Catálogo de libros: Biografía: ciencia, tecnología y medicina

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  • Nothing Good Happens After Midnight
    Phillip Tomasso
    After two decades in the corporate world, author Phillip Tomasso found himself tossed into the realm of public safety. He went from handling legal employment issues to working for a busy 911 Center.In this collection, Tomasso shares impactful stories from thirteen years of dispatching on the overnight shift.The work is salted and peppered with funny, heartbreaking, quirky and b...
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    25,00 €

  • Nothing Good Happens After Midnight
    Phillip Tomasso
    After two decades in the corporate world, author Phillip Tomasso found himself tossed into the realm of public safety. He went from handling legal employment issues to working for a busy 911 Center.In this collection, Tomasso shares impactful stories from thirteen years of dispatching on the overnight shift.The work is salted and peppered with funny, heartbreaking, quirky and b...
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    16,63 €

  • From Survivor to Surgeon
    Paul Luu
    In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Paul Luu’s life was thrown into chaos. At just sixteen years old, he left his home in Saigon with his belongings packed into a single duffel bag. Separated from his family, he became one of hundreds of thousands of 'boat people' fleeing communist rule, political instability, and poverty.​After enduring days at sea in an overcrowded boat and ...
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    15,95 €

  • Eye to Eye
    John S. Jarstad MD
    Eye to Eye: Memories of a Mayo-Trained LDS Medical Missionary is the story of Dr. John S. Jarstad. From humble beginnings as a commercial fisherman to his becoming an international expert in eye surgery and an inventor, this book tells the remarkable stories of doctors and patients whose lives were changed by faith, prayers, persistence, and hard work. ...
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    38,25 €

  • Eye to Eye
    John S. Jarstad MD
    Eye to Eye: Memories of a Mayo-Trained LDS Medical Missionary is the story of Dr. John S. Jarstad. From humble beginnings as a commercial fisherman to his becoming an international expert in eye surgery and an inventor, this book tells the remarkable stories of doctors and patients whose lives were changed by faith, prayers, persistence, and hard work. ...
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    42,43 €

  • Trust Me, I’m a Nurse...
    Moira McGregor
    'This book proves that we are never too old to follow our dream. It is an interesting and inspiring read, which will keep you wanting more. I thoroughly enjoyed it.'Lisa Plutoni, best-selling authorThe first time Moira was taking out internal surgical packing, she felt like a magician’s assistant pulling on never-ending bunting; except it wasn’t out of a hat, it wasn’t rainbow-...
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    11,46 €

  • The Parkinson’s Effect
    Jamie Johnston
    You find out your loved one has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. What do you do now?Just the diagnosis alone can be overwhelming. There is a lot of information on the Internet that can help you, but sometimes it is hard to know what to look for, especially initially. This book contains what we discovered while taking care of my mother-in-law, Judy. She was diagnosed wit...
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    21,98 €

  • Cracking Chests
    MD Alex G. LIttle
    Cracking Chests is a tale of the origins and development of chest surgery-its inner workings, told by a prominent chest surgeon. Interspersed with humorous self-reflection are insights into the field’s pioneers both in and out of the operating room, told with zestful detail about the challenges posed by their times, cultures, and the typically rudimentary state of medical scien...
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    21,51 €

  • Howard Hiatt
    Mark Rosenberg
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    27,20 €

  • Alzheimer’s Canyon
    Jane Dwinell / Sky Yardley
    2023 IPNE Award Winner, Narrative Nonfiction2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist, Health (Adult Nonfiction)2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalist5-Star Readers’ FavoriteWhat do you do when your reality slips away? If you’re Sky Yardley and Jane Dwinell, you accept each new challenge, reshape your life, and write.When Sky was diagnosed with 'probable early stage Alzheimer’s' at ...
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    14,98 €

  • Alzheimer’s Canyon
    Jane Dwinell / Sky Yardley
    2023 IPNE Award Winner, Narrative Nonfiction2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist, Health (Adult Nonfiction)2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalist5-Star Readers’ FavoriteWhat do you do when your reality slips away? If you’re Sky Yardley and Jane Dwinell, you accept each new challenge, reshape your life, and write.When Sky was diagnosed with 'probable early stage Alzheimer’s' at ...
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    21,24 €

  • Rise Unafraid
    Janine Fattaleh Diliani
    Janine takes us on a journey into the truth behind epilepsy. She writes poignantly about her 25-year cycle of suffering from seizures, the challenges she encountered along the way, and the surgery that ultimately gave her back her life. She reflects on how perseverance, ambition, and courage, unknowingly back then, were part of her resistance to accept defeat. Writing poetry a...
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    29,94 €

  • Nevertheless She Persisted
    Dr. Christa L. Wilkin
    Nevertheless She Persisted is an engaging collection of Christa’s blog writing while managing life with cancer. Honest and heartfelt, she recounts her emotional and physical journey from the time of diagnosis and offers extremely valuable social critiques on how people view, understand, and interact with both cancer patients and cancer itself. She offers feedback on how to appr...
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    18,35 €

  • VISIONS OF LINUS PAULING
    CHRIS PETERSEN
    His life thrown into chaos by the death of his father in his youth, Linus Pauling persevered through an impoverished childhood to become one of the great scientists and humanitarians of the 20th century. In a stunningly original examination of the two-time Nobel Laureate, Oregon State University archivist Chris Petersen touches upon the major eras of Pauling’s life and dials in...
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    92,74 €

  • VISIONS OF LINUS PAULING
    CHRIS PETERSEN
    His life thrown into chaos by the death of his father in his youth, Linus Pauling persevered through an impoverished childhood to become one of the great scientists and humanitarians of the 20th century. In a stunningly original examination of the two-time Nobel Laureate, Oregon State University archivist Chris Petersen touches upon the major eras of Pauling’s life and dials in...
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    57,20 €

  • Nursing In The ’60s
    Liz Allport
    The NHS, nurse training and hospital life were vastly different in the 1960s when the author qualified as a nurse. Her autobiography covers the pressured years full of incident and humour in which Elizabeth proved she was competent enough to be let loose on the patients of Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Selly Oak and other prominent West Midlands institutions. ...
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    10,69 €

  • The Cry in the Night
    Charles S Norburn
    'It was the human, the personal side of medicine that left upon me its lasting impressions.' Charles S Norburn (1890-1990), a surgeon and general practitioner who founded his own hospital, vividly retells his most memorable experiences from a long career in The Cry in the Night.  These works tell the story of medicine in the first half of the 20th century. It was an era without...
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    12,17 €

  • The Lightning Tamers
    Kathy Joseph
    Science and History Collide: True Stories of the People Who Powered Our WorldIn this physics and engineering chronicle disguised as an electric time-travel adventure, Kathy Joseph, physicist, educator, and creator of the popular Kathy Loves Physics documentary channel on YouTube, shares over 400 years of the history of electricity through the linked breakthroughs of men and wom...
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    13,97 €

  • The Lightning Tamers
    Kathy Joseph
    Science and History Collide: True Stories of the People Who Powered Our WorldIn this physics and engineering chronicle disguised as an electric time-travel adventure, Kathy Joseph, physicist, educator, and creator of the popular Kathy Loves Physics documentary channel on YouTube, shares over 400 years of the history of electricity through the linked breakthroughs of men and wom...
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    19,39 €

  • Surgeon on Trial
    K. E. MATHEW MD FACS
    Surgeon on Trial is the story of an ordinary young boy, who against all odds, is making his life’s journey through three continents experiencing blessings from unexpected sources. As a well-qualified general surgeon, he made the transition from Manhattan to a very small town in South Louisiana. As the only surgeon in the community, he had to be always available, and he did not ...
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    12,03 €

  • Surgeon on Trial
    K. E. MATHEW MD FACS
    Surgeon on Trial is the story of an ordinary young boy, who against all odds, is making his life’s journey through three continents experiencing blessings from unexpected sources. As a well-qualified general surgeon, he made the transition from Manhattan to a very small town in South Louisiana. As the only surgeon in the community, he had to be always available, and he did not ...
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    19,48 €

  • On the Outside Chance
    Michael J. Mason Ph.D.
    Peter Mason is tortured at school, neglected at home, and trapped in a body that’s his worst enemy.'On The Outside Chance is a remarkable tale of resilience that showcases the indomitable nature of the human spirit and the fierce willpower that enables people to overcome overwhelming challenges.' ~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Pikasho Deka (5 STARS)EVOLVED PUBLISHING PROUDLY...
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    14,33 €

  • I Don’t Talk to Dead Bodies
    Rhona Morrison
    Prepare to be intrigued, amazed and astonished as you join Dr Rhona Morrison on an often funny, and at times downright bizarre, thought-provoking and eye-opening rollercoaster ride through some of the most curious encounters of her career as a leading forensic psychiatrist.Delve into the minds of real people, whose actions may shock and stun you, but who’s stories have the powe...
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    17,26 €

  • She Looks Fine
    Paige Knechtly / Roberta Campbell Knechtly
    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability among children and young adults in the United States. Each year, an estimated 1.5 million Americans sustain a TBI. Roberta was living her best life as an empty nester until she received a call that would change her life forever. Her daughter Paige was hit by a vehicle in a crosswalk. Paige (front cover phot...
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    16,61 €

  • Jada
    Carolyn Tyus / Patrick Thornton
    Jada Jai Tyus-Thornton can literally be described as a true warrior. In this biographical telling of her life, her parents provide informative and comical details as told from the point of view of Jada herself. Jada breathed life into all that she touched, and now her parents honor her as they gift us with the precious details.This book is not only meant to grant access, but to...
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    22,30 €

  • Country Vet
    Randy L. Skaggs
    John R. Erickson, author of Hank the Cowdog series, says, 'Vets have a kind of double vision on the human experience. They see us as the clients who bring in the patients and pay the bill, but they also see our sins, flaws, and weirdness reflected in our animals. Dr. Skaggs recognized early on that this was a rich source of humor-not ridicule, not humor that cuts, but the kind ...
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    25,16 €

  • A Gentle Rain of Compassion
    David R Shlim / David R. Shlim
    Finding a fascinating and gratifying medical practice in Kathmandu saved his medical career, but befriending a reincarnate Tibetan lama transformed his life.This compellingly written memoir is a grand adventure tale of travel in Nepal and Tibet, tense and highly emotional medical encounters, new romances, and ground-breaking medical research. But all these eventually take a bac...
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    22,79 €

  • My Timely Arrival
    Deborah Trenchard
    This is a story about a woman in her 70’s with an undiminished appetite for life, love and adventure. Her journey takes us through South London SurgerySerious illness and survivalBereavementPolitical change and optimistic personal decisionsIt tells of the creation of a new life that may inspire others to see their third age as a place of opportunities and liberation rather than...
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    22,76 €

  • Enjoying the Interval
    Kerreen M. Reiger
    Anyone who has enjoyed the great happiness and intimacy of a family-centred birth, and any midwife or health professional who has attended one, owes a debt of gratitude to internationally known Canadian doctor, researcher, and medical reformer, Murray Enkin. Enjoying the Interval takes on the fascinating, joyful task of exploring Dr Enkin’s identity and achievements along with ...
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    37,58 €

  • Brain Recovery-A Journey of Hope
    Laura Stoicescu
    How a learning mindset helps create new neural pathways after a stroke.We often take our life for granted. We lead busy lives and assume that we can control our destiny, goals, and future. But one day, everything can turn upside down. Imagine you went to bed with a migraine and woke up in a hospital intensive care unit. Doctors tell your significant other that you suffered a ma...
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    21,28 €


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