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Renaissance Diet 2.0 Your Scientific Guide to Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, and Performance
ISBN: PB: 9781782551904, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, March 2020
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 51 illus
The Renaissance Diet 2.0 is a hands-on guide that presents a sports nutrition approach to eating for fat loss, muscle gain, and enhanced sport performance by incorporating comprehensive evidence, setting it apart from all the misinformation on nutrit...
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£26,95
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Rotten Bodies Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain
ISBN: PB: 9780300233520, Yale University Press, July 2019
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 8 black&white illus.
Britain had no idea that it would not see another plague after the horrors of 1666, and for a century and a half the fear of epidemic disease gripped and shaped British society. Plague doctors had long asserted that the bodies of the poor were especi...
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£30,00
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Revolting Remedies from the Middle Ages
ISBN: HB: 9781851244768, Bodleian Library Publishing, November 2017
112 pp., 17x11 cm
"For a zitty face. Take urine eight days old and heat it over the fire; wash your face with it morning and night". In late medieval England, ordinary people, apothecaries and physicians gathered up practical medical tips for everyday use. While some...
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£9,99
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Risk, Chance, and Causation Investigating the Origins and Treatment of Disease
ISBN: PB: 9780300216837, Yale University Press, November 2015
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 31 black&white illus.
Should we worry about an increased risk of illness when using certain carpet cleaners? How do we assess the benefits of dietary supplements? What is meant by increased risk in the first place? Dr. Michael Bracken, a leader and innovator in the field...
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£25,00
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Risky Medicine Our Quest to Cure Fear and Uncertainty
ISBN: HB: 9780226049717, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones
Will ever-more sensitive screening tests for cancer lead to longer, better lives? Will anticipating and trying to prevent the future complications of chronic disease lead to better health?Not always, says Robert Aronowitz in "Risky Medicine". In fact...
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£19,50
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Rhetoric of Pregnancy
ISBN: HB: 9780226071916, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 halftones, 17 line drawings
It is a truth widely acknowledged that if you're pregnant and can afford one, you're going to pick up a pregnancy manual. From "What to Expect When You're Expecting" to "Pregnancy for Dummies", these guides act as portable mentors for women who want...
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£31,00
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Research Findings in the Economics of Aging
ISBN: HB: 9780226903064, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2010
504 pp., 23x15 cm, 126 tables, 106 line illus.
The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The social and economic effects of this shift are significant, and in "Research Findings in the Economics of Aging", a group of leading rese...
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£100,00
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Running Injuries Treatment and Prevention
ISBN: PB: 9781841262840, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, August 2009
168 pp., 24x16.5 cm
The book "Running Injuries: Treatment and Prevention" offers easy to access tips on treating and avoiding injuries. It is written in a language that is easy to understand. The book will help runners and walkers understand how injuries occur, how to p...
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£12,95
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