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by David Shields
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father's vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an original investigation of our flesh-and-blood existence, our mortal being.Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of...
Avoid Boring People
Lessons from a Life in Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
From Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a living legend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes this candid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice for those starting out their academic careers.
In Avoid Boring People, Watson lays down a life’s wisdom for...
by Oliver Sacks
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Have you ever seen something that wasn’t really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing?
Hallucinations don’t belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication,...
The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009
The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired...
An Anatomy of Addiction
Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel traces the careers of two brilliant young doctors—Sigmund Freud, neurologist, and William Halsted, surgeon—showing how their powerful addictions to cocaine shaped their enormous contributions to psychology and medicine.
When Freud and Halsted began...
by Jonathan Harr
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
This true story of an epic courtroom showdown, where two of the nation's largest corporations were accused of causing the deaths of children from water contamination, was a #1 national bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Described as “a page-turner filled with greed,...
A Most Dangerous Method
The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
“Has all the elements of a juicy novel . . . riveting. . . . Reudite and elegant.” —Newsday
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, Direcetd by Dabid Cronenbertg and STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLY, VIGGO MORENSEN, MICHAEL FASSBENDER, and VINCENT CASSEL
In 1907, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung began what...
Jacques Cousteau
The Sea King
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
An unprecedented and masterfully told biography of Jacques Cousteau that reveals for the first time the fascinating and compelling individual behind this famous television personality.
Inventor of the aqualung and fearless scuba diver, Jacques Cousteau opened up the ocean to a mass audience for...
Clarence Darrow
Attorney for the Damned
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Drawing on untapped archives and full of fresh revelations, here is the definitive biography of America’s legendary defense attorney and progressive hero.
Clarence Darrow is the lawyer every law school student dreams of being: on the side of right, loved by many women, played by Spencer Tracy...
The Kelloggs
The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
***2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Nonfiction***
"What's more American than Corn Flakes?" —Bing Crosby
From the much admired medical historian (“Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be”—Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy...
Showdown
Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional...
by Pauline W. Chen
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
A brilliant transplant surgeon brings compassion and narrative drama to the fearful reality that every doctor must face: the inevitability of mortality.When Pauline Chen began medical school, she dreamed of saving lives. What she could not predict was how much death would be a part of her work. Almost...
by Richard Fortey
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
A remarkable behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary people, meticulous research, and driving passions that make London’s Natural History Museum one of the world’s greatest institutions.
In an elegant and illuminating narrative, Richard Fortey takes his readers to a place where only...
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
A few million years ago, our ancestors came down from the trees and began to stand upright, freeing our hands to create tools and our minds to grapple with the world around us.
Leonard Mlodinow takes us on a passionate and inspiring tour through the exciting history of human progress and the...