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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive the world --from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes. The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields... -
![Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker]()
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 40 ratings“Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating book…Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you.” —Bill Gates A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this “stimulating and important book” (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber... -
![Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy by Kate Swenson]()
Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy by Kate Swenson
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith her popular blog, Finding Cooper's Voice, Kate Swenson has provided hope and comfort for hundreds of thousands of parents of children with Autism. Now, Kate shares her inspiring story in this powerful memoir about motherhood and unconditional love When Kate Swenson's son Cooper was diagnosed with severe, nonverbal autism, her world stopped...Categorized as:
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![Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake, Christine Clemmensen]()
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake, Christine Clemmensen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThere is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither plant nor animal, it is found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies. It can be microscopic, yet also accounts for the largest organisms ever recorded, living for millennia and weighing tens of thousands of tonnes... -
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![Human Behavioral Biology by Robert M. Sapolsky]()
Human Behavioral Biology by Robert M. Sapolsky
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMultidisciplinary. How to approach complex normal and abnormal behaviors through biology. How to integrate disciplines including sociobiology, ethology, neuroscience, and endocrinology to examine behaviors such as aggression, sexual behavior, language use, and mental illness...Categorized as:
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![Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees by Roger Fouts]()
Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees by Roger Fouts
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor 30 years Roger Fouts has pioneered communication with chimpanzees through sign language--beginning with a mischievous baby chimp named Washoe. This remarkable book describes Fout's odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist to impassioned crusader for the rights of animals... -
![10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen]()
10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the equivalent weight of five African elephants in microbes. You are not an individual but a colony... -
![The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin D. Yalom]()
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin D. Yalom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAnyone interested in psychotherapy or personal growth will rejoice at the publication of "The Gift of Therapy, " a masterwork from one of today's most accomplished psychological thinkers.From his thirty-five years as a practicing psychiatrist and as an award-winning author, Irvin D. Yalom imparts his unique wisdom in "The Gift of Therapy...Categorized as:
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![Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon]()
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives todayHow did the female body drive 200 million years of human evolution? • Why do women live longer than men? • Why are women more likely to get... -
![The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman]()
The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLocked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence... -
![The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications by Christian Rätsch]()
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications by Christian Rätsch
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants• Examines 414 psychoactive plants and related substances• Explores how using psychoactive plants in a culturally sanctioned context can produce important insights into the nature of reality• Contains 797 color photographs and 645 black-and-white illustrationsIn the traditions of...Categorized as:
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![You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter by Dr. Dispenza, Joe]()
You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter by Dr. Dispenza, Joe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIs it possible to heal by thought alone—without drugs or surgery? The truth is that it happens more often than you might expect. In You Are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza shares numerous documented cases of those who reversed cancer, heart disease, depression, crippling arthritis, and even the tremors of Parkinson’s disease by believing in a placebo. Similarly, Dr...Categorized as:
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![Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy]()
Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaternal instinct--the all-consuming, utterly selfless love that mothers lavish on their children--has long been assumed to be an innate, indeed defining element of a woman's nature. But is it? In this provocative, groundbreaking book, renowned anthropologist (and mother) Sarah Blaffer Hrdy shares a radical new vision of motherhood and its crucial role in human evolution... -
![Over de planten der Goden by Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann]()
Over de planten der Goden by Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSacred hallucinogens, PLANTS OF THE GODS, are beautifully illustrated and characterized in this lexicon. The authors elaborate in vivid detail 91 plants, focusing on 14 that have had profound significance on human beings... -
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![Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky]()
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNow in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress.As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria... -
![The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein]()
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNow a New York Times Bestseller! With a new chapter added to the paperback. In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa... -
![There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing—A Memoir by Ruthie Lindsey]()
There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing—A Memoir by Ruthie Lindsey
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Ruthie is a gifted storyteller with the unique ability to make you feel her emotions as if they're your own. Her book is somehow both bold and tender and utterly, truthfully, authentically her. She doesn't hide from heartbreak or fail to experience the fullness of all the beauty life can hold... -
![Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life by Nick Lane]()
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life by Nick Lane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf it weren't for mitochondria, scientists argue, we'd all still be single-celled bacteria. Indeed, these tiny structures inside our cells are important beyond imagining. Without mitochondria, we would have no cell suicide, no sculpting of embryonic shape, no sexes, no menopause, no aging...Categorized as:
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![The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel E. Lieberman, Luís Oliveira Santos]()
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel E. Lieberman, Luís Oliveira Santos
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA landmark book of popular science—a lucid, engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years and of how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and the modern world is fueling the paradox of greater longevity but more chronic disease... -
![Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan]()
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"Dazzling...A feast. Absorbing and elegantly written, it tells of the origins of life on earth, describes its variety and character, and culminates in a discussion of human nature and the complex traces of humankind's evolutionary past... It is an amazing story masterfully told...Categorized as:
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![The Pocket Book of Stones by Robert Simmons]()
The Pocket Book of Stones by Robert Simmons
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis edition of The Pocket Book of Stones, featuring a handy lay-flat binding, was created in response to demand from readers for a more portable metaphysical crystals guide than the author’s Book of Stones . It is an ideal introduction to stones and their energies for those who are new to the field, as well as being an invaluable reference for well-versed readers... -
![Hơi thở nối dài sự sống - Góc nhìn mới về nghệ thuật dụng khí dưỡng sinh by James Nestor]()
Hơi thở nối dài sự sống - Góc nhìn mới về nghệ thuật dụng khí dưỡng sinh by James Nestor
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNo matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly.There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences...Categorized as:
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![Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth by Stephen Harrod Buhner]()
Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA manual for opening the doors of perception and directly engaging the intelligence of the Natural World• Provides exercises to directly perceive and interact with the complex, living, self-organizing being that is Gaia• Reveals that every life form on Earth is highly intelligent and communicative• Examines the ecological function of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics,...Categorized as:
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![Metabolism Makeover: Ditch the Diet, Train Your Brain, Drop the Weight for Good by Megan Hansen]()
Metabolism Makeover: Ditch the Diet, Train Your Brain, Drop the Weight for Good by Megan Hansen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe’ve been taught by the diet industry that the key to weight-loss success is eating less and exercising more. Both research and experience have proven this theory wrong. Yet we continue to count calories, eliminate carbs, track macronutrients, and cut out entire food groups because the only thing scarier than failing at another diet is trusting ourselves enough not to be on one at all... -
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![The Seven Mysteries Of Life: An Exploration of Science and Philosophy by Guy Murchie]()
The Seven Mysteries Of Life: An Exploration of Science and Philosophy by Guy Murchie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn American Book Award finalist, Guy Murchie's The Seven Mysteries of Life "embraces all the important information about everything humanity needs to know for continuance aboard planet Earth, or anywhere else in the universe" (Buckminster Fuller)."All life in all worlds"—this was the object of the author's seventeen-year quest for knowledge and discovery, culminating in this book... -
![I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong, Şiirsel Taş]()
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong, Şiirsel Taş
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEvery animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Many people think of microbes as germs to be eradicated, but those that live with us—the microbiome—build our bodies, protect our health, shape our identities, and grant us incredible abilities... -
![Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne]()
Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWeaving together and explaining the latest discoveries and ideas from many disparate areas of modern science, this succinct and important book explains the truth about, and the beauty of, evolution... -
![The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature by Stephen Harrod Buhner]()
The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReveals the use of direct perception in understanding Nature, medicinal plants, and the healing of human disease• Explores the techniques used by indigenous and Western peoples to learn directly from the plants themselves, including those of Henry David Thoreau, Goethe, and Masanobu Fukuoka, author of The One Straw Revolution• Contains leading-edge information on the heart as an organ of...Categorized as:
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![Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson]()
Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDie Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty... -
![Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies by Richard Gerber, William A. Tiller]()
Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies by Richard Gerber, William A. Tiller
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe original comprehensive guide to energetic healing with a new preface by the author and updated resources. More than 125,000 copies sold. Explores the actual science of etheric energies, replacing the Newtonian worldview with a new model based on Einstein's physics of energy...
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