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Do You Sincerely Want to Be Rich? The Full Story of Bernard Cornfeld and I. O. S.
by Charles Raw Bruce Page Godfrey HodgsonIn the fall of 1955, Bernard Cornfeld arrived in Paris with scant money in his pocket and a tenuous relationship with a New York firm to sell mutual funds overseas. Cornfeld, a former psychologist and social worker, knew how to make friends fast and soon targeted two groups of people who could help him fulfill his economic ambitions: American expatriates who were looking to build their own fortunes and servicemen abroad who loved to live high-rolling lives and spend money. Using the first group as door-to-door salesmen and the second group as his gullible target, Cornfeld built a multi-billion-dollar and multi-national company, famous for its salesmen's winning one-line pitch: "Do you sincerely want to be rich?" In this eye-opening yet entertaining book, an award-winning "Insight" team of the London Sunday Times examines Cornfeld's impressive scheme, a classic example of good, old-fashioned American business gumption and guile.
Do You Understand Me?: My Life, My Thoughts, My Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Sofie Koborg BrosenSofie Koborg Brøsen is eleven years old and, like other children of her age, goes to a mainstream school, loves reading comics and being with her family and her cat, Teddy. But Sofie is not the same as everyone else - she has autism spectrum disorder. Fed up with being misunderstood by her classmates, she has written a book about her world so others can learn to understand her, and vice versa. Sofie describes her day-to-day life in clear, unambiguous language and tells readers about things she finds difficult: being given too many instructions, disruptions to her routine, being teased, strong lights and smells and too much noise. She also tells about what she really likes - feeling accepted by other children, reading, nature, her autism camp and her cat. This fully illustrated book has already attracted much positive attention in Denmark. It is a readable insider's view of life as a child with autism attending a mainstream school and will be an invaluable resource in helping other children to understand their classmates with autism spectrum disorders. Teachers, parents, carers, support workers, children with autism spectrum disorders and their classmates will find this an entertaining, informative and attitude-changing read.
Doble condena: La verdadera historia de Roberto Quieto
by Alejandra Vignollés¿Quién fue en realidad Roberto Quieto? ¿Mártir o traidor? ¿Por qué MarioFirmenich, integrante de la conducción de Montoneros, quiso negociar conlos militares que lo tenían secuestrado para que se lo entregaran vivo ypoder ejecutarlo? ¿Qué secretos se llevó a la tumba? Este libro cuentala historia nunca revelada hasta hoy del líder montonero que llegó atener todo el poder y que podría haber cambiado el destino de laguerrilla peronista en la Argentina. En 1975, cuando fue secuestrado por las fuerzas de seguridad, RobertoQuieto era el número dos de Montoneros. Había sido el responsable, entreotros operativos, del secuestro de los hermanos Born. Luego de sudetención, la Organización lo sometió a un juicio revolucionario enausencia y lo condenó a muerte por «delación bajo torturas». Esasupuesta traición nunca fue demostrada; sin embargo, Montoneros jamás seretractó por haber ensuciado su nombre, como tampoco lo hizo porcondenar a la deshonra a quienes se quebraban en la tortura. A través deuna aguda reconstrucción de la vida y la personalidad de este personajecarismático, controvertido y misterioso, Alejandra Vignolles ofrece unanueva mirada sobre la tragedia que asoló a nuestro país en la década delsetenta. Nos muestra las contradicciones y las zonas más oscuras de laguerrilla peronista y de sus protagonistas: ni héroes ni villanos,militantes políticos que creyeron en un proyecto político y en la tomadel poder a cualquier costo, aun el de sus propias vidas.
Doble intención: Dos mujeres, una conversación, escritura cómplice
by Beatriz Rivas Ethel KrauzeEthel Krauze y Beatriz Rivas convergen en tres puntos medulares: ambas son mujeres, madres y escritoras. Este es un recorrido intimista para quien pasa la página. «Ya no quiero que nos despidamos... Me llevaste, finalmente, con tu pluma, a viajar contigo. En las aves de tus palabras salté de mi escritorio hacia desiertos y penumbras tan lejanos de mí que, ahora que regreso a mi ventana de laureles y atardeceres dulces en la alberca de mi casa, me parece que mi paladar ha cobrado la capacidad de percibir nuevos sabores. (EK) No hay finales perfectos (¿o sí?). Aunque siempre he deseado morirme (espero que dentro de mucho tiempo) con mis facultades en funciones, mi mente lúcida, un aceptable estado de salud y profundamente dormida, acepto que los finales siempre llegan con algo de melancolía. Con una advertencia susurrada: ya no hay más. Ya no habrá nada más. Cinco años escribiéndonos y, de pronto, hay que dejar de hacerlo. (BR)» --- Ethel Krauze y Beatriz Rivas convergen en tres puntos medulares: ambas son mujeres, madres y escritoras. Mediante cartas fechadas y firmadas en distintos puntos del mundo, las dos autoras cavilan entorno a su presente, su pasado, los deseos para el futuro y sus vidas dentro de la ficción. Las dos transitan y conversan gozosamente en sus recuerdos, componiendo recorridos intimistas para quien pasa la página. La escritura se convierte en la columna vertebral de este libro, pero aquí habitan con ecos de sororidad otros temas como la condición de las mujeres en la época actual, los prejuicios, los viajes, la maternidad, la infidelidad, la mentira, la amistad y la culpa.
Doc: Memories from a Life in Public Service
by Otis R. Bowen William Du Bois Jr."Being governor is like no other job although it has similarities to being a country doctor. Like a physician, a governor is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, asleep, awake, eating, in the shower, traveling in a car, or at a meeting. There are emergencies, so he lives with unpredictability. As earlier noted, many state government activities involve health and medical questions, areas in which I have expertise. There, the similarities end. There is nothing like being governor, not even being a member of a president's Cabinet."—from Doc No Indiana governor in the 20th century has been more popular or successful than Otis R. Bowen. In his long-awaited autobiography, "Doc" writes in rich detail about the hard work and persistence that got him into and through medical school. His commitment to serving people made him a beloved family physician in Bremen, a respected state legislator and legislative leader, and one of the most esteemed governors in Indiana history. Otis Bowen grew up poor in Fulton County, but was rich in the things that matter. With the support of his parents, siblings, teachers and friends, he pursued a dream of becoming a family physician, making many sacrifices to finance his way through medical schoolAs a newly minted doctor, Bowen first practiced medicine in the Army. He describes his experience on the field of combat in the Pacific during the last major battle of World War II, and tells of his life after coming home from the war to serve the medical needs of a small northern Indiana community. We learn, too, of his personal life, about his own family and his first two wives, Beth Bowen and Rose Bowen, the loneliness and emptiness he endured after they died painfully of cancer, and how his third wife, Carol, has filled that void. An almost accidental entry into politics and public life led Bowen to the capitals of Indiana and the nation. Drafted as a candidate for Marshall County coroner in 1952, Bowen moved up from that office to become a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, to House leadership as Minority Leader and Speaker, to the governor's office in 1973, and to President Ronald Reagan's cabinet in 1985. The first person to serve eight consecutive years as Indiana's Governor, Bowen candidly explores the challenges, crises and triumphs of that period. In an equally candid way, he recounts his efforts and frustrations as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.As warm, down-to-earth, and genuine as its subject, Doc will be welcomed by all Hoosiers, no matter their political stripe.
Doc: True Tales of Mishaps, Emergencies, and Miracles from a Montana Physician
by R. E. Losee Arthur L. BolandThe four hundred townspeople of Ennis, Montana needed a doctor and Ronald E. Losee, MD, became "Doc." Learning from his failures and rejoicing in his triumphs, he performed appendectomies on a rickety operating-room table, repaired fractured tibiae, and even amputated a leg with a hacksaw. After a two year stint at t he Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Losee returned to Montana to begin the pioneering work that gained him an international reputation. This moving account of his time there evokes both the feel of small-town life and the pioneering spirit of the West.
Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend
by Gary L. RobertsAcclaim for Doc Holliday "Splendid . . . not only the most readable yet definitive study of Holliday yet published, it is one of the best biographies of nineteenth-century Western 'good-bad men' to appear in the last twenty years. It was so vivid and gripping that I read it twice." --Howard R. Lamar, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, Yale University, and author of The New Encyclopedia of the American West "The history of the American West is full of figures who have lived on as romanticized legends. They deserve serious study simply because they have continued to grip the public imagination. Such was Doc Holliday, and Gary Roberts has produced a model for looking at both the life and the legend of these frontier immortals." --Robert M. Utley, author of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull "Doc Holliday emerges from the shadows for the first time in this important work of Western biography. Gary L. Roberts has put flesh and soul to the man who has long been one of the most mysterious figures of frontier history. This is both an important work and a wonderful read." --Casey Tefertiller, author of Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend "Gary Roberts is one of a foremost class of writers who has created a real literature and authentic history of the so-called Western. His exhaustively researched and beautifully written Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend reveals a pathetically ill and tortured figure, but one of such intense loyalty to Wyatt Earp that it brought him limping to the O.K. Corral and into the glare of history." --Jack Burrows, author of John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was "Gary L. Roberts manifested an interest in Doc Holliday at a very early age, and he has devoted these past thirty-odd years to serious and detailed research in the development and writing of Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend. The world knows Holliday as Doc Holliday. Family members knew him as John. Somewhere in between the two lies the real John Henry Holliday. Roberts reflects this concept in his writing. This book should be of interest to Holliday devotees as well as newly found readers." --Susan McKey Thomas, cousin of Doc Holliday and coauthor of In Search of the Hollidays
Doc Holliday (Outlaws and Lawmen of the Wild West)
by Carl R. Green William R. Sanford- Biographies of famous and infamous men of the Western frontier. - Entices the reluctant reader to relive the exciting days of the Wild West.
Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl
by Hyeseung SongFor readers of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a searing coming-of-age memoir about the daughter of ambitious Asian American immigrants and her search for self-worth.A daughter of Korean immigrants, Hyeseung Song spends her earliest years in the cane fields of Texas where her loyalties are divided between a restless father in search of Big Money, and a beautiful yet domineering mother whose resentments about her own life compromises her relationship with her daughter. With her parents at constant odds, Song learns more words in Korean for hatred than for love. When the family&’s fake Gucci business lands them in bankruptcy, Song moves to a new elementary school. On her first day, a girl asks the teacher: &“Can she speak English?&” Neither rich nor white, Song does what is necessary to be visible: she internalizes the model minority myth as well as her beloved mother&’s dreams to see her on a secure path. Song meets these expectations by attending the best Ivy League universities in the country. But when she wavers, in search of an artistic life on her own terms, her mother warns, &“Happiness is what unexceptional people tell themselves when they don&’t have the talent and drive to go after real success.&” Years of self-erasure take a toll and Song experiences recurring episodes of depression and mania. A thought repeats: I want to die. I want to die. Song enters a psychiatric hospital where she meets patients with similar struggles. So begins her sweeping journey to heal herself by losing everything. Unflinching and lyrical, Docile is one woman&’s story of subverting the model minority myth, contending with mental illness, and finding her self-worth by looking within.
Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball
by Donald HallOne of America's finest poets joins forces with one of baseball's most outrageous pitchers to paint a revealing portrait of our national game. Donald Hall's forceful, yet elegant, prose brings together all the elements of Dock Ellis's story into a seamless whole. The two of them, the pitcher and the poet, give us remarkable insight into the customs and culture of this closed clannish world. Dock's keen vision, filtered through Hall's extraordinary voice, shows us the hardships and problems of the thinking athlete in an unthinking world.
Doctor Always On Call: The Life of Robert H. Morris, M.D. as Told to His Son, Robert H. Morris II
by Robert H. MorrisRobert Morris II recorded eight hours of interviews with his father, Robert Morris, MD (1904-1990), from which he drafted an autobiography and presented it to his dad on his 85th birthday. Until Dr. Morris’ death 15 months later, they collaborated to correct and add to the original memories. Dr. Morris’ career was unique in several ways: He dropped out of medical school twice, returning to farming, then vowed that he’d become a doctor or die. The third time in medical school, he led his class most quarters. Marrying and nurse and settling in the village of Medina (pop. 400) in 1935, his practice and reputation—especially as a diagnostician—grew until his death. He made home visits extending to five counties, the last doctor to do so in this area, delivering some 2000 babies in the home, while also serving in four hospitals. He was a devout Christian and lay leader in his church. Two of his daughters married doctors, two others became career teachers who also married teachers, and his son had a varied career, ending as a writer. Dr. Morris tells both painful and humorous stories about his life.
The Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Martin BoothA biography attempts to separate the life of the Edinburgh doctor from his fictional consulting detective from London.This entertaining, smart biography of Arthur Conan Doyle presents a modern-day interpretation of the man who, contrary to his best efforts, will always be known as the creator of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was, however, much more, as Booth shows us in this intriguing study of a man who thrived on the times in which he lived. While Holmes fans will be captivated by the various tidbits that offer insight into their hero’s creation; others will be fascinated by this living embodiment of the Victorian masculine ideal.Praise for The Doctor and the Detective“If we wish to find our way to the essential man, we need look no further than this work.” —P.D. James, bestselling author of A Certain Justice“An attractive and well-written introduction to Conan Doyle’s body of work.” —Library Journal“Readers who think of Conan Doyle only as the man who created Sherlock Holmes will be surprised, and perhaps even shocked, by this comprehensive and fascinating biography.” —Booklist
The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste: The Debate Between B. R. Ambedkar and M. K. Gandhi
by Arundhati RoyThe little-known story of Gandhi&’s reluctance to challenge the caste system, and the man who fought fiercely for India&’s downtrodden. Democracy hasn&’t eradicated caste, argues bestselling author and Booker Prize–winner Arundhati Roy—it has entrenched and modernized it. To understand caste today in India, Roy insists we must examine the influence of Gandhi in shaping what India ultimately became: independent of British rule, globally powerful, and marked to this day by the caste system. Roy states that for more than a half century, Gandhi&’s pronouncements on the inherent qualities of black Africans, Dalit &“untouchables,&” and the laboring classes remained consistently insulting, and he also refused to allow lower castes to create their own political organizations and elect their own representatives. But there was someone else who had a larger vision of justice—a founding father of the republic and the chief architect of its constitution. In The Doctor and the Saint, Roy introduces us to this contemporary of Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, who challenged the thinking of the time and fought to promote not merely formal democracy, but liberation from the oppression, shame, and poverty imposed on millions of Indians by an archaic caste system. This is a fascinating and surprising look at two men—one of whom has become a worldwide symbol and the other of whom remains unfamiliar to most outside his native country.Praise for Arundhati Roy &“Arundhati Roy is incandescent in her brilliance and her fearlessness.&” —Junot Díaz &“The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart.&” —Alice Walker
Doctor Barnardo: Child-Life Yesterday and Today (Routledge Revivals)
by null J. Wesley BreadyOriginally published in 1930, the main focus of this book is the study of the man and the homes for children which he founded but against a backdrop of the unparalleled era of social reform, in which children were finally recognized as social assets of incalculable worth. Barnardo’s work is therefore not treated as an isolated phenomenon. It is analysed for its profound significance as a pioneer movement in child-welfare and its legacy is visible as much in the 21st century as in the 19th. Where Wilberforce liberated enslaved people, and Shaftesbury the industrial worker, so Barnardo immeasurably helped thousands of homeless children.
Doctor Behind the Wire: The Diaries of POW, Captain Jack Ennis, Singapore 1942–1945
by Jackie SutherlandAlthough other books have featured Jack and Elizabeth Ennis, this is the first complete account of their story – from meeting in up-country Malaya (the rain forest, the orchids) – to their marriage in Singapore just days before it fell to the Japanese, and then through the long separation of internment. Published here for the first time, Jack’s diaries record the daily struggles against disease, injuries and malnutrition and also the support and camaraderie of friends. enjoyment of concerts, lectures, and sports, Ever observant, he records details of wildlife. The inspiration for the ‘Changi Quilts’, the story of the Girl Guide quilt (now in the Imperial War Museum) is told in words by Elizabeth, written after the war. Elizabeth’s former employer, Robert Heatlie Scott, distinguished Far East diplomat, was also POW in Changi, much of the time in solitary confinement or under interrogation by the Japanese. The individual experiences of these three persons are dramatic enough – together they combine in an amazing story of courage, love and life-long friendship
Doctor Cobb's Game: A Novel
by R. V. CassillA brilliant, bewitching novel inspired by one of the twentieth century&’s most infamous sex scandals Michael Cobb is a skilled osteopath, a gifted painter, and a lover extraordinaire. In 1960s England, the good doctor makes a startling diagnosis: the nation is sick, fast approaching its demise, and the only hope for a cure is a sexual awakening so potent it reaches into the highest corridors of power. To put his plan in motion, Cobb indoctrinates a bevy of hip young Londoners in an intoxicating blend of ancient myths, occult beliefs, and erotic arts. His most promising student is Cecile Banner, a beautiful and beguiling temptress for whom Cobb has in mind a very special target: Richard Derwent, the minister of war. The fallout from Doctor Cobb&’s game reaches all the way across the Atlantic to upstate New York, where Norman Scholes, an investigator for a powerful American think tank, reads between the lines of the official British government report on the scandal. Was Cobb a Soviet spy? A master of black magic, as he sometimes claimed? Or, as the prosecutors accused, a pimp operating in a delirious time and place? Based on the outrageous events of the Profumo affair, R. V. Cassill&’s bestselling novel is an unforgettable story of a lust powerful enough to topple a nation.
Doctor Dan, the Bandage Man (Little Golden Book)
by Helen GaspardOne of the most-requested Little Golden Books is back in print--complete with Band-Aid® bandages! Millions of baby boomers remember little Dan, who stops crying over a scratch as soon as Mother puts a Band-Aid® on it. Soon the dolls and teddy bears in Dan's house are wearing Band-Aids®, too. This charming story from the 1950s was so popular that it's now featured in the Smithsonian's permanent collection. Picture descriptions present.
Doctor, Doctor: Incredible True Tales From a GP's Surgery
by Dr Rosemary LeonardIn DOCTOR, DOCTOR, Dr Rosemary writes with warmth, humour and honesty as she recalls the stories of 20 of her most memorable patients from her 25 years working as a GP in south London. These include an eco-protestor with appendicitis, an octogenarian nymphomaniac, a teenager in labour with a baby she didn't know about, a lonely ex-coal miner with a chronic chest condition and a middle-aged man who can't quite bring himself to tell her the real problem. Funny, heart-warming and a little bit gory, DOCTOR, DOCTOR reveals the truth about day-to-day life as a GP. Heartbreaking diagnoses, challenging patients and the strong bonds that are formed, Dr Rosemary takes us from the waiting room to the consultation room and lifts the lid on what life as a GP is really like.
Doctor, Doctor: Incredible True Tales From A Gp's Surgery
by Dr Rosemary LeonardIn DOCTOR, DOCTOR, Dr Rosemary writes with warmth, humour and honesty as she recalls the stories of 20 of her most memorable patients from her 25 years working as a GP in south London. These include an eco-protestor with appendicitis, an octogenarian nymphomaniac, a teenager in labour with a baby she didn't know about, a lonely ex-coal miner with a chronic chest condition and a middle-aged man who can't quite bring himself to tell her the real problem. Funny, heart-warming and a little bit gory, DOCTOR, DOCTOR reveals the truth about day-to-day life as a GP. Heartbreaking diagnoses, challenging patients and the strong bonds that are formed, Dr Rosemary takes us from the waiting room to the consultation room and lifts the lid on what life as a GP is really like.
El Doctor Figari
by Julio María SanguinettiEsta es la historia, en fin, de una trayectoria de auténtica humanidad,la de un hombre polifacético como pocos, narrada con profundidad ypasión, lográndose un texto que desborda la condición de biografía paraconvertirse "seguramente como le hubiera gustado al propio Figari" en unensayo histórico-filosófico que puede resultarnos efectivamentecontemporáneo. Esta es la reedición de El Doctor Figari, cuya primera edición sepublicó en 2002, y que se encontraba agotada desde hace mucho tiempo.En este libro se narra la peripecia de un auténtico "hombre universal",una suerte de ?Leonardo? uruguayo, ávido de saberes, oficios y pasiones.De ese modo, no es solo al reconocido plástico al que se registra:también destacan su empecinada y altruista tarea como Defensor deOficio; su arduo y muchas veces incomprendido desempeño como Director dela Escuela Nacional de Artes y Oficios; su cercanía con los políticos demayor fuste del momento. Pero más allá de todas estas actividades, eneste texto el Dr. Sanguinetti evoca también al filósofo y al pedagogo,al pensador y humanista que se adentró en la elaboración de entramadosconceptuales originales que aún hoy nos interpelan.No falta el Figari admirado y respetado por otros intelectuales yartistas que con él compartieron, en América y Europa, tiempos deefervescencia creativa, como Güiraldes, Reyles, Borges, Martinenche,Lesca, Delacroix, Roustan, Supervielle, Valéry, Ortega y Gasset... Perotampoco se deja en el olvido al Figari hombre de familia, al padresiempre pendiente de sus hijos, por quienes bregó para que nada lesfaltara, aun en su edad avanzada y no obstante haber sufrido grandessinsabores y pérdidas afectivas.
Doctor Goebbels: His Life and Death
by Heinrich Fraenkel Roger ManvellQuite possibly the most dangerous and intelligent member of the Nazi hierarchy, Joseph Goebbels's flair for propaganda and spectacular organization ensured the fu¨hrer's rise to power. As founder of the Reich Chamber of Culture, gauleiter of Berlin, and architect of complex machinery of modern totalitarian propaganda, Goebbels is considered one of the most evil figures of the twentieth century. It was through his understanding of the instruments of "public enlightenment" that the dictatorship was built and maintained. Through interviews with his friends and family and with information from his own unpublished diary, a remarkable picture of Goebbels emerges.
A Doctor in the House: My Life with Ben Carson
by Candy CarsonLike most Americans, you might think of Ben Carson as a trailblazing brain surgeon and, in the last few years, as an outspoken commentator on national issues. <P><P>But his wife of more than forty years knows him as so much more: a loving husband, a devoted father, a devout Christian, a committed philanthropist, and a fierce patriot. Now Candy Carson introduces us to the private side of a very public figure as she shares the inspiring story of their marriage and their family. Like her husband, Candy grew up in Detroit, one of five children of a teacher and a factory worker. Also like Ben, she overcame her humble background through determination, hard work, and perseverance, earning a scholarship to attend Yale University. In that strange new world she focused on her studies, her music, and her deepening spiritual life. She attended church with a handsome older student who liked to tease her, but never assumed he would be anything more than a friend to her. But Ben and Candy quickly became inseparable, and they married soon after she graduated, with Ben still in medical school, preparing for his career as a soon-to-be world-famous pediatric neurosurgeon. In A Doctor in the House, Candy reveals many stories that have never been told before, despite the media spotlight on Dr. Carson in recent years. She shows us what it was like when they moved to Baltimore to join the community centered around Johns Hopkins Hospital. She describes how their family evolved with the births of their three sons and the tragic miscarriage of their twins. She talks about the challenges of Ben's twelve- to twenty-hour workdays, saving thousands of lives every year while Candy ran the household. She also addresses the prejudice they sometimes faced as African Americans, and how Ben's calm, levelheaded approach made him a great problem solver at home and in their travels, just as he was in the operating room. Above all, she reveals her husband's consistency as a believer: in God, in family, and in America. Having lived the American Dream, Ben believes every child from every background is capable of achieving it. That's why he and Candy have been committed to educating and inspiring young people and over the past twenty years have awarded more than 6,700 students with scholarships through their Carson Scholars Fund. A Doctor in the House is a classic American love story--and that story is far from over. As Candy writes, "We don't know what God has for us next, but we're ready to follow. . . . As we head forward into the un-known once more, I thank God for putting us together."From the Hardcover edition.
Doctor Mary in Arabia: Memoirs
by Mary Bruins AllisonUntil fairly recently, Arab women rarely received professional health care, since few women doctors had ever practiced in Arabia and their culture forbade them from consulting male doctors. Not surprisingly, Dr. Mary Bruins Allison faced an overwhelming demand when she arrived in Kuwait in 1934 as a medical missionary of the Reformed Church of America. Over the next forty years, "Dr. Mary" treated thousands of women and children, faithfully performing the duties that seemed required of her as a Christian—to heal the sick and seek converts. These memoirs record a fascinating life. Dr. Allison briefly describes her upbringing and her professional training at Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She then focuses on her experiences in Kuwait, where women of all classes, including royalty, flocked to her care. In addition to describing many of her cases, Dr. Allison paints a richly detailed picture of life in Kuwait both before and after the discovery of oil transformed the country. Her recollections include invaluable details of women's lives in the Middle East during the early and mid-twentieth century. They add a valuable chapter to the story of modern medicine, to the largely unsuccessful efforts of the Christian church to win converts in the Middle East, and to the opportunities and limitations that faced American women of the period. Dr. Allison also worked briefly in Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and India, and she includes material on each country. The introduction situates her experiences in the context of Middle Eastern and medical developments of the period.
Doctor Number 49: Grace Warren of the Leprosy Mission
by Grace Warren Lesley HicksAccident victim Daren was in despair, facing amputation of his foot, when he met Doctor Number 49. Over several years, he had consulted 48 other doctors, but his nerve-damaged foot had remained stubbornly unhealed.Dr Grace Warren has brought hope and healing to thousands worldwide, saving feet and transforming the lives of those with diabetes and leprosy by her inventive surgical skills, and also by her faith, her preparedness to obey God, and her tireless willingness to travel and teach.Doctor Number 49 is an inspiration for a new generation of health professionals and a stirring record of a unique Christian missionary career. In addition, it provides insights on managing problem feet dut to diabetes and nerve damage from other causes.
A Doctor of Sorts: In Peace and in War
by V.J. DownieAnecdotal in style, these memoirs do not follow a chronological order. The author is a surgeon who, from the harrowing account of the crossing of the River Rapido in World War II to the story of a man with a poker up his backside, reveals himself to be a man of compassion and a skilful raconteur.