The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine
By: Brendan Borrell
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The full inside story of the high-stakes, global race for the lifesaving vaccine to end the pandemi…
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1. Wishin' and Hopin'
By: Wally Lamb
3.59
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
Wally Lamb, the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed, I Know T… read more
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2. Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
By: Sonia Shah
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Scientists agree that a pathogen is likely to cause a global pandemic in the near future. But which… read more
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3. I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
By: Izzeldin Abuelaish
3.73
Format: None pages,
By turns inspiring and heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hateis Izzeldin Abuelais… read more
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4. Born with Teeth
By: Kate Mulgrew
4.65
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew "how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how… read more
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5. 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
6. The Editor
By: Steven Rowley
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a novel about a struggling writer who get… read more
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7. Sandy Hook
By: Elizabeth Williamson
4.29
Format: 482 pages, Hardcover
Based on hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and access to exclusive sources and materials, … read more
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- politics
- history
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8. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
By: Michael Lewis
4.34
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the … read more
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9. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
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10. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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11. Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19
By: Alina Chan
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
"Chan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how… read more
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12. For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug
By: Nathan Vardi
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A gripping business narrative and scientific thriller about what it takes to bring a wonder drug to… read more
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13. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
By: Walter Isaacson
4.29
Format: 536 pages, Hardcover
When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a pape… read more
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"The beauty of nature and the joy that comes from unstructured human engagement is a powerful combination."-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
"Does empathy depend on believing that but for the grace of God, or the randomness of the natural lottery, we could have been born with a different set of endowments?"-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
"She felt at home in the lab. It was a quiet temple for individual persistence and contemplation. She could be creative and independent as she pursued a path toward her own discoveries."-Walter Isaacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
14. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
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- history
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15. There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
By: Fiona Hill
4.13
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity ha… read more
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16. Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
By: Kate Crawford
3.99
Format: 288 pages, ebook
The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality,… read more
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17. Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission
By: Mark Leibovich
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times Bestseller "He's one of the best chroniclers of politics today." -Jake Tapp… read more
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18. Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
By: David Quammen
4.21
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to deciphe… read more
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- health
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- science
"The more numerous we become, the more crowded, the more interconnected, the more demanding of resources, the more invasive of wild places, the more disruptive of richly diverse ecosystems—the closer …"-David Quammen, Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
19. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
By: David E. Sanger
4.37
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more
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- politics
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20. The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine
By: Brendan Borrell
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The full inside story of the high-stakes, global race for the lifesaving vaccine to end the pandemi… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
21. Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
By: Louise Aronson
3.97
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's E… read more
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- history
- science
- health
22. The Perfect Weapon: How the Cyber Arms Race Set the World Afire
By: David E. Sanger
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the premiere New York Times Washington correspondent, a stunning and incisive look into how cy… read more
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23. Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick
By: J. David McSwane
3.89
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
“This startling, vital book deserves our attention.” —San Francisco Chronicle For fans of War Dogs … read more
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24. A Shot to Save the World: The Remarkable Race and Ground-Breaking Science Behind the Covid-19 Vaccines
By: Gregory Zuckerman
4.19
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award The authoritative account of the… read more
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25. I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
By: Kidada E. Williams
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From a groundbreaking scholar, a heart-wrenching reexamination of the struggle for survival in the … read more
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26. Acne
By: Laura Chinn
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the creator and star of Florida Girls comes a hilarious and profound memoir about family, happ… read more
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"We were not “ride or die"-Laura Chinn, Acne
"As I took in all the sick and injured babies around me, I could feel empathy being forced upon me and I did not like it."-Laura Chinn, Acne
"One of my friends lost her virginity when she was twelve to her older brother’s nineteen-year-old friend. She said he crept into her bedroom in the middle of the night and took her virginity. At the …"-Laura Chinn, Acne
"Our family was an organic, free-range, humanely sourced kind of family. The kind of family who uses plant-based cleaners that aren’t strong enough to actually degrease anything so every pot and pan h…"-Laura Chinn, Acne
27. With Prejudice
By: Robin Peguero
3.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The "exciting" and "clever" debut thriller ( New York Times Book Review ): No one knows what happen… read more
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28. Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report
By: Covid Crisis Group
3.99
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
This powerful report on what went wrong—and right—with America’s Covid response, from a team of 34 … read more
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29. Moonshot: Inside Pfizer's Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible
By: Albert Bourla
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Wall Street Journal Bestseller 2022 Genesis Prize Laureate Axiom Award Bronze Medalist for Business… read more
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30. Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever
By: Bijal P. Trivedi
4.43
Format: 615 pages, Hardcover
Cystic fibrosis was once a mysterious disease that killed infants and children. Now it could be the… read more
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31. The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care
By: Hannah Wunsch
4.34
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
For readers of Pale Rider comes a suspenseful account of how the battle against a mid-century polio… read more
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