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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.00
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are... Read more >
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.00
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are... Read more >
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $13.99
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $13.99
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
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Salt Sugar Fat
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Written by Michael Moss
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $28.00
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important... Read more >
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Written by Michael Moss
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $28.00
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important... Read more >
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Born to Run
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Written by Christopher McDougall
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2011
Price: $15.95
An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?
Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover... Read more >
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Written by Christopher McDougall
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2011
Price: $15.95
An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?
Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover... Read more >
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The Devil in the White City
Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Written by Erik Larson
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $16.00
Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Written by Erik Larson
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $16.00
Erik Larson—author of #1 bestseller IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS—intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of...
Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
unabridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
Salt Sugar Fat
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Written by Michael Moss
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $12.99
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important... Read more >
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Written by Michael Moss
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $12.99
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important... Read more >
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Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $15.95
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $15.95
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia... Read more >
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $27.00
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Written by Katherine Boo
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $27.00
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday
... Read more >
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $9.99
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are... Read more >
Written by Rebecca Skloot
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $9.99
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Devil in the White City
A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America
Written by Erik Larson
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $9.99
A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America
Written by Erik Larson
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $9.99
Erik Larson—author of #1 bestseller IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS—intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of...
Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
unabridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
