Author: Jillian Kent
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1621360164
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Lord Eden is intrigued by Lady Mercy Grayson’s secret, but how can he hope to gain her heart if he is forced to betray her?
Mystery of the Heart
Author: Jillian Kent
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1621360164
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Lord Eden is intrigued by Lady Mercy Grayson’s secret, but how can he hope to gain her heart if he is forced to betray her?
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1621360164
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Lord Eden is intrigued by Lady Mercy Grayson’s secret, but how can he hope to gain her heart if he is forced to betray her?
Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
Author: Nancy Martin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101210346
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
You could say my sisters and I are hot-blooded bluebloods with a flair for fashion—and for solving crimes. But things have NOT been going well for us Blackbirds: Emma has busted out of a very exclusive clinic. Libby’s hormones are in overdrive from selling paraphernalia for Potions and Passions, a company that promises its customers full satisfaction. And I’m still dating mobster’s son Mick Abruzzo, which keeps me in a permanent tizzy. At least, nobody in my vicinity has been knocked off lately. Oops—looks like I spoke too soon… A TEMPEST IN A C-CUP Nora’s next journalistic assignment: the unveiling of the most miraculous bra in fashion history. But before Nora can hand in her uplifting story, her boss is found shot execution-style and trussed up in expensive panty hose—an Abruzzo family trademark. Now Nora must find the killer before her innocent lover takes the rap. That means shadowing the most glamorous suspects in Philadelphia—including a bad-boy designer, a former child star, a high-strung ad exec, and a pair of luscious twin models. Though Nora’s accustomed to upper-crust murder, cross your fingers for the Blackbird sisters, because this time, high society has never seemed so low-down dirty.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101210346
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
You could say my sisters and I are hot-blooded bluebloods with a flair for fashion—and for solving crimes. But things have NOT been going well for us Blackbirds: Emma has busted out of a very exclusive clinic. Libby’s hormones are in overdrive from selling paraphernalia for Potions and Passions, a company that promises its customers full satisfaction. And I’m still dating mobster’s son Mick Abruzzo, which keeps me in a permanent tizzy. At least, nobody in my vicinity has been knocked off lately. Oops—looks like I spoke too soon… A TEMPEST IN A C-CUP Nora’s next journalistic assignment: the unveiling of the most miraculous bra in fashion history. But before Nora can hand in her uplifting story, her boss is found shot execution-style and trussed up in expensive panty hose—an Abruzzo family trademark. Now Nora must find the killer before her innocent lover takes the rap. That means shadowing the most glamorous suspects in Philadelphia—including a bad-boy designer, a former child star, a high-strung ad exec, and a pair of luscious twin models. Though Nora’s accustomed to upper-crust murder, cross your fingers for the Blackbird sisters, because this time, high society has never seemed so low-down dirty.
Heart: A History
Author: Sandeep Jauhar
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374717001
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The bestselling author of Intern and Doctored tells the story of the thing that makes us tick For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. As the cardiologist and bestselling author Sandeep Jauhar shows in Heart: A History, it was only recently that we demolished age-old taboos and devised the transformative procedures that have changed the way we live. Deftly alternating between key historical episodes and his own work, Jauhar tells the colorful and little-known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the patients who risked their lives to know and heal our most vital organ. He introduces us to Daniel Hale Williams, the African American doctor who performed the world’s first open heart surgery in Gilded Age Chicago. We meet C. Walton Lillehei, who connected a patient’s circulatory system to a healthy donor’s, paving the way for the heart-lung machine. And we encounter Wilson Greatbatch, who saved millions by inventing the pacemaker—by accident. Jauhar deftly braids these tales of discovery, hubris, and sorrow with moving accounts of his family’s history of heart ailments and the patients he’s treated over many years. He also confronts the limits of medical technology, arguing that future progress will depend more on how we choose to live than on the devices we invent. Affecting, engaging, and beautifully written, Heart: A History takes the full measure of the only organ that can move itself.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374717001
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The bestselling author of Intern and Doctored tells the story of the thing that makes us tick For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. As the cardiologist and bestselling author Sandeep Jauhar shows in Heart: A History, it was only recently that we demolished age-old taboos and devised the transformative procedures that have changed the way we live. Deftly alternating between key historical episodes and his own work, Jauhar tells the colorful and little-known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the patients who risked their lives to know and heal our most vital organ. He introduces us to Daniel Hale Williams, the African American doctor who performed the world’s first open heart surgery in Gilded Age Chicago. We meet C. Walton Lillehei, who connected a patient’s circulatory system to a healthy donor’s, paving the way for the heart-lung machine. And we encounter Wilson Greatbatch, who saved millions by inventing the pacemaker—by accident. Jauhar deftly braids these tales of discovery, hubris, and sorrow with moving accounts of his family’s history of heart ailments and the patients he’s treated over many years. He also confronts the limits of medical technology, arguing that future progress will depend more on how we choose to live than on the devices we invent. Affecting, engaging, and beautifully written, Heart: A History takes the full measure of the only organ that can move itself.
Heart of Darkness
Author: Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691165777
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
"Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--comprise most of the known cosmos, explain the growth of all cosmic structure, and hold the key to the universe's fate."--Jacket.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691165777
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
"Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--comprise most of the known cosmos, explain the growth of all cosmic structure, and hold the key to the universe's fate."--Jacket.
Mysteries of the Heart
Author: Francis D. Walker
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 160957043X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
"Mysteries Of The Heart" takes you on a journey with twists and turns. It's about secrets, betrayal, life, death, drugs, destruction; but most of all it's about God loving us enough to give us All a second chance to get it right. Four stories will unfold and take you out of your comfort zone; giving you a taste of reality. We never know what tomorrow will bring, so live out each day to the fullest and never take life, peace, serenity, and freedom for granted. My name is Francis Deniece Walker. I was born January 12th, 1965 in Houston, TX. My parents are the late Gloria Jean Walker and Willie Lankford Burney. I have six sisters and four brothers. I was raised in the fifthward by my fathers mother; Nan rest in peace.
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 160957043X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
"Mysteries Of The Heart" takes you on a journey with twists and turns. It's about secrets, betrayal, life, death, drugs, destruction; but most of all it's about God loving us enough to give us All a second chance to get it right. Four stories will unfold and take you out of your comfort zone; giving you a taste of reality. We never know what tomorrow will bring, so live out each day to the fullest and never take life, peace, serenity, and freedom for granted. My name is Francis Deniece Walker. I was born January 12th, 1965 in Houston, TX. My parents are the late Gloria Jean Walker and Willie Lankford Burney. I have six sisters and four brothers. I was raised in the fifthward by my fathers mother; Nan rest in peace.
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart
Author: Rob Dunn
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316225800
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
The secret history of our most vital organ: the human heart. The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries -- which had to be completed in three minutes before death arrived -- to heart transplants and the latest medical efforts to prolong our hearts' lives, almost defying nature in the process. Thought of as the seat of our soul, then as a mysteriously animated object, the heart is still more a mystery than it is understood. Why do most animals only get one billion beats? (And how did modern humans get to over two billion, effectively letting us live out two lives?) Why are sufferers of gingivitis more likely to have heart attacks? Why do we often undergo expensive procedures when cheaper ones are just as effective? What do Da Vinci, Mary Shelley, and contemporary Egyptian archaeologists have in common? And what does it really feel like to touch your own heart, or to have someone else's beating inside your chest? Rob Dunn's fascinating history of our hearts brings us deep inside the science, history, and stories of the four chambers we depend on most.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316225800
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
The secret history of our most vital organ: the human heart. The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries -- which had to be completed in three minutes before death arrived -- to heart transplants and the latest medical efforts to prolong our hearts' lives, almost defying nature in the process. Thought of as the seat of our soul, then as a mysteriously animated object, the heart is still more a mystery than it is understood. Why do most animals only get one billion beats? (And how did modern humans get to over two billion, effectively letting us live out two lives?) Why are sufferers of gingivitis more likely to have heart attacks? Why do we often undergo expensive procedures when cheaper ones are just as effective? What do Da Vinci, Mary Shelley, and contemporary Egyptian archaeologists have in common? And what does it really feel like to touch your own heart, or to have someone else's beating inside your chest? Rob Dunn's fascinating history of our hearts brings us deep inside the science, history, and stories of the four chambers we depend on most.
Solving the Mysteries of Heart Disease
Author: Gerald D. Buckberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999847206
Category : Cardiac arrest
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Dr. Gerald D. Buckberg is a Distinguished Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. More than 25 million heart disease patients have benefited from his innovative breakthroughs that dramatically improved the safety of cardiac surgery. These technologies have become the standard of care throughout most of the world. However, most of Dr. Buckberg's life-saving cardiac care discoveries have not been widely accepted or adopted by a medical establishment that can be dangerously slow to change. Writing in plain language for the general public, Dr. Buckberg describes the solutions to element major heart disease problems -- proven solutions that can save your life, but are being ignored. --
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999847206
Category : Cardiac arrest
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Dr. Gerald D. Buckberg is a Distinguished Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. More than 25 million heart disease patients have benefited from his innovative breakthroughs that dramatically improved the safety of cardiac surgery. These technologies have become the standard of care throughout most of the world. However, most of Dr. Buckberg's life-saving cardiac care discoveries have not been widely accepted or adopted by a medical establishment that can be dangerously slow to change. Writing in plain language for the general public, Dr. Buckberg describes the solutions to element major heart disease problems -- proven solutions that can save your life, but are being ignored. --
A Change of Heart
Author: Daniel Levy (M.D.)
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Dr. Levy, the director of the Framingham Heart Study, is joined by reporter Susan Brink for this examination of how the study--begun in 1948--helped unravel the mysteries of cardiovascular disease.
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Dr. Levy, the director of the Framingham Heart Study, is joined by reporter Susan Brink for this examination of how the study--begun in 1948--helped unravel the mysteries of cardiovascular disease.
The Exquisite Machine
Author: Sian E. Harding
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262548410
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
How science is opening up the mysteries of the heart, revealing the poetry in motion within the machine. Your heart is a miracle in motion, a marvel of construction unsurpassed by any human-made creation. It beats 100,000 times every day—if you were to live to 100, that would be more than 3 billion beats across your lifespan. Despite decades of effort in labs all over the world, we have not yet been able to replicate the heart’s perfect engineering. But, as Sian Harding shows us in The Exquisite Machine, new scientific developments are opening up the mysteries of the heart. And this explosion of new science—ultrafast imaging, gene editing, stem cells, artificial intelligence, and advanced sub-light microscopy—has crucial, real-world consequences for health and well-being. Harding—a world leader in cardiac research—explores the relation between the emotions and heart function, reporting that the heart not only responds to our emotions, it creates them as well. The condition known as Broken Heart Syndrome, for example, is a real disorder than can follow bereavement or stress. The Exquisite Machine describes the evolutionary forces that have shaped the heart’s response to damage, the astonishing rejuvenating power of stem cells, how we can avoid heart disease, and why it can be so hard to repair a damaged heart. It tells the stories of patients who have had the devastating experiences of a heart attack, chaotic heart rhythms, or stress-induced acute heart failure. And it describes how cutting-edge technologies are enabling experiments and clinical trials that will lead us to new solutions to the worldwide scourge of heart disease.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262548410
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
How science is opening up the mysteries of the heart, revealing the poetry in motion within the machine. Your heart is a miracle in motion, a marvel of construction unsurpassed by any human-made creation. It beats 100,000 times every day—if you were to live to 100, that would be more than 3 billion beats across your lifespan. Despite decades of effort in labs all over the world, we have not yet been able to replicate the heart’s perfect engineering. But, as Sian Harding shows us in The Exquisite Machine, new scientific developments are opening up the mysteries of the heart. And this explosion of new science—ultrafast imaging, gene editing, stem cells, artificial intelligence, and advanced sub-light microscopy—has crucial, real-world consequences for health and well-being. Harding—a world leader in cardiac research—explores the relation between the emotions and heart function, reporting that the heart not only responds to our emotions, it creates them as well. The condition known as Broken Heart Syndrome, for example, is a real disorder than can follow bereavement or stress. The Exquisite Machine describes the evolutionary forces that have shaped the heart’s response to damage, the astonishing rejuvenating power of stem cells, how we can avoid heart disease, and why it can be so hard to repair a damaged heart. It tells the stories of patients who have had the devastating experiences of a heart attack, chaotic heart rhythms, or stress-induced acute heart failure. And it describes how cutting-edge technologies are enabling experiments and clinical trials that will lead us to new solutions to the worldwide scourge of heart disease.
Change of Heart
Author: Norah McClintock
Publisher: Darby Creek (Tm)
ISBN: 0761383174
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Robyn's best friend Billy is devestated when Morgan dumps him for a hockey star. But when the hockey star turns up dead, Billy is the prime suspect. Can Robyn prove his innocence?
Publisher: Darby Creek (Tm)
ISBN: 0761383174
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Robyn's best friend Billy is devestated when Morgan dumps him for a hockey star. But when the hockey star turns up dead, Billy is the prime suspect. Can Robyn prove his innocence?