Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The China Study The China Study T. Colin Campbell,Thomas M. Campbell,T. Colin Campbell, PhD Referred to as the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" by The New York Times, this study examines more than 350 variables of health and nutrition with surveys from 6,500 adults in more than 2,500 counties a… OL15176142W
97 Orchard 97 Orchard Jane Ziegelman In 97 Orchard, Jane Ziegelman explores the culinary life that was the heart and soul of New York's Lower East Side around the turn of the twentieth century—a city within a city, where Germans, Irish,… OL15178517W
Why we get fat and what to do about it Why we get fat and what to do about it Gary Taubes This book is an eye-opening, myth-shattering examination of what makes us fat, from acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes. In his New York Times best seller, Good Calories, Bad Calories, Taubes argued… OL15444929W
Why We Get Fat Why We Get Fat Gary Taubes Gary Taubes is a science writer and researcher who wanted to know exactly why some people get fat while others, eating more and exercising less, stay skinny. His reading took him through the last … OL15975865W
Ancestral appetites Ancestral appetites Kristen J. Gremillion "This book explores the relationship between prehistoric people and their food - what they ate, why they ate it, and how researchers have pieced together the story of past foodways from material trac… OL16977928W
Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan,Richie Chevat,Raul Nagore What should we have for dinner? The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at t… OL3296483W
Mindless Eating Mindless Eating Brian Wansink In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you're eating, what you're eating--or why you're even eating at all.- Does fo… OL8368846W
Unauthorized X-Men Unauthorized X-Men Len Wein Comic writers trace the X-Men series' evolution, challenge its metaphors and draw from its truths about human nature and human society in this exploratory look at the still-timely and often-revamped … OL9710324W