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Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope into Action; A Memoir

Fajgenbaum, David · Ballantine Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The powerful memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete diagnosed with a rare disease who spearheaded the search for a cure - and became a champion for a new approach to medical research."An extraordinary memoir . . . It belongs with Atul Gawande's writings and When Breath...
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Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS

Moaveni, Azadeh · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Based on years of immersive reporting, Pulitzer finalist Azadeh Moaveni has written a gripping account of thirteen women as they joined, endured, and, in some cases, escaped life in the Islamic State. Among the many books trying to understand the terrifying rise of ISIS, none has given...
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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Kantor, Jodi · Penguin Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-prize winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movementOn October 5, 2017, the New York...
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death

Doughty, Caitlin · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition.Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space...
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

Winegard, Timothy C. · Dutton
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity's fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice...
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Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America

Leonard, Christopher · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover

Just as Steve Coll told the story of globalization through ExxonMobil and Andrew Ross Sorkin told the story of Wall Street excess through Too Big to Fail, Christopher Leonard's Kochland uses the extraordinary account of how one of the biggest private companies in the world grew to be that...
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Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond

Alexandra Horowitz · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From Alexandra Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog, an eye-opening, informative, and wholly entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike.We keep dogs and are kept by them. We love...
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The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

Urbina, Ian · Knopf
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international...
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Reading behind Bars: A Memoir of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian

Grunenwald, Jill · Skyhorse
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master's degree in library science, ready to start living her dream of becoming a librarian. But the economy had a different idea. As the Great Recession reared its ugly head, jobs were scarce. After some searching,...
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have

Schlossberg, Tatiana · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From former New York Times Science writer Tatiana Schlossberg comes Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have, a fascinating and unexpectedly entertaining look at the way climate change and environmental pollution are intimately involved in our everyday...
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