This book traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Neolithic to the present day. Despite recent high profile discoveries of new pathogens, the major determinants of these emerging infections are ancient and recurring. These include changing modes of subs[...]

In the land of Chewandswallow, meals rain from the sky three times a day, but when the weather goes awry meals come down at the wrong times, in the wrong amounts, and in the wrong places[...]

The beloved, bestselling tale of edible weather is brought to life in this interactive book and CD package.
The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town, except for its weather, which came three times a day--at breakfast, lunch, and dinner Life for the townspeople was [...]

The Town of Chewandswawandswawandswallow is very much like any other tiny town, except for its weather. It never rains rain and it never snows snow and it never blows just wind. It rains things like soup and juice. It snows things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blows in storms of hambu[...]