Ben Carson with Cecil Murphey (11 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dj Has Very Light Edgewear. Light Wear. Very Light Soiling. Book Lightly Cocked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover. Nominal Edge wear. Corner bumped, slightly. Color pictorial wraps. KIDS/BIO/AUTO.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Good, complete vintage 2-cassette audiobook set. The case shows significant wear with creasing and crushing at the corners and edges, plus some tearing/damage along the edges, along with general scuffing consistent with age. The tapes themselves show no obvious physical damage, and the labels are clean and legible. Book.…

Softcover. Condition: Good+. Softcover Edition. SIGNED by Carson to half-title page, some creasing to upper cover, wear to some edges and corners. ; 200x130mm; 232 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing [Stated]. 253, [3] pages. Occasional footnotes. Ink notation on fep. DJ has some wear and soiling. Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American neurosurgeon, author, and politician who is the 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, under the Trump Administration. Prior to his cabinet position, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the Republican primaries in 2016. Born in Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School, Carson has authored numerous books on his medical career and political stances. He was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement in 2013. As a pioneer in neurosurgery, Carson's achievements include performing the only successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head, pioneering the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb, performing the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus twins, developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors, and reviving hemispherectomy techniques for controlling seizures. He became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the country at age 33. He has received more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees, dozens of national merit citations, and written over 100 neurosurgical publications. In 2008, he was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. This book is for you if your life is a series of shattered dreams. This book is for you if you have no dreams at all. It s for you if you ve bought the lie that you ll never amount to anything. That s not true. Your life is BIG far bigger than you've imagined. Inside these pages lie the keys to recognizing the full potential of your life. You won t necessarily become a millionaire, but you will attain a life that is rewarding, significant, and more fruitful than you ever thought possible. The author of this book knows about hardship. Ben Carson grew up in inner-city Detroit. His mother was illiterate. His father had left the family. His grade-school classmates considered Ben stupid. He struggled with a violent temper. In every respect, Ben s harsh circumstances seemed only to point to a harsher future and a bad end. But that s not what happened. By applying the principles in this book, Ben rose from his tough life to one of amazing accomplishments and international renown. He learned that he had potential, he learned how to unleash it, and he did. You can too. Put the principles in this book in motion. Things won t change overnight, but they will change. You can transform your life into one you ll love, bigger than you ve ever dreamed.".…

Pamphlet. Press kit for the release of the autobiography of the African American surgeon, 8.5x11 inch folder with various descriptive ephemeral pieces therein, very good condition. This is not the book itself. This is a press kit for the book's release filled with press releases, reviews and publicity materials for the later Republican primary candidate for President.…

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Fourth Printing [Stated]. 266, 63] pages. Occasional footnotes. Signed by author on title page. Minor sticker residue on front cover. . Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American neurosurgeon, author, and politician who is the 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School. He was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement in 2013. As a pioneer in neurosurgery, Carson's achievements include performing the only successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head, pioneering the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb, performing the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus twins, developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors, and reviving hemispherectomy techniques for controlling seizures. He has written over 100 neurosurgical publications. In 2008, he was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. This book is for you if your life is a series of shattered dreams. This book is for you if you have no dreams at all. It's for you if you have bought the lie that you will never amount to anything. That's not true. Your life is BIG far bigger than you've imagined. Inside these pages lie the keys to recognizing the full potential of your life. You won't necessarily become a millionaire, but you will attain a life that is rewarding, significant, and more fruitful than you ever thought possible. The author of this book knows about hardship. Ben Carson grew up in inner-city Detroit. His mother was illiterate. His father had left the family. His grade-school classmates considered Ben stupid. He struggled with a violent temper. In every respect, Ben's harsh circumstances seemed only to point to a harsher future and a bad end. But that's not what happened. By applying the principles in this book, Ben rose from his tough life to one of amazing accomplishments and international renown. He learned that he had potential, he learned how to unleash it, and he did. You can too. Put the principles in this book in motion. Things won't change overnight, but they will change. You can transform your life into one you'll love, bigger than you have ever dreamed.". Peter Howard (Cover photo) (illustrator).…

Wraps. Condition: very good. 232 pages. Wraps, illus., slight darkening to text. Signed by the author (Ben Carson). The inspiring story of an inner-city kid with poor grades and little motivation, who, at age thirty-three, became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Very scarce signed copy of the paperback edition of this book. First Thus Edition. Thirty-Ninth Printing.…