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  • Bottle of Lies

    The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * New York Times Notable Book * Best Book of the Year: New York Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, Science FridayWith a new postscript by the authorFrom an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale—The Jungle for pharmaceuticalsMany have hailed the widespread use ... Read more

    $14.09 USD

  • 免疫力的真相:為什麼你愈來愈容易生病?免疫權威帶你破解迷思,從此少生病、病得輕、好得快

    Self Defence: A Myth-Busting Guide to Immune Health

    Translated by 林文珠 ...
    Series Book 65 - 美好生活
    從壓力胖到憂鬱症,從慢性發炎到癌症,根源都在同一系統上!你的活力、你的情緒、你的體脂率都同時受到免疫系統的影響。《泰晤士報》、《科學》、《每日郵報》年度最佳圖書英國皇家學會科學圖書獎、生物學會圖書獎作者最新力作帶你將自身健康納入人生計畫,用新科學精準調控免疫力「這是最前瞻的內容,不必再自己到處搜尋了。」「引人入勝,幾乎每一段都發人深省。」「關於免疫力,充滿各種都市傳說,正確的免疫學就在這裡。」「世界級專家的重量級著作,不僅破除眾多迷思,更提供實用建議。」柳橙汁真的能預防感冒嗎?維生素D又有多重要?為什麼熬夜加班會「過勞肥」?年齡又如何改變我們的免疫系統?腸胃不好的人真的容易憂鬱嗎?心理健康為何與發炎脫不了關係?對你有效的藥怎麼對我無效?免疫健康如何提高我們的生存優勢?要提升免疫力,哪些運動比較好?如何調控免疫,提高生活品質?... ... Read more

    $11.33 USD

  • The Checklist Manifesto

    How to Get Things Right

    by Atul Gawande ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist.We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

  • Blitzed

    Drugs in the Third Reich

    by Norman Ohler ...
    A New York Times bestseller, Norman Ohler's Blitzed is a "fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich” (Washington Post).The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping work of World War II nonfiction, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs: cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Black Death

    A Personal History

    by John Hatcher ...
    A unique blend of history and docudrama that "looks at the lives of ordinary people during the Black Death . . . as a third of Europe's population was wiped out." — Publishers WeeklyIn this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world-renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village, Walsham de Willows, as the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Choice Theory

    A New Psychology of Personal Freedom

    Dr. William Glasser offers a new psychology that, if practiced, could reverse our widespread inability to get along with one another, an inability that is the source of almost all unhappiness.For progress in human relationships, he explains that we must give up the punishing, relationship–destroying external control psychology. For example, if you are in an unhappy relationship right now, he ... Read more

    Was $12.79 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • The Mosquito

    A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

    ****The instant New York Times bestseller.***An international bestseller.*Finalist for the Lane Anderson AwardFinalist for the RBC Taylor Award“Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPRA pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • Food Is Medicine

    Healing Our Bodies, Nourishing Our Minds, and Transforming Our Food System

    NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn urgent indictment of the food we eat and a blueprint for a nutrition revolution to mend our health, economy, and planet, from a world-renowned expert in nutrition, medicine, and public policyThe food we eat is making us sick. In the United States and around the world, diet has become the leading cause of illness and premature death, from obesity and diabetes to heart disease ... Read more

    $16.69 USD

  • Signature in the Cell

    DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design

    “Signature in the Cell is a defining work in the discussion of life’s origins and the question of whether life is a product of unthinking matter or of an intelligent mind. For those who disagree with ID, the powerful case Meyer presents cannot be ignored in any honest debate. For those who may be sympathetic to ID, on the fence, or merely curious, this book is an engaging, eye-opening, and often ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • Crohn's and Colitis For Dummies

    by Tauseef Ali ...
    Get relief from your inflammatory bowel disease symptomsCrohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are diseases that disrupt your body’s ability to digest food, absorb nutrition, and eliminate waste in a healthy manner. Crohn’s And Colitis For Dummies is the ultimate reference to these common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including tips on how to recognize and control the symptoms, so you ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Embrace the Chaos

    The brand new motivational book to help you master the power of habits and transform your life, from the author of Battle Scars

    by Jason Fox ...
    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Discover how to become the best version of yourself with this game-changing, personal development plan from the star of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins and author of Battle Scars and Life Under Fire.‘A motivational masterclass with a proven framework for improving every day.' Aldo KaneChallenge your limits, change your habits and transform your l... ... Read more

    $6.79 USD

  • The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine

    Exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research

    An expose of the corruption of medicine by the pharmaceutical industry at every level, from exploiting the vulnerable destitute for drug testing, through manipulation of research data, to disease mongering and promoting drugs that do more harm than good. Authors, Professor Jon Jureidini and Dr Leemon McHenry, made critical contributions to exposing the scientific misconduct in two infamous trials ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The Professor and the Madman

    A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

    A New York Times Notable BookThe Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history.The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • The Human Remains

    Drawing Out Compassion in Medicine

    A graphic memoir of one doctor’s journey through clinical training and his return to the human side of care.Under the fluorescent lights of the anatomy lab, a first-year medical student makes his opening incision into a donor’s body and embarks on a profession that will ask more of him than he can imagine. The Human Remains is a graphic memoir about what medical training takes and what it might ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Medicare for All

    A Citizen's Guide

    A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waiting There are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as healthcare--and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the healthcare system at some point in their lives, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy, 18 cents go ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • The Great Mortality

    An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

    by John Kelly ...
    “Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us.” — Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombThe Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.The ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • No More Tears

    The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Read more

    $13.19 USD

  • Vascular Technology Examination PREP, Second Edition

    Your complete, one-stop guide to passing the Vascular Technology ExamWith 700+ exam questions, this essential review provides the hands-on practice and knowledge students and practitioners need to master vascular technologyDelivers a concise summary of the entire vascular technology curriculum in an accessible formatServes as an essential study guide for the ARDMS exam—and an invaluable resource ... Read more

    $62.09 USD

  • The Deepest Well

    Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity

    “An extraordinary, eye-opening book.” —PeopleNational Health Information Awards winner“A rousing wake-up call. . . . This highly engaging, provocative book prove[s] beyond a reasonable doubt that millions of lives depend on us finally coming to terms with the long-term consequences of childhood adversity and toxic stress.” —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowDr. Nadine Burke Harris was ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • Thread

    A Caesarean story of myth, magic and medicine

    by Hannah Marsh ...
    'An essential read for anyone who cares about the misogyny inherent in modern medicine. This is a highly original, deeply validating and entirely engaging addition to the canon of birth and parenting writing.' Clover Stroud'I start to see my own experience not as a woeful result of a system or a body that has let me down, but as a birth experience as ancient, rich and potent as any other kind of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Healing Politics

    A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic

    A memoir about restoring the health of our people, and our democracy, from a physician and "one of the brightest young stars" of the progressive movement (Sen. Bernie Sanders).A child of immigrants, Abdul El-Sayed grew up feeling a responsibility to help others. He threw himself into the study of medicine and excelled—winning a Rhodes Scholarship, earning two advanced degrees, and landing a tenure ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Multitudes

    The Multiracial Experience and How to Forge a Culture of Absolute Belonging

    A groundbreaking new portrait of Multiracial America—who gets counted, who gets seen, and who gets to belong.More than 34 million Americans identify as Multiracial, making them one of the fastest-growing populations in the country. Yet they remain among the least counted, least studied, and least understood—often forced into categories that fail to reflect who they are.In Multitudes, renowned ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Sickening

    How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It

    by John Abramson ...
    The inside story of how Big Pharma’s relentless pursuit of ever-higher profits corrupts medical knowledge—misleading doctors, misdirecting American health care, and harming our health.The United States spends an excess $1.5 trillion annually on health care compared to other wealthy countries—yet the amount of time that Americans live in good health ranks a lowly 68th in the world. At the heart of ... Read more

    Was $16.39 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • The Facemaker

    A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

    A New York Times Bestseller**Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize | Named a best book of the year by The Guardian"Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." —Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile**Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary ... Read more

    $10.79 USD