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Some low-frequency sounds--such as noise from storms or truck engines--can make you feel dizzy and nauseated. An index finger's light touch can stop people from losing balance. You are more prone to trip when you think someone is watching you. A breakthrough in improving balance as we age might just come through the study of the Achilles tendon. A person gets "falling down drunk" due to a tiny structure in the inner ear that floats when it becomes...
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Abrams / Vearsa Limited
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[2015]
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English
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Few things are as tantalizing as a woman's curves…and yet, humans are the only mammals on earth whose females have curvy bodies. Why? And what does this unique body shape mean for us? In Curvology, researcher David Bainbridge uses his scientific know-how to get to the bottom of this anatomical mystery and to explore the social and psychological consequences of our cultural fixation with curves and fat.Bainbridge brings thorough and clear-headed...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately)...
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Relaxation Co
Pub. Date
c1994
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English
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Describes ten different stress management techniques, including meditation, yoga, aromatherapy, and creative visualization, and provides specific instructions on how to use them. Includes a resource guide to books, recordings, and products related to each practice.
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Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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A fun and informative introduction to the bodily systems that keep us alive! Hands-on science experiments and STEM research projects help readers ages 12 to 15 discover an amazing world -- their own bodies! What is the most complex machine on earth? The human body! In Inside the Human Body , readers ages 12 to 15 peel back the layers to take a look inside this amazing machine and learn the basic anatomy of the human body and its bones, muscles, blood...
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Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Uses microphotography, advanced medical imaging, and annotated illustrations to provide scientific information about the human body, covering the body systems, bones, muscles and skin, sensory and digestive processes, and the brain and internal organs.
12) Inside the heart
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ABDO
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c2013
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Illustrations, photos, text, and simple activities introduce how the heart works to children.
14) Nightsong
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Chiro, a young bat, is nervous about flying into the world for the first time without his mother, especially on a very dark night, but he soon learns to rely on his "song" to find his way and stay safe.
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"The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...
16) Everyone poops
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English
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Colorful illustrations and text show and describe how different animals and humans perform excretory functions.
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The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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You live with it 24 hours a day, but how well do you really know it? This course is an owner's manual to a remarkably complex, resilient, and fascinating structure: the human body. Using detailed color illustrations, life-sized models, and, even a video shot during surgery, this course examines the major systems of the body, explaining exactly how things work and why they sometimes don't. Each lecture concentrates on a particular organ or organ...
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"This "seriously entertaining book" explores the skin in its multifaceted physical, psychological, and social aspects ( Times , UK). Providing a cover for our delicate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest-growing organ. We see it, touch it, and live in it every day. It is a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms and physical functions that are vital to our health and survival. One of the first things people see about us,...
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