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"An arresting new memoir . . . " —Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air Beverly Donofrio, author of Riding in Cars with Boys, says "Dizzy is a testament to the power of hope. Weaver's courage and strength are so inspiring they encourage the same in the reader. If all of that isn't enough, the...

This is the story of a boy from a small Irish village who became an adventurer, a humanitarian and a doctor to the stars. Part travelogue, part thriller, part celebrity tell-all, you've never found anything quite like it.

An einem Samstagnachmittag im Juli 2024 verändert sich für Sandra Seidenberg, 55 Jahre, innerhalb weniger Stunden alles. Was als Kribbeln in der Hüfte beginnt, wird zur vollständigen Lähmung. Die Diagnose: Rückenmarksinfarkt, eine seltene Erkrankung. Bei lediglich 1% aller Schlaganfälle...

"Inspiring, heartfelt, and brutally honest at times, this is a book that will give women and those who care about them the strength and motivation to persevere . . ."—Seattle Book Review What was it like to survive an illegal abortion, come out as a lesbian, and train to become a doctor in the...

When Patti Bevilacqua woke up one ordinary morning with double vision, she didn't know it was the first of many invisible battles. Within months she had lost the teaching career she loved, moved back to her parents' home to recover, and wondered if her future had just vanished. What followed could have been a story of defeat—but Patti chose a different script. In this candid, hope-filled memoir, Patti invites you on a ride that's equal parts raw, hilarious, and deeply inspiring.

Full of unforgettable encounters, Far and Wild shines a light on the deep bond between humans and animals and celebrates empathy, connection, and the extraordinary impact one person can have on the world In this charming memoir, Dr. Cliff opens up about his life and travels as a veterinarian without borders, sharing insights from his surprising, funny, sometimes heart-wrenching, and often dangerous work.

Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Prompted by his retirement from his full-time job in the NHS, and through his continuing work in Nepal and Ukraine, Henry has been forced to reflect more deeply about what 40 years spent handling the human brain has taught him.

Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb...

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘I feel like there’s a leopard in my house, locked in a room. I’ve contacted the leopard authorities and they assure me they are used to dealing with leopards like this, and they have a plan for removing the leopard. It will take a while, though, and once in a...

Fans of Oliver Sacks and Gabor Maté will be intrigued by this journey into the human brain, full of fascinating stories—both personal and professional—by a neurologist who’s dedicated her life to understanding the body’s most complex organ.

When Nick learns that his father’s been diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer, he begins a painful journey from trying to save his father to simply loving him. As the disease progresses, he must confront his sexual compulsions, fear of abandonment, and the possibility that the man he has always relied on to fix things may soon be gone.

We are told that time heals all wounds. While time is an unavoidable aspect of any healing process, with brain injury, that approach is not only dismissive, but it can be dangerously misleading. For half a century, Dr. Ingryd Lorenzana navigated the lonely aftermath of a childhood head injury...

From an ER physician and survivor of private violence comes a surprising, unflinching debut literary memoir that takes us behind the scenes of the emergency department—where her patients are wrestling with what feels unspeakable, and so is she. Told with dark humor and hard-won honesty, Dr. Anne Aspler brings listeners into the chaotic world of emergency medicine—and the quieter, messier work of healing her own past.

Read by the author and father of young Jimmy and Stewart, Ten Thousand Jupiters, A Memoir, provides an intimate look at the world of childhood cancer in 1992. Diagnosed with what doctors at Texas Children's Hospital call, "the best childhood cancer," young Stewart pushes the envelope in cancer research by participating in a "conscious sedation" study that forever changes hospital protocols for young children during bone marrow tests and spinal taps.

Lynette Charity’s grit, grief, and gratitude will have readers rooting for this timeless memoir about growing up in the early ‘60s South and overcoming all the odds against her to become a doctor in a time when the idea of a Black woman physician was practically unheard of. At nine years old...

Dr. Wayne Z. Burkhead Jr. is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in shoulder disorders, and being special, in Dallas, Texas. He has lectured on an international level designed medical devices, and authored book chapters, scientific papers, and a Textbook, Rotator Cuff Disorders. As a youth, he fancied himself an artist but, ended up sculpting bones. He also fancied himself a musician but lacked talent. He never fancied himself as a doctor, especially a surgeon.

In Tainted Love: A Bipolar Memoir, one impulsive decision sets in motion the compounding chaos and allure of four love stories—igniting in seduction and collapsing in disillusionment.

He was not a doctor. He was admitted to the Academy of Medicine by a majority of exactly one vote, and once, after explaining to that same Academy where chicken cholera comes from, he was challenged to a duel by an eighty-year-old orthopedic surgeon who did not believe in germs and did not intend to start. Louis Pasteur also saved more human lives than anyone else alive in his century. The Invisible World follows him from a tanner's yard in the Jura to a crypt lined with gold mosaic, and argues that everything he did came out of a single stubborn conviction formed when he was twenty-five...

When Hassan Torabi arrived in Denmark as a refugee from Iran, he quickly became the big hope of the local wrestling club. When he participated in the first Danish reality TV show, the Danish version of “Survivor”, he became known throughout the country as the warm and helpful man who had...

Wir erleben einen radikalen globalen Stimmungswechsel. Die Gewissheiten der letzten Jahrzehnte bröckeln, und viele von uns blicken mit Sorge auf eine Welt, die zunehmend unvorhersehbar scheint. In seinem beeindruckenden Sachhörbuch-Debüt entwirft der Host des Erfolgspodcasts Die Peter Thiel Story ein hellwichtiges Szenario für die Zeit nach der Krise.