Medicine & Health
The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer
Paperback
The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, the cover-up, and how one American Army doctor’s discovery led to the development of the first drug to combat cancer, known today as chemotherapy.
Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection
Hardback
The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat—and what it means for how we should.
Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life
Hardback
A poignant, funny, personal exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor.
Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America
Paperback
An incisive examination of bioethics and American healthcare, and their profound affects on American culture over the last sixty years.
Bones: Inside and Out
Hardback
A lively, illustrated exploration of the 500-million-year history of bone, a touchstone for understanding vertebrate life and human culture.