Published August, 2016
By Dan Choffnes
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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This beautifully illustrated textbook pairs research on the biochemical properties and physiological effects of medicinal plants with a history of the ways in which humans have cultivated plant species and investigated their effects. Nature's Pharmacopeia fosters an appreciation of the chemistry and cultural resonance of herbal medicine.

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Published July, 2016
By Georges Vigarello and C. Jon Delogu
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Tracing the link between changing attitudes toward body size and modern conceptions of class, society, and self.

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Published June, 2016
By Anna K. Schaffner and Anna Katharina Schaffner
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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This book helps us evaluate more critically the narratives we tell ourselves about exhaustion. By uniting the mind with the body and society , we attach larger questions of agency, willpower, and well-being to its symptoms. Exhaustion finds in our struggle to overcome weariness a more significant effort to master ourselves.

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Published May, 2016
By Daniel Callahan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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A leading bioethicist explores the intractable threats to our well-being that persist despite the multigenerational effort to defeat them.

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Published April, 2016
By Douglas Osto
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A nuanced portrait of a daring subculture that continues to push the limits of religious experience and intellectual possibility.

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Published March, 2016
By Alissa Cordner
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Marketed as a life-saving advancement, flame retardants are now mired in controversy. Alissa Cordner describes how stakeholders use scientific evidence to support nonscientific goals. Toxic Safety demonstrates that while all parties interested in health issues use science to support their claims, they do not compete on a level playing field.

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Published March, 2016
By Claude L vi-Strauss, Maurice Olender and Jane Marie Todd
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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L vi-Strauss measures the short distance between "complex" and "primitive" societies and finds a shared madness in the ways we enact myth, ritual, and custom. Yet he also locates a pure and persistent ethics that connects the center of Western civilization to far-flung societies and forces a reckoning with outmoded ideas of morality and reason.

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Published March, 2016
By William Campbell, Dickson D. Despommier, William C. Campbell and Dickson Despommier
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Published February, 2016
By Donna Dickenson
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Published December, 2015
By Geoffrey L. Greif, Michael E. Woolley, Geoffrey Greif and Michael Woolley
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An in-depth look at the challenging psychology of adult sibling interactions, with recommendations for resolving communication struggles and promoting affectionate and satisfying relationships.

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