A Nurse's Story
Written by Tilda Shalof
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2005
Price: $16.99
The team of nurses that Tilda Shalof found herself working with in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a big-city hospital was known as “Laura’s Line.” They were a bit wild: smart, funny, disrespectful of authority, but also caring and incredibly committed to their jobs. Laura set the tone with her...
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Seeing Voices
Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2000
Price: $15.00
Like
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In
Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of...
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Help Me Live, Revised
20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know
Written by Lori Hope
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $13.99
Almost all of us know someone with cancer. And, of course, we want nothing more than to offer comfort and support, and foster hope. But we don’t always know how—and may feel uncomfortable asking. Following her own treatment for cancer, Lori Hope created a survey for cancer survivors addressing issues they wanted...
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Complete Book of Chinese Health
Written by Daniel Reid
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: December 5, 1994
Price: $24.95
Here is the first complete manual of Chinese medicine specifically written for the layperson. Filled with illustrated exercises and recipes, this book offers a unique, integrated system of preventive health care so that now anyone can promote good health, longevity, and spiritual awareness using these traditional techniques.
Included are:
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales
The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist
Written by William R. Maples and Michael Browning
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 15, 1995
Price: $15.95
From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, Dr. William Maples can deduce the age, gender, and ethnicity of a murder victim, the manner in which the person was dispatched, and, ultimately, the identity of the killer. In
Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Dr. Maples revisits his strangest, most...
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The Knife Man
Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
Written by Wendy Moore
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $16.00
In an era when bloodletting was considered a cure for everything from colds to smallpox, surgeon John Hunter was a medical innovator, an eccentric, and the person to whom anyone who has ever had surgery probably owes his or her life. In this sensational and macabre story, we meet the surgeon...
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The Concise Book of Muscles, Second Edition
Written by Chris Jarmey
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $24.99
A clear, simple guide for students of anatomy as well as an excellent resource for athletes, massage therapists, and anyone interested in the workings of the human body, this user-friendly book is organized around six muscle groups. They include muscles of the face head, and neck; the trunk; the shoulder and...
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A Consultation With the Back Doctor
Written by Hamilton Hall
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $19.99
The latest advice from the original bestselling Back Doctor
Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Hamilton Hall wrote the book that changed the way back-pain sufferers deal with their affliction. In
The Back Doctor, he advocated activity instead of bed rest. In place of braces and girdles, he suggested that patients follow a program...
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