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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
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Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers (some willingly, some unwittingly) have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They... (read more)

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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic -- and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic -- and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by Steven Johnson
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In 1854, as a cholera epidemic ravaged London, prevailing wisdom blamed "miasma"; in other words, "bad air" was spreading the disease. One prominent physician disagreed. It was Dr. John Snow's work outside of the lab, however — his innovative mapmaking,... (read more)

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The Herbal Medicine-makers Handbook: a Home Manual
The Herbal Medicine-makers Handbook: a Home Manual
by James Green
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THE HERBAL MEDICINE-MAKER'¬?S HANDBOOK is an entertaining compilation of natural home remedies written by one of the great herbalists, James Green, author of the best-selling THE MALE HERBAL. Writing in a delightfully personal and down-home style,... (read more)

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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
by Mary Roach
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In her remarkable debut, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach explored what happens to the body after death, and in the process brought the corpse to glittering life. In her follow up, she stakes out similar terrain. What happens to the... (read more)

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
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This is an absolutely fascinating account of a line of cells that would proliferate to such a degree that they became immortal. Shaved from a tumor in a poor black woman in the 1950s, cultured without her knowledge, and grown to amazing proportions... (read more)

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You Can Heal Your Life
You Can Heal Your Life
by Louise L Hay
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This New York Times bestseller has sold over 1.5 million copies. Its key message: If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed. For all who are looking for a source of inspiration on the path to self-discovery.... (read more)

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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
by Michael Pollan
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In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements—fire, water, air, and earth—to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things... (read more)

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Loving What is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
Loving What is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
by Byron Katie
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Out of nowhere, like a breeze in a marketplace crowded with advice, comes Byron Katie and “The Work.” In the midst of a normal life, Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a ten-year period sank further into rage, despair, and thoughts... (read more)

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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
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In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements—fire, water, air, and earth—to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things... (read more)

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Hallucinations
Hallucinations
by Oliver Sacks
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Have you ever seen something that wasn’t really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing? Hallucinations don’t belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they... (read more)

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Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
by Geneen Roth
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Geneen Roth's masterwork, Women Food and God explores the relationship between how we eat and how we see ourselves in the world.... (read more)

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Autobiography of a Face
Autobiography of a Face
by Lucy Grealy
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"I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great... (read more)

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The Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex
by Alex Comfort
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After 30 years--with more than eight million copies sold--"The Joy of Sex" is still considered the quintessential sex manual by millions of readers. Featuring an exuberant combination of newly updated text and illustrations, this classic sex manual tells... (read more)

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New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great
New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great
by Eric C Westman
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THINK YOU KNOW THE ATKINS DIET? THINK AGAIN. THE NEW ATKINS IS . . . POWERFUL Learn how to eat the wholesome foods that will turn your body into an amazing fat-burning machine. EASY The updated and simplified program was created with you and your goals... (read more)

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The Complete Book of Massage
The Complete Book of Massage
by Clar Maxwell Hudson
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A comprehensive guide to massage techniques with clear step-by-step instructions. Fully illustrated for all ages with color and/or black-and-white photographs on every page. 155,000 copies sold-to-date.... (read more)

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Exercises for Osteoporosis: A Safe and Effective Way to Build Bone Density and Muscle Strength and Improve Posture and Flexibility for Women and M (Exercises for)
Exercises for Osteoporosis: A Safe and Effective Way to Build Bone Density and Muscle Strength and Improve Posture and Flexibility for Women and M (Exercises for)
by Dianne Daniels
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The definitive and easy-to-follow exercise guide for maintaining healthy, strong bones. More than 25 million Americans, almost 10% of our population, suffer from osteoporosis. While it is often thought of as an old womans disease, about 20% of... (read more)

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Mountains beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder
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Beautifully told, and entirely inspiring, Mountains Beyond Mountains is an exceptional look at the heroic life of Dr. Paul Farmer. Providing health care for hundreds of thousands in a remote, impoverished region of Haiti, Farmer's incomparable dedication... (read more)

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Living a Longer, Healthier Life: The Companion Guide to Dr. A's Habits of Health
Living a Longer, Healthier Life: The Companion Guide to Dr. A's Habits of Health
by Wayne Scott Anderson
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This workbook serves as the companion guide to the best-selling book Dr. A's Habits of Health, a comprehensive manual designed to give you control of your daily habits and behaviors in order to create a life of vibrancy and optimal health. Living a... (read more)

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
by Anne Fadiman
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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)

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Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving
Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving
by Charles Muir
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Based on the Muirs' popular seminars, this provocative book offers modern couples ancient Tantric secrets for deepening relationships, intimacy, and passion.... (read more)

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