"Edible Activism" demonstrates foods ability to act as a means for individual expression, community building, and rebellion by examining the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, the Back-to-the-Land and Youth movements, and the Ecology Movement. The 1960s and 1970s was a time of great social change in American history. Countercultural groups of this era, who opposed the confining structures, ideologies, rituals, and leadership of the wider "straight" society, provide the most pertinent examples of food as a political tool and symbol.

For anyone who has found themselves thinking: "But it never used to hurt when I... " Every Body's Guide to Everyday Pain is written for them. This book sheds light on three burning questions: Why does it hurt? How do I make it stop? and How do I keep it from happening again?

In this first of a three-volume series, Every Body's Guide to Everyday Pain is not about chronic, debilitating pain. Instead, it addresses the familiar bouts of everyday aches and pains that can easily lead to a lifetime of discomfort. Volume One - Put Out the Fire guides...