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Voices from the Ape House

Beth Armstrong · Trillium
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback

Exploring the history humans share with gorillas, Voices from the Ape House offers a behind-the-scenes look at the complicated social lives of western lowland gorillas through the eyes of a devoted zookeeper. The memoir traces Beth Armstrong's love and fascination for animals, from...
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Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA

Neil Shubin · Pantheon
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life on Earth--a new view of the evolution of human and animal life that can help to determine whether our presence here is accidental or inevitable.Over...
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The End of Mental Illness: How Neuroscience Is Transforming Psychiatry and Helping Prevent or Reverse Mood and Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, Addictions, PTSD, Psychosis, Personality Disorders, and More

Dr. Daniel G. Amen · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

New hope for those suffering from conditions like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, addictions, PTSD, ADHD and more.Though incidence of these conditions is skyrocketing, for the past four decades standard treatment hasn't much changed, and success rates in treating them have barely...
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Ending Parkinson's Disease: A Prescription for Action

Dorsey, Ray · PUBLICAFFAIRS


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The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants

Jennifer Jewell · Timber Press
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover

"An informative and celebratory resource." - BOOKLIST

In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell - host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place - introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields...
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The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution

Schneider, David · PEGASUS BOOKS

Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider's The Invention of Surgery is an in-depth biography of the practice that has leapt forward over the centuries from the dangerous guesswork of ancient Greek physicians through the world-changing "implant...
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The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life

Arthur Firstenberg
Format: Paperback

Electricity has shaped the modern world. But how has it affected our health and environment? Over the last 220 years, society has evolved a universal belief that electricity is 'safe' for humanity and the planet. Scientist and journalist Arthur Firstenberg disrupts this conviction...
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