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New York Times Notable Book of 2016 • NPR Great Read of 2016 • Named a Best Book of 2016 by The Economist, Smithsonian, NPR's Science Friday, MPR, Minnesota Star Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Guardian, Times (London)
From Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly
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"Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies. The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems. World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds...
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"Explore the history your textbook left out through the eyes (mouth, ears, and spleen) of the world's most iconic players in A History of the World Through Body Parts, a curious collection of unbelievable anecdotes all about the body. In this book, you'll learn all about: The Mayan history of bloodletting and Lady Xoc's pierced tongue The double decapitations that altered the course of the English monarchy Global feminism and the unbinding of Chinese...
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"Reveals the complexity of the human body with remarkable clarity. Hundreds of 3-D images take you through each of the body's systems, from the skeleton and muscles to the skin and nails. Discover how every aspect of the body functions--how the heart beats, how we breathe, and how the body defends itself. Find out what can go wrong, with descriptions of the ways in which common disorders affect the body's systems." --back cover
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Budding biologists might be surprised to learn about the many incredible features of their own bodies. These include a heart that beats 3.3 billion times in a lifetime to a brain with neural pathways that are unique to every person. This title features these key details about the human body written with carefully-crafted, explanatory text and fact boxes that inspire critical thinking. Additionally, the layout of each spread combines creative, cartoon-inspired...
8) Parts
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A five-year-old boy thinks his body is falling apart untill he learns new teeth grow and hair and skin replace themselves.
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"Put on your lab coat and grab hold of your stethoscope as you embark on a scientific mission to boost your brainpower on all topics about the human body! Explore anatomy and find out why bones break. Look into the senses and discover why sour foods make your mouth pucker. Get acquainted with genetics to find out why your hair changes over time. Be boggled by the power of your brain as you decipher why you can hear yourself think. Get grossed out—in...
11) 3-D human body
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Describes the parts and systems of the human body and discusses how they work.
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"Taking care of food inside our bodies is a busy business, and the science behind it is a lot to digest! But this fact-packed handbook helps readers get a gutsy grip on how their amazing body deals with food. Full of diagrams, how-it-works features, tips, troubleshooting guides, and frequently asked questions and answers." --lernerbooks.com
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"The best way to understand how something works is to take it apart and put it back together again. But how would you make your very own human body? Where would you start? What would you need? And how would you fix everything together? This book is a step-by-step guide. Of course, it wouldn’t be quite so easy in practice ... But after reading this book, you’ll certainly know what we humans are made of!" --publisher's website.
15) Human body
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A definitive guide to anatomy and physiology covers basic principles, providing in-depth tours of various body systems while offering photo-realistic and three-dimensional images of body organs and processes.
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"Did you know that your stomach is shaped like the letter J, or that if you lined up all your blood vessels they'd circle Earth twice, or that your body gives off a light you can't see? The creators of National Geographic Kids, the nation's most popular kids magazine, bring you even more mind-boggling fun with this best-selling series." --back cover
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"All matter--everything around us and within us--has an ultimate birthday: the day the universe was born. This informative, eye-opening, and eminently readable book is the story of our atoms' long strange journey from the Big Bang to the creation of stars, through the assembly of Planet Earth, and the formation of life as we know it. It's also the story of the scientists who made groundbreaking discoveries and unearthed extraordinary insights into...
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