Science, technology and medicine Books

The inimitable curiosity of a boy whose cactus has left his hand in a mess.A distraught woman who regrets not going to see a GP sooner.More Googled self-diagnoses than one can count...After three years as one of London's doctors - as full-time night-time...

The kindness of neighbours and faith in God kept this scrappy farm kid going against the odds!Sometimes, poignant, often humourous, A Long Way from Beatty chronicles the mishaps and successes of Don Smailes as he ventures beyond the farm, seeking his...

A word from the author:Many readers probably think that books about science, especially medicine, are complicated and difficult to understand. In deciding to write about my experience in research, I realized that my choice of topics had involved answers...

IN THE SPIRIT OF UNDYING ADVENTURE! Sauntering through natural landscapes is a noble art; and one that Henry David Thoreau held in the highest regard.  Though he is perhaps best known for Walden: Life in the Woods and his essay "Civil...

◇圖書簡介◇ 本書紀錄了著者從1973年初訪中國科學技術大學，到2008年再訪中山大學，三十五年間，個人與中國許多專業學者和科研工作者，以及科研單位之間的學術交往和順道旅遊。實際上，不僅科學院研究生院，和一些相關研究所，還有全國許多大學，與許多教授及研究人員等個人與著者之間的科研交往與合作的諸多情況亦均有所敘述。...

Following the loss of her husband to ALS, she struggled to raise her four children alone only to discover that her two eldest suffered from mental illness.She describes her interactions with various public agencies: social, medical, and judicial. In...

When seventeen-year-old Clay Dickerson joined a crew on a fire patrol rig north of Grants Pass, Oregon, in June of 1962, he could not know that this first job would lead to an almost forty-year career in forestry. In Fire At My Feet, he shares the story...

The journey of self-realization culminates in the awareness of a magnificent, universal plan of joy and celebration.

En Nuestra Medicina: De Los Remedios para el Aire y Los Remedios para el Alma, la autora presenta una compilación de experiencias propias que tienen que ver con el cuidado y alcance de su propia salud y, más tarde, de la de otros. Las experiencias...

The sea stories of over 45 submariners who served in USS Nautilus (SSN-571) between 1954 and 1980. What one submarine sailor can imagine and tell in great detail, another submarine sailor can corroborate, expand and improve on, in much greater detail...

This story is not about avoiding death, but living life.

A major company in the computer industry, based in Italy, finds itself in an untenable position as a new system project it sold to a very substantial client, founders due to an over-zealous salesman and hardware that is far from ready as a major...

In astrology, Pluto is the planet everyone fears: a herald of change, destabilization, and the destruction of everything you think you know. The Pluto Returns series follows Lilith as Pluto transforms the existing patriarchal systems within the U.S.,...

EVERYTHING THAT HE THOUGHT would happen could no longer happen. His failing physical abilities reminded him while his eyes affirmed this truth. Or so he thought.Mending Nerves follows the journey of Lobio, a seasoned physiotherapist working primarily in...

The Pocket Adoption Coach is a woman's personal tale of becoming a mother. With candour and heart, Michele Hengen invites us along on the journey of highs and lows that tracked her family's evolution from aching couple to five-person glory, courtesy of...

The First novel in a series of written work to come, Gina Johnson and her grandmother Marla Fund both based in Boise, Idaho, explain how Gina lives with over 40 medical diagnoses, and 25 surgical procedures which has caused her to view life differently...

Bang! Bang! Bang! The blows came in hard and sure, and each one found its mark. I was immediately left reeling, dazed, confused and nauseated. This was September 1989 and I was sitting in Northampton General Hospital in a Doctor's office. I had just been...

'I like my tea weak and black'When Monny went to her new home on the farm after being rescued and raised by Joy Herring, a photo of Monny drinking her new owner's cup of tea set off a chain of letters between the cat and her foster mum. The letters tell...

This book has been a self-reflective journey of a medical doctor as an ordinary person going through ordinary life's ups and downs. In epistolary form, its articles were written during the special time of her first year of training to become a general...

This a guide for surviving a brain injury, which are so prevalent today, by someone who has actually survived one. Brain injuries can be obtained by the simplest of means, such as driving, playing sports and even tripping while walking. This is not a...

"Stroke is a life-altering event. When Angie Collins-Burke suffered a devastating stroke that injured the right hemisphere of her brain at the age of forty-six, her life was suddenly changed forever. Once a registered nurse taking care of patients,...

If you are of dating age or married, I wrote this book for you. This is not a self-help or a how-to book. This is the story of the metamorphosis of a timid, fear filled child who finally blossomed into a warrior. I have many scars that no one...

The book, "A Mind of a Kind" sheds light on Priti's story and her life. It gives a new perspective to look at life. The book talks about her struggles and victories and how she turns her challenges into opportunities. It shows the real face of living...

Den här boken är skriven för alla som funderar på att genomföra en överviktsoperation eller redan har gjort det. Boken är uppdelad i två delar. En självbiografisk del och en faktadel. Den första delen av boken är min egen självbiografiska berättelse om...

Das Leben mit einem Handycap ist nicht nur für den Betroffenen selbst eine Herausforderung, sondern auch seine Familie und sein persönliches Umfeld sehen sich mit neuen Hürden und Problemen konfrontiert, die es zu überwinden gilt.In diesem Buch kommen...

Dr. Emery has written this book to enhance your knowledge of bipolar disorder and point out how it affected his life.He will tell you of some of the unique and coincidental experiences he has had. These experiences will include his experience with the...

Using a mixture of prose and poetry, Angie C. Orlando shares indelible stories about growing up in a small Ohioan town, complete with posing for family pictures, watching high school football games, and playing saxophone in a marching band. Yet she is...

Dr. Ross I.S. Zbar spent his career as a plastic surgeon, in the US as well as abroad in developing countries, mending disease- and trauma-related deformities—and he was never hesitant to make his voice heard as an advocate for better patient care...

Miguel Barron was living what he thought was the perfect life—married to the love of his life, with two healthy young boys, until his life took an unexpected turn. The Boxer’s Corner is an intensely raw account of one man’s struggle to...

The Wall Between My Gardens is a memoir that reflects Millie Cunningham's personal and professional journey, from falling in love with God at ten to being blessed with many opportunities and experiences. During a period of overwhelming sadness, she...

“A beautiful journey with a powerful message.” —Andy Chaleff, author of The Last LetterJulie MacNeil is 6’4”, and although she is neither a WNBA athlete nor a famous model, she has a remarkable story to tell. As an...

There were things I was doing in my life that caused 3 strokes in 3 weeks and I needed to figure out what they were and why this had happened to me, so that I could make the change in my life I was in desperate need of making. Having 3 strokes in 3 weeks...

I don't know why people are afraid of people who have epilepsy. It's just a condition. It's not something you can catch; it is not contagious. Epilepsy has to do with the brain.Like me, I was born perfectly normal. However, I had one of my blood vessels...

“Knowledge has to make friends with luck and mystery in order to bring a healthy baby into the world.” For many women, the road to motherhood is disappointing and lonely. The doctors, the shots, the uncertainty, the money, the poker face...

John was always healthy. Then at age twenty-six a rare autoimmune disease struck out of nowhere. ""Idiopathic,"" doctors said of the phenomenon that tried to take his life violently several times and to destroy his spirit more quietly over the next...

Kimberly Beam was a middle school Language Arts teacher in Massachusetts and an English teacher in Maryland before being diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. This is the story from finding the lump in her collarbone through the ordeals of diagnosis. Beam...

Considering that the title of the nonfiction, Letters to Lauren: Journal of a Mental Patient is oxymoronic, (no writings can be both letters and journal), the truth of it can only be applicable to one in some form of mental distress. In credit to a...

When Tony begins having trouble urinating in his late-40s, he has no idea why, and even less inkling that he's about to become an unwilling combatant in an internal battle that will last over a decade and significantly change his life physically,...

I Think I Need to Talk to a Doctor tells author Jason Ventre's life story-so far anyway. He shares his history for many reasons, but chief among them is the need to explain his life experiences so that others may try to avoid having them. Diagnosed with...

Dear Jack Tait,Allow me to introduce you to these letters from your great-grandfather Dr. Pat Tait, and to myself. My name is Tony Chesterman and I have been acting as Pat's editor during the writing of these letters. He and I have known each other for a...