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On the 10th of November, 2007, a patient (and friend) of mine died in the late-postoperative period. A media circus ensued and the importance of that person to me, her family, and friends got lost in the parade of opportunists who crawled from under every conceivable rock to tell their story. The problem is that they were wrong. Even worse was that the press, in an effort to get the story first and get it exclusively, also got it wrong. The time has come to simply tell the truthnot my truth, but the factsso that you can arrive at your own truth.
Rudyard Kipling in his poem "IF" presented a number of scenarios in which 'his son" could become "a man". "If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you: ..." In "The Other Side of the Fire" Dr. Jan Adams does just that. The book presents nine steps to be mastered that assures the recipient will be prepared to handle adversity and even thrive in its mist.
Dr. Jan R. Adams has over sixteen years of training in aesthetic surgery from some of America's finest institutions and performs hundreds of cosmetic surgery procedures a year. He felt compelled to write a book that would address the concerns of women of color after hearing numerous complaints from frustrated women, unable to find any book in the marketplace that held vital information for their specific cosmetic surgery questions. Although there are dozens of plastic surgery books on the shelves today, not one of them is specifically tailored to address the concerns facing women of color. In fact there is virtually no place these women can turn to get information about their particular aest...
Formerly of Middletown, Ohio, plastic surgeon, author, lecturer, entrepreneur and television personality Dr. Jan R. Adams presents a spiritual guide by offering the story of a man named Phillip whose story -- like that of so many others -- reminds readers of the power of God's love and that tragedy does not define one's life.
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Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves forward to a contemporary analysis of how skin tone continues to plague people of color today. This is the first book to explore this well-known, yet rarely discussed phenomenon.
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