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Author
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties, with the bracing candor, vulnerability, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation.
Author
Physical Desc
132 pages : Color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The use of henna (or “mehndi”) is popular in India. Events such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and festivals offer opportunities to view the splendor of henna designs and experiment on oneself.
In the US, henna is often discussed in comparison to US-style body tattoos, so I wanted to write this book as a guide for anyone interested in learning more about henna as a form of body art. This book provides a historical context to the traditional...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a career, and the apartment where she's lived since college still looks like she's just moved in. But she's got good friends, her bike, and her bicycling club. She's at peace with her plus-size body--at least, most of the time--and she's on track to marry Mark Medoff, her childhood summer sweetheart, a man she met at the weight-loss camp that her...
Author
Series
Locked tomb volume 3
Publisher
Tordotcom, a Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
480 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth? "You will love Nona, and Nona loves you." -Alix E. Harrow "Unlike anything I've ever read." -V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth "Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original." -The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"What happens underneath our skin? Shine a light behind the page and see ... Explore the human body up close and discover how incredible it is! From the air we breathe and the food we eat, to the muscles that help us move and the heart that pumps our blood, the hidden wonders of the human body are revealed"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
17 sound discs (21 hours) : digital, CD audio 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Mark Williams's research into the therapeutic powers of mindfulness, and an extension of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), The Feeling Tone continues the story told by Mark Williams and Danny Penman's runaway success, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World. Where the author's previous book crafted the foundations necessary to live a happier and more fulfilling life, and has proven transformative for many...
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xi, 322 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Selected from the archives of Catapult magazine, the essays in Body Language affirm and challenge the personal and political conversations around human bodies from the perspectives of thirty writers diverse in race, age, gender, size, sexuality, health,ability, geography, and class--a brilliant group probing and speaking their own truths about their bodies and identities, refusing to submit to others' expectations about how their bodies should look,...
10) Human body
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
72 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own...Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation...
Author
Physical Desc
xvi, 237 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A spiritual book written for--and by--someone who would otherwise never read a spiritual book, 10% HAPPIER is both a deadly serious and seriously funny look at mindfulness and meditation as the next big public health revolution"--
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents photographs of animals from around the world using macro technology that zooms in on the colors, textures, and structures of the smallest of creatures.
Publisher
Rosen
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
103 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations follow the human body's journey from the fertilization of a mother's egg all the way through gestation, with highlights on the progress of the nervous system, bone calcification, and the circulatory system. Also includes information about the microscopic bacteria, fungi, and viruses that can complicate human life, resulting in diseases that affect one or more body systems, as well as scientifically vetted information on allergies,...
15) Body Scans
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Being able to see inside the body makes diagnosing internal conditions much easier and more accurate. The many body scans doctors can do include X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, ultrasounds, and PET scans. All these letters stand for something. Readers of this understandable narrative will find out exactly what those abbreviations are and how and why each scan is performed. Curious readers will be fascinated by real images from these different kinds of scans...
16) Anyone: a novel
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author of The Oracle Year, Charles Soule brings his signature knowledge--and wariness--of technology to his new novel set in a realistic future about a brilliant female scientist who creates a technology that allows for the transfer of human consciousness between bodies, and the transformations this process wreaks upon the world. Inside a barn in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a scientist searching for an Alzheimer's cure throws a switch--and finds...
17) I feel pretty
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[English/Spanish version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman struggling with insecurity wakes from a fall believing she is the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. Her new confidence empowers her to live fearlessly, but what happens when she realizes her appearance never changed?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career"--Dust jacket.
"Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights a week. Last year, he made the stunning announcement that he had been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. What followed was an incredible...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 236 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth. Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller--including gorilla-sized lemurs, 800-pound birds, crocodiles that weighed a ton or more--roamed the earth. These great beasts, or "megafauna," lived on every habitable continent and on many islands. With a handful of exceptions, all are now gone. What caused the disappearance of these...