Skip to main content

Carrito de compra

¡Obtienes el tratamiento VIP!

Artículos no disponibles para compra.
Por favor revisa tu carrito. Puedes eliminar los artículos no disponibles ahora o los eliminaremos nosotros automáticamente al momento de pagar.
artículosartículo
artículosartículo

Recomendado para ti

Loading...
  • Dixmont State Hospital

    de Mark Benton ...
    Series series Images of America
    Pittsburgh natives have recognized Dixmont State Hospital by its towering boiler house smokestack that stood prominently along busy Route 65. It has been a topic of curiosity, urban exploration, ghost hunts, and historical research; but prior to its closing in 1984, Dixmont State Hospital stood as a refuge to the mentally ill for three counties in western Pennsylvania. A majestic study in the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    The Break: The Complete Series 1-4

    A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama

    Completo

    15 hora 31 minutos

    Philip Jackson, Tom Palmer and Alison Steadman star in this BBC Radio sitcom set in the fictional Yorkshire seaside town of Flamford'Enjoyably bonkers' Irish Mail on SundayWelcome to Flamford, the town sanity forgot...Edgy, sharp-tongued City burn-out Andy Chambers has been advised, for the sake of his health, to take a break from his stressful London lifestyle and get some rest. So he goes to ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

La gente que leyó estos también disfrutó

  • This I Believe

    Philadelphia

    An essay collection highlighting guiding principles, containing 30 works from the contemporary Philadelphia radio series, and 30 from the 1950s original.This I Believe is an international project engaging people in writing, sharing, and discussing the core values that guide their daily lives. And it all started in Philadelphia more than seven decades ago with a local radio series that became an ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Just Sushi Photos! Big Book of Photographs & Pictures of Sushi Food, Vol. 1

    This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality color images produced by a series of today's professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired! ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • Pain

    A Political History

    de Keith Wailoo ...
    Pain touches sensitive nerves in American liberalism, conservatism, and political life.People in chronic pain have always sought relief—and have always been judged—but who decides whether someone is truly in pain? In this history of American political culture, Keith Wailoo examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry

    A History of Misery and Medicine

    This account of the infamous asylum is "an excellent record of greed and corruption, but it is also a powerful testimonial to compassion and kindness" ( Hidden City).The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in the field of mental health. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, its institutions were crowded and patients lived in shocking conditions. The mentally ill were quartered with the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Essex Mountain Sanatorium

    Series series Images of America
    Rare and vintage photographs depict the interesting and tragic history of the Essex Mountain Sanatorium. Founded in 1907 amidst protests and a burgeoning suffrage movement, Essex Mountain Sanatorium was the result of two Montclair, New Jersey, women who successfully lobbied local government to establish a tuberculosis sanatorium in a then vacant cottage for wayward girls. From these humble ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Haunted Rochester

    A Supernatural History of the Lower Genesee

    The western New York state Great Lakes region serves as a scenic setting for supernatural traditions, incidences, and folklore.Avenging specters, demon-tortured roads, holy miracles, weird psychic events, prehistoric power sites, ancient curses, Native American shamans, active battlefields, ghost ships, black dogs, haunted monuments, and the phantoms of Rochester's famous—all are part of the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Sanatoriums of New Mexico

    Series series Images of America
    Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, the White Plague, or simply TB, was the number-one killer in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many physicians of the era advised their patients to chase the cure for tuberculosis in the Southwest, where the region�s clean, dry, fresh air, high altitude, and sunshine offered relief for most and recovery for some. New Mexico, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Baystate Medical Center

    Series series Images of America
    Baystate Medical Center was established in 1976 with the merger of the Medical Center of Western Massachusetts and Wesson Memorial Hospital. Baystate�s roots extend to 1870, when Springfield City Hospital was one of just 178 acute-care hospitals in the United States. It was renamed Springfield Hospital in 1883 and moved to its current location at 759 Chestnut Street in 1889. The Hampden ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Contagious City

    The Politics of Public Health in Early Philadelphia

    de Simon Finger ...
    By the time William Penn was planning the colony that would come to be called Pennsylvania, with Philadelphia at its heart, Europeans on both sides of the ocean had long experience with the hazards of city life, disease the most terrifying among them. Drawing from those experiences, colonists hoped to create new urban forms that combined the commercial advantages of a seaport with the health ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • Medical Caregiving and Identity in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Region, 1880–2000

    While much has been written about immigrant traditions, music, food culture, folklore, and other aspects of ethnic identity, little attention has been given to the study of medical culture, until now. In Medical Caregiving and Identity in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region, 1880–2000, Karol Weaver employs an impressive range of primary sources, including folk songs, patent medicine advertisements, ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD