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    Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Safety

    Foodborne illness is a big problem. Wash those chicken breasts, and you're likely to spread Salmonella to your countertops, kitchen towels, and other foods nearby. Even salad greens can become biohazards when toxic strains of E. coli inhabit the water used to irrigate crops. All told, contaminated food causes 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths each year in the United ... Read more

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    Drink In Me

    The story of Timothy D. Lytton

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    Unabridged

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    In a world that glorifies the extraordinary, Timothy Daniel Lytton's tale is a testament to the power of ordinary lives. "Drink in Me" is not just another memoir; it's a raw, unfiltered dive into the depths of a life marred by injustice, struggle, and redemption. This book defies the norms of storytelling to present a narrative so intense and personal that it blurs the lines between truth and ... Read more

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  • Suing the Gun Industry

    A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts

    Edited by Timothy Lytton ...
    Series series Law, Meaning, And Violence
    "Mass tort litigation against the gun industry, with its practical weaknesses, successes, and goals, provides the framework for this collection of thoughtful essays by leading social scientists, lawyers, and academics. . . . These informed analyses reveal the complexities that make the debate so difficult to resolve. . . . Suing the Gun Industry masterfully reveals the many details contributing to ... Read more

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    Eminent Victorians (Unabridged)

    Narrated by Timothy Hankins ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 1 min

    On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence ... Read more

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    How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World

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  • The Fattening of America

    How The Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What To Do About It

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