Biography: science, technology and medicine Books
Princeton University Press Einstein in Bohemia
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Meticulous in scholarship and erudite in tone . . . [Einstein in Bohemia] will doubtless become an essential reference for anyone researching what has usually been seen as a minor chapter in Einstein’s life."---Andrew Crumey, Wall Street Journal"Einstein in Bohemia is as much a series of essays on historical method and memory as it is a biography that uses Einsteinian ideas about perspective and spacetime to riff about the relationship between past and present, space and place. It’s also very much a book about Prague. It works in movements, looking backward and forward from Einstein’s Bohemian interlude to explore issues of biography, physics, Czech and German nationalism, the philosophy of science, literature, Jewishness, and public monuments. It is best savored in chunks, to better indulge in moments of reflection."---Audra J. Wolfe, Los Angeles Review of Books"His original and illuminating study . . . is a fascinating mix of urban and scientific history, and a genuinely original contribution to Einstein studies that explores both the effect of the city on the scientist and the lasting impact Einstein’s presence had on the cultural and scientific life of Prague itself."---P. D. Smith, Times Literary Supplement"Gordin explores unknown connections and forgotten biographies with impressive scholarly meticulousness and fervor."---Tilman Sauer, Science"[Gordin] explodes the narrative out of what he calls the 'spacetime interval' of 1911–12 to follow a host of figures who were involved with Einstein in Prague, in some cases very tangentially. In so doing, he careers through the history of ideas as well as the political turmoil of Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) during most of the twentieth century, touching on physics, philosophy, nationhood, anti-Semitism and the rise of Prague as a centre of intellectual life."---Pedro Ferreira, Nature"A meticulously researched, accessible, and fascinating portrait of Einstein."---Glenn C. Altschuler, Jerusalem Post"Gordin's Einstein in Bohemia affords us a refreshingly different kind of perspective on Einstein in context. The book treats its location - Prague in 1911 and 1912 - not merely as a backdrop, but as an integral part of the drama."---Don Howard, Physics Today"[A] deeply researched, wide-ranging and original book."---Andrew Robinson, Physics World"I was gripped . . . this is such a delightful and unusual book."---Richard Joyner, Times Higher Education"Einstein in Bohemia is a methodological confection, carefully concocted from an unlikely pairing of the textures and flavors of two historical ingredients: Einstein and Prague."---M. Norton Wise, ISIS"[This] book paints a rich picture of a small part in Einstein's life that will be fascinating to anyone interested not only in the scientist but also his historical context." * Nature Astronomy *"Through extensive primary sources, Gordin explores the effect that Prague’s rich history infused into Einstein’s life, and the way that Einstein made his own significant mark on Bohemia’s story."---Alden Hunt, Princeton Alumni Weekly"Gordin handles the theme of ‘belonging’ with great nuance and understanding."---David Luhrssen, The Shepherd Express"In this deeply researched and documented study, Gordin treats this brief period in Einstein's life as a prism through which the physicist refracts a broad range of intellectual, personal, scientific, and religious topics. The author sees Einstein as a window to understand Prague, and vice-versa, and reveals, in elegant and engaging prose, stimulating insights into many larger issues."---P. W. Knoll, Choice"[Gordin] is a vivid writer who uses a biographical approach to bring the past and its people alive. . . . This account of [Einstein's] challenging interlude in Bohemia is at once informative, engaging, and enjoyable."---Simon Mitton, The Observatory"Einstein in Bohemia is a stunning book that should make one think differently about place, time, identity, and historical causation. It is provocative and methodologically fascinating – indeed, one could teach an entire graduate methods seminar just from the introduction. It is beautifully written from start to finish and is compelling on every page. This is a must-read for historians of science, or really historians in general – and anyone interested in what it means to be in a place, at a time, and how those affect who someone is."---Matthew Stanley, Annals of Science"Gordin’s book is refreshing, engaging, sucks you into Eastern Europe where all the magic happened in the 1910s."---Adam Tamas Tuboly, Review of History of Philosophy of Science Books"[A] fascinating volume on the undersung importance of the sixteen months Albert Einstein spent in Prague (the capital of Bohemia) as a professor of theoretical physics at the German University there from early April 1911 to late July 1912."---Naomi Pasachoff, Metascience
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Princeton University Press No Shadow of a Doubt
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the PROSE Award in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers""One of BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Best Astronomy and Space Books of 2019""One of Nature's Top Ten Books of 2019"
£15.29
Princeton University Press David Rittenhouse
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Emilie Du Ch226telet Rewriting Enlightenment
Book SynopsisIt is a measure of the breadth of her interests that the contributions to this volume come from experts in a wide range of disciplines: comparative literature, art history, the history of mathematics and science, philosophy, the history of publishing and translation studies.Trade Review'All the papers offer new insights on their subject [...] The value of this collection is that it provides the first overview of Du Châtelet’s œuvre as a whole, which will be a point of reference for future scholarship.'Eighteenth-Century FictionTable of ContentsList of illustrationsIntroduction: a scholarly conversation, 1967-2006Judith P. Zinsser and Julie Candler Hayes, Rereading W. H. BarberW. H. Barber, Mme Du Châtelet and Leibnizianism: the genesis of the Institutions de physiqueJudith P. Zinsser and Julie Candler Hayes, The marquise as philosopheI. Contemporary portraitsJohn R. Iverson, A female member of the Republic of Letters: Du Châtelet’s portrait in Bilder-Sal [...] berümhter SchrifftstellerMarie-Thérèse Inguenaud, La Grosse et le Monstre: histoire d’une haineRémy G. Saisselin, Portraiture and the ambiguity of beingII. Contributions to the Republic of LettersJ. Patrick Lee, Le Recueil de poésies: manuscrit de Mme Du ChâteletAdrienne Mason, 'L’air du climat et le goût du terroir’: translation as cultural capital in the writings of Mme Du ChâteletBertram Eugene Schwarzbach, Mme Du Châtelet’s Examens de la Bible and Voltaire’s La Bible enfin expliquéeFrançois Gauvin, Le cabinet de physique du château de Cirey et la philosophie naturelle de Mme Du Châtelet et de VoltairePaul Veatch Moriarty, The principle of sufficient reason in Du Châtelet’s InstitutionsAntoinette Emch-Dériaz and Gérard G. Emch, On Newton’s French translator: how faithful was Mme Du Châtelet?III. Self-portraitureBarbara Whitehead, The singularity of Mme Du Châtelet: an analysis of the Discours sur le bonheurRenaud Redien-Collot, Emilie Du Châtelet et les femmes: entre l’attitude prométhéenne et la pleine assomption du statut de minoritaireNanette LeCoat, 'Le génie de la sécheresse’: Mme Du Châtelet in the eyes of her Second Empire criticsSummariesBibliographyIndex
£98.30
SPCK Publishing So Many Everests
Book SynopsisThe amazing story of how one woman was determined to reach her full potential - despite the odds.Trade Review`This is easily the most moving book I have read.' -- Katherine Whitehorn, journalist and columnist
£9.49
American Society of Civil Engineers Circles in the Sky
Book SynopsisGeorge W G Ferris Jr and his wheel helped usher America - eager to identify itself with ingenuity, entrepreneurialism, and innovation - into the 20th century. Yet the very wheel that came to define George Ferris in the end consumed him, leaving him ruined. This book is a biography of George Ferris.
£34.81
Cornell University Press Collaborative Caring
Book SynopsisTaking an unusual approach to the topic of medical teamwork, this book gathers fifty engaging first-person narratives provided by people from various health care professions.Trade ReviewCollaborative Caring includes an examination of interprofessional practice, teamwork, and collaborative practice or collaborative caring. By using narratives and reflections that relate to real events in health care, this book discusses the contemporary concept of working together in teams. This publication is very relevant in the context of current health systems and is effective to stimulate reflection on action as individuals and teams work together toward common goals while at times taking a different approach. -- Susanne Murphy * Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy *
£20.89
Cornell University Press The Twoheaded Boy and Other Medical Marvels
Book SynopsisA successor to his popular book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of human development, the lives of the remarkable individuals concerned, and social reactions to their...Trade ReviewA sober, informative disquisition on the sundry forms that humanity can assume and endure. * Kirkus Reviews *As Bondeson looks at the cases of the so-called hog-faced women, dog-faced boys, and people with horns throughout history, he shows an acute sensitivity to the nuances of historical interpretation and for the humanity of those whose lives and conditions he chronicles. * Publishers Weekly *
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Papers of Thomas A. Edison
Book SynopsisIn March 1881, he moved to the Edison Electric Light Company's headquarters on Fifth Avenue and began the hard work of introducing the new electric light and power technology.Trade ReviewWhat is most extraordinary about the collection isn't necessarily what it reveals about Edison's inventions... It's the insight into the process. -- Chris Newmarker Associated Press Those interested in America's technological culture can eagerly look forward to the appearance of each volume of the Edison Papers. Technology and Culture 2005Table of ContentsCalendar of DocumentsList of Editorial HeadnotesPrefaceChronology of Thomas A. Edison, January 1879–March 1881Editorial Policy and User's GuideEditorial SymbolsList of Abbreviations1. January–March 1879 (Docs. 1652–1717)2. April–June 1879 (Docs. 1718–1767)3. July–September 1879 (Docs. 1768–1813)4. October–December 1879 (Docs. 1814–1874)5. January–March 1880 (Docs. 1875–1923)6. April–June 1880 (Docs. 1924–1949)7. July–September 1880 (Docs. 1950–1993)8. October–December 1880 (Docs. 1994–2041)9. January–March 1881 (Docs. 2042–2073)Appendix 1: Edison's Autobiographical NotesAppendix 2: Menlo Park Employees, 1879–1880Appendix 3: Edison Lamps (1879–1881) at the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield VillageAppendix 4: Edison's U.S. Patents, January 1879–March 1881BibliographyCreditsIndex
£77.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Louis Agassiz
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. The Formative Years 1807-18272. The Making of a Naturalist 1827-18323. From Switzerland to Boston 1832-18464. The American Welcome 1846-18505. Naturalist to America 1850-18576. Building a Museum 1857-18617. Agassiz, Darwin, and Transmutation 1859-18618. The Trials of a Public Man 1861-18669. The Past and the present 1866-1873Epilogue to the New Edition 1988NotesEssay on SourcesRcent SourcesIndex
£25.20
Johns Hopkins University Press Chesapeake Boyhood
Book SynopsisHis own drawings illustrate the stories, and they, too, win us over with their honesty and charm.Trade ReviewWhether you're a farmer, hunter, fisherman, environmentalist, or one who can take or leave nature, passages in Turner's book will make you smile, laugh, and want to cry... Episodes of his boyhood will remind you of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. His book is worthy of a place on the shelf with them. Virginian Pilot Storms, boat wrecks, childhood pranks and even old dogs are remembered with a sense of humor in Turner's book. He has captured the rhythms of country life in a time before fast cars, credit cards, and air pollution. Waterman's Gazette
£21.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Making Medicine Scientific
Book SynopsisRomano's detailed portrayal reveals a fascinating figure who embodied the untidy nature of the Victorian age's shift from an intellectual system rooted in religion to one based on science.Trade ReviewAn important and highly readable life of John Burdon Sanderson... [including an] exquisitely textured account of his projects... Romano's beautifully written biography deftly integrates Burdon Sanderson and his chosen intellectual milieu. -- E. A. Heaman Canadian Bulletin of Medical History A full-length study of this influential figure in British medical science has finally appeared... Libraries will surely want to add it to their holdings. -- L. Margaret Barnett, PhD Journal of the American Medical Association Romano has performed a brilliant service for medical historians... a useful entry in the canon of science and public health, this little book is an antidote to the hubris of recent claims of accomplishment. Choice 2003 Making Medicine Scientific is a carefully researched and written work... It enlares our view of the power-struggle for autonomy over medicine by both doctors at the bedside and scientists in the laboratory and extends the picture of the relationship between science and medicine in the late nineteenth century. -- Stephanie Snow Institute of Historical ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: From Evangelical to Medical Officer of Health ONE: Choosing Medicine TWO: Medical Officer of Health PART II: Making a Career in Medical Research THREE: Before the Germ Theory: The Cattle Plague of 1865-1866 and the State Support of Pathology FOUR: From Clinician-Researcher to Professional Physiologist: Making the Pulse Visible FIVE: Becoming a Research Pathologist: The Rise of Laboratory Medicine in Britain SIX: Focusing on Physiology: Capturing the Venus's-Flytrap's Electrical Activity PART II: The Medical Sciences: Critics and Allies SEVEN: Physicians, Anti vivisectionists, and the Failure of the Oxford School of Physiology EIGHT: A Corner Turned? Experimental Medicine in Late Victorian Britain List of Abbreviations Appendix: Researchers Associated with Burdon Sanderson in Britain Notes Index
£37.35
Johns Hopkins University Press What about Darwin
Book SynopsisThe quotations trace a broad conversation about Darwin across great distances of time and space, revealing his profound influence on the great thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Trade ReviewAn invaluable source book on the reactions of important thinkers to Darwin's ideas and to the man himself. In addition, [Glick] has created an entertaining volume that lends itself to browsing and to sparking unlikely connections. Choice 2010Table of ContentsPreface IntroductionChapter 1. AChapter 2. BChapter 3. CChapter 4. DChapter 5. EChapter 6. FChapter 7. GChapter 8. HChapter 9. IChapter 10.J Chapter 11. KChapter 12. LChapter 13. MChapter 14. NChapter 15. OChapter 16. PChapter 17. QChapter 18. RChapter 19. SChapter 20. TChapter 21. UChapter 22. VChapter 23. WChapter 24. XChapter 25. YChapter 26. ZIndex
£25.20
Louisiana State University Press George Washington Carver
Book SynopsisOffers a thorough biography of George Washington Carver, including in-depth details of his relationships with his friends, colleagues, and supporters. In pursuit of the man behind the historical figure, Christina Vella discovers an unassuming intellectual with a quirky sense of humour, striking eccentricities, and an unwavering religious faith.
£24.65
University of Pennsylvania Press Anna Zieglerin and the Lions Blood
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a major feat of historical revision for a subject that has too long been the object of mockery and scorn . . . Tara Nummedal's new microhistory demonstrates with scholarly acumen and stylistic élan just how wrong assumptions [about alchemy] are. In a dazzling work of cultural imagination, she eschews all the 'turning lead into gold' nonsense and quickly gets to the conceptual heart of who alchemists were, what they actually believed, and what roles they played in early modern society. Building on deep archival work and sophisticated argumentation, she fashions a truly engaging and revealing microhistory focused on the tragic story of one sixteenth-century practitioner, Anna Zieglerin."" * Preternature *"[A] gripping microhistory that situates alchemy within the histories of imperial politics, Reformation culture, Renaissance self-fashioning, courtly patronage, gender, the body, and sixteenth-century eschatology...With its intriguing storytelling, Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood is particularly attractive for scholars and students new to the complexities of early modern alchemy. Nummedal maintains a light touch, weaving discussions of sixteenth-century science, magic, religion, and imperial politics into what remains an enthralling tale throughout. She is to be commended for producing a book that does so much to highlight alchemy’s connections to a broad range of Reformation-era developments and that has a chance to bring its history to a wider audience." * Renaissance and Reformation *"Captivating and creative from the earliest pages...Nummedal has skillfully interwoven the history of science and religion, as well as political, social, gender, and court histories via an insightful look into the alchemical theories and practices of the age...[An] erudite and well-written study. Nummedal has produced a fun page-turner and the reader—whether a scholar of any aspect of early modern history or a general reader interested in good stories and good histories—will benefit from this wonderful presentation of alchemy and political intrigue in the courts of the Holy Roman Empire." * The Journal of Modern History *"In this masterful study, Tara Nummedal exposes a previously vilified figure of local German history to sympathetic new scrutiny and in the process, opens a window onto the fantastic worldview of her subject…By employing archival and manuscript evidence along with the older historiography, Nummedal manages to piece together the fascinating story." * American Historical Review *"In Alchemy and Authority, Nummedal made clear how alchemy was deeply integrated into early modern economics and court culture. In this latest effort, Nummedal has accomplished the same goal except on a vastly more ambitious scale, bringing the relevance of alchemy into the politics, religion, diplomacy, court culture, and gender roles of the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth century . . . Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood is a remarkable historiographical study . . . In short, Nummedal has contributed a stunning achievement that ideally will reach a wide and diverse audience far beyond historians of science." * Ambix *"[A]an entertaining book, with long stretches reading like a thriller…Anna Zieglerin lived her existence as an alchemist so authentically, was so dedicated body and soul to the matter that not only the substances but also she herself became a victim of the flames. The fact that she is now transmuted into a book and can live on in this way is a testament to Nummedal’s achievement." * Annals of Science *"Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood is perfect for historians and general readers alike. It is written in a vivid and accessible language, and by adopting a nonjudgmental style of reporting Nummedal decisively differs from her predecessors: she refuses to make value judgments about Anna's wondrous and outrageous claims and brand the alchemist a simple charlatan. Instead, she presents the story of a complex and tragic individual, who came up with a unique theory of heavenly alchemy." * Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft *"Drawing upon diverse sources, Nummedal situates Anna and her alchemy within the social contexts of gender, religion, and politics in Reformation Germany to weave an impressive historical narrative of a woman attempting to understand the natural world and her place within it...Nummedal succeeds in reframing Anna Zieglerin as a woman with agency who intentionally fashioned herself into a courtly alchemist within strict early modern European gender boundaries. Nummedal’s Anna is a lens through which the twentyfirst-century reader can view the history of alchemy and its relationship to Christianity, the body, and politics." * Isis *"Nummedal’s analysis offers particular insights into the history of women’s bodies, the intersections between natural knowledge and politics, and the relationship between self-fashioning and fantasy...The book is meticulously researched and displays the author’s talents for archival sleuthing (which were already known from her first book). Beyond this, it is eminently readable and takes what is strange, foreign, and ripe for misunderstanding, making it comprehensible and relatable." * Journal of the History of Medicine *"The book is superbly written and clearly contextualized, and thus easily accessible even to non-experts. However, more experienced scholars will also benefit from this elegant study. All in all, Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood adds considerably to our understanding of the complexity of sixteenth-century religiosity, which was easily able to accommodate alchemical practices...Because of the ways in which it considers the religious implications of alchemical practice, Nummedal’s study is a worthwhile read not only for historians of science but also for Church historians and religious scholars." * Renaissance Quarterly *"Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood is as gripping as a good novel yet so much more than merely an interesting yarn. Tara Nummedal is completely conversant with the milieu in which she locates her story and is very adept in fitting this episode into the broader narratives of sixteenth-century religion, science, and court life." * Philip Soergel, University of Maryland *"Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood is at once a story of one particular woman and a broader discourse on gender and the body, the history of alchemy, the central role of apocalyptic thinking in early modern Germany, and, most interestingly, the nature of historical truth. A remarkable story, expertly told." * Alisha Rankin, Tufts University *Table of ContentsCast of Characters A Note on Names Introduction. A Witch's Chair? Chapter 1. The Shadow of Gotha Chapter 2. The Road to Wolfenbüttel Chapter 3. Courting Julius and Hedwig Chapter 4. The Lion's Blood Chapter 5. A New Virgin Mary Chapter 6. Unraveling Chapter 7. Toad Poison and Other Fictions Conclusion. Afterlives Chronology of Events Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£45.00
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Darwins Man in Brazil
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£56.95
Rutgers University Press Prelude to Hospice Florence Wald Dying People and
Book SynopsisViewing death as a natural event, hospices seek to enable people to live as fully and painlessly as possible. Award-winning medical historian Emily Abel provides insight into several important issues surrounding the growth of hospice care. Using a unique set of records, this book expands our understanding of the history of US hospices.Trade Review"Emily Abel is one of the most respected, influential historians working on family care giving and now, more recently, death and dying." -- Patricia D'Antonio * director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing *"Emily Abel is a distinguished scholar of medicine, nursing, and caregiving. Her latest book, Prelude to Hospice, offers powerful testimony from patients at the moment when many realized that medical progress had limits, and that technology sometimes needs to give way to care. Her portrayal of Florence Wald shows her deep understanding of the changing role of nurses in the second half of the twentieth century. Anyone who wants to understand the origins of hospice in the United States, the challenges of caregiving, and the ways that today's dilemmas at the end of life were present at the origins of the palliative care movement should read her compelling new book." -- Carla C. Keirns, MD, PhD * historian and palliative care physician *"New Scholarly Books: Weekly Book List, June 8" by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Partly inspired by Cicely Saunders, [Florence Wald] knew there was a better way to care for the terminally ill and their families. But it was anything but an easy road. This book describes the personal, professional, institutional and societal hurdles she came up against." * IAHPC Newsletter/HospiceCare.com *"For those doing research on death and dying, this book is a must read; it provides a quick and easy-to-understand testimony from people experiencing hospice. Readers may gain inspiration on how to make death a more comfortable process for their patients, their families, or themselves." * Choice *"If you’re looking for a case study on a dysfunctional research and clinical team, hamstrung by hierarchy and hobbled by boundary violations, this book will leave your mouth ajar." * The Gerontologist *“Abel’s book is a timely portrayal of one of the founders of the modern hospice movement. In learning about Ms. Wald, it is our responsibility as the reader to take the good, learn from the bad, and continue to build upon and evolve Ms. Wald’s legacy to embrace suffering, loss, and hurt with compassion and empathy.” * Omega *"Emily Abel is one of the most respected, influential historians working on family care giving and now, more recently, death and dying." -- Patricia D'Antonio * director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing *"Emily Abel is a distinguished scholar of medicine, nursing, and caregiving. Her latest book, Prelude to Hospice, offers powerful testimony from patients at the moment when many realized that medical progress had limits, and that technology sometimes needs to give way to care. Her portrayal of Florence Wald shows her deep understanding of the changing role of nurses in the second half of the twentieth century. Anyone who wants to understand the origins of hospice in the United States, the challenges of caregiving, and the ways that today's dilemmas at the end of life were present at the origins of the palliative care movement should read her compelling new book." -- Carla C. Keirns, MD, PhD * historian and palliative care physician *"New Scholarly Books: Weekly Book List, June 8" by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Partly inspired by Cicely Saunders, [Florence Wald] knew there was a better way to care for the terminally ill and their families. But it was anything but an easy road. This book describes the personal, professional, institutional and societal hurdles she came up against." * IAHPC Newsletter/HospiceCare.com *"For those doing research on death and dying, this book is a must read; it provides a quick and easy-to-understand testimony from people experiencing hospice. Readers may gain inspiration on how to make death a more comfortable process for their patients, their families, or themselves." * Choice *"If you’re looking for a case study on a dysfunctional research and clinical team, hamstrung by hierarchy and hobbled by boundary violations, this book will leave your mouth ajar." * The Gerontologist *“Abel’s book is a timely portrayal of one of the founders of the modern hospice movement. In learning about Ms. Wald, it is our responsibility as the reader to take the good, learn from the bad, and continue to build upon and evolve Ms. Wald’s legacy to embrace suffering, loss, and hurt with compassion and empathy.” * Omega *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Setting the Stage 2 Doctor and Nurse 3 Caring across Cultures 4 Hope, Blame, and Acceptance 5 Making Sense of the Findings Conclusion Notes Index
£17.09
University of Arizona Press Desert Solitaire
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£32.21
University of Arizona Press Gerard P. Kuiper and the Rise of Modern Planetary
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University of Arizona Press Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch
£19.94
University of Minnesota Press Deep Woods Wild Waters
Book SynopsisThe author of Old Turtle and a longtime wilderness guide charts a journey through the wilds of nature and the twists and turns of daily lifeTrade Review"Inviting as a dip in a cool northern lake on a sizzling summer day, Deep Woods, Wild Waters is a true gift. Douglas Wood’s memoir conveys the haunting beauty of the Northwoods with a naturalist’s eye. He recounts his life as a guide, musician, and writer—boy, father, and grandfather—and beckons readers to step away from modern, fast-paced lives to slow down, breathe, and discover the cosmos in a grain of sand."—Mary Casanova, author of Ice-Out"I felt I was traveling right alongside Douglas Wood while reading his evocative life stories. The depth of his emotional honesty is powerful and gives us a peek into why he creates such fine work. This book is a treasure."—Jim Brandenburg, photographer and author"In Deep Woods, Wild Waters, Douglas Wood has written more than a beautiful memoir. With the eyes of an artist, the soul of a poet, and the easygoing humor of a backwoods guide, he takes us on a journey through our shared landscape of mind and spirit, pointing out some of the major landmarks and encouraging us to go out and explore."—David Backes, author of A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson"Deep Woods, Wild Waters is the most authentic and rich of Douglas Wood’s writings yet. It is as fluid as the water he paddles, as grand as the endless skyline he sees before him, and as poetic as the sound of the breeze in the pines and the symphony of the birds of a morning. Doug finds himself in this book. His images and stories urge you to find yourself in the only place it can truly be done—in nature. With Deep Woods, Wild Waters, Doug has, thus, risen to the pantheon of the great nature writers."—Don Shelby, explorer and veteran journalist "Douglas Wood has become much more than an outdoor writer, he has become an icon of the North Woods, and through his travels, paddles, books, and lectures he has moved thousands of people. He continues that tradition in this book. Like Sigurd Olson, he takes the reader along, he contemplates and shares, and in the end the knowledge belongs to the reader, and the desire to paddle, explore, and be outside is the true gift—the inspiration—of his writing."—Mike Link, author and former Director of the Audubon Center of the North Woods"While most of us are left speechless by gilded ripples on a moonswept lake, the mesmerizing call of the loon, or the crimson glow of embers, Douglas Wood has the words and weaves them well. He puts in poetic prose what we’ve all wanted to articulate during those magical moments of epiphany in the natural world. Doug refers to his as a ‘lucky life.’ We all share in that great fortune through this fine book. Many of us will resonate with Doug’s life reflections. Like him, my family heeded the siren call of the wilderness following an urban childhood graced by elders who engaged us with the natural world. And while that has meant a career of non-stop adventuring for me, Doug’s treks have been punctuated by reflective pauses that have now borne three dozen personally insightful books. This collection of his ‘landmarks’ covers a seasoned swath of childhood memories, northwoods tales, parenting anecdotes, and philosophical musings he’s gained around countless campfires."—Paul Schurke, polar explorer, author, and environmental educator"Douglas Wood's memoir is a classic. It's a book readers will want to return to again and again. There is a lovely flow and order to it all, but a reader can start at the beginning, the middle, or the end—the essays are that good. In fact, ‘The Stars of Sandfly’ alone is worth the purchase of the book."—Larry Dolphin, former Director of the J.C. Hormel Nature Center"This is a book meant to be read aloud – to be shared and enjoyed, like a campfire tale."—Great Lakes Echo"Many people are touched deeply while discovering the forest, streams, lakes, wildlife and plants that inhabit our North Woods. Very few, though, can take you there through words. Douglas Wood, musician and author, is one of the few."—Lake Superior Magazine"In Deep Woods, Wild Waters, Wood gathers a lifetime of aphorisms and lays them carefully like kindling to make sure that every anecdote sparks into epiphany."—Sierra Club"Our state can certainly be proud to be home to this master musician and storyteller."—Union-TimesTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionThe Little LakeEcho Island to Lost BayThe Secret ForestStreams of ConsciousnessThe Gospel of RocksTime WastedBack to the GardenInto a Smaller WorldThe Great Day That DawnsBackcastThe Tao of the CanoeTurtle StoriesA Poem of FlowersBy the FireThe Last Sleep-OutThe PromontoryThe Art of the Tale: The Cold Demise of Coffee Cup CharlieDistant ThunderHaunts of the ManitouThe Wild WindMarshes of DoubtSwinging the CoffeeThe QuestFinding the FawnGumptionThe Stick ThrowersThe ClubHunting for Something EtherealWhere Red Squirrels LiveChanging SkiesBase CampThe Landscape of TimeHello to LifeDownstreamThe Stars of SandflyThe Education of a GrandfatherAll One TripAfterword
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University of Minnesota Press A Love Affair with Birds
Book SynopsisTrade Review"For those of us who spend a lifetime helping preserve and encourage the conservation of birdlife, one of the greatest gifts we can receive is the chance to enter the ‘conservation time machine’ provided by books like Sue Leaf’s A Love Affair with Birds. It transports us back more than a hundred years to experience the diversity and abundance of the birdlife that once existed in Minnesota. It allows us to sense Roberts’s passion for birds, his detailed powers of observation, and his thoroughness in documenting his lifetime of bird observations."—Carrol Henderson, Nongame Wildlife Program supervisor, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources"Sue Leaf's engaging and carefully researched portrait of Thomas Sadler Roberts captures not just the man, but also the place and time in which his passions—medicine and ornithology—were born. Arriving in Minneapolis as a child when the city was young, Roberts over the course of a long, industrious life claimed an important place in Minnesota history that lives on in the book he wrote, The Birds of Minnesota, and the institution he founded, the Bell Museum of Natural History. Leaf tells Roberts's story with grace and empathy. A lively, important biography."—William Souder, author of Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America"A Love Affair With Birds, published by the University of Minnesota Press, traces the life of the Minneapolis physician who led birding expeditions, kept meticulous and now invaluable birding journals, and helped found the Bell Museum of Natural History."—Star Tribune"Minnesota’s importance to birds and birders cannot be overstated. More than 400 species have been recorded there. It’s a migratory pathway. And it’s the home of not just great hotspots but great advocates, like Carrol Henderson and our own Laura Erickson. That’s why this book is so relevant."—BirdWatching"In biographer Sue Leaf’s capable hands, we are drawn into Roberts’ long and worthy life, beginning with his family’s arrival in St. Paul in 1867. As a boy he was free to explore this edge-of-the-prairie region and its wildlife, and Leaf, herself a bird watcher, paints a vivid picture of what the area was like a century ago. Anyone with an interest in birds, Minnesota’s natural history and learning about the life of a singular doctor, author, curator, educator, conservationist and bird enthusiast will find this book a rare treat."—Star Tribune"Leaf’s recounting of this long life is a great read, especially for those of us who love history and the history of ornithology; the author’s tendency to wax poetic recalls the literary style of many of Roberts’s contemporaries."—American Birding Association Blog"An entertaining read that will engage anyone with an interest in our state’s history."—The Minnesota Historical Society Press"[Leaf] deserves warm plaudits for her careful scrutiny of mass of data, both ornithological and medical."—Canadian Field NaturalistTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Fledgling Start2. Acquiring an Eagle Eye3. The Young Naturalists’ Society4. College Boy5. A Gypsy Life6. The Medical Student7. A Family Man8. The Busy Physician9. The Empty Day10. A Florida Interlude11. The Associate Curator12. Gains and Losses13. Writing the Book14. Building Mr. Bell’s Museum15. The Cardinal HourEpilogueNotesIndex
£12.34
University of Pittsburgh Press A Pioneer of Connection
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University of Pittsburgh Press Medicine and Modernism A Biography of Henry Head Sci Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Book SynopsisAn in-depth study of the English neurologist and polymath Sir Henry Head (1861-1940). Head bridged the gap between science and the arts. He was a published poet who had close links with such figures as Thomas Hardy and Siegfried Sassoon. His research into the nervous system and the relationship between language and the brain broke new ground.Trade Review"Will captivate doctors, medical historians and anyone interested in the shift from Victorian to twentieth century." —Medical History|"Jacyna's seminal portrait of physiologist-turned-clinical-neurologist Henry Head reinvents medical biography and positions it at the cutting edge of several rejuvenated historiographies." —British Journal for the History of Science|"This is a thoughtful, critical—and oftentimes compassionate—view of an overlooked figure of the modernist period." —The British Society for Literature and Science|"Medicine and Modernism is as impressively polymathic as its subject . . . Jacyna is a consummate historian, faithful to the detail of Head's life that emerges from a rich archive of material, both published and unpublished." —Modernism-Modernity|"Jacyna has given us an accomplished, scholarly, and insightful account of an era." —Brain|"Jacyna is a highly regarded historian of medicine who . . . has written an eloquent and subtle biography of an individual and his milieu. It will be of interest to anyone seeking a window on to the world of medicine and the arts at the outset of the twentieth century." —Aphasiology
£42.75
University of Pittsburgh Press Nature From Within
Book SynopsisTranslated from German, this exhaustive exploration of Fechner's impact on philosophy and science is an invaluable historical text.Trade ReviewA brilliant book. . . . No historian of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German science and philosophy can afford to ignore it."" - British Journal for the History of Science
£45.95
Cornell University Press William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American
Book SynopsisWilliam Stimpson was at the forefront of the American natural history community in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Stimpson displayed an early affinity for the sea and natural history, and after completing an apprenticeship with famed naturalist Louis Agassiz, he became one of the first professionally trained naturalists in the United States. In 1852, twenty-year-old Stimpson was appointed naturalist of the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition, where he collected and classified hundreds of marine animals. Upon his return, he joined renowned naturalist Spencer F. Baird at the Smithsonian Institution to create its department of invertebrate zoology. He also founded and led the irreverent and fun-loving Megatherium Club, which included many notable naturalists. In 1865, Stimpson focused on turning the Chicago Academy of Sciences into one of the largest and most important museums in the country. Tragically, the museum was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 187Trade Review"This is an excellent study of a neglected figure in natural history. Stimpson worked alongside some of the scientific giants of his time and was affiliated with some of the most prestigious scientific institutions this country has developed." --Joel Greenberg, author of A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction "There are very few works about mid-nineteenth century US natural history. Vasile has done an impressive job recreating Stimpson's contributions by combing through archives, thus reconstructing admirably much of Stimpson's career. The author's careful argument clearly illustrates the centrality of this important observer of the natural world." --Keith R. Benson, coeditor of The Expansion of American Biology
£22.39
University of Iowa Press James Van Allen The First Eight Billion Miles
Book SynopsisAstrophysicist and space pioneer James Van Allen (1914-2006) was among the principal scientific investigators for twenty-four space missions. This work blends space science drama, military agendas, cold war politics, and the events of Van Allen's lengthy career to create the biography of this highly influential physicist.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Charles Darwin
Book SynopsisThe definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism.Trade Review"A major voice in Darwinian scholarship … .Ruse excels. His writing style is clear, calm and non-technical. … This work would appeal to many non-specialist readers. Instead of preaching to the converted, Ruse appeals to the uncertain reader and shows the extent (and therefore the limits) of Darwinian thinking … .Ruse has certainly presented a notable work." (Metascience, July 2009) "This volume is written in a very accessible style. It would make an ideal textbook for a seminar on evolutionary biology attended by both biologists and philosophers." (The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 2009) "Ruse a professor of philosophy at Florida State University highlights the philosophical impact of Darwin’s work and legacy addressing many of the theological and ethical issues and implications that continue to fuel debate today." (San Diego Union Tribune, April 20, 2009) "Quite usefully and skillfully applied to addressing the vast role of Darwin's work in evolution as it applies to science, philosophy, and society. The book is … well written and engaging both in style and content. I very much like the author's approach in this work because his efforts serve as far more than just a recounting of Darwin's life … .I highly recommend this excellent account of Darwin and how his life his interests and his world all came to help focus a keen intellect on resolving one of the prime mysteries of science. This book would serve not only college audiences of science students but also those studying philosophy." (Science Books and Films, December 2008) "Ruse (Florida State) is an outstanding authority on Darwinism, a founder of modern evolutionary biology, and an important player in the evolution-creationism controversy. Ruse's new book is an authoritative, readable history of the philosophy of the theory of evolution as proposed by Darwin. Recommended." (CHOICE, October 2008) "Currently [Blackwell Great Minds] follows its outstanding way with the present edition of Charles Darwin by Michael Ruse … .Ruse is an important figure in the Evolutionary Biology and Evolutionary Thought. With no doubt the book can be greeted as an outstanding work on the study and reading of Darwin in [an] enriching framework." (Metapsychology) "Michael Ruse needs no introduction to anyone who has read about the philosophy of biology or the controversies surrounding Darwinism over the past three-and-a-half decades. ... Various strands of Ruse's study and thought are brought together here in a single, updated, moderate-length volume that addresses general, serious-minded readers, as well as students, who wish an introductory overview of Ruse's understanding of Darwinism." (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)Table of ContentsList of Figures. Preface. 1. Charles Darwin. 2. On the Origin of Species. 3. One Long Argument. 4. Neo-Darwinism. 5. The Consilience: One. 6. The Consilience: Two. 7. Humans. 8. Knowledge. 9. Morality. 10. Religious Belief. 11. The Origins of Religion. 12. The Darwinian Revolution. Bibliography. Index
£74.66
Johns Hopkins University Press The Papers of Thomas A Edison New Beginnings
Book SynopsisIllustrated with hundreds of Edison's drawings, these documents are further illuminated by meticulous research on a wide range of sources, including the most recently digitized newspapers and journals of the day.Trade ReviewFor those who want to delve deeply into Edison's life and business dealings, this is another essential key to the puzzle. The Antique PhonographTable of ContentsCalendar of DocumentsList of Editorial HeadnotesList of MapsPrefaceChronology of Thomas A. Edison, January 1885-December 1887Editorial Policy and User's GuideEditorial SymbolsList of Abbreviations1. January-June 18852. July-December 18853. January-April 18864. May-September 18865. October-December 18866. January-May 18877. June-September 18878. october-December 1887Appendix 1. Edison's Autobiographical NotesAppendix 2. Edison's Patent Applications, 1885-1887BibliographyCreditsIndex
£82.45
Johns Hopkins University Press The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi Mathematician
Book SynopsisThe fascinating true story of mathematician Maria Agnesi. She is best known for her curve, the witch of Agnesi, which appears in almost all high school and undergraduate math books. She was a child prodigy who frequented the salon circuit, discussing mathematics, philosophy, history, and music in multiple languages. She wrote one of the first vernacular textbooks on calculus and was appointed chair of mathematics at the university in Bologna. In later years, however, she became a prominent figure within the Catholic Enlightenment, gave up academics, and devoted herself to the poor, the sick, the hungry, and the homeless. Indeed, the life of Maria Agnesi reveals a complex and enigmatic figureone of the most fascinating characters in the history of mathematics. Using newly discovered archival documents, Massimo Mazzotti reconstructs the wide spectrum of Agnesi's social experience and examines her relationships to various traditionsreligious, political, social, and mathematical. This meTrade ReviewMazzotti's text is many things: well written, historically detailed, and descriptive. What stands out is his depiction of Maria Gaetana Agnesi as humble, kind, and mathematically talented.—ConvergenceA welcome contribution to both an understanding of Maria Agnesi and life in the 1700s.—ChoiceA nuanced and well-documented historical narrative that restores to us a key personage in eighteenth-century science and spirituality, combining cultural and political history with the history of the family.—Catholic Historical ReviewMazzotti's book succeeds admirably in pushing beyond this summary judgment—the same that judges her curve 'insignificant'—to find in Agnesi's approach to mathematics a way to open a whole world of eighteenthcentury life and thought that supported her choices.—IsisMazzotti’s account of the rise and fall of a relatively non-gendered intellectual environment in the early eighteenth century thus sheds light on a rare instance in which the Catholic Church actually advocated women’s equality. The strangeness of that phenomenon alone renders his work an interesting addition to the history of science.—British Journal for the History of ScienceThis book is both a life and a times; it will have many readers.—American Historical ReviewMazzotti's treatment of her is by far the most sophisticated biography that we have of this fascinating woman . . . His book is a cultural history of mathematics at its best.—Historia MathematicaThe overall result is micro-history at its best, and a history of mathematics that is narrated, as it always should be, through the broader history of the people and places that made this particular science what it is.—The Mathematical IntelligencerTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Engaging in a Conversation2. Catholicisms3. Trees of Knowledge4. Choices5. A List of Books6. Calculus for the Believer7. A New Female MindEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Impatient Dr. Lange
Book SynopsisThe incredible story of Joep Lange's life and his unrelenting quest to end the HIV epidemic. When Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by pro-Russian rebels in July 2014, the world wondered if a cure for HIV had fallen from the sky and disappeared among the burning debris. Seated in the plane's business-class cabin was Joseph Lange, better known as Joep, a shrewd Dutch doctor who had revolutionized the world of HIV and AIDS and was working on a cure. Dr. Lange graduated from medical school in 1981, right as a new plague swept across the globe. His story became intertwined with the story of HIV. At once a physician, scientist, AIDS activist, and medical diplomat, Lange studied ways to battle HIV and prevent its spread from mother to child. Fighting the injustices of poverty, Lange advocated for better access to health care for the poor and the vulnerable. He championed the drug cocktail that finally helped rein in the disease and was a vocal proponent of prophylactic treatment Trade ReviewMore than just a biography, The Impatient Dr. Lange is a must-read for medical students and history buffs; it is also a sociopolitical overview of Europe and Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. The heartbreaking stories of HIV and AIDS patients across the globe, paired with Lange’s relentless drive, propel the narrative forward. Clear, concise, and thoroughly researched, this book shows how one person with ambition, compassion, hope, and the right resources can accomplish extraordinary things.—Aimee Jodoin, Foreword ReviewsEngrossing—Laurie Garrett, The LancetYasmin offers a vivid sense of Lange's complexity, his faults and virtues, and the people and the causes he loved . . . Readers interested in the history of HIV and AIDS or biographies of persons who played a significant role in global health will find this a fascinating read.—Library JournalTable of ContentsForeword How This Book Came to Be Chapter One. The End Chapter Two. Origin Stories Chapter Three. The Epidemic Chapter Four. Learn Your Enemy Chapter Five. Unusual Bureaucrat Chapter Six. Trials Chapter Seven. Denial Chapter Eight. A Is for Activist Chapter Nine. Money and Faith Chapter Ten. Cure Epilogue Acknowledgments Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Struggle for Public Health
Book SynopsisThe fascinating stories of public health innovators who overcame immense obstacles to improve the health of millions. In the nineteenth century, the scourge of deadly infectious diseases permanently receded for the first time in human history while longevity steadily improved. This progress was due in large part to advances in the public health field, including improved sanitation and cleaner water. Progress in health and longevity continued through the twentieth century, again thanks in part to public health advances in safer food, access to nursing care, an understanding of health disparities, reduced tobacco use, and a global network for vaccine distribution. In The Struggle for Public Health, Fred C. Pampel shares the stories of public health innovators who, over a period of 150 years, helped save lives and change the way we live. These engaging stories feature scientific discoveries, strong personalities, and new forms of social behavior. But these changes did not come without
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University of North Carolina Press A Mothers Work
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University of Texas Press Donald Seldin
Book SynopsisThe inspiring biography of Donald Seldin, the physician, scientist, and academic leader who transformed the ramshackle Southwestern Medical College into a powerhouse of scientific research and patient care.Trade ReviewA splendid biography of a man who became highly influential in medical education...Raymond Greenberg’s biography of Donald Seldin provides much evidence that the term 'maestro' in the book’s subtitle is well-deserved. * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Welcome to Big D 2. The Nickel Empire 3. Perfect Chemistry 4. War and Peace 5. A New Sheriff in Town 6. Talent Scout 7. Here’s a Dime 8. The Triple Threat 9. Lab Partners 10. The Road to Stockholm 11. A University Worthy of the Department of Medicine 12. A Society Man 13. Go Forth and Prosper 14. Moral Authority 15. Life Partners 16. Joie de Vivre 17. The Final Class Notes Index
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New York University Press A Body Undone
Book SynopsisA woman''s fight to reclaim her body after a paralysis-inducing cycling accidentIn the early evening on October 1, 2003, Christina Crosby was three miles into a seventeen mile bicycle ride, intent on reaching her goal of 1,000 miles for the riding season. She was a respected senior professor of English who had celebrated her fiftieth birthday a month before. As she crested a hill, she caught a branch in the spokes of her bicycle, which instantly pitched her to the pavement. Her chin took the full force of the blow, and her head snapped back. In that instant, she was paralyzed.In A Body, Undone, Crosby puts into words a broken body that seems beyond the reach of language and understanding. She writes about a body shot through with neurological pain, disoriented in time and space, incapacitated by paralysis and deadened sensation. To address this foreign body, she calls upon the readerly pleasures of narrative, critical feminist and queer thinking, and the concentraTrade ReviewA Body, Undoneis a memoir about surviving in the midst of community, reflecting on loss, the interminable nature of grief, and on the meaning of living on. Christina Crosby is a writer whose intellectually expansive reflection is simply awe-inspiring. With prose that can only be described as burning with lucidity and precision, she takes us through the aftermath of the accident and the gradual understanding of its implications for her physical and psychic life. An extraordinary and luminous book. -- Judith Butler,author of Precarious LifeChristina Crosby insists on the challenge of living on after great pain and loss and shows us what it is like to begin this altered life in ones middle years. Tender, fierce, and eloquent, A Body, Undone is a necessary, even life-altering book. -- Laura S. Levitt,author of American Jewish Loss after the HolocaustChristina Crosby has written a frank and lyrical memoir describing her traumatic experience of becoming quadriplegic and offering profound reflections on the role of the body in identity, on the humbling experiences of being cared for, on privilege and class in caregiving, and on loss of control. Crosbys eloquence and brutal honesty make this a stunning and harrowing account of the experience of human loss. * Resources for Gender and Women's Studies: A Feminist Review *Crosbys powers of articulation, her ethical convictions, her deep knowledge of politics, literature, and culture, her queer commitments, and her dedication to using language to convey the farthest limits of embodied experience combine to makeA Body, Undonea transformational read, one that underscores the basic facts of our interdependence, precarity, and capacity to sustain each other. * Vela Magazine *[I]nher surgically incisive descriptions of how it feels to live in her ravaged body and to redefine herself within extreme new limits, Crosby resists both self-pity and the too-easy narrative of hardship overcome. Instead, she asks readers to recognize how messy, precarious, and queer, in every sense of the word, life in a body can be. * TheNewYorker.com *Most memoirs about life with a disability 'almost always move toward a satisfying conclusion of lessons learned, Crosby writes. But Crosby knows that there are no satisfying conclusions when one lives 'a life beyond reason'--and that bit of wisdom alone is cause to read this elegant and harrowing book. * The Washington Post *Perhaps the most profound lesson of Crosby's book is how lonely pain is...[she] is not the person whose suffering can be made into a vessel for other people's metaphors. Her book's drama lies in trying to decode who she really is. * New Republic *[A Body, Undone]is fascinating and painful, humiliating and beautiful...There's no bitterness in these pages, no anger at the action that led to her injury. * Mediander.com *[S]harp and transformativeA Body, Undoneis about a calamitous accident, yes, but its also about the accident of all our lives, and the inevitable mortality that informs every one of our days. * Los Angeles Review of Books *Part grueling diary of living with chronic pain and part celebration of survival, this is a complicated understanding of what it means to change your definition of living while living through it. * Elle *conversations within feminist and Disability Studies classrooms and contribute to our collective effort to theorize relationality, embodiment, and interdependence. * Disability Studies Quarterly *In its intellectual generosity, its frankness, and its dexterous deployment of the resources of scholarship toward the ends of life writing,A Body, Undonerecalls other invaluable memoirs of illness and disability by feminist academics like Susan GubarsMemoir of a Debulked Womanand Eve Kosofsky SedgwicksA Dialogue on Love, though unlike those antecedents Crosby engages explicitly with the now-robust field of disability studies. * Feministing.com *Crosby discusses her reality with a candor that must be experienced to be believed. And the reader is left to face the truth that one's embodiment and the world that goes with it) can change utterly and forever, in a heartbeat. * Inside Higher Ed. *Our sense of ourselves cannot exist outside our bodies. As such, Crosby's act of writing the body is a powerful act of self-preservation. * Inside Higher Ed. *Crosby weaves poetry and literary references into her her story in an attempt to find meaning in her life. Her poignant, well-written, and thoughtful memoir will be of interest to scholars in feminist, gay, and disability studies. * Journal of American Culture *
£58.00
New York University Press A Body Undone
Book SynopsisA woman''s fight to reclaim her body after a paralysis-inducing cycling accidentIn the early evening on October 1, 2003, Christina Crosby was three miles into a seventeen mile bicycle ride, intent on reaching her goal of 1,000 miles for the riding season. She was a respected senior professor of English who had celebrated her fiftieth birthday a month before. As she crested a hill, she caught a branch in the spokes of her bicycle, which instantly pitched her to the pavement. Her chin took the full force of the blow, and her head snapped back. In that instant, she was paralyzed.In A Body, Undone, Crosby puts into words a broken body that seems beyond the reach of language and understanding. She writes about a body shot through with neurological pain, disoriented in time and space, incapacitated by paralysis and deadened sensation. To address this foreign body, she calls upon the readerly pleasures of narrative, critical feminist and queer thinking, and the concentraTrade ReviewA Body, Undoneis a memoir about surviving in the midst of community, reflecting on loss, the interminable nature of grief, and on the meaning of living on. Christina Crosby is a writer whose intellectually expansive reflection is simply awe-inspiring. With prose that can only be described as burning with lucidity and precision, she takes us through the aftermath of the accident and the gradual understanding of its implications for her physical and psychic life. An extraordinary and luminous book. -- Judith Butler,author of Precarious LifeChristina Crosby insists on the challenge of living on after great pain and loss and shows us what it is like to begin this altered life in ones middle years. Tender, fierce, and eloquent, A Body, Undone is a necessary, even life-altering book. -- Laura S. Levitt,author of American Jewish Loss after the HolocaustChristina Crosby has written a frank and lyrical memoir describing her traumatic experience of becoming quadriplegic and offering profound reflections on the role of the body in identity, on the humbling experiences of being cared for, on privilege and class in caregiving, and on loss of control. Crosbys eloquence and brutal honesty make this a stunning and harrowing account of the experience of human loss. * Resources for Gender and Women's Studies: A Feminist Review *Crosbys powers of articulation, her ethical convictions, her deep knowledge of politics, literature, and culture, her queer commitments, and her dedication to using language to convey the farthest limits of embodied experience combine to makeA Body, Undonea transformational read, one that underscores the basic facts of our interdependence, precarity, and capacity to sustain each other. * Vela Magazine *[I]nher surgically incisive descriptions of how it feels to live in her ravaged body and to redefine herself within extreme new limits, Crosby resists both self-pity and the too-easy narrative of hardship overcome. Instead, she asks readers to recognize how messy, precarious, and queer, in every sense of the word, life in a body can be. * TheNewYorker.com *Most memoirs about life with a disability 'almost always move toward a satisfying conclusion of lessons learned, Crosby writes. But Crosby knows that there are no satisfying conclusions when one lives 'a life beyond reason'--and that bit of wisdom alone is cause to read this elegant and harrowing book. * The Washington Post *Perhaps the most profound lesson of Crosby's book is how lonely pain is...[she] is not the person whose suffering can be made into a vessel for other people's metaphors. Her book's drama lies in trying to decode who she really is. * New Republic *[A Body, Undone]is fascinating and painful, humiliating and beautiful...There's no bitterness in these pages, no anger at the action that led to her injury. * Mediander.com *[S]harp and transformativeA Body, Undoneis about a calamitous accident, yes, but its also about the accident of all our lives, and the inevitable mortality that informs every one of our days. * Los Angeles Review of Books *Part grueling diary of living with chronic pain and part celebration of survival, this is a complicated understanding of what it means to change your definition of living while living through it. * Elle *conversations within feminist and Disability Studies classrooms and contribute to our collective effort to theorize relationality, embodiment, and interdependence. * Disability Studies Quarterly *In its intellectual generosity, its frankness, and its dexterous deployment of the resources of scholarship toward the ends of life writing,A Body, Undonerecalls other invaluable memoirs of illness and disability by feminist academics like Susan GubarsMemoir of a Debulked Womanand Eve Kosofsky SedgwicksA Dialogue on Love, though unlike those antecedents Crosby engages explicitly with the now-robust field of disability studies. * Feministing.com *Crosby discusses her reality with a candor that must be experienced to be believed. And the reader is left to face the truth that one's embodiment and the world that goes with it) can change utterly and forever, in a heartbeat. * Inside Higher Ed. *Our sense of ourselves cannot exist outside our bodies. As such, Crosby's act of writing the body is a powerful act of self-preservation. * Inside Higher Ed. *Crosby weaves poetry and literary references into her her story in an attempt to find meaning in her life. Her poignant, well-written, and thoughtful memoir will be of interest to scholars in feminist, gay, and disability studies. * Journal of American Culture *
£21.84
University of Nebraska Press Frontline Surgeon
Book SynopsisMark Derby focuses on Douglas Jolly's wartime surgical work in Spain, tracing his career after the Spanish Civil War through his distinguished service in World War II and into his civilian life as medical director of Britain's largest hospital for amputees.
£48.60
University of Nebraska Press Cast Out of Eden
Book SynopsisJohn Muir is widely and rightly lauded as the nature mystic who added wilderness to the United States’ vision of itself, largely through the system of national parks and wild areas his writings and public advocacy helped create. That vision, however, came at a cost: the conquest and dispossession of the tribal peoples who had inhabited and managed those same lands, in many cases for millennia. Muir argued for the preservation of wild sanctuaries that would offer spiritual enlightenment to the conquerors, not to the conquered Indigenous peoples who had once lived there. “Somehow,” he wrote, “they seemed to have no right place in the landscape.”Cast Out of Eden tells this neglected part of Muir’s story—from Lowland Scotland and the Wisconsin frontier to the Sierra Nevada’s granite heights and Alaska’s glacial fjords—and his take on the tribal nations he encountered and embrace of an ethos that forced those tri
£25.19
University of Nebraska Press Hospital and Haven
Book SynopsisHospital and Haven tells the story of an Episcopal missionary couple who lived their entire married life, from 1910 to 1938, among the Gwich’in peoples of northern Alaska, devoting themselves to the peoples’ physical, social, and spiritual well-being. The era was marked by great social disruption within Alaska Native communities and high disease and death rates, owing to the influx of non-Natives in the region, inadequate sanitation and hygiene, minimal law enforcement, and insufficient government funding for Alaska Native health care. Hospital and Haven reveals the sometimes contentious yet promising relationship between missionaries, Alaska Natives, other migrants, and Progressive Era medicine. St. Stephen’s Mission stood at the center of community life and formed a bulwark against the forces that threatened the Native peoples’ lifeways and lives. Dr. Grafton (Happy or Hap) Burke directed the Hudson Stuck Memorial Hospital, the only hTrade Review"This is a book that will appeal not only to scholars of Alaska and the American West but also to those who seek a greater understanding of the role Christian missionaries played in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America. It is a strikingly balanced consideration of missionary work and successfully elevates Hap and Clara Burke to a central location in the history of Alaska’s territorial days."—Ian C. Hartman, H-Sci-Med-Tech“With an abundance of letters, diaries, and photographs at their disposal, the authors of this important book present the reader with an almost day-by-day account of life in Fort Yukon in the early 1900s. The detail is rich beyond measure, and the voices of the Native residents of the Yukon Flats sing throughout.”—Ross Coen, editor of Alaska History“The authors have researched and assembled an accurate and compelling narrative of the time in Alaskan history when the cultural and health-related consequences of Alaska Natives’ contact with Western culture were most significant and severe. In their dedication to meeting the challenges of managing a hospital in remote Alaska and providing compassionate and culturally sensitive medical care to the Native peoples of the Upper Yukon Valley, Grafton and Clara Burke set a high standard for those of us who followed.”—Peter Marshall, MD, chief medical officer of Indian Health Service Interior Alaska Service Unit, 1980–85; physician preceptor of the Fort Yukon Clinic, 1980–85“Mary Ehrlander and Hild Peters masterfully tell the story of the service and sacrifice of a powerhouse medical missionary couple in the early 1900s. The Burkes served our Indigenous people of the interior, providing medical care, a home for orphans, and spiritual guidance under the constant stress of inadequate funding and epidemics, floods, famines, fire, a pandemic, and emergencies one after the other. They never gave up.”—Darlene Taylor Bishop, retired teacher, Koyukon Dena’ (Rampart), Alaska“The Burkes’ life serving the Episcopal church in Alaska is witness to a mission of genuine love for the life, health, spirit, and beauty of Native Alaskans. Hospital and Haven is a story of love’s power to bind people together, not just as individuals but as a community. As important, it is a story of love’s power to seek justice and respect for the dignity of all God’s children—the church’s baptismal vocation to stand firm against the powers of racism, bigotry, and exploitation. Mary Ehrlander and Hild Peters have told this story beautifully and richly. Grafton and Clara Burke came to serve and love God’s people whose home was and is this land. Their example has been imprinted on this diocese. It should likewise be imprinted on the whole church.”—Mark Lattime, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska“Hospital and Haven describes well the life of a physician and teacher who gave their all to provide care to a community they loved. The scope of medicine involves trauma, malnutrition, infectious disease, emotional illness, poverty, substance abuse, and chronic disease. Situations described in the book ring familiar to medical issues we currently address in the world: tuberculosis, access to care, affordable care, quality care, scope of practice, staffing, leadership, and burnout.”—Jean Tsigonis, MD, MPH“Hospital and Haven is the story of the hardships Clara May Heintz Burke and medical missionary Dr. Grafton (Hap) Burke faced, the amazing work they did saving lives, raising orphans, and trying to ensure that the rules of law were upheld. The impact of their work is measured in lives saved and lives nurtured to maturity, a legacy reflected in those who still recall their gratitude to the Burkes.”—William Schneider, professor emeritus of library science, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks“Grafton and Clara Burke are treasures in Alaska history. Their dedication and perseverance to meet critical needs of Alaska’s Indigenous population were nothing short of heroic. Mary Ehrlander and Hild Peters provide an entertaining glimpse into the Burkes’ thirty years of service while also introducing us to colorful characters waging their own battles to survive the challenges of the rugged Arctic environment.”—Bill Gordon, a lifelong Alaskan who has served at the highest levels in business and government and son of Alaska’s Flying Bishop, William Gordon“The Burkes made such a lasting impression on my home community of Fort Yukon and, three generations later, on my own life. Hospital and Haven is an enjoyable reading of their familiar story and their impact.”—Grete Bergman, Fairbanks and Fort Yukon, great-granddaughter of the Rev. William Loola“Ehrlander and Peter’s book is a well-researched and refreshing read as we live amid discord based on politics, economics, religion, ethnicity, and social beliefs. Dr. Grafton and Clara Burke chose to live with the Gwich’in people in Alaska for over twenty-five years in the early 1900s. The people stole the couple’s hearts. Hap and Clara desired to teach the English language, medicine, and ‘American’ and Christian beliefs. This became a two-way street. The Burkes were inspired by and learned from the Native people they respected and loved.”—Nancy Cook Hanson, retired director of Catholic Schools of FairbanksTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Early Life and Arrival in Alaska, 1907–8 2. Fort Yukon, Courtship, and Marriage, 1908–10 3. Settling into Married Life at Fort Yukon, 1910–12 4. Hap’s Term as Commissioner, 1912–14 5. Opening St. Stephen’s Hospital and Closing a Chapter, 1916–21 6. Deepening Resolve amid Increased Responsibilities and Challenges, 1921–25 7. St. Stephen’s Mission Work Expands as Support Declines Nationally, 1926–30 8. Struggling Yet Expanding during the Depression Years, 1930–35 9. The End of an Era, 1936–38 Epilogue Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press The Comstocks of CornellThe Definitive
Book SynopsisThe Comstocks of Cornell is the autobiography written by the naturalist educator Anna Botsford Comstock about her life and that of her husband, the entomologist John Henry Comstockboth prominent figures in the scientific community and in Cornell University history. A first edition was published in 1953, but it omitted key Cornellians, historical anecdotes, and personal insights. In this twenty-first-century edition, Karen Penders St. Clair restores the author''s voice by reconstructing the entire manuscript as Anna Comstock wrote itand thereby preserves Comstock''s memories of the personal and professional lives of the couple as she originally intended. The book includes an epilogue documenting the Comstocks'' last years and fills in gaps from the 1953 edition. Described as serious legacy work, this book is an essential part of the history of both Cornell University and its press.Trade ReviewCurrently an independent scholar based in Rochester, New York, St. Clair hopes the upcoming volume will give readers a better sense of what Anna was truly like, beyond the familiar tropes of her status as Cornell's first female professor, a leading scientific illustrator, and an early advocate of nature education. * Cornell Alumni Magazine *Table of Contents1. The Boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849-1865 2. A Sailor and a Scholar 3. Undergraduate Days at Cornell, 1870-1874 4. Anna Botsford-Childhood and Girlhood 5. A University Professorship and Marriage, 1876-1879 6. Entomologist to U.S. Department of Agriculture (Life in Washington as United States Entomologist, 1879-1881) 7. Return to Cornell 8. The Year 1888-1889; With a Winter in Germany 9. California and Stanford University 10. The Nature Study Movement at Cornell University; A Journey South to Study Spiders 11. "How to Know Butterflies" and the "Confessions to a Heathen Idol" 12. A Sabbatical Year Abroad-Egypt and Greece 13. Italy, Switzerland, and Home 14. Chapter 15: 1908-1912, Cornell's New Quarters for Entomology and Nature Study 15. The Two hundred and Fiftieth-anniversary Celebration of the Royal Society and The International Entomological Congress 16. The 65th Milestone and Retirement 17. Florida and Retirement 18. The Toronto Meeting of the A.A.A.S. 1922. A surprising election and voyage westward. 19. Honolulu and Happiness, A Voyage to Europe 20. Mentone Editor's Epilogue
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Cornell University Press Louis Agassiz as a Teacher
Book SynopsisBy a succession of living pictures, as it were, this book shows the eminent naturalist in the very act of teaching. Sometimes he himself speaks, sometimes distinguished pupils of his reveal in their own words the process by which they were led to nature through direct and independent observation. The enthusiasm of their accounts is contagious.This collection of illustrative extracts on the ideals and practice of Louis Agassiz is probably unique in giving the actual methods of a great man of science in developing good students who could, in their turn, wisely instruct others. The book should be in the hands of all teachers, and of those who are preparing to teach.Trade ReviewThis is a little book that every teacher, not only of Nature and Science, but any subject, would do well to read. * Nature Magazine *
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Cornell University Press Kidney to Share
Book SynopsisIn Kidney to Share, Martha Gershun tells the story of her decision to donate a kidney to a stranger. She takes readers through the complex process by which such donors are vetted to ensure that they are physically and psychologically fit to take the risk of a major operation. John D. Lantos, a physician and bioethicist, places Gershun''s story in the larger context of the history of kidney transplantation and the ethical controversies that surround living donors. Together, they help readers understand the discoveries that made transplantation relatively safe and effective as well as the legal, ethical, and economic policies that make it feasible. Gershun and Lantos explore the steps involved in recovering and allocating organs. They analyze the differences that arise depending on whether the organ comes from a living donor or one who has died. They observe the expertiseand the shortcomingsof doctors, nurses, and other professionals and describe theTrade ReviewKidney to Share provides an account of organ donation that is both personal and analytical. The combination of perspectives leads to a profound and compelling exploration of a largely opaque practice. [The authors] pull back the curtain to offer readers a more transparent view of the fascinating world of organ donation. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Why Not Me? 2. The Arcane Process of Screening Living Donors 3. Meeting "My" Recipient 4. Do I Own My Organs? 5. Evaluation at Mayo 6. Are "Stranger Donors" Irrational? 7. What Are the Risks? 8. Unnecessary Bureaucratic Barriers or Appropriate Patient Protection? 9. The Endgame 10. Paired Exchanges, Chain Donations, and Organ Markets 11. The Odyssey Continues 12. Complexities of Increasing Organ Supply 13. Going Public, Moving Forward 14. The Countdown Begins 15. Ethics, Organ Markets, and Dry Ice 16. Staying Healthy 17. First Attempt 18. Second Attempt 19. Follow-Up 20. Lessons Learned Epilogue
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University of Minnesota Press Minnesota's Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota Nonfiction The story of the scientist who first mapped Minnesota’s geology, set against the backdrop of early scientific inquiry in the state At twenty, Newton Horace Winchell declared, “I know nothing about rocks.” At twenty-five, he decided to make them his life’s work. As a young geologist tasked with heading the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey, Winchell (1839–1914) charted the prehistory of the region, its era of inland seas, its volcanic activity, and its several ice ages—laying the foundation for the monumental five-volume Geology of Minnesota. Tracing Winchell’s remarkable path from impoverished fifteen-year-old schoolteacher to a leading light of an emerging scientific field, Minnesota’s Geologist also recreates the heady early days of scientific inquiry in Minnesota, a time when one man’s determination and passion for learning could unlock the secrets of the state’s distant past and present landscape.Traveling by horse and cart, by sailboat and birchbark canoe, Winchell and his group surveyed rock outcrops, river valleys, basalt formations on Lake Superior, and the vast Red River Valley. He studied petrology at the Sorbonne in Paris, bringing cutting-edge knowledge to bear on the volcanic rocks of the Arrowhead region. As a founder of the American Geological Society and founding editor of American Geologist, the first journal for professional geologists, Winchell was the driving force behind scientific endeavor in early state history, serving as mentor to many young scientists and presiding over a household—the Winchell House, located on the University of Minnesota’s present-day mall—that was a nexus of intellectual ferment. His life story, told here for the first time, draws an intimate picture of this influential scientist, set against a backdrop of Minnesota’s geological complexity and splendor.Trade Review"Sue Leaf has done a great service for the people of Minnesota and beyond by telling the story of Newton Horace Winchell so thoughtfully and beautifully. Readers of Minnesota's Geologist will be rewarded with new insights into why the world around us functions as it does. This is a book that I've been hoping for."—Harvey Thorleifson, director, Minnesota Geological Survey"Minnesota’s Geologist is an engaging biography of a pioneering scientist and a vivid tour through Minnesota’s landscape. Sue Leaf weaves the geology and natural history of the state seamlessly through the narrative of Winchell’s life and boundless curiosity. The reader travels with Leaf, following Winchell’s steps through Minnesota and beyond."—Julie Bartley, Gustavus Adolphus College"A fascinating and delightful story of Newton Horace Winchell's personal and professional life, from a sixteen-year-old schoolteacher to the director of the Minnesota Geological Survey. Follow him throughout the state as he studies the varied geology of Minnesota. Sue Leaf conducted thorough research, and this book will be appreciated by everyone, not only geologists!"—Richard W. Ojakangas, professor emeritus, University of Minnesota Duluth"Imagine being hired to map Minnesota’s geology, by canoe, horse, or train—in just twenty years! Newton Horace Winchell embarked on this mission when both he and the field of geology were young, and Sue Leaf lets you tag along. She blows dust off of his annual reports, adds detail with letters and newspapers, and deftly places Winchell in American Progressive Era history and Minnesota in earth history."—Carrie Jennings, research and policy director, Freshwater Society"In Minnesota’s Geologist, Leaf expertly manages the volume of geology — neither technically overwhelming nor patronizing for the lay reader. She writes with grace, reverence and awe about the task Winchell faced: His work, she wrote, would tell the story 'of the immense forces of nature, of rocks and fire and ice and time — unimaginable expanses of time — that few in the young state had pondered.'"—Star Tribune"This well researched work explores [Newton Horace Winchell] life history and his many contributions to our knowledge of the state’s geologic attributes and our understanding of its native people."—Northern Wilds"Winchell at age 25 dedicated himself to geological scientific inquiry. His passionate and adventurous life story, told for the first time by environmental historian Sue Leaf, guides readers through the geologic history of the state."—Minnesota History Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Finding a Footing2. A Solid Foundation3. Metamorphosis4. Working Geologist5. Settling In6. Fracture7. Bedrock and Rivers8. The Winchells Broaden their Reach9. Rocks of Fire: The North Shore10. Portages: The Boundary Waters and Iron Ranges11. Back to the North Shore12. The Boom13. Field Work, Politics, Feminism, Romance14. Shaping a Science15. The American Geologist16. Terminal Moraine17. Americans in Paris18. Glacial Retreat19. The Archaeologist20. The Antiquity of ManEpilogueMen of the Minnesota Geological SurveyNotesIndex
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University of Minnesota Press A Wild Path
Book SynopsisA soul-satisfying journey through the wilderness that uncovers hope, healing, and the abiding grace of wild things A Wild Path is author Douglas Wood’s highly anticipated followup to the critically acclaimed memoir Deep Woods, Wild Waters. He again leads readers along a meditative path through a wilderness of many dimensions—from the lakes and islands of his beloved Canoe Country to rugged ocean coasts to a mountain chasm, from camping on the Canadian Shield to listening to the soft strains of Beethoven in the pines, and from the pain of childhood wounds to appreciation for a life rich with nature. As on every good journey, there is plenty of laughter, warmth, and humor on the trail. With the generosity and compassion of a good wilderness guide, Douglas Wood welcomes readers to accompany him as he navigates his life-path from struggling student and “worst reader in the class” to prolific writer and best-selling author. He offers courage and hope to those who feel different or left behind, and he shares how he found, through the counsel of rocks, trees, and waters, his own way toward joy and wonder and an unshakable sense of belonging. Exploring the meanings of myriad outdoor experiences, Wood seeks to understand the importance and existence of beauty, the emotional poignancy of a wilderness sunset, and the realization of dreams, while also honoring his outdoor and literary mentors, including Sigurd Olson and Aldo Leopold. Traveling across continents, over oceans, and through the landscape of time, A Wild Path ranges from solitary shorelines of introspection to peaks of triumph, finding rest and tranquility in a simple cup of jasmine tea, sipped by a campfire under the stars. Trade Review "There’s a world between these covers—a world of truth, grace, and beauty where gravity keeps your feet on the ground and levity lifts your spirit high. It’s a world of many dimensions: the challenge of the North Woods and the comfort of Beethoven in the pines, the glories of the night sky and the trustworthy wisdom of elders, the savvy to canoe the wilderness for weeks and the compassion to lift the spirits of children who weep because they are ‘different,’ all laced with the humor that is the spice of life. This world exists because Douglas Wood has the experience and the gifts required to bring it to life, giving his readers a chance to dwell in it for a while and return refreshed, even healed, to their own lives. That’s why I’ve been reading him for twenty years. Doug’s gifts are many, reaching beyond writing and illustrating to speaking, making music, and guiding wilderness expeditions. But what I value most about him is his artistry at being human, fully and simply human. I've returned to this book time and again to refresh my own humanity. I'd bet good money that you'll find yourself doing the same."—Parker J. Palmer, author of On the Brink of Everything, Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, and Healing the Heart of Democracy "The magic and awe of the natural world, childhood challenges and love of family, and the redemption of the wilderness are all shared by Douglas Wood in his new collection, A Wild Path. Doug writes with bravery and honesty about childhood traumas, learning difficulties, bouts with depression, and how the ‘therapy of wilderness’ brought peace, perspective, and feelings of self-worth. You’ll find yourself laughing, crying, and breathing in the forest air while reading Doug’s stories. You might even discover yourself in these essays, through the gentle, understanding, and insightful words of Douglas Wood."—Patsy Mogush, president, Listening Point Foundation "In his compelling collection of essays, A Wild Path, Douglas Wood provides an intimate and revealing portrait of his relationship with nature, and the family and friends who are part of his life’s journey. In a lifetime spent close to the natural world, he found the therapy of wilderness—what he calls the ‘psychology of green things’ and the ‘counseling of rocks.’ He was rescued through the process of loving—and learning to share his love of—wild places and wild things. Wood’s love of wild nature is expressed in every page and essay."—Chris Knopf, executive director, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness "Douglas Wood’s A Wild Path reaches deep into the heart—his, mine, and surely yours as well. His stories reflect the lives of our generation drawn to the woods and lakes of the North and toward a simpler life. They are stories of a life well-lived, told in such vivid detail they will give you pause to reflect on the stories and meanings of your own life."—Steve Piragis, co-owner, Piragis Northwoods Company "In A Wild Path, Douglas Wood captures the magic, wonder, and awe of experiencing the wilderness. This collection of essays is honest, authentic, and laugh-out-loud funny. A real treat."—Rebecca Otto, executive director, Ernest C. Oberholtzer Foundation "Ever the expert naturalist, guide, and storyteller, Douglas Wood alternates between captivating prose and lyrical poetry in A Wild Path. One moment Doug takes us on a strenuous paddle across big water and in the next, a gentle stroll under towering pines. Every essay connects, or reconnects, us with family and friends, flora and fauna, and all the beauties of this vast and vibrant world."—Buddy Huffaker, executive director, Aldo Leopold Foundation "Douglas Wood has always been able to express the magic in this world like no one else I know. He sees relationships between the grand and all-encompassing and the simplest of things. Every essay in this book, from raucous hilarity to serious contemplation—the ironies, the wisdom, the guffaws, and the tears from those beautiful places in Doug’s heart—seems a personal gift to me. I suspect that will be the case for all who read it."—Denny Olson, writer, teacher, actor, and naturalist "This is a great book. Through its stories Douglas Wood helps us perceive the worlds within and beyond the surfaces of Earth—and there, ‘in the company of trees,’ as he puts it, to discover health and hope."—Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and Our Wild Calling "As a writer, Douglas Wood is like John Burroughs in his vivid descriptions of the natural world. But in his delightful storytelling style and mastery of his craft, he is akin to Mark Twain."—Marlene Warren Ehresman, founder and executive director, Iowa Wildlife Center "This is a book filled with fun and fascinating tales, but it also contains lessons that, once learned, are as valuable outside the wilderness as within it. A Wild Path is far more than just a journey into wild places. It is a journey into living a full life, written with skill and insight."—Michael Furtman, outdoor writer and photographer "A Wild Path is as good as it gets for capturing the essence of the wilderness experience and inspiring us all to explore our own pathways into the wild."—Stuart Osthoff, publisher, Boundary Waters Journal
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University of Minnesota Press Surgical Renaissance in the Heartland: A Memoir
Book SynopsisThe golden era in American surgery, described by a young doctor practicing under innovator Owen Wangensteen at the University of Minnesota In 1960, fresh out of a stint in the Air Force, Henry Buchwald was recruited by Dr. Owen H. Wangensteen to join the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota’s medical school. For an American born in Austria, a child of the Holocaust, a position in a city then considered by some to be the “anti-Semitic capital of the United States” might seem an uneasy fit, but in the culture of innovation created by Wangensteen, Buchwald, who had chafed against the rigidity of East Coast medical practice, found everything an imaginative young surgeon could have asked for. Surgical Renaissance in the Heartland is the story of a golden era in American surgery, ushered in by Wangensteen’s creative approach to medical practice, told by one who lived it.Buchwald describes the roots, heritage, and traditions of this remarkable period at the University of Minnesota’s medical school, where the foundations of open-heart procedures, heart and pancreas transplantation, bariatric surgery, implantable infusion pump therapies, and other medical landmarks originated. Buchwald’s account of the Wangensteen era brings to life a medical culture that thrived on debate and the expression of ideas, a clinical practice bound only by the limits of a surgeon’s inspiration and imagination. As entertaining as it is informative, Surgical Renaissance in the Heartland effectively conjures the character—and characters—of a time that forever changed medicine and the lives of millions.Trade Review"The significance and origin of the values behind the Wangensteen legacy are brought to life in Surgical Renaissance in the Heartland. This is a must read for everyone involved in American surgery and will help us remember the origin of our wonderful profession. Dr. Buchwald was there throughout and tells the story with great pride and affection. Spend an evening reading this book."—David B. Hoyt, M.D., executive director, American College of Surgeons"Initially as a surgery resident, then as a faculty member, and subsequently as one of the giants in his field, Henry Buchwald has expertly captured this vibrant atmosphere of medical discovery. His very personal and beautifully written account of this unique period at the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery is well worth the read whether you were there at that time or not."—Marshall Z. Schwartz, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine"Who would have guessed that a farm boy in a remote place like Minnesota would found one of the greatest surgical research centers in the world? In this remarkable, witty, and carefully researched work, Henry Buchwald, one of today's great surgeon-leaders, reveals not only how it happened but also how we can and need to learn from that experience."—Walter J. Pories, M.D., director, Metabolic Surgery Research Group, East Carolina University"At its core, Surgical Renaissance in the Heartland is an inspiring and enlightening story about Owen Wangensteen’s dedication to the field of surgery, but it is also a portrait of the lives he touched and a tribute to how his innovation sparked change well after his time. For all of us who grew up in the shadow of the University of Minnesota during the Wangensteen era, the legacy continues."—Peter Agre, M.D., 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry"This wonderfully written book gives insights into Dr. Buchwald’s journey through his surgical training to his research in the fields of bariatric and metabolic surgery. I am fortunate to be a recipient of his work. At age twenty-seven, I underwent two open heart procedures for severe, advanced coronary occlusion because of familial hyperlipidemia. This was followed by Dr. Buchwald’s Partial Illial Bypass surgery. I am now seventy-two years old, healthy, and free of significant coronary disease."—Sheila Sorensen, former Idaho State Senator "Among the many pleasures of this book for longtime residents are its glancing references to a city now disappeared. But it is the surgeons and their groundbreaking work that rightly dominate their memoir, and an impressive lineup it is, too. "—Minnesota AlumniTable of ContentsContentsPrologue1. Beginnings2. The Roots of the Wangensteen Era3. Settling Into Minnesota4. Culture Shock5. Anoka and Stillwater6. Wangensteen’s Surgery Service7. Early Research8. Varco’s Surgery Service9. Laboratory Founded10. Laboratory Funded11. Senior Resident12. Colleagues13. Chief Resident14. Assistant Professor15. EndgameEpilogueChronologyAcknowledgmentsIndex
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University of Minnesota Press A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F.
Book SynopsisThe personal diaries of one of America’s best-loved naturalists, revealing his difficult and inspiring path to finding his voice and becoming a writer—now available in paperback Few writers are as renowned for their eloquence about the natural world, its power and fragility, as Sigurd F. Olson (1899–1982). Before he could give expression to The Singing Wilderness, however, he had to find his own voice. It is this struggle, the painstaking and often simply painful process of becoming the writer and conservationist now familiar to us, that Olson documented in the journal entries gathered here. Written mostly during the years from 1930 to 1941, Olson’s journals describe the dreams and frustrations of an aspiring writer honing his skills, pursuing recognition, and facing doubt while following the academic career that allowed him to live and work even as it consumed so much of his time. But even as he speaks with immediacy and intensity about the conditions of his apprenticeship, Olson can be seen developing the singular way of observing and depicting the natural world that would bring him fame—and also, more significantly, alert others to the urgent need to understand and protect that world. Author of Olson’s definitive biography, editor David Backes brings a deep knowledge of the writer to these journals, providing critical context, commentary, and insights along the way. When Olson wrote, in the spring of 1941, “What I am afraid of now is that the world will blow up just as I am getting it organized to suit me,” he could hardly have known how right he would prove to be. It is propitious that at our present moment, when the world seems once more balanced on the precipice, we have the words of Sigurd F. Olson to remind us of what matters—and of the hard work and the wonder that such a reckoning requires. Trade Review "There is an innocent romance in Olson’s essays, a sincere touch of the spiritual." —The Wall Street Journal "A revelation of Olson’s personal diaries and his struggles to balance his life’s passion — writing about nature, about the outdoors — with his job as a teacher, his responsibilities as a husband and father and his role as a national leader in the growing movement to preserve wild places."—Duluth News Tribune "The first decades of Sigurd Olson’s writing life were filled with frustration and hope, failure and doubt, and finally, publication. The new collection of his journals from this painful and formative time reveals a writer whose life was defined by the struggle between his calling and his many commitments."—Quetico Superior Wilderness News "While those journal entries were haphazard, often on scraps of paper, usually dated, but sometimes not, they captured [Olson’s] thoughts about the wilderness he loved and how he wanted to be the writer who shared those experiences with readers."—Steve Gardiner "For the voice of a man who spent his life in more familiar wild country, seek out A Private Wilderness."—Minnesota Alumni "A revelation of Olson’s personal diaries and his struggles to balance his life’s passion—writing about nature, about the outdoors—with his job as a teacher, his responsibilities as a husband and father and his role as a national leader in the growing movement to preserve wild places."—Duluth News Tribune "The first decades of Sigurd Olson’s writing life were filled with frustration and hope, failure and doubt, and finally, publication. The new collection of his journals from this painful and formative time reveals a writer whose life was defined by the struggle between his calling and his many commitments."—Quetico Superior Wilderness News "While those journal entries were haphazard, often on scraps of paper, usually dated, but sometimes not, they captured [Olson’s] thoughts about the wilderness he loved and how he wanted to be the writer who shared those experiences with readers."—Steve Gardiner "For the voice of a man who spent his life in more familiar wild country, seek out A Private Wilderness."—Minnesota Alumni "There is an innocent romance in Olson’s essays, a sincere touch of the spiritual."—The Wall Street Journal Table of Contents Contents Preface Introduction: Wild Calling David Backes A Private Wilderness The Winter of Renewal: January–March 1930 Quiet Desperation: April–December 1930 Reluctant Ecologist: April 1931–January 1932 Unsettled in Ely: September 1932–October 1934 Farewell to Saganaga: October 1934–August 1935 The Dean: September 1935–September 1937 Grandmother’s Trout: October 1937–February 1939 We Used to Sing: March 1939–February 1940 Big Brother’s Big Idea: February–December 1940 America Out of Doors: January–May 1941 Casualty of War: May 1941–March 1944 Medium Again: April 1944–November 1946 A New Life in Conservation: December 1946–October 1947 The Singing Wilderness: April 1949–February 1954 Epilogue: 1963–1972 Chronology Notes Index
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University of Minnesota Press A Private Wilderness
Book SynopsisThe personal diaries of one of America’s best-loved naturalists, revealing his difficult and inspiring path to finding his voice and becoming a writer—now available in paperback? Few writers are as renowned for their eloquence about the natural world, its power and fragility, as Sigurd F. Olson (1899–1982). Before he could give expression to The Singing Wilderness, however, he had to find his own voice. It is this struggle, the painstaking and often simply painful process of becoming the writer and conservationist now familiar to us, that Olson documented in the journal entries gathered here. Written mostly during the years from 1930 to 1941, Olson’s journals describe the dreams and frustrations of an aspiring writer honing his skills, pursuing recognition, and facing doubt while following the academic career that allowed him to live and work even as it consumed so much of his time. But even as he speaks with immediacy an
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Fordham University Press The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park
Book SynopsisAudubon Park’s journey from farmland to cityscape The study of Audubon Park’s origins, maturation, and disappearance is at root the study of a rural society evolving into an urban community, an examination of the relationship between people and the land they inhabit. When John James Audubon bought fourteen acres of northern Manhattan farmland in 1841, he set in motion a chain of events that moved forward inexorably to the streetscape that emerged seven decades later. The story of how that happened makes up the pages of The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It. This fully illustrated history peels back the many layers of a rural society evolving into an urban community, enlivened by the people who propelled it forward: property owners, tenants, laborers, and servants. The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot tells the intricate tale of how individual choices in the face of family dysfunction, economic crises, technological developments, and the myriad daily occurrences that elicit personal reflection and change of course pushed Audubon Park forward to the cityscape that distinguishes the neighborhood today. A longtime evangelist for Manhattan’s Audubon Park neighborhood, author Matthew Spady delves deep into the lives of the two families most responsible over time for the anomalous arrangement of today’s streetscape: the Audubons and the Grinnells. Buoyed by his extensive research, Spady reveals the darker truth behind John James Audubon (1785–1851), a towering patriarch who consumed the lives of his family members in pursuit of his own goals. He then narrates how fifty years after Audubon’s death, George Bird Grinnell (1849–1938) and his siblings found themselves the owners of extensive property that was not yielding sufficient income to pay taxes, insurance, and maintenance. Like the Audubons, they planned an exit strategy for controlled change that would have an unexpected ending. Beginning with the Audubons’ return to America in 1839, The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot follows the many twists and turns of the area’s path from forest to city, ending in the twenty-first century with the Audubon name re-purposed in today’s historic district, a multiethnic, multi-racial urban neighborhood far removed from the homogeneous, Eurocentric Audubon Park suburb.
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