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This antiquarian book contains Elbert Hubbard’s 1912 biography of Andrew Taylor Still, “Andrew Taylor Still - Being a Little Journey to the Home of the Founder of Osteopathy”. This short but detailed biography is based on the author’s personal experience...

In December 1988 Floyd Skloot was stricken by a virus that targeted his brain, leaving him totally disabled and utterly changed. In the Shadow of Memory is an intimate picture of what it is like to find oneself possessed of a ravaged memory and unstable...

After a year of escalating back pain, I was suddenly hit with severe arthritis in my hands, back, knees, and feet. Being in my mid-thirties, I was used to running 10Ks and cycling to work. Now, it took two hands, wincing through pain, to turn the key to...

This book is a biography, It starts with the author's  life in a small English village during and after WW2,  It then describes his early years in training in London, and since 1963 his medical experiences in Newfoundland. Friends and...

The Cars in My Life, first published in 1963, was authored by car manufacturer Walter Owen ("W. O.") Bentley (1888-1971). Considered by many to be Britain's most distinguished car designer, he founded Bentley Motors in 1919, and led the marque to...

Recovered and compiled from abandoned boxes of neglected materials after the author's demise, this revealing narrative describes her traumatic early years and training that prepares her for eventually using her often frustrated talents to produce widely...

Dit boek is geschreven door bijzondere mensen met een bijzondere kijk op de wereld om ons heen: mensen met de diagnose autismespectrumstoornis, ook bekend als ASS, en mensen die daar in hun dagelijks leven mee te maken hebben, zoals ouders en...

If you ask people about their earliest memories, most will recall holidays and family parties. But for Arthur, many of his earliest memories include going with his parents to regular hospital visits and staying overnight for blood transfusions. These...

Author Jacob Mundy never wanted to write this book. He never wished for there to be readers of it. But childhood and/or adolescent trauma is tragically a part of many people's lives. If it is a part of yours, or someone you love, you may find...

Surgeon’s Story is the story of the life and career of Dr. Kristine Guleserian, a pediatric heart surgeon who operates on the walnut-sized hearts of newborn babies. One of only 9 women in the U.S. board certified in pediatric cardiothoracic...

Having spent a disturbing childhood with a variety of families-his birth family in Oregon, gangster Al Capone's family in Chicago, a family of 200 Sisters of Charity in a Vancouver, Washington orphanage, and finally an adoptive family-Larry Wahl narrates...

La Cruz Del Bebé es una memoria sobre un sobreviviente de la tuberculosis llamada Gale, una joven que luchó contra muchos obstáculos en su vida. Ella nació prematuramente y con la ayuda de un vecino, ella sobrevivió. A los dos años, sufrio una caída por...

Dr Jodie Fleming, a clinical and health psychologist who previously specialised in the field of psycho-oncology – the human side of cancer – receives the terrifying news that she has two primary breast cancers. This becomes a frightening...

L. E. Hewitt was diagnosed with Young-onset Parkinson's disease at the age of fifty-two. Through his folksy conversational style, he shares the steps he has taken to battle this disease and how his life has become more fulfilling as a result. Since most...

"Febre's writing is at its most lyrical, starting off quietly and gently, then swelling to a crescendo of awe before calming to a resolute whisper of self-affirmation. Welcome to the Bright is a celebration not only of the life we've lived but of the...

Rebecca Anderson yelled, “Listen, buddy, don’t try to get all chivalrous with me! Can’t you just take no for an answer and leave me alone? I don’t have time for dating. It takes all the time I have trying to make a living. And do...

 As the butcher knife flew from Dad's hand through the air, I visualized it slicing into the back of the retreating social worker. Like a Banty rooster, my dad stood on the back stoop, preening with power.What happened to the kind, lighthearted...

In this book, you will read about Elias Howe and his invention of the sewing machine. Discuss how his invention helped the economic growth in the Northeast states in the mid-1800s. Read about Elias' history and why his sewing machine was the first of its...

Scientists who lived, worked or were educated in the Hoosier State have made fundamental contributions to astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics. Astronomer Vesto Slipher discovered that almost all other galaxies were moving away from our own Milky...

Hopeful describes the real life stories of children who were born in a rural poor village in an African country-Uganda. One of them, overcomes the challenges of poverty and cultural barriers with the help of his uneducated parents, who decided to do...

A mother tells the journey of her daughter's recovery from Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder to Functioning Recovery and independent living, giving tips to parents on how to navigate the medical and educational domain. This story is an example of...

Horace Lennon was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1998. The Sixth Battle: A Story of Alzheimer's, Love, and Faith began as a journal of his death by dementia written by his daughter, Mary Lennon Koch. Throughout his journey, she records much of the sorrow...

I'm hoping my life story will give insight to people who live and suffer from mental illness and help them receive a clearer form of understanding of their similar diseases in an effort for them to better cope with their everyday lives armed with new...

In 1999, Karyn Schad became the two hundreth woman in the world to be diagnosed with Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare disease that mainly affects women of childbearing age. Muscle-like cells grew out of control in her lungs, stealing her breath...

"A valuable book, fresh with insights."-Pete Earley, author of Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health MadnessUntil she experienced her first manic episode at the age of seventeen, author Lizabeth D. Schuch had little knowledge of mental...

When Rick Hill, who was diagnosed at the MAyo Clinic with very aggressive embryonal cell carcinoma at a very young age, learned about a nutritional clinic in Tijuana, Mexico, that was treating terminally ill people, he journeyd south.Hill, a former...

In the right hands, cosmetic or plastic surgery can become a work of beauty and a tremendous boost to a person's self-esteem. In the wrong hands, cosmetic surgery can become a powerful force to destroy one's self-esteem and any trace of confidence a...

Bruce Ross knew something was wrong. He felt displaced and isolated from friends, family, and society. He had no one to turn to, and so he tried to cope with it himself. The fact that he had a disease called depression never entered his mind. He, like so...

Nursing has come a long way since the days of Florence Nightingale. But a hospital run with the help of cadet nurses and student nurses learning on the wards where they practised. Starched uniforms with little caps. Nothing thrown away, everything...

Any trauma... life or death experience, can either make you stronger or wallow in despair. The choice each individual makes in that situation says a lot of who they are, but more importantly, who they will become!Brett Green continues to strive and...

John Mackay was a well-known doctor in Hong Kong for many years, and then decided in the peak of history medical career to throw it in and travel the world instead. He set himself the goal of climbing the highest peak in as many countries and territories...

That First Step Changed My Life

My Life of High Adventure, first published in 1962, is the autobiography of Grant Pearson, park ranger and later superintendent of Mount McKinley National Park (now Denali National Park and Preserve). He began work at the Park in February 1926 and...

After reading children's science books targeted at young girls, my 10-year-old and I were frustrated. Most of the women in the books were dead, so their stories were written by someone else, and the books were illustrated. Books of substance about...

The NHS, nurse training and hospital life were vastly different in the 1960s when the author qualified as a nurse. Her autobiography covers the pressured years full of incident and humour in which Elizabeth proved she was competent enough to be let loose...

"Vande Bharat: Interfacing Dreams Quickly" is an enrapturing investigation into the substance of India's progressive fast rail adventure. In the initial section, the book sets the stage by digging into the origin of Vande Bharat Express, chronicling the...

About time! My health insurance has avoided the lawsuit at social court and has offered me a three month trial of the Bioness L300 system. Let's get to work!

Onward Forward is a book Brian Jeansonne would have written eventually. He wrote it now because ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, confined him to a power chair, silenced his voluntary muscles, and urged him to focus more deeply than ever on life's...