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Forecast

A Diary of the Lost Seasons

By: Joe Shute

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Forecast

A Diary of the Lost Seasons

By: Joe Shute

Join Joe Shute as he travels across Britain tracing the history of our seasons and discovering how they are changing. We talk about them. We plan our lives around them. The changing seasons are part of us all. But what happens when the weather changes beyond recognition? Joe Shute has spent years unpicking Britain's love affair with the weather, poring over the centuries of folklore, customs and rituals our seasons have inspired. But in recent years Shute has noticed a curious thing: the British seasons are changing far faster and far more profoundly than we realise. Daffodils in December, frogspawn in November, swallows that no longer fly home, floods, wildfires and winters without snow. Nothing is behaving as it should, sending nature into an increasing state of flux. In Forecast, Shute travels all over Britain tracing the history of the seasons, and discovering the extent to which we are now growing disconnected from them. While documenting these warped rhythms caused by the changing weather, he records the parallels in his personal journey as he and his wife struggle to conceive a child. This is a book that races to keep up with the march of the seasons as they rapidly change course. It examines how the weather is reshaping the world around us, and asks what happens to centuries of culture, memory and identity when the very thing they subsist on is slipping away.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472976762

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9781472976765

Smokin’ Joe

The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin’ Joe Frazier

By: Joe Frazier,Phil Berger

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Smokin’ Joe

The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin’ Joe Frazier

By: Joe Frazier,Phil Berger

When boxing was bold, bright, and glamorous and the fights were the hottest sporting events of the year, Joe Frazier was king as the Heavyweight Champion of the World. From 1970 to 1973 he reigned. With a career record of 32-4-1 with twenty-seven knockouts and an Olympic gold medal, Frazier leaves little question that he was one of the greatest fighters of all time. Well-known, loved, and revered as a gentleman and a fierce competitor in the ring, Joe Frazier speaks his mind in Smokin' Joe—about growing up poor and fighting in the first $2.5 million bout; about the early days of his friendship with Muhammad Ali and how their relationship changed; and about the often corrupt world of boxing and what really went on inside and outside the ring. Personable, good-natured, and funny, Frazier's story is a real delight.

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Blackstone Publishing

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1620642166

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9781620642160

A Shadow Above

The Fall and Rise of the Raven

By: Joe Shute

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A Shadow Above

The Fall and Rise of the Raven

By: Joe Shute

For millennia, we have tried to explain ourselves using the raven as a symbol. It occupies a unique place in British history and has left an indelible mark on our cultural landscape. The raven's hulking black shape has come to represent many things: death, all-seeing power, the underworld, and a wildness that remains deep within us. Legend has it that the fate of the nation rests upon the raven, and should the resident birds ever leave the Tower of London then the entire kingdom will fall. While so much of our wildlife is vanishing, ravens are returning to their former habitats after centuries of exile, moving back from their outposts at the very edge of the country, to the city streets from which they once scavenged the bodies of the dead. In A Shadow Above, Joe Shute follows ravens across their new hunting grounds, examining our complicated and challenging relationship with these birds. He meets people who live alongside the raven in conflict and peace, unpicks their fierce intelligence, and ponders what the raven's successful return might come to symbolise for humans in the dark times we now inhabit.

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147294030X

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Stowaway

The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat

By: Joe Shute

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Stowaway

The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat

By: Joe Shute

A cultural and social history of the rat, examining how one creature achieved total world domination and has inspired such love and loathing. Rats are creatures which inspire fear and fascination in equal measure. Their lives are more closely entwined with humans than any other animal, but they remain the most misunderstood of all species. Yet, arguably no animal has sacrificed more in the pursuit of human health but also been so resolutely blamed for spreading plague and pestilence. No animal has been so determinedly targeted by humans, and still managed to survive and thrive in our midst. No animal is so often derided as being vicious and cunning, but possesses such a rich and complex inner life. In Stowaway, Joe Shute, explores our complex and often contradictory relationship with the rat. He travels the world from sub-Saharan Africa to the Rocky Mountains and visits some of the most rodent-infested cities on earth to unpick the myths we tell ourselves about rats and investigate the unexplored secrets of their own extraordinary lives. He examines the way in which rats have shaped human history and meets cutting-edge researchers harnessing the power of rat intelligence to achieve incredible results. He explores the hidden world they inhabit beneath our feet as well as their role in natural ecosystems. And through his own pet rats, he discovers the close emotional bonds they form with humans when given the chance. Ultimately, this is a book which questions what the lives of rats reveal to us about our own, and whether there might be a better way to live alongside our ancient enemies in the modern age?

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1399402498

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9781399402491

50 States, 1,000 Eats

Where to Go, When to Go, What to Eat, What to Drink

By: Joe Yogerst

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50 States, 1,000 Eats

Where to Go, When to Go, What to Eat, What to Drink

By: Joe Yogerst

This dazzling culinary guide will reveal the tastiest treats and best food experiences across all 50 states (and Canada), featuring thousands of expert travel tips and hundreds of mouthwatering images from National Geographic. This beautifully illustrated sequel to the national bestsellers 50 States, 5,000 Ideas and 100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas offers foodies the ultimate road trip around the United States and Canada, with 1,000 of the best bites and sips from every state and province. From must-have diner breakfasts and food trucks to can’t miss farm-to-table dinners and U-pick farms, this book has a flavor and food experience for every type of traveler, from road trip warriors and families to foodies of the first degree. Filled with the best dishes in every state—think crab cakes in Maryland, Chicago-style deep-dish pizza in Illinois, and wine in Oregon’s Willamette Valley—you’ll discover the regional delicacies that make up the great tastes of the United States and Canada. Plus, get expert advice on where to find the top meals at local establishments, which fine-dining experiences are worth the price tag, and when to visit for the best food and drink festivals. On your mouthwatering tour, you’ll discover: The origins of Alabama’s famous white barbecue sauceThe world’s largest food festival, Taste of Chicago, held in Grant Park each summerThe ultimate whiskey distillery in the most unlikely of places: Park City, UtahThe Northeastern seaboard’s finest lobster rollsThe Native American and Hispanic roots of New Mexico’s most iconic dishesThe secrets of Portland, Oregon’s craft brew sceneThe iconic Juicy Lucy burger in Minneapolis, MinnesotaAnd so much more! Comprehensive and inspiring, 50 States, 1,000 Eats provides everything you need to find your next great bite.

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Disney Electronic Content

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1426224222

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9781426224225

Unfortunate Sons

The Beginning of Marine Corps Tanks In The Vietnam War and how I survived Vietnam as a marine tanker

By: Joe Tyson Sr.

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Unfortunate Sons

The Beginning of Marine Corps Tanks In The Vietnam War and how I survived Vietnam as a marine tanker

By: Joe Tyson Sr.

Unfortunate Sons is a compelling story It will draw you into Joe Tyson's world as a young Marine Tanker, full of fun and enthusiasm. You will share the daily routines of patrols and combat situations as if you were right there with him. You will learn about the deadly toll the war had over the 3rd platoon as they participated with line infantry for seventeen straight months. Now combat veterans, they have become bitter and angry over the effects of the war. Never knowing when they were going home had a deep, profound effect on these men, leaving them to believe they had been forgotten by their superiors. So mount up and feel and see with your mind's eye what it was like to be a Marine Tanker in the Vietnam War.

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FriesenPress

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1525513567

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9781525513565

EC Archives Weird Fantasy Vol 4

By: Albert B. Feldstein,William M. Gaines,J. Severin,Jack Kamen,Joe Orlando,Wallace Wood

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EC Archives Weird Fantasy Vol 4

By: Albert B. Feldstein,William M. Gaines,J. Severin,Jack Kamen,Joe Orlando,Wallace Wood

Collects tales from iconic writers and artists including Al Feldstein, William Gaines, Jack Kamen, George Roussos, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, and Max Elkan"--

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1506709230

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9781506709239

Reconstructing Human Rights

A Pragmatist and Pluralist Inquiry into Global Ethics

By: Joe Hoover

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Reconstructing Human Rights

A Pragmatist and Pluralist Inquiry into Global Ethics

By: Joe Hoover

We live in a human-rights world. The language of human-rights claims and numerous human-rights institutions shape almost all aspects of our political lives, yet we struggle to know how to judge this development. Scholars give us good reason to be both supportive and sceptical of the universal claims that human rights enable, alternatively suggesting that they are pillars of cross-cultural understanding of justice or the ideological justification of a violent and exclusionary global order. All too often, however, our evaluations of our human-rights world are not based on sustained consideration of their complex, ambiguous and often contradictory consequences. Reconstructing Human Rights argues that human rights are only as good as the ends they help us realise. We must attend to what ethical principles actually do in the world to know their value. So, for human rights we need to consider how the identity of humanity and the concept of rights shape our thinking, structure our political activity and contribute to social change. Reconstructing Human Rights defends human rights as a tool that should enable us to challenge political authority and established constellations of political membership by making new claims possible. Human rights mobilise the identity of humanity to make demands upon the terms of legitimate authority and challenges established political memberships. In this work, it is argued that this tool should be guided by a democratising ethos in pursuit of that enables claims for more democratic forms of politics and more inclusive political communities. While this work directly engages with debates about human rights in philosophy and political theory, in connecting our evaluations of the value of human rights to their worldly consequences, it will also be of interest to scholars considering human rights across disciplines, including Law, Sociology, and Anthropology.

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Oxford University Press

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0191085561

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9780191085567

The Downmountain Drum

By: Joe L. Davenport

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The Downmountain Drum

By: Joe L. Davenport

In the late 1950's, Pen Tillman returns to Wyoming University after fulfilling his military obligation. Because of his impressive junior downhill racing record, he is offered a much needed skiing scholarship. He gratefully accepts, but remains stubbornly focused on getting an engineering degree. Skiing would simply be a means to that end. Much to his surprise, that focus is shattered at the first practice session with the embryonic Wyoming ski team and its ambitious coach, Rodaman. Old racing instincts return with a vengeance. A close friend persuades him to take an unwanted elective course and the beautiful woman speech instructor is drawn to him by their mutual interest in writing and self-expression. There begins a powerful romance and a harrowing downhill racing odyssey that carries him toward a surprising destiny with the U.S. Ski Team and the 1960 Olympics. Jealous detractors and fierce competitors attempt to defeat his quest for the gold and alienate the woman he loves. The force of his driving talent and will to win changes the lives of those around him forever.

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iUniverse

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0595238157

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9780595238156

Large Animal Neurology

By: Joe Mayhew,Rob MacKay

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Large Animal Neurology

By: Joe Mayhew,Rob MacKay

A comprehensive and authoritative guide to neurologic disease in large domestic animals, world-wide. The newly revised Third Edition of Large Animal Neurology delivers a practical and complete reference for veterinarians, veterinary trainees and scientists dealing with large animal neurology. The book is vividly illustrated in full colour and contains many clinical photographs and detailed line drawings to highlight the concepts discussed within. Organised into three parts, Large Animal Neurology offers practitioners and students straightforward guides on how to perform neurologic examinations for domestic large animal species, including neonates. It also discusses the presenting clinical syndromes caused by common nervous system diseases, as well as giving details of the specific neurologic diseases of large domestic animals. The book includes: A thorough introduction to the evaluation of large animal neurologic patients, including discussions of neuroanatomy, neurologic evaluation, ancillary diagnostic aids, and the important pathologic responses of the nervous system Comprehensive exploration of 26 presenting clinical problems, including behaviour disorders, seizures, epilepsy, sleep disorders, blindness, strabismus, monoplegia, wobblers, tetraplegia, pruritus and cauda equina syndrome Detailed coverage of the specific diseases, including those of genetic, infectious, nutritional, toxic and metabolic cause, and the many diseases with multifactorial and with unknown cause Perfect for all equine and farm animal veterinarians, veterinary neurologists, as well as trainees in the field, Large Animal Neurology, Third Edition is also an ideal resource for undergraduate veterinary students, animal pathologists, and neuroscience researchers.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119477190

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9781119477198

More Bananagrams!

By: Joe Edley

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More Bananagrams!

By: Joe Edley

Joe Edley, the wordplay genius who created the puzzles in Bananagrams, now steps it up in More Bananagrams! by creating eight new joyously mind-bending puzzle types, and adding another level of difficultyÑpuzzles with a five banana (super hard!) rating. In all, there are over 500 original new anagram puzzles, including Banana Splits (solve letter substitution scrambles in rapid-fire fashion), Banana Peels (add new letters to words and rearrange to spell something new), Banana Boats (evolve a chain of words, one new letter at a time), intersecting words, vowel replacements, adjacent letter scrambles, and much more. The puzzles are rated one banana (simplest) to the fiendish new five banana, and enriching supplementary material is featured, including fun banana facts, helpful word lists, and, yes, an answer key.

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Workman Publishing

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076115843X

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9780761158431

The Science of Ghosts

Searching for Spirits of the Dead

By: Joe Nickell

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The Science of Ghosts

Searching for Spirits of the Dead

By: Joe Nickell

Are ghosts real? Are there truly haunted places, only haunted people, or both? And how can we know? Taking neither a credulous nor a dismissive approach, this first-of-its-kind book solves those perplexing mysteries and more--even answering the question of why we care so very much. Putting aside purely romantic tales, this book examines the actual evidence for ghosts--from eyewitness accounts to mediumistic productions (such as diaphanous forms materializing in dim light), spirit photographs, ghost-detection phenomena, and even CSI-type trace evidence. Offering numerous exciting case studies, this book engages in serious investigation rather than breathless mystifying. Pseudoscience, folk legends, and outright hoaxes are challenged and exposed, while the historical, cultural, and scientific aspects of ghost experiences and haunting reports are carefully explored. The author--the world's only professional paranormal investigator--brings his skills as a stage magician, private detective, folklorist, and forensic science writer to bear on a topic that demands serious study.

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Prometheus Books

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1616145862

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9781616145866

Looking Under Stones

Roots, Family and a Dingle Childhood

By: Joe O'Toole

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Looking Under Stones

Roots, Family and a Dingle Childhood

By: Joe O'Toole

This is not a story of me, but of me and mine, of my place and theirs, of places north, south, east and west in Ireland, but particularly of home life in Dingle and holidays in Galway, and of the times and traditions that left an indelible mark on a growing boy.' Set against the backdrop of major events in Irish history and the smaller local happenings of fair days, football matches and the first teenage dance, the book is shot through with the unique feel and flavour of an Irish upbringing.

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The O'Brien Press

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184717518X

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9781847175182

Liberation Sociology

By: Joe R. Feagin,Hernan Vera,Kimberly Ducey

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Liberation Sociology

By: Joe R. Feagin,Hernan Vera,Kimberly Ducey

Many people of all ages today continue to be attracted to sociology and other social sciences because of their promise to contribute to better political, social, and moral understandings of themselves and their social worlds-and often because they hope it will help them to build a better society. In a world of new movements and deepening economic inequality following the Great Recession, this new edition is vital. It features dozens of new examples from the latest research, with an emphasis on the next generation of liberation sociologists. The authors expand on the previous edition with the inclusion of sections on decolonisation paradigms in criminology, critical speciesism, and studies of environmental racism and environmental privilege. There is an expanded focus on participatory action research, and increased coverage of international liberation social scientists. Work by psychologists, anthropologists, theologians, historians, and others who have developed a liberation orientation for their disciplines is also updated and expanded.

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359

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Routledge

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1317264681

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9781317264682

Athletics in Drogheda 1861-2001

By: Joe Coyle

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Athletics in Drogheda 1861-2001

By: Joe Coyle

Athletics in Drogheda 1861-2001 tells the story of how the modern sports of track & field, cross country and road racing made their seperate ways to the Boyneside town of Drogheda in Co. Louth. It chronicles the social conditions that initially confined such activities to a small section fo the community. Generally, the population outside of the upper classes could spectate, but they were frozen out of participation. The book explains why. Gradually, with changes in society and the development of organisations like the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA, the sport was embraced by the masses in a plethora of urban and rural clubs. In Drogheda the sport was a major crowd pulling activity until the 1960s ushered in a fundamental change int he Western World's lifestyle. The story of how Drogheda men and women became county, national and international athletic stars is relayed through a combination of events, social comment and individual profiles of the more prominent characters. The narrative encompasses the start of the twenty-first century.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412013410

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9781412013413

6000 Miles of Fence

By: Cordia Sloan Duke,Joe B. Frantz

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6000 Miles of Fence

By: Cordia Sloan Duke,Joe B. Frantz

The fabulous XIT Ranch has been celebrated in song, story, and serious history. This book of reminiscences of old XIT cowmen puts on record the everyday life of the individuals who made the ranch run. Their forthright, yet picturesque, discussion of ranching hardships and dangers dissipates Hollywood and TV glamorizing. They relate in honest cowboy language what actually happened inside the XIT's 6,000 miles of fence. Cordia Sloan Duke, wife of an XIT division manager, Robert L. Duke, many years ago realized that only those who had experienced ranch life could depict it with deep understanding. As the young wife of a rising young ranch hand, she kept in her apron pocket a notebook and pencil, recording all manner of interesting details as they caught her attention. This diary was the nucleus for the present book. Conceiving of an account of life on the XIT as presented by XIT cowboys, Mrs. Duke set about drawing from reticent, sometimes reluctant, ranch hands the impressions of the XIT (occasionally written down by their more literate wives or daughters) which they had retained through the years. Cordia Sloan Duke and Joe B. Frantz have organized the reminiscences around key aspects of ranch life, retaining the language of the cow hands.

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University of Texas Press

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0292789378

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9780292789371

Racist America

Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations

By: Joe R. Feagin

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Racist America

Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations

By: Joe R. Feagin

Racist America is a bold, thoughtful exploration of the ubiquity of race in contemporary life. It develops an antiracist theory rooted not only in the latest empirical data but also in the current reality of racism in the U.S.

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Routledge

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1135959641

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9781135959647

An Apple a Day

The Myths, Misconceptions, and Truths About the Foods We Eat

By: Joe Schwarcz

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An Apple a Day

The Myths, Misconceptions, and Truths About the Foods We Eat

By: Joe Schwarcz

An entertaining exploration of the myths, claims, and misconceptions surrounding our obsession with diets, nutrition, and weight, from a renowned nutrition expert and chemistry professor A clear, no-nonsense nutrition guide with advice for the organic-obsessed, the diet-depressed, and the everyday food lover You have to be a nutritional scientist these days before you sit down to eat—which is why we need An Apple a Day. In this entertaining guide to the food we eat, Dr. Joe Schwarcz has taken his knowledge of food chemistry and applied it to our top food fears, trends, and questions. Organized in short, easy-to-reference chapters on dozens of different food topics, Dr. Joe looks at how food affects our health and explains what’s happening in our bodies when we eat—how do the hundreds of compounds in a single food react when we put something in our mouths? He investigates how we manipulate our food supply, delving into the science of food additives such as MSG and sweeteners both artificial and natural. Which nutritional supplements might actually do you good? Dr. Joe also clears up the confusion about contaminants, examining everything from pesticide residues, remnants of antibiotics, the dreaded trans fats, and chemicals that may leach from cookware. Finally, he takes a studied look at the science of calories and weighs in on popular diets. With Dr Joe’s advice, readers will be armed with the information they need on how to eat well, how to make better food choices, and how to avoid diet hype.

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