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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Mate? - Avery Format: Hardcover
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By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western... |
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Why Trust Science?
Naomi Oreskes - Princeton University Press Format: Paperback
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Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when so many of our political leaders don't? Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science,... |
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Black-and-White Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
Kevin Dutton - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Hardcover
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Several million years ago, natural selection equipped us with binary, black-and-white brains. Though the world was arguably simpler back then, it was in many ways much more dangerous. Not coincidentally, the binary brain was highly adept at detecting risk: the ability to analyze threats... |
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All the Things They Said We Couldn't Have: Stories of Trans Joy
Tash Oakes-Monger - Jessica Kingsley Pub Format: Paperback
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'Transition has not been something linear for me, my joy has come in seasons.'. Now, more than ever, trans people deserve to hear stories of joy and hope, where being trans doesn't have to be defined by fear and dysphoria, but can be experienced through courage, freedom, and the love... |
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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Daniel Kahneman - Little, Brown Spark Format: Hardcover
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Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients - or that two judges in the same courthouse give different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different food inspectors give different ratings to indistinguishable restaurants... |
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Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic
Matthew Stewart - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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Longlisted for the National Book Award.Where did the ideas come from that became the cornerstone of American democracy Not only the erudite Thomas Jefferson, the wily and elusive Ben Franklin, and the underappreciated Thomas Paine, but also Ethan Allen, the hero of the Green Mountain Boys,... |
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Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It
Paul Conti MD - Sounds True Format: Paperback
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Imagine, if you will, a disease -- one that has only subtle outward symptoms but can hijack your entire body without notice, one that transfers easily between parent and child, one that can last a lifetime if untreated. According to Dr. Paul Conti, this is exactly how society should conceptualize... |
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