books new
A Change of Heart (a history of the Framingham Heart Study)
A Change of Heart: How the People of Framingham, Massachusetts, Helped Unravel the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease by Daniel Levy and Susan Brink
History of Scurvy & Vitamin C by Kenneth Carpenter
From the publisher: The first modern survey of the long and fascinating history of the various ideas and theories about the cause of scurvy, the nutritional deficiency disease that has caused (with the exception of famine) the most human suffering in recorded history.
Pickled, Potted, and Canned by Sue Shephard
How the Art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the World. From the publisher: We may not give much thought to the boxes in our freezers or the cans on our shelves, but behind the story of food preservation is the history of civilization itself.