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KORE, by Andrzej Szczeklik (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)

January 30, 2013

ELOQUENT, COMPASSIONATE WORK by a Polish physician and researcher links medicine with the arts and humanities.

Grade: A MINUS

KORE: ON SICKNESS, THE SICK, AND THE SEARCH FOR THE SOUL OF MEDICINE
Counterpoint
2012

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SMOKE SIGNALS, by Martin A. Lee

January 11, 2013

ADMIRABLY COMPREHENSIVE, ENTERTAINING social history of marijuana makes some solid points about public policy.

Grade: SOLID B

SMOKE SIGNALS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF MARIJUANA
Scribner
2012

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DREAMLAND, by David K. Randall

November 28, 2012

A JOURNALIST DELVES INTO the complex science (and business) of sleep and makes some interesting discoveries!

Grade: SOLID B

DREAMLAND: ADVENTURES IN THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
W. W. Norton & Company
2012

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DOES THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK FAT? by Rhoda Janzen

November 15, 2012

CHARMING, OPEN-HEARTED MEMOIR of a writer’s new marriage, religious reawakening, and breast cancer experience.

Grade: SOLID B

DOES THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK FAT? A MENNONITE FINDS FAITH, MEETS MR. RIGHT, AND SOLVES HER LADY PROBLEMS
Grand Central
2012

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OUR KIND OF PEOPLE, by Uzodinma Iweala

November 13, 2012

FIRST-PERSON STORIES of people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria paint a nuanced picture of the disease’s impact.

Grade: B PLUS

OUR KIND OF PEOPLE: A CONTINENT'S CHALLENGE, A COUNTRY'S HOPE
Harper
2012

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WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN WINTER, by Candia McWilliam

July 9, 2012

WRENCHINGLY HONEST, BRUTALLY eloquent, a novelist’s memoir of losing her sight and her way in life astounds.

Grade: A MINUS

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN WINTER: A MEMOIR IN BLINDNESS
Harper
2012

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MEMOIR OF A DEBULKED WOMAN, by Susan Gubar

May 14, 2012

SEARINGLY PERSONAL, YET incisively analytical memoir of ovarian cancer from women’s studies star Susan Gubar.

Grade: B PLUS

MEMOIR OF A DEBULKED WOMAN: ENDURING OVARIAN CANCER
W. W. Norton and Company
2012

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EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY, by Edmund Russell

May 7, 2012

THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN society on the evolution of other species, and vice versa, explored with admirable clarity.

Grade: B PLUS

EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY: UNITING HISTORY AND BIOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND LIFE ON EARTH
Cambridge University Press
2011

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IT’S PROBABLY NOTHING, by Beach Conger

April 24, 2012

CHARMING, CHATTY MEMOIR from a Vermont country doctor has plenty of humor, compassion, and local color.

Grade: SOLID B

IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING: MORE ADVENTURES OF A VERMONT COUNTRY DOCTOR
Chelsea Green
2011

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IMMORTAL BIRD, by Doron Weber

March 14, 2012

A BRIGHT, CREATIVE TEEN who died tragically young is remembered and celebrated in his dad’s touching memoir.

Grade: B PLUS

IMMORTAL BIRD: A FAMILY MEMOIR
Simon and Schuster
2012

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