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“samuel cartwright”

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    History of the Western Xia: The Forgotten Kingdom of the Silk Road

    by Samuel Cartwright ...
    Narrated by Samuel Cartwright ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 53 min

    Uncover the rise and brutal fall of a lost Silk Road empire that shaped Eurasian history before the Mongol conquests. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive historical journey transports you to the treacherous crossroads of the Chinese and Inner Asian steppes.Experience the dramatic geopolitical chess match of the Tangut state as it balanced fierce nomadic traditions with complex imperial ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Health, Disease, and Illness

    Concepts in Medicine

    by Arthur L. Caplan, Galen, Maimonodes, Roy Porter, G.S. Rousseau, Samuel A. Cartwright, Georges Canguilhem0, Thomas S. Szaz1, George L. Engel2, Robert A. Aronowitz3, Christopher Boorse4, K. Danner Clouser5, Charles M. Culver6, Bernard Gert7, Roberto Mordacci8, Andrew Sobel9, R.E. Kendell0, Winston Chiong1, Alice Domurat Dreger2, Peter Conrad3, Norma C. Ware4, John T. E. Richardson5, Frances B. McCrea6, Martha Holstein7, Sander Gilman8, George C. Williams9, David Magnus0, Eric T. Juengst1, Peter J. Whitehouse2, Maxwell J. Mehlman3, Thomas H. Murray4, Paul R. Wolpe5 ...
    In the 1850s, "Drapetomania" was the medical term for a disease found among black slaves in the United States. The main symptom was a strange desire to run away from their masters. In earlier centuries gout was understood as a metabolic disease of the affluent, so much so that it became a badge of uppercrust honor—and a medical excuse to avoid hard work. Today, is there such a thing as mental ... Read more

    $49.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Rhyme A Dozen, A - Unrequited Love

    12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

    by A E Housman, William Shakespeare, Edward Thomas, William Cartwright, Samuel Butler, Sir John Suckling, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Carew, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Abraham Cowley, Matthew Arnold, Edgar Allan Poe ...
    Narrated by Marcus D'Amico, Richard Mitchley ...

    Unabridged

    18 min

    ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Health Humanities Reader

    by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood, Rhonda L. Soricelli, Lisa Keränen, Michael Sappol, Shelley Wall, Martha Stoddard Holmes, Joseph N. Straus, Martin F. Norden, Felicia Cohn, Martha Montello, John Lantos, Amy Haddad, Rebecca Garden, Mark Clark, Howard Brody, Jack Coulehan, Rosemarie Tong, Sander L. Gilman, Gretchen A. Case, Alice Dreger, Marjorie Levine-Clark, Susan M. Squier, Rafael Campo, Sayantani DasGupta, Jonathan M. Metzl, Daniel Goldberg, Maren Grainger-Monsen, Thomas R. Cole, Benjamin Saxton, E. Ann Kaplan, Jerald Winakur, Bradley Lewis, Anne Hudson Jones, Michael Rowe, Ian Williams, Tod Chambers, Raymond C. Barfield, Lucy Selman, Jeffrey P. Bishop, Audrey Shafer, Catherine Belling, Paul Root Wolpe, Jeff Nisker, Julie M. Aultman, Michael Blackie, Erin Gentry Lamb, Alan Bleakley, Jay Baruch, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Bernice Hausman, Allison B. Kavey, Rebecca J. Hester ...
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  • The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death

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