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  • Building the Worlds That Kill Us

    Disease, Death, and Inequality in American History

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  • Out of the Clouds

    The Unlikely Horseman and the Unwanted Colt Who Conquered the Sport of Kings

    In the bestselling tradition of the The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the propulsive, inspiring Cinderella story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time and the richest racehorse the world had ever seen.In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to a ... Leer más

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  • Deceit and Denial

    The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution

    Series series California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public
    Deceit and Denial details the attempts by the chemical and lead industries to deceive Americans about the dangers that their deadly products present to workers, the public, and consumers. Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner pursued evidence steadily and relentlessly, interviewed the important players, investigated untapped sources, and uncovered a bruising story of cynical and cruel disregard for ... Leer más

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  • Lead Wars

    The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children

    Series Libro 24 - California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public
    In this incisive examination of lead poisoning during the past half century, Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner focus on one of the most contentious and bitter battles in the history of public health. Lead Wars details how the nature of the epidemic has changed and highlights the dilemmas public health agencies face today in terms of prevention strategies and chronic illness linked to low levels of ... Leer más

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  • Duel for the Crown

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    The epic saga of the riveting rivalry that enthralled a nation and spawned history’s most thrilling Triple Crown chase.Affirmed and Alydar are as inseparably linked in legend as they were on the racetrack. Bound from conception by shared bloodlines of the great Native Dancer, this peerless pair of chestnut colts traded wins multiple times even before their showdown in the 1978 Kentucky Derby ... Leer más

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  • Children, Race, and Power

    Kenneth and Mamie Clark's Northside Center

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  • The Concussion Crisis

    Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic

    FOR FAR TOO LONG, the menace of concussions has been hidden in plain sight. On playing fields across America, lives are being derailed by seemingly innocuous jolts to the head. From the peewees to the pros, concussions are reaching epidemic proportions. This book brings that hidden epidemic and its consequences out of the shadows.As frightening as the numbers are—estimates of sports-related ... Leer más

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    Out of the Clouds

    The Unlikely Horseman and the Unwanted Colt Who Conquered the Sport of Kings

    Narrado por Kevin T. Collins ...

    Completo

    10 hora 55 minutos

    In the bestselling tradition ofthe The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the propulsive, inspiring Cinderella story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time and the richest racehorse the world had ever seen.In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to a ... Leer más

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    The Concussion Crisis

    Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic

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    For far too long, the menace of concussions has been hidden in plain sight. On playing fields across America, lives are being derailed by seemingly innocuous jolts to the head. From the peewees to the pros, concussions are reaching epidemic proportions. This book brings that hidden epidemic and its consequences out of the shadows.As frightening as the numbers are—estimates of sports-related ... Leer más

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  • Conservatism and Crisis

    The Anti-Modernist Perspective in Twentieth Century German Philosophy

    What happens to a culture when it’s most basic assumptions are questioned and rejected, but no new ones are offered to replace them? This book critically analyzes anti-modernist philosophy, the (perhaps futile) attempt to recover traditional worldviews and belief systems in order to cope with the void of meaning engendered by the upheavals of modernity. The textual focus of this book is interwar ... Leer más

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  • Catastrophe and Philosophy

    This book takes a different approach to the history of philosophy, exploring a neglected theme, the relationship between catastrophe and philosophy. The book analyzes this theme within texts from ancient times to the present, from a global perspective. The book’s focus is timely and relevant today, as the planet is certainly facing a number of impending catastrophes right now, e.g., environmental ... Leer más

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