Joanna Kempner Psychedelic Outlaws. The Movement Revolutionizing Modern Medicine
Cluster headache is widely considered the most severe pain disorder that humans experience. There is no cure, and little funding available for research into developing treatments. When Joanna Kempner met Bob Wold in 2012, she was introduced to a clandestine network determined to find relief using magic mushrooms. These ‘Clusterbusters,’ decided to do the research that medicine left unfinished. They produced their own psychedelic treatment protocols and managed to get academics at Harvard and Yale to test their results.
Hachette Books
Ray Kurzweil: The Singularity is Nearer. When We Merge With AI
The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come. In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances toward the Singularity—assessing his 1999 prediction that AI will reach human level intelligence by 2029 and examining the exponential growth of technology—that, in the near future, will expand human intelligence a millionfold and change human life forever.
Penguin
Jennifer Breheny Wallace: Never Enough. When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It
In the ever more competitive race to secure the best possible future, today’s students face unprecedented pressure to succeed. They pack their schedules with classes, fill every waking hour with activities, and even sabotage relationships with friends to “get ahead.” The drive to optimize performance has only resulted in skyrocketing rates of anxiety, depression, and even self-harm: how can we teach our kids to strive towards excellence without crushing them?
Random-House
Nathalie A. Cabrol: The Secret Life of the Universe. An Astrobiologists’s Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life
We are in a golden age in astronomy, living on the cusp of breakthroughs that will revolutionize our understanding of our place in the cosmos in. Yet a profound question remains: Are we alone in the universe? We have never been closer to answering this question. In The Secret Life of he Universe, the director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute Nathalie A. Cabrol takes us to the frontiers of the search for life, an exhilarating journey for anyone who has ever looked up at the stars and wondered what might be out there.
Simon & Schuster
Pedro Martín: Mexikid
In this graphic novel, Pedro lerans that his Abuelito, a revolutionary and a hero, is coming to live with his family. Pedro has 8 brothers and sisters and the house is crowded enough! Still, Pedro piles into the Winnebago with his family for a road trip to Mexico to bring Abuelito home, and what follows is the voyage of a lifetime, one filled with laughs and heartache. Along the way, Pedro finally connects with his Abuelito and learns what it means to grow up and find his grit.
Dial Books for Young Readers (10 – 13 y.o.)