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  • This Is About Life

    An Intimate Story of Cancer From the Turn of the Century to Covid 19

    by Leslie Elizabeth King, Nancy Thurston ...
    “I cannot live if I am trying to kill part of myself.”Over the course of 20 years, Leslie King survived breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and breast cancer again.In her selected journals, she documents the realities of cancer treatment within Canada’s medical system, her efforts to keep afloat in her northern Manitoba home, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, and the intersection of faith ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Breath

    The New Science of a Lost Art

    by James Nestor ...
    **THE MILLION COPY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, FEATURING NEW MATERIAL"I highly recommend this book." —Wim Hof“A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe—and how we’ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.” —Elizabeth Gilbert"This book is amazing. “ *—*Joe RoganNo matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise ... Read more

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  • Nine Pints

    A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood

    by Rose George ...
    Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist: A "compelling chronicle" of the science, politics, and business of blood ( The Wall Street Journal).Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit deadly infections. Each one of us has roughly nine pints of it, yet many don't even know their own blood type. And ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Pregnancy For Men

    The whole nine months

    by Mark Woods ...
    'The Bible!' Jaimie LaingHaving a baby is a big deal. Such a big deal in fact that something like 3 BILLION books have been written to give women the advice and support they need to get through safe and sound. But this isn't one of them.The book you are holding is a rare and precious thing; a comprehensive and utterly honest guide designed to help men navigate the choppy waters of pregnancy - ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Healing

    When a Nurse Becomes a Patient

    by Theresa Brown ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shift comes a frank look at navigating the world of healthcare as a cancer nurse becomes a patient and experiences the system from the other side.Despite her training and years of experience as an oncology and hospice nurse, Brown finds it difficult to navigate the medical maze from the other side of the bed. Why is she so often left in the dark ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Patient Doctor

    How one man's cancer diagnosis led to a quest to put the heart back into healthcare

    by Dr Ben Bravery ...
    At the age of twenty-eight, with his Beijing-based science communications business doing well and a new relationship blossoming, Ben Bravery woke from a colonoscopy to be told he had stage 3 colorectal cancer.As a scientist, Ben understood the seriousness of his condition. Cancer had quite literally whacked him in the guts, after all. But what he didn't expect was how being a patient, and a young ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Dying in Public: Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

    by Sue Hendler, Christine Overall ...
    As a university professor, an environmentalist, and a world-traveller, Sue Hendler was thriving. Then she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. She had to give up her job, make hard decisions about medical treatment, and drastically shorten her vision of the future. As her cancer spread, she ironically acquired a new identity as a cancer “survivor.” Compelled to find meaning in her “new ... Read more

    $2.30 USD

  • Second Chances

    True Stories of Living with Addison's Disease

    by Carol Mckay ...
    How does it feel to be diagnosed with a life-threatening health condition?Addison's disease is a rare auto-immune condition which can be fatal. Diagnosis is often made in an emergency.In this book, sixteen people describe the impact Addison's disease has had on their lives. Drawn from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, South Africa, Belgium and South Korea, these men and women describe in their own ... Read more

    $6.33 USD

  • The End

    The Human Experience Of Death

    by Bianca Nogrady ...
    A fascinating exploration of the universal human experience of death. We sat around and on the bed, laughing and joking as if this was a typical family gathering. The shrunken form of our dying grandmother lay on the bed, breathing fast and shallow, her once-bright eyes half closed and sunken in their sockets. To some it might have seemed disrespectful to be treating her as part of the furniture ... Read more

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  • Jake Bailey: What cancer taught me

    by Jake Bailey ...
    ‘None of us get out of life alive, so be gallant, be great, be gracious, and be grateful for the opportunities you have.’ Jake Bailey’s inspirational end-of-year speech as head boy at Christchurch Boys’ High School was delivered from a wheelchair just one week after he was diagnosed with the most aggressive of cancers. As he lay in hospital fighting to stay alive, his speech grabbed headlines ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • How to Do a Liver Transplant

    Stories from My Surgical Life

    by Kellee Slater ...
    As a female surgeon, Dr. Kellee Slater works in one of the most demanding areas of medical operations, liver transplantation. In this inspiring, heartbreaking, and darkly humorous memoir, she opens up the fast-paced world of donor surgery. She takes readers with her as she flies across the Rocky Mountains in winter to collect transplant organs, rushes out of a department store change room to save ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • But Hope is Longer: Navigating the Country of Breast Cancer

    Navigating the Country of Breast Cancer

    by Tamara Levine ...
    When Tamara Levine received her breast cancer diagnosis, in a state of shock, she decided to inform her friends and colleagues by writing to them. That letter was the first of thirteen communications she calls her healing journey. As well as sharing the letters, Tamara tells us what she learned maneuvering through the black hole of cancer treatment. Tamara discusses vulnerabilities and fears, the ... Read more

    $10.69 USD