{"title":"Books by Michael Moss","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780753556344","title":"Hooked","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSalt Sugar Fat \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a \"gripping\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) exposé of how the processed food industry exploits our evolutionary instincts, the emotions we associate with food, and legal loopholes in their pursuit of profit over public health. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The processed food industry has managed to avoid being lumped in with Big Tobacco-which is why Michael Moss's new book is so important.\"-Charles Duhigg, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Habit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone knows how hard it can be to maintain a healthy diet. But what if some of the decisions we make about what to eat are beyond our control? Is it possible that food is addictive, like drugs or alcohol? And to what extent does the food industry know, or care, about these vulnerabilities? In \u003ci\u003eHooked,\u003c\/i\u003e Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss sets out to answer these questions and to find the true peril in our food.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoss uses the latest research on addiction to uncover the shocking ways that food, in some cases, is even more addictive than alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs. Our bodies are hardwired for sweets, so food giants have developed fifty-six types of sugar to add to their products and ways to exploit our evolutionary preference for fast, ready-to-eat foods. Moss goes on to show how the processed food industry -- including major companies like Nestlé, Mars, and Kellogg's -- has not only tried to hide the addictiveness of food but to actually exploit it. As obesity rates continue to climb, manufacturers are now claiming to add ingredients that can effortlessly cure our compulsive eating habits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gripping account of the legal battles, insidious marketing campaigns, and cutting-edge food science that have brought us to our current public health crisis, \u003ci\u003eHooked\u003c\/i\u003e lays out all that the food industry is doing to exploit and deepen our addictions, and shows us why what we eat has never mattered more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43599689810098,"sku":"9780753556344","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780753556344_7b55926e-6732-40cf-bbfe-826ce936f1ea.jpg?v=1786016286"},{"product_id":"9780753541470","title":"Salt, Sugar, Fat","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe No.1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn China, for the first time, the people who weigh too much now outnumber those who weigh too little. In Mexico, the obesity rate has tripled in the past three decades. In the UK over 60 per cent of adults and 30 per cent of children are overweight, while the United States remains the most obese country in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are hooked on salt, sugar and fat. These three simple ingredients are used by the major food companies to achieve the greatest allure for the lowest possible cost. Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss exposes the practices of some of the most recognisable (and profitable) companies and brands of the last half century. He takes us inside the labs where food scientists use cutting-edge technology to calculate the ‘bliss point’ of sugary drinks. He unearths marketing campaigns designed – in a technique adapted from the tobacco industry – to redirect concerns about the health risks of their products, and reveals how the makers of processed foods have chosen, time and again, to increase consumption and profits, while gambling with our health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre you ready for the truth about what’s in your shopping basket?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294692979061,"sku":"9780753541470","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780753541470_a8955a04-5c12-48d8-a5f7-b096ce7850c2.jpg?v=1786016188"},{"product_id":"9781399068031","title":"Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges","description":"Soldiers' first-hand accounts of Second World War active service invariably make inspiring and exciting reading but Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges is exceptional for several reasons. First, Brian Moss's role as a bomb disposal specialist was especially hazardous. Secondly, he was in the thick of the action from the start, dealing with unexploded ordnance during the London blitz. He was then deployed as a frontline sapper to North Africa and onto Sicily before landing on Gold Beach on D-Day. Despite many close calls he was relatively unscathed until taken out by a butterfly bomb at Nijmegen. Fortunately, despite serious injury he lived, quite literally, to tell the tale but his war was over.   While the Author's graphic account compares favourably with the very best wartime memoirs, it also has a unique element, namely examples of his outstanding artistic skill. It is truly remarkable that he not only managed to produce so many fine works under combat conditions and that he was able to draw such accurate maps from memory. His sketches and paintings bring a special dimension to this story.   What a privilege it is to feast on the words and images created by this exceptionally brave and talented man.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298685759861,"sku":"9781399068031","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399068031_216865ce-5839-4517-abb4-1c308acf7dfb.jpg?v=1786019528"},{"product_id":"langwell","title":"Langwell","description":"This book traces the history of a 30,000-acre Highland estate and its people from after the Jacobite Rebellion in 1745 until the estate was sold to the 5th Duke of Portland in 1857. Using original research and archival sources including first-hand reports, court records, letters and contemporary newspapers, it sheds light on the lives of the crofters, their landlords, the sheep economy, the droving trade and the fishing industry. Langwell provides deep insight into the immense cultural and social changes taking place in the Scottish Highlands during the period.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483342578037,"sku":"9781399549066","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399549066.jpg?v=1786178481"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-michael-moss.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}