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Just got finish reading Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by ERIC SCHLOSSER a damn got book about the history of fast food and American AGRI-BUSINESS, they way they treat the animals, workers in the meat industry and Fast Food workers, how they killing of Ranchers and all the regulations they dont follow AND HOW they are in the pocket of republicans.. man it make you take a hard look on what you eat. I'm trying to ween myself off of meat, i quitted Pork. but if i ever eat at a fast food place it will only be IN AND OUT.
Amazon.com Review
On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. Quickly, however, he moves behind the counter with the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser wants you to know why those French fries taste so good (with a visit to the world's largest flavor company) and "what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns." Eater beware: forget your concerns about cholesterol, there is--literally--feces in your meat.
Schlosser's investigation reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of federal oversight of a seemingly lawless industry. His searing portrayal of the industry is disturbingly similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, written in 1906: nightmare working conditions, union busting, and unsanitary practices that introduce E. coli and other pathogens into restaurants, public schools, and homes. Almost as disturbing is his description of how the industry "both feeds and feeds off the young," insinuating itself into all aspects of children's lives, even the pages of their school books, while leaving them prone to obesity and disease. Fortunately, Schlosser offers some eminently practical remedies. "Eating in the United States should no longer be a form of high-risk behavior," he writes. Where to begin? Ask yourself, is the true cost of having it "your way" really worth it? --Lesley Reed --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
I just STARTED reading AUTOBIOGRAPHY of a YOGI (PARAMAHANSA YOGANADA) -
waterproof wrote: »Just got finish reading Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by ERIC SCHLOSSER a damn got book about the history of fast food and American AGRI-BUSINESS, they way they treat the animals, workers in the meat industry and Fast Food workers, how they killing of Ranchers and all the regulations they dont follow AND HOW they are in the pocket of republicans.. man it make you take a hard look on what you eat. I'm trying to ween myself off of meat, i quitted Pork. but if i ever eat at a fast food place it will only be IN AND OUT.
Amazon.com Review
On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. Quickly, however, he moves behind the counter with the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser wants you to know why those French fries taste so good (with a visit to the world's largest flavor company) and "what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns." Eater beware: forget your concerns about cholesterol, there is--literally--feces in your meat.
Schlosser's investigation reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of federal oversight of a seemingly lawless industry. His searing portrayal of the industry is disturbingly similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, written in 1906: nightmare working conditions, union busting, and unsanitary practices that introduce E. coli and other pathogens into restaurants, public schools, and homes. Almost as disturbing is his description of how the industry "both feeds and feeds off the young," insinuating itself into all aspects of children's lives, even the pages of their school books, while leaving them prone to obesity and disease. Fortunately, Schlosser offers some eminently practical remedies. "Eating in the United States should no longer be a form of high-risk behavior," he writes. Where to begin? Ask yourself, is the true cost of having it "your way" really worth it? --Lesley Reed --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
I just STARTED reading AUTOBIOGRAPHY of a YOGI (PARAMAHANSA YOGANADA) -
The day the Universe Changed By James Burke
Is like the Encyclopedia to the modern world of western dominance
P.S. Has Lovely Pictures in the text too for all you picture book readers. It will open your eyes to man, religion, science, art, philosophy and war from the biblical times to Post modern day -
The Bible... everyone loves to quote it but almost no one has read it from cover to cover
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Non-Fiction ONLY so no ICEBERG Slim and or Koran/Bible etc. please
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The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins.
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Some of you might disagree, but I enjoyed Black Like Me, by John Howard Griffin, a journalist from Mansfield, Texas, who darkened his skin and went on a trip through the deep south in the late 1950's to see what was really happening in the communities there, and how pervasive racism was, and the aftermath of what he found.
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descent into chaos by ahmed rashid
basically describes how the us systematically ? up in the middle east and asia, discusses how the taliban gets help from all sides including american government in order to help ease tensions and create coups and a whole bunch of other ? . good book. haven't finished it yet but the author is a well known journalist from pakistan with clout -
Peace and blessings everyone. Im new here. But I felt the need to recommend The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, Soledad Brother by George Jackson, and even though its fiction, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Farahiet 451 by Ray Bradbury.
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The Bible, The Qur'an and Science
"In his objective study of the texts, Maurice Bucaille clears' away many preconceived ideas about the Old Testament, the Gospels and the Qur'an. He tries, in this collection of Writings, to separate what belongs to Revelation from what is the product of error or human interpretation. His study sheds new light on the Holy Scriptures. At the end of a gripping account, he places the Believer before a point of cardinal importance: the continuity of a Revelation emanating from the same ? , with modes of expression that differ in the course of time. It leads us to meditate upon those factors which, in our day, should spiritually unite rather than divide-Jews, Christians and Muslims.
As a surgeon, Maurice Bucaille has often been in a situation where he was able to examine not only people's bodies, but their souls. This is how he was struck by the existence of Muslim piety and by aspects of Islam which remain unknown to the vast majority of non-Muslims. In his search for explanations which are otherwise difficult to obtain, he learnt Arabic and studied the Qur'an. In it, he was surprised to find statements on natural phenomena whose meaning can only be understood through modern scientific knowledge.
He then turned to the question of the authenticity of the writings that constitute the Holy Scriptures of the monotheistic religions. Finally, in the case of the Bible, he proceeded to a confrontation between these writings and scientific data.
The results of his research into the Judeo-Christian Revelation and the Qur'an are set out in this book."
I believe the entire book is here if you have enough patience to read books online: http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MB_BQS/default.htm -
the golden ratio - by mario livio
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supaman4321 wrote: »The Bible, The Qur'an and Science
"In his objective study of the texts, Maurice Bucaille clears' away many preconceived ideas about the Old Testament, the Gospels and the Qur'an. He tries, in this collection of Writings, to separate what belongs to Revelation from what is the product of error or human interpretation. His study sheds new light on the Holy Scriptures. At the end of a gripping account, he places the Believer before a point of cardinal importance: the continuity of a Revelation emanating from the same ? , with modes of expression that differ in the course of time. It leads us to meditate upon those factors which, in our day, should spiritually unite rather than divide-Jews, Christians and Muslims.
As a surgeon, Maurice Bucaille has often been in a situation where he was able to examine not only people's bodies, but their souls. This is how he was struck by the existence of Muslim piety and by aspects of Islam which remain unknown to the vast majority of non-Muslims. In his search for explanations which are otherwise difficult to obtain, he learnt Arabic and studied the Qur'an. In it, he was surprised to find statements on natural phenomena whose meaning can only be understood through modern scientific knowledge.
He then turned to the question of the authenticity of the writings that constitute the Holy Scriptures of the monotheistic religions. Finally, in the case of the Bible, he proceeded to a confrontation between these writings and scientific data.
The results of his research into the Judeo-Christian Revelation and the Qur'an are set out in this book."
I believe the entire book is here if you have enough patience to read books online: http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MB_BQS/default.htm
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The Color of Water- James McBride
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Strike! by jeremy bercher. Its basically a history of strikes in america. The accounts in it are really good. A lot of history that's unfortunately been lost in the collective memory, including some incredible stories about the general strike in 1877 that almost broke into open war & had to be crushed by the US Army, and a general strike in Minneapolis-St. Paul that featured a battle between some 30,000 workers and thousands of cops (the workers won).
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I'm reading "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell. It about Navy Seals in Afghanistan. Crazy ? .
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Black Genesis: The Prehistoric Origins of Egypt
Presents proof that an advanced black African civilization inhabited the Sahara long before Pharaonic Egypt
• Reveals black Africa to be at the genesis of ancient civilization and the human story
• Examines extensive studies into the lost civilization of the “Star People” by renowned anthropologists, archaeologists, genetic scientists, and cultural historians as well as the authors’ archaeoastronomy and hieroglyphics research
• Deciphers the history behind the mysterious Nabta Playa ceremonial area and its stone calendar circle and megaliths
Relegated to the realm of archaeological heresy, despite a wealth of hard scientific evidence, the theory that an advanced civilization of black Africans settled in the Sahara long before Pharaonic Egypt existed has been dismissed and even condemned by conventional Egyptologists, archaeologists, and the Egyptian government. Uncovering compelling new evidence, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy present the anthropological, climatological, archaeological, geological, and genetic research supporting this hugely debated theory of the black African origin of Egyptian civilization. -
Jungle Pilot by Russell T. Hitt. Very inspiring
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Everlasting Life...by Ben Ammi...The book is outstanding!
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Heres the situation -- mike sorrentino
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Im reading The Soul of Black Folk by W.E.B Dubois very insightful.......... And also Democracy in America by Alex de Toqueville
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A People's History of the United States of America by Howard Zinn
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I just started reading this book...Juice alive: The Ultimate Guide To Juicing Remedies by Steven Bailey. http://books.google.com/books?id=KMGVofMBUSUC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=book+of+thomas+jesus+says+5+trees+which+remain+undisturbed+summer+and+winter+whose+leaves+do+not+fall&source=bl&ots=7h521l7Xss&sig=SKbUHqhQplBI3PYrdci91z8j1PM&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false
This book goes over concepts of juicing and foods as healing used in the ancient civilizations of India and greece.
This concept I never heard of...
In the medical theories prevalent in the West from Classical Antiquity up to the Middle Ages, the body's health depended on the equilibrium between four "humors" or vital fluids: blood, phlegm, "yellow bile" (or choler) and "black bile". Excesses of the last two humors were supposed to produce aggression and depression, respectively; and the Greek names for them gave rise to the English words "cholera" and "melancholia". Those same theories explain the derivation of the English word "bilious" from "bile", and the meaning of "gall" in English as "exasperation" or "impudence". -
Books not non fiction but it's great written by young black stand up comic out of GA...title of the book is "I Heard Him Say" it's very very good...it's about the interactions of people with mental disorders. The main character is a sociopath and he has a hard time placing his faith. He is trying to decipher who is the better idea of perfection between Jesus and Superman. It's about religion, it's about being good to each other, its about media influence, it's about poor social skills that evolved from the internet blitz, it's about logic, its about the separation of right and wrong by way of the suppression of information. It's really good intellectual stuff...especially for a comic. Makes me wanna see a show
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Voyages of the Pyramid Builders.
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Markets Never Forget (But People Do) by Ken Fisher. Great book, easy to read & understand and has a lot of great information on the economic history of the U.S. & even touches on current events like with Greece & Europe. Great book.