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The Smallest Lights in the Universe
by Sara Seager
Published Aug 2021
Read ReviewsIn this luminous memoir, an MIT astrophysicist must reinvent herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy for another Earth.
by Julie Yip-Williams
Published Mar 2020
Read ReviewsAs a young mother facing a terminal diagnosis, Julie Yip-Williams began to write her story, a story like no other. What began as the chronicle of an imminent and early death became something much more - a powerful exhortation to the living.
by Joshua D. Mezrich
Published Jan 2020
Read ReviewsA gifted surgeon illuminates one of the most profound, awe-inspiring, and deeply affecting achievements of modern day medicine - the movement of organs between bodies - in this exceptional work of death and life.
by Ruth Fitzmaurice
Published Mar 2019
Read ReviewsA transformative, euphoric memoir about finding solace in the unexpected for readers of H is for Hawk and When Breath Becomes Air.
by Sarah McBride
Published Mar 2019
Read ReviewsA captivating memoir that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country.
by Heather Harpham
Published Nov 2018
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by Colin Thubron
Published Jan 2018
Read ReviewsAward-winning, bestselling novelist and travel writer Colin Thubron returns to fiction with his first novel in more than a decade, a searing, poetic masterwork of memory.
by Atul Gawande
Published Sep 2017
Read ReviewsIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending
by Henry Marsh
Published Jun 2016
Read ReviewsAn unforgettable insight into the countless human dramas that take place in a busy modern hospital, and a lesson in the need for hope when faced with life's most difficult decisions.
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening
by Carol Wall
Published Feb 2015
Read ReviewsA true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing - and ultimately everything - in common
by Joan Didion
Published Feb 2007
Read Reviews'An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief.'
by Barbara Delinsky
Published May 2003
Read ReviewsPractical, warm, funny, reassuring, supportive, personal... the contributors reveal how they faced the fear of breast cancer and came through their ordeal ready to get on with life and love, career and family -- and how you can too.
by Nancy H. Dahm
Published Jan 2001
Read ReviewsIf you or someone you love has cancer, this book is for you. It is a thought provoking, inspirational, and powerful paradigm on how to live with the many challenges confronted by cancer patients and their families.
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