Textbook List and How to Purchase

Summer 2025

The following textbooks will be used in FAES courses during the upcoming term. Please note that tuition does not include textbooks.

  • Purchase Online | To purchase the textbook from the FAES Bookstore online, please use the following link https://www.shopfaes.com/textbooks.
    • Holders of a valid sales tax-exemption certificate can make a qualified sales tax-exempt textbook purchase by emailing faesbookstore@nih.gov, or by calling (301) 496-5272. FAES reserves the right to require proof of a valid certificate on all purchases requesting sales tax-exemption. 
  • Purchase In-person | We also encourage students to visit the FAES Bookstore, located near the Masur Auditorium in Building 10 at the National Institutes of Health, to purchase textbooks.

Note: Please note that there may be an ebook version available through other resources.

Course # Requirement Level Author Title and Edition ISBN
ENGL 205 Textbook Required Joan Saslow and Allen Asche Summit Level 1 Student's Book & eBook with Online Practice, Digital Resources & App 9780137332366
MEDI 339 Textbook Required Robert Weinberg The Biology of Cancer, 3rd Edition 9780393887655
IMMU 403 Textbook Optional Peter Parham The Immune System, 5th Edition 9780393533354
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