Medicine

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande

BEING MORTAL examines how the medical field handles the inevitable end of life for patients, but more importantly, how it can be improved. Using brilliant research and illuminating anecdoatal evidence, Gawande shows how the current aims of medicine can often run counter to what patients truly want from their end of...

The Premonition: A Pandemic Story Michael Lewis

THE PREMONITION: A PANDEMIC STORY reveals the heroes who saved America from an even worse fate than COVID-19 wrought. This thriller shows us how the science project of a thirteen-year-old girl fits in the mix as well as a local public-health official who challenged the CDC. Anti-heroes who built a wall of ignorance are...

Dinner with Dimaggio: Memories of an American Hero Rock Positano

DINNER WITH DIMAGGIO: MEMORIES OF AN AMERICAN HERO is an intimate, personal, up-close look at one of the most private American superstars. These are never-before-revealed stories that Rock Positano is now sharing. He became Joltin' Joe's closest friend and protector in the last decade of his life.

 

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All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience Jay Wellons

ALL THAT MOVES US is one of Jake's all-time favorites - if you want to be inspired, shed a bunch of happy tears (and a few sad ones). Be sure to read the prologue to get in the mood for the powerful stories that follow. Ann Patchett said it best, "All That Moves Us tells the story of lives that have been...