Author: Miguel Ángel Pertierra Quesada
Publisher: ANAYA MULTIMEDIA
ISBN: 8441535930
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : es
Pages : 248
Book Description
Tres de la mañana. El silencio de una tranquila noche de guardia se rompe bruscamente por el repiqueteo insistente de mi busca. Una urgencia. Corro por el laberinto de pasillos hasta reunirme con mis compañeros. La situación es crítica. No tenemos mucho tiempo. Se inicia entonces una coreografía mil veces repetida. Tijeras. Bisturí. Cánula de ventilación traqueal. ¡Rápido, se nos va! Por fin conseguimos estabilizar al paciente. Respiramos aliviados. En la sala de descanso comentamos lo ocurrido. Charlamos sobre el procedimiento empleado, pero todos tenemos algo en la cabeza de lo que nos cuesta hablar. Al final alguien se atreve: «¿Habrá visto el túnel? Porque, desde luego, ha estado a punto de irse para el otro lado». Nuestras miradas se cruzan; el hielo, poco a poco, comienza a romperse. Las historias se suceden, cada vez con una mayor naturalidad. Y hablamos de todos esos pacientes que cuentan lo mismo: la sensación de verse desde fuera, el túnel, la luz... Esa noche constituyó un punto de inflexión en mi vida. Fue entonces cuando comprendí que no se trataba de casualidades. Que no se puede negar la evidencia. Y me comprometí a investigar todas esas historias, para que no se perdieran en el olvido, y tal vez para descubrir qué hay detrás de esa última gran puerta que todos, sin excepción, atravesaremos algún día. En el límite entre la vida y la muerte aparecen, en todas las culturas, en todos los tiempos, las que llamamos en la actualidad "Experiencias Cercanas a la Muerte" (ECM). Historias impresionantes que la ciencia aún no ha sido capaz de explicar de manera racional. El Dr. Miguel Ángel Pertierra analiza numerosos casos recopilados en primera persona durante más de quince años de intensa investigación clínica. Y culmina con su propia vivencia tras un grave accidente de tráfico.Esta obra demuestra que existen argumentos suficientes para cuestionar que la vida concluya con el fallecimiento corpóreo. Hágase la luz dentro de la oscuridad...
La última puerta. Experiencias cercanas a la muerte
Author: Miguel Ángel Pertierra Quesada
Publisher: ANAYA MULTIMEDIA
ISBN: 8441535930
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : es
Pages : 248
Book Description
Tres de la mañana. El silencio de una tranquila noche de guardia se rompe bruscamente por el repiqueteo insistente de mi busca. Una urgencia. Corro por el laberinto de pasillos hasta reunirme con mis compañeros. La situación es crítica. No tenemos mucho tiempo. Se inicia entonces una coreografía mil veces repetida. Tijeras. Bisturí. Cánula de ventilación traqueal. ¡Rápido, se nos va! Por fin conseguimos estabilizar al paciente. Respiramos aliviados. En la sala de descanso comentamos lo ocurrido. Charlamos sobre el procedimiento empleado, pero todos tenemos algo en la cabeza de lo que nos cuesta hablar. Al final alguien se atreve: «¿Habrá visto el túnel? Porque, desde luego, ha estado a punto de irse para el otro lado». Nuestras miradas se cruzan; el hielo, poco a poco, comienza a romperse. Las historias se suceden, cada vez con una mayor naturalidad. Y hablamos de todos esos pacientes que cuentan lo mismo: la sensación de verse desde fuera, el túnel, la luz... Esa noche constituyó un punto de inflexión en mi vida. Fue entonces cuando comprendí que no se trataba de casualidades. Que no se puede negar la evidencia. Y me comprometí a investigar todas esas historias, para que no se perdieran en el olvido, y tal vez para descubrir qué hay detrás de esa última gran puerta que todos, sin excepción, atravesaremos algún día. En el límite entre la vida y la muerte aparecen, en todas las culturas, en todos los tiempos, las que llamamos en la actualidad "Experiencias Cercanas a la Muerte" (ECM). Historias impresionantes que la ciencia aún no ha sido capaz de explicar de manera racional. El Dr. Miguel Ángel Pertierra analiza numerosos casos recopilados en primera persona durante más de quince años de intensa investigación clínica. Y culmina con su propia vivencia tras un grave accidente de tráfico.Esta obra demuestra que existen argumentos suficientes para cuestionar que la vida concluya con el fallecimiento corpóreo. Hágase la luz dentro de la oscuridad...
Publisher: ANAYA MULTIMEDIA
ISBN: 8441535930
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : es
Pages : 248
Book Description
Tres de la mañana. El silencio de una tranquila noche de guardia se rompe bruscamente por el repiqueteo insistente de mi busca. Una urgencia. Corro por el laberinto de pasillos hasta reunirme con mis compañeros. La situación es crítica. No tenemos mucho tiempo. Se inicia entonces una coreografía mil veces repetida. Tijeras. Bisturí. Cánula de ventilación traqueal. ¡Rápido, se nos va! Por fin conseguimos estabilizar al paciente. Respiramos aliviados. En la sala de descanso comentamos lo ocurrido. Charlamos sobre el procedimiento empleado, pero todos tenemos algo en la cabeza de lo que nos cuesta hablar. Al final alguien se atreve: «¿Habrá visto el túnel? Porque, desde luego, ha estado a punto de irse para el otro lado». Nuestras miradas se cruzan; el hielo, poco a poco, comienza a romperse. Las historias se suceden, cada vez con una mayor naturalidad. Y hablamos de todos esos pacientes que cuentan lo mismo: la sensación de verse desde fuera, el túnel, la luz... Esa noche constituyó un punto de inflexión en mi vida. Fue entonces cuando comprendí que no se trataba de casualidades. Que no se puede negar la evidencia. Y me comprometí a investigar todas esas historias, para que no se perdieran en el olvido, y tal vez para descubrir qué hay detrás de esa última gran puerta que todos, sin excepción, atravesaremos algún día. En el límite entre la vida y la muerte aparecen, en todas las culturas, en todos los tiempos, las que llamamos en la actualidad "Experiencias Cercanas a la Muerte" (ECM). Historias impresionantes que la ciencia aún no ha sido capaz de explicar de manera racional. El Dr. Miguel Ángel Pertierra analiza numerosos casos recopilados en primera persona durante más de quince años de intensa investigación clínica. Y culmina con su propia vivencia tras un grave accidente de tráfico.Esta obra demuestra que existen argumentos suficientes para cuestionar que la vida concluya con el fallecimiento corpóreo. Hágase la luz dentro de la oscuridad...
TO LIVE UNTIL WE SAY GOOD BYE
Author: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451664478
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This exploration of counseling work with terminal patients visually outlines how Dr. Kübler-Ross, world-renowned psychiatrist and authority on death, helps her patients come to terms with death. Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, whose books on death and dying have sold in the millions, now offers an extraordinary visual record of her work. Through the brilliant photographs of Mal Warshaw, To Live Until We Say Good-Bye gives a gripping, intimate view of Dr. Kübler-Ross's counseling work with terminally ill patients as she brings them to an acceptance of death.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451664478
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This exploration of counseling work with terminal patients visually outlines how Dr. Kübler-Ross, world-renowned psychiatrist and authority on death, helps her patients come to terms with death. Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, whose books on death and dying have sold in the millions, now offers an extraordinary visual record of her work. Through the brilliant photographs of Mal Warshaw, To Live Until We Say Good-Bye gives a gripping, intimate view of Dr. Kübler-Ross's counseling work with terminally ill patients as she brings them to an acceptance of death.
Barely Missing Everything
Author: Matt Mendez
Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
ISBN: 1534404465
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Peña, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when you—your life, brown lives—don’t matter. Juan has plans. He’s going to get out of El Paso, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and make something of himself—or at least find something better than his mom Fabi’s cruddy apartment, her string of loser boyfriends, and a dead dad. Basketball is going to be his ticket out, his ticket up. He just needs to make it happen. His best friend JD has plans, too. He’s going to be a filmmaker one day, like Quentin Tarantino or Guillermo del Toro (NOT Steven Spielberg). He’s got a camera and he’s got passion—what else could he need? Fabi doesn’t have a plan anymore. When you get pregnant at sixteen and have been stuck bartending to make ends meet for the past seventeen years, you realize plans don’t always pan out, and that there are some things you just can’t plan for… Like Juan’s run-in with the police, like a sprained ankle, and a tanking math grade that will likely ruin his chance at a scholarship. Like JD causing the implosion of his family. Like letters from a man named Mando on death row. Like finding out this man could be the father your mother said was dead. Soon Juan and JD are embarking on a Thelma and Louise—like road trip to visit Mando. Juan will finally meet his dad, JD has a perfect subject for his documentary, and Fabi is desperate to stop them. But, as we already know, there are some things you just can’t plan for…
Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
ISBN: 1534404465
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Peña, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when you—your life, brown lives—don’t matter. Juan has plans. He’s going to get out of El Paso, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and make something of himself—or at least find something better than his mom Fabi’s cruddy apartment, her string of loser boyfriends, and a dead dad. Basketball is going to be his ticket out, his ticket up. He just needs to make it happen. His best friend JD has plans, too. He’s going to be a filmmaker one day, like Quentin Tarantino or Guillermo del Toro (NOT Steven Spielberg). He’s got a camera and he’s got passion—what else could he need? Fabi doesn’t have a plan anymore. When you get pregnant at sixteen and have been stuck bartending to make ends meet for the past seventeen years, you realize plans don’t always pan out, and that there are some things you just can’t plan for… Like Juan’s run-in with the police, like a sprained ankle, and a tanking math grade that will likely ruin his chance at a scholarship. Like JD causing the implosion of his family. Like letters from a man named Mando on death row. Like finding out this man could be the father your mother said was dead. Soon Juan and JD are embarking on a Thelma and Louise—like road trip to visit Mando. Juan will finally meet his dad, JD has a perfect subject for his documentary, and Fabi is desperate to stop them. But, as we already know, there are some things you just can’t plan for…
Appointments with Heaven
Author: Reggie Anderson
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414380453
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
When Dr. Reggie Anderson is present at the bedside of a dying patient, something miraculous happens. Sometimes as he sits vigil and holds the patient's hand . . . he can experience what they feel and see as they cross over. Because of these God-given glimpses of the afterlife--his "appointments with heaven"--Reggie knows beyond a doubt that we are closer to the next world than we think. Join him as he shares remarkable stories from his life and practice, including the tragedy that nearly drove him away from faith forever. He reveals how what he's seen, heard, and experienced has shaped what he believes about living and dying; how we can face the passing of our loved ones with the courage and confidence that we will see them again; and how we can each prepare for our own "appointment with heaven." Soul-stirring and hope-filled, Appointments with Heaven is a powerful journey into the questions at the very core of your being: Is there more to life than this? What is heaven like? And, most important: Do I believe it enough to let it change me?
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414380453
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
When Dr. Reggie Anderson is present at the bedside of a dying patient, something miraculous happens. Sometimes as he sits vigil and holds the patient's hand . . . he can experience what they feel and see as they cross over. Because of these God-given glimpses of the afterlife--his "appointments with heaven"--Reggie knows beyond a doubt that we are closer to the next world than we think. Join him as he shares remarkable stories from his life and practice, including the tragedy that nearly drove him away from faith forever. He reveals how what he's seen, heard, and experienced has shaped what he believes about living and dying; how we can face the passing of our loved ones with the courage and confidence that we will see them again; and how we can each prepare for our own "appointment with heaven." Soul-stirring and hope-filled, Appointments with Heaven is a powerful journey into the questions at the very core of your being: Is there more to life than this? What is heaven like? And, most important: Do I believe it enough to let it change me?
A New Day
Author: Jon Secada
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698154487
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
As one of the first successful Latin crossover artists, Jon Secada dominated the pop music charts in the early 90s, releasing hits such as Just Another Day and Angel and winning multiple Grammy Awards. As a Cuban refuge, Jon understands that life is about starting anew and embracing opportunities, something he never lost sight of while achieving his dream of being a performer and while building new dreams when life took unexpected turns. In his debut book, Jon shares the lessons he learned that made him the resilient person he is today. His moving message reaffirms that wisdom and strength comes from constantly reinventing yourself and finding what you’re made of through doubt and hardships, growing from adversity, and having faith in A New Day.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698154487
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
As one of the first successful Latin crossover artists, Jon Secada dominated the pop music charts in the early 90s, releasing hits such as Just Another Day and Angel and winning multiple Grammy Awards. As a Cuban refuge, Jon understands that life is about starting anew and embracing opportunities, something he never lost sight of while achieving his dream of being a performer and while building new dreams when life took unexpected turns. In his debut book, Jon shares the lessons he learned that made him the resilient person he is today. His moving message reaffirms that wisdom and strength comes from constantly reinventing yourself and finding what you’re made of through doubt and hardships, growing from adversity, and having faith in A New Day.
The Map of Heaven
Author: Eben Alexander
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476766401
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Proof of Heaven teams up with the sages of times past, modern scientists, and with ordinary people who have had profound spiritual experiences to show the reality of heaven and our true identities as spiritual beings. When Dr. Eben Alexander told the story of his near-death experience and his vivid journey to the other side, many readers wrote to say it resonated with them profoundly. Thanks to them, Dr. Alexander realized that sharing his story allowed people to rediscover what so many in ancient times knew: there is more to life, and to the universe, than this single earthly life. Dr. Alexander and his coauthor Ptolemy Tompkins were surprised to see how often his readers’ visions of the afterlife synced up with each other and with those of the world’s spiritual leaders, as well as its philosophers and scientists. In The Map of Heaven, he shares the stories people have told him and shows how they are echoed both in the world’s faiths and in its latest scientific insights. It turns out there is much agreement, across time and terrain, about the journey of the soul and its survival beyond death. In this book, Dr. Alexander makes the case for heaven as a genuine place, showing how we have forgotten, but are now at last remembering, who we really are and what our destiny truly is. The Map of Heaven takes the broad view to reveal how modern science is on the verge of the most profound revolution in recorded history—all around the phenomenon of consciousness itself!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476766401
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Proof of Heaven teams up with the sages of times past, modern scientists, and with ordinary people who have had profound spiritual experiences to show the reality of heaven and our true identities as spiritual beings. When Dr. Eben Alexander told the story of his near-death experience and his vivid journey to the other side, many readers wrote to say it resonated with them profoundly. Thanks to them, Dr. Alexander realized that sharing his story allowed people to rediscover what so many in ancient times knew: there is more to life, and to the universe, than this single earthly life. Dr. Alexander and his coauthor Ptolemy Tompkins were surprised to see how often his readers’ visions of the afterlife synced up with each other and with those of the world’s spiritual leaders, as well as its philosophers and scientists. In The Map of Heaven, he shares the stories people have told him and shows how they are echoed both in the world’s faiths and in its latest scientific insights. It turns out there is much agreement, across time and terrain, about the journey of the soul and its survival beyond death. In this book, Dr. Alexander makes the case for heaven as a genuine place, showing how we have forgotten, but are now at last remembering, who we really are and what our destiny truly is. The Map of Heaven takes the broad view to reveal how modern science is on the verge of the most profound revolution in recorded history—all around the phenomenon of consciousness itself!
Until Tuesday
Author: Luis Carlos Montalvan
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401303765
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
A heartwarming dog story like no other: Tuesday, a lovable golden retriever, changes a former soldier’s life forever. A highly decorated captain in the U.S. Army, Luis Montalván never backed down from a challenge during his two tours of duty in Iraq. After returning home from combat, however, his physical wounds and crippling post-traumatic stress disorder began to take their toll. He wondered if he would ever recover. Then Luis met Tuesday, a sensitive golden retriever trained to assist people with disabilities. Tuesday had lived among prisoners and at a home for troubled boys, and he found it difficult to trust in or connect with a human being–until Luis. Until Tuesday is the story of how two wounded warriors, who had given so much and suffered the consequences, found salvation in each other. It is a story about war and peace, injury and recovery, psychological wounds and spiritual restoration. But more than that, it is a story about the love between a man and dog, and how, together, they healed each other’s souls.
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401303765
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
A heartwarming dog story like no other: Tuesday, a lovable golden retriever, changes a former soldier’s life forever. A highly decorated captain in the U.S. Army, Luis Montalván never backed down from a challenge during his two tours of duty in Iraq. After returning home from combat, however, his physical wounds and crippling post-traumatic stress disorder began to take their toll. He wondered if he would ever recover. Then Luis met Tuesday, a sensitive golden retriever trained to assist people with disabilities. Tuesday had lived among prisoners and at a home for troubled boys, and he found it difficult to trust in or connect with a human being–until Luis. Until Tuesday is the story of how two wounded warriors, who had given so much and suffered the consequences, found salvation in each other. It is a story about war and peace, injury and recovery, psychological wounds and spiritual restoration. But more than that, it is a story about the love between a man and dog, and how, together, they healed each other’s souls.
The Wheel of Life
Author: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780593041451
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Autobiography of the world's foremost expert on death, dying and life after death.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780593041451
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Autobiography of the world's foremost expert on death, dying and life after death.
Unbreakable
Author: Jenni Rivera
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476744769
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The story behind Telemundo’s Jenni Rivera: Mariposa del Barrio series, now streaming. A New York Times bestseller, this is the official biography from the beloved Mexican-American singer who lost her life in a tragic plane crash. The only autobiography authorized by Jenni Rivera "I can’t get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. I am a woman like any other, and ugly things happen to me like any other woman. The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up." These are the last words that beloved Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera spoke publicly before boarding the plane that would crash and cut her life short on December 9, 2012. However, they are not the final words that La Diva de la Banda had for the world. Those are found in the pages you hold in your hands, Jenni’s own account of the highs and lows of her extraordinary journey. She became the most acclaimed Spanish-language singer in the United States and sold more than 15 million records worldwide. A single mother of five and grandmother of two, she was also an actress, a television producer, the star of her own reality show, and an entrepreneur. But for all its immense success, Jenni’s life often seemed to be a series of personal battles in which perseverance was her only weapon. As her fame grew, she made it her mission to speak about her struggles, forging an intimate connection with her fans. She became a figure of strength and a source of encouragement to women of all ages. In Unbreakable, Jenni recounts the crucial moments in her past, revealing her experiences with domestic and sexual abuse, divorce, body image issues, making her way in a male-dominated industry, raising her children as a single mother, and learning that she could depend only on herself. Though she is no longer with us, Jenni will always be the "Rivera rebel from Long Beach," the girl who maintained her sense of humor and fighting spirit in every circumstance. In this remarkable memoir, Jenni leaves behind a legacy of inspiration and determination that will forever live on through her precious family, friends, and fans.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476744769
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The story behind Telemundo’s Jenni Rivera: Mariposa del Barrio series, now streaming. A New York Times bestseller, this is the official biography from the beloved Mexican-American singer who lost her life in a tragic plane crash. The only autobiography authorized by Jenni Rivera "I can’t get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. I am a woman like any other, and ugly things happen to me like any other woman. The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up." These are the last words that beloved Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera spoke publicly before boarding the plane that would crash and cut her life short on December 9, 2012. However, they are not the final words that La Diva de la Banda had for the world. Those are found in the pages you hold in your hands, Jenni’s own account of the highs and lows of her extraordinary journey. She became the most acclaimed Spanish-language singer in the United States and sold more than 15 million records worldwide. A single mother of five and grandmother of two, she was also an actress, a television producer, the star of her own reality show, and an entrepreneur. But for all its immense success, Jenni’s life often seemed to be a series of personal battles in which perseverance was her only weapon. As her fame grew, she made it her mission to speak about her struggles, forging an intimate connection with her fans. She became a figure of strength and a source of encouragement to women of all ages. In Unbreakable, Jenni recounts the crucial moments in her past, revealing her experiences with domestic and sexual abuse, divorce, body image issues, making her way in a male-dominated industry, raising her children as a single mother, and learning that she could depend only on herself. Though she is no longer with us, Jenni will always be the "Rivera rebel from Long Beach," the girl who maintained her sense of humor and fighting spirit in every circumstance. In this remarkable memoir, Jenni leaves behind a legacy of inspiration and determination that will forever live on through her precious family, friends, and fans.
The Play of Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon
Author:
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435232931
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435232931
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description