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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Bryan Gruley's debut mystery has received starred reviews from publications such as Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Disgraced reporter Gus Carpenter returns home to his small town and becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A searing story of starvation and survival in North Korea, followed by a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and Christian missionaries, and success in the United States thanks to newfound faith and courage. Inside the hidden and mysterious world of North Korea, Joseph Kim lived a young boy's normal life until he was five. Then disaster struck: the first wave of the Great Famine, a long, terrible ordeal that killed millions, including his father,...
Author
Series
Safehold series volume 6
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Republic of Siddermark is threatened by wars triggered by the Charis kingdom's declaration of independence from the Church of God Awaiting, Vicar Clytahn, King Cayleb, Queen Sharleyan and Merlin Arthawes struggle to prevent widespread starvationwhile protecting their people from violent attacks.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the Gorta Mor in 1840s Ireland, the famine in British-controlled Bengal in 1943, and the string of famines in Ethiopia in the late 20th century, and explores the concept that while famine can be caused by crop failures and weather conditions, famines are worsened by man-made choices such as politics and social and religious ideology.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, recognizes the individual's right "to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care." More than sixty years later, despite the rapid advancement of science and technology and the proliferation of humanitarian efforts, inadequate nutrition remains a major health and social problem...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
When Gracie McBride, the wild girl who left town eighteen years earlier, is found dead in an apparent suicide shortly after her homecoming, it sends shock waves through Starvation Lake. Gus Carpenter, executive editor of the Pine County Pilot, sets out to solve the mystery with his girlfriend, Pine County sheriff's deputy Darlene Esper. As they investigate, Gus and Darlene can't help but question if Gracie's troubled life really ended in suicide.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the "Green Revolution" succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. More than 9 million people die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year--most of them in Africa and most of them children. More die of hunger in Africa than from AIDS and malaria combined. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Starvation eating disorders such as anorexia not only affect your body, but also take a devastating toll on your mind. Constantly feeling anxious about your weight, your appearance, and your self-worth can leave you mentally exhausted. And no matter how thin you become, it's impossible to be happy when you are controlled by anxious and obsessive thoughts. If you're ready to stop letting your eating disorder run your life, Feeding the Starving Mind...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) is a widely available yet relatively unknown end-of-life choice utilized by terminally ill people throughout modern history. In this short but comprehensive guidebook, novelist Kate Christie details the steps her family took when her late mother Jane chose a peaceful death via VSED to escape the final brutal stages of Alzheimer's disease. In clear, concise language, Christie--a former technical writer--offers...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When her best friend disappears in the summer of 1942, Liza resolves to rescue her no matter the cost, entangling herself in an increasingly dangerous web with two former classmates, one a member of the militia and other other forced to live in Leningrad's tunnels.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In Cuba's "special period in times of peace" of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together.
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