Bestsellers
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On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- De: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrado por: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Duración: 19 h y 12 m
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The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents.
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A life lived doing what you love.
- De MP en 06-22-24
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Hidden Valley Road
- Inside the Mind of an American Family
- De: Robert Kolker
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with 12 children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease....
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A story you've never heard before
- De Kelley Cox en 04-19-20
De: Robert Kolker
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When Breath Becomes Air
- De: Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese - foreword
- Narrado por: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live....
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Phenomenal book!
- De A. Potter en 01-16-16
De: Paul Kalanithi, y otros
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Between Two Kingdoms
- A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
- De: Suleika Jaouad
- Narrado por: Suleika Jaouad
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to reentry into “normal” life....
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This was painful.
- De Meredith Nutrition en 07-31-22
De: Suleika Jaouad
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Elderhood
- Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
- De: Louise Aronson
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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As revelatory as Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson’s Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life....
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Well written but too long
- De Eric Troyer en 08-21-20
De: Louise Aronson
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- De: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell
- De Cynthia en 08-10-13
De: Rebecca Skloot
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On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- De: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrado por: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Duración: 19 h y 12 m
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The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents.
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A life lived doing what you love.
- De MP en 06-22-24
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Hidden Valley Road
- Inside the Mind of an American Family
- De: Robert Kolker
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with 12 children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease....
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A story you've never heard before
- De Kelley Cox en 04-19-20
De: Robert Kolker
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When Breath Becomes Air
- De: Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese - foreword
- Narrado por: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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Historia
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live....
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Phenomenal book!
- De A. Potter en 01-16-16
De: Paul Kalanithi, y otros
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Between Two Kingdoms
- A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
- De: Suleika Jaouad
- Narrado por: Suleika Jaouad
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to reentry into “normal” life....
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This was painful.
- De Meredith Nutrition en 07-31-22
De: Suleika Jaouad
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Elderhood
- Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
- De: Louise Aronson
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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As revelatory as Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson’s Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life....
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Well written but too long
- De Eric Troyer en 08-21-20
De: Louise Aronson
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- De: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell
- De Cynthia en 08-10-13
De: Rebecca Skloot
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The Tennis Partner
- A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
- De: Abraham Verghese
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 13 h y 50 m
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When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital....
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Honesty with Oneself
- De Dana Cradeur en 03-29-24
De: Abraham Verghese
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Legacy
- A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
- De: Uché Blackstock MD
- Narrado por: Uché Blackstock MD
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, it never occurred to Uché Blackstock and her twin sister, Oni, that they would be anything but physicians.
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Black nurses; we see these issues
- De J.E. B. en 04-11-24
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Into the Magic Shop
- A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
- De: James R. Doty MD
- Narrado por: James R. Doty MD
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart....
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A potentially life-changing read
- De Anonymous User en 06-25-24
De: James R. Doty MD
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Proof of Heaven
- A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
- De: Eben Alexander
- Narrado por: Eben Alexander
- Duración: 5 h y 29 m
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Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists.....
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Compelling
- De Kelly en 10-27-12
De: Eben Alexander
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A Thousand Naked Strangers
- A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
- De: Kevin Hazzard
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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A former paramedic's visceral, poignant, and mordantly funny account of a decade spent on Atlanta's mean streets saving lives....
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A Wild Ride You Won't Forget!
- De Kathy in CA en 05-23-17
De: Kevin Hazzard
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Good Morning, Monster
- A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery
- De: Catherine Gildiner
- Narrado por: Deborah Burgess
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
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In the tradition of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and shows such as In Treatment, a riveting look behind the closed door of the therapist's office....
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some things shouldn't be consumed
- De Jess en 12-28-22
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In Shock
- My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
- De: Dr. Rana Awdish
- Narrado por: Dr. Rana Awdish, Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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In Shock is a riveting first-hand account from a young critical care physician, who in the passage of a moment is transfigured into a dying patient....
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Read this book!
- De CT en 11-08-17
De: Dr. Rana Awdish
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Little Earthquakes
- A Memoir
- De: Sarah Mandel
- Narrado por: Jean Ann Douglass
- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
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A psychologist, wife, and mother chronicles her extraordinary journey with cancer while pregnant with her second baby, and the insights into life, death, trauma, and healing that she gleaned—an utterly inspiring debut memoir....
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Simply Beautifully Written
- De Amazon Customer en 06-27-24
De: Sarah Mandel
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How to Starve Cancer
- ...And Then Kill It with Ferroptosis
- De: Jane McLelland
- Narrado por: Nano Nagle
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
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After being given a terminal diagnosis with only a few weeks to live, Jane McLelland dug up research, some decades old, in her quest to survive. Rather than aiming to cure cancer, which in many cases is unachievable, Jane's approach was to stop it growing....
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Title if NOT accurate, Audio book is of Edition1
- De scott j en 01-21-24
De: Jane McLelland
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My Stroke of Insight
- De: Jill Bolte Taylor
- Narrado por: Jill Bolte Taylor
- Duración: 5 h y 43 m
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In My Stroke of Insight, Taylor shares her perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery, and the sense of omniscient understanding she gained from this inspiring voyage....
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Excellent description of stroke experience
- De Polyhymnia en 09-26-09
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Building a Life Worth Living
- A Memoir
- De: Marsha M. Linehan
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber, Stephen Mendel
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
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Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of the life-saving behavioral therapy DBT, using her own struggle to develop life skills for others....
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What an amazing journey!!
- De Sharon-nyc en 01-31-20
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This Is Going to Hurt
- Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor
- De: Adam Kay
- Narrado por: Adam Kay
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
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Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor....
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Awesome
- De karen en 06-15-22
De: Adam Kay
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An Autobiography of Trauma
- A Healing Journey
- De: Peter A. Levine
- Narrado por: Christopher Salazar
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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In this intimate memoir, renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing, Peter A. Levine shares his personal journey to heal his own severe childhood trauma and offers profound insights into the evolution of his innovative healing method.
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new insights on Levine's life and work.
- De Norm Shea en 06-05-24
De: Peter A. Levine
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Healthy Brain, Happy Life
- A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better
- De: Wendy Suzuki, Billie Fitzpatrick
- Narrado por: Wendy Suzuki
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brains, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide....
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Self-Satisfied, Self-Serving & Self-Centered
- De Sara en 12-29-15
De: Wendy Suzuki, y otros
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Do I Know You?
- A Faceblind Reporter's Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination
- De: Sadie Dingfelder
- Narrado por: Sadie Dingfelder
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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An award-winning science writer discovers she’s faceblind, and investigates the neuroscience of sight, memory, and imagination—while solving some long-running mysteries about her own life.
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The author’s curiosity keeps you interested from beginning to end
- De Ross D. Martin MD en 06-29-24
De: Sadie Dingfelder
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Grown Woman Talk
- Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy
- De: Sharon Malone M.D.
- Narrado por: Sharon Malone M.D.
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading OB/GYN and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health....
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Must read for all women
- De Jessica M. en 06-26-24
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Everything Happens for a Reason
- And Other Lies I've Loved
- De: Kate Bowler
- Narrado por: Kate Bowler
- Duración: 4 h y 32 m
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Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune as a mark of God's disapproval....
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Please give me back the lost hours of my life!
- De Charles en 03-24-19
De: Kate Bowler
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All Creatures Great and Small
- The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
- De: James Herriot
- Narrado por: Nicholas Ralph
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
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Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients....
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The narrator, Nicholas Ralph, is perfect
- De C. Beaton en 01-28-21
De: James Herriot
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Empty
- A Memoir
- De: Susan Burton
- Narrado por: Susan Burton
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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An editor at This American Life reveals the searing story of the secret binge-eating that dominated her adolescence and shapes her still....
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Pick another book
- De A. I. Keller en 07-18-20
De: Susan Burton
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Borderline
- The Biography of a Personality Disorder
- De: Alexander Kriss PhD
- Narrado por: Max Newland
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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An intimate, compassionate, and expansive portrait of Borderline Personality Disorder that rejects the conventional wisdom that this condition is untreatable, told by a psychologist who specializes in BPD....
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The War on Ivermectin
- The Medicine That Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic
- De: Pierre Kory
- Narrado por: Troy Wolfe
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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Ivermectin is a dirty word in the media. The drug has been derided and declared useless. Doctors have earnestly recorded pleas asking those afflicted with COVID-19 not to take the drug. But why? The War on Ivermectin is the personal and professional narrative of Dr. Pierre Kory....
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Excellent Overview of this Tragic Time
- De Mrs MM en 07-01-23
De: Pierre Kory
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Pets and the City
- True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian
- De: Dr. Amy Attas
- Narrado por: Adrienne Cornette
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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New York City’s premier “house call veterinarian” takes you into the exclusive penthouses and four-star hotel rooms of the wealthiest New Yorkers and shows that, when it comes to their pets, they are just as neurotic as any of us....
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Loved It! And the narrator was amazing!
- De Al en 07-02-24
De: Dr. Amy Attas
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This Ordinary Stardust
- A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder
- De: Alan Townsend PhD
- Narrado por: Alan Townsend PhD
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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A compassionate exploration of scientific wonder that offers “a fresh perspective on life, death, and the bittersweet consequences of impermanence,” (Jon Krakauer) as illuminated through the tragic dual cancer diagnoses of author Dr. Alan Townsend’s wife and daughter.
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Nothing ordinary about this incredible story
- De Amazon Customer en 07-04-24
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
- The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
- De: Tracy Kidder
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference....
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A Great Book
- De MikeInOhio en 11-22-03
De: Tracy Kidder