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Grace and grit Grace and grit Ken Wilber "Here is a new edition - with a new introduction - of the deeply moving account of the five-year journey of philosopher Ken Wilber and his wife, Treya Killam Wilber, through Treya's illness, treatmen… OL114267W
Alternative Medicine Magazine's definitive guide to cancer Alternative Medicine Magazine's definitive guide to cancer Lise Alschuler "The extensively revised second edition of Alternative Medicine Magazine's comprehensive guide to cancer prevention, treatment, and healing"--Provided by publisher. OL12074856W
The second time around The second time around Mary Higgins Clark,Jan Maxwell When Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter Marcia "Carley" DeCarlo is assigned the story. Word that Spence… OL13053W
Trial by fire Trial by fire J. A. Jance In the heat of the Arizona desert, a raging fire pushes temperatures to a deadly degree, and one woman is left to burn. Pulled naked and barely breathing from the fire, the victim has no idea who she… OL13655W
Essentials of breast surgery Essentials of breast surgery Michael S. Sabel This new volume in the Surgical Foundations series delivers need-to-know, current information in breast surgery in an exceptionally economical and user-friendly format. Coverage encompasses everythin… OL13740902W
Between me and the river Between me and the river Carrie Host Carrie Host knows that the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness takes a split second to change your life, as well as the lives of your partner, parents, children and all who love you. Packed with … OL13770115W
The church of solitude The church of solitude Grazia Deledda "The Church of Solitude tells the story of Maria Concezione, a young Sardinian seamstress living with breast cancer at the cusp of the twentieth century. Overwhelmed by the shame of her diagnosis, sh… OL1437982W
Side effects Side effects Amy Goldman Koss Everything changes for Isabelle, not quite fifteen, when she is diagnosed with lymphoma--but eventually she survives and even thrives. OL14920009W
Robert A. Weinberg and the search for the cause of cancer Robert A. Weinberg and the search for the cause of cancer Ann Gaines Details the life of Robert Weinberg and his involvement in research into the genetic causes of cancer. OL15048309W
Cancer Cancer Dennis B. Fradin Examines the various forms of cancer, their possible causes, and treatments, and discusses who can get cancer and what is being done to prevent or cure it. OL15050096W
Time is a River Time is a River Mary Alice Monroe While dealing with her husband's infidelity in the dilapidated mountain cabin where legendary fly fisher Kate Watkins allegedly killed her lover, breast cancer survivor Mia Landan discovers Kate's di… OL15154347W
The C-Word The C-Word Lisa Lynch Just your average 28-year-old. Friends, family, Facebook, cancer...Carrie Bradshaw fell in Dior, I fell in Debenhams. It was May 2008, and it was spectacular. Uncomfortable heels + slippy floor + hea… OL15172808W
Cancer in Developing Countries: The Great Challenge for Oncology in the 21st Century Cancer in Developing Countries: The Great Challenge for Oncology in the 21st Century S Tanneberger This book does not attempt to cover all aspects of cancer in developing countries, this would require many volumes. Instead, it consists of a series of essays or "flashes", each of which illustrates … OL15177165W
Where the river ends Where the river ends Martin, Charles He was a fishing guide and artist from Georgia. She was the beautiful only child of a powerfull senator. When they meet by accident, they each feel they have found theyre true soul mate. Ten years in… OL15411977W
Radiation oncology Radiation oncology Boris Hristov "Radiation Oncology: A Question-Based Review is a comprehensive active learning tool for medical students, residents, and junior attending physicians in radiation oncology. The first question-and-ans… OL15414131W
A Time for Dancing A Time for Dancing Davida Wills Hurwin Seventeen-year-old best friends Samantha and Juliana tell their stories in alternating chapters after Juliana is diagnosed with cancer. OL15432571W
A dropped stitches wedding A dropped stitches wedding Janet Tronstad Wedding planner Lizabett McDonald, the maid of honor in the wedding of her first client and friend Marilee, secretly hopes her efforts to grow personally and spiritually, as well as a beauty makeover… OL15718523W
Bathsheba's breast Bathsheba's breast James Stuart Olson In 1967, an Italian surgeon touring Amsterdam's Rijks museum stopped in front of Rembrandt's Bathsheba at the Well, on loan from the Louvre, and noticed an asymmetry to Bathsheba's left breast it see… OL15834739W
Danslärarens återkomst Danslärarens återkomst Henning Mankell Décembre 1945. Dans l'Allemagne vaincue, un passager solitaire descend d'un avion militaire britannique et se rend à la prison de Hameln. Là, il procède à la pendaison de criminels de guerre nazis. M… OL158655W
Gloom behind the smile Gloom behind the smile Kamlesh Tripathi,Kamlesh Tripathi Excellent in terms of narration covers the desperate struggle of the child and the family and the support from the corporate and the medical fraternity. One doctor gives up other doctors fight till t… OL15910650W
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