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"الصراع والانتصار مع الكورونا" يوميَّات سبرَت أغوار النفس البشرية عندما تقف وحيدةً في مواجهة معركة مصيرية وقرارات تفصل بين الحياة والموت، تستمدُّ قوَّتها مِن مقوِّماتها العقدية والمعرفية والخبرات والعناد الذي تختزنه في مواجهة الصعوبات والإحباط...

Darrell Craft survived six strokes during a fifteen-month period. This is the miraculous story of how God carried him through the six strokes to a year stroke-free and beyond. With assistance, he made a presentation at a support group meeting and later...

This is a true story about Brandon C. Gandy, who overcame 15 birth defects, 28 surgeries, a medically induced coma, and cancer, and became the 8th person in the world to have a testicular and kidney transplant. During all of his near-death medical...

No existe tal cosa como el Manual del Duelo. Mi primera pregunta a psicólogos y psiquiatras es "¿Por cuántos duelos ha pasado usted?". La mayor parte de ellos no lo ha vivido en sus carnes. Es como imaginar a qué sabe algo que nunca se ha probado. No...

An Inspirational Story of Grit, Determination & LoveThe Miracle Isn't Surviving Cancer-The Miracle is Thriving While Fighting CancerIn a world filled with blockbuster superhero movies and a new superhero TV show every week, it's easy to forget that...

A fascinating exploration of the domains of invention and discovery awaits you in "The Future Unveiled: Exploring the Frontiers of Science and Technology" written by Arjun Kapoor. As we commemorate the one-year anniversary of this revolutionary book,...

Uma biografia única sobre o homem que inventou o computador: o matemático britânico Alan Turing. Tímido, considerado excêntrico pelos que não o conheciam bem, ele mostrou aos amigos mais próximos humor e sinceridade mesmo com relação à sua...

Ignaz Semmelweis (1818 -1865) wurde mit seiner Idee, die Asepsis bei der Geburtshilfe einzuführen, zum Retter der Mütter.Sein Vater war der Kaufmann Joseph Semmelweis, seine Mutter hieß Theresia Müller.Die Vorfahren aus der Familie Semmelweis lassen sich...

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Edward Jenner, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:•Analizar la época de bonanza económica en las islas británicas y la...

In "Spirit Beach: Sands of Serenity," Professor Ray Durant, an expert on coastal environments finds solace in his love for the beach. As he prepares for a series of lectures, he unravels the captivating story of his profound connection with Sophia, a...

This memoir opens with Sister Kathleen Ann Kelly working in a Santiago hospital at the beginning of the violent overthrow of President Salvador Allende's Chilean government. It then flashes back to this young Canadian nun's first assignment as a domestic...

When Jackie M. Stebbins had reached the pinnacle of success as a young trial lawyer, she desperately tried to hide her anxiety and depression. But her shaking hands, endless insomnia, and white noise in her ears told her it was true: she had burned...

For many surviving military veterans, the Vietnam War is an indelible part of their lives. That they survived is due in many cases to the heroic, life-saving actions of combat medics like Bill "Doc" Strusinski. Being a frontline medic was, and still is,...

Whitey's Kid is an autobiographical memoir of Dr. Bernard (aka "Bernie") Koire (1928 - 2018), the son of a notorious Jewish gangster, decorated Korean War veteran, and one of the pioneering plastic surgeons of Beverly Hills.Bernie grew up in Kensington,...

A Reframing of Unidentified PhenomenaAs the world entered the 21st century, unresolved mysteries from earlier times were reframed with new clarity. While civilization had matured in technical depth and global cooperation, research on frontier phenomena...

Della Waggoner, born as Fidela Perez Olivarez in a quaint South Texas town, draws deep inspiration from the tapestry of her life. Born among fourteen children, on a humble farm without electricity, using the Sears catalog as toilet paper, her humble...

Few people have had a more fascinating personal and business life than Harold "Sonny" Van Arnem. From a Midwest middle-class family, he surmounted a range of obstacles, including a near-fatal accident that ended what might have been a career as a...

About the book: In this book, Dr. Chan describes how, during the civil war that occurred in China after World War II, his family escaped to Hong Kong, how they survived in utter poverty, and how he went from being an orphan to graduating from Harvard...

There is absolutely no doubt that the final nail in Boris's coffin was his mishandling of the "Pincher Affair". This episode led to all sorts of upheaval; including two changes of Prime Minister, a loss of standing in the world for G.B. inc. and...

How did Louisa Ingle go from being a hard-working nurse at London's Guy's Hospital to despised outcast, shunned and condemned for manslaughter?Caught in a bitter dispute between the hospital's modernisers and traditionalists, she was a scapegoat for the...

As we get older, the likelihood of orthopaedic surgery increases and the NHS is overwhelmed with outstanding hip and knee operations, designed to enable us to age gracefully and pain-free. I am extremely grateful to our NHS for their help with my...

Lily Whelan was once told by a doctor that she had more chance of winning the lottery than recovering from ME/CFS.Luckily, she likes a challenge.Two years after contracting glandular fever, she ignored the fact that she had a face like a pufferfish and...

Women in tech have the right to succeed and the responsibility to help others.Debra Christmas and Kelley Irwin, two technology executives, navigated this profession knocking down barriers and building strong networks. They are committed to profile the...

DR JOAN LOUWRENS has always been drawn to wild places, which are balm to her soul. When her husband died, leaving her alone with two small daughters to raise, she threw herself wholeheartedly into ‘adventure medicine’, seeking out the...

This book chronicles humanity's historical, mythical, and scientific quest to discover the secret to eternal youth, the struggles such a quest has brought, the ways in which it has shaped our very society, and the ways it might still in the future.

In the southern summer of 1972/73, the Glomar Challenger was the first vessel of the international Deep Sea Drilling Project to venture into the seas surrounding Antarctica, confronting severe weather and ever-present icebergs.A Memory of Ice presents...

My mother called me a thrill seeker as a kid. That continued to be a fair assessment throughout my life, but with unforeseen consequences. For 57 years I managed to cheat death as I endured accidents such as a head on car collision that catapulted me...

The year was 2020. The world had experienced an epic shutdown. Millions were getting sick from this dreadful virus and even worse, millions more were dying. Healthcare workers were stressed to unimaginative limits. What happens when those charged with...

The main purpose of writing this book is to share my lifelong experiences gained throughout the years covering major topics including the environment and climate change that I felt are important to share with my readers. The topics depict my accumulated...

True stories of a kind-hearted but serious guy who couldn't understand why people thought he was funny.

In Saving Sight, Dr. Andrew Lam explains the intricacies of human sight and shines a light on the heroes who fought to save it, while also revealing the personal side of life as an eye surgeon - the stress and joy of a man who, on his best days, can turn...

I Never Rang the Bell is a sincere and compelling memoir from Andrea Leigh Ritcey, who, at the age of fifty-one, had it all - a career, a loving family, and a beautiful home. And yet, her nagging, persistent inner voice led her to the staggering...

Born in 1939, in Edmonton, Alberta, Larry Erickson loved the natural world, and it became his classroom. Mother Nature was his teacher. As soon as he could, Larry bought a trapline about 150 miles north of Fort St. James, BC, near Manson Creek in the...

Receiving a diagnosis of scoliosis - a condition where the spine bends and rotates for no known reason - can be an emotional time full of questions and concerns. You might feel like you have to navigate it all by yourself. But, know this: you are not...

Gerhard Pohle fell in love with the water when he was a child. His parents travelled widely, and he spent his formative years in Indonesia, Madagascar, and India, along with his native Germany. Snorkeling in tropical waters left the little boy with a...

This unique collection examines "the acting person" as an important unit of analysis for science studies, using an integrative approach of in-depth case studies to explore the cognitive, social, cultural, and personal dimensions of a series of key...

The Natures of John and William BartramThomas P. Slaughter"An outstanding work of scholarship that tells us much about a natural world that no longer exists but that our age should know."--Philadelphia Inquirer"Slaughter has broken the confines of...

George Blue Spruce Jr. is recognized as the first American Indian dentist in the United States. His life story reaches back to the ancient Pueblo culture cherished by his grandparents and parents and extends to state-of-the-art dentistry and the current...

This best-selling book is now available in an inexpensive softcover format.Imagine living during the Renaissance and being able to interview that eras greatest scientists about their inspirations, discoveries, and personal...