My Doctor Doesn't Like My Face


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My Doctor Doesn't Like My Face: A Collection of Little Stories from My Medical Practice and More By: Robert Nguyen, MD Robert Nguyen, MD has traveled extensively before settling in California to open his own medical practice. His journey began in Vietnam where he began learning English and French in high school. He eventually learned German and went to Europe for college and medical school. After graduating, he was encouraged to look for a position in the US. After completing the ECFMG (Exam for Foreign Graduates) and passing the medical exam section, the ambassador’s office recommend he travel to the US regardless and learn English while on the job. They were correct, and enclosed are the stories and experiences of Dr. Nguyen’s time in the United States manning his own medical practice.




Doctor, Why Does My Face Still Ache?


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While the intimate connection between mind and body has long been studied and applied to treat back, heart, skin, and gastrointestinal system pain, this book clearly explains how the mind can initiate changes in the body that result in persistent pain in the mouth, ears, jaw, forehead, and other facial areas. Detailed case studies clearly describe the relief from pain that patients finally feel, either through an understanding of the 'brain-pain' connection alone or in combination with traditional pain-relieving medications and technologies.




The Alkaline Reset Cleanse


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Reset and reboot your body with this powerful seven-day, whole-food alkaline cleanse, balancing the Five Master Systems (endocrine, digestive, immune, detoxification, and pH balancing), now in paperback. Filled with real, whole foods specifically selected and planned to make it easy, enjoyable, and energizing, the Alkaline Reset Cleanse reboots your body with alkaline-forming foods low in acidity to help you lose weight, restore immunity, soothe digestion, and have abundant health. For over 10 years, health coach Ross Bridgeford has guided thousands of people through his alkaline cleanse programs, focused on enabling the body to achieve its number-one goal of maintaining homeostasis and balance throughout our Five Master Systems (endocrine, immune, digestive, detoxification, and alkaline buffering, or pH balancing). In The Alkaline Reset Cleanse, he has distilled his program down to a straightforward and immediately manageable seven-day program, complete with shopping lists, recipes, and encouraging tips from those who have already succeeded. "Radiant health is possible; let this wonderful book guide the way." - Kris Carr, New York Times best-selling author "It's a simple, easy-to-follow guide that can teach you how to take control of your own health and literally activate your body's self-healing mechanism and create an internal environment that fosters health rather than sickness." - Ty M. Bollinger, documentary film producer and best-selling author of The Truth about Cancer "This is the ultimate guide for super vitality and total mind-body health." - Jon Gabriel, creator of The Gabriel Method and best-selling author of Visualization for Weight Loss




Courtesan and Countess


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Céleste de Chabrillan, former courtesan and widow of the first French Consul to Melbourne, became the most prolific female stage writer in nineteenth-century France. Forever haunted by her scandalous past, Céleste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men. Courtesan and Countess tells the story not only of her struggle as a creative artist to survive and earn a living, but also of her fascinating life at the centre of the bohemian circles of Paris, surrounded by friends such as Alexandre Dumas père, Georges Bizet and Prince Napoléon. Courtesan and Countess paints a portrait of a remarkable woman and of the turbulent world of Paris during the Belle Epoque. Lost for more than eighty years until discovered by the authors in the attic of a French country manor, these are the unpublished and final set of memoirs from Céleste de Chabrillan.




The Good Brother


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“Goh-Goh is angry at you for not being a good Little Sister. Wah. . . . Why are you so selfish? You know you are not supposed to anger bad spirits during Ghost Month.” I sputtered, “You think Goh-Goh is a bad spirit? A gwai?” “Ai-yah. Don’t call them that. Do you want to anger them? They are the Good Brothers. You call them the Good Brothers. Ho hing dai.” Tori Wong is starting over. She's given herself a new name, dropped out of university to work at a downtown Toronto bookstore, and fled her parents' strict home to do all the things she's never done before. Like go out on weeknights, flirt with her cute co-worker Egan, and live out of the shadow of her overachieving brother, to whom her parents always compare her--even though he’s dead. But turning your back on the past isn't as easy as it seems. Especially during Yu Lan, or The Festival of Hungry Ghosts, when traditional Chinese believe that neglected spirits roam the earth. Not one but three forgotten ghosts come back to haunt Tori: her vengeful brother Seymour, and ambitious Vicky and meek little Mui-Mui, herself at age seventeen and eleven. Despite her attempts to appease them, none of them approve of Tori’s new life and interfere with her job and her budding relationship with Egan. And although it's Seymour who literally burns with jealousy of the living, Tori begins to despair that she too is a hungry ghost and has more in common with him than she’d thought . . .




The Living Age


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The Woman Citizen


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A Doctor’s Chronicles


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From the HIV-infected girl who knows the future to the hilarious diktats of astrologers who can predict the exact time of birth, A Doctor’s Chronicles is a collection of short stories by paediatrician, Dr Bharath Reddy, who began writing about his most moving cases over the course of his clinical practice. What happens to the poor farmer who cannot afford his beloved daughter’s treatment? Why does a bright city boy eat his exam papers? Each story is a heart-warming look into the journey that patients and their families take on the road to wellness, as it unveils poignant insights hidden within sickness and health, life and death, human values, love, and humility.







Gillian Mk2


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Suddenly, in 1994, the author stopped taking life for granted. When her existence filled with sunshine, parties and good times came to an end. A near fatal car crash left her comatose for six weeks; Gillian doesn't know what happened on that night and 'never will'. 'Gillian Mk2' chronicles her feisty determination to regain independence in a society where she was invisible. We follow her trek for the first four years. From hospitals, doctors, falls, nurses onto more hospitals, specialists, falls, attitudes, patients... Gillian Firth is lucky, clearly her family adore her, she lives to tell the tale and does so with blunt honesty. She knew nothing and only remembered she smoked because Pathetic bought her cigarettes, into the hospital ironically, her mum went mad. A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is serious, life-changing, but you laugh out loud, then cry and laugh again, as we listen to Gillian speaking. Watch how she improves, cringe or agree with her observations, feel the anger and frustration, be embarrassed by comments and reactions. This author will be remembered for her flippant, but serious, heart rending yet hilarious, kick in the teeth, that's what it is. Funny, factual and inspirational... my eyes are open.