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Title: Low-Fat Love Stories.

Author: Patricia Leavy & Victoria Scotti.

Publication info: Rotterdam, The Netherlands : Brill. 2017. eBook.

Description: American Fiction Awards 2018 - award-winning finalist in the category short stories! Low-Fat Love Stories is a collection of short stories and visual portraits based on interview research with women about a dissatisfying relationship with a romantic partner or relative, or their body image. The stories focus on settling in relationships, the gap between fantasies and realities, relationship patterns, divorce, abuse, childhood pain, spirituality, feeling like a fraud, growing older, and daily struggles looking in the mirror. Once upon a time and happily ever after take on new meaning as the women's stories reveal the underside of fairytales and toxic popular culture. Written in the first-person with language taken directly from each woman's interview, the stories are raw, visceral, and inspirational. As a collection, the stories and art set you on an emotional rollercoaster and illustrate the different forms “low-fat love” may take, and the quest for self-worth in the context of popular culture that tells women they are never enough. The authors developed an original method of “textual visual snapshots” for this book. Low-Fat Love Stories can be used in a range of courses in art education, gender/women's studies, popular culture, psychology, relational communication, sociology and social work; or as an exemplar in research or qualitative methods, narrative inquiry, arts-based research or creative writing courses; or it can be read entirely for pleasure by individuals or in book clubs.

Title: The Edinburgh Seven: The Story of the First Women to Study Medicine (in Britain)

Author: Janey Jones.

Publication info: South Yorkshire, England: Pen and Sword History. 2023.

Location: Academic eBook Collection

Description: Women have healed since the beginning of time, but accessing a formal degree in medicine was impossible for them in Britain until the late 19th century. In 1869, a group of women began arriving in Edinburgh to study at the medical faculty, led by the indomitable Sophia Jex Blake. They would eventually be known around the world as The Edinburgh Seven. They were delighted to become students of medicine and as Sophia said, they simply wanted'a fair field and no favour'. But some of the traditional professors at the university did not approve of women becoming practising doctors. The medical women would soon discover that they were welcome as hobbyists but not as competitors with male students. There were legal wrangles, court cases, personal attacks and even a full blown riot - all because some male medics wanted rid of the women. And the women did leave Edinburgh - without degrees. But they finished their studies in mainland Europe and came back as fully fledged doctors. In 2019, the University of Edinburgh awarded the Seven their degrees posthumously via current day medical students. At last, the right thing was done, but the struggles of the original Seven should never be forgotten. This is their story.

Title: The Complete Language of Food: A Definitive and Illustrated History

Author: S. Theresa Dietz

Publication info: New York, NY: Wellfleet Press. 2022

Location: Academic eBook Collection

Description: Awaken both your inner foodie and your inner yogi as you journey into the consciousness of everyday foods, from their origins in myth to modern interpretations today. Have you ever considered the cultural origins and meanings of your favorite foods? The Complete Language of Food ties ingredients back to mythological and folklore roots for a unique and appetizing exploration of the foods we eat. Presented alphabetically, each food entry includes: A beautiful illustration concise summary of the food's mythology and folklore, how the food is used in certain cultures and traditions, and correlations to chakras, elements, and deities. With everyday ingredients like acai, bok choy, and cauliflower, you're bound to learn more than you ever imagined about your household favorites as you discover the symbolic meanings, uses, and facts behind each. The knowledge gained will bring new meaning and intention to your mealtime. Archaeologists have found evidence of pickled cucumbers that date as far back to 2030 BCE (in northern regions of what is now Iraq). And Macedoine, a precursor to ice cream, is a type of jelly dessert that was served in snow and thought to be a favorite of Alexander the Great. It was known that the ancient Greeks used honey in their skincare! Elegantly designed and beautifully illustrated, the Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia series offers comprehensive, display-worthy references on a range of intriguing topics, including dream interpretation, techniques for harnessing the power of dreams, flower meanings, and the stories behind signs and symbols. Also available in the series: Complete Book of Dreams, Complete Language of Flowers, Complete Language of Herbs, Signs & Symbols of the World, and Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care.

Happy birthday, Andres Manuel Del Rio!

Del Rio (Nov 10, 1764 - Mar 23, 1849) was a chemist who conducted research in Spain, France, and Mexico. He was born in Spain and attended the Royal Academy of Mines there, studying chemistry. In Paris, he worked alongside Antoine Lavoisier, the founder of chemistry, and Rene Just Hauy, the founder of crystallography (the study of the structure and bonds within crystals). Del Rio fled Paris during the French Revolution in 1794, after his colleague Lavoisier was arrested and executed by guillotine. Del Rio arrived in Mexico, where he was offered the position Chair of the College of Mines (Real Seminario de Mineria), and he spent the next several years studying and teaching courses on minerals and mining methods.

Del Rio is remembered for discovering the element vanadium in 1801. He had originally named it erythronium, meaning "red" in Greek, because the element turned red when heated. To confirm his discovery, he sent samples of the element to famed biologist Alexander von Humboldt. Upon analysis, it was incorrectly found that his sample only contained chromium. Del Rio believed he been mistaken, and that he hadn't discovered a new element. Twenty-seven years later, erythronium was rediscovered by Swedish scientist Nils Gabriel Sefstrom and renamed vanadium, after the Scandinavian goddess Vanadis. A German chemist Friedrich Wohler compared Sefstrom's and Del Rio's samples and found they had the same contents. Vanadium and erythronium were one and the same.

Del Rio greatly contributed to the mining industry in Mexico: he helped identify and describe different minerals within Mexico, like copper and zinc, and invented new methods of extracting these minerals. He was also invested Mexico's hard-fought independence from Spain. For his contributions to chemistry, the Chemical Society of Mexico awarded Del Rio the National Chemistry Prize in 1964.

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