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by Randy Pausch Publisher Comments "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Tracy Kidder Powells.com Staff Pick Beautifully told, and entirely inspiring, Mountains Beyond Mountains is an exceptional look at the heroic life of Dr. Paul Farmer. Providing health care for hundreds of thousands in a remote, impoverished region of Haiti, Farmer's incomparable dedication... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jill Bolte Taylor Publisher Comments A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities On the morning of December 10, 1996 Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Anne Fadiman Publisher Comments Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWhen three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Nerve.com Publisher Comments Humour meets impulse meets sex in this nifty little paperback. Whether displayed on the coffee table or in the bathroom, POD is sure to crack a smile.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz Publisher Comments The original "You: The Owners Manual" book showed how bodies work in general, and "You: On a Diet" explained how bodies lose weight and stay fit. In their latest book in the phenomenally bestselling series, Drs. Roizen and Oz illuminate the mysterious... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Peter J Dadamo Publisher Comments The bestselling individualized diet solution to staying healthy, living longer and achieving your ideal weight.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Kaplan Publisher Comments Features: *More than 450 illustratons, with a key for each illustration *Each chapter represents a body system (Skeletal, Nervous, Cardivascular, etc.) with additional chapters on Cells and Tissues, Muscles, Development, and more *An overview of each... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Mitch Albom Publisher Comments Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael F. Roizen M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz M.D. Publisher Comments Provides advice, an eating plan, and exercises designed to help people achieve a sustained loss of abdominal fat and live a healthier life.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Wynn Kapit Publisher Comments Often imitated, never duplicated. <UL><LI> New! Lay-flat binding makes coloring easier. </LI> <LI> New! 8 plates have been added: Accessory Structures of the Skin, Temporomandibular Joint, Upper Limb: Shoulder (Glenohumeral) Joint,... (read more) List Price $21.80 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Oliver Sacks Publisher Comments In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks's "The Man Who... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jerome Groopman Publisher Comments A New Yorker staff writer, best-selling author, and professor at Harvard Medical School unravels the ultimate medical mystery: how doctors figure out the best treatments or fail to do so. On average, a physician will interrupt a patient... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $14.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Kurt H Albertine Publisher Comments Pre-med, medical students, nursing students, and healthcare trainees will find this set of flash cards an ideal study aid when they are preparing for tests. Each card pictures a human body part and labels it with medical name, location, and function. The... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Boxed Non-book) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Mary Roach Publisher Comments Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers (some willingly, some unwittingly) have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Louise L Hay Publisher Comments This New York Times bestseller has sold over 1.5 million copies. Its key message: If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed. For all who are looking for a source of inspiration on the path to self-discovery.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Mitch Albom Publisher Comments It’s been ten years since Mitch Albom first shared the wisdom of Morrie Schwartz with the world. Now–twelve million copies later–in a new afterword, Mitch Albom reflects again on the meaning of Morrie’s life lessons and the gentle,... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Steven Johnson Powells.com Staff Pick In 1854, as a cholera epidemic ravaged London, prevailing wisdom blamed "miasma"; in other words, "bad air" was spreading the disease. One prominent physician disagreed. It was Dr. John Snow's work outside of the lab, however his innovative... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Lucy Grealy Publisher Comments ""I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I'vespent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz Publisher Comments Between your full-length mirror and high-school biology class, you probably think you know a lot about the human body. While it's true that we live in an age when we're as obsessed with our bodies as we are with celebrity hairstyles, the reality is that... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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