Weekends at Bellevue


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Documents a psychiatrist's employment at New York City's Bellevue Hospital while sharing the life lessons she learned from her patients and colleagues, describing some of the more remarkable cases of her career, her friendship with a cancer-stricken mentor, and their influences on her family life.




Twelve Patients


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In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and highlights the complex mind-body connection. Using the plights of twelve very different patients--from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons--Dr. Eric Manheimer "offers far more than remarkable medical dramas: he blends each patient's personal experiences with their social implications" (Publishers Weekly). Manheimer is not only the medical director of the country's oldest public hospital, but he is also a patient. As the book unfolds, the narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others.




Weekends for Two in the Pacific Northwest


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The best-selling title in this popular series, Weekends for Two in the Pacific Northwest offers a fully illustrated guide to 50 dazzling destinations, from Oregons breathtaking coastal forests to the romantic gulf islands of British Columbia. This completely revised and updated third edition contains a host of new destinations for the most unforgettable getaways to be found in this spectacular region. If migrating whales can be seen from a private deck or late-morning breakfast is served on a canopied bed before a flickering fire, Bill Gleeson is there. For honeymoons, anniversaries, or a secret rendezvous, nothing beats Weekends for Two.




Weekends at Bellevue


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“A gem of a memoir . . . Holland takes us for a ride through the psych ER that is at once wild and poignant, a ride that leaves deep tracks in even the healthiest of minds.”—Katrina Firlik, M.D., author of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of the psychiatric emergency room at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital. In this absorbing memoir, Holland recounts stories from her vast case files that are alternately terrifying, tragically comic, and profoundly moving: the serial killer, the naked man barking like a dog in Times Square, the schizophrenic begging for an injection of club soda to quiet the voices in his head, the subway conductor who helplessly watched a young woman pushed into the path of his train. Writing with uncommon candor, Holland supplies not only a page-turner with all the fast-paced immediacy of a TV medical drama but also a fascinating glimpse into the inner lives of doctors who struggle to maintain perspective in a world where sanity is in the eye of the beholder. Praise for Weekends at Bellevue “An extraordinary insider’s look at the typical days and nights of that most extraordinary place, written with a rare combination of toughness, tenderness, and outrageous humor.”—Andrew Weil, M.D. “Unforgettable . . . tells a mean story.”—New York Daily News “The tension between [Holland’s] macho swagger and her shame at the harsh way she occasionally treats patients gives this memoir extra intrigue.”—Psychology Today “A fascinating portrait . . . Holland is a good storyteller with a dark wit.” —New York Post “Equal parts affecting, jaw-dropping, and engrossing.”—Booklist




The New York Times Weekends


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The staff of The New York Times provide their favourite weekend escapes in Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, upstate New York, Long Island, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Covering everything from fly-fishing to whale watching, the text also gives tips on exploring the region.




Romantic Weekends in Northern and Central Florida


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Annotation See the romantic side of Orlando and discover historic hotels and B&Bs furnished with antiques and paddle fans. Take a lazy cruise on the St. Johns River and stay at seaside hideaways. Color photos.




Psychedelic Wisdom


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Shares wisdom-bringing psychedelic experiences from authorities well-known in psychedelic history, therapy, and research • Reveals how these scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers have applied their entheogenic experiences in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands • Includes contributions from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, psychedelic swami Dr. Allan Ajaya, “America’s Doctor” Dean Edell, convicted psychiatrist Frederike Meckel Fisher, love doctor Charley Wininger, professor of psychedelics Thomas B. Roberts, ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna, the “Sunshine Makers” Tim Scully and Michael Randall, as well as many others Over the past decade, many famous entrepreneurs and celebrities have begun to open up about their life-changing experiences with psychedelics that led to their personal successes. But less well-known are the wisdom-bringing psychedelic experiences of many top psychologists, psychiatrists, researchers, and others who have taken what they learned from their entheogenic experiences and applied it in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands. In this profound book, Dr. Richard Louis Miller shares stories of psychedelic transformation, insight, and wisdom from his conversations with 19 scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers, each of whom has been self-experimenting with psychedelic medicines, sub rosa, for decades. We hear from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, founder of the Beckley Foundation; ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna; research advocate and head of MAPS Rick Doblin; and the “Sunshine Makers”: Tim Scully, the scientist taught to make LSD by Owsley Stanley, and Michael Randall, the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. We learn about recasting “bad trips” as unfamiliar challenges from psychedelic swami Dr. Allan Ajaya, therapeutic uses of MDMA from “the love doctor” Charley Wininger, decades of insights from psychedelic professor Thomas B. Roberts, as well as several others. Revealing the psychedelic wisdom uncovered in spite of decades of the “War on Drugs,” Dr. Miller and his contributors show how LSD and other psychedelics offer a pathway to creativity, healing, innovation, and liberation.




Fodor's Seattle


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Provides information on accommodations, restaurants, shopping, outdoor activities, nightlife, and attractions.




Fodor's Where to Weekend Around Boston, 1st Edition


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Where to Weekend Around Boston includes: Massachusetts Berkshires, South; Berkshires, North; Cape Ann; North Shore; Pioneer Valley; Upper Cape Cod; Lower Cape Cod; Mid Cape Cod; Outer Cape Cod; Martha's Vineyard; Nantucket Maine Southern Coast; Mid Coast; Portland Rhode Island Block Island; Narragansett; Newport; Providence; Watch Hill Connecticut Farmington Valley; Southeast Coast; Litchfield Hills New Hampshire Monadock; White Mountains; Lanconia & Lake Winnipesaukee Vermont Southeast; Southwest; Central Vermont