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In her first memoir, Dr. Joyce Hightower openly shares what has not been an easy life. Included are her experiences in international healthcare, being a single mother and grandma, founding a non-profit, and striving to be a whole person daily. The...

Every minute several huge "snowballs" break up as they approach the Earth and deposit a large cloud of water vapor in Earth's upper atmosphere. That's the startling finding of world-renowned physicist Louis A. Frank after an examination of the images...

In 1994, 16-year-old Emmanuel Taban walked out of war-torn Sudan with nothing and nowhere to go after he had been tortured at the hands of government forces, who falsely accused him of spying for the rebels. When he finally managed to escape, he...

"The Doctor, etc." offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and experiences of a physician. This volume presents a collection of anecdotes and reflections, capturing the essence of medical practice and its evolving role within society. Readers will...

This is Volume 2 of "A Collection of the Published Writings of William Withey Gull," edited and arranged by Theodore Dyke Acland. William Withey Gull (1816-1890) was a prominent 19th-century British physician who served as one of Queen Victoria's...

Today, you enjoy the convenience of being able to fly to distant lands. But some time ago, this was not a possibility until the Wright brothers invented the airplane. Read about the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Understand how their shared...

Early in 2008, doing ordinary, mundane things like tying his shoes and walking up steps literally took author Jim Uhrig's breath away. He had trouble breathing, and it seemed as though he could never catch his breath. That was the beginning of a long...

National Indie Excellence Award Finalist (2016) for Cancer.Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner (2016) for Best Inspirational.Feathered Quill Book Awards Silver Medal for Best Inspirational (2016). Book Excellence Award Finalist (2016) for Inspiration...

The Stories an Old House Can Tell came about as I traveled down the country roads and saw old houses. Imagining the people who lived, worked, and played there, I began thinking it would be fun if our house can tell my family's story. Thus began my...

Tôi cảm ơn ba má đã mang tôi đến cuộc sống này, đó là món quà quý nhất trên đời. Nhờ ba má nuôi nấng và chăm sóc, tôi mới đi xa được như ngày hôm nay. Cảm ơn chị và em đã thay tôi lo lắng cho gia đình trong suốt những năm tôi miệt mài đi học. Tôi đặc...

The Jesuits made important contributions to the development of science, including meteorology, particularly by establishing observatories in various countries during the 19th century including Jersey. However, over the years the contribution of the...

What do you do when your life changes in an instant? The appointment changes your life when you hear the words "you have cancer." Through this book, I share my experience as a patient and as a person to help those newly diagnosed, or have someone they...

This exciting and intriguing new book in the Generative MIND series will reveal a personal (auto-ethnographic) account of curiosity-driven, experiential research based on the discovered seemingly inherent and consistent properties of a reactive...

When Anne Innis saw her first giraffe at the age of three, she was smitten. She knew she had to learn more about this marvellous animal. Twenty years later, now a trained zoologist, she set off alone to Africa to study the behaviour of giraffe in the...

""A Second Essay On Burns"" is a book written by Edward Kentish in 1800. The book is a response to the opinions of Mr. Earle and Sir W. Farquhar regarding the life and works of Robert Burns, a famous Scottish poet. Kentish attempts to refute their...

Most medical doctors have probably during their studies heard of the `Magnus and De Kleijn reflexes' and may have been aware of their relation to posture. But they know little about their significance and nothing about the man...

"To live cohesively is almost a fantasy and we ought to know it starts with humbling our egos."NAHKO BEAR, Medicine for the PeopleThis book chronicles the first thirty years of Bellyacres: an unintentional community of bohemian jugglers who...

Imbeciles Et Gredins: 1895-1900 (1900) est un recueil de po�����mes satiriques �����crit par Laurent Tailhade. Publi����� en 1900, le livre se compose de 34 po�����mes qui critiquent la soci�����t����� fran�����aise de l'�����poque. Tailhade utilise...

""Erlebnisse eines Arztes: Aus der franz������sischen Kriegs- und Occupations-Zeit, 1870-1871"" ist ein Buch von Karl Vormeng, das im Jahr 1892 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch beschreibt die Erfahrungen des Autors als Arzt w�����hrend des...

Die Intraocularen Geschwulste ist ein Buch von Herman Knapp, das im Jahr 1868 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit Tumoren, die innerhalb des Auges auftreten k������nnen. Es ist eine umfassende Studie �����ber die verschiedenen...

""Die Gef�����rstete Linie des Uralten und Edlen Geschlechtes Kinsky"" von Josef Erwin Folkmann ist ein Buch aus dem Jahr 1861, das sich mit der Geschichte des Adelsgeschlechts Kinsky besch�����ftigt. Der Autor gibt einen �����berblick �����ber die...

Die Frauen Und Das Studium Der Medicin (1895) von Albert, Eduard ist ein Buch, das sich mit der Frage der Zulassung von Frauen zum Medizinstudium befasst. Der Autor untersucht die Gr�����nde f�����r die Ablehnung von Frauen in der Medizin und...

Das Buch ""Die Formen Des Unmittelbaren Verkehrs Zwischen Den Deutschen Kaisern: Und Souveranen Fursten Vornehmlich Im X, XI Und XII Jahrhundert"" wurde 1888 von Wolfgang Michael ver������ffentlicht. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit den verschiedenen Formen...

Le livre ""Concours D'Agr�����gation, Chirurgie Du Cancer De La Langue (1872)"" �����crit par Th�����ophile Anger est un ouvrage m�����dical qui traite de la chirurgie du cancer de la langue. Publi����� en 1872, il s'adresse principalement aux...

Charriere (1846) est un livre publi����� par Chez Charriere Publisher. Il s'agit d'un roman qui raconte l'histoire d'une jeune femme nomm�����e Charriere, qui vit en France au XIXe si�����cle. Charriere est une femme forte et ind�����pendante qui lutte...

Das Buch ""Bericht �����ber die Augenklinik der Wiener Universit�����t, 1863-1865"" wurde von Ferdinand Arlt im Jahr 1867 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um einen detaillierten Bericht �����ber die Arbeit und die Ergebnisse der Augenklinik der...

The Physicians of Eliot, Maine is a historical non-fiction book written by John L.M. Willis and published in 1907. The book provides an in-depth look at the medical profession in Eliot, Maine during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It covers the...

The Philological Essays of Richard Garnett, first published in 1859, is a collection of essays written by Richard Garnett, a prominent British bibliographer and librarian of the 19th century. The book consists of nine essays that explore various aspects...

The Autobiography of David Jones is a book written by David A. Jones in 1907. It is an autobiographical account of his life, including his experiences as a medical practitioner and his involvement in medical politics. The book provides a detailed insight...

""Social Evils and Their Remedy V4: The Soldier, The Leaside Farm (1835)"" is a book written by Charles S. Tayler. It is a part of a series that explores the social issues prevalent in the 19th century, and their possible solutions. In this particular...

Essai Sur L'Instruction Des Aveugles (1820) est un livre �����crit par Sebastien Guillie. Le livre traite de l'�����ducation des personnes aveugles et de la mani�����re dont elles peuvent ������tre instruites de mani�����re efficace malgr����� leur...

One Step Beyond: One Man's Extraordinary Story of Survival is a tale of adventure, courage, and triumph, but most importantly, it is an inspiring story about embracing life after a horrific accident.Warren Macdonald, a fit and experienced hiker, set out...

"The future's not ours to seeQue sera, sera."BARRY CULL wasn't supposed to survive to his fifth birthday. He was born with a hole in his heart at a time when that was a death sentence; however, times were changing, and an experimental surgery under...

There's something noble about choosing a career as a physician. Heroic, some even say. And even though the Covid-19 pandemic has opened the world's eyes to the day-to-day rigors of the job, Dr. Tomi Mitchell doesn't mince words when describing how so...

his book reveals the secret behind Einstein's final great theory. And with this secret, the book will give an insight into how we can explain the greatest mysteries of the universe using electromagnetism as the fundamental law of the universe with...

This is the biography of a man whose story cannot be told! The Man Who Mastered Gravity is an intimate profile of Thomas Townsend Brown - a little-known scientist whose unorthodox ideas about electricity and gravity have made him the subject of...

This book reveals the secret behind Einstein's final great theory. And with this secret, the book will give an insight into how we can explain the greatest mysteries of the universe using electromagnetism as the fundamental law of the universe with...

William Redfern, surgeon, sailor, mutineer, prisoner and pioneer.From his birth in approximately 1775 to joining the Royal Navy as a ship’s surgeon, it seemed William Redfern was destined for a life of relative wealth and status, but all that...

This book will take you from the birth year of Louis Bromfield, until his dying day in March of 1956. "Louis Bromfield and his Malabar Farm" touches on every aspect from Mr. Bromfield's life as a World War One soldier to his days of entertaining world...

I have written this book to tell the world my journey and experience with Hydrocephalus, a condition suffered by millions worldwide. It is not talked about much, even in medical journals. I want to be the voice for people who have this condition...

Golf:My childhood dream came true when I became a member of the Canadian Professional Golfer's Association (CPGA). In 1989, three years into what looked like a promising future as a CPGA golf professional, my world was turned upside down with a...

In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"--New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner"--Time) brings to life the extraordinary story...

Stephen Purvis is a retired chiropractor who sought alternative health care to treat a heart condition after being given five years to live in 2001. He discovered a way to rejuvenate his heart and made an unprecedented recovery. By sharing his protocols,...

Despite the title, the brain injury to the right side of Simon's brain did not make him a vegetable, this story is about his (four and a half year) struggle of coming to terms with and poking fun at the Stroke Recovery process and through acceptance and...