Public Health
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Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
$22.00 Add to cart“Paul Farmer brings his considerable intellect, empathy, and expertise to bear in this powerful and deeply researched account of the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014. It is hard to imagi
- Author: Farmer, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1250800234
- Language: English
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Well: What We Need to Talk about When We Talk about Health
$33.99 Add to cart“A deeply affecting work from one of the important and innovative voices in American health and medicine.” — Arianna Huffington
In Well, physician Sandro Galea examines what Americans miss when they- Author: Galea, Sandro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0190916834
- Language: English
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The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Knowr
$16.95 Add to cartThe opioid epidemic is responsible for longest sustained decline in U.S. life expectancy since the time of World War I and the Great Influenza. In 2017, nearly 50,000 Americans died from an opioid ove… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
- Author: Olsen, Yngvild
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: June 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0190916028
- Language: English
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Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History
$30.00 Read moreHarvard Public Health Magazine, Best Public Health Books and Journalism of 2022
The definitive social history of tuberculosis, from its origins as a haunting mystery to its modern reemergence that now- Author: Krishnan, Vidya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1541768469
- Language: English
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Weed Rules: Blazing the Way to a Just and Joyful Marijuana Policy
$26.95 Add to cartWith full legalization seeming inevitable, it’s time to shift the conversation–from whether recreational cannabis should be legalized to how.
Weed Rules argues that it’s time for states to abandon th- Author: Wexler, Jay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0520343921
- Language: English
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Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment
$20.00 Read moreNamed a “Best Book of the Year” by Kirkus Reviews
“Urgent and eye-opening, the book serves as a loud-and-clear alarm.”―The Boston Globe
Named an “Outstanding Academic Title” by Choice
From an M
- Author: Seneff, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1645021874
- Language: English
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Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
$26.00 Add to cartWhat happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction?
History is filled with brilliant ideas that gave rise to disaster, and this book explores the most fascinating–and signifi- Author: Offit, Paul A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1426217986
- Language: English
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Snot, Sneezes, and Super-Spreaders: Everything You Need to Know about Viruses and How to Stop Them.
$19.95 Add to cartDiscover the extraordinary world of viruses, from their creation and transmission to what we can do to stop them, in this science-based resource for kids 8 to 12.
If we didn’t know it before, we certa
- Author: Ter Horst, Marc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1771649739
- Language: English
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Tell Me When It’s Over: An Insider’s Guide to Deciphering Covid Myths and Navigating Our Post-Pandemic World
$28.00 Read moreFrom one of the world’s top virologists, the definitive guide to understanding–and navigating–COVID-19.
Three years on, COVID is clearly here to stay. So what do we do now? Drawing on his expertise- Author: Offit, Paul A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1426223668
- Language: English
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Rise of the Fourth Reich: Confronting Covid Fascism with a New Nuremberg Trial, So This Never Happens Again
$28.99 Read moreA Wall Street Journal Bestseller
COVID-19 fascism was the worst tyranny in American history, and those responsible must be held accountable so nothing like it ever happens again. COVID-19 was used to- Author: Deace, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 163758752X
- Language: English
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Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
$21.99 Add to cartFusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent, “monumental” book (Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning) exploring the wa
- Author: Geronimus, Arline T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 0316258075
- Language: English
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Healing the Traumatized Brain: Coping After Concussion and Other Brain Injuries
$24.95 Read moreThe essential guide to recovering from concussion and other brain injuries.
Recovering from a brain injury can be a challenging and prolonged process. Learn how to maximize your recovery from the effec
- Series: Johns Hopkins Press Health Books (Paperback)
- Author: Vaishnavi, Sandeep
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1421446626
- Language: English
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Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present
$22.00 Add to cartA “brilliant and sobering” (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaks
As seen on “60 Minutes” The World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on- Series: Open Yale Courses
- Author: Snowden, Frank M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: May 1, 2020
- ISBN10: 0300256396
- Language: English
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Muzzled Truth: How The California Dept. of Public Health Rejected COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Health Risks Warnings
$13.99 Add to cartMuzzled Truth: How the California Department of Public Health Rejected COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Health Risks Warnings is a book revealing the actions California public health officials took be
- Author: Owens, Ronald F., Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: January 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 9798989776900
- Language: English
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Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland
$19.99 Read moreA physician’s “provocative” (Boston Globe) and “timely” (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times Book Review) account of how right-wing backlash policies have deadly consequences — even for the white voters t
- Author: Metzl, Jonathan M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 12, 2020
- ISBN10: 1541644972
- Language: English
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Why We Forget and How to Remember Better: The Science Behind Memory
$34.99 Add to cartRemember things better by understanding how your memory works.
If memory is a simple thing, why does it so often go awry? Why is forgetting so common? How can you be certain about something you rememb- Author: Budson, Andrew E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 019760773X
- Language: English
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
$35.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR – A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built … [more below]
- Author: Keefe, Patrick Radden
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 13, 2021
- ISBN10: 0385545681
- Language: English
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Hot Spot: A Doctor’s Diary from the Pandemic
$27.95 Add to cartWhen Nashville identified its first case of coronavirus in March 2020, the city was between Public Health Department directors and as unprepared as the rest of the world for what was to come. Dr. Alex… [more below]
- Author: Jahangir, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: September 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 0826505066
- Language: English
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
$17.95 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Bo- Author: Case, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0691217076
- Language: English
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Diabetes for Dummies
$24.99 Add to cartThe book that’s been helping people with diabetes live their best lives for 20 years
Diabetes For Dummies is a trusted resource that guides those diagnosed with diabetes and pre-diabetes and their car
- Author: Poole, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 9, 2023
- ISBN10: 111991258X
- Language: English
