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  • Nevertheless She Persisted
    Dr. Christa L. Wilkin
    Nevertheless She Persisted is an engaging collection of Christa’s blog writing while managing life with cancer. Honest and heartfelt, she recounts her emotional and physical journey from the time of diagnosis and offers extremely valuable social critiques on how people view, understand, and interact with both cancer patients and cancer itself. She offers feedback on how to appr...
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    18,35 €

  • Memorias de un biólogo-oceanógrafo del IEO
    José Luis Cort Basilio
    Este es un libro autobiográfico que contiene las experiencias y sentimientos de un científico durante 48 años que está fundamentalmente dirigido a los amantes del mar y a la pesca de los túnidos, pero sin omitir a los jóvenes investigadores que comienzan en pesquerías. El libro muestra la trayectoria profesional desde los inicios, como pescador de cefalópodos en el banco sahari...
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    20,97 €

  • Nursing In The ’60s
    Liz Allport
    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 on the patients of Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Selly Oak and other prominent West Midlands institutions. ...
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    10,69 €

  • The Cry in the Night
    Charles S Norburn
    'It was the human, the personal side of medicine that left upon me its lasting impressions.' Charles S Norburn (1890-1990), a surgeon and general practitioner who founded his own hospital, vividly retells his most memorable experiences from a long career in The Cry in the Night.  These works tell the story of medicine in the first half of the 20th century. It was an era without...
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    12,17 €

  • The Lightning Tamers
    Kathy Joseph
    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 documentary channel on YouTube, shares over 400 years of the history of electricity through the linked breakthroughs of men and wom...
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    19,39 €

  • The Lightning Tamers
    Kathy Joseph
    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 documentary channel on YouTube, shares over 400 years of the history of electricity through the linked breakthroughs of men and wom...
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    13,97 €

  • Visions of Linus Pauling
    Chris Petersen
    His life thrown into chaos by the death of his father in his youth, Linus Pauling persevered through an impoverished childhood to become one of the great scientists and humanitarians of the 20th century. In a stunningly original examination of the two-time Nobel Laureate, Oregon State University archivist Chris Petersen touches upon the major eras of Pauling’s life and dials in...
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    92,74 €

  • Bharat Ke 51 Yug Pravartak Vaigyanik (भारत के 51 युग प्रवर्तक वैज्ञानिक)
    Prakash Manu
    भारत धर्म और अध्यात्म की तरह ही गणित और विज्ञान में भी एक अव्वल देश रहा है और आज फिर सारी दुनिया के मानचित्र पर अपनी एक अलग पहचान अंकित कर रहा है। आईटी यानी सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी में तो उसका कोई जवाब ही नहीं है और आज इस क्षेत्र में भारत दुनिया में एक महाशक्ति सरीखा बन गया है।प्राचीन काल में भारत के चरक, सुश्रुत, जीवक सरीखे चिकित्सक और नागार्जुन सरीखे अद्भुत कीमियागर जग-विख्यात थे...
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    16,73 €

  • Surgeon on Trial
    K. E. MATHEW MD FACS
    Surgeon on Trial is the story of an ordinary young boy, who against all odds, is making his life’s journey through three continents experiencing blessings from unexpected sources. As a well-qualified general surgeon, he made the transition from Manhattan to a very small town in South Louisiana. As the only surgeon in the community, he had to be always available, and he did not ...
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    12,03 €

  • Surgeon on Trial
    K. E. MATHEW MD FACS
    Surgeon on Trial is the story of an ordinary young boy, who against all odds, is making his life’s journey through three continents experiencing blessings from unexpected sources. As a well-qualified general surgeon, he made the transition from Manhattan to a very small town in South Louisiana. As the only surgeon in the community, he had to be always available, and he did not ...
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    19,48 €

  • Moe-Moe Tempo di Dormire. Gli ultimi giorni con mia madre, i miei ricordi e il suo cancro
    Guido Guarducci
    Questo volume contiene lo scritto di mio pugno buttato giù durante gli ultimi giorni di vita di mia madre e quelli immediatamente successivi. Le motivazioni di questa scelta sono di natura catartica, di elaborazione ma anche di documentazione e condivisione. Possedendo uno spirito fondamentalmente umanista, questo è per me il modo migliore per ricordare, celebrare e condannare....
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    15,03 €

  • I Don’t Talk to Dead Bodies
    Rhona Morrison
    Prepare to be intrigued, amazed and astonished as you join Dr Rhona Morrison on an often funny, and at times downright bizarre, thought-provoking and eye-opening rollercoaster ride through some of the most curious encounters of her career as a leading forensic psychiatrist.Delve into the minds of real people, whose actions may shock and stun you, but who’s stories have the powe...
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    17,26 €

  • She Looks Fine
    Paige Knechtly / Roberta Campbell Knechtly
    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability among children and young adults in the United States. Each year, an estimated 1.5 million Americans sustain a TBI. Roberta was living her best life as an empty nester until she received a call that would change her life forever. Her daughter Paige was hit by a vehicle in a crosswalk. Paige (front cover phot...
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    16,61 €

  • Jada
    Carolyn Tyus / Patrick Thornton
    Jada Jai Tyus-Thornton can literally be described as a true warrior. In this biographical telling of her life, her parents provide informative and comical details as told from the point of view of Jada herself. Jada breathed life into all that she touched, and now her parents honor her as they gift us with the precious details.This book is not only meant to grant access, but to...
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    22,30 €

  • Country Vet
    Randy L. Skaggs
    John R. Erickson, author of Hank the Cowdog series, says, 'Vets have a kind of double vision on the human experience. They see us as the clients who bring in the patients and pay the bill, but they also see our sins, flaws, and weirdness reflected in our animals. Dr. Skaggs recognized early on that this was a rich source of humor-not ridicule, not humor that cuts, but the kind ...
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    25,16 €

  • A Gentle Rain of Compassion
    David R Shlim / David R. Shlim
    Finding a fascinating and gratifying medical practice in Kathmandu saved his medical career, but befriending a reincarnate Tibetan lama transformed his life.This compellingly written memoir is a grand adventure tale of travel in Nepal and Tibet, tense and highly emotional medical encounters, new romances, and ground-breaking medical research. But all these eventually take a bac...
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    22,79 €

  • Enjoying the Interval
    Kerreen M. Reiger
    Anyone who has enjoyed the great happiness and intimacy of a family-centred birth, and any midwife or health professional who has attended one, owes a debt of gratitude to internationally known Canadian doctor, researcher, and medical reformer, Murray Enkin. Enjoying the Interval takes on the fascinating, joyful task of exploring Dr Enkin’s identity and achievements along with ...
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    37,58 €

  • My Timely Arrival
    Deborah Trenchard
    This is a story about a woman in her 70’s with an undiminished appetite for life, love and adventure. Her journey takes us through South London SurgerySerious illness and survivalBereavementPolitical change and optimistic personal decisionsIt tells of the creation of a new life that may inspire others to see their third age as a place of opportunities and liberation rather than...
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    22,76 €

  • Brain Recovery-A Journey of Hope
    Laura Stoicescu
    How a learning mindset helps create new neural pathways after a stroke.We often take our life for granted. We lead busy lives and assume that we can control our destiny, goals, and future. But one day, everything can turn upside down. Imagine you went to bed with a migraine and woke up in a hospital intensive care unit. Doctors tell your significant other that you suffered a ma...
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    21,28 €

  • One Step at a Time
    Brian Fraser / Callum Fraser
    One Step At A Time is a firsthand account of a young man’s battle with leukemia. In the first half of the book, Brian Fraser describes, with the utmost honesty, what it is like to fight a relentless, punishing disease. He reflects on the horror of his initial diagnosis, the rollercoaster that is cancer treatment, and how his everyday life was flipped upside down. Sadly, Brian p...
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    24,86 €

  • One Step at a Time
    Brian Fraser / Callum Fraser
    One Step At A Time is a firsthand account of a young man’s battle with leukemia. In the first half of the book, Brian Fraser describes, with the utmost honesty, what it is like to fight a relentless, punishing disease. He reflects on the horror of his initial diagnosis, the rollercoaster that is cancer treatment, and how his everyday life was flipped upside down. Sadly, Brian p...
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    36,19 €

  • Those Micro Preemie Eyes
    Maria Zak / Sasha Zak
    It is a heart wrenching memoir about 7 months with a micro preemie in the NICU that does not skip a step. With each event presented with photos, everything is on display as mommy and baby survive tough procedures, celebrate milestones and overcome disappointing setbacks. Parent based themes include mental health issues, milk pumping depression, and becoming the best advocate fo...
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    20,99 €

  • Defeating Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
    John Diehl
    When John Diehl, a licensed Hearing Instrument Specialist, is struck with extreme tinnitus and hyperacusis, he realizes just how much he and so many others in the medical field don’t understand these conditions. He’s even told by a high-profile doctor that the condition isn’t reversible. As a medical professional and owner of an Audiological and Optical practice, he would usual...
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    11,15 €

  • Twisted Sister
    Rebecca Burnett
    As a registered nurse with over seventeen years of experience, I thought it was time to lighten the ever-increasing seriousness of the world and share my personal experiences and shenanigans traveling as a nurse. My daily situations are told to you the only way I know how: brutally honest and truthfully raw whilst smothered in my dark and dirty sense of humour. Read this book i...
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    16,68 €

  • Twisted Sister
    Rebecca Burnett
    As a registered nurse with over seventeen years of experience, I thought it was time to lighten the ever-increasing seriousness of the world and share my personal experiences and shenanigans traveling as a nurse. My daily situations are told to you the only way I know how: brutally honest and truthfully raw whilst smothered in my dark and dirty sense of humour. Read this book i...
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    25,17 €

  • The Beatles, Babies and Broken Bodies
    Pat Zehr
    What does it take to be a frontline healthcare worker? Dedication, perseverance, strength, passion: the standard superlatives of a hero. Add being a nurse in Canada’s northern region and practising medicine as a woman, and the backstory gets more dramatic. From vivid descriptions of the far north to dealing with misogyny in medical school and beyond, Pat Zehr’s poignant memoir ...
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    19,40 €

  • The Umbrella Picker
    Jane McNeice
    The Umbrella Picker tells the true story of a woman who felt lost for 45 years. After a long and relentless journey of searching for answers, the hand of fate finally revealed to her what she had waited a lifetime for.The answer was life changing. She is no longer lost, and having found her own, unique way, Jane has written the (brutally honest!) book she wished was available t...
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    18,53 €

  • Tesla’s Words
    Ellis Oswalt
    Full Color Edition (color interior). Tesla’s Words is an extraordinary voyage of Nikola Tesla’s actual words. In this debut work, Ellis Oswalt has crafted a heavily researched drama to reinforce the importance of Nikola Tesla, and to highlight previously unexplored aspects about the mind of this great forgotten super-genius. 130 years after achieving some of humankind’s most n...
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    20,16 €

  • lucha por mi vida | Softcover | Fighting for My Life
    Jamie Tyrone
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    14,60 €

  • Integrity comes with a price
    Trevor Young
    I will continue to blow the trumpet for democracy in the state of Antigua and Barbuda.At the end of my life, I would only want to be remembered as that drop of water that bore a hole in the stone, not as a great policeman nor a great community activist nor a great politician.I continue to drip on the big stone of corruption in Antigua and Barbuda, nepotism, bigotry, and prejudi...
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    20,90 €


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