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1 . New Stories Await Just for You

The Origin of Disease

Carolyn Merchant, JD & Christopher Merchant, MD

Containing exciting information and thought, this book could help people find ways to improve or avoid diseases that can dramatically change lives. Pulling medical knowledge together in an original way, it provides a new vision for understanding chronic(慢性的) disease, and challenges readers to think of chronic disease based on the root causes. For many people, medical books can be a hard barrier to jump. but this book is written in an accessible style and format, and contains information useful to the lay person, not just medical professionals.

From Healing to Hell

W. H. Wall, Jr

From Healing to Hell is about the fall of a good and decent man and goes further to reveal the shocking details of how he was done a cruel injustice at the hands of a CIA government experiment with the drug LSD. The book tells the story of illegal activity by officials in power who operated in the name of protecting the country.

The Stuff of Monuments

Richard A. Crousey

Little things occur regularly, forbidding us to recognize their significance. What finally causes them to blossom into sweetness is their fading away. Through the stories in the book, it is shown that the seasons of our lives are made up of the stuff that went before. Nothing is truly lost. As one picture begins to fade, another begins to dawn.

There Are No Monsters Here

Buffy Brinkley

A little boy is afraid to go to bed when his mother announces his bedtime. He believes there may be monsters hiding in his room. However, his fear doesn’t stop him from trying to find them. What his decision creates is a doorway to acceptance and friendship. Out of fear comes delight, and the idea that what we see and how we initially judge a situation can be wrong——that what it takes to overcome our fears can sometimes be the best way to make a friend.

1. Who are the targeted readers of the book The Origin of Disease?
A.Students preferring challenges.
B.People caring about their health.
C.Researchers in the chemistry lab.
D.Doctors in the emergency room.
2. Which book is most likely to be a collection of short stories?
A.The Origin of Disease.
B.From Healing to Hell.
C.The Stuff of Monuments.
D.There Are No Monsters Here.
3. What brings the boy friendship in the last book?
A.His innocence.
B.His fear.
C.His courage.
D.His creativity.
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