Rakuten Kobo

The Song of the Cell

An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</... ... Read more

Was $16.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</...
... Read more
Healing

Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health

by Thomas Insel MD ...

A bold, expert, and actionable map for the re-invention of America’s broken mental health care system.“Healing is truly one of the best books ever written about mental illness, and I think I’ve read them all." —Pete Earley, author of CrazyAs director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Thomas Insel was giving a presentation when the father of a boy with schizophrenia yelled from the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A bold, expert, and actionable map for the re-invention of America’s broken mental health care system.“Healing is truly one of the best books ever written about mental illness, and I think I’ve read them all." —Pete Earley, author of CrazyAs director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Thomas Insel was giving a presentation when the father of a boy with schizophrenia yelled from the
... Read more
The Black Death

A Global History of Humanity's Most Devastating Pandemic

by Thomas Asbridge ...

“A magisterial history” (The Guardian) of humanity’s greatest natural disaster—the Black Death—that reveals the true global impact and terrible human cost of this calamity, from the renowned author of The Crusades and The Greatest Knight.“Terrific—and truly terrifying. Thomas Asbridge puts a human face—or rather multiple faces—on the Black Death.”—Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.In the mid ... Read more

$14.99 USD

“A magisterial history” (The Guardian) of humanity’s greatest natural disaster—the Black Death—that reveals the true global impact and terrible human cost of this calamity, from the renowned author of The Crusades and The Greatest Knight.“Terrific—and truly terrifying. Thomas Asbridge puts a human face—or rather multiple faces—on the Black Death.”—Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.In the mid
... Read more
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth

And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine

by Thomas Morris ...

"Delightfully horrifying."--Popular ScienceOne of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its jaw-dropping weirdness.A puzzling series of dental explosions beginning in the nineteenth century is just one of many... ... Read more

$4.99 USD

"Delightfully horrifying."--Popular ScienceOne of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its jaw-dropping weirdness.A puzzling series of dental explosions beginning in the nineteenth century is just one of many...
... Read more
The Butchering Art

Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

by Lindsey Fitzharris ...

Winner, PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing"Warning: She spares no detail!" —Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead WakeIn The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics between 1860 and 1875. She conjures up early operating theaters—no ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Winner, PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing"Warning: She spares no detail!" —Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead WakeIn The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics between 1860 and 1875. She conjures up early operating theaters—no
... Read more
The Facemaker

A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

by Lindsey Fitzharris ...

A New York Times Bestseller**Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize | Named a best book of the year by The Guardian"Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." —Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile**Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A New York Times Bestseller**Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize | Named a best book of the year by The Guardian"Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." —Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile**Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary
... Read more
The Problem of Alzheimer's

How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It

by Jason Karlawish ...

A definitive and compelling book on one of today's most prevalent illnesses.In 2020, an estimated 5.8 million Americans had Alzheimer's, and more than half a million died because of the disease and its devastating complications. 16 million caregivers are responsible for paying as much as half of the $226 billion annual costs of their care. As more people live beyond their seventies and eighties, ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A definitive and compelling book on one of today's most prevalent illnesses.In 2020, an estimated 5.8 million Americans had Alzheimer's, and more than half a million died because of the disease and its devastating complications. 16 million caregivers are responsible for paying as much as half of the $226 billion annual costs of their care. As more people live beyond their seventies and eighties,
... Read more
Ferri's Best Test - E-Book

A Practical Guide to Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging E-Book

by Fred F. Ferri ...

Series series Ferri's Medical Solutions
Clinicians at all levels must consider a myriad of tests in the diagnostic process, requiring an up-to-date understanding of changing technology and the demands of time- and cost-efficiency. Ferri's Best Test, 5th Edition, is a unique, easy-to-use guide that simplifies complex information and helps you choose the best test to supplement your clinical diagnostic skills. It includes both lab and ... Read more

$42.29 USD

Clinicians at all levels must consider a myriad of tests in the diagnostic process, requiring an up-to-date understanding of changing technology and the demands of time- and cost-efficiency. Ferri's Best Test, 5th Edition, is a unique, easy-to-use guide that simplifies complex information and helps you choose the best test to supplement your clinical diagnostic skills. It includes both lab and
... Read more
Pocketbook of Clinical IR

A Concise Guide to Interventional Radiology

by Shantanu Warhadpande, Alex J. Lionberg, Kyle J. Cooper ...

Excel at clinical IR with insightful perspectives from both current residents and senior interventionalists!Interventional radiology training has evolved rapidly during the last decade, with recent recognition as a primary medical specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties. The number of IR residency positions continues to increase each year with a greater number of trainees rotating ... Read more

$52.99 USD

Excel at clinical IR with insightful perspectives from both current residents and senior interventionalists!Interventional radiology training has evolved rapidly during the last decade, with recent recognition as a primary medical specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties. The number of IR residency positions continues to increase each year with a greater number of trainees rotating
... Read more
The Five Elements Cookbook

A Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine with Recipes for Everyday Healing

by Zoey Xinyi Gong ...

A stunning and accessible guide to cooking with Traditional Chinese Medicine, featuring over 50 nourishing recipes to eat for healing every day by TCM chef and registered dietitian Zoey Xinyi Gong.Chef and registered dietitian Zoey Xinyi Gong offers an incredibly fresh, elegant, and authentic approach to food therapy and a truly accessible guide to cooking with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), ... Read more

$12.49 USD

A stunning and accessible guide to cooking with Traditional Chinese Medicine, featuring over 50 nourishing recipes to eat for healing every day by TCM chef and registered dietitian Zoey Xinyi Gong.Chef and registered dietitian Zoey Xinyi Gong offers an incredibly fresh, elegant, and authentic approach to food therapy and a truly accessible guide to cooking with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM),
... Read more
The Premonition

A Pandemic Story

by Michael Lewis ...

**New York Times BestsellerFor those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about.**Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis’s taut and brilliant nonfiction ... Read more

$12.29 USD

**New York Times BestsellerFor those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about.**Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis’s taut and brilliant nonfiction
... Read more
Weathering

The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society

by Dr. Arline T Geronimus ...

**Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent book exploring the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people."Monumental." —Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning**America has woken up to what many of its citizens have known for centuries and to what public health statistics have evidenced ... Read more

Was $11.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

**Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent book exploring the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people."Monumental." —Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning**America has woken up to what many of its citizens have known for centuries and to what public health statistics have evidenced
... Read more
Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM)

The Essentials, First Edition

Edited by Daniel Handel ...

Your Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Board-Certified Physician LeaderAre you a HALM fellow or seasoned executive preparing for the HALM board exam? Look no further than Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management: The Essentials, First Edition. This definitive resource is designed to help you master the essentials of Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM). Edited by ... Read more

$54.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Your Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Board-Certified Physician LeaderAre you a HALM fellow or seasoned executive preparing for the HALM board exam? Look no further than Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management: The Essentials, First Edition. This definitive resource is designed to help you master the essentials of Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM). Edited by
... Read more
Twelve Patients

Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC

by Eric Manheimer, MD ...

**In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives, highlighting the complex mind-body connection."As intensely involving as any scripted for a television medical drama." —The New York Daily News**Twelve Patients shows the plights of twelve very different patients—from ... Read more

$11.99 USD

**In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives, highlighting the complex mind-body connection."As intensely involving as any scripted for a television medical drama." —The New York Daily News**Twelve Patients shows the plights of twelve very different patients—from
... Read more
The Myth of Normal

Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

by Gabor Maté MD ...

**The instant New York Times bestsellerBy the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.**In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems ... Read more

$11.99 USD

**The instant New York Times bestsellerBy the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.**In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems
... Read more
Getting Health Economics into Practice

by David Kernick ...

Fifty years ago medicine was straightforward. Doctors had limited therapeutic options and patients did as they were told. Today, an array of medial interventions is putting increasing pressure on limited resources, patients are questioning everything and doctors are uncertain of their role. Health economists hoped to offer important insights to aid decision making, but their technical frameworks ... Read more

$79.99 USD

Fifty years ago medicine was straightforward. Doctors had limited therapeutic options and patients did as they were told. Today, an array of medial interventions is putting increasing pressure on limited resources, patients are questioning everything and doctors are uncertain of their role. Health economists hoped to offer important insights to aid decision making, but their technical frameworks
... Read more
Old English Medical Remedies

Mandrake, Wormwood and Raven's Eye

by Sinéad Spearing ...

How pagan women blended magic and medicine—and why their medieval recipes may help cure modern-day illnesses.In ninth-century England, Bishop lfheah the Bald is dabbling with magic. By collecting folk remedies from pagan women, he risks his reputation. Yet posterity has been kind, as from the pages of Bald's book a remedy has been found that cures the superbug MRSA where modern antibiotics have ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

How pagan women blended magic and medicine—and why their medieval recipes may help cure modern-day illnesses.In ninth-century England, Bishop lfheah the Bald is dabbling with magic. By collecting folk remedies from pagan women, he risks his reputation. Yet posterity has been kind, as from the pages of Bald's book a remedy has been found that cures the superbug MRSA where modern antibiotics have
... Read more
The Emperor of All Maladies

A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.Now ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.Now
... Read more
Against Empathy

The Case for Rational Compassion

by Paul Bloom ...

“Like a tough-to-crack case against an idea that most of us have long known is key to repairing the world… will legitimately change how you think about the world and your own sense of morality.” —New York MagazineNew York Post Best Book of the YearWe often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, ... Read more

$7.99 USD

“Like a tough-to-crack case against an idea that most of us have long known is key to repairing the world… will legitimately change how you think about the world and your own sense of morality.” —New York MagazineNew York Post Best Book of the YearWe often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists,
... Read more
Was Patienten sagen, was Ärzte hören

by Swen Feierabend ...

Kann eine Neuausrichtung der Arzt-Patienten-Kommunikation zu besserer Gesundheit führen?Trotz der Begeisterung der modernen Medizin für Hightech-Geräte ist das wichtigste Diagnoseinstrument nach wie vor das Arzt-Patienten-Gespräch, das den Großteil der Krankheiten aufdecken kann. Doch was Patienten sagen und was Ärzte hören, sind oft zwei völlig verschiedene Dinge.Patienten, die ihre Symptome ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Kann eine Neuausrichtung der Arzt-Patienten-Kommunikation zu besserer Gesundheit führen?Trotz der Begeisterung der modernen Medizin für Hightech-Geräte ist das wichtigste Diagnoseinstrument nach wie vor das Arzt-Patienten-Gespräch, das den Großteil der Krankheiten aufdecken kann. Doch was Patienten sagen und was Ärzte hören, sind oft zwei völlig verschiedene Dinge.Patienten, die ihre Symptome
... Read more
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind

by Roy Porter ...

Series series The Norton History of Science
**Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize"A panoramic and perfectly magnificent intellectual history of medicine…This is the book that delivers it all." —Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die**Hailed as "a remarkable achievement" (Boston Globe) and as "a triumph: simultaneously entertaining and instructive, witty and thought-provoking…a splendid and thoroughly engrossing book" (Los Angeles Times ... Read more

$17.99 USD

**Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize"A panoramic and perfectly magnificent intellectual history of medicine…This is the book that delivers it all." —Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die**Hailed as "a remarkable achievement" (Boston Globe) and as "a triumph: simultaneously entertaining and instructive, witty and thought-provoking…a splendid and thoroughly engrossing book" (Los Angeles Times
... Read more
American Sirens

The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

by Kevin Hazzard ...

The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world.**? "A riveting portrait ... a fascinating and deeply rewarding study of triumph in the face of adversity." -**Publishers Weekly (starred review)Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world.**? "A riveting portrait ... a fascinating and deeply rewarding study of triumph in the face of adversity." -**Publishers Weekly (starred review)Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis,
... Read more
The Doctor's Future

A Blueprint for Future-Proofing Your Profession and for Healthcare Decision Makers Leading the Evolution of AI/Robotics-Powered Medicine

by Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli ...

The future of healthcare is being written now—will you shape it, or be left behind?The future of medicine is arriving faster than most doctors, healthcare leaders, and policy makers realize. In The Doctor’s Future, visionary acute medicine physician and thriving healthcare strategist, Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli delivers an authoritative roadmap for navigating a healthcare revolution driven by ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The future of healthcare is being written now—will you shape it, or be left behind?The future of medicine is arriving faster than most doctors, healthcare leaders, and policy makers realize. In The Doctor’s Future, visionary acute medicine physician and thriving healthcare strategist, Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli delivers an authoritative roadmap for navigating a healthcare revolution driven by
... Read more
Way Home

Journeys through Homelessness

by Josephine Ensign ...

Can one city's solutions to homelessness help the United States face the issue nationally?The United States grapples with a solution for the unhoused by employing a patchwork of uneven rhetoric and policy. How can policymakers and public health professionals address this urgent problem in more innovative and sustainable ways? In Way Home, Josephine Ensign explores the contemporary landscape of ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Can one city's solutions to homelessness help the United States face the issue nationally?The United States grapples with a solution for the unhoused by employing a patchwork of uneven rhetoric and policy. How can policymakers and public health professionals address this urgent problem in more innovative and sustainable ways? In Way Home, Josephine Ensign explores the contemporary landscape of
... Read more

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Reference eBooks

Show: