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Would you like to read some of my poems for my words they are all over the page? Some dark, some gray, some as light as the sunray. Words of sadness, ones of heartfelt memories, ones of love and passion. Your eyes might be full of years of memories gone by. You might smile as your heart flutters and skips a beat of excitement to come, my words of poems will stop you in silence for a moment. Just to heal or for the possibilities that are yet to come.

The one-stop, comprehensive resource for students considering a career in medicineIn recent years, applying to and getting accepted to medical schools in the U.S. has become increasingly difficult. In 2020–2021, only 38% of the 53,370 students who applied to U.S. medical schools were accepted. For the most prestigious medical schools, the acceptance rate was just 1.4–2%. Pre-Medicine: The Complete Guide for Aspiring Doctors by Joel Thomas, Phillip Wagner, Ray Funahashi, and Nitin Agarwal is a comprehensive roadmap that guides aspiring physicians through the rigorous process of preparing for and getting into medical school in the U.S. By bringing together multiple authors with different life experiences and perspectives, this unique book has broad appeal to students from diverse backgrounds.The text is organized by five sections: The Pre-Med Primer, Succeeding as a Pre-Medical Student, Applying to Medical School, Medical School and Career Insights, and an Appendix. This invaluable resource tackles challenging topics and addresses uncomfortable questions that necessitate engagement with multiple opposing viewpoints and careful data analysis. The first and foremost goal of this book is to provide essential information to individuals that need it to succeed in their pre-med and medical school journey. Key Features Authors graduated from the U.S. News Top 20 medical schools and/or trained at a Doximity Top 20 residency programDemystifies the lengthy and confusing medical school application process, providing practical advice and evidence-based strategies for successfully tackling each step, starting in high schoolProvides readers with a realistic and honest picture of the daily challenges and rewards that aspiring physicians face—from pre-med to residencyThis is a must-have resource for anyone who is considering a career in medicine. The no-holds-barred insights shared in this book will greatly optimize the chance of medical school applicants gaining admission to their top choice.

The one-stop, comprehensive resource for students considering a career in medicine

In recent years, applying to and getting accepted to medical school in the U.S. has become increasingly difficult. In 2020–2021, only 38% of the 53,370 students who applied to U.S. medical schools were accepted. For the most prestigious medical schools, the acceptance rate was just 1.4–2%. Pre-Medicine: The Complete Guide for Aspiring Doctors by Joel Thomas, Phillip Wagner, Ray Funahashi, and Nitin Agarwal is a comprehensive roadmap that guides aspiring physicians through the rigorous process of preparing for and getting into medical school in the U.S. By bringing together multiple authors with different life experiences and perspectives, this unique book has broad appeal to students from diverse backgrounds.

The text is organized by five sections: The Pre-Med Primer, Succeeding as a Pre-Medical Student, Applying to Medical School, Medical School and Career Insights, and an Appendix. This invaluable resource tackles challenging topics and addresses uncomfortable questions that necessitate engagement with multiple opposing viewpoints and careful data analysis. The first and foremost goal of this book is to get essential information into the hands of individuals that need it to succeed in their pre-med and medical school journey.

Key Features

Authors graduated from U.S. News Top 20 medical schools and/or trained at a Doximity Top 20 residency programDemystifies the lengthy and confusing medical school application process, providing practical advice and evidence-based strategies for successfully tackling each step, starting in high schoolProvides readers with a realistic and honest picture of the daily challenges and rewards that aspiring physicians face—from premed to residency

This is a must-have resource for anyone who is considering a career in medicine. The no-holds-barred insights shared in this book will greatly optimize the chance of medical school applicants gaining admission to their top choice.

Hiroshima. The March on Washington. The fall of the Roman Empire. August is where the world changes -- permanently.August is history's pressure cooker -- where the heat of summer ignites civil rights movements, ends world wars, and topples ancient empires. No month carries more weight per day.Nomical History: August delivers one extraordinary historical event for every day, told with powerful narrative prose and reflections that make you see today's world through history's lens.Inside this history book, you'll discover:Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 -- the morning that split the atom and the worldMartin Luther King's "e;I Have a Dream"e; speech and the August march that changed AmericaThe fall of Rome's last emperor -- how August 476 AD ended an empireNixon's August resignation and the 18-minute gap that brought down a presidencyThe eruption of Vesuvius -- the August afternoon that buried Pompeii aliveWomen's suffrage ratified in August 1920 -- the vote that was decided by one man's motherRated 4.8-5.0 stars with 160+ reviews across the series -- readers call it "e;stunning,"e; "e;deeply moving,"e; and "e;impossible to put down."e;Perfect for: history buffs, civil rights readers, military history fans, students, trivia lovers, and anyone who wants history facts that hit hard and stay with you.Part of the 12-book Nomical History series. August burns bright -- collect all 12 months and own a full year of daily history.

Power is not held. It is structured.Most people think power lives in leaders: presidents, generals, kings, executives, and revolutionaries.They are wrong.Power lives in systems.In Power: How Influence, Authority, and Control Shaped Civilization, Joel Thomas examines power not as a personality trait, moral virtue, or political slogan, but as a structural force that determines how societies are built, governed, stabilized, challenged, and eventually transformed.Across history, civilizations rise and fall not simply because of great leaders or decisive battles, but because power organizes itself through recurring mechanisms: authority, coercion, legitimacy, wealth, information, institutions, culture, technology, fear, and consent.This book reveals the hidden architecture behind those mechanisms.Inside, you will examine:Why authority is cheaper and more durable than forceHow institutions outlive the people who create themWhy legitimacy is one of power's greatest force multipliersHow economic, military, political, cultural, and technological power convert into one anotherWhy systems resist reform even after their failures become obviousHow power hides in rules, routines, incentives, traditions, and accepted assumptionsDrawing from political theory, history, sociology, and institutional analysis, Power follows the structural patterns that have shaped human civilization from pre-state societies and sacred kingship to empires, bureaucracies, markets, mass movements, and modern systems of control.This is not a leadership book.It is not a motivational argument.It is not a simple history of rulers and wars.It is a diagnostic framework for understanding how power actually works.If you want to understand why civilizations rise, why institutions endure, why control is often invisible, and why meaningful change is harder than it appears, this book provides the machinery behind the surface of history.

Fear is not just felt. It is put to work.Most people think fear lives inside individuals: a racing pulse, a sleepless night, a weakness to be conquered.They are wrong.Fear lives in systems.In Fear: How Dread Built Empires, Sold Products, and Shaped Modern Life, Joel Thomas examines fear not as a private emotion, a personal failing, or a disorder to be treated, but as a structural force that determines how societies are governed, defended, persuaded, stabilized, and controlled.Across history, populations have been ruled less by force than by anticipation, because fear organizes itself through recurring mechanisms: terror, deterrence, dread, panic, shame, scapegoating, manufactured threats, and the quiet conversion of temporary emergency into permanent normal.This book reveals the machinery behind those mechanisms.Inside, you will examine:Why a frightened population governs itself — and why fear is cheaper than force, surveillance, or lawHow religions, states, and armies built their authority on particular species of dreadWhy terror is theatrical: aimed at the audience, not the targetHow elections, markets, and media convert fear into votes, revenue, and attentionWhy manufactured fear is more governable than real danger — and how to tell the two apartWhy the safest age in human history is also, by most measures, the most frightened Drawing from political theory, history, psychology, and sociology, Fear follows the structural patterns that have shaped human life from the first grain stores and sacred kingships to plagues, empires, witch hunts, elections, markets, and the algorithmic fear industry of the modern age.This is not a self-help book.It is not an argument that fear is bad.It is not a simple history of panics and persecutions.It is a diagnostic framework for understanding how fear actually works.Fear is the second volume in the series that began with Power: How Influence, Authority, and Control Shaped Civilization. Power mapped how control is structured. Fear examines the current that runs beneath every structure it described.If you want to understand why frightened populations comply, why fears outlive their causes, why the most effective fear is the kind that goes unrecognized, and why the world feels more dangerous as it becomes safer, this book provides the machinery behind the dread.