Are you "sick and tired" of feeling sick and tired? Have you been told you need to control your diabetes, hypertension, fibromyalgia, arthritis? Have you tried to lose weight, and the "yo-yo" diets are like a rocking chair--they keep you going but get you nowhere? Then you too need to read about the Garden of Eating and find out how we Escaped from the Garden of Eating! What? Where is this garden? How do you get there and why do you need to escape? Come along with us on w...

Bernard and Lucy navigate through a half-century of research, auto-biographies, and social narratives on eating disorders (EDs). They take the reader on a journey through cultural and historical origins. And arrive at a perspective on how people who have EDs are our beacons for greater empathic awareness of freedom for all of humanity.

George Bernard Shaw demanded truth and despised convention. He punctured hollow pretensions and smug prudishness—coating his criticism with ingenious and irreverent wit. In Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman, the great playwright satirizes society, military heroism, marriage, and the pursuit of man by woman. From a social, literary, and theatrical standpoint, these four plays are among the foremost dramas of the age...

The thrilling classic account of the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788 - 1789. Fletcher Christian, master's mate on HMS Bounty prepares to seize control of a ship torn apart by the sadism of her captain, which culminates in his mutiny against Captain Bligh. One of the greatest sea adventures ever written!

In 1787 prisoners are shipped from Newgate Jail to found a new penal colony in Botany Bay, New South Wales. Amongst them is Hugh Tallant, an American medical student who had been wrongly imprisoned. During the sea journey he begins to clash with the villainous Captain Gilbert and is soon plotting a full-scale mutiny against him. A great companion read with Mutiny on the Bounty!

Since the end of the Cold War, liberal capitalism has spread worldwide without any significant ideological rivalry, characterized by the frenetic search for an ever-increasing return on capital and constantly-increasing profits, a generalized un-concern for the moral values of liberalism, and for social inequalities and human misery.The book, Servants of the Devil: The Facilitators of the Criminal and Terrorist Networks, shows that this evolution has been possible, thanks to legitimate act...

Returning from the horrors of World War I James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow a dream to tour the South Pacific. They had a highly successful literary partnership that lasted nearly 30 year and produced several worldwide bestsellers.The authors of the "Mutiny on the Bounty" trilogy present a travelogue look at French Polynesia in the 1920's. Although non-fiction, it relates the stories and lifestyles of natives, scalawags, and (yes) imperialists in a very readable and highly ente...

Provides a comprehensive review of best practice in sugarcane cultivation across the value chain from planting through to post-harvest operationsAssesses alternative uses of sugarcane for bioenergy and other applicationsAssesses the environmental impact of sugarcane cultivation

An interesting historical novel by the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty. The novel decribes the life of the Hugh Tallant, as told by himself. Hugh Tallant, an American, is convicted in London of highway robbery and as such exported as a convict to New South Wales, Australia, as part of the First Fleet. The story shows its readers the hardship of the convicts who arrived on the First Fleet, as well as the even worse conditions endured by the convicts of the Second Fleet. Because the historic...

A cultural and geographical picture of Tahiti as it was during the early 20th Century. Two young Englishmen stop there on a tour of the south seas. Both fall in love with the people and landscape. This is a story of adventure, love and tragedy set in breathtaking lands of abundant vegetation and kind hearted people.

The acclaimed novel of love and courage. An intolerant Governor sets off a series of tragic events in an idyllic Pacific paradise, disrupting the peaceful lives of newlywed islanders Terangi and Marama in this tale of brave and beautiful people... of a young outlaw and his sensuous bride... of survival, of love and courage. A story of elemental terror, of strong men against the sea. By the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty

Story of the dream of a young pilot whose plane is wrecked over the Pacific Ocean...