The Years That Were Fat
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| Author | : George Norbert Kates |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780195827095 |
For seven years, from 1933 to 1940, George N. Kates--a native American--immersed himself in the inner world of Peking by living a simple and leisurely life in a traditional house inside the old Imperial City in Peking. Consciously reconstructing the lifestyle of the vanished scholar class, Kates came to know China as few other Westerners have known it. Kates offers in this volume a celebration of a city, its buildings, its people and way of life, its customs, and its rhythms and moods, capturing those aspects of Peking that today exist merely as memories. Kates' rare understanding of China's cultural heritage enables him to convey to the reader his admiration for the Chinese sense of harmony and proportion in all things. This edition of Kates' book, which first appeared in 1952, includes an introduction by Pamela Atwell, the author of British Mandarins and Chinese Reformers: The British Administration of Weihaiwei (1898-1930) and the Territory's Return to Chinese Rule.
| Author | : George Norbert Kates |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1967 |
| Genre | : Beijing (China) |
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| Author | : Chan Koonchung |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2012-01-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0385534353 |
Banned in China, this controversial and politically charged novel tells the story of the search for an entire month erased from official Chinese history. Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one could care less—except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that have possessed the Chinese nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn—not only about their leaders, but also about their own people—stuns them to the core. It is a message that will astound the world. A kind of Brave New World reflecting the China of our times, The Fat Years is a complex novel of ideas that reveals all too chillingly the machinations of the postmodern totalitarian state, and sets in sharp relief the importance of remembering the past to protect the future.
| Author | : George Norbert Kates |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1967 |
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| Author | : Gary Taubes |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2011-12-27 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 0307474259 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Taubes stands the received wisdom about diet and exercise on its head.” —The New York Times What’s making us fat? And how can we change? Building upon his critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, bestselling author Gary Taubes revisits these urgent questions. Featuring a new afterword with answers to frequently asked questions. Taubes reveals the bad nutritional science of the last century—none more damaging or misguided than the “calories-in, calories-out” model of why we get fat—and the good science that has been ignored. He also answers the most persistent questions: Why are some people thin and others fat? What roles do exercise and genetics play in our weight? What foods should we eat, and what foods should we avoid? Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why We Get Fat is an essential guide to nutrition and weight management. Complete with an easy-to-follow diet. Featuring a new afterword with answers to frequently asked questions.
| Author | : George Norbert KATES |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1952 |
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| Author | : Robert L. Bartley |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Bartley's examination of the economic boom of the 1980s, the so-called "seven fat years", challenges critics who have systematically attributed the growth to a simple product of greed and excess. He investigates the characteristics of the boom which, contrary to popular predictions, could produce a sustained global boom.
| Author | : Robert H. Lustig |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 419 |
| Release | : 2012-12-27 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 1101606584 |
New York Times Bestseller Robert Lustig’s 90-minute YouTube video “Sugar: The Bitter Truth”, has been viewed more than three million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last 30 years. In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering our biochemistry and driving our eating habits out of our control. To help us lose weight and recover our health, Lustig presents personal strategies to readjust the key hormones that regulate hunger, reward, and stress; and societal strategies to improve the health of the next generation. Compelling, controversial, and completely based in science, Fat Chance debunks the widely held notion to prove “a calorie is NOT a calorie”, and takes that science to its logical conclusion to improve health worldwide.
| Author | : Greg Critser |
| Publisher | : HMH |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2004-01-05 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 0547526687 |
“An in-depth, well-researched, and thoughtful exploration of the ‘fat boom’ in America.” —TheBoston Globe Low carb, high protein, raw foods . . . despite our seemingly endless obsession with fad diets, the startling truth is that six out of ten Americans are overweight or obese. In Fat Land, award-winning nutrition and health journalist Greg Critser examines the facts and societal factors behind the sensational headlines, taking on everything from supersize to Super Mario, high-fructose corn syrup to the high costs of physical education. With a sharp eye and even sharper tongue, Critser examines why pediatricians are now treating conditions rarely seen in children before; why type 2 diabetes is on the rise; the personal struggles of those with weight problems—especially among the poor—and how agribusiness has altered our waistlines. Praised by the New York Times as “absorbing” and by Newsday as “riveting,” this disarmingly funny, yet truly alarming, exposé stands as an important examination of one of the most pressing medical and social issues in the United States. “One scary book and a good companion to Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer
| Author | : George N. Kates |
| Publisher | : MIT Press (MA) |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 1976-11-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780262610032 |
The story of seven leisurely, abundant years in the ancient Forbidden City of 1930s China.
