A haunting account by an award-winning cultural historian that addresses still pertinent issues, such as nature vs. nurture, the acquisition of language in children, and the socialization of deaf and mute children.

Fermentation is an ancient way of preserving food as an aid to digestion, but the centralization of modern foods has made it less popular. Katz introduces a new generation to the flavors and health benefits of fermented foods. Since the first publication of the title in 2003 he has offered a fresh perspective through a continued exploration of world food traditions, and this revised edition benefits from his enthusiasm and travels.

In 2013 the Marine Corps needed facts to inform the integration of female Marines into direct ground combat units. This was a time filled with emotion, speculation, and opinions. In response, the Marine Corps formed a task force whose sole purpose was to explore a future with gender integrated direct ground combat units. This story filled with anecdotes about Marines, researchers, and statisticians is told by the researchers who lived it. During the 18-months, from the inception of the task force idea until completion, it would become for many who participated...The Experiment of a Lifetime.

How can we create schools that reinforce each child's joy of life, curiosity, individuality, the natural conviction of his or her own self-worth and the worth of others--and that meet the highest academic standards as well? Rebeca Wild, a principal in a Pestalozzi school in Ecuador--the model for a grassroots educational movement in several European countries--reveals how the children in her Pesta classroom experience reading, writing, and mathematics, as well as art, music, geography, the natural sciences, social issues, even matters of life and death. Rebeca Wild shares the organic process by which the Pesta method evolved and explains how the Pesta experience transforms not only the children--including many diagnosed with various psychological problems and learning disabilities--but the parents and teachers as well.