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Our Daily Bread
The coming world food crisis -- and how we can prevent it
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The Alchemy of Air
A discovery you've never heard of is keeping more than 2 billion people alive. "Best Books of The Year," Kirkus Reviews; Borders "Original Voices" Selection; National Academies 2009 Communications Award Finalist; "Top Ten Northwest Books," Portland Oregonian
The Demon under the Microscope
Modern medicine was born in the early 1930s, when a dedicated doctor in Nazi-era Germany used patience, brains, and a completely mistaken idea to discover the world's first miracle drug. "A grand story," Wall St. Journal. "Surprisingly entertaining," Entertainment Weekly. "Remarkable," Publishers Weekly. "Fascinating," Kirkus Reviews (starred). An Audible.com best-seller.

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World Hunger


My next book, to be cowritten with Dr. Amit Roy (see below), will take us around the world in a search for the most effective ways to feed humanity -- without destroying the earth.

Amit Roy speaking before the World Bank

Dr. Roy heads the IFDC (International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development) a cutting-edge research group dedicated to solving the problem of world hunger.