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A New York Times Bestseller
In his latest bestseller, Atul Gawande shows what the simple idea of the checklist reveals about the complexity of our lives and...
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“Enough absorbing science to concede that plants continue to inspire and amaze us.” —The Wall Street Journal
How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap...
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One of Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Spring Science Books
Selected by Apple’s iBookstore as one of the best books of April
Dinosaurs, with their...
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia...
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The international best-seller that makes mathematics a thrilling exploration.
In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil, who...
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In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel’s edge....
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“A tour de force. If you read this book, you’ll never look at other people in quite the same way again.”—Malcolm Gladwell
Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman...
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One of Barnes and Noble’s Best Books of March 2013
One of Amazon’s Best Nonfiction Books for March 2013
One of Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Spring...
Better
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National Bestseller
The struggle to perform well is universal: each of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But...
Bad Pharma
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We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often...
Bug Music
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In the spring of 2013 the cicadas in the Northeastern United States will yet again emerge from their seventeen-year cycle—the longest gestation period of any...
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How We Do Harm exposes the underbelly of healthcare today—the overtreatment of the rich, the under treatment of the poor, the financial conflicts of interest...
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What if our soundest, most reasonable judgments are beyond our control?
Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the world’s greatest minds and the more...
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Like Winchester's Krakatoa, The Year Without Summer reveals a year of dramatic global change long forgotten by history
In the tradition of Krakatoa, The...
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Richard Feynman: physicist . . . Nobel winner . . . bestselling author . . . safe-cracker.
In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents...
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A dynamic new story about how babies make their way in the world—and how grown-ups have tried to make sense of these tiny inscrutable beings.
As a new parent,...
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Time #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007
Entertainment Weekly #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007
Finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award
Salon Book Awards...
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Smell the bark of the aromatic Sassafras. Wonder at the Lodgepole Pine, whose heat-activated cones reseed forests destroyed by fire. Search for the Sugar...
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A new edition of a great, underappreciated classic of our time
Beryl Markham’s West with the Night is a true classic, a book that deserves the same acclaim...
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It is another hot day in the desert. Birds and other animals scurry about looking for food. When they get tired, they stop to rest at a giant cactus. It is...
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From "America’s nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of...
Innumeracy
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Why do even well-educated people understand so little about mathematics? And what are the costs of our innumeracy? John Allen Paulos, in his celebrated...
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The legendary leader in the field of human behavior delivers the national bestselling, must-read phenomenon that changed the rules. Utilizing the latest...
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“Groundbreaking research . . . Women Who Think Too Much tells why overthinking occurs, why it hurts people, and how to stop.” —USA Today
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