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'Equal parts scandalous and thoughtful - a deliciously messy scam story and a deeply empathetic excavation of online identity. Unapologetically slutty and intellectual.' - Aditi Mittal, Stand-up Comedian and Actor 'Brings out the contradictions of left spaces with rare authenticity - unsettling...

Reminiscent of William Styron’s Darkness Visible but with an appealing vein of humor, a magnificently written memoir of riding the depression roller coaster, choosing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and finding the path to happiness—with fascinating side-journeys into the nature of identity...

Did you know the adult obesity rate is 41. 9% and the child obesity rate is 19. 7% in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)? Did you know that obesity-related diseases can be reversible and treatable without medications? Did you know that healthcare professionals (HCP) are more likely to experience burnout than any other profession, according to the CDC? Have you heard of Lifestyle Medicine and how it can be a solution for burnout? Do you wonder how people turn their lives around and how you can do the same? Then keep listening . . .

When you're the only person who looks like you in the room, it's easy to wonder if you belong. For aspiring CRNAs of color, that feeling can be overwhelming. But what if someone who had walked that path before you could show you the way? In this groundbreaking book, a practicing CRNA of color shares the unfiltered truth about pursuing one of nursing's most challenging and rewarding specialties. From navigating the ICU as a minority nurse to surviving the rigors of CRNA school, from facing moments of doubt to standing confidently in the OR—this is the mentor-in-a-book you've been searching for.

A valiant, vital guide to reclaiming your agency and authentic healing in a medical establishment that so often dismisses women’s pain. Dr. Tracy Shevell has seen it all, and is determined to put healing back into women’s health. Labor and Deliverance proposes a bold new model of medicine...

Death is a certainty, but what happens in the lead-up - and in its aftermath - is anything but predictable. Nobody knows this better than those who work with death every day. There's no time for an existential crisis when your 9-to-5 involves responding to fatal plane accidents, transporting...

A Life Lived Chronically: Memoir of a DES Daughter is a powerful and deeply moving memoir by Claire R. Silverstone-Bright, narrated by Kimberly Rog and published by Panda Publishing Agency UK. Before she was born, a widely prescribed drug, diethylstilbestrol (DES), had already shaped her destiny. Once marketed as a medical breakthrough to prevent miscarriage, DES was later discovered to have serious and life-altering consequences for the daughters exposed in the womb.

The Story of One William Foraker is a deeply moving, true account of a family's battle with the devastating impact of untreated mental illness. Written by parents Phyllis and David Michael Foraker, this gripping narrative follows the life of their son, William, whose bright future was slowly derailed by the insidious grip of paranoid schizophrenia. Told with raw honesty and compassion, the book sheds light on the heartbreaking realities faced by families navigating a fractured mental healthcare system.

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘I feel like there’s a leopard in my house, locked in a room. I’ve contacted the leopard authorities and they assure me they are used to dealing with leopards like this, and they have a plan for removing the leopard. It will take a while, though, and once in a...

When surgeons completed the world’s first hand transplant in 1998, it was supposed to be a moment of triumph. Never before had a dead man’s limb been grafted onto the living, and the possibilities for amputees, accident victims, and those born with congenital defects were nothing short of extraordinary. But the patient they chose—Clint Hallam, a businessman from New Zealand who longed to hold both of his children’s hands, embrace his wife, and play the piano again—wasn’t who he claimed to be.

"Pinnacles: Visible and Invisible” is a riveting memoir that charts an extraordinary journey from modest beginnings to the commanding heights of personal and professional achievement. With honesty and emotional depth, it explores the complex relationship between ambition and adversity, revealing how triumph often emerges not from perfection, but from perseverance.

What does it truly take to become a doctor—while still trying to remain human? In Learning to Heal, Liz Casper pulls back the curtain on the demanding, beautiful, and often brutal world of medical training. With unflinching honesty and heartfelt vulnerability, she shares the challenges of pursuing a medical doctorate while raising a young family, exposing the emotional, physical, and spiritual weight that comes with learning to care for others.

In this riveting true-life thriller, a doctor flying out to frontline medical emergencies in Africa shares the daring adventures, victories, and heartbreak of trying to heal. As a physician, Dr. Marc-David Munk never knew when his team's small plane landed in a remote spot in East Africa what he...

Dr. David Sandberg, an internationally renown pediatric neurosurgeon, combines his deep scientific and medical knowledge with raw emotion and unforgettably powerful stories of courage and love. The brain is the most complicated and perplexing of our organs, and it is also the one that makes us human. When it comes to a child's brain, the hearts of those who love them become inextricably linked to that story. In Brain and Heart, Dr. Sandberg describes the joy, heartbreak, uncertainty, and physical and emotional challenges that come with performing brain surgery on children.

The untold story of Albert Sabin, who developed the oral polio vaccine and became a controversial public health advocate for children worldwide Jonas Salk may be the name most associated with the polio vaccine, but it was Albert Sabin's oral vaccine that made the goal of global eradication of...

Surgeons and health care professionals are trained to fix the human body, but they are poorly prepared for the nonclinical realities that accompany their careers—complications, harsh criticism, difficult personalities, leadership failures, and the silent weight of moral injury. Most try to push through by imitating senior colleagues who were never taught the nontechnical skills either, and the result can lead to guilt, anxiety, shame, and the belief that they’re the only ones struggling.

Ein Buch über das Leben mit Alzheimer, bevor alles verloren geht – und darüber, wie viel Lebensfreude trotz allem möglich ist. Als Jo Failer mit 51 Jahren die Diagnose „Alzheimer Frühform" erhält, steht er noch mitten im Alltag: berufstätig, Vater von zwei kleinen Kindern, umgeben von vielen Freunden. Sein Buch ist der Versuch, die Krankheit sichtbar zu machen, solange er es noch kann. Nicht durch Statistiken, nicht durch Klischees – sondern durch echte, persönliche Momente.

Marking a milestone for women in state government, Marlene M. Johnson became Minnesota’s first woman lieutenant governor under Rudy Perpich’s gubernatorial administration in January 1983. That same year, she met her husband, Peter, and their deeply loving relationship profoundly sustained her for twenty-seven years. Rise to the Challenge weaves these personal and professional stories together in a courageous portrait of dedication and leadership.

In today’s medical world, burnout is rising and rural clinics are left understaffed, and many clinicians feel trapped in a system that has forgotten its purpose. Professionals try cutting hours, switching jobs, even turning to corporate locum tenens agencies—only to find the same disillusionment waiting for them. The frustration is real: exhaustion, moral injury, and the sense that the heart of medicine is slipping away.

This audiobook encompasses the fascinating 40 year journey in life of someone who just wasn’t your average practicing GP, but someone whose passion and drive were to use his skills and medical ability to bring quality of life to every patient that crossed his path.