Moneyball meets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of one of the greatest scientific quests of our time—the groundbreaking program to answer the most essential question for humanity: how do we live and die?—and the visionary mastermind behind it.
Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease studies to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. While it is one of the largest scientific projects ever attempted—as breathtaking as the first moon landing or the Human Genome Project—the questions it answers are meaningful for every one of us: What are the world’s health problems? Who do they hurt? How much? Where? Why?
Murray argues that the ideal existence isn’t simply the longest but the one lived well and with the least illness. Until we can accurately measure how people live and die, we cannot understand what makes us sick or do much to improve it. Challenging the accepted wisdom of the WHO and the UN, the charismatic and controversial health maverick has made enemies—and some influential friends, including Bill Gates who gave Murray a $100 million grant.
In Epic Measures, journalist Jeremy N. Smith offers an intimate look at Murray and his groundbreaking work. From ranking countries’ healthcare systems (the U.S. is 37th) to unearthing the shocking reality that world governments are funding developing countries at only 30% of the potential maximum efficiency when it comes to health, Epic Measures introduces a visionary leader whose unwavering determination to improve global health standards has already changed the way the world addresses issues of health and wellness, sets policy, and distributes funding.

Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, Jeremy N.

Sociology

Harper Wave

Breaking And Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called “Alien”

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Mariner Books

This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hacker—a woman known only as Alien. When she arrived at MIT in the 1990s, Alien was quickly drawn to the school’s tradition of high‑risk physical trespassing: the original “hacking.” Within a year, one of her hallmates was dead and two others were arraigned. Alien’s adventures were only just beginning. After a stint at the storied, secretive Los Alamos National Laboratory, Alien was recruited by a top cybersecurity firm where she deployed her cache of virtual weapons—and the trespassing and social engineering talents she had developed while “hacking” at MIT. The company tested its clients’ security by every means possible—not just coding, but donning disguises and sneaking past guards and secretaries into the C‑suite. Alien now runs a boutique hacking outfit that caters to some of the world’s biggest and most vulnerable institutions—banks, retailers, government agencies. Her work combines devilish charm, old‑school deception, and next generation spycraft. In Breaking and Entering, cybersecurity finally gets the rich, character‑driven, fast-paced treatment it deserves.

Breaking And Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien"

True Crime

[Read by Patrick Lawlor]  ''Moneyball'' meets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of the great scientific quests to answer the most essential question of our time: How do we live and die?  Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease studies to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. While it is one of the largest scientific projects ever attempted -- as breathtaking as the first moon landing or the Human Genome Project -- the questions it answers are meaningful for every one of us: What are the world's health problems? Who do they hurt? How much? Where? Why?  Murray argues that the ideal existence isn't simply the longest but the one lived well and with the least illness. Until we can accurately measure how people live and die, we cannot understand what makes us sick or do much to improve it. Challenging the accepted wisdom of the World Health Organization and the United Nations, the charismatic and controversial health maverick has made enemies -- and some influential friends, including Bill Gates, who gave Murray a $100 million grant.  In Epic Measures, journalist Jeremy N. Smith offers an intimate look at Murray and his groundbreaking work. From ranking countries' healthcare systems (the United States is thirty-seventh) to unearthing the shocking reality that world governments are funding developing countries at only 30% of the potential maximum efficiency when it comes to health, Epic Measures introduces a visionary leader whose unwavering determination to improve global health standards has already changed the way the world addresses issues of health and wellness, sets policy, and distributes funding.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Harpercollins

Fifteen people—plus a class of first graders—tell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community...and how they can change yours, too. Growing a Garden City includes: 
<ul>
<li> Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more </li>
<li> Seven in-depth “How It Works” sections on student farms, community gardens, community supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more </li>
<li> Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national non-profit organizations </li>
<li> Over 80 full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play </li>
</ul> Read Growing a Garden City to: <ul>
<li> Learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers </li>
<li> Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own "growing community” anywhere across the country and around the world </li>
</ul>

Growing a Garden City: How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single Mothers, and More are ... of Local Agriculture and Community

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Skyhorse

Fifteen peopleplus a class of first graderstell how local food, farms, and gardens changed their lives and their community . . . and how they can change yours, too. Urban Farming Handbook includes: Fifteen first-person stories of personal and civic transformation from a range of individuals, including farmers and community garden members, a low-income senior and a troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more Seven in-depth How It Works” sections on student farms, community gardens, community-supported agriculture (CSA), community education, farm work therapy, community outreach, and more Detailed information on dozens of additional resources from relevant books and websites to government programs and national nonprofit organizations Seventy full-color photographs showing a diverse local food community at home, work, and play Read Urban Farming Handbook to learn how people like you, with busy lives like yours, can and do enjoy the many benefits of local food without having to become full-time organic farmers. Gain the information you need to organize or get involved in your own growing community” anywhere across the country and around the world.

The Urban Garden: How One Community Turned Idle Land into a Garden City and How You Can, Too

Breaking And Entering

HACKER

Recorded Books, Inc

Ross, Jonathan Todd

Alien

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