Don Blossom, a certified pediatrician for more than four decades, relives a personal journey from childhood through a long career in medicine. Occasionally, over the course of his career, he came to think of himself as a curandero, a folk healer who serves Native Americans and Hispanic America.

Before he found his calling, however, Blossom had to survive his youthful exuberance including a tour overseas as a US Army Special Forces paratrooper. After several months, he yearned to catch a glimpse of an American girl. He got his chance when he was honorably discharged and met Ellie, a beguiling lass from New Orleans. In love, he faced a future in medical school and other obstacles before realizing his dream of becoming a doctor.

Blossom succeeded, becoming a doctor in private practice in a small New Mexico community, just as the field of medicine experienced some serious changes. He recalls his many adventures in medical diagnosis, the demands of a professional career in pediatrics, and the evolution of his private and family life.

In his manuscript Blossom targets physicians & nurses, healthcare administrators & medical educators, parents & teachers, as well as the evolution of healthcare in America. Explore the daily life and responsibilities of a pediatrician working in a small town and join Blossom as he reminisces about his experiences in Alaska, Russia, New Zealand and beyond in "Curandero: A Physician's Life Journey."

DNA Tumor Viruses will focus on the DNA viruses in the human population that are associated with cancers. It will cover most of the viruses that are thought to contribute to human malignancy.

This book will represent a comprehensive review of the field of DNA tumor virology. Right now, while there are books out there that cover individual viruses that will be also covered in this book, there is no single book that covers this topic comprehensively.

The main textbook in this market, Fields, which is referred to by both reviewers, covers some of these topics but on a lower level. The only two books that are nearly as comprehensive as this one are Human Tumor Viruses, which was published by the American Society for Microbiology in 1998 and is quite outdated, and Viruses, Cell Transformation, and Cancer, which was published by Elsevier in 2001. Our book will be the only current, comprehensive review of its kind in the market.

Lust is fleeting; Love is permanent, and author Sky Blossoms will show you the difference. Recognizing and attracting the love of your life is easier than you think. Sky's sage approach to a sublime partnership is borne of her wealth of experiences and professional studies. She reveals wisdom that eludes most of us - how to build a truly magical life partnership - in her transformational self-help guide "Best Thing Ever: Escape Dissapointments and Drama and Let True Love Into Your Life."
Blossoms breaks through confinements of conventional thinking and uncovers the real nature of love. She proves that sincere and meaningful relationships are not meant to be hard work or require sacrifice. Instead, a great partnership is natural, easy, and fun." Best Thing Ever "discounts the "give and take" approach to relationships and inspires full dedication and genuine contribution as the alternative. While Sky touts the simple virtues of being authentic, and refraining from placing expectations or restrictions on your partner, she reaches beyond the ordinary and taps into the spiritual realm of intimacy. "Best Thing Ever" takes the reader on a heartfelt journey into fully accepting oneself and embracing others. It teaches the art of unconditional love and shows how to:
- liberate yourself from the traumas of the past
- build a solid foundation within and gain a strong footing
- open your heart to giving and receiving love
- define the purpose of a relationship
- honor yourself
- cultivate new beliefs that better serve your relationship and your life
- easily navigate the busy dating world
- differentiate true love from lust or infatuation
- recognize the one
- choose your commitments wisely
Packed with practical tools that can be applied on a daily basis, inspiring true stories from successful couples, and spirited with humor, "Best Thing Ever" is a pleasant, yet profound read that delivers extraordinary and tangible results.

A comprehensive overview of the effects of trichloroethylene toxicity caused by real-life exposure levels highlighting how exposure to trichloroethylene may contribute to the etiology of several idiopathic human diseases. Discussion will focus on different kinds of modeling and how they may be used to predict functional consequences and to dissect the contribution of different mechanistic pathways, including potential mechanisms of action for trichloroethylene toxicity in different organ systems. It will explore the role of epigenetic alterations in trichloroethylene toxicity, this provides important mechanistic information and may also provide the basis for intervention therapy. Chapters will also explain how the risks from trichloroethylene exposure may be greater in certain populations based on genetic predisposition, age of exposure and co-exposure to other chemicals With contributions from international experts in the field, Trichloroethylene: Toxicity and Health Risks is an essential resource for researchers and clinicians in toxicology, immunology, medicine and public health as well as industry and government regulatory scientists involved in safety and health protection and epidemiologists, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary cooperation in solving issues of environmental toxicity.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Lust is fleeting; Love is permanent, and author Sky Blossoms will show you the difference. Recognizing and attracting the love of your life is easier than you think. Sky's sage approach to a sublime partnership is borne of her wealth of experiences and professional studies. She reveals wisdom that eludes most of us - how to build a truly magical life partnership - in her transformational self-help guide "Best Thing Ever: Escape Disapointments and Drama and Let True Love Into Your Life."
Blossoms breaks through confinements of conventional thinking and uncovers the real nature of love. She proves that sincere and meaningful relationships are not meant to be hard work or require sacrifice. Instead, a great partnership is natural, easy, and fun. "Best Thing Ever "discounts the "give and take" approach to relationships and inspires full dedication and genuine contribution as the alternative. While Sky touts the simple virtues of being authentic, and refraining from placing expectations or restrictions on your partner, she reaches beyond the ordinary and taps into the spiritual realm of intimacy. "Best Thing Ever" takes the reader on a heartfelt journey into fully accepting oneself and embracing others. It teaches the art of unconditional love and shows how to:
- liberate yourself from the traumas of the past
- build a solid foundation within and gain a strong footing
- open your heart to giving and receiving love
- define the purpose of a relationship
- honor yourself
- cultivate new beliefs that better serve your relationship and your life
- easily navigate the busy dating world
- differentiate true love from lust or infatuation
- recognize the one
- choose your commitments wisely
Packed with practical tools that can be applied on a daily basis, inspiring true stories from successful couples, and spirited with humor, "Best Thing Ever" is a pleasant, yet profound read that delivers extraordinary and tangible results.

Now in four convenient volumes, Field’s Virology remains the most authoritative reference in this fast-changing field, providing definitive coverage of virology, including virus biology as well as replication and medical aspects of specific virus families. This volume of Field’s Virology: DNA Viruses, Seventh Edition covers the latest information on DNA viruses, how they cause disease, including cancer, how they persist in the body in a latent form, reactivate and spread, new therapeutics and vaccine approaches, as provided in new or extensively revised chapters that reflect these advances in this dynamic field.  Bundled with the eBook, which will be updated regularly as new information about each virus is available, this text serves as the authoritative, up-to-date reference book for virologists, infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, and physicians, as well as medical students pursuing a career in infectious diseases.  Covers both basic science and medical features of each virus, emphasizing viruses of medical importance and interest, while also including other viruses in specific cases where more is known about their mechanisms of replication or pathogenesis.   Covers viruses that cause human cancer such as human papillomaviruses (HPV), Epstein Barr Virus, the Merkel Cell Polyomavirus and hepatitis B virus, and viruses like the herpesviruses that persist in a latent form and can reactivate and cause acute and/or chronic disease.  Features more than 400 full-color illustrations, including key figures for use as lecture slides.  Provides quick, flexible access to current information both in print and in an improved eBook format.  Discusses virus structure, virus entry, replication, and assembly, virus-host cell interactions, host immune responses and vaccines, antiviral therapeutics, viral persistence and latency and viruses as tools for gene therapy and vectors for vaccination.   New and forthcoming Field’s Virology volumes, available in print and eBook format:  • Emerging Viruses  • DNA Viruses  • RNA Viruses  • Fundamental Viruses    Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience  Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone.  Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech. 

From orange blossom for innocence to yellow roses for infidelity, flowers have been used to convey messages for millennia. With Floriography you can use them to pass secret codes, uncover hidden feelings and be sure your gifts aren't getting lost in translation. Plus, you'll know never to give a ranunculus to your mum or orchids to your boss! In addition to their meanings, these 50 illustrated cards explore the significance of flowers in history, pop culture and art. Now you truly can say it all with flowers!

A comprehensive overview of the effects of trichloroethylene toxicity caused by real-life exposure levels highlighting how exposure to trichloroethylene may contribute to the etiology of several idiopathic human diseases. Discussion will focus on different kinds of modeling and how they may be used to predict functional consequences and to dissect the contribution of different mechanistic pathways, including potential mechanisms of action for trichloroethylene toxicity in different organ systems. It will explore the role of epigenetic alterations in trichloroethylene toxicity, this provides important mechanistic information and may also provide the basis for intervention therapy. Chapters will also explain how the risks from trichloroethylene exposure may be greater in certain populations based on genetic predisposition, age of exposure and co-exposure to other chemicals With contributions from international experts in the field, Trichloroethylene: Toxicity and Health Risks is an essential resource for researchers and clinicians in toxicology, immunology, medicine and public health as well as industry and government regulatory scientists involved in safety and health protection and epidemiologists, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary cooperation in solving issues of environmental toxicity.

Track list
The Writer's Theme
Ode to Nyc
Ribbon Around the Bomb
The Sulking Poet
Born Wild
The Writer
The Last Chapter
Everything About You
Care for
Cinerama Holy Days
Edith Machinist
Visions

Foolish Loving Spaces is an album by Blossoms, released in 2020. Foolish Loving Spaces includes a.o. the following tracks: "If You Think This Is Real Life", "The Keeper", "Falling For Someone", "Like Gravity" and more. The album is a Extended Editionalternative 2-CD.

On April 20, 2010, the crew of the floating drill rig Deepwater Horizon lost control of the Macondo oil well forty miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Escaping gas and oil ignited, destroying the rig, killing eleven crew members, and injuring dozens more. The emergency spiraled into the worst human-made economic and ecological disaster in Gulf Coast history. Senior systems engineers Earl Boebert and James Blossom offer the most comprehensive account to date of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Sifting through a mountain of evidence generated by the largest civil trial in U.S. history, the authors challenge the commonly accepted explanation that the crew, operating under pressure to cut costs, made mistakes that were compounded by the failure of a key safety device. This explanation arose from legal, political, and public relations maneuvering over the billions of dollars in damages that were ultimately paid to compensate individuals and local businesses and repair the environment. But as this book makes clear, the blowout emerged from corporate and engineering decisions which, while individually innocuous, combined to create the disaster. Rather than focusing on blame, Boebert and Blossom use the complex interactions of technology, people, and procedures involved in the high-consequence enterprise of offshore drilling to illustrate a systems approach which contributes to a better understanding of how similar disasters emerge and how they can be prevented.

In Two Volumes. Illustrated By Rockwell Kent.

In Two Volumes. Illustrated By Rockwell Kent.