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The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
Медицина, Образовательная, прикладная, научно-популярная литература

The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

Год: 2006
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La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be...
The Island of the Colorblind
Биология, Медицина

The Island of the Colorblind

Язык: английский
Год: 1997
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Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands—their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor. For him, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and...
The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
Здоровье, Медицина

The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study

Язык: английский
Год: 2011
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This landmark study—which Dr. Andrew Weil calls “a remarkable achievement with surprising conclusions”—upends the advice we have been told about how to live to a healthy old age. We have been told that the key to longevity involves...