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Winston Churchill's afternoon nap: a wide-awake inquiry into the human nature of time
By Jeremy Campbell. 1986
Whoa, baby! What just happened?: what nobody tells you about the postpartum year
By Laura Moser, Kelly Rowland, Tristan Bickman. 2017
When multi-million-selling vocalist and actress Kelly Rowland gave birth to her son Titan in November 2014, it was love at…
first sight. But Rowland was also a little freaked out about what had just happened to her body, as well as by many overwhelming new thoughts and emotions. Dr. Tristan Bickman, Rowland's OB/GYN for the last 14 years, was there, day and night, to answer every single question that popped into her head. Dr. Bickman provided Rowland with the reassurance she needed, telling her that in the months after a woman gives birth, nothing is exactly strange--but nothing is necessarily normal, either. Rowland and Dr. Bickman team up to cover everything a new mom needs to know: the gross physical stuff; the hormonal and emotional stuff; and the just plain weird stuff. 2017.Who goes first?: the story of self-experimentation in medicine
By Lawrence K Altman. 1987
What's going on down there?: answers to questions boys find hard to ask
By Karen Gravelle, Nick Castro, Chava Castro. 1998
Written with two teenage boys as advisors, this book presents the facts about puberty for boys. It includes straightforward information…
about sex, sexually transmitted diseases, and also what happens to girls during puberty. The author includes answers to many related questions, and explains things in a factual but fun way. Some strong language. Grades 4-7. 1998.Well of lies: the Walkerton water tragedy
By Colin N Perkel. 2002
Over a period of a week in May 2000, hundreds of people in Walkerton, Ontario, were afflicted by a deadly…
strain of E. coli bacteria. Combining interviews and original research with testimony given to the Walkerton Inquiry, Perkel reconstructs the events leading up to the tragedy. He shows how a system has failed utterly, at almost every level, and how the virtues of a small town have contributed to the disaster. 2002.Votre grossesse au jour le jour: toutes les étapes, de la conception à la naissance
By Lesley Regan, Régine Cavallaro, Anne Trager, Fabrice Neuman. 2006
Avoir un enfant est sans aucun doute l'un des plus importants moments d'une vie. Pour s'assurer de vivre cette période…
dans le calme et la sérénité, voici un indispensable outil renfermant toutes les informations nécessaires, de la conception à la vie après l'accouchement, en passant par toutes les étapes de l'accouchement. Comprenant les toutes dernières mises à jour de la législation québécoise en matière de maternité, ce livre pratique est le plus complet qui soit. 2006. Titre uniforme: Pregnancy week by week.Veiled threat: the hidden power of the women of Afghanistan
By Sally Armstrong. 2002
Denied schooling, employment and adequate health care and confined to their homes unless accompanied by a male relative, the women…
of Afghanistan struggled to survive under the Taliban regime. The author describes the ways these women and girls rebelled against the Taliban. 2002.Une naissance heureuse: bien vivre sa grossesse et son accouchement
By Isabelle Brabant. 2013
"Depuis sa première édition il y a plus de vingt ans, Une naissance heureuse a accompagné des milliers de femmes…
durant leur grossesse et la naissance de leur bébé. Nouvellement mis à jour pour répondre aux besoins et aux questionnements de la femme enceinte, ce livre explique en détail tout le processus de la grossesse et de l'accouchement, du début du travail jusqu'à l'arrivée du bébé. "Understanding arthritis: What It Is, How To Treat It, How To Cope With It
By Irving Kushner, Ann Forer, Ann B McGuire. 1984
Describes the most common rheumatic diseases and the currently accepted medical treatment. Dispels some of the folklore concerning the diseases…
and explains that most medical research has not substantiated many of the "home remedies". 1984.Un miracle de l'amour: la renaissance d'un enfant autistique
By Barry Neil Kaufman, Luc Bernard Lalanne, Marie-Thérèse Kerzoncuf-Kolakowski. 1985
"Votre fils est autistique. C'est irrécupérable!" Barry et Suzi décident de percer, seuls, sans aucune aide professionnelle, le mur de…
cette forteresse qui coupe leur fils du monde. 1985. Titre uniforme: Son rise.Un choc de religions: la longue guerre de l'islam et de la chrétienté, 622-2007
By Jean-Paul Roux. 2007
Bataille de Poitiers, croisades, prise de Constantinople, guerre d'Algérie: il y a ce conflit armé qui a commencé en l'année…
632. Il n'y a pas d'année, pas de semaine peut-être sans que du sang soit versé par des chrétiens ou par des musulmans. Ne vaut-il pas la peine de le rappeler, de montrer à nos contemporains que les événements qui occupent l'actualité, qui les bouleversent, s'inscrivent dans une longue série de 1375 ans d'événements tout aussi spectaculaires ; que de plus petits faits dont on ne parle guère qu'un jour ou deux ont eu, tous les jours, leurs équivalents pendant 1375 ans ? 2007.Un anthropologue sur Mars: sept histoires paradoxales
By Oliver W Sacks, Christian Cler. 1996
Sept récits consacrés à des personnages atteints de troubles neurologiques aussi divers que le syndrome de La Tourette, l'autisme, l'amnésie…
et la cécité totale aux couleurs. À travers chacun d'eux, l'auteur, un neurologue, démontre que les troubles neurologiques ne sont pas seulement des maladies, ils ouvrent des mondes nouveaux grâce aux merveilleuses capacités de reconstruction et d'adaptation que l'humain possède. 1996.They all laughed at Christopher Columbus: tales of medicine and the art of discovery
By Gerald Weissmann. 1987
Essays on a wide range of subjects, such as literature, philosophy, politics and psychology, which show the disparity between the…
scientific progress of the last few decades and the increasing social disintegration. 1987.The world of the newborn
By Daphne Maurer, Charles Maurer. 1988
The authors dispel the idea that the womb is a warm, quiet place: it is noisy, cramped and turbulent. They…
also offer information on the development of senses and emotions after the baby is born. Winner of the 1988 National Psychology Award for Excellence in the Media. 1988.The way of the Sufi
By Idries Shah. 1980
The virus that ate cannibals
By Carol Eron. 1981
Biographical, intellectual, and historical backgrounds are blended into sprightly accounts of scientists labouring to defeat viral diseases, including yellow fever,…
polio, and kuru, a bizarre neurological disease in New Guinea. c1981.The truth about the drug companies: how they deceive us and what to do about it
By Marcia Angell. 2004
Angell, former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, presents an indictment of "big pharma" as corrupting Congress, the…
FDA, and members of the medical profession. The cost of marketing, both to physicians and consumers, far outweighs expenditures on research and development, though drug makers invoke R&D as the reason drug prices are so high. Angell also offers specific suggestions for reform of this essential industry. 2004.The transformed cell: unlocking the mysteries of cancer
By Steven A Rosenberg, John M Barry. 1992
Dr Rossenberg provides a glimpse inside the workings of the scientific process. His quest began in 1968 when he encountered…
a patient whose cancer had mysteriously disappeared. Could the body itself have mounted a massive immune response to the cancer? He set out to see if immunotherapy, and later gene therapy, could succeed where surgery, chemotherapy and radiation had failed. 1992.The trouble with Islam: a wake-up call for honesty and change
By Irshad Manji. 2003
Irshad Manji considers herself a Muslim, but is at issue with many of its cornerstones: tribal insularity, deep-seated anti-Semitism, and…
an uncritical acceptance of the Koran as the final, superior, manifesto of God. In an open letter to Muslims and non-Muslims alike, she asks pointed questions such as: "Who is the real colonizer of Muslims -- America or Arabia? Why are we squandering the talents of women, fully half of God's creation?" Manji offers a vision of how Islam can undergo a reformation that empowers women, promotes respect for religious minorities, and fosters a competition of ideas, reviving Islam's lost tradition of independent thought. 2003.The trembling mountain: a personal account of kuru, cannibals, and mad cow disease
By Robert Klitzman. 1998
Recounts the author's experiences in Papua New Guinea in 1981 studying kuru, an illness caused by essentially the same infectious…
agent as in Mad Cow disease. Documents his encounters with the Stone Age Fore group that practices cannibalism. Discusses the difficulties and triumphs of conducting field work in epidemiology and medical anthropology. 1998.