11 Best science books like Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century by Jasmine Brown

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Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century

By: Jasmine Brown

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The first complete history of Black women physicians in the US, told through a blend of extensive a…

If you liked the science plot in Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century by Jasmine Brown , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine

By: Damon Tweedy

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the un… read more

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2. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

By: Harriet A. Washington

0.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

From the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America's shocking mist… read more

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3. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
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4. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
"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

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5. The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

By: Karen Valby

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood,… read more

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  • history
  • race
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock

6. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

By: Uché Blackstock

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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7. Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health

By: Anupam B. Jena

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Does timing, circumstance, or luck impact your health care? This groundbreaking book reveals the hi… read more

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  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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8. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

By: Laurah Norton

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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9. All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience

By: Jay Wellons

4.44

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“The surgical interventions in these pages are dizzying, but the fact that Jay Wellons can write as… read more

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  • biography
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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10. The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

By: Maria Smilios

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remar… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Missouria took in Mr. Morris’s information and this system of demarcating lives. Maps and lines had defined her entire life. They were drawn throughout history, straightened, elongated, bent up and d…"

-Maria Smilios, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

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11. The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science

By: Kate Zernike

4.42

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who broke the story, the inspiring account of the sixtee… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • science
"The women had spent their careers trying not to think about being women, hoping they would be seen as scientists. But as the first or only in so many settings, they felt they had to live up to a high…"

-Kate Zernike, The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science

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12. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

By: Loren Grush

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • science
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13. The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

By: Tariq Trotter

4.20

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

“Tariq Trotter . . . could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. Like the Russian novelist, Mr. Trotter has ref… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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14. The Enigma Affair

By: Charlie Lovett

3.84

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

When librarian Patton Harcourt comes under sniper fire in her rural North Carolina home, she is thr… read more

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15. It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)

By: Karen Tang

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An inclusive and essential guide to reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, men… read more

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  • medical
  • feminism
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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16. Unequal: A Story of America

By: Michael Eric Dyson

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson and critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau s… read more

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  • race
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • social issues
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17. The Only Constant: A Guide to Embracing Change and Leading an Authentic Life

By: Najwa Zebian

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A wise and tender guide to coming to terms with impermanence and recognizing that change is the for… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal

By: Brian H. Williams

4.43

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

A tour de force that diagnoses the structural root of the violence that plagues us all Trauma su… read more

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  • race
  • biography
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
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19. Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century

By: Jasmine Brown

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The first complete history of Black women physicians in the US, told through a blend of extensive a… read more

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  • race
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  • biography
  • medical
  • historical
  • feminism
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • social issues
  • science
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20. While You Were Dreaming

By: Alisha Rai

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This YA debut from powerhouse romance author Alisha Rai tackles undocumented immigration against th… read more

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Cover of Borrowing Life: How Scientists, Surgeons, and a War Hero Made the First Successful Organ Transplant a Reality by Shelley Mickle

21. Borrowing Life: How Scientists, Surgeons, and a War Hero Made the First Successful Organ Transplant a Reality

By: Shelley Mickle

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Against a global backdrop of wartime suffering and postwar hope, Borrowing Life gathers the persona… read more

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  • medical
  • medicine
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11 best-selling history books like Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century by Jasmine Brown

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Michael Harriot

4.59

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Joshua D. Mezrich

4.23

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The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

Karen Valby

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

4.46

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Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Camilla Trinchieri

4.08

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Charles Frazier

3.71

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Jacqueline Winspear

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