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Lynne Lamberg Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Editor, Natl Assoc Science Writers (see Advance Copy blog), freelance med writer/editor, focusing on sleep, mental health, adolescents & school start times

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Book Cover for: Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine, Olivia Campbell

Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

Olivia Campbell
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

The National Book Festival starts today. NASW author Olivia Campbell will talk about “Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine” at 4 p.m. Wed 9/22. https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/ https://www.nasw.org/member_article/olivia-campbell-women-white-coats-how-first-women-doctors-changed-world-medicine @liviecampbell @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks

Paperback, 2022

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her, Erika Bolstad

Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her

Erika Bolstad
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

Inherited mineral rights posed a quandary for environmental journalist Erika Bolstad. Learn more in NASW’s Advance Copy blog: Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her. https://t.co/ckm4VILupL @erikabolstad @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks https://t.co/gnmHIufQKJ

Hardcover, 2023

$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure, Bryn Nelson

Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure

Bryn Nelson
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

NASW author Bryn Nelson will discuss his book “Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure” at the Tucson Festival of Books, 2:30 PM Sun Mar 5. https://t.co/0txAEoGQpj @SeattleBryn @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks https://t.co/iif5QK3KAp https://t.co/nHPxnlkx6S

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Nursery Earth: The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals and the Extraordinary Ways They Shape Our World, Danna Staaf

Nursery Earth: The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals and the Extraordinary Ways They Shape Our World

Danna Staaf
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

Baby animals often don’t look or function like their parents. Learn more in NASW’s Advance Copy blog on Danna Staaf’s Nursery Earth: The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals and the Extraordinary Ways They Shape Our World https://t.co/vMj0Be9rYL @DannaStaaf @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks https://t.co/kRyGn0a1CS

Hardcover, 2023

$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction, Michelle Nijhuis

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

Michelle Nijhuis
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

NASW author Michelle Nijhuis has received the Sierra Club’s 2021 Rachel Carson Award for her book Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction and other work. https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2021/09/sierra-club-announces-2021-national-award-winners https://nasw.org/member_article/michelle-nijhuis-beloved-beasts-fighting-life-age-extinction @nijhuism @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks

Paperback, 2022

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the Moon, Richard Maurer

The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the Moon

Richard Maurer
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

In an era when men dominated computers & spaceflight, a woman-led team wrote Apollo Guidance Computer’s software. Read Richard Maurer's “The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the Moon.” https://t.co/OYGiWW9jll @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks https://t.co/KgcDto26Bf

Hardcover, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey, Florence Williams

Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey

Florence Williams
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

NASW author Florence Williams received a 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for “Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey.” https://t.co/8kkX0ubUFk. Read the backstory: https://t.co/i3Gx5NFQpX @flowill @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks https://t.co/aCtBK5VleT

Paperback, 2023

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: National Monuments of the USA, Cameron Walker

National Monuments of the USA

Cameron Walker
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

The 130+ national monuments in the US include sites where dinosaurs roamed and where more recent historical events occurred. Cameron Walker describes them all for young readers in National Monuments of the USA. https://t.co/yUvigiZ0aP @applepieandink @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks https://t.co/ZrdddwAgbl

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them, Tove Danovich

Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them

Tove Danovich
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

Chickens often have distinct personalities. They can be delightful pets, and they also lay eggs, Tove Danovich reports in “Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them.” https://t.co/uBNZurVod1 @tkdano @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks https://t.co/E2rDfFcmIA

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Book Cover for: We the Scientists: How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine, Amy Dockser Marcus

We the Scientists: How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine

Amy Dockser Marcus
Lynne LambergLynne Lamberg

Learn about the burgeoning citizen-science movement in Amy Dockser Marcus's book, "We the Scientists: How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine." See NASW’s Advance Copy book blog, https://t.co/ooa72yJhmP @amydmarcus @ScienceWriters #SciWriBooks https://t.co/2aokBSQQuU

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book