Bøger af Catherine Price

Conquer your phone addiction in just 30 days, and discover a happier, healthier and more fulfilled you.

Elsker du din mobil, men synes at den stjæler for meget af din tid? Er der pludselig gået både hele og halve timer, mens du lige har tjekket vejret og dine venners opdateringer eller et par andre i øjeblikket uundværlige ting? Måske er forelskelsen i din kære telefon blevet til træthed, en følelse af stresset tomhed og småfrustration.Så er det her bogen for dig. Hvis du da ikke i stedet vil give den til en, du kender, der nærmest ikke kan slide blikket fra sine apps.Den prisbelønnede videnskabsjournalist Catherine Price har prøvet det på sin egen krop og dykker her ned i, hvor hurtigt og effektivt vores smartphones har overtaget vores liv – og hvorfor vi bliver så afhængige. Hun indleder bogen med et brev til sin mobil: Du er den sidste, jeg rører ved, inden jeg går i seng, og den første jeg rækker ud efter om morgenen. Helt enkelt beskriver hun, hvordan denne afhængighed opstår, og hvordan man på 30 dage kan få et bedre og sundere forhold til sin telefon. For lige som med alle andre forhold kan det gøre underværker at tage det op til overvejelse indimellem. Sidegevinsten er at blive meget mere glad og mindre stresset i livet igen og at genopdage vigtige sider af det, man helt havde glemt. Og bare rolig: det betyder ikke, at du skal leve uden!

"[An] absorbing and meticulously researched history of the beginnings and causes of our obsession with vitamins and nutrition." -The New York Times Most of us know nothing about vitamins. What's more, what we think we know is harming both our personal nutrition and our national health. By focusing on vitamins at the expense of everything else, we've become blind to the bigger picture: despite our belief that vitamins are an absolute good-and the more of them, the better-vitamins are actually small and surprisingly mysterious pieces of a much larger nutritional puzzle. In Vitamania, award-winning journalist Catherine Price offers a lucid and lively journey through our cherished yet misguided beliefs about vitamins, and reveals a straightforward, blessedly anxiety-free path to enjoyable eating and good health. When vitamins were discovered a mere century ago, they changed the destiny of the human species by preventing and curing many terrifying diseases. Yet it wasn't long before vitamins spread from labs of scientists into the realm of food marketers and began to take on a life of their own. The era of "vitamania," as one 1940s journalist called it, had begun. Though we've gained much from our embrace of vitamins, what we've lost is a crucial sense of perspective. By buying into a century of hype and advertising, we have accepted the false idea that particular dietary chemicals can be used as shortcuts to health-whether they be antioxidants or omega-3s or, yes, vitamins. And it's our vitamin-inspired desire for effortless shortcuts that created today's dietary supplement industry, a veritable Wild West of overpromising "miracle" substances that can be legally sold without any proof that they are effective or safe. Price's travels to vitamin manufacturers and food laboratories and military testing kitchens-along with her deep dive into the history of nutritional science- provide a witty and dynamic narrative arc that binds Vitamania together. The result is a page-turning exploration of the history, science, hype, and future of nutrition. And her ultimate message is both inspiring and straightforward: given all that we don't know about vitamins and nutrition, the best way to decide what to eat is to stop obsessing and simply embrace this uncertainty head-on. Praise for Vitamania: "Measured, funny, and fascinating. The only thing that Catherine Price is selling here is good reporting, engaging storytelling, and more than you thought you could possibly learn about vitamins. If you need vitamins to survive (you do), you should read this book." -Scientific American

Mindfulness has become a buzzword today, cropping up everywhere from schools to hospitals to yoga classes to corporate board meetings. But what is mindfulness,exactly? What are its benefits? Why has it become so popular? And--perhaps most importantly--how can you incorporate mindfulness into your own life, especially if you've never tried it before? In the sleek and beautiful Mindfulness: A Journal, award-winning author Catherine Price (also author of the best-selling Gratitude: A Journal and Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food) demystifies mindfulness and helps readers take the first steps toward establishing their own mindfulness practices. After a brief introduction to mindfulness and its frequent partner, mindfulness-based meditation, the journal gently guides readers through a series of writing prompts, exercises and inspirational quotes. It ends with a list of recommended resources, ranging from books to apps to in-person and virtual mindfulness classes, that readers can turn to if they wish to deepen their practice. A perfect and thoughtful gift, Mindfulness: A Journal is designed to provide a structured, clear and un-intimidating introduction to mindfulness that anyone can use. Beautifully designed and a pleasure to write in, it has the capacity to truly change people's lives.Note: as several reviewers have pointed out, mindfulness is a secular practice, and this is not designed as a devotional journal--though of course you can use it however you please.

The discovery of vitamins changed our world dramatically. Terrifying diseases such as scurvy, which had claimed the lives of millions, became preventable and curable. But before long word of these ';miracles' had spread from the laboratory and into the hands of food marketers. Decades of over-hyped advertising later and we've accepted as fact the idea that dietary chemicals can be used as shortcuts to improving our health. Award-winning journalist Catherine Price goes in search of the truth about vitamins, taking us to vitamin manufacturers, food laboratories and military testing kitchens. In this page-turning investigation of the history, science and future of nutrition, she reveals just how much we still don't know about vitamins the way they work in our bodies and the amounts we really need. Engaging, witty and personal, The Vitamin Complex proposes an alternative to our obsessive vitamin-driven approach to nutrition given our lack of knowledge, the best way to decide what to eat is to stop obsessing and simply embrace this uncertainty head-on.

From the Grover Cleveland Service Area to the Beijing Museum of Tap Water to Euro Disney, this title brings you some of the unforgettable tales of the most ill-conceived museums, worst theme parks, and the grossest Superfund sites.

In the late nineteenth century the US government attempted to reshape Lakota (Sioux) society to accord with American ideals. This title charts the political strategies employed by Oglala councilors as they struggled to preserve their autonomy.