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A Short Philosophy of Birds
DuBois, Philippe J. · Dey Street Books
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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A French ornithologist and philosopher teach us to pause, look to the sky, and reconnect with the natural world, in twenty-two short lessons inspired by the secret lives of birds. There is a lot we can learn from birds if we pay attention. This elegant volume invites us to take a step back... |
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Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress
Christopher Ryan · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
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We hear some myths and lies so frequently that they become difficult to distinguish from the voices in our heads: Civilization is human-kind's greatest accomplishment. Progress is undeniable. Today is better than any yesterday. Count your blessings. You're lucky to be alive here... |
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From the Periphery: Real-Life Stories of Disability
Justesen, Pia
Format: Paperback
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From the Periphery consists of more than thirty first-person narratives of everyday people who describe what it's like to be treated differently by society because of their disabilities. The stories are raw and painful, but also surprisingly funny and deeply inspiring. The oral histories... |
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The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor
Kleinman, Arthur · Viking
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives and yet is at risk in today's world.When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began... |
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A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
BJ Miller · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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The first ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying - and living fully until you do. "There is nothing wrong with you for dying," palliative care doctor B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner's Guide to the End. "Our ultimate purpose... |
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A Polar Affair: Antarctica's Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins
Davis, Lloyd Spencer · Pegasus Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating blend of true adventure and natural history by one of today's leading penguin experts and Antarctic explorers.George Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott's tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time... |
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Brave New Medicine: A Doctor's Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness
Li, Cynthia · Reveal Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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In this revelatory memoir, Doctor Cynthia Li shares the truth about her disabling autoimmune illness, the limitations of Western medicine, and her hard-won lessons on healing - mind, body, and spirit. Li had it all: a successful career in medicine, a loving marriage, children on the horizon.... |
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Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic
Ben Westhoff · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
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A remarkable four-year investigation into the dangerous world of synthetic drugs -- from black market drug factories in China to users and dealers on the streets of the U.S. to harm reduction activists in Europe -- which reveals for the first time the next wave of the opioid epidemicA deeply... |
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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy
Blaine T. Bettinger · Family Tree Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most-cutting edge tool available to genealogists. This plain-English guide, newly revised and expanded, is a one-stop resource on genetic genealogy for family historians. Inside, you'll learn what DNA tests are available,... |
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