Krankheiten 09

It's Just Hair

Autor: Jasmine Maleka Hasan

Der Verdacht – Friedrich Dürrenmatt – Schülerarbeitsheft: Arbeitsheft, Aufgaben, Interpretation, Heft (Literatur im Unterricht: Sekundarstufe I)

Autoren: Dr. Gesine Heddrich, Günther Gutknecht, Günter Krapp

Du + Ich = Liebe: Die Geschichte von Nika und Ben

Autor: Heike Wanner

Wie das Licht von einem erloschenen Stern: Roman

Autor: Nicole Boyle Rodtnes
Übersetzer: Gabriele Haefs

Freak the Mighty (Usborne Modern Classics)

Autor: Rodman Philbrick

Blutzucker Tagebuch: Das Blutzucker Tagebuch für Diabetiker als Pocket Edition,Einfach, Kompakt und Platz für 2 Jahr (110 Wochen)

Autor: Mirou K

Notes from a Sickbed

Autor: Tessa Brunton

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World

Tracy Kidder, Michael French (adaptation)

Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the best sellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the "master of the non-fiction narrative". This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it.

At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a Mac Arthur "genius" grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat, and in medical school found his life's calling: to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. This magnificent book shows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningful life can be created, as Farmer - brilliant, charismatic, charming, both a leader in international health and a doctor who finds time to make house calls in Boston and the mountains of Haiti - blasts through convention to get results.

Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes minds and practices through his dedication to the philosophy that "the only real nation is humanity" - a philosophy that is embodied in the small public charity he founded, Partners In Health. He enlists the help of the Gates Foundation, George Soros, the U. N. 's World Health Organization, and others in his quest to cure the world. At the heart of this book is the example of a life based on hope, and on an understanding of the truth of the Haitian proverb " Beyond mountains there are mountains": As you solve one problem, another problem presents itself, and so you go on and try to solve that one, too.

" Mountains Beyond Mountains unfolds with the force of a gathering revelation, " says Annie Dillard, and Jonathan Harr says, "[ Farmer] wants to change the world. Certainly this luminous and powerful book will change the way you see it. "

Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned

Judd Winick

Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Albert Marrin

From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic - and the chances for another worldwide pandemic.

In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itself.  

Of all diseases, the 1918 flu was by far the worst that has ever afflicted humankind; not even the Black Death of the Middle Ages comes close in terms of the number of lives it took. No war, no natural disaster, no famine has claimed so many. In the space of 18 months in 1918-1919, about 500 million people - one-third of the global population at the time - came down with influenza. The exact total of lives lost will never be known, but the best estimate is between 50 and 100 million.  

In this powerful book, nonfiction master Albert Marrin examines the history, science, and impact of this great scourge - and the possibility for another worldwide pandemic today.   

A Chicago Public Library best book of the year! 

Medikidz Explain Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: What's Up with Eleanor? by Dr. Kim Chilman-Blair (2014-03-10)

Dr. Kim Chilman-Blair;Shawn DeLoache

Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries: What Is in the Fruits Group? (Food Is Categorical) by Brian P. Cleary (2010-08-02)

Brian P. Cleary

Ben's Flying Flowers by Inger Maier (2012-04-15)

I'm a Medicine Woman Too!: A Tale of Herbal Wisdom and Personal Empowerment by Jesse Wolf Hardin (2009-06-01)

Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? This riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology and enduring questions about who Mary Mallon really was. How did her name become synonymous with deadly disease? And who is really responsible for the lasting legacy of Typhoid Mary?

Old Before My Time

Hayley Okines

Hayley Okines is like no other 13-year-old schoolgirl. In Old Before My Time, Hayley and her mum, Kerry, reflect on her unusual life. Share Hayley's excitement as she travels the world meeting her pop heroes Kylie, Girls Aloud, and Justin Bieber and her sadness as she loses her best friend to the disease at the age of 11.

Now as she passes the age of 13 - the average life expectancy for a child with progeria - Hayley talks frankly about her hopes for the future and her pioneering drug trials in America which could unlock the secrets of ageing for everyone. . . .

Los Infinitos Latidos del Corazón

Alessio Puleo

Bioluminescence: Nature and Science at Work (English Edition)

Autor: Marc Zimmer

An Epidemic 1,000 Years Before Us (Big Little Stories) (English Edition)

Autor: Ivan Kuznietsov