New Books This Week
February 9, 2012 at 3:16 pm Leave a comment
Some great new titles came in this week at the library, check them out:
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True by Guy P. Harrison
Guy Harrison is not out simply to debunk these theories and beliefs; instead, wherever possible, he presents alternative scientific explanations, which in most cases are even more fascinating than the wildest speculation. Stressing the excitement of scientific discovery and the legitimate mysteries and wonder inherent in reality, this volume invites readers to share the joys of rational thinking and the sceptical approach to evaluating our extraordinary world.
Reclaiming Our Food: How the Grassroots Food Movement is Changing the Way We Eat by Tanya Denckla Cobb
In the last decade we have seen the budding efforts to transform our food system emerge into a full blown movement. As complicated and multi-faceted as the food system it seeks to change, the movement takes many shapes and differing strategies to reclaim our food.
A Practical Wedding: Creative Ideas for Planning a Beautiful, Affordable, and Meaningful Celebration by Meg Keene
The wedding shelf at any bookstore is packed with guides that tell brides how to have standard-issue, big-budget weddings. And this seems to be exactly what every bride wants except that its not. Ultimately, couples want a joyful wedding, not a stressful one.
Science on Ice: Four Polar Expeditions by Chris Linder
Linder chronicles four polar expeditions in this richly illustrated volume: to a teeming colony of Adélie penguins, through the icy waters of the Bering Sea in spring, beneath the pack ice of the eastern Arctic Ocean, and over the lake-studded surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Each trip finds Linder teamed up with a prominent science journalist, and together their words and pictures reveal the day-to-day details of how science actually gets done at the poles.
Living With Parkinson’s: Diagnosis, Treatment and Management by Gabriella Rogers
This book will address this with an easy to read, positive text covering the medical aspects of Parkinson’s as well as incorporating the stories of sufferers, their families and carers.
Playful Learning: Develop Your Child’s Sense of Joy and Wonder by Mariah Bruehl
Children are natural scientists, artists, mathematicians, authors, and scholars. From the time they are born they seek out information about the world around them in an effort to construct meaning and further their development. While children have an inherent drive to make sense of their reality, parents have a unique opportunity to harness their children’s curiosity and channel it into a love of learning.
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