Kay Scarpetta faces a string of the most baffling and terrifying crimes of her career, in Cornwell's extraordinary #1 "New York Times" bestseller. The "book of the dead" is the morgue log in which all cases are entered by hand. For Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their twenties, Adi is always fighting for or against something: the environment or the whale or battery farming; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next. As if this wasn't enough ...
Gifted Hands dose not just shed light on a ghetto youth with failing grades who became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Univesity Hospital at age 33. It takes readers into the operating room to watch incredibly complex, delicate, life-saving surgeries. "He is a model to all the youth of today".--Jesse Jackson.
A "New Yorker" staff writer, bestselling author, and professor at Harvard Medical School unravels the mystery of how doctors figure out the best treatments--or fail to do so. This book describes the warning signs of flawed medical thinking and offers intelligent questions patients can ask.
Inspirational and moving, KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM is a thought-provoking collection of stories and personal anecdotes. Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen wants her readers to appreciate the healing life force they all possess and to look at life as the gift it is. Dr. Remen conveys her wonder of life's mysteries in a profound way that never lowers itself to ...
American surgeon Shea O'Halloran is mysteriously drawn to the far Carpathian Mountains, where she finds a darkly handsome stranger--and true love. One of the most popular novels from the Dark series, this special edition of "Dark Desire" features a letter to readers from bestselling author Feehan. Original.
Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, "BRS Physiology" is an excellent aid for students preparing for the USMLE Step 1. The book concisely reviews key physiological principles and includes clinical correlations throughout to emphasize connections between basic physiology and clinical medicine. Numerous illustrations, tables, and flow charts ...
This book is a primary review tool to prepare students for both the internal medicine clerkship and the end-rotation NBME shelf examination. This logical alternative to several limited-focus books blends a bullet-outline format students prefer in a review book with comprehensive paragraphs, as needed, for optimal preparation. It features ...
Grace Valley, California, is overflowing with gossip--especially over who might be the father of pregnant town doctor June Hudson's child. Despite their nosy nature, the whole community pulls together and shows what they are made of when danger threatens. Regional book signings. Original.
In this memoir of success, three men tell how, by hanging together, they got themselves out of Newark, into a program for minority youth, and through medical school. They supported each other and eventually realized their dreams of careers in medicine.
A chilling and vividly rendered ghost story set in postwar Britain, by the bestselling and award-winning author of "The Night Watch" and "Fingersmith." Sarah Waters's trilogy of Victorian novels "Tipping the Velvet," "Affinity," and "Fingersmith" earned her legions of fans around the world, a number of awards, and a reputation as one of today's ...
In the fifth gritty mystery of a series, Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton, policeman Jeffrey Tolliver (her ex-husband), and Detective Lena Adams expose the murderous practices of a misogynistic Christian fundamentalist cult. Although Jeffrey has moved back in with Sara, their relationship still involves a great deal of friction, and the ...
In rural Devon, six-year-old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie works as a nanny for a G.P. But Dr Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise ...
The subject of an international manhunt and the target of a master assassin, Dr. Jonathan Ransom is forced on the run where he is drawn deeper into a world where no one is who they appear, in Reich's brilliantly conceived, twisting tale of intrigue and deceit.
The body was naked, female and found propped against a fountain in a bleak area of New York's Central Park. Her apparent manner of death is chillingly familiar, suggesting that a sadistic serial killer is back at work.
Heartsdale medical examiner Sara Linton and her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, probe what looks like the suicide of a local college student. Other deaths follow at the college. The key to the investigation seems to be campus security guard Lena Adams, an ex-cop with a murky past and an axe to grind.
In Grace Valley, California, Dr. June Hudson has managed to keep secret the passionate visits from her lover, undercover DEA agent Jim Post. When June's old high school flame returns to town, June is unsure of her feelings. But when a local woman shoots her husband and human bones turn up in June's aunt's backyard, June is almost happy for the ...
Toby Harpur, a 39-year-old emergency-room doctor, uncovers the secrets behind a bizarre rash of patient abductions and fatal mistakes at a Boston hospital.
In this charming and engrossing tale, a recent medical school graduate arrives in a rural Irish village to be an assistant to an older physician. The young doctor soon finds out more about life--and love--than he ever imagined back in medical school.
This is the best-selling review in pharmacology! This high-yield text continues to include the most up-to-date information on all current drugs and covers retrovirals, immunologic agents, and chemotherapies. It includes more than 1000 USMLE-type questions - almost 3 times the number of questions than any other pharmacology review.
In his most high-concept suspense novel to date, "New York Times"-bestselling author Palmer delivers a thriller pitched at the crossroads of presidential politics and cutting-edge medicine. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. Martin's Press.
Making a hit-man-turned-medical-intern a sympathetic figure would be a tall order for most authors, but first-time novelist Bazell does just that in this breezy and darkly comic suspense novel.
In Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmarish, suspenseful, and deeply disturbing novel, Dr. Jekyll experiments with a drug that splits his personality into good and evil elements. Gradually, he loses control of the process and finds himself slipping more and more frequently into the guise of the evil and depraved Hyde. Finally, Hyde is accused of ...
This addition to the bestselling forensic thriller series finds Dr. Kay Scarpetta at the National Forensic Academy in Hollywood, Florida, consulting on the PREDATOR project, which uses Functional MRI scans in an effort to determine if and how the brains of serial killers differ from those less murderously inclined. But soon Dr. Scarpetta's ...
Annie Knowles should be perfectly happy. She has a wonderful husband, two great kids, a gorgeous old house in an enviable community, and a teaching job at the local college. What's missing? Annie finds out when her husband, Michael, begins working at a women's health center where abortions are done, and the Knowles family gets anonymous threats. ...
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