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Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The no-holds-barred memoir from the only professional fighter in history to return to the ring after open-heart surgery, kickboxer Mark “Fightshark” Miller—an inspiring story of family, determination, and redemption.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1966 with a congenital heart defect known as the Tetralogy of Fallot, Gabriel Brownstein entered the world at a unique moment in the history of heart disease. He received a life-saving surgery at five years old, but surviving with his condition meant riding wave after wave of innovation to keep his heart beating. The Open Heart Club is both a memoir of a life on the edge of mortality and a history of the remarkable people who have made such...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"In this pulse-pounding medical memoir, trauma surgeon James Cole takes readers straight into the ER, where anything can and does happen. TRAUMA is Dr. Cole's harrowing account of his life spent in the ER and on the battlegrounds, fighting to save lives. In addition to his gripping stories of treating victims of gunshot wounds, stabbings, attempted suicides, flesh-eating bacteria, car crashes, industrial accidents, murder, and war, the book also covers...
66) The lobotomist: a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
While reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion. In Boston, a renowned surgeon eagerly awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant. But what if the donor’s widow demands visitation rights with the hand? In answering this unexpected question,...
While reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion. In Boston, a renowned surgeon eagerly awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant. But what if the donor’s widow demands visitation rights with the hand? In answering this unexpected question,...
68) You go first
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kellys You Go First is an engaging exploration of family, bullying, spelling, art, and the ever-complicated world of middle school friendships. Her perfectly pitched tween voice will resonate with fans of Kate DiCamillos Raymie Nightingale. Twelve-year-old Charlotte Lockard and eleven-year-old Ben Boxer are separated by more than a thousand miles. On the surface, their lives seem vastly differentCharlotte lives near Philadelphia,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Losing her father in a school fire that disfigures her face, Sicily is raised by a dynamic aunt who urges her to pursue a normal life, an effort that is influenced by her fiancé, a terrible drunken revelation, and an opportunity for a risky full-face transplant.
70) No longer radical: understand mastectomies and choosing the breast cancer care that's right for you
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A life-saving and empowering guide to understanding breast cancer detection, prevention, and treatment options, from two top doctors in the field--Rachel Brem, a breast radiologist, and Christy Teal, a breast surgeon--who have also made the personal decisions to have mastectomies"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A biography of the plastic surgeon Harold Gillies with an emphasis on the development of plastic surgery during WWI. Gillies, a Cambridge-educated New Zealander, became interested in the nascent field of plastic surgery after encountering the human wreckage on the front. Returning to Britain, he established one of the world’s first hospitals dedicated entirely to facial reconstruction. There, Gillies assembled a unique group of practitioners whose...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Henry Gustave Molaison, known only as H. M. until his death in 2008. In 1953, at the age of twenty-seven, Molaison underwent a dangerous psychosurgical procedure intended to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The surgery went horribly wrong and when Molaison awoke he was unable to store new experiences. For the rest of his life, he would be trapped in the moment. But Molaison's tragedy would prove a gift to humanity. The amazing...
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A brutally honest story about fat prejudice in America--and one woman's experience with radical weight loss after a lifetime of fat shaming Kara Richardson Whitely thought she could do anything. After all, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro--three times! But now she's off the mountain and back home again, and there's one thing she just can't manage to do--lose weight. In many ways, Kara is living the life of everywoman, except that she's not everywoman...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive guide to breast reconstruction―now completely revised and updated. For more than twenty years, The Complete Guide to Breast Reconstruction (formerly The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook) has been an essential resource for individuals who are undergoing mastectomy and thinking about breast reconstruction. In this revised edition, two-time breast cancer survivor Kathy Steligo covers the critical information patients need, from finding...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Biography of Vivien Thomas, an African-American surgical technician who pioneered the procedure used to treat babies with a heart defect known as 'blue baby syndrome.' Includes author's note and author's sources"--
Series
Criterion collection volume 260
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2004
Language
Français
Appears on list
Description
A mad scientist tries to restore his daughter's face by grafting skin from young women he murders.
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