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1. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

   David Quammen

   A Booklist Top 10 Science Book of 2012, a 2012 New York Times Book Review Notable Book, and a Daily Beast "Top 11 Book of 2012"
   
   A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.More

2. The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body

   Frances Ashcroft

   A lively exploration of the surprising role that electricity plays in our bodies.More

3. Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience

   Laurence Gonzales

   You have survived the crisis—trauma, disease, accident, or war—now how do you get your life back?More

4. No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses

   Peter Piot

   The story of a microbiologist’s remarkable career, from identifying 
the Ebola virus to pioneering AIDS research and policy.More

5. Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

   Holly Tucker

   “Excellent. . . . Tucker’s chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating.”—The EconomistMore

6. Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

   Florence Williams

   A 2012 New York Times Notable Book
   A 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Award Winner in the Science & Technology category
   
   An engaging narrative about an incredible, life-giving organ and its imperiled modern fate.More

7. The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA

   Jeff Wheelwright

   A brilliant and emotionally resonant exploration of science and family history.More

8. Becoming a Doctor: From Student to Specialist, Doctor-Writers Share Their Experiences

   Lee Gutkind

   “As wise as it is well written. . . . A sustaining work of art.” —Linda Elisabeth Beattie, Courier-JournalMore

9. Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris

   Asti Hustvedt

   A fascinating study of three young female hysterics who shaped our early notions of psychology.More

10. The Brain-Savvy Therapist's Workbook

    Bonnie Badenoch

    Client-centered exercises that accompany the concepts put forward in Being a Brain-Wise Therapist and make the theoretical practical.More

11. The 10 Best-Ever Depression Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Depressed and What You Can Do to Change It

    Margaret Wehrenberg

    A strategy-filled handbook to understand, manage, and conquer your depression, modeled after its best-selling counterpart on anxiety.More

12. Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank

    Randi Hutter Epstein

    "[An] engrossing survey of the history of childbirth."—Stephen Lowman, Washington PostMore

13. The Art and Politics of Science

    Harold Varmus

    A Nobel Prize–winning cancer biologist, leader of major scientific institutions, and scientific adviser to President Obama reflects on his remarkable career.More

14. The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration

    Daniel J. Siegel

    Bringing mindfulness techniques to your psychotherapeutic work with clients.More

15. The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Healing the Social Brain

    Louis Cozolino

    Second Edition

    How the brain's architecture is related to the problems, passions, and aspirations of human beings.More