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The Cat in the hat: It's a rainy day at home and siblings Dick and Sally have nothing to do. All of that changes when The Cat and his messy sidekicks, Thing One and Thing Two, burst onto the scene, bringing with them adventure and chaos-much to the dismay of a worried pet goldfish.
The Lorax: In a place where the Brown Bar-ba-loots frisk about the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks for the trees that the Once-ler...
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"Intuitive Eating for Every Day: 365 Daily Meditations and Inspirations for Making Peace with Food Intuitive Eating is a true lifestyle change. It's a journey of self-discovery, awareness, and letting go of diet culture. It will heal your relationship with food, your mind, and help you re-connect with your own body. Ultimately, it will liberate you from a world obsessed with appearance and ground you in your feelings and thoughts. This book of meditations...
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"Tired of your weight swinging up and down? Do you find it difficult to stick to a diet? You're not alone. Every day, millions of people battle temptation as they try to drop unwanted pounds. For those who succeed, a whopping 80 percent quickly pack the weight back on. "Thin from Within" delves into the root causes and reveals that diets alone--whether counting calories or controlling carbs--don't work. Why? Because lasting results have less to do...
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An Introduction to Carnism."An important and groundbreaking contribution to the struggle for the welfare of animals." — Yuval Harari, New York Times best-selling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind"An absorbing examination of why humans feel affection and compassion for certain animals but are callous to the suffering of others." — Publishers WeeklyWhy We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows offers an absorbing look at what social...
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"Parents can be so frustrating! All these kids want is for their ice-cream-and-chips-loving parents to try one bite of healthy whole foods. They're sure their parents will like fruits and veggies if they'll just taste them! Instead, their parents make dramatic barfing sounds, cover their mouths with their hands, and sneak the veggies to the dog. Is there anything that can convince these picky parents to try something green?" --
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Combines the best that Eastern and Western medicine can offer in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of digestive conditions, gastrointestinal disease, diabetes, and obesity. By blending modern research with ancient practices, this book will help readers stay positive and keep motivated along their journey toward better health and overall well-being.--Publisher.
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"A holistic health counselor and co-star of award-winning documentary Super Size Me explores women's cravings--for food, sleep, sex, movement, companionship, inspiration--and teaches them to listen to their bodies for a healthier, fuller life. Transformational health expert Alexandra Jamieson is a woman on a mission. Having overcome her own food addictions and the weight and health problems these habits caused, she learned something life-altering:...
51) Eating better
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Eating better seems hard. It's so easy to grab a cookie or cheeseburger. Except you may find you don't feel very good afterward. You might be tired or unhappy because of how you eat. Eating better is about being in control. You can choose to eat better. Plus, you can get your whole family involved. You won't just feel better. You can have fun doing it.
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"Protest Kitchen is an empowering guide to the food and lifestyle choices anyone can make for positive change in the face of the profound challenges of our time. Our food choices have much more of an impact than most people imagine. They not only affect our personal health and the environment, but are also tied to issues of justice, misogyny, national security, and human rights. Protest Kitchen is the first book to explore the ways in which a more...
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The Lunch Lab experience encourages families to make smarter food choices while having fun. Each topic includes three segments: Webisode; Freezer Burn Music Video; and a Lunch Lab Live!; all related to the Fizzy's Lunch Lab online animated series. The DVD will also include associated activities and recipes.
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The untold story of how meat made America. The moment European settlers arrived in North America, they began transforming the land into a meat-eater's paradise. Long before revolution turned colonies into nation, Americans were eating meat on a scale the Old World could neither imagine nor provide: an average European was lucky to see meat once a week, while even a poor American man put away about two hundred pounds a year. Maureen Ogle guides us...
55) I am Sam-I-Am
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"Meet Sam-I-Am -- he likes to eat green eggs and ham! A super-simple board book perfect for Dr. Seuss's young fans!"--Back cover.
56) Strange foods
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Describes unusual foods from around the world, from bird's nest soup to salty licorice to yak butter tea.
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Will Sam-I-Am convince his new friend to take a chance and finally try something new? Find out in this timeless tale the whole family will enjoy. Then, meet the Sneetches, who teach us that being yourself is the best way to fit in, while the story of the Zax reminds us that there is nothing to gain from being stubborn. So bring an appetite for a full course meal of fun that will fill your heart and mind!
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Why is chocolate melting on the tongue such a decadent sensation? Why do we love crunching on bacon? Why is fizz-less soda such a disappointment to drink, and why is flat beer so unappealing to the palate? Our sense of taste produces physical and emotional reactions that cannot be explained by chemical components alone. Eating triggers our imagination, draws on our powers of recall, and activates our critical judgment, creating a unique impression...
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As nutrition, food is essential, but in today's world of excess, many have taken food beyond its functional definition to fine art status. From celebrity chefs to amateur food bloggers, individuals take ownership of the food they eat as a creative expression of personality, heritage, and ingenuity. Dwight Furrow examines the contemporary fascination with food and culinary arts not only as global spectacle but also as an expression of control, authenticity,...
60) Deadly diets
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"Did you know that an 18th century Swedish king ate himself to death at a feast? Or that Maria Callas swallowed a tapeworm to try to control her weight? People throughout the ages have turned to bizarre dietary regimes to shape their bodies. This book covers so many interesting moments in food history, from cannibals to fasting, moral diets to extreme weight loss, fad diets to war rationing, and the diagnosis of eating disorders to Elvis. At the same...