How Science, History, and Culture Shape Our Fears - And How to Get Unstuck
Why do we fear Halloween candy but not vending machines? Why do "witch hunts" recur so often in history? How dangerous are serial killers, really? The Fear Knot examines our most common deeply held fears, unpacking which are valid and which are misguided, explaining the history of how our irrational fears developed, and how we can unlearn them. ......
The weight-loss standard that controls hunger, corrects the metabolism, and encourages good health
Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution, which spent over 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, contains many features to make the book reader-friendly, including:
Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America
Throughout the seventeenth century, medical lecturers demonstrated human anatomy by dissecting a cadaver while surrounded by students. After the Revolutionary War, though, instructors realized that they needed many more cadavers to serve a growing number of medical students. Enter the "resurrectionists" - body snatchers. Resurrectionists were a ......
Augusta Clawson and the Women Welders of World War II
The Shipyard Agent reveals the untold story of Augusta Clawson, the undercover investigator who helped shape the future for World War II's women welders. From the Pacific Northwest to the Gulf Coast and up the Eastern seaboard, during World War II women welders worked at a fever pitch in the nation's shipyards to assemble the behemoths that would ......
Easy-to-make recipes for new cooks, newlyweds and families on the go at Christmastime! Updated with 22 photos and packed with sweet Christmas memories as well as recipes. Christmas is coming! Swirling snowflakes have us reaching for our coziest scarves and mittens, thinking about tree trimming and cookie baking. Foolproof Christmas is filled ......
The Great Lakes Steelhead Fishery is one of the best in the world, providing year-round opportunities to catch steelhead, salmon, and brown trout on a fly. Advanced Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead is the most up-to-date book on strategy and technique, and as well as providing a foundation for all types of fly anglers, covers more advanced ......
Take it easy and leave the work to your slow cooker, while you have the merriest Christmas ever! Now in paperback. The Christmas season brings swirling snowflakes, cookie swaps and caroling parties, not to mention church programs, gifts to wrap and Christmas dinner with the whole family. You'll need a helping hand, so why not put your slow ......
A Young Naturalist's Guide to Discovering Nature in the City
When a child walks down a city block, they might see a natural wasteland. A sea of gray with no signs of life. A solitary, sickly, over-pruned tree confined to a square of dirt penned in by concrete. However, what a child might not see are the precarious but sturdy squirrel nests above their heads at the tops of gnarled and crooked trees. The ......
