Catálogo de libros: Biografía: ciencia, tecnología y medicina

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  • Answering Alaska’s Call
    Linda Fritz
    Milo Fritz always dreamed big, ever eager to push the boundaries of what was considered possible.  In 1940, the young Columbia- and Duke-educated eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist and his wife Betsy, an RN, leave the familiar comforts of Milo’s hometown of Pelham, New York to begin a new life in Ketchikan, Alaska. There, Dr. Fritz hopes to realize his 'mad dream of a Medica...
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    16,26 €

  • Terminal to Remission with Cannabis Oil
    Allison J McMaster
    Allison, a typical mum, had her world turned upside down by a devastating cancer diagnosis that gave her less than two years to live. The doctors’ prognosis was so grim that her life insurance was paid out and Allison, her husband and young son started taking their final bucket-list holidays.  But Allison wasn’t ready to give up hope when the medical system ran out of ideas, so...
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    13,04 €

  • One Curious Doctor
    Hilton Koppe
    Hilton Koppe was working as a doctor in small-town Australia when he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. As the fallout from the trauma of the diagnosis began to settle, he tried to work out how he ended up in this position. Was the PTSD a consequence of vicarious trauma from working as a country doctor for over thirty years? Did it come from his life-long feelin...
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    36,57 €

  • Poor No More
    MD Steven Bentley
    Now retired, author Dr. Steven Bentley was a successful emergency physician. But his path in life wasn’t always an easy one. In Poor No More-An American Dream, he shares his story of how he survived a rare birth defect, abject poverty, an alcoholic mother, a KKK father, an abusive children’s home, and a cruel step-mother.This memoir tells how Bentley emerged from a difficult ch...
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    12,80 €

  • What Took Jesus’ Life?
    Suzanne Lee Barron
    Walk with Jesus through his last 36 hours gaining a deep hard-cord scientific understanding of what he endured during His sufferings. Breaking down every aspect of those trials from the miles he walked to the length of the leather whip. Nothing is left out. This story is sure to help you remember everything He did to show us the TRUTH. Make sure you have napkins nearby because ...
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    5,21 €

  • Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    Benjamin Franklin
    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a classic American history biography, political biography the traditional name for the unfinished autobiography of Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin’s death, this work has become one of the most famous and infl...
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    16,67 €

  • Take a Seat
    Peter Fowler
    This book encompasses the fascinating 40 year journey in life of someone who just wasn’t your average practicing GP, but someone whose passion and drive were to use his skills and medical ability to bring quality of life to every patient that crossed his path. He thrives on challenges in every situation and circumstance. Wherever there was a medical need, however big or small,...
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    10,97 €

  • The Lost Time of TB
    Eileen Sypher
    This book is a daughter’s late-life piecing together of her father’s short life. These were years of lost time, time when she knew only the silence surrounding him. He died in 1952 from tuberculosis, leaving behind a wife, a five-year-old daughter and a two-year-old son. Like so many who suffered from tuberculosis in that time1 he left no words about what he went through, his w...
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    19,09 €

  • William A. Richards Diaries of a Frontier Surveyor
    Lucia McCreery
    These unique diaries give a vivid, you-are-there view of what surveyors went through during the westward expansion. Richards, who eventually becomes governor of Wyoming and commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office, tells his story, one day at a time. The 1869 diary covers his life in rural Wisconsin and frustration with teaching • Going west to the growing frontier town of ...
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    23,86 €

  • The Bucket List Journey Home
    Amy S. Hobbs
    When Amy’s mother created her final bucket list, no one could have guessed how much healing it would bring. Sometimes, the greatest miracles happen in the most unexpected ways, and God shows His faithfulness even as life nears its end.Amy S. Hobbs was a successful attorney in her home state of Georgia when her mother received a surprising diagnosis: stage IV pancreatic cancer, ...
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    27,68 €

  • One True Scrapper
    Kaden Peebles
    'Phenomenal resilience in the face of near insurmountable odds. I highly recommend this book, especially if you are facing unexpected challenges in your own life. Inspiring!'  - Jay Wellons, MD,  All That Moves Us: a pediatric neurosurgeon, his young patients, and their stories of grace and resilience  (The New Yorker and Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2022)  'Through Kaden’s ...
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    14,81 €

  • WU WENJUN
    TIANXIN CAI / YANAN LI TIANXIN CAI / Bin Tang
    This book depicts the fascinating life story of Wu Wenjun, a renowned mathematician who made significant contribution in the field of topology, ancient Chinese mathematics, and mathematics mechanization. He was a recipient of the Highest Science and Technology Award, the highest scientific award in China, as well as the Shaw Prize in Mathematics.Through vivid illustrations and ...
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    81,72 €

  • Shakar
    Jafari Shakardokht / Shakardokht Jafari
    An Afghan Woman’s Journey‍‘Fascinating…an enticingly interesting read’Sayeeda Warsi‍Born in rural Afghanistan, Shakardokht Jafari became a refugee aged just six, after a harrowing half-year trek to Iran.There, at twelve, she discovered she had been promised in marriage at birth to an older cousin. Resisting no fewer than three arranged marriages, she fought to choose her own hu...
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    13,09 €

  • The Stethoscope around my neck
    Dr Pradnya Sriram
    Padma always wanted to be a doctor but little did she know that getting to live her childhood dream would be nothing less than an adventure to breathe. The book gives the reader a sneak peek into her journey of becoming an Anaesthesiologist and of her MBBS days she lived at the famous Government Medical College in Mumbai, The Grant Medical College. The journey is interlaced w...
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    15,74 €

  • The Veterinary Detectives
    Roger S Windsor
    'An entertaining and informative read' Dame Joanna LumleyRoger Windsor’s career as a veterinarian and conservationist has taken him on a thrilling journey across the globe. In A Vet for All Seasons, the final volume of his memoirs, he takes readers on a captivating ride through his adventurous life. From his time at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Dumfries, Scotland, wh...
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    38,44 €

  • An Autobiographicam Memoir by Samuel Westcott Tilke
    Stuart Tilke
    Published in 1840, Samuel Westcott Tilkes’ Memoir is a very personal reflection on his life to that date, his journey into herbalism, and a description of his method of treating diseases, especially Gout, Scroula, Dyspepsia and Tic Doloureux, using herbalism and botanical medicine. ...
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    30,53 €

  • Turn Your Restaurant Know-How into Success & Growth
    Billy Pham
    * Founder of Chez Lien, Le Gout de la Thailande, Zen d Asie, Kyomi, and Tamashi.* How to build your restaurant at the least cost and eventually turn it into a substantial fortune.* Knowing how to cook delicious dishes is only part of the restaurant’s know-how. You need to know more.* It is not only a high-tech company that can make you a millionaire. This book could be worth a ...
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    31,78 €

  • Turn Your Restaurant Know-How into Success & Growth
    Billy Pham
    * Founder of Chez Lien, Le Gout de la Thailande, Zen d Asie, Kyomi, and Tamashi.* How to build your restaurant at the least cost and eventually turn it into a substantial fortune.* Knowing how to cook delicious dishes is only part of the restaurant’s know-how. You need to know more.* It is not only a high-tech company that can make you a millionaire. This book could be worth a ...
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    42,73 €

  • 9/11
    A.J. Kingston
    Experience the profound journey of one of the most significant events in modern history with the 9/11: America’s Darkest Day Book Bundle. This meticulously curated collection brings together four compelling books that offer unique perspectives on the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and their far-reaching consequences. Delve into the untold stories, insightful analysis, and...
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    50,77 €

  • Cancer and Other Things I’m Grateful For
    Erika K. Wolf
    Follow Erika on her journey as she writes from the heart in real time about her diagnosis, treatment, and ultimate recovery from an advanced form of breast cancer.Alongside traditional oncology care, Erika’s natural curiosity and self-determination led her to explore the holistic therapies of integrative medicine. She shows us how unifying the body and mind creates a powerful y...
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    23,60 €

  • Tangled in the Curves
    Caroline Bell
    Receiving a diagnosis of scoliosis - a condition where the spine bends and rotates for no known reason - can be an emotional time full of questions and concerns. You might feel like you have to navigate it all by yourself. But, know this: you are not alone.Tangled in the Curves is an honest firsthand account of real life with idiopathic scoliosis that fully captures the scolios...
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    32,17 €

  • Tangled in the Curves
    Caroline Bell
    Receiving a diagnosis of scoliosis - a condition where the spine bends and rotates for no known reason - can be an emotional time full of questions and concerns. You might feel like you have to navigate it all by yourself. But, know this: you are not alone.Tangled in the Curves is an honest firsthand account of real life with idiopathic scoliosis that fully captures the scolios...
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    40,60 €

  • Only One Way Out Alive
    Claude C. Frey Jr.
    A story about life in Northeast Louisiana beginning as a child and ending as an old man Lots of stories and unique individuals with strong spiritual advice in the end. Journey with Pap beginning as a small boy in rural NE Louisiana. One day he was surprised by the sudden realization that he was an old man. After a life filled with love, adventure, humor, sadness, regrets and re...
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    12,43 €

  • I’m 39 Now
    Phillip Ireland
    You don’t want to miss this journey... I used to suffer in silence. I went to bed in mental pain, woke up physically hurting. I felt unwell most of the time and life was passing me by. I didn’t know that my past had caused these new feelings of dread, low mood and loneliness. My past had caught up with me and it wouldn’t go back in the box. My journey lets you in on how my past...
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    9,01 €

  • In Steel and Computing the Rise of the Dip Tech Sandwich Generation
    Neil McBroom / Valerie McBroom
    This book is intended as a legacy of the experience of several years in science-based roles being initially challenged technically but in later years challenged and rewarded by leadership roles. This was amongst Sandwich educated colleagues who were motivated in part by themselves and partly by the community around them. Such is the nature of Sandwich Education both in terms of...
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    8,77 €

  • Casebook of a Community Internist
    Hector M Baillie
    Experience begets wisdom and wisdom informs change.'Patients are the best teachers,' he told a friend, shortly before moving west. The choice of a specialist career in community internal medicine came as a surprise to his colleagues. Leaving the big city hospital would mean less access to clinical resources, educational rounds, house staff, and practice support. In short, less ...
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    21,94 €

  • By Accident
    Joanne Greene
    Small in stature, large in presence, and always in charge, Joanne Greene did it all-anchored the news and hosted talk shows on San Francisco radio, maintained a wonderful marriage, and raised children—until a traumatic accident shattered her world and forced her to learn how to let go. ...
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    15,83 €

  • It’s Parkinson’s...
    Caryn Mears
    Parkinson’s is becoming more and more prevalent as our society ages. If you are on the Parkinson’s journey, join Caryn and her mother as they venture through this challenge together. Caryn offers a heart-warming look into her mother’s life and the events they encountered. What does she need to do now that her mother has received the Parkinson’s diagnosis? What does the famil...
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    13,05 €

  • Radiant Poppy
    Kelly Lynn Curry
    Hope in the Hospital. This is a poetry collection of hope, a journey through pain and medical care. From being in the hospital to laying in bed at home feeling alone, there is always a light, there is always hope. The author takes you through her life of chronic illness to show you there is strength in the most unexpected places, there is love where you would not expect, and ho...
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    20,68 €

  • Love and Lupus
    Ken Conklin
    Shortly after marrying Ken, her best friend and soulmate in February of 1975, Katy Conklin, at thirty-five, learned that she had SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), an incurable autoimmune disease that can attack any part of the body. For Katy, lupus initially affected her joints often causing pain and fatigue. Later, this insidious disease progressed to her lungs and circulato...
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    44,73 €


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