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Tornado of Life

A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER

by Jay Baruch ...

“BRIEF, TOUCHING” STORIES FROM THE ER: An emergency room doctor shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones of clinical care (New York Times Book Review).To be an emergency room doctor is to be a professional listener to stories. Each patient presents a story; finding the heart of that story is the doctor’s most critical task. More technology, more tests, and more data won ... Read more

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“BRIEF, TOUCHING” STORIES FROM THE ER: An emergency room doctor shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones of clinical care (New York Times Book Review).To be an emergency room doctor is to be a professional listener to stories. Each patient presents a story; finding the heart of that story is the doctor’s most critical task. More technology, more tests, and more data won
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Health Humanities Reader

by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood, Rhonda L. Soricelli, Lisa Keränen, Michael Sappol, Shelley Wall, Martha Stoddard Holmes, Joseph N. Straus, Martin F. Norden, Felicia Cohn, Martha Montello, John Lantos, Amy Haddad, Rebecca Garden, Mark Clark, Howard Brody, Jack Coulehan, Rosemarie Tong, Sander L. Gilman, Gretchen A. Case, Alice Dreger, Marjorie Levine-Clark, Susan M. Squier, Rafael Campo, Sayantani DasGupta, Jonathan M. Metzl, Daniel Goldberg, Maren Grainger-Monsen, Thomas R. Cole, Benjamin Saxton, E. Ann Kaplan, Jerald Winakur, Bradley Lewis, Anne Hudson Jones, Michael Rowe, Ian Williams, Tod Chambers, Raymond C. Barfield, Lucy Selman, Jeffrey P. Bishop, Audrey Shafer, Catherine Belling, Paul Root Wolpe, Jeff Nisker, Julie M. Aultman, Michael Blackie, Erin Gentry Lamb, Alan Bleakley, Jay Baruch, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Bernice Hausman, Allison B. Kavey, Rebecca J. Hester ...

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice.In ... Read more

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Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice.In
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A Wolf Called Romeo

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From the award-winning author and photographer, "a thoughtful and moving story about one of nature's most evocative animals" (Patricia B. McConnell, author of The Other End of the Leash).A Wolf Called Romeo is the true story of the exceptional black wolf who spent seven years interacting with the people and dogs of Juneau, Alaska, living on the edges of their community, engaging in an improbable, ... Read more

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From the award-winning author and photographer, "a thoughtful and moving story about one of nature's most evocative animals" (Patricia B. McConnell, author of The Other End of the Leash).A Wolf Called Romeo is the true story of the exceptional black wolf who spent seven years interacting with the people and dogs of Juneau, Alaska, living on the edges of their community, engaging in an improbable,
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The Silver-Haired Sisterhood

A feel-good uplifting read from TOP TEN author Judy Leigh

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The BRAND NEW feel-good read from MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh‘We’re celebrating life,’ Rose said. ‘Life, every single minute of it. Tell me, girls - is there ever anything better to celebrate than that?’Five years after seventy-something Tess jetted off to Paris with her best friends, Jen, Rose, Della and Pam - the Five French Hens - for Jen’s hen do, a lot has changed. Prospective groom ... Read more

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The BRAND NEW feel-good read from MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh‘We’re celebrating life,’ Rose said. ‘Life, every single minute of it. Tell me, girls - is there ever anything better to celebrate than that?’Five years after seventy-something Tess jetted off to Paris with her best friends, Jen, Rose, Della and Pam - the Five French Hens - for Jen’s hen do, a lot has changed. Prospective groom
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If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now

Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie

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An NPR Best Book of the Year: "With humor and insight, [the author] writes of relocating his family from Washington, DC, to rural Minnesota." — Publishers WeeklyThis is the hilarious, charming, and candid story of writer Christopher Ingraham's decision to uproot his life and move his family to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, population 1,400—the community he made famous as "the worst place to live in ... Read more

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An NPR Best Book of the Year: "With humor and insight, [the author] writes of relocating his family from Washington, DC, to rural Minnesota." — Publishers WeeklyThis is the hilarious, charming, and candid story of writer Christopher Ingraham's decision to uproot his life and move his family to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, population 1,400—the community he made famous as "the worst place to live in
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The Hidden Lives of Owls

The Science and Spirit of Nature's Most Elusive Birds

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**“You’ll come away from this riveting book blessed with owl wisdom that will enlarge your world forever.” —Sy Montgomery, author ofBirdologyandThe Soul of an OctopusIn this New York Times bestseller, Leigh Calvez explores the night forest to uncover the secret lives of owls in this illuminating book for birders, animal lovers, and readers of H is for Hawk.**Join a naturalist on her adventures ... Read more

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**“You’ll come away from this riveting book blessed with owl wisdom that will enlarge your world forever.” —Sy Montgomery, author ofBirdologyandThe Soul of an OctopusIn this New York Times bestseller, Leigh Calvez explores the night forest to uncover the secret lives of owls in this illuminating book for birders, animal lovers, and readers of H is for Hawk.**Join a naturalist on her adventures
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Another Kind of Madness

A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness

by Stephen P. Hinshaw ...

A deeply personal memoir of a family's struggle with bipolar disorder, calling for an end to the dark shaming of mental illness.Winner, Best Autobiography/Memoir, 2018 Best Book Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest"This heartfelt memoir shares insights into the effects of mental illness on all involved." — BooklistFamilies are riddled with untold secrets. But Stephen Hinshaw never imagin... ... Read more

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A deeply personal memoir of a family's struggle with bipolar disorder, calling for an end to the dark shaming of mental illness.Winner, Best Autobiography/Memoir, 2018 Best Book Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest"This heartfelt memoir shares insights into the effects of mental illness on all involved." — BooklistFamilies are riddled with untold secrets. But Stephen Hinshaw never imagin...
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Chaser

Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words

by John W. Pilley, Hilary Hinzmann ...

"This marvelous blend of good science and heartwarming dog story will inspire all of us to reexamine our canine friends." — Booklist, starred reviewThe *New York Times–*bestselling story of a very smart Border collie who redefined animal intelligence. A joyous explanation of behavior, learning, and perception—any pet owner, parent, teacher, or psychologist will be enriched by this book.When ... Read more

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"This marvelous blend of good science and heartwarming dog story will inspire all of us to reexamine our canine friends." — Booklist, starred reviewThe *New York Times–*bestselling story of a very smart Border collie who redefined animal intelligence. A joyous explanation of behavior, learning, and perception—any pet owner, parent, teacher, or psychologist will be enriched by this book.When
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Bellweather Rhapsody

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"Delightfully odd . . . Racculia, clearly a fan of Agatha Christie, stuffs the Bellweather with a fine cast of mistfits, dreamers and foes." — Entertainment Weekly , Grade: AFifteen years ago, a murder-suicide in room 712 rocked the grand old Bellweather Hotel and the young bridesmaid who witnessed it, Minnie Graves. Now hundreds of high school musicians have gathered in the hotel's cavernous ... Read more

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"Delightfully odd . . . Racculia, clearly a fan of Agatha Christie, stuffs the Bellweather with a fine cast of mistfits, dreamers and foes." — Entertainment Weekly , Grade: AFifteen years ago, a murder-suicide in room 712 rocked the grand old Bellweather Hotel and the young bridesmaid who witnessed it, Minnie Graves. Now hundreds of high school musicians have gathered in the hotel's cavernous
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Old Friends

by Tracy Kidder ...

A Pulitzer Prize–winning author's "touching, funny and inspiring" true story of daily life in a New England nursing home ( The New York Times).Ninety-year-old Lou quit school after the eighth grade, worked for the rest of his life, and stayed with the same woman for nearly seventy years. Seventy-two-year-old Joe was chief probation officer in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, holds a law degree, and has ... Read more

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A Pulitzer Prize–winning author's "touching, funny and inspiring" true story of daily life in a New England nursing home ( The New York Times).Ninety-year-old Lou quit school after the eighth grade, worked for the rest of his life, and stayed with the same woman for nearly seventy years. Seventy-two-year-old Joe was chief probation officer in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, holds a law degree, and has
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The Autobiography of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain ...

One of the Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century: The great American writer tells his own story.Mark Twain was a figure larger than life: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story with the same flair ... Read more

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One of the Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century: The great American writer tells his own story.Mark Twain was a figure larger than life: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story with the same flair
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The Ballymara Road

by Nadine Dorries ...

Series Book 3 - The Four Streets
The final gripping instalment of the bestselling Four Streets trilogy which began with THE FOUR STREETS and continued in HIDE HER NAME.Christmas morning, 1963. Fifteen-year-old Kitty Doherty gives birth in a cold, unfriendly Irish convent. She knows her beautiful baby boy presents a huge danger to her family's Catholic community back in Liverpool's Four Streets. When her baby is adopted by a ... Read more

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The final gripping instalment of the bestselling Four Streets trilogy which began with THE FOUR STREETS and continued in HIDE HER NAME.Christmas morning, 1963. Fifteen-year-old Kitty Doherty gives birth in a cold, unfriendly Irish convent. She knows her beautiful baby boy presents a huge danger to her family's Catholic community back in Liverpool's Four Streets. When her baby is adopted by a
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