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In light of the escalating costs of healthcare in the US and the ongoing debate about appropriate health insurance reform its easy to forget about the human side of medicine and the importance of the doctorpatient relationship In Uncommon Wisdom neurologists John Castaldo and Lawrence Levitt share what they have learned in their many years as doctors not just from tests and labs but from years of listening and learning from their patients These 16 tales show doctors as human beings flawed and full of doubt wonder and reverence about what it means to be alive The stories remind us that the medical profession should be about treating people with the dignity they deserve and that medical miracles dont always involve medicine These doctors find cures solve mysteries and glean many lessons from listening deeply to their patients
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Viewingnbsp13 medical cases through the eyes of two physicians during their internships and throughout their careersnbspthis examination of Western medicine arguesnbspthatnbspdoctors need to learn to dealnbspmore effectively and sensitively with medical and nonmedical patient needsnbspParticular attention is paidnbspto the knowledge doctors can gain from listening to their patients and how that wisdom can be applied to help that patientnbspas well asnbspothersnbspAnecdotes illustrate the wisdom of asking for help from colleagues the role thatnbspintuition can play and the positive power of hopenbspThe doctor is seized by fear and runs as fast as he can from his hospital office to the MRI suite a few hundreds yards away If he doesnt get there in time and stop the imaging test his tattooed patient will likely dieand his fine medical reputation will be in jeopardyThats only one true story in this riveting book about the lessons two accomplished doctors learned from their patients Life lessons Life and death lessons Lessons they never learned in medical school
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National Book Awardwinning poet and author of the internationally bestselling Iron John Robert Bly revisits a selection of fairy tales and examines how these enduring narratives capture the essence of human natureFew forms of storytelling have greater power to captivate the human mind than fairy tales but where do these tales originate from and what do they mean Celebrated poet and bestselling author Robert Bly has been asking these questions throughout his career Here Bly looks at six tales that have stood the test of time and have captivated the poet for decades from The Six Swans to The Frog Prince Drawing on his own creative genius and the work of a range of thinkers from Kirkegaard and Yeats to Freud and Jung Bly turns these stories over in his mind to bring new meaning and illumination to these timeless tales Along with illustrations of each story the book features some of Blys unpublished poetry which peppers his lyric prose and offers a look inside the mind of an American master of letters in the twilight of his singular career
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Wit wisdom and revelations from sixty years of life on the road Driving one highway after another at sunrise winding through the mountainside hearing the call to rise of the roosters or simply exchanging fishing stories with the other guys at the truck stops Like that one about the trucker who stopped along the highway and helped a little old lady who had a flat tire By the time the trucker had told his tale a dozen times the simple tire change story turned into one where an old lady was accompanied by her gorgeous blond and twentyoneyearold granddaughteryou know how that ends Imagine the story traded from one driver to the next at the gas station or the rest stop or the truck stop lunch counter over a slice of Ednas apple pie Each time a more outrageous yarn is spun Ed Miller was born into a trucking family and has spent sixty years in the industry Most truckers are born into the industry Even when parents advise against it the hours are long and it means substantial time away from home its still hard to resist life on the road they say that only truck drivers truly experience the true grandeur and landscape of America In this colorful account Ed shares the allure of the industry and captivating accounts of people hes met on the road His accounts are sometimes sad frequently funny sometime cringeworthy or unbelievable and some of the best are the results of what he calls just plain stupidity Together they paint a compelling portrait of America and are Eds attempt to explain why he just kept on truckin
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There is no place on earth like New York If planet earth has an unofficial headquarters its New York City but theres more From the Great lakes to the Adirondacks to the mouth of the Hudson River the Empire State lives up to its name Share the insights and humor of 101 great New Yorkers
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With his warmth his wisdom and his compassion Ajaan Pamä personified the nobility of the teachings By his personal example the Dhamma was rendered practical and vibrant with life Ajaan Pannas teachings inspired in others an unshakeable confidence in the Dhamma and a conviction in the central importance of a trusted teacher Earnest practitioners saw in his exemplary manner and freedom from attachments the special teacher whom they longed to encounter
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Together for the first time in one volume are the personal philosophies opinions thoughts witticisms and feelings of the exemplary men who founded our nation This book gathers together the founding fathers best quotations on a variety of subjects including life love marriage family children religion patriotism sacrifice law professionalism medicine public health education money modern society the Revolutionary War humor and death Those cited include Alexander Hamilton John Adams Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin Thomas Paine James Madison George Washington Samuel Adams and Benjamin Rush AMERICAS FOUNDING FATHERS Their Uncommon Wisdom and Wit delves into the political and philosophical principles of each founder illuminating their individual motives thoughts and actions
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Every tennis match is a contest not just of skill but of will Thus the games greatest players are more than finelytuned athletes they are also grand masters in the venerable art of gamesmanship This book of tennis quotations unlocks their secrets Great players share their insights on serves stokes strategiesand life
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Hard Questions and relationship columnist for Body amp Soul looks at the hardest part of a relationshipheartbreakand provides a practical steadying compassionate plan for emerging a stronger braver spiritually transformed person The heart that is broken has been broken open writes Susan Piver When my heart was broken it changed my lifeFrom this most painful experience came the ability to find and appreciate lasting love The anguish and disappointment of a broken heart is devastating and overwhelming but as Susan Piver reveals in The Wisdom of a Broken Heart it can also create an opportunity for genuine spiritual transformation paradoxically leaving one both stronger and softerand capable of loving even more deeply than before Filled with onthespot practices exercises funny stories often drawn from her own experience poems meditations exercises and downtoearth practical advice on how to cope with daytoday miseries The Wisdom of a Broken Heart offers a priceless prescription of solace and encouragement wisdom and humor Like an infinitely patient trusted friend it tells its readers in a thousand different ways the most important thing to remember and the easiest to forget Youre going to be okay
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Some of country musics wisest men and women share a message of faith hope humor and optimism
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In her first collection in more than a decade the most trusted woman in North American shares her wisdom and sage advice Ann Landers reprises the counsel and anecdotes that make her column such a popular newspaper feature providing timeless yet amazingly contemporary questions and answers on topics from care of elderly parents to homosexuality to AIDS She also includes many of the beloved essays and aphorisms that make her columns so heartwarming and memorable Illustrations
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Only people at the bookends of life can truly tell it like it is In What I Know a remarkable group of 10yearolds and 100yearolds share their insights on life with Roger Fishman to reveal unguarded truths and surprising wisdomYoull be inspired by the lighthearted yet profound thoughts from 10yearolds Think of yourself as a dot on a line The things behind you are already over so always move forward down the lineIntegrity is doing good deeds when no one is lookingIts not about whether somebody will be there for you Its all about whether you will be there for somebody elseAnd youll find timetested knowledge in the words of centenariansIn marriage you have two sides to the bed one where you fight and the other where you make upYouve got to love respect and develop a genuine belief in yourself before you can be there to do that for anybody elseIn life the one thing you can control is your wordOffering a variety of perspectives from these two unique groups What I Know is ultimately a trove of universal truths from a diverse cross section of 10yearolds and 100yearolds with a wealth of experience
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An Anne Izard Storytellers Choice Award Winner A Storytelling World Honor Book Once when young Nasruddin was acting up in class by distracting his friends with endless antics jests and stories his irate teacher uttered a curse Whatever you do or say people will only laugh at you Now eight centuries later children adults and wise fools everywhere are still laughing at Nasruddin Nasreddin Hoca one of the worlds most beloved folk characters This entertaining and insightful retelling of more than a years worth of daily Mullah stories brings the famed Persian legend into the TwentyFirst Century Storytellers folklorists Sufis comedians wisdom seekers and everyone who loves to laugh will be enriched and enlightened by the timeless wit inscrutable wisdom and uncommon sense of humor of Mullah Nasruddin Suresha identifies the real strength of Nasruddins stories in context to world literature and story performance that is its power to build bridges between cultures The point of these stories is to speak to the audience in the language and metaphors that are familiar Storytelling Self Society A contemporary reworking of the tales the stories fit for a general audience at least to Sureshas credit he has maintained the direct unadorned style that is a hallmark of folk tales a delightful break from the everyday world for an hour or two Green Man Review A fine pick and very highly recommended Midwest Book Review These hilarious and at times ribald folk tales of the Turkish wise fool take the reader to another time and place and share the spiritual lessons of Nasruddin The teaching stories included in this volume help to build bridges between cultures by exemplifying Arabic wisdom and universal human humor from the Preface by Ann Shapiro Executive Director Connecticut Storytelling Center
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Synopsis Pursuing fish from the beaches of Baja California to the treeclad rivers of the Pacific Northwest Francis Theodore Sepic is a fly fisherman of mythic stature Cast from the Edge traces this life of a man who dwells on lifes edges the edge of society the edge of respectability and at times the edge of sanity Master storyteller Scott Sadil weaves this unforgettable character around lifes everyday bumps and humps in a bluntly honest portrayal of the life of an uncommon fly fisher
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