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Gut Feelings

The Microbiome and Our Health

by Alessio Fasano, Susie Flaherty ...

Discover why the gut microbiome holds the keys to human health—and can change the way we understand, treat, and prevent disease.“A detailed and scientifically rigorous survey . . . gives readers a clearer sense of the current state of medical knowledge.” —The New York Review of BooksWe are at the dawn of a new scientific revolution. Our understanding of how to treat and prevent diseases has been ... Read more

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Discover why the gut microbiome holds the keys to human health—and can change the way we understand, treat, and prevent disease.“A detailed and scientifically rigorous survey . . . gives readers a clearer sense of the current state of medical knowledge.” —The New York Review of BooksWe are at the dawn of a new scientific revolution. Our understanding of how to treat and prevent diseases has been
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Farmacology

Total Health from the Ground Up

by Daphne Miller, M.D. ...

In Farmacology, practicing family physician and renowned nutrition explorer Daphne Miller brings us beyond the simple concept of "food as medicine" and introduces us to the critical idea that it's the farm where that food is grown that offers us the real medicine.By venturing out of her clinic and spending time on seven family farms, Miller uncovers all the aspects of farming—from seed choice to ... Read more

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In Farmacology, practicing family physician and renowned nutrition explorer Daphne Miller brings us beyond the simple concept of "food as medicine" and introduces us to the critical idea that it's the farm where that food is grown that offers us the real medicine.By venturing out of her clinic and spending time on seven family farms, Miller uncovers all the aspects of farming—from seed choice to
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Basic Virology

by Martinez J. Hewlett, David Camerini, David C. Bloom ...

The foundational textbook on the study of virologyBasic Virology, 4th Edition cements this series’ position as the leading introductory virology textbook in the world. It’s easily read style, outstanding figures, and comprehensive coverage of fundamental topics in virology all account for its immense popularity.This undergraduate-accessible book covers all the foundational topics in virology, ... Read more

$157.99 CAD

The foundational textbook on the study of virologyBasic Virology, 4th Edition cements this series’ position as the leading introductory virology textbook in the world. It’s easily read style, outstanding figures, and comprehensive coverage of fundamental topics in virology all account for its immense popularity.This undergraduate-accessible book covers all the foundational topics in virology,
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The Blood and Its Third Element

by Antoine Bechamp ...

What Dr. Béchamp is describing is a foundational concept. According to his experiments and observations, these tiny particles he named 'microzymas' have an active role in sustaining and also in terminating life. Using the syllable '-zyme' (now also used in the word 'enzyme') to indicate this principle of causing ‘fermentation’ (activity) Béchamp searched for and found the same particles and ... Read more

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What Dr. Béchamp is describing is a foundational concept. According to his experiments and observations, these tiny particles he named 'microzymas' have an active role in sustaining and also in terminating life. Using the syllable '-zyme' (now also used in the word 'enzyme') to indicate this principle of causing ‘fermentation’ (activity) Béchamp searched for and found the same particles and
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Evolution: A View from the 21st Century. Fortified.

by James A. Shapiro ...

IT IS TIME FOR A NEW THEORY OF EVOLUTION BASED ON GENOMICS, NOT GUESSESIn 2011, James A. Shapiro's Evolution: A View from the 21st Century proposed a revolutionary paradigm for understanding biological evolution: natural genetic engineering, not random accidents, produce genome change. In the 21st-century view, organisms are active participants in the evolutionary process.Since then, climate ... Read more

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IT IS TIME FOR A NEW THEORY OF EVOLUTION BASED ON GENOMICS, NOT GUESSESIn 2011, James A. Shapiro's Evolution: A View from the 21st Century proposed a revolutionary paradigm for understanding biological evolution: natural genetic engineering, not random accidents, produce genome change. In the 21st-century view, organisms are active participants in the evolutionary process.Since then, climate
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Vaccinated

From Cowpox to mRNA, the Remarkable Story of Vaccines

by Paul A. Offit, M.D. ...

"Medical writing at its finest."—David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryRespected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughs—vaccinations—and the medical hero responsible for developing nine of the big fourteen vaccines which have saved billions of lives worldwide. This ... Read more

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"Medical writing at its finest."—David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryRespected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughs—vaccinations—and the medical hero responsible for developing nine of the big fourteen vaccines which have saved billions of lives worldwide. This
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I Contain Multitudes

The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

by Ed Yong ...

New York Times BestsellerNew York Times Notable Book of 2016 • NPR Great Read of 2016 • Named a Best Book of 2016 by The Economist, Smithsonian, NPR's Science Friday, MPR, Minnesota Star Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Guardian, Times (London)From Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong, a groundbreaking,... ... Read more

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New York Times BestsellerNew York Times Notable Book of 2016 • NPR Great Read of 2016 • Named a Best Book of 2016 by The Economist, Smithsonian, NPR's Science Friday, MPR, Minnesota Star Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Guardian, Times (London)From Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong, a groundbreaking,...
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The Coming Plague

Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

by Laurie Garrett ...

A New York Times bestsellerThe definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prize**–winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett**"Prodigiously researched . . . A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAfter decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious diseas... ... Read more

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A New York Times bestsellerThe definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prize**–winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett**"Prodigiously researched . . . A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAfter decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious diseas...
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The Perfect Predator

A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir

by Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson ...

A harrowing memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life—and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt when Tom came down with a stomach bug. What at first seemed like a case of food poisoning quickly turned critical, and by the ... Read more

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A harrowing memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life—and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt when Tom came down with a stomach bug. What at first seemed like a case of food poisoning quickly turned critical, and by the
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Genome

The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

by Matt Ridley ...

"Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductionist danger in equating inheritability with inevitability." — The New YorkerThe genome's been mapped. ... Read more

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"Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductionist danger in equating inheritability with inevitability." — The New YorkerThe genome's been mapped.
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

by David Quammen ...

A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia—but those reports miss the big truth ... Read more

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A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia—but those reports miss the big truth
... Read more
The Great Mortality

An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

by John Kelly ...

“Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us.” — Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombThe Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.The ... Read more

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“Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us.” — Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombThe Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.The
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Pandemic

Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond

by Sonia Shah ...

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | A New York Times Editor's Choice“[A] grounded, bracingly intelligent study” —NaturePrizewinning science journalist Sonia Shah presents a startling examination of the pandemics that have ravaged humanity—and shows us how history can prepare us to confront the most serious acute global health emergency of our time.Over the past fifty years, more than ... Read more

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Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | A New York Times Editor's Choice“[A] grounded, bracingly intelligent study” —NaturePrizewinning science journalist Sonia Shah presents a startling examination of the pandemics that have ravaged humanity—and shows us how history can prepare us to confront the most serious acute global health emergency of our time.Over the past fifty years, more than
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Clean

The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less

by James Hamblin ...

**Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR and Vanity FairOne of Smithsonian's Ten Best Science Books of 2020“A searching and vital explication of germ theory, social norms, and what the modern era is really doing to our bodies and our psyches.” —Vanity FairA preventative medicine physician and staff writer for The Atlantic explains the surprising and unintended effects of our hygiene practices in this ... Read more

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**Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR and Vanity FairOne of Smithsonian's Ten Best Science Books of 2020“A searching and vital explication of germ theory, social norms, and what the modern era is really doing to our bodies and our psyches.” —Vanity FairA preventative medicine physician and staff writer for The Atlantic explains the surprising and unintended effects of our hygiene practices in this
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La face cachée du grand monde des microbes

by Boucar Diouf ...

À quoi sert le virus de la Covid? C’est en voulant répondre à cette question que Boucar s’est lancé dans l’écriture de ce livre où il nous prend par la main pour nous faire vivre la fascinante histoire des microbes, ce monde invisible qui, depuis toujours, joue un rôle essentiel dans nos vies. Entremetteurs, cuisiniers et nounous, les microbes sont un mal nécessaire pour la survie de l ... Read more

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À quoi sert le virus de la Covid? C’est en voulant répondre à cette question que Boucar s’est lancé dans l’écriture de ce livre où il nous prend par la main pour nous faire vivre la fascinante histoire des microbes, ce monde invisible qui, depuis toujours, joue un rôle essentiel dans nos vies. Entremetteurs, cuisiniers et nounous, les microbes sont un mal nécessaire pour la survie de l
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10% Human

How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness

by Alanna Collen ...

An evolutionary biologist and science writer explores the widely-ignored role our gut microbes play in our health and well-being.You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will ... Read more

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An evolutionary biologist and science writer explores the widely-ignored role our gut microbes play in our health and well-being.You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will
... Read more
The Germ Files

The Surprising Ways Microbes Can Improve Your Health and Life (and How to Protect Yourself from the Bad Ones)

by Jason Tetro ...

SOME GERMS ARE OUT TO GET US. . . . But we shouldn’t let a delinquent, pathogenic minority taint our view of the other 99.9 per cent.The microbes living on and inside us outnumber the cells in our bodies three to one. Many provide services on which our well-being, our moods, our very lives depend. They help to digest our food and operate the immune system. They trade information about potential ... Read more

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SOME GERMS ARE OUT TO GET US. . . . But we shouldn’t let a delinquent, pathogenic minority taint our view of the other 99.9 per cent.The microbes living on and inside us outnumber the cells in our bodies three to one. Many provide services on which our well-being, our moods, our very lives depend. They help to digest our food and operate the immune system. They trade information about potential
... Read more
Mind

A Unified Theory of Life and Intelligence

by Frank T. Vertosick ...

In this "engaging" book, a noted neurosurgeon explores the possibility of intelligence in bacteria and other microorganisms ( Library Journal).It has a goal and a strategy to achieve it. It disguises itself as it stealthily surveys its enemy's vulnerabilities. It mobilizes its resources to conquer. It bides its time until it is certain it can overwhelm its victim. Then it attacks. If it detects ... Read more

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In this "engaging" book, a noted neurosurgeon explores the possibility of intelligence in bacteria and other microorganisms ( Library Journal).It has a goal and a strategy to achieve it. It disguises itself as it stealthily surveys its enemy's vulnerabilities. It mobilizes its resources to conquer. It bides its time until it is certain it can overwhelm its victim. Then it attacks. If it detects
... Read more
The Woman with a Worm in Her Head

& Other True Stories of Infectious Disease

by Pamela Nagami ...

"[With] sharp storytelling," an award-winning doctor "illustrates . . . how vulnerable we all are to microscopic intruders (Jane E. Allen, Los Angeles Times ).A normal, healthy woman becomes host to a pork tapeworm that is burrowing into her brain and disabling her motor abilities.A handsome man contracts Chicken Pox and ends up looking like the victim of a third degree burn.A vigorous young ... Read more

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"[With] sharp storytelling," an award-winning doctor "illustrates . . . how vulnerable we all are to microscopic intruders (Jane E. Allen, Los Angeles Times ).A normal, healthy woman becomes host to a pork tapeworm that is burrowing into her brain and disabling her motor abilities.A handsome man contracts Chicken Pox and ends up looking like the victim of a third degree burn.A vigorous young
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The Microbiome Master Key

How to Harness Microbes—Inside and Out—for Lifelong Health

by B. Brett Finlay, OC, PhD, Jessica M. Finlay, PhD ...

Science has made huge leaps in prolonging life through disease prevention and treatment, but microbiologist Brett Finlay and gerontologist Jessica Finlay offer a different—and truly revolutionary—approach to the quest for the fountain of youth.Microbes are the oldest and smallest forms of life on earth, and encompass bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi and other microscopic organisms. While some ... Read more

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Science has made huge leaps in prolonging life through disease prevention and treatment, but microbiologist Brett Finlay and gerontologist Jessica Finlay offer a different—and truly revolutionary—approach to the quest for the fountain of youth.Microbes are the oldest and smallest forms of life on earth, and encompass bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi and other microscopic organisms. While some
... Read more
A Matter of Life and Death

Inside the Hidden World of the Pathologist

by Sue Armstrong ...

True tales of microscopic detective work that catches killers both human and pathogen: "More fascinating than fiction. Forget CSI, this is the real thing" (Val McDermid).A Matter of Life and Death profiles some of the world's most eminent and pioneering pathologists. This is a hidden world, yet one we will all inevitably encounter at some time in our lives, for pathology lies at the cornerstone of ... Read more

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True tales of microscopic detective work that catches killers both human and pathogen: "More fascinating than fiction. Forget CSI, this is the real thing" (Val McDermid).A Matter of Life and Death profiles some of the world's most eminent and pioneering pathologists. This is a hidden world, yet one we will all inevitably encounter at some time in our lives, for pathology lies at the cornerstone of
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This Is Your Brain On Parasites

How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society

by Kathleen McAuliffe ...

"Engrossing . . . [An] expedition through the hidden and sometimes horrifying microbial domain." — The Wall Street JournalParasites can live only inside another animal and, as Kathleen McAuliffe reveals, these tiny organisms have many evolutionary motives for manipulating the behavior of their hosts. With astonishing precision, parasites can coax rats to approach cats, spiders to transform the ... Read more

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"Engrossing . . . [An] expedition through the hidden and sometimes horrifying microbial domain." — The Wall Street JournalParasites can live only inside another animal and, as Kathleen McAuliffe reveals, these tiny organisms have many evolutionary motives for manipulating the behavior of their hosts. With astonishing precision, parasites can coax rats to approach cats, spiders to transform the
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Cœurs

Du premier au dernier battement

by Alain Vadeboncoeur ...

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Une contraction, une pulsation…CŒURS s'ouvre sur un battement, le tout premier. Cet ouvrage raconte l'histoire d'un organe essentiel du corps humain, mais parle aussi de vie, de mort et de tout ce qui survient entre les deux. À partir de récits captivants, qui ont marqué le quotidien de ses 32 années passées aux urgences, Alain Vadeboncœur explique l'origine et la formation de cette pompe ... Read more

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Une contraction, une pulsation…CŒURS s'ouvre sur un battement, le tout premier. Cet ouvrage raconte l'histoire d'un organe essentiel du corps humain, mais parle aussi de vie, de mort et de tout ce qui survient entre les deux. À partir de récits captivants, qui ont marqué le quotidien de ses 32 années passées aux urgences, Alain Vadeboncœur explique l'origine et la formation de cette pompe
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The Wild Life of Our Bodies

Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today

by Rob Dunn ...

"Extraordinary. . . . takes the reader into the overlap of medicine, ecology, and evolutionary biology to reveal an important domain of the human condition." —Edward O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Anthill and The Future of LifeWe evolved in a wilderness of parasites, mutualists, and pathogens, but we no longer see ourselves as being part of nature. In the name of progress and clean ... Read more

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"Extraordinary. . . . takes the reader into the overlap of medicine, ecology, and evolutionary biology to reveal an important domain of the human condition." —Edward O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Anthill and The Future of LifeWe evolved in a wilderness of parasites, mutualists, and pathogens, but we no longer see ourselves as being part of nature. In the name of progress and clean
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