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Virus Hunting: AIDS, Cancer, and the Human Retrovirus: A Story of Scientific Discovery
ISBN: 9780465098156 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The renowned AIDS researcher Robert Gallo tells his story of scientific breakthrough in a riveting portrait of the people, the politics, and the pace of modern scientific discovery.
The renowned AIDS researcher Robert Gallo tells his story of scientific breakthrough in a riveting portrait of the people, the politics, and the pace ...
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Soraya: A Life of Music, a Legacy of Hope
ISBN: 9780470171271 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the moment I met Soraya I knew she was a winner, an amazingly talented and beautiful woman with something very spe-cial. Her total dedication in everything she did and her selfless efforts to help others were and still are an inspiration not only to those of us who have had the privilege to be around her, but also to the thousands of people who still maintain her name and mission. Soraya's courage to face every challenge is something that I will never forget . . . her words of hope and her music will live on in our souls. --Ricky Martin ""Sometimes in life you meet someone...
From the moment I met Soraya I knew she was a winner, an amazingly talented and beautiful woman with something very spe-cial. Her total dedication in ...
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Bad Hair Days
ISBN: 9780522853698 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A revealing story of battling cancer, from the diagnosis in 2004, through chemotherapy and other invasive treatments, to the process of coming to terms with the inevitability of dying, this prize-winning author shares the emotional weight and personal suffering that come with dealing with a terminal illness. A moving look at serious illness and how it affects sufferers and their families.
A revealing story of battling cancer, from the diagnosis in 2004, through chemotherapy and other invasive treatments, to the process of coming to term...
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93,01 |
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Sassy the Face of Courage: The Story of Victoria Lynn Bowen's Battle with Ewing's Sarcoma Bone Cancer
ISBN: 9780595004768 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,47 |
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Coping: A Black Cancer Patients Observation
ISBN: 9780595135431 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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46,05 |
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For One Brief Moment
ISBN: 9780595245161 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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38,35 |
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Tomorrow Never Comes
ISBN: 9780595362936 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Tomorrow never comes" recounts the events of my wife's battle with Leukemia and the love we had for each other. "Tomorrow never comes" was written with the hope that it will help other people cope with similar tragedies. "Tomorrow never comes" has flashbacks to the good times we had with each other and our children.
When Nicole was enrolled in kindergarten the teacher asked her 'Nicole, can you count?" Nicole said 'yes I can, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, ace." "Tomorrow never comes" recounts the events of my wife's battle with Leukemia and the love we had for each other. "Tomorrow never comes" was written wi...
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The Diary of a Cancer Survivor's Daughter
ISBN: 9780595365272 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "On Sunday she went to my niece's seventeenth birthday party. It hasn't even been a week since the surgery. She didn't act any different. If you didn't know, you couldn't tell she had just had a mastectomy surgery. I hope that I have at least half of the strength and courage she has. It boggles my mind how she is always so strong and happy. Through this whole process she didn't let it get her down."
The day author Rebecca Bany discovered her mother suffered from breast cancer, she wasn't sure how she would handle the experience. Terrified of the c word, Rebecca's love for her mother and... "On Sunday she went to my niece's seventeenth birthday party. It hasn't even been a week since the surgery. She didn't act any different. If you didn'...
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My Breast
ISBN: 9780671017750 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After her breast cancer diagnosis in 1991, Joyce Wadler, a smart, savvy, forty-something New York writer, fought back with a grounded, roll-with-the-punches outlook. She took charge of her treatments, her options, her life -- and her disease. My Breast is her irreverently witty, fiercely personal story of facing cancer's obstacles and uncertainties with feisty courage.
Read it for the first time, or read it again. In a new epilogue, meet Joyce Wadler as she is today. My Breast isn't the end of her journey, but a beginning.... After her breast cancer diagnosis in 1991, Joyce Wadler, a smart, savvy, forty-something New York writer, fought back with a grounded, roll-with-the-p...
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57,61 |
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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
ISBN: 9780679740247 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herself, had been exposed to the fallout of atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. As it interweaves these narratives of dying and accommodation, Refuge transforms...
In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to recor...
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69,36 |
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Don't Die Of Embarrassment: Life After Colostomy and Other Adventures
ISBN: 9780684846248 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A remarkably candid and informative first-person account of surviving colon cancer and living after a colostomy. A helpful guide for anyone facing this life-altering surgery.
Every year 70,000 people in the United States and Canada undergo colostomies. In 1994, Barbara Barrie became one of them. When the successful actress received the diagnosis of colorectal cancer, she knew that this was the greatest crisis she and her family would face. But it also became an adventure that, through courage and humor, brought new joys and a greater appreciation to her life. More than just a... A remarkably candid and informative first-person account of surviving colon cancer and living after a colostomy. A helpful guide for anyone facing ...
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73,03 |
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Intimacy with Impotence: The Couple's Guide to Better Sex After Prostate Disease
ISBN: 9780738207896 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Erectile dysfunction is a frequent consequence of prostate cancer and other prostate disease treatments. Though unwelcome and embarrassing, it doesn't have to end a couple's sex life. Both informative and practical, Intimacy with Impotence gives couples cause for hope. It discusses impotence in lay terms, provides information on the commercial therapies and medications both available and being researched now, and gives practical advice about lovemaking-from getting in the mood to commonsense suggestions to erection-less satisfaction. Written with complete honesty and compassion by a...
Erectile dysfunction is a frequent consequence of prostate cancer and other prostate disease treatments. Though unwelcome and embarrassing, it doesn't...
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114,15 |
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The Victoria's Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming: And Other Lessons I Learned from Breast Cancer
ISBN: 9780743219792 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Breast cancer made Jennie Nash a wise old woman at the age of thirty-six. She learned, among other things, that her instincts are good, her kids are really resilient, and that, in the fight against breast cancer, the journey for patients, family, and friends can be a surprisingly positive, life-changing experience.
Some five years younger than the AMA-recommended age for mammograms, Jennie Nash insisted she be tested, not because of a lump but because of a hunch brought on by a friend's battle with lung cancer. Jennie was as shocked to discover as her friend had been that cancer knows no... Breast cancer made Jennie Nash a wise old woman at the age of thirty-six. She learned, among other things, that her instincts are good, her kids are r...
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173,41 |
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Recovery from Cancer: The Remarkable Story of One Woman's Struggle with Cancer and What She Did to Beat the Odds
ISBN: 9780757001376 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The words slowly sank in--"Mrs. Nussbaum, you have cancer." So began Elaine Nussbaum's personal struggle with this frightening disease. Despite surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, the cancer spread to Elaine's bones and lungs. Finally, she stopped all treatments and began to practice macrobiotics in a last-ditch effort to save her life. Slowly, steadily, she regained her health. Here, in Elaine's own words, is her story of recovery against all odds--a dramatic and moving account that offers hope to cancer patients everywhere. The words slowly sank in--"Mrs. Nussbaum, you have cancer." So began Elaine Nussbaum's personal struggle with this frightening disease. Despite sur... |
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Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy: A True Story of Discovery Acting Health Illness Recovery and Life
ISBN: 9780757002779 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The best-selling memoir Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy tells the fascinating story of actor Dirk Benedict's journey from the big sky country of Montana to the hustle and hype of Hollywood. It also describes his odyssey of self-discovery and growth as he changes from struggling actor to celebrity, from meat eater to vegetarian, from cancer victim to cancer victor. Brilliantly written--insightful, witty, and always challenging--Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy may change the way you perceive actors, and even make you reconsider the truths in... The best-selling memoir Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy tells the fascinating story of actor Dirk Benedict's journey from ... |
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Torrey's Miracle a Matter of Choice: An Alternative Cancer Therapy and Faith
ISBN: 9780759632080 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the personal account of a family's journey when their daughter, Torrey, is diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. The purpose is to share their choices of an alternative cancer therapy and the role of faith in that decision.
This is the personal account of a family's journey when their daughter, Torrey, is diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. The purpose is to share their ...
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Miracle Lady on 6th Floor: One Woman's Survival Through Cancer, Its Aftereffects and Near-Death Experience
ISBN: 9780759690790 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The hospital personnel are amazed with Ruth Foat's survival. She is transparent in sharing her struggles--mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically; the way she coped with fear, pain, discouragement, depression and helplessness; but through it all retained hope for health.
The hospital personnel are amazed with Ruth Foat's survival. She is transparent in sharing her struggles--mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and phys...
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49,41 |
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Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer
ISBN: 9780792316565 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The results of randomized trials evaluating the use of early or adjuvant systemic treatment for patients with resectable breast cancer provide an eloquent rebuttal to those who would argue that we have made no progress in the treatment of cancer. Many of the tumors that we have been most successful in curing with chemotherapy and other newer forms of treatment are relatively uncommon. In contrast, breast cancer continues to be the single most common malignancy among women in the western world, is increasingly a cause of death throughout Asia and Third-World countries, and remains one of the...
The results of randomized trials evaluating the use of early or adjuvant systemic treatment for patients with resectable breast cancer provide an eloq...
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805,10 |
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Genes, Oncogenes, and Hormones: Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer
ISBN: 9780792317487 / Angielski / Twarda / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology textbooks are generally out of date. Single papers in specialized journals are informative but seldom comprehensive; these are more often preliminary reports on a very limited number of patients. Certain general journals frequently publish good in-depth reviews of cancer topics, and published symposium lectures are often the best overviews available. Unfortunately, these reviews and supplements appear sporadically, and the reader can never be sure...
Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology tex...
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1207,67 |
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Everyday Strength: A Cancer Patient's Guide to Spiritual Survival
ISBN: 9780801066290 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a cancer survivor, Randy Becton knows firsthand the onslaught this disease brings on the human spirit. His experience creates a special bond with fellow cancer patients, making his encouragement even more powerful. In Everyday Strength he offers hope and comfort through poetic prayers, Scripture, brief reflections, and uplifting thoughts for each day. Everyday Strength deals honestly with topics such as depression, anger, fear, and loneliness. It guides those who are fighting cancer toward spiritual and mental wellness in the face of physical illness. First published in 1989, these...
As a cancer survivor, Randy Becton knows firsthand the onslaught this disease brings on the human spirit. His experience creates a special bond with f...
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65,47 |