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I Meant to Tell You kept me turning the pages late into the night." --Jennifer Coburn, USA Today best-selling author of Cradles of the Reich When Miranda Isaac's fiancé, Russ Steinmann, is being vetted for his once-in-a-lifetime dream job in the U.S. attorney's office, the couple worries that Miranda's parents' history as political activists in the Sixties could jeopardize Russ' security clearance. But the real threat emerges when Russ's futur...

For 50 years, Eleanor Ritter's mother Rose has refused to talk about how she survived the Holocaust in Poland and ended up in New Jersey. But now Eleanor learns that the parents of her nine-year-old son's new friend are Polish Catholics, born and raised in that country. Eleanor starts digging into both families' stories, jeopardizing her already shaky relationships with her mother, her husband, and her children.

How popular companies like Apple and Trader Joe's project a hip, progressive image--and whether we should believe them Consumers are told that when they put on an American Apparel t-shirt, leggings, jeans, gold bra, or other item, they look hot. Not only do they look good, but they can also feel good because they are helping US workers earn a decent wage (never mind that some of those female workers have accused their boss of sexual harassment...

PRAISE FOR The Merck Druggernaut "Few business stories involve life and death. This one does, and Fran Hawthorne tells it with insight and verve. This is an important book for anyone who has ever taken a pill or prescribed one (or bought a pharmaceutical share). It ought to be read as carefully as the directions on a prescription bottle." -Firth Calhoun, Editor at Large, Institutional Investor "Fran Hawthorne has produced a compelling, detail-...

A veteran journalist and levelheaded mom tackles the ethics of everyday life We live in a society that is at once the most politically aware and the most consumer oriented in human history. Twenty-first-century shoppers don't just consume, we investigate and categorize the impact of our decisions on climate change, animals, our health, our political views, geopolitical relationships, working conditions, and more. Yet when we actually try to l...

An award-winning author takes her investigative-journalism skills--honed from two decades as a business journalist--to analyze six company favorites: Apple, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, American Apparel, Timberland, and Tom's of Maine to uncover the truth behind the admiration.

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Praise For INSIDE THE FDA "A clear-eyed, thoughtful look at an agency that regulates a quarter of the U.S. economy and, more than any other, has the safety of the American public in its hands. Inside the FDA makes plain how powerful and controversial the Food and Drug Administration has become. People seeking to understand the government's role in health care and the biotech revolution would be wise to read Ms. Hawthorne's book." -Elizabeth M...

The forces that shape America′s most powerful consumer agency Because of the importance of what it regulates, the FDA comes under tremendous political, industry, and consumer pressure. But the pressure goes far beyond the ordinary lobbying of Washington trade groups.

With a welcome mixture of facts and humor, Hawthorne highlights the dilemmas of living an environmentally virtuous, healthy life in a fiercely consumption-oriented culture.--Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Center for Science in the Public Interest.