The best low-carb guide keeps getting better! This revised edition of the book by nationally known nutrition expert Jonny Bowden provides up-to-date insight on how to choose the perfect diet for you. In their quest to lose weight and live healthily,...

Jennifer Renee Blevins's debut memoir, "Limited by Body Habitus: An American Fat Story", sheds light on her experiences living with the emotional and psychological struggles of taking up space in a fat-phobic world. Bringing together experiences of p...

After the atomic bombing at the end of World War II, anxieties about survival in the nuclear age led scientists to begin stockpiling and freezing hundreds of thousands of blood samples from indigenous communities around the world. These samples were...

This book is the first to tell the extraordinary yet unheralded history of monoclonal antibodies, or Mabs. Though unfamiliar to most nonscientists, these microscopic protein molecules are everywhere, quietly shaping our lives and healthcare. They hav...

In the span of just three decades, scientific understanding of the formation of embryos has undergone a major revolution. The implications of these new research findings have an immediate bearing on human health and future therapies, yet most nonscie...

For sale in CIS only! One day in 2006, the rich, well connected but very private philanthropist, Ray Chambers, flicked through the holiday snaps of his friend, the development economist Jeffrey Sachs, and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of...