A world-renowned critical-care doctor offers hope for patients, their families, and the future of medicine in this timely, urgent, and compassionate work about the devastating and little-known physical and emotional effects of ICU stays.
A remarkable true story about saving life in wartime, not taking it'War is often described in terms of blood and treasure The Lifesavers tells the story of the people who saw blood as treasure.
In Behind Ancient Bars, law professor and rabbinical student Hadar Aviram challenges the conventional assumption that incarceration is an artifact of modernity by looking back to depictions of detention and confinement in the Hebrew Bible.
In Behind Ancient Bars, law professor and rabbinical student Hadar Aviram challenges the conventional assumption that incarceration is an artifact of modernity by looking back to depictions of detention and confinement in the Hebrew Bible.
"e;Poker with Michael and Guitar with the Boston Symphony"e; is the remarkable autobiography of Ron Steele — a recording engineer, guitarist, producer, and studio pioneer whose 70-year career placed him alongside some of the biggest names in music history.
From the author of 'Seven Wonders of the Industrial World', the ebook edition of the TV tie-in charting the shocking but true story behind the space race - and the ruthless, brilliant scientists who fuelled it.
'An electric biography' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Thrilling' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A masterclass in the possibilities of biography' FINANCIAL TIMESVera Gedroits was a towering, sweet-faced lesbian princess, an ardent supporter of workers' rights who regularly performed true medical miracles of surgery.
Discover the little-known story of the famous inventors time in the Sunshine StateFlorida Historical Society Rembert Patrick AwardThomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was Americas most famous and, arguably, most prolific, inventor.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*As heard on Chris Evans' Virgin Radio*'You're amazing I could talk to you (Rahul) all day' Chris Evans'This is a gripping new book' The TimesWorld-leading neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Dr Rahul Jandial draws on his years of work with patients suffering from the most extreme cases of brain damage, disorders and illnesses to reveal what they can tell us about the science of the mind.
From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
EDITORIAL REVIEW:*The All-American Boys* is a no-holds-barred candid memoir by a former Marine jet jockey and physicist who became NASA's second civilian astronaut.
In Against the Tide: An Autobiographical Account of a Professional Outsider, Leslie Woods relates the fascinating story of his life from fisherman's son in New Zealand to head of the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford.
John Wilkins, 1614-1672: An Intellectual Biography delves into the multifaceted life of one of 17th-century England's most dynamic intellectual figures.
John Wilkins, 1614-1672: An Intellectual Biography delves into the multifaceted life of one of 17th-century England's most dynamic intellectual figures.
Theodor Boveri: Life and Work of a Great Biologist, 1862-1915 by Fritz Baltzer, translated by Dorothea Rudnick, is both a scientific biography and a historical study of one of modern biology's most formative figures.
Theodor Boveri: Life and Work of a Great Biologist, 1862-1915 by Fritz Baltzer, translated by Dorothea Rudnick, is both a scientific biography and a historical study of one of modern biology's most formative figures.
The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard ShepherdA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Deeply insightful.
A new cultural icon strode the world stage at the turn of the twenty-first century: the celebrity scientist, as comfortable in Vanity Fair and Vogue as Smithsonian.
From the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, a remarkable journey into the practice of groundbreaking science 'Giorgio Parisi is renowned for his scientific creativity, originality, and power.
A new cultural icon strode the world stage at the turn of the twenty-first century: the celebrity scientist, as comfortable in Vanity Fair and Vogue as Smithsonian.
'Extraordinary' Daily MailAs seen on BBC BreakfastHorrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent being a doctor behind bars.
The extraordinary, unlikely tale of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler and their enormous contribution to astronomy and understanding of the cosmos is one of the strangest stories in the history of science.
The ultimate collection of Einstein's public writings on everything from religion and art to pacifism and the atomic bombThe Essential Einstein: Public Writings presents a rich selection of Einstein's humanistic writings drawn from a diverse array of materials he sanctioned for publication during his lifetime.
The ultimate collection of Einstein's public writings on everything from religion and art to pacifism and the atomic bombThe Essential Einstein: Public Writings presents a rich selection of Einstein's humanistic writings drawn from a diverse array of materials he sanctioned for publication during his lifetime.
Solomon Carter Fuller: Where My Caravan Has Rested is the documentation of the life and accomplishments of an African American who would not allow racism to quench resolve and commitment to a productive life in medicine and scientific research.
Solomon Carter Fuller: Where My Caravan Has Rested is the documentation of the life and accomplishments of an African American who would not allow racism to quench resolve and commitment to a productive life in medicine and scientific research.
