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Book A Grain of Truth

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  • Author : Zygmunt Miloszewski
  • Publisher : Bitter Lemon Press
  • Release : 2013-01-01
  • ISBN : 1908524030
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book A Grain of Truth written by Zygmunt Miloszewski and published by Bitter Lemon Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Grain of Truth, like every great crime novel, digs up more unsettling questions than it does answers; it also demonstrates the seemingly endless possibilities of the form itself to serve as smart social criticism." --Maureen Corrigan, on NPR's Fresh AirPraise for the first novel in the Teodor Szacki series:"In Entanglement Miloszewski takes an engaging look at modern Polish society in this stellar first in a new series starring Warsaw prosecutor Teodor Szacki. Readers will want to see more of the complex, sympathetic Szacki."—Publishers WeeklyIt is spring 2009, and prosecutor Szacki is no longer working in Warsaw—he has said goodbye to his family and to his career in the capital and moved to Sandomierz, a picturesque town full of churches and museums. Hoping to start a "brave new life," Szacki instead finds himself investigating a strange murder case in surroundings both alien and unfriendly.The victim is found brutally murdered, her body drained of blood. The killing bears the hallmarks of legendary Jewish ritual slaughter, prompting a wave of anti-Semitic paranoia in the town, where everyone knows everyone. The murdered woman's husband is bereft, but when Szacki discovers that she had a lover, the husband becomes the prime suspect. Before there's time to arrest him, he is found murdered in similar circumstances. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of Polish–Jewish relations and something that happened more than sixty years earlier. Zygmunt Miloszewski was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1975. His first novel The Intercom was published in 2005 to high acclaim. In 2006 he published The Adder Mountains; in 2010, the crime novel Entanglement; and this year its sequel, A Grain of Truth.

Book Grain of Truth

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  • Author : Stephen Yafa
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2016-06-07
  • ISBN : 1101982918
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Grain of Truth written by Stephen Yafa and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pollan-esque look at the truth about wheat, with surprising insights on the advantages of eating the world’s most contested grain You owe it to your mind and body to step away from the gluten-free frenzy long enough to do what’s best for your own personal health. Once you separate fad from fact you’ll quickly discover the answer: whole grains, including wheat. Most recently, a Harvard School of Public Health long-term study that followed 117, 500 men and women over a 25-year span revealed that people who eat a whole grain-rich diet lower their risk of cardiovascular disease by 20 percent, and increase their lifespan at least 6 percent. No other food produces similar results. As for the gluten found in wheat, rye and barley—at most six out of a hundred of us have any real problem with it, and less than one percent of us, with celiac disease, cannot tolerate it in any form. So why has wheat become the new asbestos? Why are the shelves of every grocery store and supermarket in America heaped high with gluten-free products? That’s what Stephen Yafa sets out to discover in Grain of Truth—a book drawn in part from personal experience that is as entertaining as it is informative. After hundreds of interviews with food scientists, gluten-sensitive individuals, bakers, nutritionists, gastroenterologists and others, he finds that indeed there is indeed a culprit. But it’s not wheat. It’s not gluten. It’s the way that grain is milled and processed by large industrial manufacturers and bakeries. That discovery spurs him to search out growers, millers and bakers who deliver whole wheat to us the way it was meant to be: naturally fermented, with all parts, bran, germ, and white endosperm intact. Yafa finds a thriving local grain movement gaining strength across the country, much as the organic movement did a few decades back. And as he apprentices with local artisan bakers and make his own sourdough breads at home he learns something that few of us know: naturally fermented over two days, as opposed to four hours in commercial bakeries, whole wheat is easily digested by the vast majority of us, including many who consider themselves gluten-sensitive. The long fermentation processing method breaks down these bulky gluten proteins into tiny fragments while slowing the conversion rate of starch to sugar in our bloodstream. Along the way Grain of Truth challenges many common myths. Yafa shows us the science that proves a gluten-free diet doesn’t lead to weight loss and that it isn't healthier in any way. He counters common assumptions that modern wheat has been genetically manipulated to contain more gluten, and he point out that despite much web chatter to the contrary, there is no GMO wheat. Those are only some of the reasons that Grain of Truth offers a badly needed fact-based response to anti-wheat hysteria. It also offers an ingredient in short supply these days—common sense, measured out with just enough savvy and substance to make you reconsider what's best for you—and to help you find a healthy answer in real, delicious food. For readers of Salt Sugar Fat and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Grain of Truth smoothly blends science, history, biology, economics, and nutrition to give us back our daily bread.

Book A Final Grain of Truth

Download or read book A Final Grain of Truth written by Jack Webster and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Webster has had a lifetime of adventure as a respected and highly-commended journalist, meeting the rich and famous and experiencing what the world has to offer. From his upbringing in rural Aberdeenshire - where he survived a serious heart condition and had to overcome a debilitating stammer - to a glittering career which took him all over the world, it has been an incredible journey and a life well lived. Now, to complete his autobiographical trilogy, A Final Grain of Truth brings his story up to date, reliving magical encounters with incredible people like Charlie Chaplin, Muhammad Ali, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Field Marshal Montgomery, Barnes Wallis, Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers and Hammerstein fame), Hitler's friend and mentor Dr Ernst Hanfstaengl, Christine Keeler, oil billionaire Paul Getty and a host of others as he reflects on his work, his life and his own remarkable story. Full of wonderful anecdotes and written with style and panache, A Final Grain of Truth is entertaining, heartwarming and full of enlightening insights and reflections culled from a life rich with experience.

Book Grain of Truth

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  • Author : Ross Laird
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2002-09-01
  • ISBN : 0802776388
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book Grain of Truth written by Ross Laird and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A master craftsman details the practical and spiritual processes he uses to create objects out of wood, while unraveling the intricacies of creativity and how it applies to every day life.

Book Andrzej Sapkowski s The Witcher  A Grain of Truth

Download or read book Andrzej Sapkowski s The Witcher A Grain of Truth written by Andrzej Sapkowski and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geralt’s encounter with a beast reveals the truth behind fairy tales in this graphic novel adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's original short story. Geralt takes a short cut down a beaten path, where he makes a grim discovery of two corpses. Backtracking their trail, he’s led to a derelict mansion secured with elevated walls and a gate—mysterious and ramshackle, yet adorned with a rare elegance Geralt could not ignore. He is met with the mansion’s owner—not quite human, but a beast with the faculties of a man. With Geralt unfazed by his monstrous appearance and displays of aggression, the beast invites him inside. A kind but wary host, he shares stories of his family, his life . . . and his curse. If the weight of his misdeeds could condemn him to the body of a beast—a retribution spoken of only in fairy tales, could there be another grain of truth in these tales of fantasy—one that could help him elude his fate and lead him to salvation? This graphic novel is the first in a series of adaptations from Sapkowski's acclaimed short story collection The Last Wish! Script adaptation by Jacek Rembiś (Frostpunk) with art by Jonas Scharf (Bone Parish, War for the Planet of the Apes).

Book Grain of Truth

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  • Author : Stephen Yafa
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2015-05-12
  • ISBN : 0698190238
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Grain of Truth written by Stephen Yafa and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pollan-esque look at the truth about wheat: meal or menace? No topic in nutrition is more controversial than wheat. While mega-sellers like Grain Brain and Wheat Belly suggest that wheat may be the new asbestos, Stephen Yafa finds that it has been wrongly demonized. His revealing book sets the record straight, breaking down the botany of the wheat plant we’ve hijacked for our own use, the science of nutrition and digestion, the effects of mass production on our health, and questions about gluten and fiber—all to point us toward a better, richer diet. Wheat may be the most important food in human history, reaching from ancient times to General Mills. Yafa tours commercial factories where the needs of mass production trump the primacy of nutrition, and reports on the artisan grain revolution. From a Woodstock-like Kneading Conference to nutrition labs to a boutique bakery and pasta maker’s workshop in Brooklyn, he also finds that there may in fact be a perfect source of wheat-based nutrition. Its name is sourdough. For readers of Salt Sugar Fat and The Omnivore's Dilemma, Grain of Truth smoothly blends science, history, biology, economics, and nutrition to give us back our daily bread.

Book More Than a Grain of Truth

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  • Author : Margaret Siriol Colley
  • Publisher : Nigel Linsan Colley Margaret Colley
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780953700110
  • Pages : 449 pages

Download or read book More Than a Grain of Truth written by Margaret Siriol Colley and published by Nigel Linsan Colley Margaret Colley. This book was released on 2005 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Grains of Truth   A Grain of Truth   Another Grain of Truth

Download or read book Grains of Truth A Grain of Truth Another Grain of Truth written by Jack Webster and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title brings together Jack Webster's two volumes of autobiography. The first part brings to life his homeland of Buchan in the north-east of Scotland. He describes in detail his childhood years in Aberdeenshire with stories of honest hard-working folk, people with often dour exteriors and a sharp, wry sense of humour twinkling beneath. From his childhood, the story moves on to the early years of his career on the "Turiff Advertiser" and his time at the "Scottish Daily Express", with tales of his travels and meeting with the famous all over the world. The second part continues his story, opening with the "roup" in Maud, the auctioning of his family farm, and going on to tell stories and anecdotes of the famous and not-so-famous inhabitants of his native Buchan - people like his great grandfather, Gavin Greig, a scholar of international repute, and the celebrated writer, Lesi Grassic Gibbon, who tragically died at the age of 33. Whether writing of his meetings with the rich and famous, of great events, bloody murder or simply his memories of his childhood, Jack Webster displays the qualities of writing that has made him one of Scotland's best-loved journalists.He is the author of "Famous Ships of the Clyde".

Book Grain of Truth

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  • Author : Stephen H. Yafa
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 1594632499
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Grain of Truth written by Stephen H. Yafa and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No topic in nutrition is more controversial than wheat. While some people suggest that wheat may be the new asbestos, Stephen Yafa finds that it has been wrongly demonised. His revealing book sets the record straight, breaking down the botany of the wheat plant we've hijacked for our own use, the science of nutrition and digestion, the effects of mass production on our health and questions about gluten and fibre - all to point us towards a better, richer diet.

Book Fifty Shades of Grain

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  • Author : Caroline Aslanian
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-09-02
  • ISBN : 9781549597060
  • Pages : 108 pages

Download or read book Fifty Shades of Grain written by Caroline Aslanian and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choosing to eat grains isn't so black and white. Eating gluten-free isn't THE answer to being healthy. Being oblivious to the facts that gluten sensitivity does exist isn't helpful either. There is gray in between black and white and there are many shades of gray to consider so that we can truly understand which grains to avoid, why some should avoid grains and glutenous ingredients at all cost and when and how is it o.k. to consume grains IF your body is strong and healthy enough to tolerate it....hence the title. No one has addressed this issue quiet this way with so much evidence both from scientific community, from ancestral wisdom and from living centenarians.You haven't seen this topic highlighted the way Caroline has. It's an eye opener and maybe controversial.A smart conversation around grains is so powerful right now.This book isn't an excuse to eating bread. Eating bread can be healthy IF we follow our ancestral wisdom pre industrial age. This philosophy and way of living really applies to all foods and not just bread.If you could pack all of human history in one year, we have been farming for and eating grains since about yesterday. We only started consuming Modern Grain about 10 minutes ago, which is when modern diseases came to life.Humans did not have grain cultivation and consumption until 5000-8000 years ago, which is about "yesterday".Modern grain's radical farming practices and processing came in the early 1900's, which is about "10 minutes ago". We'll take a look at what has happened since "10 minutes ago" since we started consuming modern grain and how different it is from our ancestors who consumed grains since a "yesterday" and still showed robustness and vitality. If grains have been consumed for at least 5,000 years and independent studies are showing the negative side effects of consuming modern grains, it begs the question of why are we now facing epidemic rates of modern diseases and disorders.Most of the breads on the market have been adulterated to the point of non recognition (by our bodies). Find out what kind of breads our ancestors consumed that contributed towards their longevity. Find out what kind of breads you can choose right now even though you don't live in the olden days. Let me know show you how to use ancestral wisdom while living in the modern world.Endorsements:"Should we eat grains? The issue is not black and white, as Caroline Aslanian explains in 50 Shades of Grain. Wheat is not the culprit, but what we have done to it! Aslanian clearly explains how we have ruined one of nature's most nutritious grains and what we can do to enjoy it again. For anyone who thinks he can't eat wheat, or even for anyone who still does eat wheat, this book is must reading." ~ Sally Fallon Morell, PresidentThe Weston A. Price Foundation"Fifty Shades of Grain perceptively tours the Great Grain issue of our time. Caroline weaves an insightful and detailed guide to set the story straight for our consumption of grain. Applicable to EVERYONE." ~ Dr. Yoshi Rahm, Functional Medicine Speaker, Founder of Oasis Family MedicineNoodles, rice, bread, and cereal are highly cravable, and for a good reason. Grains have sustained humans in good health for the entirety of our history. Caroline Aslanian shares her knowledge and provides the tools and resources you must enjoy your grains guilt-free. ~ Mary R Clifton, MD, national bestselling author of Get Graduated and Waist Away Founder of Dr. Mary's Reset Revolution Medical Director, 24/7 CallADoc Telemedicine Corp

Book Grain Brain

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  • Author : David Perlmutter
  • Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
  • Release : 2018-12-18
  • ISBN : 0316485144
  • Pages : 390 pages

Download or read book Grain Brain written by David Perlmutter and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The devastating truth about the effects of wheat, sugar, and carbs on the brain, with a 4-week plan to achieve optimum health. In Grain Brain, renowned neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, exposes a finding that's been buried in the medical literature for far too long: carbs are destroying your brain. Even so-called healthy carbs like whole grains can cause dementia, ADHD, epilepsy, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression, decreased libido, and much more. Groundbreaking and timely, Grain Brain shows that the fate of your brain is not in your genes. It's in the food you eat. The cornerstone of all degenerative conditions, including brain disorders, is inflammation, which can be triggered by carbs, especially containing gluten or high in sugar. Dr. Perlmutter explains what happens when the brain encounters common ingredients in your daily bread and fruit bowls, how statin drugs may be erasing your memory, why a diet high in "good fats" is ideal, and how to spur the growth of new brain cells at any age. Dr. Perlmutter's revolutionary 4-week plan shows you how to keep your brain healthy, vibrant, and sharp while dramatically reducing your risk for debilitating neurological diseases as well as relieving more common, everyday conditions -- without drugs. Easy-to-follow strategies, delicious recipes, and weekly goals help you to put the plan into action. With a blend of anecdotes, cutting-edge research, and accessible, practical advice, Grain Brain teaches you how to take control of your "smart genes," regain wellness, and enjoy lifelong health and vitality.

Book The Last Grain Race

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  • Author : Eric Newby
  • Publisher : HarperCollins UK
  • Release : 2014-11-06
  • ISBN : 0007597843
  • Pages : 203 pages

Download or read book The Last Grain Race written by Eric Newby and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last ‘grain race’ of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.

Book Health At Every Size

Download or read book Health At Every Size written by Linda Bacon and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates "thin" with "healthy" is the problem. The solution? Health at Every Size. Tune in to your body's expert guidance. Find the joy in movement. Eat what you want, when you want, choosing pleasurable foods that help you to feel good. You too can feel great in your body right now—and Health at Every Size will show you how. Health at Every Size has been scientifically proven to boost health and self-esteem. The program was evaluated in a government-funded academic study, its data published in well-respected scientific journals. Updated with the latest scientific research and even more powerful messages, Health at Every Size is not a diet book, and after reading it, you will be convinced the best way to win the war against fat is to give up the fight.

Book Last Days Black Beard Pirate

Download or read book Last Days Black Beard Pirate written by Kevin P. Duffus and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the dimly-lit passageway of time and learn surprising contradictions to previously-published historical accounts of the last days of Black Beard the pirate. Author Kevin Duffus discloses new information about how Black Beard was cornered and attacked at Ocracoke in 1718, why he tried to escape rather than to fight back, and how his life might have been spared had he lived for three more weeks. He reveals the true meaning of a mysterious letter found in Black Beard’s possessions, and explores the possibilities of government conspiracies and coverups. New research finds that many of the 25 pirates who remained with Black Beard after the wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge were sons of North Carolina families. And for the first time, Duffus proves that most of Black Beard’s captured crew members were not hanged in Virginia, and that one of them—10 years after purportedly being executed—became a respected and wealthy landowner and the grandfather of heroes of the American Revolution. For the first time, Duffus exposes the truth behind many of the enduring Blackbeard myths—his Bristol, England, birthplace; his 14 wives, including Mary Ormond; the burning of fuses in his hair to frighten his victims; and the countless tall tales of buried treasure, secret tunnels, and the shocking origins of the legend of his silver-plated skull used as a drinking cup by a secret society. In addition to dozens of new discoveries one revelation promises to stand-out as the most amazing. With the help of groundbreaking research by three courageous genealogists, Kevin Duffus shares long-forgotten clues to the potential identity of Black Beard, beginning with a long-held myth about his sister, Susannah—and the conclusions are staggering and certain to be controversial. Also featured within the pages of The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate are more than 75 photographs and a dozen meticulously researched and crafted maps which support this remarkable story.

Book Little Women

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  • Author : Louisa May Alcott
  • Publisher : Gibbs Smith
  • Release : 2019-08-06
  • ISBN : 1423652126
  • Pages : 520 pages

Download or read book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Gibbs Smith Women's Voices series: A collection of literary voices written by, and for, extraordinary women—to encourage, challenge, and inspire. Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) published more than thirty books in her lifetime, but it was her “girls’ story” (written at the request of her publisher), Little Women, that has captured the imagination of millions of readers. This coming-of-age story spotlights beloved tomboy Jo March (arguably America’s first juvenile heroine and a reflection of a young Alcott herself) and Jo’s three sisters—Meg, Beth, and Amy—in a heartwarming family drama. Originally published in two parts, in 1868 and 1869, Little Women has never been out of print. Continue your journey in the Women’s Voices series with Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte (ISBN: 978-1-4236-5099-7), The Feminist Papers, by Mary Wollstonecraft (ISBN: 978-1-4236-5097-3), Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, the complete poems of Emily Dickinson (ISBN: 978-1-4236-5098-0), and The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (ISBN: 978-1-4236-5213-7).

Book A Grain of Truth

Download or read book A Grain of Truth written by Susanna Hornig Priest and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002-07-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Grain of Truth debunks the myth that growing public distrust of genetically modified organisms can be attributed to scientific illiteracy or sensationalistic news stories. Media coverage of these issues has been dominated by the spokespersons of industry_yet evidence of consumer uncertainty has been available all along. The roots of the controversy are visible in press coverage and public opinion polls over the past decade, covering everything from the manufacture of growth hormones used in dairy cows through the cloning of Dolly the sheep to the appearance of the so-called 'terminator gene.' Arguing neither for nor against genetic engineering and other forms of biotechnology, this book charges both media and industry with ignoring the concerns of the general public and encourages greater public debate over biotech and other such complex issues.

Book More Than a Grain of Truth

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  • Author : Margaret Siriol Colley
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-12-13
  • ISBN : 9781839014765
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book More Than a Grain of Truth written by Margaret Siriol Colley and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: