Americas Lifelines

Author : Dr. Leana Wen
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1250186242
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifelines written by Dr. Leana Wen and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From medical expert Leana Wen, MD, Lifelines is an insider's account of public health and its crucial role—from opioid addiction to global pandemic—and an inspiring story of her journey from struggling immigrant to being one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People. “Public health saved your life today—you just don’t know it,” is a phrase that Dr. Leana Wen likes to use. You don’t know it because good public health is invisible. It becomes visible only in its absence, when it is underfunded and ignored, a bitter truth laid bare as never before by the devastation of COVID-19. Leana Wen—emergency physician, former Baltimore health commissioner, CNN medical analyst, and Washington Post contributing columnist—has lived on the front lines of public health, leading the fight against the opioid epidemic, outbreaks of infectious disease, maternal and infant mortality, and COVID-19 disinformation. Here, in gripping detail, Wen lays bare the lifesaving work of public health and its innovative approach to social ills, treating gun violence as a contagious disease, for example, and racism as a threat to health. Wen also tells her own uniquely American story: an immigrant from China, she and her family received food stamps and were at times homeless despite her parents working multiple jobs. That child went on to attend college at thirteen, become a Rhodes scholar, and turn to public health as the way to make a difference in the country that had offered her such possibilities. Ultimately, she insists, it is public health that ensures citizens are not robbed of decades of life, and that where children live does not determine whether they live.

Author : Harris Solomon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478018858
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifelines written by Harris Solomon and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harris Solomon takes readers into the trauma ward of one of Mumbai's busiest public hospitals, narrating the stories of the patients, providers, families, and frontline workers who experience and treat traumatic injury from traffic .

Author : United States. Bureau of Public Roads
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Lifelines written by United States. Bureau of Public Roads and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Bureau of Public Roads
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Lifelines: Federal Aid for Highways written by United States. Bureau of Public Roads and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Heidi Diehl
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1328482790
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifelines written by Heidi Diehl and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A graceful, attentive, and beautiful debut.” — George Saunders For fans of Meg Wolitzer and Maggie Shipstead: a sweeping debut novel following an American artist who returns to Germany—where she fell in love and had a child decades earlier—to confront her past at her former mother-in-law’s funeral It’s 1971 when Louise leaves Oregon for Düsseldorf, a city grappling with its nation’s horrific recent history, to study art. Soon she’s embroiled in a scene dramatically different from the one at home, thanks in large part to Dieter, a mercurial musician. Their romance ignites quickly, but life gets in the way: an unplanned pregnancy, hasty marriage, the tense balance of their creative ambitions, and—finally, fatally—a family secret that shatters Dieter, and drives Louise home. But in 2008 she’s headed to Dieter’s mother’s funeral. She never returned to Germany, and has since remarried, had another daughter, and built a life in Oregon. As she flies into the heart of her past, she reckons with the choices she made, and the ones she didn’t, just as her family—current and former—must consider how Louise’s life has shaped their own, for better and for worse. Exquisitely balanced, expansive yet wonderfully intimate, Lifelines explores the indelible ties of family; the shape art, history, and nationality give to our lives; and the ways in which we are forever evolving, with each step we take, with each turn of the Earth.

Author : Donna Lawrence
Publisher : Information Plus
ISBN 13 : 9780787654047
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transportation written by Donna Lawrence and published by Information Plus. This book was released on 2002 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephane Hallegatte
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464814317
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifelines written by Stephane Hallegatte and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infrastructure—electricity, telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living, stay healthy, and maintain a good quality of life. Access to basic infrastructure is also a key driver of economic development. This report lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience - the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural hazard. It focuses on four infrastructure systems that are essential to economic activity and people’s well-being: power systems, including the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; water and sanitation—especially water utilities; transport systems—multiple modes such as road, rail, waterway, and airports, and multiple scales, including urban transit and rural access; and telecommunications, including telephone and Internet connections.

Author : Dave Meyer
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0446566748
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life Lines written by Dave Meyer and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with encouraging and thought-provoking quotes and meditations, Life Lines combines practical advice and passages from Scripture to help readers grow in faith and overcome life's obstacles.

Author : Cornelia B. Cessna
Publisher : Information Plus (TX)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transportation written by Cornelia B. Cessna and published by Information Plus (TX). This book was released on 1993 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A statistical overview of transportation in America focusing on thecurrent stsatus and recent problems with possible alternatives.

Author : Farah Ghuznavi
Publisher : Zubaan
ISBN 13 : 9383074213
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifelines written by Farah Ghuznavi and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lifelines is an enthralling collection of stories that traces the journeys of individuals as they re-shape their destinies in a world where the old ways are being challenged as never before, even in the traditionalist heartlands of South Asia. A successful architect suddenly finds herself the reluctant guardian of two children. A New York cabbie ponders his previous incarnation as an investment banker. A mother-in-law and daughter-in-law maintain an uneasy truce based on a delusion. A postgraduate student encounters a mystery from his past in a foreign land. A young woman discovers an unlikely cure for self-consciousness. Clear-eyed children observe adult hypocrisies. And romance is found in all the wrong places. Lifelines portrays the trials and triumphs of men, women and children who face unexpected challenges, and discover that the decisions they make can have unimaginable consequences. Published by Zubaan.