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  Ten Drugs - How Plants Powders...

  Thomas Hager

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  “The stories are skillfully told and entirely entertaining . . . An expert, mostly feel-good book about modern medicine” from the award-winning author (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). 
   
  Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our culture and the practice of medicine.  
   
  Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book. 
   
  “[An] absorbing new book.” —The New York Times Book Review 
   
  “[A] well-written and engaging chronicle.” —The Wall Street Journal 
   
  “Lucidly informative and compulsively readable.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  “Entertaining [and] insightful.” —Booklist 
   
  “Well-written, well-researched and fascinating to read Ten Drugs provides an insightful look at how drugs have shaped modern medical practices.  Towards the end of the book Hager writes that he ‘came away surprised by some of the things he had learned.’  I had the very same reaction.” —Penny Le Couteur, coauthor of Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History

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  Economy of Words - Communicative...

  Douglas R. Holmes

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  Markets are artifacts of language—so Douglas R. Holmes argues in this deeply researched look at central banks and the people who run them. Working at the intersection of anthropology, linguistics, and economics, he shows how central bankers have been engaging in communicative experiments that predate the financial crisis and continue to be refined amid its unfolding turmoil—experiments that do not merely describe the economy, but actually create its distinctive features.   Holmes examines the New York District Branch of the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, and the Bank of England, among others, and shows how officials there have created a new monetary regime that relies on collaboration with the public to achieve the ends of monetary policy. Central bankers, Holmes argues, have shifted the conceptual anchor of monetary affairs away from standards such as gold or fixed exchange rates and toward an evolving relationship with the public, one rooted in sentiments and expectations. Going behind closed doors to reveal the intellectual world of central banks,Economy of Words offers provocative new insights into the way our economic circumstances are conceptualized and ultimately managed. 

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  Don't Let My Mama Read This - A...

  Hadjii

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  Writer, director, and starring actor in Sundance Grand  Jury Prize nominee Somebodies, Hadjii remembers the trials  and tribulations of youth in Don’t Let My Mama Read This.  From the havoc that a boy’s crusty underwear can wreak on  a family’s reputation to the first time getting caught coming  home drunk, Hadjii covers all the aspects of a “blessedly normal” childhood.

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  Finding Balance: A Guide to...

  Deepak Bhosle

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  Finding balance in life can be a difficult task. With modern living comes greater stressors such as a demanding job, family obligations, and financial concerns. All of this can make it difficult to take time for self-care. Fortunately, there are effective approaches to help gain control over stress through mindfulness meditation. This book will provide readers with the tools they need to reduce feelings of overwhelm and cultivate inner peace. 
  what is finding balance and how can mindfulness help? 
  Finding balance is a term that can mean many different things to many different people. At its core, finding balance is about maintaining a healthy equilibrium across the various aspects of your life. This could include relationships, career, health and fitness, physical environment, finances and spirituality. When you are able to achieve balance in these areas of your life then you will likely feel more contentment as well as improved mental and physical wellbeing. 
  Mindfulness-based techniques can be an invaluable tool in helping you find balance in your life. Mindfulness meditation can help ground you in the present moment so that instead of feeling overwhelmed by all the tasks and obligations on your plate, you can take pleasure from simply being alive.

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  Pessimistic Persuasion 101 - How...

  Richard Carey

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  Pessimistic persuasion is the art of dissuasion. It is the means by which you talk anyone out of anything. With this book, you will learn how to talk anyone out of anything with minimal effort on your part. You can convince people that you are right and they are wrong without going through big fights. You can also convince people to change their minds, especially when they seem dead-set in their decisions. 
  Pessimistic persuasion is built off of the foundation principles of basic persuasion. In the first chapter of this book, you learn how to use basic persuasion to get your way. You learn about the fundamental principles of Influence, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and various other persuasion tactics invented by experts in the field of influence psychology. The methods included in the first chapter are tried and true ways to get what you want. 
  Then, this book gets more into how to use persuasion principles to talk people out of things. You can use influence to convince people that you are right so that they change their minds. You can use concepts like being warm and framing words to get people to accept and adopt your point of view. Once someone accepts that you are right and he is wrong, he will be more likely to take your recommendation over his own. 
  Finally, you learn how to take dissuasion to the next level and use it in psychological warfare. You can use the principles outlined throughout this book to tear your enemy down mentally. This is one of the most powerful psychological warfare weapons discovered yet.

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  Slider - Level 3 - 12

  Edward Zrudlo

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  e-future PYP Readers is based around three simple principles: explore, reflect and apply through literature. With 47 different stories per level, there will be no problem finding the right book for class.

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