Historical look at medical fraud and scams throughout American history.

An early book on organic agricultural methods by the pioneer who influenced J. I. Rodale

A history of the counterculture's relationship with the food industry.

Ehret's brief autobiography

The classic on healthy food, herbs and other pearls of wisdom. Written in 1939 and embraced by the hippies of the 1960s.

A candid look inside the food industry by a former employee and food scientist.

The devastating Japanese environmental disaster centered around mercury poisoning.

A fun biography of Bernarr Macfadden.

A pioneering work from the 19th century German agricultural chemist who advocated using powdered rock dust to remineralize soil as a natural fertilizer.

A well researched history of lead poisoning.

An in-depth look at some of the risks and downsides of caffeine.

Important book on the often underappreciated dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Interviews with a range of holistic and progressive thinking medical doctors and Ph.D.s

A fascinating photographic look at the German nature movement of more than a century ago. European "hippies" almost a hundred years before the word "hippie" was ever coined in California.

Edited by a foremost nutritional scientist, this is a compendium of essays and explorations on science and nutrition.

The inventor of the Norwalk juicer's investigation into colon cleansing.