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The Lost Fam­i­ly: How DNA Test­ing is Upend­ing Who We Are
Lib­by Copeland
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Aging with a Plan: How a Lit­tle Thought Today Can Vast­ly Improve Your Tomorrow
Sharona Hoff­man
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The Autumn Ghost: How the Bat­tle Against a Polio Epi­dem­ic Rev­o­lu­tion­ized Mod­ern Med­ical Care
Han­nah Wunsch
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The Mind and the Moon: My Broth­er’s Sto­ry, the Sci­ence of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches
Daniel Bergn­er
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Hon­est Aging: An Insid­er’s Guide to the Sec­ond Half of Life
Rosanne Leipzig
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Com­mit­ted: Dis­patch­es from a Psy­chi­a­trist in Training
Adam Stern
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The Edge of the Stick­er: A Guide for Get­ting Through Life’s Challenges
Bradley Frank
Bob­by Frank
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The Pow­er of the Down­state: Recharge Your Life Using Your Body’s Own Restora­tive Systems
Sara C. Mednick
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In Sick­ness: A Memoir
Bar­rett Rollins
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Con­quer­ing Learn­ing Dis­abil­i­ties at Any Age: How an ADHD/LD Kid Grad­u­at­ed from Yale and Cam­bridge, and Became a Marine Offi­cer, Mil­i­tary His­to­ri­an, Finan­cial Advi­sor and Car­ing Father
Bryan Mark Rigg
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The Oth­er Fam­i­ly Doctor
Karen Fine
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The Unseen Body: A Doc­tor’s Jour­ney Through the Hid­den Won­ders of Human Anatomy
Jonathan Reis­man
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Kick Up Some Dust: Lessons on Think­ing Big, Giv­ing Back, and Doing it Yourself
Cather­ine M. Lewis
Bernie Mar­cus
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Emo­tion­al Inher­i­tance: A Ther­a­pist, Her Patients, and the Lega­cy of Trauma
Galit Atlas
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Accel­er­at­ed Minds: Unlock­ing the Fas­ci­nat­ing, Inspir­ing, and Often Destruc­tive Impuls­es that Dri­ve the Entre­pre­neur­ial Brain
Neil See­man
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The Skin­care Hoax: How You’re Being Tricked Into Buy­ing Lotions, Potions & Wrin­kle Cream
Fayne Frey
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