WHE Book of the Month

 

This month's featured title:

Promise Me By Nancy G. Brinker

Nancy Brinker shares how her sister's struggle with--and death from--breast cancer led her to promise to raise money for scientific research in the hopes of one day curing the disease. Today, Brinker has made Susan G. Komen for the Cure the most influential health charity in the country and arguably the world.

 

Women’s Health Titles

 

1) What the Yuck?! by Roshini Raj MD

In this look at the freaky and fabulous truth about the human body, "Health" Magazine Medical Editor Dr. Raj sheds light on 205 questions from real women that cover everyday health concerns and thoroughly modern conundrums.

2) What's Up Down There? by Lissa Rankin     

Suppose you had a wise, warm, funny best friend--who just happened to be a gynecologist. You're out with the girls for cocktails and the conversation turns to sex, and then to girly parts. One by one, you start asking her all the questions you've secretly wondered about--and discover that you have a lot in common. If you were to write those questions down, then you'd have "What's Up Down There?

3) Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book  by Susan Love        

This completely updated guide to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment has been described by "Newsweek" as "One of the most complete and trustworthy books ever published on breast cancer."  

4) Lopsided by Meredith Norton

 

In her hilarious and wickedly irreverent look at life with cancer, Norton chronicles every step of her experience and rails against self-pity and victimhood.

5) Boobs by Elisabeth Squires  

Filled with personal, true stories, readers are given practical and useful advice from breast experts--lingerie fitters, clothing manufacturers, doctors, personal trainers, and others--on what to expect from their breasts and how to put their "best breast forward."

 

Environment Titles

 

1) Silent Spring by Rachel Carson          

The essential, cornerstone book of modern environmentalism is now offered in a handsome 40th anniversary edition which features a new Introduction by activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new Afterword by Carson biographer Linda Lear.

2) Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand

 

With a combination of scientific rigor and passionate advocacy, Brand shows exactly where the sources of environmental dilemmas lie and offers a bold and inventive set of policies and solutions for creating a more sustainable society

3) When Smoke Ran Like Water by Devra Davis     

The National Book Award Finalist from a leading public-health expert, this is the unknown story of how environmental pollution has affected society's health--past, present, and future.

4) The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard

Leonard tracks the life of the stuff that people use every day, transforming how readers think about their patterns of consumption.

 

5)  Our Choice: How We Can Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore

Al Gore explores the primary causes of the current climate crisis and what people can do to help solve it.