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2) Doctors
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Series
Language
English
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers gives examples of different things doctors do: setting broken bones, yearly check-ups, taking care of cancer patients, and more"--
Author
Series
All creatures great and small volume 1
Language
English
Description
The stories of a young veterinarian making his way in the rugged English countryside?and of the people and animals he met along the way ? In the rolling dales of Yorkshire, a simple, rural region of northern England, a young veterinarian from Sunderland joins a new practice. A stranger in a strange land, he must quickly learn the odd dialect and humorous ways of the locals, master outdated equipment, and do his best to mend, treat, and heal pets and...
Author
Series
All creatures great and small volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"In the midst of World War II, James is training for the Royal Air Force, while going home to Yorkshire whenever possible to see his very pregnant wife, Helen. Musing on past adventures through the dales, visiting with old friends, and introducing scores of new and amusing characters--animal and human alike--Herriot enthralls with his uncanny ability to spin a most engaging and heartfelt yarn." -- Amazon.com.
In the midst of World War II, the Yorkshire...
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
This fascinating reference answers those "How in the world do they do that?" questions with engrossing explanations of the principles behind the most important technological achievements of the past and present. Twelve absorbing sections and over 1,200 illustrations, cover the full range of man's ingenuity, the heights of his inventiveness.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"True stories about people who triumphed over seemingly impossible medical diagnoses using untraditional, inventive therapies and perseverance--and about what scientists are discovering on the psychology of healing and the mind-body connection--from the author of theNew York TimesMagazinearticle about her own son, "The Boy with the Thorn in his Joints," which led to this book about other families"--
"THE OTHER SIDE OF IMPOSSIBLE is about people...