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The Nature Fix

Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

by Florence Williams ...

"Highly informative and remarkably entertaining." —ElleFrom forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. Delving into brand-new research, she uncovers the powers of the natural world to improve health, promote reflection and innovation, and strengthen our relationships. ... Read more

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"Highly informative and remarkably entertaining." —ElleFrom forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. Delving into brand-new research, she uncovers the powers of the natural world to improve health, promote reflection and innovation, and strengthen our relationships.
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Heartbreak

A Personal and Scientific Journey

by Florence Williams ...

**Winner of the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA Five Books "Best Literary Science Writing" Book of 2023 • A Smithsonian Best Science Book of 2022 • A Prospect Magazine Top Memoir of 2022 • A KCRW Life Examined Best Book of 2022"Keen observer [and] deft writer" (David Quammen) Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ... Read more

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**Winner of the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA Five Books "Best Literary Science Writing" Book of 2023 • A Smithsonian Best Science Book of 2022 • A Prospect Magazine Top Memoir of 2022 • A KCRW Life Examined Best Book of 2022"Keen observer [and] deft writer" (David Quammen) Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative
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Breasts

A Natural and Unnatural History

by Florence Williams ...

**A 2012 New York Times Notable BookA 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Award Winner in the Science & Technology categoryAn engaging narrative about an incredible, life-giving organ and its imperiled modern fate.**Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it’s sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary ... Read more

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**A 2012 New York Times Notable BookA 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Award Winner in the Science & Technology categoryAn engaging narrative about an incredible, life-giving organ and its imperiled modern fate.**Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it’s sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary
... Read more

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The Nature Fix

Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

by Florence Williams ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

Unabridged

8 hours 54 min

For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, Florence Williams sets out to uncover the science behind nature's positive effects on the brain ... Read more

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For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, Florence Williams sets out to uncover the science behind nature's positive effects on the brain
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Let the People Judge

Wise Use And The Private Property Rights Movement

by Grant Ferrier, Suzanne Iudicello, Jack Archer, Mary Ann Glendon, Carl Safina, Thomas Eisner, Michael Bliss, Donald Connors, Randall Snodgrass, Beverly Reece, Tom H. Watkins, Roy Morgan, Jim Bernfield, Neil Hamilton, Beth Parke, Sharon Dennis, Janet Ellis, Don Judge, Robert Ekey, Thomas Michael Power, Florence Williams, Robert Woodmansee, Dana Larsen, Henry Carey, Meri Loeks, Linda Trocki, Eve Pell, Tarso Ramos, Douglass North, Philip Brick, Jon Roush, Teresa Erickson, William Riebsame, Holmes Rolston, III ...

One of the most serious challenges to environmentalism that has emerged in the 1990s is the so-called Wise Use movement. While operating under the guise of an independent movement of small landowners, it is in reality a backlash against environmental protection measures, funded and organized by corporations with a vested interest in preventing further environmental gains. Let the People Judge ... Read more

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One of the most serious challenges to environmentalism that has emerged in the 1990s is the so-called Wise Use movement. While operating under the guise of an independent movement of small landowners, it is in reality a backlash against environmental protection measures, funded and organized by corporations with a vested interest in preventing further environmental gains. Let the People Judge
... Read more
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Heartbreak

A Personal and Scientific Journey

by Florence Williams ...

Narrated by Florence Williams ...

Unabridged

10 hours 37 min

In this intimate and voyeuristic audiobook, Florence Williams uses her personal voice diary and journals and conversations with experts, family, and friends to explore the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own.For fans of Wild and Lab Girl, Heartbreak is a uniquely immersive audiobook, merging science and self-discovery to change the way we ... Read more

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In this intimate and voyeuristic audiobook, Florence Williams uses her personal voice diary and journals and conversations with experts, family, and friends to explore the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own.For fans of Wild and Lab Girl, Heartbreak is a uniquely immersive audiobook, merging science and self-discovery to change the way we
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Raptor's Ridge

by William Florence ...

Series Book 8 - The Max Blake Mysteries
A professor and private detective is called in by an Oregon lawman for help with a high-profile murder . . .A mild-mannered college professor is an unlikely candidate to hunt down the killer of the town's richest man and his movie star paramour. But because of a chance encounter years before, Max Blake, a former newspaper reporter-turned-professor and part-time private detective, is called in, and ... Read more

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A professor and private detective is called in by an Oregon lawman for help with a high-profile murder . . .A mild-mannered college professor is an unlikely candidate to hunt down the killer of the town's richest man and his movie star paramour. But because of a chance encounter years before, Max Blake, a former newspaper reporter-turned-professor and part-time private detective, is called in, and
... Read more
Audiobook

Breasts

A Natural and Unnatural History

by Florence Williams ...

Narrated by Kate Reading ...

Unabridged

9 hours 43 min

Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it's sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it's sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with
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Raven's Ridge

by William Florence ...

Series Book 9 - The Max Blake Mysteries
An American detective in Ireland becomes entangled in international intrigue: "Excellent" (Peter Eichstaedt, award winning author of Borderland).Hard-boiled private detective and former muckraking journalist Max Blake, along with his fearless fiancée Caeli Brown, are back in action in their newly adopted Irish homeland. A favor to a new friend who works with the Irish police brings them out of ... Read more

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An American detective in Ireland becomes entangled in international intrigue: "Excellent" (Peter Eichstaedt, award winning author of Borderland).Hard-boiled private detective and former muckraking journalist Max Blake, along with his fearless fiancée Caeli Brown, are back in action in their newly adopted Irish homeland. A favor to a new friend who works with the Irish police brings them out of
... Read more
Emerald Ridge

by William Florence ...

Series Book 6 - The Max Blake Mysteries
A detective hunts for a missing archbishop in Northern Ireland who may a victim of violence—or an instigator of it . . .Oregon detective and former muckraking journalist Max Blake's discovery of a long-dreaded postcard from Ireland in his mailbox is the catalyst that touches off a cross-continent search for his fiancée's favorite uncle. The Rev. Sean "Jack" O'Lennox, the archbishop of St. Patrick ... Read more

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A detective hunts for a missing archbishop in Northern Ireland who may a victim of violence—or an instigator of it . . .Oregon detective and former muckraking journalist Max Blake's discovery of a long-dreaded postcard from Ireland in his mailbox is the catalyst that touches off a cross-continent search for his fiancée's favorite uncle. The Rev. Sean "Jack" O'Lennox, the archbishop of St. Patrick
... Read more
Melia Ridge

by William Florence ...

Series Book 7 - The Max Blake Mysteries
In the thrilling follow-up to Emerald Ridge, a PI and his fiancée head from Oregon to Rome—to find answers to mysteries both personal and political . . .Max Blake's fiancée, Caeli Brown, lost her archbishop uncle to gunfire—at least, that's what they thought. So they're puzzled when they receive another postcard from him. What's going on? Is Uncle Jack dead or not?Max and Caeli are soon on the ... Read more

$8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the thrilling follow-up to Emerald Ridge, a PI and his fiancée head from Oregon to Rome—to find answers to mysteries both personal and political . . .Max Blake's fiancée, Caeli Brown, lost her archbishop uncle to gunfire—at least, that's what they thought. So they're puzzled when they receive another postcard from him. What's going on? Is Uncle Jack dead or not?Max and Caeli are soon on the
... Read more

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By Hands Now Known

Jim Crow's Legal Executioners

by Margaret A. Burnham ...

Narrated by Diana Blue ...

Unabridged

10 hours 59 min

A paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, and its enduring legacy, from a renowned legal scholar.If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn't lynching the law?In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, challenges our understanding of the ... Read more

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A paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, and its enduring legacy, from a renowned legal scholar.If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn't lynching the law?In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, challenges our understanding of the
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