Science, technology and medicine Books

Ecoactivist Testament is written for those who are now at the front lines of discipleship in this era of planetary emergency, especially for those who sometimes feel spiritually isolated or exhausted. In this forthright and plainspoken book, longtime...

El autor plasma en este libro algunas de sus vivencias durante un poco más de cuarenta años en su vida profesional, la cual ha girado entre la práctica en la Ginecología y Obstetricia y la docencia en pre y posgrado, en las que muestra recuerdos íntimos...

This book is about life, a life lived with struggles, surgeries, pains, hospitals, and needles. Throughout this journey, the author’s mom and family have been by his side. He has faced many obstacles, dealt with adversity and the effects of his...

 Who cares about the scars on humanity when we all are dwelling in the beauty of life? In this book, the author narrates a bunch of stories that happen in her Primary Health Centre (PHC) in the village of Hagare. She takes you on a ride with her...

In this inspirational autobiography, the author shares his journey of death, paralysis from neck down, and a conversation with God. He shares his story of faith-driven determination--relearning how to breathe, to movement, and adjusting to being disabled...

For a young minority girl, daydreaming is a tool used to escape the present and look forward to the future. The words, "Someday, I will have a good job, a nice fancy house, a reliable car" are what keep you going. Learning to overcome obstacles and not...

 Scholars scripts out the joys and woes of the scholar, Vinod D Rangari, amidst his research at the Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu, from 1984 to 1989. It was not an easy and straight way for him. After the departure of his guide to Vietnam, it...

This is a true narrative about my own life living with cancer. I am the main character and the content is based on my treatments and the challenges I am confronted with while also touching on my will and determination to live.The story discusses the...

I pray that my story reached across the borders of all mankind that has lost hope, and need to know that God is still in the healing, and delivering business. I was at a point in my life, even though I had been raised with strong values and morals, when...

Winner of the Alan Paton Award and the South African Booksellers Choice Award

Travel back to the 1960s and walk the halls of Chicago's Cook County Hospital with Douglas R. Gracey, a medical intern eager to learn the ways of medicine, help patients and impress his colleagues. Back then, medical education was different. Diagnosis...

All the Marine companies were now under heavy Chinese attacks; the sound of bugles and grenades rang out in the dark and cold. The ability of the Marines to?pull back, consolidate, and not "bug out" was most remarkable. No finer example of Marine...

Histoire D'Un Forestier (1881) est un livre �����crit par Adolphe Louis Auguste Le Reboullet. Ce livre raconte l'histoire d'un forestier qui a travaill����� dans les for������ts de France pendant de nombreuses ann�����es. Le forestier est un homme...

Some Pedigrees From The Visitation Of Kent, 1663-1668 is a historical book written by Edward Bysshe in 1887. The book contains a collection of pedigrees that were recorded during the visitation of Kent between the years 1663 and 1668. The pedigrees...

John Call Dalton, M.D., U.S.V. is a biographical work that explores the life and achievements of John Call Dalton, a prominent American physician and medical researcher of the 19th century. Written by Dalton himself, the book offers a firsthand account...

Das Buch ""Jean Dominique Larrey: Ein Lebensbild Aus Der Geschichte Der Chirurgie"" von Hermann Werner wurde im Jahr 1885 ver������ffentlicht. Es beschreibt das Leben und Werk des franz������sischen Chirurgen Jean Dominique Larrey, der w�����hrend der...

""Who Invented The Screw Propeller? Were The Patented Propellers Of Francis Pettit Smith In Every Respect Direct Plagiarisms?"" is a book written by James Nicol and published in 1858. The book explores the history and development of the screw propeller,...

""What Killed Mr. Drummond, The Lead Or The Lancet?"" is a book written by An Old Army Surgeon in 1843. The book explores the mysterious death of Mr. Drummond, a British civil servant who died in 1843 after being shot by an Irish nationalist. The author...

The Huntingdon Peerage is a historical book written by Henry Nugent Bell in 1821. It provides a comprehensive account of the recent restoration of the Earldom of Huntingdon. The book delves into the history of the Huntingdon family, their lineage, and...

The book ""Life And Work Of James Compton Burnett: With An Account Of The Burnett Memorial (1904)"" is a biography of James Compton Burnett, written by himself. The book provides a detailed account of Burnett's life and work, including his early years as...

The book ""Lewis Atterbury Stimson"" by Edward Lawrence Keyes is a biographical account of the life and career of Lewis Atterbury Stimson, a prominent American surgeon who lived during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Stimson was a pioneer in the...

Das Buch ""Jacobus Henricus Van�������t Hoff (1899)"" von Ernst Cohen ist eine Biografie �����ber den niederl�����ndischen Chemiker Jacobus Henricus Van�������t Hoff. Van�������t Hoff war ein Pionier der physikalischen Chemie und erhielt 1901 als erster...

When a young woman from Ohio seeks escape from her abusive childhood and a young man from Florida runs away from his dysfunctional home, they find themselves standing on the bloodsoaked soil of Vietnam, in the middle of a war, working side by side to...

I wanted to share my truth. Life dealt me many blows, but God has brought me through all of them. You never know what situations you will find yourself in. We try to think we can handle most things, but never truly know until we are knee deep in the...

Humanity is sliding toward a collision between global warming, resource depletion, and population growth. The evidence is daunting but we are hampered by anti-science demagogues who tell us everything's okay, that we'll run forever on our current course...

This is the story of an exceptional life. A young Lancashire lad who, through his own personality, skill and sheer "pluck" forged a career in Medicine. Richard Pomfret Jepson won scholarships to further both his schooling and university studies. In 1938...

Let's face it - the moment you realize you need a doctor is a feeling like no other. Our trust, complicity and will to get better takes over. We need them, and we need them now.But what about the highly trained woman behind your appointment; your female...

Автор коротких рассказов Вениамин Иванович Александров, начиная свой жизненный путь, по крупицам собирал истории из жизни приятелей, друзей, коллег, сотрудников по работе и окружающих его лиц.Смешные, наивные, добрые случаи, маленькие трагедии и...

Who are you going to call if it all goes wrong on holiday?Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane. His job is to bring people back to Britain after holiday disasters, gap year crises, embarrassing incidents on business trips and all the other things that can go wrong...

What happens to patients when it all goes wrong at sea?Say hello to Dr Ben MacFarlane. After spending a year as a repatriation doctor, he's now sailing off around the world as a ship's doctor - and with 3,000 passengers and crew to look after he's in for...

Diagnosed with breast cancer while on holiday in Japan, editor, one-time environmental activist and wannabe politician Isla distracts herself with tourist adventures - including snorkelling in the South China Sea, learning about slipper etiquette and...

Sally and Marie aka Buntie and Daffers are a serving Ambulance Crew who over the years have experienced many situations and would like to share some of these stories.

WINNER of the 2020 Whistler Independent Book Awards in Non-Fiction"Shattered hope spreads like sunshine through these pages." - Canadian Authors AssociationA child born too early, clinging to life. Her heart is incorrectly formed. Her airway is...

When Dawn Newton, an adjunct professor and mother of three, gets a terminal lung cancer diagnosis, the path forward appears rutted. The Great Recession has left her exhausted and juggling multiple jobs. Then she learns of her cancer’s mutation. She...

“Living with and surviving Sickle cell disease” is an autobiography written about the life of a girl who fights to survive a chronic illness that she was diagnosed with at birth.  She lives her life in fear of dying from this horrific...

During the American Civil War, disease and infection caused by poor medical care and lack of proper hygiene were the main causes of death to both Confederate and Union soldiers. Why, then, were there no adequate facilities to care for these men? That is...

Encounters from the Life of a Foreign Missionary“Would I take a bullet for Christ? Was I willing to lay my life down for my beliefs?” Those were questions to be answered by living most of those years in the politically unstable country of...

Andreas Gruentzig performed the first coronary artery balloon angioplasty (plasty) in 1977. Shortly after that, Doug completed his medical education and training and determined to contribute to the field Gruentzig's work had spawned. In 1984, just as...

William Franklin Hickson III grew up in Orangeburg, South Carolina, a college town with a strong middle-class community of African-Americans.If he and his friends were not going to football games or watching football on television, they were playing...

It never would have occurred to me to record the story of my life; I believed it to be of little public interest . However, Professor Jonathan Halevy, director general of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, where I have helped to establish a center...

When Abraham Flexner died in 1959 at age 92, a New York Times obituary declared, "no other American of his time contributed more to the welfare of his country and of humanity in general." Flexner's famous Report in 1910 and his subsequent work at the...

"There are extraordinary moments...[The book] describe[s] the tension between the endless stress and the fantastic learning curve of his 'Year-long Night'". --Washington Post "At some point in each of our lives, it's likely we'll find ourselves a...

Suddenly confronted with a diagnosis of brain cancer, Sybil, a young mother of two grown sons and a one-month-old grandchild, faced a dead-end diagnosis. A Spartanburg oncologist gave her a death sentence of three months without treatment. He conjectured...

I was a Family Doctor/Surgeon on the Fort Peck Indian reservation in Montana for four years in 1962-6.This book is a collection of stories about my experiences mainly with the Sioux Indians.

This book is about the defining people, events and institutions in the author's life. Although he has a PhD in physics and spent his working life in the field of physics, the book has very little to do with the technical and scientific aspects of his...