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  • Food, Inc.

    Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the

    by Peter Pringle ...
    A “lively and colorful” (The Washington Post) contribution to the complex and important conversation on genetically modified foods unraveling the science, myths, and politics behind the continuing battle over biotech food.For most people, the global war over genetically modified foods is a distant and confusing one. The battles are conducted in the mystifying language of genetics.A handful of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • About Time

    Surviving Ireland's Death Row

    by Peter Pringle ...
    Law and justice are not always one and the same. On the 27 November 1980, Peter Pringle waited in an Irish court to hear the following words: 'Peter Pringle, for the crime of capital murder … the law prescribes only one penalty, and that penalty is death.' The problem was that Peter did not commit this crime. Facing a sentence of death by hanging, Peter sought the inner strength and determination ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov

    The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Great Scientists of the Twentieth Century

    by Peter Pringle ...
    In The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov, acclaimed journalist and author Peter Pringle recreates the extraordinary life and tragic end of one of the great scientists of the twentieth century.In a drama of love, revolution, and war that rivals Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, Pringle tells the story of a young Russian scientist, Nikolai Vavilov, who had a dream of ending hunger and famine in the world. Vavilov's ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • A Place at the Table

    The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It

    by Participant ...
    Forty-nine million people -- including one in four children -- go hungry in the U.S. every day, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all. Inspired by the acclaimed documentary A Place at the Table, this companion book offers powerful insights from those at the front lines of solving hunger in America, including:Jeff Bridges, Academy Award-winning actor, cofounder ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Julian Perry Robinson: Pioneer in the Prohibition of Chemical and Biological Warfare

    Edited by Henrietta Wilson, Mary Kaldor, Josh Kaldor-Robinson, Peter Pringle, Alexander Ghionis, Richard Guthrie ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Julian P. Perry Robinson (1941-2020) made a unique contribution to protecting the world from the misuse of chemistry and biology. A trained chemist and patent lawyer, he applied his specialist knowledge to better understand the nature of chemical and biological warfare (CBW) and how best to prevent this. He pioneered open source methods that enabled him to engage with, and inform, national and ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

  • Day of the Dandelion

    An Arthur Hemmings Mystery

    by Peter Pringle ...
    Seeds of a new corn plant are stolen from Oxford University's botany lab, and the professor, Alastair Scott, and his Russian assistant, Tanya Petrovskaya, are missing.Alarms ring in London and Washington, where intelligence officials know that Scott was working on a supergene that could allow control over the world's entire food supply.The British government calls in Arthur Hemmings from the Royal ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Cornered

    Big Tobacco at the Bar of Justice

    by Peter Pringle ...
    In New Orleans, the widow of an attorney who died of lung cancer vowed to avenge his death by suing the tobacco companies. In Clarksdale, Mississippi, an outraged country lawyer discovered the cost of lung cancer care as his secretary's mother lay dying. In Washington, D.C., a young pediatrician became the first FDA administrator in ninety years to decide nicotine should be regulated as a drug. ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Electronic Media Management, Revised

    by Peter Pringle, Michael F Starr ...
    The fifth edition of a classic text features important updates that reflect the enormous changes that have taken place in recent years - the Internet as an important information transmission format that is here to stay and convergence among media. This edition features thorough discussions on the Internet and convergence, as well as reflects the latest information on broadcast and cable ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Experiment Eleven

    Dark Secrets Behind the Discovery of a Wonder Drug

    by Peter Pringle ...
    In 1943, Albert Schatz, a young Rutgers College Ph.D. student, worked on a wartime project in microbiology professor Selman Waksman's lab, searching for an antibiotic to fight infections on the front lines and at home. In his eleventh experiment on a common bacterium found in farmyard soil, Schatz discovered streptomycin, the first effective cure for tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum

    by Mark Stevens ...
    "A fascinating insight into the country's most famous asylum for criminals" which reveals Victorian England's care and management of the mentally ill (Your Family Tree).On 27 May 1863, three coaches pulled up at the gates of a new asylum, built amongst the tall, dense pines of Windsor Forest. Broadmoor's first patients had arrived.In Broadmoor Revealed, Mark Stevens writes about what life was like ... Read more

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  • Life as a Victorian Lady

    by Pamela Horn ...
    Presented in a small gift book format, this series offers books that intend to take the reader back in time and show them what it was really like to be a Victorian Lady, what sights and smells would be around them, and what day-to-day life would involve in terms of food, clothing, living quarters, kitchens, and more. ... Read more

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  • INSIDE (One Man's Experience of Prison) A True Story

    by John Hoskison ...
    This is a true story of a journey to hell and back. In 1994 John Hoskison was a highly respected and successful professional golfer. Then, one evening, after a tournament, he broke a rule of his life by drinking and driving and on the way home he hit and killed a cyclist. Hoskison knew he'd never escape the pain he'd caused and felt a prison sentence was justified. As a non-violent first offender, ... Read more

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