AprilI dropped a bomb on my boss/secret lover and ran. It was a cowardly move, but what else was I supposed to do? I found out I was pregnant and freaked out. He doesn't do relationships so there's no way he'll want a baby. When he doesn't come after me, and I don't hear from him, I fear I'm going to be a single mother. This is what I get for falling for a man I wasn't supposed to-- an emotionally unavailable man. He says he cares about me but I want more than that....

The Last Book Of "At The Boss's Pleasure" Series..ZacMy entire life took a drastic turn. I was a man who'd shunned romantic long-term relationships--because that's what emotionally scarred and hardened men did. Then, all of a sudden I was having a baby with a woman who I realized I couldn't live without. Was I in love? I didn't hate the idea. One problem: I didn't come to my senses until the woman I realized I love walked out on me. Now, I have to do everyth...

Leda finally has her own clothing boutique in New York City. Business is booming and she's at the start of a huge fashion career. As long as big-time real estate mogul Spencer Mullins doesn't ruin all her dreams.Spencer is a no-nonsense CEO with a reputation for destroying small businesses as he capitalizes on the real estate boom. He's ruthless and only focused on making the deals until he meets Leda. She's managed to catch his eye and that spark might even save her business....

Don Blossom, a certified pediatrician for more than four decades, relives a personal journey from childhood through a long career in medicine. Occasionally, over the course of his career, he came to think of himself as a curandero, a folk healer who serves Native Americans and Hispanic America.Before he found his calling, however, Blossom had to survive his youthful exuberance including a tour overseas as a US Army Special Forces paratrooper. After several months, he yearned to cat...

More than thirty years after the publication of his acclaimed memoir The Eden Express, Mark Vonnegut continues his story in this searingly funny, iconoclastic account of coping with mental illness, finding his calling, and learning that willpower isn’t nearly enough.Here is Mark’s life childhood as the son of a struggling writer, as well as the world after Mark was released from a mental hospital. At the late age of twenty-eight and after nineteen rejections, he is finally...

An inspiring, surprising, sometimes shocking, and ultimately deeply informative memoir of the high-stakes, high-pressured life of a female heart surgeonDr. Kathy Magliato is one of the few female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. She is also a member of an even more exclusive group—those surgeons specially trained to perform heart transplants. Heart Matters is the story of the making of a surgeon who is also a wife and mother. In this powerful and moving memoir...

2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction“No one writes about medicine as a human subject as well as Atul Gawande. His stories about becoming a surgeon are scary, funny, absorbing....Complications is a uniquely soulful book about the science of mending bodies.” —Adam Gopnik, author of Paris to the MoonIn gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinchi...

**This riveting book from a bestselling author and neurosurgeon explores the unbelievable science that has saved lives and made recovery possible despite all odds."An exciting medical thriller with the compassion, hope, excitement and aspiration that define Sanjay." —Lance Armstrong, Olympic athlete**An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect. A skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake. A comatose brain surgery patient whom doctors have declared a "vegetable".

Ride in the back of the ambulance with Sherry Jones MayoShare the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encountertrauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor. Sherry Jones Mayo has beenan Emergency Medical Technician, Emergerncy Room Nurse, and an on-scene criticalincident debriefer for Hurricane Katrina. Most people who have observed orexperienced physical, mental or emotional crisis have single perspectives. Thisbook allows readers to s...

Vital signs of hope and humanityThey are the unsung heroes of health care, putting their own lives at risk to provide support and comfort to those who need it most. Registered nurse Michael Brown has interviewed over fifty practicing nurses, spanning forty-one states and most nursing specialties. In Nurses: The Human Touch, he takes you to the front lines of his profession, where split-second, life-and-death decisions are made every day.You’ll expe...

'This haunting story, penned by a master wordsmith, is a reminder to savor every loved one and every day.' BooklistIndie Next Pick "For Reading Groups"From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard, a memoir about discovering strength in the midst of great loss--"heart wrenching, inspiring, full of joy and tears and life." (Anne Lamott)In 2011, when she was in her late fifties, beloved author...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Say Goodbye to Back Pain! is full of inspirational stories and practical medical information and advice. This new book with Harvard Medical School will help readers with back pain, whether it is occasional or chronic.Almost everyone experiences back pain at some point in their lives. Many people suffer far more than they need to and are looking for help. This book offers that help, combining inspiring and comforting Chicken Soup ...