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"Since her brother took his life after WWI, Ruth Emeraldine has had one goal: to help those suffering from mental illness. Then she falls in love with charismatic Robert Apter--a brilliant doctor championing a radical new treatment, the lobotomy. Ruth believes in it as a miracle treatment and in Robert as its genius pioneer. But as her husband spirals into deluded megalomania, Ruth can't ignore her growing suspicions. Robert is operating on patients...
22) Proof of heaven
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Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander argued against near-death experiences until a rare illness forced him into a coma for seven days. When he came to, Alexander recounted his journey into new realms of existence, where he met an angelic being not of this world.
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A veces, quien más te quiere es quién más daño te hace. Lily no siempre lo ha tenido fácil. Por eso, su idílica relación con un magnífico neurocirujano llamado Ryle Kincaid, parece demasiado buena para ser verdad. Cuando Atlas, su primer amor, reaparece repentinamente y Ryle comienza a mostrar su verdadera cara, todo lo que Lily ha construido con él se ve amenazado.
"Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most. Lily hasn't...
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"Dr. Myron Rolle--neurosurgery resident, Rhodes Scholar, former NFL player--shares how the strong work ethic, faith, and family values instilled in him by his immigrant parents and older brothers combined with a simple-yet-transformative life philosophy to enable him to overcome adversity, defy expectations, and build a life of meaning and purpose"--
25) It ends with us
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"Czasem te osoby, które najmocniej nas kochają, potrafią też najmocniej ranić. Lily Bloom zawsze płynie pod prąd. Nic dziwnego, że otworzyła kwiaciarnię dla osób, które... nie lubią kwiatów, i prowadzi ją z pasją i sukcesami. Gdy poznaje przystojnego lekarza Ryle'a Kincaida i rodzi się między nimi wzajemna fascynacja, Lily jest przekonana, że jej życie nie może być już lepsze. Tak mogłaby skończyć się ta historia. Jednak...
26) Dang hu xi hua wei kong qi: yi wei tian cai shen jing wai ke yi shi zui hou de sheng ming dong cha
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Ren sheng gu wen volume 238
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From Inner-City Nobody to Brilliant Neurosurgeon When Ben Carson was in school, his classmates called him the class dummy. Many-including Ben himself-doubted that he would ever amount to anything. But his mother never let him quit. She encouraged Ben to do better and reach higher for his dreams, and eventually he discovered a deep love of learning. Today this young boy from the inner-city is one of the world's greatest pediatric neurosurgeons. Through...
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"Like most Americans, you might think of Ben Carson as a trailblazing brain surgeon and, in the last few years, as an outspoken commentator on national issues. But his wife of more than forty years knows him as so much more: a loving husband, a devoted father, a devout Christian, a committed philanthropist, and a fierce patriot. Now Candy Carson introduces us to the private side of a very public figure as she shares the inspiring story of their marriage...
29) Only love
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A wealthy man with a critically ill wife seeks the help of Matthew Hiller, a world-class neurosurgeon with a thriving practice. In addition to facing a difficult professional challenge, Matthew confronts the most brutal emotional crisis of his life: the lovely patient, Silvia, was his lover years ago. Fighting to save her, Matthew recalls their first meeting in Paris and the sadness that ensued. Will he operate successfully only to lose her again,...
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In this medical memoir, Dr. Friedman recounts the humorous, tragic, and always intense relationships of neurosurgeons to their colleagues and patients. He details what it takes to become a leading neurosurgeon and deal with deadly brain diseases and their devastating complications. He discusses topics such as universal health care, how the mind works, why trigeminal neuralgia is called the "suicide disease," and how we will ultimately cure cancer...
31) Dr. Death
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"Based on the hit podcast from Wondery, Dr. Death tells the shocking true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a seemingly bright, young neurosurgeon with a thriving medical practice. But all is not as it seems. When a growing number of Dr. Duntsch's defenseless patients end up permanently maimed or worse, two fellow physicians, neurosurgeons Robert Henderson and vascular surgeon Randall Kirby, attempt to stop him before he causes any more harm"--Container....
32) Gifted hands
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Follows the life of Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, who overcame problems in school and obstacles in life to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon. His lifelong journey led him to become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, a bestselling author, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Includes behind-the-scenes, and featurettes.
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"In this unforgettable new novel, Francis Ray delivers an emotionally powerful tale about the families we build, the choices we make, and how we find love and family along the way."--Provided by publisher.
Cade's adoptive father was a cruel, bitter man who only told Cade that he was the bastard of a rich society family. Now a successful neurosurgeon, Cade still wants answers about where he came from. What he doesn't expect to find is that Sabrina,...
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"Dr. Ben Carson is known around the world for breakthroughs in neurosurgery that have brought hope where no hope existed. In 'Gifted Hands', he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions at age thirty-three. Taking you into the operating room where he has saved countless lives, Ben Carson is a role model for anyone who attempts...
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Brilliant brain surgeon Banzai just made scientific history. Shifting his Oscillation Overthruster into warp speed, he's the first man ever to travel to the Eighth Dimension and come back sane! But when his sworn enemy, the demented Dr. Lizardo, devises a plot to steal the Overthruster and bring an evil army of aliens back to destroy Earth, Buckaroo goes cranium to cranium with the madman in an extra-dimensional battle that could result in total annihilation...
36) Taken hostage
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When neurosurgeon Regan Lockhart's daughter is kidnapped, the abductors want to make a deal for the little girl's life. If she wishes to ever see her child again, Regan must hand over the virus she uses in a radical cancer treatment. But bounty hunter Colby Waterson can't let her trade the cure, which is his sister's last hope. He's already lost a wife and baby, and he won't lose anyone else. But when a mistake leads both him and Regan into the hands...
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"The mesmerizing biography of a brilliant and eccentric surgeon and his quest to transplant the human soul. In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate scientific rivalry birthed a different kind of space race: not the race to outer space that we all know, but a race to master the inner space of the human body. While surgeons on either side of the Iron Curtain competed to become the first to transplant organs like the kidney and heart,...
39) Elysium tide
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"Dr. Peter Chesterfield is the top neurosurgeon at the Royal London Hospital. He's also a workaholic, and after a blow-up with a colleague, his boss orders him to attend a medical symposium at the luxurious Elysium Grand on the island of Maui. During a midnight walk on the beach, Peter pulls a woman with a skull fracture from the water. Despite all his skill, she dies in his arms, leaving him with only one clue to what happened to her: the word honu....
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The human brain is a powerful organ. There s so much we don t know about how it works; what we do know is astounding. For example, information in your brain can move as fast as 265 miles (425 km) per hour faster than a racecar! This truly entertaining and informative volume is full of fascinating facts about the human brain for the brain surgeons of tomorrow. They ll learn how we know about the brain, what we re trying to learn, and even the basics...