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Listopia > Helene's votes on the list Medicine and Literature (10 Books)
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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"it's hilarious...if I new you were allowed to write non-fiction this way I might have tried harder in school."
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rated it 5 stars
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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"it's unlike any book I've ever read. The point of view was startling and made me think in new ways."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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"just plain fun."
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rated it 5 stars
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Awakenings
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"I think this is truly one of his only two good books...the other people the man who mistook, etc. It's a story about a real medical miracle and real science."
Helene
rated it 5 stars
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Alias Grace
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"I get lost in her prose and prefer her longer, denser books. She's soooo smart and manages to lull me into a deep, comfortable read, then shocks me with a bit of poetry or an image that sticks with me for years."
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The Blind Assassin
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Of Human Bondage
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War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
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"a revelation. The history of America's quest for perfection and what the Nazi's learned from us."
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The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
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"how smart, sane and scientific physicians are able to "split" and turn to torture in the name of science. Can you say Guantanamo Bay?
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