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The Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 24.00This taut yet lyrical memoir tells of the author?s experience with a baffling illness poised to take her sight, and gives a deeply felt meditation on vulnerability and on what it means to lose the faith you had and find something better. One day at the end of 2009, during a routine eye exam that Nora Gallagher nearly skipped, her doctor said, ?Darn.?... more...
A Nearly Normal Life
Little, Brown and Company 2013; US$ 9.99In the summer of 1953 the author was a carefree, athletic boy of fourteen. But after he collapsed during a school dance one night, he was suddenly bedridden, drifting in & out of consciousness, as his body disintegrated into a shadow of its former self. He had been stricken with spinal polio. When he emerged from the grip of the disease, he was confronted... 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...
HEALING THE WOUNDS
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 14.95Healing the Wounds is the most revealing book ever written by a doctor about his own profession. In it, David Hilfiker breaks the code of silence surrounding the everyday practice of medicine and gives is a dramatically different personal account of how the family doctors gets by in a world of spiraling information and high anxiety. Drawing on his... more...
Am I Sane Yet?
Dundurn 2013; US$ 6.99Award-winning journalist John Scully has been committed to mental institutions seven times. He has been locked up. He has attempted suicide. Am I Sane Yet? is essential reading for anyone interested in depression and mental illness. John Scully is getting better. more...
Tales from the Tail End
Summersdale 2013; US$ 9.99James Herriot meets Bridget Jones in this honest, no-holds-barred account of the ups and downs of a vet's life Misty was ecstatic to see her owner but to the nurse's surprise her owner just stood there and said, "What have you done with my dog?s head?" "I?m sorry," replied the nurse, "what do you mean? She?s just been in for spaying." "That isn?t... more...
Hope in Sight
White Spruce Press 2013; US$ 5.99Demonstrating compassion, courage, and generosity in the face of adversity, this autobiography tells the story of a remarkable Burmese American immigrant, venerated eye surgeon, and mother to 21 sponsored and natural-born children who undertook a remarkable quest to restore hope and dignity to sight-deprived and disadvantaged people all over the world.... more...
Learning to Listen
Da Capo Press 2013; US$ 24.99America?s baby doctor tells the inspiring story behind a half century of caring for, understanding, and championing children more...









