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"Jezebel": In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back. "Dark victory": A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity. "All this, and heaven too": A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever....
84) Mom goes to war
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"An unspeakable illness: cancer. A mother who wants to explain to her children what is happening, and how their lives will change over the coming months... A queen who begins a lengthy war with many battles, together with an army of allies who will fight unconditionally by her side. Mom Goes to War is a tale that takes children and adults on a fascinating, adventure-filled journey through the human body. It is a story full of positive energy, which...
85) Jack has a plan
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"Jack Tuller's career as a budding San Francisco musician was altered in 1994 when he was diagnosed with a terminal condition and given six months to live. Jack Has a Plan tells the story of the following 25 years as Jack dodges one bullet after the next. He somehow turns his predicament into a Left Coast art-performance project complete with experimental movies, diaries, and funky dance moves. Finally, Jack engineers a graceful exit from life's stage....
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"Bruno ya no es un niño y todavía no es adolescente, pero está en la época más difícil de toda su vida. Nació en México y vive en Nueva Zelanda, el país más remoto del mundo. Bruno es un gran pesimista. Mientras su vida transcurre entre dudas y premoniciones, escribe en su diario todos sus pensamientos, para intentar comprenderse a sí mismo. Hasta que conoce a Maya, una simpática niña chilena de su misma edad y comienza a pensar en ella...
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"A look at the future of medicine based on cutting-edge stem cell research. Shares Dr. Biava's groundbreaking research on stem cell differentiation stage factors (SCDSFs) as a cellular "reprogramming" treatment for cancer and other degenerative diseases such as psoriasis and Parkinson's. Explains how SCDSFs restore communication between cells and the epigenetic code, the information that programs the normal function and growth of every living cell....
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"Diagnostic Pathology: Familial Cancer Syndromes features a comprehensive review of the top 56 inherited tumor syndromes associated with neoplasms, which every surgical pathologists diagnoses in their daily sign-out practice. With over 175 chapters and written by well-known experts in the field, this book seeks to help surgical pathologists, clinicians, fellows, and residents understand the critical differences in diagnosing familial tumors and differentiating...
90) Destellos
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"Moon es todo lo que Christine no es: impulsiva, segura y creativa. A pesar de haber crecido en la misma comunidad chino-americana, no pueden ser má distintas. Pero pronto se convierten en las mejores amigas, compartiendo su pasión por el K-Pop y pintándose las uñas cuando sus padres no las ven. Un día. Moon le cuenta a Christine que veces tiene visiones, unos destellos en forma de ángeles que le susurran un mensaje desde las estrellas: la Tierra...
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"Paul Marks M.D., President Emeritus of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Hospital, attributes the elusive nature of cancer's cure to its inherently anarchic processes. In 1950, the discovery of cancer was all but a death sentence. By 1980, 214 of every 100,000 Americans died from cancer. As late as 1986, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed the less-than-optimistic outlook cancer research, publishing the condemning sentence: "We...
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When Leandra travels to New England to help her sister Pammy through a difficult pregnancy, she meets the love of her life, Pammy's husband, Wim. The baby dies a few hours after his birth and Wim and Leandra find consolation in each other's arms. Pammy commits suicide and a guilt-ridden Leandra returns to her life repairing antique dolls in North Carolina. Ten years later, a dying Wim seeks refuge with Leandra one last time.