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The effects of the Rx Kids unconditional cash prescription programme during pregnancy and infancy on birth outcomes in the USA: a population-based, quasi-experimental study
Introduction Adverse birth outcomes, including preterm birth and low birthweight, have important consequences for early-life survival and long-term health.1,2 These outcomes are notably worse in the USA compared with many other high-income countries.
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life
Anna Funder. Knopf, $32 (432p) ISBN 978-0-593-32068-6 Eileen O’Shaughnessy, George Orwell’s first wife, takes center stage in this potent biography.
Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health
James Tabery. Knopf, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-525-65820-7 The quest for medical treatments tailored to patients’ genomes distracts from more effective means of addressing health problems, according to this incisive polemic.
From One Cell: A Journey into Life’s Origins and the Future of Medicine
Ben Stanger. Norton, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-1-324-00542-1 “How does an entire animal... arise from a single cell?” asks Stanger, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in his superb debut.
The Metaverse Economy: How Finance Professionals Can Make Sense of Web3
Arun Krishnakumar and Theodora Lau. Kogan Page, $39.99 trade paper (280p) ISBN 978-1-398-61053-8 One Vision podcasters Krishnakumar (Restartup) and Lau (Beyond Good) offer a straightforward assessment of how technological developments may create new financial opportunities for banking, education, gaming, shopping, and work.
Homelands: A Personal History of Europe
Timothy Garton Ash. Yale, $35 (368p) ISBN 978-0-300-25707-6 In this insightful collection of more than 40 essays, Oxford University historian Ash (Free Speech) artfully weaves together geopolitical analysis with reflections on his travels throughout the European continent since 1971. Along the way, he probes the “paradox” of being a contemporary European: the sense of being “at home abroad,” or feeling like one belongs in countries radically different from their own.
A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think
Caleb Everett. Harvard Univ, $27.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-674-97658-0 University of Miami anthropologist Everett (Numbers and the Making of Us) analyzes how language affects thought in this stimulating deep dive. Drawing on research on Indigenous peoples across the globe, Everett argues that their languages challenge linguists’ assumptions about “universal” features of grammar.
Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble
Madeleine Blais. Atlantic Monthly, $30 (432p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2832-4 Blais (To the New Owners), a journalism professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, serves up an enthralling biography of pioneering tennis player Alice Marble (1913–1990). Born in rural Beckwourth, Calif., and raised in San Francisco, Marble took up tennis in high school and quickly mastered the sport.
The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Timothy Nelson. Mariner, $29.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-063-23949-4 Edin and Shaefer (coauthors, $2 a Day, and, respectively, a sociologist and University of Michigan public policy professor) team up with public affairs scholar Nelson (Doing the Best I Can) to reframe the history of poverty in the U.S. in this essential study.
Dismissed: Tackling the Biases That Undermine Our Health Care
Angela Marshall, with Kathy Palokoff. Citadel, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-0-8065-4204-1 This uneven debut by physician Marshall explores discrimination in the American health care system. Marshall draws on social science research and stories from her practice to survey how race, gender, sexual orientation, weight, and age affect the medical care patients receive.
Last Call at Coogan’s: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar
Jon Michaud. St. Martin’s, $29 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-22178-0 Librarian Michaud (When Tito Loved Clara) delivers a stirring tribute to Coogan’s, a restaurant and bar in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City.
Futsal: The Indoor Game That Is Revolutionizing World Soccer
Jamie Fahey. Melville House, $16.99 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-61219-980-1 “At first glance, futsal seems to be a shrunken version of football—but in fact it boasts many more layers,” argues Guardian journalist Fahey in this spirited mix of memoir and sports history.
The Brooklyn Wars: The Stories Behind the Remaking of New York’s Most Celebrated Borough
Neil deMause. Second System, $14.95 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-0-692-76729-0 DeMause (Field of Schemes) looks at urban development in Brooklyn, where a war of sorts has broken out over the past few decades between the city, its residents, and real estate developers.
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