Spring 2024 Avid Reader Press Catalog
Category: Health & Fitness
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TitleThe Fast
AuthorOakes, John
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1HEALTH & FITNESS / Body Cleansing & Detoxification
Category Full 2PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body
Category Full 3SELF-HELP / Spiritual
ISBN-139781668017418
On Sale02/13/24
Title StatusNYP
US Price$30
CDN Price$39.99
Pages320
Cover StatusFinal
An engaging exploration of the unique history and biology of fasting—an essential component of many traditional health practices, religions, and philosophies, resurging in popularity today—perfect for readers of Breath by James Nestor and Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker.
TitleBirth
AuthorGrant, Rebecca
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
Category Full 2POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy/General
Category Full 3HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth
ISBN-139781982170431
On Sale04/23/24
Title StatusNYP
US Price$20
CDN Price$27
Pages384
Cover StatusReady to Feed
“An important book...Grant is a good storyteller, subtle and compassionate.” —The New York Times Book Review

In the tradition of Random Family and Evicted, a gripping blend of rigorous, intimate on-the-ground reporting and deep social history of reproductive health that follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and childbirth in today’s America.