G. Wayne Miller
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Language
English
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Before the "Big Three," even before the Model T, the race for dominance in the American car market was fierce, fast, and sometimes farcical. Car Crazy takes readers back to the passionate and reckless years of the early automobile era, from 1893, when the first US-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few, and devotees of this exciting...
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Language
English
Formats
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Few of the great stories of medicine are as palpably dramatic as the invention of open-heart surgery, yet, until now, no journalist has ever brought all of the thrilling specifics of this triumph to life.
This is the story of the surgeon many call the father of open-heart surgery, Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, who, along with colleagues at University Hospital in Minneapolis and a small band of pioneers elsewhere, accomplished what many experts considered...
This is the story of the surgeon many call the father of open-heart surgery, Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, who, along with colleagues at University Hospital in Minneapolis and a small band of pioneers elsewhere, accomplished what many experts considered...
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Publisher
Stillwater River Publications
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Having escaped religious persecution in Eastern Europe in 1903, Alan Hassenfeld's grandfather and great-uncle arrived in America as penniless teenage immigrants - refugees who went from hawking rags on the streets of New York City to building what became the world's largest toy company, Hasbro. Alan's father, Merrill, brought Mr. Potato Head and G.I. Joe to consumers and his only brother, Stephen, made Hasbro a Fortune 500 company and Hollywood player....
9) Blue hill
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Publisher
Crossroad Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Mark Gray had it all together. Until he didn't. Remarkably creative, successful in business, Gray was a husband, father and son of an elderly clergyman - and a superhero in the online and gaming worlds. Until one night in New York Cit, when it seems he was responsible for the death of a mysterious woman. Suddenly one of America's Most Wanted criminals, Gray went on the run- taking a journey back in time and place, where he discovered a long-buried...
10) Traces of Mary
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Publisher
Macabre Ink, an imprint of Crossroad Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Despite carrying the scars of childhood trauma, Mary McAllister has enjoyed a successful career and become the mother of two wonderful children. Then their deadbeat father leaves, her young daughter dies, and she is hospitalized in a psychiatric center as she seeks to recover from this devastating loss. But she is not the same when she is released -- and during escalating periods of crisis, she claims to be possessed by Z-DA, an evil creature from...
Author
Publisher
Crossroad Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"What happens when SuperGoodMedia, a ridiculous out-of-town newspaper chain buys the venerable Boston Daily Tribune, which has published every day since 1823? Heads roll and the few journalists left wonder when it will be their turn. That’s protagonist Nick Nolan’s worry, too – until he gets exclusive coverage of a single mother who claims that the Virgin Mary is speaking to the world through her young comatose daughter. Nolan not only keeps...
12) The Xeno chronicles: two years on the frontier of medicine inside Harvard's transplant research lab
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Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Kosslyn and Miller describe how the top and bottom parts of the brain work together, and introduce us to four modes of thought: Mover, Perceiver, Stimulator, and Adaptor. Learn to determine which mode best defines your dominant way of thinking, and learn practical applications for every aspect of your life.
Publisher
Eagle Peak Media
Pub. Date
©2010.
Language
English
Description
"Behind the Hedgerow tells the story of old-money Newport through the focus of the late Eileen Gillespie Slocum (1915-2008), Newport's last grande dame and member of several prominent American families, including the Browns of Brown University. Much of Hedgerow unfolds inside the estate where Slocum lived, with exclusive access and cooperation from her family. The film is enriched by the appearances of other leading members of Newport society, most...
Publisher
Midway Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A true story of the tuberculosis epidemic in America in the 1900s and globally today through the lives of those who became sick and died -- but also of patients who survived against great odds. It's an emotional story of true-life tales of friendship and love in tragic circumstances, a triumph of the human spirit for those who survived.