As We Live And Breathe

Author : Jamie Weisman
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0865476691

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As I Live and Breathe by Jamie Weisman Pdf

“A gorgeously written primer for anyone who has ever been (or ever will be) a patient . . . The book soars.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune Jamie Weisman was a patient long before she was a doctor. She was born with a rare defect in her immune system that leaves her prey to a range of ailments and crises and that, because it is treatable but not curable, will keep her a patient for life. In this probing and inspiring book, she brings her sojourns on both sides of the doctor-patient divide to bear on the issues of the flesh that preoccupy us all. It is a worthy addition to the best that has been written about our physical selves, a meditation on our extraordinary powers of healing and the limitations that leave intact the miracle and tragedy of being.

Author : National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0870440977

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As We Live and Breathe by National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division Pdf

This book presents the story of man's misuse of the universe.

Author : James Nestor
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780735213630

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Breath by James Nestor Pdf

A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR “A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe—and how we’ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe. Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance; rejuvenate internal organs; halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is. Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.

Author : Mary Calvi
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250277848

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If a Poem Could Live and Breathe by Mary Calvi Pdf

A fact-based romantic speculative novel about Teddy Roosevelt’s first love, by Mary Calvi, author of Dear George, Dear Mary. Studded with the real love letters between a young Theodore Roosevelt and Boston beauty Alice Lee—many of them never before published—If a Poem Could Live and Breathe makes vivid what many historians believe to be the pivotal years that made the future president into the man of action that defined his political life, and cemented his legacy. Cambridge, 1878. The era of the Gilded Age. Alice Lee sets out to break from the norms of her mother’s generation. Women are fighting for educational opportunities and exploring a new sense of intellectual and personal freedom. Native New Yorker, Harvard student Teddy Roosevelt, is on his own journey of discovery, and when they meet, unrelenting currents of love change the trajectory of his life forever. If a Poem Could Live and Breathe is an indelible portrait of the authenticity of first love, the heartache of loss, and how overcoming the worst of life’s obstacles can push one to greatness never imagined.

Author : Catherine Grace Frances Gore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10746632

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The Dean's Daughter; Or, The Days We Live in by Catherine Grace Frances Gore Pdf

Author : Paul Kalanithi
Publisher : Random House
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812988413

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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • People • NPR • The Washington Post • Slate • Harper’s Bazaar • Time Out New York • Publishers Weekly • BookPage Finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Books for a Better Life Award in Inspirational Memoir At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,” as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life” into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir. Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. “I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything,” he wrote. “Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: ‘I can’t go on. I’ll go on.’” When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.

Author : Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781950564088

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Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle Pdf

Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville's luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him, he sees it as an opportunity. The experience introduces him to the beautiful and enigmatic Essie Stamper—a young Cherokee woman who is also working at the inn and dreaming of a better life. With World War II raging in Europe, the resort is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families, who are being held as prisoners of war. A secret room becomes a place where Cowney and Essie can escape the white world of the inn and imagine their futures free of the shadows of their families' pasts. Outside of this refuge, however, racism and prejudice are never far behind, and when the daughter of one of the residents goes missing, Cowney finds himself accused of abduction and murder. Even As We Breathe invokes the elements of bone, blood, and flesh as Cowney navigates difficult social, cultural, and ethnic divides. Betrayed by the friends he trusted, he begins to unearth deeper mysteries as he works to prove his innocence and clear his name. This richly written debut novel explores the immutable nature of the human spirit and the idea that physical existence, with all its strife and injustice, will not be humanity's lasting legacy.

Author : Charles Francis King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : New England
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097022230

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The Land We Live in by Charles Francis King Pdf

Author : Rebecca Dennis
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738220277

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And Breathe by Rebecca Dennis Pdf

Boost Energy, Combat Stress, and Improve Heart Health Breathing is something we all know how to do. And yet, the majority of us lose our natural ability to breathe fully: we are conditioned from an early age to control our feelings and emotions, and as a result our muscles tighten and our breathing patterns become restricted. The impact on our mental and physical well-being is huge. Breath coach Rebecca Dennis shares the deep diaphragmatic breathing exercises that she uses with her clients to combat issues such as anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem--techniques that helped her heal from her own depression. With simple exercises that can be done anywhere, anytime, And Breathe shows you how to harness the power of your own breath through conscious breathing, which helps alleviate stress, fatigue, and negative emotions. The result? You'll feel calm yet energized, focused yet relaxed. Full of tips and real-life testimonials, the heart of And Breathe is the exercises, which show you how to: Conquer anxious thought patterns Relax and calm your mind Improve sleep Quell pre-meeting butterflies or email overload Increase physical energy Expand your creativity By learning how to consciously connect to your breathe and encourage its natural rhythms, you can let go of any unwanted patterns of emotions, blockages, and tension holding you back. Just open the book...and breathe.

Author : Miss Destiny And Purpose
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781491772171

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Worshipping Christ Jesus to Usher in the New Millennium by Miss Destiny And Purpose Pdf

Worshipping Christ Jesus to Usher in the New Millennium: Withstanding in the Second Heaven in The End Times takes seriously the threats that the powers of this world make against all who seek to worship the one true God. The author, Miss Wemys O.L. Small, known as Destiny and Purpose, was born again in 1980. She credits her work and witness since then to the Lord Jesus Christ and gives Him the glory. Resting upon the inspiration that comes from Jesus Christ, Worshipping Christ Jesus to Usher in the New Millennium explains the origins of the principalities and powers that oppose Him at every turn, the triumph of His resurrection from the dead, the ways that Christians can stand firm against opposing forces, and the necessity of worshipping and working with other believers. If you have seen at least a bit of what the forces opposed to the Lord can do in your life, in the relations among members of your community, and to the foundations of our shared culture, then Worshipping Christ Jesus to Usher in the New Millennium can give you the practical, yet spiritual guidance you need to strengthen your trust in Jesus Christ. With this support, you will be able to do exactly as the subtitle states, so that the coming Lord will find you “standing firm in the second heaven in the end times.”

Author : Rick Renner
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606837672

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You Can Get Over It by Rick Renner Pdf

No Harbored Offense Is Worth Sabotaging Your Future There's no doubt that at some point in your life, someone has wronged you. You may even be in a painful situation right now. But you don’t have to let anyone’s actions against you pollute your attitude toward God and prevent His good plan for your future. What matters now is that you stop unforgiveness and bitterness before they began producing their deadly fruit in your life. If someone has committed an offense against you, God will deal with that person. But right now, He wants to help you so that this pain and trouble doesn’t immobilize you any longer. Chapter titles include: Jesus Understands Your Emotions, Frustrations, and Temptations The Friend Who Became Jesus’ Betrayer Uproot Every 'Root of Bitterness’ Ten Practical Suggestions To Keep Your Heart Free of Bitterness and Strife In this book, Rick Renner helps you find your way out of the emotional prison that has tried to hold you captive. Let God speak to you through these pages so that you can walk free into the future He has planned for your life. No matter what the offense, He has truly made a way for you to get over it!

Author : Mary DeMuth
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493439201

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Love, Pray, Listen by Mary DeMuth Pdf

"Love, Pray, Listen offers empathy and grounded biblical wisdom to help parents thrive, no matter what path their adult kids take."--PASTOR STEVE STROOPE Wisdom and Hope for Parents of Grown-Ups As a parent, your role changes drastically after your kids grow up. You fear heartache and strained relationships when your children choose difficult--even seemingly wrong--paths. Love, Pray, Listen is the gracious, practical resource you need for navigating the rocky terrain of parenting grown-ups. In this book, mom and author Mary DeMuth answers questions like: · What do I do when my kids make choices that don't align with my values? · How do I keep communication lines open with my grown children? · When do I speak, and when do I listen? · Is it possible to hold on to my joy when parenting is so hard? · How do I avoid the temptation of meddling in my kids' lives? Love, Pray, Listen offers a robust theology for long-term parenting gleaned from the discipleship model Jesus exemplified, one that carefully and thoughtfully applies his way of expressing love. This is your invitation for spiritual growth and a path toward fulfilling relationships with your adult children.

Author : Anja Røyne
Publisher : The Experiment
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781615196463

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The Elements We Live By by Anja Røyne Pdf

This “excellent” popular science book explores just what we—and the things around us—are made of (Aftenposten, Norway). Some elements get all the attention: glittering gold, radioactive uranium—materials we call “precious” because they are so rare. But what could be more precious than the building blocks of life—from the oxygen in our air to the carbon in all living things? In The Elements We Live By, physicist and award-winning author Anja Røyne reminds us that we’d be lost without the quiet heroes of the periodic table. Our bodies need phosphorous to hold our DNA together, potassium to power our optic nerves, and many more elements—in just the right amounts—to function. Other fundamental elements keep our technology (and society) running: Our phones contain arsenic, boron, and gallium to control signals and store information; indium and tin for the touch screen; and lithium for the battery. Everything is made of elements—every galaxy, star, and planet—from the iron in Earth’s core to the silicon in its sand. But that doesn’t mean the elements we rely on will never run out; for example, about half the lithium we need is extracted from rocks in Australia, and the other half is from saltwater in Argentina and Chile. As Røyne travels the world to find where these elements exist (some in ever-shrinking amounts), she shows how vitally urgent it is for us to protect them—the elements of our very existence. “Not just a discussion of basic chemistry, this is a volume that looks at the human impact on the planet and what we can learn from nature...Useful for science or sociology courses that address the various impacts of natural resource development or for popular science readers.” —School Library Journal

Author : Paul C. McGlasson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620326978

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Church Doctrine, Volume 4 by Paul C. McGlasson Pdf

The present volume is the fourth in a five-volume study of church doctrine. The multivolume set covers the major parts of church doctrine: Canon, God, Creation, Reconciliation, and Redemption. The first volume begins with an introduction to the entire project on why doctrine matters, which stresses the ecumenical, global, and above all biblical horizons of church doctrine as a primary expression of Christian witness. The purpose of this fourth volume is to celebrate the gospel of Jesus Christ as the treasure of the church and the power of God for the reconciliation of the world. The gospel bears witness to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and calls for faith in him as the free gift of forgiveness and new life. The gospel is constantly in motion, tearing down every barrier of human bigotry and prejudice, not only forming a new society, but reforming the church itself. Church doctrine is not a luxury, but a necessity for the living community of faith, by which its witness in word and deed is tested against the one true measure of Christ the risen Lord.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1315 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134929986

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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases by Eric Partridge Pdf

A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.