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A prominent surgeon argues against modern medical practices that extend life at the expense of quality of life while isolating the dying, outlining suggestions for freer, more fulfilling approaches to death that enable more dignified and comfortable choices.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the adaptive significance of bird behavior. A lifetime spent in ornithological research and old-fashioned bird-watching has convinced the author that "we have consistently underestimated what goes on in a bird's head." He describes how using the latest available tools, neurobiologists have uncovered new aspects of bird perception--e.g., the fact that female birds that see in the ultraviolet range chose mates on the basis of characteristics...
23) My lungs
Author
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A girl named Jasmine teaches a younger student at her school everything she has learned about lungs and the respiratory system while researching them for her booth at her school's Health Fair"--
Series
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Eighth Edition.
Language
English
Description
Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.
25) Power up
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of the relationship between the human body and all the energy that it takes to make it go"--
26) My muscles
Author
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A boy named Lucas has injured his calf muscle in PE class. Lucas and his classmate Mia discuss the body's muscles"--
27) Puke and poo
Author
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learn about constipation, burping, and puking.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, Bohannon covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex. Eve is not just a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Bohannon's findings, including everything...
30) My stomach
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus Illustrated
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Tim and insists on telling his sister Grace all about the digestive system while their father is sick with a stomachache"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"What Makes Your Body Work? explains the inner workings of some of the body's major organs and systems. Readers can perform fun easy experiments that will help them measure their own lung volume or understand why the brain can decipher ltteers in the wrnog oredr in a wrod. Entertaining illustrations and explanatory diagrams give details that help reveal what really makes the body work."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Raintree
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Find out all about the human body, including the millions of bacteria that live in and on us and help our body function healthily, our digestive system, bones and muscles, blood and heart, lungs and breathing, the size of our brain, and the number of hairs on our head."--
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
2nd edition, enhanced and updated.
Language
English
Description
"Understand the human body as never before, from the smallest components of a cell to complex body systems. Explore human anatomy in incredible detail and clarity through virtually life-size 3-D illustrations and scans. Discover how the body works, how it changes from infancy to old age, and what can go wrong and why"--Page [4] of cover.
38) Body basics
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explains how the many different and complex elerments of the human body work together.
Author
Publisher
QEB Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Discusses body changes that happen to boys during puberty, such as acne, body hair, body odor, mood swings, crushes, and more, and gives suggestions to teen boys for taking care of their hygiene and keeping good relationships"--Provided by publisher.
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