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The body [large print] : a guide for occupants / by Bryson, Bill,author.(CARDINAL)274319;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-651) and index.How to build a human -- The outside: skin and hair -- Microbial you -- The brain -- The head -- Down the hatch: the mouth and throat -- The heart and blood -- The chemistry department -- In the dissecting room: the skeleton -- On the move: bipedalism and exercise -- Equilibrium -- The immune system -- Deep breath: the lungs and breathing -- Food, glorious food -- The guts -- Sleep -- Into the nether regions -- In the beginning: conception and birth -- Nerves and pain -- When things go wrong: diseases -- When things go very wrong: cancer -- Medicine good and bad -- The end.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.
Subjects: Large print books.; Human physiology.; Human anatomy.;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 19
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We're here to help : when guardianship goes wrong / by Dimond, Diane,author.(CARDINAL)549093;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-308) and index.The floodgates open -- The case heard 'round the world -- The players -- Britney is not alone -- Mercenary methods and practices within the system -- Guardians from hell, and lawyers and judges too -- How do the bad actors get away with it? -- Washington could help, but it hasn't -- Weaponizing guardianship to end a marriage -- Every citizen has civil rights : no matter their ability -- Turning a blind eye : where's the legal community? -- The cowgirl vs. the conservator -- The richer the better -- Desperate is as desperate does -- The sad stories of Theresa and Susan -- Guarding against guardianship -- Possible solutions to improve the system."Guardianship, sometimes called conservatorship, is an ever-growing phenomenon. Some of these arrangements are truly beneficial, but countless others are unwanted, unnecessary, and violate constitutionally protected human rights. Award winning journalist, Diane Dimond, dissects the mysterious, ever-expanding, and complicit cottage industry of individuals who profit off the confinement of others"--
Subjects: Guardian and ward; Legal ethics;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Galileo goes to jail : and other myths about science and religion / by Numbers, Ronald L.(CARDINAL)126258;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-284) and index.Ronald Numbers has recruited the leading scholars in this new history of science to puncture the myths, from Galileo's incarceration to Darwin's deathbed conversion to Einstein's belief in a personal God who "didn't play dice with the universe." The picture of science and religion at each other's throats persists in mainstream media and scholarly journals, but each chapter in Galileo Goes to Jail shows how much we have to gain by seeing beyond the myths. --from publisher description
Subjects: Science; Scientists; Religion and science; Religion and state;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All that remains : a renowned forensic scientist on death, mortality, and solving crimes / by Black, Sue M.,author.(CARDINAL)811004;
Silent teachers -- Our cells and ourselves -- Death in the family -- Death up close and personal -- Ashes to ashes -- Dem bones -- Not forgotten -- Invenerunt corpus - body found! -- The body mutilated -- Kosovo -- When disaster strikes -- Fate, fear and phobias -- An ideal solution."Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist... Cutting through hype, romanticism, and cliché, she recounts her first dissection; her own first acquaintance with a loved one's death; the mortal remains in her lab and at burial sites as well as scenes of violence, murder, and criminal dismemberment; and about investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident, or natural disaster, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. She uses key cases to reveal how forensic science has developed and what her work has taught her about human nature."--Dust jacket flap."Book of the Year 2018 Saltire Literary Awards"--Cover.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Anecdotes.; Black, Sue M.; Forensic scientists; Death.; Death; Forensic sciences;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Original skin : exploring the marvels of the human hide / by Cuskelly, Maryrose.(CARDINAL)492292;
"'Like the air we breathe, we take our skin for granted . . . Yet it is remarkable; it mitigates and ameliorates the sometimes harsh world we dwell in, and is at the interface of so much of what we encounter. It is our border, the edge of ourselves, the point where we meet our universe.' Original Skin is at times a scientific study, remarking on the biological magic behind the human body's largest organ. At others it becomes an anthropological survey, dissecting separate societies' attitudes towards bare bodies, and the motives behind cultural rituals such as tattoos. However, Original Skin is, above all, a celebration of the human body; its tone one of absolute awe for the simultaneously protective and fragile membrane that divides us all from the world that surrounds us. Maryrose Cuskelly's book--in its examinations of everything from tickling to Botox to books bound in human derma--is a delightful meditation on skin. "--
Subjects: Skin.; Dermis.; Human body;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Watchmen / by Moore, Alan,1953-(CARDINAL)771205; Gibbons, Dave,1949-(CARDINAL)779868;
This stunning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all too human failings. The concept of the super hero is dissected and inverted as strangely realistic characters are stalked by an unknown assassin. Originally published as a 12 issue series in 1986 and 1987, WATCHMEN remains one of DC Comics' most popular graphic novels.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Young adult literature.; Heroes;
Available copies: 24 / Total copies: 41
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This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession / by Levitin, Daniel J.(CARDINAL)667827;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-300) and index.Introduction: I love music and I love science-- why would I want to mix the two? -- What is music? : from pitch to timbre -- Foot tapping : discerning rhythm, loudness, and harmony -- Behind the curtain : music and the mind machine -- Anticipation : what we expect from Liszt (and Ludacris) -- You know my name, look up the number : how we categorize music -- After dessert, Crick was still four seats away from me : music, emotion, and the reptilian brain -- What makes a musician? : expertise dissected -- My favorite things : why do we like the music we like? -- The music instinct : evolution's #1 hit.Explores the relationship between the mind and music by drawing on recent findings in the fields of neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to discuss topics such as the sources of musical tastes and the brain's responses to music.
Subjects: Music;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 21
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Dragons Among Us (Dragons Among Us #1) / by Kraemer, C.L.,author.;
In a world full of anomalies such as the platypus and self reproducing Komodo dragon, is the human race willing to accept that dragons may be real? Sapien Draconi-human-dragon shape shifters-all over the world face this dilemma every day. The question has become life and death as their species is plagued with unexpected and unwanted shifting in the most unlikely of places. The Ancient Ones-full-blooded dragons-can offer advice, but few seem to put forward workable solutions to the problem. The fate of the shape shifters hangs in the balance, and an answer must be found before the Homo Sapiens find, dissect, and hunt Sapien Draconi to extinction.
Subjects: Fiction.; Fiction; Fantasy.; Contemporary.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The solitary sparrow / by Norwood, Lorraine,author.;
"In 14th century England, Meg of St. Michael's Mead endures a life of abuse and isolation due to her birth deformity. However, her fortunes change when the village wise woman saves her and teaches her the art of healing. After witnessing a shocking birth, Meg discovers her true purpose: to become England's first licensed female physician and provide compassionate care to women. To achieve her goal, Meg seeks the tutelage of William of Oxford, a gruff surgeon who agrees to mentor her. But there's a catch. She must keep a secret--William and his son Gerard are performing illegal human dissections--and she must assist them. As Gerard and Meg work together, their feelings for each other deepen. Amidst a civil war, Meg makes an enemy of the Queen, who accues her of treason. Force to flee to Montpellier, France, Meg tries to enter medical school, only to be met with resistance. She is told to marry, stay at home, and please her husband. Meg refuses to conform. When a deadly epidemic breaks out in Montpellier, Meg has one last chance to prove herself, but at the risk of losing Gerard. A story of one woman's courage and persistence, this captivating tale follows Meg's arduous journey of overcoming prejudice and adversity as she battles societal expectations amidst the specter of a lethal epidemic" -- from back cover.
Subjects: Novels.; Women healers; Women physicians; Man-woman relationships; Epidemics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The anatomy lesson / by Siegal, Nina,1969-(CARDINAL)487427;
A single day in Amsterdam, 1632. The Surgeons' Guild has commissioned a young artist named Rembrandt to paint Dr. Nicolaes Tulp as he performs a medical dissection. In the swirl of anticipation and intrigue surrounding the event, we meet an extraordinary constellation of men and women whose lives hinge, in some way, on Dr. Tulp's anatomy lesson. There is Aris the Kid, the condemned coat thief whose body is to be used for the dissection; Flora, his pregnant lover; Jan Fetchet, the curio dealer who acquires corpses for the doctor's work; the great Rene Descartes, who will attend the dissection in his quest to understand where the human soul resides; and the Dutch master himself, who feels a shade uneasy about this assignment. As the story builds to its dramatic conclusion, circumstances conspire to produce a famous painting--and an immortal painter. Vividly rendered, masterfully written, The Anatomy Lesson is a story of mind and body, death and love--and redemptive power of art.
Subjects: Fiction.; Medical fiction.; Social history.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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