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Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity
Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity

“The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state.”

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The Man Who Thought with His Heart: George Forster and the Birth of Sensitive Science
The Man Who Thought with His Heart: George Forster and the Birth of Sensitive Science

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Oliver Sacks on the Necessity of Our Illusions
Oliver Sacks on the Necessity of Our Illusions

“We need detachment… as much as we need engagement in our lives… transports that make our consciousness of time and mortality easier to bear.”

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How to See a Bird: Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris’s Exquisite Illustrated Field Guide to the Wonder of the Winged
How to See a Bird: Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris’s Exquisite Illustrated Field Guide to the Wonder of the Winged

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Einstein and the Eagle: How Relativity Is Saving Earth’s Rarest Raptor
Einstein and the Eagle: How Relativity Is Saving Earth’s Rarest Raptor

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What Happens When We Die
What Happens When We Die

“How can a creature who will certainly die have an understanding of things that will exist forever?”

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Oliver Sacks on Despair and the Meaning of Life
Oliver Sacks on Despair and the Meaning of Life

“The meaning of life… clearly has to do with love — what and whom and how one can love.”

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The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study of Octopus Intelligence
The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study of Octopus Intelligence

“I armed myself with patience and courage, and only after several months managed to dissolve my doubts and see my research crowned with happy confirmation.”

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How Nature Imagined the Figment of You
How Nature Imagined the Figment of You

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How Phrenology Queered Language: Walt Whitman and the Evolving Lexicon of Love
How Phrenology Queered Language: Walt Whitman and the Evolving Lexicon of Love

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