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A well-researched and powerful look at women's experiences in healthcare-from disbelief to misdiagnoses, Pain & Prejudice explores the stark reality of what women face-and how they are underserved-in our healthcare system. Like the award-winning 2019 bestseller, Invisible Women did for data systems, Pain & Prejudice looks at how the healthcare system caters to men and the profound negative impacts this has on women's lives.A call to arms: Gabr...

A gorgeously illustrated gift book for fans of The Hidden Life of Trees.In beautiful prose, Seaweed blends science and cultural history to bring the fascinating world of seaweed to life. Seaweed also addresses climate change and seaweed's important role as a sustainable source of food for humans, feed for cattle that can reduce their methane emissions, and the world's largest source of oxygen. Beautiful package: textured paper over board with ...

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A New York Times Book Review Summer Reading Selection"An intense and illuminating travelogue... offer[ing] a corrective to the patriarchal white gaze promoted by globetrotting eaters like Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern. La Cerva combines environmental history with feminist memoir to craft a narrative that's more in tune with recent works by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Rush." -The Wall Street JournalTwo centuries ago...

A moving, delightful collection of stories that celebrate the canine-human bond. In this heart-warming work, we reunite with the lovable rescue dog and subject of the cherished book Arthur as he settles into his new life abroad. As we follow Arthur's ups and downs with his owner, author Mikael Lindnord, we also meet sixteen other rescue dogs, each with a surprising story of how they found their forever home. From Ecuador to America, Australia ...

New York Times bestselling author Dr. Jason Fung helped thousands of people lose weight with his groundbreaking book The Obesity Code. Now, he offers the ultimate companion cookbook, filled with zero carb recipes and intermittent fasting plans to help readers lose weight, manage type 2 diabetes, and increase longevity, all while eating delicious food.In his original bestseller The Obesity Code, Dr. Jason Fung showed us that everything about ou...

In Paul Quarrington's favorite childhood recording, a boy fashions a banjo from a cigar box, pluckily sets off for a contest in the next town, and wins with a song that weaves in the sounds he hears along the way: a bluebird trilling, truck tires whining. Years later, a writer and musician himself, Quarrington is suddenly diagnosed with stage four lung cancer and begins to ponder the path his own life has taken and the music it's made along th...

Beyond terrific. I didn't want it to end." -Bill BrysonDriven by a passion for travel and history and a love of ships and the sea, former Monty Python stalwart and beloved television globe-trotter Michael Palin explores the world of HMS Erebus, last seen on an ill-fated voyage to chart the Northwest Passage.Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through...

This enlightening and irresistible book for adults explains how we were made--not with the standard euphemisms told to us as children, but with vivid, exacting prose that unveils all the complex processes we never knew produced human life.life.

At once a highly original memoir and an ode to the outdoors, this unexpected--and delightfully strange--collection of essays reveals, at its core, a rare vision of the natural world. "An extraordinary bookÉThank goodness Marc Hamer stopped killing moles and sat down to write."--Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus.ul of an Octopus.

The first-ever biography of "The Oprah of Afghanistan": refugee, pop singer, and champion of women's rights who continues to fight for change.

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A shockingly intimate look at the world of honor killings, as seen through the eyes of both the perpetrators and the victims.

An insider's guide to the best birding in Ontario, featuring thirty highly recommended sites.It's no secret: Ontario's rich natural landscape and diverse wildlife provides some of the most exceptional birdwatching Canada has to offer, attracting thousands of bird-lovers each year.In this user-friendly guidebook, local experts Mike and Ken Burrell show us why. Outlining thirty of their personal favorite spots at which to enjoy the province's bi...

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Brunner masterfully does in words what resilient and adventurous people have done in their lives for centuries: he finds beauty in blizzards and ice and the crystallized enchantment of snow."--Dan Egan, Pulitzer finalist and author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes.s.

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The epic true story of one man, a dog, and how they found each other Soon to be a Major Motion Picture Starring Mark Wahlberg As seen on an ESPN SC Featured documentary When you're racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel ...

Beyond terrific. I didn't want it to end." -Bill BrysonDriven by a passion for travel and history and a love of ships and the sea, former Monty Python stalwart and beloved television globe-trotter Michael Palin explores the world of HMS Erebus, last seen on an ill-fated voyage to chart the Northwest Passage.Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through...