We are facing a gathering health crisis of epic proportions. The crisis is obesity and the diseases linked to it - hypertension, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. While multinational drug companies race to find a cure...more details Format:Paperback Pages:308
The first edited collection of its kind, "Being Elsewhere" focuses on the history of tourism in Europe and North America from the early nineteenth century. The volume brings together new scholarship that explores tourism's significance to such major historical developments as class formation...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:392
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Ellen Ruppel Shell
ISBN:9781594202155
An "Atlantic Monthly" correspondent uncovers the true cost--in economic, political, and psychological terms--of the West's penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possible....more details Format:Hardback Pages:296
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Ellen Ruppel Shell
ISBN:9780143117636
A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargain From the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:296
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Shell Ellen Ruppel
ISBN:9781843541417
The Hungry Gene takes an unflinching look at the spread of obesity, the most vexing scientific mysteries of our time. Acclaimed science journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell reveals the existence of a gene that causes obesity and meets the scientists working to isolate it...more details Format:Hardback Pages:304
Detailed, four-color paintings and a question-and-answer text bring to life the traditional life, customs, and everyday world of the Iroquois -- one of the most powerful and influential of the Indian nations....more details Pages:80
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Ellen Levine;Shelly Hehenberger
ISBN:9780590674454
Detailed, four-color paintings and a question-and-answer text bring to life the traditional life, customs, and everyday world of the Iroquois -- one of the most powerful and influential of the Indian nations....more details Format:Paperback Pages:80
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Ellen Ruppel Shell
ISBN:9780802140333
Reveals the secret history and subtle politics behind the explosion of obesity in the United States and around the world....more details Format:Paperback Pages:294
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Ellen Ruppel Shell
ISBN:9781400112791
Atlantic Monthly correspondent Ellen Ruppel Shell uncovers the true cost---in economic, political, and psychological terms---of our penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possible....more details Format:CD
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Ellen Ruppel Shell
ISBN:9781400142798
Atlantic Monthly correspondent Ellen Ruppel Shell uncovers the true cost---in economic, political, and psychological terms---of our penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possible....more details Format:CD
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Ellen Ruppel Shell
ISBN:9781400162796
Atlantic Monthly correspondent Ellen Ruppel Shell uncovers the true cost---in economic, political, and psychological terms---of our penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possible....more details Format:CD
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ISBN:9781400153008
The critically acclaimed author of "The Other End of the Leash" offers fascinating insights into the canine mind---critical tools for a healthy relationship with a well-trained dog....more details Format:CD