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They Call Me Dr. P.
Reflections on My Life and Times as a Combat Doctor and Flight Surgeon in the U.S. Military
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As I approached the first building in my direction, something caught my eye to my right, to the north, where there was a small dirt yard of sorts. I spied the burnt-out and mangled hull of a Cougar 4 x 4 MRAP tactical vehicle that appeared to...
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Brave Cuts
A Heart Surgeon’s Journey through Purpose, Pain, Conviction, and Healing
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Dr. Sanjiv K. Gandhi spent decades working inside operating rooms where children’s lives literally hung in the balance. In this brave, unflinching memoir, he opens up about the scalpel-edge decisions that defined his career as a pediatric cardiac...
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From Pediatrics to Medical Genetics
An Irish Doctor’s Journey
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A chronicle of R. Brian Lowry’s long and full life, From Pediatrics to Medical Genetics: An Irish Doctor’s Journey spans Lowry’s experiences in wartime Belfast through his more than six decades devoted to medicine, and his role in the pioneering...
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Resilience in Residence
A Story of Survival, Strength, and the Pursuit of a Life Worth Living.
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Ever looked at someone and wondered, How did they survive that? Want to know what it really takes to rebuild a life from the inside out? Resilience in Residence isn’t just Ness Mickey’s story of survival—it’s a guide for reclaiming your life and...
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Family Shattered
A Daughter's Heartbreak Through Elder Manipulation and Exploitation
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“So,” I would ask, again and again, “you actually believe this is acceptable? That it’s normal for a caregiver to become this embedded, this involved?” The worst part was hearing it from the people closest to me. “But your dad seems happy,”...
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A Journey in Surgery
The Memoir of a Canadian Surgeon
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The pathway to a career isn’t always straightforward. Not everyone dreams of becoming a doctor, let alone a surgeon, since childhood. Author Dennis Pitt certainly didn’t. Like his grandfather and parents, Dennis had his sights set on a career in...
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Sangano
The Meeting of Things
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Who am I? How did I get here? Have I arrived? After a lifetime of struggle, perseverance, and faith, these are the questions Norman Nhamu Musewe finds himself asking and the reason he wrote this memoir. Norman knew from a young age he wanted to...
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Tiffany Skin
A Caregiver's Gift
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September 24, 2011 began as a regular Saturday for the Easter family. Muffins were baking, chores were being done, and a shopping excursion was planned for the afternoon. June and Vance Easter lived an idyllic life in O’Leary, Prince Edward...
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Instinctive Measures
The Guinea Pig Soldiers and the Poison Pill
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When the battle ends, the real fight begins. For Stephen Beardwood, the war didn't stop when he returned home from deployment. Having been administered mefloquine, a controversial drug that had not passed clinical trials, he faced a different...
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Dancing with Rejection: A Beginner's Guide to Immortality
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In 1979, at age 19, Michael Gaudet was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure. Thanks to a kidney transplant from his brother, Michael survived and later rose to prominence as a Canadian painter of monumental murals. Dancing With Rejection: A...
