[PDF] The Autumn Ghost eBook

Author : Hannah Wunsch
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1771649461

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"A perfectly pitched medical mystery that will captivate you from page one."—Wes Ely, MD, MPH, author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath, winner of the 2022 Christopher Award for Literature. A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care. Americans knew polio as the "summer plague." In countries further North, however, the virus arrived later in the year, slipping into the homes of healthy children as the summer waned and the equinox approached. It was described by one writer as "the autumn ghost." Intensive care units and mechanical ventilation are the crucial foundation of modern medical care: without them, the appalling death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic would be even higher. In The Autumn Ghost, Dr. Hannah Wunsch traces the origins of these two innovations back to a polio epidemic in the autumn of 1952. Drawing together compelling testimony from doctors, nurses, medical students, and patients, Wunsch relates a gripping tale of an epidemic that changed the world. In vivid, captivating chapters, Wunsch tells the dramatic true story of how insiders and iconoclasts came together in one overwhelmed hospital in Copenhagen to save the lives of many polio patients dying of respiratory failure. Their radical advances in care marked a turning point in the treatment of patients around the world—from the rise of life support and the creation of intensive care units to the evolution of rehabilitation medicine. Moving and informative, The Autumn Ghost will leave readers in awe of the courage of those who battled the polio epidemic, and grateful for the modern medical care they pioneered.

Author : Ruth M. Arthur
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 21,27 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Scotland
ISBN :

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While staying on an island in the north of Scotland, a young girl discovers the reason for her great-grandmother's aversion to the place.

Author : Jon J. Muth
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,63 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 043963430X

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On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan, includes an author's note with a history of the story and facts about Zen koans.

Author : A. E. Howe
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 25,75 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781734654127

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Halloween is just around the corner and there's a dead body on the porch of Calhoun's most famous haunted house.At first, criminal investigator Larry Macklin scoffs when his partner insists that a ghost from an unsolved murder case is to blame. But even Larry has to admit that something very strange is happening when another victim is discovered inside the locked house.Is there really a ghost at work, or does a flesh-and-blood killer know something about the house that no one else does? It's up to Larry to connect the dots before more bodies stack up during the spookiest time of the year.

Author : Mary Ann Winkowski
Publisher : Crown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 35,38 MB
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307452441

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The criminal underworld meets the spiritual otherworld in this thrilling debut collaboration between the inspiration for television's The Ghost Whisperer and an award-winning writer/director. Anza O'Malley is in most ways a typical single mom. She lives a happy, busy life with her five-year-old son in Cambridge, Massachusetts, juggling the joys and challenges of life as a doting parent and a freelance bookbinder. But there is more to Anza than meets the "ungifted" eye: she can see and speak with ghosts. Although she's been solving cold cases for the police for years, Anza has been hoping to focus her energies on her son and her bookbinding career. But when an exquisite and priceless illuminated manuscript is stolen from the Boston Athenaeum, and when its desecration spurs the appearance of some very unhappy spirits, Anza can neither look nor walk away. With an unlikely trio of ghosts by her side–a charming butler and two medieval monks–Anza leads us on an urgent journey through Boston's winding, cobbled streets to uncover a trail of deceit, danger, and ghoulish intrigue.

Author : Cricket Rohman
Publisher : C Rohman
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,61 MB
Release : 2022-08-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781735567211

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Autumn has been a very good girl for twenty-two years until a dream-come-true opportunity lands in her lap thanks to the ingenuity of her book club friends. Her wealthy, overprotective parents fall for her escape plan. Although her boldness came easier than expected, Autumn wonders how long feelings of guilt might haunt her.Still, this gift from the Fantasy Maker-a vacation to New Hampshire a few weeks before Halloween-might prepare her for a graduate program in photography. However, nothing could have prepared her for Ranger, the handsome Forest Service pilot. Fate takes over quickly. Autumn snaps fantastic fall photos and helps Ranger with his odd, spooky inheritance project. Sparks fly, and so do their ghosts. A page-turner for readers who enjoy a little mystery with their romance wrapped up in a holiday theme and a quaint New England setting.

Author : Rebecca Green
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1774880407

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Ghosts make great friends for life (and beyond)! If you're lucky enough to have a ghost find you, you'll need to know how to treat it right. Open up this "how-to" guide to discover how to be the best friend a ghost could ever ask for! What do you do when you meet a ghost? One: Provide the ghost with some of its favorite snacks, like mud tarts and earwax truffles. Two: Tell your ghost bedtime stories (ghosts love to be read to). Three: Make sure no one mistakes your ghost for whipped cream or a marshmallow when you aren't looking! If you follow these few simple steps and the rest of the essential tips in How to Make Friends with a Ghost, you'll see how a ghost friend will lovingly grow up and grow old with you. A whimsical story about ghost care, Rebecca Green's debut picture book is a perfect combination of offbeat humor, quirky and sweet illustrations, and the timeless theme of friendship.

Author : Autumn Jones Lake
Publisher : Ahead of the Pack, LLC
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 32,51 MB
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1943950628

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It’s a long road to redemption... I sacrificed fifteen years for a crime I didn’t even commit. In my absence, the world kept on turning. The one dream I held onto burned to ashes. Freedom fails to satisfy me Everything’s changed, except my love for the Lost Kings Motorcycle Club. As soon as I meet her, the darkness recedes. A new dream takes shape. Her touch restores me. Her broken soul is mine to fix. But I can’t shake the déjà vu sensation every time we touch. History wants a repeat and all I want is peace. This is Grinder's first book. Crown of Ghosts can be read as a standalone. For maximum enjoyment, reading the series in order is suggested. Topics: motorcycle clubs, motorcycle club romance, may december romance, lost kings mc series, long romance series, autumn jones lake, incarceration, reintegration into society, prison, release from prison, crime and punishment, criminals and outlaws, vigilant justice, hollywood demons, hollywood demons series, devil demons mc, age gap romance, second chances romance, second chance at life, parole, life on parole, finding love later in life, steamy romance, stalking, taboo relationships, romance, alpha hero, protective alpha hero, murder daddy, ruthless alpha hero, ruthless protector, savage protector, royal, highways, roads, upstate new york, motorcycle club territory, prison gangs, life after prison, incarceration, biker romance, motorcycle daddies, motorcycle daddy

Author : Helen Peters
Publisher : Nosy Crow
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,60 MB
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0857638416

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Compelling period fiction for 9+ readers from the Waterstones Children's Prize shortlisted Helen Peters. Evie couldn't be angrier with her mother. She's only gone and got married again and has flown off on honeymoon, sending Evie to stay with a godmother she's never even met in an old, creaky house in the middle of nowhere. It is all monumentally unfair. But on the first night, Evie sees a strange, ghostly figure at the window. Spooked, she flees from the room, feeling oddly disembodied as she does so. Out in the corridor, it's 1814 and Evie finds herself dressed as a housemaid. She's certain she's gone back in time for a reason. A terrible injustice needs to be fixed. But there's a housekeeper barking orders, a bad-tempered master to avoid, and the chamber pots won't empty themselves. It's going to take all Evie's cunning to fix things in the past so that nothing will break apart in the future... Absorbing, brilliant storytelling from the author of The Secret Hen House Theatre, The Farm Beneath the Water, Anna at War and The Jasmine Green Series for younger readers.