NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today
 
“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains] inspires, discomforts,...

PANCE: Power Practice features more full-length practice tests in one place than any other competitor, providing the concentrated practice students need to earn a top score on the Physician Assistant Certification Exam. This book is an ideal supplement to any major PANCE test prep guide. Candidates will receive access to three full-length practice exams, based on the official test, with detailed answer explanations.

The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.

"This first complete practice test is designed to familiarize you with the content, format, and timing of the official Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE). Includes detailed answer explanations for each question and an instant diagnostic score report." --

"Framed around one salacious trial in 1891 London, a fascinating and vividly told true-crime narrative about the hunt for one of the first known serial killers, whose poisoning spree in the US, Canada, and England coincided with the birth of forensic science as well as the public's growing appetite for crime fiction such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels"--

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What does a doctor do? These kids have a few ideas. But to learn more, they talk to Dr. Zambil. He tells them how he helps sick or hurt kids feel better. He sees healthy kids to help keep them healthy. He even helps train new doctors. Let's hear it for doctors!

"A heart-wrenching and provocative memoir about how the essential parts of one young woman's early life--her mother's work as a surgeon and her spiritual practice--led her to become a doctor and to question the premise that medicine exists to prolong life at all costs. Dr. Sunita Puri's parents grew up in urban India, in extreme poverty. Yet they managed not only to reach America, but her mother become a renowned anesthesiologist too. As a young girl,...

"Everybody is a story," writes Dr. Remen in her introduction. "When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don't do that so much anymore. Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way the wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us to live a life worth remembering. Despite the awesome powers of technology many of us still do not live very well. We may need to listen...