Travel back to the 1960s and walk the halls of Chicagos Cook County Hospital with Douglas R. Gracey, a medical intern eager to learn the ways of medicine, help patients and impress his colleagues.Back then, medical education was different. Diagnosis was not so certain, treatment options were severely limited and patients, for the most part, expected less from their doctors.The patients at Cook County Hospital had to deal with poverty, racial discrimination and social stigma...

Roseanne Duncan witnesses her employer push his sickly wife down the staircase. Fearing she’ll have to testify against a prominent man in town, she’s given an ad for a mail-order bride in Dodge City. Believing this is a way for her to escape the possible danger of her employer, she travels to Dodge City and marries under the name of Abigail Johnson.Logan Granger is a Pinkerton Detective assigned to Dodge City area as an undercover bartender. When his mail-order bride, “Abby,” steps...

Suzanne Butler is saloon girl “Montana Sue” at the Lady Gay in Dodge City who has been hiding from an arranged marriage for over a year. Word has reached her that the man she spurned is on his way to Dodge City to reclaim her.Cyrus Kennedy is a widowed Texas cattle baron, expected to deliver his cattle to the stockyard in Dodge City, make arrangements with a new housekeeper and tutor for his ten year old son. He didn’t expect a former feisty saloon girl would be going back to Texas...

In the untamed wilderness of the Adirondack Mountains, a young woman named Ruth Alden embarks on a solitary journey to find solace and escape her troubled past. As she ventures deeper into the vast and unforgiving landscape, she encounters a mysterious stranger who challenges her beliefs and awakens a longing she never knew existed. Amidst the towering trees and cascading waterfalls, Ruth's path intertwines with that of a rugged mountain guide named John Cameron. Together, they navigate tr...

A thoroughly revised third edition of the acclaimed textbook for caregivers involved in the management of pregnant women with uncommon diseases or an unusual or rare condition. The book offers valuable case reports and experience collated by an international team of editors and contributors who are leading experts in the field. This edition contains five additional chapters covering topics like cardiac and neuraxial point of care ultrasound, substance abuse, rare inherited conditions, and ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live through someone else’s life? Literally? Have you? You time waster!Wonder no more.Have you ever wanted to enter an entirely new world?Well now you can -(Yes!) -And with your eyes closed!* - If you want?*As long as you’re not driving or doing a task that requires having your eyes open… fyi.A.K.A BLACKBIRD (A LIFE IN BITS) a Brand new Com!Listen - (carefully)- a little...

Abigail Johnson hadn’t expected that a lawman of the Wild West would ignite something in her she’d thought died along with her first husband. Now that they are married, he wants to take her into the Indian Territory.Gabe Hawkins aims to find what lies further beneath Abby’s matronly facade. When an order from the territory judge reassigns Gabe to Fred, Indian Territory, he and Abby are forced to start a new life away from civilization.When a gang of outlaws roll into town a...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession.**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the...

A New York Times bestsellerThe definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prize**–winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett**"Prodigiously researched . . . A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAfter decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious diseas...

A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D."The experience of being ill can be like waking up in a foreign country. Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through this other world as unknown as it is unexpected. When...

The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand—a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades—delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery.In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments...

CNACertified Nursing Assistant Exam CramLinda WhitentonMarty WalkerSucceed with topical reviews, practice exams, and preparation tools· Covers exactly what you need to know to score higher on your CNA exam· More than 150 sample test questions help you gain confidence and decide when you’re ready to take the actual exam· Simplifies key nursing assistant concepts and techniques for easy learning· Includes popular Cram Sheet tear...