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Report copyright infringementby Michelle Terrill Heath (Author)Michelle Terrill Heath has lived an unconventional life, partly by choice and partly by circumstance. As a teenager, she met the love of her life, Andy, and they have been married for forty-seven years. They are a happy, healthy, and adventurous couple who have discovered how to continue this lifestyle, even through the onslaught of Andy's Parkinson's disease. In Your Wildest Dreams, the Heaths experiences translate directly into ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sean C. Pirkle (Author)Hidden worlds often exist in plain sight: the galaxies above, the buried bodies beneath the Easter Island heads ... and medical school. Somewhere in Between holds a magnifying glass over medical training's idiosyncrasies, from the cadaver lab and board exams to inadvertently broken sterile fields on clerkship rotations. But this is more than just a story about becoming a doctor. Dr. Sean Pirkle reflects on life through the lens of medicin...

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Report copyright infringementby Tina Piser (Author), Emily Hardin (Author), Tara Kamm (Author)In "Life After Chemotherapy," co - authors bravely pull back the curtain on the unseen challenges and triumphs that often follow cancer treatment. Drawing from their own journeys as survivors, this candid and eye-opening book delves into the realities that go beyond the doctor's office-addressing the emotional, physical, mental, and social hurdles that many experience but few openly discuss.Through h...

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Report copyright infringementby Dan And Maureen Brown (Author) Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 02, 2025

Secret Paths Revealed: The Memoir of a Hmong Woman's Journey from Escaping a Secret War to Becoming a Physician

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Report copyright infringementby Ia Yang Kue (Author) Number of Pages: 254 Dimensions: 0.81 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: July 08, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Elias Zerhouni (Author), Edward Kriz (Author)Description A memoir of medicine, scientific integrity, and the unwavering belief that disease knows no politics. Disease Knows No Politics is a timely, inspiring memoir that champions the American Dream and defends the National Institutes of Health (NIH) while recounting the extraordinary immigrant journey of Dr. Elias Zerhouni: former NIH director under President George W. Bush, presidential envoy under President B...

A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure: A Surgical Swan Song

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Report copyright infringementby Sherman A. Katz Facs (Author) Number of Pages: 368 Dimensions: 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2025

The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love

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Report copyright infringementby Michael D. Lemonick (Author)In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson--a renowned artist who regularly produced covers for The New Yorker, a gifted musician, a skilled amateur pilot, and a joyful presence to all who knew her--lives in a "perpetual now." Lonni Sue has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. Remarkably, however, she retains much of the intellect and artistic skills from her previous life....

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Report copyright infringementby Agnes Clare Ventura (Author)"My Fall Through Time," is a brave and open story. The description of what may be considered a "near-death experience" or perhaps what others would call a "look" or a "glimpse" into the unexplained: this story has it all. The author, Agnes Clare Ventura, has unabashedly opened her private soul to the audience of the world. Writing with such clarity, one can envision the sandy beaches, the warmth of childhood, and the fear and isol...

Secret Paths Revealed: A Hmong Woman's Journey from Escaping a Secret War to Becoming a Physician - A Memoir

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Report copyright infringementby Ia Yang Kue (Author)From Escaping War to Mending Wounds: A Hmong Woman's Struggle & Triumph Amid Cultural Expectations and Self Discovery. A Journey of Resilience, Sacrifice, Faith, and Success.In this unforgettable memoir, Secret Paths Revealed, Ia Y. Kue invites readers into a hidden world-one shaped by war, cultural expectations, and a quiet, relentless faith. Born into the aftermath of the Secret War in Laos and raised in the tension between tradition a...

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Report copyright infringementby Jenny Stetson (Author)The story is about a adult female with degenerative disc disease and suffered an on duty injury requiring surgery. The surgery was to implant an orthopedic device which caused a severe allergic reaction. The female suffered immensely well doctors didn't know what to do. Female went into a very dark place before fighting for her life and investigating why she was so sick. None of the doctors could figure it out. If female had not done thoro...

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Report copyright infringementby Cynthia Broze (Author)Nurses of Los Angeles: Uncapping the Mystery details the leaders, the schools, and the lives of nurses who worked daily to achieve their goals. More than 450 color photographs, from 1858 to 2024, accompany each historical story and biography as it is told.When California became a state in 1850, the treeless basin named Los Angeles had no newspapers, colleges, libraries, or public schools. Residents obtained water from open canals in front ...

Dr. Danger: Life Story Of A Rural Veterinarian

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Report copyright infringementby Art Schatz (Author), Penny Nicoles (Illustrator)Dr. Art Schatz has been deeply involved with animals since he was born. During his childhood in rural Canada, his family had no local veterinarians nearby, so he learned to tend to the farm animals and turned that passion into a career. After veterinary college, Dr. Schatz entered a career primarily with large animals. Life is not a straight path, and Dr. Schatz's is no exception; after developing an insidious ill...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Martin (Author)What happens when your world falls apart? How do you start again?By all markers, Richard Martin's life was a success: he was happily married, a great father, and lived a fulfilling life, professionally and personally. But the pressures of a high-flying legal career, his increasing social commitments, and family illness all took their toll.Richard pulls no punches in describing his breakdown and the crushing social anxiety that left him sc...

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Report copyright infringementby J. Franklin Dyer (Author), Michael B. Chesson (Editor)J. Franklin Dyer's journal offers a rare perspective on three years of the Civil War as seen through the eyes of a surgeon at the front. The journal, taken from letters written to his wife, Maria, describes in lengthy and colorful detail the daily life of a doctor who began as a regimental surgeon in the Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers and was promoted to acting medical director of the Second Corps, Army...

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Report copyright infringementby Michel Baudry (Author), Stella M. Sung (Author) Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions: 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 20, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Judith T. Newman (Author)Judith looks as fragile as a flower. But inside, she's made of pure tempered steel. Her passion is to learn, then transfer new skills to eye doctors in developing countries creating a 'ripple effect' in a global sense. It's one of the reasons why I love her.- Philip J. Krueger B.S., M.S. This is the awe-inspiring, true-story of one petite, blonde eye surgeon traveling into the interior of Africa, Communist China, India, Nepal, Tibet, So...

More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie: My Life as a Nurse Paramedic

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Report copyright infringementby Sherry Jones Mayo (Author), Neal E. Braverman (Foreword by)More True Stories from EMS and the ER More Confessions shares the raw and honest feelings of emergency service professionals through true 'story behind the story' revelations. Disclosing experiences from both sides of the gurney, Sherry and other EMS, ER, paramilitary, and firefighter responders walk you along their fragile line of sanity. Using humor as a life raft during perfect storms, workers reflec...

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Report copyright infringementby Marsha Jacobson (Author)An intimate memoir on living a joyful life with mental illness.Marsha Jacobson was thirteen when her world shifted: Depression hit so severely that she could hardly eat. Once a spunky girl, Marsha became withdrawn, afraid to share her thoughts. Her parents, while loving, were not open to discussing mental illness.Marsha struggled with depressive episodes and anxiety throughout adolescence and at university, but at age thirty, she opened ...

Ten 2nd Chances: This Doctor Died and Went to Hell, Why?

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Treuherz (Author), Elizabeth Ann Ann Atkins (Editor), Claudia Treuherz (Contribution by) Number of Pages: 310 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 15, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Treuherz (Author), Elizabeth Ann Atkins (Editor), Claudia Treuherz (Contribution by) Number of Pages: 310 Dimensions: 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 15, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby John G. Sotos (Author)The Physical Lincoln Complete combines two groundbreaking books -- The Physical Lincoln and The Physical Lincoln Sourcebook -- into one handy volume. It is the ultimate guide to the startling health history of Abraham Lincoln and his family. The first book, The Physical Lincoln, offers a solution to one of the most enduring mysteries in American history: What made Abraham Lincoln so tall, thin, and less than attractive? What gave him his l...

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Report copyright infringementby Deborah Cowley (Author)Canadian surgeon Lucille Teasdale and her husband founded Lacor Hospital in northern Uganda in 1961. For 35 years the two doctors treated such contagious diseases as malaria, TB, and AIDS, and Teasdale performed thousands of operations under difficult conditions. They lived through civil war, hostage takings, and epidemics. Teasdale received the highest humanitarian awards from the U.N. for her life's work in Africa. Deborah Cowley, an Ot...

The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains

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Report copyright infringementby Pria Anand (Author)In this collection of medical tales "reminiscent of Oliver Sacks...the best of medical writing" (Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant of Water), a neurologist reckons with the stories we tell about our brains, and the stories our brains tell us. A girl believes she has been struck blind for stealing a kiss. A mother watches helplessly as each of her children is replaced by a changeling. A woman is haunted each month by the same four chord...

An Exercise in Uncertainty: A Memoir of Illness and Hope

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Gluck (Author)In this thought-provoking memoir, an award-winning journalist explores the chaos, doubt, and search for meaning that come with staying one step ahead of cancer for decades. "An Exercise in Uncertainty has a powerful and restorative story to tell us. Jonathan Gluck's life of illness and survival is a vital primer for us all--a lesson in how to face and comprehend two of the basic facts that render us human: We die, but much more important,...

Ripples from the Rupununi: Dr. Aidun's Healing Journey

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Report copyright infringementby Brian H. Cameron (Author), Laureen Pierre (Contribution by)Somewhere over the rainforest in Guyana there's a land called the Rupununi, a creek-crossed savannah inhabited for millenia by Indigenous people of great capacity. This is where Dr. Jamshid Aidun, a Persian Canadian surgeon and a humble man of faith, went to lead the Bahá'í Community Health Partnership, and to heal his own broken heart.Moving to Guyana from his surgical practice in Manitoba, Aidun was t...

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Report copyright infringementby Bruce Keene (Author)It's amazing what we can learn from animals ... From summers at his grandparent's farm to serving the community through animal care as the local veterinarian, Dr. Keene spins heartwarming stories that do more than just entertain. These memoirs are rich with anecdotes and insights on how to care for your pets, for others, and yourself. God loves all creatures great and small, and surprisingly He can use the life and love of animals to teach ...

Little Miss Diagnosed: A Surgeon's Guide to Breaking Bones and Bending Rules

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Report copyright infringementby Erin Nance MD (Author)From the real-life Meredith Grey, comes an inspiring collection of essays based on Dr. Erin Nance's popular TikTok account @littlemissdiagnosed, detailing Dr. Nance's journey as a young female orthopedic surgeon navigating challenging cases and ethical dilemmas in the high-stakes, cutthroat world of medicine. In her debut essay collection, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Erin Nance offers a raw, unfiltered look into the exhilarating yet co...

Because I Knew You: How Some Remarkable Sick Kids Healed a Doctor's Soul

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Macauley (Author)As one of the few pediatric palliative care doctors in the United States, Bob Macauley was used to people saying, "I'm so glad I don't have your job." To which he would explain that palliative care is more about living than dying, then offer to share some of the inspiring stories he witnessed on a daily basis. He might mention that also being an Episcopal priest helped him console people in the hardest situations. But he never revealed t...

Facing Inward: A Memoir of Celebrity, Sexuality and Chronic Disease

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Report copyright infringementby Melissa Carter (Author)Facing Inward is a memoir that weaves together stories of resilience, love, and self-discovery. At the heart of it is a candid reflection on a life shaped by chronic illness, Southern family dynamics, and an unshakable sense of feeling different.Moving through pivotal phases of her life-childhood, a life-saving kidney transplant, and the Covid-19 pandemic-Melissa opens a window into her experiences as a lesbian, media personality, and som...

Welcome back: A TBI recovery story from Provider to Patient

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Report copyright infringementby Dickey (Author)After 24 years in healthcare, one fateful evening transformed Mandi from practitioner to patient. A motor vehicle accident left her with a signifiant traumatic brain injury that has taken her much longer than expected to recover from. Follow along as she shares her journey back from her worst day through the first year. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.47 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: May 30, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Florence Nightingale (Author), Rosalind Nightingale Nash (Author)"Florence Nightingale to her Nurses: A selection from Miss Nightingale's addresses to probationers and nurses of the Nightingale school at St. Thomas's hospital" offers a rare glimpse into the foundational principles of modern nursing. This carefully curated collection presents Florence Nightingale's own guidance to her students, providing invaluable insight into her revolutionary approach to heal...