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The Sleeping Beauties

And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

by Suzanne O'Sullivan ...

In Sweden, hundreds of refugee children fall into a state that resembles sleep for months or years at a time. In Le Roy, a town in upstate New York, teenage girls develop involuntary twitches and seizures that spread like a contagion. In the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, employees experience headaches and memory loss after hearing strange noises during the night. These are only a few of the many suspected ... Read more

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In Sweden, hundreds of refugee children fall into a state that resembles sleep for months or years at a time. In Le Roy, a town in upstate New York, teenage girls develop involuntary twitches and seizures that spread like a contagion. In the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, employees experience headaches and memory loss after hearing strange noises during the night. These are only a few of the many suspected
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The Age of Diagnosis

How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker

by Suzanne O'Sullivan ...

From a neurologist and the award-winning author of The Sleeping Beauties, a meticulous and compassionate exploration of how our culture of medical diagnosis can harm, rather than help, patients.We live in an age of diagnosis. Conditions like ADHD and autism are on the rapid rise, while new categories like long Covid are being created. Medical terms are increasingly used to describe ordinary human ... Read more

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From a neurologist and the award-winning author of The Sleeping Beauties, a meticulous and compassionate exploration of how our culture of medical diagnosis can harm, rather than help, patients.We live in an age of diagnosis. Conditions like ADHD and autism are on the rapid rise, while new categories like long Covid are being created. Medical terms are increasingly used to describe ordinary human
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Is It All in Your Head?

True Stories of Imaginary Illness

by Suzanne O'Sullivan ...

A neurologist’s insightful and compassionate look into the misunderstood world of psychosomatic disorders—told through individual case histories“. . . advocates for new ways to look, understand, and treat unexplainable symptoms . . . Some of the cases will break your heart.” —Huffington PostIt’s happened to all of us: our cheeks flush red when we say the wrong thing, or our hearts skip a beat when ... Read more

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A neurologist’s insightful and compassionate look into the misunderstood world of psychosomatic disorders—told through individual case histories“. . . advocates for new ways to look, understand, and treat unexplainable symptoms . . . Some of the cases will break your heart.” —Huffington PostIt’s happened to all of us: our cheeks flush red when we say the wrong thing, or our hearts skip a beat when
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Brainstorm

Detective Stories from the World of Neurology

by Suzanne O'Sullivan ...

A leading neurologist recounts some of her most astonishing and challenging cases, demonstrating how the study of epilepsy is critical to our understanding of the brain.A “brilliant . . . beautifully humane account” for readers of Oliver Sacks’ The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Guardian, Best Books of the Year)Brainstorm follows the stories of people whose medical diagnoses are so strange ... Read more

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A leading neurologist recounts some of her most astonishing and challenging cases, demonstrating how the study of epilepsy is critical to our understanding of the brain.A “brilliant . . . beautifully humane account” for readers of Oliver Sacks’ The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Guardian, Best Books of the Year)Brainstorm follows the stories of people whose medical diagnoses are so strange
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The Age of Diagnosis

How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker

by Suzanne O'Sullivan ...

Narrated by Suzanne O'Sullivan ...

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8 hours 47 min

From a neurologist and the award-winning author of The Sleeping Beauties, a meticulous and compassionate exploration of how our culture of medical diagnosis can harm, rather than help, patients.We live in an age of diagnosis. Conditions like ADHD and autism are on the rapid rise, while new categories like long Covid are being created. Medical terms are increasingly used to describe ordinary human ... Read more

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From a neurologist and the award-winning author of The Sleeping Beauties, a meticulous and compassionate exploration of how our culture of medical diagnosis can harm, rather than help, patients.We live in an age of diagnosis. Conditions like ADHD and autism are on the rapid rise, while new categories like long Covid are being created. Medical terms are increasingly used to describe ordinary human
... Read more

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The Sleeping Beauties

And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

by Suzanne O'Sullivan ...

Narrated by Suzanne O'Sullivan ...

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10 hours 12 min

In Sweden, hundreds of refugee children fall into a state that resembles sleep for months or years at a time. In Le Roy, a town in upstate New York, teenage girls develop involuntary twitches and seizures that spread like a contagion. In the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, employees experience headaches and memory loss after hearing strange noises during the night. These are only a few of the many suspected ... Read more

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In Sweden, hundreds of refugee children fall into a state that resembles sleep for months or years at a time. In Le Roy, a town in upstate New York, teenage girls develop involuntary twitches and seizures that spread like a contagion. In the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, employees experience headaches and memory loss after hearing strange noises during the night. These are only a few of the many suspected
... Read more

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Brainstorm

Detective Stories from the World of Neurology

by Suzanne O'Sullivan ...

Narrated by Christine Williams ...

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8 hours 51 min

A leading neurologist recounts some of her most astonishing, challenging cases, which demonstrate how crucial the study of epilepsy has been to our understanding of the brain.Brainstorm follows the stories of people whose medical diagnoses are so strange even their doctor struggles to know how to solve them. A man who sees cartoon characters running across the room; a girl whose world suddenly ... Read more

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A leading neurologist recounts some of her most astonishing, challenging cases, which demonstrate how crucial the study of epilepsy has been to our understanding of the brain.Brainstorm follows the stories of people whose medical diagnoses are so strange even their doctor struggles to know how to solve them. A man who sees cartoon characters running across the room; a girl whose world suddenly
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Renewing America’s Civic Compact

by Carol McNamara, Trevor Shelley, Lara Bazelon, J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Rita Koganzon, Michael Lind, Paul Ludwig, Daniel Mahoney, Michael Pakaluk0, Pamela Paresky1, Jonathan Rauch2, Diana Schaub3, Suzanne Spalding4, Andrew Sullivan5, Glenn C. Loury6, Herbert Raymond McMaster7, Michael Zuckert8, Ian Rowe9, Charles Rubin0, C. Bradley Thompson1 ...

Series series Political Theory for Today
Renewing America’s Civic Compact addresses the chief challenges and principal tensions in the operation of our civil society in order to consider possible paths forward. The meritocracy, multiculturalism, issues of race, technology, and populist nationalism in American democracy today are some of the issues that have created more tensions to American public life. Chapters address the condition of ... Read more

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Renewing America’s Civic Compact addresses the chief challenges and principal tensions in the operation of our civil society in order to consider possible paths forward. The meritocracy, multiculturalism, issues of race, technology, and populist nationalism in American democracy today are some of the issues that have created more tensions to American public life. Chapters address the condition of
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China's Search for Democracy: The Students and Mass Movement of 1989

The Students and Mass Movement of 1989

by Suzanne Ogden, Kathleen Hartford, Nancy Sullivan, David Zweig ...

Within a framework of analysis and background by the four editors, this book presents a view from the grassroots of the 1989 student and mass movement in China and its tragic consequences. Here are the core eyewitness and participant accounts expressed through wall posters, students speeches, movement declarations, handbills, and other documents. In their introductions to the material, the editors ... Read more

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Within a framework of analysis and background by the four editors, this book presents a view from the grassroots of the 1989 student and mass movement in China and its tragic consequences. Here are the core eyewitness and participant accounts expressed through wall posters, students speeches, movement declarations, handbills, and other documents. In their introductions to the material, the editors
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Urological Surgery

by John Reynard, Stephen Mark, Kevin Turner, Noel Armenakas, Mark Sullivan, Suzanne Biers, Ben Turney, Alastair Lamb ...

Series series Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery
The Oxford Specialist Handbook of Urological Surgery returns fully updated for a second edition to guide the reader step-by-step through all types of urological operations. Including both background information on key urological problems and alternative surgical options, this Handbook is designed to guide the trainee through all aspects of urological surgery, from gaining clear and accurate ... Read more

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The Oxford Specialist Handbook of Urological Surgery returns fully updated for a second edition to guide the reader step-by-step through all types of urological operations. Including both background information on key urological problems and alternative surgical options, this Handbook is designed to guide the trainee through all aspects of urological surgery, from gaining clear and accurate
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America's Great Debate

Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union

by Fergus M. Bordewich ...

Narrated by Norman Dietz ...

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17 hours 21 min

The Mexican War introduced vast new territories into the United States, among them California and the present-day Southwest. When gold was discovered in California in the great Gold Rush of 1849, the population swelled, and settlers petitioned for admission to the Union. But the U.S. Senate was precariously balanced with fifteen free states and fifteen slave states. Up to this point, states had ... Read more

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The Mexican War introduced vast new territories into the United States, among them California and the present-day Southwest. When gold was discovered in California in the great Gold Rush of 1849, the population swelled, and settlers petitioned for admission to the Union. But the U.S. Senate was precariously balanced with fifteen free states and fifteen slave states. Up to this point, states had
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Madison's Gift

Five Partnerships That Built America

by David O. Stewart ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

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14 hours 29 min

Overshadowed by his fellow Founders, David O. Stewart restores James Madison to his proper place as the most significant framer of the new nation, through his successive partnerships with mentor George Washington, co-author Alexander Hamilton, political ally Thomas Jefferson, successor James Monroe, and his wife, Dolley. Stewart makes a compelling case for Madison's centrality and tells an ... Read more

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Overshadowed by his fellow Founders, David O. Stewart restores James Madison to his proper place as the most significant framer of the new nation, through his successive partnerships with mentor George Washington, co-author Alexander Hamilton, political ally Thomas Jefferson, successor James Monroe, and his wife, Dolley. Stewart makes a compelling case for Madison's centrality and tells an
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