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Dann McDorman • West Heart Kill: A novel
Grant McCracken: The rise of artisanal everything and 'cruelty-free capitalism'
reason.com
Quando deixamos que as corporações cozinhem para nós, eles fatalmente acabam optando economizar ingredientes de qualidade e abusar no açúcar, na gordura e no sal. Esses são três gostos que a seleção natural nos programou a preferir; some-se a isso o fato de serem muito baratos e de contribuírem para disfarçar as limitações dos alimentos processados
... See moreMichael Pollan • Cozinhar: uma história natural de transformação (Portuguese Edition)
The element chromium was discovered in 1797 by the French chemist Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin, and it almost immediately upended the centuries-old process of preparing leather for commercial use. By the mid-1800s, manufacturers had discovered that using chrome salts instead of traditional tannic substances sped up the tanning process to just a day, yie
... See moreAlden Wicker • To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back
The hills immediately west of the Tillman abode are honeycombed with mine shafts that once yielded a bounty of mercury ore. It was the most valuable mine in California during the latter half of the nineteenth century, but the diggings were shut down in 1975, after which the site was designated a forty-two-hundred-acre recreational area and thirty-f
... See moreJon Krakauer • Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Hereabouts, where we sit among such piles of leftover protein we press it into cakes for the pets, who usefully guard our empty chairs; here where we pay soothsayers and acrobats to help lose our weight, then yes, for a child to die from hunger is immoral.
Barbara Kingsolver • The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel
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