Biography: science, technology and medicine

This book is a testament to the courage and determination of my late mother Sherry Herrington in her 10-month long battle against this horrible disease.

This book is a personal testimony from a patient who underwent 15 In Vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments over a 7 year period.

"e;Emma was still channeling Rocky Balboa, talking about how she was going to beat cancer.

Young Negro boy, what will you do when time makes you a man?

A Rollercoaster Ride With Brain Injury (For Loved Ones) has been written to assist those who are experiencing a similar tragedy to realize they are not alone.

From its founding 1736, Bellevue Hospital has been a dumping ground into which a city poured its poor, elderly, and dying.

On May 30, 2008, Nannette Jodar received a diagnosis of Stage 4 Inflammatory Breast Cancer.

Have you ever wondered why a friend or loved one died?

For all who have found the Bible difficult to read and science hard to understand, this author did too!

NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS .

A Kansan Conquers the Cosmos presents the story of Alan Glines, who began working with NASA in 1966 and was part of Mission Control during the height of the space program.

Book SummaryDr Elvira Williams, a graduate of Howard University, Washington, DC, started her academic career at North Carolina Central University.

The idea of writing my lifetime memory during my childhoodtime and adulthood period goes back to the last twentyyears.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE TORONTO BOOK AWARDAS SEEN ON GLOBAL NEWS TV'S THE MORNING SHOWA CBC CANADIAN BOOK TO READ FOR MENTAL HEALTH WEEKDrawing on the author s seven years of caring for his mother through Alzheimer s, Be With: Letters to a Caregiver is what its title promises: four dispatches to an anonymous long-term caregiver.

During the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of nuclear devastation.

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church.

He and his team are sent to Cairo in 1979 to plan the modernization of Egypts phone service.

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A gripping and fascinating tale about a boy who grows up in the rural south and endsup as a heart surgeon and then leader of a major medical center in a big city.

In the nineteenth century, a small but dedicated group of European and American women rose to agitate for the inclusion of women in the medical profession.

This Memoir entitled The Long and Tumultuous Journey of My Life consists of 183 pages with 112 interior pictures, most of immediate family pictures.

Brent admired the chimpanzee he sketched at the zoo.

The book describes how Lisa Meitner, of Jewish heritage, found herself working as a physicist at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin when the Nazis came to power in 1933; how she was hounded out of the country and forced to relocate to Sweden; how German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman continued with the project – on the effect of bombarding uranium (the heaviest known element at the time) with neutrons, a project which Lise herself had initiated, being the intellectual leader of the group.

It never would have occurred to me to record the story of my life; I believed it to be of little public interest .

When youre a surgeon, the smallest mistake could result in someone losing their life.

When six year old Alicia complained of a backache in December 2001, little did anyone realize that their lives were about to change.

America’s most controversial medical examiner explores the unanswered questions surrounding the deaths of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F.

By the early 17th century the Scientific Revolution was well under way.

THE TRUE CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR AND 18-WEEK SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'One of the most fascinating books I have read in a long time.

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As a practicing physician of internal and geriatric medicine at a major urban teaching hospital, I take care of frail older patients and see a lot of dying.

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Come take a stroll down the memory lane of medical history.

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ESCAPE FROM EARTH is the untold story of the engineers, dreamers and rebels who started the American space programme.

This enthralling biography tells the complete story of one of Tudor England's most enigmatic figures.

The book is first in English language highlighting the memoirs of a world renowned powder metallurgist .

Manic Episodes and the Dark Side draws the reader in with an autobiographical sketch of a misspent youth, then plunges into the terror of bipolar illness.

'A great read.

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.

This enthralling biography tells, for the first time, the complete story of one of Tudor England's most enigmatic figures.

Presented in story form, this book elaborately discusses the complications of heart disease and womens health in generalfrom a patients point of view.

A collection of surprising revelations and quirky stories about one of the most amazing people who ever lived.

The shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis.

**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD**TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONFROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHORWith the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Barbara Kingsolver explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world.

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As a mom dealing with my son's diagnosis and treatments has been a rough road.

Nothing could ever adequately prepare you to receive a diagnosis of cancer, but when you do, you know instantly that your life has been irrevocably changed.

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Life doesnt always follow the path that one expects it to.