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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise October 2017
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Programs to keep you Healthy, Weathy and Wise
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| How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays by Mandy Len CatronExpanding on her wildly popular New York Times essay, "To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This," author Mandy Len Catron draws on several disciplines (including psychology, music, literature, and biology) as she identifies the components of love. Showing how to use them to recognize important character traits, she also gives her own experiences and those of friends and relatives as real-life examples, putting a heartbeat into her theoretical analysis of relationships. |
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| The Longevity Plan: Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China by John D. Day and Jane Ann Day with Matthew LaPlanteDuring a conversation with his Mandarin tutor, cardiologist John Day heard about a location in China's Guangxi Province called "Longevity Village." He decided to spend some time there to find out why so many centenarians called it home and why ailments such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and depression were so rare. In this engaging and accessible book, Day relates how he spoke with the villagers and learned their stories, deriving lifestyle and diet recommendations from what they told him. Intriguing and inspiring, The Longevity Plan offers the wisdom of people whose lives exemplify these principles. |
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| The Boy who Loved too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness by Jennifer LatsonIn The Boy Who Loved Too Much, journalist Jennifer Latson recounts three years (from age 12 to 15) in the life of a boy whose genetic disorder makes him unable to be distrustful. Eli D'Angelo "loves" everybody he encounters. Following Eli and his mother Gayle, Latson details their experiences as Eli enthusiastically interacts with the world and Gayle shields him from danger. Eli's condition, Williams syndrome, is rare, but Latson expressively relates Gayle's parenting struggles to those of any parent in this "widely appealing chronicle of a fascinating disorder" (Booklist). |
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| The Way We Die Now: The View from Medicine's Front Line by Seamus O'MahonyObserving that terminally ill patients are often kept ignorant of their impending deaths while hospitals continue to administer high-tech medical treatments up to the end, Irish gastroenterologist Seamus O'Mahony would like to promote more humane conversations about the end of life. In The Way We Die Now, he examines modern attitudes towards death in comparison with those of earlier societies. He also mourns the disappearance of spirituality from Western considerations of mortality. |
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| Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating by Charles SpenceIn this intriguing look at eating and appetite, Oxford University researcher Charles Spence discusses his studies of the relationship between psychology and the enjoyment of food. Explaining how your five senses interact with your surroundings, your relationships with others at a meal, and your mood, Spence connects advice on healthier eating to his discoveries about restaurant marketing. From peppy music to lighting to why a barista puts your name on your coffee cup, Gastrophysics offers an intriguing exploration of the physical and social science aspects of nutrition. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Lambton County Library 787 Broadway St. Wyoming, Ontario N0N1T0 519-845-3324www.lclibrary.ca |
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