Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The anatomy of "Body Worlds"	Gunther von Hagens	"This interdisciplinary volume analyzes "Body Worlds" from a number of perspectives, describing the legal, ethical, sociological, and religious concerns which seem to accompany the exhibition as it t…	OL11644032W
The case of the hiccupping ears	Bill Myers,Meredith Johnson	Ten-year-old secret agent Bernie Dingledorf flies into action when the boys of B.A.D.D. try to take over the world again, this time by mixing up brain waves and causing the bodies of children and tee…	OL15044011W
My life as a human hairball	Bill Myers	Accidentally miniaturized in a lab, thirteen-year-old Wally and his friend Wall Street travel through the inside of a person's body, viewing his anatomy and marveling at the wonders of God's creation.	OL15044061W
The evolutionary biology of human body fatness	Jonathan C. K. Wells	"This comprehensive synthesis of current medical and evolutionary literature addresses key questions about the role body fat plays in human biology. It explores how body energy stores are regulated, …	OL15081980W
Me and my amazing body	Joan Sweeney	A girl describes how her skin, bones, muscles, brain, blood, heart, lungs, and stomach receive energy and function as parts of her body.	OL15146287W
Outside and inside you	Sandra Markle	Discusses the various parts of the body and their functions.	OL15148554W
The human body on trial	Lynne Curry	"The question of an individual's rights to bodily autonomy versus the state's power to regulate and control the bodies of its citizens is a difficult question indeed, and more important than it seems…	OL156095W
A cultural history of the human body	W. F. Bynum	This book is volume VI: In the Modern Age Don't be misguided by ending e1v4 of InternetArchive link https://archive.org/details/culturalhistoryo0006unse_e1v4	OL15940332W
Even more parts	Tedd Arnold	A young boy is worried about what will happen to his body when he hears such expressions as "I'm tongue-tied," "don't give me any of your lip," and "I put my foot in my mouth."	OL16058722W
Culture and the human body	Burton, John W.	"In the course of human prehistory and continuing to the present day, culture has played a prominent role in transforming the human form. From birth to death, the body serves as a medium and metaphor…	OL1639378W
The human body	Chantal Henry-Biabaud	Describes the human body, all its organs and systems, and things people can do to keep their bodies healthy.	OL18314612W
Beyond the body proper	Margaret M. Lock,Judith Farquhar	Over the past several decades, scholars in both the social sciences and humanities have moved beyond the idea that there is a “body proper”: a singular, discrete biological organism with an individua…	OL18607573W
If you had a nose like an elephant's trunk	Marion Dane Bauer	A young girl imagines what it would be like to have a tongue like a snapping turtle, feet like a fly, a tail like a lizard, or cheeks like a chipmunk.	OL1882821W
Closet devotions	Richard Rambuss	Religion and sex, body and soul, sacred and profane: In Closet Devotions, Richard Rambuss traces the relays between these cultural formations by examining the issue of “sacred eroticism,” the literar…	OL1883021W
Media and the rhetoric of body perfection	Deborah Harris-Moore	Against the background of the so-called 'obesity epidemic', Media and the Rhetoric of Body Perfection critically examines the discourses of physical perfection that pervade Western societies, sheddin…	OL20548107W
The body	Lionel Bender	Text and microscopic photographs introduce the parts of the human body, including internal organs, systems, and other aspects of human physiology.	OL2620788W
The young Oxford book of the human being	David M. Glover	Explores the way the human body works, the origins of human beings, and the various ways that humans live and organize themselves socially and culturally.	OL2652056W
Me and my body	Evans, David	Uses simple observations and experiments to explore the human body and how it works.	OL3904036W
All about me	Deborah Manley	Text and pictures identify different parts of the body and some skills they can perform. Also discusses a typical morning routine and play activities.	OL3929516W
Looking at the body	David T. Suzuki	Studies the characteristics of the human body and the function of specific organs and systems.	OL445069W