The first new books of the summer have arrived, and can be found in our New Books display cases and cart! We welcome you to delve into our new and interesting selections!
Here are a few examples:
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz. Basic Books, 2006.
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“…beautifully written, fascinating accounts of experiences working with emotionally stunted and traumatized children, child psychiatrist Perry educates readers about how early-life stress and violence affects the developing brain. He emphasizes that the brain of a traumatized child can be remolded with patterned, repetitive experiences in a safe environment. Most importantly, as such trauma involves the shattering of human connections, ‘lasting, caring connections to others’ are irreplaceable in healing; medications and therapy alone cannot do the job. ‘Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love,’ Perry concludes.”- Publisher’s Weekly
The Sixth Extinction by Terry Glavin. St. Martin’s Press,2007.
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“Prolific natural history author Glavin offers a startling new definition of extinction that includes not only loss of animal species but also disappearing aspects of the human condition. While traveling the world in search of scarlet macaws, Amur sturgeon, and the Malayan tiger, Glavin considers the diminishing whale culture of a Norwegian village and the loss of King apples. “We lose a distinct species, of one sort or another, every ten minutes,” he asserts, then reveals that languages, architecture, and entire vistas of human history are vanishing just as precipitously. Through carefully selected examples and thoughtful contemplation, Glavin suggests that we risk forgetting who we were, our stories, and our very notion of singularity and individuality as extinctions rise. In prose that tempts the reader to linger over each word, he turns a book of science and natural history into an elegy to the world in which we live and so casually disregard, creating nonfiction with a poet’s heart and a message of the utmost importance.”- Booklist
Other new selections include:
The Hudson: An Illustrated Guide to the Living River by Stanne, Panetta, and Forist
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Bleeding to Ease the Pain: Cutting, Self-Injury, and the Adolescent Search for Self by Lori G. Plante
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Females are MOSAICS: X Inactivation and Sex Differences in Disease by Barbara R. Migeon
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For more recent arrivals, refer to our New Books List which is organized by subject. Make sure to check Bobcat for their availability before you check the shelf!
