If done correctly, dieting doesn’t have to be about deprivation. Dr. Joel Fuhrman, a weight loss specialist and author of the revolutionary diet book, Eat to Live, offers a simple calculation for healthy eating: Health= Nutrients/Calories. Wondering how to choose wisely? Here are four ways to introduce nutrient-rich food. 1. Rethink Salad Dressing. Dr. Fuhrman explains that the fat we eat goes directly to our waistlines–and that includes the “healthy” fat in olive oil-based salad dressings. However, a salad dressing Read more…
Summers can be hectic. We kick it off with Memorial Day, scramble for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and in a few short weeks, we’ll be throwing a party for America’s birthday. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a day for You? We think so. So we’re declaring June 23rd “You Day.” To celebrate, we’re making four of our iPad apps free. The Autobiography of Ben Franklin Franklin wrote the most popular autobiography in history, and it’s even more Read more…
Whenever the Vook staff comes across an idea or message that is truly powerful, compelling, or just plain awesome, our first reaction is always: Vook it! We can’t think of a better message than the one in Karen Armstong’s Charter for Compassion. Armstrong, one of the world’s leading religious thinkers, started the Charter based on the belief that we can change the world if we simply start living guided by the Golden Rule: Do Unto Others as You Would Have Read more…
If you visited Vook.com on Sunday, you might have noticed that it was not the same Vook.com you’ve been visiting since our launch in October 2024. Then, we only had a few titles, and a lot of ideas. Fortunately, our ideas panned out. A year and a half later, we’ve got an expansive library of titles in an array of genres. We’ve worked with some of the most impressive leaders, thinkers, artists and authors of our time. Our new site Read more…
Vook is growing in leaps and bounds every day, and now we’re looking to hire an iPhone/iPad App Designer to join our team. If this is you or someone you know, check out the job description below. iPhone/iPad App Designer Job Description Vook publishes mixed-media digital books – combining text, video, images, illustrations and interactive content into one innovative reading experience. Vook launched in October 2024 to tremendous success and has established itself at the forefront of digital publishing. We Read more…
Vook is growing in leaps and bounds every day, and now we’re looking to hire an iPhone/iPad App Developer to join our team. If this is you or someone you know, check out the job description below. iPhone/iPad App Developer Vook publishes mixed-media digital books – combining text, video, images, illustrations and interactive content into one innovative reading experience. Vook launched in October 2024 to tremendous success and has established itself at the forefront of digital publishing. We are looking Read more…
Vook is growing in leaps and bounds every day–and now we’re looking to hire an illustrator/animator to join our team. If this is you or someone you know, check out the job description below. Illustrator / Animator – Vook Vook is a publisher of mixed-media digital books – combining text, video, images, illustrations and interactive content into one innovative reading experience. Vook launched in October 2024 to tremendous success and has established itself at the forefront of digital publishing. The Read more…
Recently, people have been talking about how technology disrupts our brains and prevents human interaction, so we were thrilled to learn that Zealot Benmergui, a reviewer at MobilitySite, read Brad Meltzer’s Heroes for My Son with his 11-year-old son. We’re happy that the Vook provided this bonding opportunity for the pair–and we’re also pretty honored to hear what Dad had to say about the title: “Though the name may sound like a creature that could eat you on Pandora, Vooks Read more…
There’s been quite a lot of buzz about our new Vook with Blair Underwood, From Cape Town with Love. We’re thrilled that Blair’s excited about the project and talks about his Vook everywhere, and it’s been really exciting to interact with Blair’s fans all over the Web. In fact, it’s almost hard to keep track of all the great outlets that have covered Blair’s Vook, but this AP story really caught my eye. The journalist, John Carucci, wrote a story Read more…
Is it possible to be enlightened in the 21st century? We have plenty of material knowledge–but we get hit from so many sources–television, internet, Facebook, Twitter, etc, that it all starts to become a blur. We have all the information in the world, but no idea what to do with it. As I was watching the Siddhartha video in our latest Vook, Deepak Chopra’s Buddha Guide, it occurred to me that in the modern world, we have the opposite problem Read more…