The Curious Body Exploring The Quirks And Wonders Of Our Physical Selves
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The Curious Body Exploring The Quirks And Wonders Of Our Physical Selves
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Author : Pasquale De Marco
language : en
Publisher: Pasquale De Marco
Release Date : 2025-04-06
The Curious Body Exploring The Quirks And Wonders Of Our Physical Selves written by Pasquale De Marco and has been published by Pasquale De Marco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04-06 with Health & Fitness categories.
Have you ever wondered why you can't tickle yourself? Or why your fingernails grow three times faster than your toenails? Or why you get goosebumps when you're cold? The human body is full of fascinating and surprising quirks, and this book takes you on a journey to discover them all. From the intricate workings of cells to the synchronized symphony of organs, you'll learn about the amazing adaptations that allow us to thrive in the world. Through engaging chapters, you'll explore the fundamental building blocks of life, the mind-body connection, the digestive system, the respiratory system, the circulatory system, and more. You'll uncover the secrets of our biology and gain a new appreciation for the incredible machine that is your body. Along the way, you'll learn about the latest scientific discoveries and insights into human health and well-being. You'll also find practical tips and advice for maintaining a healthy and vibrant body. Whether you're a curious learner, a health enthusiast, or simply someone who wants to know more about themselves, this book is for you. Prepare to be amazed by the wonders of your own body! **Inside, you'll discover:** * The secrets of your cells, the microscopic building blocks of life * The fascinating interplay between your mind and body * The journey of food through your digestive system * The mechanics of breathing and the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide * The heart, blood vessels, and blood, the vital components of your circulatory system * The intricate network of your nervous system, which controls everything from movement to thought * The complex world of your immune system, which defends you against infection * The aging process, and how to maintain your health and vitality as you get older With its engaging writing style and captivating insights, this book is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to learn more about the human body. If you like this book, write a review!
Cat Person
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Author : Kristen Roupenian
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2018-05-03
Cat Person written by Kristen Roupenian and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with Fiction categories.
She thought, brightly, This is the worst life decision I have ever made! And she marvelled at herself for a while, at the mystery of this person who’d just done this bizarre, inexplicable thing. Margot meets Robert. They exchange numbers. They text, flirt and eventually have sex – the type of sex you attempt to forget. How could one date go so wrong? Everything that takes place in Cat Person happens to countless people every day. But Cat Person is not an everyday story. In less than a week, Kristen Roupenian’s New Yorker debut became the most read and shared short story in their website’s history. This is the bad date that went viral. This is the conversation we’re all having. This gift edition contains photographs by celebrated photographer Elinor Carucci, who was commissioned by the New Yorker to capture the image that accompanied Kristen Roupenian’s Cat Person when it appeared in the magazine. You Know You Want This, Kristen Roupenian’s debut collection, will be published in February 2019.
Quirk
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Author : Hannah Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Quirk written by Hannah Holmes and has been published by Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Psychology categories.
Funny, insightful and clever book about our personality quirks and how most of them lie between our ears! Are you neurotic, eager to please, and honest? Or cheerful, gregarious, and disorganized? Whatever you're like, with the tweak of a couple of genes, scientists can make a mouse just like you. And mice, and the scientists who study them, can tell us a lot about ourselves. Hannah Holmes shows us by humorously examining her own personality and those of her friends and family members, almost everything comes from our genes, from how much we talk to how we vote and how we eat our M&Ms. Using what psychologists call the Five Factor Model, Holmes explains all five (Neuroticism, Extroversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Openness) and how each manifests itself in real people. Just some of the fascinating things you'll learn ... - Why people, and all animals, need personality to survive. - Your score on the factors (Neuroticism, Extroversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Openness) that make up a personality. - What roles your type evolved to fill. - Which parts of your personality leave you vulnerable in the modern world. - Your risk for alcohol or drug addiction. - How anxiety helps us to survive. - Why you're compatible with specific types of people, and why other types of people drive you crazy. ...and much more!
The Willpower Instinct
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Author : Kelly McGonigal
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-12-29
The Willpower Instinct written by Kelly McGonigal and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-29 with Psychology categories.
Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity. Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. For example, readers will learn: • Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep. • Willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health. • Temptation and stress hijack the brain's systems of self-control, but the brain can be trained for greater willpower • Guilt and shame over your setbacks lead to giving in again, but self-forgiveness and self-compassion boost self-control. • Giving up control is sometimes the only way to gain self-control. • Willpower failures are contagious—you can catch the desire to overspend or overeat from your friends—but you can also catch self-control from the right role models. In the groundbreaking tradition of Getting Things Done, The Willpower Instinct combines life-changing prescriptive advice and complementary exercises to help readers with goals ranging from losing weight to more patient parenting, less procrastination, better health, and greater productivity at work.
The Body
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2019-10-15
The Body written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-15 with Science categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A must-read owner’s manual for every body. Take a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body in this “delightful, anecdote-propelled read” (The Boston Globe) from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything. With a new Afterword. “You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." —The Washington Post Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body—how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Brysonesque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, “We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted.” The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best.
The Book Of Delights
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Author : Ross Gay
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-02-19
The Book Of Delights written by Ross Gay and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-19 with Literary Collections categories.
As Heard on NPR's This American Life: The New York Times bestselling book that celebrates ordinary delights in the world around us by one of America's most original and observant writers and the author of Inciting Joy, award-winning poet Ross Gay. Pre-order The Book of (More) Delights now, too! “Ross Gay’s eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small miracles that surround us.” —Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate The winner of the National Book Critics Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyrical essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders. In The Book of Delights, one of today’s most original literary voices offers up a genre-defying volume of lyric essays written over one tumultuous year. The first nonfiction book from award-winning poet Ross Gay is a record of the small joys we often overlook in our busy lives. Among Gay’s funny, poetic, philosophical delights: a friend’s unabashed use of air quotes, cradling a tomato seedling aboard an airplane, the silent nod of acknowledgment between the only two black people in a room. But Gay never dismisses the complexities, even the terrors, of living in America as a black man or the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture or the loss of those he loves. More than anything else, though, Gay celebrates the beauty of the natural world–his garden, the flowers peeking out of the sidewalk, the hypnotic movements of a praying mantis. The Book of Delights is about our shared bonds, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. These remarkable pieces serve as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can, and should, stake out a space in our lives for delight.
Songs Of The Gorilla Nation
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Author : Dawn Prince-Hughes, Ph.D.
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2004-03-09
Songs Of The Gorilla Nation written by Dawn Prince-Hughes, Ph.D. and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“This is a book about autism. Specifically, it is about my autism, which is both like and unlike other people’s autism. But just as much, it is a story about how I emerged from the darkness of it into the beauty of it.” In this elegant and thought-provoking memoir, Dawn Prince-Hughes traces her personal growth from undiagnosed autism to the moment when, as a young woman, she entered the Seattle Zoo and immediately became fascinated with the gorillas. Having suffered from a lifelong inability to relate to people in a meaningful way, Dawn was surprised to find herself irresistibly drawn to these great primates. By observing them and, later, working with them, she was finally able to emerge from her solitude and connect to living beings in a way she had never previously experienced. Songs of the Gorilla Nation is more than a story of autism, it is a paean to all that is important in life. Dawn Prince-Hughes’s evocative story will undoubtedly have a lasting impact, forcing us, like the author herself, to rediscover and assess our own understanding of human emotion.
Understanding The Borderline Mother
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Author : Christine Ann Lawson
language : en
Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Incorporated/Bloomsbury
Release Date : 2002
Understanding The Borderline Mother written by Christine Ann Lawson and has been published by Globe Pequot Publishing Group Incorporated/Bloomsbury this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Family & Relationships categories.
Some readers may recognize their mothers as well as themselves in this book. They will also find specific suggestions for creating healthier relationships. Addressing the adult children of borderlines and the therapists who work with them, Dr. Lawson shows how to care for the waif without rescuing her, to attend to the hermit without feeding her fear, to love the queen without becoming her subject, and to live with the witch without becoming her victim.
Moonwalking With Einstein
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Author : Joshua Foer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-04-07
Moonwalking With Einstein written by Joshua Foer and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-07 with Psychology categories.
'Be prepared to be amazed' Guardian Can anyone get a perfect memory? Joshua Foer used to be like most of us, forgetting phone numbers and mislaying keys. Then he learnt the art of memory training, and a year later found himself in the finals of the US Memory Championship. He also discovered a truth we often forget: that, even in an age of technology, memory is the key to everything we are. In Moonwalking with Einstein he takes us on an astonishing journey through the mind, from ancient 'memory palace' techniques to neuroscience, from the man who can recall nine thousand books to another who constantly forgets who he is. In doing so, Foer shows how we can all improve our memories. 'Captivating ... engaging ... smart and funny' The New York Times 'Delightful ... uplifting ... it shows that our minds can do extraordinary things' Wall Street Journal 'Great fun ... a book worth remembering' Independent 'A lovely exploration of the ways that we preserve our lives and our world in the golden amber of human memory' New Scientist
Neurodiverse Relationships
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Author : Joanna Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Release Date : 2019-07-18
Neurodiverse Relationships written by Joanna Stevenson and has been published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-18 with Family & Relationships categories.
Comprised of the accounts of twelve heterosexual couples in which the man is on the Autism Spectrum, this book invites both partners to discuss their own perspectives of different key issues, including anxiety, empathy, employment and socialising. Autism expert Tony Attwood contributes a commentary and a question and answer section for each of the twelve accounts. The first book of its kind to provide perspectives from both sides of a relationship on a variety of different topics, Neurodiverse Relationships is the perfect companion for couples in neurodiverse relationships who are trying to understand one another better.