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I love books and I enjoy giving books. If you are looking for something interesting for this holiday season, here are a few favorites. Some are a little off the beaten track, but all are, in my mind, timeless in their stories and messages.

Medicine and Philanthropy
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

Medicine and Politics
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History by John M. Barry

A Commotion in the Blood: Life, Death, and the Immune System by Stephen S. Hall

The Cutter Incident: How America’s First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis by Paul A. Offit

Up Against the Good Old Boys in Molecular Biology
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox

An Old-Fashioned Story About Advertising, Agencies and Clients
Where the Suckers Moon: The Life and Death of an Advertising Campaign by Randall Rothenberg

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