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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes,...
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English
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Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does--humans are a musical species. Oliver Sacksś compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different...
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English
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At one point or another, nearly every person who works out wonders: Am I doing this right? Which class is best? Do I work out enough? Answering those questions and more, The First 20 Minutes helps both weekend warriors dedicated to their performance and readers who simply want to get and stay fit gain the most from any workout. With the latest findings about the mental and physical benefits of exercise, personal stories from scientists and laypeople...
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English
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For most of us, overwork is the new normal and rest is an afterthought. In our busy lives, rest is defined as the absence of work: late-night TV binges, hours spent trawling the internet, something to do once we've finished everything else on our to-do lists. But dismissing rest stifles our ability to think creatively and truly recharge. In Rest, Silicon Valley consultant Alex Pang argues that we can be more successful in all areas of our lives by...
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Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
Description
The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert -- Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab -- reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better. Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep,...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
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230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
Whether eating, taking drugs, engaging in sex, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. In The Compass of Pleasure Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden explains how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level: in our brain. As he did in his award-winning book, The Accidental Mind, Linden combines cutting-edge science with entertaining anecdotes to illuminate the source of the behaviors that...
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2011
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xvii, 245 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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From one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today, an investigation into the bias toward optimism that exists on a neural level in our brains and plays a major part in determining how we live our lives. Psychologists have long been aware that most people maintain an often irrationally positive outlook on life. In fact, optimism may be crucial to our existence. Tali Sharot’s experiments, research, and findings in cognitive science have...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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For active women, menopause hits hard. Overnight, your body doesn't feel like the one you know and love anymore; you're battling new symptoms, might be gaining weight, losing endurance and strength, and taking longer to bounce back from workouts that used to be easy. The things that have always kept you fit and healthy just seem to stop working the way they used to. But menopause doesn' have to be the end of you kicking ass at the gym, on the trail,...
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English
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For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force — and darling — in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead of the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile traverse over the old Gold Rush trails of the California Sierra Nevada. He won that race seven years in a row, setting a course record along the way. Twice he won the Badwater Ultramarathon, a 135-mile “jaunt” through...
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2011
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310 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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With its trillions of connections, the human brain is more beautiful and complex than anything we could ever build, but it's far from perfect. Our memory is unreliable; we can't multiply large sums in our heads; advertising manipulates our judgment; we tend to distrust people who are different from us; supernatural beliefs and superstitions are hard to shake; we prefer instant gratification to long-term gain; and what we presume to be rational decisions...
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Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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xxix, 289 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Psychiatrist and family therapist Julie Holland dives into the neuroscience of connection and helps us to understand how we've lost touch with a basic human need and how we can get it back"--
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012
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xiv, 305 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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The surprising truth about how the things our ears hear affect what's between them. Every day, we are surrounded by millions of sounds -- ambient ones like the rumble of the train and the hum of air conditioner, as well as more attention-grabbing sounds, such as human speech, music, and sirens. But how do we process what we hear every day? And how does it affect our brains and our minds? This book answers such revealing questions as: How do bats...
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Vintage
Pub. Date
2021
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310 pages
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English
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What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue, or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Why did many people in the 1980s mistakenly perceive book pages to be slightly red in color? Why is the world's best archer armless? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts, just as we do our fingers and toes? Why do we dream...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
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xxi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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A reader-friendly exploration of the science of emotion. After years of neglect by both mainstream biology and psychology, the study of emotions has emerged as a central topic of scientific inquiry in the vibrant new discipline of affective neuroscience. Elizabeth Johnston and Leah Olson trace how work in this rapidly expanding field speaks to fundamental questions about the nature of emotion: What is the function of emotions? What is the role of...
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Victory Belt Pub
Pub. Date
2015
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480 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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English
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Improve your athletic performance, extend your athletic career, treat stiffness and achy joints, and prevent and rehabilitate injuries — all without having to seek out a coach, doctor, chiropractor, physical therapist, or masseur. In Becoming a Supple Leopard, Dr. Kelly Starrett — founder of MobilityWOD.com — shares his revolutionary approach to mobility and maintenance of the human body and teaches you how to hack your own movement, allowing...
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Zapped Productions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Investigates the potential dangers of prolonged exposure to Radio Frequencies (RF) from wireless techonlogy; it's effects on our health and well-being, as well as the health and development of our children."--Container.
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Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
c2012
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xviii, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Draws on the latest findings beyond cultural perceptions to reveal how the brain processes love and interpersonal relationships, addressing such questions as the practicality of monogamy, and whether or not the "seven-year itch" actually exists.
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Publisher
Body and Breath
Pub. Date
c2001
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623 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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English
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Anatomy of Hatha Yoga is the only modern authoritative source that correlates the study of hatha yoga with anatomy and physiology. Hatha yoga is comprised of stretching, strengthening and breathing exercises in upright, lying down and inverted postures. Yoga teachers and students, personal trainers, medical therapists, or anyone who is curious or troubled about how the body responds to stretching and exercise will find in this book a cornucopia --...
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Workman Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
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xviii, 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Flying in the face of our quick-fix culture, the New York Times bestselling Younger Next Year and its sequel, Younger Next Year for Women, crossed the 1,000,000-copy milestone by essentially telling readers to work out six days a week. Forever. This same honest, no shortcuts approach is woven into the DNA of Thinner This Year. Chris Crowley, the memorable patient and coauthor of Younger Next Year, partners with Jen Sacheck, a nutritionist and exercise...
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
ix, 294 p. ; 25 cm.
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English
Description
Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your heart rate and breaking a sweat? The evidence is incontrovertible: Aerobic exercise physically remodels our brains for peak performance. In SPARK, John J. Ratey, M.D., embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise...
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