Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens
By: Muhammad H. Zaman
3.89
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Award-winning Boston University educator and researcher Muhammad H. Zaman provides a chilling look …
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1. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766
By: Fred Anderson
4.19
Format: 912 pages, Paperback
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War–long seen as a mere backdrop to the Am… read more
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2. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
By: Sam Kean
0.00
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
The Periodic Table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove… read more
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3. Food: A Cultural Culinary History
By: Ken Albala
4.55
Format: 160 pages, Audible Audio
Eating is an indispensable human activity. As a result, whether we realize it or not, the drive to … read more
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4. The End of White Christian America
By: Robert P. Jones , Robert P. Jones
4.06
Format: 360 pages, ebook
Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, spells out the profound political a… read more
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5. This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
By: Carol Burnett
4.18
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
A touching and hilarious memoir by the author of Carrie and Me: A Mother Daughter Love Story,This T… read more
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6. Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
By: Rachel Ignotofsky
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
It's a scientific fact: Women rock! A charmingly illustrated and educational book, Women in Scienc… read more
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7. Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
By: Paul A. Offit
3.21
Format: 192 pages,
What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction? History is filled with… read more
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8. The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
By: Thomas Hager
4.43
Format: 250 pages,
The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and s… read more
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9. Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
By: Emily Monosson
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi―and how to avert further loss ac… read more
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10. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.28
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more
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11. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
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"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
12. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
13. When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
By: Joshua D. Mezrich
4.23
Format: 384 pages, ebook
At the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, transplanting organs fro… read more
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"Po powrocie do Oxfordu Medawar skupił się całkowicie na sprawdzeniu hipotezy, że odrzucanie przeszczepu allogenicznego jest zjawiskiem immunologicznym."-Joshua D. Mezrich, When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
"The sick suffer alone, they undergo procedures and surgeries alone, and in the end, they die alone. Transplant is different. Transplant is all about having someone else join you in your illness. It m…"-Joshua D. Mezrich, When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
14. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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15. A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
By: Lawrence Ingrassia
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia … read more
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16. It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything
By: Kate Biberdorf
3.69
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this fresh and engaging guide to chemistry, Dr. Kate Biberdorf, aka "Kate the Chemist," reveals … read more
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17. All the Living and the Dead
By: Hayley Campbell
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A compelling and compassionate exploration of the death industry and the people—embalmers, detecti… read more
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"Death shows us what is buried in the living. By shielding ourselves from what happens past the moment of death we deny ourselves a deeper understanding of who we truly are."-Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead
18. A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
By: Jeff Hawkins
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence, of understanding… read more
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"To avoid hallucinating, the brain needs to keep its predictions separate from reality."-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
"Unlike species which often disappear as new ones appear, the brain evolved by adding new parts on top of the older parts."-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
"It is human nature - aka old brain - to suspect everyone wants to steal your idea, where the reality is that you are lucky if anyone cares about your idea at all."-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
"Reference frames in the old brain learn maps of environments. Reference frames in the what columns of the neocortex learn maps of physical objects. Reference frames in the where columns of the neocor…"-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
19. Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens
By: Muhammad H. Zaman
3.89
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Award-winning Boston University educator and researcher Muhammad H. Zaman provides a chilling look … read more
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20. The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
By: Guy Leschziner
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narco… read more
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21. Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
By: Lydia Kang
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and… read more
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22. American Delirium
By: Betina González
2.81
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning novelist Argentine Betina González comes a dizzying, luminous English-language d… read more
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23. Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
By: Theresa MacPhail
3.89
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cuttin… read more
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24. The Faraway World: Stories
By: Patricia Engel
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
* A New York Times Editors’ Choice * From Patricia Engel, whose novel Infinite Country was a New… read more
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25. Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
By: Nathan H. Lents
3.95
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
A biology professor’s illuminating tour of the physical imperfections—from faulty knees to junk DNA… read more
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26. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
By: Barbara McQuade
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more
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27. The Shortest History of Democracy: 4,000 Years of Self-Government―A Retelling for Our Times (The Shortest History Series)
By: John Keane
3.56
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
From The Shortest History series comes the complete history of democracy, its champions, and its de… read more
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28. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
By: A.J. Jacobs
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more
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29. Say Anarcha
By: J.C. Hallman
3.81
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A compelling reckoning with the birth of women’s health that illuminates the sacrifices of a young … read more
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30. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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31. Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character
By: James G. Stavridis
4.10
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of the most distinguished admirals of our time and a former Supreme Allied Commander of NA… read more
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