Author: Steven P. Snyder
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 147716488X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Fragile Smile Book I
Fragile Smile Book I
Author: Steven P. Snyder
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 147716488X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Fragile Smile Book I
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 147716488X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Fragile Smile Book I
Fragile Beginnings
Author: Adam Wolfberg, MD
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807095516
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This is a gripping medical narrative that brings readers into the complex world of newborn intensive care, where brilliant but imperfect doctors do all they can to coax life into their tiny, injured patients. Dr. Adam Wolfberg--journalist, physician specializing in high-risk pregnancies, and father to a child born weighing under two pounds--describes his daughter Larissa's precipitous birth at six months, which left her tenuously hanging on to life in an incubator. Ultrasound had diagnosed a devastating hemorrhage in her brain that doctors reasoned would give her only a 50 percent chance of having a normal IQ. With the knowledge that their daughter could be severely impaired for life, Adam and his wife, Kelly, consider whether to take Larissa off life-support. As they make decisions about live-saving care in the first hours of a premature infant's life, doctors and parents must grapple with profound ethical and scientific questions: Who should be saved? How aggressively should doctors try to salvage the life of a premature baby, who may be severely neurologically and physically impaired? What will that child's quality of life be like after millions of dollars are spent saving him or her? Wolfberg explores the fits and starts of physicians, government policy makers, and lawyers who have struggled over the years to figure out the best way to make these wrenching decisions. Through Larissa's early hospital course and the struggle to decide what is best for her, Wolfberg examines the limitations of newborn intensive-care medicine, neuroplasticity, and decision making at the beginning of life. Featuring high-profile scientific topics and explanatory medical reporting, this is the first book to explore the profound emotional and ethical issues raised by advancing technology that allows us to save the lives of increasingly undeveloped preemies.
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807095516
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This is a gripping medical narrative that brings readers into the complex world of newborn intensive care, where brilliant but imperfect doctors do all they can to coax life into their tiny, injured patients. Dr. Adam Wolfberg--journalist, physician specializing in high-risk pregnancies, and father to a child born weighing under two pounds--describes his daughter Larissa's precipitous birth at six months, which left her tenuously hanging on to life in an incubator. Ultrasound had diagnosed a devastating hemorrhage in her brain that doctors reasoned would give her only a 50 percent chance of having a normal IQ. With the knowledge that their daughter could be severely impaired for life, Adam and his wife, Kelly, consider whether to take Larissa off life-support. As they make decisions about live-saving care in the first hours of a premature infant's life, doctors and parents must grapple with profound ethical and scientific questions: Who should be saved? How aggressively should doctors try to salvage the life of a premature baby, who may be severely neurologically and physically impaired? What will that child's quality of life be like after millions of dollars are spent saving him or her? Wolfberg explores the fits and starts of physicians, government policy makers, and lawyers who have struggled over the years to figure out the best way to make these wrenching decisions. Through Larissa's early hospital course and the struggle to decide what is best for her, Wolfberg examines the limitations of newborn intensive-care medicine, neuroplasticity, and decision making at the beginning of life. Featuring high-profile scientific topics and explanatory medical reporting, this is the first book to explore the profound emotional and ethical issues raised by advancing technology that allows us to save the lives of increasingly undeveloped preemies.
A Book of Memories
Author: Péter Nádas
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312427964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
A novel exploring human relations. Its hero is a Hungarian writer who lives through the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and has a homosexual affair with a German poet in East Berlin.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312427964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
A novel exploring human relations. Its hero is a Hungarian writer who lives through the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and has a homosexual affair with a German poet in East Berlin.
I Smile Back
Author: Amy Koppelman
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
ISBN: 1937512460
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
"Powerful. Koppelman's instincts help her navigate these choppy waters with inventiveness and integrity." —Los Angeles Times Now a major motion picture starring Sarah Silverman in her dramatic-acting debut, and Josh Charles, I Smile Back tells the affecting tale of Laney Brooks, a mother and wife on a self-destructive streak. She takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, disappears when she wants. Lurking beneath Laney's seemingly composed surface is the impulse to follow in her father's footsteps, to leave and topple her family's balance in the process. “This crushing novel by the author of A Mouthful of Air is a shocking portrait of suburban ennui gone horribly awry. Koppelman’s prose style is understated and crackling; each sentence is laden with a foreboding sense of menace. Like a crime scene or a flaming car wreck, it becomes impossible not to stare.” —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
ISBN: 1937512460
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
"Powerful. Koppelman's instincts help her navigate these choppy waters with inventiveness and integrity." —Los Angeles Times Now a major motion picture starring Sarah Silverman in her dramatic-acting debut, and Josh Charles, I Smile Back tells the affecting tale of Laney Brooks, a mother and wife on a self-destructive streak. She takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, disappears when she wants. Lurking beneath Laney's seemingly composed surface is the impulse to follow in her father's footsteps, to leave and topple her family's balance in the process. “This crushing novel by the author of A Mouthful of Air is a shocking portrait of suburban ennui gone horribly awry. Koppelman’s prose style is understated and crackling; each sentence is laden with a foreboding sense of menace. Like a crime scene or a flaming car wreck, it becomes impossible not to stare.” —Publishers Weekly
A Fragile Hope
Author: Cynthia Ruchti
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1501837443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Josiah Chamberlain's life's work revolves around repairing other people's marriages. When his own is threatened by his wife's unexplained distance, and then threatened further when she's unexpectedly plunged into an unending fog, Josiah finds his expertise, quick wit and clever quips are no match for a relationship that is clearly broken. Feeling betrayed, confused, and ill-equipped for a crisis this crippling, he reexamines everything he knows about the fragility of hope and the strength of his faith and love. Love seems to have failed him. Will what’s left of his faith fail him, too? Or will it be the one thing that holds him together and sears through the impenetrable wall that separates them?
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1501837443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Josiah Chamberlain's life's work revolves around repairing other people's marriages. When his own is threatened by his wife's unexplained distance, and then threatened further when she's unexpectedly plunged into an unending fog, Josiah finds his expertise, quick wit and clever quips are no match for a relationship that is clearly broken. Feeling betrayed, confused, and ill-equipped for a crisis this crippling, he reexamines everything he knows about the fragility of hope and the strength of his faith and love. Love seems to have failed him. Will what’s left of his faith fail him, too? Or will it be the one thing that holds him together and sears through the impenetrable wall that separates them?
Fragile Longing
Author: Cora Reilly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A new STANDALONE age-gap, arranged marriage romance from USA Today Bestselling author Cora Reilly!Sofia knows how it feels to be the consolation prize.Too young.Not blond.And definitely not an ice princess.Her sister is-was all those things. Perfection. Until she wasn't. Until she ran off to be with the enemy and left her fiancé behind.Now Sofia is given to Danilo in her sister's stead, knowing she'll never be more than second best. Yet, she can't stop longing for the love of the man she's been crushing on even when he was still her sister's.Danilo is a man who's used to getting what he wants.Power.Respect.The sought-after ice princess.Until another man steals his bride-to-be. Danilo knows that for a man in his position losing his woman can lead to a loss of face.Wounded pride.Thirst for revenge.A dangerous combination-one Danilo can't leave behind, not even when a girl just as precious takes her sister's place to placate him. Yet, she's got one flaw: she's not her sister.Unable to forget what he's lost, Danilo might lose what he's been given.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A new STANDALONE age-gap, arranged marriage romance from USA Today Bestselling author Cora Reilly!Sofia knows how it feels to be the consolation prize.Too young.Not blond.And definitely not an ice princess.Her sister is-was all those things. Perfection. Until she wasn't. Until she ran off to be with the enemy and left her fiancé behind.Now Sofia is given to Danilo in her sister's stead, knowing she'll never be more than second best. Yet, she can't stop longing for the love of the man she's been crushing on even when he was still her sister's.Danilo is a man who's used to getting what he wants.Power.Respect.The sought-after ice princess.Until another man steals his bride-to-be. Danilo knows that for a man in his position losing his woman can lead to a loss of face.Wounded pride.Thirst for revenge.A dangerous combination-one Danilo can't leave behind, not even when a girl just as precious takes her sister's place to placate him. Yet, she's got one flaw: she's not her sister.Unable to forget what he's lost, Danilo might lose what he's been given.
Fragile Lines
Author: Sharon Skariah
Publisher: Experiences & Experiments Books Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814320692
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
This ‘she’ is whom this story is about. This ‘she’ who remains unnamed throughout the book could be you, your sister, your best friends or even your worst enemy. For years she lived seeing her life breaking down into pieces right in front of her eyes. The more she tried to fix it the more it fell apart. She cried alone everyday just because she was too scared to show the real world how hurt she really was. She lost her friends, she lost her mother but the one thing she did not lose was her self-respect. In the end she turned out victorious and crossed that fragile line. So when someone asks you, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Just say what she would have said, “Happy.”
Publisher: Experiences & Experiments Books Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814320692
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
This ‘she’ is whom this story is about. This ‘she’ who remains unnamed throughout the book could be you, your sister, your best friends or even your worst enemy. For years she lived seeing her life breaking down into pieces right in front of her eyes. The more she tried to fix it the more it fell apart. She cried alone everyday just because she was too scared to show the real world how hurt she really was. She lost her friends, she lost her mother but the one thing she did not lose was her self-respect. In the end she turned out victorious and crossed that fragile line. So when someone asks you, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Just say what she would have said, “Happy.”
Evil Nature: The Dark Legacy Urban Fantasy Series - Book Four
Author: M. A. Anderson
Publisher: Bella Luna Books, Australia
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The exciting conclusion to SOUL CHASER… Enemies make strange bedfellows… especially the dead kind. And you know you should never trust a vampire. When Jacques appears at the PI’s door, Reece cannot believe his eyes. They watched him burn in the sun, so how is he standing in the doorway of Double D Investigations offering to help resurrect Andre from the realm of the dead? Reece wants his best friend back, and if getting into bed with Jacques, so to speak, will make that happen he’s prepared to go against his gut instinct and do whatever it takes. Bad decision? Definitely. Does he have a choice? No. The vampire wants something in return. Something Reece and his team haven’t been able to pull off so far. Something the PI isn’t sure they can deliver. Jacques knows what he’s asking could get the private eye killed. Is that his intention?
Publisher: Bella Luna Books, Australia
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The exciting conclusion to SOUL CHASER… Enemies make strange bedfellows… especially the dead kind. And you know you should never trust a vampire. When Jacques appears at the PI’s door, Reece cannot believe his eyes. They watched him burn in the sun, so how is he standing in the doorway of Double D Investigations offering to help resurrect Andre from the realm of the dead? Reece wants his best friend back, and if getting into bed with Jacques, so to speak, will make that happen he’s prepared to go against his gut instinct and do whatever it takes. Bad decision? Definitely. Does he have a choice? No. The vampire wants something in return. Something Reece and his team haven’t been able to pull off so far. Something the PI isn’t sure they can deliver. Jacques knows what he’s asking could get the private eye killed. Is that his intention?
The Future We Would Never Have Book I
Author: Jennifer Andrade
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105675858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is not your typical historical romance, although it seems to be on the surface. This is the story of how a young girl, Genevieve Buccleugh of the Scott clan, grows into a confident woman who has accepted who she is without question. Something some of us are still learning to do. The odds are against her, living on the precarious edge between a girl and a woman, while fighting to survive a war between Scotland and England.The story begins at a point in her life where she has already lost her parents and several brothers, and there is undoubtedly, more heartache on the way. Genevieve has to learn to accept the never ending violence, but not the emotions that tend to creep inside of her while she brings Scotland to her freedom. She doesn't realize that while fighting for her country, she also fights for her sense of self, for the acceptance we all seek, from ourselves and each other. Along her journey, she is influenced by the many people who come into her life while she affects them on theirs.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105675858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is not your typical historical romance, although it seems to be on the surface. This is the story of how a young girl, Genevieve Buccleugh of the Scott clan, grows into a confident woman who has accepted who she is without question. Something some of us are still learning to do. The odds are against her, living on the precarious edge between a girl and a woman, while fighting to survive a war between Scotland and England.The story begins at a point in her life where she has already lost her parents and several brothers, and there is undoubtedly, more heartache on the way. Genevieve has to learn to accept the never ending violence, but not the emotions that tend to creep inside of her while she brings Scotland to her freedom. She doesn't realize that while fighting for her country, she also fights for her sense of self, for the acceptance we all seek, from ourselves and each other. Along her journey, she is influenced by the many people who come into her life while she affects them on theirs.
The Nature of Fragile Things
Author: Susan Meissner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 045149220X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear. From the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War and As Bright as Heaven comes a gripping novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 045149220X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear. From the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War and As Bright as Heaven comes a gripping novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity.