Professionals & Academics

Directing His Polemics Against The Pedantry Of His Time, Galileo, As His Own Popularizer, Addressed His Writings To Contemporary Laymen. His Support Of Cope...

vintage Presents The Paperback Edition Of The Wild And Brilliant Writings Of Lester Bangs—the Most Outrageous And Popular Rock Critic Of The 1970s—edited ...

As a young physicist, Leonard Mlodinow looked for guidance from his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Drawing on transcripts from t...

gene Kranz Was Present At The Creation Of America's Manned Space Program And Was A Key Player In It For Three Decades. As A Flight Director In Nasa's Missi...

A Geographer With Extensive Research Experience In The Canadian North, Jack D. Ives Has Written A Lively And Informative Account Of Several Expeditions To B...

Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound hum...

Seaside Practice: Tales of a Scottish Country DoctorCategories: Biographies & Memoirs Professionals & AcademicsMedical

aimed At Undergraduate And Graduate Students, This Text Traces The Evolution Of Nursing Theory From Its Roots In The Ideas Of Florence Nightingale Through ...

Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's Role In Launching Modern Conservationsim, Identifying The Contributions Of Such Influences As James Audubon And John Muir Whi...

A riveting, lively and brilliantly researched biography of Socrates by the author of the acclaimed bestseller Helen of Troy. We think the way we do because ...

American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the atomic bomb,” the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led t...

The highest-rated drama in BBC history returns to PBS Presents in March 2013 Less than a year after the first season finale, PBS’s hit series Call the ...

an Outstanding And Authoritative Biography Of One Of Britain's Greatest Masters. publishers Weekly phenomenal Drinking Habits, Chronic Sleep Deprivation, A...

Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcyc...

A compelling psychological detective story to discover the dark heart of one woman’s past.Life for Linda Caine should hold no fears. As a contented wife a...

In March of 1992, the highest–ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to break his oath of silence testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salva...

In the spirit of Oliver Sacks Awakenings and the TV series House, Dr. Eric Manheimer's TWELVE PATIENTS is a memoir from the Medical Director of Bellevue Hos...

The devastating accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, occurred on April 26, 1986. On April 29, Alexander ...

A perfect blend of medical drama and spiritual insight, Gray Matter is a fascinating account of Dr. David Levy’s decision to begin asking his patients if ...

A photographic tribute to the man who changed the practice of medicine. A little over a hundred years ago, becoming a doctor was dangerously easy. Admis...

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet...

The Pleasure of Finding Things Outis a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard Feynman—from interviews and speeches to lectures and printe...

From the earliest stages of our medical training, we experience unforgettable moments with our patients - inspiring, traumatic, joyful, and sometimes even...

The Sensational True Story Of Eddie Rickenbacker, America's Greatest Flying Ace, Who Above All The Rest Showed A Nation The Way Forward In Its Quest For Spe...

Explores The Life, Career, And Influence Of Levittown, Pa., High School Teacher And Theater Director Lou Volpe, Focusing On His Last School Years And Follow...

A giftable collection of essays from celebrity contributors celebrating the great work of teachers or a teacher they admire, curated by ABC journalist Debor...

in This Gem, The Scientist And Noted Essayist Trains A Wry Wit And A Highly Perceptive Eye On His Two-plus Decades Of Observing Baboon Behavior In Kenya. ...

This Text Explores Controversial Ideas In 'the Da Vinci Code' And The Real And Remarkable Significance Of Magdalene To Our Culture And To Christianity Itsel...

The bestselling author of A Nurse’s Story is back with more insider stories.Tilda Shalof has been a caregiver all her life — at home for her family, at ...

Hailed As A Masterpiece By Scientific American And As The Greatest Of All Entomology Books By Science, Bert Holldobler And Edward O. Wilson's Monumental Tre...

Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield,...

The Unlikely Story Of Dr. Bennet Omalu, The Pathologist Who Made One Of The Most Significant Medical Discoveries Of The Twenty-first Century, A Discovery Th...

Cassie Bernall, a 17-year-old junior at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, was a typical teen having a typical day, when two rampaging classmate...

From One Of The World’s Most Renowned Cave Divers, A Firsthand Account Of Exploring The Earth’s Final Frontier: The Hidden Depths Of Our Oceans And The ...

An Outspoken, Christian Reproductive Justice Advocate And Abortion Provider--one Of The Few Doctors To Provide Such Services To Women In Mississippi And Ala...

The incredible true story of Ana Montes, the most damaging female spy in US history, drawing upon never-before-seen material and to be published upon her re...

Fight cancer and help prevent recurrence with these delicious smoothies!Over the last few years there has been a tremendous surge in research identifying t...

The extraordinary and enduring memoir of Axel Munthe, a travel bestseller since first published in 1929, captures the spirit and feel of an eraCategories: T...

Isaacson, WalterCategories: Biographies & Memoirs Professionals & AcademicsScientists

A daring adventure of SAS man, Nigel Ely's journey into war with the United States Marine Corps and his subsequent arrest by British police in 2012. He is t...

The Former Deputy Director Of The Fbi Recounts His Career; Discusses How Law Enforcement Battles Terror Threats, Russian Crime, And Attacks By The White Hou...

What is it like to be old? Diana Athill made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs - her commitment, in her words, 'to understand, to b...

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.” — Georg...

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Biography An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women, Per...

In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him, providing ...

With The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad has given readers a first-hand look at Afghani life as few outsiders have seen it. In...

As a priest and a physician, Richard Frechette has known the body, heart, and soul of people in the most anguishing of circumstances. He has carried out hi...

WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE "A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear." -Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestse...