Set in Berlin during 1917, this spy thriller tells the story of how British Intelligence sent an American doctor to investigate rumours that the Germans have developed a new biological weapon that could turn the tide of the war. The author has also written "Spirals".

Blood Winter

Patrick, William

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for loneliness and what to do about it. John T. Cacioppo’s groundbreaking research topples one of the pillars of modern medicine and psychology: the focus on the individual as the unit of inquiry. By employing brain scans, monitoring blood pressure, and analyzing immune function, he demonstrates the overpowering influence of social context―a factor so strong that it can alter DNA replication. He defines an unrecognized syndrome―chronic loneliness―brings it out of the shadow of its cousin depression, and shows how this subjective sense of social isolation uniquely disrupts our perceptions, behavior, and physiology, becoming a trap that not only reinforces isolation but can also lead to early death. He gives the lie to the Hobbesian view of human nature as a “war of all against all,” and he shows how social cooperation is, in fact, humanity’s defining characteristic. Most important, he shows how we can break the trap of isolation for our benefit both as individuals and as a society.

Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

Cacioppo, John T.

Parenting & Relationships

W.W.Norton&Company

“One of the most important books about the human condition to appear in a decade.”―Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness
University of Chicago social neuroscientist John T. Cacioppo unveils his pioneering research on the startling effects of loneliness: a sense of isolation or social rejection disrupts not only our thinking abilities and will power but also our immune systems, and can be as damaging as obesity or smoking. A blend of biological and social science, this book demonstrates that, as individuals and as a society, we have everything to gain, and everything to lose, in how well or how poorly we manage our need for social bonds. 12 illustrations

When Kitty McKusick, a three-year-old, begins dying of old age, her father, Peter, takes her to the immortality research center in South America where she was born

Spirals

Literature & Fiction

United States

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Signet

A British spy and an American surgeon operating undercover in World War II Berlin find their loyalties challenged by a beautiful but mysterious researcher at the suspicious Institute for Infectious Diseases

VIKING

When Kitty McKusick, a three-year-old, begins dying of old age, her father, Peter, takes her to the immortality research center in South America where she was born.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

SPHERE

Thieves of Baghdad

Biographies & Memoirs

Bogdanos, Matthew

Leaders & Notable People

Bloomsbury USA

Surveys the history of the Food and Drug Administration describing its structure, function, and influence on American society.

Food and Drug Administration (Know Your Government)

Teen & Young Adult

Israel, Fred

Education & Reference

Chelsea House Pub

James, the Lord's Brother

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

James, The Lord's Brother (1906)

Historical

Kessinger Publishing

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Blood Winter

Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

Spirals

Spirals

Blood Winter

Spirals

Thieves of Baghdad

Food and Drug Administration (Know Your Government)

James, The Lord's Brother (1906)