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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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Drinking
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Caroline Knapp |
Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor… |
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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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Food and loathing
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Betsy Lerner |
The author traces her lifetime struggle with an eating disorder and depression, describing how her size and self-esteen were intertwined, her experiences with support groups and therapy, her educatio… |
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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 Center Cannot Hold
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Elyn R. Saks |
Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatrist and is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California… |
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Last night in the OR
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Bud Shaw |
"The 1980s marked a revolution in the field of organ transplants, and Bud Shaw, M.D., who studied under Tom Starzl in Pittsburgh, was on the front lines. Now retired from active practice, Dr. Shaw re… |
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Saving Gotham
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Tom Farley |
A behind-the-scenes look at a controversial -- and successful -- public health initiative recounts how Dr. Thomas Frieden, as the health commissioner of New York City in 2002, and his team prohibited… |
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Don't worry, he won't get far on foot
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John Callahan |
Cartoonist John Callahan's dark (but still inspiring) memoir of his troubled family history, and his battles to recover from alcoholism and to function in life as a quadrapalegic. |
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Angel dusted
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Ursula Etons |
A journal of one family's struggle to help their son back from a drug-induced state of psychosis. |
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The real Grey's anatomy
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Andrew Holtz |
A behind-the-scenes look at the real lives of surgical residents, from the author of The Medical Science of House, M.D. Do surgeons talk about their sex lives while cutting a heart open? How do surg… |
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The End of My Addiction
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Olivier Ameisen |
What if you there were a cure for addiction--a medication that eradicates the need for a fix? This is the story of Olivier Ameisen, a brilliant physician and cardiologist who developed a profound add… |
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