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1	King of Torts more books like this by John Grisham Grisham again goes after greedy tort lawyers who accumulate enormous fees in class-action settlements against corporations, with hardly anything left for the corporations' actual victims. In this novel, lawyer Clay Carter is offered a role in the case of a teenager who has shot and killed a fellow student after taking a drug that has been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The associate more books like this by Phillip Margolin Daniel Ames is a rising star in one of Portland's most prestigious law firms. However, the lack of a silver spoon in his background makes him uncomfortable amongst his professional peers and eager to impress. When he is unjustly fired for overlooking essential evidence, he decides to dig deeper. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Whiteout more books like this by Ken Follett A Scottish medical research firm specializing in vaccines and treatments for deadly viruses is robbed, kicking off the action in this Christmastime thriller written by internationally bestselling Ken Follett. Kit Oxenford, son of the firm's director, is desperate to pay off his illegal gambling debts and anxious to revenge himself on the father ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Price more books like this by Joan Johnston Luke Creed is a driven, ambitious attorney who is determined to make partner at one of Houston's top firms. His ambition is so great, in fact, that it destroyed his marriage and leaves him barely enough time to see his two daughters. Now working on a case that could make or break his career, Luke is shocked when he discovers that the opposing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All Into Patients more books like this by Ray Moynihan, Alan Cassels Thirty years ago, Henry Gadsden, the head of Merck, one of the world's largest drug companies, told Fortune magazine that he wanted Merck to be more like chewing gum maker Wrigley's. It had long been his dream to make drugs for healthy people so that Merck could "sell to everyone." Gadsden's dream now drives the marketing machinery of the most ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $8.10! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Truth about the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do about It more books like this by Marcia Angell, M.D. During her two decades at "The New England Journal of Medicine," Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. Written with fierce passion and substantiated with in-depth research, "The Truth About the Drug Companies" is her searing indictment of an industry that has spun out of control. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.21! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Mindbend more books like this by Robin Cook A thriller about a subversive plot by the pharmaceutical industry to take over the entire medical profession. Adam Schonberg, a third-year medical student who is $20,000 in debt, feels forced to take a job with Arolin Pharmaceutical after he learns his wife is pregnant and has quit her job. Adam unwittingly discovers that the medical seminars ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine more books like this by John Abramson, M.D. A family doctor reveals with startling evidence how commercial interests have eroded the excellence of American medicine. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.81! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Tono-Bungay more books like this by H G Wells 'One of H. G. Well's most remarkable works' - "Oxford Companion to English Literature". "Tono-Bungay" (1909), the bridge between H.G. Wells' comic novels and his novels of ideas, was regarded by Wells himself as perhaps his most ambitious work of fiction. It was, he said, 'the novel as I imagined it, on Dickens-Thackeray lines.' The hero-narrator, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Pandora Prescription more books like this by James Sheridan The pharmaceutical giants have a big skeleton in their closet and will fight tooth and nail to keep it there. Author Dan Travis, notorious unsolved mystery specialist, is on another book tour when a cryptic message from a desperate stranger blows his life apart. He is sucked into a silent war which hinges on an incriminating data file. Finding it ... see all copies from $5.38! new only from $16.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs more books like this by Jerry Avorn Based on Dr. Avorn's own pioneering studies of medication use as well as his 30 years of experience as a clinician, researcher, and educator, this timely and provocative investigation reports how prescription drugs are approved, priced, promoted, prescribed, and often misused. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Robert Wood Johnson: The Gentleman Rebel more books like this by Lawrence G Foster The fascinating story of the life and times of Robert Wood Johnson, a creative and dynamic leader who put the public trust before profit. He made Johnson & Johnson one of the world's great companies, then left his fortune to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve health care in America see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients more books like this by Sonia Shah This groundbreaking book reveals the unethical drug-testing practices of the multinational pharmaceutical industry. In its quest to develop lucrative new drugs, Big Pharma has quietly exported its clinical research business to the global South, where ethical oversight is minimal, and sick, poor, and desperate patients are abundant. see all copies from $3.21! new only from $3.21! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth more books like this by Stephen Harrod Buhner This could be the most important book you will read this year. Around the office at Chelsea Green it is referred to as the "pharmaceutical Silent Spring." Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy. It consists of three parts: 1. A critique of technological ... see all copies from $11.75! new only from $12.75! \| SVS
15 view cover	Generation RX: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies more books like this by Greg Critser Critser's brilliantly incisive "Generation Rx" shows how shockingly little people know about the prescription drugs they take. The book encourages every American who has ever taken a prescription drug to look anew at what's in the medicine cabinet, and why. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Billion Dollar Molecule: The Quest for the Perfect Drug more books like this by Barry Werth Join journalist Barry Werth as he pulls back the curtain on Vertex, a start-up pharmaceutical company, and witness firsthand the intense drama being played out in the pioneering and hugely profitable field of drug research. Founded by Joshua Boger, a dynamic Harvard- and Merck-trained scientific whiz kid, Vertex is dedicated to designing -- atom ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Creating an Herbal Bodycare Business more books like this by Sandy Maine Sandy Maine turned her love of soapmaking into a $1 million business. Now she shares her business-building philosophy so others can make their dreams a reality. This inspiring book offers profiles of successful entrepreneurs in many areas, including aromatherapy and herbal bodycare, plus advice for marketing a product, employing others, and much ... see all copies from $5.09! new only from $12.35! \| SVS
18 view cover	Bad chemistry more books like this by Gary Krist A quality thriller by an American short-story writer whose work has been compared to Updike and Cheever in the New York Times -- a gripping suspense story featuring a former Chicago woman cop trying to leave her past, whose husband disappears into thin air, and a 14-year-old boy who finds a mutilated corpse in snowy woodlands. Joel Baker, a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda more books like this by Jacky Law Last year, the pharmaceutical industry had sales in excess of $300 billion. Clearly, we all pay in one way or another -- whether by buying drugs directly or through taxation. But it is less clear if we are getting value for our money. Author Jacky Law shows how a small number of corporations have come to dominate the global healthcare agenda. She ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.95! \| SVS
20 view cover	Biotech Investing: Every Investor's Guide more books like this by Jim McCamant, James D McCamant Investors looking for the next sector to boom have long had their eyes on biotechnology. Veteran scientific medical writer McCamant breaks down this new field, geared toward investment opportunity and potential, in this guide. BIOTECH INVESTING lays out the major advances in the field, who the key players are, and which names look to usher in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.39! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation more books like this by Philip J Hilts Washington Post health and science reporter Hilts offers this study of one of the most powerful agencies in the U.S.: the Food and Drug Administration. Beginning with the FDA's inception under Theodore Roosevelt and moving up through its questionable handling of AIDS medications, PROTECTING AMERICA'S HEALTH reveals the inner working of this fabled ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions
22 view cover	The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs more books like this by University of California Press (Creator), Merrill Goozner Why do life-saving prescription drugs cost so much? Drug companies insist that prices reflect the millions they invest in research and development. In this expose, Merrill Goozner contends that American taxpayers are in fact footing the bill twice: once by supporting government-funded research and again by paying astronomically high prices for ... see all copies from $6.24! new only from $18.50!
23 view cover	Insider's Guide to the World of Pharmaceutical Sales more books like this by Jane Williams This bestseller is a "must-have" for anyone who desires a pharmaceutical sales job. The complete guide includes instructions on resume preparation, applying for positions, uncovering unadvertised positions, gaining interviews, successfully negotiating interviews, 150 interview questions and answers, and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.20! \| SVS
24 view cover	Amazing Medicines the Drug Companies Don't Want You to Discover more books like this by Chase Revel, University Medical Research see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Racketeering in Medicine: The Suppression of Alternatives more books like this by James P Carter Are we being deprived of economical and effective medical therapies simply because the medical-pharmaceutical establishment can't profit from them? Dr. Carter presents disturbing evidence of legitimate therapies being disparaged as quackery, government agencies harassing alternative practitioners, and drug companies buying influence -- the real ... see all copies from $4.61! new only from $7.07! \| first editions

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