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Positive
One Doctor's Personal Encounters with Death, Life, and the US Healthcare System
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
A Memoir and a Manifesto
Positive traces the life of Michael S. Saag, MD, an internationally known expert on the virus that causes AIDS, but the book is more than a memoir: through his story, Dr. Saag also shines a light on the dysfunctional US healthcare system, proposing optimistic yet realistic...
Trombone
Its History and Music, 1697-1811
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Blues & Chaos
The Music Writing of Robert Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Now in paperback, the definitive anthology from a writer who “set the standard for newspaper pop-music criticism” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), the New York Times’ first chief pop music critic and Rolling Stone contributor Robert Palmer.
Robert Palmer’s extraordinary knowledge and boundless...
by D. M. Campana
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The purpose of this small book is to teach art students right-hand facts on the painting of landscape. Having had long experience in this branch of art, I feel confident I can suggest certain rules and give advice that will help them in avoiding mistakes and eliminate many difficulties so common with...
Aging Wisely
Strategies for Baby Boomers and Seniors
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Everyone ages. Not everyone ages well. Aging Wisely explains that much of what happens to our minds and bodies as we grow older depends on our approach to life and our attitudes and feelings about ourselves. Though there are elements beyond our control, we must take advantage of those things we can...
Queen Victoria's Gene
Haemophilia and the Royal Family
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Queen Victoria's son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from the condition. Medically, there are only two possibilities: either one of Victoria's parents had a 1 in 50,000 random mutation, or Victoria was the illegitimate child...
by Dr. Hazel Coley-Greene M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
At the age of forty-four, my mother set out to accomplish what no other American woman of color had achieved at her ageto graduate and receive a doctorate of medicine and surgery from the Universite Lobre de Bruxelles, Belgium. She walked two and a half miles daily from the cotton fields to a one-room...
Addictive Thinking
Understanding Self-Deception
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Author Abraham Twerski reveals how self-deceptive thought can undermine self-esteem and threaten the sobriety of a recovering individuals and offers hope to those seeking a healthy and rewarding recovery.
Abnormal thinking in addiction was originally recognized by members of Alcoholics Anonymous,...
Recovering My Kid
Parenting Young Adults in Treatment and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
National expert Dr. Joseph Lee explains the nature of youth addiction and treatment, and how families can create a safe and supportive environment for their loved ones during treatment and throughout their recovery.
National expert Dr. Joseph Lee explains the nature of youth addiction and treatment,...
No Time for Glory
The Story of a Dismissed Legend
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2004
This is an incredible story of a once obscure social welfare workers rise from a deathbed and subsequent catapult into a position of worldwide power and influence.Harry Hopkins was an improbable hero living on borrowed time at the epicenter of world chaos during World War II.By means of exceptional...
Alone and Invisible No More
How Grassroots Community Action and 21st Century Technologies Can Empower Elders to Stay in Their Homes and Lead Healthier, Happier Lives
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
In Alone and Invisible No More, physician Allan S. Teel, MD, describes how to overhaul our eldercare system. Based on his own efforts to create humane, affordable alternatives in Maine, Teel's program harnesses both staff and volunteers to help people remain in their homes and communities. It offers...
Spiritual Solutions
Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Life is full of challenges, both big and small. Spirituality is here to offer solutions.
Over the course of his career as physician, teacher, and bestselling author, Deepak Chopra has received thousands of questions from people facing every kind of challenge. They have asked how to lead more...
How God Changes Your Brain
Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2009
God is great—for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, a wide-reaching survey of people’s religious and spiritual experiences, and the authors’ analyses of adult drawings of God, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and therapist Mark Robert...
Beyond Reason
Lessons from the Loss of a Gifted Child
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2009
Sometimes people enter our lives and change us forever. Author Gregg Korbons son, Brian, was such a person. In Beyond Reason, Gregg shares the story of his nine-year-old son, a sweet and brilliant child. Though healthy, Brian told his parents he was going to die before he turned ten. Six months later,...