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Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor.
Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights, and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his...
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"Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives. Celebrated...
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From New York Times bestselling author/illustrator team Kimberly and James Dean comes a new I Can Read story featuring everyone's favorite kitty, Pete the Kitty! This My First I Can Read book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.
Oh no! Pete the Kitty has a tummyache. Good thing his dad knows just what to do....
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A cross between Henry Beard's Latin for All Occasions and Ben Schott's Schott's Original Miscellany, JUST SAY NU is a practical guide to using Yiddish words and expressions in day-to-day situations. Along with enough grammar to enable readers to put together a comprehensible sentence and avoid embarrassing mistakes, Wex also explains the five most useful Yiddish words, shoyn, nu, epes, takeh, and nebakh, what they mean, how and when to use them, and...
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Puff is a lovely character who lives in every child's pillow and who children can turn to when scared and worried about something. In these stories Puff helps children confront a range of fears, such as being left with a baby sitter, going to the doctor, seeing shadows at night, eating food (such as broccoli), and fireworks.
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'What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.' -Oscar Wilde. The Price of Everything starts with a pretty simple premise. There is a price behind each choice-individual, collective, or national-that we make. Whether we're deciding whether or not to buy a cheeseburger, go to the doctor, go to college, or go to war, everything has its price. And Porter sets out to explore them all, seeking a broad understanding...
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"From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better healthcare. Let's face it: nobody likes going to the doctor. It can be uncomfortable, nerve wracking, expensive--and that's just for routine care! When it's an emergency--how do you choose between the ER, Urgent...
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If want to enrich your travels with the most popular and useful German phrases and vocabulary close at hand, then keep reading...
This phrasebook will help those who want to gain practical knowledge of the German language. It is the ideal companion for traveling to German-speaking countries, as it makes it easy to communicate without any knowledge of the language.
Clearly arranged according to situations, it offers practical help with the most important...
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Technology rules us as much as laws do. It shapes the legal, social, and ethical environments in which we act. Every time we cross a street, drive a car, or go to the doctor, we submit to the silent power of technology. Yet, much of the time, the influence of technology on our lives goes unchallenged by citizens and our elected representatives. Our embrace of novel technological pathways, Sheila Jasanoff shows, leads to a complex interplay among technology,...
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We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. We look for safety and forgiveness. But we forget that doctors, too, are often in need of forgiveness-from their patients...
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With her signature candor and wit, New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Moran attempts to answer society's weirdly unasked question: What About Men?
Like anyone who discusses the problems of girls and women in public, Caitlin Moran has often been confronted with the question: “But what about men?” And at first, tbh, she dgaf. Boys, and men, are fine, right? Feminism doesn't need to worry about them.
However, around the time she heard an...
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DISCOVER ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING BOOK IN UK, SPAIN, AND EEUU.
Hundreds of copies sold in their first month of launch.
SOLD IN DIFFERENT VERSIONS
Spanish/English version. Now we can enjoy the new version to learn Spanish
LEARN SPANISH IN RECORD TIME
John Galeano Has been teaching people and helping people with both Spanish/English languages by giving private lessons and publishing learning books for children and adults. With this book suitable for...
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For Healthcare Practitioners, an In-Depth Audio Workshop for Integrating Intuition into Your Healthcare Practice.
Doctors, nurses, bodyworkers, and therapists have all felt it at least once-the uncanny gut instinct about what's ailing a patient or client. But what if there were a way to consciously tap this intuitive power and make it a regular part of diagnosis and treatment? For more than 20 years, Dr. Judith Orloff has pioneered the use of intuition...
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If you're looking to learn German fast without having to go through boring textbooks, then keep reading...
Two manuscripts in one book:
German: Learn German for Beginners: A Simple Guide that Will Help You on Your Language Learning Journey
German Phrasebook: 2500 Super Helpful Phrases and Words You'll Want for Your Trip to Germany
Are you sick and tired of boring textbooks that take forever to get to something useful?
Have you tried learning...
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c2009
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Consists of video, audio, transcripts, and written lessons to teach basic English for work, home, and the community. Uses an immersion approach to cover a variety of situations encountered by new arrrivals in the United States. Intended for speakers of any language. Covers listening, speaking, reading, and writing English.
17) Treasure Island
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IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12
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"This special edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate adventure is packed with thrilling action and stunning illustrations. Follow young Jim Hawkins as he boards the Hispanola and sets sail across the high seas in search of buried treasure. Danger lies ahead as he encounters mutiny, murder, shipwreck and the mysterious Long John Silver." --P. [4] of cover.
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New York Times Bestseller
"An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page." —Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Shutter Island
"Imagine drifting off every night knowing that your memories will be wiped away by morning. That's the fate of Christine Lucas, whose bewildering internal world is rendered with chilling intimacy in
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Three best friends--Heather, who finally sees the beauty of family; Daphne, who is trying to fix her marriage after an emotional affair; and Tori, who has fallen in love with a longtime friend, navigate the joy, and heartache of letting people into their hearts for the very first time.
Heather is happy ... ish. She has a successful business, a cute but contemptuous cat, and best friends Daphne and Tori who know where she's broken and love her anyway....