5 Book Set: Flashpoint Series 1-5 An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse, Carbophobia!, Aftershock, Strategic Action for Animals, and The Animal Activist's Handbook Jens Soering, Michael Greger, MD, pattrice jones, Melanie Joy, Matt Ball, Bruce Friedrich ISBN: 9781590561416 Book (Paperback) Lantern Books, Flashpoint Series List Price: $50.00 5 x 8 inches each March 2009

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Sorry, Carbophobia! has gone out of print. Each book in the Flashpoint Series explores social contemporary issues in a manner that is direct and challenging. Flashpoint titles are books to ignite the mind. Here, we've collected the first five of the series, and slashed the price. The set includes: An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse by Jens Soering A call for reform not based on the perceived injustice of the criminal justice system or on the broken lives of inmates, but on a fiscally conservative agenda that taxpayers are not getting their value for money. Carbophobia! by Michael Greger An examination of America’s low-carb craze and the medical problems associated with a low-carb diet. Aftershock by pattrice jones Redefines the current understanding of "terror" in this psychological guide for radical activists and those who care for them. Strategic Action for Animals by Melanie Joy. Argues that strategy is the element most often missing in unsuccessful animal campaigns. The Animal Activist's Handbook by Matt Ball and Bruce Friedrich Argues for "joyous" activism over confrontational styles. Whether you find the reading incendiary or illuminative, you'll likely be galvanized. Jens Soering is a German citizen and Centering Prayer practitioner who has been incarcerated since 1986. His case has been featured on Court TV and A&E's City Confidential. His work has been featured in Christianity Today, The Christian Century, Sojourners, America, National Catholic Reporter, and The American Conservative. His book The Convict Christ: What the Gospel Says about Criminal Justice was the first place winner of the Catholic Press Association's 2007 awards. See all titles by this author Michael Greger, MD, is Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States. As an internationally recognized lecturer on public health issues, he has presented at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the Bird Flu Summit, among countless other symposia and institutions, and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous “meat defamation” trial. Dr. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. He is the author of Carbophobia and Bird Flu. Dr. Greger was named one of the "25 Most Fascinating Vegetarians" by Veg News magazine in its July+August 2007 issue. See all titles by this author pattrice jones is the author of Aftershock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent World. An activist in variety of social change movements since the 1970s, she speaks and writes about the links among racism, sexism, speciesism, class exploitation, and environmental despoilation from an ecofeminist perspective. She co-founded the Eastern Shore Sanctuary and Education Center and currently teaches women's studies at Minneapolis Community & Technical College and Metropolitan State University. See all titles by this author Melanie Joy is a social psychologist, professor, and personal coach. She has been involved in the animal liberation movement since 1989 and has worked as an activist, educator, and organizer. Her academic areas of specialization include the psychosociology of violence toward animals and humans and organizational behavior. She has written a number of articles and has been interviewed for magazines, books, and radio, and is also the author of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism. She teaches Psychology and Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Saybrook Graduate School and a Master’s Degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. See all titles by this author Matt Ball, along with Jack Norris, co-founded Vegan Outreach in 1993. Before working full-time as the Executive Director of Vegan Outreach, he was a Department of Energy Global Change Fellow, and earned degrees in the Department of Forest Ecology at the University of Illinois, and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Vegan Outreach activists have distributed millions of detailed animal advocacy booklets around the world, with distribution growing every year. Along with Mr. Norris, Matt was elected into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame in 2005. See all titles by this author Bruce Friedrich is vice president of policy and government affairs for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world’s largest animal rights organization, with more than 2 million members and supporters. Before joining PETA more than 12 years ago, Bruce spent six years working with the poor of Washington, D.C. in a Catholic Worker hospitality house there, as well as leading demonstrations against globalization, imperialism, violence, and war. He has been a progressive activist for more than 20 years. He is now a teacher in Baltimore. See all titles by this author

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