books: science - top sellers

books: science - top sellers

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Cinderella: open ... Vhs Worlds of History,... Hogan's Heroes - T... Great books by wor...

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

Gabor Mate M.D.

North Atlantic Books, 2010

Poignant Tales of addiction
Addiction has always been a fascinating subject to me. Lives are completely shattered because we can't break the bonds of addiction. Lives are utterly destroyed over the power that addictions have over us. Addiction can be through drugs, alcohol, gambling, or a ...

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for ...

T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell II

Benbella Books, 2006

Nutritional guidance that actually makes a difference.
It is amazing how we become so ingrained with a certain set of nutritional beliefs that we don't even want to consider if it is correct. On a single day about a year ago, the perfect nutritional storm occurred: I watched the 2004 movie documentary 'Super Size Me', I ...

Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible

Jorge Cervantes

Van Patten Publishing, 2006

growers bible
Best carry along pictorial for cultivators and those learning to grow medicine to treat their ailments. Color coded pages make locating topics easy, The organization of content is perfect.

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Atul Gawande

Metropolitan Books, 2009

A must read
I just finished reading Atul Gawande's latest book, THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO. I strongly recommend everyone with an interest in improving performance in situations running from simple to complicated to complex read this book immediately - it can be finished in a few ...

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 2010 (First Aid USMLE)

Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, ...

McGraw-Hill Medical, 2009

Not just for USMLE review
I use this for all of my classes. Get this as a first year and use it so you know where everything is when it comes time to study for Step 1.

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

Little, Brown and Company, 2009

Eating Animals
As author Jonathan Safron Foer illustrates, billions of farmed animals suffer in ways that virtually all Americans agree should be illegal. Industrialized farming, with the systematic mutilation, confinement, transportation and cruel slaughtering of animals for ...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

Crown, 2010

A must read!
Excellent. A must read! Everything you wanted to know about the most important cell line in human history, HeLa, and so much more. Rebecca Skloot's first book is simply captivating. Her narrative is excellent and her style engaging. She achieved something that one ...

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition

American Psychological Association (APA), 2009

The correct updated publication!!
The book came before its scheduled time. It was the most accurate publication of the APA 6th edition.

Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2010 Classic Shirt-Pocket Edition (Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia: Classic ...

Tarascon Publishing

Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., 2010

Good transaction
Deluxe lab-coat editions usually come with a plastic book cover protector. No protector this time. Otherwise, book was in excellent condition.

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Random House ...

Tracy Kidder

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009

Dr. Paul Farmer, the Mother Teresa of Medicine
What an excellent reminder that The Only Real Nation is Humanity. Through this writing, author Tracy Kidder introduced me to Dr. Paul Farmer, who co-founded Partners-in-Health ([...]), an organization I now proudly support for their medical/humanitarian work in Haiti ...

YOU: On A Diet Revised Edition: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz

Free Press, 2009

Phenomenal
Comprehensive. The two Doctor/Authors have come up with exercises, diet and recipes for improving health and weight loss. I would recommend this to anyone interested in these subjects.

The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea

Philip Hoare

Ecco, 2010

A literary celebration of everything whale
This wide-ranging paean to the world's largest mammals had its origins in fear. As a boy, British biographer Hoare was terrified of water; his imagination reeling at the depths his eyes could not fathom. Nevertheless, in his mid-20s he determined to learn to swim. ...

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated

David D. Burns

Harper, 1999

Feel Good Today.
Feeling Good is not only a great self-help book, it's a way of thinking. And by that I mean, it's your thoughts that usually cause the problems, right? Well, this book will discuss that and tell you how to use congnitve behavior therapy to get through this and onto ...

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition

Clair Davies, Amber Davies

New Harbinger Publications, 2004

Cured my forearm/wrist pain and relieved my TMJ condition as well
About a year ago, I began to suffer from pain and tightness in my wrists, forearms, and hands; This was undoubtedly related to my computer job and hobbies that were very hand/wrist intensive. Over time, my condition steadily deteriorated. I tried various forms of ...

Hypothyroidism Type 2: The Epidemic

Mark Starr

New Voice Publications, 2005

Most Comprehensive Work - amazing before and after photos
Finally! I've been looking for a book written by a MEDICAL professional on this topic. Very complete - before and after photos from the the last century are AMAZING. I'm 47 and I've been sick for 10 years. Each and every Doc - 5 total (2 FP's, OB-Gyn, GI, Endo, finally ...