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The Oracle of Night: The History and Science of Dreams

Sidarta Ribeiro · Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

What is a dream? Why do we dream? How do our bodies and minds use dreams? These questions are the starting point for this unprecedented, astonishing study of the role and significance of dreams, from the beginning of human history. It is an investigation on the grand scale, encompassing...
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The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal

Mary L. Trump · ‎St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The Reckoning will examine America's national trauma, rooted in our history but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of current events and the Trump administration's corrupt and immoral policies. Our failure to acknowledge this trauma, let alone root it out, has allowed it to metastasize....
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How Dreams Speak: An Interactive Journey into Your Subconscious

Nicole Chilton · Workman Publishing Company; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback

What does it mean to dream about a doll? Perhaps your inner child needs to come out and play. Or what if you find yourself flying high above the earth? It's your sleeping mind urging your waking mind to look to the future and think about your deepest aspirations. Richly illustrated...
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Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health

Leana Wen · Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

'"Public health saved your life today -- you just don't know it," is a phrase that Dr. Leana Wen likes to use. You don't know it because good public health is invisible. It becomes visible only in its absence, when it is underfunded and ignored, a bitter truth laid...
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This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir

Cecily Strong · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. Before Strong could attempt to process her grief, another tragedy struck: the coronavirus pandemic. Following a few harrowing...
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The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism

Dr. Jen Gunter · Citadel
Format: Paperback

bestselling author of The Vagina Bible, Dr. Jen Gunter has been called "the world's most famous--and outspoken--gynecologist" (The Guardian) , the internet's OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocates for women's health. Now, in The Menopause Manifesto, Dr. Jen Gunter...
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Can't Stop Thinking: How to Let Go of Anxiety and Free Yourself from Obsessive Rumination

Nancy Colier
Format: Paperback

In today's world, it's easy to get stuck in an endless loop of negative thoughts. And if you're like many people, you've probably tried to think your way out of one of these thought cycles, throwing more thoughts on the pile until you're left with an out-of-control bonfire...
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Hormone Intelligence: The Complete Guide to Calming Hormone Chaos and Restoring Your Body's Natural Blueprint for Well-Being

Aviva Romm M.D. · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

You are not broken. Being a woman is not a diagnosis. Take your body back with the groundbreaking new science for women in Hormone Intelligence.Hormonal. We all know what it means when we hear it - and feel it. While hormonal shifts are natural throughout women's lives, too many experience...
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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

Sam Kean · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

We think of science as a force for good - usually. So much of contemporary society is linked to scientific discovery that the word "science" has practically become synonymous with truth and progress. But what was the cost of that progress? And how far were scientists willing to go in order...
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Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment

Stephanie Seneff · Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"Toxic Legacy will stand shoulder to shoulder with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. [This is] unquestionably, one of the most important books of our time." -- David Perlmutter, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain and Brain Wash "A game-changer that we would...
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