Click here to watch a video book trailer for The Conundrum by David Owen.
Tag Archives: non-fiction
How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships by Steve Jenkins
Click here to watch a video book trailer for How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships by Steve Jenkins.
Climbing Lincoln’s Steps: The African American Journey by Suzanne Slade
Click here to watch a video book trailer for Climbing Lincoln’s Steps: The African American Journey by Suzanne Slade.
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
Click here to watch a video book trailer for Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose.
The Way We Work by David Macaulay
Click here to watch a video of David Macaulay discussing the process he used to create his book The Way We Work and how he creates books in general.
Macaulay also wrote and illustrated the wildly popular The New Way Things Work.
Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson, M.D.
I recently finished Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson, M.D. In a nutshell, the relaxation response is the psychological and physiologic inverse of the fight-or-flight response, an instinctual reaction to a stressful situation. Whereas the fight-or-flight response increases one’s blood pressure, heart rate, rate of breathing, blood flow to the muscles, and metabolism, the relaxation response decreases heart rate, lowers metabolism, decreases the rate of breathing, and “bring[s] the body back into what is probably a healthier balance” (Benson 18).
In my experience, the relaxation response has proven an effective antidote for headaches, muscle aches, and just general tension (both psychological and physiologic), all without the need for man-made chemicals or an expensive massage therapist.
I highly recommend both the reading of and the practice of The Relaxation Response.