The Convalescent

Author : Jessica Anthony
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802197000
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Convalescent written by Jessica Anthony and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most amusing and poignant anti-heroes since Gunter Grass’s The Tin Drum” lives up to his misfit heritage in this ribald debut (Spike Magazine). Ask Rovar Ákos Pfliegman about himself and he’ll say: “I have no life. I have no known relatives, no known friends. I’m barely human. I’m a hairy little Hungarian pulp. I am a sorry gathering of organs. That is all.” But there is more to Rovar than meets the eye. He has a pet beetle named Mrs. Kipner, he is a butcher plagued by rare ailments, he sells meat out of a broken-down bus next to a river in suburban Virginia, and he is the last of the Pfliegman line, a not-too-bright pagan clan that reaches back to pre-medieval Hungary. He also believes he’ll fulfill the ignoble destiny of inbred self-destruction that has wiped out all Pfliegmans before him. But against all odds, and the cruel laws of nature, this unlikely loner, seller of fresh mutton at unbeatable prices, unloved lover, and historian of the unimportant is still capable of being reborn in the most extraordinary way. “Innocent and wise, grave and hilarious, bleak and hopeful, fast-paced and meditative, heartbreaking and heart healthy, evanescent and concrete” (Heidi Julavits), The Convalescent “nods to all sorts of greats—Kafka, Rushdie, Darwin and Grass, to name a few. But Anthony’s style—funny, immediate and unapologetically cerebral—carves out a space all its own” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Author : Nathaniel Parker Willis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Convalescent written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Army Air Forces
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Convalescent Training Program in the Army Air Forces (a Summary of Two Years' Experience). written by United States. Army Air Forces and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fannie Merritt Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent written by Fannie Merritt Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ann Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The convalescent, 12 letters by mrs. Gilbert written by Ann Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Army Air Forces. War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Few Facts about the Convalescent Training Program written by United States. Army Air Forces. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ann Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Convalescent. Twelve Letters on Recovery from Sickness written by Ann Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gavin Francis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143137913
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recovery written by Gavin Francis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An essential book for our times, full of wisdom, compassion and sound advice. Every patient needs a copy of this gem.” –Katherine May, author of Wintering and Enchantment A gentle, expert guide to the secrets of recovery, showing why we need it and how to do it better For many of us, time spent in recovery—from a broken leg, a virus, chronic illness, or the crisis of depression or anxiety—can feel like an unwelcome obstacle on the road to health. Modern medicine too often assumes that once doctors have prescribed a course of treatment, healing takes care of itself. But recovery isn’t something that “just happens.” It is an act that we engage in and that has the potential to transform our lives, if only we can find ways to learn its rhythms and invest our time, energy, and participation. Drawing on thirty years of medicine, and on insights from practitioners, psychologists, and writers across history, physician Gavin Francis delivers a profound, practical, and deeply hopeful guide to recovery. Rejecting the idea that healing is passive, Recovery offers tools and wisdom for convalescence, and shows how tending to our bodies, environments, and perspectives can help us move through the landscape of illness—and come out the other side whole.

Author : John Fry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Present for the Convalescent: or for those to whom, it is hoped, some recent affliction has been attended with a divine blessing, etc written by John Fry and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Winifred Stuart Gibbs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food for the Invalid and the Convalescent written by Winifred Stuart Gibbs and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: