Hunger: An Unnatural HistoryBasic Books, 2008 M08 1 - 272 páginas Every day, we wake up hungry. Every day, we break our fast. Hunger explores the range of this primal experience. Sharman Apt Russell, the highly acclaimed author of Anatomy of a Rose and An Obsession with Butterflies, here takes us on a tour of hunger, from eighteen hours without food to thirty-six hours to seven days and beyond. What Russell finds-both in our bodies and in cultures around the world-is extraordinary. It is a biological process that transcends nature to shape the very of fabric of societies. In a fascinating survey of centuries of thought on hunger's unique power, she discovers an ability to adapt to it that is nothing short of miraculous. From the fasting saints of the early Christian church to activists like Mahatma Gandhi, generations have used hunger to make spiritual and political statements. Russell highlights these remarkable cases where hunger can inspire and even heal, but she also addresses the devastating impact of starvation on cultures around the world today. Written with consummate skill, a compassionate heart, and stocked with facts, figures, and fascinating lore, Hunger is an inspiring window on history and the human spirit. |
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... thousand people gathered to witness the end of Blaine's fortyfourday fast and many more watched on television. The newspapers described a carnival atmosphere with food and souvenir vendors, cries and gasps from the girls, songs, and ...
... thousand people gathered to witness the end of Blaine's fortyfourday fast and many more watched on television. The newspapers described a carnival atmosphere with food and souvenir vendors, cries and gasps from the girls, songs, and ...
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... thousand years ago, an inscription on the tomb of the Egyptian Ankhtifi read, “All of upper Egypt was dying of hunger to such a degree that everyone had come to eating his children.” The Bible is full of stories about hunger. Twothirds ...
... thousand years ago, an inscription on the tomb of the Egyptian Ankhtifi read, “All of upper Egypt was dying of hunger to such a degree that everyone had come to eating his children.” The Bible is full of stories about hunger. Twothirds ...
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... thousands of circular folds with millions of fingerlike projections that secrete mucus and split complex molecules into simpler ones. As the stomach empties its contents of food, its motions slow. The small intestine speeds up. More ...
... thousands of circular folds with millions of fingerlike projections that secrete mucus and split complex molecules into simpler ones. As the stomach empties its contents of food, its motions slow. The small intestine speeds up. More ...
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... thousand feet over Denver, that the 747 jet in which I had a coach seat was now mine to operate. . . . I am unconstitutionally unable to make hepatic decisions and I prefer not to be obliged to, ever.” If we are not in charge, who is ...
... thousand feet over Denver, that the 747 jet in which I had a coach seat was now mine to operate. . . . I am unconstitutionally unable to make hepatic decisions and I prefer not to be obliged to, ever.” If we are not in charge, who is ...
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