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	Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat 4.05 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100 3.92 avg rating — 434 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zawieszeni 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Look Both Ways

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Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids - and How to Break the Trance

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“In many languages there actually exists a word for “meat hunger” to show that it’s a different thing from the regular, empty stomach type of hunger. It’s called ekbelu by the Mbuti tribe of Central Africa and eyebasi by the Yuquí of Bolivia. The”
― Marta Zaraska, Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat

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“Evolution doesn’t necessarily favor those who live the longest; it favors those who can reproduce the most. Studies”
― Marta Zaraska, Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat

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“Follow the five-house rule—keep a close relationship with people in the three houses opposite yours and those who live in the house”
― Marta Zaraska, Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism, and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100

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