New Releases by Howard Jacobson

Love can change your life. Can it survive marriage and middle age? ‘Wonderfully wise, moving and heartfelt’ WILLIAM BOYD ‘A tender love story’ DAILY TELEGRAPH *LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025* Lily falls in love with Sam the minute she sets eyes on him. It takes Sam a day or two longer. Curious, because Lily has never quite believed in love, while Sam thought he understood it inside out. Lily, a documentary maker, and Sam, a playwright, are both in relationships that have quietly expired, and an affair takes hold that they are powerless to resist. Arriving in mid-life, their relationship opens unexpected new worlds. But what will happen to them when familiarity and age begin to take their toll? What will survive? ‘Celebrates love in later life’ HARPER’S BAZAAR ‘Playful, knowing...a romping read in all senses’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Jacobson at his finest’ LINDA GRANT

Howard Jacobson ha pubblicato il suo primo romanzo a quarant’anni: in questo libro racconta tutta la vita che lo ha preparato a quel momento decisivo. Nato da una famiglia della classe operaia nella Manchester degli anni ’40, pronipote di immigrati lituani e russi, il piccolo Howard viene cresciuto dalla madre, dalla nonna e dalla zia Joyce. Suo padre è sarto del reggimento paracadutisti, ma di volta in volta anche tappezziere, bancarellista al mercato, tassista, mago e pallonaio. Alle prese con la storia della famiglia e la sua identità ebraica, Jacobson ci porta dalle sofferenze dell’infanzia agli anni di studio a Cambridge, fino allo sbarco a Sydney come giovane professore anticonformista. Una vita avventurosa tra l’Australia e l’Inghilterra, in cui per far quadrare i conti ha fatto di tutto, compreso vendere borse alle signore, insegnare inglese persino negli stadi, servire in un ristorante australiano in Cornovaglia. Inzuppata nell’irresistibile umorismo di Howard Jacobson, Cocco di mamma è la vita da romanzo del suo autore: la storia esilarante di come nasce uno scrittore, delle pieghe talvolta tenere talvolta amare di ogni famiglia, e di come anche un grande narratore debba lottare per conoscere davvero se stesso.

''One of the all-time great memoirs'' Daily Telegraph ''Wonderful...candid, shrewd and moving'' William Boyd ''Laugh-out-loud glorious and uproarious'' Simon Schama Howard Jacobson''s funny, revealing and tender memoir of his path to becoming a writer. Howard Jacobson was forty when his first novel was published. In Mother''s Boy, he traces the life that brought him there. Born into a working-class Jewish family in 1940s Manchester, he did not lack encouragement or subject matter. Jacobson takes us from childhood and studying at Cambridge, through landing in Sydney as a maverick young professor, and on to his first marriage and the birth of his son. Later, he begins new - and often surprising - ventures in places as disparate as London, Wolverhampton, Boscastle and Melbourne. Infused with bittersweet memories of Jacobson''s parents and friends, this is the story of a writer''s beginnings, and of learning to understand who you are before you can become the writer you were meant to be. ''Hilariously brilliant'' David Baddiel ''Howard Jacobson brilliantly transforms calamity into rip-roaring comedy'' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday

Booker Prize-winnaar Howard Jacobson was veertig toen hij debuteerde als romanschrijver. In Moederskind blikt hij terug op het leven dat hem daar bracht. Geboren in een arbeidersmilieu in Manchester, als achterkleinzoon van Litouwse en Russische immigranten, werd Jacobson opgevoed door zijn moeder, oma en tante Joyce. Vanaf zijn tiende kregen deze vrouwen tegenwicht van zijn veel praktischer ingestelde vader Max, die met lede ogen aanzag hoe zijn zoon dreigde op te groeien tot een overgevoelig watje. Van de groeipijnen van zijn jeugd neemt Jacobson ons mee naar zijn studie in Cambridge en de universiteit van Sydney, waar hij een paar jaar werkt. Na zijn eerste huwelijk en de geboorte van zijn zoon woonde hij in plaatsen als Londen, Wolverhampton, Boscastle en Melbourne, en had hij veel verschillende baantjes om de eindjes aan elkaar te knopen: hij verkocht handtassen, gaf Engelse les en hielp bij het runnen van een Australisch restaurant aan de noordkust van Cornwall. Vol met Jacobsons kenmerkende humor en doordrenkt met bitterzoete herinneringen aan zijn ouders is Moederskind het verhaal van de geboorte van een schrijver, maar ook van de wendingen die het leven neemt, en van het leren begrijpen wie je bent voordat je de schrijver kunt worden die je moet zijn. Howard Jacobson (Manchester, 1942) is een van de geestigste schrijvers van Engeland. Met zijn roman De Finklerkwestie won hij de Booker Prize, zijn roman J behaalde de shortlist. ''Met dit even kolderiek-hilarische als ernstige boek heeft Howard Jacobson een dijk van een memoir op zijn naam gebracht.'' the daily telegraph ''De grappen en grollen buitelen zoals altijd over elkaar heen, maar laat je door al die zelfspot en zelfkastijding niet misleiden; dit is een diepzinnig en bij tijden navrant boek.'' Simon Schama ''In het buitengewoon geestige, wijze en jaloersmakend soepel geschreven Moederskind legt Howard Jacobson de wortels van zijn originaliteit als schrijver bloot. Een beter contemporain relaas van wat het kost om schrijver te worden ben ik nog niet tegengekomen.'' The Spectator ''Fascinerend. (...) Onder alle komische overdrijving in Moederskind proef je iets veel serieuzers en wezenlijkers, dat te maken heeft met de levenslange worsteling om de levens en subjectiviteiten van je ouders en hun ouders te rijmen met je eigen behoeften en verlangens.'' The Guardian Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie.

Taking the terrorist attacks of 9/11 as their starting point, five new essays look at how Jewish culture has changed over the past two decades. Covering music (Vanessa Paloma Elbaz), art (Monica Bohm Duchen), literature (Bryan Cheyette), theatre (Judi Herman) and film (Nathan Abrams), the essays explore the role of confidence in the cultural output of minority communities, and ask whether the trends identified look set to continue over the coming years. Commissioned to mark the twentieth anniversary of Jewish Renaissance magazine, the book includes a foreword by Howard Jacobson and is interspersed with a selection of the best articles from the magazine’s archive, including pieces by the director Mike Leigh, author Linda Grant and sociologist Keith Kahn-Harris.

Een geestige roman over liefde op latere leeftijd, van de winnaar van de Man Booker Prize Rond haar negentigste levensjaar vergeet Beryl Dusinbery vrijwel alles _ tot aan haar eigen kinderen toe. Ze slijt haar dagen met het treiteren van haar verzorgers en het door elkaar halen van oude anekdotes over verloren liefdes. In kringen van Noord-Londense weduwen wordt Shimi Carmelli gezien als de laatste der begerenswaardige vrijgezellen: een mannelijke leeftijdgenoot die nog zelf zijn knopen kan dichtmaken, kan lopen zonder rollator en kan spreken zonder speekselvloed. Híj vergeet niets _ en zeker niet het incident uit zijn kindertijd dat sindsdien als een donkere wolk boven hem hangt. Wat Beryl en Shimi elkaar nog kunnen bieden, is misschien net genoeg om de opgebouwde pijn te verzachten en nieuwe betekenis aan hun resterende levens te geven. Met Jacobsons eigenzinnige humor en stijl is Leef een beetje! zowel grappig, puur als bitterzoet _ een roman die je je gemiste afslagen laat overdenken en je laat afvragen of je in de tweede helft van je leven nog van koers kunt veranderen. Howard Jacobson (1942) is een Brits schrijver en columnist voor The Independent. Zijn romans draaien vaak om de joodse cultuur in Groot-Brittannië en worden gekenmerkt door zijn zwartgallige humor. In 2010 ontving hij voor zijn roman De Finklerkwestie de Man Booker Prize. Zijn roman J kwam in 2014 op de shortlist van die prijs. Over Howard Jacobson: ''Een schrijver die ons aan het lachen maakt. Zijn werk heeft een bijtende ondertoon. Niet voor niets wordt hij de Britse Woody Allen genoemd, of een Engelse Philip Roth.'' ADRIAAN VAN DIS Over De Finklerkwestie: ''Vol humor, warmte, intelligentie, menselijke gevoelens en erkenning. Prachtig geschreven met een volwassen toon en een haast sluipend bravoure van een authentiek schrijver.'' THE GUARDIAN

Julian Treslove e Sam Finkler, amici dai tempi della scuola, non potrebbero essere più diversi. Tanto è belloccio e inconcludente il primo, quanto è carismatico e risoluto il secondo. Treslove è sentimentale, pessimista, incapace di relazioni durature. Finkler è un filosofo pop, un volto noto della televisione, nonché autore di improbabili best seller come L’esistenzialista ai fornelli e Piccolo manuale di stoicismo domestico. Ma soprattutto Samuel Finkler è il prototipo dell’ebreo... o almeno questo è quello che pensa Treslove. Il loro rapporto è sempre stato ambivalente, un misto di ammirazione, competizione e invidia. Quando un giorno Treslove subisce un’aggressione per strada, la sua vita cambia in modo imprevedibile: colpito da una sorta di “giudaite” strisciante, cercherà di comportarsi da ebreo, di pensare da ebreo, alla ricerca della soluzione di un rebus antico almeno quanto il Vecchio Testamento: l’enigma ebraico – o meglio... l’enigma di Finkler. “Un vero gigante. Un grande, grande scrittore.” Jonathan Safran Foer “La sensibilità comica di Howard Jacobson fa pensare a quella di Woody Allen.” The New York Times “Jacobson non solo evoca Roth; evoca Roth al suo meglio.” The New York Times

If you''re overweight or obese...If you''re constantly tired, bloated, constipated, achy, sluggish, depressed, or anxious...If you''re diabetic or pre-diabetic...If your doctor keeps warning you about the risk of cancer, heart disease, or other lifestyle- reversible calamity...If you''re constantly worried about your blood pressure, weight, insomnia, eating habits... But you still find it next to impossible to stick to a healthy diet, exercise, and lifestyle plan... Then you might be going about things the wrong way.Let''s face it - despite a flood of information and advice, we''re getting sicker and fatter all the time. That''s because the vast majority of "conventional" advice is outdated, wrong-headed, and just plain ineffective.Within this storm of bad news and bad advice, there''s a growing tribe of outliers who have managed to lose hundreds of pounds, reverse "impossible to cure" diseases, and even - to their own shock and delight - become fit and high-performing athletes.Their stories don''t get a lot of media attention, because they aren''t selling anything. No pills, powders, or potions. No expensive workout gadgets. No late night informercial magic formulas.They simply rediscovered some basic, natural truths about the human animal. What we''re designed to eat. How we''re designed to move. And how we''re meant to think and feel.When we get away from our natural heritage, we suffer. When we return to it, we thrive.Read Sick To Fit to discover how Josh LaJaunie went from a 420-pound food addict to the cover of Runner''s World magazine, as well as live appearances on Good Morning America and The Today Show.Discover the simple secrets for a healthy life that have transformed dozens of members of the Missing Chins Run Club and clients of WellStart Health from sick and sad to fit and fulfilled.In Sick To Fit, you''ll learn: - the one food rule that banishes confusion, eliminates the need to count calories or restrict portion size, and makes you impervious to the marketing and clickbait BS perpetrated by the food industry- how to honor your culture and heritage without suffering from the diseases that are killing your people (coming from the Bayou of South Louisiana, Josh knows a thing or two about being a foodie)- how to use social and family pressure to get stronger and more committed- how to prevent self-sabotage after initial success- how to start exercising safely if you''re overweight (by 20 or 200 pounds)- the four-question FAST Assessment (the "Swiss Army Knife" of sustainable behavior change)- how to master life''s stressors so they don''t turn into binges- how to never "fall off the wagon" again - even if you''ve failed at dozens of diets before- and much more...Written with behavioral health expert Howard Jacobson, PhD, Sick To Fit combines Josh''s journey with cutting edge nutritional, exercise, neurological, and habit science.Sick To Fit is your roadmap to better health and a more joyful life."Sick To Fit is a captivating, inspiring and practical story of an epic transformation. And don''t be deceived by how entertaining this page-turner of a book is. What you''re about to have fun reading is scientifically proven, and it just might change your life."Ocean Robbins, Author, 31-Day Food Revolution CEO, Food Revolution Network http: //foodrevolution.org"A diet book with lots of information leaves you with lots of information. But a book that teaches you how to change your dietary and lifestyle habits - and do it in a way that is compelling, engaging, and eminently practical - a book like that can change your life."Sick to Fit takes everything that we know about what makes people change in business and life, and applies it to eating and lifestyle habits. I''ve read a tremendous number of books on diet, fitness, and health - and this one is the best."Peter Bregman, Author, Leading with Emotional Courage, CEO, Bregman Partners http: //peterbregman.com

A provocatively entertaining, savagely funny satire on Donald Trump by Britain’s greatest comic novelist. Pussy is the story of Prince Fracassus, heir presumptive to the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his boyhood watching reality shows on TV, imagining himself to be the Roman Emperor Nero, and fantasizing about hookers. He is idle, boastful, thin-skinned and egotistic; has no manners, no curiosity, no knowledge, no idea and no words in which to express them. Could he, in that case, be the very leader to make the country great again?

_______________ ''[An] acutely observed collection of occasional pieces that pick at absurdist life and reveal him to be a quiz, a cultural critic gifted with precise comic timing'' - The Times ''The author''s prose is always a delight ... a book that manages the high-wire act of being genuinely funny while dispensing genuine wisdom'' - Times Literary Supplement ''Jacobson is one of the great sentence-builders of our time. I feel I have to raise my game, even just to praise ... In short, he is one of the great guardians of language and culture - all of it. Long may he flourish'' - Nicholas Lezard, Guardian _______________ Week after week, for eighteen years, the Booker Prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson wrote a weekly column for the Independent, reflecting in inimitable style on the sacred and the profane in turn, the frivolous and the serious, the deeply personal and the most universal. The shame and humiliation inherent in death is explored with frank astuteness. Matisse, darts and the power of love are celebrated; while cyclists are very much censured. And meanwhile, a beloved old Labrador walks his last walk as life elsewhere hurtles on and away... The Dog''s Last Walk is a collection of wisdom and iconoclasm for our uncertain times, and one that reveals one of our greatest writers in all his humanity. _______________ ''Sharp and playful, surreal and thoughtful, and occasionally ... rather moving'' - New Statesman ''Yes, Jacobson is an entertainer ... And he does indeed entertain, but in a way that stimulates rather than simply amuses'' - Sunday Telegraph ''His columns were always one of the best things in [the Independent] – funny, argumentative, contrary and stuffed with ideas as well as a big, sympathetic personality'' - Philip Hensher, Spectator

Den jødiske kunstsamler Simon Strulovich har brug for en at tale med. Hans teenagedatter Beatrice er faldet i med inderkredsen af Manchesters high society og i armene på en fodboldu00adspiller, der er berygtet for at have givet en nazihilsen på banen. Så da Strulovich møder Shakespeares jødiske pengeudlåner Shylock på en kirkegård, inviterer han ham med hjem. Det bliver starten på et usædvanligt venskab. Ikke langt derfra lever den rige og manipulerende Plurabelle i en boble af plastikoperationer og overdådige fester. Hun er stjerne i sin egen tv-serie, og sammen med sin trofaste ven D’Anton leger hun giftekniv med Strulovichs datter – og sætter et skålpund kød på højkant. MIT NAVN ER SHYLOCK, Howard Jacobsons version af William Shakespeares Købmanden i Venedig, forskyder tid og sted og spørger, hvad det vil sige at være far, jøde og et barmhjertigt menneske i en moderne verden.

De son propre aveu, Felix Quinn est un homme parfaitement heureux. Il détient l’une des plus anciennes boutiques de livres rares de Londres et prend un plaisir infini à se plonger dans des textes oubliés. Marié à la divine Marisa, il en est éperdument amoureux, mais une crainte grandit en lui : la perdre. L’enfance de Felix lui a appris que l’amour ne va pas sans la perte, il choisit donc de la devancer en orchestrant la propre trahison de son épouse. Ainsi Marius, minutieusement choisi par Felix, entre-t-il dans la vie intime de Marisa. Felix pense alors embrasser une nouvelle forme de sérénité, or il se trouve aussitôt en prise avec un autre démon : la jalousie. Pour faire l’amour est un roman corrosif sur le sentiment d’amour et son contraire, la masculinité de l’émoi, l’obsession charnelle et la nature polymorphe de la jalousie. L’écriture ciselée de Howard Jacobson, à l’humour piquant impérieux, n’aura jamais été aussi animée entre honnêteté et provocation pure. « Une réussite presque eff rayante d’intelligence. » The Guardian « Une prouesse étonnante, un livre scandaleux, complexe, drôle, impertinent, grinçant et un tonifi ant intellectuel. » The Independent « Un récit hautement littéraire, à l’écriture maîtrisée à la perfection, aussi sombre et transgressif que férocement brillant. »The Times

Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson brings his singular brilliance to this modern re-imagining of one of Shakespeare’s most unforgettable characters: Shylock Winter, a cemetery, Shylock. In this provocative and profound interpretation of The Merchant of Venice, Shylock is juxtaposed against his present-day counterpart in the character of art dealer and conflicted father Simon Strulovitch. With characteristic irony, Jacobson presents Shylock as a man of incisive wit and passion, concerned still with questions of identity, parenthood, anti-Semitism and revenge. While Strulovich struggles to reconcile himself to his daughter Beatrice''s “betrayal” of her family and heritage—as she is carried away by the excitement of Manchester high society, and into the arms of a footballer notorious for giving a Nazi salute on the field—Shylock alternates grief for his beloved wife with rage against his own daughter''s rejection of her Jewish upbringing. Culminating in a shocking twist on Shylock’s demand for the infamous pound of flesh, Jacobson’s insightful retelling examines contemporary, acutely relevant questions of Jewish identity while maintaining a poignant sympathy for its characters and a genuine spiritual kinship with its antecedent—a drama which Jacobson himself considers to be “the most troubling of Shakespeare’s plays for anyone, but, for an English novelist who happens to be Jewish, also the most challenging.”

Howard Jacobson íróként, újságíróként és műsorvezetőként a brit zsidó humor képviselőjeként szerzett magának hírnevet a szigetországban. Jacobson egész életműve a zsidó identitással, a zsidók brit társadalomban, kultúrában elfoglalt helyének témakörével foglalkozik. Épp ezért nem véletlen, hogy a Shakespeare halálának 400. évfordulója alkalmából meghirdetett projekt, amelynek keretében neves angolszász szerzőket kértek fel egy-egy Shakespeare dráma újragondolására, átdolgozására, hogy a Booker-díjas szerzőre esett a választás. A Velencei kalmár történetét adaptálta mai színterekre a szerző, s miként az eredeti darabban úgy ebben a mostani történetben is keverednek a bohózat-jellegű és a komolyabb hangvételű stíluselemek. Az eredeti mű - amely már születésének idején is megosztotta a nézőket - középpontjában a keresztény velencei kalmár, Antonio és a zsidó uzsorás, Shylock közötti konfliktus áll, melynek mozgatórugója az ellentétes piaci érdekeik, valamint a vallás- és kultúrabeli különbségek. A mostani történet "antihőse" Shylock a mai, 21. századi Észak-Angliában él, egy olyan gazdagok lakta városrészben, ahol az egy négyzetméterre jutó celebritások és futballsztárok száma igencsak magas. A szerző a címszereplő mellett, mintegy az ő alteregójaként megjeleníti a gazdag műgyűjtőt, Simon Strulovitchet, akinek felesége súlyos beteg, lányának élete pedig épen vakvágányra tévedt. Az apa-lánya, illetve a zsidó-keresztény ellentmondásokra fókuszál szerző miközben a címszereplő és Simon találkozásából egy ígéretes barátság kezdetét bontja ki. A téma okán a szerző ráirányítja a figyelmet a zsidó identitás, az antiszemitizmus problematikájára, de a zsidó-keresztény párhuzamokra is.

Een moderne prozavariant van Shakespeare''s beroemde toneelstuk ''The merchant of Venice (1596-1598).

An acclaimed surgeon specializing in weight loss delivers a paradigm-shifting examination of the diet and health industry’s focus on protein, explaining why it is detrimental to our health, and can prevent us from losing weight. Whether you are seeing a doctor, nutritionist, or a trainer, all of them advise to eat more protein. Foods, drinks, and supplements are loaded with extra protein. Many people use protein for weight control, to gain or lose pounds, while others believe it gives them more energy and is essential for a longer, healthier life. Now, Dr. Garth Davis, an expert in weight loss asks, “Is all this protein making us healthier?” The answer, he emphatically argues, is NO. Too much protein is actually making us sick, fat, and tired, according to Dr. Davis. If you are getting adequate calories in your diet, there is no such thing as protein deficiency. The healthiest countries in the world eat far less protein than we do and yet we have an entire nation on a protein binge getting sicker by the day. As a surgeon treating obese patients, Dr. Davis was frustrated by the ever-increasing number of sick and overweight patients, but it wasn''t until his own health scare that he realized he could do something about it. Combining cutting-edge research, with his hands-on patient experience and his years dedicated to analyzing studies of the world’s longest-lived populations, this explosive, groundbreaking book reveals the truth about the dangers of protein and shares a proven approach to weight loss, health, and longevity.

A series of letters purportedly written by Penelope, Dido, Medea, and other heroines to their lovers, the Heroides represents Ovid''s initial attempt to revitalize myth as a subject for literature. In this book, Howard Jacobson examines the first fifteen elegaic letters of the Heroides. In his critical evaluation, Professor Jacobson takes into consideration the twofold nature of the work: its existence as a single entity with uniform poetic structure and coherent goals, and its existence as a collection of fifteen individual poems. Thus, fifteen chapters are devoted to a thorough analysis and interpretation of the particular poems, while six additional chapters are concerned with problems that pertain to the work as a whole, such as the nature of the genre, the role of rhetoric, theme, and variation, and the originality of Ovid. Special attention is given to the application of modern psychological criticism to the delineations of the pathological psyche in the letters. In an additional chapter on the chronology of Ovid''s early amatory poetry, the author challenges and revises the traditional dating of the Heroides. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Finalist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize “J is a snarling, effervescent, and ambitious philosophical work of fiction that poses unsettling questions about our sense of history, and our self-satisfied orthodoxies. Jacobson’s triumph is to craft a novel that is poignant as well as troubling from the debris.” —Independent (UK) Man Booker Prize–winner Howard Jacobson’s brilliant and profound new novel, J, “invites comparison with George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World” (Sunday Times, London). Set in a world where collective memory has vanished and the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited, J is a boldly inventive love story, both tender and terrifying. Kevern Cohen doesn’t know why his father always drew two fingers across his lips when he said a word starting with a J. It wasn’t then, and isn’t now, the time or place to be asking questions. When the extravagantly beautiful Ailinn Solomons arrives in his village by a sea that laps no other shore, Kevern is instantly drawn to her. Although mistrustful by nature, the two become linked as if they were meant for each other. Together, they form a refuge from the commonplace brutality that is the legacy of a historic catastrophe shrouded in suspicion, denial, and apology, simply referred to as WHAT HAPPENED, IF IT HAPPENED. To Ailinn’s guardian, Esme Nussbaum, Ailinn and Kevern are fragile shoots of hopefulness. As this unusual pair’s actions draw them into ever-increasing danger, Esme is determined to keep them together—whatever the cost. In this stunning, evocative, and terribly heartbreaking work, where one couple’s love affair could have shattering consequences for the human race, Howard Jacobson gathers his prodigious gifts for the crowning achievement of a remarkable career.

By now, the low-carb diet''s refrain is a familiar one: Bread is bad for you. Fat doesn''t matter. Carbs are the real reason you can''t lose weight. The low-carb universe Dr. Atkins brought into being continues to expand. Low-carb diets, from South Beach to the Zone and beyond, are still the go-to method for weight-loss for millions. These diets'' marketing may differ, but they all share two crucial components: the condemnation of “carbs" and an emphasis on meat and fat for calories. Even the latest diet trend, the Paleo diet, is—despite its increased focus on (some) whole foods—just another variation on the same carbohydrate fears. In The Low-Carb Fraud, longtime leader in the nutritional science field T. Colin Campbell (author of The China Study and Whole) outlines where (and how) the low-carb proponents get it wrong: where the belief that carbohydrates are bad came from, and why it persists despite all the evidence to the contrary. The foods we misleadingly refer to as “carbs" aren''t all created equal—and treating them that way has major consequences for our nutritional well-being. If you''re considering a low-carb diet, read this e-book first. It will change the way you think about what you eat—and how you should be eating, to lose weight and optimize your health, now and for the long term.

Marvin Kreitman, the luggage baron of South London, lives for sex. Or at least he lives for women. At present he loves four women--his mother, his wife Hazel, and his two daughters--and is in love with five more. Charlie Merriweather, on the other hand, nice Charlie, loves just the one woman, also called Charlie, the wife with whom he has been writing children''s books and having nice sex for twenty years. Once a week the two friends meet for a Chinese lunch, contriving never quite to have the conversation they would like to have--about fidelity and womanizing, and which makes you happier. Until today. It is Charlie who takes the dangerous step of asking for a piece of Marvin''s disordered life, but what follows embroils them all, the wives no less than the husbands. And none of them will ever be the same again.

New York Times Bestseller What happens when you eat an apple? The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine. Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are unfamiliar to us, and each of these powerful chemicals has the potential to play an important role in supporting our health. They impact thousands upon thousands of metabolic reactions inside the human body. But calculating the specific influence of each of these chemicals isn''t nearly sufficient to explain the effect of the apple as a whole. Because almost every chemical can affect every other chemical, there is an almost infinite number of possible biological consequences. And that''s just from an apple. Nutritional science, long stuck in a reductionist mindset, is at the cusp of a revolution. The traditional “gold standard" of nutrition research has been to study one chemical at a time in an attempt to determine its particular impact on the human body. These sorts of studies are helpful to food companies trying to prove there is a chemical in milk or pre-packaged dinners that is “good" for us, but they provide little insight into the complexity of what actually happens in our bodies or how those chemicals contribute to our health. In The China Study, T. Colin Campbell (alongside his son, Thomas M. Campbell) revolutionized the way we think about our food with the evidence that a whole food, plant-based diet is the healthiest way to eat. Now, in Whole, he explains the science behind that evidence, the ways our current scientific paradigm ignores the fascinating complexity of the human body, and why, if we have such overwhelming evidence that everything we think we know about nutrition is wrong, our eating habits haven''t changed. Whole is an eye-opening, paradigm-changing journey through cutting-edge thinking on nutrition, a scientific tour de force with powerful implications for our health and for our world.