Currently displaying:
Health/Medicine
Access to Healthcare: A Reading List for Children and Families
We hope these selections serve to educate and encourage a dialogue around the biases and inequalities that affect access to healthcare and preventative care. These books highlight people and communities Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on December 3, 2021
Access to Healthcare: A Reading List for Adults
We hope these selections serve to educate and encourage a dialogue around the biases and inequalities that affect access to healthcare and preventative care. These books highlight people and communities Read more...
Posted by Alex C. on December 3, 2021
Access to Healthcare: A Reading List for Teens
We hope these selections serve to educate and encourage a dialogue around the biases and inequalities that affect access to healthcare and preventative care. These books highlight people and communities Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on December 3, 2021
The Book of Lymph: Self-Care Practices to Enhance Immunity, Health, and Beauty
Lymphatic massage and self-care are important to creating a balanced, healthy life, and this book details how to achieve amazing results.
Posted by Adult Services on November 23, 2021
Baby Medical School: Vaccines
You may be surprised to see a child’s board book explaining terms such as antigen, antibody, immune system, and herd immunity. Vaccines, a Baby Medical School book, does just that. Read more...
Posted by Adrian L. on March 18, 2021
Disability & Neurodiversity: A Reading List for Children and Families
We hope these selections serve to educate, entertain, amplify disabled voices, and encourage a dialogue on topics of disability and neurodiversity.
Posted by Book Rex on December 21, 2020
Loyal: 38 Inspiring Tales by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh
Trustworthy. Compassionate. Brave. Unrelenting. These are the words which describe the four-footed helpers in the book Loyal: 38 Inspiring Tales of Bravery, Heroism, and the Devotion of Dogs by Rebecca Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on March 22, 2020
Beauty and the Beak
A terrific family read-aloud, Beauty and the Beak is more than a true animal tale - it's a story of science, and what can happen when dedicated people work together Read more...
Posted by Kristi M. on October 5, 2019
The Big Book of 30-Day Challenges
Wouldnât it be wonderful to improve your life across a spectrum of personal levels in just one month â where you can prioritize the changes to fit your schedule? Rosanna Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on July 24, 2018
I Want to Be a Doctor
This is a simple story that packs in a lot of information with illustrations that depict refreshingly diverse supporting and background characters.
Posted by Adrian L. on June 16, 2018
How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind is a methodical, straight-laced dive into psychedelic research without the âcounterculture baggageâ. In his newest book, Michael Pollan takes a historical and experiential approach to Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on June 12, 2018
Humpty’s Fall
Doctor Glenda and Nurse Percy are on duty at City Hospital when the Pengamedics bring Humpty in on a stretcher. Doctor Glenda works quickly and inventively to stop too much Read more...
Posted by Adrian L. on December 14, 2017
The Womenâs Health Big Book of Smoothies & Soups
This colorful 100+ recipe cookbook edited by Womenâs Health is well laid out with plentiful images of appetizingly arranged recipes in front of fun and trendy backdrops. There is a Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on July 29, 2017
Ordinarily Well
Are antidepressants important, lifesaving drugs or nothing more than puffed up placebos? If you're curious to dig into the science behind this question, Ordinarily Well provides a methodical, accessible defense Read more...
Posted by Kerry B. on September 8, 2016
Infectious Madness
Harriet Washingtonâs latest book is a fascinating jaunt through current and historical research into the infectious origins of mental illness. From the link between schizophrenia and Toxoplasma gondii (a parasite Read more...
Posted by Kerry B. on October 29, 2015