Health and PE Resources
Spring 2019
Quarterback
by John Feinstein
A great read for the dedicated NFL fan. Feinstein offers insight on what it takes to be a starting quarterback both on and off the field in the NFL. Highlighting the successes, failures, and injuries of NFL players at the top of their profession.
Nine Pints
by Rose George
This work offers an exploration of blood, the life-giving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds, and the promise of breakthrough science. Topics range from ancient practices of bloodletting to the legal multibillion-dollar business of plasma donation.
Anxiety and Panic Attacks
by Daniel Zwillenberg
This book provides readers with medically accurate and accessible answers to their questions about anxiety and panic attacks. The author also examines common myths and misconceptions as well as several case studies.
Hype
by Nina Shapiro, MD
Shapiro, a medical truth-seeker, tackles popular misconceptions about alternative medicine, vaccines, diets, and detoxes. A useful guide for those seeking to know what works and what doesn’t in the world of fake medical news.
National Pastime
by Martic C. Babicz and Thomas W. Zeiler
A chronological history of baseball and how the game was placed among political, social and cultural touchstones in American History. It presents a concise analysis of baseball and a study of the United States in one book.
The Eating Instinct
by Bruce Arians
This engaging report explores learning to eat in today’s toxic food culture. It includes stories about women who are recovering from weight loss surgery, people with unlimited grocery budgets, and families on food stamps.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
by Brigitte Mars
Quinn describes the types of sexually transmitted diseases, their causes/effects, prevention, and treatments. He answers common questions and concerns regarding STDs using a Q&A format.
Careers in Sports Medicine & Training
This guidebook includes descriptive chapters on occupations in sports medicine such as chiropractors, personal trainers, physicians, and fitness trainers. It includes charts, tables, and median annual salaries/wages for each profiled career.
Good Sport
by Thomas H. Murray
Good Sport dives into the argument concerning sports and performance enhancing drugs, and where the lines are blurred between the two. Murray examines the values and meanings that inform our decisions about fairness in sports.
