Ross, Theodora

Summary: "Oncologist and cancer gene hunter Theo Ross delivers the first authoritative, go-to for people facing a genetic predisposition for cancer There are 13 million people with cancer in the United States, and it's estimated that about 1.3 million of these cases are hereditary. Yet despite advanced training in cancer genetics and years of practicing medicine, Dr. Theo Ross was never certain whether...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 ROS

Reid, Eliza

Summary: "Iceland is the best place on earth to be a woman--but why? For the past twelve years, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Iceland number one on its list of countries closing the gap in equality between men and women. What is it about Iceland that makes many women's experience there so positive? Why has their society made such meaningful progress in this ongoing...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 REI

Lewis, Matt

Summary: "On June 6, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Matt Lewis had just started his dream job as a scientific observer aboard a deep-sea fishing boat in the waters off Antarctica. As the crew haul in the line for the day, a storm begins to brew. When the captain vanishes and they are forced to abandon ship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 LEW