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Автор: Markel Howard Название: The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek ISBN: 0307948374 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307948373 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: ***2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Nonfiction***
"What's more American than Corn Flakes?" --Bing Crosby From the much admired medical historian ("Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be"--Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy of Addiction ("Absorbing, vivid"--Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book Review, front page)--the story of America's empire builders: John and Will Kellogg. John Harvey Kellogg was one of America's most beloved physicians; a best-selling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which revolutionized the mass production of food and what we eat for breakfast. In The Kelloggs, Howard Markel tells the sweeping saga of these two extraordinary men, whose lifelong competition and enmity toward one another changed America's notion of health and wellness from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, and who helped change the course of American medicine, nutrition, wellness, and diet. The Kelloggs were of Puritan stock, a family that came to the shores of New England in the mid-seventeenth century, that became one of the biggest in the county, and then renounced it all for the religious calling of Ellen Harmon White, a self-proclaimed prophetess, and James White, whose new Seventh-day Adventist theology was based on Christian principles and sound body, mind, and hygiene rules--Ellen called it "health reform." The Whites groomed the young John Kellogg for a central role in the Seventh-day Adventist Church and sent him to America's finest Medical College. Kellogg's main medical focus--and America's number one malady: indigestion (Walt Whitman described it as "the great American evil"). Markel gives us the life and times of the Kellogg brothers of Battle Creek: Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his world-famous Battle Creek Sanitarium medical center, spa, and grand hotel attracted thousands actively pursuing health and well-being. Among the guests: Mary Todd Lincoln, Amelia Earhart, Booker T. Washington, Johnny Weissmuller, Dale Carnegie, Sojourner Truth, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and George Bernard Shaw. And the presidents he advised: Taft, Harding, Hoover, and Roosevelt, with first lady Eleanor. The brothers Kellogg experimented on malt, wheat, and corn meal, and, tinkering with special ovens and toasting devices, came up with a ready-to-eat, easily digested cereal they called Corn Flakes. As Markel chronicles the Kelloggs' fascinating, Magnificent Ambersons-like ascent into the pantheon of American industrialists, we see the vast changes in American social mores that took shape in diet, health, medicine, philanthropy, and food manufacturing during seven decades--changing the lives of millions and helping to shape our industrial age.
Автор: MacDonald Charles Brown Название: The Battle of the Huertgen Forest: Great Battles of History ISBN: 1258367289 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258367282 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 7899.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Title: The Battles of Wakefield. An historical narrative of the Battle of Wakefield, in 1460: also an account of the engagement on Wakefield Green, in 1643; with antiquarian, topographical, and local remarks.
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Автор: Charles River Editors Название: The Greatest Battles in History: The Battle of Midway ISBN: 1985388235 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781985388239 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1921.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Charles River Editors Название: The Greatest Battles in History: The Battle of Britain ISBN: 1985386852 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781985386853 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1404.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Two families, one secret that will tear them apart. Evelyn loves Bryce, but Bryce is not who he says he is. Unbeknownst to Evelyn, neither is she. In a place where many worlds exist, Keepers guard the gates between them, and Watchers command the Keepers. However, an archaic war between Watchers and Keepers ensues, which threatens to destroy Evelyn and Bryce`s happiness if Evelyn`s best friend, Sylvia, does not come in between them first.
Описание: The Battle-Fields Of The Revolution: Comprising Descriptions Of The Principal Battles, Sieges, And Other Events Of The War Of Independence: Interspersed With Characteristic Anecdotes has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Описание: Benjamin Franklin Award Winner for YA Nonfiction Selection of the 2017 Buckeye Book Fair "Accurate and fascinating!" - Kirkus Reviews "A sure bet wherever military and canine titles are popular." - School Library Journal "Expertly captures the bonding relationship developed between human and animal under the tension of combat, where the difference between life and death is many times determined by a dog." - John Burnam, creator of the U.S. Military Working Dog Teams National Monument Dogs have faithfully followed humans into combat since the dawn of time. At first they simply provided emotional support. As soldiers found ways to use the canines remarkable senses of smell and hearing, their bond deepened. The military working dog team was born. Today dog teams are active across all branches of the military. Some perform tasks that are so specialized that, as author Nancy Roe Pimm discovered firsthand, the dogs are considered state secrets and cant be photographed. Pimm tells the story of this evolving relationship between dogs and soldiers from the Civil War onward. Whether detecting mustard gas in World War I or improvised explosive devices in Iraq, the U.S. canine corps have adapted to modern warfare at every turn, with a reliability rating that technology has yet to match. The dogs unmatched sense of smell and hearing proved invaluable in the jungle warfare of Vietnam, detecting booby traps and enemy movements and saving an estimated 10,000 American lives. Stories of their epic bravery circulated widely, like that of Nemo, who lay atop his wounded handler during a fierce firefight, never flinching even with one eye shot out. However, as late as the 21st century, while a new generation of highly trained IED-detecting dogs was taking to the streets of Fallujah, official policy continued to treat them as little more than expendable equipment. The soldiers whose hearts had been touched - and whose lives had been saved - stepped up and fought several hard-won battles for the rights of their canine companions. Pimm, a distinguished author of nonfiction for young readers, relates this evolving relationship between dogs and soldiers with heart and humor. The book carries the story up to the present day, including the 2016 legislation that would grant these dogs the same privileges and military honors bestowed on their handlers.
