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  The Good Good Pig - The...

  Sy Montgomery

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  A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had always felt more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet who had been crowded away from nourishing meals by his stronger siblings. Yet Sy had no inkling that this piglet, later named Christopher Hogwood, would not only survive but flourish.The Good Good Pig celebrates Christopher Hogwood in all his glory, from his inauspicious infancy to hog heaven in rural New Hampshire. At first, his domain included only Sy's hens and border collie, Tess. Then the neighbors began fetching Christopher home from his unauthorized jaunts, the little girls next door started giving him baths, and the villagers brought him delicious leftovers. His fame increased along with his girth. He was featured in USA Today and on several National Public Radio programs.But as this enchanting book describes, Christopher Hogwood's influence extended far beyond celebrity. Sy reveals what she learned from this generous soul who just so happened to be a pig—lessons about self-acceptance, the value of community, and the pleasures of the sweet green Earth.

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  Biochemistry - A Very Short...

  Mark Lorch

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  From the simplest bacteria to humans, all living things are composed of cells of one type or another, all of which have fundamentally the same chemistry. This chemistry must provide mechanisms that allow cells to interact with the external world, a means to power the cell, machinery to carry out varied processes within the cell, a structure within which everything runs, and also governance through a web of interlocking chemical reactions. Biochemistry is the study of those reactions, the molecules that are created, manipulated, and destroyed as a result of them, and the massive macromolecules that form the chemical machinery and structures on which these biochemical reactions take place.It didn't take long for an understanding of the chemistry of life to turn into a desire to manipulate it. Drugs and therapies all aim to modify biochemical processes for good or ill: Penicillin, derived from mold, stops bacteria making their cell walls. Aspirin, with its origins in willow bark, inhibits enzymes involved in inflammatory responses. This Very Short Introduction discusses the key concepts of biochemistry, as well as the historical figures in the field and the molecules they studied, before considering the current science and innovations in the field, and the interaction between biochemistry, biotechnology, and synthetic biology.

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  Dictionary of Hypnosis

  Ralph B. Winn

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  A comprehensive A-to-Z guide to the fascinating field of hypnosis, covering its history, concepts, vocabulary, and significant figures.   The first of its kind, Dictionary of Hypnosis has been an essential text on the subject since its first publication in 1965. Written by psychology professor and hypnosis expert Dr. Ralph B. Winn, this wide-ranging reference book presents complex scientific concepts in approachable, straightforward language. It also provides a substantial amount of information on the history of hypnosis and its various contemporary uses in medicine, psychology, and other sciences.

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  Thirteen - The Apollo Flight...

  Henry S. F. Cooper

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  An “exciting” minute-by-minute account of the Apollo 13 flight based on mission control transcripts from Houston (The New York Times). On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised engines and failing life-support systems, the crew was in incomparably grave danger. Faced with below-freezing temperatures, a seriously ill crewmember, and a dwindling water supply, a safe return seemed unlikely.Thirteen is the shocking and miraculous true story of how the astronauts and ground crew guided Apollo 13 back to Earth. Expanding on dispatches written for the New Yorker, Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. brings readers unparalleled detail on the moment-by-moment developments of one of NASA’s most dramatic missions.   

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  Bedlam - London and Its Mad

  Catharine Arnold

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  A “finely written, thoroughly researched” history of Bethlehem Hospital, London’s notorious insane asylum, “packed with moving stories” (The Independent). 
   
  Bedlam—the very name conjures up graphic images of naked patients chained amid filthy straw, or parading untended wards deluded that they are Napoleon or Jesus Christ. We owe this image of madness to William Hogarth, who, in plate eight of his 1735 Rake’s Progress series, depicts the anti-hero in Bedlam, the latest addition to a freak show providing entertainment for Londoners between trips to the Tower Zoo, puppet shows, and public executions. 
   
  That this is still the most powerful image of Bedlam, over two centuries later, says much about our attitude to mental illness, although the Bedlam of the popular imagination is long gone. The hospital’s roots go back nearly eight hundred years—it was referred to in Shakespeare’s King Lear—and it became notorious by the dawn of the Victorian era for its brutal atmosphere and crumbling conditions. This absorbing book tells the story of this institution in thought-provoking detail, dealing with a subject still relevant in a society struggling with how to best care for the mentally ill. 
   
  “Elegantly written and richly anecdotal.” —Daily Mail 
   
  “The author indulges all that is quirky and macabre in the fascinating story of madness in England.” —The Guardian 
   
  Includes photographs and illustrations

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  The Upright Ape - A New Origin...

  Aaron G. Filler

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  “A neurosurgeon and evolutionary scholar presents a bold new theory on the early origins of the hominiform (human-like) primates . . . Thought-provoking.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  Drawing on such diverse antecedents as history, myth, and religion, as well as modern developments in biology and genetics, the author bravely questions and rejects the reigning scientific orthodoxy and shows how humans and apes may have had a common upright ancestor—an upright ape that walked on two legs much as we do now. 
   
  “Fuller’s book is very interesting and well worth reading. His evaluation of this mid lumbar vertebrae fossil may well become the watershed opinion guiding future understanding of evolution. I highly recommend The Upright Ape.” —Compulsive Reader

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