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The Life and Work of pioneering physician Ignaz P. Semmelweis, who discovered the causes and means of prevention of the pandemic of his day, childbed fever. Called the "Father of Antisepsis," he was largely ignored, placed in an asylum and murdered. He was a man who did good for women."His life was a beneficial example for all mankind." Kurt Vonnegut"To be sure, Semmelweis was a pioneering physician and scientist whose accomplishments should be studied for their contributions to science. But he was also a feminist, and his work should be understood in that vein, also."--Ellen Nerenberg, Hollis Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures, Wesleyan UniversityLooking at and understanding someone like Semmelweis on a deep level and how he combated prejudices and prevailing thoughts and changed the way medicine is practiced is as relevant today as it was in the 1840s.-Prakash Sampath, M.D. President, Rhode Island Neurological Institute.Readers feel like they are with Semmelweis in the hospital wards where women are dying mysteriously of puerperal fever. We feel with him as he hunts down the cause of the disease with observation and deductive reasoning. We share the exhilarating joy of discovering the cause and then, once the establishment resists the findings, and rejects the easy prevention of the disease, Semmelweis's initial outrage and anger-- ---Eric Goldman, professor, University of ConnecticutOur history, so full of tragedies like his, unrealized potential: failed reformers and inventors, scientists and artists embittered and ignored, driven to early death. -Akös Őstor, professor, author, filmmakerRead this book, men and women alike. It is one of Valerio's best.-Rebecca West, emeritus, University of ChicagoFrom the author: I wrote the last draft of this book in the winter of 2019, more than a year before the current pestilence, which kills indiscriminately, and more than 170 years after the one witnessed and suffered by Dr. Semmelweis, namely childbed fever, killing hordes of new mothers and, often, their babies. Wash Your Hands! He exclaimed, to little avail.-Anthony Valerio. 20/20 ... the hope is that today, around the world, at this moment, when one is passing and using surely one of millions of hand sanitizers, a thought can possibly go out to Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis and a fuller understanding, and appreciation, of his life and work. thank you, Anthony Valerio

THE STATUE IN THE STONE is a complete treatise on Jobs-to-be-Done philosophy. While many have contributed to the ideology, the founding fathers are (in alphabetical order): Lance Bettencourt, Clayton Christensen, Theodore Levitt, and Anthony Ulwick. Clayton Christensen taught that "A customer "hires" a product to accomplish a job." The customer's job is a goal, objective, or problem to be solved. Built upon this basic truth, jobs-to-be-done philosophy is the most powerful framework ever created to understand customer motivation. It turns out that customers do not care about brands, companies, products or technologies. However, they will reliably gravitate to the product that helps them to get their job done the best. This understanding will help marketers, innovators, business leaders, product managers and practitioners of all sorts to boldly create customer value.Though many are familiar with the phrase "jobs-to-be-done" (JTBD), few have significant experience in applying it to real markets. Even fewer have worked in enough diverse industries to understand the principles at play.This book presents the theories along with practical frameworks to apply jobs-thinking into any market. It's a complete resource, with all the "job-to-be-done" secrets that only the most experienced practitioners could know.

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Walls built so high...only he can help her tear them down.Can be read as a standalone. HEA.Border patrol agent Tatiana Romero guards the San Diego/Tijuana line as fiercely as her heart. Until one night when she meets a handsome surfer and stumbles into the most dangerous situation of her career. Brett Johnson was waiting to surf at first light and never expected to come face-to-face with fiery Tatiana. Neither have time to react-they find themselves witnessing an execution of a Mexican Mafioso and the kidnapping of his sultry mistress, Ramona Valdez. As Tatiana finds herself in the middle of a dangerous kidnapping plot, she wonders if she should open her heart and accept Brett's help. What he isn't telling Tatiana is that surfing washes away the pain of deep loss. Helping the beautiful border patrol agent, he's tempted to risk it all and tell her everything.

Turbulence rocks the plane, a worrisome storm intensifies, and a young woman shares strange music with Fredrick Harper. These mark the beginning of an incredible adventure where Harper finds himself on the other side of the earth, 2,500 years back in time and in a body that's not his own. The handful of crash survivors are thrust into the violent world of the ancient Greeks, the Persians and the mysterious horse nomads known as Scythians whose women are as fierce as their men. " ... a real page turner ... not just sci-fi and historical fiction. It is also a war story, a mythical tale, and an action-packed adventure."-- Rocky Scramble's Weekly Reader

Jax Saint-Pierre is dedicated to building the success of her business and living life the way she mapped it. That is, until driven and charismatic Chase Taylorson stands firmly in her path with his arrogant charm. He was the first man to make her consider changing her strict no-relationship rule, but with her wicked past, she keeps him at a distance for his own good. Chase Taylorson is the head of a billion-dollar empire. All it takes is one chance encounter with Jax Saint-Pierre to blow up his well-organized world. Independent and feisty, she demands he check his ego at the door, forget his entitled ways, and bury his coveted bachelor status in the sand. Jax assumed he had the perfect life, but will soon come to realize, even the privileged are tethered to wicked roots. Warning>NoteDespite the title of this book, it is not dark romance. Although it contains hard subject matter, this book is not this author's usual book where bodies are dropping, and blood is spilling. Like Sankofa, this book is more about the journey of two individuals who have to glance into their pasts in order to see a way to their future. This book does contain a lot of explicit sex and drama though.

Are you chasing after the world's expectations?Do you feel as if something is missing in your life?Do you feel frustrated, tired, stressed, or angry? Do you sometimes hear a voice directing you, but you choose to ignore it?If you answered yes to any of these questions-do not walk away from this book. Read it and be inspired to identify the distractions that are holding you back from discovering God's love, your value, and the purpose He wants you to fulfill. Like many people, Brinda Devine struggled for years to find her way through life's distractions in order to discover her true purpose.In Discover Your Value, Discover Your Purpose, the author shares her testimony and journey on how, by discovering God's love, she became aware of her value and true purpose in this life-to communicate that we need to discover God's purpose for our lives. God loves you just as you are. So stop waiting for a special time or event. The time is now and He is waiting on you.This memoir includes Bible Scriptures and thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter to guide readers as they discover-or rediscover-the importance of discovering their purpose.

The Untitled RPG system takes an open and flexible skills-based approach to classic pen and paper tabletop roleplaying games that makes it both easy to understand for new players, yet feel familiar to those who already play similar games. Untitled aims to free players from layers of complex rules that the authorship believes over-complicate play and detracts from the experience. Untitled may be used with any setting, any genre, any world, and by any one. Untitled emphasizes story play, encourages group interaction and encourages freedom of expression by allowing players to create and enjoy characters as unique and diverse as they are. Simply put, Untitled is a roleplaying game for everyone.Why call it Untitled? Because the story of our lives always begins untitled.What do I need to get started? A story in mind, this core rulebook, a few copies of the character sheet, pencils, dice, good friends and refreshments of your choice. Dice? At-least 1d4, 4d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12, and a percentage die per player and one set for the Storyteller. Your character's skill level in a given skill will determine how many and what type of dice you need as the player.

The second book in A Pitbull Named Joey's book series.

What if you had the power to destroy the universe? An unimaginable power has awakened within Maia. As much as she wants to resume a regular life at ThulaSu, she realizes normalcy is an impossible quest. She has changed . . . forever. So has the world around her. As fifteen-year-old Maia battles a swiftly-strengthening storm of evil and struggles to regain her friends' trust, she understands the meaning of true strength. That real power is not about blasting everything that stands in her way just because she can, unless it serves the greater good. And sometimes, the greater good can demand the sacrifice of her dreams, if not her life . . . Maia and the R'armimon Gambit is the fourth book of the Lightbound Saga, the MG/YA science fiction series that features non-stop action, unexpected plot twists, captivating characters, and a spunky teenage heroine. If you like fast-paced adventure, thrilling new worlds, and epic storylines, then you'll love this page-turning coming-of-age series from author S. G. Basu. Buy Maia and the R'armimon Gambit to enjoy this amazing series today!

Heavenly Portrait: The Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, is the story of God's divine providence, and the birth of Catholicism in the Americas. It is also the story of how a lowly Indian named Juan Diego was entrusted by the Mother of God to unfurl an image so miraculous that for five hundred years it has withstood destructive natural elements, physical abuse, wars, and intentional attempts at destruction. It remains today a vibrant symbol of the strength and power of God serves notice to all of the appointment of His Blessed Mother as the protector of the entirety of mankind. All that is needed to absorb its power is an open mind and heart

He refused to face his past...so it came crashing into his present.Can be read as a standalone. HEA. Second Chance.While exposing a crack cocaine epidemic, LA Times investigative reporter Jesse McMillan scores the biggest story of his career. An elusive Mexican mafia kingpin agrees to talk-but the price Jesse must pay is greater than he ever imagined. When Jesse reunites with Clare, a girlfriend from the past he has dreamed about, but never thought he'd see again, the increasingly dangerous investigation puts his budding romance in jeopardy. The more Jesse digs, the more disturbing and potentially deadly connections emerge between his childhood home in the Canal Zone, Panama and the Mexican mafia. Can Jesse and Clare survive the deadly secrets he uncovers about their past? Will he live to write the article?

Ghosts are not dead people. Something terrible doesn't want that known. Matt Legend is caught between two worlds ─ Southern California where he lives and a whistle-stop in eastern Tennessee where he has been sent for the summer as a punishment. The uneasy balance between his worlds is shattered when in an ancient burial mound he encounters a human skeleton so enormous it takes his breath away (a Nephilim). He is warned if he tells anyone terrible things will happen and terrible things do. Having a normal life ever again is out of the question as Matt and an alluring, irresistible, fearless Southern small-town girl he meets find themselves in a war against the spirit world. His discovery leads soon to still another. Like everyone he thought ghosts were dead people. He was wrong. They are joined by his cousin, a colorful hip-hop mogul wannabe and her brother, a fierce computer hacker. Things go from terrible to worse when the spirits mobilize to stop the reluctant demon fighters from exposing their meticulously-woven millennia-old ghost ruse. It's all-out war with take no prisoners and rivers of blood. They soon discover the spirits have an even greater and far deadlier secret to protect ─ one having to do with extraterrestrials, who it turns out are not what they claim either. The demon fighters find themselves in a desperate against all odds race against time battling a supernatural foe bent on mankind's destruction. In the end four kids are all that stand between an unsuspecting humanity and an Armageddon hours away. Matt Legend: Veil of Lies is Stranger Things meets Spykids meets Raiders of the Lost Ark. Stranger still it is inspired by real events.

Do you love the gorgeous world of fashion? Want to learn fashion tips and tricks from some of the most masterful fashion icons of all time? This book is for you! Enjoy beauty secrets from fashion designers and models in the Light Plane's Fashion School. Here to inspire you are famed designers such as Oscar De La Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, L' Wren Scott, Guccio Gucci, Coco Chanel, Kate Spade, and Gianni Versace, as well as hairstyling gurus like Vidal Sassoon and Paul Mitchell. Also hear from supermodels Anna Nicole Smith, Marilyn Monroe, Wilhelmina Cooper, and Joi Lansing.