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Medicine is hard.
Writing about medicine doesn't have to be.
Struggling to write your character's chronic illness? Need to injure a character but don't know how? Look no further! Let physician and author, Natalie Dale, MD, be your guide to writing about medicine.
In Volume 1: Setting & Character, Dr. Dale navigated writers through the complex maze of hospital settings and medical professions. Now, the doctor is back, tackling one of fiction writers'...
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From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and "laugh-out-loud funny" (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs.
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BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR C.C. HUMPHREYS, AND INSPIRED BY HIS PARENTS' TRUE STORY, A DAZZLING NOVEL ABOUT A SPY AND A PILOT WHO FALL IN LOVE BUT ARE WRENCHED APART DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AND MUST FIND THEIR WAY BACK TO EACH OTHER.
When Billy Coke steps onto the streets of London one December evening in 1940, he has no idea he is stepping to his fate. As Hitler's bombers come close to burning the city down, Billy meets the woman who will change
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As a kid, Charlotte Illes' uncanny sleuthing abilities made her a minor celebrity. But in high school, she hung up her detective's hat and stashed away the signature blue landline in her "office"--aka garage--convinced that finding her adult purpose would be as easy as tracking down missing pudding cups or locating stolen diamonds. Now twenty-five, Charlotte has a nagging fear that she hit her peak in middle school. She's living with her mom, scrolling...
9) Ill Tidings
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Somewhere, a demon runs amok, loosed in a museum and now free in the London sewers.
In desperation, the authorities summon metaphysician Augustus Dexter Derlyth to solve this trouble.
Then it gets worse.
What evils lurk in the shadows, where nobody dares stride?
Ill Tidings, the first of a new Occult Detective series set in 1920s London, where all is not as it seems. Be sure to look for Dream Thief next.
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By turns somber and funny but above all provocative, Elizabeth Benedict's Rewriting Illness: A View of My Own is a most unconventional memoir. With wisdom, self-effacing wit, and the story-telling skills of a seasoned novelist, she brings to life her cancer diagnosis and committed hypochondria. As she discovers multiplying lumps in her armpit, she describes her initial terror, interspersed with moments of self-mocking levity as she indulges in "natural...
12) Ill Wind
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Hard-hitting veteran reporter Deuce Mora is awakened in the pre-dawn hours and called to the scene of a gruesome hanging to identify the body of a dear friend, an FBI agent on the verge of taking down one of Chicago's biggest Mob operations. Deuce knows it's murder, but the authorities have no choice but to call it a suicide-the scene was triple-locked from the inside.
The ill wind sweeping the Windy City has also whipped up two more unexplainable...
13) I'll Share
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Sharing makes activities fun for everyone! Sing as you read about sharing with friends and family! Includes hardcover book, music CD plus online music access.
14) Ill-Gotten Games
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Tick tock, you lose. The clock is ticking as crime consultant Scott Drayco and "the world's most diminutive defense attorney," Benny Baskin, play games with a dangerous killer to save an innocent man from going to jail. Why is the killer texting cryptic poems to Drayco about stolen Egyptian figurines, and what do the messages mean? Was the murder a crime of opportunity or was it planned all along for more sinister reasons? Drayco races around Washington,...
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Explores how to handle illness, both when oneself is sick, when a loved one is sick, or when a friend is dealing with illness. Additional features include a table of contents, sidebars, an infographic, Fast Facts, questions to inspire further thought, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words Index Infographics Informative sidebars Phonetics Photo...
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The book is a mock interview that I uniquely put together by hypothetical questions from people that may be in the same position or in an interview with similar types of questions. I go on to discuss the early development signs that may have contributed to my diagnosis. I cover a lot of my experience in this book including details of emergency room visits and hospitalization visits. I also try to provide ideas in order to better benefit from therapy...
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"Felicity Jin grew up literally hanging onto Mom's apron strings in their magical bakery in the quaint town of Pixie, California. Her mother's enchanted baked goods, including puffy pineapple buns and creamy egg tarts, bring instant joy to all who consume them. Felicity has always been hesitant in the kitchen herself after many failed attempts, but a takeout meal gone wrong inspires her to craft some handmade fortune cookies. They become so popular...
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Ill-mannered ladies volume 1
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"A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new historical mystery series. Lady Augusta Colebrook, "Gus," is determinedly unmarried, bored by society life, and tired of being dismissed at the age of forty-two. She and her twin sister, Julia, who is grieving her dead betrothed, need a distraction. One soon presents itself: to rescue their friend's goddaughter,...
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Expectation conceals the truth.
Noblewoman and cultivator Li Yao is called to a small village to investigate a mysterious illness that has drained residents of their chi. Accompanying her are her suitors Xiang An and Shen Wei, both more trouble than they're worth in Li Yao's eyes.
Perhaps not all is as it seems. In the village and her suitors.
This is a short story set in the A Thousand Li universe. Does not need to be read to follow the main series....