Books with author john david

This book addresses knowledge gaps in RARP in 3 key sections: 1) Step-by-step approach including multiple technique options and innovations, 2) Patient selection, safety, outcomes, and 3) Preparing the patient for surgery. The order is more based upon knowledge priority rather than a chronologic sequence in which part 3 would go first. Part two allows more summary and commentary on evidence and part three allows some creative content that is otherwise hard to find in one place―medical evaluations, imaging, clinical trials, patient education, etc. This textbook emphasizes content for the advanced skills surgeon in that multiple techniques are presented as well as state of the art evidence. The learning curve is addressed and the authors clarify how this text is useful for learners. The caveat is that they should be careful in patient selection and stick with what their mentors are showing them. With experience, they can then branch out into the many techniques presented here. Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Beyond the Learning Curve will also have cross-over appeal for surgical assistants, physician assistants, nurses, and anyone else involved in the surgical care of prostate cancer.

This book is suitable for people of all ages and from all countries.Written in a folk-tale style that makes it very easy to read, it combines mystery and intrigue with humour to tell a very motivating story that has as its central message – let no one stifle your dream.The book draws on the author's many years’ experience in strategic management and motivation programs and guides the reader to recognise that everyone has their own unique talent and that no one can stand in the way of them achieving their dream - all they need is a little ambition and determination, and, perhaps some guidance, which is what this book gives.The story is told through the main character of Snow Elder who is punished by her eldest sister, Rose, because she is a threat to Rose's ambition to be the most famous person in the land. Snow finds herself in the company of five other young people that Rose has also punished - a building designer named Bob, a young composer named Nick; a young chef named Marianne; a young dancer named Natasha and a young photographer named Snappy.Snow teaches each of these people how to overcome their individual adversity and achieve things that are way beyond what they had as their initial dream.The book uses lots of humour to get its message across and is a book that older adults will particularly enjoy as some of the anecdotes are possibly more deeply understood by much older readers (in their 70's even), but their message is not lost on readers aged as young as 10.Like all good books of the folk-tale genre, everyone lives happily ever after - except Rose.Prior to its release, the book was reviewed by several people, with comments received such as…“I am completely speechless. This book is totally inspirational and in some parts, had me in tears.”“My rating 1 out of 5 is a 50.”“The author did a brilliant job with this book. He had me laughing, crying and everything in between. It is a book of hope and inspiration for making dreams come true.”“A fabulous book. I enjoyed it immensely.”“Well what can I say? Once I'd started I couldn't wait to finish it ... very very well written!! I did have a good laugh. I loved all the characters and the fab story line.”“Very modern tale with a great ending. The author is clearly amazing at his craft ... I am sure many will agree. Congratulations on a brilliant book.”

[Children's Fiction (Ages 8-12)]Everyone knows there are different kinds of teachers. The boring ones, the mean ones, the ones who try too hard, the ones who stopped trying long ago. The ones you'll never remember, and the ones you want to forget. Ms. Bixby is none of these. She's the sort of teacher who makes you feel like school is somehow worthwhile. Who recognizes something in you that sometimes you don't even see in yourself. Topher, Brand, and Steve know this better than anyone. And so when Ms. Bixby unexpectedly announces that she won't be able to finish the school year, they come up with a risky plan-- more of a quest, really-- to give Ms. Bixby the last day she deserves.

[Children's Fiction (Ages 8-12)][Read by Cassandra Morris ] From the author of beloved novels Ms. Bixby's Last Day and Posted comes a hilarious, heartfelt, and unforgettable novel about a fairy-in-training. Everyone who wishes upon a star, or a candle, or a penny thrown into a fountain knows that you're not allowed to tell anyone what you've wished for. But even so, there is someone out there who hears it. In a magical land called the Haven lives a young fairy named Ophelia Delphinium Fidgets. Ophelia is no ordinary fairy -- she is a Granter: one of the select fairies whose job it is to venture out into the world and grant the wishes of unsuspecting humans every day. It's the work of the Granters that generates the magic that allows the fairies to do what they do, and to keep the Haven hidden and safe. But with worldwide magic levels at an all-time low, this is not as easy as it sounds. On a typical day, only a small fraction of the millions of potential wishes gets granted. Today, however, is anything but typical. Because today, Ophelia is going to get her very first wish-granting assignment. And she is about to discover that figuring out how to truly give someone what they want takes much more than a handful of fairy dust.

Chess is known as the Game of Kings. In Jona David’s story, however, chess also becomes an unlikely saviour of the world and an insightful challenge to the fads and fashions of our society. “The Mechanical Chess Invention” is about two brothers and their friends who uncover a dastardly plot to take over the world and find a whimsical way to win. This book is a creative, courageous and caring insight into the troubles and triumphs of a child’s world. These upcoming years are crucial as world leaders will agree on a new sustainable development framework for the next 15 years. The proposed 17 Sustainable Development Goals include targets to end poverty, to ensure healthy lives and quality education and to combat climate change, among others. The decisions taken will undoubtedly have a huge impact on children’s lives and rights today as well as the lives and rights of future generations.

Contained within this volume are three Moon stories - East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Monica the Moon Child and The Swan Maidens - all classic children's stories from yesteryear. Also included are two "Moon Poems", or rather, poems which relate to the moon. They are The Man in the Moon and Hey Diddle, Diddle - which can also be considered classic children's rhymes. In preparing these stories for publication, the aim has been to preserve, as much as possible, in vocabulary and idiom, the original folklore language, and retain the conversational style of the teller of tales, in order that the sympathetic young reader may, in greater or less degree, be translated into the atmosphere of the old-time story-hour. In this we have haven't changed a word. Where they have been available, we have also used the original illustrations which assists in retaining that ethereal and old-world feel from a time when what we take for granted today, was still yet to be discovered. You may be asking why we have tried to replicate these old stories and tales so accurately? In recent years there has been a wholesome revival of interest in old and forgotten folklore and tales and the ancient art of story-telling. The most thoughtful, progressive educators and parents have come to recognize the cultural value of folklore and fairy tales, fables and legends, not only as means of fostering and directing the power of the child's imagination, but as a basis for literary interpretation and appreciation throughout life not to mention increasing the literacy ability of children. So, find that comfy chair, have your child snuggle in and set fire to their imagination with this short collection of MOON STORIES for CHILDREN.

[Children's Fiction (Ages 8-12)]John David Anderson, author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day, returns with a funny, honest, and original story about bullying, broken friendships, and failures of communication.In middle school, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends, or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever.When cell phones are banned at Branton Middle School, Frost and his friends Deedee, Wolf, and Bench come up with a new way to communicate: leaving sticky notes for each other all around the school. It catches on, and soon all the kids in school are leaving notes -- though for every kind and friendly one, there is a cutting and cruel one as well. Before long the sticky notes spiral out of control, starting a war of words and insults that threatens to tear friendships apart.In the middle of this, a new girl named Rose arrives at school and sits at Frost's lunch table. Rose is not like anyone else at Branton Middle School, and it's clear that the close circle of friends Frost has made for himself won't easily hold another. As the sticky note wars escalate, and the pressure to choose sides mounts, Frost soon realizes that after this eighth-grade year, nothing will ever be the same.John David Anderson, the acclaimed author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day, returns with the story of five friends struggling to fit in, to find themselves, and to summon the courage to say the things that need to be said.

Sweep, crunch, swoosh, scrape . . . All night long, snow falls silently, bringing forth a world blanketed in white—and a very noisy day.For at dawn’s light, machine, man, and child begin to dig out: first the big highway grader and snowplow, then the smaller town plow, a father’s snow blower, and a boy’s shovel . . . But will the streets get cleared in time?Spare poetry and elegant watercolor paintings cleverly bring to life this unique story of snow removal and the fun onomatopoeic sounds accompanying it.