by Mary Roach  
Powells.com Staff Pick Following her usual template, Mary Roach finds a subject in the scientific community that is equal parts fascinating and scandalous, and writes an extensively researched and thoroughly amusing book about it. Beyond the initial titillation stemming from a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
by Jeannette Walls Publisher Comments Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Randy Pausch Publisher Comments "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." — Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while... (read more) Your Price $21.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the... (read more) Your Price $21.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Tracy Kidder
Powells.com Staff Pick "It's won the Pulitzer and for good reason; it's beautifully written, inspired, and gives you something to think about the rest of the year." Hilary, Powells... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Oliver Sacks
Powells.com Staff Pick Musicophilia is a fascinating look at music and its effects on our brains. Who but Oliver Sacks could make such a compulsively readable book? Recommended by Beth, Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $26.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
Professional Medical Reference by Anne Fadiman
Publisher Comments Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Jerome Groopman Publisher Comments How Doctors Think is a window into the mind of the physician and an insightful examination of the all-important relationship between doctors and their patients. In this myth-shattering work, Jerome Groopman explores the forces and thought processes... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Barcharts Synopsis This 4-page laminated guide contains detailed illustrations of pressure points of the hands & feet and is color coded and mapped from multiple views. Illustrations by award-winning medical illustrator Vince Perez.... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (New - Miscellaneous) check for used and sale copies
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by Bernd Heinrich Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your Price $5.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Jean-Dominique Bauby Publisher Comments In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Paul Joannides Publisher Comments The Guide To Getting It On has won five awards and has been translated into 12 foreign languages. It has sold hundreds of thousands of copies from the dorms of UC San Diego to the bedrooms of Tripoli. Some people say The Guide is the best how-to book on... (read more) Your Price $23.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Richard Carlson Publisher Comments Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and It's All Small Stuff is an audiobook that tells you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson reveals ways to calm down in the midst... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your Price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Toni Weschler Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 432-444) and index.... (read more) Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Softcvr W/comp Media) check for used copies
by Chris Crowley Publisher Comments Congratulations, you are about to get younger. Dr. Henry Lodge provides the science. Chris Crowley provides the motivation. And through their New York Timesbestselling program, you'll discover how to put off 70 percent of the normal problems of... (read more) Your Price $12.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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