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Until I Say Good-Bye
Hodder & Stoughton 2013; US$ 25.36In the spirit of THE LAST LECTURE and Tuesdays with Morrie , a powerfully emotional, inspirational and irrepressibly joyous look at the things that matter most and a celebration of life in the face of death. more...
My Stroke of Insight
Penguin Group US 2008; US$ 15.00The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not... more...
Sickened
Random House 2008; US$ 9.34A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor's examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve, she's tall, skinny, and weak. It's four o'clock, and she hasn't been allowed to eat anything all day. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. She's about to suggest open-heart surgery on her child to 'get... more...
Steeped in Blood
Random House Struik 2010; US$ 13.00Bloody crimes of passion, political assassinations, sinister poisonings, investment fraud and mass mining disasters ? Dr David Klatzow has seen it all. During his extraordinary twenty-six-year career as South Africa?s foremost independent forensic scientist, he has investigated countless high-profile and notorious cases. Steeped in Blood provides gripping... more...
Permanent Present Tense
Basic Books 2013; US$ 28.99In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental ?psychosurgical? procedure?a targeted lobotomy?in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected?when Henry awoke, he could no longer form new memories, and for the rest of his life would be trapped in the moment. But Henry?s tragedy would prove a... more...
Crashing Through
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 16.00In his critically acclaimed bestseller Shadow Divers , Robert Kurson explored the depths of history, friendship, and compulsion. Now Kurson returns with another thrilling adventure?the stunning true story of one man?s heroic odyssey from blindness into sight. Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three, he defied expectations by... more...
Sickened
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 15.00A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor?s examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve, she?s tall, skinny, and weak. It?s four o?clock, and she hasn?t been allowed to eat anything all day. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. She's about to suggest open-heart surgery on her child to "get... more...
Happy
Scribner 2009; US$ 16.00His freshman year of college, Alex Lemon was supposed to be the star catcher on the Macalester College baseball team. He was the boy getting every girl, the hard-partying kid everyone called Happy. In the spring of 1997, he had his first stroke. For two years Lemon coped with his deteriorating health by sinking deeper into alcohol and drug abuse.... more...
This Won't Hurt a Bit
Grand Central Publishing 2011; US$ 11.99Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER episodes for reference, and some vague notion about "helping people." This Won't Hurt a Bit is the story of how she grew up and became a real doctor. It's a no-holds-barred account of what a modern medical education feels like, from the grim to the ridiculous,... more...









