmoil, MAC, formerly known as Melody Ann Croft, is ready to be the top model in the industry. She's done fashion week in New York and abroad and has even appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

What's next for the most wanted face in the modeling world?

Of course, that would be the coveted partnership with Cover Girl. MAC has already been starving herself to keep her bookers happy and she's starting to feel the results with dizzy spells and hunger pains. But the model life is so great. Especially meeting all of her admirers.

A chance meeting with older Hollywood heartthrob Patrick Carroll leads to a short-lived relationship, but it's not until MAC meets Jim, an insanely rich real estate mogul, that MAC thinks she has found the guy for her. But what does he really want from her? She's tired of being his arm candy and tired of his controlling ways.

All MAC really wants is to be the next face of Cover Girl, and she is willing to do anything to get the lucrative contract.

MAC's rise in the modeling world is too fast-paced and her affairs with older men are too numerous for just one book, but overall MAC is likeable and you can see traces of her in all of the models out there today, trying so hard to please everyone and succeed that they forget to care for themselves in the process.

Reviewed by: Angela S.

Eating in the Raw: A Beginner's Guide to Getting Slimmer, Feeling Healthier, and Looking Younger the Raw-Food Way
$16.00
This book was the first raw food book that I bought, and was sufficiently inspirational to get me "hooked" on raw for life! Carol does an amazing job! This is a wonderful book for beginners, or raw foodists who are having difficulty staying raw--struggling with energy, cravings, and hunger. The addition of raw meats and dairy are extremely helpful options...and important ones for many people. I would have liked more in-depth information and explanation regarding the raw meats and dairy products. Also, an example of an average day, or week to show us how Carol eats on a regular basis would have been great. I guess it comes down to experimentation and finding out what works for you as an individual. Overall this book is the one I go back to again and again--and I have almost EVERY raw food book in print--a library of over 50 raw food/uncook books. I always try to go vegan, thinking that it's healthier--I mean, afterall Carrie Underwood looks awesome and she's a vegan...She's also in her early 20's. But every time I try to eat raw vegan, I end up back on cooked food and I lose the amazing benefits of raw food in my life. 90+% raw is definitely the way to go--it totally changes my life--I've been eating raw off & on for the last 5 years. Actually, when I'm not eating at least 90-100% raw, I'm only existing/surviving, not living. So, for me, this book has made an incredible contribution to my life and well-being. There just isn't much out there as far as a raw food diet that includes animal products. I absolutely love animals and wish that I could be a vegan and feel good. Green juices are extremely helpful...Carol's recipes and suggestions are definitely do-able. Kim Cohen has a book that will be helpful in this area, for those of you who want more info on a raw diet that includes animal products. I've looked into Aajonus Vonderplanitz's books--it seems that many people who follow his program report not enjoying eating the diet he supports--which, for me, sounds horrible. I want to be healthy AND enjoy the food that I eat! With Carol's book, you will definitely be on your way down that path. This book has everything (except for the scope of info. I mentioned above)--her story & experience, testimonials, information, input from experts, delicious food, and enough basic recipes to get you started.... enough motivation to propel you to learn more, to start your journey to RAW...and, maybe, LIVE for the very first time!

This Year's Model
$13.95
Melody Ann Croft is your average hometown girl - very practical, with her whole life planned out ahead of her.

That all changes one day when a customer at the restaurant where she is working tells her she could be a model and gives her his card, along with the numbers of all the top agencies in New York. Melody is a little curious, despite thinking this man is crazy, so she calls one agency and just with the mention of this man (who happens to be a famous photographer), she gets an appointment immediately.

That begins her career as MAC, the model, for Delicious Models. Her booker, Francesca, has her going on go-sees at lightning speed and she books her first job in no time.

Melody plans to save her money for college so she won't need a scholarship, but making so much money so quickly with modeling is addictive, and Melody starts thinking that maybe she can defer college and model for a few years instead. With the obvious perks of modeling also come the many pitfalls: lecherous men, drugs, and other things Melody is not used to.

After a fling with a male model named Duncan and being stabbed in the back by her so-called best friend, Jade, Melody starts to wonder who she can trust, if anyone. But after booking her first cover, only a few months into her career, Melody is hooked on modeling and traveling to exotic locations.

The only question is, how much of herself does she have to give up in order to succeed in the modeling business?

Reviewed by: Angela S.

The Raw 50: 10 Amazing Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks, and Drinks for Your Raw Food Lifestyle
$17.00
I made a dinner for friends we didn't know well and I used them as test subjects for the raw brownies. Everyone took one brownie and the 16 year old boy raised on McDonald's ate the rest before we knew it. That was amazing to me. Never judge a book by the cover. Carol Alt is beautiful but even a teenaged boy will eat this food. It's tasty!