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Immerse yourself in the history of medicine - a colourful story of skill, serendipity, trial and err…

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introdu…

A razor-sharp, story-first history of how ordinary people survived plagues, hunger, and bad medicine…

Johns Hopkins University, one of the preeminent medical schools in the nation today, has played a un…

Too long to be a short story, too short to be a novel-welcome to the surprisingly potent world of th…

From bestselling, prize-winning author Russell Shorto comes a grand and strange history of the on-go…

The 2014 Ebola epidemic demonstrated the power of pandemics and their ability not only to destroy li…

Christian W. McMillen provides a concise yet comprehensive account of pandemics throughout human his…

The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by …

The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by …

The riveting story of one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of the twentieth century, from …

A concise guide to the medicinal and ceremonial usage of chocolateFollowing on from his magnum opus,…

Born in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Ove…

Since dyslexia was first described in the British Medical Journal in 1896, there has been debate abo…

When a friend asked what books could help them understand Indigenous lives, Patty Krawec, author of …

Poor vision is the largest unaddressed disability in the world today. An estimated 2.2 billion peopl…

Organ harvesting represents one of the most pressing and disturbing ethical challenges of our time. …

Billy Dunbar is discovered and attacked by a band of Apaches while prospecting for gold with his two…

Whether for entertainment, under the guise of medicine, or to propel consumerism, heinous acts are p…

The field of biotechnology has evolved over the past four decades, developing medicines which are cu…

From an expert in pulmonary medicine, the story of our extraordinary lungs, the organ that both expl…

HOW YOU CAN SURVIVE “HEALTHCARE,” THE LARGEST AND MOST CORRUPT INDUSTRY IN AMERICA. Robert Yoho, MD,…

Do you suffer from chronic and unrelenting pain and are desperate for a cure?Have you heard about ac…

A brilliant and entertaining mathematician illuminates seven mathematical principles that shape our …

In Well, physician Sandro Galea examines what Americans miss when they fixate on healthcare: health.…

“A story of love and courage amid brutality and terror, this is the testimony of a child who h…

As her passionately devoted fans know, Elizabeth Hand is a uniquely gifted storyteller. Readers were…

Cancer touches everybody’s life in one way or another. But most of us know very little about how the…

Rashevitch, a proud and talkative man, was entertaining a guest, Meier, the deputy examining magistr…

Pavel Vassilyevitch finds himself meeting with an unwanted visitor one day after lunch, an odd woman…

Miguev, a married, intelligent collegiate assessor, is haunted with anxiety and worry. Miguev has a …

As two friends are sharing stories together, the story of the man in the box comes up. The man in th…

Ivan Lyashkevsky, a Polish lieutenant who suffered a head injury, spends a large amount of time grum…

After Nadya, a sixteen year old girl, returns home from seeing a play, she is happily consumed with …

Three men, Mihailo the porter, Nikandr the fish merchant, and Stepan the coachman, sit around a tabl…

Three friends, Mayer (a medical student), Rybnikov (a student of the arts), and Vassilyev (a law stu…