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★全球首個飛行醫生服務機構★第一線真實現場！要是引擎故障怎麼辦？要是袋鼠撞上飛機怎麼辦？要是礦坑塌陷怎麼辦？要是，我救不活患者……無數個「要是」在腦中盤旋，卻擋不住她飛向病人的心。※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※親臨雲端上的急診室，飛行醫生的親身經歷，比編劇想像的還要刺激、更令人腸胃翻滾絞痛！※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※＼一位飛行醫生在萬尺高空重拾生命真諦的實錄！／橫跨澳洲荒野、深入地底礦脈，有時會恐懼、有時會出糗、時常來不及化妝，卻始終在與死神爭奪每一秒。在生死交關的現場，最動人的姿態，是那雙因救援而顫抖、卻絕不放開的手。...
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孫運璿傳

by 楊艾俐 ...

Series Book 620 - 天下財經
*此版為1989年出版之《孫運璿傳》更新設計版從平凡中走來的不凡典範人物開啟台灣從匱乏走向騰飛的關鍵歷程1945 年，戰後的台灣電力系統幾近癱瘓，撤離的日本技師暗諷：「三個月後，這座島嶼將陷入漆黑。」那年，33歲的台電機電處長孫運璿，召集工程師與工專年輕學子組成「台灣隊」，僅用五個月便恢復全台 80% 電力。他用行動證明：台灣人，有能力靠自己發光。Team Taiwan 的開路先鋒他的一生，就是一部台灣從荒蕪走向繁榮的創業史▎****他是首席工程師，也是最可靠的台灣隊長在資源匱乏的年代，孫運璿展現了跨越時空的遠見。他深知公共建設與科技是經濟起飛的一雙翅膀，當國家仍在思索生存，他已帶領台電預估未來 30 年的用電需求，從高山到村落，實踐電力平權。擔任經濟部長期間，他... ... Read more

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*此版為1989年出版之《孫運璿傳》更新設計版從平凡中走來的不凡典範人物開啟台灣從匱乏走向騰飛的關鍵歷程1945 年，戰後的台灣電力系統幾近癱瘓，撤離的日本技師暗諷：「三個月後，這座島嶼將陷入漆黑。」那年，33歲的台電機電處長孫運璿，召集工程師與工專年輕學子組成「台灣隊」，僅用五個月便恢復全台 80% 電力。他用行動證明：台灣人，有能力靠自己發光。Team Taiwan 的開路先鋒他的一生，就是一部台灣從荒蕪走向繁榮的創業史▎****他是首席工程師，也是最可靠的台灣隊長在資源匱乏的年代，孫運璿展現了跨越時空的遠見。他深知公共建設與科技是經濟起飛的一雙翅膀，當國家仍在思索生存，他已帶領台電預估未來 30 年的用電需求，從高山到村落，實踐電力平權。擔任經濟部長期間，他...
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The Casino Shift

Stories from an ER on the Edge

by Brian Goldman ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFor fans of The Pitt, a look at life on the front line in one of Canada’s busiest ERsThe Casino Shift is an hour-by-hour account of what a Canadian emergency room is like in these turbulent times when ER staff must be prepared to see, diagnose, and treat any condition, often under unrelenting pressure. In addition to the introduction of the “casino shift” (a shorter night shift) ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFor fans of The Pitt, a look at life on the front line in one of Canada’s busiest ERsThe Casino Shift is an hour-by-hour account of what a Canadian emergency room is like in these turbulent times when ER staff must be prepared to see, diagnose, and treat any condition, often under unrelenting pressure. In addition to the introduction of the “casino shift” (a shorter night shift)
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Translated by Clara Winston, Richard Winston ...

by Carl G. Jung ...

**An eye-opening biography of one of the most influential psychiatrists of the modern age, drawing from his lectures, conversations, and own writings."An important, firsthand document for readers who wish to understand this seminal writer and thinker." —Booklist**In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, Carl Gustav Jung undertook the telling of his life story*. Memories, Dreams, ... Read more

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**An eye-opening biography of one of the most influential psychiatrists of the modern age, drawing from his lectures, conversations, and own writings."An important, firsthand document for readers who wish to understand this seminal writer and thinker." —Booklist**In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, Carl Gustav Jung undertook the telling of his life story*. Memories, Dreams,
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