Biography: science, technology and medicine

After a decade of unexplainable ailments, Fred was belatedly diagnosed with Parkinsons disease at age fifty.

A candid and intimate story of a courageous woman, where Mei talks directly to you.

Lawrence Bartell experienced many strange events over the course of his long life, at least partly because he deliberately strayed far from the beaten path in science.

The number one Sunday Times bestseller, Adam Kay's festive hospital diaries, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas, is the perfect stocking filler from the author of multi-million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt - now a major BBC TV series.

Amanda Slikkers story begins on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at the US Naval Academy.

My journal of a doctor experiencing community service inunder-resourced medical facilities, during public sector strikesand the world cup addresses the diffi cult and often funnyexperiences of providing medical care to divers and oftenpoverty-stricken patients.

When Everything Changed: My Journey from Physician to Patient is the inspiring memoir of Dr.

Three Roses: Living with Muscular Dystrophy and Marrying the Ideal Woman introduces a man who knew from his early childhood that he would face life with the ever-present reality of muscular dystrophy.

This book is a mixture of Kabacks life and his development as a scientist, both of which involve numerous serendipitous events.

This book is a quick, fun read in poetic prose that gives insights into the personal life of a Missouri boy who becomes a MD/Biochemist publishing over 130 scientific papers on the biochemistry of Cancer and is presently involved in a great many areas.

Everyone has a dream, but it can often be difficult to find the inspiration to pursue our dreams and fulfill our greatest hopesespecially when we are young and lack experience.

Shelly is an amazing little girl who rode an alligator, drove a blimp, and refused to give up her fight against cancer.

Im hoping my life story will give insight to people who live and suffer from mental illness and help them receive a clearer form of understanding of their similar diseases in an effort for them to better cope with their everyday lives armed with new knowledge to avoid certain emotional situations when the going gets rough.

In this sometime amusing, sometime challenging journey through fifty years of Nursing, this author presents her favorite memoirs.

Born to poor immigrant parents in 1921, author Dr.

Afflicted with an unrecognized liver ailment at the young age of thirteen, Peggy fights for her life every day, tormented both physically and psychologically.

Author Tammy Schuman led an active, charmed life.

When Maria gets a job at Anthonys donut and coffeehouse in New York City, shes thrilled to be working.

This is the story of the struggle by a rehabilitation professional whose experience includes managing a recovery program for people with brain injury who suffers a traumatic brain injury.

Harry Rosenberg grew up near the hottest place on EarthDeath Valleyin a very unusual dwelling: a red caboose.

Keen to learn but short on time?

In addition to being born high-spirited, inquisitive and stubborn, Kathryn was also her parents worst nightmare.

I was disappointed when I finished the book.

She couldnt stop it.

Author Rosalie Bott remembers her Aunt Lillian dispensing important advice: Dont forget you are a Bott, and the Botts always laugh!

Ruth Silvers young life was challenged in ways most of us will never know.

The book is a collection of stories: assignments from a long and enjoyable engineering career as well as anecdotes and experiences from summer jobs, vacations, and consulting.

An engaging series of vignettes reflective of fifty years as a practicing dermatologist specializing on sexually transmitted diseases (STD), incorporating the author's views on the sexual revolution of the 1960s, AIDS, death, melancholy, racism, legal aspects of STDs and focusing on the author's world travels

Nancy Bucceris memoir begins in the Dallas airport in 2014, when she received a phone call from an emergency room in Virginia, telling her that her husband of thirty-one years was hospitalized with life-threatening swelling of his brain.

This is a true story of my wonderful marriage, and the people involved are still alive except for Dorothy.

In this short, compelling memoir that will appeal to both general readers and fellow scientists, Harry S.

Author Jinda Kelly has wanted to be a doctor since childhood.

All senior citizens look forward to good health as those later years draw near.

Its Been a Good Life, Dad!

Seth's Story: My Journey of Raising a Child with Special Needs is about the trials and tribulations parents face when raising a child with special needs.

Bradley Carlsons muscular dystrophy causes brutal leg cramps that leave him crumpled on the floor.

From his birth on the West Bank of the Jordan River in Palestine in 1950 to present-day Texas, A Space Mind narrates the story of Ross Abotteen.

Even now, nineteen years after my sons injury, I feel my praying for a miracle was answered.

Dr.

Fifty-nine-year-old Robert LaPlante gave up cigarettes in his twenties, was never overweight, practiced good health habits, and had run marathons and many other foot races.