First there were two. Then there were three. Then just one.Are the choices we make always under our control or does the universe purposefully disrupt our journeys, forcing a hand and requiring us to look at our lives from a totally new perspective? When Lucas Walker entered Jeff and David's seemingly comfortable partnership, a new polyamorous relationship was formed—a throuple—changing the trajectory of their lives forever. The power of three was palpable. Seduction. Love. Romance....

Kim Noble is an accomplished artist whose work has been exhibited around the world. She is a mother with a 13-year-old daughter. She is a bubbly and vivacious woman. To meet her you wouldn't think anything was wrong. But when Kim was younger than five years old, her personality splintered and fractured. In 1995 she was finally diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) which has been described as a creative way to cope with unbearable pain. Now her body plays host to more than 20 ...

'The noises were fuzzy in the darkness. Like hearing a domestic dispute through an apartment wall. As a cop, it was a scenario I'd experienced many times as I'd approached a stranger's front door. But this was different. This time I wasn't going anywhere. I wasn't moving at all. Couldn't move at all.'In May 2009 Napa cop Richard Marsh suffered a severe stroke that submerged him in the terrifying world of a Locked-in sufferer. Brain activity remains but sufferers ha...

Kirsteen Lupton seems like any other teenage girl. But Kirsteen was born with a rare medical condition: her bladder was on the outside of her body. By the age of seven she had endured numerous agonising, failed operations. After medical complications left her weighing just 1½ stone and battling for her life, surgery by the team at Great Ormond Street Hospital finally gave her a chance at a normal life. What makes Kirsteen so exceptional is that she has since helped to raise over £750,000 f...

Un matin, Richard s'éveille avec la sensation que quelque chose ne va pas. Quelques minutes plus tard, il est victime d'un grave accident vasculaire qui le paralyse entièrement. Au point que les médecins le croient en état de mort cérébrale.Pourtant, Richard est parfaitement conscient. Il entend et comprend tout ce qui se passe autour de lui, mais il est incapable de communiquer : il est atteint de locked-in syndrom ou syndrome d'enfermement. Pour qu'on ne le débranche pas, il va d...

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice.In Health Humanities Reader, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. F...

This revised, four-color edition of The Farmer’s Wife Cookbook features country-kitchen recipes that appeared in Midwestern America’s Farmer’s Wife magazine between 1893 and 1939.Beloved by home cooks since the magazine was first published, the recipes resonate now more than ever as many of us—from the countryside, city, and in between—return from quick meals on the go to slow, scratch cooking; fresh and wholesome ingredie...