When Breath Becomes Air

• Author : Paul Kalanithi
• Publisher : Ten Speed Press
• Release : 28 February 2021

A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title.

• Author : Paul Kalanithi
• Publisher : Random House
• Release : 12 January 2016

#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 THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • People • NPR • The Washington Post • Slate • Harper’s Bazaar • Esquire • Time Out New York • Publishers Weekly • BookPage Finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award in

• Author : Paul Kalanithi
• Publisher : Random House
• Release : 04 February 2016

THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When

• Author : Sumoreads,Paul Kalanithi
• Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Release : 06 June 2017

PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. "When Breath Becomes Air" is a detailed and personal account of Paul Kalanithi's struggle with stage IV metastatic cancer and his quest to find meaning in the chaos and tragedies of life. This SUMOREADS Summary & Analysis offers supplementary material to "When Breath Becomes Air" to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall

• Author : Instaread
• Publisher : Instaread
• Release : 28 February 2016

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | Summary & Analysis Preview: When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir about Paul Kalanithi’s experiences as a doctor and as a terminally ill patient. The book discusses Kalanithi’s lifelong fascination with questions of human biology, mortality, and meaning. It then examines how these questions are intensified by the author’s own confrontation with lung cancer, sickness, and death. Kalanithi’s father was a doctor from New York City; his mother was from

• Author : Nina Riggs
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 06 June 2017

"Built on her wildly popular Modern Love column, 'When a Couch is More Than a Couch' (9/23/2016), a breathtaking memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' by the 38 year old great-great-great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, mother to two young boys, wife of 16 years, after her terminal cancer diagnosis"--

• Author : Fulke Greville (Baron Brooke)
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 28 February 1898

• Author : Rachel Clarke
• Publisher : Metro Publishing
• Release : 13 July 2017

'I am a junior doctor. It is 4 a.m. I have run arrest calls, treated life-threatening bleeding, held the hand of a young woman dying of cancer, scuttled down miles of dim corridors wanting to sob with sheer exhaustion, forgotten to eat, forgotten to drink, drawn on every fibre of strength that I possess to keep my patients safe from harm.' How does it feel to be spat out of medical school into a world of pain, loss and

• Author : Dr. Michael J. Collins
• Publisher : St. Martin's Press
• Release : 01 April 2007

When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the famed Mayo Clinic. But compared to his fellow residents Collins feels inadequate and unprepared. All too soon, the euphoria of beginning his career as an orthopedic resident gives way to

• Author : Russell L. Blaylock
• Publisher : Humanix Books
• Release : 28 February 2021

There are two important aspects to natural cures – specific remedies for ailments and a diet/lifestyle that allow your body to function properly. A health condition, whether long-term or temporary, is a sign that things aren’t working as they should. When this occurs, you need to make changes. This book addresses both points: relieving symptoms as well as identifying and correcting underlying diet and lifestyle habits that contribute to the particular problem. Dr. Blaylock believes that many health conditions

• Author : Atul Gawande
• Publisher : Metropolitan Books
• Release : 07 October 2014

#1 New York Times Bestseller In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin

• Author : Sylvia Plath
• Publisher : e-artnow
• Release : 21 December 2018

This eBook edition of "The Bell Jar (Unabridged)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Esther Greenwood, a young woman from the suburbs of Boston, gains a summer internship at a prominent magazine in New York City, under editor Jay Cee; however, Esther is neither stimulated nor excited by either the big city or the glamorous culture and lifestyle that girls her age are expected to idolize and emulate. She instead finds

• Author : Jeremy C Leven
• Publisher : Dissertation.com
• Release : 01 November 2000

Alas, poor Satan. He's not happy. No one seems to like or understand him; people have got him all wrong. And his relationship with God is a hostile one. Unloved and misunderstood, he's come back to Earth in search of a psychotherapist; he's prepared- if cured- to deliver the all-important Great Answer. In Jeremy Leven's wildly original comic novel, we follow the Prince of Darkness through his seven amazing therapy sessions. And we watch him grow increasingly well adjusted while

• Author : Oliver Sacks
• Publisher : Knopf Canada
• Release : 24 November 2015

A deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life. In January 2015, Oliver Sacks was diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer, and he shared this news in a New York Times essay that inspired readers all over the world: "I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude.... Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and

• Author : Wim Hof
• Publisher : Sounds True
• Release : 20 October 2020

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The only definitive book authored by Wim Hof on his powerful method for realizing our physical and spiritual potential. “This method is very simple, very accessible, and endorsed by science. Anybody can do it, and there is no dogma, only acceptance. Only freedom.” —Wim Hof Wim Hof has a message for each of us: “You can literally do the impossible. You can overcome disease, improve your mental health and physical performance, and even control your