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Surprise! I’m still not dead! Okay, sure, I was born with an incurable genetic disease and, yes, I have faced terminal illness two times but … here I am! And I’m ready to speak!

I’ve now been navigating the Western medical maze for over three decades Along the way, I’ve had to learn some pretty painful lessons about how to advocate for myself and what happens if I don’t. I also know how scary and disorienting illness can be—I have a lot to say about finding peace and acceptance, no matter what your diagnosis.

I offer you my advice, my humor and my personal journals as a window into the often quiet world of living with illness. Whether you are a patient, family member or medical professional, chances are you will find something between these pages that you never knew.

Medicine is a complicated maze. The time has come for a medical revolution—let’s do it together!

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This long awaited volume finally brings to light several cases of the world's most renowned detective originally suppressed to avoid causing scandal and embarrassment to the Crown, to public figures, or to Sherlock Holmes himself. Now, finally, the truth is revealed about Holmes' exploits involving such figures as Ida Tarbell, Consuelo Vanderbilt, P.G. Wodehouse, and James McNeil Whistler. Related by diverse hands, including Watson, Inspector Lestrade, and Holmes himself, detailing untold incidents involving the Titanic, Holmes' rematch with Irene Adler, the childhoods of both Holmes and Watson, and one unfortunate result of Holmes' facility with disguise, this cornucopia of Sherlockiana will delight fans young and not-so-young..
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Pondering Our Horizons is the second book of Finger Lakes poet Patricia Lee Appelt. It is an expression of appreciation for life’s daily experiences Patricia has been writing poetry since her college years in the 1970s. Recognition of her writings started when she was the recipient of the Helen Steiner Rice Award and continued as she received the Editor’s Choice Award of National and International Library of Poetry for her inspirational writing. In addition to PublishAmerica, Sparrowgrass Inc. and National Author Registry have published her poems. Patricia invites the reader of Pondering Our Horizons to sense the wonder of our world and our creator. Come with her and take a stroll down memory lane. Beginning in June 23, 1952, for Patricia in rural Prattsburg, New York, with her parents and four siblings, and continuing in Canandaigua, New York, Pondering Our Horizons blends fond memories!.
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Photographer Anne Herman captures adorable canines during the moments we appreciate them most: when they're just being themselves Black-and-white duotone photographs are paired whimsically with quotations by such diverse names as Confucius, Mahatma Gandhi, Fran Lebowitz, and Emo Philips. Our ability to relate to each image is poignantly expressed by some of our fellow humans in articulate snippets of wisdom and observation. We can relate to each quote, making this book just one more way we learn from our favorite four-legged companions..
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