Mary

An excellent book about some of the important things we take for granted...presented with some intriguing philosophical questions. What Pollan describes about the food industry has to be said but makes you feel a bit ashamed of being a modern human!

An incredible story of a survivor both of the holocaust and post-war Germany. And one of the most moving depictions of how the events unfolded that convinced the Jewish people to pack their valuables peacefully and surrender. There is a point in the book when Sara and her sisters dig in the dirt for tiny grass roots to eat and another where they risk their lives to steal a radish. And, you feel a small glimpse of what it must be like to experience true hunger.... I cried. I was outraged and ultimately uplifted by this one woman's courage to want to live and to do her work.

Really fun, easy listen for the endurance athlete!Note that the shoe development/industry info is essential for anyone undertaking an endurance sport!

this book is for you! Dennis Holland is the perfect narrator for the rather dry and repetative nature of conventional scientific study! I'm on my third listen....So cool to explain the development of tannins in wine and butter's crystaline structure...very insightful and opens you up to new ideas for developing stocks and additions to creme anglaise....more of a fun read if you are a science nerd I'm sure!