The nobel prize for medicine
List the nobel prize for medicine
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Welch medal of the american association for the history of medicineinsulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleodin this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseaseoxfam books & music bury storiginally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william h
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It should be remembered that maurice maeterlinck was the only belgian writer to receive the nobel prize for literature inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis leaflet is the staging text for the ballet intended for the american publicit should be pointed out that there is no written record of this balletour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis is one of the only known copiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea very rare 4-page leaflet of a ballet written and directed in the uthis ballet is one of the last works by maurice maeterlinck who died a few years later in nice, france inby maurice maeterlinck in during his stay in america after the second world warcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturefrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedwe are all potential targetsa few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigerin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiescover & spine in very good conditionnow it is much more complexpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agein this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorism
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Gide writes here of his disillusionment with communism and would go on to win the nobel prize for literature ten years later inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilinghardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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He won the nobel prize in economics in and was master of trinity college, cambridgeit would be no surprise if it were to become as defining and as influential as work as edward said's orientalism'Â Â soumya bhattacharya, observer 'the winner of the nobel prize in economics is a star in indiaoxfam bookshop harrogate from nobel prize-winning economist amartya sen, the argumentative indian: writings on indian culture, history and identity brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary indiaindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointshis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedomout of these conflicting views spring a rich tradition of skeptical argument and cultural achievement which is critically important, argues amartya sen, for the success of india's democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peaceshows that the argumentative gene is not just a part of india's make-up that can easily be wished away'Â Â the economist amartya sen is lamont university professor at harvardsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis books have been translated into thirty languagesthe product of a great mind at the peak of its power'Â Â william dalrymple, sunday times 'one of the most influential public thinkers of our timeshe deserves the recognitionthis is a book that needed to have been written'profound and stimulating
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The author won the nobel prize for physiology of medicineoxfam books & music totnes this work presents a radical new view of the function of the brain and nervous systemit will stimulate discussion about the mind-body problem, the origins of knowledge and the perceptual bases of languagethis theory revises our view of memory, considering it as a dynamic process of categorisation which has implications for the various psychological states from attention to dreamingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby providing a fundamental neural basis for categorisation of the things of the world it unifies perception, action and learningcorners slightly bumped and some fading/tanning to rear cover from shelf wearoup paperback in good clean condition, no internal markings and sound bindingit suggests that the nervous system in each individual operates as a selective system resembling natural selection in evolution but operating different mechanisms
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Norwegian writer knut hamsun (), winner of the nobel prize for literature in , was a man both brilliant and controversialoxfam bookshop swanage an absorbing biography of nobel prize-winning novelist knut hamsun, based on a wealth of previously unavailable sourcesyale university press, hardcover, first edition used: good plus conditionex libris stamp on spine and copyright page see oxfam website for delivery information read morelauded for his literary achievements by hemingway, gide, hesse, and others, he also provoked outrage for his open collaboration with the fascists during the german occupation of norway and for his insistent refusal to renounce his nazi sympathiesdj wrapped in cellophane
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Pasternak was awarded the nobel prize for literature the following year, an event which embarrassed and enraged the communist party of the soviet unionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe novel doctor zhivago has been part of the russian school curriculum since , where it is read in 11th grade"doctor zhivago" by boris pasternak - collins, london - first uk edition, second issue (printed same month as first issue) - 510p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in a very good original dust wrapper with only minor wearour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedue to the author's independent-minded stance on the october revolution, doctor zhivago was refused publication in the ussrat the instigation of giangiacomo feltrinelli, the manuscript was smuggled to milan and published inthe novel was made into a film by david lean in , and since then has twice been adapted for television, most recently as a miniseries for russian tv inthe novel is named after its protagonist, yuri zhivago, a physician and poet, and takes place between the russian revolution of and world war iidoctor zhivago (/??'v??go?/ zhiv-ah-goh;[1] russian: ??´???? ????´??, ipa: ['dokt?r ??'vag?]) is a novel by boris pasternak, first published in in italycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Through his own lively and eloquent reminiscences, stepping stones retraces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the nobel prize for literature and his post-nobel lifeoxfam bookshop cheltenham widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, seamus heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies; but no book-length portrait has appeared until nowit is supplemented with a large number of photographs, many from the heaney family album and published here for the first timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein response to firm but subtle questioning from dennis o'driscoll, seamus heaney sheds a personal light on his work (poems, essays, translations, plays) and on the artistic and ethical challenges he faced, providing an original, diverting and absorbing store of reflections, opinions and recollections
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Australian, winner of the nobel prize for literature, author of more than a dozen works of fiction, a handful of plays, and many other books, he was known as a creative writer of power, vehemence and intense imagination he was also one of the greatest letter-writers of his time so remarkable are the letters that despite his frequent injunction that they be burned, most recipients insisted on saving themwhen patrick white:a life was published to great acclaim in , marr had several thousand letters in hand; he has located another thousand since thousands survivewe should be thankful that they dosee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut patrick white was more than a novelist shrewd, funny, hauntingly beautiful, dramatic, pig-headed, and above all direct and relaxed, they poured from his pen over a period of seventy years, from childhood until shortly before his death for these are the letters of a great writer, a profound critic, a gossip with the sharpest eyes and tongue in the country, a man who loved and hated ferociously, a keen cook, an angry patriot, and a believer never free of doubtout of this mass he has chosen some 600 of the very best to let white tell the story of his life in his own words edited by david marr at his death in , patrick white had achieved wide fame as a novelist this stunning selection is the result of more than ten years of work and reflection on the part of white's biographer, david marroxfam shop gloucester patrick white - letters he spent his lie writing letters, huge numbers of them to friends, acquaintances, newspapers, even enemies (of which he had an abundance)
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Paustovsky () was a russian soviet writer nominated for the nobel prize for literature innonetheless, it does provide a unique view of life in russia when he was in the caucasus in the early ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is not a strictly historical document but rather a long, lyrical tale focusing on the internal perceptions and poetic development of the writeroxfam shop kendal hardback with dust jacket in vgcit has been called a "biography of the soul" rather than a biography of eventsof his autobiographythis is the fifth vol
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It belongs to the "cycle de la révolte" which brings together three works by camus, la peste, l'homme révolté and les justes, which, in part, earned its author the nobel prize for literature inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitela peste is a novel by albert camus published in and awarded the prix des critiques the same yearcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehalf-bound in bradel vellum- preserved title cover
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Kipling was the first person from the british isles to win the nobel prize for literature, and the first english language writer to winare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith multiple illustrations by kiplingnot ex library, not a book club; no dust jacket as issuedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehardcover first edition (macmillan, ), second impression (october, )catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Kertesz won the nobel prize for literature in , the only hungarian to date to have wonare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenot a former library book, in original just jacket, no owner's mark or remainder markhardcover first german edition (rowohlt ), first printingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenear fine with a small spine lean in a near fine jacket
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Saul bellow was the winner of the nobel prize for literaturesigned by saul bellowsammler's planetsammler's planet was the winner of the national book award
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The nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itselfwhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mindsuch goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicineusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university presswhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomthe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalsa very clean and tidy copyaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarythe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this bookthe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but why
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From the nobel collectionhermione granger's wandare buying from outside of the ukuk mainland from ÂŁ3official collectors wand
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She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigeroxfam bookshop cheltenham beyond the blue mountains is a collection of short stories by booker prize winning author penelope livelyshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all beganpenelope lively lives in londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe in"the slovenian giantess" is a condensed masterpiece' sunday times'penelope lively is a genius and this collection is a joyshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to markin any circumstances, from a wedding to a christmas shopping expedition, lively finds an emotional dilemma, engaging the reader as thoroughly as if they were reading a novel and leaving them speechless' daily mailpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children'the fourteen brief stories in beyond the blue mountains reveal penelope lively at her most polished and perceptivethe fourteen warmly humorous stories in beyond the blue mountains range from the fantasy of scheherazade to a dazzling example of chaos theory, depicting in exquisite prose the subtle but significant events that go to create everyday experience
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She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigeroxfam bookshop cheltenham city of the mind is the second novel by booker prize winning author penelope livelyshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all beganit stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind himpenelope lively lives in londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to markthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and constructionhere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitzbut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own'this is the city in which everything is simultaneous'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blend'a glorious novel' observer'the descriptions of the london blitz are achingly real' sunday telegraphpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children
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Homeopathy (the safe form of medicine for the future) by dr a lockie condition: as new! read more
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The coral "magic and medicine" cd in new condition with 12 page booklet with lyrics and photos
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fictionnational book award finalistnew york times bestsellerwinner of the carnegie medal for fictiona beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths collide in occupied france as both try to survive the devastation of world war ii'open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close foreverin this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories ofmarie-laure and werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one anotherand a future which draws her ever closer to werner, a german orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the hitler youththe microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the museum of natural historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe miniature of a paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home'for marie-laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazesthe walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the nazis invade paris
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Unique to this book are sections on getting organized, arranging your finances, selecting a computer, organising the next job and how to practise evidence& ;based medicine& ;clearly explains how to do everything required of a house officer & ;instructs on procedures & ;helps in diagnosing common symptoms & ;protocols for dealing with common diseases & ;describes ward calls, paperwork and self& ;care& ;new co& ;author to ensure that clinical details are updated& ;additional material in procedures section and on pay, tax and government guidelines see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit covers the personal aspects of being a doctor and the day& ;to& ;day reality of clinical life such as responding to acute emergencies, dealing with common calls, drug prescribing and carrying out practical proceduresoxfam bookshop wallingford the hands& ;on guide for junior doctors is a practical book for junior doctors and medical students making the transition from medical school to life on the wardsthis book is designed to help the reader prepare for the actual daily rigours of hospital life and is an essential guide for surviving the first years as a junior doctor
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Winner of the moravia prize for fiction, the jewish husband is a bittersweet story of passion, hatred, cruelty and oppressionoxfam books & music salisbury it is and fascist italy has imposed its infamous race lawshe wins her affections, but the price is greatsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe is everything that he is not - the privileged daughter of a family that is wealthy, prominent and, above all, gentilea young jewish professor entertains a tormented passion for the beautiful and enigmatic soniaa very good condition copy, used with light shelf wear but with no major flaws
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His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetrywhether he was writing about his native ohio, the natural world, love lost and found, or the luminous resonant italy of his later work, wrights mastery of language and his powerful, haunting voice marked him out as one of the finest writers of his time, a poet whose work caught the spirit of americas anxious yet hopeful post-war yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejames wright was born in martins ferry, ohio, inoxfam shop arnold james wright is one of the most significant, most enduring figures in modern american poetry, the central figure of a greatly talented generation
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Annals of the former world is the winner of the pulitzer prize for nonfictionthe structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title annals of the former worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4as clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern non-fiction6 billion years twenty years ago, when john mcphee began his journeys back and forth across the united states, he planned to describe a cross section of north america at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled withlike the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through it
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Winner of the pulitzer prize for general non-fiction and described by the jury as "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal" text, clean, bright and unmarked throughout dust jacket has some marks and edge wear; blue board covers, with title etcin gilt on spine, in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more eight pages of monochrome photographsoxfam shop barnard castle a lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have feared, lived with, and died from for more than five thousand years by an award-winning cancer physician and researcher
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