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  • Twinkie, Deconstructed

    My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated into What America Eats

    A pop-science journey into the surprising ingredients found in most common packaged foodsLike most Americans, Steve Ettlinger eats processed foods. And, like most consumers, he didn't have a clue as to what most of the ingredients on the labels mean. So when his young daughter asked, Daddy, what's polysorbate 60?, he was at a loss and determined to find out.From the phosphate mines in Idaho to the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The All New Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores

    An updated edition of the ultimate hardware shopping guide and reference book: "Organized, accessible and cheerfully reassuring." — Publishers WeeklyTired of making multiple trips to the hardware store because you purchased the wrong item? Or wandering the aisles feeling overwhelmed and bewildered? This is the illustrated reference that helps you learn the difference between drywall screws and ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beer For Dummies

    Become fluent in the universal language of beerBeer For Dummies is your companion as you explore the wide world of the third most-consumed beverage globally. Learn to recognize the characteristics of ales, lagers, and other beer styles. Perfect beer-and-food pairings. And embark on the ultimate beer tour, Dummies-style! Whether you're a beer novice or a brewery regular, there’s always something ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Twinkie, Deconstructed

    Narrated by Mark Lund ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 50 min

    Like most Americans, Steve Ettlinger eats processed foods. And, like most consumers, he often reads the ingredients label—without a clue as to what most of it means. So when his young daughter asked, “Daddy, what’s polysorbate 60?” he was at a loss—and determined to find out. From the phosphate mines in Idaho to the corn fields in Iowa, from gypsum mines in Oklahoma to the vanilla harvest in ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ingredients

    A Visual Exploration of 75 Additives & 25 Food Products

    In the bestselling tradition of The Elements and Salt Sugar Fat, an unprecedented visual exploration of what is really inside our food, setting the record straight on the controversial and fascinating science of chemical and synthetic additives in processed food—from Twinkies and McNuggets to organic protein bars and healthy shakes.What’s really in your food?We’ve all read the ingredients label on ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Aim for the Skies

    Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith's Race to Complete Amelia Earhart's Quest

    Illustrated by Doris Ettlinger ...
    When she was seven years old, Geraldine (Jerrie) Mock took her first airplane ride. She decided then and there to be a pilot. Growing up, she was inspired by radio broadcasts detailing the travels of aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Joan Merriam was 15 when she took her first plane ride in 1952. She got her pilot's license before she could even drive a car. And like Jerrie, Joan too was inspired by ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Skeleanor the Decomposer

    A Graphic Novel

    Illustrated by Emily Ettlinger ...
    An instantly charming and vivid chapter-book graphic novel, starring a music-obsessed skeleton, Skeleanor, and her quest to find her sound (and her confidence) by debut creator Emily Ettlinger.Skeleanor loves music more than life itself. There’s just one problem: She has a bit more rattle than rhythm at the moment. No matter what type of instrument she plays—from the fiddle to the xylobone—she ... Read more

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  • Pigeon Hero!

    Ready-to-Read Level 2

    Illustrated by Doris Ettlinger ...
    Series Book 2 - Ready-to-Read
    In a town in Italy during World War II the people have surrendered without firing a shot. But American warplanes are due to arrive, and the radio's broken, so no one can tell them to call off the attack! G. I. Joe, a carrier pigeon, is the only one who can take the message to the Americans. Will he make it in time and save the town? ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores

    The do-it-yourselfer's go-to reference--the illustrated guide to all those odd, mysterious, wonderful, and necessary things you need to purchase in hardware stores, home centers, and lumber yards. With this book, you can ask for the "thingamajigs" and "whatchamacallits" by proper name. With over 1000 items and over 600 illustrations, you'll never be intimidated again on your shopping trip for your ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jewish FBI agent

    The Jewish FBI Agent is a story about finding a source of precious opal, and tracing it's trip to Harry Winston, where a very expensive piece of jewelry was created. The necklace eventually ends up the property of a digital wunderkind. The necklace, along with a painting by Sisely, that turns out to be Nazi stolen art disappears from the Plaza Hotel safe.Two New York detectives, aided by agents ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Axis on the Air

    The Axis on the Air, first published in 1943, is a fascinating look at the use of radio for propaganda purposes by the Nazis, Japanese, and Italians during World War II. Author Harold Ettlinger, a columnist for the Chicago Sun, provides insight and numerous examples of Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels, famous traitors such as "Lord Haw Haw," Jane Anderson, and Ezra Pound, and Axis broadcasts to ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Algorithms and the Assault on Critical Thought

    Digitalized Dilemmas of Automated Governance and Communitarian Practice

    Series series Routledge Series on Digital Spaces
    This book examines the digitalization of longstanding problems of technological advance that produce inequalities and automated governance, which relieves subjects of agency and critical thought, and prompts a need to weaponize thoughtfulness against technocratic designs.The book situates digital-era problems relative to those of previous sociotechnical milieux and argues that technical advance ... Read more

    $55.99 USD