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When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial doctor-turned-fiend on the home of John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter was both widely acclaimed and greatly feared.
From humble origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were crude, extremely painful, and often fatal,...
From humble origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were crude, extremely painful, and often fatal,...
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A world-renowned neuroscientist reveals how he learned to communicate with patients in vegetative or 'gray zone' states and, more importantly, he explains what those interactions tell us about the working of our own brains.
Into the Gray Zone takes readers to the edge of a dazzling, humbling frontier in our understanding of the brain: the so-called 'gray zone' between full consciousness and brain death. People in this middle place have sustained...
3) Gatecrasher
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A smart, gossipy, and very funny examination of celebrity culture from New York's premiere social columnist.
Ben Widdicombe is the only writer to have worked for Page Six, TMZ, and The New York Times-an unusual Triple Crown that allowed him personal access to the full gamut of Hollywood and high society's rich and famous, from billionaires like Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump, and the Koch brothers, to pop culture icons Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton....
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A revelatory and redemptive memoir from the lead guitarist of the legendary band Def Leppard-the first book ever written by one of its members-chronicling the band's extraordinary rise to superstardom and how they've maintained it for three decades. Meet Phil Collen. You may know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature song “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is still as widely enjoyed as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe you've heard of him...
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From two veteran historians comes an intelligent and spirited history of Charles II's dissolute life and surprising legacy. To refer to the private life of Charles II is to abuse the adjective. His personal life was anything but private. His amorous liaisons were largely conducted in royal palaces surrounded by friends, courtiers, and literally hundreds of servants and soldiers. Gossip radiated throughout the kingdom. Charles spent most of his wealth...