Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.95
Revised and ExpandedWith the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In
Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.”...
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Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
Written by Katrina Firlik
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $14.95
Katrina Firlik is a neurosurgeon, one of only two hundred or so women among the alpha males who dominate this high-pressure, high-prestige medical specialty. She is also a superbly gifted writer–witty, insightful, at once deeply humane and refreshingly wry. In Another Day in the Frontal Lobe, Dr. Firlik draws on this...
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The Pill Book (13th Edition)
Written by Harold M. Silverman
Format: Paperback, 1296 pages
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $7.50
For more than two decades, millions of consumers have trusted
The Pill Book to provide official, FDA-approved drug information plus guidelines from leading pharmacists. Each drug is profiled in a concise, readable, and easy-to-understand entry, making
The Pill Book the perfect reference when you have questions about the medications your doctor...
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Final Exam
A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality
Written by Pauline W. Chen
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $13.95
A brilliant transplant surgeon brings compassion and narrative drama to the fearful reality that every doctor must face: the inevitability of mortality.
When Pauline Chen began medical school, she dreamed of saving lives. What she could not predict was how much death would be a part of her work. Almost immediately, she...
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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Written by Ina May Gaskin
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2003
Price: $18.00
What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you.
Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and...
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Frontier Medicine
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
Written by David Dary
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $30.00
In his new book, David Dary, one of our leading social historians, gives us a fascinating, informative account of American frontier medicine from our Indian past to the beginning of World War II, as the frontier moved steadily westward from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean.
He begins with the early...
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