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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling numerous medical and scientific discoveries.NPR Bestseller
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Never Goin' Back
Winning the Weight-Loss Battle for Good
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Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Susan Cain demonstrates how introverted people are misunderstood and undervalued in modern culture, charting the rise of extrovert ideology while sharing anecdotal examples of how to use introvert talents to adapt to various situations.NPR Bestseller
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Give Me Everything You Have
On Being Stalked
A true story of obsessive love turning to obsessive hate, Give Me Everything You Have chronicles the author's harrowing ordeal at the hands of an obsessed former student whose campaign of hate mail, violently anti-Semitic online postings, and false public accusations were orchestrated to destroy his professional and personal life.
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Living and Dying in Brick City
An E.R. Doctor Returns Home
Sampson Davis looks at the healthcare crisis in inner-city Newark, N.J. from a unique perspective: as a doctor who works on the front line of emergency medical care in the community where he grew up, and as a member of that community who has faced the same challenges as the people he treats every day.
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The Disaster Diaries
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse
Plagued by insomnia and nightmares about a zombie apocalypse, Harvard grad turned boxer, cowboy, sailor and Wilderness EMT Sam Sheridan sets out to acquire the skills necessary to survive any doomsday scenario — from earthquakes and floods to invasion by alien monsters.
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Never Look A Polar Bear In The Eye
A Family Field Trip to the Arctic's Edge in Search of Adventure, Truth, and Mini-Marshmallows
Zac Unger writes about Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, a.k.a. the polar bear capital of the world, where polar bears can be found roaming past coffee shops and scratching their backs against fence posts and front doorways.
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Mind and Cosmos
Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False
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Kill Anything That Moves
The Real American War in Vietnam
Based on classified documents and interviews, a controversial history of the Vietnam War argues that American acts of violence against millions of Vietnamese civilians were a pervasive and systematic part of the war.
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Missing Out
In Praise of the Unlived Life
According to Adam Phillips, all people lead two parallel lives: their actual life and their desired life. The disparity between the two causes most people to feel trapped by unmet needs and sacrifices. Drawing on examples from Shakespeare and from life, Phillips counsels readers on how to accept frustrations as a means of accomplishing personal goals and finding satisfaction.
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Birthright
People and Nature in the Modern World
Stephen Kellert asserts that man's ability to think, feel, communicate, create and find meaning is inextricably linked to his relationship with nature, and that modern challenges are directly related to today's disconnect from the natural world.
