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In the land of invisible women
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Qanta Ahmed |
The decisions that change your life are often the most impulsive ones. Unexpectedly denied a visa to remain in the United States, Qanta Ahmed, a young British Muslim doctor, becomes an outcast in mot… |
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The making of mind
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Alexander Luria |
Luria looks back on his life and career in psychology, drawing attention to the Soviet scientific establishment and his struggle to formulate a new psychological theory concerning memory, language, a… |
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Through the glass wall
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Howard Buten |
A clinical psychologist and researcher journeys into the minds of the autistic, going beyond traditional methodology to breach the walls that close off autistics from the rest of the world and releas… |
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I am not myself these days
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Josh Kilmer-Purcell |
An advertising executive describes how he moonlighted as a drag queen performing in nighclubs, detailing a surreal odyssey into Manhattan's dark underbelly as it chronicles his relationship with his … |
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My story of the war
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Mary Ashton Rice Livermore |
When secessionist chaos turned to bloodshed in 1861, Mary A. Livermore (1820-1905), editor, lecturer, and abolitionist, left her family and volunteered for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, becoming one … |
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House on fire
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William H. Foege |
"A story of courage and risk-taking, House on Fire tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions over centuries of human history, was completely eradicated in a spectacular… |
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Are you my mother?
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Alison Bechdel |
From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazine’s No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be.
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Knocking on heaven's door
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Katy Butler |
"An exquisitely written, expertly reported memoir and expose; of modern medicine that leads the way to more humane, less invasive end-of-life care based on the author's acclaimed New York Times Magaz… |
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The woman warrior
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Maxine Hong Kingston |
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts is Kingston's disturbing and fiercely beautiful account of growing up Chinese-American in California. The young Kingston lives in two worlds: the… |
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Faith, hope, and healing
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Bernie S. Siegel |
faith, hope & healing Inspiring Lessons Learned from People Living with Cancer "Bernie Siegel is one of the greatest healers of our time. The stories he shares in Faith, Hope, and Healing demonstra… |
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Tales from both sides of the brain
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Gazzaniga, Michael S. |
Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left b… |
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His Bright Light
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Danielle Steel |
Danielle Steel's moving personal story of the son she lost to manic depression.This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold and a tortured soul.'From the day he wa… |
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The kidney sellers
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Sigrid Fry-Revere |
"Rarely does an adventure story carry such social significance as in this groundbreaking ethnographic research book. Dr. Fry-Revere's exploration of the medical ethics of compensating organ donors ta… |
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The nurses
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Alexandra Robbins |
In a gripping, behind-the-scenes look filled with drama, miracles, heartbreak, humor and unsung heroism, an award-winning journalist chronicles a year in the lives of four real-life hospital nurses, … |
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A life in public health
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Lester Breslow |
From his time as a Truman appointee on the Health Needs of the Nation to his tenure as Dean of UCLA's School of Public Health, Dr. Lester Breslow has been a force behind the most important public hea… |
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Beyond the Body Farm
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Jon Jefferson,Bill Bass,William M. Bass |
There is no scientist in the world like Dr. Bill Bass. A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Bass created the world's first laboratory dedicated to the study of human decomposition—three acres of land … |
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Girl, interrupted
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Susanna Kaysen |
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward … |
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All of a piece
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Barbara D. Webster |
From the author: All of a Piece is an exploration of the emotional and psychological consequences of chronic disease and its experience within American culture. I discuss the process of acceptance o… |
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The path of the dreamhealer
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Adam. |
Adam shares the miraculous story of how he discovered his ability to heal injuries and illness. He explains how all knowledge in the universe exists in the from of energy that can be accessed for hea… |
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The lost boy
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David J. Pelzer |
Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had… |
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