Catálogo de libros: Biografía: ciencia, tecnología y medicina

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  • You’re Cured!
    Mark J Roman
    In this book, 'You’re Cured! The Definitive Guide to The Healing Process for Patients and Caregivers!', by Mark J Roman, the author discusses how to give and receive care under illness. Every now and then, we or someone we love falls ill, unable to care for themselves. How does the caregiver feel? How does the care receiver feel?In extreme cases, it is imperative for the caregi...
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    22,35 €

  • Surviving Life as a Miracle Child
    Brandon C. Gandy
    This is a true story about Brandon C. Gandy, who overcame 15 birth defects, 28 surgeries, a medically induced coma, and cancer, and became the 8th person in the world to have a testicular and kidney transplant. During all of his near-death medical challenges, Brandon persisted he would remain an athlete and he tackled many different sports. His brave, strong journey sheds light...
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    23,42 €

  • Surviving Life as a Miracle Child
    Brandon C. Gandy
    This is a true story about Brandon C. Gandy, who overcame 15 birth defects, 28 surgeries, a medically induced coma, and cancer, and became the 8th person in the world to have a testicular and kidney transplant. During all of his near-death medical challenges, Brandon persisted he would remain an athlete and he tackled many different sports. His brave, strong journey sheds light...
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    28,55 €

  • Surviving Life as a Miracle Child
    Brandon C. Gandy
    This is a true story about Brandon C. Gandy, who overcame 15 birth defects, 28 surgeries, a medically induced coma, and cancer, and became the 8th person in the world to have a testicular and kidney transplant. During all of his near-death medical challenges, Brandon persisted he would remain an athlete and he tackled many different sports. His brave, strong journey sheds light...
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    14,84 €

  • Hope
    Howard Wicks
    Can you imagine being locked-in your own body, unable to speak, to move or to prove to the outside world that you are actually still in there, willing for someone to believe in you, to hear your silent words?This is the story of an inspirational young man who shares his journey through incomprehensible adversity and terror as he navigates his way through his teenage years into ...
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    29,75 €

  • Hope
    Howard Wicks
    Can you imagine being locked-in your own body, unable to speak, to move or to prove to the outside world that you are actually still in there, willing for someone to believe in you, to hear your silent words?This is the story of an inspirational young man who shares his journey through incomprehensible adversity and terror as he navigates his way through his teenage years into ...
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    44,39 €

  • My Last Breath
    Jvonne Belle
    Jvonne Belle, has a testimony to tell. Diagnosed with a rare disease that relentlessly attacked herskin and joints in her early adulthood, Jvonne faced life-altering challenges that shaped herjourney from diagnosis of what became two diseases to her final breath. In My Last Breath, sheshares an intimate and profound testimony of her experiences, struggles, and triumphs.Through ...
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    16,45 €

  • Dancing Through Diagnosis
    Tammy Gunn
    'Life as I know it is about to change. Another decade drying up. Like tumbleweeds rolling in the wind. It is time to usher in The Fabulous Forties.'I think people in their forties call them that so we won’t freak out. My forties brought in lots of surprises. This did not include the 'surprises' I put on my Amazon birthday list. New aches and pains. Sleepless nights. Hot flashes...
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    20,88 €

  • Dancing Through Diagnosis
    Tammy Gunn
    'Life as I know it is about to change. Another decade drying up. Like tumbleweeds rolling in the wind. It is time to usher in The Fabulous Forties.'I think people in their forties call them that so we won’t freak out. My forties brought in lots of surprises. This did not include the 'surprises' I put on my Amazon birthday list. New aches and pains. Sleepless nights. Hot flashes...
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    30,60 €

  • Pain with Poise
    Ashley Swartzwelder
    How does a person run when a leg can barely be lifted? How does a person run when each step is a jolt up the spine? How does a person run when a jump is a shock to the brain? How does a person run when the core is destroyed? How does a person run when it causes neck or face spasms? How does a person run when it causes migraines?This was Swartzwelder’s reality after she was hit ...
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    20,62 €

  • Me, Myself & My Multiple Myeloma
    Ray Hartjen
    Me, Myself & My Multiple Myeloma is a cancer-patient memoir written by Ray Hartjen, a multiple myeloma patient diagnosed in March 2019.In this intimate and inspiring account, Ray reflects on every step of his relentless battle with cancer, from working toward a final diagnosis, through an initial induction treatment and an autologous stem cell transplant, and on to maintenance ...
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    15,16 €

  • Crossing the Divide
    Joy Yoon / Stephen Yoon
    Is God at work in the darkest places?In a nation known for oppression and isolation, Joy and Stephen Yoon discovered the answer is a resounding yes. For over 17 years, this ordinary couple witnessed God’s extraordinary love piercing through the shadows, transforming their own hearts and the lives of those they encountered.In Crossing the Divide, the Yoons offer an eyewitness pe...
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    18,47 €

  • Brucye
    Fredric Frye / Fredric L. Frye / Fredric LFrye
    A compassionate, candid, and often humorous, biographical (and partially autobiographical) narrative/memoir of a six-decade long productive marriage of a remarkable woman and her distinguished veterinarian and professor husband, and how Alzheimer’s disease, and its physical and psychological manifestations gradually, yet progressively, affected the couple’s last four years, and...
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    41,34 €

  • Tesla’s Walk
    Jimmy Sena
    Accompany the genius inventor and futurist Nikola Tesla on a poetic journey through one autumn day in 1899 Colorado Springs.Nikola Tesla’s eight-month visit to Colorado Springs in 1899 is integral to his evolution as a genius inventor. Yet, for many, it still exudes an air of mystery and myth. Through a meandering poem and stunning historical photographs, walk along with Tesla ...
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    20,27 €

  • A Love of Mountains
    John Mackay
    John Mackay was a well-known doctor in Hong Kong for many years, and then decided in the peak of history medical career to throw it in and travel the world instead. He set himself the goal of climbing the highest peak in as many countries and territories as possible, and spent thirty years on the endeavor, experiencing many adventures along the way. A Love of Mountains is his m...
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    21,68 €

  • A Formidable Man
    Allan Mawdsley
    A MAN OF MANY PERSUASIONS AND VAST ENERGY, A FORMIDABLE MAN IS AN EXPANSIVE DETAILING INTO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES OF A COMBATIVE PERSONALITY...John William Springthorpe was a prominent general physician, lecturer, and writer in late nineteenth century’s marvellous Melbourne.Springthorpe, affectionately known as Springy, took major advocacy roles in physiotherapy, d...
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    19,35 €

  • No Way Out of This
    Sue Fagalde Lick
    When Sue Lick’s husband’s charming forgetfulness worsens into dementia, she trades her life of writing, music, and travel with the love of her life for years of caregiving, guilt, and impossible decisions. And yet the love remains. ...
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    15,33 €

  • A Brief History of Albert Einstein - Space, Time, and Quantum Theory
    Scott Matthews
    Are you captivated by the mysteries of the universe and the minds that unravel them? Eager to understand how a single equation transformed our understanding of everything from atoms to galaxies? Wondering how the thoughts of one visionary could redefine the boundaries of space, time, and reality itself?Dive into the extraordinary life and legacy of Albert Einstein in A Brief Hi...
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    30,75 €

  • A Brief History of Albert Einstein - Space, Time, and Quantum Theory
    Scott Matthews
    Are you captivated by the mysteries of the universe and the minds that unravel them? Eager to understand how a single equation transformed our understanding of everything from atoms to galaxies? Wondering how the thoughts of one visionary could redefine the boundaries of space, time, and reality itself?Dive into the extraordinary life and legacy of Albert Einstein in A Brief Hi...
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    12,51 €

  • Turn around Diabetes
    Roshani Sanghani / William R. Miller
    The most comprehensive guidebook for people with Type 2 (and Type 1) diabetes to reclaim their health and vitalityOver one hundred years ago, diabetes was a death sentence. Thirty years ago, diabetes was a major lifestyle complication. Today, relentless diabetes is a solvable problem, for the vast majority of people with both Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes.A step-by-step, nuanced a...
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    23,26 €

  • In This Altered Body
    Charlene Pell
    2025 IBPA Book Award, Silver Winner for the disabled communities category.2025 Feathered Quill Book Award Winner for the Inspirational category.2024 IAN Book of the Year Award, Grand Prize Non-Fiction Books of the Year, Second Place.Charlene Pell wears her scars like badges of honor-she has never hidden them.Thirty years ago, on a sunny afternoon, Charlene was on a private flig...
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    14,27 €

  • Iron Dad
    Paul Weigel
    'Paul Weigel knows what it means to struggle, and his story is sure to energize and inspire you to live every day to the fullest, as he has chosen to do.'-Dean Karnazes, New York Times bestselling author of Ultramarathon ManA powerful memoir about a dad navigating loss, fighting cancer, surviving, and thriving alongside the most important person in his life-his daughter. Paul W...
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    13,49 €

  • Where Science Meets Spirit
    Mary-Jo Fetterly
    Zebra fish can repair paralyzed limbs. Many other species can regenerate limbs and specialized tissue. Are humans missing something? Why are some people healers, despite the odds, while others are not?By the time you are close to death, there is a one-in-five chance you will incur a disability. Wouldn’t you want science and medicine to do whatever possible to avert chronic debi...
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    24,38 €

  • Profiles of Space Scientists
    Shah Rukh
    'Profiles of Space Scientists: Pioneering Minds in Cosmic Exploration' offers a captivating journey through the lives and contributions of fifty remarkable individuals who have shaped our understanding of the cosmos. From Galileo’s groundbreaking observations to Neil Armstrong’s historic moon landing, this book celebrates the diverse minds and enduring legacies that have propel...
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    17,57 €

  • Madness and Marvels
    Stella Budrikis
    The lives of C. Y. O’Connor and Henry Calvert Barnett crossed in Fremantle during the heady days of the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie gold rush. One, the engineer O’Connor, built a world-class harbour at Fremantle, defying the doubters who said it couldn’t be done. The other, Dr Barnett, did his best to run an asylum that was constantly underfunded and stretched to its limits.As the ob...
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    19,62 €

  • Chromosome Woman, Nomad Scientist
    Savithri Preetha Nair
    This is the first in-depth and analytical biography of an Asian woman scientist - Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal (1897-1984). Using a wide range of archival sources, it presents a dazzling portrait of the twentieth century through the eyes of a pioneering Indian woman scientist. ...
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    71,34 €

  • Crazy
    Charise Jewell
    When Charise Jewell decided to leave her career as a robotics engineer to pursue writing fiction, the 40-year old mother of three had no idea that she was embarking on a real life story beyond her wildest imagination. Without warning, and while preparing to celebrate Mother’s Day 2017, she rapidly descended into a severe mania, was hospitalized, and was given a devastating diag...
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    19,31 €

  • Love Letters to My Doctors
    Rachel Charlton DesRosier
    In an intimate account from a patient who’s dealt with chronic illness for 15 years, Love Letters to My Doctors is a candid account about health issues and patient advocacy.Author Rachel Charlton DesRosier, terming herself as a 'chronic pain zebra,' shares a vulnerable and true account of her experiences with physicians over the last 15 years of trying to find relief for her ch...
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    8,38 €

  • Frontiers
    FRCS(C) Dr. Siva Murugappan M.D
    Frontiers: A Surgeon’s Journey through Stroke is a stroke survivor’s memoir through recovery and its expected and unexpected challenges. Told from the perspectives of Dr. Murugappan and his wife Dr. Prema Samy, Frontiers illustrates the ways stroke affects survivors and their loved ones alike. ...
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    17,70 €

  • Frontiers
    FRCS(C) Dr. Siva Murugappan M.D
    Frontiers: A Surgeon’s Journey through Stroke is a stroke survivor’s memoir through recovery and its expected and unexpected challenges. Told from the perspectives of Dr. Murugappan and his wife Dr. Prema Samy, Frontiers illustrates the ways stroke affects survivors and their loved ones alike. ...
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    19,19 €


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