Critical Lives

All Bleeding Stops gives listeners an intimate look at what goes on inside a trauma center, highlighting injuries sustained in car crashes, shootings, and stabbings—basically anything bleeding, obstructed, or perforated. Having lived and breathed trauma for four decades, Dr. Cohn is an ideal guide to demystify the role of the trauma surgeon and their place in a hospital. The behind-the-scenes look he provides is infused with sobering tales from his career as a military surgeon and in trauma centers across the country as well as his descriptions of high-profile medical stories.

You might think that you are a rational person who makes good decisions all the time, but this isn’t necessarily true. Our brain uses shortcuts to help us make quick decisions without thinking too much, which can lead to errors in judgment. Thinking critically is essential in making sound decisions and solving problems. We all want to think more effectively and efficiently, right? Lucky for you, critical thinking can be learned! This audiobook will teach you how to overcome cognitive biases and fallacies in your thinking so that you can think more clearly in your everyday life.

The Listening Coach is a practical audio guide. It will help you coach yourself through the elements of listening that are critical in life, in business, and in your community. It is easy to listen to and digest and packed with practical ideas, so you can convert its insights into deeper ways of listening. Peppered with conversations and real-world case studies, you will discover the transformational impact of deep and generative listening. The Listening Coach will help you make a positive difference in the lives you encounter as you answer five key questions.

This is a delightfully insightful overview of the life and work of Herbert Spencer, the famous evolutionist of the 19th century. Although Spencer's thought is not without controversy, he was nevertheless responsible for a number of important contributions, not the least of which is his coining of the term "survival of the fittest", which Charles Darwin (on the advice of Alfred Russel Wallace) used as a placeholder for his more generalistic term, "natural selection".

Andy Thompson's true-to-life, graphic, and gripping account of his work as an NHS paramedic in Britain's Accident and Emergency Ambulance Service will shock you, sadden you, entertain you, and perhaps inspire you. You'll smile at some of Andy's real patient encounters, while others will cause you to wipe a tear.

Many undergraduate students choose a science degree but are not aware of how science and research work in the real world. This book explains how scientific research is conceived, carried out and analyzed. It outlines how research findings are constantly evolving and why that is exciting and important. Students using this textbook will learn how to design experiments, explain their data, and analyze and interpret the work of others.

As a teen, do you feel like every possible problem has decided to gang up on you? From bodily changes to school workloads, restrictive home rules, and peer pressure. Are you convinced your mental health is about to crumble at any moment, and are stress and anxiety building up? Or, are you a parent frustrated about not knowing how to help your teen? Everyone knows how topsy-turvy a teen's world can get and how that can make life difficult for parents as well.

The book Critical Thinking: An Ultimate Guide to Master Critical Thinking will help improve your life with intelligent reasoning, effective decision-making, and independent thinking.

This book is the culmination of a seven-year life journey. Driven by complex firsthand encounters with death, I embark on an exploration of self-discovery aimed at answering the age old question: What is the meaning of life? This book is part journal, part philosophical examination, which chronicles my "life and death" experiences and provides an in-depth examination of six major disciplines on the topic of existence, in an attempt to discover tangible “truths” about life. Truths that have given me insights into my own existence.

Fulfilled! addresses the broad issue of life fulfillment - an enduring quality that includes both daily happiness and, more important, a long-term, sustainable sense of achieving all one can be. The author defines life fulfillment as achieving your dreams and creating a lifestyle that brings exceptional happiness and inner peace. This book addresses some of the key factors that enable you to have greater control and influence over your life-factors such as having a clear vision of the future, having a life path, being planful and resourceful, and more.

Presenting Master Critical Thinking, a complete recipe revealing all the major ingredients to master critical thinking: avoiding committing mistakes, improving problem-solving skills, and thus making effective decisions.

Everyone faces problems in business and life. If you are like most people, you go right to the solution and miss all or most of the other seven critical steps. Will your mindset support your plan? Are there barriers you need to identify and overcome? What values are driving your decisions? What is already working and what isn't? Imagine how much more you could accomplish if you spent a little more time planning in a way that could ensure your success. Learn step-by-step how to make inspired decisions in your business and your life with confidence and fearlessness.

Bernard Marks and Martha Alford met by chance. No real reason for it, just a series of fluky coincidences. The odds were long that they would hit it off. That wasn’t in the cards they’d been dealt at birth. “It’ll never last,” people whispered after they got engaged. “Poor probability of success” was the general consensus when they married. But Bernie and Martha ignored the naysayers. Gamblers in love, they rolled the dice.

In cosmopolitan Johannesburg, three high-flying couples form the core of the elite Khula Society: part investment group, part social club, with meetings where the champagne flows, the dresses are designer and the one-upmanship is off the scale. Noma, Moshidi, Lerato and their husbands are living the dream—or so it appears from the outside. In reality, the cut and thrust of ‘keeping up with the Khulas’ is taking its toll on all three couples.

Stoicism is the complete guide to applying stoic philosophy to everyday life, gaining wisdom, confidence, and resilience with the precious knowledge from the greats. This book teaches extreme mind-set and leadership for everyone. Stoicism is having a renaissance with businesspeople, competitors, and lawmakers. If you are enthusiastic about learning stoicism or if you need to investigate answers to a portion of life's most difficult inquiries, it would be ideal if you perused on.

Do you want to take control of your emotions? Do you want to be a great critical thinker? Do you want to be a better communicator? When you download Emotional Intelligence: Guide to Mastering Your Emotion: Critical Thinking, Raising EQ for Life Mastery, your emotional intelligence will improve steadily each day! You will discover everything you need to know about emotional intelligence!

Just as grownups do not believe in the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, or Santa Claus, "Investing adults" know that there is no such creature as the Stock-picking Fairy or the Market-timing Fairy. Further, there is no Risk Fairy who will write you cheap options that will protect your stock holdings against loss. Investing adults are familiar with Gene Fama, Zvi Bodie, Jack Bogle, and Burton Malkiel, and understand that a mean variance optimizer does not blend vegetables. In other words, this series is not for beginners.

Your mate has you walking on eggshells. It seems that no matter what you do, it isn't right. You are at your wits' end. These type of mates can make you feel crazy, frustrated, and chaotic. Maybe you are experiencing depression and anxiety. The gnawing feeling in the pit of your stomach. You wish that they would just be happy, and you feel responsible when they aren't happy.

Are you a teenager looking to enhance your cognitive abilities? Would you like to learn essential strategies for overcoming challenges and sharpening your critical thinking skills? Or are you a parent seeking to support your teenage child in building analytical skills so that they can make logical and informed decisions? If so, then look no further; you've found the perfect book! Introducing Sharpening Minds, a must-listen guide that will enable you to be mentally sharp and successfully navigate today's complex and fast-paced digital landscape.

David Andrew is an incredibly fortunate, optimistic man who wishes to convey to his audience with clarity, using real-world examples, and specific tools on how to look forward and feel excitement in their lives. He also hopes to teach his audience to look back in time and see things differently. In short, he wants us all to attain the often-elusive happiness we all seek. With the goal of helping others to see things differently and in positive and helpful ways, he shares insight into what he has identified as the "critical elements" to leading a fabulous life.