Part 1. Tall context. a primer on the tall life: smarter, richer, longer and better -- Tall people around the world -- The birth of tall people: a history. Part II. The tall life. The secret life of the world's tallest: a look in the stretch mirror -- A brief interruption for a tall people convention -- Growing up tall: you and your growth chart -- Sports: long limbs, big paychecks -- On the job, counting greenbacks -- A word on the costs of height. Part III. Genes, hormones, and luck: why you are tall -- Tall health: why does everyone think we're going to die -- Tall treatments: sixty years of height-reduction pills. Part IV. In a box of one: tall psychology -- Inrto the bedroom: where tall folk produce more tall folk -- The tall fetish -- Retail therapy: byying off the rack and other pipe dreams -- The fitting manifesto.
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