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Yoga for All of Us: A Modified Series of Traditional Poses for Any Age and Ability

Peggy Cappy

St. Martin's Griffin, 2006

Peggy Cappy Understands the Needs of All Ages and Abilities!
I had the pleasure of meeting Peggy Cappy at a women's yoga retreat a few years ago. I wish there were many more teachers like Peggy who understand the needs of people of all ages. Peggy's students range in age from forty to one-hundred. It is refreshing to open her ...

Correcting Reversals (Modified Basic Skills)
Penny Groves

Frank Schaffer, 2001

Humorous yet instructive drawings assist students in seeing and recalling how to form the commonly reversed numbers and letters: b, d, p, q, m, w, n, u, and s. Correcting Reversals includes rhymes, memory games, and practice for remembering left, right, and which direction certain alphabet letters face. The compelling ...

Genetically Modified Foods: Debating Biotechnology (Contemporary Issues Series)

Prometheus Books, 2002

Over thirty essays are contributed by experts
How are genetically altered foods affecting daily lives, and are genetically changed materials becoming a part of our genetic makeup through digestion of these foods? Genetically Modified Foods explores the myriad of issues and argument arising from the use of ...

Lords Of The Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, And The Future Of Food

Dan Charles

Basic Books, 2002

The History of Biotechnology
I had to read this book for a class at Cornell (life science entrepreneurship), and have to say I really enjoyed it. You must be into biology to get the beginning of the book, however, or it would appear pretty dry. The end is where most of the business insight comes ...

Yoga for 50+: Modified Poses and Techniques for a Safe Practice

Richard Rosen

Ulysses Press, 2004

Keep the Yoga Fire Burning After 50!
This modest looking book by Richard Rosen, a master yogi over 50, offers lots of practical tips for older beginners and their teachers. I especially recommend this book to younger yogis who are looking for ways to teach yoga safely to their parents and grandparents. ...

Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food

Andrew Kimbrell

Earth Aware Editions, 2007

you are what you eat
Andrew Kimbrell, editor of the famed Fatal Harvest, has come out with a new book, Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food. It is a very comprehensive guide as to how genetically engineered foods are impacting our everyday lives. As ...

Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Food

Nina V. Fedoroff and Nancy Marie Brown

Joseph Henry Press, 2006

Worth the effort!
First off, I am a lay reader who, prior to reading this book, was on the fence regarding genetically modified (GM) food. I had heard some scary stuff from friends and in the media but I wanted more information. After reading this book I feel reasonably well versed in ...

Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered ...

Jeffrey M. Smith

Yes! Books, 2003

You Are What You Eat, This is Food for Thought
A decade ago, what we ate wasn't on the radar of most people. The musings of a few hermits, a handful of anti-government critics and your garden variety assortment of conspiracy theorists and crazy people was all that one had when it came a debate on whats being done ...

Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

Pamela C. Ronald, R. W. Adamchak

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Required reading for foodies
As a consumer who shops at grocery stores that specialize in organic food, I have noticed a proliferation of signs and labels stating that this or that product is GE or GMO free. These labels don't do much to inform the public and do much to increase anxiety. This ...

Plant Biotechnology: The Genetic Manipulation of Plants
Adrian Slater, Nigel W. Scott, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Throughout history, humankind has pursued means to improve the yield of crop plants through selective plant breeding and hybridization. Today, genetic manipulation provides a powerful tool for directing plant breeding. But how is genetic manipulation implemented? What benefits can it offer? And what are the broader issues surrounding the use of ...

Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food
Lisa H. Weasel

AMACOM, 2008

More than ten years ago, the first genetically modified foods took their place on the shelves of American supermarkets. But while American consumers remained blissfully unconcerned with the new products that suddenly filled their kitchens, Europeans were much more wary of these ?Frankenfoods.? When famine struck Africa in 2002, several nations ...

Richie! The Fast Life and Times of NASCAR's Greatest Modified Driver: The Richie Evans Story
Bones Bourcier

Coastal 181, 2005

From farm boy to nine-time NASCAR National Champion, Richie Evans raced through life in the fast lane. Motorsports biographer Bones Bourcier was along for much of the ride as a reporter, observer and friend, and now he tells the complete and unabridged story of the man voted NASCAR's greatest modified driver. Weaving together over 300 ...

Diet for a Dead Planet: How the Food Industry Is Killing Us

Christopher D. Cook

New Press, 2004

A no-nonsense book
Whether he is taking on the exploitation of farm workers and poultry-plant employees; the take-over of large-scale agribusiness; farm subsidies, or an America swimming in pesticides and animal waste, Mr. Cook has clearly done his research. Extremely well documented, ...