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In the nearly two years since Anthony Bourdain's death, no one else has come close to filling the void he left. His passion for and genuine curiosity about the people and cultures he visited made the world feel smaller and more connected. Despite his affable, confident, and trademark snarky TV persona, the real Tony was intensely private, deeply conflicted about his fame, and an enigma even to those close to him. Tony’s devoted crew knew him best, and no one else had a front-row seat for as long as his director and producer, Tom Vitale.

Mike Majlak was a 17-year-old from a loving middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting Oxycontin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends.

A memoir of the author's decades-long friendship and spiritual journey with the late singer, songwriter, novelist, and poet Leonard Cohen. Funny, revealing, self-aware, and deeply moving, Matters of Vital Interest is an insightful memoir about Eric Lerner's relationship with his friend, whose idiosyncratic style and dignified life was deeply informed by his spiritual practices.

In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating heart of medicine; through stories we strive to communicate, to understand, to empathize, and perhaps find healing. These Vital Signs is a poignant series of essays—deeply personal stories—inspired by nephrologist Sayed Tabatabai’s medical experience and based on a series of poems he posted on Twitter that began going viral at the height of the COVID pandemic.

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Trente infirmières et infirmiers de tous les horizons racontent, à tour de rôle, la relation avec un patient la plus marquante de leur carrière. Ces professionnels dévoués nous donnent accès aux moments parfois bouleversants qui ponctuent leur quotidien dans les centres hospitaliers, les cliniques, les dispensaires du domaine communautaire et les pénitenciers.

Conversations about shaping a new story about what's possible today-and a life filled with resilience, creativity, and purpose. With veteran writer, coach, and performer Dr. Sally Fox.

Join LaShawn Dobbs, a survivor of over twenty-two years of abuse, on the Vital Voice of Love Podcast. In this heartfelt space, she shares not just her story but the Father's love, breaking through the shadows of trauma and abuse. Let's journey together out of hiding and into the truth of our God-given identity. Through personal stories, poems, and prophetic words, discover a path to healing, hope, and freedom. Ready to embrace love's transformative power? Connect with LaShawn at: www.lashawndobbs.com

Unlock the door to a healthcare system where language is no longer a barrier but a bridge to better care. Welcome to Comunicación Vital: Transforming Healthcare Through Language Access, the podcast that confronts head-on the silent struggles of Spanish-speaking patients and their healthcare providers. In a world where understanding can mean the difference between life and death, join host Skyler Kawecki-Muonio, a bilingual advocate and aspiring medical professional, on a journey through the heart of healthcare's language divide. From poignant patient stories to innovative solutions, each ...

Joe Vitale is one of the featured teachers in the hit movie The Secret and an all-round marketing genius. In a world which overdoses daily on advertising and marketing messages, you have to know how to stand out and make your message so compelling that every other message pales into insignificance.

La autora, Raquel Aldavero, empezó a sospechar que algo en su cuerpo no estaba bien. Después de varias visitas a especialistas, fue diagnosticada en septiembre de 2.020, de un cáncer de cuello de útero con metástasis. Se vio obligada a dar un frenazo en su ajetreada vida para poder combatir la enfermedad, en un momento en el que únicamente llevaba tres meses trabajando para una empresa nueva, viviendo sola con sus dos hijos preadolescentes y en plena pandemia por el coronavirus.

This world needs you. Your pain, your struggles, your falls, your victories....it needs YOUR story and I'm willing to share mine to help you have the courage to share yours.

Conversations for an essential Public Healthcare sector. GE knows the Public Healthcare Sector is vital to the survival of millions of people. But what is vital to theirs? This is the urgent question underpinning GE Vital Voices - a series of podcasts that aims to give a voice and platform to the critical issues facing the Public Healthcare Sector and the people that are changing it, both on the frontlines and from the backlines. GE Vital Voices aims to bring together a range of medical experts and voices to help unpack the critical issues facing the Public Healthcare Sector, while sharing ...

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was de bedenker van Sherlock Holmes, wellicht de beroemdste fictieve figuur uit de geschiedenis van de literatuur en nog steeds een bron van literatuur, film en amusement. Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Johan Braeckman en Vitalski behandelen elk om beurt het bijzonder boeiende leven en werk van Arthur Conan Doyle. Uiteraard komen Sherlock Holmes en Dr. Watson uitgebreid aan bod, maar ze bespreken ook het minder bekende literaire werk van Conan Doyle, evenals zijn vreemde excursies in het spiritisme en zijn historische werken en politieke pamfletten.

In 1993, two young women, Micah and Kas, set out alone to backpack through Africa for nearly a year. They leap headlong into cultural misunderstanding, crocodiles, and corruption, imperiling their lives and testing their lucky stars. The Motherland unveils her deepest mysteries when Micah falls in love with a nomadic warrior and his rich tradition. Sex, alienation, danger, longing, unwritten languages, and moonlight dances become Micah's pathway to inner wisdom and the divine.

There's a Customer Born Every Minute reveals the lost wisdom of famous entrepreneur and showman, P. T. Barnum. Barnum was much more than a showman; he was a dedicated businessman and entrepreneur with a razor-sharp mind. In this delightful and absorbing new edition, Joe Vitale reveals the secrets of Barnum's success and shares the 10 key business practices that Barnum developed and lived by.

For more than 20 years, Joseph "Big Joey" Massino ran what was called the largest criminal network in the US, employing over 250 made men and untold numbers of associates. The Bonanno family was responsible for over 30 murders, even killing a dozen of its own members. He would be brought down by Salvatore "Good Looking Sal" Vitale, the underboss who was not only Massino's closest and most trusted friend but also his brother-in-law. King of the Godfathers is the story of the brutal mob war that made Massino head of the Bonanno family and the most powerful gangster in America.

What do you do when your world ends? At 28 years old, Krista Schlyer sold almost everything she owned and packed the rest of it in a station wagon bound for the American wild. Her two best friends joined her - one a grumpy, grieving introvert, the other a feisty dog - and together they sought out every national park, historic site, forest, and wilderness they could get to before their money ran out or their minds gave in.

The Wisdom of John Paul II is a powerful, illuminating distillation of the Pope's most moving, wise, and penetrating statements on a range of important issues. In this compilation by Nick Bakalar and Richard Balkin, the Pope addresses spirituality in modern life, human rights and religious freedom, marriage and family, morality, peace, prayer, women's roles, poverty, and many other concerns vital to Christian life and thought.

From a political and military point of view, the Partisan Diary provides firsthand knowledge of how the partisans in Piedmont fought, what obstacles they encountered, and who joined the struggle against the Nazis and the Fascists. The mountainous terrain and long winters of the Alpine regions (the site of many of their battles) and the ever-present threat of reprisals by German occupiers and their fascist partners exacerbated problems of organization among the various partisan groups.