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"A passionate, minutely informed, and scrupulously fair analysis of all the abuses and misuses of science that are rampant today-a clarion call to action that concerns us all."-Oliver Sacks, M.D., author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatThe American public is suffering from a rampage against reason by special interests in government, commerce, and the faith industry. In Junk Science, Dan Agin offers an overdue indictment of the groups that twist science for their own gain.Provocative, comprehensive, and hard-hitting, Agin argues from the center that we will pay a heavy price for the follies of people who consciously distort the public's understanding of the real world. With entertaining candidness, he reveals the data faking, reality ignoring, fear mongering, and outright lying that contribute to intentionally manufactured public ignorance. Agin outs the factions twisting scientific data to maintain riches and power in sections including:-- "Buyer Beware" (genetically modified foods, aging, and tobacco companies)-- "Medical Follies" (chiropractics, health care, talk therapy)-- "Poison and Bombs in the Greenhouse" (pollution, warfare, global warming)-- "Religion, Embryos, and Cloning"-- "Genes, Behavior, and Race"We already pay a heavy price for many groups' conscious manipulation of the public's understanding of science, and Junk Science arms us with understanding, cutting through the fabric of lies and setting the record straight."Agin is one angry empiricist...focused, extremely articulate, skilled in debate, and above all, dedicated only to what can be experienced through the senses and duplicated in the laboratory."--Chicago Sun-Times"An eye- and brain-opener, fraught with insight and plenty of astute observations and illustrative cases-in-point."--The San Diego Union-Tribune

Reveals the disconnect between how patients want to live the end of life - pain free, functioning mentally and physically, surrounded by family and friends. This book shows how the medical system continues to trial the dying: with interventions, at immense costs, and with little regard to pain.

The United States of 1960 was a First World nation, 90 per cent of whose people traced their ancestry to Europe. The deconstruction of America has begun. By 2050, Americans of European descent will be a minority in the United States. 100 million Hispanics will be living here. This book demonstrates that this is what is happening to America.

K lives on an island in the South Pacific. Natives worship him, girls are sacrificed to him, legends surround him. A pleasurable life indeed! Until a new kind of creature is left as sacrifice - and those who came with her want her back. They want K too, all forty feet of him, with his claws and fangs and butterfly wings.

Pregnancy is not a time to let yourself go. Divided into three 'sets' for each trimester of pregnancy, this title helps to tone various mothers and keeps active exercisers in peak condition throughout their pregnancies. It focuses on abs, arms, thighs, butts and shoulders.

Emily Transue earned her credentials in medical school, but learns lessons of a different kind when she embarks on private practice. Her patients, some delightful, some difficult, all come to her for medical advice but, they are not the only ones gaining from the experience.

Along with programs for self-care, nutritional and fitness plans and a comprehensive Western and Chinese medical treatment program, this edition includes important self-help information for the number of people who are considering or undergoing interferon treatment, including information on vial load and the optimum interferon protocol.

Shortlisted for the 2009 Commomwealth Writers' Prize Shroff's vibrant narratives in this concept collection of 14 stories set in contemporary Bombay feature a range of beautifully drawn characters in fascinating situations: from the laundrywallas' water shortage problems, to the doomed love affair of a schizophrenic painter and his Bollywood girlfriend, to the wandering thoughts of a massagewalla at Chowpatty Beach, to the heart-warming relationship of a carriage driver and his beloved horse. Each of these stories is richly crafted and arranged against the grand chaotic backdrop of life that is Bombay. Shroff's love for his hometown shines through, but so does his deep understanding of its challenges and problems. The reader is afforded an insider's view of this pulsating city, and through an unforgettable emotional and cultural journey comes to care for the characters presented in these stories.

Midora Saito's dream seems about to come true. Too independent for Japanese society, she is a young woman who has always felt like a stranger in her native land. So when she falls in love with Kevin, an American English teacher, she readily agrees to leave home and start a new life with him in San Francisco - as his fiancee.

Before J K Rowling became the best selling author in Britain, Terry Pratchett wore that hat. With over 40 million books sold, Pratchett is an international phenomenon. Exploring the land of Disc- word, this guide includes sidebars, trivia, folklore, mythology and fables, a bio of the author Terry Pratchett and an analysis of his work.

Millions of adults throughout the world go online each month looking for love. This title aims to help single women find their perfect match. It teaches you: how to write the prefect profile; what not to write in a first email to a potential suitor; and, why a second date means online dating success.

Contains advice that makes caring for your car easy so you can actually enjoy driving and owning one. This book helps you know: how to select the best car for your lifestyle - and safest car for your family; essential and easy maintenance for your car; what to have ready in case of a crash or emergency; and how to master easy car repairs.

Jacquie Stuart has just turned thirty-two and she wants to do a major rewrite on her life. Her salary at a film magazine barely covers her mortgage, her bratty sister has staked permanent claim to her couch, her best friend is in an obscenely happy marriage, and the only guy who really gets her is gay.

Provides the Ten Commandments of Creamy Skin, including which lifestyle habits are detrimental to skin and which everyday products are ineffective or harmful. This work also offers the Five Exercises - Cleanse, Exfoliate, Anti-Oxidants, Moisturize, and Protect - and features strategies for designing custom workouts based on your skin type.

Beautiful and brilliant, Eleanor is the daughter of the duke of Aquitaine, whose glittering court is the twelfth-century birthplace of courtly love. For all of the duke's boasts that Eleanor has the brains of a man and the soul of a warrior, everyone knows that a girl of fifteen cannot possibly hold the richest dukedom in France. Everyone, that is, except her dying father, who insists on leaving Eleanor his most valuable provinces---and making her prey to the first baron who rides in to kidnap her. Eleanor, though, is not content to sit idly by and let herself become a victim, and devises a plan to marry the heir to the throne of France. While her alliance to Louis VII may be a dazzling one, her husband is a cautious man whose wit and courage do not always match Eleanor's own, and she ultimately finds herself seeking an even greater match with Henry II of England. Sweeping from the courts of Paris to the perils of the Crusades, Duchess of Aquitaine gloriously illuminates the life of one of the most powerful, resourceful, and fascinating women in all of history.

As a demon, no human can get close enough to love Edna without being destroyed by her powers. Eli Moss is a Nephilim, a descendent of a branch of angels who chose earth as their domain, married human women and taught them magic. Sent to tempt Eli into an act of lust and steal his soul, Edana experiences the touch of a lover in him.

Approaches Jesus' crucifixion from the perspective of a crime scene investigator: What do we know is fact? What can be historically documented? What can we deduce may have happened? Taking the popular CSI television dramas as inspiration, this work outlines what is known for sure about Jesus' trial and crucifixion.

Nina Goldman is the youngest of three growing up in Akron, Ohio. She and her siblings must cope with their larger-than-life father Artie, a colour-blind carpet salesman and frustrated musician. Forever the dreamer and schemer, Artie engages in outrageous antics that both mesmerise and mortify his family.

From the bestselling author of Tripping the Prom Queen comes a fascinating and provocative look at the reasons behind female deception. Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets reveals how society doles out mixed messages to women, fostering the lies they tell. Among the liars are:ΓÇóA woman who shoplifts, and has it "down to a science"ΓÇóA woman who tells her husband she is working late in order to be with her loverΓÇóA woman who lies about her children''s achievements to her friendsΓÇóA woman who pretends her husband is doing well when they are going brokeΓÇóA woman who has covered up her husband''s emotional abuse for yearsΓÇóA woman whose secret is her misery in being a stay-at-home mom in suburbiaΓÇóA woman who lies about loving her partner, deciding it''s better to stay than be aloneΓÇóAnd many other secrets and deceptionsHonest and even outrageous, Susan Shapiro Barash is fast becoming the author who explores issues that are important to womenΓÇöissues that they are loath to talk about . . . until now.

Aims to offer a proactive and informed approach to combating criminal and terrorist threats. Backed by advice from three experts who offer military, medical, and personal security perspectives, this book includes chapters on how and why terrorists select targets and, an emergency Response Handbook for chemical, biological, and weapons attacks.

In the winter of 1878, Vera Zasulich shot the governor of St Petersburg for his brutal treatment of a political prisoner. Her trial became Russia's first 'trial of the century' as the courtrooms filled with the cream of society. This work captures Vera's life story - from privileged nobility to revolutionary conspirator to assassin and then saint.

The sex life of food is a delightful panorama about how our two strongest urges, food and sex, work with one another in surprising ways. This work covers such topics as: Food as politics; Choosing the first bite; Cooking as seduction; Aphrodisiacs; The sensuality of the mouth; Jack's magic beanstalk; and more.

Crime is never unpredictable. Before a lie is spoken, a pocket is picked, or an assault is inflicted, there are silent cues: a nonverbal language that speaks loud and clear if you're trained to see it. This book presents real-life stories of crime and survival. It helps you stay alert to the warning signs of a wide array of offenses.

Finally, a book that offers a behind-the-scenes look at what happens when she is ready to tie the knot and he prefers to talk about it later. His Cold Feet is a collection of stories, commentaries, and practical advice that will ultimately create a bridge between women and men, enabling each to better understand the other's experience when facing a marriage commitment. His Cold Feet is the ultimate guide and a definite must-read for the woman who feels stuck in neutral within her relationship. In His Cold Feet, you'll find:. Advice on how to have "the talk". How to deal with the dreaded "When are you two getting married?". The scoop on ultimatums. A man's perspective on popping the question. How to manage "pre-engagement limbo". How to find out what's really behind his cold feet. When to walk away And lots of other crucial, sanity-saving advice.

The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy is The Houston Press's Best Houston Book of the Year for 2008.In the Dear John letter Daddy left for Mother and me, on a Saturday afternoon in early June 1996, on the inlaid Florentine table in the front entry of our house, which we found that night upon returning from a day spent in the crème-colored light of Neiman's, Daddy wrote that he was leaving us because Mother was crazy, and because she'd driven me crazy in a way that perfectly suited her own insanity.In a memoir studded with delicious lines and unforgettable set pieces, Robert Leleux describes his East Texas boyhood and coming of age under the tutelage of his eccentric, bewigged, flamboyant, and knowing mother.Left high and dry by Daddy and living on their in-laws' horse ranch in a white-pillared house they can't afford, Robert and Mother find themselves chronically low on cash. Soon they are forced into more modest quarters, and as a teenaged Robert watches with hilarity and horror, Mother begins a desperate regimen of makeovers, extreme plastic surgeries, and finally hairpiece epoxies---all calculated to secure a new, wealthy husband. Mother's strategy takes her, with Robert in tow, from the glamorous environs of the Neiman Marcus beauty salon to questionable surgery offices and finally to a storefront clinic on the wrong side of Houston. Meanwhile, Robert begins his own journey away from Mother and through the local theater's world of miscast hopefuls and thwarted ambitions---and into a romance that surprises absolutely no one but himself. Written with a warmth and a wicked sense of fun that lighten even the most awful circumstances, The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy is a sparkling debut.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) championship represents poker's top achievement. Presenting history, this work offers an account of the greatest tournament in the world. It chronicles some of the gut-wrenching and heart-breaking moments, often with millions at stake.

Explores what teens do on the Internet and with technology. Speaking with a cross section of industry professionals and teenagers, this title looks at how teens use technology as well as the benefits and draw backs of this use. It covers issues such as: social networking, online journaling, cyber bullying, and more.

The nationally acclaimed Ladies Who Launch program has enabled thousands of women across the world to break out of 9-5 and thrive in entrepreneurial enterprises that reflect their true passions, skills, and desires. This book presents its 4-step incubator process, using self-tests, inspiring stories, and practical information.

Offers advice for any bride who looks to astrology for help with her wedding, her honeymoon, and beyond. This title contains sign-specific tips on topics such as: vows to inspire a Scorpio bride and Cancer groom; how to talk a headstrong Aries groom into just about anything; and, the perfect cake for a whimsical Gemini bride.

Many parents are anxious and fearful that they are failing their children if they don't respond to all the expectations imposed by media and society about what being a good parent is. This book helps parents to balance their own needs with those of their children, and to make informed choices regarding their family and home life.