Survival of the Sickest - A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
Find out why deadly diseases are bred into our genetic code - and learn the answers to such provocative questions as: * Can a person rust to death? * Can sunglasses cause sunburns? * Why do we need to pee when we’re cold? * Can the tanning salon lower cholesterol? * Who gets drunk faster-Europeans or Asians? And why? * Why are African-Americans more prone to hypertension? Survival of the Sickest reveals the answers to these and many other questions as it unravels the amazing connections between evolution, disease, and human health today.
To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War Over Germany
Many books have been written about the 8th US Air Force ,but I found " To Kingdom Come" most unique. The book chronicles the lives of several airmen who flew bombing missions over Germany during World War II.
Survival Tactics: The Top 11 Behaviors of Successful Entrepreneurs
Drawing from extensive primary research conducted with entrepreneurs in a variety of fields, Sun dispels common myths and misconceptions about entrepreneurship and identifies eleven core beliefs, behaviors, and qualities of successful individuals, including technical proficiency, team-building skills, and the ability to make decisions without complete information.
Legendary L.A. psychologist-turned-novelist Kellerman raids real life when inventing the adventures of his psychologist sleuth, Dr. Alex Delaware, and some of the scariest parts of Survival of the Fittest are historical. Eugenicists lurk behind a murder spree Alex must solve, and he notes that the eugenics movement involved one elite U.S. college professor who advocated castration of ethnically lesser men, a forced sterilization ordered by Supreme Court Justice Holmes that Hitler used as a precedent to sterilize millions, and the pre-Holocaust coinage of the phrase "final solution."
Newbery Medal winner Island of the Blue Dolphins is considered one of the greatest children's books ever written. This story of survival is as haunting and beautiful today as it was when it first appeared in print.
