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The Weight of the Nation: To Win, We Have to Lose

Product Description: [Foreword by Kelly D. Brownell, PhD] [Afterword by Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD] The weight of the nation is out of control. We're fat and getting fatter. When more than two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese, there's no denying we have a serious problem...read more

By Kelly D. Brownell, Ph. D. (foreword by), Harvey V. Fineberg, M. D., Ph. D. (other contributor), John Hoffman, Alexandra Moss (contributor) and Judith A. Salerno

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9781470807788 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 24, 2012), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: [Foreword by Kelly D.

The Weight of the Nation: Surprising Lessons About Diets, Food, and Fat from the Extraordinary Series From HBO Documentary Series

Product Description: People today work harder and take better care of their health than any previous generation. So how could two-thirds of us fail to measure up when it comes to eating right and exercising? HBO and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences have joined together to bring you the nation’s foremost experts and definitive research on weight and weight loss...read more

By Kelly D. Brownell, Ph. D. (foreword by), Harvey V. Fineberg, M. D., Ph. D. (other contributor), John Hoffman, Alexandra Moss and Judith A. Salerno, M. D.

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9781250014733 | 1 edition (St Martins Pr, April 24, 2012), cover price $25.99 | About this edition: People today work harder and take better care of their health than any previous generation.

The Weight of the Nation: To Win, We Have to Lose

By Kelly D. Brownell, Ph. D. (foreword by), John Hoffman, Alexandra Moss (contributor) and Judith A. Salerno, M. D.

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9781470807771 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 24, 2012), cover price $49.00

The Weight of the Nation: To Win, We Have to Lose: Surprising Lessons About Diets, Food, and Fat from the Extraordinary Series from HBO Documentary Films

By Kelly D. Brownell, Ph. D. (foreword by), John Hoffman, Alexandra Moss (contributor) and Judith A. Salerno, M. D.

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9781470807795 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 24, 2012), cover price $19.95

The Alzheimer's Project: Momentum in Science

Product Description: This companion book to the HBO Documentary Films series brings us inside the laboratories and clinics of the nation’s top scientists and physicians who are clearing the path to a deeper understanding of Alzheimer’s diseasea disease affecting 5 million Americans...read more

By Susan Froemke, Susan K. Golant (contributor) and John Hoffman

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9781586487560 | 1 edition (Public Affairs, May 11, 2009), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: This companion book to the HBO Documentary Films series explores the cutting-edge research on Alzheimer's disease that is creating new hope for the future.

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9781586488154 | Reprint edition (Public Affairs, May 11, 2010), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: This companion book to the HBO Documentary Films series brings us inside the laboratories and clinics of the nation’s top scientists and physicians who are clearing the path to a deeper understanding of Alzheimer’s diseasea disease affecting 5 million Americans.

Introduction to Political Theory

Product Description: An Introduction to Political Theory is a focused, student-friendly and sophisticated introduction to the most complex and most contested area of the Politics curriculum.This comprehensive introduction to the world of political theory brings together classic and contemporary concepts and ideologies Effective use of examples and case-studies make the book relevant and lively Supported by an outstanding companion website with multiple choice questions, biographies and "How to Read" featur...read more

By Paul Graham and John Hoffman

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9781405899888 | 2 edition (Longman Pub Group, May 7, 2009), cover price $58.20 | About this edition: An Introduction to Political Theory is a focused, student-friendly and sophisticated introduction to the most complex and most contested area of the Politics curriculum.

9780582473737 | 1 edition (Longman Pub Group, February 24, 2006), cover price $68.80 | About this edition: A completely new introduction to political theory that will grab students interest through it’s use of real-life examples.

John Gray and the Problem of Utopia

Product Description: This book explores the work of John Gray, controversial and widely read contemporary philosopher. This comprehensive volume links a critique of Gray’s views on Marxism, humanism, and the Enlightenment—as well as his deep pessimism—with his position that attempts to tackle the core of issues like globalization and multiculturalism are hopelessly utopian...read more

By John Hoffman

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9780708320266 | Univ of Wales Pr, March 15, 2009, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: This book explores the work of John Gray, controversial and widely read contemporary philosopher.

Tau / Journey to the End

Product Description: Two long-lost volumes from the classic Beat period. Tau is Philip Lamantia’s mystical second collection of poems, originally slated for publication in 1955, but suppressed by the poet due to his evolving religious beliefs. Journey to the End contains the poems of the legendary John Hoffman (1928–1952), whose poems were read by Lamantia in 1955 at the 6 Gallery reading where Allen Ginsberg debuted “Howl...read more

By Garrett Caples (editor), John Hoffman and Philip Lamantia

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9780872864856 | City Lights Books, April 1, 2008, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Two long-lost volumes from the classic Beat period.

A Glossary of Political Theory

Product Description: This essential reference covers alphabetically both the major concepts in political theory and the key writers in the field. While ensuring accuracy and objectivity, the entries represent interpretations that are both challenging and interesting...read more

By John Hoffman

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9780804757270 | Stanford Univ Pr, April 30, 2007, cover price $43.00 | About this edition: This essential reference covers alphabetically both the major concepts in political theory and the key writers in the field.

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9780804757287 | Stanford Univ Pr, April 30, 2007, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: This essential reference covers alphabetically both the major concepts in political theory and the key writers in the field.

Addiction: Why Can't They Just Stop?: New Knowledge, New Treatments, New Hope

Strives to break through the myths and explain what addiction really is, what causes it, and how to get the best available treatment.

By Susan Cheever (other contributor), Susan Froemke (editor), John Hoffman (editor) and Sheila Nevins (foreword by)

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9781594867156 | 1 edition (Rodale Pr, March 30, 2007), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Strives to break through the myths and explain what addiction really is, what causes it, and how to get the best available treatment.

Introduction to Political Concepts

Product Description: A completely new introduction to political concepts that will grab students interest through it’s use of real-life examples.

By Paul Graham and John Hoffman

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9781405824385 | 1 edition (Longman Pub Group, April 13, 2006), cover price $54.20 | About this edition: A completely new introduction to political concepts that will grab students interest through it’s use of real-life examples.

Introduction to Political Ideologies

Product Description: A completely new introduction to political ideologies that will grab students interest through it’s use of real-life examples.

By Paul Graham and John Hoffman

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9781405824392 | 1 edition (Longman Pub Group, April 13, 2006), cover price $57.33 | About this edition: A completely new introduction to political ideologies that will grab students interest through it’s use of real-life examples.

Avoiding a Mid-life Crisis

Product Description: Avoiding a Mid-life Crisis addresses a very well-known topic. This book shows the reader that many, if not most, mid-life crises may be self-inflicted by negative living patterns. If these living patterns are identified and stopped before middle age, the chance of a later personal crisis is greatly diminished if not eliminated...read more

By John Hoffman

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9781413740363 | Publishamerica Inc, November 30, 2004, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Avoiding a Mid-life Crisis addresses a very well-known topic.

Citizenship, Beyond The State

Product Description: Is 'citizenship' still a useful concept? Can citizens - and democracy - exist independently of the state? This text provides an accessible guide to the theories and debates that surround the key political concepts of state, citizenship, and democracy today...read more

By John Hoffman

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9780761949411, titled "Citizenship: Beyond the State" | Sage Pubns Ltd, May 25, 2004, cover price $134.00 | About this edition: Is 'citizenship' still a useful concept?

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9780761949428 | Sage Pubns Ltd, May 25, 2004, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Is 'citizenship' still a useful concept?

Dumpster Diving: The Advanced Course : How to Turn Other People's Trash into Money, Publicity, and Power

Product Description: It's been 10 years since the publication of John Hoffman's cult classic of urban scavenging, The Art and Science of Dumpster Diving. Now the Garbage Guru is back with an advanced course in the unconventional economics of exploring the trash for fun and profit...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By John Hoffman

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9781581603699 | Paladin Pr, November 1, 2002, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: It's been 10 years since the publication of John Hoffman's cult classic of urban scavenging, The Art and Science of Dumpster Diving.

Gprs Demystified

Product Description: GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is global mobile data technology. More important it is a step en route to next-generation wireless, or 3G, for many networks in the US and most networks in Europe and Asia. Questions like "when can we expect European take-up of GPRS?", "what kind of roaming will the standards bodies adopt?", "what functionality will first-generation terminals provide?", or "how will GPRS change the basic business practices of GSM operators?" all need to be answered before implementations proceed...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By John Hoffman (editor)

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9780071385534 | McGraw-Hill, September 1, 2002, cover price $54.95 | About this edition: GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is global mobile data technology.

Gender and Sovereignty: Feminism, the State and International Relations

Product Description: In Gender and Sovereignty John Hoffman seeks to reconstruct the notion of sovereignty for a post-patriarchal world. His interest in gender arised out of an interest in emancipation, and Hoffman argues that the emancipation of women is only possible if we find a way of providing a coherent critique of the state...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By John Hoffman

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9780333751404 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 21, 2001, cover price $147.00 | About this edition: In Gender and Sovereignty John Hoffman seeks to reconstruct the notion of sovereignty for a post-patriarchal world.

That Was a Pin: The History of Sprint Corp

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By John Hoffman

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9781585970285 | Leathers Pub, June 1, 2000, cover price $19.95

Art and Science of Dumpster Diving

Product Description: In step-by-step, illustrated detail, John Hoffman shows you how to use dumpster diving for food, clothing, appliances, furniture, books and other treasures. Discover how to dress for dumpster diving success, work your neighborhood dumpsters, dive a restaurant, use a "bag blade" and "dive stick", handle run-ins with the authorities, convert your trash to cash, and much more! While you are learning all these professional secrets, you will be entertained by outrageous anecdotes from a life-long master diver...read more

By John Hoffman

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9781893626072 | Breakout Productions Inc, August 1, 1999, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In step-by-step, illustrated detail, John Hoffman shows you how to use dumpster diving for food, clothing, appliances, furniture, books and other treasures.

9781559500883 | Breakout Productions Inc, December 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Drawing on over 20 years experience, Hoffman discusses what type of goods can be found in dumpsters, and offers advice on dumpster diving, discussing what to wear, how to deal with cops, and where to find the good stuff

Sovereignty

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By John Hoffman

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9780816633036 | Univ of Minnesota Pr, December 1, 1998, cover price $37.95

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9780816633043 | Univ of Minnesota Pr, December 1, 1998, cover price $22.50

Reclaiming Sovereignty

Product Description: Twelve contributors from various fields address the question of what it means to say that a state, a people or an individual is "sovereign". Underlying the range and diversity of their responses is a common problem: how does sovereignty relate to society and the state? The first part of the book focuses on contemporary developments in British politics, the European Union and South Africa; the second explores state sovereignty from an international perspective; and the third looks towards detaching sovereignty from the state...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Laura Brace (editor) and John Hoffman (editor)

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9781855674561 | Pinter Pub Ltd, June 1, 1997, cover price $130.00 | About this edition: Twelve contributors from various fields address the question of what it means to say that a state, a people or an individual is "sovereign".

Beyond the State: An Introductory Critique

Product Description: In this critical introduction to the state, Hoffman argues that, with the industrialization of war, states are now capable of destroying humanity itself. If we are to have a future at all, he suggests, we must look beyond the state...read more

By John Hoffman

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9780745611808 | Polity Pr, July 1, 1995, cover price $52.95 | About this edition: In this critical introduction to the state, Hoffman argues that, with the industrialization of war, states are now capable of destroying humanity itself.

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9780745611815 | Polity Pr, June 15, 1995, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: This is an accessible yet challenging introduction to the state and state theory, the author makes the distinction between "state" and "government" and discusses a world beyond the state.

The Political Classics: Hamilton to Mill

Product Description: This work enables all students of political ideas to gain a fuller appreciation of the great works which form the foundation of the subject. It spans from the turbulent era of the American and French Revolutions through to the calmer waters of the nineteenth century...read more

By Murray Greensmith Forsyth, John Hoffman (editor) and Maurice Keens-Soper

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9780198780267 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 1, 1993, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: This work enables all students of political ideas to gain a fuller appreciation of the great works which form the foundation of the subject.

The Political Classics: Hamilton to Mill

Product Description: Spanning a critical period - from the turbulent era of the American and French Revolutions through to the calmer waters of the nineteenth centuries, this book will help all students of political ideas to gain a fuller appreciation of the great works which form the foundation of the subject...read more

By Murray Greensmith Forsyth, John Hoffman (editor), H. M. A. Keens-Soper (editor) and Maurice Keens-Soper

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9780198780250 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, July 22, 1993, cover price $99.00 | About this edition: Spanning a critical period - from the turbulent era of the American and French Revolutions through to the calmer waters of the nineteenth centuries, this book will help all students of political ideas to gain a fuller appreciation of the great works which form the foundation of the subject.

A Primer in the Sociology of Crime

Product Description: With depth, clarity and erudition, this primer covers all the classic theory and research on the sociology of crime.

By John Hoffman and S. Giora Shoham

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9780911577198 | Harrow & Heston, June 1, 1991, cover price $19.90 | About this edition: With depth, clarity and erudition, this primer covers all the classic theory and research on the sociology of crime.

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