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The Essays of Richard Steele is a collection of literary works by the famous 18th-century English writer, Richard Steele. Originally published in 1902, this book features a series of essays, letters, and other writings that showcase Steele's wit, humor,...

Histoire Des Membres De L'Academie Royale De Medecine V2 (1850) est un livre �����crit par Etienne Pariset. Il s'agit d'une histoire compl�����te des membres de l'Acad�����mie Royale de M�����decine, une institution fran�����aise fond�����e en 1820 pour...

Le livre ""Le XVI Si�����cle et les Valois d'apr�����s les documents in�����dits du British Museum et du Record Office (1879)"" de De La Ferri�����re est une �����tude historique sur le r�����gne des Valois au XVIe si�����cle. L'auteur a utilis����� des...

Pasteur: Histoire D'Un Savant (1883) est un livre �����crit par Ren����� Vallery Radot qui raconte l'histoire de la vie et des r�����alisations de Louis Pasteur, un scientifique fran�����ais c�����l�����bre pour ses contributions ������ la microbiologie...

The Life of Sir Astley Cooper V1 is a biographical book written by Bransby Blake Cooper in 1843. The book is a detailed account of the life of Sir Astley Cooper, a renowned English surgeon and anatomist who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries. The book...

همسَ المدير في أذُني بكلماتٍ أثارت في نفسي الضِّيق والكدر، فخرجتُ مِن عنده وأنا غاضب. في الثاني مِن سبتمبر لعام 2005، وفي تمام الساعة العاشرة مِن صباح ذلك اليوم؛ كنتُ أقفُ في الرّواق الرَّئيس للمستشفى. كان الرّواق يقفُ على تقاطع طرقٍ لأجزاء...

"The Nine Lives of Benjamin Franklin" reveals America's most fascinating founder through nine distinct personas that defined his remarkable journey: the runaway apprentice who became a master printer; the innovative postmaster who revolutionized colonial...

Discover the stories that inspired the world!Dear reader,Imagine a world filled with men and women whose heroic actions, and without superpowers, have changed the lives of thousands of people. Ordinary citizens who, in the face of the most adverse...

"Elon Musk - Ideas & Visions - How one man is transforming our civilization"Join me in the fascinating world of a man who is shaping our present like no other and redefining the future for our civilization! Elon Musk, the visionary entrepreneur...

Hope in the Hospital. This is a poetry collection of hope, a journey through pain and medical care. From being in the hospital to laying in bed at home feeling alone, there is always a light, there is always hope. The author takes you through her life of...

En este libro cubriremos la historia de las matemáticas.Desde Euler a Newton, desde Galileo a Einstein, cubriremos todo lo relacionado con la historia que creó las matemáticas modernas.Descubriremos secretos y matemáticas...

Henry Fraser's entertaining autobiography starts with tales of a unique childhood growing up at the local governance centre of a rural parish in Barbados, where most parishioners visited the offices of his parents at the family home. This rich community...

Spectacular advances in modern science and technology have made our lives more comfortable but not necessarily healthier or more peaceful. We are facing serious existential risks for nature and humanity where the developments are challenging our...

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the essential points of Darwin's theory of evolution in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Darwin's theory of evolution. After setting sail...

Susan Kelly thought that she had the same childhood as her friends, but their mums didn't take them to view corpses. By the age of 21 Susan had experienced more contact with death than many people do in a lifetime. Susan was an anxious child and...

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of multi-award-winning Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, this book brings together many of the articles published worldwide about Barefoot for the first time. They were written both by, and about, the remarkable man...

If anyone has a right to feel angry with life, then the author is a strong candidate. Having battled with lung disease from a young age, suffered at the hands of bullies, and, reluctantly, given up her much-loved teaching job, she has plenty to complain...

After-dinner speaker Barrie Lawrence has been making people laugh - really laugh - for years. Now it's your turn to hear his unbelievably funny, sometimes poignant stories from dental school, surgery and life. How did a pet frog lead to a successful...

El Doctor Frankl, psiquiatra y escritor, suele preguntar a sus pacientes aquejados de multiples padecimientos: Por que no se suicida usted? Y muchas veces, de las respuestas extrae una orientacion para la psicoterapia a aplicar: a este, lo que le ata a...

Through the primordial thread of sharing intimate experiences, author Lisa Marie evokes a graceful spiritual kindred among her readers. Seen to Share: My Soulful Truth from Illness to Enlightenment is a remarkable testament to the healing power...

Exploring the firsts of Dr Nancy's journey to who she was meant to be is full of twists and turns, joys and disasters, successes and failures. A happy and healthy fun retirement caps the journey. Join the trip and share the ride.

Todd Irwin refers to his life before and after cancer. Even thoughhe spent fifty-six years cancer-free, the two and a half years duringwhich he battled cancer were defining. More than 1,000 milesaway, Glenn Thornton struggled with addiction and grieved...

Cancer is a major worldwide public health problem and is the second leading cause of death in the United States. In 2018, there were seventeen million new cancer cases and 9.5 million cancer deaths worldwide. Seemingly, everyone has been affected by or...

Contrary to popular belief Polio is not extinct. This is the true story of an indomitable spirit afflicted with unimaginable physical and psychological challenges. Paul Alexander's life is a saga that started in 1946 and has been profoundly shaped by the...

About one out of every 5,000 boys has Duchenne, and about 20,000 babies worldwide are born with it each year. Duchenne mostly affects boys and reaches across all races and cultures. Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) estimates that there are about...

This book of interviews aims to raise awareness and hope for a cure for Parkinson's Disease. I contacted individuals worldwide to obtain the interviews because PD does not discriminate and affects individuals, families, and communities worldwide. I...

A Son's Journey from Parkinson's Disease Caregiver to Advocate. This book is, first, a memoir of and praise for my mother, Sharon, who was my best friend through both our lives and explores her journey with PD. The book is a heartfelt recollection of the...

Science and History Collide: True Stories of the People Who Powered Our WorldIn this physics and engineering chronicle disguised as an electric time-travel adventure, Kathy Joseph, physicist, educator, and creator of the popular Kathy Loves Physics...

Dr. Zeev Vlodaver is a retired Associate Professor of Cardiology from the University of Minnesota and clinical cardiologist in private practice, and an expert in cardiovascular pathology. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His lifelong career in...

Readers are taken on an enlightening journey that explores the highs and lows of medical practice, laden with profound wisdom and heart-trending stories. This captivating memoir provides a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the life of a doctor, offering an...

This volume contains the Proceedings of the International Colloqui­ um "Newton's Scientific and Philosophical Legacy", that was held at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) from June 9th to 12th 1987 to...

The essays in this volume (except for the contribution of Dr. Le Grand) are extremely revised versions of papers originally delivered at a workshop on Galileo held in Blacksburg, Virginia in October, 1975. The meeting was...

Konrad Zuse is one of the great pioneers of the computer age. He created thefirst fully automated, program controlled, freely programmable computer using binary floating-point calculation. It was operational in 1941. ...

This book is the first detailed biography of Ernst Mayr. He was an 'architect' of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, and the greatest evolutionary biologist since Charles Darwin, influential historian and philosopher of...

In Two Friends-From a Life-Threatening Stroke to a 66-Year-Old Model! Geri Rockstein, shares her deeply inspiring true-life tale of strength over adversity, of discipline and determination over devastation and of the priceless value that comes from...

Immerse Yourself in the Life and Times of the Nation's First Black ScientistBenjamin Banneker, celebrated today as the nation's first Black scientist and man of letters, was a largely self-taught mathematician, surveyor, and astronomer who came of age...

A Cure for Emma is a memoir of one woman's journey through discovery and wonder. Writing with humor and honesty, this devoted mother offers a warm, revealing look at the spiritual questions disease forces into her life while she investigates a world that...

When author Sue Westwind marries at midlife and moves to sixty acres of prairie woodland, she imagines that her life will now be fulfilled in ways she has always longed for. Yet the man she marries is ultimately buffeted by life's cruelties and loses the...

In this fascinating memoir, cardiologist Stephen Stowers eloquently captures the various changes that he has lived through over a lifetime spent as a caring and ethical medical professional. With sadness, he watched as a profession he loved became more...

Do you ever wonder who you really are? Richard Cole was front page news a few weeks after his birth in 1944, but this was something he never knew. He did know he was adopted and he did wonder who he really was. But, as a young adult, he wondered much...

MY FATHER-IN-LAW WAS BORN IN 1938, in a house without a toilet, in a flyspeck of a town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. His grandfathers were both lumberjacks. His father was a plowman. If anything was expected of Franklin St. John at all, it was...

In the fall of 1968, Dr. Irving Fox was twenty-four years old, happily married, and living the heady and intense life of a medical resident in a Montreal hospital. His future was bright and promising...that is, until a pulsating blue light appeared in...

Na turas de màthair òg, cò 'nn an ceartair beir do 'n pàiste sèthamh aice bh' i gu aodann na diagnosachd de Aillse marbhach (Aillse-leoicéime). Sgeul do-chreidsinn de marthanas, diagnosachd ann aimsir nuair...

Margaret never dreamed that purchasing her newly remodeled dream cottage on the north end of Houghton Lake, Michigan would send her family's life spiraling into any parent's worst nightmare. Shortly after moving in, the family finds themselves...

When Jack Allison joined the Peace Corps in 1967, he never intended to write the number one hit song in Malawi or be described by Newsweek as more popular than Malawi's own president. A poor Southern white boy with a deep love of music, Jack only wanted...