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No More Tears

The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

par Gardiner Harris ...

Lu par Gardiner Harris ...

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14 heure 23 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... En savoir plus

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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Quackery

A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

par Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen ...

Lu par Hillary Huber ...

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10 heure 29 min

What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth?Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra.Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, ... En savoir plus

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What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth?Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra.Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor,
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The Gene

An Intimate History

par Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Lu par Dennis Boutsikaris ...

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19 heure 23 min

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Non-FictionThe #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerThe basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate HistoryFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle).<... ... En savoir plus

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2017 Audie Award Finalist for Non-FictionThe #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerThe basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate HistoryFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle).<...
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Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

par Atul Gawande ...

Lu par Robert Petkoff ...

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9 heure 3 min

**#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending**Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine ... En savoir plus

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**#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending**Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine
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All Our Relations

Finding the Path Forward

par Tanya Talaga ...

Lu par Tanya Talaga ...

Collections series The CBC Massey Lectures
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5 heure 10 min

Winner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her workFinalist, 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingFinalist, 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionTanya Talaga, the bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers, calls attention to an urgent global humanitarian crisis among Indigenous Peoples — youth suicide.“Talaga’s research is metic... ... En savoir plus

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Winner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her workFinalist, 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingFinalist, 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionTanya Talaga, the bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers, calls attention to an urgent global humanitarian crisis among Indigenous Peoples — youth suicide.“Talaga’s research is metic...
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Twelve Patients

Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC Drama New Amsterdam)

par Eric Manheimer, MD ...

Lu par Eric Manheimer, MD ...

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13 heure 11 min

**In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives, highlighting the complex mind-body connection."As intensely involving as any scripted for a television medical drama." —The New York Daily News**Twelve Patients shows the plights of twelve very different patients—from ... En savoir plus

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**In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives, highlighting the complex mind-body connection."As intensely involving as any scripted for a television medical drama." —The New York Daily News**Twelve Patients shows the plights of twelve very different patients—from
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Paradis perdus

La Traversée des temps, tome 1

par Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt ...

Lu par Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt ...

Collections Livre audio : 1 - La Traversée des temps
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18 heure 6 min

Cette Traversée des temps affronte un prodigieux défi : raconter l’histoire de l’humanité sous la forme d’un roman. Faire défiler les siècles, en embrasser les âges, en sentir les bouleversements, comme si Yuval Noah Harari avait croisé Alexandre Dumas. Depuis plus de trente ans, ce projet titanesque occupe Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Accumulant connaissances scientifiques, médicales, religieuses, ... En savoir plus

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Cette Traversée des temps affronte un prodigieux défi : raconter l’histoire de l’humanité sous la forme d’un roman. Faire défiler les siècles, en embrasser les âges, en sentir les bouleversements, comme si Yuval Noah Harari avait croisé Alexandre Dumas. Depuis plus de trente ans, ce projet titanesque occupe Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Accumulant connaissances scientifiques, médicales, religieuses,
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The Song of the Cell

An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

par Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Lu par Dennis Boutsikaris ...

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16 heure 3 min

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and ... ... En savoir plus

$39.99 CAD

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and ...
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La Porte du ciel

La Traversée des temps, tome 2

par Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt ...

Lu par Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt ...

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19 heure 39 min

Le héros miraculeux d’Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt poursuit sa traversée sur le fleuve du temps. Après le Néolithique, le voici plongé dans une nouvelle enquête au cœur de l’Orient ancien…Noam cherche fougueusement celle qu’il aime, enlevée dans d’étranges conditions. Flanqué de son chien, il découvre un monde en pleine mutation, la Mésopotamie, autrement appelée le Pays des Eaux Douces, où les hommes ... En savoir plus

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Le héros miraculeux d’Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt poursuit sa traversée sur le fleuve du temps. Après le Néolithique, le voici plongé dans une nouvelle enquête au cœur de l’Orient ancien…Noam cherche fougueusement celle qu’il aime, enlevée dans d’étranges conditions. Flanqué de son chien, il découvre un monde en pleine mutation, la Mésopotamie, autrement appelée le Pays des Eaux Douces, où les hommes
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Handbook

par Dr. Karl Disque ...

Lu par Guy Thillet ...

Collections series The Save a Life Initiative
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2 heure 17 min

The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled in an ... En savoir plus

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The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Advanced Cardiac Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled in an
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Better

A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

par Atul Gawande ...

Lu par John Bedford Lloyd ...

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7 heure 34 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more ... En savoir plus

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession**The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more
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Les morts ont la parole

Suivi d'un entretien inédit avec l'auteur

par Philippe Boxho ...

Lu par Philippe Boxho ...

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6 heure 51 min

Médecin légiste depuis plus de trente ans, le docteur Philippe Boxho nous fait découvrir dans cet ouvrage son quotidien fait de morts qui ne le sont pas toujours ou pas encore, de disparitions de cadavres, de dissimulations de meurtres, de suicides étonnants.De la scène de crime à la salle d’autopsie, entre pratique médicale et enquête policière, l’expert médico-légal nous raconte son métier, qui ... En savoir plus

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Médecin légiste depuis plus de trente ans, le docteur Philippe Boxho nous fait découvrir dans cet ouvrage son quotidien fait de morts qui ne le sont pas toujours ou pas encore, de disparitions de cadavres, de dissimulations de meurtres, de suicides étonnants.De la scène de crime à la salle d’autopsie, entre pratique médicale et enquête policière, l’expert médico-légal nous raconte son métier, qui
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Dissolving Illusions

Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History 10th Anniversary Edition

par Roman Bystrianyk, Dr. Suzanne Humphries ...

Lu par Digital Voice Roman E ...

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15 heure 53 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unveil the concealed realities that shaped the Western world's health evolution, transitioning from an era overshadowed by the specter of infectious diseases to an epoch of prosperity, relative health, and well-being. Dive into the extended Dissolving Illusions: 10th Anniversary Edition, where you'll explore an additional 200+ pages, over 300 new ... En savoir plus

$41.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unveil the concealed realities that shaped the Western world's health evolution, transitioning from an era overshadowed by the specter of infectious diseases to an epoch of prosperity, relative health, and well-being. Dive into the extended Dissolving Illusions: 10th Anniversary Edition, where you'll explore an additional 200+ pages, over 300 new
... En savoir plus
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The Ghost Map

par Steven Johnson ...

Lu par Alan Sklar ...

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8 heure 38 min

A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that ... En savoir plus

$24.99 CAD

A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider Handbook

par Dr. Karl Disque ...

Lu par Guy Thillet ...

Collections series The Save a Life Initiative
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1 heures 45 min

The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Pediatric Advanced Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled ... En savoir plus

$1.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Pediatric Advanced Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled
... En savoir plus
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Dark Archives

A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

par Megan Rosenbloom ...

Lu par Justis Bolding ...

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6 heure 58 min

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. ... En savoir plus

$28.84 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering.
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Epidemics and Society

From the Black Death to the Present

par Frank M. Snowden ...

Lu par Eric Jason Martin ...

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23 heure 34 min

A "brilliant and sobering" (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksAs seen on 60 MinutesThe World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on the coronavirus outbreakThis sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today, and in a new preface ... En savoir plus

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A "brilliant and sobering" (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksAs seen on 60 MinutesThe World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on the coronavirus outbreakThis sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today, and in a new preface
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Petit Guide à l'usage des gens intelligents qui ne se trouvent pas très doués

par Béatrice Millêtre ...

Lu par Joséphine de Renesse ...

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2 heure 40 min

Vous avez le vague sentiment que quelque chose ne va pas, mais vous ne savez pas ce qui vous gêne. Parfois vous pensez que vous pouvez tout faire, mais vous ne faites rien. Souvent, vous n'avez pas d'avis sur les choses. Vous avez besoin des autres, mais vous aimez être seul. Vous avez l'impression de vous disperser sans arrêt dans votre travail. Bref, quand vous vous regardez dans la glace, vous ... En savoir plus

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Vous avez le vague sentiment que quelque chose ne va pas, mais vous ne savez pas ce qui vous gêne. Parfois vous pensez que vous pouvez tout faire, mais vous ne faites rien. Souvent, vous n'avez pas d'avis sur les choses. Vous avez besoin des autres, mais vous aimez être seul. Vous avez l'impression de vous disperser sans arrêt dans votre travail. Bref, quand vous vous regardez dans la glace, vous
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The Facemaker

A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

par Lindsey Fitzharris ...

Lu par Daniel Gillies ...

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8 heure 15 min

**"Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." —Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the VileLindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War’s injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era ... En savoir plus

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**"Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." —Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the VileLindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War’s injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era
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A Midwife’s Tale

The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

par Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ...

Lu par Susan Ericksen ...

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15 heure 42 min

Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.Between 1785 and 1812, a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in twenty-seven years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in ... En savoir plus

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Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.Between 1785 and 1812, a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in twenty-seven years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in
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Treat Your Own Back

par Robin McKenzie OBE CNZM ...

Lu par Catherine Popert ...

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2 heure 46 min

This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating back and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer. First in the best-selling " Treat Your Own" Series, written by internationally-acclaimed Physiotherapist Robin Mckenzie OBE CNZM, this book distils the essence of the McKenzie method(R) of ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating back and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer. First in the best-selling " Treat Your Own" Series, written by internationally-acclaimed Physiotherapist Robin Mckenzie OBE CNZM, this book distils the essence of the McKenzie method(R) of
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Letters to a Young Therapist

par Mary Pipher ...

Lu par Eliza Foss ...

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4 heure 54 min

A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their ... En savoir plus

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A bestselling author and gifted healer’s guidance on how therapy can restore us in an increasingly stressful world.**“A wise and compassionate book.” -**Washington PostIn Letters to a Young Therapist, psychologist Mary Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their
... En savoir plus
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Votre cerveau n'a pas fini de vous étonner

par Boris Cyrulnik, Pierre Bustany, Jean-Michel Oughourlian, Christophe André, Thierry Janssen, Patrice Van Eersel ...

Lu par Bernard Gabay, Antoine David-Calvet ...

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5 heure 36 min

On savait que le cerveau était l'entité la plus complexe de l'univers connu. Mais les nouvelles découvertes démontrent que ses possibilités sont bien plus étonnantes qu'on ne le croyait. Non seulement il est totalement élastique - même âgé, handicapé, voire amputé, il peut se reconstruire, apprendre, inventer -, mais aussi totalement social - un cerveau n'existe qu'en résonance avec d'autres : ... En savoir plus

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On savait que le cerveau était l'entité la plus complexe de l'univers connu. Mais les nouvelles découvertes démontrent que ses possibilités sont bien plus étonnantes qu'on ne le croyait. Non seulement il est totalement élastique - même âgé, handicapé, voire amputé, il peut se reconstruire, apprendre, inventer -, mais aussi totalement social - un cerveau n'existe qu'en résonance avec d'autres :
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Medical Bondage

Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

par Deirdre Cooper Owens ...

Lu par Allyson Johnson ...

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5 heure 39 min

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied ... En savoir plus

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The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied
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