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1	Change of Heart more books like this by Jodi Picoult add to wishlist The acclaimed #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation. Once again, Picoult mesmerizes and enthralls readers with this story of redemption, justice, and love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Airhead more books like this by Meg Cabot add to wishlist From the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling creator of the Princess Diaries. Following a bizarre accident, 16-year-old tomboy Emerson Watts wakes up to find she's in the body of a supermodel. Who is behind the switch? And how can she get her best friend Christopher to realize she's still the same Em inside? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.74! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Harvest more books like this by Tess Gerritsen add to wishlist A young surgical resident makes a decision about a heart transplant that will affect her entire career when she diverts a donor heart intended for a wealthy private patient to a dying teenage boy. Further complications arise continues when the wealthy woman somehow manages to acquire another heart for transplant from a donor who may not have been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Fifth Vial more books like this by Michael Palmer add to wishlist From a blockbuster "New York Times" bestselling author comes a novel of medical suspense that begins with these chilling questions: Who has the blood samples you routinely give? Why don't you know? And what are they being used for? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Fourth Hand more books like this by John Irving add to wishlist Patrick Wallingford, a TV reporter, is good looking, successful, and a hit with women. On an assignment, his hand is bitten off by a lion, making him into an instant media celebrity. He meets a childless woman who offers him the hand of her dead husband if he will impregnate her. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The 7 Day Energy Surge more books like this by Jim Karas, Cynthia Costas Cohen add to wishlist For anyone who has to slap the snooze button three or four times before getting out of bed, who experiences brain fog most of the day, or dozes off during daily activities, Jim Karas has the solution. Named one of the best personal trainers in America by Allure, Karas has worked in the weight loss and fitness industry for more than two decades and ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $5.99! \| SVS
7	Eva more books like this by Peter Dickinson add to wishlist In this futuristic novel a 13-year-old girl named Eva is in a coma after a devastating car accident. Knowing that her body is slipping away, Eva's parents allow her brain to be transplanted into the body of a chimpanzee. When Eva awakens from her coma she must learn how to accept the fact that while her mind is still human, her body is not. Slowly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Protocol more books like this by April Christofferson add to wishlist Attorney Jennifer Rockhill wants revenge for her husband's death and she gets her chance when she is hired as a corporate attorney for a Seattle biotech firm. She finds herself working closely with Dr Sherwood Feilding, the man who murdered her husband. Jennifer has to prove that Dr Feilding funded his biotech firm by dealing in illegally obtained ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Puzzle People: Memoirs of a Transplant Surgeon more books like this by Thomas E Starzl add to wishlist Thomas Starzl grew up in Lemars, Iowa, the son of a newspaper publisher and a nurse. His father also wrote science fiction and was acquainted with the writer Ray Bradbury. Starzl left the family business to enter Northwestern University Medical School where he earned both an MD and a PhD. When he was a student, and later during his surgical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Handbook of Kidney Transplantation more books like this by Gabriel M Danovitch, MD (Editor) add to wishlist This popular handbook is a practical guide for physicians, surgeons, nurses, and other professionals who manage kidney transplant patients. It is concise, readable, and well-illustrated. Chapters outline the major concerns surrounding renal transplantation and the most successful approaches to problems arising in short-term and long-term patient ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Piano Man more books like this by Marcia Preston add to wishlist When Claire's son is killed in an accident, his heart is donated to a transplant patient she doesn't know. When she tracks down the recipient, she finds he is a burned-out musician living an unhealthy lifestyle--and Claire sets out to salvage his life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
12 view cover	Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies: Death, Mourning, and Scientific Desire in the Realm of Human Organ Transfer more books like this by Lesley Alexandra Sharp add to wishlist In the United States today, the human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most certainly relieve suffering and extend lives, they have also irrevocably altered perceptions of ... see all copies from $3.94! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Pig-heart boy more books like this by Malorie Blackman add to wishlist Cameron is thirteen and in need of a heart transplant when a pioneering doctor approaches his family with a startling proposal. He can give Cameron a new heart - but from a pig. I Cameron is fed up with just sitting on the side of life, always watching and never doing. He has to try - to become the world's first pig-heart boy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.14!
14 view cover	Informed Consent more books like this by Sandra Glahn add to wishlist Dr. Jeremy Cramer is on the verge of a medical discovery, but his research is derailed when his son is infected with a rare, fatal disease. Now as he races against time to save his childs life, Cramer will make a decision that could shatter his career in this provocative story that explores faith and ethics in medicine. see all copies from $3.74! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
15 view cover	Atlas of Organ Transplantation more books like this by Abhinav Humar, M.D., Arthur J Matas, William D Payne add to wishlist This book-DVD presents a picture and video atlas of organ transplantation that provides a unique and complete presentation of procedures performed by transplant surgeons today. The emphasis is on contemporary procedures, as the field has undergone significant surgical innovation in the last five to ten years. Detailed schematic diagrams and high ... see all copies from $4.23! new only from $13.39! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Black Markets: The Supply and Demand of Body Parts more books like this by Michele Goodwin add to wishlist In America, in direct response to indefinite delays on the national transplantation waitlists and an inadequate supply of organs, a growing number of terminally ill Americans are turning to international underground markets and coordinators or brokers for organs. Chinese inmates on death-row and the economically disadvantaged in India and Brazil ... see all copies from $12.60! new only from $22.02! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of Death more books like this by Margaret Lock add to wishlist Tales about organ transplants appear in mythology and folk stories, and surface in documents from medieval times, but only during the past twenty years has medical knowledge and technology been sufficiently advanced for surgeons to perform thousands of transplants each year. In the majority of cases individuals diagnosed as 'brain dead' are the ... see all copies from $11.91! new only from $22.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Buried Strangers more books like this by Leighton Gage add to wishlist Praise for Leighton Gage's Chief Inspector Mario Silva series: "Realistic characters that the readers can care about. . . . The ultimate story of the haves vs. the have nots."--Detroit Free Press "Gage's compelling novels are good examples of how talented crime writers use the police procedural form to lay bare a society."--Indianapolis Star ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Cold Hands, Warm Heart more books like this by Jill Wolfson add to wishlist Fifteen-year-old Dani was born with her heart on the wrong side of her body. Fourteen-year-old Amanda is a competitive gymnast and in perfect health. The two girls don't know each other, but their lives are about to collide. see all copies from $2.23! new only from $2.95! \| SVS
20 view cover	Transplant: From Myth to Reality more books like this by Nicholas L Tilney add to wishlist One of the most spectacular medical advances of the 20th century, organ transplantation has become a generally effective and routine treatment for patients with organ failure. In this book, a well-known expert in the fields of clinical transplantation and transplantation research traces the evolution of organ transplantation from its initial ... see all copies from $7.27! new only from $18.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21	We Have a Donor: The Bold New World of Organ Transplanting more books like this by Mark Dowie add to wishlist At 11:05 on the night of March 2, 1987, Jacesohn Walden died. Today his heart, kidneys, liver, corneas, bones, ligaments and cartilage live, functioning in the bodies of over three dozen people from New York to Arizona. Dowie follows Jacesohn's story, presenting portraits of the people and legalities involved. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	The patients more books like this by Jürgen Thorwald add to wishlist see all copies from $2.12! first editions
23 view cover	Atlas of Liver Transplantation more books like this by Ernesto P Molmenti, Sandra A Tarte, Goran B Klintmalm add to wishlist This "how-to" atlas reveals the art of liver transplantation as practiced at the Baylor University Medical Center. It focuses on the techniques of Goran B. Klintmalm, MD, PhD, who spent years studying with Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD-the "founding father" of liver transplantation. Readers will find detailed descriptions and drawings of today's full ... see all copies from $114.65! new only from $126.03!
24 view cover	The Inheritors more books like this by Michael A Smith add to wishlist Twice before, the ruthless religious fanatic known as Jeremiah has sought to impose his own twisted brand of theocracy to the world. Now, with the preparations for a new global apocalypse in place, Jeremiah must decide which of his sons will be his chosen successor. He pits his heirs against each other, testing their worthiness, while gradually ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs Into Humans more books like this by David K C Cooper, M.D., Robert P Lanza, Robin Cook (Foreword by) add to wishlist The majority of patients in need of organ transplants do not survive long enough for a suitable human organ to become available. Xenotransplantation, the transplant of animal organs into humans, has attracted substantial media attention. If, as appears likely, it proves possible to "humanize" animal organs and evade the problems of rejection, in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.58! \| first editions \| SVS

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