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1) Normal at any cost: tall girls, short boys, and the medical industry's quest to manipulate height
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Two science journalists examine the fascinating history of medical science's flawed attempts to manipulate height and the ethics involved. They also tell the story of the boys and girls themselves, many of them now grown, who were subjected to a wide range of non-FDA-approved medical procedures. These treatments which consisted of extreme doses of estrogen, pituitary glands taken from both animals and human cadavers, and testosterone injections often...
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"All cultures haves stories of the First People, the ?Old Ones,? our prehistoric forebears who survived the Great Flood and initiated the first sacred traditions. From the squat ?gods? of Mexico and Peru to the fairy kingdom of Europe to the blond pygmies of Madagascar, on every continent of the world they are remembered as masters of stone carving, agriculture, navigation, writing, and shamanic healing--and as a ?hobbit? people, no taller than 31/2...
3) Size matters: how height affects the health, happiness, and success of boys--and the men they become
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With a bracing mix of fresh research, incisive reportage, and personal candor, Size Matters uncovers the causes and effects of societyʼs bias against shortness and reveals how short people can and do thrive in spite of this insidious bigotry. Drawing on his own childhood experience (he was shorter than 99 percent of boys his age) and extensive investigation and interviews, Stephen Hall explores the fraught phenomenon of bullying and charts its lifelong...
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