Biography: science, technology and medicine

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This book was written with the intent to help soothe a person who is sitting in a hospital's waiting room after having just been informed that a loved-one has gone through a traumatic injury to their head (and the announcement was given without many available details).

This is a story of pain, agony, and torture suffered by those afflicted with ALS.

I wrote this book because my journey of becoming a registered nurse was just that--a journey.

The Missing Link is an autobiography and memoir of my life here in the United States since my adoption in 1961.

Captivating stories of how a young doctor's first year of medical practice in the Smoky Mountains shaped his practice of life and faith.

Steven Bentley, M.

Marcus Byruck grew up in a one-room flat in the Jewish ghetto of London's East End.

As long as the earth remains, seedtime and harvest shall not cease.

This is a compelling true story of a young boy born and raised in poverty in Oklahoma.

What she doesn't know is that she is waking up to a nightmare that will change her normal to living in hell's kitchen.

What should medicine do when it cant save your life?

As author JJ Janice reflects on her surprise connection with a mother-daughter duo, she finds herself, an outsider, overwhelmed by mysteries regarding the short time it took for her to become a new member in this tight-knit family with a complicated past.

The unplanned journey is a book about a journey I never imagined.

The book tells an uncommon story of a distinguished particle astrophysicist and accelerator scientist, beginning with his illegitimate birth to an adventurous mother in Pecos, New Mexico, and culminating with his retirement as a distinguished scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois.

Richard A.

Could a child or young adult in your life have an underlying medical condition that is being explained away as a psychiatric problem?

Paget's disease is a rare and painful bone disease for which there is no cure.

Simple beginnings.

Holding a person hostage does not always require a gun or knife or another weapon.

A forensic psychiatrist's second opinion on the conditions that led to Ernest Hemingway's suicide, "e;mixing biography, literature and medical analysis"e; (The Washington Post).

An ironman triathlon is seen as the hardest one-day endurance event in the world.

Major health issues and catastrophic illnesses can affect everyone at some point in their life.

This is the true story of a nurse's life.

With humor, compassion, and wisdom, Howard Carter recounts the semester he spent watching first-year medical students in a human anatomy lab.

The astonishing story of a brave little girl from Afghanistan who not only survived horrific disfiguring burns, but was given a second chance at life.

Take a look at the authors life through the cocoon of multiple sclerosis.

George Washington Carver (ca.

To most of us the emergency room (ER) can be a foreboding place, but to the team who work here, it's home.

If we wish to understand loss experiences we must learn details of survivors' stories.

You are about to embark on a ride through a form of reality that few travel.

So Far, So Good!

“A useful, step-by-step guide for anyone new to caring for those with Alzheimer’s.

Here is Dr.

From the author of the "e;absolutely absorbing"e; (USA Today) memoir Undercurrents comes an unforgettable portrait of childhood, family and community.

Living the New Normal is a true story about an everyday, small-town family living the real, raw realities of concussions.

It was August 2004 when the white dove hit the windshield of my car as I was driving home from church.

This is a true story written by Bill Brokaw of his seventy-nine-year-old wife, Pat, as she suffers from brain damage.

';A very funny [memoir] about the frailties of the flesh, the absurdities of modern medicine, and how to stay sane amid it all' (Dave Eggers).