A welcome literary tapestry, a vivid depiction of events woven together with threads of strong scholarship and attention to detail.... An overlooked and somewhat tragic naval figure, one largely lost in the sea smoke of the history of the Continental Navy.” - New England Quarterly
Are you contemplating a career in the medical field, an M.D., D.O., Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant? If so, let a former practicing physician guide you through his own career from incubation through fruition, through the good and the bad. Let him describe for you forty years of primary care medical practice through a period of breath-taking advance and change as medical care transitions into the future. The need is greater than ever an...
Eight years ago, four psychologists with varying backgrounds but a common in terest in the impact of environmental stress on behavior and health met to plan a study of the effects of aircraft noise on children. The impetus for the study was an article in the Los Angeles Times about architectural interventions that were planned for several noise-impacted schools under the air corridor of Los Angeles Interna tional Airport. These interventions...
Medical errors kill 98, 000 patients per year in the United States. But you, the patient, can play a crucial role in preventing these mistakes by fully educating yourself about your own health. According to author and medical doctor Sheldon Cohen, the best way to secure this information is to get a comprehensive medical examination. The Patient's Guide to the Complete Medical Examination and the Prevention of Medical Errors is the perfect tool...
Medical errors kill 98, 000 patients per year in the United States. But you, the patient, can play a crucial role in preventing these mistakes by fully educating yourself about your own health. According to author and medical doctor Sheldon Cohen, the best way to secure this information is to get a comprehensive medical examination. The Patient's Guide to the Complete Medical Examination and the Prevention of Medical Errors is the perfect tool...
From Mary, the mother of Jesus, to our own mothers, moms have always been celebrated in word and song. Sheldon Cohen, the producer of ACTA's popular series of devotional CDs, now offers two CDs, one of hymns to Our Lady and the other, stories and songs about mothers from the popular culture. He directs members of the Pacific Pops Orchestra and the New Horizon Singers, with soloists Suzie Penney and Mike Barger.
Four heartfelt remembrances of ...
Each storyteller approaches the story of Jesus with all the creative tools in his or her imagination. In this portrait of Jesus, we've used the spoken word, original music, and some creative sound effects. It's a compelling combination of contemporary sounds that will surely inspire you and heighten your understanding of who Jesus was and what he did. This recording is especially helpful to those ill or homebound or exploring the core of Chris...
The author has taken his previously written medical books and incorporated them into a single book, The Patient's Guide to All Things Medical, which includes information on the following: The Prevention of Medical Errors The Complete Medical Examination: Medical History, Physical Exam, and Lab Data Case Reports Risk Factor Analysis and Health Screening Summary and Patient Responsibility Symptoms Never to Ignore The Perfect Prescription Hormone...
A Jewish family, victimized by anti-Semitism in Poland and Germany, flees to Minsk, Byelorussia, and eventually to the Minsk forests when the Soviet Union is invaded by Nazi Germany during World War II. They become partisan fighters, and in an unusual collaboration with other Jews, a Polish Jewish World War I veteran, a Byelorussian Christian, and two Russian partisan leaders, they join forces to wreak havoc behind Nazi lines. The author hopes...
One Friday night in Chicago, two friends leave their neighborhood bar and go home. One man never makes it. Stabbed in the heart by a crazed assailant, the victim is brought to a nearby hospital. A respected young carpenter who seems to have it all-wife, children, friends-finds himself in the same hospital. Mysterious stomach pains, violent mood swings, and uncharacteristic forgetfulness have plagued George Gilmer. Though he remembers nothing, ...
The breathing difficulty continued, and he couldn't get up. It seemed as if he was being held down. He felt a sense of panic, but at the same time, he felt as if he was drifting into a deeper phase of sleep. For a short time, he fought these conflicting sensations, but eventually he surrendered to the latter feeling. One by one, prominent staff physicians of Covenant Hospital in Chicago are dying under mysterious circumstances. When Dr. Harris...
Physics is the science that deals with the properties and interrelationship of matter and energy. It studies mechanics, heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, radiation, and atomic structure. This tale stretches from 2000 BCE to 1945 and introduces the reader to the brilliant men, from Thales of Miletos to Albert Einstein, who, working alone or collaboratively, made it all possible.
Ben Marzan Searching for meaning in his life, Marzan studies with the Imam and converts to a radical sect of Islam. Hes the perfect candidate for a homegrown terroristAmerican born, assimilated, and eager to embrace Jihad. Anatoly Shenko A disaffected Russian scientist working in Siberia, Shenko is one of the worlds top experts on biological warfare. But his wife and son are in ill health, and hes in desperate need of money. Abdul Saidadov A f...
.He was struck by the excellent condition of some of the buildings in spite of their age. He thought of the ever increasing frailty of the building's occupants who would all soon die of neglect and starvation brought about by man's inhumanity to man. Old memories of his family and friends from his youth surfaced. He saw himself as a child running down these very streets. He had no regrets except for the fact that he would not live to see the e...
Ben Marzan-Searching for meaning in his life, Marzan studies with The Imam and converts to a radical sect of Islam. He's the perfect candidate for a terrorist-American-born, assimilated, and eager to embrace jihad. Anatoly Shenko-A disaffected Russian scientist working in Siberia, Shenko is one of the world's top experts on biological warfare. But his wife and son are in ill health and he's in desperate need of money. Abdul Saidadov-A former C...
.the breathing difficulty continued, and he couldn't get up. It seemed as if he was being held down. He felt a sense of panic. But at the same time he felt as if he was drifting into a deeper state of sleep. For a short time he fought these conflicting sensations, but eventually he surrendered to the latter feeling. One by one, prominent staff physicians, who also are members of the Medical Executive Committee of Illinois General Hospital in C...
Did you ever wonder when and where and how the favorite Christmas carols we sing every year came into being? Wonder no longer. Sheldon Cohen, ACTA's celebrated producer of devotional CDs and DVDs (The Rosary, The Stations of the Cross, Music to Heal the Body and the Soul, God's Greatest Hits, and many, many others), here narrates the true stories behind the writing of fourteen beloved Christmas hymns. He is joined in this narration by Mary Hil...
