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For generations, the patriarchy held everyone in a tight fist, but after a mysterious virus devolved society’s worst into literal monsters, women and marginalized communities have been freed of its clutches. This could be a world where people can hold their heads high, speak their minds, wear whatever they want, and most of all, hope for a better future—one where violence is no longer normalized. This could be a world where the infected learn from their actions now that they're wearing the consequences in the curve of their spines, the set of their jaws. But who is Delilah without violence?

One of the main tenets of shamanism is a belief in the power of ceremony to manifest change in the physical world. Virtually all shamanic traditions use a variety of ritual practices as tools for personal transformation, healing, and celebration. Now, in this exciting and practical book, Toltec shaman and New York Times best-selling author don Jose Ruiz introduces and explains a wealth of these shamanic rituals and ceremonies, and provides a detailed and accessible guide to performing them on your own.

Memoirs of a Medicine Woman is a raw and luminous journey into the wild heart of Life as our greatest teacher. Think Carlos Castaneda's Don Juan meets the Gospel of Mary Magdalene with a splash of ayahuasca and a sense of humor. Part travel adventure, part romance novella, and part spiritual toolkit, the book follows the author through her shamanic apprenticeship and practice across North and South America.

In her latest book, The Lost Medicine, Dr. Janine Bowring unveils the forgotten wisdom of nature that is essential for achieving optimal health, energy, and longevity. In today’s fast-paced world, many people struggle with chronic fatigue, poor sleep, weight gain, and inflammatory conditions all stemming from a disconnection from nature and our body’s natural rhythms. What You’ll Learn in The Lost Medicine: The Healing Power of Light – How natural sunlight influences your hormones, metabolism, and sleep patterns.

Willow Taylor lives in a castle with large walls and iron fences. But this is no ordinary castle. It’s called Heartstone Psychiatric Hospital and it houses 40 other patients. It has nurses with mean faces and techs with permanent frowns. It has a man, as well. A man who is cold and distant. Whose voice drips with authority. And whose piercing gray eyes hide secrets, and maybe linger on her face a second too long. Willow isn’t supposed to look deep into those eyes. She isn’t supposed to try to read his tightly-leashed emotions.

An accessible guide to more than 90 of the most important and groundbreaking milestones in the history of medicine, and the people behind them. How are illnesses diagnosed? When did the first successful organ transplant take place? Why are some pandemics so deadly? This audiobook explores big...

An honest and deeply moving debut memoir about a young woman’s battle with depression and how her dog saved her life A New York Times Bestseller “Dog Medicine simply has to be your next must-read.” —Cheryl Strayed At twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her kitchen floor in Manhattan...

Within the wisdom teachings of Buddhism, there are many stories that refer to its founder as the Supreme Physician, a healer of all illness—mental, physical, and spiritual. The Buddha understood suffering and its antidote, and his prescription and philosophy for right living led directly to a...

Celia de Gray makes inroads as the first saleswoman for Felding-Roth Pharmaceutical Company, but uncovers scandals, including inadequate testing of new prescription drugs and false advertising. She finds that her work, and her marriage to Dr. Andrew Jordan, pose difficult choices she didn't expect.

The best-selling author of Hotel and Airport, Hailey here unlocks the doors of the giant drug industry for a frank, revealing glimpse of drugs, discoveries, deals, and deceptions.

For two decades, Dr. Danielle Ofri has cared for patients at Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in the country and a crossroads for the world's cultures. In Medicine in Translation she introduces us, in vivid, moving portraits, to her patients, who have braved language barriers, religious and racial divides, and the emotional and practical difficulties of exile in order to access quality health care.

Joven, diabética y embarazada, Consuelo Alvarado se apoya en la orientación de su mentora, la detective privada Victoria Warshawski. Pero ni siquiera Victoria puede ayudarla cuando Consuelo se pone de parto prematuro en un suburbio remoto, y tanto la madre como el bebé mueren en un hospital cercano. Lo que parece una desgarradora tragedia médica pronto despierta inquietantes preguntas. Un joven médico residente pone en duda la versión del hospital sobre la atención recibida por Consuelo, y Victoria empieza a sospechar que hay algo mucho más siniestro detrás de su muerte.

The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. ‘The NHS is an institution. But it’s also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for the past 75 years. It’s a burden to some and a potent vote-winner for others. It’s a...

All three series of Phil Hammond and Tony Gardner's award-winning comedy show exploding the myths of medicine 'Very funny indeed' Daily Telegraph Broadcaster Dr Phil Hammond and actor Tony Gardner are best known for their respective roles in Trust Me, I'm a Doctor and Fresh Meat. But in the...

When the young woman who, with four others, stole the promising cancer medicine is knifed in the gut, Denny is hired by her mother to find the killer. Soon after, Denny is kidnapped and mistaken for a man who stole a plutonium purification process, and he becomes enmeshed in an increasingly deadly affair. A week later, the young woman's best friend is shot along a freeway.

BBC radio productions of the first four bestselling V.I. Warshawski novels from Sara Paretsky - plus a short story featuring the hardboiled PI, read by Buffy Davis One of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction, Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski is a strong, smart, independent...