Download or read book Doctors and Patients An Anthology written by Cecil Helman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a wonderful collection of stories about doctors and patients, including many by world-famous authors who were also physicians, such as Oliver Sacks, Anton Chekhov and Arthur Conan Doyle. Always moving, entertaining and informative, and sometimes troubling, these remarkable stories will appeal to anyone with an interest in health, illness and medical care. They also provide essential core material for those studying doctor-patient communication, the literature of medicine and medical humanities. The stories, some written from the doctor's viewpoint, some from that of the patient, illuminate the warmth and compassion - but also the many problems - in relationships between doctors and patients, both in the past and today. Doctors and Patients: an anthology is enjoyable, fascinating and enlightening - for oneself, and for friends and partners, whether healthcare professionals or interested general readers.

Download or read book Across the Threshold Into the Questions written by Caren Goldman and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers reflections on how the words of a first-century Jew can offer meaning, hope, and wholeness to readers today. Across the Threshold, into the Questions includes new encounters with Jesus and his parables and teachings from the Gospel stories in Mark, Matthew and Luke. This volume continues to build the strong foundation needed for another volume that uses Goldman and William Dols' method to explore the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas.

Download or read book Nothing Personal written by Mitzi Blennerhassett and published by Radcliffe Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a remarkable book. It is the story of just one person but it is repeated time and time again by many, all over the world. She has a complex but potentially curable cancer from the outset - one that requires a surgical intervention, radiotherapy and chemotherapy to treat optimally. So Mitzi experiences everything. With a young and very active family to look after, she has a lot to live for so how she deals with uncertainty is fascinating. The disruption to her life by the cancer and its treatment is massive and to add to it all she is going through a marital breakdown at the same time.I feel it's an incredible privilege to be allowed to follow her journey so closely. 'This is essential reading for all who deal with cancer patients - health professionals, politicians, health service developers, carers and, of course, patients themselves. It clearly gives us a distillation of what cancer patients want. We need to create a new network of modern cancer centres where the latest technology in radiotherapy and chemotherapy is seamlessly delivered in a comfortable, welcoming environment. Novel information technology can be used to link the centres so every patient will be monitored to get the best possible treatment.'

Download or read book The Act of Will written by Dorothy T. Firman and published by . This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Dr. Roberto Assagioli's second book on the psychological system he formulated known as Psychosynthesis. It continues where his first book left off and delves into the important process of willing as a psychological function based on a higher self rather on guilt or determination as in the Victorian concept of the will.

Download or read book From Ordinary to Awesome written by Renee M Shalhoub and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are one thought, one decision, one conversation, one action away from changing your life for the better - forever! Do you want things to remain the same? Or, do you want to look at the possibility of making small changes that can create a big difference in yourself and in your life? Think About It! Are you up to the challenge? Through a series of 86 active sections, each infused with insightful and inspiring quotations, the author encourages you to think about your life, your situations and your choices. Then as you continue on your journey of self-exploration the readings will spur you to envision new possibilities and prompt you to take action. The goal of the book is to create a path toward living an awesome life and get past an ordinary existence. Most of us tend to live average lives when we have the potential to live our best life which is awesome. From Ordinary to Awesome, gently encourages each reader to live to their fullest potential by making small shifts in their thinking which may result in big changes in everyday life. Open this book and open yourself to Awesomeness!

Download or read book My Grandfather s Blessings written by Rachel Naomi Remen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In My Grandfather's Blessings, Rachel Naomi Remen, a cancer physician and master storyteller, uses her luminous stories to remind us of the power of our kindness and the joy of being alive. Dr. Remen's grandfather, an orthodox rabbi and scholar of the Kabbalah, saw life as a web of connection and knew that everyone belonged to him, and that he belonged to everyone. He taught her that blessing one another is what fills our emptiness, heals our loneliness, and connects us more deeply to life. Life has given us many more blessings than we have allowed ourselves to receive. My Grandfather's Blessings is about how we can recognize and receive our blessings and bless the life in others. Serving others heals us. Through our service we will discover our own wholeness—and the way to restore hidden wholeness in the world.

Download or read book All Dreams on Deck written by Jeremy Cage and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set sail for the adventure of your life and work! As Katie Couric, journalist, author and Yahoo Global News Anchor attests, “Jeremy Cage has written a great book that everyone who thinks about how to better balance work-life issues would benefit from reading…he’s also shown us how to better navigate life’s personal and professional challenges.” All Dreams on Deck will help you articulate your most important dreams in work and life and will then give you a practical approach for realizing those dreams. Through engaging, real-life examples, you will be inspired to live life to your full potential. Author Jeremy Cage begins with the premise that there is no such thing as work–life balance. There is only life balance—of which work is an important part. With this as the foundation, he will guide you through a simple and actionable approach to determining the most important components of your life—the Grab Bags in your LifeBoat—then chart the course to making all the dreams in that LifeBoat a reality. Jeremy, who has lived and worked in nine countries, has used this approach to help thousands of executives, managers, and their teams unleash their potential. He has also realized his own dreams by taking a sixteen-month sabbatical to sail around the world with his family before returning to the US to launch several exciting new companies. So rather than theoretical mumbo jumbo, Jeremy presents compelling, real-life examples of how to dream specifically, get highly intentional about those dreams, plan and prepare well—then summon the courage to set sail.

Download or read book The Story of Young Minds written by Sumit Kumar and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you also have questions in your mind on seeing things that why is it like this? And then you start weaving a story in your mind that what if this happens? “The Story of Young Minds” is an exciting collection of science fiction stories that will take you on a journey through time and space. Explore the depths of the universe, travel through time, and discover new worlds with these imaginative and thought-provoking tales. This book offers a thrilling ride to a new world of imagination. From aliens to robots, and dystopian societies to the far reaches of outer space, these stories will surely captivate readers of all ages. Each story is crafted to inspire young minds and ignite a love for science fiction. The Story of Young Minds showcases the limitless potential of young writers and is a must-read for anyone who loves science fiction. Join these budding authors on their journey to the stars and beyond.

Download or read book A Journey to Seeking God Real or Myth written by Florence Gaspar Muzi and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story and now a speaker of God’s love and his empowerment bringing one around not only to the love of God but to work towards the image of his son in obedience and love of the Father, the goal is to love one another as he so love’s us, yes, sometimes difficult. I sit here in my little Eden – my backyard, I hear the mockingbird serenading in the background a gift from nature and God who has put joy back into my life and love. I comfortably write these words from witness of my children and myself; it is my hope that everyone that reads and witnesses God’s supernatural will share it with another and another and another; that we will speak freely the full story of witness. Perhaps the atheists who believe they can do it alone and in their last moments of life call for a priest, suddenly there not sure God is real and there. A change of heart is different from a change of mind – – think.

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Download or read book The Night Land written by William Hope Hodgson and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2020-04-14T21:13:11Z with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Night Land is science fiction ahead of its time. Published in 1912, the book introduces a 17th-century gentleman who loses his wife. He soon discovers himself somehow reanimated in Earth’s far future, millions of years from now, when the sun has died and the Earth has become a hellish waste. What remains of humanity lives in titanic mile-high pyramids surrounded by energy shields to protect them from the abhuman monsters lurking in the darkness. The human survivors soon receive a distress signal sent by a long-forgotten lesser pyramid, and the narrator embarks on a bloody quest to rescue the maiden of the pyramid—which he knows to be his lost love, somehow transcending time and space. On his journey the narrator is beset by countless horrifying monsters, many of them mutated former-humans. These depictions are so singular that H. P. Lovecraft called The Night Land “one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written.” The novel is unique in its farsighted depiction of technology. The narrator has telepathic powers and is able to communicate with others over long distances. These powers are enabled by his “brain elements,” which are possibly surgically-implanted. Telepathic communications may be spied upon by the monsters of the waste, but a “master word” sent by the caller may verify the integrity of the signal—a description of a kind of early public-key cryptography. The narrator survives on food pellets and “powdered water,” predicting a kind of astronaut food. His weapon of choice is a Diskos, a kind of whirling razor-sharp blade that shoots fire and energy. The machines and force fields of the human pyramid monument are powered by “Earth current,” which the narrator worries is slowly becoming dimmer over the years. The pyramid itself is a jewel of imagination: described as miles wide and miles high, each layer is its own city, and it continues deep underground where artificial grow chambers provide food for millions of humans. Though the novel maintains a sort of legendary status for its grim and imaginative depiction of a monstrous future world, critics acknowledge the work as a flawed masterpiece. The narrative is written in a highly affected style, perhaps meant to emulate 17th century speech, or perhaps meant to be a stylized form of speech used by far-future humans. In any case, it resembles no real style of English, past or present. While some critics praise this style as uniquely atmospheric, others point to it, along with the lack of dialog or proper names, as some of the book’s more difficult aspects. Critics also frequently cite the book’s highly repetitious nature, simplistic characterization, and inordinate length—nearly 200,000 words—as major flaws. But despite whatever flaws the novel may have, the awesome vision of The Night Land remains a marvel to behold. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Download or read book Bloodwinter written by Tom Deitz and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2000 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of a powerful gemstone leads to a desperate conflict between Ixti, an overpopulated desert kingdom, and Eron, a snowy land trying to cope with a deadly plague.

Download or read book The Pumpkins Have Eyes Haloween Collection written by Wilhelm Hauff and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 6255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trick or Treat! Get a worm cup of tea, curl by the fire, and enjoy the cold chills of this meticulously edited horror collection, jam-packed with the darkest mysteries, supernatural thrillers and gothic romances: James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Fall of the House of Usher The Cask of Amontillado The Masque of the Red Death The Murders in the Rue Morgue Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal The Evil Eye John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula Théophile Gautier: Clarimonde The Mummy's Foot Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Spectre Bridegroom Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror From Beyond M. R. James: Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book Lost Hearts Wilkie Collins: The Haunted Hotel The Dead Secret E. F. Benson: The Room in the Tower The Terror by Night Nathaniel Hawthorne: Rappaccini's Daughter Ambrose Bierce: The Death of Halpin Frayser One Summer Night Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Three Impostors William Hope Hodgson: The House on the Borderland The Night Land Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder M. P. Shiel: Shapes in the Fire Arthur Conan Doyle: The Leather Funnel The Beetle Hunter Ralph Adams Cram: Black Spirits and White Grant Allen: The Reverend John Creedy Dr. Greatrex's Engagement Richard Marsh: The Beetle Thomas Hardy: What the Shepherd Saw The Grave by the Handpost Charles Dickens: The Signal-Man The Hanged Man's Bride Guy de Maupassant: The Horla The Flayed Hand Pedro De Alarçon: The Nail Walter Hubbell: The Great Amherst Mystery Francis Marion Crawford: The Dead Smile The Screaming Skull Man Overboard! For The Blood is the Life The Upper Berth By The Water of Paradise The Doll's Ghost John Buchan: No-Man's-Land The Watcher by the Threshold The Monkey's Paw The Severed Hand The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House The Apparition of Mrs. Veal (Daniel Defoe) When the World Was Young (Jack London)...

Download or read book Redemption Redeemed etc A little modernised and abridged by J Bates written by John GOODWIN (Vicar of St. Stephen's, Coleman Street.) and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pumpkins Glow 200 Eerie Tales for Halloween written by Wilhelm Hauff and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 6245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Fall of the House of Usher The Cask of Amontillado The Masque of the Red Death The Murders in the Rue Morgue Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal The Evil Eye John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula Théophile Gautier: Clarimonde The Mummy's Foot Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Spectre Bridegroom Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror From Beyond M. R. James: Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book Lost Hearts Wilkie Collins: The Haunted Hotel The Dead Secret E. F. Benson: The Room in the Tower The Terror by Night Nathaniel Hawthorne: Rappaccini's Daughter Ambrose Bierce: The Death of Halpin Frayser One Summer Night Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Three Impostors William Hope Hodgson: The House on the Borderland The Night Land Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder M. P. Shiel: Shapes in the Fire Arthur Conan Doyle: The Leather Funnel The Beetle Hunter Ralph Adams Cram: Black Spirits and White Grant Allen: The Reverend John Creedy Dr. Greatrex's Engagement Richard Marsh: The Beetle Thomas Hardy: What the Shepherd Saw The Grave by the Handpost Charles Dickens: The Signal-Man The Hanged Man's Bride Guy de Maupassant: The Horla The Flayed Hand Pedro De Alarçon: The Nail Walter Hubbell: The Great Amherst Mystery Francis Marion Crawford: The Dead Smile The Screaming Skull Man Overboard! For The Blood is the Life The Upper Berth By The Water of Paradise The Doll's Ghost John Buchan: No-Man's-Land The Watcher by the Threshold The Monkey's Paw The Severed Hand The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House The Apparition of Mrs. Veal (Daniel Defoe)

Download or read book Halloween Boxed Set 200 Horror Classics Supernatural Mysteries written by Wilhelm Hauff and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 6253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Halloween Boxed Set: 200+ Horror Classics & Supernatural Mysteries' serves as a monumental gathering of the eerie, the spectral, and the outright terrifying, spanning across centuries of literary tradition. With an incredible breadth of styles from gothic to psychological horror, and supernatural to the cosmic, this collection weaves diverse strands of horror literature into a cohesive tapestry that highlights the evolution of the genre. The anthology showcases seminal works that have defined horror, alongside lesser-known gems that provide fresh perspectives, thereby offering readers a comprehensive journey through the shadows of literary brilliance. The assemblage of authors represented in this collection reads like a veritable who's who of literary giants, ranging from the dark romanticism of Edgar Allan Poe to the cosmic dread of H.P. Lovecraft, alongside pivotal figures like Mary Shelley, whose 'Frankenstein' arguably birthed the genre of science fiction horror. This gathering of voices, each contributing uniquely to their era's stylistic and thematic concerns, mirrors significant cultural and literary movements from the enlightenment's engagement with the supernatural to the modernist exploration of existential dread. Their collective works serve not just as entertainment but as cultural documents that reflect humanity's perennial fascination with the macabre. For aficionados of horror and students of literature alike, the 'Halloween Boxed Set' presents an unparalleled opportunity to explore the depths of human fear, imagination, and our fascination with the supernatural. It promises not just moments of gripping terror but a profound engagement with the questions that haunt the human condition. This anthology is not just a collection of stories; it is an invitation to traverse centuries of horror writing, engaging with the phantoms birthed by some of literature's most brilliant minds. Its a must-read for those looking to immerse themselves in the rich tapestry of horror literature, offering endless nights of wide-eyed wonder and bone-chilling excitement.

Download or read book Wild West to Agile written by Jim Highsmith and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild West to Agile: The evolution and revolution of software development, drawn from personal experience, from the Apollo moon mission to digital transformations. In 2023, "technology is your business--no matter what your business." But how did we get here and how could a historical perspective prepare us for the future? Jim Highsmith tackles the evolution and revolution of software development, embellishes them with personal experiences, from the Apollo moon mission to modern digital transformations, and introduces the adventurous pioneers--from structured era developer Ken Orr to Agile methodologist Kent Beck--who strived to make the world a better place, by building better software. Jim's six-decade career has encompassed the Wild West (1966-1979), to Structured Methods and Monumental Methodologies (1980s), to the Roots of Agile (1990s), to the present Agile Era (2001-present). In each era, he explores the evolution of software development methods, methodologies, and mindsets. Whether you are from the 1970-1980's generation looking for an "I was there too" moment, a newer generation interested in the evolution of software development, the Agile generation interested in how Agile methodologies were born and evolved, or have a general interest in information technology, Wild West to Agile has something for you. "Jim Highsmith is the Forrest Gump of software development. What made the 1994 movie so entertaining was how frequently Forrest found himself in the right spot as history was being made. Unlike Forrest, though, Jim's actions influenced that history." --Mike Cohn, cofounder of the Agile Alliance, and the Scrum Alliance; author of Succeeding with Agile "If you want to understand the shape of software development today, this is the book for you. If you want to understand how to navigate a turbulent career with grace & style, this is also the book for you. If you enjoy memoirs, ditto. Enjoy his story." --Kent Beck, Chief Scientist, Mechanical Orchard; author, Extreme Programming Explained "This entire journey--beginning with the Wild West era of software development through the Agile Era to today's Digital Transformation era--is entirely empowered by people. Thank you, Jim, for sharing these beautiful stories and honoring the people that were a part of this amazing journey." --Heidi J. Musser, Vice President and CIO, USAA, retired "I've always felt that understanding history is important, because it's hard to understand where we are unless you understand the path that we took to get here. Jim's memoir is an entertaining and astute odyssey through this history." --Martin Fowler, Chief Scientist, Thoughtworks