No Ordinary Surgeon centres around one of our most photographed works of art - the Boudicca group on the Thames Embankment opposite the Houses of Parliament - and is told through the life and times of surgeon William Binley Dickinson (1789-1870), who entered into partnership in Macclesfield, an affluent east Cheshire silk spinning and weaving town.
Born in Dublin in 1845, Thomas John Barnardo was a workaholic Irishman whose non-stop efforts in the cause of children's welfare landed him in an early grave at the age of sixty.
'Hugely enjoyable' - Spectator'A lucid, elegantly written and thought-provoking social and intellectual history' - Evening Standard'As a historian trying to put Darwin in the context of his time, there is surely no better biographer than Wilson' - The Times'A work of scholarship that is hard to put down' - Deborah CadburyCharles Darwin: the man who discovered evolution?
'A tale of Machiavellian plots and coups d'etat, it's just all so gripping' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2THE ULTIMATE 21ST CENTURY BUSINESS STORYSince 2006, Twitter has grown from the accidental side project of a failing internet start-up, to a global icon that by 2013 had become an $11.
The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism.
Since publication of Stillman Drake's landmark volume, Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography, new and exciting information has come to light about this towering figure in the history of Western science.
Since publication of Stillman Drake's landmark volume, Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography, new and exciting information has come to light about this towering figure in the history of Western science.
"e;How would our lives change,"e; wondered entrepreneur Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard in 1987, "e;if everyday people had a stable, high-speed data connection to the Internet?
To Get Back Home is a medical thriller of the first order, a true story of triumph and survival over astronomical odds, as an otherwise healthy and active young woman fights for her life after being suddenly stricken by a rare neurological disorder, Acute Demyelinating Encephalomyelitis (ADEM).
Catch a Falling Star, the life story of Donald Clayton, follows the struggle of one human being to find love and to create scientific understanding of the origin of the atoms of chemical elements.
This is the story of how a young high school student, through a quirk of fate, begins walking down a path that leads him to become a rural family doctor in Montana.
In the vast array and vitriol of our National Health debate , the doctors voice , especially that of the surgeon , is rarely solicited , and seldom heard .
2022 REVISED EDITIONHelicopter evacuations, teaching West Bank Arab nursing students, life and death medical decisions, aging Holocaust survivors, heart-breaking ethical decisions -- Brooklyn Beginnings immerses the reader in the life stories of Dr.
The book that finally gives a physicians inside story of the evacuation of Memorial Medical Center following Katrina a gripping tale of abandonment and survival.
The author delves into the mysteries of her own neurological condition in a far-ranging memoir that is "e;graceful, intense, and curiously affirming"e; (Booklist).
A case manager shares stories of patients' and families' journeys and "e;deftly conveys the frustrations and inequities of traumatic brain injury"e; (Mary Roach, The New York Times Book Review).
Intern is Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question our every assumption about medical care today.
True stories of fossil-hunting adventures around the globe from "e;a world-class field scientist [and] a highly entertaining writer"e; (The American Scholar).
"e;A vibrant, original portrait of a man of contradictions,"e; the Renaissance-era Swiss father of modern medicine (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
The Hidden Lives and Untold Stories of HealingStep inside a world rarely seen, where every day is a testament to the power of healing, courage, and the human spirit.
Chuck Shaw is a vanishing breed--an old-style veterinarian with a quarter of a century of experience who runs a "e;mixed practice"e; in rural New Hampshire, treating everything from house cats to milk cows.
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.
