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The heartwarming sequel to the beloved New York Times bestseller The Christmas Shoes. From NewSong's smash-hit #1 single, to the blockbuster CBS television movie, to the New York Times bestselling novel, The Christmas Shoes has touched people's lives. Now, the story continues in The Christmas Blessing. Nathan Andrews is now a man; his greatest wish is to be a doctor. But beyond his studies of medicine, Nathan realizes there are still things to be...
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[2019]
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English
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"From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive guide to the medical industrial complex that teaches readers how to be their own best advocate and get the care they deserve"-- Provided by publisher.
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"The Silent Patient meets Gone Girl in this sharp psychological thriller about a psychiatrist with a shocking past and her dangerous new patient. Brooklyn psychiatrist Dr. Caroline Strange is certain she knows what's best for her patients, her family, and pretty much everyone else, but that all changes when a troubled young man arrives for his appointment and makes a pair of alarming confessions: I am going to kill someone, and I know who you really...
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"Tom Brokaw had led a lucky life--marrying his childhood sweetheart (they have been married for 51 years), rising to fame in the journalism world on the Today Show and as the NBC Nightly News anchor for 22 years, publishing the world-renowned book The Greatest Generation--when suddenly he took two inexplicable falls. Nagging back pain led him to the doctors at Mayo, who had shocking news: he had multiple myeloma, the treatable but incurable blood...
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2015.
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"Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets, and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life. If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached surgeons, this ... brutally honest account will make you think again"--Amazon.com.
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[2015?]
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English
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"Written by a psychiatrist who has cared for patients with all stages of prostate cancer, this book provides patients and their families an easy to understand guide to successfully manage the emotional angst that accompanies diagnosis and treatment." -- back cover.
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[2012]
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English
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Hank Lawson is a young E.R. doctor who, after being wrongly blamed for a patient's death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes the hot new "concierge doctor" in town. Though Hank is initially reluctant to embrace this new career, with encouragement from Evan and Divya, who volunteers to be his physician assistant, he decides to stay in town for the summer, once again solving medical crises and helping those in need.
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[2013]
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English
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Doctor-on-demand Hank Lawson and his CFO brother Evan charmed the affluent Hampton's community with HankMed, but now the duo is discovering that life isn't always a walk on the beach when their sibling rivalry turns into a business power-struggle. Whether it's the return of their unreliable father Eddie, Evan's recent engagement to Paige, or Jill's bittersweet departure from Hamptons Heritage, Hank and Evan are in for an unforgettable summer.
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2010.
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Swedish
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The final installment of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy. Lisbeth Salander is fighting for her life in more ways than one. In an intensive care unit and charged with three murders, she will have to not only prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce the same corruptgovernment institutions that nearly destroyed her life. Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now, Lisbeth Salander is fighting back.
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2009
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English
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The residents of Haddonfield don't know it yet, but death is coming to their small sleepy town. Sixteen years ago, ten-year-old Michael Myers brutally killed his step father, his elder sister and her boyfriend. Sixteen years later, he has escaped from the mental institution he had been placed in and has made his way back to his hometown, intent on a murderous rampage. He is pursued by Dr. Sam Loomis, who is Michael's doctor and the only one who knows...
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2014.
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Français
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This French coming of age story follows Benjamin, who is sure he's going to become a great doctor. But his first experience as junior doctor in his father's service, the Professor Barois, does not turn out the way he hoped. Benjamin will be brutally confronted with his own limitations, his fears, and those of his patients, families, doctors and staff.
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[2011]
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English
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Return with Dr. Hank Lawson to the Hamptons, where the tides are high, bank account balances are higher, and the patients are just high maintenance. Because of his strong convictions and straight-shooting style, the 'concierge doctor's' practice is growing, and with the return of his estranged father, so is his family. See puzzling cases involving a faithful cop with an STD, a winemaker with a troubled palate, and a reality show where all the contestants...
18) Awakenings
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1990, p1997.
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English
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Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. The awakening of the first patient proves a rebirth for the doctor, too, as the patient reveals life's simple but sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor. Encouraged by Leonard's stunning recovery, Sayer administers the drug to other patients.
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[2018]
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English
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The story of Dr. Faraday, the son of a housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. During the long hot summer of 1948, he is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. But it is now in decline and its inhabitants, a mother, son, and daughter, are haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life. When he takes on his new patient, Faraday has no idea how closely the family's story is...
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2008.
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English
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Florentino is a youthful romantic who lives in a Central American city. He spots the graceful Fermina while making his rounds, and finds himself in love--a love which Fermina's father absolutely forbids. Florentino decides to wait, and after five decades, he finally gets a second chance to win Fermina's heart.
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