What Can a Body Do?

What Can a Body Do?
Author: Sara Hendren
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0735220026

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and LitHub Winner of the 2021 Science in Society Journalism Book Prize A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we inhabit, and a call to imagine a better-designed world for us all. Furniture and tools, kitchens and campuses and city streets—nearly everything human beings make and use is assistive technology, meant to bridge the gap between body and world. Yet unless, or until, a misfit between our own body and the world is acute enough to be understood as disability, we may never stop to consider—or reconsider—the hidden assumptions on which our everyday environment is built. In a series of vivid stories drawn from the lived experience of disability and the ideas and innovations that have emerged from it—from cyborg arms to customizable cardboard chairs to deaf architecture—Sara Hendren invites us to rethink the things and settings we live with. What might assistance based on the body’s stunning capacity for adaptation—rather than a rigid insistence on “normalcy”—look like? Can we foster interdependent, not just independent, living? How do we creatively engineer public spaces that allow us all to navigate our common terrain? By rendering familiar objects and environments newly strange and wondrous, What Can a Body Do? helps us imagine a future that will better meet the extraordinary range of our collective needs and desires.

Look Inside Your Body

Look Inside Your Body
Author: Louie Stowell
Publisher: Look Inside
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-08-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781805317258

From brains and blood to senses and skin - children will love exploring the ins-and-outs of the human body with this fantastic interactive book. Young readers' minds will boggle as they learn about how their brains work, what happens when they eat, how their lungs use oxygen and much more. Full of surprises to keep inquiring minds entertained, including flaps beneath flaps and a peek inside a lavatory cubicle.

What's Your Body Telling You?: Listening To Your Body's Signals to Stop Anxiety, Erase Self-Doubt and Achieve True Wellness

What's Your Body Telling You?: Listening To Your Body's Signals to Stop Anxiety, Erase Self-Doubt and Achieve True Wellness
Author: Steve Sisgold
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2009-07-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 007162533X

YOUR BODY IS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING Feeling stressed out, sick, or anxious? Not sure what your next move should be-or why your thinking is so cloudy? Time to get out of your head and into your body, that brilliant vehicle that is communicating with you all the time. Your body not only knows what you truly want; it can help you handle any situation you find yourself in. Unfortunately, most of us never learned how to read our body's clues--and as a result, we go through life disconnected from our true desires, acting instead in accordance with what the world wants from us. This book shows you how to stop overthinking every decision and start living a life in which happiness and fulfillment are the natural byproducts of being true to yourself. This step-by-step guide shows you how to unlock your body's natural intelligence, free your mind of negative thoughts, and map your path to greater satisfaction. You'll learn how your body can help you: Erase self-doubt Expand your awareness Make better decisions Improve your relationships Find your passion and purpose Boost your health and well-being This life-changing book walks you through a complete body-mind integration process that attunes and harmonizes your entire being. As you read, reflect, and immerse yourself in the exercises, you will develop a closer relationship with your body-and discover an expanded sense of purpose, a greater faith in humanity, and an increased capacity for love and happiness that emanates from your true core.

The Body Book

The Body Book
Author: Cameron Diaz
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0062252763

Cameron Diaz shares her formula for becoming happier, healthier, and stronger in this positive, essential guide grounded in science and inspired by personal experience, now a #1 New York Times bestseller. Throughout her career, Cameron Diaz has been a role model for millions of women. By her own candid admission, though, this fit, glamorous, but down-to-earth star was not always health-conscious. Learning about the inseparable link between nutrition and the body was just one of the life-changing lessons that has fed Cameron’s hunger to educate herself about the best ways to feed, move, and care for her body. In The Body Book, she shares what she has learned and continues to discover about nutrition, exercise, and the mind/body connection. Grounded in science and informed by real life, The Body Book offers a comprehensive overview of the human body and mind, from the cellular level up. From demystifying and debunking the hype around food groups to explaining the value of vitamins and minerals, readers will discover why it’s so important to embrace the instinct of hunger and to satisfy it with whole, nutrient-dense foods. Cameron also explains the essential role of movement, the importance of muscle and bone strength and why we need to sweat a little every day. The Body Book does not set goals to reach in seven days or thirty days or a year. It offers a holistic, long-term approach to making consistent choices and reaching the ultimate goal: a long, strong, happy, healthy life.

What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls

What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls
Author: Lynda Madaras
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2009-08-18
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1557048975

The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls Written by experienced educator and her daughter in a reassuring and down-to-earth style, The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls gives sensitive straight talk on: the body's changing size and shape; the growth spurt; breast development; the reproductive organs; the menstrual cycle; body hair; diet and exercise; romantic and sexual feelings; and puberty in the opposite sex. It also includes information on anorexia and bulimia, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and birth control. Featuring detailed illustrations and real-life stories throughout, plus an introduction for parents and a helpful resource section, this bestselling growing-up is an essential puberty education and health book for all girls ages 10 and up.

Listening to My Body

Listening to My Body
Author: Gabi Garcia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2019-11-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780998958019

"Listening to My Body is an engaging and interactive picture book that introduces children to the practice of paying attention to their bodies. Through a combination of story, and simple experiential activities, it guides them through the process of noticing and naming their feelings and the physical sensations that accompany them so that they can build on their capacity to engage mindfully, self-regulate and develop a deeper sense of well-being."--

The Body

The Body
Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0385539312

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A must-read owner’s manual for every body. Take a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body in this “delightful, anecdote-propelled read” (The Boston Globe) from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything. With a new Afterword. “You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." —The Washington Post Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body—how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Brysonesque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, “We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted.” The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best.

What Your Body Knows About God

What Your Body Knows About God
Author: Rob Moll
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2014-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830896708

Scientists are now discovering ways that our bodies are designed to connect with God. Award-winning journalist Rob Moll explores the fascinating ways in which our brains and bodies interact with God and spiritual realities, using neuroscience to show how our brains actually change and adapt when engaged in spiritual practices.

What Your Body Says (And How to Master the Message)

What Your Body Says (And How to Master the Message)
Author: Sharon Sayler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2011-01-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470769874

Train your body to communicate with confidence and clarity-have your body match what your mouth says... The popular phrase "leading from influence" takes for granted that influence derives chiefly from verbal communication. However, communication is about more than words. To get to the next level in your career, you must communicate with your entire self. What Your Body Says gives you the straight-up "how-to" on unifying what you say with what you do, allowing you to better connect with other people and reach your full leadership potential. It gives you a clear and simple process to follow, all drawn from an intense study of how language impacts people's lives and emotions. Filled with useful tools, strategies, and techniques, this book gives you the key to Speak intelligently while looking smart, engaging and real Deliver unpleasant messages without pain or guilt Having a committee meeting and getting something done And more Written by Sharon Sayler, a highly accomplished expert in marketing, presentations, and body language, What Your Body Says is the only guide you need to achieve the competitive edge in your personal and business communication style.

Inside the Human Body

Inside the Human Body
Author: Carla Mooney
Publisher: Inquire & Investigate
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781619309005

"What is the most complex machine on earth? The human body! With Inside the Human Body, we'll peel back the layers to take a look inside this amazing machine and learn the basic anatomy of the human body and its bones, muscles, blood vessels, nerves, and organs. STEM activities, text-to-self and text-to-world connections, links to online resources, and fascinating trivia make learning applicable and fundamental."--Provided by publisher.