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New Titles - Health, Mind & Body
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Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution
Jennifer Block · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening, investigative account of the dismal state of women's healthcare in the U.S. American women visit more doctors, have more surgery, and fill more prescriptions than men. In Everything Below the Waist, Jennifer Block asks: Why is the life expectancy of women today declining... |
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Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Dieting
Giles Yeo PhD · Pegasus Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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An indispensable, groundbreaking look at the way our genetic makeup influences our relationship with food. In an age of misinformation and pseudo-science, the world is getting fatter and the diet makers are getting richer. So how do we break this cycle that's literally killing us all?... |
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Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons
Newby, Kris · Harper Wave
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting thriller reminiscent of The Hot Zone, this true story dives into the mystery surrounding one of the most controversial and misdiagnosed conditions of our time - Lyme disease - and of Willy Burgdorfer, the man who discovered the microbe behind it, revealing his secret role in developing... |
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Nightingales in Berlin: Searching for the Perfect Sound
David Rothenberg · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
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A celebrated figure in myth, song, and story, the nightingale has captivated the imagination for millennia, its complex song evoking a prism of human emotions, - from melancholy to joy, from the fear of death to the immortality of art. But have you ever listened closely to a nightingale's... |
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Can You Die of a Broken Heart?: A heart surgeon's insight into what makes us tick
Nikki Stamp · Murdoch Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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When actress Debbie Reynolds died a day after her beloved daughter, Carrie Fisher, the world diagnosed it as 'heartbreak.' But what's the evidence? Does emotional upheaval affect the heart? Can love, or chocolate, really heal our heart problems? And why do we know so much about... |
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Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
Randall, David K. · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.For Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King, surviving in San Francisco meant a life in the shadows. His passing on March 6, 1900, would have been unremarkable if a city health officer hadn't... |
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Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
Harris, Annaka · Harper
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience.What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does... |
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