The Angel and the Assassin: The Tiny Brain Cell That Changed the Course of Medicine
By: Donna Jackson Nakazawa
4.24
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling story of scientific detective work and medical potential that illuminates the newly und…
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1. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA
By: Brenda Maddox
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1962, Maurice Wilkins, Francis Crick, and James Watson received the Nobel Prize, but it was Rosa… read more
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2. The Red Notebook
By: Antoine Laurain , Emily Boyce , Jane Aitken
3.79
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street. There's… read more
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3. Oreo
By: Harryette Mullen , Fran Ross
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of a few works of satire written by African American women, Oreois an uproariously funny novel … read more
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4. The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
By: Jon Kabat-Zinn , Judson Brewer
3.68
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so ten… read more
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"How we relate to our thoughts and feelings makes all the difference."-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
"Until we define happiness for ourselves, clearly seeing the difference between excitement and joy, for example, our habits will likely not change. We will keep returning to the fruits of our desires."-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
"The self itself isn't a problem, since remembering who we are when we wake up each morning is very helpful. Instead, the problem is the extent to which we get caught up in the drama of our lives and …"-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
"We read stories and see YouTube videos about people who, distracted by their smartphones, walk into traffic and off piers into the ocean. Perhaps not surprisingly, a report in 2013 found that pedest…"-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
5. Here Is New York
By: E.B. White , Barbara Cohen , Roger Angell , None
4.11
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E.B. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential l… read more
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6. Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
By: Philipp Dettmer
4.59
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think ab… read more
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"Life hates nothing as much as wasting resources."-Philipp Dettmer, Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
7. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
By: David Reich
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human histo… read more
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8. Bark to the Future (Chet and Bernie, #13)
By: Spencer Quinn
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spencer Quinn's Bark to the Future continues the adventurous New York Times and USA Today bestselli… read more
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9. Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
By: Erika Engelhaupt
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bo… read more
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"This kind of scientific boldness is something the world could use more of. All too often, we’re hemmed in by our fears and our sense of propriety. Some subjects simply aren’t discussed, or aren’t tak…"-Erika Engelhaupt, Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
10. Chenneville
By: Paulette Jiles
4.13
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawles… read more
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11. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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12. The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
By: Meghan O'Rourke
4.03
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise… read more
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"As the chronically ill know, to be alive is to be in uncertainty."-Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
"Knowledge brings the hope of treatment or cure. And even if there is no cure, a diagnosis is a form of knowing (the word “diagnosis"-Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
"And so it is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman in possession of vague symptoms like fatigue and pain will be in search of a doctor who believes she is actually sick ."-Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
"Is illness, in any way, a lesson? Illness is a travesty; illness is shit; illness is not redemptive unless it happens to be for a particular ill person, for reasons that are not replicable nor should…"-Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
13. 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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14. The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
By: Susannah Cahalan
3.64
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness-how do you diagnose it, how do you t… read more
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15. How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals
By: Tom Mustill
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill—the nature documentarian who wen… read more
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"What confounds this dilemma further is that individual animals within a species have varying cognitive abilities. To quote the Yosemite National Park ranger who, when asked why it was proving so hard…"-Tom Mustill, How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals
16. The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition with Knowledge and Confidence
By: Lisa Mosconi
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The XX Brain shows women how to navigate menopause success… read more
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17. The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
By: Deborah Blum
3.92
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author … read more
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18. The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect
By: Wendy Williams
3.82
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
In this fascinating book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams ex… read more
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19. H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.02
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
In twenty-six essays—one for each letter of the alphabet—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The S… read more
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20. Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined―and Redefined―Nature
By: Beth Shapiro
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking natu… read more
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21. The Angel and the Assassin: The Tiny Brain Cell That Changed the Course of Medicine
By: Donna Jackson Nakazawa
4.24
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling story of scientific detective work and medical potential that illuminates the newly und… read more
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