Reflections on Being a PhysicianRobert G. Hooper, M.D.What is a Physician? Does he differ from a Doctor of Medicine? Robert G. Hooper, M.D. believes physicians do. The education, mentoring and Hippocratic Oath are, of course, essential and important. However, to be a true physician, much more is needed and regular recommitments are essential.Reflections on Being a Physician

**LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2025“Etta and Otto and Russell and James is incredibly moving, beautifully written and luminous with wisdom. It is a book that restores one's faith in life even as it deepens its mystery. Wonderful!” —Chris Cleave, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Little Bee**“I've gone. I've never seen the water, so I've gone there. I will try to remember to come back.”Etta's greatest unfulfilled wish, living ...

Are you tired of feeling separated from your partner? Do you wish you could strengthen your love and closeness with your significant other? Look no further than "Relationship Nirvana (Love Application)".This book is a must-read for anyone wishing to strengthen their relationship and take it to the next level. It is a complete guide that gives you practical and actionable ways to help you express your love effective...

Many universities now offer a course in biomedical optics, but lack a textbook specifically addressing the topic. Intended to fill this gap, An Introduction to Biomedical Optics is the first comprehensive, introductory text describing both diagnostic and therapeutic optical methods in medicine. It provides the fundamental background needed for grad

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Science fiction is in many ways positive, uplifting and a vision of where we are headed. But in this volume our classic authors including Lovecraft, Wells, Hawthorne and others reveal its darker cousin; Horror. Now these malevolent terrors have made up their minds that blending themselves with Science Fiction might make their impact even more awful and frightening for us to bear.1 - Classic Sci-Fi Stories - An Introduction2 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft

“Toni Morrison once said, ‘The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction.’ In The Moment, Bakari Sellers brilliantly and precisely cuts through the noise of the calculated, well-financed, and relentless campaign by conservative media, think tanks, and politicians to end the post-George Floyd ‘racial reckoning’ and reverse the civil rights victories of the past fifty years. This is a must-read!”—Joy-Ann Reid, New York Times bestselling author and...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CBCWINNER OF THE 2023 LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOURSHORTLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2025Consummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender and at times extremely funny memoir of his Newfoundland boyhood.**For six months between 1966 and 1967, Wayne Johnston and his family lived in a wreck of a house across from his grandparents in Goulds, Ne...

When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls the spring of 1987, growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families; Lily’s previously stateless father wanted to blend seamlessly into Canadian life, while her mother, alienated and isolated, longed to return to Bru...

The incredible true story of the first Allied soldier to open the gates of Belsen.Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first Allied soldier to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945. He kept his story from the world until an encounter with a trainee journalist brought it to light. Now, forty years on, that reporter is ready to share Herbert's incredible tale with the world.With unprecedented access to Herbert's diaries, le...

**FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEA WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2023A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2023“With illuminating, vivid, and meticulous prose, Edwin Raymond delivers an extraordinary exposé on policing in America . . . An essential, exceptional work.”—Toluse Olorunnipa, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of His Name Is George FloydFrom the highest-ranking whistleblower in NYPD history, a gripping ...

A Two-Spirit Journey is Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby’s story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism.As a child, Chacaby learned spiritual and cultural traditions from her Cree grandmother and trapping, hunting, and bush survival skills ...