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  • Waging War on Cancer

    Dr. Pettit's Lifelong Quest to Find Cures

    by Robert S. Byars ...
    Dr. G. Robert Pettit is a man who has dedicated his life to finding cures for cancer. A gifted organic chemist, his search has taken him all over the world, for it is his belief that the most promise lies in naturally occurring compounds which have evolved over billions of years as part of the profound diversity of life on this planet. His search has drawn him across deserts, into jungles, and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The History of the New World

    Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo

    by Girolamo Benzoni ...
    Translated by Jana Byars ...
    Series series Latin American Originals
    The History of the New World is an abridged, unique English translation of sixteenth-century Italian merchant Girolamo Benzoni’s popular account of his adventures in the Americas and the Spanish colonies.First published in Venice in 1565, Benzoni’s book was an immediate best seller and available in at least five languages before the end of the century. It spanned the years 1541–56, providing ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

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  • Leonardo da Vinci

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  • Conversations with Freddie Mercury

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    Freddie's outlook or comments about life now come from a different perspective as he has passed over. He views his life from this new existence.This book is a record of his new perspective, he is charming, witty and spiritual. Once passed, Freddie experiences what is known as a viewing. Simply said it is the newly attained ability of the one who has passed to view their own life without judgment ... Read more

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  • Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition

    by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca ...
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    The New World story of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca in his own wordsThis riveting true story is the first major narrative detailing the exploration of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). The author, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking Spanish nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition sent to claim for Spain a vast area of today's southern United States. In ... Read more

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    Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and BookPage“Illuminates human fragility in tales both lyrical and soul-wrenching.” —Danielle Ofri, New York Times Book ReviewIn this “artful, unfailingly human, and understandable” (Boston Globe) account inspired by his own experiences becoming a doctor, Terrence Holt puts readers on the front lines of the harrowing crucible of a medical ... Read more

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  • Becoming Myself

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  • The Montefeltro Conspiracy

    A Renaissance Mystery Decoded

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  • Switched On

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    by John Elder Robison, Marcel Just ...
    An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the EyeNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTImagine spending the first forty years of your life in darkness, blind to the emotions and social signals of other people. Then imagine that someone ... Read more

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  • Under the Microscope

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    Under the Microscope is the story of an extraordinary man, his many life-changing inventions, and his exceptional life and special friendships.Born into a family of doctors – on the paternal and maternal sides - with a birth defect that no one knew how to treat, Earl Owen was given a dose of radiation before anyone knew what radiation treatment could do to a human body, let alone a newborn baby ... Read more

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