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Embryos under the Microscope: The Diverging Meanings of Life
Jane Maienschein · Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Too tiny to see with the naked eye, the human embryo was just a hypothesis until the microscope made observation of embryonic development possible. This changed forever our view of the minuscule cluster of cells that looms large in questions about the meaning of life. Embryos under the Microscope... |
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Modern Families: Parents and Children in New Family Forms
Susan Golombok · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover
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Modern Families brings together research on parenting and child development in new family forms including lesbian mother families, gay father families, families headed by single mothers by choice and families created by assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF),... |
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Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love
Bret Baier · Center Street
Format: Hardcover
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Special Heart is a deeply touching personal story told through the eyes of a journalist as he faces the most daunting challenge in life -- far more frightening than reporting from battlefields, infinitely more momentous than interviewing newsmakers of the day: caring for his critically... |
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Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice
Katherine Preston · Atria Books; 1ST edition
Format: Book
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A vividly powerful memoir of a young woman who fought for years to change who she was until she finally found her voice and learned to embrace her imperfection. Imagine waking up one day to find your words trapped inside your head, leaving you unable to say what you feel, think, want, or need.... |
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Asperger's Teens: Understanding High School for Students on the Autism Spectrum
Blythe Grossberg · Magination Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Gold Medal, Moms Choice AwardsThis book provides high school students with Asperger s strategies that they can use to help themselves feel more comfortable in school, find friends and get along with peers, work productively with their teachers, and move toward greater independence., |
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The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Ian Morgan Cron · InterVarsity Press
Pages: 220
Format: Print book
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Ignorance is bliss -- except in self-awareness. What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships -- and even keep you in the shallows with God. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts? The Enneagram is an ancient personality... |
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Conscious Living, Conscious Aging: Embrace & Savor Your Next Chapter
Ron Pevny · Atria Books/Beyond Words
Format: Paperback
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We financially plan for our retirement, but do we plan for our wellbeing? Here is an empowering guide with practical tools to help you live a passionate, fulfilling second half of life.If you're part of the Baby Boomer generation, then you belong to 26 percent of the US population that... |
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The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War
Yochi Dreazen · Crown
Format: Hardcover
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The unforgettable story of a military family that lost two sons - one to suicide and one in combat - and channeled their grief into fighting the armed forces' suicide epidemic.Major General Mark Graham was a decorated two-star officer whose integrity and patriotism inspired his sons,... |
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MANMADE: The Essential Skincare & Grooming Reference for Every Man
Chris Salgardo · Pam Krauss Books, 2015.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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Chris Salgardo, the charismatic president of cult-favorite skin-care line Kiehl's, delivers the definitive guide to grooming every man needs - and was afraid to ask for. Manmade is the first grooming and skin-care guide created with a 21st-century man in mind. Rather than dispense... |
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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
Maria Konnikova · Viking; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at work and at home? |
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Your Health, Your Decisions: How to Work with Your Doctor to Become a Knowledge-Powered Patient
Robert Alan McNutt · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 168
Format: Print book
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In nearly every medical-decision-making encounter, the physician is at the center of the discussion, with the patient the recipient of the physician's decisions. Dr. Robert Alan McNutt starts from a very different premise: the patient should be at the center. McNutt challenges the physician-directed,... |
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
Maria Konnikova · Viking
Pages: 340
Format: Print book
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"It's a startling and disconcerting read that should make you think twice every time a friend of a friend offers you the opportunity of a lifetime." - Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and bestselling author of Devil in the White CityThink you can't... |
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