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The Pox and the Covenant: Mather, Franklin, and the Epidemic That Changed America’s Destiny
$74.95On April 22, 1721, the HMS Seahorse arrived in Boston from the West Indies, carrying goods, cargo, and unbeknown to its crew, a deadly virus. Soon, a smallpox epidemic had broken out in Boston, causing hundreds of deaths and panic accross the city. The clergy, including the famed Cotton Mather, […] -
Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body (1793)
$74.95This book was the first publication in English on pathology as a separate subject and the first systematic study of pathology ever made. Baillie, a nephew of the great anatomists John and William Hunter, was educated at Oxford and soon after became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of […] -
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The Gold-Headed Cane
$39.95William Macmichael’s The Gold-Headed Cane, originally published in 1827, is the imaginative “autobiography” of one particular gold-headed cane owned by five eminent physicians; several held high office in the Royal College of Physicians. Initially reviews criticized the book because it concentrated disproportionately on illnesses of the royalty and aristocracy, “though […] -
Liberty & Tyranny
$69.95Few thinkers of the period between the twentieth century's world wars had as realistic a grasp of the dangerous political climate as Francis Hirst. Fewer still sounded the alarm as urgently. Astonished by the blindness to the perils developing in Germany and Italy and even more so by his peers' admiration […] -
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Letters to a Chinese Official
$24.95A theme running through history has been the battle of east versus west – Greeks v. Persians, Romans v. Egyptians, Franks v. Moslems, Americans v. Soviets, etc. The battle has always been ideological and philosophical as well as martial. Letters to a Chinese Official was a vehicle used by William […] -
The Votes that Counted (Bush v Gore election)
$64.95For weeks following the 2000 presidential election the world was gripped by the struggles between supporters of Texas Governor George W. Bush, and Vice President Al Gore, over who would become the forty-third president of the United States. It had been many generations since Americans experienced the distinctive drama of […] -
Mutiny on the Amistad
$59.95This volume presents the first full-scale treatment of the only instance in history where African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home. Jones describes how, in 1839, Joseph Cinqué led other blacks in a revolt on the Spanish slave ship, Amistad, in the Caribbean. The seizure of […] -
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The War Against Al Capone: Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders
$49.95According to the Eliot Ness myth, which has been widely disseminated through books, television shows, and movies, Ness and the Untouchables defeated Al Capone by marshaling superior firepower. In Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders, Dennis Hoffman presents a fresh new perspective on the downfall of Al Capone. He shows […] -
The Histories of Herodotus
$79.95“This is a publication of the researches of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, in order that the actions of men may not be effaced by time, nor the great and wondrous deeds displayed both by Greeks and barbarians deprived of renown; and among the rest for what cause they waged war upon […] -
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Trial of Martha Stewart
$54.95The investigation of one of the world’s most accomplished and famous women began when the government thought she might have saved $42,000 by selling shares of a stock based on inside information that a cancer drug would be disapproved by the FDA. But when she sold the stock, she was […] -
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Troy and Its Remains
$69.95Troy and Its Remains is Heinrich Schliemann's love letter to the city of Troy and his belief that the events that took place in Homer's The Iliad were historical fact. Published in 1875, Schliemann was one of the first people to popularize archaeology with his books, his up-to-date correspondence with newspapers of the […] -
The History of the Grecian War
$84.95What could be more fascinating than to read a history of Greece written in its own time? As the Grecian War raged between the Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues, also known as the Athenians and the Spartans, an Athenian general by the name of Thucydides made it his life's mission to […]
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Atlas of the Pathological Anatomy of the Eyeball SOLD OUT
$89.95Pagenstecher and Genth's 'Atlas of the Pathological Anatomy of the Eyeball', published in 1875, is one of the most magnificent, historically important, and difficult-to-obtain works in ophthalmics. This beautiful, oversized leather volume is part of our Classics of Ophthalmology Library. It is bound in genuine top-grain pigskin leather and is […] -
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The Anatomy of the Brain and Nerves
$89.95As Sir Charles Sherrington pointed out, "Thomas Willis practically re-founded the anatomy and physiology of the brain and nerves," and "put the brain and nervous system on their modern footing." At the Patronal Festival for Thomas Willis in 1915, Sir William Osler commented that "Willis is remembered particularly by the […] -
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The History and Treatment of the Diseases of the Teeth ONLY 2 LEFT!
$89.95This beautiful, oversized leather volume is a reprint of the original 1806 edition of the work for our Classics of Dentistry Library. It is bound in genuine top-grain pigskin leather and is stamped in 22-karat gold. It includes a number of sketches at the end of the book. Only a […] -
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The Nervous System of the Human Body ONLY 5 LEFT!
$89.95This beautiful, oversized volume is a reprint of the 1830 edition of the work. Includes a number of sketches by Charles Bell of various parts of the nervous system. Only a few books left!
