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Examines when and why discrimination based on health status - or 'healthism' - should be allowed, and when it should not.
One of the world's most recognized vegan bodybuilders presents a comprehensive guide to building a fit body on a plant-based diet. Author Robert Cheeke inspires people to develop magnificent bodies. His experience with diet, training, contest preparation and other facets of this sport make Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness a fantastic resource for beginners and experienced athletes alike. Readers are provided with insight into the mental and physical aspects involved in becoming a successful bodybuilder. An overview of nutrients and how they function in the body, along with mass-building menus for training, show how to thrive as an athlete and bodybuilder on a vegan diet. Recommendations are give...
In 1997, a satellite engineer fearing for his life hid a floppy disk containing three incriminating photos in an access door of a GPS satellite in order to put the photos "out of reach." In 2021, private space contractors are hired to remove 2,600 obsolete, useless satellites from earth's orbit. The satellite, a.k.a. Maggie 316, is mysteriously recovered instead of being incinerated. Four strangers become a formidable team to solve the mystery of the three photos and to discover who had been willing to murder in order to keep the photos secret. As the story unfolds the reader is subtly a witness to the triumph of courage, the power of friendship, and the growth of real love in the midst of tension and uncertainty.
Lost loved ones, lost fortunes, and lost dreams were commonplace on the Western frontier. But, through the hardships, came the humorous old-timers. They could make a person smile in the wake of death, laugh in the face of danger, or teach youngsters how to cope with lifes problems. The Wagons of Perro Loco and Other Short Stories tells of family ranch life, alligator hunts, small-town festivals, the camaraderie of mountain men, and much more. In this collection, read and remember a horse named Bitch, dogs named Boy and Girl, and humorous characters named Lizard, Whiskers, and Chollie.
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The unique and powerful voice of an extraordinary nineteenth-century woman poet Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919) now ranks as the strongest American woman poet of the nineteenth century after Emily Dickinson. Published heavily in all the period's most prestigious journals, Piatt was widely celebrated by her peers as a gifted stylist in the genteel tradition. This selected edition reveals Piatt's other side, a side that contemporary critics found more problematic: ironic, experimental, pushing the limits of Victorian language and the sentimental female persona. Spanning more than half a century, this collection reveals the "borderland temper" of Piatt's mind and art. As an expatriate sout...