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Better Off Bald
- A Life in 147 Days
- Narrado por: Andrea Wilson Woods, Charity Spencer
- Duración: 14 h y 24 m
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Raw and honest story of great courage and unconditional love
Adrienne Wilson is a depressed, suicidal teenager—until the day she receives a diagnosis of stage IV liver cancer. Facing the fight of her life, Adrienne discovers just how much she wants to live.
As Adrienne’s legal guardian, Andrea acts as her parent, sister, friend, and guide. In Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days, Andrea Wilson Woods tells a brilliant, touching story that captures the listener's heart and attention with clarity and grit.
This emotional true story is a beautifully written, insightful book on how we connect as humans and why life—no matter how truncated—is worth living.
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Little Matches
- A Memoir of Finding Light in the Dark
- De: Maryanne O'Hara
- Narrado por: Maryanne O'Hara
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 35
When their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, Maryanne O'Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-one years later, Caitlin lost her battle with this devastating disease following an excruciating two-year wait on the transplant list and a last-minute race to locate a pair of healthy lungs. The sudden spiral of events left Maryanne in an existential crisis, searching to find an answer to the eternal question: Why we are here?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful Story of Tribulation and Love
- De Bob en 05-21-22
De: Maryanne O'Hara
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This Is How I Save My Life
- From California to India, a True Story of Finding Everything When You Are Willing to Try Anything
- De: Amy B. Scher
- Narrado por: Amy B. Scher
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
When Amy B. Scher was struck with undiagnosed late-stage, chronic Lyme disease, the best physicians in America labeled her condition incurable and potentially terminal. Deteriorating rapidly, she went on a search to save her own life - from the top experts in Los Angeles and the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis to a state-of-the-art hospital in Chicago. After exhausting all of her options in the US, she discovered a possible cure - but it was highly experimental, available only in India, and had as much of a probability of killing her as it did of curing her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great comfort
- De Sue en 07-07-18
De: Amy B. Scher
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Weekends at Bellevue
- De: Julie Holland MD
- Narrado por: Julie Holland MD
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 320
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 253
His name was Joshua Silver. He was 23 years old, educated, and had an impressive vocabulary. The NYPD had found Joshua Silver naked in Times Square, barking like a dog. It was just another night for Julie Holland, the attending doctor in the world famous Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric emergency room.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An Uneven Memoir
- De A. M. Dalessandro en 09-24-10
De: Julie Holland MD
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Finding Chika
- A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
- De: Mitch Albom
- Narrado por: Mitch Albom
- Duración: 4 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,994
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,729
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,721
Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the 40-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says "no one in Haiti can help you with."
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5 out of 5 stars
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BUY READ AND RECOMMEND THIS BOOK
- De Ann Grant en 11-05-19
De: Mitch Albom
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Ask Me Why I Hurt
- The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them
- De: Randy Christensen M.D., Rene Denfeld
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
The unforgettable inspiring memoir of one extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconventional way, Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor's office on wheels. His patients are the city's homeless adolescents and children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The reality of our streets
- De SusanInTheMidwest en 08-26-17
De: Randy Christensen M.D., y otros
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Critical Care
- A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
- De: Theresa Brown
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 5 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
In her former career as an English professor, Theresa Brown had been shielded from the harsh reality of death. That all changed the day she decided to become an oncology nurse. In Critical Care, Theresa writes powerfully and honestly about her first year on the hospital floor. With great compassion and a disarming sense of humor, she shares the trials and triumphs of her patients and comes to realize that caring for a patient means much more than simply treating a disease.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent all the way around!
- De Susan en 10-12-17
De: Theresa Brown
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive
- 101 Inspirational Stories about Counting Your Blessings and Having a Positive Attitude
- De: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, y otros
- Narrado por: Tanya Eby, Jim Bond
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 175
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 145
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 148
101 True Stories about how Positive Thinking can change your life! Everyone needs a little attitude adjustment once in a while, and these amazing true life stories reveal how real people used positive thinking to improve their lives and overcome challenges. You’ll read stories about how you can make every day a special day, incorporate gratitude and joy into your daily life, count your blessings and change your outlook, use a few well-chosen words to reorient your life, manage cancer and other health challenges through a positive attitude, simplify and have a more meaningful life and more!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read!
- De AnAppleForEden en 02-12-13
De: Jack Canfield, y otros
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Hope and Other Luxuries
- A Mother’s Journey Through a Daughter’s Anorexia
- De: Clare B. Dunkle
- Narrado por: Abby Craden
- Duración: 22 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
Clare Dunkle seemed to have an ideal life - two beautiful, high-achieving teenage daughters, a loving husband, and a satisfying and successful career as a children's book novelist. But it's when you let down your guard that the ax falls. Just after one daughter successfully conquered her depression, another daughter developed a life-threatening eating disorder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Potent and Real
- De Susie en 09-17-15
De: Clare B. Dunkle
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Messenger
- The Legacy of Mattie J. T. Stepanek and Heartsongs
- De: Jeni Stepanek
- Narrado por: Jeni Stepanek
- Duración: 11 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 19
Oprah Winfrey has called him an inspiration, Maya Angelou saw him as a kindred spirit and fellow poet, and Jimmy Carter described Mattie Stepanek as the "most remarkable person I have ever known". When Jerry Lewis received his lifetime achievement award at the Oscars, footage of Mattie played behind him. Five years after his death from a rare neuromuscular disease, Mattie is still being celebrated for his indomitable spirit and message of hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved Jeni telling Mattie’s story
- De Hello Mrs. en 12-29-22
De: Jeni Stepanek
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How to Get Run Over by a Truck
- A Memoir
- De: Katie McKenna
- Narrado por: Katie McKenna
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,500
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,385
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,384
People often say, "I feel like I've been run over by a truck." Katie actually was. On a sunny morning bike ride in Brooklyn, 24-year-old Katie McKenna was forever changed when she was run over by an 18-wheeler. Being crushed under a massive semi wasn't something Katie should have survived. After 10 hours of emergency surgery, she woke to find herself in a body and a life that would never be the same.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny and an amazing story.
- De T. Thompson en 12-16-16
De: Katie McKenna
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Healing Hearts
- A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon
- De: Kathy Magliato
- Narrado por: Renée Raudman
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Dr. Kathy Magliato is one of fewer than a dozen female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. She is also a member of an even more exclusive group - those surgeons who perform heart transplants. Healing Hearts is the story of the making of a surgeon who also calls herself a wife and mother.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Healing Hearts
- De Jean en 01-14-12
De: Kathy Magliato
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When Your Parent Becomes Your Child
- A Journey of Faith Through My Mother's Dementia
- De: Ken Abraham
- Narrado por: Tim Lundeen
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
At first, Ken Abraham wrote off his mother’s changes in behavior as quirks that just come with old age. There was memory loss, physical decline, hygiene issues, paranoia, and uncharacteristic attitudes. He soon realized that dementia had changed her life - and his family’s - forever. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 5.4 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s disease. That’s one in eight older Americans. More than likely, that figure includes someone you know and love.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very Christian and not very useful so far
- De Cat288 en 11-29-15
De: Ken Abraham
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My Glory Was I Had Such Friends
- A Memoir
- De: Amy Silverstein
- Narrado por: Erin Moon
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
Nearly 26 years after receiving her first heart transplant, Amy Silverstein's donor heart plummeted into failure. If she wanted to live, she had to take on the grueling quest for a new heart - immediately. A shot at survival meant uprooting her life and moving across the country to California. When her friends heard of her plans, there was only one reaction: "I'm there." Nine remarkable women - Joy, Jill, Leja, Jody, Lauren, Robin, Valerie, Ann, and Jane - put demanding jobs and pressing family obligations on hold to fly across the country and be by Amy's side.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen!
- De Natalie en 05-13-23
De: Amy Silverstein
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Your Heart, My Hands
- An Immigrant's Remarkable Journey to Become One of America's Preeminent Cardiac Surgeons
- De: Arun K. Singh MD, John Hanc - contributor, Delos Cosgrove MD - foreword
- Narrado por: Shridhar Solanki
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 23
Leaving a life marked by crippling setbacks and his father's doubt, in 1967 a 20-something doctor from India arrived in America with only five dollars and the desire to claim his American dream. Faced with an entirely new culture, racism, and the lasting effects of disabling childhood injuries, through hard work and perseverance he overcame all odds. Now having performed over 15,000 open-heart surgeries, more than nearly every surgeon in history, Dr. Singh reflects on his most memorable patients and his incredible personal life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Remarkable!
- De Stacey en 12-01-22
De: Arun K. Singh MD, y otros
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God's Hotel
- A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
- De: Victoria Sweet
- Narrado por: Victoria Sweet
- Duración: 13 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 313
San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves - "anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care - ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for 20 years. Laguna Honda, lower-tech but human-paced, gave Sweet the opportunity to practice a kind of attentive medicine that has almost vanished.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read
- De kayla solomon en 04-08-17
De: Victoria Sweet
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He Came in with It
- A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness
- De: Miriam Feldman
- Narrado por: Ann Richardson
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O’Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens off the conventional course. Like the 10 Biblical plagues, they are hit by one catastrophe after another: violence, evictions, arrests, a suicide attempt, a near-drowning - even cancer and a brain tumor - play against the backdrop of a wild teenage bacchanal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So Beautifully Written
- De Michael en 08-01-22
De: Miriam Feldman