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The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken …
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken …
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its …
On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was …
Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, …
Gretchen Craft Rubin: The happiness project (2009, HarperCollins)
Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, …
A preeminent scientist—and the world's most prominent atheist—asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has …
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space is a 1994 book by the astronomer Carl Sagan. …
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, …
"A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher.
'Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.' (Sass: know, be …
Collects autobiographical, illustrated essays and cartoons from the author's popular blog and related new material that humorously and candidly deals …