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Tears of salt

a doctor's story
2018
For years, Dr. Pietro Bartolo has run the lone medical clinic on the Italian island of Lampedusa. In that time he has rescued, welcomed, and cared for many of the hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants from the Middle East and Africa who have washed up on the island's shores. In this account of his life and work, Bartolo shares his quiet dignity, unshakable moral center, and inspirational message: "We can't and we won't be governed by our fears.".
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Nurses

A kindergarten-level introduction to nurses, covering their job description, the places where they work, and how they help the community by using their healthcare skills.
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Zog and the flying doctors

2017
"Zog the dragon, Princess Pearl, and Sir Gadabout form a team of flying doctors, treating the kingdoms subjects; but Pearl's uncle, the king, disapproves, and locks her in the castle--until he becomes ill and discovers that only Pearl and her companions can cure him"--Provided by publisher.
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What the eyes don't see

a story of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city
2018
Mona Hanna-Attisha recounts the story about how she, and a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders in Flint, Michigan fought the government to expose the truth about lead contamination in the towns water supply.
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Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde

2011
A respected London doctor invents a formula which turns him into an evil and ugly person who stalks the streets at night killing people, and by the time his friends discover his secret, it is too late.

The little stranger

Dr. Faraday, a country physician, is called to see a patient at Hundreds Hall, the dilapidated residence of the Ayres family, but Faraday begins to wonder, as he spends time in the house, if the Ayres could be haunted by more than family conflicts and the changes of society.
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Doctors

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces doctors to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--.
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The cunning man

a novel
1995
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Madame Bovary

2013
Nineteenth-century novel about Emma Bovary, the wife of a provincial doctor who seeks to escape her boredom by indulging in romantic fantasies and adulterous affairs.
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Elmo visits the doctor

2005
A musical adventure in which Elmo takes his first trip to the doctor's office and learns what doctors can do to help people feel better.
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