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Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)


Steve Striffler



From Publishers Weekly From a vivid account of working as the "flour boy" breading chicken on the line to a detailed expo...
The haves and the have nots: the abuse of power and privilege in the workplace-- and how to control it

The haves and the have nots: the abuse of power and privilege in the workplace-- and how to control it


Harvey A. Hornstein



From the Back Cover "No one should be allowed to manage who has not read this book and taken its content to heart." —...
Seeking Truth from Facts: A Restrospective on Chinese Military Studies in the Post-Mao Era

Seeking Truth from Facts: A Restrospective on Chinese Military Studies in the Post-Mao Era


James Mulvenon



About the Author JAMES CHARLES MULVENON (Ph.D., Political Science University of California, Los Angeles) is the Deputy Di...
World Population Shifts: Boom or Doom? (Plastics Engineering)

World Population Shifts: Boom or Doom? (Plastics Engineering)


Kevin Mccarthy



From the Publisher A version of this lecture was given at the Rocco C. Siciliano Forum entitledConsiderations on the Stat...
Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline

Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline


Lisa Margonelli



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In the last few years, just about everyone has had "oil on the brain" at some poin...
Advanced SEAL Delivery System: Perspectives and Options

Advanced SEAL Delivery System: Perspectives and Options


Mark V. Arena



From the Publisher The Deep Submergence Directorate (PMS 395) of the Naval Sea Sys-temsCommand asked RAND to undertake a ...
Coralling the Trojan Horse: A Proposal for Improving U.S. Urban Operations Preparedness in the Period 2000-2025 (Documented Briefing Rand Corporation)

Coralling the Trojan Horse: A Proposal for Improving U.S. Urban Operations Preparedness in the Period 2000-2025 (Documented Briefing Rand Corporation)


Russell Glenn



Coralling the Trojan Horse: A Proposal for Improving U.S. Urban Operations Preparedness in the Period 2000-2025 (Documented Briefing Rand Corporation)...
The Art of Sport

The Art of Sport


Reuters Photographers



Review "Struth! Here's a book that makes even golf look exciting... 188 pages of jaw-detaching full-colour sports images ...
The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It


Marcia Angell



Amazon.com Review Many Americans have wondered why prescription drugs have become so expensive while advertising for thos...
Activism!: Direct Action, Hacktivism and the Future of Society (FOCI)

Activism!: Direct Action, Hacktivism and the Future of Society (FOCI)


Tim Jordan



Review In this accessible, logical book, Tim Jordan explains the difference between different sorts of collective action ...
Animal (FOCI)

Animal (FOCI)


Erica Fudge



Review 'A brilliant analysis of the ambiguous boundaries that separate and bind humans and animals.' - The Irish Times, D...
European Military Prospects, Economic Constraints, and the Rapid Reaction Force (2001)

European Military Prospects, Economic Constraints, and the Rapid Reaction Force (2001)


Charles Wolf



About the Author Benjamin Zycher (Ph.D. (Economics, 1979), University of California, Los Angeles) is a Senior Economist, ...
E-Vision 2000: Key Issues That Will Shape Our Energy Future: Analysis and Papers Prepared for the E-Vision 2000 Conference

E-Vision 2000: Key Issues That Will Shape Our Energy Future: Analysis and Papers Prepared for the E-Vision 2000 Conference


Rand



From the Publisher This report documents a May 2000 initiative by the Office of Energy Efficiencyand Renewable Energy (EE...
Plan of Attack

Plan of Attack


Bob Woodward



Amazon.com Review The 2003 American invasion of Iraq was contentious, not just in the arena of global public opinion, but...
World Boom Ahead: Why Business and Consumers Will Prosper

World Boom Ahead: Why Business and Consumers Will Prosper


Knight A. Kiplinger Knight Kiplinger



Amazon.com Review When you call a book World Boom Ahead, you make it abundantly clear that you're not expecting to see t...
American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville

American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville




From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Lévy's journey through this "magnificent, mad country" is indeed vertiginous...
Ben-Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews

Ben-Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews


Naeim Giladi



Ben-Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews...
From Bomba to Hip-Hop

From Bomba to Hip-Hop


Juan Flores



From Library Journal Flores (black and Puerto Rican studies, Hunter Coll.; sociology, CUNY Graduate Ctr.) has written wid...
Enabling the Information Society by Stimulating the Creation of a Broadband Environment in Europe: Analyses of Evolution Scenarios for Future Networking Technologies and Networks in Europe

Enabling the Information Society by Stimulating the Creation of a Broadband Environment in Europe: Analyses of Evolution Scenarios for Future Networking Technologies and Networks in Europe


Maarten Botterman



Enabling the Information Society by Stimulating the Creation of a Broadband Environment in Europe: Analyses of Evolution Scenarios for Future Networking Technologies and Networks in Europe...
If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways.

If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways.


Daniel Quinn



From Publishers Weekly This slender volume—a place marker in Quinn's philosophical oeuvre about mankind's relations...
Letter to a Christian Nation

Letter to a Christian Nation


Sam Harris



Letter to a Christian Nation...
Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream

Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream


Arianna Huffington



Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream...
The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone


Richard Preston



The Hot Zone...
World Population

World Population


Geoffrey Gilbert



From Library Journal These two new volumes in the "Contemporary World Issues" series share the strengths of other series volume...
Living It Up

Living It Up


James B. Twitchell



From Publishers Weekly As the author of works on advertising, materialism and modern culture, University of Florida professor Tw...
Muhajababes

Muhajababes


Allegra Stratton



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Two-thirds of the Middle East—a quarter of a billion people—are 25 or younger...
Consumer Culture: A Reference Handbook

Consumer Culture: A Reference Handbook


Douglas Goodman



This book asks why some countries devote the lion's share of their social policy resources to the elderly, while others have a mor...
Women in Prison: A Reference Handbook

Women in Prison: A Reference Handbook


Cyndi Banks



This innovative text emphasizes how communicative processes develop, are maintained, and change throughout the life span. Topics c...
The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power

The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power


David E. Sanger



Readers of The New York Times know David Sanger as one of the most trusted correspondents in Washington, one to whom presidents, s...
Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure

Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure


Daniel Quinn



Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure...