National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SAR......more
I wade waist-deep into the ocean to reach a body floating face down in the local harbor. Police, first responders, and o......more
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Outbreaks of Ebola can be scary and deadly. The virus that causes the disease spreads quickly from person to person, lea......more
Dealing with some of the most heinous crimes imaginable, forensic neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. Richard Lettie......more
The medical profession and criminal law have worked together over the millennia, from the Ancient Egyptians to the prese......more
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An "entertaining" (Booklist) account of the mysterious, hair-raising, and heartbreaking cases handled by the coroner of ......more
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For decades the psychological assessment and treatment of offenders has run on invalid and untested programmes. Robert A......more
"[AN] ENGROSSING LOOK BEHIND THE HEADLINES OF NOTORIOUS HOMICIDES."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW) In this clear-ey......more
As the Zika virus continues to spread throughout North America, people need answers. What are the origins of this virus?......more
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The remarkable casebook of one of Britain s top forensic scientists. As one of the UK s leading forensic scientists, Mik......more
The riveting history of tuberculosis, the world s most lethal disease, the two men whose lives it tragically intertwined......more
A fascinating history of a public health crisis. Compellingly written and insightful, Keep Out of Reach of Children trac......more
From JFK to Marilyn--the morbid, medical, and mysterious facts behind the most famous celebrity deaths. When a life ends......more
The Empath, or highly sensitive, artistic, intuitive person, wants bonded, happy family relationships, a soul mate partn......more
A fascinating guide on the psychology of crime Thinking of a career that indulges your CSI fantasies? Want to understand......more
Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner’s Handbook is "a vicious, page-tur......more
This work brings together, in one volume, a number of monographs from the mid to late eighteenth century (the period kno......more
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When eighteen-year-old Gloria Summers dies unexpectedly after undergoing an elective tubal ligation at Detroit s Henry F......more
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Over the last 22 years in the New York Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Schmuter performed thousands of autopsies a......more
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For thirty days, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald s as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on......more
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When a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the local doctor knew that without a fresh batch ......more
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The CBS television show, C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation, has captured audiences - and ratings - with its unflinchin......more
From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, prominent forensic anthropologist Dr. William Maples can d......more
The true story of how a deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in a Washington, D.C., animal......more