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Nature and Science August 2025 |
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| Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance by Laura DelanoLaura Delano shares her experiences as an over-prescribed psychiatric patient. After being diagnosed with several psychiatric “conditions” starting in her teens, Delano came to the stark realization in her late twenties that the combination of psychotropic drugs that she was taking was causing a cascade of interrelated symptoms. Unshrunk is an emotionally powerful cautionary tale, suitable for readers who enjoyed Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne. |
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The Everyday Naturalist: How to Identify Animals, Plants, and Fungi Wherever You Go
by Rebecca Lexa
A step-by-step guide to identifying animals, plants, and fungi by learning how to spot and record key traits and characteristics, for nature lovers, amateur naturalists, and citizen scientists. Rather than focusing on one region or continent, these skills and tools are designed to help you classify nature anywhere you are—whether on familiar territory, traveling, or in a new home. Try this next: Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists by Iain Campbell.
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The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: and Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science
by Carly Anne York
Carly Anne York shows how unappreciated, overlooked, and simply curiosity-driven science has led to breakthroughs big and small. York invites readers to appreciate the often unpredictable journey of scientific exploration, highlighting that the heart of science lies in the relentless pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. Emphasizing the hard work of the people behind the discoveries, this is an accessible, story-driven book that shows how important and exciting it is to simply let curiosity run wild!
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Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet
by Kate Marvel
Human Nature explores climate change using nine different emotions to better understand the science, history and future of our evolving planet. In each chapter, Scientist Kate Marvel uses a different emotion to explore the science and stories behind climate change. For more reading on the psychological effects of climate change, try The Heat and the Fury by Peter Schwartzstein.
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The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne
by Chris Sweeney
The fascinating and remarkable true story of the world's first forensic ornithologist- Roxie Laybourne, who broke down barriers for women, solved murders, and investigated deadly airplane crashes with nothing more than a microscope and a few fragments of feathers. For more about pioneering female scientists, try The Marie Curie Complex by Julie des Jardins.
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We are Eating the Earth : the Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate
by Michael Grunwald
Investigates how global agriculture threatens the climate through land use and emissions, critiques misguided sustainability efforts, and highlights innovative technologies, policies, and individuals working to reduce farmland's footprint and reshape food systems to meet future demands without further environmental destruction.
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