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If you've ever wondered what it's like working at a hospital Level 1 trauma center, this book offers unfiltered, true stories that occurred during a surgeon's first year of training. The book offers insight into 21st-century modern health care and the state of society. You will laugh, cry, and question your beliefs about the health-care system and patients. Listen to this before you go to the doctor the next time, and share this information with your family.

It was February 2020 when Ed O’Loughlin unexpectedly heard that Charlotte, a friend from the old days, had just died young and before her time. He realised that he was being led to reappraise his life, his family, and his career as a foreign correspondent and novelist in a new, colder light. This search for meaning becomes the driving theme of O’Loughlin’s year of confinement. The result is a haunting examination of the author’s early life and love.

Joe Market makes his living by panhandling cars while he tries to suppress trauma. On her 80th birthday, Alice awaits a visit from her daughter. Karen's mother expects her to give up her life to care for her. As a hospice patient, Jane struggles to leave a legacy. Two women struggle with hearing child abuse in a neighbour's apartment. In each story, the characters grapple with a problem that can haunt them or provide salvation.

This is a new edition of Twelve Years a Slave originally published in 1853 by Sampson Low, Son & Company, of London, England. A fascinating memoir of one man’s fight for survival and freedom after being kidnapped and sold into slavery in mid-19th-century America, this book is an essential reading for all lovers of English literature. Part of the project Immortal Literature Series of classic literature, this is a new edition of the classic work published in 1853 - not a facsimile reprint. Obvious typographical errors have been carefully corrected and the entire text has been reset and ...

Polly Manaia is living in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross, working as an exotic dancer. She's desperate to bring her young daughter to live with her, but beneath her brash confidence lie dark secrets which threaten to drag her under. Gina is excited to live with her mum again. She's mature for an eleven-year-old, but can this young girl cope with Polly's demons? Rhoda and Star, transgender performers and Polly's flatmates, bring stability to Polly and Gina's lives. Yet this unlikely little family will find themselves threatened in more ways than one.

Juggling adult kids at home while trying to keep your nest egg? Trust me, I get it. This Making More Money for YOU! book is your down-to-earth guide to growing your wealth in today's wild economy—without turning your home life upside down. As someone who's been there, I'll walk you through real strategies that actually work when you're balancing family life with financial goals. Here's what you'll learn: Smart Money Moves That Make Sense: No fancy jargon here—just straightforward advice on investing, whether you're working with a little or a lot. We'll look at everything from the stock ...

This new Mars adventure is a gripping story of danger and exploration that is as timely as tomorrow's headlines and as scientifically accurate and up to date as anyone can make it. "Mount Olympus" is a part of Ben Bova's most recent novel, Return to Mars.

The testimony that the author has gleaned for this audiobook from the 30-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC's treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly readable and absorbing collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity how HUAC grew from a panel that investigated possible subversive activities in a "dignified" manner to a huge, unrelenting accusatory finger from which almost no one was safe.

Escritas durante el destierro que Napoleón Bonaparte impuso a la autora, estas memorias registran con acuidad, ironía y elegancia los vaivenes sociales, políticos y militares de Europa durante el ascenso y apogeo del emperador francés.

Um seinen Traum vom Kauf eines alten Hauses zu verwirklichen, willigt Spencer ein, The Fix gemeinsam mit seiner Ex zu renovieren. Eine explosive Mischung aus Wut und erotischer Anziehungskraft macht die medienwirksam begleitete Renovierung für Spencer zur Herausforderung. Während des Castings für Mr. Februar kommt heraus, warum Brooke ihn damals vor dem Traualtar stehen ließ.

Jenna und Reece sind seit ihrer Kindheit befreundet, doch ein unerwarteter leidenschaftlicher Kuss sorgt für Verwirrung. Als ihrer Lieblingsbar The Fix die Schließung droht, hat Event-Managerin Jenna die Idee eines Kalenders mit zwölf heißen Männern. Am Abend des ersten Castings taucht ein Überraschungskandidat auf: Wer wird (Jennas) Mr. Januar?

In Graft, Maggie MacKellar describes a year on a Merino wool farm on the east coast of Tasmania, and all of life - and death - that surrounds her through the cycle of lambing seasons. She gives us the land she knows and loves, the lambs she cares for, the ewes she tries to save, the birds around her, and the dogs and horses she adores.

Each year, more and more emphasis is placed on achieving good results in the end-of-school exams. This can lead to students feeling extraordinary pressure and having unrealistic expectations. In this all-new and completely revised edition of the best-selling Surviving Year 12, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, Australia's leading adolescent psychologist, gives advice to parents on how they can help their child cope with the pressure, work smarter and actually enjoy their final years of school.

In the spring of 2021, worn down by pandemic isolation, Merilyn Simonds asked her friend Beth Robinson if she’d like to go for a walk. Simonds had just turned 70, which struck her as mysterious, even frightening stage of life. Yet she was still active, still writing and felt as strong as ever. Beth had just hit her centenary, a smart, vibrant woman who'd held a job until she was 99, still lived alone, and was as awake to the world as a person half her age. Who better to ask what might come next?

Hydroponics is a great way to cultivate some of your favorite plants without having to rely on soils, using dissolved minerals in water instead and can be a great way to grow healthy plants. In this audiobook, you're going to be equipped with the skills you need to set up your own hydroponic system and grow your own healthy plants.

If you have sufficient room for a greenhouse, this can be a beautiful way to gather, month after month, endless fruits and veggies. It may seem overwhelming to learn how to operate your own greenhouse, but it's surprisingly simple and enjoyable. Nowadays, greenhouses and sunrooms are real living spaces where gardeners spend as much time with a book or a cup of tea or coffee, as with a watering can or a couple of pruning shears.

A Long Way from Flat River encapsulates Mr. Province's 36-year newspaper career with the San Diego Union-Tribune. The audiobook not only provides a background of the Copley family who owned the newspaper, in addition to many other newspapers in the Los Angeles area and in Illinois, but also gives a behind-the-scenes look at the newspaper industry and Mr. Province's personal involvement and history with the Copley Press from 1969 until his retirement in 2005.

What is HavenHouse? HavenHouse is a premier hospital guest house for patients and their families who have come to St. Louis for medical treatment. . In HavenHouse St. Louis—the First Twenty Years, you’ll meet the founders and board members who ignited the spark that became HavenHouse; you’ll see HavenHouse through the eyes of the patients, families and volunteers; and you’ll be captivated by amusing, soul-searching, and sometimes tragic tales that have made HavenHouse what it is today.

This is not a love poem! Can you figure out what it's about?

When Taran N. Khan first arrived in Kabul in the spring of 2006 - five years after the Taliban government was overthrown - she found a city both familiar and unknown. Falling in with poets, archaeologists, and filmmakers, she begins to explore the city, and, over the course of several returns, discovers a Kabul quite different from the one she had expected. Shadow City is an account of these expeditions, a personal and meditative portrait of a city we know primarily in terms of conflict.