Author: Ellis Douek
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9811255458
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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This is an autobiography of Ellis Douek, one of the pioneers of hearing implants, whose name lives on through the middle ear device Douek-MED™. Shedding light on the life of a surgeon from the early days of the UK National Health Service, it not only covers the highlights of Douek's medical career but also contains sensational, no-holds-barred tales of his interactions from ordinary patients to well-known singers, kings, emperors and dictators. We read about a social dinner-turned-mass consultation session for the entire Cabinet; using an innovative hearing test to expose a financial scam; a wife who dumped her loyal husband after being cured; a curious encounter with Michael Jackson; and not getting paid by Gaddafi's staff, causing an epic coup by the Libyan dictator on his own embassy. It is at once unflinching and compassionate, offering a searingly honest firsthand account of his trailblazing journey to leave a mark in history.Blending pioneering research and a unique episodic storytelling approach, To Hear Again, To Sing Again is a profound reflection on the relationship between doctor and patient, and one man's quest to make a difference in the world.
Author: Ellis Douek
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789811255441
Category : Cochlear implants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Richard Elphick
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819573760
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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History is a powerful aid to the understanding of the present, and those who are concerned with the escalating crisis in South Africa will find this an invaluable source book. This is the story of the evolution of a society in which race became the dominant characteristic, the primary determinant of status, wealth, and power. Cultural chauvinism of the first European colonists – primarily the Dutch – merged with economic and demographic developments to create a society in which whites relegated all blacks – free blacks, Africans, imported slaves – to a systematic pattern of subordination and oppression that foreshadowed the apartheid of the twentieth century. From the beginning of the nineteenth century the new empire-builders, the British, reinforced the racial order. In the next century and a half the industrialized South Africa would become firmly integrated into the world economy. Published originally in South Africa in 1979 and updated and expanded now, a decade later, this book by twelve South African, British, Canadian, Dutch, and American scholars is the most comprehensive history of the early years of that troubled nation. The authors put South Africa in the comparative context of other colonial systems. Their social, political, and economic history is rich with empirical data and rests on a solid base of archival research. The story they tell is a complex drama of a racial structure that has resisted hostile impulses from without and rebellion from within.
Author: June Blair
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452541884
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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35 MINUTES and COUNTING, a true story of Micky Oldham, a woman who crossed over to the other side and came back to share the lessons of her experience. After the final barrage of bullets from a crazed gunman, Micky lay on the floor for 35 minutes, waiting for medical assistance. During this time, she felt her psyche slip between reality and an unknown dimension. She came back with a message: life can bring a raincloud, but a rainbow waits w the promise of hope, as the sun begins to emerge from the darkness of the clouds. For anyone who has ever questioned, what is life and death? 35 MINUTES and COUNTING is a quick and breathtaking read. JoAn Worden, CMSW, LMHP, and author.
Author: Carrie Sutton
Publisher: Big Finish Productions
ISBN: 9781844354696
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Sharp, funny and hugely entertaining, Carrie Sutton charts her life in the year following the big break-up.
Author: Kim Stafford
Publisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595341374
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Bret and Kim Stafford, the oldest children of the poet and pacifist William Stafford, were pals. Bret was the good son, the obedient public servant, Kim the itinerant wanderer. In this family of two parent teachers, with its intermittent celebration of “talking recklessly,” there was a code of silence about hard things: “Why tell what hurts?” As childhood pleasures ebbed, this reticence took its toll on Bret, unable to reveal his troubles. Against a backdrop of the 1960s — puritan in the summer of love, pacifist in the Vietnam era — Bret became a casualty of his interior war and took his life in 1988. 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do casts spells in search of the lost brother: climbing the water tower to stand naked under the moon, cowboys and Indians with real bullets, breaking into church to play a serenade for God, struggling for love, and making bail. In this book, through a brother’s devotions, the lost saint teaches us about depression, the tender ancestry of violence, the quest for harmonious relations, and finally the trick of joy.
Author: Gail M. Gerhart
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520039339
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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"This book, better than any I have seen, provides an understanding of the politics and ideology of orthodox African nationalism, or Black Power, in South Africa since World War II. . . . from the Youth League of the African Student National Congress (ANC) of the late 1940s to the South African Student Organization (SASO) and the Black Consciousness Movement of the 1970s."—Perspective "Clarifies some of the main issues that have divided the black leadership and rescues the work of some pioneering nationalist theorists. . . . It's an absorbing piece of history."—New York Times "Informative and well-researched. . . . She ably explores the nuances of the two main movements until 1960 and explains why blacks were so receptive to black consciousness in the late Sixties."—New York Review
Author: Archie Sibeko
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anti-apartheid movements
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Author: Edward Roux
Publisher: University of the Western Cape
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Author: Maria Sciortino
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780595375523
Category : Cooking, Italian
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The first section of this book explains the term "pinch" as the author attempts to bring insight to her cultural ancestry with its many traditions, ways of communications, and family values, that provide and enrich that essential ingredient for a life that is filled with love. The second portion of this book gives description to the author's place of birth, hometown, neighborhood friends, and time spent with parents and grandparents. Lifestyles and occupations of former generations are discussed, along with their goals, philosophies, and ways for survival. The author takes us from her early childhood through the days of her becoming a married woman, sharing with her husband the dream of coming to America. Recollections of the author's children being born in America are joy gully noted, along with her dual citizenship. Details are given for preparation of monthly Italian celebrations, both holiday and religious events. Cherished memories and stories regarding husband, children, grandchildren, daughters-in-law, relatives, teachers and neighbors are vividly noted. In the last part of this book the author discusses her return trip to Italy for a documentary vacation, her comparison of the Italy she once knew, and the changes that have occurred over the passing years. The Author describes the joys of her Italian ancestry, along with her enduring love for America. The future for both her children and grandchildren are warmly expressed, including her hopes and wishes for her family. The book ends with a special section of family-shared recipes. The authors closing summary brings meaning and explanation to the book's title, and her life as a woman proud to be both Italian and American.
