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Special Interests by Emma Barry
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCompared to love, politics is easy... Union organizer Millie Frank's world isn't filled with cocktails and nightclubs…until she's turned into an unwitting minor celebrity. As if being part of a hostage situation wasn't traumatizing enough, now her face is splashed across the news. But Millie's got fresher wounds to nurse—like being shot down by the arrogant bad boy she stupidly hit on... -
![Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion by Gabrielle Stanley Blair]()
Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion by Gabrielle Stanley Blair
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in post-Roe America. In a series of 28 brief arguments, she deftly makes the case for moving the abortion debate away from controlling and legislating women’s bodies and instead directs the focus on men’s lack of accountability in preventing unwanted pregnancies...Categorized as:
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![War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line by David Nott]()
War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line by David Nott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor more than 25 years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993 to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out lifesaving operations in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major metropolitan hospital... -
![Nicht gemeldete Wahrheiten über COVID-19 und Lockdowns: Teil 2: Update und Untersuchung von Lockdowns als Strategie by Alex Berenson]()
Nicht gemeldete Wahrheiten über COVID-19 und Lockdowns: Teil 2: Update und Untersuchung von Lockdowns als Strategie by Alex Berenson
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![Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History by Suzanne Humphries, Roman Bystrianyk]()
Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History by Suzanne Humphries, Roman Bystrianyk
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNot too long ago, lethal infections were feared in the Western world. Since that time, many countries have undergone a transformation from disease cesspools to much safer, healthier habitats. Starting in the mid-1800s, there was a steady drop in deaths from all infectious diseases, decreasing to relatively minor levels by the early 1900s... -
![Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken]()
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body.It’s not you, it’s the food.We have entered a new age of eating. For the first time in human history, most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food... -
![The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having--Or Being Denied--An Abortion by Diana Greene Foster]()
The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having--Or Being Denied--An Abortion by Diana Greene Foster
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“If you read only one book about democracy, The Turnaway Study should be it. Why? Because without the power to make decisions about our own bodies, there is no democracy." —Gloria Steinem“Dr...Categorized as:
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![You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion by Meera Shah]()
You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion by Meera Shah
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Moving, multifaceted, and deeply human...as eye-opening as it is compelling” —Cecile Richards, author of Make Trouble At a time where reproductive rights are at risk, these vital stories of diverse individuals serve as a reminder of the importance of empathy, finding community and motivating advocacy For a long time, when people asked Dr...Categorized as:
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Human Behavioral Biology by Robert M. Sapolsky
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMultidisciplinary. How to approach complex normal and abnormal behaviors through biology. How to integrate disciplines including sociobiology, ethology, neuroscience, and endocrinology to examine behaviors such as aggression, sexual behavior, language use, and mental illness...Categorized as:
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![The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike]()
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who broke the story, the inspiring account of the sixteen female scientists who forced MIT to publicly admit it had been discriminating against its female faculty for years—sparking a nationwide reckoning with the pervasive sexism in science... -
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking in the popular "The Skeptics Guide to the Universe" podcast's dryly humorous, accessible style.It's intimidating to realize that we live in a world overflowing with misinformation, bias, myths, deception, and flawed knowledge...Categorized as:
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An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017 "This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America...Categorized as:
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBy 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...Categorized as:
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![The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Jennifer Gunter]()
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Jennifer Gunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOB/GYN, writer for The New York Times, USA Today, and Self, and host of the show Jensplaining, Dr. Jen Gunter now delivers the definitive book on vaginal health, answering the questions you've always had but were afraid to ask--or couldn't find the right answers to. She has been called Twitter's resident gynecologist, the Internet's OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocates for women's health.. -
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![Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti]()
Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA clear and concise guide to the politics of post-Roe America, for readers eager to understand the attacks on our bodies and freedom—and to do something about itIn this, her most urgent book yet, New York Times–bestselling author Jessica Valenti dispels misinformation and cuts through the headline overwhelm to illuminate the full-scale assault conservative lawmakers have launched on women’s...Categorized as:
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All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before.For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been treated like objects to be practiced on: examined and ignored, idealized and sexualized, shamed, subjugated, mutilated, and dismissed...Categorized as:
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![Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes]()
Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA riveting account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told story of its American survivors. In 1959, a Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm, the William S. Merrell Company, quietly began distributing samples of an exciting new wonder drug already popular around the world... -
![On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci]()
On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidentsAnthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today... -
![Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert, Catherine Green]()
Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert, Catherine Green
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA gripping, inspirational account of the race to create a functioning vaccine to combat the spread of Covid-19, Vaxxers is the story of two scientists who have accomplished something truly remarkable at a pace that few people ever thought possible.This is the story of a race - not against other vaccines or other scientists, but against a deadly and devastating virus... -
![Reproductive Justice: An Introduction by Loretta J. Ross, Rickie Solinger]()
Reproductive Justice: An Introduction by Loretta J. Ross, Rickie Solinger
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReproductive Justice is a first-of-its-kind primer that provides a comprehensive yet succinct description of the field. Written by two legendary scholar-activists, Reproductive Justice introduces students to an intersectional analysis of race, class, and gender politics. Loretta J... -
![The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan]()
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"In the four years before the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, most women determined to get abortions had to subject themselves to the power of illegal, unregulated abortionists...But a Chicago woman who happened to stumble across a secret organization code-named 'Jane' had an alternative... -
![Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs by Michael T. Osterholm, Mark Olshaker]()
Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs by Michael T. Osterholm, Mark Olshaker
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone )... -
![Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Robert H. Lustig]()
Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Robert H. Lustig
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of Fat Chance explains the eight pathologies that underlie all chronic disease, documents how processed food has impacted them to ruin our health, economy, and environment over the past 50 years, and proposes an urgent manifesto and strategy to cure both us and the planet.Dr... -
![Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew]()
Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability.When bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described “hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn’s disease and tinnitus,” there was no returning to “normal...Categorized as:
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![Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis]()
Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis comes a candid and life-affirming true story of identity, lies, family secrets, and the healing power of truth.Pidgeon Pagonis always felt like their life was a constant attempt to fit in with other girls—a feeling that was only exacerbated when puberty failed to hit. They never understood why…until they uncovered the secret that had haunted their childhood... -
![American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard]()
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe 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 Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, your chances of survival were minimal. A 9-1-1 call might bring police or even the local funeral home...Categorized as:
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![Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases by Paul A. Offit]()
Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases by Paul A. Offit
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMaurice Hilleman's mother died a day after he was born and his twin sister stillborn. As an adult, he said that he felt he had escaped an appointment with death. He made it his life's work to see that others could do the same... -
![This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund, Alan Kesselheim]()
This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund, Alan Kesselheim
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA brave account of the social and political forces that threaten a woman's right to choose, this emotionally affecting memoir from a doctor on the front lines of the abortion debate reveals what's really at stake in the Supreme CourtIn America the reproductive justice debate is reaching a new pitch, with the Supreme Court weighted against women's choice and state legislatures passing bills to... -
![Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt]()
Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA New York Times Book Review Notable BookFrom noted feminist and longtime columnist for The Nation, award-winning author Katha Pollitt’s Reclaiming Abortion Rights presents a powerful argument for abortion as a moral right and social good...Categorized as:
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![An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century by James Orbinski]()
An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century by James Orbinski
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNational Bestseller“As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness–to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak out against the horrors of political inaction. . . . The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting...
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