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Publisher
Zondervan
Language
English
Description
After telling the story of how he overcame an inner-city background to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon in "Gifted Hands," Dr. Ben Carson now offers an inspirational look at the philosophy of life that helped him meet life's obstacles and leap over them.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Myron Rolle--neurosurgery resident, Rhodes Scholar, former NFL player--shares how the strong work ethic, faith, and family values instilled in him by his immigrant parents and older brothers combined with a simple-yet-transformative life philosophy to enable him to overcome adversity, defy expectations, and build a life of meaning and purpose"--
Author
Publisher
ZondervanPublishingHouse
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Ben Carson, M.D., works medical miracles. Today, he's one of the most celebrated neurosurgeons in the world. In Gifted Hands, he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33.
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Like 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. 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...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Throughout his life, renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson has needed to overcome many obstacles: his father leaving the family, being considered stupid by his classmates in grade school, growing up in inner-city Detroit, and having a violent temper. But Dr. Carson didn't let his circumstances control him and instead discovered eight principles that helped shape his future ... Dr. Carson unpacks the eight important parts of Thinking Big: Talent,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the...
9) The scalpel and the soul: encounters with surgery, the supernatural, and the healing power of hope
Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
"Based on thirty years of medical experience, The Scalpel and the Soul tells the unspoken stories behind remarkable patients and strange events, and shares the moral and spiritual lessons found in them." "For physicians, supernatural inklings and intrusions are disturbing. Doctors often cannot be candid with colleagues and patients about anomalous events because they are trained to disregard the inexplicable and unbelievable. They are taught to discount...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
October 2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"A SCIENTIST'S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon who had operated on thousands of brains in the course of his career, Alexander knew that what people of faith call the "soul" is really a product of brain chemistry. NDEs, he would...
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