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  • Epidemics and Society

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    pocket, 2020, Engelska, ISBN 9780300256390

    A “brilliant and sobering” (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksAs seen on “60 Minutes”  The World Economic Forum #1 book to

  • The Song of the Cell

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    pocket, 2023, Engelska, ISBN 9781529111781

    **Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2023**A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the dawn of life itself, every being

  • Dissolving Illusions

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    pocket, 2013, Engelska, ISBN 9781480216891

    Not 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,

  • Body

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    pocket, 2020, Engelska, ISBN 9780552779906

    #1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE _______'A directory of wonders.' - The

  • Unwell Women

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    pocket, 2022, Engelska, ISBN 9781474616874

    Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. Over centuries, women's bodies have been demonised and demeaned until we feared them, felt ashamed of them, were

  • The Doctor Who Fooled the World

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    pocket, 2020, Engelska, ISBN 9781911617808

    A reporter uncovers the secrets behind the scientific scam of the century. The news breaks first as a tale of fear and pity. Doctors at a London hospital claim a link between

  • My Age of Anxiety

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    pocket, 2014, Engelska, ISBN 9780099592068

    Guides us across the terrain of an affliction that is pervasive yet too often misunderstood. This book offers the reader an insight into the biological, cultural and environmental

  • Under the Knife

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    pocket, 2018, Engelska, ISBN 9781473633681

    'This is history with a surgeon's touch: deft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody' The Sunday Times'Utterly eccentric and riveting' Mail on Sunday 'Eye-opening and,

  • The Butchering Art

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    pocket, 2018, Engelska, ISBN 9780141983387

    DAILY MAIL, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 Winner of the 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Shortlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book

  • Ten Days in a Mad-House (Annotated)

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    pocket, 2018, Engelska, ISBN 9781387825141

    In 1887, journalist Nellie Bly posed as a mentally ill, homeless woman in order to expose conditions at the Blackwell's Island asylum in New York City. Her descriptions of the