State of the Heart: Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease
By: Haider Warraich
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind
By: Barbara Strauch
3.83
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
A leading science writer examines how the brain's capacity reaches its peak in middle age For many… read more
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2. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
By: Lydia Kang , Nate Pedersen
4.00
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Discover 67 shocking-but-true medical misfires that run the gamut from bizarre to deadly. Like when… read more
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"Unfortunately, the theory that 'more is better' is a really, really crappy theory when it comes to arsenic."-Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
"It is perhaps oddly appropriate that the symbol for the god Mercury was the caduceus—two snakes entwined on a winged rod. The symbol is commonly and incorrectly associated with the medical establishm…"-Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
3. The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
By: Steven Johnson
3.89
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
From Steven Johnson, the dynamic thinker routinely compared to James Gleick, Dava Sobel, and Malcol… read more
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"New ideas need old buildings."-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"It is a great testimony to the connectedness of life on earth that the fates of the largest and the tiniest life should be so closely dependent on each other."-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"When the next great epidemic does come, maps will be as crucial as vaccines in our fight against the disease. But again, the scale of the observation will have broadened considerably: from a neighbor…"-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"It’s true enough that the Victorians were grappling with heady issues like utilitarianism and class consciousness. But the finest minds of the era were also devoted to an equally pressing question: W…"-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
4. The House of God
By: John Updike , Samuel Shem
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to kno… read more
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5. The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
By: Lindsey Fitzharris
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of how Joseph Lister's antiseptic method changed medicine forever In The Butcher… read more
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6. Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
By: Carl Zimmer
3.87
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and in the darkest shadows of sc… read more
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7. The Gene: An Intimate History
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies--a magnificent h… read more
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8. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
By: Mary Roach
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable t… read more
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9. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
By: Ed Yong
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ma… read more
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"I was struck by how different everything seemed with microbes in mind."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"The brutal contract of natural selection ensures that if one partner is unnecessary, it gets dumped."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"As palaeontologist Andrew Knoll once said, "Animals might be evolution's icing, but bacteria are really the cake."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"There’s a popular saying among doctors: There’s no such thing as alternative medicine; if it works, it’s just called medicine."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
10. Till We Have Faces
By: C.S. Lewis
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more
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11. Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
By: Giulia Enders , Jill Enders
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
A cheeky up-close and personal guide to the secrets and science of our digestive system. For too lo… read more
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12. The Art of Seduction
By: Robert Greene , Робърт Грийн
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
The season's most talked-about all-purpose personal strategy guide and philosophical compendium," s… read more
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13. Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice
By: None , Mark Olshaker
4.48
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
From law enforcement legend John Douglas, the FBI's pioneer of criminal profiling and the model for… read more
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- history
14. The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience
By: Kent A. Kiehl
3.98
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A compelling journey into the science and behavior of psychopaths, written by the leading scientist… read more
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15. Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
By: Lisa Sanders
4.15
Format: 32 pages,
A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School … read more
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16. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
By: Atul Gawande
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The New York Timesbestselling author of Betterand Complicationsreveals the surprising power of the … read more
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17. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.26
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its fir… read more
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18. Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans
By: Vivien Spitz
3.79
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
A chilling story of human depravity and ultimate justice, told for the first time by an eyewitness … read more
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19. The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
By: Kenneth H. Blanchard , Jon Gordon
3.88
Format: None pages,
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20. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
By: Ian Mortimer
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the 14th century. This text sets out t… read more
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"Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception."-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis based on the position of the stars, the colour and smell of your urine, and…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"So, as long as you can get enough to eat, and can avoid all the various lethal infections, the dangers of childbirth, lead poisoning, and the extreme violence, you should live a long time. All you ha…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
"Collectively they remind us that history is much more than an education process. Understanding the past is a matter of experience as well as knowledge, a striving to make spiritual, emotional, poetic…"-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
21. Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #2)
By: Jenny Colgan
3.60
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
Carmen is at a loose end. Her gorgeous bookshop is the filming site of a cheesy Christmas movie, sh… read more
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22. 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
23. The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
By: Sam Kean
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science Fr… read more
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"Many people agreed with one executive who sneered that [Thomas] Edison had a vacuum where his conscience ought to be."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
"A rival politician countered that he too supported the dissection of those who were sucking the public teat dry. He proposed starting with the royal family."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
24. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more
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25. Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers
By: Faith G. Harper
3.32
Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition
Our brains do their best to help us out, but every so often they can be real assholes--having melt … read more
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"We either win or we learn. So take the fuck-ups as new ways of getting good information about yourself."-Faith G. Harper, Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers
26. A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain
By: Sara Manning Peskin
4.21
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the ve… read more
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27. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
By: John E. Douglas
4.15
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more
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"I miss my dog,"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
28. Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
By: Helen Zia
4.47
Format: 503 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the… read more
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"In a world fractured by turmoil, there's much to learn from the profound human experience shared by the uprooted and displaced."-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
"There are many lessons to be learned from refugees and migrants that can contribute to the understanding needed to navigate the global tectonics to bring people together, not drive them into flight."-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
"Certainly, what was true for the refugees and exiles of Shanghai remains true for people fleeing catastrophe in contemporary times. Whether these migrants are driven from Syria, Myanmar, Bosnia, Suda…"-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
"Where America's WWII generation is often lauded as its greatest, the Chinese contemporaries of that generation deny any claims to such superlatives. Especially when China's 5,000 year history spans h…"-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
29. Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again
By: Eric J. Topol
4.02
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A Science Friday pick for book of the year, 2019 One of America's top doctors reveals how AI wil… 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. State of the Heart: Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease
By: Haider Warraich
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“Haider Warraich's elegant and poignant book takes us on an unforgettable journey. A caring and tho… read more
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