February 2017 list by Tami Austin
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| The Confident Parent: A Pediatrician's Guide to Caring for Your Little One... by Jane Scott with Stephanie LandPediatrician Jane Scott has lived in several parts of the world besides the U.S., so she's been able to observe parenting styles in a variety of cultures. In The Confident Parent, Scott addresses the anxieties of American parents, who feel the pressures of time and of overwhelming, often conflicting, advice from peers and experts. Referring to what she learned both in her medical training and in her life as a parent and grandparent, she offers research-based guidance on child-rearing issues. |
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| If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body by James HamblinIn this engaging, convenient book, the physician behind The Atlantic's video series with the same title presents a host of queries about the human body and briefly discusses the answers. Drawing on his medical training and interviews with other physicians and biological scientists, author James Hamblin provides information, counters misinformation, critiques health-related marketing, and bemoans the effects of money and politics on health policy. |
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The Psychology of Adult Coloring
by Blake LeVine
Explores the history of coloring and how art has been used to help those with depression, addictions, loss, cancer, and other medical issues.
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| Understanding the NICU: What Parents of Preemies and Other Hospitalized Newborns... by Jeanette Zaichkin, Gary Weiner, and David Loren, editors Parents whose newborn must be placed in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) can find the experience bewildering, at best. This practical, accessible guide published by the American Academy of Pediatrics presents detailed information about the reasons infants need to be in the NICU and the unit's purposes (life support, testing, intensive nursing, special medical treatments, etc.) |
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Focus on: Animals and Human Health
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| Comet's Tale: How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life by Steven D. Wolf with Lynette PadwaComet's Tale relates how macho, workaholic attorney Steven Wolf refused to admit that his spinal condition significantly impaired his ability to work, until his law firm forced him to resign. Moreover, Wolf's attitude angered his wife, who wanted a separation. When Wolf moved alone to Arizona for its warm winter climate, loneliness and depression magnified his physical pain. Then he learned about greyhound rescue and adopted -- or was adopted by -- Comet, who began helping him with simple tasks. Wolf trained her to be his service dog, and their relationship healed both his psychological state and his marriage. |
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| The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileyIncapacitated at age 34 by a virus that wreaked havoc on her nervous system, author Elisabeth Tova Bailey was almost completely immobilized and had to rely on a caregiver and friends for everything. After someone brought her a wild snail with some flowers in a pot, Bailey became fascinated with its activities and found that observing it gave her a new purpose in her extremely circumscribed life. |
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| Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust... by Michael Hingson with Susy FloryIn Thunder Dog, author Michael Hingson relates how he grew up blind and learned to rely on guide dogs, providing details about how he gets along in the world. In this engaging and inspiring memoir, he also shares how, on September 11, 2001, he was at work on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center when a terrorist-flown airliner crashed into it. Hingson's guide dog Roselle proved her worth as the pair walked down 1,463 stairs in the collapsing skyscraper, helping others remain calm during the ordeal. |
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| Weekends with Daisy by Sharron Kahn LuttrellDaisy the Labrador retriever lived five days a week in a prison, where she was a pupil in the National Education for Assistance Dog Services program, which employs prison inmates as dog trainers. On weekends, Daisy went to live with journalist Sharron Luttrell, who volunteered to help with the dog's accommodation to life in the "real world." Keith, Daisy's trainer in the prison, and Sharron often consulted about training matters, and Sharron's family played a big role in Daisy's life at their house. |
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