Bøger af Prakash Seshadri

Just as down-and-out newspaper vendor Willie Barnes considers his life's downward trajectory, a knock on the door by newspaper reporter Jason Lieberman reopens Willie's past and enlists him to help uncover the cause of America's obesity epidemic. While working on a nonfiction book, Lieberman comes across the existence of a powerful food additive produced by global food and agricultural conglomerate AGWorld. Developed in the 1970s by Dr. John Stevenson, an appetite and obesity specialist, the additive simply causes people to eat more. Willie Barnes and his friend, Charles Mohr, worked in Stevenson's lab. Now an MD, Mohr runs a weight-loss clinic while Stevenson recuperates from a mental breakdown in Switzerland. And behind it all stands Gordon Irving, US Secretary of Agriculture, former AGWorld CEO, and would-be vice presidential nominee. Jason Lieberman believes a sinister connection exists between AGWorld, Irving, and America's spiking obesity rates-and he wants Willie's help getting to the bottom of it all. A fast-paced thriller incorporating biology, technology, conspiracy theories, and the greatest epidemic of our age, How We Became Fat explores the obesity crisis in America in a gripping and thought-provoking story.

When two rival corporations go to war, their battles will have devastating repercussions for the entire world. John Mend is the president of Quality Seed, a family business that has grown to be one of the largest seed suppliers in the world. Mend is intent on expanding his father's legacy and putting their main competitor, AGWorld, out of business. He has a secret weapon to do just that-Dr. Barry Orr. Orr, a brilliant but troubled scientist, has created a genetically modified strain of corn. Despite the protestations and warnings of his friend Vivek Satchinanda, Orr ignores safety protocols. He and Mend are determined to make their corn a success. Their rivals at AGWorld have their own trick up their sleeve. The president, Eric Feldberg, has a spy inside Quality Seed. As he schemes to get his hands on Orr's modified corn seeds, his reckless ambition will have catastrophic consequences. Something is lurking in the genetic sequence of the new corn. It could devastate humankind. In this corporate thriller, author and medical expert Prakash Seshadri explores a troubling issue in today's world. GMOs are everywhere. Can we really trust the corporations that are creating them?