The Knife Man: Blood, Body-Snatching and the Birth of Modern Surgery
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WINNER OF THE MEDICAL JOURNALISTS' OPEN BOOK AWARD 2005 Revered and feared in equal measure, John...
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
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One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's...
Pregnancy for Dads-to-be: Everything You Need to Know, from Conception to Birth
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So, it's happened! You're going to be a dad and you're at the start of an amazing journey. It's hard...
The Birth of Christian History: Memory and Time from Mark to Luke-Acts
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When the Gospel writings were first produced, Christian thinking was already cognizant of its...
Buccaneer: James Stuart Blackton and the Birth of American Movies
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This is an in-depth look at the life and career of James Stuart Blackton (1875-1941), the first...
The City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
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On the sixtieth anniversary of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, the full story of the controversial...
The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
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Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China....
The How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language
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The most unusual feature of Donald Trump's nationalist and populist campaign for the presidency of...