10 must-read nonfiction books like Painful Yarns: Metaphors and Stories to Help Understand the Biology of Pain by G. Lorimer Moseley

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Painful Yarns: Metaphors and Stories to Help Understand the Biology of Pain

By: G. Lorimer Moseley

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Painful Yarns, written by Dr. Lorimer Moseley, is a compilation of hilarious stories and images int…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Painful Yarns: Metaphors and Stories to Help Understand the Biology of Pain by G. Lorimer Moseley , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. An Artist of the Floating World

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

3.77

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art so… read more

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"An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World

"Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something. #Page: 120"

-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World

"Revolution? Really, Ono! The communists want a revolution. We want nothing of the sort. Quite the opposite, in fact. We wish for a restoration."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World

"At times it was almost as it had been years ago, when on a sunny day the family would sit there together exchanging relaxed, often vacuous talk."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World

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2. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

By: Oliver Sacks

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century" (The N… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science

3. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

By: John E. Sarno

3.95

Format: 620 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "My life was filled with excruciating back and shoulder pain until I appli… read more

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4. Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

By: Esther Perel

3.79

Format: 704 pages,

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5. Explain Pain

By: David S. Butler , G. Lorimer Moseley

3.46

Format: None pages, Spiral-bound

Explain Pain by David Butler and Dr. Lorimer Moseley is an evidence based book designed for therapi… read more

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6. The Course of Love

By: Alain de Botton

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"An engrossing tale that provides plenty of food for thought" (People, Best New Books pick), this p… read more

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7. Girl in a Band

By: Kim Gordon

3.67

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

8. The Marriage Contract (The O'Malleys, #1)

By: Katee Robert

4.50

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Timesand USA Todaybestselling author Katee Robert begins a smoking hot new series about th… read more

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9. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most … read more

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10. Treat Your Own Back

By: None

3.84

Format: 32 pages,

Robin McKenzie's patient book has probably helped more patients achieve freedom from back pain than… read more

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11. The Discomfort of Evening

By: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

3.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough ... … read more

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"In de nacht is iedereen leeftijdsloos."

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

"We can't simply swap God - he's the strongest Pokémon card we have."

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

"Onze dagen zullen verlengd worden, net zoals we boeken uit de bibliotheek verlengen om er langer in te kunnen verdwalen zonder kans te maken op een geldboete."

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

"En nu, doordat ik door mijn wimpers keek had ik ook het idee dat moeder en de veearts niet doorhadden dat ik meeluisterde, dat ik in gedachten de trekken rondom moeders mond en ogen uit kon gummen om…"

-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening

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12. 500 Miles from You (Kirrinfief, #3)

By: Jenny Colgan

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Lissa, is a nurse in a gritty, hectic London neighborhood. Always terribly competent and good at ke… read more

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"Um . . . well, I see most of the people I want to see. And I don’t really see the point of it otherwise, unless you want to show off and all that."

-Jenny Colgan, 500 Miles from You (Kirrinfief, #3)

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13. Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers r… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • health
"Sick and weak are not useful entries in the dictionary of self-understanding."

-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

"Given their automatic tuning out, ADD children forever find themselves being told to “pay attention"

-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

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14. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

By: Tarana Burke

4.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the founder and activist behind the largest movement of the twentieth and twenty-first centuri… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Maybe community creates courage. What if courage creates community? Maybe empathy creates courage. How can you express empathy towards others if you can’t empathize with your own self? Is the core of…"

-Tarana Burke, Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

"Maybe community creates courage. What if courage creates community? Maybe empathy creates courage. How can you express empathy towards others if you can't empathize with your own self? Is the core of…"

-Tarana Burke, Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

"Never let anyone touch your private parts, they’d say. But I wasn’t told why I had to protect my private parts, just that it was imperative that I did. Because of this, when I thought of my experienc…"

-Tarana Burke, Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

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15. Faith, Hope and Carnage

By: Nick Cave

4.44

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

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16. For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity

By: Liz Plank

4.30

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

A nonfiction investigation into masculinity, For the Love of Men provides actionable steps for how … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"It reveals itself in the way we're more comfortable with the image of a boy playing with a toy gun rather than a boy playing with a toy doll, because we're more comfortable seeing a boy hold somethin…"

-Liz Plank, For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity

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17. The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

By: Breanne Randall

3.21

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

For fans of Practical Magic and Gilmore Girls, The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic… read more

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"Death doesn’t stop you from loving. It makes the love more important."

-Breanne Randall, The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

"It was summer. And freedom. And youth. And heartbreak so hot it cauterized."

-Breanne Randall, The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

"Looking at him was like stretching your limbs after a long nap. The first heartbreak that had sparked her curse to life."

-Breanne Randall, The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

"Time ceases to exist for you in bookstores, and I am not sitting by for three hours while you get hot over books you have no intention of buying."

-Breanne Randall, The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

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18. Abolition. Feminism. Now.

By: Angela Y. Davis

4.31

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

An urgent, vital manifesto of intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism, from leading… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain

By: Alan Gordon

4.41

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

A groundbreaking mind-body protocol to heal chronic pain, backed by new research.Chronic pain is an… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • health
"The truth about resilience is that it's a learned behavior. If you gravitate toward hopelessness, it's not because you're hopeless, but because your brain has done it so many times before. If your mi…"

-Alan Gordon, The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain

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20. The World's Worst Assistant

By: Sona Movsesian

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Conan O’Brien’s longtime assistant and cohost of his podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, a … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Mein Assistent findet das Streben nach dem göttlichen griechischen Staat Arete „lahm“ und sollte „einen Schwanz essen“. - Conan O'Brien"

-Sona Movsesian, The World's Worst Assistant

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21. Painful Yarns: Metaphors and Stories to Help Understand the Biology of Pain

By: G. Lorimer Moseley

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Painful Yarns, written by Dr. Lorimer Moseley, is a compilation of hilarious stories and images int… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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3.75

Transform Your Habits

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4.32

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Liz Plank

4.30

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4.41

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Martin Short

4.11

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Jenna Fischer

4.23

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4.11

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4.13

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