Bestsellers
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The Checklist Manifesto
- How to Get Things Right
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist ....
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Riveting!
- By Tad Davis on 01-11-10
By: Atul Gawande
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- By: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation....
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Not one boring moment!
- By WRF on 12-22-17
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The Organ Thieves
- The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
- By: Chip Jones
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this “startling...powerful” (Kirkus Reviews) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race....
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False Advertising
- By Tammye on 01-17-21
By: Chip Jones
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Gray Matters
- A Biography of Brain Surgery
- By: Theodore H. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Neurosurgeon and professor of neurosurgery Theodore H. Schwartz explores what it’s like to hold the scalpel, wield the drill, extract a tumor, fix a bullet hole, and remove a blood clot—when every second can mean life or death.
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Gripping storytelling
- By Kathy M. on 12-14-24
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
- By: Cecil Murphey, Ben Carson MD
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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Absolutely inspiring!
- By Jimbo on 03-13-13
By: Cecil Murphey, and others
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Complications
- A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: William David Griffith
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate...
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It's about time...
- By T.K. on 05-31-03
By: Atul Gawande
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The Checklist Manifesto
- How to Get Things Right
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist ....
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Riveting!
- By Tad Davis on 01-11-10
By: Atul Gawande
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- By: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation....
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Not one boring moment!
- By WRF on 12-22-17
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The Organ Thieves
- The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
- By: Chip Jones
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this “startling...powerful” (Kirkus Reviews) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race....
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False Advertising
- By Tammye on 01-17-21
By: Chip Jones
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Gray Matters
- A Biography of Brain Surgery
- By: Theodore H. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Neurosurgeon and professor of neurosurgery Theodore H. Schwartz explores what it’s like to hold the scalpel, wield the drill, extract a tumor, fix a bullet hole, and remove a blood clot—when every second can mean life or death.
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Gripping storytelling
- By Kathy M. on 12-14-24
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
- By: Cecil Murphey, Ben Carson MD
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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Absolutely inspiring!
- By Jimbo on 03-13-13
By: Cecil Murphey, and others
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Complications
- A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: William David Griffith
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate...
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It's about time...
- By T.K. on 05-31-03
By: Atul Gawande
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Replaceable You
- Adventures in Human Anatomy
- By: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Mary Roach
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz, a rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy.
By: Mary Roach
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Complications
- A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine....
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FALLIBILITY, MYSTERY AND UNCERTAINTY
- By AnnH on 10-04-20
By: Atul Gawande
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All That Moves Us
- A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience
- By: Jay Wellons
- Narrated by: Jay Wellons
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Tumors, injuries, ruptured vascular malformations—there is almost no such thing as a non-urgent brain surgery when it comes to kids.
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The best narration I've heard in a long time.
- By Zoe on 10-29-22
By: Jay Wellons
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When the Air Hits Your Brain
- Tales from Neurosurgery
- By: Frank T Vertosick Jr. MD
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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With poignant insight and humor, Frank Vertosick, Jr., MD, describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain and more....
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Finished in 1 and 1/2 days
- By Philos on 04-15-17
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Becoming a Surgeon
- Life in a Surgical Residency and Timeless Lessons Learned Therein
- By: Joe I. Garri
- Narrated by: Mike McCarthy
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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Becoming a Surgeon is an inspirational account of Dr. Joe Garri's time spent in general surgery residency. Recounting five years of training through real-life anecdotes and personalities, this book peers through the retrospective lens from Dr. Garri's years of private practice....
By: Joe I. Garri
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Adrenal Fatigue
- How to Reduce Stress, Boost Your Energy Levels, and Overcome Adrenal Burnout Using the Adrenal Reset Diet
- By: Jacob Wilson
- Narrated by: Mike Norgaard
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook does a fantastic job of explaining what adrenal fatigue is, how it develops, and how it regularly slips into our bodies....
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Comprehensive and well presented
- By Amazon Customer on 02-03-17
By: Jacob Wilson
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Dr. Mutter's Marvels
- A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
- By: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
- Narrated by: Erik Singer
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Dr. Mütter's Marvels interweaves an eye-opening portrait of 19th-century medicine with the riveting biography of a man once described as the "P. T. Barnum of the surgery room"....
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Morbidly wonderful
- By serine on 04-08-16
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Admissions
- Life as a Brain Surgeon
- By: Henry Marsh
- Narrated by: Henry Marsh
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Marsh finds a different purpose in life as he approaches the end of his professional career and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end....
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Another wonderful book
- By DaisyScoutMom on 10-08-17
By: Henry Marsh
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King of Hearts
- The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgery
- By: G. Wayne Miller
- Narrated by: Patrick Cullen
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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G. Wayne Miller has dramatically and meticulously reconstructed an amazing true story...
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Loved every minute
- By Brian on 02-05-08
By: G. Wayne Miller
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Brain and Heart
- The Triumphs and Struggles of a Pediatric Neurosurgeon
- By: David I. Sandberg M.D., Arianna Huffington - foreword
- Narrated by: David I. Sandberg
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Dr. David Sandberg, an internationally renown pediatric neurosurgeon, combines his scientific and medical knowledge with raw emotion and unforgettably powerful stories of courage and love. The brain is the most complicated and perplexing of our organs, and it is also the one that makes us human.
By: David I. Sandberg M.D., and others
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Extreme Measures
- Finding a Better Path to the End of Life
- By: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Narrated by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care....
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Brilliant & eye-opening
- By Bob Kelley on 03-16-17
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Invisible Labor
- The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section
- By: Rachel Somerstein
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America—the cesarean section—and an exposé on the disturbing state of maternal medical care.
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Touching
- By Audrey on 03-23-25
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Solving for Why
- A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose
- By: Dr. Mark Shrime
- Narrated by: Dr. Mark Shrime
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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From Mercy Ships surgeon Dr. Mark G. Shrime comes an inspiring memoir about finding the answer to life's biggest question - "Why?" - and about following that answer through remarkable, unlikely places on the road to fulfillment, purpose, and joy....
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Incredible book
- By Katie on 02-11-22
By: Dr. Mark Shrime
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Innovations in Mind/Body Therapies (The Complete Series)
- By: Dr. Tim Brunson
- Narrated by: Dr. Tim Brunson
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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The Innovations in Mind/Body Therapies series is a collection of 10 short books that review latest thinking and research findings in Integrative Medicine, which is contrary to the bottom-up dogma that has been part of main-stream medicine for over a century....
By: Dr. Tim Brunson
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Zero to Finals Surgery
- By: Thomas Watchman
- Narrated by: Thomas Watchman
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The Zero to Finals Surgery book is the fourth in the Zero to Finals series, aimed at providing key learning material for students. The books are designed to be studied from beginning to end in preparation for your exams....
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Awsome
- By Carl-Oscar Östman on 08-11-23
By: Thomas Watchman
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Last Night in the OR
- A Transplant Surgeon's Odyssey
- By: Bud Shaw
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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The 1980s marked a revolution in the field of organ transplants, and Bud Shaw, MD, who studied under Tom Starzl in Pittsburgh, was on the front lines....
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Expect alot of bad language!
- By Lynn L. on 08-10-16
By: Bud Shaw
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Confessions of a Surgeon
- The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated...Life Behind the O.R. Doors
- By: Paul A. Ruggieri MD
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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As an active surgeon and former department chairman, Dr. Paul A. Ruggieri has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of his profession....
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Enjoyed the anecdotes!
- By suzanne on 07-31-17
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Empire of the Scalpel
- The History of Surgery
- By: Ira Rutkow MD
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From a renowned surgeon and historian with five decades of experience comes a remarkable history of surgery’s development—spanning the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical studies with lively and skillful storytelling....
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How little the author incorporated his experience
- By dottie on 05-15-25
By: Ira Rutkow MD
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The Invention of Surgery
- A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution
- By: David Schneider MD
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 23 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider's in-depth biography is an encompassing history of the practice that has leapt forward over the centuries from the dangerous guesswork of ancient Greek physicians....
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Joint dysfunction in need of excision
- By scott corron on 09-05-20
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The Big Book on the Gastric Bypass
- Everything You Need to Know to Lose Weight and Live Well with the Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery
- By: Alex Brecher, Natalie Stein
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
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The Roux-nn-Y gastric bypass surgery, or RNY, can be your weight loss solution after years of struggling with obesity....
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Excellent and thorough!
- By robintay on 05-27-19
By: Alex Brecher, and others
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Get It Out: On the Politics of Hysterectomy
- Health, Society, and Inequality
- By: Andréa Becker
- Narrated by: Jeannie Sheneman
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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At least one hysterectomy is performed every minute of the year, making it the most common gynecological surgery worldwide. By the age of sixty-five, one out of five people born with a uterus will have it removed. So, why do we seldom talk about this surgery?
By: Andréa Becker
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Stress Free Surgery
- A Self Relaxation Program to Help You Prepare for and Recover from Surgery
- By: Linda Thomson
- Narrated by: Linda Thomson
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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Forty years of research has shown that patients who are psychologically prepared for surgery have vastly improved outcomes. It has all been shown that self-hypnosis, when used in addition to anesthesia, can decrease anxiety and pain and hasten healing....
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Targeted on surgery
- By Michelle on 06-15-25
By: Linda Thomson
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No gallbladder diet cookbook
- Simple & Delicious Recipes | A Comprehensive 28-Day Meal Plan to Optimize Digestion and Embrace a Healthy, Vibrant Life After Biliary Surgery
- By: Eldric Simon
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
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EXCLUSIVE BONUS Included: Unlock the "Gallbladder-Free Fitness Guide" to support your journey to a healthier, active lifestyle! Are you struggling ...
By: Eldric Simon
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No Place to Hide
- A Brain Surgeon's Long Journey Home from the Iraq War
- By: W. Lee Warren
- Narrated by: Chip Arnold, Henry O. Arnold
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Whether you are in the midst of your own struggles with faith, relationships, finances, or illness, No Place to Hide will teach you that how you respond in moments of crisis can determine your chances of survival.
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So good because it is so personal
- By Fun boy on 03-22-15
By: W. Lee Warren